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Seawalls, despite more natural innovations like “living” shorelines, aren’t going anywhere in Florida — except up.
With thousands of miles of coastline facing two feet of sea level rise by 2060, some cities and counties, including Miami-Dade, are already calling for raising the standard heights of seawalls. And many of the seawalls to come in the decades ahead promise to be different — not only stronger and more durable, but better designed to both absorb waves and reduce damage to the adjacent sea or bay bottom.
READ MORE: Mangroves vs. seawalls? Mix may be 'best of both worlds' to take on South Florida sea rise
One new approach in development by the University of Miami is even specifically designed to provide habitat for corals, mangroves and other marine life.
“We’ve got to stop doing things the way we have for the last few decades,” said Esber Andiroglu, an associate professor at the University of Miami focused on building the seawalls of the future. “This is a time for innovation.”
He’s among the university scientists and private companies designing new technology to improve seawall construction, which is likely to be a booming business in coming decades. By one estimate, it could cost $75 billion to raise and repair every existing wall in Florida by 2040.
HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER
The first thing you’d notice about the brand new seawall alongside North Bay Village’s Treasures on the Bay Condominium is that it’s higher than it used to be. The other major change is impossible to detect because it’s encased in concrete.
About 50 feet of the seawall cap isn’t interlaced with the usual steel rods, known as rebar, that reinforce the vast majority of buildings. Instead, it uses bars of glass fiber reinforced polymer. It’s twice as strong as steel, weighs about 75% less and most importantly, it doesn’t corrode.
That’s a common weakness with rebar used in projects exposed to salty air and water. It’s why so many older coastal buildings start to sport menacing cracks if left unattended.
“Reinforcement with fiber polymers would completely take that problem away,” said Andiroglu, who designed the new seawall. The polymer rebar is well-tested, he said, and increasingly used by the Florida Department of Transportation on projects vulnerable to salt air.
The upfront cost is about 10% to 15% higher than steel, he said, but over the long term it will be cheaper because it has a far longer life span — 100 years or more, some studies suggest. And the price is likely to decrease as its use becomes more common.
Seawalls designed like LEGO bricks also could help reduce the costs of raising them in the future. Andiroglu’s lab is experimenting with modular pieces that could be added to as needed. That could be handy as rising sea levels push coastal building codes higher.
“People always say ‘but if I built it too high I’m wasting my views,’ and ‘it’s not going to happen during my lifetime,’ ” he said. “Modular functions allow people to add height to seawalls as it’s happening. It will also break down the financial burden across decades.”
CORAL FRIENDLY CONCRETE
The primary ingredient of seawalls — concrete — is also ripe for change. It’s a big contributor to carbon dioxide emissions, which exacerbate climate change, and it can deteriorate in humid, salty environments like South Florida.
“Concrete is pretty much the most used material in the world,” said Prannoy Suraneni, an assistant professor at UM dedicated to coming up with better concrete — not just for engineering but also for the environment.
Suraneni said it’s relatively simple to switch out ingredients in concrete to make it more durable. There is already an option called ultra-high-performance concrete, and builders across the country are starting to use it more but it doesn’t solve every problem, especially on the environmental side.
“How we make concrete resilient or coral friendly, that is a lot more challenging,” he said.
Research already shows that a seawall with a variety of textures will attract different forms of marine life better than a completely smooth wall. His team is also studying how the chemical composition of different concrete mixes — alkalinity and other additives — encourages healthier growth of marine life, a still unresolved question.
Perhaps the most revolutionary change would be using saltwater, rather than fresh water in concrete seawalls — a change that would cut costs and would be especially valuable in countries where drinking water is depleted.
After several years of research and experiments, Suraneni said he’s confident that seawater can be used in concrete, as long as the steel rebar inside is also swapped out. Steel and salt just don’t mix.
“There is zero question you can use seawater in concrete. The main issue is the steel we use in concrete is likely to corrode,” he said. “So don’t use steel in these circumstances. Use glass fiber reinforced polymer.”
INTRODUCING SEAHIVE
While seawalls protect land, they aren’t so good for marine life. When a wave comes crashing into a mangrove forest, or even a pile of rocks, it breaks up that force. But when a wave crashes into a straight seawall, all that energy gets funneled straight down, scouring the adjacent sea bottom and sea life.
In Miami-Dade, that’s why new seawalls are required to have a pile of rocks — known as riprap — at their base. In some spots, the rocks are piled high enough to peek out of the water, and mangroves and other coastal plants will root there.
That’s what inspired a group of UM scientists to design a riprap replacement, designed with mangroves and other plant life in mind. They call it SEAHIVE, a reference to the six-sided tubes that stack up to look like a beehive honeycomb.
“Think of it as an airbag. It dissipates the energy by allowing the water inside,” said Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, an assistant professor at the University of Miami’s college of engineering and head of the research team at SEAHIVE.
After three years of testing the structures in water tanks, the team is moving on to pilot projects in the real world. One will be placed near a seawall in North Bay Village, another will be offshore in Miami Beach as an artificial coral reef, and a third will be debuted this summer in Pompano Beach for a snorkel park project called Wahoo Bay.
The plan is to plant mangroves and coral on the SEAHIVE structures in the sunken park so residents — especially kids — can swim up and experience nature firsthand.
“We expect the major attraction will be school groups,” said Rob Wyre, chairman of Shipwreck Park, creator of another snorkel park in Broward County. “It’s a blank canvas insofar as what’s going to happen on the education side.”
Once they’re in place, Rhode-Barbarigos said his team will measure everything from how fish and plants react to how good of a job the structures do at breaking up waves. To guard against corrosion and crumbling, they’ll be built with the same plastic polymers as the North Bay Village condo seawall. If all goes well, he said this technology could be an easy-to-deploy solution for waterfront South Florida cities.
“We wanted something which is robust, which is easy to implement, easy to manufacture, approachable,” he said. “You can always push the envelope to really high-tech later. We need the low-tech solution so we can have sustainable, equitable development.”
This story was produced by the Miami Herald in partnership with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, a multi-newsroom initiative founded by the Miami Herald, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, The Palm Beach Post, the Orlando Sentinel, WLRN Public Media and the Tampa Bay Times. | 2022-04-14T10:29:20+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/local-news/2022-04-14/the-seawalls-in-floridas-future-higher-stronger-and-better-for-marine-life |
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Seasoned Clinician, Developer and Health System Leader to provide expertise and guidance on development of the Voltron Self Assembling Vaccine platform in Oncology and Infectious Diseases
NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Voltron Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that life science veteran, Dr. Tony Hodges, has joined the Company as Senior Scientific Advisor.
Dr. Hodges brings a wealth of experience in Transplant Medicine, Infectious Disease and clinical trials to help guide further development, and eventual commercialization, of products leveraging its Self-Assembling Vaccine (SAV) platform. Voltron's pipeline is focused on cancer immunotherapy and infectious diseases.
Dr. Tony N. Hodges is currently Chief Medical Officer, La Jolla Pharmaceutical. Previously he served as Chief of Transplant Services; Director, Center for Lung Transplantation; Director, Center for Infusion Medicine and Physician Executive Director of Revenue Cycle Operations at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix.
Prior to this he was co-founder and Director of the Center for Thoracic Transplantation and Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at the Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, a Top 5 national lung transplant program. Previous experience included roles at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles.
Dr. Hodges received his medical training at the Louisiana State University, Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center / National Jewish.
"Voltron's Self Assembling Vaccine (SAV) platform provides a nimble, adaptive solution to two areas of unmet need…personalized therapy for immunogenic cancers as well as latent and emerging acquired viral threats. The significant progress made to date in this area of customizable cellular immunity combined with a scientifically robust platform is impressive. I am excited to join and contribute to this world class team to move this robust platform forward."
"The team is very pleased to have Tony bring his considerable clinical, academic and industry experience to bear on the challenges and opportunities we are addressing at Voltron. With potentially 4 to 5 new indications in both oncology and infectious disease starting proof of concept pre-clinical trials in the next 12 months, Tony's expertise will be critical," said Pat Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer, Voltron Therapeutics, Inc.
Anthony Zook, Voltron Executive Chairman commented, "The SAV platform has generated product candidates that can provide tremendous benefits to patients with cancer or at risk of dangerous infectious diseases. Voltron's multiple proof of concept programs will significantly benefit from the deep clinical expertise Tony brings in general and in infectious disease, specifically."
James Ahern, Managing Partner, Laidlaw & Company (UK) and Founder of Lucius Partners, "Tony's contribution to the development efforts of Voltron will be highly beneficial to the company's SAV platform's direction and expansion. Further, this addition to the team also underscores the added value Lucius Partners brings to our portfolio companies by procuring top talent to drive success"
About Voltron Therapeutics, Inc.
Voltron Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, was founded in 2017 to lead and accelerate the development of the Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center (VIC), and the Massachusetts General Hospital's novel Self Assembling Vaccine technology in a variety of indications, including in Oncology and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Voltron holds an exclusive worldwide license to this technology. With the work of our world class team of researchers and development team, this technology has shown in certain pre-clinical studies initial proof of concept in two infectious diseases (including Lassa Fever) as well as two oncology indications (Ovarian and HPV Related Cancers). For more information, please visit www.voltrontx.com.
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A former North Dakota higher education leader is warning that a bill to change faculty tenure could risk the accreditation of Bismarck State College and Dickinson State University.
Former University System Chancellor Larry Isaak, who held the post from 1994-2003, recently shared his concerns with the Senate Education Committee. The panel is handling House Bill 1446 by House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson.
The state House of Representatives passed the bill in a 66-27 vote last month. The bill, which calls for a four-year pilot project, would make it easier for presidents at BSC and DSU to dismiss tenured faculty. Opponents say weakening tenure will make it harder to recruit faculty to the state.
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Accreditation is essentially an independent review of a college or university for quality control. The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions describes it as “a signal that an institution has been vetted by an outside organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an authority on postsecondary quality.”
BSC and DSU are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, which says accreditation examines the quality of a college beyond its academics to include "soundness of its governance and administration," as well as adherence to mission, financial sustainability and sufficiency of resources.
The threat Isaak sees from the bill is "that the Legislature is exerting undue influence in the employment of faculty at the institutions," he said.
"The accreditation criteria is very clear that governing boards and institutions must be independent from political influence," Isaak said.
He cites North Dakota State University, formerly North Dakota Agricultural College, losing its institutional accreditation in 1938 after political intrigue involving the governor led to the removal of faculty and resignation of the college president.
The Tribune sought comment from current Chancellor Mark Hagerott on Isaak's concerns. NDUS spokeswoman Billie Jo Lorius said, "As far as accreditation, it is a possibility that it could be affected but we wouldn’t know the full impact unless the bill was implemented."
Hagerott and the State Board of Higher Education initially took neutral positions on the bill. Last week, Hagerott testified in opposition to the bill, reflecting the board's unanimous vote in February to oppose the bill and request to coordinate a joint study with lawmakers to review and make recommendations related to a post-tenure review process.
BSC President Doug Jensen supports the board's position, and told the Tribune he doesn't believe risk to accreditation is a factor.
"According to the 2022 (American Association of University Professors) Survey of Tenure Practices, 67.6% of public higher education institutions in the country have a post-tenure review program," Jensen said in a statement.
Jensen did not submit testimony on the bill.
Isaak included his concern about accreditation in a Feb. 20 letter to the State Board of Higher Education.
Board member Nick Hacker said Friday he hadn't read enough of Isaak's concerns to comment.
Isaak said the bill is unnecessary since the State Board of Higher Education is "empowered, not authorized, to handle employment issues." The board can look at tenure at any time, he added.
According to Isaak, lost accreditation would mean students would no longer be eligible for federal financial aid, they would have difficulty transferring credits if they wanted to move to another school, and "a significant decline in enrollment" also could result.
The issue is one ongoing in other states, such as in Florida, "passing laws that affect the curriculum, and accreditors are looking in on that," Isaak said.
Lefor said he's not concerned about loss of accreditation, telling the Tribune, "Why are they doing it in Florida? Why are they doing it in Texas? Because they vetted this already."
The only testimony in support of the bill, other than Lefor, has come from Dickinson State University President Steve Easton, who testified to a legislative committee in February. In some cases, Easton said, tenured professors are teaching fewer students than non-tenured faculty who are paid less and have fewer protections.
The BSC Faculty Senate submitted testimony opposing the bill, saying in part it threatens the school's polytechnic mission "because it would make us less competitive for the talent we need to prepare tomorrow’s workforce."
University of North Dakota President Andy Armacost opposed the bill in testimony he submitted last week, telling lawmakers "presidents have sufficient powers already in place to remove faculty members for cause, including those with tenure."
The Senate Education Committee has not yet made a recommendation on the bill. | 2023-03-20T11:15:44+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/education/former-chancellor-sees-risk-to-accreditation-in-north-dakota-higher-ed-tenure-bill/article_428c15de-c42f-11ed-956b-1b3d2e3daa94.html |
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that he anticipates finding a CEO for Twitter “probably toward the end of this year.”
Speaking via a video call to the World Government Summit in Dubai, Musk said making sure the platform can function remained the most important thing for him.
“I think I need to stabilize the organization and just make sure it’s in a financial healthy place,” Musk said when asked about when he’d name a CEO. “I’m guessing probably toward the end of this year would be good timing to find someone else to run the company.”
Musk, 51, made his wealth initially on the finance website PayPal, then created the spacecraft company SpaceX and invested in the electric car company Tesla. In recent months, however, more attention has been focused on the chaos surrounding his $44 billion purchase of the microblogging site Twitter.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military’s use of Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink as it defends itself against Russia’s ongoing invasion has put Musk off and on at the center of the war.
Musk offered a wide-ranging 35-minute discussion that touched on the billionaire’s fears about artificial intelligence, the collapse of civilization and the possibility of space aliens. But questions about Twitter kept coming back up as Musk described both Tesla and SpaceX as able to function without his direct, day-to-day involvement.
“Twitter is still somewhat a startup in reverse,” he said. “There’s work required here to get Twitter to sort of a stable position and to really build the engine of software engineering.”
Musk also sought to portray his takeover of San Francisco-based Twitter as a cultural correction.
“I think that the general idea is just to reflect the values of the people as opposed to imposing the values of essentially San Francisco and Berkeley, which are so somewhat of a niche ideology as compared to the rest of the world,” he said. “And, you know, Twitter was, I think, doing a little too much to impose a niche.”
Musk’s takeover at Twitter has seen mass firings and other cost-cutting measures. Musk, who is on the hook for about $1 billion in yearly interest payments for his purchase, has been trying to find way to maximize profits at the company.
However, some of Musk’s decisions have conflicted with the reasons that journalists, governments and others rely on Twitter as an information-sharing platform.
Musk on Wednesday described the need for users to rely on Twitter for trusted information from verified accounts. However, a confused rollout to a paid verified account system saw some impersonate famous companies, leading to a further withdrawal of needed advertising cash to the site.
“Twitter is certainly quite the rollercoaster,” he acknowledged.
Forbes estimates Musk’s wealth at just under $200 billion. The Forbes analysis ranks Musk as the second-wealthiest person on Earth, just behind French luxury brand magnate Bernard Arnault.
But Musk also has become a thought leader for some as well, albeit an oracle that is trying to get six hours of sleep a night despite the challenges at Twitter.
Musk described his children as being “programmed by Reddit and YouTube.” However, he criticized the Chinese-made social media app TikTok.
“TikTok has a lot of very high usage (but) I often hear people say, ‘Well, I spent two hours on TikTok, but I regret those two hours,’” Musk said. “We don’t want that to be the case with Twitter.”
TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Musk warned that artificial intelligence should be regulated “very carefully,” describing it as akin to the promise of nuclear power but the danger of atomic bombs. He also cautioned against having a single civilization or “too much cooperation” on Earth, saying it could “collapse” a society that’s like a “tiny candle in a vast darkness.”
And when asked about the existence of aliens, Musk had a firm response.
“The crazy thing is, I’ve seen no evidence of alien technology or alien life whatsoever. And I think I’d know because of SpaceX,” he said. “I don’t think anybody knows more about space, you know, than me.”
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — James Abourezk, a South Dakota Democrat who grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, became the first Arab American U.S. senator and was known for his quick wit as he advocated for populist causes, died Friday. He was 92.
Abourezk died at his home in Sioux Falls on his birthday after entering hospice care earlier this week, his son Charles Abourezk said. While in hospice, James Abourezk was surrounded by his wife Sanaa Abourezk and other family members.
Abourezk represented South Dakota for single terms in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate during the 1970s, where he exemplified a brand of Democratic politician known as Prairie Populist. He fought passionately — and with humor — for those he felt were the downtrodden: farmers, consumers and Native American people.
Abourezk was the first chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and successfully pressed for the American Indian Policy Review Commission. It produced a comprehensive review of federal policy with American Indian tribes and sparked the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and the Indian Child Welfare Act — a landmark piece of legislation meant to cut down on the alarming rate at which Native American children were taken from their homes and placed with white families.
When the American Indian Movement seized and occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973 to protest the federal government’s treatment of Native American tribes, Abourezk and fellow South Dakota Democrat Sen. George McGovern traveled to Wounded Knee to negotiate with activists in a standoff with federal law enforcement.
Abourezk also mounted an unsuccessful effort against natural gas de-regulation that raised prices for consumers and became an outspoken critic of U.S. policy in the Middle East. He declined to run for reelection in 1978.
“He was courageous, he was outspoken,” said Tom Daschle, the former Senate Democratic leader who started his political career as an aide to Abourezk. He added: “I give him great credit for his advocacy of human rights, especially of the need to recognize the Arab American community in the United States. He was a lone voice for many years.”
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, a South Dakota Republican, said on Twitter that Abourezk was a “true public servant” who left his mark as he advocated for tribes in the state.
Abourezk’s causes often ran afoul of Washington’s political establishment. He jabbed back with banter.
“He was a great storyteller; he had great humor; he was quick-witted and people loved to be around him,” Daschle said.
In Abourezk’s 1989 memoir, he wrote of the Senate: “Where else are your doors opened for you, is your travel all over the world provided free of charge, can you meet with world leaders who would otherwise never let you into their countries, have your bad jokes laughed at and your boring speeches applauded? It’s the ultimate place to have one’s ego massaged, over and over.”
The trappings of the Senate were another world from Abourezk’s rough-and-tumble childhood on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, where his Lebanese parents had immigrated and ran a general store.
He told colorful tales in his memoir of adolescent adventure: He learned to shoot pool at a local saloon called the Bloody Bucket; drove his father’s car backward to reverse the mileage put on the odometer from an unauthorized, 17-mile trip to see a girlfriend; and challenged a group of school bullies to a fight to distract them from picking on another student.
He didn’t win the fight, Abourezk wrote in his memoir, “Advise and Dissent.” But the bullies left him and the other student alone: “It turned out no one was anxious to tangle with even a sure loser.”
Abourezk served four years in the U.S. Navy following World War II. Upon returning to South Dakota, he married his first wife, Mary Ann Houlton, and had three children: Charles, Nikki and Paul. He worked a series of jobs, including as a rancher, blackjack dealer and judo instructor, and then earned a degree in civil engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines.
His job as a civil engineer took him to California, then back to South Dakota, where he worked on the Minuteman missile silos in the western part of the state. He attended law school and opened a solo practice in Rapid City.
Abourezk ran for South Dakota attorney general in 1968 and lost. But he remained undeterred from entering politics and narrowly won a U.S. House seat in 1970. Two years later, he jumped to the Senate. During his term there, he was a seatmate to both former Sens. Joe Biden and Edward Kennedy.
He led a delegation from South Dakota, including members of the University of South Dakota basketball team, to Cuba for a game with the Cuban national basketball team. During the trip, he met with Fidel Castro.
Abourezk also became an outspoken critic of Israel and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East after touring the region and visiting his parents’ hometown in Lebanon as a senator. The position lost him many political allies, and he decided to retire from the Senate after a single term.
Abourezk returned to practicing law in Washington and founded the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, where he passionately and colorfully denounced Israeli aggressions in the Middle East. He divorced his first wife in 1980.
Abourezk married Margaret Bethea in 1982. They later divorced.
He set up a law practice in Rapid City where he specialized in American Indian law, but also remained active in advocacy on international policy.
At an embassy event in Washington, he met Sanaa Abourezk, a restauranteur. They were married in 1991, and several years later moved to Sioux Falls where she opened an award-winning restaurant.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by four children, Charles Abourezk, Nikki Pipe On Head, Paul Abourezk and Alya Abourezk; step-daughter, Chelsea Machado; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. | 2023-02-25T06:07:04+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/ap-james-abourezk-1st-arab-american-u-s-senator-dies-at-92/ |
Atlanta medical group offering Virtual OB maternity care program
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Access to an obstetrician is a huge factor across south and north Georgia.
Pediatrix Medical Group is helping close that gap with a new maternity care virtual program by Northside Women’s Specialists.
Atlanta News First met up with the mother of 3-month-old Emma at her Atlanta home.
You could say she is already the result of modern technology.
Emma’s mom, Stephanie Berrier, received some of her pre-natal and post-natal care virtually.
“I’m in a hybrid work environment, I was able to either step into an office or, at home, go from one work meeting to my doctor’s appointment back to my next work meeting, so, it was really about time more than anything for me and convenience,” says Berrier.
She started using the program when she was 28 weeks pregnant with Emma.
Berrier received a kit with a blood pressure cuff, a fetal heart rate monitor, and a scale.
She was able to log her own vitals and send them through an app to her physician, Dr. Jill Purdie.
“Most patients have 15 minutes on my schedule and that includes getting them ready to see me, so, in this situation, they still have 15 minutes but they’re really spending most of that time just talking to me,” says Dr. Purdie, OB/GYN and Medical Director at Northside Women’s Specialists.
The virtual visits continue six months after birth as well.
Doctors can monitor moms for signs of postpartum depression or preeclampsia.
The virtual program saves them from taking time off work, sitting in traffic, and waiting in a doctor’s office. It even saves them from having to get a babysitter for their other children.
That’s precious time some mothers just don’t have.
Dr. Purdie says, “I have a patient that I’m not sure I would have seen her more than 3 times if she hadn’t been in this program. To be honest, for those very reasons, I don’t have a car, I don’t have a babysitter, but at least she was checking her blood pressure at home, she was listening to her baby at home and I could sit and talk with her.”
For Berrier it’s given her more time with sweet baby Emma.
“I was logging and answering questions every week after I delivered so I did feel very closely monitored,” Berrier says.
You can find out more information about the Virtual OB maternity care program here.
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LONDON – Britain's new Treasury chief on Saturday acknowledged mistakes made by his predecessor and suggested that he may reverse much of Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss' tax-cutting plans in order to bring stability to the country after weeks of economic and political turbulence.
Jeremy Hunt, who was brought in Friday to replace Kwasi Kwarteng as Treasury chief and restore order in Truss' administration, warned of “difficult decisions” to come. He said taxes could rise and public spending budgets would likely be squeezed further in the coming months.
Truss on Friday fired Kwarteng and ditched her pledge to scrap a planned increase in corporation tax as she sought to hang on to her job — after just six weeks in office.
Truss, a free-market libertarian, had previously insisted that her tax-cutting plans were what Britain needs to boost economic growth. But a “mini-budget” that she and Kwarteng unveiled three weeks ago, which promised 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) in tax cuts without explaining how the government would pay for them, sent the markets and the British pound tumbling and left her credibility in tatters.
The policies, which included cutting income tax for those on the highest incomes, were also widely criticized for being tone-deaf in the face of Britain's cost-of-living crisis.
Hunt said Truss recognizes her mistakes and he is going to put them right. Hunt is expected to meet with Treasury officials later and with Truss on Sunday.
“It was wrong to cut the top rate of tax for the very highest earners at a time where we’re going to have to be asking for sacrifices from everyone to get through a very difficult period,” Hunt told the BBC Saturday.
“And it was wrong to fly blind and to announce those plans without reassuring people with the discipline of the Office for Budget Responsibility that we actually can afford to pay for them," he added. “We have to show the world we have a plan that adds up financially.”
Hunt also indicated that taxes could rise and warned “it's going to be difficult," though he declined to give details about how he plans to balance the books ahead of a full fiscal statement expected on Oct. 31.
“Spending will not rise by as much as people would like and all government departments are going to have to find more efficiencies than they were planning to. And some taxes will not be cut as quickly as people want," he said.
Hunt, who twice ran in the Conservative Party's leadership contests, is an experienced lawmaker who previously served in top government posts including as foreign secretary.
His comments Saturday suggested he may dismantle much of the economic pledges that Truss campaigned for and tried to implement during her first weeks in office.
Truss' U-turn on her pledge to stop a planned rise in corporation tax came after an earlier climbdown on her plans to cut the top rate of income tax for the highest earners.
Her position remains fragile. She has faced heavy pressure from across the political spectrum, including reports that senior members of her Conservative Party were plotting to force her from office.
On Friday she avoided repeated questions about why she should remain in office when she and Kwarteng were equally responsible for the government’s economic plan and the fallout it triggered.
“I am absolutely determined to see through what I have promised,” she said.
Asked Saturday how long Truss would remain as leader, Hunt said that “what the country wants now is stability” and she would be judged by what she delivers until the next general election in 2024.
“She has been prime minister for less than five weeks and I would just say this – I think that she will be judged at an election,” he said. | 2022-10-15T11:35:39+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/business/2022/10/15/new-uk-treasury-chief-mistakes-were-made-tax-rises-coming/ |
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook Taiwan on Monday morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The quake struck at 9:05 a.m. at a depth of 6.8 kilometers (4.2 miles) in Hualien county, halfway down the east coast of the island, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said.
It was felt across most of the island of 24 million people including to the north in Taipei, the capital. It was also felt across the Taiwan Strait in mainland China's Fujian province, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said. | 2022-06-20T03:10:53+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Magnitude-6-0-earthquake-shakes-central-Taiwan-17252600.php |
Trey Songz allegedly assaulted two people at a bowling alley in New York City earlier this year. This morning he turned himself into the NYPD.
In October, Trey reportedly sent one person to the hospital after the attack. This apparently happened inside the bathroom, where he’s said to have ‘punched the woman repeatedly’, and then dragged her by her hair.
Trey Songz’s lawyer denies the accusations.
VIA TMZ…
As we’d previously reported, Trey allegedly punched a woman in the face while inside a bowling alley bathroom. The new info is there’s a second alleged victim, a guy who claims Trey punched him in the eye. We’re told he refused medical treatment.
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“We have been proactively communicating with NY law enforcement, the DA, and all those involved,” attorney Mitch Schuster told TMZ. “While we will respectfully and proactively work through all the appropriate channels, we are confident that Trey will be fully cleared of any wrongdoing.”
Trey Songz has had several instances of alleged assault over the years. This story is developing, check back for updates.
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Kristiansen will be responsible for leading TripleLift's strategic initiatives as it accelerates media + data strategy
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TripleLift, the advertising technology company reinventing ad placement, today announced that it has named Sonja Kristiansen as Chief Business Officer, a new role for the company. A member of TripleLift's executive team, Kristiansen will be responsible for the company's strategic initiatives, corporate development and will be central to driving global partnerships for the company.
The digital media industry continues to transform at a rapid pace, leaving publishers and advertisers consistently pivoting to achieve their goals. The chief business officer role was designed to accelerate TripleLift's strategic partnerships and enhance the company's ability to help publishers to better monetize their content and advertisers to more effectively reach their audiences amid the industry's transformation.
"Sonja possesses a rare combination of dynamic leadership skills and keen understanding for all parts of the digital media ecosystem," said Dave Clark, CEO at TripleLift. "She is a trusted partner to our customers, a beloved leader inside our walls and a knowledgeable leader in the industry. Sonja will be central to building out and driving our strategy moving forward."
"With so much transformation happening in the industry, there's an opportunity for TripleLift to capitalize on those shifts and accelerate its roadmap as a top SSP partner," said Sonja Kristiansen, Chief Business Officer, TripleLift. "I'm excited to drive TripleLift's execution against its strategic plan and create more value for our clients."
Kristiansen has 15 years of experience in digital media leading strategy, partnerships and revenue teams. She first joined TripleLift in 2016 and has held a number of strategic leadership roles at the company, including most recently, SVP, Global Platform Partnerships where she led the teams responsible for supporting over 80 demand-side platforms (DSPs), audience networks and other platforms including verification, identity and data partners. Prior to joining the company, Kristiansen led publisher development at ad tech startup Virool and a number of positions in sales, services and digital media with the NHL's Vancouver Canucks.
Kristiansen's appointment caps off a year of rapid change for TripleLift. In March, the company completed its acquisition of 1plusX, a global first-party data activation platform, to accelerate its media + data strategy and enhance its portfolio of first-party data solutions for publishers and advertisers. In August, it announced an expansion of its business into the DACH region, bringing new markets to an already long list of regions outside the U.S. from EMEA to APAC. In September, it announced Vevo as another major streaming partner to integrate the company's ground-breaking CTV In-Show technology, which inserts brands and products into television programming through post-production product placement. And most recently, the addition of Dave Clark, former General Manager at FreeWheel, a Comcast Company, as TripleLift's CEO.
About TripleLift
TripleLift is the advertising technology company reinventing ad placement at the intersection of creative, media and data. Our marketplace serves the world's leading brands, publishers, streaming companies and demand-side platforms, executing over 1 trillion ad transactions every month. Customers choose us because of our addressable offerings from native to online video to connected television, innovations that insert brands into content in real-time, and supportive experts dedicated to maximizing partner performance. And with its acquisition of 1plusX, customers can unlock the full value of their marketing data in a privacy-safe way with its first-party data management platform. Part of the Vista Equity Partners portfolio, TripleLift has appeared on both the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for five consecutive years, has been named to Business Insider's list of Hottest Ad Tech Companies for three straight years and was awarded Most Innovative TV Advertising Technology by AdExchanger in 2021. Find out how TripleLift is shaping the future of advertising at triplelift.com.
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4th grader donates hair to freshman battling cancer
POLLOCK, Texas (KTRE/Gray News) – A fourth grader in Texas donated her hair to a high school freshman when she learned the teen had been diagnosed with cancer.
Rylee Brooks was starting her freshman year and had just made the varsity basketball team when she started feeling pain in her lower abdomen.
“I was playing basketball for fall league when I started cramping really bad, and during practice, I got hit really hard in my stomach and from there everything just went downhill,” Rylee said.
The pain continued, and her mother believed it was her appendix. She was taken to the hospital for scans, and they were told it was a ruptured cyst, but the pain persisted.
Rylee knew something was wrong and wanted to be looked at further.
“I went and got an ultrasound and there was a big tumor, I think 17 centimeters,” she said.
After more testing, Rylee was diagnosed with Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma and Sertoli-Leydig.
She first had surgery to remove the tumor and other spots and began chemo and radiation treatments. During the treatments, Rylee lost all her hair.
Fourth grader Hadassah Schroeder heard about Rylee’s journey through her mother who teaches at her high school.
Hadassah decided she wanted to cut off her hair and donate it to Rylee to make a wig.
“I went to Great Clips and went in there and I cut off I think about 15 inches,” Hadassah said.
Melissa Benjamin Shepherd, owner of Hair Kiss Studio in Lufkin, has made Brooks two wigs already. She will be making this one as well.
“I was really amazed that a little girl would think so much of another person that’s going through what she is going through, and to be so selfless to chop 15 inches of hair to donate to someone,” Shepherd said.
Hadassah said this experience taught her she wants to continue doing this for other people.
“I really wanted to do something for someone,” she said.
“I was just like wow, someone did that for me and I just appreciate it a lot,” Rylee said, touched by the gesture.
Rylee has completed her first round of chemo and has completed radiation.
She will continue the last round of chemo every three weeks throughout the summer, and it will end in September right before fall basketball starts.
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The latest G-STEEL exudes extravagance with a brushed IP bezel and dial treatments
DOVER, N.J., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Casio America, Inc. is pleased to announce the latest addition to G-SHOCK's G-STEEL line with the launch of the GSTB100GB-1A9. It's gold brushed IP Bezel and indexes offset the black dial to exude extravagance and style. Eye-catching style and refined toughness go together with this bold timepiece, reminiscent of the brand's trusted qualities yet perfect for the self-proclaimed trendsetter.
The soft, black urethane band with gold IP buckle, subtly complements the gold accents on the dial itself, establishing the perfect balance of discretion for those toying with modesty. A rotary turbine sub-dial at the 9 o'clock position exudes functional beauty, doubling as the watches solar charge level indicator. In typical G-STEEL fashion, humility ends with the design, as the tech features catapult this latest model into a category of its own. One of these features being Bluetooth capabilities that enable connectivity to the G-SHOCK Connected app expanding many of the timepiece's features with built-in Smartphone Link functions such as simple watch setting, timestamp with location, calendar reminder and the ever important phone finder function. The new model also includes advanced technical capabilities like Tough Solar Technology, made possible by the inclusion of a highly resilient film-like solar panel on the dial that allows the watch to convert power from even the weakest light sources. The high brightness LED (SUPER) light ensures visibility in the dark, while the World Time allows users to check the exact time in two cities simultaneously. Wanderlust has officially met its match in the GSTB100GB-1A9.
This timepiece also comes equipped with standard G-SHOCK technology including:
- Shock Resistant
- 200M Water Resistant
- Full Auto Calendar
- World Time (DUAL TIME)
- Daily Alarm
- Stopwatch
- LED (SUPER) Light
- 1s, 24H Stopwatch, SPL
- 1s, 24H Timer
Available at the beginning of September, the GSTB100GB-1A9 will retail for $420, along with the other G-STEEL series models the GSTB400GB-1A9 for $390 and the GSTB500BD-1A9 for $380 and are available for pre-order starting today at gshock.com. Select retailers, and the G-SHOCK Soho store will have it available for purchase early September. For more information about the G-SHOCK brand, visit gshock.casio.com/us.
CASIO's shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch is synonymous with toughness, born from the developer Mr. Ibe's dream of 'creating a watch that never breaks'. Over 200 handmade samples were created and tested to destruction until finally in 1983 the first, now iconic G-SHOCK hit the streets of Japan and began to establish itself as 'the toughest watch of all time'. Each watch encompasses the 7 elements; electric shock resistance, gravity resistance, low temperature resistance, vibration resistance, water resistance, shock resistance and toughness. The watch is packed with Casio innovations and technologies to prevent it from suffering direct shock; this includes internal components protected with urethane and suspended timekeeping modules inside the watch structure. Since its launch, G-SHOCK has continued to evolve, continuing to support on Mr. Ibe's mantra "never, never give up." www.gshock.casio.com/us/
Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions. Established in 1957, Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, mobile presentation devices, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to realize its corporate creed of "creativity and contribution" through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information, visit www.casio.com/us/.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a homemade sauce with an authentic, Jamaican taste to serve at my restaurants," said one of two inventors, from Tarrytown, N.Y., "so we invented BMMW DIPPING JERK SAUCE. Our formula can be used as a flavor-enhancing sauce, dipping sauce, condiment or marinade."
The invention provides a delicious sauce to enhance the flavor of a variety of foods. In doing so, it can be used with chicken, steak, pork, seafood, etc. As a result, it eliminates the need to prepare a flavorful sauce from scratch. The invention features a versatile and satisfying design that is easy to serve and enjoy so it is ideal for consumers and commercial kitchens. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CTK-1037, 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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The once-fringe immigration proposals pushed by former President Trump are now the backbone of the GOP’s immigration and border security platform.
Trump, who is leading the race for the 2024 Republican nomination, launched his 2016 candidacy with a speech denigrating Mexican immigrants that at the time was panned as sorely out of touch with the party and the general electorate.
Yet in the 2024 race, GOP candidates are scrambling to outdo each other with statements and proposals ideologically aligned with Trump’s golden escalator speech.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday launched his official immigration and border security platform titled “Stop the Invasion” — a term civil rights organizations associate with the Great Replacement Theory.
Trump’s campaign quickly responded, accusing DeSantis of “copying and pasting” his proposals.
“What we’ve identified is that from Donald Trump, and I think even further after him, we’re seeing a continued escalation that is a like nativist doom loop that Republicans seem to be on further and further escalating those tensions,” said Zachary Mueller, who monitors Republican rhetoric on immigration for America’s Voice, where he serves as political director.
“Where the Republican Party is at now and what they’re pushing isn’t the same Republican Party that they were even in 2018, and the kind of ideas that they were pushing. The foregrounding of what I think are white nationalist slogans like ‘stop the invasion,’ is different even than it was several years ago, as Republicans compete with each other, specifically around that insular base.”
The shift to the right in many ways mirrors the way Trump rattled GOP orthodoxy in 2016, though 2024 dynamics are different because his immigration rhetoric has been thoroughly audience tested.
DeSantis and other contenders such as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley have hardened their tone on immigration, aware that appealing to Trump’s base is a necessary prerequisite to be competitive in a national Republican primary.
DeSantis on Monday advocated for the use of deadly force against people crossing the border “demonstrating hostile intent.”
“If you drop a couple of these cartel operatives trying to do that, you’re not going to have to worry about that anymore,” he said.
That strategy comes with risks, as voters outside the GOP base tend to have more moderate positions on immigration and are rarely energized by the issue – only 8 percent of voters cited immigration as their top issue in a recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll.
But the tough rhetoric is not about addressing policy issues, said Mario H. Lopez, president of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, a conservative advocacy group.
“Most of the politicians that tout anti-immigrant propaganda are not interested in solutions. They’re not interested in a secure border. They’re perpetuating the insecurity of the southern border for their own political benefit and so they can fundraise, scream on Twitter, and get on TV,” said López.
Experts on extremism say the rhetoric is nothing new, although it has grown in scope.
“It’s important to point out that the word invasion has been used for many, many years by various political figures on the right who don’t want undocumented immigrants coming into the country,” said Marilyn Mayo, a senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism.
“It doesn’t necessarily mean that DeSantis is promoting the Great Replacement Theory. It does mean that he has some viewpoints that overlap with that theory,” added Mayo, who called the term invasion “extremely derogatory.”
The Great Replacement Theory is the idea that white people are being systematically replaced by non-white immigrants — in its most extreme form, the theory states that Jews are purposely fostering that replacement to gain economic and political power.
“There’s a third version, and this is where I think you have the most overlap … which is that it’s a more subtle version of the Great Replacement Theory,” said Mayo.
“And it claims that, for example, the Democrats or the liberals are purposely allowing for an open border so that immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean can enter the country, receive amnesty and then eventually vote Democratic.”
Though neither Trump or DeSantis’s campaign platforms directly accuse Democrats of purposefully inviting illegal immigration, the idea has become a mainstay of Republican rhetoric on border security.
Pushing for a GOP border bill last month, House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) panned the administration for opposing the legislation.
“So that tells you exactly where the Biden Administration is. They want an open border. They created an open border,” said Scalise.
Groups including the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an advocacy organization that calls for drastic reductions in immigration, say “invasion” is fair game.
“I don’t think that anything Governor DeSantis said was over any lines or even close to the line,” said Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for FAIR.
“You know, when you have that many people coming across the border, invasion is not an unreasonable term. Other people might choose other terms, but it’s certainly not unreasonable to say that the volume of people coming across the border illegally, that it could be termed an invasion,” added Mehlman.
FAIR is part of a network of restrictionist groups that have worked since the late 1970s to mainstream policy platforms of hawkish immigration restrictions that were once mostly brushed aside, but now form the backbone of GOP immigration orthodoxy.
Until Trump’s 2016 win, the national Republican stance on immigration seemed to be shifting to the center.
Bruised by the 2012 election loss, the Republican National Committee conducted an “autopsy” that concluded the party wasn’t inclusive enough and, among other things, would have to back comprehensive immigration reform to win national elections.
The report convinced the party elite, but the populist Tea Party movement, a precursor to the Freedom Caucus, rejected its findings and played a key role in blocking immigration reform in 2013, backed by groups like FAIR.
And FAIR had other real world effects pre-Trump. For instance, Haley in 2011 signed an immigration bill into law in South Carolina modeled after Arizona’s SB-1070, written by a lawyer working with the Immigration Reform Law Institute, FAIR’s legal arm.
The broader network of restrictionist groups is known as the Tanton Network, after founder John Tanton, a Michigan ophthalmologist who wrote about eugenics and the environmental case for population control.
The group has long been a lightning rod among immigration advocates, both for its ideology and origins and because of its political effectiveness.
In 2007 and 2013, for instance, advocates with connections to Tanton played quiet but key roles in scuttling promising immigration reform initiatives.
But the GOP’s wholesale embrace of restrictionist ideology and rhetoric worries experts such as Mayo.
“There’s definitely an ebb and flow of extremism. I think what’s different now, what we sense in terms of those of us who do this work of looking at extremism is that there is more mainstreaming of extremist ideas,” said Mayo.
“And what do we mean by that? We mean that you have elected officials and public figures like media personalities promoting things like the Great Replacement Theory, or promoting conspiracy theories about all sorts of things that are current right now, whether it’s the 2020 election, COVID or any one of a number of other things.”
And Mueller said that rhetoric is “inexorably tied” to political violence such as the racially motivated mass shootings at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, El Paso in 2019 and Buffalo in 2022.
“First and foremost is if you look at the white nationalists, especially the violent white nationalists who left manifestos, they talk about [invasion and Great Replacement] as the same thing,” said Mueller.
Though Mayo warned against blaming public figures for the actions of violent extremists, she said large public platforms do carry inherent risks.
“People who speak about immigration have to be aware that the language or the rhetoric they use that demonize immigrants who come here for a variety of reasons, that those words will have an impact. And sometimes you can’t predict who might take it further, but it does have an impact.” | 2023-06-28T10:56:29+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/hill-politics/trumps-immigration-policy-becomes-gop-orthodoxy/ |
DETROIT, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benzinga, one of the fastest-growing private media companies in the US, substantially increased the accuracy of its globally available Earnings Data Product.
Benzinga launched its Earnings Data Product in the second quarter of 2015. For that particular quarter, customers reported 329 errors. In 2017, after eight major brokerages signed on for Benzinga's Earnings Data Product, 58 errors were recorded.
Finally, in the second quarter of 2022, 31 platforms displayed Earnings Data Product and only one error was recorded of 4,000 earnings reports covered. That is a 99.975% accuracy rate.
"This is absolutely unprecedented for us," said Andrew Lebbos, Benzinga's Vice President of Licensing. "This is the result of Benzinga's relentless pursuit to create raving fans."
"We're now the most accurate Earnings API provider in the world, this quarter."
In bridging the gap between retail and institutional investors, Benzinga delivers directly to users, through its own platform, among those provided by big-name institutions, brokerages, and news outlets, high-quality, low-cost, timely content.
Its core product portfolio consists of newswires, analytics software, and data services that are easy to consume and help users better act on market intelligence.
In helping investors achieve the next stage of their growth, Benzinga also hosts in-person thought leadership, networking, and educational events.
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | French Open
In a match scheduled for Sunday, Linda Fruhvirtova (No. 56 in rankings) will take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (No. 424) in the Round of 128 of the French Open.
With -350 odds, Pavlyuchenkova is the favorite against Fruhvirtova (+240) for this match.
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova Match Information
- Tournament: The French Open
- Round: Round of 128
- Date: Sunday, May 28
- TV Channel: Tennis Channel
- Venue: Stade Roland Garros
- Location: Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has a 77.8% chance to win.
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Linda Fruhvirtova Trends and Insights
- Pavlyuchenkova was defeated 6-1, 6-7, 0-6 versus Lauren Davis in the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg (her most recent match).
- In her most recent match in the Round of 32 of the Grand Prix Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fruhvirtova was defeated 5-7, 4-6 against Cagla Buyukakcay.
- Pavlyuchenkova has played 12 matches over the past year across all court types, and 20.0 games per match.
- Pavlyuchenkova has played seven matches on clay over the past 12 months, and 19.6 games per match.
- Fruhvirtova has averaged 22.1 games per match in her 39 matches played in the past year across all court types, while winning 51.5% of the games.
- In eight matches on clay courts in the past year, Fruhvirtova has averaged 21.6 games per match and 9.6 games per set, winning 43.9% of the games.
- Dating back to 2015, Pavlyuchenkova and Fruhvirtova have not met on the court.
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China recovery faces pressure after April activity weak, youth unemployment rises
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders face pressure to shore up a slowing economic recovery and generate jobs after consumer spending and other activity in April were weaker than expected and a survey found 1 in 5 young workers in cities was unemployed.
Retail sales accelerated following the end of anti-virus restrictions in December but were below forecasts, official data showed Tuesday. Factory output edged down compared with March.
Chinese economic activity has improved while the U.S. and European economies are cooling after interest rate hikes to extinguish inflation. But consumers, uneasy about possible job losses, are returning to shops and restaurants less quickly than expected.
“The pace of recovery has slowed sharply,” said Larry Hu and Yuxiao Zhang of Macquarie in a report.
Growth in retail sales accelerated to 18.4% over last year’s depressed level in April, but that was below private sector expectations of up to 35%.
Factory output rose 5.6% over a year ago but was off 0.5 percentage points from March. Investment in factories, real estate and other fixed assets rose 4.7% in the first four months of 2023 but slowed from the first quarter’s 5.4% growth rate.
“The recovery of demand is still insufficient,” said Fu Linghui, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics.
“External demand has weakened” and exporters face a “complex and severe” environment, Li said at a news conference.
Surveys found 20.4% of potential urban workers aged 16 to 24 are unemployed and the figure was rising, according to Li.
That was a record, according to private sector economists.
“Stabilizing and expanding employment of young people will require continued hard work,” Li said.
Economic growth accelerated to 4.5% over a year earlier in the three months ending in March from the previous quarter’s 2.9%. Growth will have to accelerate in coming quarters to hit the ruling Communist Party’s annual target of “around 5%.”
“The bulk of China’s rebound is now behind us,” Capital Economics said in a report. “The challenging global picture will prevent much pick-up in Chinese exports.”
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California shooter kills 10 at dance club; motive unclear
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) - Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations, slayings that sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities in the region and cast a shadow over festivities nationwide.
The suspect was found Sunday, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a van in which authorities say he fled after people thwarted his attempt at a second shooting Saturday night.
The massacre was the nation’s fifth mass killing this month. It was also the deadliest attack since May 24, when 21 people were killed in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the man as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran and said no other suspects were at large. Luna said the motive remained unclear for the attack, which wounded 10 people, seven of whom were still hospitalized. Speaking at a Sunday evening news conference, the sheriff said he didn’t have their exact ages but that all of the people killed appeared to be over 50.
The suspect was carrying what Luna described as a semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine, and a second handgun was discovered in the van where Tran died.
Monterey Park Police Chief Scott Wiese said Sunday evening that within three minutes of receiving the call, officers arrived at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park. There, they found carnage inside and people trying to flee through all the doors.
“When they came into the parking lot it, was chaos,” Wiese said.
About 20 to 30 minutes after the first attack, the gunman entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in the nearby city of Alhambra. But people wrested the weapon away from him and witnesses said he fled in a white van, according to Luna.
The van was found in Torrance, another community home to many Asian Americans, about 22 miles (34.5 kilometers) from that second location.
After surrounding the vehicle for hours, law enforcement officials swarmed and entered it. A person’s body appeared to be slumped over the wheel and was later removed. Members of a SWAT team looked through the van’s contents before walking away.
The sheriff’s department earlier released photos of an Asian man believed to be the suspect, apparently taken from a security camera.
Congresswoman Judy Chu said she still has questions about the attack but hopes residents now feel safe.
“The community was in fear thinking that they should not go to any events because there was an active shooter,” Chu said, speaking at Sunday’s news conference.
“What was the motive for this shooter?” she said. “Did he have a mental illness? Was he a domestic violence abuser? How did he gets these guns and was it through legal means or not?”
Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people on the eastern edge of Los Angeles and is composed mostly of Asian immigrants from China or first-generation Asian Americans. The shooting happened in the heart of its downtown where red lanterns decorated the streets for the Lunar New Year festivities. A police car was parked near a large banner that proclaimed “Happy Year of the Rabbit!”
The celebration in Monterey Park is one of California’s largest. Two days of festivities, which have been attended by as many as 100,000 people in past years, were planned. But officials canceled Sunday’s events following the shooting.
Tony Lai, 35, of Monterey Park was stunned when he came out for his early morning walk to learn that the noises he heard in the night were gunshots.
“I thought maybe it was fireworks. I thought maybe it had something to do with Lunar New Year,” he said. “And we don’t even get a lot of fireworks here. It’s weird to see this. It’s really safe here. We’re right in the middle of the city, but it’s really safe.”
An Associated Press/USA Today database on mass killings in the U.S. shows that 2022 was one of the nation’s worst years with 42 such attacks — the second-highest number since the creation of the tracker in 2006. The database defines a mass killing as four people killed, not including the perpetrator.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Monterey Park on Sunday, meeting with victims and their families as well as local officials.
President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland were briefed on the situation, aides said. Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden were thinking of those killed and wounded.
The Star Ballroom Dance Studio’s website said it was hosting an event Saturday called “Star Night” from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The studio is a few blocks from city hall on Monterey Park’s main thoroughfare of Garvey Avenue, which is dotted with strip malls of small businesses whose signs are in both English and Chinese. Cantonese and Mandarin are both widely spoken, Chinese holidays are celebrated and Chinese films are screened regularly in the city.
Wynn Liaw, 57, who lives about two blocks from the Monterey Park studio, said she was shocked that such a crime would happen, especially during Lunar New Year’s celebrations.
“Chinese people, they consider Chinese New Year very, very special” — a time when “you don’t do anything that will bring bad luck the entire year,” she said.
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AP journalists Andrew Dalton, Jae C. Hong and Eugene Garcia contributed. AP journalist Julie Watson contributed from San Diego.
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Nexstar) — A small group of Texas faith leaders was on the border in South Texas this week, hoping to help find common ground on the immigration crisis.
“Really had a lot of misconceptions about what was going on,” Elia Moreno with the Texas Christian Community Development Network said.
Moreno—who lives in the Amarillo area—said her visit wasn’t what she expected.
“I truly believe that sometimes, politicians may create a narrative that would cause fear in the population that they represent,” she said. “And I know that I was one of those people that was fearful to come over because of the narrative that is in place…I believe the misconception is that we have all these people coming across the border to take advantage of the system.”
It’s no secret that there’s a divide when it comes to our immigration system.
As border communities deal with large groups of migrants trying to cross over, Gov. Greg Abbott and other republicans blame the Biden administration for borders not being secure enough, allowing drugs and criminals into the U.S.
The group of Texas faith leaders there this week was hoping to share their experiences, helping more focus on people instead of politics.
“Today, we will get to see the unaccompanied minors,” Dametra Stevenson with the Texas Christian Development Network said.
For the past few days, they’ve worked with pastors in Brownsville and Mexico and have seen where migrants, who are seeking asylum, are staying.
They volunteered their time to get a better understanding of what some families seeking a better life are going through.
“We’re not going to wish away undocumented people. We’re not going to wish away the asylum seekers…so what can we do to be our very best at what is happening now?” Moreno said.
The faith leaders said they plan to build partnerships with ministries along the border to help communities better deal with asylum seekers.
They also want to organize more group trips to the border so more people can get involved, working to find solutions. | 2022-08-25T01:01:23+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/texas-news/really-had-a-lot-of-misconceptions-texas-faith-leaders-visit-southern-border/ |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s leader met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, a week after winning a new seven-year term by a landslide in a snap election.
Kazakhstan is a significant Russian ally, sharing a 7,600-kilometer (4,750-mile) border. But President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has kept his distance from Moscow amid the conflict in Ukraine, notably declining this summer to recognize the Kremlin’s declaration of separatist Ukraine regions as sovereign states.
Tokayev also has sought to reduce the influence of his Russia-friendly authoritarian predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev, who ruled for three decades. Nazarbayev resigned in 2019, but had retained significant clout as head of the national security council until Tokayev removed him from the post this year.
In comments at the start of the leaders’ meeting, Tokayev said his first visit abroad since he won a new term with more than 80% of the vote has “deep political significance. Of course, there is definitely a certain symbolism in this visit.”
Putin said the countries have a “joint desire to develop our relations precisely in the capacity in which they have developed and will, of course, develop in the future.” | 2022-11-29T02:05:33+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-kazakh-leader-meets-putin-in-first-post-election-trip-abroad/ |
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government lashed out at Turkey Monday after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened over the weekend to hit Athens with ballistic missiles.
“It is unacceptable and universally condemnable for threats of a missile attack against Greece to be made by an allied country, a NATO member,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Monday, arriving in Brussels for a European Union foreign affairs meeting.
“North Korean attitudes cannot and must not enter the North Atlantic Alliance,” he said.
Speaking during a town hall meeting with youths in the northern Turkish city of Samsun on Saturday, Erdogan said Turkey had begun making its own short-range ballistic missiles called Tayfun, which, he said, was “frightening the Greeks.”
”(The Greeks) say ‘It can hit Athens,’ said Erdogan, whose comments were aired late Sunday. “Of course it will. If you don’t stay calm, if you try to buy things from the United States and other places (to arm) the islands, a country like Turkey … has to do something. ”
Relations between the neighbors and NATO allies have long been strained, with the two sides divided over a series of issues, including territorial claims in the Aegean Sea and energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. They have come to the brink of war three times in the past half-century.
Turkey has ratcheted up the rhetoric in recent months, with Turkish government officials saying alleged violations by Athens of international treaties put the sovereignty of some Greek islands under dispute. Erdogan also threatened to land Turkish troops in Greece “suddenly one night.” Even so, a threat of a missile strike is highly unusual.
“Mr. Erdogan must know well that our country can be neither terrorized nor intimidated,” Greek government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said during a media briefing in Athens. “Mr. Erdogan thinks that as many times as he repeats the irrational and unjust, he can make it rational and just. That is not going to happen.”
Greece, Oikonomou said, “is absolutely determined, is always prepared, ready to defend international legality, to defend its sovereignty and its sovereign rights.”
Meanwhile, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar accused Greece of increasing tensions with “unreasonable, illogical and unlawful demands and claims, as well as constant provocative actions and aggressive rhetoric.”
Akar apparently was referring to Turkish accusations that Greece was deploying troops and weapons on Aegean Sea islands in violation of treaties that require the islands to be non-militarized.
“It is not possible for us to accept any kind of fait accompli,” the defense ministry quoted Akar as saying during a Monday video conference with military commanders. “Our expectation is for some Greek politicians and military figures to immediately abandon their intransigent and provocative attitudes (that they have adopted) for domestic political purposes, focus on solving problems through dialogue and learn from history. Those who want a better tomorrow should turn away from the mistakes of yesterday and today.”
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Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey | 2022-12-12T20:09:25+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/ap-greek-foreign-minister-slams-turkeys-missile-threat/ |
SAN FRANCISCO — Future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers repeatedly said he wants to play the 2023 season as a member of the New York Jets, but the days continue to go by without a trade between the Jets and Packers.
The expectation remains that Rodgers will end up in the Big Apple, but there is momentum to the idea that the San Francisco 49ers could slide into the conversation - and they have the cap flexibility to make this work if Kyle Shanahan and owner Jed York are willing to do so.
Kyle Crabbs and Joe Marino of the Locked on NFL Scouting podcast discussed San Francisco's reported interest in getting involved in the Rodgers race, and how Rodgers himself might feel about these two potential destinations.
"Would Rodgers rather go to the Jets or the 49ers?" Marino pondered. "He played his college ball at Cal, he prefers the west coast, seems like that'd probably be pretty attractive to him."
Rodgers has said in the past he wants San Francisco to pay for not selecting him in the 2005 NFL draft, but if that is no longer a sticking point it would make sense for the 39-year-old to play out his final year(s) with a team full of talent at nearly every single position.
The 49ers reportedly would be willing to part with a pair of third round picks this year as well as a first round pick in 2024, and they can reshuffle some cap situations in order to accommodate the significant cap hit bringing Rodgers back to the Bay would accrue.
For more on the longstanding Rodgers saga, keep up to date with Locked on Packers and the Locked on NFL podcasts. | 2023-04-15T16:00:40+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/nfl-scouting-with-the-draft-dudes/can-49ers-crash-the-aaron-rodgers-trade-between-green-bay-packers-and-new-york-jets/535-697b2bb5-ea24-412d-a79a-1496ef839f06 |
On Friday morning, a fire nearly destroyed one family's home on Custer Avenue, and now they are left trying to pick up the pieces.
Imagine waking up to the smell of smoke and realizing that your home is being engulfed by flames. That was the reality for Logan Swift Friday morning, and it's left him feeling fortunate to be alive.
“Within 30 seconds of me being awake, I find out my house is on fire, and I have to save my daughter,” Swift said Sunday afternoon. "It completely took me back. I was shocked. I was confused."
Swift quickly sprang into action — getting his 11-month-old daughter and the family's three dogs out of the house safely.
“I knew I could step away from the house, and if it burned up, it burned up," Swift said. "As long as my animals were safe and my baby was safe."
The fire actually began in one of the family vehicles and completely destroyed the garage, but the fire department was there within minutes and managed to save the house from being a total loss.
“I'm super thankful we didn't lose more," Swift said. "I know I only live like five blocks from the fire station but for them to get there that quick and start putting the fire out is just impressive."
While the family made it out safely, Swift's wife is an artist who kept much of her work in the garage.
“It was just a huge hit to our emotional state and mental state," Swift said. "I mean it’s our first house."
A GoFundMe page has been started to help the family between now and when insurance kicks in.
“It’s comforting to know that I have the entire town at my back,” Swift said.
For now, Swift and his family are trying to remain positive.
"It’s very depressing, but I know that all of this is material," Swift said. "Nothing living died, so I know that it’s something that can be recovered." | 2023-01-23T01:14:24+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/billings-family-thankful-to-be-alive-after-a-fire-nearly-destroys-their-home |
Gainesville City leaders declare a gun violence crisis
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Dozens of residents attended the Gainesville City commission meeting. They listened to Gainesville police chief Lonnie Scott and commissioner Desmond Duncan-Walker, who addressed the spike in gun violence.
‘I feel very happy, particularly for the community that has been suffering for quite some time,” shared Duncan-Walker. “We have so many victims of gun violence, we have so many families, of victims of gun violence.”
Commissioners voted unanimously for a motion to discuss the gun violence crisis and are taking steps to launch town hall meetings.
One Gainesville woman said her son was a victim of gun violence in south Florida and is using her voice to fight back.
“It’s heartbreaking,” shared Zahra Abyaz. “I think the city needs to do serious acts about this situation. The crime is very high.”
Chief Lonnie Scott concluded an increase in homicides, stolen firearms, and gunfire from 2021 to 2022. Commissioner Duncan-Walker is calling the wave of gun violence in Gainesville a crisis.
“The city commission’s decision to move this forward by identifying it as a crisis was really a good thing,” shared Duncar-Walker. “It sends a message to the community that we not only hear the problem but we are to find ways to move towards a resolution.”
Chief Scott said in statistics from 2021 to 2022, Gainesville police reported a 0.56% increase in violent crimes.
Scott made clear that the department will continue to search for solutions and implement youth and family programs.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party says it has probed almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last decade, with formal criminal cases brought against 553.
Whether that will curb an widening economic slowdown and restore faith in the authoritarian system remains unclear.
The party has 96 million members and has long run its own internal system of keeping cadres in line through a mix of offering privileges and threatening severe punishment for taking bribes, selling offices or otherwise abusing their authority.
At a new briefing Monday on the sidelines of the party’s national congress held every five years, deputy secretary of the party’s Committee for Discipline and Inspection Xiao Pei said 207,000 party officials in total had been handed some form of punishment in the 10 years since party leader Xi Jinping took power.
Now seeking a third term as head of the party, government and military, Xi has made fighting corruption a signature of his administration.
Xiao said figures show most of those caught up by anti-graft investigators had been long-term offenders and just 11% of those punished had committed their first offense in the past five years.
“The spread of graft has been resolutely contained," Xiao said, adding that “directed policies and high pressure" had persuaded 80,000 party members to voluntarily admit to violating over the past five years.
One of Xi’s key policies, the anti-corruption campaign has been largely popular with the public and conveniently enabled him to sideline potential rivals.
A former justice minister and a former deputy public security minister received suspended death sentences last month after being convicted on various charges of bribe-taking and other abuses of office.
Chinese courts are beholden to the party and have a near-100% conviction rate. After being investigated internally and expelled from the party, even high government and military officials can expect lengthy prison terms, although sentences of death have become somewhat rarer in high-profile cases.
Xi, 69, reaffirmed the party's total control of Chinese politics, economy and society in a speech Sunday at the opening session of the party congress.
“The next five years will be crucial,” Xi said in a televised speech to some 2,000 delegates in the cavernous Great Hall of the People. He repeatedly invoked his slogan of the “rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” which includes reviving the party’s role as economic and social leader in a throwback to what Xi regards as a golden age after it took power in 1949.
The congress will install leaders for the next five years. Xi is expected to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as general secretary and promote allies who share his ideals.
Xi has his own experience with the capriciousness of party justice.
His father, Xi Zhongxun, was a former vice premier and guerrilla commander in the civil war that brought Mao Zedong's communists to power in 1949.
Just years later, the senior Xi was placed under detention as Mao turned on his former comrades and Xi Jinping was driven from his home during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, which banished intellectuals to the countryside and subjected many to public humiliation and brutal beatings in the name of class struggle.
Xi later attended Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University and rose steadily through the bureaucracy in the provinces, rising to party secretary — the top position — in China's biggest city and financial hub of Shanghai in 2007, after his predecessor fell in a corruption scandal.
Xi has taken control of economic and military matters and had his name enshrined in the party constitution alongside Mao by adding a reference to his ideology.
“Xi Jinping Thought" emphasizes reviving the party’s mission as China’s political, economic, social and cultural leader and its central role in achieving the goal of “national rejuvenation,” the restoration of the country to a position of prominence in the world.
Xi has pushed a more assertive foreign policy and swept aside concerns over an economy that has been hard-hit by pandemic-era restrictions and a government crackdown on spiraling real estate debt. The economy appears set to grow by only about half of the official target of 5.5.% this year, while unemployment is rising among recent college graduates to levels not seen before.
Despite the drag on the economy, the government has stuck with the policy known as “zero-COVID," which mandates lockdowns, travel restrictions and near-daily testing. The approach earlier was seen as a success as COVID-19 ravaged other parts of the world.
While dissatisfaction simmers, particularly as life returns to normal in other parts of the world, most people don’t dare to speak out and Xi has indicated no upcoming changes on health policy and other major issues. | 2022-10-17T11:37:02+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/China-party-says-nearly-5-million-members-probed-17514023.php |
Jury finds man guilty in Nipsey Hussle slaying
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors found a 32-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for the 2019 fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle.
The Los Angeles County jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter for gunfire that hit other men at the scene. Prosecutors had sought two counts of attempted murder. Holder also was found guilty of two counts of assault with a firearm on the same men.
Holder, wearing a blue suit and face mask, stood up in the small court room next to his lawyer as the verdict was read. He had no visible reaction.
A jury of nine women and three men deliberated for about six hours over two days before reaching the verdict. Most of their deliberations took place Friday, and they promptly came to their unanimous decision Wednesday, briefly reconvening after a four-day break.
Typos on the verdict form compelled jurors to briefly return to the deliberation room to correct and sign them while attorneys, reporters and others waited in the courtroom. No apparent family or friends of Hussle were in the room when the verdict was read.
Holder could get life in prison when he’s sentenced on Sept. 15.
The verdict brings an end to a legal saga that has lasted more than three years and a trial that was often delayed because of the pandemic.
Holder and Hussle had known each other for years — they grew up members of the same South Los Angeles street gang — when a chance meeting outside the rapper’s Los Angeles clothing store led to the shooting, and his death.
The evidence against Holder was overwhelming, from eyewitnesses to surveillance cameras from local businesses that captured his arrival, the shooting and his departure.
His attorney did not even deny that he was the shooter but urged jurors to find him guilty of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
The shooting followed a conversation the two men had about rumors that Holder had been acting as an informant for authorities. Holder’s lawyer Aaron Jansen said that being publicly accused of being a “snitch” by a person as prominent as Hussle brought on a “heat of passion” in Holder that made him not guilty of first-degree murder.
“This is a provocation that stirs up rage and powerful emotion,” Jansen told jurors Thursday.
Deputy District Attorney John McKinney argued during the trial that Holder and everyone else in the conversation that preceded Hussle’s death were so calm that the “snitching” conversation could not have been the primary motive, and that Holder must have had some previous envy or hatred for Hussle.
McKinney told jurors that the nine minutes between the conversation and the shooting allowed more than enough time for the killing to be premeditated, a requirement for first-degree murder.
The jury apparently agreed.
Hussle, whose legal name is Ermias Asghedom, died at age 33. He had just released his major-label debut album, which earned him his first Grammy nomination, when he was gunned down.
He was a widely beloved figure in Los Angeles, especially in the South LA area where he grew up and remained after gaining fame, buying property and opening businesses.
“He wanted to change the neighborhood,” McKinney said in his closing argument. “He kept the same friends. And the neighborhood loved him. They called him Neighborhood Nip.”
Hussle was mourned at a memorial at the arena then known as Staples Center, and celebrated in a performance at the Grammy Awards that included D.J. Khaled and John Legend.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that he won’t support a fellow GOP senator’s blockade of military nominees, backing Democrats and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who have said that the holdup is harming national security.
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is objecting to the normally routine practice of confirming dozens of military nominations, a move that would force the Senate to hold potentially hundreds of votes to confirm non-controversial senior military officers. Tuberville has not backed down from his now-monthslong pledge to hold up the nominees over the Pentagon’s abortion policy, which provides travel funds and support for troops and dependents who seek abortions but are based in states where they are now illegal.
“No, I don’t support putting a hold on military nominations,” McConnell told reporters, in response to a question about Tuberville’s blockade. “I don’t support that. But as to why, you’ll have to ask Sen. Tuberville.”
McConnell’s comments have no practical effect on Tuberville’s holds, because any senator can hold up any Senate action. But the GOP leader's position further isolates the Alabama Republican as lawmakers and national security officials have said that the holdup may have dangerous effects.
In a letter sent last week to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, Austin wrote that he has “deep concern” about the delays in confirmations. He said the Pentagon estimates that approximately 650 officers covered by the hold – those at the one-star to four-star levels – will require Senate confirmation between now and the end of the year.
The delays pose “a clear risk to U.S. military readiness, especially at his critical time,” Austin wrote, adding that never before has one senator held up so many officers. The glut of vacancies would break down the department’s normal flow of leadership and breed uncertainty and confusion, he said, risking operations in “every theater, every domain, and every service.”
At a hearing earlier this year, Austin defended the abortion policy by saying that tens of thousands of women in the military live and work in locations that don’t have regular reproductive health care. “This policy is based on strong legal ground,” he said.
A spokesman for Tuberville said Wednesday that McConnell’s comments have not changed his position. The senator has said repeatedly that he won’t budge.
“Secretary Austin thought abortion is more important than his highest-level military nominations,” he said late last month, after Democrats tried to call up the nominations on the Senate floor. “Secretary Austin could end the policy today, and I would lift my hold. Secretary Austin has chosen not to do that.”
Tuberville has argued that Schumer can bring the nominations to the Senate floor at any time and hold individual votes. But each nomination would require at least two votes and days of Senate time, and Democrats have argued that it would set a dangerous precedent to hold partisan votes on routine military nominations that have traditionally been unanimously approved by voice vote.
Schumer said on the Senate floor Wednesday that Republicans are willing to jeopardize U.S. “standing abroad, the livelihood of service members, and our military readiness” over the issue of abortion access.
“Our national security is not a bargaining chip for radical right-wing policies,” Schumer said.
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Associated Press writer Lolita Baldor contributed to this report. | 2023-05-10T23:00:38+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/mcconnell-opposes-alabama-republican-s-blockade-18092155.php |
NAIROBI, Kenya — Two people were shot dead by al-Shabab militants and several houses torched in a rural area in coastal Kenya, police said Monday.
The forest near the Kenya-Somalia border and the area around it has been attacked by al-Shabab militants in the past.
Police said the attackers invaded Taa village, some miles away from the popular tourist destination of Lamu town, and targeted homes in a coordinated manner.
Many villagers ran and hid in bushes as the gang descended on their homes, survivors said.
Coast regional commissioner John Elungata said assailants attacked the village at night but were repulsed by Kenya Police Reservists after a heavy gunfight.
Elungata urged locals to cooperate with security officers on the ground.
“The situation is calm, we have officers patrolling the area and we would like to ask members of the public to tell us what they know to help us in our investigations as we continue hunting them” he said.
The attack comes barely a week after the suspected al-Shabab militants attacked a police vehicle in northern Kenya, killing two officers and a civilian.
Kenya began the construction of a 700-kilometer (435-mile) wall along its border with Somalia in 2015 to stop al-Shabab militants from crossing in and out of Kenya.
The project plan includes having designated immigration and customs entry points with a concrete wall fitted with CCTV cameras.
Trenches are also being constructed in the area.
The plan includes the creation of at least 22 border posts with well-equipped personnel to respond to any form of aggression.
Officials say, once complete, the teams will be spread 40 kilometers (25 miles) apart to enable quick response to attacks from militants.
The fence, especially in Mandera and Lamu, has helped reduce incidents of attacks by the militants who previously crossed at will.
Research by government security agencies says 30% of the country’s security problems are traced to the porous Somalia border. | 2022-12-26T12:59:12+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2-shot-dead-by-al-shabab-militants-in-coastal-kenya/2022/12/26/c427a1c0-8515-11ed-b5ac-411280b122ef_story.html |
Honda sees the 2023 CR-V Hybrid as its on-ramp to electric vehicles for the U.S., and it’s gone so far as to say that it sees a good many CR-V Hybrid drivers making a leap to its upcoming fully electric Honda Prologue EV in a couple of years.
After spending most of a day driving this latest and greatest CR-V Hybrid this past week, I’m not entirely convinced this most excellent Honda makes clear connections to electric. But I’m convinced that it’s now the best CR-V in nearly every respect and that Honda will easily sell half or more of its CR-Vs as hybrids. Even from a drivability and usability standpoint, for those who can’t yet shift to plug-in vehicles, It’s hard to imagine getting any CR-V that isn’t a hybrid.
Honda says that it’s gone for a more electric driving experience for the CR-V this time. It delivers one with stronger electric motors and a broadened electric range—including new towing ability—but ultimately with a decidedly gasoline-vehicle twist.
The messenger, not entirely on message.
If Honda is segueing to EVs here, it’s still humming the tune of internal combustion. When accelerating rapidly, the hybrid system now “shifts” in steps, crisply dropping the revs as if it’s changing gears. It’s all an illusion though, as accelerating at those rates doesn’t involve any connection to the wheels at all; the CR-V’s two-mode configuration continues to function as a parallel-hybrid system in most acceleration situations, with the engine functioning as a generator, charging the battery and delivering electric power to the wheels via a traction motor. The engine is, as before, effectively clutched to the wheels only at low-load boulevard or highway-speed cruising.
The change effectively makes the driver more aware of the engine; instead of having it rev up and down, somewhat disassociated from acceleration, it’s now pretending to be more connected to it. It’s a head-scratcher.
Adding to that ICE awareness: Shift the drive mode to Sport, as you would for a curvy road and the sharpest performance, and the engine and those “shifts” are amped-up through cabin speakers with Active Sound Control—an altogether raspy sound that resembles a tuner-car resonator. Think more obnoxious than inspiring—and it can’t be switched off.
The outgoing CR-V Hybrid’s EV mode button, and its theoretical stealth to arrive home and keep the engine at bay, is also gone. Honda has also eliminated the battery level gauge, although you can still tap into it through touchscreen menus and the Power Flow screen.
Smoother, perkier, and lives up to its premium positioning
That mixed message aside, Honda’s two-mode hybrid system has indeed gotten better. It’s always felt the most electric of them all, and it’s been our choice for all-round drivability—with fewer moments of indecision than Hyundai’s one-motor system in the Tucson Hybrid, and less of the rubber-band feel that can make Toyota’s planetary hybrid system in the RAV4 Hybrid less charming at times.
To fit the new premium thrust of the hybrid system, Honda has separated its CR-V lineup into two tracks. The standard CR-V is now powered by a 1.5-liter turbo-4 engine and CVT, while the CR-V Hybrid gets a new version of Honda’s two-motor hybrid system. Honda has positioned the lineup such that versions with the hybrid system are now positioned as sportier options. Even in trim name, it’s emphasized as such: Sport and Sport Touring for the hybrid, versus EX and EX-L for the standard versions.
The trim levels aren’t just marketing smokescreen. To make the hybrid system sharper and more responsive, with more torque accessible at lower speeds and more horsepower available at higher speeds, it revisited the layout of the two-motor system, moving the two motors away from the same axis, and sized them both up. The new mechanical arrangement isn’t as elegant for packaging—even though Honda’s managed to downsize the power unit—but it allows the motors to operate at different ratios, bulking out the torque curve.
You can tow with the new hybrid system—just 1,000 lb, but it’s enough for a pair of ATVs (or e-bikes). And to allow the towing, Honda has further tweaked the configuration for more engine braking.
While some earlier iterations of this system tended to “cycle” back and forth between power sources at typical American freeway speeds, this system now appears to keep the engine locked to the wheels for longer periods, resorting (in Normal or Econ mode) less to revving the engine for minor grades.
The gasoline engine itself is also completely new—a direct-injection, Atkinson-cycle 2.0-liter inline-4 that makes modest improvements in power and torque throughout the rev range. It’s now at 145 hp and 138 lb-ft of torque, while the figures that matter are the output numbers for the hybrid system: 204 hp, 247 lb-ft of torque.
The CR-V Hybrid is vastly improved in terms of smoothness and refinement, and there’s no one particular thing to point to. For the powertrain, a flywheel pre-damper helps with low-load vibration, engine intakes have been redesigned for noise, and the engine itself is stiffer, with a more rigid crankshaft, adding to the sense of refinement when it’s revving into its upper ranges.
Smoother, higher mpg
With the new configuration, Honda has also been able to boost efficiency. In front-wheel-drive form, the CR-V Hybrid achieves EPA ratings of 43 mpg city, 36 highway, 40 combined, while AWD versions get 40/34/37 mpg. I averaged 33 mpg according to the trip computer over a 142-mile round-trip route that included varied speeds and terrain and included some altitude gain. I drove in a mix of styles to get the best sense of what families with several drivers might see, including a near equal split between Sport, Normal, and Econ modes.
Efficiency at U.S. highway speeds—especially from 70 mph and up—has never been a strength of the Honda hybrid layout, and anecdotally that doesn’t appear to improve with the revamped system. Easygoing city driving, of the sort I didn’t do much of, will likely carry over as its forte.
Full disclosure on all of these efficiency observations: My test car was truly brand-new—fresh off the transporter truck, with 61 miles on it when I started.
The CR-V has been fully redesigned for 2023, and it’s significantly larger. Overall length is up 2.7 inches, to 184.8 inches, and wheelbase is at 106.3 inches—1.8 inches longer than before. Width and height are up modestly, too.
Kudos to Honda for not just making the CR-V larger, but doing so without any significant weight gain. It’s also seized the opportunity to get smarter with packaging throughout, and thus the latest version feels a half-size larger inside—truly as large as the Pilot felt just a few years ago.
So, so roomy inside
This is a fantastic layout for those planning to use the back seat for adults, or for those loading child seats in. While official numbers don’t always show the full picture, I’m 6-foot-6 and can sit behind myself with plenty of leg room and knee room in back—as well as a couple of inches above my head. The rear back rest reclines to several positions, and the true game-changer in back is doors that open *very* close to 90 degrees—allowing far easier loading of child seats than you’ll find in just about any other vehicle.
Thanks to the very low cargo floor, the CR-V offers 36.4 cubic feet of space, expanding to 76.5 cubic feet with the rear seatbacks folded.
Intentional engine sounds aside, the cabin itself is very quiet; the Hybrid gets Active Noise Control that works to cut powertrain, road, and tire noise.
Overall this CR-V is night-and-day different in its ride quality. Versus the outgoing model there’s far less jostling and minor roughness from the road making its way into the cabin, and the initial impression is that it’s softer, although when pushing it harder in corners and quick transitions, that doesn’t prove true. The Hybrid also does especially well in its rebound damping and the ability to quell secondary motions after a big heave.
Steering feel just off center is much improved—thanks in part to a repositioned steering-rack shaft and more rigid front and rear subframes. Honda emphasizes that the CR-V is no longer Civic-based as might be said in the past; it shares and borrows some pieces with the range of Honda models.
Modes can help maximize electric driving
Honda offers four levels of brake regen. Selecting D is designed to feel like a non-hybrid, with very gradual deceleration, while pulling the shifter back to B instantly takes you to the third level of regen (my preference). You can toggle through them all at any point with steering-wheel paddles. Separately, there’s also now Hill Descent Control, allowing predictable control on inclines of 7% or more, at 2-12 mph, and an auto-hold button gives you the option for what happens after you come to a stop.
It’s further tweaked to your expectations through Normal, Sport, Econ, and Snow modes, but the Hybrid always defaults on startup to the Normal mode. New with this CR-V Hybrid is a feature that will do a little more advance planning to maximize electric driving—and efficiency—when navigating to a destination, taking into account terrain. In that, as well as in Econ modes, the system makes available a bit more of the battery capacity, still at about 1.4 kwh.
Difference between modes mostly comes down mostly to throttle sensitivity. You’ll be able to keep the engine off more of the time in Econ because it allows more minute control of the accelerator.
All-wheel-drive versions of the CR-V Hybrid, as before, employ a propshaft to the rear wheels—just like non-hybrid versions—but they now send up to 50% of power to the rear, versus up to 40% in the outgoing generation.
The version we spent the day with was the top of the line Sport Premium, which includes all-wheel drive and costs $39,945, including the $1,245 destination charge. The 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid Sport starts at $33,695 in front-wheel-drive form, or $35,195 in its all-wheel-drive version.
Hybrid’s blacked-out look
The Hybrid Sport gets gloss-black exterior accents, Berlina Black 18-inch wheels, and rectangular exhaust finishers—yes, another nod that perplexingly seems to be highlighting the combustion side. The top Sport Touring adds a whole bunch of equipment, including a 12-speaker Bose audio, a navigation system, and a wi-fi hotspot, plus 19-inch wheels and tires.
Honda offers 7.0-inch (Sport) or 9.0-inch (Sport Premium) touchscreen infotainment systems with standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (wireless with the larger screen). Sport Touring models also include a wireless device charger, and two USB ports (one A, one C) are located right in front where you have options on where to set devices of various sizes.
The safety feature list is impressive, too, with automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitors, rear side airbags and knee bags all included. I also applaud how the CR-V Hybrid has normal, well-placed mirrors and great outward vision overall—thanks to the thin, strong pillars—altogether making it easy when parking to place the corners of the vehicle.
Ultimately, Honda sees the big growth areas for hybrids as being in the West Coast and Northeast, while EVs represent more of an opportunity in some southern states.
Will those buyers want a CR-V Hybrid that maximizes the electric side but speaks the language of a gasoline vehicle? Yes, it’s a ‘tweener, but it’s the kind of mainstream that could do a lot of good.
Honda paid for travel so that we could bring you this test drive review of the 2023 CR-V Hybrid.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Evidence collected in Iraq strengthens preliminary findings that Islamic State extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Christian community after it seized about a third of the country in 2014, a U.N. investigative team said in a report circulated Thursday.
The report to the U.N. Security Council said crimes included forcibly transferring and persecuting Christians, seizing their property, engaging in sexual violence, enslavement and other “inhumane acts,” such as forced conversions and destruction of cultural and religious sites.
In addition, the team said it has identified leaders and prominent members of the Islamic State extremist group who participated in the attack and takeover of three predominantly Christian towns in the Nineveh plains north of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, in July and August 2014 — Hamdaniyah, Karamlays and Bartella. It also started collecting evidence on crimes committed against the Christian community in Mosul.
Islamic State fighters seized Iraqi cities and declared a self-styled caliphate in a large swath of territory in Syria and Iraq in 2014. The group was formally declared defeated in Iraq in 2017 following a three-year bloody battle that left tens of thousands dead and cities in ruins, but its sleeper cells continue to stage attacks in different parts of Iraq.
The 26-page report was submitted by the U.N. Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes committed by the Islamic State group, also known as IS, ISIL and Daesh.
The team updated its investigations into the extremists’ development and use of chemical and biological weapons, attacks on the Yazidi and Sunni communities, the mass execution of prisoners and detainees at Badush prison near Mosul in June 2014, and crimes in and around Tikrit.
In December 2021, the head of the U.N. team, Christian Ritscher, told the Security Council that Islamic State extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes at the prison in Badush.
In May 2021, Ritscher’s predecessor, Karim Khan, told the council that investigators had found “clear and compelling evidence” Islamic State extremists committed genocide against the Yazidi minority in 2014. He also said the militant group successfully developed chemical weapons and used mustard gas.
The new report said Ritscher’s team found evidence of payments to the families of Islamic State members killed deploying chemical weapons and records of payments for training senior operatives on the use of chemical weapons and devices to disperse such weapons.
The team said it is still assessing evidence of the use of agents.
“Evidence suggests that ISIL manufactured and produced chemical rockets and mortars, chemical ammunition for rocket-propelled grenades, chemical warheads and improvised explosive devices,” the report said. “Furthermore, the ISIL program involved the development, testing, weaponizations and deployment of a range of agents, including aluminum phosphide, chlorine, clostridium botulinum, cyanide, nicotine, ricin, and thallium sulphate.”
As for the destruction of cultural and religious sites by Islamic State fighters, the team said it expanded its investigations into different Iraqi communities and focused on several areas in Nineveh and Mosul.
This has led to a preliminary inventory of over 150 Kaka’i, Shabak and Shia Turkmen sites “suspected of having been destroyed by ISIL, along with enforced displacements, disappearances and sometimes killings of members of those communities,” the team said. It also identified places of worship and heritage sites in Tikrit that were severely damaged or destroyed by ISIL.
“The evidence obtained thus far shows that religious and cultural sites were either intentionally destroyed or taken over and occupied by ISIL, sometimes for military purposes, which resulted in their severe damage or destruction,” it said. “While the motives and methods adopted by ISIL are still being reviewed, it appears that explosives and heavy equipment were used to destroy many of the sites.”
With regard to attacks on the Yazidi community in Sinjar, the team said it has expanded the list of identified perpetrators to currently include the names of 2,181 individuals, including 156 foreign fighters.
“In-depth case files have been developed in relation to 30 primary persons of interest,” it said.
The team said it has expanded its investigation into crimes by Islamic State against the Sunni community in Anbar, citing progress in its probe of the execution of hundreds of members of the Albu Nimr tribe between 2014 and 2016.
The U.N. investigation of the mass execution of detainees at Badush prison on June 10-11, 2014, continues, the team said, including interviews with additional witnesses and survivors.
This yielded “new and corroborative evidence on the circumstances under which approximately 1,000 predominantly Shia prisoners were targeted and executed by ISIL inside the prison and in various other locations,” it said.
The team said it has also continued investigating crimes against civilians in Tikrit and Alam in 2014 and 2015, and is gathering further evidence on the mass killing of unarmed military cadets and personnel from the Tikrit Air Academy in June 2014.
In the coming months, the investigators said they plan to focus on transitioning from investigations to building cases and sharing information with Iraq to spur prosecutions and accountability. | 2022-12-02T12:01:20+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/ap-un-iraq-christians-were-victims-of-islamic-state-war-crimes/ |
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HAYS, Yemen (AP) — An emaciated little girl lies motionless on a hospital bed and struggles to breathe. Her body is covered with sores. She can barely open her eyes.
Hafsa Ahmed is about 2. About a dozen other children in the red-brick hospital in this southern Yemeni city are also dying of starvation.
Hunger has long threatened the lives of hundreds of thousands of Yemen’s children. Now, the war between the country’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition is threatening to escalate after months of a tenuous truce. Yemenis, and international assistance groups, worry that the situation will get even worse.
In the city of Hodeida, with a population of roughly 3 million, al-Thawra Hospital receives 2,500 patients daily, including “super-malnourished” children, said Joyce Msuya, U.N. assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs. She visited the facility this month.
Around 2.2 million Yemeni children under the age of 5 are hungry. More than half a million are severely malnourished. Some 1.3 million pregnant or breastfeeding women had severe malnutrition this year, the United Nations says.
“This is one of the saddest visits I’ve ever done in my professional life,” Msuya said in a video released by the U.N. “There are immense needs. Half of Yemeni hospitals are not functioning, or they are completely destroyed by the war. We need more support to save lives in Yemen, children, women and men.”
The war in Ukraine is exacerbating the situation.
The Yemeni diet depends heavily on wheat. Ukraine supplied Yemen with 40% of its grain, until Russia's invasion cut the flow. In developed countries, people are working harder to pay higher bills. In Yemen, food is 60% more expensive than it was last year. And in poor countries, inflation can mean death.
“Yemen has been hit three times by the Russian invasion of Ukraine," said Peter Salisbury, a Yemen expert at the International Crisis Group. “First, by the loss of food supplies from Ukraine and higher prices on international markets. Then, by higher fuel prices. And third, by a shift in international focus.”
War has raged for eight years in Yemen between Shiite Houthi rebels and pro-government forces backed by a coalition of Sunni Gulf Arab states. The Iran-backed Houthis swept down from the mountains in 2014, occupied northern Yemen and the country's capital, Sanaa, and forced the internationally recognized government to flee into exile to Saudi Arabia.
Since then, more than 150,000 people were killed by the violence and 3 million were displaced. Two-thirds of the population get food assistance.
There's a truce in place now despite the two sides' failure to renew it this month. Hafsa and more than half a million other Yemeni children are severely malnourished. Every 10 minutes, a child in Yemen dies from preventable illness, according to Save the Children.
Hafsa is the youngest of six. One died from malnutrition. Her father Ahmed, 47, works as a day laborer. Each day he can afford only some flour and cooking oil.
He and his family live in the district of Hays, about 120 kilometers (74 miles) south of the port city of Hodeida, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in Yemen’s conflict.
The children in Hays Hospital have swollen bellies and twig-like limbs. Eventually, prolonged malnutrition “causes their organs to stop functioning,” Dr. Nabouta Hassan said.
Hassan, who oversees the hospital's malnutrition ward, said that every month it receives up to 30 children suffering from diseases related to acute malnutrition.
Hodeida, along with the northern province of Hajjah, includes the hardest-hit areas by extremely severe food insecurity and acute malnutrition, according to the U.N.
Mohammed Hussein, a 49-year-old father of five, lives in a camp for displaced people in the outskirts of the city of Abs in northern Hajjah province.
He said he has been displaced four times since the war began in 2014.
“I lost my home, farmland, everything,” he said over the phone.
He lost a 9-month-old son three years ago. He has a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old who are starving.
Their main dish is bread mixed with water and salt. Some days, neighbors give his family meat, chicken or pasta. Hussein's too poor to take his kids to the hospital.
“There is no money, and I am jobless,” he said. ”They could die also from hunger."
The U.N. food agency has cut rations for millions of people due to critical funding gaps and soaring global food prices. The World Food Program has for months prioritized the most vulnerable 13.5 million Yemenis, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA.
The U.N. said that by the end of September, its humanitarian response plan for Yemen secured $2 billion of the $4.27 billion needed to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection services to 17.9 million people.
Abdulwasea Mohammed, advocacy, media and campaigns manager for Oxfam in Yemen, said his group needs more money, more consistent access to the most vulnerable, and a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
“The response is saving lives every day despite this,” he said.
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Magdy reported from Cairo. | 2022-10-19T06:18:22+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Children-starve-as-Yemen-teeters-on-a-return-to-17518770.php |
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — If that half-time hot dog line seems imposingly long, hang in there.
Chances are you won’t miss anything from the Broncos in the third quarter.
Through 10 games this season, the Broncos have not scored a third quarter touchdown on our nation’s soil or artificial surface. The now released Melvin Gordon scored a 1-yard touchdown in the third quarter against Jacksonville with that game played overseas in London.
Otherwise, the Broncos have scored just two other times in the third quarter – a 2-point safety when 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo accidentally stepped behind the end zone in game 3, and a 45-yard field goal by Brandon McManus in a 12-9 overtime loss to the Indianapolis Colts in game 5.
In seven games, the Broncos have failed to score in the 15 minutes after halftime. That’s 12 points total in the third quarter over 10 games.
“Our third quarters have been part of why we are where we are,’’ quarterback Russell Wilson said Wednesday at his weekly press conference. “It’s not even a part of it – it’s a big part of it. I think we’ve had pretty good first halves for the most part, decent. Some better than others, but the third quarters have slowed us down tremendously.
“So that’s something I’m focused on over the next few days and going into this game (at Carolina) and the rest of the games we have this year. And hopefully we can turn it around.”
The third quarter seems to be where Wilson’s pass protection really starts to break down. He has taken 11 sacks in the third quarter, more than any other quarter, although the fourth quarter is close with 10 sacks.
Then there’s the 4th quarter defense
Yes, the Denver defense has been quite good overall, ranking No. 3 in the NFL in total defense (302.1 yards per game allowed) and scoring defense (17.1 points per game). But just when you think the Denver D is going to carry the day, it lets down late in the game.
In fact, the Broncos have allowed either a field goal or touchdown in the final 4:35 of regulation in their last seven consecutive games. In four of those games, they gave up a game-tying or lead-losing score.
“All the stats and stuff are great, but I think I saw Justin (Simmons) said that it’s what you do in those critical moments,’’ said Ejiro Evero, Denver’s defensive coordinator. “We just have to execute better. It’s execution. It’s better clarity from the coaches. It’s better play from the players, it just all has to be better. And like you said you can be as good as you want those first 55 minutes but if we don’t take care of business at the end it’s not going to matter.”
Outten gracious about Kubiak promotion
When Nathaniel Hackett decided to surrender offensive play-calling duties so he could concentrate on all things head coach, it was a no-brainer that quarterbacks coach Klint Kubiak took over the responsibilities because he did it previously, to decent success, last season with the Minnesota Vikings.
Still, the perception is offensive coordinator Justin Outten got passed over. But to Outten’s credit, he didn’t see it that way.
“Klint is a proven play caller,’’ Outten said. “In our situation right now you just can’t move forward with a guy in my position that’s not called it in a game. He’s got a great track record with what he did with the Vikings (No. 14 in scoring last year, 25.0 ppg).
“And no coach knows any player better in the building than his position coach. He knows exactly what he (Wilson) wants, what he’s thinking all the time. They’re always collaborating. There’s a lot of discussion throughout the week. He’s got a real strong relationship with Russell."
“My position is supporting Klint any way possible. Giving him ideas throughout the game. We were going back and forth throughout the series of what’s next. And I thought it was a real good collaboration.”
Bronco Bits
- Outside linebacker Jacob Martin suffered a knee injury in the game Sunday against the Raiders and it didn’t start flaring up until afterwards. The Cherokee Trail High School graduate did not practice Wednesday, nor did receivers Jerry Jeudy (ankle) and KJ Hamler (hamstring).
- Hackett is giving his players, coaches and all personnel staff the day off Thursday for Thanksgiving. To make up for the missed practice, the players practiced on Tuesday, their usual day off.
SUGGESTED VIDEOS: Sports | 2022-11-24T02:40:01+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/sports/nfl/denver-broncos/mike-klis/broncos-notes-wilson-struggles/73-3bf08d21-225a-42e5-b53d-7795446b7db0 |
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A select amount of fans were not able to see the Green Bay Packers celebrate a one-sided victory against the Chicago Bears.
According to the Green Bay Police Department, there were 46 calls for service which resulted in two arrests and 12 ejections during Sunday night’s Green Bay Packers game. ‘Various misconduct violations’ were the reasons for the calls.
The Packers beat the Bears 27-10 and nearly tripled Chicago’s first down total. Green Bay had 26 first downs while Chicago only had 11. The Bears only had 228 yards of offense compared to the Packers 414.
Aaron Jones himself nearly outgained the Bears, as he combined for a combined 170 yards.
There was no additional information provided. Local 5 will continue to update this story if more details are released. | 2022-09-19T13:59:03+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/10-ejected-2-arrested-at-green-bay-packers-home-opener/ |
Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over a floating barrier that the state placed on the Rio Grande to stop migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.
The lawsuit asks a court to force Texas to remove a roughly 1,000-foot line of bright orange, wrecking ball-sized buoys that the Biden administration says raises humanitarian and environmental concerns. The suit also claims that Texas unlawfully installed the barrier along without permission near the border city of Eagle Pass.
The buoys are the latest escalation of Texas’ border security operation that also includes razor-wire fencing, arresting migrants on trespassing charges and sending busloads of asylum-seekers to Democratic-led cities in other states.
In anticipation of the lawsuit, Abbott sent President Joe Biden a letter Monday that defended Texas’ right to install the barrier. He accused Biden of putting migrants at risk by not doing more to deter them from making the journey to the U.S.
“Texas will see you in court, Mr. President,” Abbott wrote in his letter.
The Biden administration has said illegal border crossings have declined significantly since new immigration rules took effect in May.
The Justice Department warned Texas in a letter last week that the state had until Monday to commit to removing the barrier or face a lawsuit. The letter said the buoy wall “poses a risk to navigation, as well as public safety, in the Rio Grande River, and it presents humanitarian concerns.”
The state deployed the buoys without notifying the International Boundary and Water Commission or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mexico’s secretary of state asked the federal government to intervene, saying the barrier violates international treaties.
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Gonzalez reported from McAllen, Texas.
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LVC Partners with Management to Support Growth of Frozen Food Manufacturing Business
NEW ORLEANS, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LongueVue Capital ("LVC"), a New Orleans-based growth equity firm, is pleased to announce that it has invested growth capital to support the continued expansion of Global Gourmet Food Solutions ("Global Gourmet"), a leading manufacturer of specialty ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat food products with a focus in Asian, Latin, and specialty international cuisines. LVC partnered with the 2nd generation of family leadership to consummate the transaction.
Headquartered in Garland, TX, Global Gourmet serves a nationwide customer base spanning a variety of end markets including retail, food service, distribution, education, and institutional partners. Within the frozen food segment, Global Gourmet is a leader in handheld and appetizer categories including egg rolls, burritos, flautas, taquitos, enchiladas, and battered, breaded, and fried chicken products.
"This partnership with LVC marks an exciting chapter for Global Gourmet," commented Danny Luong, President & Chief Executive Officer of Global Gourmet. "Our company has grown dramatically over the past few years alongside our best-in-class customer base, and this relationship enables us to further expand our product offerings, support services, and production capacity as we usher in this bright new era of heightened growth."
"We are honored to partner with Global Gourmet's leadership and family of team members," added Max Vorhoff, Partner of LVC. "Consumer preferences for convenience have driven a continued shift to frozen foods, and cuisines delivering unique flavor profiles are experiencing outsized positive demand. With increased access to strategic and capital resources, Global Gourmet will continue to expand its leadership as a premier manufacturer in the frozen food space."
"Global Gourmet's remarkable growth trajectory over the past several years is a testament to the company's excellence in service, quality, and innovation," added John McNamara, Co-founder and CEO of LVC. "We are thrilled to consummate this partnership with an outstanding management team that highly values LVC's partnership approach, shared vision, and cultural alignment."
Origin Bank provided senior debt financing in support of the transaction. LVC's legal counsel was provided by Vedder Price.
To learn more about Global Gourmet Food Solutions and its capabilities and product suite, please visit www.globalgourmetfs.com.
ABOUT LONGUEVUE CAPITAL
Founded in 2001, LongueVue Capital is a New Orleans-based private equity firm focused on providing human and financial capital, leveraging a proven 20+ year track record of partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams to drive value creation in middle market companies. Having managed approximately $1 billion of committed capital spanning four funds, coupled with 150 years of combined operating and investing experience, the LVC team is an ideal partner for middle-market companies at inflection points and seeking to maximize value for all stakeholders. LVC has made successful investments in a wide variety of industries including food and beverage, specialty packaging, consumer, healthcare, transportation and logistics, and precision manufacturing.
To learn more about LongueVue Capital, please visit our website at www.lvcpartners.com.
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Today's Highlight in History:
On May 17, 1954, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which held that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional.
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In 1536, Archbishop of Canter- bury Thomas Cranmer declared the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn invalid after she failed to produce a male heir; Boleyn, already condemned for high treason, was executed two days later.
In 1940, the Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.
In 1946, President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delay- ing — but not preventing — a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
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In 1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating Black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie. In 1987, 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq apologized for the attack, calling it a mistake, and paid more than $27 million in compensation.) In 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriages | 2023-05-18T06:33:51+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/today-in-history/article_4ac221cc-0988-5599-b831-176d3fb3248b.html |
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a convenient wireless method of providing the wireless cable TV signal link to a TV set from a cable TV outlet," said an inventor, from Beech Allen, S.C., "so I invented the GHOST SET PLUG. My design enables the user to locate the electronic device near any AC power outlet without the limitations of wired cable TV connections."
The patent-pending invention provides a wireless cable TV link accessory for remotely relaying cable TV signals between the cable TV wall outlet and a TV set. In doing so, it increases convenience and safety. It also provides added aesthetics. The invention features an effective design that is easy to install and use so it is ideal for households.
The original design was submitted to the Savannah sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-SVH-182, 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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Like most offensive linemen, Naperville Central’s John Penny doesn’t seek or get much recognition for his abilities.
But Penny’s talents aren’t limited to the field. The 6-foot-3, 265-pound senior is an actor, singer and humanitarian.
Those other extracurricular activities might be even more impressive than being a two-year starter at right guard, and Penny is plenty good at that, as his teammates can attest.
“He’s a big guy, and he’s tough,” senior defensive back Ryan Spickerman said. “He’s a great leader. If you need someone to make a play, you’ll look to him, and he’ll make that play, he’ll make that block.”
Speaking of making plays, Penny has performed in two musicals during his time at Naperville Central, first in “Mamma Mia!” his freshman year.
Penny didn’t do the musical during his sophomore year because he was competing for the wrestling team, but he returned to the stage in the spring as Gaston in “Beauty and the Beast.”
“It was a lot of fun,” Penny said. “You get to pretend to be someone that you’re not. At the same time, I got to pretend like I was a big guy in town. It took some getting used to, that’s for sure.”
Playing a classic villain like the arrogant, chauvinist and murderous Gaston was an opportunity for Penny to showcase a different ability while stepping into a character utterly different from himself. And it wasn’t easy. Penny spent about 2 ½ months rehearsing.
“It was a lot of time in practice rooms with my choir director,” Penny said. “We were running through the songs to get them memorized. They were already kind of memorized because it’s a pretty classic show.”
Spickerman, a co-captain like Penny, was unable to attend the show. But many of the Redhawks players and coaches, including head coach Mike Ulreich, were there.
“A lot of the O-linemen went and saw him,” Spickerman said. “He did a great job.”
That’s par for the course for Penny, who isn’t your average football player. Some people have told him he’s a Renaissance man.
“I’ve always loved choir,” Penny said. “I was in my church choir for a while. That really got me into choir here at school, and then they were like, ‘Hey, you should come do (the play).’ I’m like, ‘All right.’ So I signed my name down, and I was there.”
Penny is thinking about doing another show after the football season ends. Maybe it will be a more lovable character than Gaston, who is not a nice dude.
“It’s funny,” Penny said. “You can’t be a nice dude when you’re playing football, either, you know.”
Indeed, Penny enjoys putting crunching blocks on defenders and loves helping linemen Grant Ellinger, Duncan Foley, Connor Sands and Trevon Morrow do the same.
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“Communication is his biggest attribute,” Ulreich said. “We do a lot of communicating up front about where our combo blocks go, and John does a great job of making sure everybody knows where we’re going.”
Penny is going places, but maybe not where you might think. He isn’t planning to play football or act in college.
Instead, Penny is leaning toward going into nursing or teaching. He works as a nursing assistant at The Pearl of Naperville nursing home and said he enjoys helping people.
“He’s such a nice guy,” Spickerman said. “He’s a guy you just want to be around all the time. He’s a great football player too.”
Penny is the type of player Ulreich loves coaching.
“He’s an amazing human being,” Ulreich said. “He’s a great leader for our team and really a great example of being a Naperville Central football player.”
Matt Le Cren is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun. | 2022-09-01T11:11:15+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/sports/ct-nvs-fbl-penny-st-0902-20220901-ejt5glejevdpphiiiubfxqrkfa-story.html |
Bush campaign lawyer Ben Ginsberg resigns following revelations he advised a group attacking Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War record. The FEC is unlikely to finish investigating the Bush campaign's alleged cooperation with the group until after the November election. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.
Copyright 2004 NPR | 2022-06-01T14:33:47+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/2004-08-25/bush-lawyer-quits-over-ties-to-anti-kerry-group |
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison.
Kevin Seefried, 53, tearfully apologized for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him.
“I never wanted to send a message of hate,” Seefried said.
McFadden said it was deeply troubling that Seefried wielded the flagpole as a weapon against the officer.
“Bringing a Confederate flag into one of our nation’s most sacred halls was outrageous,” the judge said.
Justice Department prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of five years and 10 months for Seefried, a drywall mechanic from Laurel, Delaware.
Seefried and his adult son, Hunter, stormed the Capitol together after attending the “Stop the Steal” rally, where then-President Donald Trump addressed thousands of supporters in Washington. Kevin Seefried was the 12th rioter to set foot inside the building that day, according to prosecutors.
In October, McFadden sentenced Hunter Seefried to two years of imprisonment.
Widely published photographs showed Kevin Seefried carrying his Confederate flag inside the Capitol after he and his son, then 22, entered the building through a broken window.
Kevin Seefried told an FBI agent that he did not view the Confederate flag as a symbol of racist hate. FBI agents said they did not find any evidence linking him or his son to any far-right extremist groups.
Seefried is embarrassed and ashamed that many may view him as a racist, his lawyers said in a court filing.
“He had brought the flag as a symbol of protest, but had not considered the logic of those who see the flag as a symbol of American racism,” they wrote. “Now that photos of him with the flag have become iconic symbols of the horror of January 6, Mr. Seefried completely understands the harm he has caused.”
Within a minute of entering the building, Kevin Seefried jabbed his flagpole at Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman and joined other rioters in chasing the officer up a flight of stairs, a harrowing scene captured on video. Seefried was the first rioter to encounter Goodman near the base of the staircase, prosecutors said.
Goodman, who testified at the Seefrieds’ trial, said Seefried cursed at him and jabbed at him with the base of his flagpole three or four times without making contact. Goodman recalled that Seefried asked where members of Congress were counting the votes and said, “You can shoot me, man, but we’re coming in.”
“That flagpole was not only a weapon capable of causing serious injury; a Confederate Battle flag was affixed to it and it was brandished by a man standing at the front of a volatile, growing mob towards a solitary, Black police officer,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.
Goodman led rioters away from the Senate chamber as senators and then-Vice President Mike Pence were being evacuated. He also directed Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, to turn around and head away from the mob.
McFadden convicted the father and son of riot-related charges in June after hearing two days of trial testimony without a jury. The judge convicted both of obstructing an official proceeding, the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
McFadden also convicted the Seefrieds of misdemeanor charges that they engaged in disorderly conduct and illegally demonstrated inside the Capitol. The judge acquitted Hunter Seefried of other misdemeanor charges for clearing a shard of glass from a broken window.
The judge described Kevin Seefreid as the “prime mover” in his family’s decision to travel to Washington on Jan. 6. McFadden rejected the defense argument that the elder Seefried never intended to interfere with the congressional proceedings.
“I find that he knew what he was doing,” McFadden said.
The Seefrieds were the first Capitol riot defendants to get a bench trial on a felony charge. Neither testified.
Nearly 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot. More than 500 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors. Approximately 400 have been sentenced, with over half getting terms of imprisonment ranging from seven days to 10 years.
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US sprinter, Olympic medalist Tori Bowie dies at 32
(AP) - Tori Bowie, the sprinter who won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, has died. She was 32.
Bowie’s death was announced Wednesday by her management company and USA Track and Field. No cause of death was given.
Growing up in Sandhill, Mississippi, Bowie was coaxed into track as a teenager and quickly rose up the ranks as a sprinter and long jumper. She attended Southern Mississippi, where she swept the long jump NCAA championships at the indoor and outdoor events in 2011.
Bowie turned in an electric performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she won silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. She then ran the anchor leg on a 4x100 team with Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix and English Gardner to take gold.
A year later, she won the 100 meters at the 2017 world championships in London.
Bowie was taken in by her grandmother as an infant after she was left at a foster home. She considered herself a basketball player and only reluctantly showed up for track, but Bowie was a fast learner, becoming a state champion in the 100, 200 and long jump before going to college.
Her first major international medal was a 100-meter bronze at worlds in 2015. After winning, she said, “my entire life my grandmother told me I could do whatever I set my mind to.”
In a post on Twitter, Icon Management included a picture of Bowie holding up her hands in the shape of a heart. The management company wrote: “We’ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright! We’re truly heartbroken and our prayers are with the family and friends.”
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AP National Writer Eddie Pells contributed to this report.
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7-day chat service is a 'helpline' and marks its second summer in operation
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. , May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alocane® announces the return of the Ask Alocane Chat with extended hours. This free tool was well-received last summer and aims to help even more people with common burn and treatment questions, debunk burn-curing myths and provide advice on how to correctly use Alocane's line of burn relief and healing products. Trained by nurses, product specialists will be available to provide guidance starting Memorial Day weekend. The launch is timely because summer-related activities like grilling, outdoor food-making, bonfires, fireworks and sun overexposure trigger an uptick in minor burn events.
"We aim to provide immediate peace of mind with our live chat service," said Anne Brolly, senior vice president of product development and marketing at Quest Products, Inc. makers of Alocane. "Oftentimes, a minor burn doesn't feel small and is quite painful, so a little extra guidance goes a long way."
The National Fire Protection Association reports that an average of nearly 20 thousand patients per year went to emergency rooms because of grill-related injuries. July is the peak month for grill fires at 18 percent including both structure, outdoor or unclassified fires, followed by June at 15 percent. They also report that children under five accounted for an average of 2,000 or 39 percent of contact-type burns per year. These burns typically occurred when someone, often a child, bumped into, touched or fell on the grill, grill part or hot coals.
These are statistics all too familiar to Jess Pryles, a renowned grilling expert and social media influencer collaborating with Alocane.
"I have spent hundreds of hours around the grill, which can reach temperatures as high as 600°F, so I know it only takes a millisecond to get burned. Distractions and feeling rushed are a griller's nemeses." Pryles offers a few tips to prevent minor burns when grilling:
- Plan: Schedule the needed time to grill and organize needed utensils.
- Prepare: Always keep a fire extinguisher nearby in case of an emergency, as well as essential first-aid supplies, like the Alocane Emergency Burn Gel, in case of a minor burn.
- Protect: Designate an area around the grill for children and pets to avoid.
Immediately behind grill burn incidents in the summer are sunburns and firework-related injuries. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that more than one out of every three Americans reports getting sunburned each year. Further, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that on average, 243 people go to the emergency room every day with fireworks-related injuries in the month around the July 4th holiday.
The Ask Alocane Burn Chat will be live from May 26 to Sept. 6. The live chat service will be available Monday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (CST) and can be reached by visiting www.askalocane.com. The Ask Alocane Chat product specialists anticipate helping people with 1st and 2nd degree burns. People with serious burn emergencies should always dial 911.
Alocane® is recommended by physicians and pharmacists. Its product line offers relief and healing for all types of minor burns, from sunburns to chemical burns. By utilizing 4% Lidocaine for maximum pain relief, plus the soothing qualities of aloe vera, Alocane helps relieve the pain from burns. Visit www.askalocane.com to learn more.
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Diamonds are more than just pretty objects. Passed down over centuries, they can tell the story of their pasts. But that story isn’t always a happy one.
For many South Asians, the diamond that invokes this painful colonial history is the Kohinoor diamond.
It’s one of the largest diamonds in the world. And it was taken during British colonial rule in the 19thcentury from what is now modern-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Today, the diamond belongs to the British royal family. But the death of Queen Elizabeth last September revived calls for its return.
In February, Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Consort Camilla would not wear the Kohinoor diamond in her crown for the coronation this Saturday.
How should we handle artifacts taken during colonial periods in modern times? And what do empires owe the people they’ve colonized?
Copyright 2023 WAMU 88.5. To see more, visit WAMU 88.5. | 2023-05-03T18:23:06+00:00 | kpcc.org | https://www.kpcc.org/2023-05-03/the-coronation-the-kohinoor-diamond-and-its-colonial-past |
Robust portfolio growing at double the rate of the U.S. industrial production index over last five years
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a global leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion products, is experiencing strong demand for its industrial mounted bearings, a growing portfolio of products innovatively engineered to improve and differentiate performance. Over the last five years, Timken® mounted bearing sales have grown at more than double the U.S. industrial production index during the same period.i
Market sectors such as agriculture, mining, metals, aggregate, cement, HVAC, water treatment and food and beverage are leading contributors to increased sales of Timken mounted bearings, which provide enhanced protection from moisture, contamination and other harsh conditions. Companies installing and maintaining industrial equipment for these challenging applications are selecting Timken's highly engineered units for trusted performance and reliability from one of the broadest product lines in the industry.i
"At Timken, we're focused on product vitality, which is our ability to develop and grow a portfolio of products that we engineer into our customers' next-generation equipment," said Andreas Roellgen, Timken executive vice president, president Engineered Bearings. "When we innovate and implement solutions for our customers' toughest applications, we demonstrate the unique value of partnering with Timken. It's not only our full offering of differentiated housing and sealing designs, but the technical support we deliver to help our customers achieve strong performance."
Timken has built its mounted bearings portfolio from the ground up, through both organic growth and acquisitions. The company's mounted bearings are designed with the customer in mind, and the company's engineering knowledge is what differentiates its products. For example, Timken's split cylindrical mounted bearings are split to the shaft, making them easy to install and maintain for sites like water treatment facilities, where equipment runs while submerged in water. Whenever the equipment needs to be stopped for maintenance, it presents the risk of releasing untreated water into the environment. Timken's split cylindrical design speeds up the replacement process, making these operations more environmentally safe and sustainable.
Timken continues to pursue business with original manufacturers to grow its installed base, which will help further support long-term aftermarket growth. The company is also investing in manufacturing facility technology, expanding distribution capabilities and enhancing customer service to support expected growth over the coming years.
About The Timken Company
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) designs a growing portfolio of engineered bearings and industrial motion products. With more than a century of knowledge and innovation, we continuously improve the reliability and efficiency of global machinery and equipment to move the world forward. Timken posted $4.1 billion in sales in 2021 and employs more than 18,000 people globally, operating from 43 countries. Timken has been recognized among America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek, the World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere, and America's Best Employers, Best Employers for New Graduates and Best Employers for Women by Forbes.
Timken® is a registered trademark of The Timken Company.
Media Relations:
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234.262.6420
scott.schroeder@timken.com
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The head of Slovakia’s central bank, who is a member of the European Central Bank committee that decides monetary policy for 20 countries, said Monday he won’t step down despite bribery charges against him.
Kazimir said he considered the charges illegal and fabricated.
“I will never resign,” he told reporters after the trial opened Monday in a court in the town of Pezinok near the capital, Bratislava. “And you know why? Because I haven’t done anything wrong.”
Slovakia is one of 20 countries that use the euro currency and Kazimir is a member of the European Central Bank’s governing council, its main decision-making body.
The case dates to when Kazimir served as finance minister in the leftist government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico from 2012 to 2019. He was a member of Fico’s Smer-Social Democracy party before taking his central bank job.
Smer lost the 2020 general election and was replaced by a coalition government whose parties campaigned on an anti-corruption ticket.
Since the new government took power, a number of senior officials, police officers, judges, prosecutors, politicians and businesspeople have been charged with corruption and other crimes.
Kazimir is the first minister of Fico’s government to stand trial.
Fico’s party has a good chance of winning September’s early elections in Slovakia. | 2023-07-03T17:00:40+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/03/slovakia-kazimir-bribery-central-bank-trial/e55c5fca-19bc-11ee-be41-a036f4b098ec_story.html |
Which bird carrier is best?
Birds are intelligent, curious animals that require ample time outside of their cages to play, exercise and interact with new objects and environments. Even small birds like parakeets benefit from enrichment.
A bird carrier is a great way to allow your pet a safe way to explore new sights and sounds. It’s also indispensable if you have to travel with your bird or make a trip to the vet. The Petsfit Bird Carrier With Stainless Steel Bowl is the best bird carrier for small to medium birds. It provides excellent visibility and ventilation, allowing for both security and flexibility because of its use of quality materials and its backpack design.
What to know before you buy a bird carrier
Traveling
Air travel: Traveling with a pet bird by airplane can be a challenge. Your bird carrier has to fit under the seat in front of you and will require a security inspection. Check with your preferred airline to determine their requirements and restrictions regarding birds in the cabin. Carefully select a bird carrier that complies with their requests.
Groomer or vet: Like other pets, birds require periodic trips to the veterinarian as well as to the groomer to get their wings, claws and beaks trimmed. If you expect that your bird carrier will only be used as a way to transport your pet for these short visits, you don’t require an especially large model with multiple food and water bowls or other accessories.
Trips for fun: If your bird is comfortable with new people and places, a trip to the park or other outdoor area outside the home is a great way to give them the stimulation and socialization they crave. If you anticipate that your bird carrier will be used for adventure and exploration, consider one that’s easy to move and provides your bird with good visibility, plenty of room and access to food and water.
Your bird’s personality
If your bird is particularly shy or sensitive, choose a carrier that offers them a feeling of security. While many birds enjoy meeting people and taking in new sights, they all appreciate the ability to choose their own level of privacy. For apprehensive birds, select a carrier with opaque sides or a mesh screen as opposed to a clear plastic one that will leave them feeling fully exposed.
What to look for in a quality bird carrier
Visibility
Birds are visual creatures. Not only do they appreciate being able to see their surroundings, they’re also comforted by being able to see their owner. Select a bird carrier that allows you to easily observe your pet.
Ventilation
Because of their delicate respiratory systems, fresh air and good ventilation is necessary for the health of your bird. Carriers with screen windows provide ample airflow. If you prefer a carrier with plastic sides, choose one that provides adequate ventilation through portholes or a mesh door.
Material
Parrots’ powerful bills can make short work of almost anything they determine to be worth chewing. It’s important that your carrier is made from a material that’s strong enough to prevent your bird from biting its way out. Large parrots like cockatoos that are especially prone to chewing require metal carriers.
Food dishes and accessories
Many bird carriers include bowls to provide clean water and food. However, a carrier in motion can result in spills. If you intend to do a lot of walking with your bird, seek out a model that allows you to use a water bottle as opposed to an open dish. While getting your bird to drink from a bottle requires some training, it greatly reduces the mess.
Size
Whether your bird carrier is used for short trips or an afternoon at the park, it should provide ample room for your pet to comfortably turn around and stand up at full height. Birds are especially protective of their tail feathers, so a carrier that extends below your bird’s perch and allows room for their tail to hang without dragging is ideal for your pet’s comfort and cleanliness.
Portability
Some bird carriers come with backpack straps to allow for easy travel. Others are built in the style of a duffel bag with a handle or strap that can be slung over your shoulder. Consider your plans with your pet to determine which configuration works best for you.
Color
From metal cages to patterned bags, bird carriers are available in a variety of colors and styles. Choose a look that best matches your personal aesthetic, but keep in mind that some birds are highly sensitive to brightly colored objects and may take more time to become acclimated to the stimulation.
Toys and accessories
Many bird carriers come with clips or hooks that can be used to hang your pet’s favorite toys or treats. While not necessary for short trips to the groomer, toys and other accessories can prevent your bird from getting bored during travel.
How much you can expect to spend on a bird carrier
Expect to pay $50-$100 for a quality bird carrier made from strong, safe materials. Bird carriers made from metal or those from premium brands can cost $200 or more, depending on size.
Bird carrier FAQ
How long can your bird be safely left in its carrier?
A. To avoid undue stress and mess, your pet bird shouldn’t be in its carrier for more than a couple of hours at a time. While this isn’t possible during extended travel, trips outdoors for socialization should be kept brief. Be sure your bird always has access to drinking water.
Can you put more than one bird in a bird carrier?
A. Depending on the carrier’s size and how well your birds get along, yes. Bonded pairs prefer the security of their partner, but some birds like more solitude. Placing birds who aren’t familiar with one another in a confined space can result in injuries due to fighting.
Will your bird get car sick if you travel with it?
A. You may be surprised to learn that some birds can get car sick. If your bird becomes nauseous during travel, try to limit drives to necessary trips only. If travel by car is a must, some owners recommend installing a hanging perch in your carrier. The swinging motion of a hanging perch provides a more comfortable car ride for some birds.
What’s the best bird carrier to buy?
Top bird carrier
Petsfit Bird Carrier with Stainless Steel Bowl
What you need to know: This bird carrier backpack is versatile and includes features only available in carriers that cost twice as much.
What you’ll love: Stylishly designed and comfortable to carry and wear, this bird carrier is an excellent choice for conures or other small parrots. Its mesh screen provides great ventilation and visibility. All side windows can be covered with flaps to provide your bird with privacy for sleeping or stressful situations.
What you should consider: This bird carrier’s plastic mesh isn’t suitable for aggressive chewers. Only one bowl is included. It is not large enough for many species.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top bird carrier for the money
Colorday Lightweight Bird Carrier
What you need to know: This lightweight bird carrier is available in two sizes and provides crystal-clear visibility.
What you’ll love: The included wooden perch provides your bird with a secure grip and stable balance. This carrier’s shoulder strap and handle make it portable and easy to move around.
What you should consider: Users have noted that this bird carrier’s window is covered in a protective plastic film that’s difficult to fully remove. Plastic mesh can be destroyed by birds who are excessive chewers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Featherland Paradise Perch ‘n Go Polycarbonate Bird Carrier
What you need to know: Rugged plastic construction and metal cage doors make this popular carrier a safe, secure option.
What you’ll love: This model’s carrying handle doubles as an additional perch for your bird to use outside of the carrier. It is easily cleaned, and the clear polycarbonate plastic provides great visibility.
What you should consider: This carrier is on the expensive side and is only acceptable for small birds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An appeals court in Kyiv on Friday reduced to 15 years the life sentence of a Russian soldier convicted in the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
The trial has been closely watched as an early test of whether it’s possible to conduct fair trials during the ongoing conflict and of how well Ukraine’s beleaguered justice system will stand up to the enormous task of prosecuting thousands of complex war crimes cases.
Critics said the sentencing of Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old contract soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a civilian and was convicted in May, was unduly harsh, given that he confessed to the crime, said he was following orders and expressed remorse.
His defense lawyer, Viktor Ovsyannikov, had appealed to the court to reduce the sentence to 10 years. He said it was highly likely Shishimarin would be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. | 2022-07-29T11:49:36+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/ukrainian-court-lowers-russian-soldiers-war-crimes-sentence/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
New law "a triumph for Colorado patients over secrecy and special interests"
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) celebrated today's signing of Senate Bill 252 by Colorado Governor Jared Polis at a public ceremony in Denver. The bipartisan legislation requires Colorado hospitals to comply with federal price transparency rules by posting all of their prices upfront and in full for the public to see. According to PRA's most recent Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Report, 100 percent of hospitals reviewed in Colorado are failing to fully comply with the rules and denying patients their right to know the complete and accurate price of their services.
"Today is a bright day for all Coloradoans," said PRA Founder and Chairman Cynthia Fisher. "No longer will hospitals be able to hide prices and keep patients in the dark. No more overcharges, no more surprise billing, no more exploitation. Real transparency will usher in a fair and competitive marketplace in which all healthcare consumers are empowered with more choices that will reduce costs and improve care."
More than two years since the federal price transparency rule took effect in 2021, fewer than 25 percent of America's hospitals have fully complied with its requirements. Meanwhile, throughout the nation approximately 100 million Americans are burdened by medical debt often caused by sky-high hospital expenses to which they could not consent.
The lack of healthcare price transparency has directly harmed patients like Cyndy Reddy, a resident of Broomfield, Colorado. In a video for PRA's Patient Voices public awareness campaign, Cyndy shared her story of being saddled with crippling debt following overcharges for a hysterectomy for which she was not given an upfront price. Cyndy's story can be watched here.
"This indispensable new law is a triumph for Colorado patients over secrecy and special interests and serves as a model for other state governments to follow," Fisher added. "Families suffering from runaway healthcare costs now have new hope. I thank Governor Polis and each of the legislators from both parties for working together to bring this solution to life in order to protect patients and lower costs."
SB 252 was introduced earlier this year by Colorado Senators Kevin Van Winkle (R) and Julie Gonzales (D) and Representatives Lindsey Daugherty (D) and Anthony Hartsook (R). It was passed by the state Senate on April 19, 2023, by a bipartisan vote of 22-11; it was then passed by the state House on May 7, 2023, by a bipartisan vote of 61-3.
The new law strengthens enforcement of price transparency requirements and makes noncompliance a violation of the state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act. It also allows the State's Department of Health Care and Policy and Financing to monitor compliance with the requirements, publish the results on its website, and recommend civil monetary penalties to be issued by the attorney general.
About PRA
PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) is a leading national healthcare price transparency organization dedicated to ushering in systemwide transparency through advocacy, testimony, media, legal research, and grassroots campaigns. PRA believes that the availability and visibility of actual, upfront healthcare prices will greatly lower costs for patients and employers through a functional, competitive healthcare marketplace.
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Lee Brice sends “Save Your Roses” to country radio in memory of his longtime friend Kyle Jacobs
Lee Brice had plans to send a new single from an upcoming album to radio, but things changed when his confidant, producer and co-writer Kyle Jacobs died on February 17.
This left Lee wanting to honor Kyle’s life and legacy with another single — “Save the Roses.”
The touching ballad is told from the viewpoint of someone who has passed away as he observes his bereaved family and friends from heaven. Instead of being stuck in grief, he wants them to “save the roses” and live their lives to the fullest.
In an email to radio stations and streaming platforms, Lee’s label home, Curb Records, wrote, “Last week, Lee came to us with his desire to honor Kyle by releasing a beautiful song he and Lee co-wrote with another friend, Joe Leathers. The song is called ‘Save the Roses,’ an incredibly moving song made far more personal and poignant in light of losing Kyle.”
“To respect Lee’s wishes and to help honor Kyle and his legacy, we immediately pledged our support and pivoted from plan to come with a song from an upcoming project,” they revealed. “Instead, we’re asking our friends at radio and streaming to help us rally behind Lee and all the people that loved Kyle and support ‘Save the Roses.’”
Kyle, who was married to Kellie Pickler for 12 years, died in their Nashville home “from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an upstairs bedroom/office,” the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said.
“Save the Roses” is the fourth single off Lee’s 2020 album, Hey World.
Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-04T03:06:22+00:00 | klll.com | https://www.klll.com/lee-brice-sends-save-your-roses-to-country-radio-in-memory-of-his-longtime-friend-kyle-jacobs/ |
Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. loves cars, especially classic American muscle. However, in an effort to get away from relying on fossil fuels, he is turning some of the cars in his collection into hybrids and electric vehicles.
He will soon feature it all on the new series “Downey’s Dream Cars,” which is set to launch on the HBO Max streaming service.
A trailer for the series has been released and features cars such as a C2-generation Chevrolet Corvette, a Volkswagen Microbus, and a first-generation Chevrolet Camaro convertible, among others.
The trailer also features the crew from The Electrified Garage, a company famous for performing electric conversions on classic cars, and whose co-owner, Rich Benoit, runs the popular YouTube channel Rich Rebuilds. One of Benoit’s many previous builds is a Tesla-powered 1970 Plymouth Satellite.
Judging from the trailer, “Downey’s Dream Cars” won’t necessarily focus on the technical aspects of electrifying classic cars, but the comedy and drama that often surrounds such builds. Nevertheless, Downey Jr. wants to also highlight how such conversions don’t actually ruin classic cars but can make them faster and more fun to drive.
“My goal is to showcase that it’s possible to keep the integrity of classic cars while leveraging new tech and innovation to make them more eco-friendly,” he said in a statement.
The series debuts with two episodes on June 22, with two new episodes debuting each Thursday thereafter, leading up to the final two episodes on July 6.
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When the Kentucky Legislature started mulling a bill that would tighten control over public libraries earlier this year, librarians across the state called their lawmakers pushing for its defeat.
In the past, legislators would at least have heard them out, says Jean Ruark, chair of the advocacy committee of the Kentucky Library Association. Not this time.
"It seemed as though our efforts fell on deaf ears. There was a big outcry about the passage of that and they did it anyway," Ruark says.
At a time when public school libraries have increasingly become targets in the culture wars, some red states are going further, proposing legislation aimed at libraries serving the community as a whole. A few of the bills would open librarians up to legal liability over decisions they make.
While some of these bills have quietly died in committee, others have been signed into law, and librarians worry that the increasingly partisan climate is making them vulnerable to political pressure.
"We're seeing more indirect efforts to control what's available to the community or to put in laws that would direct how the library staff collects books," says Deborah Caldwell Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
"A lot of this legislation is really concerning, largely because of the breadth and scope of it, but also because it removes local control from communities," says Patrick Sweeney, executive director at EveryLibrary, an advocacy group that tracks the legislation.
The bill passed in Kentucky allows local library boards to be appointed by county officials. Sponsors argued that the move makes libraries, which are funded by local property taxes, more accountable to taxpayers.
But opponents say the legislation will undermine the independence of local librarians, which are supposed to serve the public as a whole.
"It's giving all of this power to partisan elected officials in counties, and if their constituents start telling them they want to ban books, this would allow them to do it. This is incredibly dangerous," says Kentucky state Rep. Patti Minter, a Democrat who opposed the bill.
The bill was first passed by the Republican-controlled legislature and vetoed by Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat. But Republicans were able to muster enough additional support to override the veto, and the bill takes effect at the start of 2023.
Other states have reached further. In Iowa, a bill was proposed allowing city councils to overturn librarians' decisions about what books to buy and where they're displayed.
In Oklahoma, a bill was signed into law requiring public libraries to install filters on digital databases to prevent children from seeing obscene material. Anyone who deliberately flouts the law would face legal liability.
Most libraries already have filters in place, and Oklahoma state Rep. Todd Russ, a Republican, says he expects the bill to rarely if ever result in legal action.
"We're trying to be good partners here, he says. "We're not trying to create all these class action lawsuits. We want to work with them to help create good protection, common sense stuff."
But other states, including Iowa and Idaho, have proposed similar bills, stripping away the legal immunity that librarians have traditionally enjoyed for the decisions they make.
Moreover, legal actions against librarians are not unheard of.
Parents in one Wyoming county recently filed criminal complaints with the local sheriff arguing that library staff members were "pandering obscenity" to minors because they carried books on LGBTQ themes, says Caldwell-Stone. After an investigation, the local prosecutor decided not to press charges.
LGBTQ books typically generate the most controversy, especially in rural areas, says Caldwell-Stone. The mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi, cut funding for the local libraries earlier this year after complaining about "sexual content" in some material featured by the library.
His decision made headlines, and money poured into the library through a crowdfunding campaign that more than made up for the money lost.
But libraries can't depend on such campaigns long-term, and librarians such as Ruark worry that in the current political climate, the pressure on them is only going to turn up.
"I think people are concerned about what it's going to do," she says, "but they also feel powerless to make it be any different."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-06-28T17:56:40+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/2022-06-21/some-states-are-changing-the-laws-that-govern-community-libraries |
The Federal Reserve ramped up its battle against inflation Wednesday with another large interest rate hike amid griping that the central bank’s efforts will plunge the U.S. into a recession.
The Fed boosted its baseline interest rate range by 0.75 percentage points for the fourth time in four consecutive meetings. The rate increase was the sixth of the year and brought the Fed’s baseline interest rate range to a span of 3.75 to 4 percent.
And while the rate hikes marked yet another aggressive move to lower inflation — which has stayed stubbornly high for months — the Federal Reserve sounded a slightly softer tone in its messaging about its future actions.
The bank’s approach to stanch demand, however, will still be determined in large part by upcoming reports on consumer prices and the resiliency of the U.S. labor market.
Here are five key takeaways from the Fed’s rate hikes.
Rate hikes will get smaller, but they’re not going away soon
The Fed has rapidly raised interest rates with the hope of bringing borrowing costs high enough to slow the economy. The central bank has sprinted to get to that point with a string of massive rate increases, boosting its baseline interest rate range by 3.75 percentage points since March.
Fed officials said that with clear signs of the economy slowing, it will soon be time for the bank to hike rates in smaller increments such as 25 or 50 basis points.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that point could come as soon as the central bank’s next policy meeting in December.
But he made clear that the Fed will continue raising interest rates and cannot afford to think about halting them with inflation still three times higher than the bank’s annual target of 2 percent.
“It’s very premature, in my view, to think we are talking about pausing our rate hikes. We have a ways to go,” Powell said during a Wednesday press conference.
“We need ongoing rate hikes to get to that level of sufficiently restrictive [interest rates] and we don’t, of course, we don’t really know exactly where that is,” he continued.
The Fed sees the economy slowing but the labor market holding strong
Fed officials said Wednesday they are paying more attention to how rising interest rates, stubbornly high inflation and headwinds from Ukraine have begun to weigh on the U.S. economy.
In his remarks, Powell cited several signs of a slowing economy, including the downturn in the housing market, declining business investment and a plateau in economic growth so far this year.
The economic slowdown is one intended effect of the Fed’s rate hikes, which are meant to force households and businesses to spend less money and stop pushing up prices for goods and services.
Even so, Powell said the resilience of the labor market is one of several factors allowing Americans to keep spending money in the face of inflation.
And while he did not single out rapid wage growth as the primary cause of inflation, Powell argued the intense demand for labor and shortage of new workers was keeping up pressure on prices.
“The broader picture is an overheated labor market where demand substantially exceeds supply,” Powell said.
“We keep looking for signs that sort of the beginning of a gradual softening is happening, and maybe that’s there, but it’s not obvious to me.”
Americans will get pummeled by high interest rates
Powell said Wednesday the Fed will need to push its baseline interest rate even higher than officials projected in September.
That means the central bank may need to boost the midpoint of its target range to 5 percent or above before halting and keeping rates high for months.
“The inflation picture has become more and more challenging over the course of the year, without question,” Powell said. “That means that we have to have policy be more restrictive and that has narrowed the window for a soft landing.”
Americans will see the direct impacts in higher mortgage rates, credit card rates and other adjustable rate loans.
Mortgage rates dipped slightly before the rate hike, according to data released Wednesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate falling to 7.06 percent, down from 7.16 a week earlier. But effective mortgage rates have still shot up to more than 7 percent, up from 4.2 percent in March and their pandemic low point of 2.7 percent.
A recession will be harder to avoid
Powell acknowledged Wednesday that the chances of avoiding recession were slimming with inflation remaining well above the annual target.
Prices rose 6.2 percent over the past 12 months, according to the personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge.
With inflation this high, Powell ceded that the Fed would need to move interest rates to a higher level than it anticipated in September, which would put even more slowing pressure on the economy.
“No one knows whether there’s going to be a recession or not, and if so, how bad that recession would be. Our job is to restore price stability so that we can have a strong labor market that benefits all over time,” Powell said.
Global turmoil won’t be a deterrent
In recent months, central banks in some of the richest countries have sought to take deflationary measures by raising interest rates.
These efforts, including those of the U.S., have garnered backlash from global policymakers and the United Nations, warning that interest rate hikes will have harmful impacts on developing economies that do not have resilient labor markets.
As the Fed hikes interest rates, the value of the U.S. dollar compared to other currencies increases.
That puts pressure on other central banks to raise interest rates while also making American goods and services far more expensive abroad.
Powell said the Fed is mindful about how global economic headwinds could affect the U.S. economy, but said the central bank would not ignore its legal mandate to keep the domestic economy strong.
“The world’s not going to be better off if we fail to do that. That’s a task we need to do. Price stability and stability in the United States is a good thing for the global economy over a long period of time,” he said. | 2022-11-02T21:58:59+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/hill-politics/5-key-takeaways-from-the-federal-reserves-rate-hikes/ |
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It's the most wonderful time of the year for NCAA basketball fans, at least. By tomorrow night, they'll be filling out tournament brackets and looking forward to this week's matchups. A Martínez is a co-host of "Take Two" on member station KPCC, and he joins us now to talk about March Madness. A, tomorrow is selection Sunday. Four sides of the bracket means we'll have four top seeds. Do you have a sense of who they'll be?
A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: Well, Wichita State, for sure, will be a top seed, because they finished the season unbeaten. They're ranked number one or one of the top teams in the country. So they'll for sure have a top seed. After that, you never know, depending on how the tournament - the conference tournaments go. As I was crunching the numbers for this, I was looking at one team that seemed to always show up in some of the categories - in the statistical categories, and that's Mercer.
Mercer from the Atlantic Sun, the Mercer Bears, 25th in scoring, 29th in field goal percentage, 40th in rebounds. Now, you're thinking those numbers don't sound so good, but consistency across the board with those numbers mean that they can be a team that maybe could sprout up. Depending on where they're seeded and who they play and where they go to play, they could be one of those teams that could pull off a big upset in the first round.
RATH: So let's talk a bit more about that one certain team that you talked about, Wichita State. Great story here. This is a school that's two times smaller than the neighboring basketball powerhouse, University of Kansas. They're the first undefeated NCAA tournament team in 23 years, but they've been criticized for having a pretty easy season. When it comes to playing these top seeds, how do you think they're going to do?
MARTÍNEZ: Well, they advanced further than anyone thought they would last season, and I think that's a little bit of what they're holding onto heading into this tournament. They've already proven that they can beat better teams. Now, unless they go all the way and prove that they can once and for all win a championship, there's still always going to be that criticism.
But, you know, this is a group of players that have been together a long time. And in college basketball, a long time means more than two seasons. They're juniors and seniors that know themselves, know the system and are very familiar with each other. And a team like Kansas, a team like Kentucky, those top level teams, while they're great and they have amazing talent, those guys really have only been together a few months.
So they can get bit by teams like Wichita State. And, I for one, wouldn't mind seeing an unbeaten team. Everyone wants to see perfection once in a while.
RATH: For Wichita, it's good for their mindset, though. If you can be undefeated and think like you're the underdog, it's probably good for them.
MARTÍNEZ: And that's exactly what they are, because most of the country believes that they might have a little bit of a run but it won't last very long, as they did last year when they went deep into the tournament. So they're very experienced with this feeling against them in this country in terms of them doing more than what they may be capable of doing.
RATH: Let's turn to professional sports now. Now, this, I just think, is weird. The L.A. Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks are going to play baseball's opening series of the season in Sydney, Australia, on a cricket field.
MARTÍNEZ: Yeah.
RATH: Why?
MARTÍNEZ: It's Major League Baseball trying to do their best to expand themselves internationally. There's a lot of money out there internationally. Australia has had a history of having a couple of players in the big leagues, but the Dodgers have been doing this for a long time.
Peter O'Malley, the former owner, took them to Japan. The Dodgers was recently in China. They've expanded into Taiwan. And that's what major league teams are trying to do, to take the game of baseball and sell it because of those dollars that are just sitting there for someone to soak up. And most of the leagues in North America are trying to do the same thing. The NFL's a big example with what they've tried to do in Europe.
RATH: Yeah. What about the NFL, which is - they're doing these London games every year now, and there's even talk of an NFL team being based in London, which it's hard to imagine putting up with that travel schedule.
MARTÍNEZ: Hard to imagine. Yeah. But if - of all the teams, of all the sports, the NFL is probably the one that can do it because there's a week between games, and they can adjust the schedule. For the teams that do go to Europe, they adjust the schedule so they get the most amount of rest.
It would be a bit of a hassle to travel that far and to make that kind of commitment. But for every single player that complains, I don't see them complaining when those marketing dollars, based on all these efforts, gets put into their paycheck.
RATH: Now, are the players' unions speaking up or speaking out about the overseas games, about it being too much?
MARTÍNEZ: The players don't like it. In every single sport, the players can't stand it, because, number one, they feel that they need to prepare for the regular season, which is a long grind to begin with. But they also understand that they are in conjunction and in a partnership with the league to make as much money as possible.
And these kind of journeys, you know, either to Europe, to Asia, to Australia means more dollars eventually down the road. So while they may complain, they are not going to complain later on when they see it in their paycheck.
RATH: I don't know. I love England, but the idea of a playoff game happening in London feels unwholesome to me.
MARTÍNEZ: Or how about a Super Bowl in London?
RATH: My goodness.
A Martínez is the co-host of "Take Two" on member station KPCC. A, thank you.
MARTÍNEZ: Thanks a lot.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2022-11-14T07:53:09+00:00 | kvpr.org | https://www.kvpr.org/2014-03-15/predicting-top-seeds-for-march-madness-2014 |
PHOENIX — From date night ideas to family friendly events, here’s where to go this weekend in the Valley; the list includes food & wine festival, fun at Legoland, Truck-A-Palooza and a local FanCon event!
- When: The runs from January 27- 29
- Cost: tickets range from $20-$35
- Where: Heritage Square [113 North 7th Street] in Phoenix
LEGOLAND DISCOVERY CENTER
Activities include:
- Build a lego race car
- Miniland: check out the Valley from a ‘lego’ standpoint.
- Creative workshop: learn “insider tips and building secrets” from a Legoland Pro.
- Cost: General Admission $25.99; kids 2 and under enter free.
- Where: LEGOLAND Discovery Center Arizona [ 5000 S Arizona Mills Cir STE 135] in Tempe
- When: January 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Tempe Public Library [ 3500 S Rural Rd]
STREET EATS FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL
- When: January 28 and 29
- Cost: General admission [$12] and VIP [$65]
- Where: Salt River Fields At Talking Stick [7555 N. Pima Rd.]
- When: January 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Cost: Free general admission
- Where: Steele Indian School Park [ 300 E. Indian School Rd] in Phoenix
*The video in the player above features Craig Jackson's breakdown on the FORD GT; one of the sweet rides that you can see at the Barrett-Jackson's collector car auction.
PERFORMANCE POP UP: BALLET FOLKLORICO QUETZALLI
- What to expect: There will be a performance and a master class.
- When: January 28 at 1 p.m.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Herberger Theater Center [222 East Monroe Street] in Phoenix
- When: Saturday, January 28, at 7:30 p.m.
- Cost: Tickets start at $48
- Where: Chandler Center for the Arts [250 North Arizona Avenue]
Calling all truck lovers! 🚚 🚌 🚓
— Gilbert, Arizona (@GilbertYourTown) January 24, 2023
Truck-A-Palooza is happening this Saturday, January 28 from 9 AM - 1 PM at Gilbert Regional Park.
Get your discounted tickets by Friday before prices go up ➡️ https://t.co/S89LWmcH2h pic.twitter.com/OjR8qqDX07
- When: January 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Cost: Tickets range from $5-$10
- Where: Gilbert Regional Park [3005 E Queen Creek Rd]
- When: January 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Cost: $16 per person, children under the age of 1 are free.
- Where: Children’s Museum of Phoenix [ 215 N. 7th Street]
- When: January 28, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Cost: Free
- Where: 411 N Central Ave in Downtown Phoenix
Open the door to the nation’s most innovative university — attend #ASUopendoor on Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Downtown Phoenix campus.
— Arizona State University (@ASU) January 24, 2023
Order your free tickets by Wednesday, Jan. 25 to enter the drawing for the ASU Open Door gift bag. 🛍️ https://t.co/wKpxHOFyLI pic.twitter.com/o4DCkKruBs
- When: January 28 – February 5, check out the event lineup right here.
- Cost: Free admission, some activities have a charge.
- Where: Old Town Scottsdale
IMMERSIVE MONET & THE IMPRESSIONISTS
- When: Now through January 28.
- Cost: Ticket prices vary from $29.99- $79.99
- Where: Lighthouse Artspace Phoenix [4301 N Scottsdale Rd] in Scottsdale
BARRETT-JACKSON'S COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION
- Cost: Tickets are less expensive when bought online versus at the venue.
- Single-day admission prices vary.
- Adult ticket prices range from $25-$89.
- Want to get the Senior, Military, Student, or First Responder discount? You’ll have to present a valid ID to get the deal.
- When: The event runs from January 21- 29; gates open at 8 a.m. each day
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PHILADELPHIA — Desperation finally got Tom Thibodeau to try it.
His starting center, Mitchell Robinson, was out since the second quarter with a sore knee. His team’s deficit hit 12 points with about 11 minutes remaining.
The coach needed points and the Sixers were undersized because Joel Embiid caught the flu.
So for the first time in his Knicks tenure, Thibodeau gave the Julius Randle-Obi Toppin frontcourt a legitimate chance. It was a smashing success. With Toppin hitting the go-ahead trey with about 90 seconds remaining, the Knicks (4-4) completed their comeback Friday night over the shorthanded Sixers, 106-104, snapping a three-game losing streak as Thibodeau departed from his comfort zone.
The coach mixed it up beyond the fourth-quarter frontcourt. He tried a new starting lineup with Quentin Grimes replacing Evan Fournier. He tried an 11-man rotation.
But the adjustments were largely duds until the fourth quarter when Toppin scored 13 of his 17 points and ignited the offense.
The Sixers (4-6) are considered pseudo-contenders when healthy, but they were ripe for picking off Friday without James Harden (out for a month with a foot injury) and Embiid (flu).
Thibodeau countered with Grimes at small forward.
The Knicks starters with Fournier had struggled in the three previous contests, all lopsided defeats. Thibodeau was hesitant to make lineup changes in his first two seasons with the Knicks, preferring consistency even during downtrends and baffling play at point guard.
But a backcourt of Fournier and Jalen Brunson was always problematic given their defensive deficiencies. Thibodeau labeled Grimes’ chance as an evaluation.
“Each season’s different, each situation’s different. So you just take it by — you’re looking at everything,” Thibodeau said. “You’re studying your team. You want to take a look at something. We didn’t have an opportunity to get a look at Quentin in the starting lineup in the preseason. We were going to evaluate it then. So this gives us an opportunity to do it now.”
The ‘evaluation’ didn’t last long in the first half. Grimes was subbed out after two quick fouls and didn’t return until the third quarter. He finished with just two points in 20 ineffective minutes.
The big adjustment was unleashing Toppin.
The power forward could get more opportunities. Robinson, the starting center, limped to the locker room in the second quarter and was ruled out for the remainder with a “sore knee,” according to the Knicks. Robinson, who missed 51 games the last two seasons (most of them because of a fractured foot), was scoreless in 12 minutes Friday with three fouls.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rasir Bolton scored on a follow shot with 7 seconds left to give No. 9 Gonzaga its first lead since the opening minutes and the Bulldogs beat San Francisco 77-75 on Thursday night.
“I was just trying to win, just do whatever it took,” Bolton said. “We came out kind of flat. It was a rough game. We battled the whole time trying to fight back. But at the end, we came out with the win.”
Gonzaga (13-3, 2-0 West Coast Conference) trailed nearly the entire way before Bolton rebounded a miss by Drew Timme and scored to break a 75-all tie. Bolton was fouled on the play but missed the free throw, giving the Dons (11-7, 0-3) one last chance.
But Khalil Shabazz mishandled his dribble and never got a shot off as San Francisco fell just short of ending a 24-game losing streak against the Bulldogs.
Bolton scored 11 of his 21 points in the final 5:15 to lead Gonzaga back, making three key 3-pointers before his game-winner.
“Those are the shots we believe him to make,” teammate Julian Strawther said. “The dude is an elite shot maker. He showed that tonight. We're proud of him but we expect that.”
Strawther added 16 points and Timme was held to 11 on 3-for-16 shooting.
Tyrell Roberts scored 18 points for the Dons, making the basket that gave them a 75-73 lead. Shabazz added 17.
“I won’t sleep well tonight,” coach Chris Gerlufsen said. “But as we go back and break the film down and see all the good things and the positive things that we did throughout the game, those are things that we need to build on. We need to continue to learn. This one hurt because I thought our guys just gutted it out and left everything on the floor.”
Gonzaga has won 80 straight games against unranked opponents.
The Dons, coming off consecutive 12-point losses to open conference play, took control early thanks to good outside shooting and solid work on the offensive boards.
Shabazz made back-to-back 3-pointers late in the half to build the lead to 12 points and USF took a 46-36 lead into the half when Isaiah Hawthorne scored on a put-back with 2 seconds left. The Dons had a 16-0 advantage on second-chance points in the first half.
The Bulldogs played much better defensively in the second half. They used an 11-1 run run early to get the deficit down to two and the game remained tight until the closing stretch when they turned it on for the win.
“I wish we didn’t have to go through stuff like that,” coach Mark Few said. “I guess if you put your hand on the hot stove, you’re going to get burned. ... If we don’t come out and play with great energy and connectivity and passion, then we’re going to be beat. Our margin of error is way less.”
BILL RUSSELL NIGHT
The Dons honored late star Bill Russell, who died over the summer at age 88. Russell led San Francisco to back-to-back national titles in 1955-56 before going on to have a Hall of Fame career in the NBA with the Boston Celtics, winning 11 championships in 13 seasons.
There was a pregame video tribute and more played throughout the game.
BIG PICTURE
Gonzaga: The Bulldogs were given a rare test in conference play, being forced to play from behind for most of the game as they struggled shooting and on the glass. The nation's top shooting team at 52.6% shot just 45% from the field.
San Francisco: The Dons fell to 3-27 against ranked teams in the past 10 seasons with the loss but looked for a while like they could build on last month's victory over then-No. 25 Arizona State. San Francisco has managed to play Gonzaga tough a few times in recent years but has now lost 25 straight in the series since a home win in 2012.
UP NEXT
Gonzaga: Visits Santa Clara on Saturday night.
San Francisco: Visits Loyola Marymount on Saturday night.
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A Connecticut jury is slated to begin hearing evidence Tuesday in a trial to decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for spreading a lie that the massacre was a hoax.
The trial is being held in Waterbury, less than 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Newtown, where 26 children and teachers were shot to death in 2012.
It's the second such trial for Jones, who was ordered by a Texas jury last month to pay nearly $50 million to the parents of one of the slain children.
A six-member jury and several alternates will decide how much the conspiracy theorist should pay relatives of eight victims and an FBI agent who responded to the school. Judge Barbara Bellis found Jones liable without a trial last year after he failed to turn over documents to the families' lawyers.
Jones is not expected to attend the trial Tuesday. He said on his show Monday that he would be traveling to Connecticut next week.
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The trial is expected to last about a month and feature testimony from both Jones and the families.
The Sandy Hook families and former FBI agent William Aldenberg say they have been confronted and harassed for years by people who believed Jones’ false claim that the shooting was staged by crisis actors as part of a plot to take away people's guns.
Some say strangers have videotaped them and their surviving children. They’ve also endured death threats and been subjected to abusive comments on social media. And some families have moved out of Newtown to avoid harassment. They accuse Jones of causing them emotional and psychological harm.
Jones, whose web show and Infowars brand are based in Austin, Texas, has been banned from YouTube, Facebook and Spotify for violating hate-speech policies.
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Jones now says he believes the shooting was real. At the Texas trial, he testified that he realizes what he said was irresponsible, did hurt people’s feelings and he apologized.
He continues, however, to insist that his comments were protected free speech. He views the lawsuits as efforts to silence him and put him out of business.
Jones’ lawyers say he intends to appeal the judgement against him in Texas. Jones also will face a third trial back in Texas involving the parents of another slain child. | 2022-09-13T06:51:56+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/13/nation/alex-jones-faces-second-trial-over-sandy-hook-hoax-claims/ |
Thompson’s clutch three-run double propels No. 1 LSU over No. 10 Tennessee
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - For the second week in a row Alex Box Stadium played host to two top 10 teams in the country as No. 1 LSU took down No. 10 Tennessee in front of a record crowd of 13,068.
The Tigers (23-3, 5-2 SEC) defeated the Volunteers (20-7, 3-4 SEC) 5-2 to take the first game of the series.
Paul Skenes (5-0) was dominant in his seventh start of the season as he struck out 12 batters, allowed five hits, and gave up just one run in seven innings.
Jordan Thompson came up clutch in the bottom of the eighth inning with a two-out bases-clearing 3-run double to break a 2-2 tie to make it 5-2.
LSU will look to take the series against Tennessee with game two scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, March 31.
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Diego CA
936 PM PST Tue Jan 24 2023
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet expected.
* WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas.
* WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Large waves and strong rip currents will create
hazardous swimming conditions.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Elevated surf will continue Thursday into
the weekend.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...Breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet. Highest surf will be on
west-facing beaches in southern San Diego County.
* WHERE...San Diego County Coastal Areas.
* WHEN...Through late Wednesday night.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf will peak on Wednesday and lower
slightly on Thursday. Elevated surf may continue into the
weekend.
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Pony Cars Power Onto Stamps Published: Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:00 AM MDT | Updated: 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON , July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Pony Cars Power Onto Stamps(PRNewswire)
What:
The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the heyday of the pony car era with five new stamps featuring some of the most famous examples of these youth-oriented vehicles.
The first-day-of-issue event for the Pony Cars Forever stamp will be held at the Great American Stamp Show in partnership with the American Philatelic Society . The ceremony is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #PonyCarsStamps .
Who:
Scott Bombaugh, chief technology officer and executive vice president, U.S. Postal Service.
When:
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at 11 a.m. PT
Where:
Great American Stamp Show
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
1400 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
RSVP:
Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at: usps.com/ponycars.
Background:
In the 1960s, a new breed of vehicle began appearing on our nation's roads. Over the past six decades, fast and fun pony cars have become a uniquely American obsession. Since their emergence, these performance coupes and convertibles have brought a youthful spirit to the automotive world.
In the mid-to-late 20th century, American automakers began catering to a segment of their customer base that was rapidly growing — younger drivers. These drivers craved sporty, affordable cars that looked and felt different from what was in their parents' garages. Several manufacturers initially produced models that fit that description, but the pony car trend did not begin in earnest until 1964.
By the time of the 1970s energy crisis, sales of the once ubiquitous pony cars had begun to decline. But by the end of the decade, the cars had a resurgence. Pony cars were cultural icons; throughout the 1970s, they appeared in many television shows and movies.
Since then, the popularity of pony cars has ebbed and flowed. But over the past two decades, automakers have reintroduced many of the beloved models first launched in the genre's heyday. Today, adventurous young — and young-at-heart — drivers enjoy the thrill of driving pony cars.
Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps , by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide.
The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
Please Note: For U.S. Postal Service media resources, including broadcast-quality video and audio and photo stills, visit the USPS Newsroom . Follow us on Twitter , Instagram , Pinterest and LinkedIn . Subscribe to the USPS YouTube channel , like us on Facebook and enjoy our Postal Posts blog . For more information about the Postal Service, visit usps.com and facts.usps.com .
Contact: James McKean 202-268-2380jim.mckean@usps.gov usps.com/news
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has released a U.S. Navy veteran who apparently illegally crossed the border from Poland into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad last year and was held there for nine months.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announced that Taylor Dudley had been handed over to U.S. custody in Poland on Thursday.
The State Department had no immediate substantive comment but said it was aware of “reports” that an American citizen had been deported from Russia. The department said it was constrained in what it could say about the case due to privacy concerns.
However, Richardson said the U.S. embassies in Warsaw and Moscow had played a role in securing Dudley’s release and even mentioned several diplomats who worked on the matter by name.
Unlike in high-profile previous releases by Russia of imprisoned Americans — like WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed — there was no swap for Dudley, who was never considered by the U.S. to have been wrongfully detained.
Dudley, 35, was reported missing last year by authorities in Lansing, Michigan. A spokesman for his family said Dudley had traveled to Europe to backpack, had gone to Poland for a music festival and at some point crossed into Kaliningrad and was detained in April, 2022.
Richardson, who has worked on behalf of the families of numerous Americans detained overseas, said the work to get Dudley released had taken more than six months and was “done discreetly and with engagement on the ground in both Moscow and Kaliningrad and with full support from Taylor’s family back in the United States.” | 2023-01-13T09:44:44+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/ap-politics/ap-russia-releases-us-navy-veteran-who-crossed-border/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alveolus Bio announced today that they have received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) FastTrack grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The SBIR program funds research and development work at small businesses to support early-stage growth. FastTrack grants fund Phase I and Phase II work over the course of three years.
This ~$2.5 million FastTrack grant entitled "An Inhaled Microbiome-Targeted Biotherapeutic for Treatment of COPD'' will support Alveolus's work on their lead program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Alveolus Bio is one of the very few Alabama-based therapeutics companies ever to have received a FastTrack award from NIH.
"We are thrilled to have received this competitive funding award to support the development of our lead asset for COPD. This is key validation of our science, both current and planned, from the NIH," said Dr. C. Vivek Lal, Founder of Alveolus Bio. Alveolus has also recently received favorable FDA feedback on the inhalation of live biotherapeutics. "These funds will support first of its kind inhaled biotherapeutics development at our company laboratories in collaboration with labs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). In addition, we are in the middle of raising a Series A equity financing round to advance our assets into clinical trials," Lal added. The initial technology behind the assets at Alveolus Bio were created at and exclusively licensed from Dr. Lal's lab at UAB.
"This is a prime time to partner with Alveolus as our new modality and route of administration are a game changing combination," said Gaurav Mehta, COO of Alveolus Bio. "We are also open to strategic partnerships and other forms of business development to advance our novel inhaled drug platform across new applications and therapeutic axes."
About Alveolus Bio
Alveolus Bio is a platform company with a team of scientists, physicians, and innovators pioneering breakthrough FDA-approved therapeutic assets for lung diseases. Our pipeline includes preclinical phase live biotherapeutics for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD), Pulmonary fibrosis, Lung Injury Secondary to Viral Illness, Neutrophilic Asthma, and earlier-stage programs, including Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Alveolus Bio has offices in Birmingham, AL and Cambridge, MA.
Contact:
Gaurav Mehta, MBA
COO
gaurav@alveolusbio.com
C. Vivek Lal, MD, FAAP
Founder & CEO
vivek@alveolusbio.com
Website: alveolusbio.com.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alveolus-bio/
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DIWANIYAH, Iraq >> Dozens of Iraqi protesters gathered Sunday to decry the so-called “honor killing” of a 22-year-old YouTube star who was allegedly strangled by her father, adding fuel to calls for legal reforms protecting women.
Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan on Friday announced that Tiba Ali was killed Jan. 31 in the central city of Diwaniyah by her father, who then turned himself in to the police. Reports say the father strangled Ali at night while she was asleep.
The so-called “honor killing” was met with condemnation from women’s rights groups and residents, who sounded the alarm on violence against women in Iraq and the need to reform legislation to impose harsher punishments on perpetrators.
The protesters held banners condemning the killing and demanding legislative reforms. “There is no honor in the crime of killing women,” one placard read.
“Anyone who wants to get rid of a woman accuses her of disgracing her dignity and kills her,” protester Israa al-Salman told The Associated Press, who also wanted Ali’s father executed.
Article 41 of the country’s penal code allows husbands to “discipline” their wives, which includes beatings. Meanwhile, Article 409 reduces murder sentences for men who kill or permanently impair their wives or female relatives because of adultery to up to three years in prison.
Rosa al-Hamid, an activist with civil society group the Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq urged the authorities to pass a long-stalled draft law against domestic violence that has been lingering in Iraqi Parliament since 2019.
“Tiba was killed by her father under tribal justifications that are unacceptable,” she told the AP.
Amnesty International Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Aya Majzoub said in a press statement said that violence against women and girls in Iraq will continue until “Iraqi authorities adopt robust legislation to protect women and girls from gender-based violence.”
Diwaniyah’s city police department and hospital administration declined to comment to the AP about Ali’s death.
Tiba Ali had been living in Istanbul, Turkey, and had a YouTube channel with over 20,000 subscribers documenting life in the Turkish city alongside her Syrian-born boyfriend, a real estate investor. In her first YouTube video in November 2021, Ali said she moved to Turkey to further her education, but chose to stay because she enjoyed life there.
Her father reportedly did not agree with the move, nor her plans to marry her partner. Maan said that Ali and her father had a heated dispute during a visit to Iraq, and that the day before her murder, the local community police had intervened to help them reach a settlement. | 2023-02-05T22:45:55+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/05/news/iraqis-protest-gender-violence-after-youtube-star-killed/ |
An action-packed offseason for the Chicago Bears will shift into overdrive next week with the beginning of the NFL’s new league year and the opening of free agency. Contracts can’t be finalized until 3 p.m. Wednesday, but negotiations between teams and unrestricted free agents can begin at 11 a.m. Monday.
The Bears, according to OverTheCap.com, have approximately $94 million of salary-cap space, the most of any team in the NFL by far. But they also have a roster in need of major replenishment after finishing last season with a franchise-record and league-most 14 losses. So how can general manager Ryan Poles make the most of this opportunity in free agency? How active will the Bears be through several waves this month? And what’s realistic for the team to accomplish as it looks to position itself for a successful draft in April?
Tribune Bears writers Dan Wiederer and Colleen Kane put their heads together to survey the landscape of free agency in this edition of “Real Talk.”
Dan Wiederer: Bears fans have had a license to dream big — like, really big — for months, envisioning an exhilarating offseason in which Poles restocks the roster with talent and depth for the team to begin its next championship climb. Even Poles has been open in sharing his eagerness to attack these next seven weeks of free agency and the draft.
At the scouting combine two weeks ago, the Bears GM expressed his giddiness for what’s ahead. “It’s hard to sleep right now because you’re just thinking about all these things you could possibly do,” he said.
You start to envision Poles like Dr. John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind,” staring at a board full of numbers and possibilities, of permutations and combinations. Only Poles is at Halas Hall, looking at the Bears’ draft board and free-agency rankings with all his best-case scenario groupings still in play.
Well, it’s go time. And for Poles and his team — which includes assistant general manager Ian Cunningham and contract negotiators Matt Feinstein and Cliff Stein — the trick will be blending think-big ambition with patient practicality. I’ll get to more of this in a minute. But Poles’ consistent emphasis on discipline for the upcoming shopping spree has resonated with me. What do you expect for this first wave and first week of free agency?
Colleen Kane: I’m with you, Dan, in noting that Poles continues to stress being selective and sticking to value parameters in free agency. His belief is that long-term success is built through the draft, and he knows how getting bogged down by bad free-agent contracts can hurt that pursuit.
“The key is that we don’t waste this opportunity and do something that’s not sound that doesn’t allow us to have this flexibility in years to come,” Poles said at the NFL combine. “So that’s the balance — take advantage of now but still (be mindful of) not trying to hurt you down the road.”
That said, Poles has money to spend, and the first wave of free agency should be more interesting for the Bears and with bigger contracts than we’ve had in a couple of years, though I suppose 2021 was interesting for a different reason — the quarterback intrigue that resulted in the Andy Dalton signing. But that’s a memory for another story.
This year, the Bears have holes to fill all over their roster except at quarterback. But I would think the early big spending will likely go to the team’s most pressing needs — upgrading the offensive and defensive lines.
Wiederer: That would be the hope. The Bears need help on both sides of the ball. And when we look at the top shelf of offensive tackles in free agency, it’s easy to get excited about the potential addition of guys such as Orlando Brown or Mike McGlinchey or Jawaan Taylor or Kaleb McGary. Any of those players — at the right price — would help the Bears check a box in their effort to create support for quarterback Justin Fields.
Defensively, Javon Hargrave, Dre’Mont Jones and Dalvin Tomlinson will be worth checking in on.
Without question, Poles will be active in trying to acquire difference-making talent over the next few weeks. But, as you mentioned, he also will be mindful of how every player on the Bears’ free-agency board is valued. The key, then, will be in showing flexibility but not recklessness as specific circumstances dictate.
We always look at free agency in waves. The first — which will start when the negotiating period opens Monday and last three or four days — is the wave that creates the biggest headlines and adrenaline rushes. But it’s often the second-wave value signings that work out best for the healthiest teams in the league.
Kane: You mentioned Bears fans’ big dreams earlier, and I already can hear the buzz if Poles were to lock down a player such as Brown or Hargrave.
But you’re right: The second wave of free agency is going to be crucial too. This is a Bears team that went 3-14 in 2022 with a lot of players on short-term deals. Beyond the multiple spots the Bears need to upgrade on their lines, they need cornerbacks, linebackers and tight ends. They need to consider re-signing David Montgomery or weigh other options at running back to complement Khalil Herbert.
And of course they need wide receivers. Darnell Mooney is coming off an ankle injury. Chase Claypool and Velus Jones Jr. didn’t produce up to expectations in their first stints with the Bears. The contributions from a host of other wide receivers were minimal. Fields needs better players to throw to, and I don’t think counting on improvement from any of the aforementioned receivers is going to cut it.
This class of free-agent wideouts isn’t considered great, so maybe the Bears are plotting additions from the draft. Either way, I’m intrigued to see how it unfolds.
Wiederer: I got dizzy just now as you ticked off all the needs this team has. Resources? Yes. But many needs too. Many, many needs.
That’s why that massive $94 million number that applies to the Bears’ salary-cap space is a touch misleading because they also have a high volume of signings to make, which will require Poles to spread his spending out strategically over many areas while also retaining a feel for what will be available in the draft.
Suddenly, the dream of a free-agency shopping spree with few restrictions gets reined in slightly with the need for Poles, in his words, to stay disciplined. Which is why he might be undeterred if his early haul in free agency doesn’t meet the expectations of the most zealous fans.
And just to extend off your point that this free-agent receiver class isn’t all that impressive, the class as a whole lacks sizzle, seen in many league circles as ho-hum at best. That points me back to the thought process that Poles might conduct his business in a calculated manner that allows him to retain some level of cap flexibility for a better time — when the free-agent market is more appealing and the Bears are closer to contending.
Kane: I think that brings us to what a realistic result might be when the Bears roster makeover is complete in May.
Between the money available to Poles in free agency and the No. 1 draft pick that he hopes to turn into more draft capital, how many true difference makers will the Bears be able to add this offseason?
Enough to bring them closer to contending? For sure. Enough to make them a contender? Maybe not yet.
Wiederer: The key in all of this for Poles is understanding the need for immediate fixes while also working to lock in new players who can be part of the team’s long-term plans. Between free agency and the draft, ideally the Bears should be aiming to add at least a half-dozen and maybe up to 10 players who can still be important contributors in 2026. Again, this isn’t “surge and splurge” time for Poles. But it is a critical period to stabilize the roster in a meaningful way.
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Nurses hold vigil outside NY Presbyterian to honor COVID victims amid ‘tripledemic’ surge
By Lucy Yang
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NEW YORK, New York (WABC) — Hospitals and health care workers are being pushed to the max in New York as the so-called ‘tripledemic’ leads to a surge in flu, COVID and RSV cases.
About 100 nurses gathered in the cold night air outside New York Presbyterian Hospital Tuesday night to remember and honor those health care colleagues who died during the pandemic while trying to save others from COVID.
Nurse Anna Czarny recalls how Peter Chin worked the morning shift and pressed on until he could no longer.
“I remember him having a terrible cough but still truck through that shift. The next day he was not at work,” Czarny said.
Nurse Romeo Agtarap came out of retirement only to lose his life.
Despite the availability of vaccines and better treatment and a return to some normalcy, COVID has not disappeared.
In fact, New Jersey reported 23 COVID deaths on Tuesday, the most since February. New York reported 98 deaths in the last three days.
Hospitals are once again overwhelmed.
In Mississippi, patients are being transferred out of state, while the University of New Mexico Hospital is building a triage tent outside.
“We are seeing lots of very sick patients, lots of patients on the ventilators in the ICU,” said Dr. Steve McLaughlin of University of New Mexico Health.
Compounding the problem is that it’s not just COVID this winter. Health experts are concerned about the COVID, flu and RSV tripledemic.
Nurses at New York Presbyterian tell Eyewitness News reporter Lucy Yang that the pediatric emergency department is filling up at an alarming rate.
“It’s like the population flipped. Instead of adults, it’s the pediatric population affected,” said Aretha Morgan, who works in the pediatric emergency department. “We lost two children, two weeks ago due to RSV.”
For nurses who still feel burned out from COVID, sadly, there is no time to exhale. Not with so many children now in need of emergency beds.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Iran’s nuclear program insisted Wednesday that his government would cooperate with international inspectors on any “new activities.” His statement followed an exclusive Associated Press report about Tehran’s new underground tunnel system near a nuclear enrichment facility.
The AP outlined this week how deep inside a mountain, the new tunnels near the Natanz facility are likely beyond the range of a last-ditch U.S. weapon designed to destroy such sites.
The report sparked wider conversation across the Middle East about the construction, with Israel’s national security adviser saying Tuesday the site would not be immune from attack even if its depth put it out of range of American airstrikes.
Speaking to journalists Wednesday after a Cabinet meeting, Mohammad Eslami of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran sought to describe the interest in the site as a case of Israel feeling pressured.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is working under the IAEA safeguards, and whenever wants to start new activities, it will coordinate with the IAEA, and acts accordingly,” Eslami said, using an acronym for the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The IAEA did not respond to questions from the AP about the construction at Natanz, about 225 kilometers (140 miles) south of Tehran. Natanz has been a point of international concern since its existence became known two decades ago.
Satellite photographs of the piles of dirt from the digging and experts who spoke to the AP suggest the new tunnels will be between between 80 meters (260 feet) and 100 meters (328 feet) deep.
Such underground facilities led the U.S. to create the GBU-57 bomb, which can plow through at least 60 meters (200 feet) of earth before detonating, according to the American military. U.S. officials reportedly have discussed using two such bombs in succession to ensure a site is destroyed. It is not clear that such a one-two punch would damage a facility as deep as the one at Natanz.
With such bombs potentially off the table, the U.S. and its allies are left with fewer options to target the site. If diplomacy remains stalled as it has for months over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal, sabotage attacks may resume.
Iran says the new construction will replace an above-ground centrifuge manufacturing center at Natanz struck by an explosion and fire in July 2020. Tehran blamed the incident on Israel, long suspected of running sabotage campaigns against its program.
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Associated Press writer Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TC Biopharm (Holdings) PLC ("TC Biopharm" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TCBP) (NASDAQ: TCBPW), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing platform allogeneic gamma-delta T cell therapies for cancer treatment, today announced that Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) diagnoses have risen globally according to a recent study entitled, "EPR22-104: A Comparison of the Burden of Leukemia Amongst Various Regions of the World, 1990-2019," published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
The authors analyzed data from the World Health Organization from 1990 to 2019 and found that AML incidences grew by 34.6% among men and grew by 7.9% among women. Additionally, diagnoses increased in all regions globally.
"The Global increase of AML cases marks an urgent need for the healthcare industry to invest in the most promising therapeutics to combat this cancer, this message is further amplified by orphan disease designation by regulatory agencies," said Bryan Kobel, CEO of TC BioPharm. "OmnImmune, our allogeneic unmodified Gamma Delta therapeutic for AML, is currently in phase 2B/3 clinical trials and has seen very promising early results in Phase 1b/2a human trials. The lack of a toxicity in our OmnImmune trials points to potential value in AML as a stand-alone therapeutic and also as a potential combination therapy to help patients with no existing treatment options. We hope to bring the product to market in 2023 with our Orphan drug status granted and look forward to making significant impact in the lives of AML patients and the treatment of this devastating disease."
TC BioPharm manufactures young, active gamma-delta T cells exogenously using donor blood, expanding the gamma delta t-cell population into the billions and infusing these healthy donor cells into cancer patients. The FDA has granted Orphan Drug status for OmnImmune®.
TC BioPharm is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of gamma-delta T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and viral infections with human efficacy data in acute myeloid leukemia. Gamma-delta T cells are naturally occurring immune cells that embody properties of both the innate and adaptive immune systems and can intrinsically differentiate between healthy and diseased tissue. TC BioPharm uses an allogeneic approach in both unmodified and CAR modified gamma delta t-cells to effectively identify, target and eradicate both liquid and solid tumors in cancer.
TC BioPharm is the leader in developing gamma-delta T cell therapies, and the first company to conduct phase II/pivotal clinical studies in oncology. The Company is conducting two investigator-initiated clinical trials for its unmodified gamma-delta T cell product line - Phase 2b/3 pivotal trial for OmnImmune® in treatment of acute myeloid leukemia and Phase I trial for ImmuniStim in treatment of Covid patients using the Company's proprietary allogenic CryoTC technology to provide frozen product to clinics worldwide. TC BioPharm also maintains a robust pipeline for future indications in solid tumors and other aggressive viral infections as well as a significant IP/patent portfolio in the use of CARs with gamma delta t-cells and owns our manufacturing facility to maintain cost and product quality controls.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — High winds and a cold snap in Greece halted ferry services and highway traffic and dusted the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens with snow on Monday.
The inclement weather prompted authorities in greater Athens in close schools and courthouses and suspend debates in parliament. Cellphone alerts sent by authorities to the capital’s residents urged the public to remain indoors.
The agency said the harsh weather sweeping across southern Greece would mostly affect areas north of the capital and the nearby island of Evia and was expected to last through Wednesday.
“We strongly recommend that people exercise caution and strictly limit movements to those that are absolutely necessary,” fire department spokesman Yiannis Artopios said. “The bad weather is intense.”
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Military: Syria rocket attack on US base nets no casualties
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says a rocket attack has targeted a base in eastern Syria housing American troops causing no injuries or damage. The military said in a statement that one rocket struck the Mission Support Site Conoco in eastern Syria on Monday evening and another rocket was found at the attack point of origin. No one claimed responsibility. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, hinted that Iran-backed fighters based in eastern Syria might have been behind the attack. The U.S. has about 900 troops deployed in Syria. | 2023-04-10T21:49:23+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/04/10/military-syria-rocket-attack-on-us-base-nets-no-casualties/ |
Imagine suddenly being pulled back in time, without warning or explanation. Where is the place you’d least like to go?
In the 1979 novel “Kindred,” author Octavia Butler sent her main character – a Black woman – back to the antebellum south of the 1800s. Dana lands amongst her ancestors, who were owned as slaves.
The sci-fi book is a modern classic – a cornerstone of afro-futurism that made waves in a genre dominated by white men. “Kindred”is still being discovered by new readers today – and by viewers.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins adapted “Kindred” into a new FX series of the same name on Hulu, which premiered Dec. 13. Jacobs-Jenkins is a talented writer in his own right, having received the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play for “Appropriate” and “An Octoroon.”
He’s also a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama, and was the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant.” His previous TV production credits include the 2019 HBO series “Watchmen” and the Prime Video sci-fi series “Outer Range.”
We speak with Jacobs-Jenkins about making the first on-screen adaptation of the late, and pioneering Octavia Butler’s work and why it still resonates with readers, and now viewers, decades later.
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DPRIVE Hardware Acceleration Project Aims to Achieve Mass Market Adoption Readiness for Data-in-Use Protection
HOBOKEN, N.J. , Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Duality Technologies, the leader in privacy preserving data collaboration, today announced that the company was selected for Phase II of the DARPA Data Protection in Virtual Environments (DPRIVE) program. New capabilities for accelerated privacy-protected machine learning developing in the project will be integrated into Duality Technology's secure data collaboration platform, offering customers the most comprehensive ability to apply data science and machine learning on sensitive data in an expedient and collaborative way that further breaks down data silos that exist within and between organizations.
"Duality emerged as an unequivocal global leader in making privacy technology real and practical, at orders of magnitude faster than anyone else," said Prof. Kurt Rohloff, chief technical officer and co-founder of Duality. "We have assembled a renowned hardware and software acceleration team and we are continuing to achieve massive strides toward making what many people still believe is impossible - possible."
With support from DARPA in the DPRIVE program, the Duality TREBUCHET team continues on its trajectory to leverage the Duality powered OpenFHE (openfhe.org) library for Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) computations that aim to significantly reduce the current computational burden and drastically speed up FHE calculations. This leading open source FHE software library revolutionizes computation on encrypted data - ensuring data security to address applications for the US Government, Department of Defense (DoD) and in commercial applications.
Duality was selected for Phase II of DPRIVE after success in a fiercely competitive Phase I round that included hardware accelerations teams from the biggest and most capable technology companies in this area. In Phase I, the Duality-led team designed a hardware accelerator for machine learning on data encrypted using FHE. The team's successful design work in Phase I justified their selection for Phase II and the multimillion dollar research and development contract to design and prototype encrypted computing acceleration hardware. A goal of the Duality-led TREBUCHET team is to make machine learning (ML) on FHE-protected ciphertext just as fast as ML on unencrypted data by design a hardware accelerator integrated with advanced FHE software such as OpenFHE.
"This Phase II award further validates the ground-breaking work we are spearheading and I am immensely proud of our team, technology and the privacy-preserving revolution we are leading," added Rohloff.
For more information on our partnership with DARPA, our technology, and the Duality team leading this effort, read our white paper and watch the interview with our team.
This research was, in part, funded by the U.S. Government. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government.
Duality is the leader in privacy enhanced secure data collaboration, empowering organizations worldwide to maximize the value of their data without compromising on privacy or regulatory compliance. Founded and led by world-renowned cryptographers and data scientists, Duality operationalizes privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) to accelerate data insights by enabling analysis and AI on encrypted data, while preserving data privacy, compliance and protecting valuable IP. A Gartner Cool Vendor, Duality was named a Tech Pioneer 2021 by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and listed on Fast Company's 2020 Most Innovative Companies and recently won the 2022 CB Insights' AI 100, the 2022 RegTech 100 Awards, and the AIFinTech100 2022 Awards.
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New dispensary expands patient access to medical cannabis; grand opening specials available
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) ("Trulieve" or "the Company"), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, today announced the opening of a new medical dispensary in Apopka, Florida. Located at 2121 W Orange Blossom Trail, the Apopka dispensary opens at 9am on Saturday, July 9, 2022, with ongoing regular hours of 9am - 9pm from Monday through Saturday and 10am - 8pm on Sunday.
Grand opening festivities throughout the day at the new dispensary will include numerous partner giveaways, music, food trucks, deals and specials, and all registered patients will receive a 25% discount. Trulieve also offers statewide home delivery, convenient online ordering and in-store pickup. As always, all first-time guests are eligible for a 50% new customer discount at any Florida-based location.
"Trulieve is proud to expand access to medical marijuana for Florida's patient population," said Trulieve's Chief Executive Officer Kim Rivers, "Trulieve is committed to investing in the Apopka community, as well as offering patients access to high quality products and providing exceptional customer experiences."
As the state's leading medical cannabis provider, Trulieve's retail employees are trained to provide personalized patient care and support individuals at every stage of their cannabis journeys. Trulieve dispensaries throughout Florida offer on-site consultations to help patients obtain appropriate medical products and dosages to ensure optimal cannabis experiences.
Trulieve patients across Florida can choose from the largest selection of THC and CBD products available in a variety of consumption methods, including smokable flower, concentrates, edibles, capsules, syringes, tinctures, topical creams, vaporizers, and more.
Designed to meet every patient's needs, our portfolio of in-house brands includes Alchemy, Co2lors, Cultivar Collection, Modern Flower, Momenta, Muse, Roll One and Sweet Talk. Patients also have access to beloved brands such as Bellamy Brothers, Bhang, Binske, Blue River, Black Tuna, DeLisioso, Love's Oven, Miami Mango, O.pen and Sunshine Cannabis, all available exclusively at Trulieve in Florida.
For more information, or to learn how to become a registered patient, please visit Trulieve.com and connect on Instagram or Facebook.
Trulieve is an industry leading, vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator in the U.S. operating in 11 states, with leading market positions in Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Trulieve is poised for accelerated growth and expansion, building scale in retail and distribution in new and existing markets through its hub strategy. By providing innovative, high-quality products across its brand portfolio, Trulieve delivers optimal customer experiences and increases access to cannabis, helping patients and customers to live without limits. Trulieve is listed on the CSE under the symbol TRUL and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol TCNNF. To learn more about Trulieve, visit Trulieve.com.
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A local apartment investor has greatly expanded its holdings in the South Shore neighborhood, paying $22 million for two properties close to the Obama Presidential Center, according to CoStar and county property records.
New City Property Management bought Shorewind Apartments, a 16-story building at 7000 S. South Shore Drive on the lakefront, along with a smaller building one block west at 6951 S. Oglesby Ave., from San Francisco-based Belveron Partners.
The two buildings together have 250 units, according to a spokesperson for Belveron, which declined to comment further on the sale. .
The price tag is significantly more than the $16.8 million Belveron, one of the nation’s largest owners of affordable housing, paid for the 1920s-era buildings in 2019. The boost worries some community members who say the $830 million presidential center, rising in Woodlawn’s Jackson Park just to the north and set to open in 2025, could raise local housing costs beyond the reach of many residents.
“The buyer is going to want a return on their investment, and the only way I see you can make a profit is to increase the rent,” said community organizer Dixon Romero.
NCPM became one of the neighborhood’s largest landlords last year when it paid $14 million for 7100 S. South Shore Drive, a 10-story, 162-unit building one block south. Company officials did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
In 2020, Chicago City Council passed the Woodlawn Housing Preservation Ordinance, a measure pushed by a coalition of community organizations, which requires all rental and for-sale housing developed on city-owned lots in that neighborhood to reserve a portion for very low-income residents and funded several programs to rehabilitate existing affordable housing.
Romero, founder and executive director of Not Me We, a housing advocacy group, said South Shore needs a similar community benefits agreement to create and preserve affordable housing, and prevent the displacement of existing residents.
“South Shore is the number one eviction neighborhood in the city, and it’s been that way since 2010,” he said.
The neighborhood had an eviction rate of 8.7% in 2019, three times higher than the citywide rate, according to the South Shore Housing Data Project, a 2022 report from the South Shore Chamber of Commerce and other groups. And 30% of residents live at or below the poverty line, with 57.6% considered housing cost-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
Almost 90% of voters in South Shore precincts near the Obama center favored a community benefits agreement, according to a nonbinding referendum on the Feb. 28 mayoral and City Council election ballot, Romero said.
“The Obama center is like a huge object dropped into a body of water, it’s causing these waves of speculation, but it doesn’t have to cause displacement. It can be a real honor for the president and an inspiration to the community, but we have to be here to enjoy it.” | 2023-05-24T22:51:34+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-shorewind-apartments-20230524-cu3obinvibhx7mmsjsna5usj44-story.html |
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OXFORD – Oxford’s Roman Gregory delivered a huge performance against South Panola on Friday night.
After a first-half shootout, the Oxford defense delivered some big stops early in the second half to allow its offense to pull away en route to a 43-34 victory. Gregory delivered what would turn out to be the knockout blow late in the third quarter, breaking loose from a couple Tigers and scampering 29 yards to put the Chargers up big.
“I thought what we did a nice job of was finishing drives,” Oxford coach Chris Cutcliffe said. “Last week it felt like we moved the ball a good bit, but weren’t able to finish drives.”
South Panola (0-1) went blow for blow with Oxford (1-1) in the first half, trailing 29-20 entering the break. After the Oxford defense forced a South Panola punt on the first drive of the second half, the Chargers drove down the field and executed a perfect pop pass from Mack Howard to Jack Harper from 8 yards out to separate for good.
Gregory finished the night with four total touchdowns, two on the ground and two in the receiving game. His score late in the third quarter would end up being the difference.
“I was just trying to make a play,” Gregory said regarding his 29-yard touchdown late in the third quarter. "Just trying to make something out of it.”
South Panola found the end zone a couple times late in the fourth quarter, but it wouldn't be enough to overcome the lead Oxford built up in the third quarter.
It was a big night for the Oxford offense a week after struggling on the road at Brandon. Howard was very effective against South Panola, finishing the first half 10 of 12 for 125 yards and two touchdowns. He added another touchdown in the second half.
Extra Points
Turning Point: Gregory’s 29-yard touchdown late in third quarter made it 43-20.
Point Man: Gregory had 15 carries for 95 yards in the first half and finished with four total touchdowns
Talking Point: “We made a lot of mistakes last week. This week at practice we were just focusing on us and trying to get better” – Gregory
Notes
• The two teams combined for 35 points in the second quarter
• Next week, Oxford is off while South Panola hosts Memphis Central (Tenn.).
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FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced that management will participate in a fireside chat and host one-on-one meetings with interested investors at the following conference:
- Baird's 2023 Global Consumer, Technology and Services Conference. Sumedh Thakar, president and CEO, and Joo Mi Kim, CFO, will host one-on-one meetings and participate in a fireside chat in New York on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 8:30am ET.
At the time of the fireside chat, a live webcast will be accessible from the investor relations page of the Qualys website at https://investor.qualys.com/events-presentations. Following the event, a replay will be available at the same location.
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The Qualys Cloud Platform leverages a single agent to continuously deliver critical security intelligence while enabling enterprises to automate the full spectrum of vulnerability detection, compliance, and protection for IT systems, workloads and web applications across on premises, endpoints, servers, public and private clouds, containers, and mobile devices. Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has strategic partnerships and seamlessly integrates its vulnerability management capabilities into security offerings from cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, the Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, along with a number of leading managed service providers and global consulting organizations. For more information, please visit www.qualys.com.
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BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Jury selection for Mauricio Torres has been delayed to Jan. 31 due to icy conditions, Benton County officials said Monday.
Torres was found guilty of capital murder for raping and killing his 6-year-old son in March 2015.
He has since gone to trial twice for the crime. Once in 2016 and once in 2020.
Torres could be facing the death penalty.
Benton County says the trial could get postponed again if weather conditions continue.
Stay with KNWA/FOX24 for updates. | 2023-01-30T17:34:03+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/northwest-arkansas-news/jury-selection-delayed-for-mauricio-torres-third-capital-murder-trial/ |
Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year
By CARA ANNA
Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa. At least 18,000 people are forecast to die in the first six months of this year. “The current crisis is far from over,” says the report released Monday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency and carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Somalia is facing a sixth consecutive failed rainy season. | 2023-03-20T10:57:43+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/03/20/report-43000-estimated-dead-in-somalia-drought-last-year/ |
Al Pacino is a father for the fourth time.
Pacino's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the actor, 83, and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah welcomed a son named Roman.
No other details, including when or where the baby was born, were released. The news was first reported by TMZ.
He is Pacino’s fourth child and first with Alfallah. Pacino has a 33-year-old daughter, Julie Marie, with acting coach Jan Tarrant and 22-year-old twins Anton and Olivia with actor Beverly D’Angelo.
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Pacino and Alfallah reportedly began dating last year. She describes herself as a “raconteur” on her Instagram page and her IMDB page notes that she’s a producer on two movies currently in post-production, including “Billy Knight," starring Pacino.
Pacino’s baby news follows close on the heels of that of longtime friend and fellow actor Robert De Niro. A representative for the 79-year-old actor confirmed last month that De Niro had become a father for the seventh time. | 2023-06-16T05:08:42+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/al-pacino-83-is-a-father-for-the-fourth-time-welcoming-son-roman-with-noor-alfallah/3162401/ |
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better way to secure a smartphone to a vehicle's air vent for hands-free use while driving," said an inventor, from Houston, Texas, "so I invented THE GARZA PHONE CLIP. My design would hold the phone steady while preventing damage to the vehicle's air vent."
The invention provides an improved method of attaching a mobile phone to a vehicle's air vent. In doing so, it ensures that the phone is stable and easy to view while driving. It also helps to prevent air vent and dashboard damage. The invention features a user-friendly design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for vehicle owners and professional drivers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Houston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-HOF-261, 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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Two-time All-Star wing Jaylen Brown has agreed to a five-year, $304 million supermax contract extension with the Boston Celtics, making him the highest-paid player in NBA history, his agent, Jason Glushon of Glushon Sports Management, confirmed to Yahoo Sports. ESPN's Marc J. Spears first reported the deal.
The contract is fully guaranteed. There is no player option for the final year of Brown's deal in 2028-29. The contract includes a trade kicker that would increase Brown's salary even further if he is dealt at any point.
The 26-year-old averaged a career-high 26.6 points per game (49/34/77 shooting splits), 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 35.9 minutes a game this past season, helping Boston to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics have made the conference finals in five of Brown's seven seasons, including a trip to the NBA Finals in 2022, when they lost to the four-time champion Golden State Warriors in a six-game series.
The richest contract in league history is a matter of great timing on Brown's part. He was the only member of the 2016 draft class to earn All-NBA honors with a year remaining on his current deal, which qualified him for the supermax extension this summer. Brown will earn $28.5 million before his extension begins in 2024.
Brown was reluctant to discuss his future in Boston this past season, understandably upset after a season-ending loss to the Miami Heat and telling The Ringer's Logan Murdock earlier this year, "I don't really know or want to answer that question because that type of stuff makes Celtics fans speculate and go crazy."
Still, turning down $304 million guaranteed when the alternative in 2024 could be $100 million less is a no-brainer. Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens confirmed as much in a news conference at season's end, telling reporters, "I'm not allowed to talk about the contract details, let alone the extension ... but I can say without a doubt that we want Jaylen to be here. He's a big part of us."
Brown's teammate, Jayson Tatum, will become the league's highest-paid player next summer, when he becomes eligible for a supermax extension worth further north of $300 million. There is much debate about whether paying Brown in addition to Tatum is Boston's best path to a championship, especially in light of a new collective bargaining agreement that severely restricts high-priced teams from building out rosters.
Brown struggled at times in the playoffs, particularly as a playmaker and especially in this year's conference finals, where he shot 16.3% on six 3-point attempts per game and totaled more turnovers (25) than assists (24). Some of his production decline can be attributed to a laceration on his shooting hand that repeatedly reopened throughout the playoffs, but he also struggled to contain his ball-handling in the 2022 Finals loss.
Still, Brown turns 27 years old in October, and Tatum does not turn 26 until March. They have finished no worse than the conference finals every year they have both been healthy for the playoffs since 2020. (Brown missed the 2021 playoffs with a torn ligament in his left wrist, and the Celtics lost in the opening round.) They were four minutes and an all-time eruption from Stephen Curry — the greatest shooter in the history of the sport — away from taking a 3-1 lead in the Finals and all but guaranteeing themselves a championship.
It is not just possible that the Celtics could win with Tatum and Brown as their highest-paid players, it is proven. The alternative is shopping Brown for players who would almost certainly come no closer to a title. It is on Tatum and Brown to continue their upward trajectories into the prime years that still await them.
It is also on Boston's front office to build a more cohesive team around them. Stevens began that job as soon as the season ended in disappointment, smartly adding veteran assistants Sam Cassell and Charles Lee to rookie head coach Joe Mazzulla's staff and boldly trading 2022 Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart for 2018 All-Star Kristaps Porzingis and multiple draft picks, including rookie Jordan Walsh.
Before free agency even began, the Celtics boasted a deep rotation and BetMGM's best title odds in the East. It is pretty difficult to argue against paying Brown when he is bordering on the precipice at age 26. | 2023-07-25T16:16:06+00:00 | wsbtv.com | https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/nba-free-agency-2023/MHE7KGJPEVAQ5QBIUW2GUWMNKA/ |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand’s capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas in what a fire chief on Tuesday called his “worst nightmare.”
Fifty-two people in the Loafers Lodge hostel in Wellington had been accounted for, but firefighters were still looking for others, said Wellington Fire and Emergency District Manager Nick Pyatt. He said they were called to the hostel at about 12:30 a.m.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told the AM morning news program that he understood that six people were confirmed dead and the number of fatalities would likely rise. Police said they did not have an exact count of the number of dead, although they believe the total number of fatalities was less than 10.
Hipkins said the building was not currently safe for police to enter and it could take authorities some time to confirm the number of dead.
“It is an absolute tragedy. It is a horrific situation,” the prime minister told reporters. “In the fullness of time, of course, there will be a number of investigations about what has happened and why it happened. But for now, the focus clearly has to be on dealing with the situation.”
Responding to comments from emergency officials that the building had no fire sprinklers, Hipkins said it was not currently a requirement of New Zealand's building code for older buildings to be retrofitted with sprinkler systems.
Pyatt, the fire chief, said his thoughts were with the families of those who had perished and with the crews who had rescued those they could and tried to rescue those they couldn’t.
“This is our worst nightmare," Pyatt said. “It doesn’t get worse than this.”
Police said the cause of the fire was not immediately known.
Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said city officials were helping about 50 people who escaped the fire and were at an emergency center the council set up at a local running track that had showers and other facilities.
He said a number of elderly people had escaped the building with only the pajamas they were wearing.
“A lot are clearly shaken and bewildered about what happened,” he said.
The hostel provided a combination of short-term and long-term rentals, MacLean said. He didn't have all the details, he said, but he believed it was used by various government agencies to provide clients with needed accommodation.
Health authorities said two people who were in the building were being treated at hospitals and both were in a stable condition. Three others had been treated and discharged, while a sixth patient had chosen to leave before getting treatment.
Loafers Lodge advertises itself as an affordable place for people to stay while they are in the capital, whether on business or needing to visit the nearby Wellington Hospital. It has 92 rooms and promotes them as being available long term. | 2023-05-16T01:12:14+00:00 | ktvb.com | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/deadly-fire-new-zealand-hostel/507-097d9f03-19f6-460c-9b1b-b23011ff9d19 |
County board approves filing claim looking into former IT employee storing county data at residence
Published 6:06 am Thursday, May 18, 2023
The Freeborn County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved filing a claim with the Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust to investigate a report of county data being stored offsite by a former county IT employee.
Freeborn County Attorney David Walker said the county recently received a request for reimbursement for county data that had been backed up for 15 years at the former employee’s home.
Walker said this could have included anything stored on county computers.
Second District Commissioner Dawn Kaasa said after the request was made, she contacted the Association of Minnesota Counties to ask if anything should be done and if there was anything unusual about this data practice.
The county has backups of data in the event something happens to the courthouse. Kaasa said the recommendation is to have backup data at least seven miles away from the main storage at the courthouse in the event of a power outage, fire or natural disaster.
Kaasa said the person she contacted at the Association of Minnesota Counties told her she was not overreacting and to not pay the request for reimbursement without first looking into the issue further.
County staff have been unable thus far to find a written contract regarding the storage of data or the payment.
“The whole situation is very troubling and needs to be addressed by people smarter and (more) impartial than us,” Kaasa said.
Contacts at MCIT concurred and recommended investigating the situation further, Kaasa said. The county would not have to pay anything for the investigation as the cost would be covered by its membership in the organization.
Walker said the investigation would ask questions to find out who knew about the situation, what was taking place and whether it was allowable.
Kaasa, who motioned to follow MCIT’s recommendations, said the claim would also approve forensic investigators looking at whether the data was breached in any way, including whether the information had been “forwarded, copied, opened — everything.” The organization’s breach lawyers would also be able to tell the county if anyone officially needs to be notified of the situation.
“I just think going forward we need to make sure that we have done everything we can to protect the residents of the county,” she said.
She said the actions had reportedly been happening for 15 years, and former administrators had known it was going on since 2009.
Board Chairman John Forman said the hope would be that the claim is investigated and MCIT finds nothing wrong.
“That way we can assure the county citizens that their data has not been breached in any shape or form,” Forman said.
The data in question has been returned to the county, and the board began discussions about where the backup offsite data storage will be and how it will be secured.
Board action Tuesday was necessary in the absence of an administrator at that time. | 2023-05-18T14:45:01+00:00 | albertleatribune.com | https://www.albertleatribune.com/2023/05/county-board-approves-claim-regarding-former-it-employee-storing-county-data-at-residence/ |
Cubs first. Christopher Morel singles to shallow center field. Willson Contreras strikes out swinging. Christopher Morel steals second. Ian Happ walks. Seiya Suzuki flies out to shallow center field to Nick Senzel. Frank Schwindel doubles to shallow left field. Ian Happ scores. Christopher Morel scores. Patrick Wisdom flies out to center field to Aristides Aquino.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cubs 2, Reds 0.
Cubs second. Alfonso Rivas lines out to shortstop to Kyle Farmer. Nico Hoerner homers to left field. Jonathan Villar strikes out swinging. Christopher Morel doubles to deep left field. Willson Contreras walks. Ian Happ strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Cubs 3, Reds 0.
Reds second. Tyler Stephenson singles to left field. Kyle Farmer homers to center field. Tyler Stephenson scores. Aristides Aquino doubles to deep right field. Albert Almora Jr. pops out to second base to Jonathan Villar. Matt Reynolds lines out to left field to Ian Happ. Aristides Aquino doubled off second.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Cubs 3, Reds 2.
Reds third. Nick Senzel walks. Brandon Drury singles to right field. Nick Senzel to third. Tommy Pham doubles to deep left field. Brandon Drury to third. Nick Senzel scores. Joey Votto walks. Tyler Stephenson singles to left field. Joey Votto to second. Tommy Pham scores. Brandon Drury scores. Kyle Farmer out on a sacrifice bunt to shallow infield, Willson Contreras to Alfonso Rivas. Tyler Stephenson to second. Joey Votto to third. Tyler Naquin pinch-hitting for Aristides Aquino. Tyler Naquin is intentionally walked. Albert Almora Jr. singles to left center field. Tyler Naquin to second. Tyler Stephenson scores. Joey Votto scores. Matt Reynolds triples to deep left center field. Albert Almora Jr. scores. Tyler Naquin scores. Nick Senzel singles to right field. Matt Reynolds scores. Brandon Drury grounds out to shortstop, Jonathan Villar to Alfonso Rivas.
8 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Reds 10, Cubs 3.
Cubs fifth. Willson Contreras homers to left field. Ian Happ homers to left field. Rafael Ortega pops out to shallow infield to Hunter Greene. Frank Schwindel grounds out to shortstop, Kyle Farmer to Joey Votto. Patrick Wisdom flies out to deep left center field to Albert Almora Jr..
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Reds 10, Cubs 5.
Reds fifth. Kyle Farmer homers to left field. Tyler Naquin lines out to deep left field to Ian Happ. Albert Almora Jr. flies out to deep center field to Christopher Morel. Matt Reynolds flies out to deep left field to Ian Happ.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Reds 11, Cubs 5.
Reds sixth. Nick Senzel singles to right field. Brandon Drury strikes out swinging. Tommy Pham singles to right field. Nick Senzel to second. Joey Votto walks. Tommy Pham to second. Nick Senzel to third. Tyler Stephenson lines out to right field to Rafael Ortega. Kyle Farmer singles to second base. Joey Votto to second. Tommy Pham scores. Nick Senzel scores. Tyler Naquin grounds out to first base to Alfonso Rivas.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Reds 13, Cubs 5.
Reds seventh. Albert Almora Jr. singles to center field. Matt Reynolds walks. Albert Almora Jr. to second. Nick Senzel walks. Matt Reynolds to second. Albert Almora Jr. to third. Brandon Drury reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Nick Senzel out at second. Matt Reynolds to third. Albert Almora Jr. scores. Tommy Pham out on a sacrifice fly to right field to Rafael Ortega. Brandon Drury to second. Matt Reynolds scores. Joey Votto strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 15, Cubs 5.
Reds eighth. Tyler Stephenson singles to left field. Kyle Farmer singles to left field. Tyler Stephenson to second. Tyler Naquin walks. Kyle Farmer to second. Tyler Stephenson to third. Albert Almora Jr. singles to shortstop. Tyler Naquin to second. Kyle Farmer to third. Tyler Stephenson scores. Matt Reynolds out on a sacrifice fly to left center field to Ian Happ. Kyle Farmer scores. Nick Senzel singles to shallow right field. Albert Almora Jr. to second. Tyler Naquin to third. Brandon Drury doubles to deep left center field. Nick Senzel to third. Albert Almora Jr. scores. Tyler Naquin scores. Tommy Pham out on a sacrifice fly to right center field to Rafael Ortega. Nick Senzel scores. Alejo Lopez pops out to Patrick Wisdom.
5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Reds 20, Cubs 5. | 2022-05-26T22:21:18+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Chicago-Cubs-Cincinnati-Runs-17201694.php |
Teen avoids jail time after admitting to killing alleged rapist
POLK COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - An Iowa teen who says she stabbed and killed a man who trafficked and raped her received a deferred judgment.
KCRG reports that 17-year-old Pieper Lewis received a deferred judgment with probation for five years on Tuesday.
Previously, Lewis pled guilty to killing Zachary Brooks two years ago in Des Moines, Iowa.
Lewis said she became a victim of human trafficking after getting kicked out of her home. She said Brooks raped her several times leading up to her stabbing him.
A judge was supposed to sentence the 17-year-old last week but delayed it after the teen’s lawyers brought forward several witnesses. They testified she was not a threat to the community and shouldn’t go to prison.
Officials said Lewis was facing up to twenty years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury.
Copyright 2022 KCRG via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-14T02:25:31+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/2022/09/14/teen-avoids-jail-time-after-admitting-killing-alleged-rapist/ |
DETROIT, Mich. — We all know words can hurt. Until recently, a 7th-grade student said he was skipping class and avoiding friends because of bullying over his hair.
It was impacting his grades and attitude until his principal, and a barber stepped in, and a simple haircut transformed his year.
Jerome Andrews goes to Fisher Magnet Upper Academy. Until recently, he was being bullied for having an afro with an irregular spot that just wouldn't grow
"It was a lot of times where they would just dog out on me. I can't do nothing because, you know, look at my hair, what can I say?" Jerome said.
He told us the insults from his classmates caused him to talk less at school and skip class, so teachers couldn't ask him to take his hat off.
"I really wanted to get my haircut, but usually, I didn't find the money to get my hair cut," Jerome said.
His principal, Dr. Shekitra Green, said she'd ask him to take off his durag dozens of times.
"Dr. Green would be right there, she would say, 'take off that hat, Jerome,' but I'd be scared to take off the hat in front of kids because I look stupid, I think I just look stupid," Jerome said.
"This one particular day, I had enough, and I said, 'That's it, Jerome, you're going home!' and he took his durag and hat off, and he looked at me," Green said. "That moment he looked at me sparked something from his eyes and told me, 'You have to do something, there's something going on.'"
Green called her barber, Khari Clipperz. He dropped what he was doing to come to help Jerome out.
"Once she explained the situation to me, I just felt like I needed to do something," Khari said.
Jerome said he was so surprised. Khari is a Detroit barber who also grew up struggling with his hair. He transformed Jerome's look, instilling confidence in every cut.
"That's why I came to cut your hair as well, because I need you back in school, I need you back in class," he said. "The whole point of this process here is to make you feel better about yourself and build that confidence up in you."
"What I really feel was like a new me," Jerome said.
Weeks later, because of the care in the chair, the seventh grader has gone up two grades in math and isn't skipping class.
I used to skip class to avoid showing my hair," Jerome said. "Now I don't do that, I run to my class to make sure I don't be late because I know Dr. Green is now playing with me." | 2022-12-29T20:34:48+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/news/national/barber-helps-michigan-student-who-was-bullied-over-his-hair |
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FGI Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: FGI) ("FGI" or the "Company"), a leading global supplier of kitchen and bath products, today announced that members of its executive management team will attend the Benchmark Discovery One-on-One Investor Conference in New York on Thursday, December 1, 2022.
In conjunction with the event, FGI executives will be available to participate in one-on-one meetings with investors registered to attend the conference. For more information, please contact your Benchmark salesperson.
FGI Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: FGI) is a leading global supplier of kitchen and bath products. For over 30 years, we have built an industry-wide reputation for product innovation, quality, and excellent customer service. We are currently focused on the following product categories: sanitaryware (primarily toilets, sinks, pedestals and toilet seats), bath furniture (vanities, mirrors and cabinets), shower systems, customer kitchen cabinetry and other accessory items. These products are sold primarily for repair and remodel activity and, to a lesser extent, new home or commercial construction. We sell our products through numerous partners, including mass retail centers, wholesale and commercial distributors, online retailers and specialty stores.
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CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC) on Tuesday reported net income of $372 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had net income of 41 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 85 cents per share.
The medical technology company posted revenue of $4.71 billion in the period.
GE HealthCare expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.60 to $3.75 per share.
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What's missing from the House gun package
As the House Judiciary Committee marks up a package of gun-related bills today, one thing not included is an assault weapons ban.
The reason: It doesn't have the votes.
More than 200 House Democrats have co-sponsored an assault weapons ban bill introduced by Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-R.I.). But that's not enough to pass the House and leadership has yet to secure the needed remaining votes, according to people familiar with the deliberations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the state of play.
“We are looking at many legislative options to make our country safe and assessing where we have the votes,” a senior leadership aide told The Early.
The decision to proceed with Thursday's markup without the assault weapons ban was made before a gunman killed at least four people at a medical building in Tulsa on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. And as details of that incident come to light, its unclear whether the latest mass shooting will impact the deliberations.
One of the 17 Democratic lawmakers who notably isn't a co-sponsor of assault weapons ban is Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), who heads the House Gun Violence Task Force. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi often deputizes Thompson to take the lead on gun-related votes.
Asked why Thompson hasn't signed on as a co-sponsor of the bill, a person familiar with his position told The Early that “if it came up for a vote he would vote for it.”
President Bill Clinton signed an assault weapons ban into law in 1994, but Congress didn't renew it when it expired in 2004. Democrats tried to pass a new assault weapons ban after the Sandy Hook, Conn., school shooting in 2012, but it won only 40 votes in the Senate.
How many Democrats back the bill?
The current House bill has the backing of 208 House Democrats, including three nonvoting delegates. Along with Thompson, the 16 Democrats who haven't signed on include lawmakers who've voted with Republicans on past gun bills as well as several members facing competitive reelection races.
One Democrat who isn't a co-sponsor is one of the most progressive members of Congress: Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.). In a statement to The Early, Bush said she would support the bill if it is brought up for a vote and emphasized she supports a ban on assault weapons. But she also expressed concern that the legislation would expand the criminal code, which she argued often unfairly affects minority communities most.
“I am not a co-sponsor because I believe we need to consider the impact that expanding the criminal code, which this bill does, has on people’s lives,” she said. “As it stands, arrests, charges, and criminal prosecutions disproportionately harm Black, brown, and Indigenous communities — and Missouri has not been exempt from that.”
Cicilline's bill defines assault weapons as semiautomatic assault weapons or “large capacity ammunition feeding devices.”
Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Chris Jacobs (R-N.Y.) have indicated support for an assault weapons ban following the deadly shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Tex., but it's unlikely that enough Republicans would vote for such a bill to offset Democratic defections.
Even if the House managed to pass an assault weapons ban, though, it would be almost certain to fail in the Senate. The Senate companion to Cicilline's bill, introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), has only 37 co-sponsors and Republicans would be sure to filibuster the proposal.
Instead, the Judiciary Committee is taking up bills that are a bit easier to gain consensus. They include raising the purchase age of an assault weapon from 18 to 21, attempt to limit gun trafficking, crack down on ghost guns and encourage sage gun storage practices.
Put pressure on the Senate
None of the House bills will get signed into law but they are meant to “put pressure on the Senate who can't even pass background checks” a senior Democratic aide told The Early.
As for the Senate negotiations, a bipartisan group of lawmakers met virtually Wednesday afternoon. The group included Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Susan Collins (R-Maine), Joe Manchin III (D-W. V.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), who has been deputized by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to negotiate with Democrats, did not join the group. He is meeting and working directly with Murphy, a Cornyn spokesman said.
This was a critical meeting to help gauge whether the group can eventually gain consensus on legislation that revolves around mental health, red flag laws and background checks. Democrats want to get something done but they want it to be meaningful enough to have some impact.
Murphy tweeted that there is “growing momentum to get something done and we agreed on a plan to keep working.” Collins said in a statement the group is making “rapid progress toward a common sense package.”
Poll Watch
Inflation concerns level off, but remain at 39-year high
From Post Polling Director Scott Clement: Since 1981, Gallup has asked random samples of Americans “What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?” an open-ended question that is well-suited to put Americans’ inflation concerns into context. Gallup released its May results on Tuesday, showing 18 percent of Americans cited the high cost of living or inflation as the country’s top problem, leveling off from 17 percent in April but up sharply from 8 percent in January and 2 percent one year ago.
Americans don’t usually complain much about inflation, with an average of 1 percent naming it as the country’s top problem between 1990 in 2021. The early 1980s are an exception, with a record high 52 percent naming it as the country’s top problem in October 1981, coincidentally the first poll in Gallup’s trendline. Concern fell sharply in the following months and years and has been in single digits ever since 1985.
Inflation concerns have dragged down Americans’ assessments of the economy overall, and Republicans are well-positioned to take advantage of those concerns in this fall’s midterm campaigns. A late-April Washington Post-ABC News poll found 50 percent of Americans saying they trust the Republican Party more to handle inflation while 31 percent preferred Democrats, a 19-point advantage and their strongest issue in the survey.
On K Street
Former Biden White House aide joins public affairs firm
Cristóbal Alex, who stepped down last month as White House deputy cabinet secretary, is joining the public affairs firm Tusk Strategies as a managing director. He'll open a Washington office for the firm along with Kristina Howard, a Tusk executive vice president.
Alex was also a senior adviser on President Biden's 2020 campaign and worked on his transition team.
Tusk Strategies was founded by Bradley Tusk, a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg. The firm has advised corporate clients such as AT&T and Uber as well as Andrew Yang's unsuccessful New York mayoral campaign.
Alex will also work for Tusk's early-stage start-up investment arm as well as Tusk Philanthropies, according to the firm.
At the White House
‘They did, but I didn’t’: “President Biden said Wednesday that he did not become aware of the baby formula shortage until about two months after industry leaders knew they faced a major crisis, raising new questions about the administration’s monitoring and handling of the problem,” our colleague Tyler Pager reports.
- “Biden’s comments came after he met with executives of companies that manufacture infant formula, who told the president they knew the shortage would be severe in February after the closure of an Abbott plant in Michigan. Biden suggested he was not informed until April.”
- “I don’t think anyone anticipated the impact of the shutdown of one facility,” Biden said after the meeting, adding, “Once we learned the extent of it and how broad it was, it kicked everything into gear.”
- “But when reporters noted that the executives had said they immediately recognized the scope of the problem,” Biden said, “They did, but I didn’t.”
Why it matters: “The delay, unexplained by Biden or White House aides, undercut the administration’s efforts to demonstrate that he has been on top of a problem that has compounded stress and economic difficulties for families with young children at a time when Americans are already struggling with inflation,” AP News’ Zeke Miller reports.
- Meanwhile, CNN’s Nikki Carvajal, Kaitlan Collins and MJ Lee note that Biden’s remarks were an admission of fault. “Biden conceded Wednesday he didn’t understand how big of an effect the shutdown of an Abbott baby formula plant in Michigan and subsequent recalls would have on the baby formula supply until April.”
In the agencies
A historic precedent: “California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for Black Americans said it has documented 170 years of systemic discrimination by the state and demanded ‘comprehensive reparations’ for those harmed by that history of government-sanctioned oppression,” our colleague Emmanuel Felton reports.
- “In a 500-page report released Wednesday, [California’s Reparations Task Force] argues that the present-day wealth gap between Black and White Americans in California and the rest of the country is the direct result of slavery, Jim Crow laws, redlining and other government policies that locked Black Americans into failing schools and over-policed communities.”
- The task force “offered a sweeping list of preliminary recommendations that include ending voter approval for publicly funded ‘low-rent housing,’ providing free college tuition and creating a new state agency to implement dozens of other forms of reparation for African Americans,” the Los Angeles Times’ Taryn Luna reports.
- Who’s next? Despite having enough support to pass the House, according to supporters, a bill that would create a similar commission to study reparations for Black Americans has yet to be put to the floor. “The commission, which would receive $12 million in funding, would have 13 members,” Felton reported earlier this year. “The president and House speaker would each appoint three members, and the Senate president pro tempore would appoint a single member. The other six seats would be filled with representatives from civil rights organizations that have championed the cause of reparations.”
The Media
Early reeeads 🐣 📖
- Funeral after funeral, Uvalde’s only Catholic priest leans on faith. By The Post’s Teo Armus.
- Private groups work to bring specialized combat gear to Ukraine. By The Post’s Karoun Demirjian.
- As Biden eases Trump’s sanctions, Cubans hope for an economic lift. By The Post’s Mary Beth Sheridan and Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul.
- Uvalde mayor recounts frantic attempt to call shooter during massacre. By The Post’s Teo Armus and Silvia Foster-Frau.
- House Republicans to unveil conservative road map on climate, energy. By The Post’s Maxine Joselow and Jeff Stein.
- Watchdog opens probe into huge Social Security fines to poor, disabled. By The Post’s Lisa Rein.
- Buffalo shooting suspect charged with murder as a hate crime, domestic terrorism. By The Post’s Mark Berman and Meryl Kornfield.
- As gas prices soar, Biden leans toward visiting Saudi Arabia. By AP News’ AamerMadhani and Ellen Knickmeyer.
- In Alaska, the race to succeed Don Young is raucous and crowded. By the New York Times’ Emily Cochrane.
- ‘Men always win’: Survivors ‘sickened’ by the Amber Heard verdict. By Rolling Stone’s EJ Dickson.
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Last week, Girl Scouts of the USA posthumously bestowed upon Amerie Jo Garza, 10, of Uvalde, Texas, one of the highest honors in Girl Scouting: the Bronze Cross. The Bronze Cross is awarded for saving or attempting to save life at the risk of the Girl Scout’s own life. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/bFjz0I4awa
— Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas (@girlscoutsswtx) May 31, 2022
Thanks for reading. You can also follow us on Twitter: @LACaldwellDC and @theodoricmeyer. | 2022-06-02T11:53:02+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/02/what-missing-house-gun-package/ |
1 dead, 2 injured after suspects open fire on car in drive-by Northern Liberties shooting, police say
PHILADELPHIA - A car riddled with bullets was found empty with the engine still running, sparking an investigation into what ended up being a deadly triple shooting.
Police were called to the 1000 block of North Marshall Street in Northern Liberties for reports of gunshots just before 11 p.m. Monday.
There were no victims at the scene, but police say they did find a running car with at least 15 bullet holes to its driver's side.
As police investigated, three victims showed up to a local hospital in a private vehicle; a 21-year-old who was pronounced dead, a 21-year-old in critical condition and a 20-year-old in stable condition.
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Police say all three victims were sitting in a car at Marshall Street and Girard Avenue when a dark-colored SUV pulled up next to them.
Crime video reportedly shows several shots being fired from the passenger side before the suspected vehicle drives off.
Twelve spent shell casings were found next to the victim's vehicle, leading police to believe someone fired a semi-automatic gun in close proximity.
No suspects have been arrested, but police say an unattended vehicle found in South Philadelphia may be involved in the deadly shooting. | 2023-03-14T13:15:39+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/1-dead-2-injured-after-suspects-open-fire-on-car-in-drive-by-northern-liberties-shooting-police-say |
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WGN) — The parents of the alleged Highland Park July 4 parade shooter have retained the law office of R. Kelly’s defense attorney to represent them.
In a statement posted on Twitter Tuesday evening, Steve Greenberg, who currently represents R. Kelly in his Chicago case, said the Crimo family has retained attorneys Tom Durkin and Josh Herman to represent their son.
Additionally, the parents have retained Steve Greenberg’s firm to represent them and released the following statement through him:
“We are all mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, and this is a terrible tragedy for many families, the victims, the paradegoers, the community, and our own. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to everybody.”
Crimo III’s father, Robert Crimo, ran for mayor of Highland Park in 2019.
In a press conference Tuesday evening, seven counts of first-degree murder charges were announced against Crimo III. More charges, like aggravated battery, are expected in the coming days. | 2022-07-06T00:13:49+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/parents-of-alleged-july-4-parade-shooter-release-statement-retain-attorney/ |
Fewer storms Saturday, more on Sunday
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Friday’s storms were widespread, but rain totals were very different from north to south. SRQ and Bradenton were lighter with only 0.09″ at SRQ. Venice, North Port and Punta Gorda received 0.93″ to 1.56″! Slightly drier air moves overhead Saturday, which means not as many storms for Saturday late afternoon and evening. Storms are much more widespread Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, then chances drop again Wednesday and Thursday.
Tropics are still quiet but possibly waking up a little. The most likely areas for storms to develop are still on the Pacific side. But there is a tropical wave coming off the African coast that has a 20% chance of developing in the next five days. All signs still point to an active season by late August into September!
Copyright 2022 WWSB. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-06T10:32:28+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/08/06/fewer-storms-saturday-more-sunday/ |
LONDON, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart poles are multi-functional aggregation points for smart urban infrastructure, built on top of smart streetlights and connected utility poles. According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, by 2030, the installed base of smart poles will exceed 10.8 million globally with system revenues amounting to US$60 billion.
"The relevance of smart poles for smart cities is huge. They offer an efficient, scalable, and modular framework for deploying the whole spectrum of smart urban infrastructure, ranging from 5G small cells and Wi-Fi hotspots to surveillance and traffic cameras, signage and information displays, air quality and flood monitoring solutions, and charging points for 2 and 4-wheel vehicles, drones, and handsets including renewable energy generation," says Dominique Bonte, VP End Markets and Verticals at ABI Research. "However, the main driver behind smart pole deployments is the need for cellular network densification in the form of 5G and future 6G small cells and the use of mmWave radio spectrum. As such, the telco ecosystem is expected to at least partially fund the additional smart cities functionality embedded in smart poles."
Typical barriers slowing down smart pole adoption include issues related to co-ownership and management (design, maintenance, backhaul cost sharing), conflicting priorities and agendas, sensor data privacy concerns, and the lack of awareness of city governments about the many benefits offered by smart poles in terms of cost savings, deployment time, scaling opportunities, and future-proof modularity. Consequently, deployments are only expected to gather momentum towards the end of this decade.
Key vendors in the smart pole ecosystem include Ubicquia, Verizon, Huawei, Signify, Nokia/LuxTurrim5G, and ELKO EP, next to a range of smart streetlight suppliers venturing into smart pole technologies. Main initiatives include the EU's Humble Lamppost Project and deployments by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Los Angeles, Munich, and Leuven. Additionally, cities in China (Shenzhen, Hangzhou) and India (Bhopal, New Delhi, and Indore) have implemented smart pole projects.
These findings are from ABI Research's Smart Poles and Streetlight Platforms report. This report is part of the company's Smart Urban Infrastructure research service, which includes research, data, and analyst insights.
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