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81-year-old trapped in snow survives on candy, croissants
BIG PINE, Calif. (CNN) - An 81-year-old man was rescued after surviving for nearly a week alone in his SUV, which got stuck in a snowbank on a desolate California highway.
Jerry Jouret, 81, says he survived on a few snacks he had in his SUV, including croissants, candy and biscotti, and rolled down his window occasionally to eat snow.
He got stranded after he set out Feb. 24 from his mountain house in Big Pine, California, to return to his family home in Gardnerville, Nevada. The trip is just over three hours in good driving conditions.
Jouret thought he could beat the impending snowstorm, his grandson said, but the 81-year-old was wrong. During the drive, he accidentally veered onto a smaller road, and his SUV got stuck, Jouret told CNN.
The mathematician and former NASA employee was ill-prepared for the weather, but he managed to keep himself warm with only a light windbreaker, a quilt and a bath towel. He also turned on his SUV periodically to warm up. The temperatures dropped into the teens overnight.
Jouret was rescued last Thursday after a helicopter pilot with the California Highway Patrol spotted his vehicle and saw his arm waving out of a small opening in the car window. He was taken to the hospital.
Miraculously, he showed no signs of hypothermia and was discharged just hours later.
Jouret told CNN he is recovering well but remains traumatized by the ordeal.
Roughly three feet of snow fell during the series of storms that pummeled California over the course of the week, knocking out power to thousands of homes, burying roads and leaving many stranded.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. Gray News contributed to this report. | 2023-03-09T08:50:16+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/03/09/81-year-old-trapped-snow-survives-candy-croissants/ |
The City of Albuquerque Open Space Division will host Dia del Rio, a Rio Grande bosque clean-up event Saturday, Oct. 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Volunteers are asked to meet at the old train station building at Tingley Beach, the city website states.
Trash bags will be provided, but volunteers should bring gloves, sun protection and lunch.
Contact Dionne Epps at 505-768-4960 or deeps@cabq.gov for more information. | 2022-10-15T01:28:43+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2540651/bring-your-gloves-bosque-cleanup-set-for-saturday.html |
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital near key government offices, causing “scores of civilian casualties” including children, national police said. One hospital worker counted at least 30 bodies amid fears of possibly many more.
The attack in Mogadishu occurred on a day when the president, prime minister and other senior officials were meeting to discuss expanded efforts to combat violent extremism, especially by the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab group that often targets the capital. It also came five years after another massive blast in the exact same location killed over 500 people.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Al-Shabab rarely claims attacks with large numbers of civilians killed, as in the 2017 blast. But President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud blamed al-Shabab by name, calling the attack “cruel and cowardly.”
A volunteer at the Medina hospital, Hassan Osman, said “out of the total of at least 30 dead people brought to the hospital, the majority of them are women. I have seen this with my own eyes.” At the hospital and elsewhere, frantic relatives peeked under plastic sheeting and into body bags, looking for loved ones.
The Aamin ambulance service said they had collected at least 35 wounded. One ambulance responding to the first attack was destroyed by the second blast, director Abdulkadir Adan added in a tweet.
“I was 100 meters away when the second blast occurred,” witness Abdirazak Hassan said. “I couldn’t count the bodies on the ground due to the (number of) fatalities.” He said the first blast hit the perimeter wall of the education ministry, where street vendors and money changers were located.
An Associated Press journalist at the scene said the second blast occurred in front of a busy restaurant during lunchtime. The blasts demolished tuk-tuks and other vehicles in an area of many restaurants and hotels. He saw “many” bodies and said they appeared to be civilians traveling on public transport.
The Somali Journalists Syndicate, citing colleagues and police, said one journalist was killed and two others wounded by the second blast while rushing to the scene of the first.
The attack occurred at Zobe junction, which was the scene of a huge al-Shabab truck bombing in 2017 that killed more than 500 people.
Somalia’s government has been engaged in a high-profile new offensive against the extremist group that the United States has described as one of al-Qaida’s deadliest organizations. The president has described it as “total war” against the extremists, who control large parts of central and southern Somalia and have been the target of scores of U.S. airstrikes in recent years.
The extremists have responded by killing prominent clan leaders in an apparent effort to dissuade support for that government offensive.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said the attack would not dampen the public uprising against al-Shabab, and he and the president expressed the government’s determination to wipe out the extremist group.
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Associated Press journalist Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu, Somalia, contributed. | 2022-10-30T11:53:52+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-two-explosions-rock-somalias-capital-leaving-many-dead/ |
(The Hill) – Gas prices hit a new record high on Sunday, climbing to a national average of $5.01 for a gallon of gas, according to AAA.
The average spiked about 16 cents from last week as summer rolled in and Americans started driving more for vacations, trips and outings.
Around this time last year, the national average for a gallon of gas was $3.07, according to AAA.
Americans have watched prices at the pump soar since 2021 and then accelerate this year after Russia’s invasion Ukraine.
Now, gas prices have shattered records. In California, the average for a gallon of gas climbed to $6.43 on Sunday, the highest in the country.
Even states with typically lower averages, such as Texas and Mississippi, are seeing gas prices inch past $4.50 per gallon.
The latest record comes after Inflation hit a 40-year high in May, driven by increases in government spending during the pandemic, international turmoil, disrupted supply chains and increased consumer demand in a period of post-COVID-19 restrictions.
The Biden administration has taken the brunt of the blame for much of the rising prices, with President Biden’s approval rating hitting historic lows last week in several polls.
Biden, however, has maintained the economy can recover because of strong job growth and low unemployment rates, a claim he repeated during an interview Wednesday on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“Inflation is the bane of our existence,” Biden said, adding that “we have the fastest growing economy in the world.” | 2022-06-13T00:06:27+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/gas-prices-hit-new-record-high/ |
WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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FROST ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
249 AM PST Tue Dec 13 2022
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost
formation.
* WHERE...San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland
Empire and San Diego County Valleys.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM PST this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if
left uncovered.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Frost is likely again tonight in portions
of the valleys with overnight lows in the lower to mid 30s.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
* WHERE...Coachella Valley, San Diego County Deserts and San
Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Frost is likely again tonight in colder
locations with overnight lows in the lower to mid 30s.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-12-13T11:51:45+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-SAN-DIEGO-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17650213.php |
HOUSTON (AP) — The leader of a major anti-abortion group aligned herself Monday with former President Donald Trump on the issue, just weeks after raising questions about his commitment to restricting access to the procedure.
Calling her meeting Monday with Trump “terrific,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group, said in a statement that he "reiterated that any federal legislation protecting these children would need to include the exceptions for life of the mother and in cases of rape and incest.”
The characterization of the meeting — which Dannenfelser's group said happened at Trump's Florida home — marked a turnaround from more than two weeks ago. Then, Dannenfelser called Trump’s contention that abortion restrictions should be left up to individual states, not the federal government, a “morally indefensible position for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential candidate.”
Dannenfelser's group has said it would not support any White House candidate who did not at a minimum support a 15-week federal abortion ban. Her statement about Monday's meeting with the leading GOP contender didn't mention any discussion of proposed confines for a federal ban, aside from Trump's opposition to late-term procedures, which he has long opposed.
Trump has referred to himself as “the most pro-life president in American history,” as his three nominations of conservative judges to the Supreme Court paved the way for the reversal of Roe v Wade, which had legalized abortion nationwide for nearly 50 years.
But in the early months of his 2024 bid, Trump has often sidestepped the issue of abortion, even as Republicans across the country celebrate the Supreme Court decision stripping federal constitutional rights to the practice.
On Monday, Dannenfelser repeated a description she’s previously used, calling Trump’s term in office “the most consequential in American history for the pro-life cause.” Despite the credit Trump received for his judicial nominations, he was criticized after last year’s elections for saying that Republicans’ underperformance was due to abortion foes’ opposition to exceptions for women who became pregnant by rape or incest or whose life was at risk.
Trump's campaign didn't immediately respond to a message seeking comment on the meeting, which Dannenfelser also said included Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — one of Trump’s top congressional allies — along with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, a Christian conservative ally of Trump’s.
All the candidates running in the Republican presidential primary or moving toward a bid have supported state bans on abortion. Most have been much more cautious about staking a position on a nationwide ban, though entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has said he believes it's an issue for the states, not the federal government.
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who has launched a presidential exploratory committee and is expected to enter the race later this month, has said he would support a federal law to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last month signed a state abortion ban that, if upheld by the courts, would ban the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, or before many women know they are pregnant. It will take effect only if the state Supreme Court, which is controlled by conservatives, upholds Florida's current 15-week ban, which is part of an ongoing legal challenge.
The Florida ban would be one of the toughest in the U.S. But DeSantis has not made clear his position on whether such restrictions should be imposed across the country.
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and one-time United Nations ambassador, has called abortion a "personal issue" that should be left to the states, though she has left open the possibility of a federal ban. Last month, in a speech at SBA's headquarters, Haley said she saw a federal role in the debate but stopped short of endorsing a national ban.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who as governor signed a law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, has said he would sign a federal ban but stopped short of saying what timelines he would support as president.
Trump's stance has provided an opening on the right for potential rivals like former Vice President Mike Pence, an evangelical Christian with long-held anti-abortion views. Pence's advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom, has pushed for Congress to pass legislation including a national abortion ban beginning around six weeks.
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Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP | 2023-05-09T01:46:47+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/anti-abortion-group-aligns-with-trump-weeks-after-criticism/I5YAPDMCBNF6RKEKJMASLZMKEQ/ |
Rangers vs. Nationals: Odds, spread, over/under - July 7
The Texas Rangers (51-37) and the Washington Nationals (34-53) will clash on Friday, July 7 at Nationals Park, with Cody Bradford starting for the Rangers and Trevor Williams taking the mound for the Nationals. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:05 PM ET.
The favored Rangers have -185 moneyline odds against the underdog Nationals, who are listed at +150. The matchup's total is listed at 10 runs.
Rangers vs. Nationals Time and TV Channel
- Date: Friday, July 7, 2023
- Time: 7:05 PM ET
- TV: MASN2
- Location: Washington D.C.
- Venue: Nationals Park
- Probable Pitchers: Bradford - TEX (0-1, 4.98 ERA) vs Williams - WSH (5-4, 4.34 ERA)
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- This season, the Rangers have been favored 56 times and won 33, or 58.9%, of those games.
- The Rangers have gone 12-2 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -185 or shorter (85.7% winning percentage).
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 64.9% chance of a victory for Texas.
- The Rangers were favored on the moneyline in each of their last 10 games, and they finished 4-6 in those matchups.
- In its last 10 outings, Texas and its opponents combined to hit the over on the run total five times (all 10 games had set totals).
- The Nationals have been underdogs in 79 games this season and have come away with the win 31 times (39.2%) in those contests.
- This season, the Nationals have come away with a win 16 times in 34 chances when named as an underdog of at least +150 or longer on the moneyline.
- The Nationals have played as underdogs in eight of their past 10 games and have gone 4-4 in those contests.
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© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-07T18:31:12+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/sports/betting/2023/07/07/rangers-vs-nationals-mlb-odds-over-under/ |
We arrive to a new place and marvel at what we see — the silhouette of a skyline, the mosaic of shopfronts. Our eyes are busy answering questions: What does the dirt look like? Is this a place of sagebrush and creosote or cedar and birch? Is the horizon crenellated with mountain peaks or is it razor-straight at the far side of pale flatlands? What have human hands wrought here? How did the collision of commerce and creativity stamp the city?
And then we settle in. A place becomes a home. Our minds stop asking questions and our eyes stop answering them. What’s the point when we’ve already got the answers? The outline of the world becomes a thing memorized rather than a sensation experienced. This is the blessing and curse of familiarity.
In this issue of rjmagazine, we’re readjusting our gaze and re-examining the richness of our city. Making it new so we can fall in love all over again. Sharpening our perceptions so we can make Las Vegas a better home. Sense precedes sensibility; awareness precedes analysis. This issue is about seeing, about looking closer before we leap.
In his stunning photo essay, “The Angel in the Details,” L.E. Baskow brings his camera closer to the surfaces of the city, isolating objects from their ordinary surroundings and discovering something new in them. His images of places both glamorous and gritty help us find mystery in the small details of local icons and uncanny beauty in the forgotten workaday corners of the Valley.
Meanwhile, architect Eric M. Roberts, in an illustrated excerpt from his book-in-progress,
33 Beats of the Architect’s Heart, reflects on the shapes of a lost Vegas, forms whose ghosts have inspired him both in his career and in his embrace of Las Vegas as a true home — one with a substantive history, even if it’s a history of erasures. Longtime sportswriter Ron Kantowski examines the ways that sports arenas are redrawing the city — and our very understanding of Las Vegas’ place in the world. And historian Michael Green recounts how three California architects helped establish the visual language of old Las Vegas.
Elsewhere, T.R. Witcher looks anew at a different kind of design — the design of a life — as he trains to run a marathon at age 50. Jason Bracelin takes us into a thoroughly reimagined ring with the brawlers of PrideStyle Wrestling, a Las Vegas-based, LGTBQ-friendly league where everyone fights everyone and peace somehow reigns amid the body slams. Sarah Bun chronicles the rock ’n’ roll rebirth of Michelle Rohl, Natalie Burt gives tips on how to find new mojo for ourselves on stay-cool summer hikes, and Chantal Chandler’s “Zine Within a Zine” conjures the disappeared Las Vegas of her childhood. On our back page, C.L. Gaber talks modern design with Tyler Jones, the influential founder of Southern Nevada’s Blue Heron Homes.
This magazine begins with its most powerful story, “Pain and Peace,” by Jenny Stiles, a tale of profound perseverance through a lifetime of physical challenges. From Jenny’s first breaths, she lived beneath a fog of doubt: Would she survive? How would she make her way in the world? What could she possibly become? Well, Jenny became a formidable fighter, not only for her own rights but for the rights of others. She also became an extraordinary writer. The proof is here.
Jenny died on March 28 at age 35. She had recently seen the layout of “Pain and Peace” and was eager for her next assignment. This issue is dedicated to her memory. | 2023-06-18T08:51:59+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/rj-magazine/letter-from-the-editor-introducing-the-summer-2023-issue-of-rjmagazine-2779649/ |
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak previously hinted on Twitterthat Ukraine’s counteroffensive is underway.
"This is not a single event’ that will begin at a specific hour of a specific day with a solemn cutting of the red ribbon," Podolyak wrote. "These are dozens of different actions to destroy the #Russian occupation forces in different directions, which have already been taking place yesterday, are taking place today, and will continue tomorrow. Intensive destruction of enemy logistics is also a counteroffensive."
Jamil N. Jaffer, executive director of the National Security Institute, said there have been signs of a counteroffensive getting underway for some time.
“We've already seen the Ukrainians begin preparing for this,” Jaffer said. “They've conducted what they call ‘operational preparation environment.’ They've conducted strikes deep inside of Russia, hitting their supply depots and the like in an effort to prepare the battle space for the next part of this offensive, which will likely come as a series of efforts trying to penetrate Russian lines.”
Jaffer says Russia currently controls 17% of Ukraine, which Ukrainian forces hope to pick up.
“Ukraine is going to try to come around, penetrate their lines, push them back as far as they can, and get them as far out of Ukrainian territory as possible,” Jaffer said.
Ukraine will soon begin being trained on F-16s. Although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long called for such aircraft, U.S. officials have downplayed such weaponry.
SEE MORE: Zelenskyy gives surprise commencement speech, receives honorary degree
“F-16s for Ukraine is about the long-term commitment to Ukraine," Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. "These F-16s will not be relevant to the upcoming counter-offensive."
Jaffer said forces could be trained on these aircrafts enough to start using them within four months, but being fully trained can take nearly 18 months.
“They are not a magic weapon, but they can be hugely effective if the operators are trained properly and can get to the point where they're effective,” Jaffer said.
There are many indications that the war, which began in February 2022, will continue for some time. Jaffer said the U.S. and the West have done enough to help Ukraine force a standstill, but now is the time is to give Ukraine the tools it needs to win the war.
“One of the real challenges here is that we never expected the Russians to be as weak as they were, nor the Ukrainians to be as good as they are,” Jaffer said.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-05-28T02:06:48+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/will-counter-offensive-end-ukraine-s-stalemate-with-russia |
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo on Thursday described claims by the Bosnian Serb leader that his security services are eavesdropping on the American ambassador to Sarajevo as “blustering” and added that his separatist policies are “gambling” with the future of the Serb entity in the Balkan state.
Milorad Dodik, a member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, claimed at a pre-election rally Wednesday that the Bosnian Serb spying agency is now capable of listening to the conversations by U.S. Ambassador Michael Murphy and his staff.
“We also listening in on to them now, it’s not only them listening in on us,” Dodik told his supporters. “I know what they are talking about.”
He said this was not possible to do this just a few years ago.
“What we say in private is the same as what we say in public — the United States remains committed to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and multiethnic character and we will respond to any destabilizing, anti-Dayton activity,” the U.S. Embassy tweeted, referring to a 1995 peace deal reached in Dayton, Ohio, between Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats that ended a war that left at least 100,000 people dead and millions homeless.
Although the peace deal ended the bloodshed, it left Bosnia deeply divided between the Bosniak-Croat federation and the Serb entity called Republika Srpska. Dodik has openly been striving to split the Serb entity from Bosnia and join it with neighboring Serbia.
“All of Mr. Dodik’s blustering cannot change the fundamental fact that the RS is not a state. It is one of BiH’s two entities,” the embassy tweet said. “His pursuit of an “Independent Srpska in BIH” isn’t protecting the RS or its residents, it is gambling with their future.”
Dodik, known for his staunchly pro-Russian stance, has been under U.S. financial and travel sanctions since January after the Biden administration accused him of “corrupt activities” that threaten to destabilize the region.
Media in Bosnia say Dodik is among politicians in more than two dozen countries who since 2014 were paid by Russia in exchange for exerting pro-Kremlin influence. According to a newly declassified review by U.S. intelligence agencies Russia has spent at least $300 million to sway both politics and policy in those states.
There are fears in the West that Russia is — through the Bosnian Serbs and its Balkan ally Serbia — working on destabilizing Bosnia to shift at least part of world attention from its war on Ukraine.
Celebrating a recently established holiday that promotes Serb unity in the Balkans, Dodik said joining Serbia remains the main goal for Bosnian Serbs.
“Today Serbs have two states, Republika Srpska and Serbia, but we will always strive to fight for unity,” he said.
Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic attended the celebrations in northern Bosnia on Thursday, saying “the historical moment demands that we unite and together defeat the madness that can turn these regions into a slaughterhouse again.” | 2022-09-16T02:53:36+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-us-scoffs-as-bosnian-serb-leader-claims-he-can-spy-on-us/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio , July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Bancshares, Inc., (the "Company"), (NasdaqGS: NWBI) announced net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 of $33.0 million , or $0.26 per diluted share. This represents a decrease of $382,000 , or 1.1%, compared to the same quarter last year, when net income was $33.4 million , or $0.26 per diluted share. The annualized returns on average shareholders' equity and average assets for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 were 8.72% and 0.93% compared to 8.90% and 0.94% for the same quarter last year.
(PRNewsfoto/Northwest Bancshares, Inc.)(PRNewswire) The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share payable on August 14, 2023 to shareholders of record as of August 3, 2023. This is the 115th consecutive quarter in which the Company has paid a cash dividend. Based on the market value of the Company's common stock as of June 30, 2023 , this represents an annualized dividend yield of approximately 7.5%.
Louis J. Torchio , President and CEO, added, "We are very pleased with the positioning and strength of our balance sheet during the past twelve months as we have been able to grow loans by almost $840.0 million , or approximately 8.0%, over that time period by reallocating cash and investments to higher yielding earning assets. Specifically, as a result of the new commercial lending verticals we have recently implemented, commercial loans have grown $416.9 million , or 42.2%, over the past year. As part of this balance sheet shift towards commercial banking, we sold the mortgage servicing rights on approximately $1.3 billion of one- to four family mortgage loans for an $8.3 million gain, which enabled us to sell approximately $110.0 million of investment securities for an equivalent loss, resulting in no impact to tangible capital. We were then able to reallocate these funds from investments yielding approximately 2.0% into commercial loan originations yielding over 7.0%. In addition, our overall deposit balances remained stable during the most recent quarter, although we continue to see customers shift into higher yielding deposit products. Tangible common equity remains strong at over 8.0% and asset quality continues to perform well."
Mr. Torchio continued, "with the continued inversion in the yield curve and the change in our customer deposit mix, as well as higher borrowing costs and balances, the increase in our overall cost of funds continued to outpace our yield improvement, which resulted in net interest margin compression on a linked quarter basis to 3.28% from 3.47%. We expect some additional net interest margin compression could continue for the remainder of the year."
Net interest income increased by $8.3 million , or 8.3%, to $108.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, from $100.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. This increase in net interest income is a result of both the increase in market interest rates and the change in our interest-earning asset mix throughout the past year. Cash and marketable securities were redeployed into higher yielding loans, which, along with higher market interest rates, caused the yield on interest-earning assets to increase to 4.34% for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 from 3.20% for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 . Interest income on loans receivable increased $37.2 million , or 38.9%, due to an increase of $907.8 million , or 8.9%, in the average balance of loans in addition to an increase in the yield on loans to 4.83% for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 from 3.79% for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 . Partially offsetting this increase in interest income was an increase in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities to 1.47% for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 from 0.24% for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 . This increase was largely due to higher market interest rates causing an increase in both deposit and borrowing costs. The net effect of these changes in interest rates and average balances was an increase in the Company's net interest margin to 3.28% for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 from 3.07% for the same quarter last year.
The provision for credit losses increased by $2.9 million , or 48.2%, to $8.9 million for the current quarter ended June 30, 2023 from $6.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 . This increase was primarily due to growth within our commercial loan portfolio year over year, as well as forecasted economic deterioration reflected in our allowance for credit loss models. The Company continued to experience improvement in asset quality as classified loans decreased by $63.3 million , or 22.8%, to $214.1 million , or 1.90% of total loans, at June 30, 2023 from $277.4 million , or 2.66% of total loans, at June 30, 2022 . Total delinquent loans increased to $72.1 million , or 0.64% of loans receivable, at June 30, 2023 from $51.1 million , or 0.49% of loans receivable, at June 30, 2022 . The increase was primarily driven by two commercial loan administrative delinquencies totaling $22.9 million at June 30, 2023 , which have subsequently been brought current.
Noninterest income decreased by $651,000 , or 2.1%, to $29.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 , from $30.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 . This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in mortgage banking income of $1.1 million , or 52.3% to $1.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 from $2.2 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 . This decrease reflects the impact of less favorable pricing in the secondary market, due primarily to the volatile interest rate environment, as well as a decrease in mortgage volumes primarily due to higher market interest rates.
Noninterest expense increased by $4.4 million , or 5.5%, to $85.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 from $81.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 . This increase primarily resulted from a $1.7 million , or 13.1%, increase in processing expenses to $14.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 , from $12.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 due to the implementation of additional third party software programs. Also contributing to this variance was a restructuring expense of $1.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 due to the severance charge for personnel changes during the current quarter. Lastly, FDIC insurance premiums increased $934,000 , or 82.7%, to $2.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 from $1.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 due to an increase in the deposit insurance assessment rate beginning in the first quarter of 2023.
The provision for income taxes increased by $663,000 , or 6.7%, to $10.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 from $9.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 due primarily to an increase in income before taxes in the current year.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio , Northwest Bancshares, Inc. is the bank holding company of Northwest Bank. Founded in 1896 and headquartered in Warren, Pennsylvania , Northwest Bank is a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of business and personal banking products, as well as employee benefits and wealth management services. As of June 30, 2023 , Northwest operated 134 full-service community banking offices and eight free standing drive-through facilities in Pennsylvania , New York , Ohio and Indiana . Northwest Bancshares, Inc.'s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market ("NWBI"). Additional information regarding Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Northwest Bank can be accessed on-line at www.northwest.com .
Forward-Looking Statements - This release may contain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition and results of operations of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. including, without limitations, statements relating to the earnings outlook of the Company. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements, include among others, the following possibilities: (1) changes in the interest rate environment; (2) competitive pressure among financial services companies; (3) general economic conditions including inflation and an increase in non-performing loans; (4) changes in legislation or regulatory requirements; (5) difficulties in continuing to improve operating efficiencies; (6) difficulties in the integration of acquired businesses or the ability to complete sales transactions; (7) increased risk associated with commercial real-estate and business loans; (8) changes in liquidity, including the size and composition of our deposit portfolio; and (9) the effect of any pandemic, including COVID-19, war or act of terrorism. Management has no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date of this release.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
June 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
June 30, 2022
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 127,627
139,365
504,532
Marketable securities available-for-sale (amortized cost of $1,287,101, $1,431,728 and $1,516,743, respectively)
1,073,952
1,218,108
1,364,743
Marketable securities held-to-maturity (fair value of $718,676, $751,384 and $835,565, respectively)
847,845
881,249
923,180
Total cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities
2,049,424
2,238,722
2,792,455
Loans held-for-sale
16,077
9,913
31,153
Residential mortgage loans
3,479,080
3,488,686
3,255,622
Home equity loans
1,276,062
1,297,674
1,280,492
Consumer loans
2,201,062
2,168,655
2,002,545
Commercial real estate loans
2,895,224
2,823,555
2,876,176
Commercial loans
1,403,726
1,131,969
986,836
Total loans receivable
11,271,231
10,920,452
10,432,824
Allowance for credit losses
(124,423)
(118,036)
(98,355)
Loans receivable, net
11,146,808
10,802,416
10,334,469
FHLB stock, at cost
44,613
40,143
13,362
Accrued interest receivable
37,281
35,528
27,708
Real estate owned, net
371
413
1,205
Premises and equipment, net
139,915
145,909
146,869
Bank-owned life insurance
257,614
255,062
254,109
Goodwill
380,997
380,997
380,997
Other intangible assets, net
6,809
8,560
10,538
Other assets
227,659
205,574
192,983
Total assets
$ 14,291,491
14,113,324
14,154,695
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Liabilities
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits
$ 2,820,563
2,993,243
3,058,249
Interest-bearing demand deposits
2,577,653
2,686,431
2,858,691
Money market deposit accounts
2,154,253
2,457,569
2,631,712
Savings deposits
2,120,215
2,275,020
2,362,725
Time deposits
1,989,711
1,052,285
1,155,878
Total deposits
11,662,395
11,464,548
12,067,255
Borrowed funds
632,313
681,166
130,490
Subordinated debt
114,015
113,840
113,666
Junior subordinated debentures
129,444
129,314
129,184
Advances by borrowers for taxes and insurance
57,143
47,613
55,622
Accrued interest payable
4,936
3,231
1,725
Other liabilities
179,744
182,126
162,214
Total liabilities
12,779,990
12,621,838
12,660,156
Shareholders' equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued
—
—
—
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 500,000,000 shares authorized, 127,088,963, 127,028,848 and 126,881,766 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
1,271
1,270
1,269
Additional paid-in capital
1,022,189
1,019,647
1,015,349
Retained earnings
657,292
641,727
620,551
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(169,251)
(171,158)
(142,630)
Total shareholders' equity
1,511,501
1,491,486
1,494,539
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$ 14,291,491
14,113,324
14,154,695
Equity to assets
10.58 %
10.57 %
10.56 %
Tangible common equity to assets*
8.08 %
8.03 %
8.01 %
Book value per share
$ 11.89
11.74
11.78
Tangible book value per share*
$ 8.84
8.67
8.69
Closing market price per share
$ 10.60
13.98
12.80
Full time equivalent employees
2,025
2,160
2,188
Number of banking offices
142
150
150
*
Excludes goodwill and other intangible assets (non-GAAP). See reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures for additional information relating to these items.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Quarter ended
June 30, 2023
March 31, 2023
December 31, 2022
September 30, 2022
June 30, 2022
Interest income:
Loans receivable
$ 132,724
123,745
117,137
106,943
95,574
Mortgage-backed securities
8,326
8,537
8,603
8,683
7,158
Taxable investment securities
841
845
840
838
715
Tax-free investment securities
667
700
701
709
683
FHLB stock dividends
844
690
419
148
82
Interest-earning deposits
594
423
153
1,295
1,684
Total interest income
143,996
134,940
127,853
118,616
105,896
Interest expense:
Deposits
21,817
11,238
3,871
3,157
3,341
Borrowed funds
13,630
11,238
6,938
2,710
2,290
Total interest expense
35,447
22,476
10,809
5,867
5,631
Net interest income
108,549
112,464
117,044
112,749
100,265
Provision for credit losses - loans
6,010
4,870
9,023
7,689
2,629
Provision for credit losses - unfunded commitments (1)
2,920
126
1,876
3,585
3,396
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
99,619
107,468
106,145
101,475
94,240
Noninterest income:
Loss on sale of investments
(8,306)
—
(1)
(2)
(3)
Gain on sale of mortgage servicing rights
8,305
—
—
—
—
Gain on sale of SBA loans
832
279
—
—
—
Service charges and fees
14,833
13,189
14,125
14,323
13,673
Trust and other financial services income
6,866
6,449
6,642
6,650
7,461
Gain on real estate owned, net
785
108
51
290
291
Income from bank-owned life insurance
1,304
1,269
1,663
1,475
2,008
Mortgage banking income
1,028
524
477
766
2,157
Other operating income
4,150
2,151
4,901
3,301
4,861
Total noninterest income
29,797
23,969
27,858
26,803
30,448
Noninterest expense:
Compensation and employee benefits
47,650
46,604
46,658
46,711
48,073
Premises and occupancy costs
7,579
7,471
7,370
7,171
7,280
Office operations
2,800
3,010
3,544
3,229
3,162
Collections expense
429
387
563
322
403
Processing expenses
14,648
14,350
13,585
13,416
12,947
Marketing expenses
2,856
2,892
2,773
2,147
2,047
Federal deposit insurance premiums
2,064
2,223
1,319
1,200
1,130
Professional services
3,804
4,758
5,434
3,363
3,333
Amortization of intangible assets
842
909
932
1,047
1,115
Real estate owned expense
83
181
53
61
72
Merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense
1,593
2,802
4,243
—
—
Other expenses
1,510
1,863
2,304
321
1,849
Total noninterest expense
85,858
87,450
88,778
78,988
81,411
Income before income taxes
43,558
43,987
45,225
49,290
43,277
Income tax expense
10,514
10,308
10,576
11,986
9,851
Net income
$ 33,044
33,679
34,649
37,304
33,426
Basic earnings per share
$ 0.26
0.27
0.27
0.29
0.26
Diluted earnings per share
$ 0.26
0.26
0.27
0.29
0.26
Annualized return on average equity
8.72 %
9.11 %
9.38 %
9.84 %
8.90 %
Annualized return on average assets
0.93 %
0.97 %
0.98 %
1.05 %
0.94 %
Annualized return on tangible common equity *
11.79 %
12.15 %
12.48 %
13.84 %
12.16 %
Efficiency ratio
62.06 %
64.10 %
61.27 %
56.60 %
62.28 %
Efficiency ratio, excluding certain items (1) **
60.30 %
61.38 %
57.70 %
55.85 %
61.43 %
Annualized noninterest expense to average assets
2.42 %
2.51 %
2.52 %
2.23 %
2.29 %
Annualized noninterest expense to average assets, excluding certain items (1) **
2.35 %
2.40 %
2.37 %
2.20 %
2.26 %
(1)
Reclassified from other expenses for periods prior to March 31, 2023. Respective ratios updated for reclassification.
*
Excludes goodwill and other intangible assets (non-GAAP). See reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures for additional information relating to these items.
**
Excludes amortization of intangible assets and merger, asset disposition and restructuring expenses (non-GAAP).See reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures for additional information relating to these items.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Six months ended June 30,
2023
2022
Interest income:
Loans receivable
$ 256,469
183,748
Mortgage-backed securities
16,863
13,518
Taxable investment securities
1,686
1,392
Tax-free investment securities
1,367
1,357
FHLB stock dividends
1,534
163
Interest-earning deposits
1,017
2,151
Total interest income
278,936
202,329
Interest expense:
Deposits
33,055
7,092
Borrowed funds
24,868
4,349
Total interest expense
57,923
11,441
Net interest income
221,013
190,888
Provision for credit losses - loans
10,880
1,148
Provision for credit losses - unfunded commitments (1)
3,046
4,992
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
207,087
184,748
Noninterest income:
Loss on sale of investments
(8,306)
(5)
Gain on sale of mortgage servicing rights
8,305
—
Gain on sale of SBA loans
1,111
—
Service charges and fees
28,022
26,740
Trust and other financial services income
13,315
14,473
Gain on real estate owned, net
893
262
Income from bank-owned life insurance
2,573
3,991
Mortgage banking income
1,552
3,622
Other operating income
6,301
7,105
Total noninterest income
53,766
56,188
Noninterest expense:
Compensation and employee benefits
94,254
94,990
Premises and occupancy costs
15,050
15,077
Office operations
5,810
6,545
Collections expense
816
923
Processing expenses
28,998
25,495
Marketing expenses
5,748
4,175
Federal deposit insurance premiums
4,287
2,259
Professional services
8,562
5,906
Amortization of intangible assets
1,751
2,298
Real estate owned expense
264
109
Merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense
4,395
1,374
Other expenses
3,373
2,608
Total noninterest expense
173,308
161,759
Income before income taxes
87,545
79,177
Income tax expense
20,822
17,464
Net income
$ 66,723
61,713
Basic earnings per share
$ 0.53
0.49
Diluted earnings per share
$ 0.52
0.49
Annualized return on average equity
8.91 %
8.01 %
Annualized return on average assets
0.95 %
0.87 %
Annualized return on tangible common equity *
11.97 %
11.28 %
Efficiency ratio
63.07 %
65.47 %
Efficiency ratio, excluding certain items (1) **
60.84 %
63.98 %
Annualized noninterest expense to average assets
2.46 %
2.27 %
Annualized noninterest expense to average assets, excluding certain items (1) **
2.38 %
2.22 %
(1)
Reclassified from other expenses for periods prior to March 31, 2023. Respective ratios updated for reclassification.
*
Excludes goodwill and other intangible assets (non-GAAP). See reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures for additional information relating to these items.
**
Excludes amortization of intangible assets and merger, asset disposition and restructuring expenses (non-GAAP). See reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures for additional information relating to these items.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited) *
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Quarter ended June 30,
Six months ended June 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
Reconciliation of net income to adjusted net operating income:
Net income (GAAP)
$ 33,044
33,426
66,723
61,713
Non-GAAP adjustments
Add: merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense
1,593
—
4,395
1,374
Less: tax benefit of merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense
(446)
—
(1,231)
(385)
Adjusted net operating income (non-GAAP)
$ 34,191
33,426
69,887
62,702
Diluted earnings per share (GAAP)
$ 0.26
0.26
0.52
0.49
Diluted adjusted operating earnings per share (non-GAAP)
$ 0.27
0.26
0.55
0.49
Average equity
$ 1,519,990
1,506,832
1,509,466
1,553,520
Average assets
14,245,917
14,256,705
14,184,050
14,340,034
Annualized return on average equity (GAAP)
8.72 %
8.90 %
8.91 %
8.01 %
Annualized return on average assets (GAAP)
0.93 %
0.94 %
0.95 %
0.87 %
Annualized return on average equity, excluding merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense, net of tax (non-GAAP)
9.02 %
8.90 %
9.34 %
8.14 %
Annualized return on average assets, excluding merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense, net of tax (non-GAAP)
0.96 %
0.94 %
0.99 %
0.88 %
The following non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company provide information useful to investors in understanding our operating performance and trends, and facilitate comparisons with the performance of our peers. The following table summarizes the non-GAAP financial measures derived from amounts reported in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.
June 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
June 30, 2022
Tangible common equity to assets
Total shareholders' equity
$ 1,511,501
1,491,486
1,494,539
Less: goodwill and intangible assets
(387,806)
(389,557)
(391,535)
Tangible common equity
1,123,695
1,101,929
1,103,004
Total assets
14,291,491
14,113,324
14,154,695
Less: goodwill and intangible assets
(387,806)
(389,557)
(391,535)
Tangible assets
13,903,685
13,723,767
13,763,160
Tangible common equity to tangible assets
8.08 %
8.03 %
8.01 %
Tangible common equity to tangible assets, including unrealized losses on held-to-maturity investments
Tangible common equity
$ 1,123,695
1,101,929
1,103,004
Less: unrealized losses on held to maturity investments
(129,169)
(129,865)
(87,615)
Add: deferred taxes on unrealized losses on held to maturity investments
36,167
36,362
24,532
Tangible common equity, including unrealized losses on held-to-maturity investments
1,030,693
1,008,426
1,039,921
Tangible assets
13,903,685
13,723,767
13,763,160
Tangible common equity to tangible assets, including unrealized losses on held-to-maturity investments
7.41 %
7.35 %
7.56 %
Tangible book value per share
Tangible common equity
$ 1,123,695
1,101,929
1,103,004
Common shares outstanding
127,088,963
127,028,848
126,881,766
Tangible book value per share
8.84
8.67
8.69
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited) *
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
The following table summarizes the non-GAAP financial measures derived from amounts reported in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income.
Quarter ended
Six months ended June 30,
June 30, 2023
March 31, 2023
December 31, 2022
September 30, 2022
June 30, 2022
2023
2022
Annualized return on tangible common equity
Net income
$ 33,044
33,679
34,649
37,304
33,426
66,723
61,713
Total shareholders' equity
1,511,501
1,513,275
1,491,486
1,459,786
1,494,539
1,511,501
1,494,539
Less: goodwill and intangible assets
(387,806)
(388,648)
(389,557)
(390,488)
(391,535)
(387,806)
(391,535)
Tangible common equity
1,123,695
1,124,627
1,101,929
1,069,298
1,103,004
1,123,695
1,103,004
Annualized return on tangible common equity
11.79 %
12.15 %
12.48 %
13.84 %
12.16 %
11.97 %
11.28 %
Efficiency ratio, excluding amortization and merger, asset disposition and restructuring expenses
Non-interest expense
85,858
87,450
88,778
78,988
81,411
173,308
161,759
Less: amortization expense
(842)
(909)
(932)
(1,047)
(1,115)
(1,751)
(2,298)
Less: merger, asset disposition and restructuring expenses
(1,593)
(2,802)
(4,243)
—
—
(4,395)
(1,374)
Non-interest expense, excluding amortization and merger, assets disposition and restructuring expenses
83,423
83,739
83,603
77,941
80,296
167,162
158,087
Net interest income
108,549
112,464
117,044
112,749
100,265
221,013
190,888
Non-interest income
29,797
23,969
27,858
26,803
30,448
53,766
56,188
Net interest income plus non-interest income
138,346
136,433
144,902
139,552
130,713
274,779
247,076
Efficiency ratio, excluding amortization and merger, asset disposition and restructuring expenses
60.30 %
61.38 %
57.70 %
55.85 %
61.43 %
60.84 %
63.98 %
Annualized non-interest expense to average assets, excluding amortization and merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense
Non-interest expense excluding amortization and merger, asset disposition and restructuring expenses
83,423
83,739
83,603
77,941
80,296
167,162
158,087
Average assets
14,245,917
14,121,496
13,983,100
14,052,919
14,256,705
14,184,050
14,340,034
Annualized non-interest expense to average assets, excluding amortization and merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense
2.35 %
2.40 %
2.37 %
2.20 %
2.26 %
2.38 %
2.22 %
*
The table summarizes the Company's results from operations on a GAAP basis and on an operating (non-GAAP) basis for the periods indicated. Operating results exclude merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense. The net tax effect was calculated using statutory tax rates of approximately 28.0%. The Company believes this non-GAAP presentation provides a meaningful comparison of operational performance and facilitates a more effective evaluation and comparison of results to assess performance in relation to ongoing operations.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Deposits (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
Generally, deposits in excess of $250,000 are not federally insured. The following table provides details around the Company's uninsured deposits portfolio:
As of June 30, 2023
Balance
Percent of total deposits
Number of relationships
Uninsured deposits per the Call Report (1)
$ 2,895,624
24.83 %
4,892
Less intercompany deposit accounts
889,157
7.62 %
12
Less collateralized deposit accounts
553,128
4.74 %
255
Adjusted balance of uninsured deposits
$ 1,453,339
12.47 %
4,625
(1)
Uninsured deposits presented may be different from actual amounts due to titling of accounts.
Our largest uninsured depositor, excluding intercompany and collateralized deposit accounts, had an aggregate uninsured deposit balance of $18.6 million, or 0.16% of total deposits, as of June 30, 2023. Our top ten largest uninsured depositors, excluding intercompany and collateralized deposit accounts, had an aggregate uninsured deposit balance of $112.2 million, or 0.96% of total deposits, as of June 30, 2023. The average adjusted uninsured deposit account balance was $314,000 as of June 30, 2023.
The following table provides additional details over the Company's deposit portfolio:
As of June 30, 2023
Balance
Percent of total deposits
Number of accounts
Personal noninterest bearing demand deposits
$ 1,397,167
11.98 %
291,177
Business noninterest bearing demand deposits
1,423,396
12.21 %
45,911
Personal interest-bearing demand deposits
1,535,254
13.16 %
59,784
Business interest-bearing demand deposits
1,042,399
8.94 %
8,354
Personal money market deposits
1,511,652
12.96 %
26,488
Business money market deposits
642,601
5.51 %
2,980
Savings deposits
2,120,215
18.18 %
216,105
Time deposits
1,989,711
17.06 %
67,662
Total deposits
$ 11,662,395
100.00 %
718,461
Our average deposit account balance as of June 30, 2023 was $16,000. The Company's insured cash sweep deposit balance was $205.7 million as of June 30, 2023.
The following table provides additional details over the Company's deposit portfolio over time:
12/31/2021
3/31/2022
6/30/2022
9/30/2022
12/31/2022
3/31/2023
6/30/2023
Personal noninterest bearing demand deposits
$ 1,419,806
1,413,732
1,388,690
1,413,781
1,412,227
1,428,232
1,397,167
Business noninterest bearing demand deposits
1,679,720
1,715,117
1,669,559
1,680,339
1,581,016
1,467,860
1,423,396
Personal interest-bearing demand deposits
1,768,910
1,787,295
1,785,761
1,742,173
1,718,806
1,627,546
1,535,254
Business interest-bearing demand deposits
639,529
588,850
529,357
498,937
499,059
466,105
624,252
Municipal demand deposits
532,003
515,477
543,573
571,620
468,566
447,852
418,147
Personal money market deposits
1,972,603
1,999,564
1,994,907
1,949,379
1,832,583
1,626,614
1,511,652
Business money market deposits
657,279
681,049
636,805
627,634
624,986
701,436
642,601
Savings deposits
2,303,760
2,367,438
2,362,725
2,327,419
2,275,020
2,194,743
2,120,215
Time deposits
1,327,555
1,251,878
1,155,878
1,067,110
1,052,285
1,576,791
1,989,711
Total deposits
$ 12,301,165
12,320,400
12,067,255
11,878,392
11,464,548
11,537,179
11,662,395
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Marketable Securities (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
June 30, 2023
Marketable securities available-for-sale
Amortized cost
Gross unrealized
holding gains
Gross unrealized
holding losses
Fair value
Weighted average duration
Debt issued by the U.S. government and agencies:
Due after one year through five years
$ 20,000
—
(1,676)
18,324
3.37
Due after ten years
51,124
—
(10,627)
40,497
6.23
Debt issued by government sponsored enterprises:
Due after one year through five years
20,984
—
(2,940)
18,044
4.48
Due after five years through ten years
25,516
—
(4,027)
21,489
5.02
Municipal securities:
Due within one year
500
—
—
500
—
Due after one year through five years
950
17
(9)
958
2.41
Due after five years through ten years
20,481
—
(1,845)
18,636
7.2
Due after ten years
64,589
59
(10,409)
54,239
10.45
Corporate debt issues:
Due after five years through ten years
8,463
—
(917)
7,546
5.70
Residential mortgage-backed agency securities:
Fixed rate pass-through
219,643
4
(28,705)
190,942
6.4
Variable rate pass-through
7,861
2
(215)
7,648
4.36
Fixed rate agency CMOs
821,371
—
(151,317)
670,054
5.01
Variable rate agency CMOs
25,619
35
(579)
25,075
3.09
Total residential mortgage-backed agency securities
1,074,494
41
(180,816)
893,719
5.24
Total marketable securities available-for-sale
$ 1,287,101
117
(213,266)
1,073,952
5.53
Marketable securities held-to-maturity
Government sponsored
Due after one year through five years
$ 49,471
—
(6,541)
42,930
3.99
Due after five years through ten years
74,985
—
(13,586)
61,399
5.67
Residential mortgage-backed agency securities:
Fixed rate pass-through
$ 155,431
—
(23,770)
131,661
5.27
Variable rate pass-through
495
—
(10)
485
3.95
Fixed rate agency CMOs
566,934
—
(85,253)
481,681
5.90
Variable rate agency CMOs
529
—
(9)
520
5.61
Total residential mortgage-backed agency securities
723,389
—
(109,042)
614,347
5.76
Total marketable securities held-to-maturity
$ 847,845
—
(129,169)
718,676
5.65
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Borrowed Funds (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
June 30, 2023
Amount
Average rate
Term notes payable to the FHLB of Pittsburgh, due within one year
$ 500,000
5.43 %
Notes payable to the FHLB of Pittsburgh, due within one year
28,000
5.39 %
Total term notes payable to the FHLB
528,000
5.43 %
Collateralized borrowings, due within one year
63,863
1.24 %
Collateral received, due within one year
40,450
5.16 %
Subordinated debentures, net of issuance costs
114,015
4.28 %
Junior subordinated debentures
129,444
7.21 %
Total borrowed funds *
$ 875,772
5.22 %
*
As of June 30, 2023, the Company had $3.2 billion of additional borrowing capacity available with the FHLB of Pittsburgh, including a $250.0 million overnight line of credit, which had a $28.0 million drawn balance, as well as $309.0 million of borrowing capacity available with the Federal Reserve Bank and $105.0 million with two correspondent banks.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Analysis of Loan Portfolio by Loan Sector (Unaudited)
Commercial real estate loans outstanding
The following table provides the various loan sectors in our commercial real estate portfolio at June 30, 2023:
June 30, 2023
Property type
Percent of portfolio
5 or more unit dwelling
13.9 %
Nursing home
12.8 %
Retail building
11.4 %
Commercial office building - non-owner occupied
8.5 %
Residential acquisition & development - 1-4 family, townhouses and apartments
4.5 %
Warehouse/storage building
3.6 %
Manufacturing & industrial building
3.5 %
Commercial office building - owner occupied
3.5 %
Commercial acquisition and development
3.4 %
Multi-use building - office and warehouse
3.2 %
Single family dwelling
3.2 %
Hotel/motel
2.9 %
Other medical facility
2.9 %
Student housing
2.6 %
Multi-use building - commercial, retail and residential
2.6 %
2-4 family
2.4 %
Agricultural real estate
2.1 %
All other
13.0 %
Total
100.0 %
The following table provides our commercial real estate portfolio by state at June 30, 2023:
June 30, 2023
State
Percent of portfolio
Pennsylvania
32.0 %
New York
31.7 %
Ohio
20.0 %
Indiana
8.8 %
All other
7.5 %
Total
100.0 %
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Asset Quality (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
June 30, 2023
March 31, 2023
December 31, 2022
September 30, 2022
June 30, 2022
Nonaccrual loans current:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 1,559
1,423
1,496
2,186
1,970
Home equity loans
1,089
1,084
1,418
1,158
1,337
Consumer loans
1,009
911
836
833
976
Commercial real estate loans
48,468
50,045
53,303
56,193
60,537
Commercial loans
995
1,468
895
1,801
5,270
Total nonaccrual loans current
$ 53,120
54,931
57,948
62,171
70,090
Nonaccrual loans delinquent 30 days to 59 days:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 49
688
473
54
2
Home equity loans
37
18
180
316
172
Consumer loans
309
223
178
155
158
Commercial real estate loans
1,697
1,900
1,220
55
911
Commercial loans
855
341
145
237
358
Total nonaccrual loans delinquent 30 days to 59 days
$ 2,947
3,170
2,196
817
1,601
Nonaccrual loans delinquent 60 days to 89 days:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 185
919
31
32
199
Home equity loans
363
338
290
432
566
Consumer loans
360
340
341
382
226
Commercial real estate loans
210
1,355
473
848
630
Commercial loans
245
126
96
132
73
Total nonaccrual loans delinquent 60 days to 89 days
$ 1,363
3,078
1,231
1,826
1,694
Nonaccrual loans delinquent 90 days or more:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 6,290
3,300
5,574
5,544
5,445
Home equity loans
1,965
2,190
2,257
1,779
2,081
Consumer loans
2,033
2,791
2,672
2,031
1,942
Commercial real estate loans
8,575
8,010
7,867
8,821
14,949
Commercial loans
2,296
1,139
1,491
638
583
Total nonaccrual loans delinquent 90 days or more
$ 21,159
17,430
19,861
18,813
25,000
Total nonaccrual loans
$ 78,589
78,609
81,236
83,627
98,385
Total nonaccrual loans
$ 78,589
78,609
81,236
83,627
98,385
Loans 90 days past due and still accruing
532
652
744
357
379
Nonperforming loans
79,121
79,261
81,980
83,984
98,764
Real estate owned, net
371
524
413
450
1,205
Nonperforming assets
$ 79,492
79,785
82,393
84,434
99,969
Nonperforming loans to total loans
0.70 %
0.71 %
0.75 %
0.78 %
0.95 %
Nonperforming assets to total assets
0.56 %
0.56 %
0.58 %
0.61 %
0.71 %
Allowance for credit losses to total loans
1.10 %
1.09 %
1.08 %
1.02 %
0.94 %
Allowance for total loans excluding PPP loan balances
1.10 %
1.09 %
1.08 %
1.02 %
0.95 %
Allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans
157.26 %
152.98 %
143.98 %
130.76 %
99.59 %
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Loans by Credit Quality Indicators (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
At June 30, 2023
Pass
Special
mention *
Substandard **
Doubtful
Loss
Loans
receivable
Personal Banking:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 3,483,098
—
12,059
—
—
3,495,157
Home equity loans
1,272,363
—
3,699
—
—
1,276,062
Consumer loans
2,196,938
—
4,124
—
—
2,201,062
Total Personal Banking
6,952,399
—
19,882
—
—
6,972,281
Commercial Banking:
Commercial real estate loans
2,649,535
74,170
171,519
—
—
2,895,224
Commercial loans
1,377,981
3,040
22,705
—
—
1,403,726
Total Commercial Banking
4,027,516
77,210
194,224
—
—
4,298,950
Total loans
$ 10,979,915
77,210
214,106
—
—
11,271,231
At March 31, 2023
Personal Banking:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 3,499,135
—
6,330
—
—
3,505,465
Home equity loans
1,277,915
—
3,631
—
—
1,281,546
Consumer loans
2,227,379
—
4,754
—
—
2,232,133
Total Personal Banking
7,004,429
—
14,715
—
—
7,019,144
Commercial Banking:
Commercial real estate loans
2,585,676
69,837
171,591
—
—
2,827,104
Commercial loans
1,217,344
6,381
22,298
—
—
1,246,023
Total Commercial Banking
3,803,020
76,218
193,889
—
—
4,073,127
Total loans
$ 10,807,449
76,218
208,604
—
—
11,092,271
At December 31, 2022
Personal Banking:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 3,484,870
—
13,729
—
—
3,498,599
Home equity loans
1,292,146
—
5,528
—
—
1,297,674
Consumer loans
2,164,220
—
4,435
—
—
2,168,655
Total Personal Banking
6,941,236
—
23,692
—
—
6,964,928
Commercial Banking:
Commercial real estate loans
2,579,809
55,076
188,670
—
—
2,823,555
Commercial loans
1,100,707
7,384
23,878
—
—
1,131,969
Total Commercial Banking
3,680,516
62,460
212,548
—
—
3,955,524
Total loans
$ 10,621,752
62,460
236,240
—
—
10,920,452
At September 30, 2022
Personal Banking:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 3,388,168
—
13,730
—
—
3,401,898
Home equity loans
1,279,968
—
5,021
—
—
1,284,989
Consumer loans
2,112,478
—
3,760
—
—
2,116,238
Total Personal Banking
6,780,614
—
22,511
—
—
6,803,125
Commercial Banking:
Commercial real estate loans
2,589,648
34,684
188,498
—
—
2,812,830
Commercial loans
1,094,830
4,004
26,736
—
—
1,125,570
Total Commercial Banking
3,684,478
38,688
215,234
—
—
3,938,400
Total loans
$ 10,465,092
38,688
237,745
—
—
10,741,525
At June 30, 2022
Personal Banking:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 3,273,117
—
13,658
—
—
3,286,775
Home equity loans
1,275,124
—
5,368
—
—
1,280,492
Consumer loans
1,998,863
—
3,682
—
—
2,002,545
Total Personal Banking
6,547,104
—
22,708
—
—
6,569,812
Commercial Banking:
Commercial real estate loans
2,600,207
51,540
224,429
—
—
2,876,176
Commercial loans
954,129
2,468
30,239
—
—
986,836
Total Commercial Banking
3,554,336
54,008
254,668
—
—
3,863,012
Total loans
$ 10,101,440
54,008
277,376
—
—
10,432,824
*
Includes $4.9 million, $7.4 million, $7.4 million, $4.5 million, and $7.4 million of acquired loans at June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, September 30, 2022, and June 30, 2022, respectively.
**
Includes $31.2 million, $31.9 million, $39.1 million, $51.4 million, and $59.3 million of acquired loans at June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, September 30, 2022, and June 30, 2022, respectively.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Loan Delinquency (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
June 30, 2023
*
March 31, 2023
*
December 31, 2022
*
September 30, 2022
*
June 30, 2022
*
(Number of loans and dollar amount of loans)
Loans delinquent 30 days to 59 days:
Residential mortgage loans
14
$ 627
— %
259
$ 26,992
0.8 %
304
$ 29,487
0.8 %
26
$ 1,052
— %
20
$ 785
— %
Home equity loans
92
3,395
0.3 %
111
4,235
0.3 %
145
6,657
0.5 %
88
3,278
0.3 %
107
3,664
0.3 %
Consumer loans
602
7,955
0.4 %
587
6,930
0.3 %
737
9,435
0.4 %
549
6,546
0.3 %
563
6,898
0.3 %
Commercial real estate loans
13
2,710
0.1 %
23
4,834
0.2 %
29
4,008
0.1 %
13
1,332
— %
26
2,701
0.1 %
Commercial loans
38
15,658
1.1 %
46
4,253
0.3 %
51
2,648
0.2 %
48
2,582
0.2 %
24
1,486
0.2 %
Total loans delinquent 30 days to 59 days
759
$ 30,345
0.3 %
1,026
$ 47,244
0.4 %
1,266
$ 52,235
0.5 %
724
$ 14,790
0.1 %
740
$ 15,534
0.1 %
Loans delinquent 60 days to 89 days:
Residential mortgage loans
52
$ 3,521
0.1 %
23
$ 1,922
0.1 %
65
$ 5,563
0.2 %
51
$ 4,320
0.1 %
61
$ 5,941
0.2 %
Home equity loans
31
1,614
0.1 %
31
1,061
0.1 %
29
975
0.1 %
36
1,227
0.1 %
28
952
0.1 %
Consumer loans
250
2,584
0.1 %
185
2,083
0.1 %
255
3,070
0.1 %
223
2,663
0.1 %
178
1,460
0.1 %
Commercial real estate loans
12
1,288
— %
17
1,949
0.1 %
16
2,377
0.1 %
13
1,741
0.1 %
9
1,472
0.1 %
Commercial loans
23
11,092
0.8 %
19
1,088
0.1 %
24
1,115
0.1 %
14
808
0.1 %
6
341
— %
Total loans delinquent 60 days to 89 days
368
$ 20,099
0.2 %
275
$ 8,103
0.1 %
389
$ 13,100
0.1 %
337
$ 10,759
0.1 %
282
$ 10,166
0.1 %
Loans delinquent 90 days or more: **
Residential mortgage loans
63
$ 6,290
0.2 %
39
$ 3,300
0.1 %
65
$ 5,574
0.2 %
64
$ 5,544
0.2 %
63
$ 5,445
0.2 %
Home equity loans
68
1,965
0.2 %
65
2,190
0.2 %
68
2,257
0.2 %
65
1,779
0.1 %
69
2,081
0.2 %
Consumer loans
314
2,447
0.1 %
313
3,279
0.1 %
334
3,079
0.1 %
289
2,388
0.1 %
286
2,321
0.1 %
Commercial real estate loans
20
8,575
0.3 %
18
8,010
0.3 %
19
7,867
0.3 %
22
8,821
0.3 %
31
14,949
0.5 %
Commercial loans
38
2,414
0.2 %
24
1,302
0.1 %
15
1,829
0.2 %
11
638
0.1 %
10
583
0.1 %
Total loans delinquent 90 days or more
503
$ 21,691
0.2 %
459
$ 18,081
0.2 %
501
$ 20,606
0.2 %
451
$ 19,170
0.2 %
459
$ 25,379
0.2 %
Total loans delinquent
1,630
$ 72,135
0.6 %
1,760
$ 73,428
0.7 %
2,156
$ 85,941
0.8 %
1,512
$ 44,719
0.4 %
1,481
$ 51,079
0.5 %
*
Represents delinquency, in dollars, divided by the respective total amount of that type of loan outstanding.
**
Includes purchased credit deteriorated loans of $605,000, $331,000, $1.7 million, $783,000, and $6.3 million at June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, September 30, 2022, and June 30, 2022, respectively.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Allowance for Credit Losses (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
Quarter ended
June 30, 2023
March 31, 2023
December 31, 2022
September 30, 2022
June 30, 2022
Beginning balance
$ 121,257
118,036
109,819
98,355
99,295
ASU 2022-02 Adoption
—
426
—
—
—
Provision
6,010
4,870
9,023
7,689
2,629
Charge-offs residential mortgage
(545)
(207)
(546)
(166)
(138)
Charge-offs home equity
(235)
(164)
(232)
(535)
(255)
Charge-offs consumer
(2,772)
(2,734)
(2,430)
(2,341)
(1,912)
Charge-offs commercial real estate
(483)
(657)
(621)
(1,329)
(4,392)
Charge-offs commercial
(1,209)
(865)
(404)
(243)
(329)
Recoveries
2,400
2,552
3,427
8,389
3,457
Ending balance
$ 124,423
121,257
118,036
109,819
98,355
Net charge-offs to average loans, annualized
0.10 %
0.08 %
0.03 %
(0.14) %
0.14 %
Six months ended June 30,
2023
2022
Beginning balance
$ 118,036
102,241
ASU 2022-02 Adoption
426
—
Provision
10,880
1,148
Charge-offs residential mortgage
(752)
(1,321)
Charge-offs home equity
(399)
(702)
Charge-offs consumer
(5,506)
(3,635)
Charge-offs commercial real estate
(1,140)
(5,416)
Charge-offs commercial
(2,074)
(1,010)
Recoveries
4,952
7,050
Ending balance
$ 124,423
98,355
Net charge-offs to average loans, annualized
0.09 %
0.10 %
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Average Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)
The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Company's average balance sheet and reflects the average yield on assets and average cost of liabilities for the periods indicated. Such yields and costs are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balance of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods presented. Average balances are calculated using daily averages.
Quarter ended
June 30, 2023
March 31, 2023
December 31, 2022
September 30, 2022
June 30, 2022
Average
balance
Interest
Avg.
yield/
cost (h)
Average
balance
Interest
Avg.
yield/
cost (h)
Average
balance
Interest
Avg.
yield/
cost (h)
Average
balance
Interest
Avg.
yield/
cost (h)
Average
balance
Interest
Avg.
yield/
cost (h)
Assets:
Interest-earning assets:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 3,485,517
32,485
3.73 %
$ 3,493,617
32,009
3.66 %
$ 3,439,401
30,974
3.60 %
$ 3,331,173
29,414
3.53 %
$ 3,171,469
27,327
3.45 %
Home equity loans
1,273,298
16,898
5.32 %
1,284,425
16,134
5.09 %
1,282,733
15,264
4.72 %
1,274,918
13,658
4.25 %
1,277,440
11,961
3.76 %
Consumer loans
2,143,804
22,662
4.24 %
2,123,672
20,794
3.97 %
2,069,207
19,709
3.78 %
1,981,754
17,256
3.45 %
1,880,769
15,777
3.36 %
Commercial real estate loans
2,836,443
38,426
5.43 %
2,824,120
37,031
5.24 %
2,822,008
35,428
4.91 %
2,842,597
34,158
4.70 %
2,915,750
31,844
4.32 %
Commercial loans
1,326,598
22,872
6.92 %
1,161,298
18,353
6.32 %
1,113,178
16,315
5.74 %
1,050,124
12,978
4.84 %
912,454
9,090
3.94 %
Total loans receivable (a) (b) (d)
11,065,660
133,343
4.83 %
10,887,132
124,321
4.63 %
10,726,527
117,690
4.35 %
10,480,566
107,464
4.07 %
10,157,882
95,999
3.79 %
Mortgage-backed securities (c)
1,859,427
8,326
1.79 %
1,909,676
8,537
1.79 %
1,956,167
8,603
1.76 %
2,019,715
8,683
1.72 %
1,952,375
7,158
1.47 %
Investment securities (c) (d)
374,560
1,715
1.83 %
384,717
1,761
1.83 %
386,468
1,753
1.81 %
388,755
1,762
1.81 %
376,935
1,590
1.69 %
FHLB stock, at cost
45,505
844
7.44 %
39,631
690
7.06 %
26,827
419
6.19 %
14,028
148
4.19 %
13,428
82
2.44 %
Other interest-earning deposits
38,912
594
6.12 %
30,774
423
5.50 %
9,990
153
5.99 %
253,192
1,295
2.00 %
846,142
1,684
0.79 %
Total interest-earning assets
13,384,064
144,822
4.34 %
13,251,930
135,732
4.15 %
13,105,979
128,618
3.89 %
13,156,256
119,352
3.60 %
13,346,762
106,513
3.20 %
Noninterest-earning assets (e)
861,853
869,566
877,121
896,663
909,943
Total assets
$ 14,245,917
$ 14,121,496
$ 13,983,100
$ 14,052,919
$ 14,256,705
Liabilities and shareholders' equity:
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Savings deposits (g)
$ 2,142,941
1,393
0.26 %
$ 2,198,988
690
0.13 %
$ 2,298,451
585
0.10 %
$ 2,350,248
594
0.10 %
$ 2,361,919
589
0.10 %
Interest-bearing demand deposits (g)
2,469,666
1,648
0.27 %
2,612,883
951
0.15 %
2,718,360
509
0.07 %
2,794,338
360
0.05 %
2,857,336
310
0.04 %
Money market deposit accounts (g)
2,221,713
6,113
1.10 %
2,408,582
4,403
0.74 %
2,512,892
1,310
0.21 %
2,620,850
692
0.10 %
2,653,467
668
0.10 %
Time deposits (g)
1,765,454
12,663
2.88 %
1,293,609
5,194
1.63 %
1,024,895
1,467
0.57 %
1,110,906
1,511
0.54 %
1,220,815
1,774
0.58 %
Borrowed funds (f)
837,358
10,202
4.89 %
740,218
7,938
4.35 %
451,369
3,967
3.49 %
127,073
239
0.75 %
123,749
167
0.54 %
Subordinated debt
113,958
1,148
4.03 %
113,870
1,148
4.03 %
113,783
1,148
4.04 %
113,695
1,149
4.04 %
119,563
1,203
4.03 %
Junior subordinated debentures
129,401
2,280
6.97 %
129,335
2,152
6.66 %
129,271
1,823
5.52 %
129,207
1,322
4.00 %
129,142
920
2.82 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities
9,680,491
35,447
1.47 %
9,497,485
22,476
0.96 %
9,249,021
10,809
0.46 %
9,246,317
5,867
0.25 %
9,465,991
5,631
0.24 %
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits (g)
2,820,928
2,889,973
3,039,000
3,093,490
3,090,372
Noninterest-bearing liabilities
224,508
235,213
229,794
209,486
193,510
Total liabilities
12,725,927
12,622,671
12,517,815
12,549,293
12,749,873
Shareholders' equity
1,519,990
1,498,825
1,465,285
1,503,626
1,506,832
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$ 14,245,917
$ 14,121,496
$ 13,983,100
$ 14,052,919
$ 14,256,705
Net interest income/Interest rate spread
109,375
2.87 %
113,256
3.19 %
117,809
3.43 %
113,485
3.35 %
100,882
2.96 %
Net interest-earning assets/Net interest margin
$ 3,703,573
3.28 %
$ 3,754,445
3.47 %
$ 3,856,958
3.57 %
$ 3,909,939
3.42 %
$ 3,880,771
3.07 %
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
1.38X
1.40X
1.42X
1.42X
1.41X
(a)
Average gross loans receivable includes loans held as available-for-sale and loans placed on nonaccrual status.
(b)
Interest income includes accretion/amortization of deferred loan fees/expenses, which was not material.
(c)
Average balances do not include the effect of unrealized gains or losses on securities held as available-for-sale.
(d)
Interest income on tax-free investment securities and tax-free loans are presented on a fully taxable equivalent ("FTE") basis.
(e)
Average balances include the effect of unrealized gains or losses on securities held as available-for-sale.
(f)
Average balances include FHLB borrowings and collateralized borrowings.
(g)
Average cost of deposits were 0.77%, 0.40%, 0.13%, 0.11%, and 0.11%, respectively and average cost of Interest-bearing deposits were 1.02%, 0.54%, 0.18%, 0.14%, and 0.15%, respectively.
(h)
Shown on a FTE basis. GAAP basis yields for the periods indicated were: Loans — 4.81%, 4.61%, 4.33%, 4.05%, and 3.77%, respectively, Investment securities — 1.61%, 1.61%, 1.59%, 1.59%, and 1.48%, respectively, Interest-earning assets — 4.32%, 4.13%, 3.87%, 3.58%, and 3.18%, respectively. GAAP basis net interest rate spreads were 2.85%, 3.17%, 3.41%, 3.33%, and 2.94%, respectively, and GAAP basis net interest margins were 3.25%, 3.44%, 3.54%, 3.40%, and 3.05%, respectively.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Average Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Company's average balance sheet and reflects the average yield on interest-earning assets and average cost of interest-bearing liabilities for the periods indicated. Such yields and costs are derived by dividing income or expense by the average balance of assets or liabilities, respectively, for the periods presented. Average balances are calculated using daily averages.
Six months ended June 30,
2023
2022
Average
balance
Interest
Avg.
yield/
cost (h)
Average
balance
Interest
Avg.
yield/
cost (h)
Assets
Interest-earning assets:
Residential mortgage loans
$ 3,489,545
64,494
3.70 %
$ 3,077,155
52,868
3.44 %
Home equity loans
1,278,831
33,033
5.21 %
1,285,668
23,433
3.68 %
Consumer loans
2,133,794
43,457
4.11 %
1,840,110
30,684
3.36 %
Commercial real estate loans
2,830,316
75,463
5.38 %
2,957,744
61,601
4.14 %
Commercial loans
1,244,404
41,225
6.68 %
868,854
15,987
3.66 %
Loans receivable (a) (b) (d)
10,976,890
257,672
4.73 %
10,029,531
184,573
3.71 %
Mortgage-backed securities (c)
1,884,412
16,863
1.79 %
1,948,794
13,518
1.39 %
Investment securities (c) (d)
379,611
3,478
1.83 %
375,323
3,130
1.67 %
FHLB stock, at cost
42,584
1,534
7.26 %
13,648
163
2.41 %
Other interest-earning deposits
34,842
1,017
5.88 %
1,003,627
2,151
0.43 %
Total interest-earning assets
13,318,339
280,564
4.25 %
13,370,923
203,535
3.07 %
Noninterest-earning assets (e)
865,711
969,111
Total assets
$ 14,184,050
$ 14,340,034
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Savings deposits (g)
$ 2,187,355
2,082
0.19 %
$ 2,348,282
1,181
0.10 %
Interest-bearing demand deposits (g)
2,540,879
2,599
0.21 %
2,866,333
631
0.04 %
Money market deposit accounts (g)
2,314,631
10,516
0.92 %
2,660,745
1,321
0.10 %
Time deposits (g)
1,514,289
17,858
2.38 %
1,256,513
3,959
0.64 %
Borrowed funds (f)
789,057
18,139
4.64 %
129,487
324
0.50 %
Subordinated debt
113,914
2,296
4.03 %
121,574
2,454
4.04 %
Junior subordinated debentures
129,368
4,433
6.82 %
129,109
1,571
2.42 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities
9,589,493
57,923
1.22 %
9,512,043
11,441
0.24 %
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits (g)
2,855,260
3,075,617
Noninterest-bearing liabilities
229,831
198,854
Total liabilities
12,674,584
12,786,514
Shareholders' equity
1,509,466
1,553,520
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$ 14,184,050
$ 14,340,034
Net interest income/Interest rate spread
222,641
3.03 %
192,094
2.83 %
Net interest-earning assets/Net interest margin
$ 3,728,846
3.37 %
$ 3,858,880
2.87 %
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities
1.39X
1.41X
(a)
Average gross loans receivable includes loans held as available-for-sale and loans placed on nonaccrual status.
(b)
Interest income includes accretion/amortization of deferred loan fees/expenses, which were not material.
(c)
Average balances do not include the effect of unrealized gains or losses on securities held as available-for-sale.
(d)
Interest income on tax-free investment securities and tax-free loans are presented on a fully taxable equivalent ("FTE") basis.
(e)
Average balances include the effect of unrealized gains or losses on securities held as available-for-sale.
(f)
Average balances include FHLB borrowings and collateralized borrowings.
(g)
Average cost of deposits were 0.58% and 0.12%, respectively and average cost of Interest-bearing deposits were 0.78% and 0.16%, respectively.
(h)
Shown on a FTE basis. GAAP basis yields were: Loans — 4.71% and 3.69%, respectively; Investment securities — 1.61% and 1.46%, respectively; Interest-earning assets — 4.22% and 3.05%, respectively. GAAP basis net interest rate spreads were 3.01% and 2.81%, respectively; and GAAP basis net interest margins were 3.35% and 2.86%, respectively.
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NEW YORK — Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin Monday in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran's “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye's “Let's Get It On.”
The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye's co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, alleging the English pop star's hit 2014 tune has “striking similarities” to “Let's Get It On” and “overt common elements” that violate their copyright.
The lawsuit filed in 2017 has finally made it to a trial that is expected to last a week in the Manhattan federal courtroom of 95-year-old Judge Louis L. Stanton.
Sheeran, 32, is among the witnesses expected to testify.
“Let's Get It On” is the quintessential, sexy slow jam that's been heard in countless films and commercials and garnered hundreds of millions of streams, spins and radio plays over the past 50 years. “Thinking Out Loud,” which won a Grammy for song of the year, is a much more marital take on love and sex.
While the jury will hear the recordings of both songs, probably many times, their lyrics — and vibes — are legally insignificant. Jurors are supposed to only consider the raw elements of melody, harmony and rhythm that make up the composition of “Let’s Get It On,” as documented on sheet music filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Sheeran's attorneys have said the songs' undeniable structural symmetry points only to the foundations of popular music.
“The two songs share versions of a similar and unprotectable chord progression that was freely available to all songwriters,” they said in a court filing.
Townsend family attorneys pointed out in the lawsuit that artists including Boyz II Men have performed seamless mashups of the two songs, and that even Sheeran himself has segued into “Let's Get It On” during live performances of “Thinking Out Loud.”
They sought to play a potentially damning YouTube video of one such Sheeran performance for the jury at trial. Stanton denied their motion to include it, but said he would reconsider it after he sees other evidence that’s presented.
Gaye's estate is not involved in the case, though it will inevitably have echoes of their successful lawsuit against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. over the resemblance of their 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” to Gaye's 1977 “Got to Give it Up.”
A jury awarded Gaye's heirs $7.4 million at trial — later trimmed by a judge to $5.3 million — making it among the most significant copyright cases in recent decades.
Sheeran's label Atlantic Records and Sony/ATV Music Publishing are also named as defendants in the “Thinking Out Loud” lawsuit. Generally, plaintiffs in copyright lawsuits cast a wide net in naming defendants, though a judge can eliminate any names deemed inappropriate. In this case, however, Sheeran's co-writer on the song, Amy Wadge, was never named.
Townsend, who also wrote the 1958 R&B doo-wop hit “For Your Love,” was a singer, songwriter and lawyer. He died in 2003. Kathryn Townsend Griffin, his daughter, is the plaintiff leading the lawsuit.
Already a Motown superstar in the 1960s before his more adult 1970s output made him a generational musical giant, Gaye was killed in 1984 at age 44, shot by his father as he tried to intervene in a fight between his parents.
Major artists are often hit with lawsuits alleging song-stealing, but nearly all settle before trial — as Taylor Swift recently did over “Shake it Off," ending a lawsuit that lasted years longer and came closer to trial than most other cases.
But Sheeran — whose musical style drawing from classic soul, pop and R&B has made him a target for copyright lawsuits — has shown a willingness to go to trial before. A year ago, he won a U.K. copyright battle over his 2017 hit “Shape of You," then slammed what he described as a “culture” of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.
"I feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there is no basis for the claim,” Sheeran said in a video posted on Twitter after the verdict. “It’s really damaging to the songwriting industry.”
The “Thinking Out Loud” lawsuit also invokes one of the most common tropes in American and British music since the earliest days of rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and hip-hop: a young white artist seemingly appropriating the work of an older Black artist — accusations that were also levied at Elvis Presley and The Beatles, whose music drew on that of Black forerunners.
“Mr. Sheeran blatantly took a Black artist’s music who he doesn’t view as worthy as compensation," Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney who represents the Townsend family but is not involved in the trial, said at a March 31 news conference.
Dalton reported from Los Angeles. | 2023-04-24T15:59:58+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/ed-sheeran-marvin-gaye-copyright-lawsuit-trial/507-82425502-3df4-451d-8167-d2c326fbc9b2 |
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- iADCs are a next-generation modality for treating cancer and designed to boost anti-cancer activity, offering potential new options for patients who do not respond to existing cancer immunotherapies -
- Sutro will receive an upfront payment of US$90 million to develop iADCs for three biological targets and may be eligible to receive up to an additional US$422.5 million USD in development, regulatory and commercial milestones for each product candidate, plus royalties -
TOKYO and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503), (President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., "Astellas") and Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRO), (CEO: William J. Newell, JD, "Sutro") today announced a worldwide, strategic collaboration and licensing agreement focused on the discovery and development of novel immunostimulatory antibody-drug conjugates (iADCs). The collaboration leverages the unique cancer-fighting potential of iADCs as a novel modality, enabled by Sutro's ability to engineer complex conjugated antibodies, and Astellas' global oncology R&D expertise.
"We are delighted to work with Astellas, a premier biopharmaceutical company with substantial expertise in immuno-oncology, on this novel modality," said William J. Newell, Sutro's Chief Executive Officer. "iADCs hold promise well beyond the existing success of ADCs. Sutro's unique conjugation technology enables dual conjugations that site-specifically incorporate a potent cytotoxin that can directly kill tumor cells together with an immunostimulatory component that has the potential to locally prime an immune response to the patient's particular tumor cells. We look forward to collaboratively exploring the potential of this approach to treat cold tumors and bring new drug therapies to patients who do not respond to existing immunotherapies."
Naoki Okamura, Chief Strategy Officer, at Astellas commented, "Astellas considers Immuno-Oncology as one of the Primary Focuses of its R&D strategy; our goal is to bring effective drugs to patients who do not respond to existing immune checkpoint inhibitors. Sutro is a leading company in the area of iADCs, a new modality, and has its own original iADC technologies. The strategic partnership with Sutro will help us expand our pipeline and widen the choice of cancer immunotherapies."
A key challenge with cancer immunotherapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, is the tumor microenvironment*1 within cold tumors creating barriers to immune cell infiltration and thus preventing the cure. The immune checkpoint inhibitors approved to date are efficacious as a monotherapy in only about 20% of cancer types, which vary widely1.
This strategic partnership will engage in the development of iADCs, a next generation modality with the potential for effective and efficient approaches for treatment of cold tumors so as to bring new drug therapies to patients who do not respond to existing therapies. An iADC, which combines an antibody with a small molecule compound that induces immunogenic cell death*2 in addition to an immune activating molecule, has the potential to boost the anti-cancer action.
This partnership will enable Astellas and Sutro to mutually leverage strengths in their respective fields to accelerate iADC development for three distinct biological targets; Sutro will engage in research and preclinical studies to identify candidate compounds and then Astellas will pursue clinical development. Sutro has advanced technologies for linking drugs to antibodies and proprietary component parts, including candidate antibodies and linkable cytotoxins and immunostimulatory molecules. For development of iADCs, Astellas will utilize the strength of its global R&D and commercialization capabilities in the area of antibodies and the small molecular components. These iADCs may have the potential to provide new therapeutic options for treatment of cancers for which no broadly effective therapy is currently available.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sutro will receive an upfront cash payment of US$90 million to develop iADCs for three biological targets and may be eligible to receive up to US$422.5 million in development, regulatory and commercial milestones for each product candidate, and tiered royalties ranging from low double-digit to mid-teens on worldwide sales of any commercial products that may result from the collaboration, subject to Sutro's cost and profit sharing option for the United States.
Sutro has the option to share in the costs and profits for developing and commercializing product candidates in the United States. If Sutro exercise this option for a particular product candidate, Astellas and Sutro will equally share the costs of such co-development and co-commercialization, with the resulting profits/losses from co-commercialization also shared equally in the United States.
*1: Cancer surrounds itself with an environment advantageous to its own survival, that is, to protect itself from the immune system and help facilitate its own growth and metastasis. Such an environment is called a "tumor microenvironment."
*2: Immunogenic cell death is cancer cell death through the "cancer immune cycle" by which cancer antigens released by chemotherapy are captured by dendritic cells and then presented to T cells activated to kill the cancer cells. Regarding "cancer immune cycle," please refer to the materials from Astellas' R&D meeting (held in December 2020).
(https://www.astellas.com/system/files/rdmeeting2020_pre_en.pdf)
About Sutro
Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (Sutro), headquartered in South San Francisco, is a clinical-stage oncology company pioneering site-specific and novel-format antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Sutro has two wholly owned ADCs in the clinic—STRO-002, a folate receptor alpha (FolRα)-targeting ADC, in clinical studies for ovarian and endometrial cancers; and STRO-001, a CD74-targeting ADC, in clinical studies for B-cell malignancies. Additionally, Sutro is collaborating with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) on CC-99712, a BCMA-targeting ADC in the clinic for patients with multiple myeloma; with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, known as EMD Serono in the U.S. and Canada (EMD Serono) on M1231, a MUC1-EGFR bispecific ADC in clinical studies for patients with solid tumors, particularly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; with Merck Sharpe & Dohme LLC (Merck) on MK-1484, a biologic in clinical studies as a monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab for the treatment of solid tumors; and with Astellas Pharma (Astellas) on a novel modality, immunostimulatory antibody-drug conjugates (iADCs). Sutro's platform technology also enabled the spin out of Vaxcyte (Nasdaq: PCVX) and the creation of VAX-24, a 24-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in clinical studies for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease. Sutro's rational design and precise protein engineering has enabled six product candidates in the clinic. Follow Sutro on Twitter, @Sutrobio, and at www.sutrobio.com to learn more about our passion for changing the future of oncology.
Sutro Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, anticipated preclinical and clinical development activities, timing of announcements of clinical results, potential benefits of STRO-002 and Sutro's other product candidates and platform, potential future milestone and royalty payments, and potential market opportunities for STRO-002 and Sutro's other product candidates. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Although Sutro believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, Sutro cannot guarantee future events, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements, and the timing and results of biotechnology development and potential regulatory approval is inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause Sutro's actual activities or results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, including risks and uncertainties related to Sutro's ability to advance its product candidates, the receipt and timing of potential regulatory designations, approvals and commercialization of product candidates and Sutro's ability to successfully leverage Fast Track designation, the market size for Sutro's product candidates to be smaller than anticipated, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sutro's business, clinical trial sites, supply chain and manufacturing facilities, Sutro's ability to maintain and recognize the benefits of certain designations received by product candidates, the timing and results of preclinical and clinical trials, Sutro's ability to fund development activities and achieve development goals, Sutro's ability to protect intellectual property and Sutro's commercial collaborations with third parties and other risks and uncertainties described under the heading "Risk Factors" in documents Sutro files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and Sutro undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
About Astellas
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are promoting the Focus Area Approach that is designed to identify opportunities for the continuous creation of new drugs to address diseases with high unmet medical needs by focusing on Biology and Modality. Furthermore, we are also looking beyond our foundational Rx focus to create Rx+® healthcare solutions that combine our expertise and knowledge with cutting-edge technology in different fields of external partners. Through these efforts, Astellas stands on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into value for patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.astellas.com/en.
Astellas Cautionary Notes
In this press release, statements made with respect to current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Astellas. These statements are based on management's current assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in general economic conditions and in laws and regulations, relating to pharmaceutical markets, (ii) currency exchange rate fluctuations, (iii) delays in new product launches, (iv) the inability of Astellas to market existing and new products effectively, (v) the inability of Astellas to continue to effectively research and develop products accepted by customers in highly competitive markets, and (vi) infringements of Astellas' intellectual property rights by third parties.
Information about pharmaceutical products (including products currently in development) which is included in this press release is not intended to constitute an advertisement or medical advice.
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Just over two weeks after being fired from his Fox News post, Tucker Carlson has named a new media home: Twitter.
In a three-minute video posted to to Twitter, Carlson announced "a new version of the show we've been doing for the last six-and-a-half years" would soon be coming to the social media site, along with "some other things."
Carlson was fired from Fox News on April 24, effectively ending his primetime conservative talk show "Tucker Carlson Tonight." The termination followed Fox's $787.5 million payment to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems, which accused the network of recklessly airing false election claims about the 2020 presidential election.
In the video message Tuesday, Carlson seemed to take a dig at his former employer and the circumstances surrounding his firing.
"The best you can hope for in the news business at this point is the freedom to tell the fullest truth that you can," he said. "But there are always limits, and you know that if you bump up against those limits often enough, you will be fired for it. That's not a guess — it's guaranteed."
Carlson said his newly chosen platform, Twitter, is "the last big one remaining in the world, the only one," that allows free speech, adding the platform has "long served as the place where our national conversation incubates and develops."
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ATLANTA , Feb. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications today announced that it is now collaborating with Intel and Future Technologies to design and deploy end-to-end managed private network solutions for public and private sector commercial customers.
The new go-to-market agreement combines Intel's portfolio of cloud-to-edge solutions; Future Technologies' segment expertise and system integration experience; and Cox's Edge infrastructure, fiber assets and its ability to end-to-end design, deliver and manage private wireless connectivity for a variety of business industries and sizes. Cox Private Networks launched in 2022, uses both LTE/5G and fixed wireless access and is part of the company's portfolio that works together to holistically serve commercial customers' connectivity, telecom and IT needs.
Initial Cox Private Network deployments include several smart city solutions. In an early smart park pilot with the city of Las Vegas, Cox built a managed private network that uses millimeter wave spectrum to transport high resolution data for insights on park usage, vehicle volumes and facility health. The company is now installing an additional private network that covers eight city blocks in Downtown Las Vegas' Fremont District and will support patrons and businesses with real-time insights focused on security, parking, noise levels, air quality and pedestrian counting. Cox has also used CBRS to build a private wireless network extension to connect low-income Mesa Public Schools students at home, increasing digital equity in the district. The customized private network solutions support other business use cases across industries such as healthcare, manufacturing/distribution, government, higher education and campus/venue-based environments.
"The combined knowledge and expertise created by this new relationship will help us solve the biggest operational challenges with end-to-end network solutions, accelerate the journey of digital transformation and provide a better experience for employees, customers and visitors," said Jeff Breaux, executive vice president of Cox Business, the company's comprehensive commercial services division.
"Private LTE/5G is one of the fastest growing and most promising technologies, and customers are asking for assistance to pull together solutions for their unique business needs", said Caroline Chan, vice president and general manager, Intel Network Business Incubator Division. "This collaboration with Cox and Future Technologies brings together our collective domain expertise, system integration, product portfolio and customer support to help our customers implement private network solutions and meet the growing demands of enterprises."
"In combining Intel's product set and R&D depth along with Cox's infrastructure and managed services operations with Future Technologies' network planning, design and deployment expertise, we see this as a win-win for this partnership and our customers," comments Peter Cappiello, CEO, Future Technologies. "We have been delivering private networks to our customers for well over a decade and see this as a natural progression of our go-to-market strategy based on technology innovation and the growing needs of the market."
About Cox Communications
Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of human connection through technology. The largest private broadband company in America, we proudly serve nearly seven million homes and businesses across 18 states. We're dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and celebrate diverse products, people, suppliers, communities and the characteristics that make each one unique. Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in 1898 by Governor James M. Cox.
The commercial services division of Cox Communications, Cox Business, provides fiber-based network and managed and cloud solutions that support applications and create connected environments for more than 370,000 businesses nationwide, including health care providers, K−12 and higher education, financial institutions and government organizations. We also serve most of the top-tier wireless and wireline telecom carriers in the U.S. through our wholesale division. For more information, visit www.coxbusiness.com.
About Future Technologies Venture, LLC
Future Technologies Venture, LLC is a Lead System Integrator (LSI) specializing in the assessment, planning, design, implementation, and support of innovative communications solutions for enterprise and government markets. Future Technologies maintains a strong concentration on emerging standards such as 5G, 4G, Private LTE, WIFI, SCADA and Automation technologies. Future Technologies is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. www.futuretechllc.com
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Discord forces members to change usernames, discord erupts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The social app Discord, a favorite of gamers, inadvertently stirred internal strife after announcing last week that it will force its millions of members to pick new usernames. Now the question is whether that the change will escalate into all-out warfare that could include players threatening one another in order to seize control of popular names.
The issue may sound trivial compared to real-life concerns such as mass shootings and killer storms. But it’s a big deal for people who rely on the mid-sized social network to recruit fellow gamers, swap virtual weapons and organize strategy in multiplayer games. A Reddit thread on the change drew more than 4,000 comments, the vast majority of them angry or at least unhappy.
WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH DISCORD USERNAMES?
Discord users have long been free to choose any name they wanted, even ones already in use. That was part of the company’s aim to let users represent themselves freely, according to a detailed May 3 blog post by Discord co-founder and chief technology officer Stanislav Vishnevskiy. The approach differed from social platforms such as Twitter, which has always required users to select unique names.
Discord assigned each username an invisible four-digit identifier to distinguish them from duplicates. But as Discord grew, the San Francisco-based company decided to expand its messaging system — initially limited to conversations within shared groups it calls “servers” — to the entire platform. To help people to find their friends across servers, Discord made those four-digit codes a visible part of usernames. If your username was “SgtRock,” you might have suddenly found yourself with the handle “SgtRock#1842.”
That, too, seemed to work for a while. But according to Vishnevskiy’s post, more than 40% of Discord users either don’t remember their four-digit codes — variously known as “tags” or “discriminators” in Discord-speak — or know what they are in the first place. Almost half of all friend requests on Discord fail to reach the correct person, the executive wrote.
SO WHAT’S CHANGING?
Two changes are taking place simultaneously. In the coming weeks, Vishnevskiy wrote, Discord will start notifying users via an in-app message when they’re cleared to select a new username. Server owners will get priority, followed by users based on the age of their accounts. Paid subscribers to a Discord service that lets them customize their discriminators (among other benefits) will also get “early access,” although neither Vishnevskiy’s post nor Discord’s user documentation offer details.
At the same time, Discord is also allowing users to pick a non-exclusive “display name” of their choosing. This will be displayed prominently on user profiles, but unlike the username, it won’t be used for messaging.
All of this will “roll out slowly over the course of several months,” per the Discord announcements.
WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
Some gamers take their usernames extremely seriously, viewing them as unique and personal extensions of their identity, not to mention pillars of their online reputations. Many also don’t appreciate changes being thrust upon them. In the Reddit thread, complaints range from “don’t fix what isn’t broken” to accusations that the changes are mostly designed to attract new and often younger users who might be put off by the complexity of the existing system.
That might not be far from the truth, experts suggest. Social platforms tend to be heavily used by a small group and very lightly used by a much larger group, said Drew Margolin, a Cornell University professor of communications. In a commercial sense, he said, “there’s this tension between what would be appealing to a larger market and what are the main users.”
Margolin suggests that network effects — that is, the fact that users and their friends are already on Discord, making it difficult to leave — will most likely outweigh the current outrage, whose impact is difficult to assess. But there’s still a potential for serious blowback, as some gamers have been known to go to extreme lengths to obtain coveted usernames.
WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES?
Gamers warn that the move could create a black market in desirable names or even spark dangerous threats to force their surrender. Such threats can range from online harassment campaigns to “swatting” — the highly dangerous practice of making fake crime reports to police in order to provoke an armed law enforcement response at an opponent’s home.
Swatting can lead to injuries and deaths — sometimes of people unconnected to whatever online feud provoked the action. In 2017, an innocent man was fatally shot by Wichita police responding to a hoax call reporting a kidnapping and shooting. The call was make by a California man named Tyler Barriss, who authorities said was recruited by another gamer to make the call. But the address Barriss used was old, leading police to to a person who wasn’t involved in the video game or the dispute.
Barriss pled guilty to making multiple false emergency calls across the U.S. and in 2019 was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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MISSOULA — A federal trial to determine whether Montana’s vaccine discrimination law should apply to nurses, hospitals, private physicians and other health care providers wrapped up Wednesday.
The law, signed last year by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, prohibits most businesses and other employers from mandating vaccinations. Democrats and health care providers have argued that rather than protecting individuals from discrimination, it makes medical facilities and other workplaces less safe. The trial began Monday.
Justin Cole, an attorney with Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, gave the plaintiffs’ final arguments at the close of the three-day trial, which was overseen by U.S. District Court Judge Donald W. Molloy in Missoula.
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“At times individual liberty must yield to public health and safety, but this law does the opposite,” said Cole, who represents the Montana Medical Association, providers and patients who challenged the law a year ago. “It elevates individual choice over public health and the public’s good, wellbeing and safety.”
The defendants, state Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Commissioner of Labor and Industry Laurie Esau, were represented by a legal team lead by Deputy Solicitor General Brent Mead. In his closing, Mead reiterated his argument that the Republican-dominated state Legislature was well within its authority in drafting House Bill 702, which also bars employers from requiring staff to disclose their immunization status.
"We have to be able to balance risk to patients ... as well as protecting the individual autonomy of health care workers," Mead said. "… That choice rests with the Legislature. House Bill 702 is the product of that process.”
The plaintiffs have cited several federal laws that, they allege, override the state’s prohibitions on vaccine mandates and on providers obtaining immunization status from their employees.
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make “reasonable accommodations” for employees who have disabilities. Being unable to determine the immunity status of their coworkers makes it difficult, and potentially impossible, for medical providers to follow those federal requirements, Cole argued.
The ADA also requires employers to make those accommodations for people seeking services, including patients seeking medical care.
Diana Jo Page is a breast cancer survivor living in Kalispell. Testifying Tuesday, she said she’s avoided medical care out of fear of contracting COVID-19 from an unvaccinated health care worker and passing it to her husband, who is currently going through cancer treatments.
She suffers from asthma, and recalled an asthma attack earlier this year so severe that she lost consciousness, and her daughter and husband urged her to go to the emergency room.
“I said, ‘I’m not going to do that,’” she said. “His (white blood cell) counts were so low, I just didn’t feel that I could go to the emergency room.”
As a patient, she said she feels like she should be able to expect health care providers to be vaccinated.
“They take an oath that says to ‘do no harm,’ and I just can’t imagine that a medical facility who is treating people who are vulnerable would not take every precaution they can to keep their patients safe," Page said.
On the ADA claims, Mead argued that none of the plaintiffs’ witnesses had requested an accommodation and been unable to receive one. An immunocompromised worker, in one instance, asked for a leave of absence during the early months of the pandemic, and was able to get one until vaccines were widely available. Another was able to work in a room isolated from others.
The plaintiffs also allege the vaccine law runs afoul of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, which requires employers to mitigate workplace hazards. Vaccine-preventable diseases are among those included in the act.
Mead argued HB 702 does not conflict with any of those federal requirements. He noted that prior to the Biden administration’s controversial emergency standard for larger businesses, the agency had never created rules requiring workplace vaccinations.
The standard, which allowed employees to wear masks and get tested weekly if they didn’t want the COVID vaccine, was subsequently enjoined by the U.S. Supreme Court, and OSHA ultimately walked it back.
The Montana Nurses Association is a plaintiff-intervenor in the case. The organization's CEO, Vicky Bird, testified Tuesday that immunization requirements are accepted by the majority of nurses, aside from the existing medical and religious exemptions to mandatory vaccinations.
"That’s all just a part of the job," Bird said. "You know that coming in when you take the position."
But Mead also pointed out that the MNA, which is also a union representing thousands of nurses in the state, had successfully included a clause shielding nurses from mandatory flu vaccines in past collective bargaining agreements.
Bird had, in her testimony, likened vaccines for nurses to hard hats for construction workers: "You can’t say you don’t want to wear a hard hat. You’d have to look for a different job."
Mead referred to that line during his closing.
“If that analogy is true,” he said, “the nurses collectively bargained for no hard hats in the workplace.”
The plaintiffs also allege that HB 702 violates their equal protection rights under both the Montana and U.S. constitutions, by treating three groups of health care providers differently: nursing homes and other long-term facilities; offices of private physicians; and hospitals.
The varying levels of exemptions for those different providers violate their equal protection rights, they argue, because the state lacks “a rational basis” for treating them differently.
“By treating these facilities differently, the law also treats the patients who receive care at these facilities differently and also treats the nurses who work in these settings differently,” Cole said, noting that virtually all health care settings treat immunocompromised patients as well as elderly patients.
But Mead argued those different types of providers are distinct, and provide distinctly different types of care to different groups of patients. He noted that in the spring of 2021, when HB 702 was enacted, residents at nursing homes had been disproportionately ravaged by waves of COVID compared to other providers.
“That is certainly a rational basis to look at those statistics,” Mead said. “... that those types of congregant settings, and the types of people living in these facilities who tend to be elderly, who tend to be at higher risk, that there were special circumstances to those kinds of facilities. That’s why they were exempted.”
And he referred to testimony from expert witnesses called by the plaintiffs, who noted that the types of infrastructure for higher-risk patients, like negative pressure rooms and neonatal intensive care units, would not be found in a private physician’s office.
The Montana Constitution also protects the right to seek health, another protection that the plaintiffs argued is violated by the vaccine discrimination law. The defense has argued that the state has broad authority to advance other interests that may conflict with that right.
“House Bill 702 is clearly and uniquely a nondiscrimination law,” Mead said. “That legislative purpose is what drives the legal analysis, and sets the framework for the case … (the state’s police power) is an expansive authority to govern how we function in society.”
Mead also argued that the plaintiffs never built enough of a case to implicate the state Constitution’s right to seek health. He referred to testimony from the previous two days, in which several immunocompromised patients testified that they continued to receive care after HB 702 was enacted, and that they couldn’t show whether they had contracted COVID or any other communicable disease from a provider.
But calling the new state law “antithetical to public health,” Cole argued that it failed to achieve that balance.
The plaintiffs in the case are asking Molloy to permanently bar the state from enforcing the vaccine discrimination law against health care providers.
Mead argued this is the wrong remedy to the issues the plaintiffs have with the law.
“It’s just not here, and it’s just not this case,” Mead said. “It’s two months from now, when the Legislature reconvenes in Helena.”
Molloy didn’t give any firm time table for a decision.
“It’s likely to not be a great deal of time, but it’s not going to happen tomorrow,” he said.
In the meantime, a preliminary injunction Molloy issued earlier this year, barring the state from enforcing HB 702 against CMS-certified providers, remains in effect. | 2022-10-27T00:42:23+00:00 | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/trial-challenging-montanas-vax-discrimination-law-ends/article_b07b6311-50ca-57f4-9438-7a08af41ca12.html |
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Dunking your face in a bowl of ice water isn’t just a great way to wake yourself up. Ice facials, in which you apply ice or chilly implements to your face, may also help improve your skin.
During an ice facial, also known as cold therapy, the chill from ice or a facial massager restricts the blood vessels in your face, which can help reduce redness, puffiness and the appearance of pores, as well as potentially help with lymphatic drainage. When the blood and oxygen that were restricted during the ice facial application come back as your skin temperature returns to normal, your skin may feel tighter and look more glowy, reports Town & Country Magazine.
Doing an at-home ice facial is as easy as sticking a sheet mask in the fridge or chilling down a facial massager to roll all over your face.
Some beauty experts say that adding a serum or skin care product before icing your face can increase the benefits of the technique.
“If you apply a serum to the skin and put ice on it afterward, the capillaries restrict and it creates a pulling effect that helps ingredients penetrate deeper,” aesthetician Renée Rouleau tells Vogue.
One thing that experts don’t recommend with an ice facial is applying ice directly to your skin. Wrap ice in a cloth or some sort of barrier to keep it from directly touching your skin. A “freezer burn” on your face is never a good look.
There are also many at-home products you can use for an ice facial.
I tried the affordable Esarora Beauty Ice Roller with good results. Here are some more top-rated ice facial products you could try:
Spa Sciences ISLA, Sonic Ice and Heat Roller for Face, Neck, and Decolletage (Walmart, $27.99)
The Spa Science ISLA Sonic Ice and Heat Roller retails at Walmart for $27.99 and has a rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars from 185 reviews.
This roller has detachable heads that you can heat or cool, is rechargeable and has high and low speed settings.
“ISLA pairs perfectly with my favorite serum or moisturizer and can also be used with a sheet mask,” a Walmart reviewer named Hendrika wrote. “I love using the ISLA for my eye area to depuff the skin and on my jaw area to release muscle tension that usually causes me to get tension headaches. As soon as I put the ISLA on my jawline it releases the tension and relaxes my whole jaw.”
MonétBeauty Ice Globes for Facials (Amazon, $22.99)
The MonétBeauty Ice Globes for Facials are $22.99 on Amazon and you can choose between three colors: purple, pink and blue.
These ice globes are made from durable borosilicate glass and filled with a non-toxic antifreeze liquid. They have 4.5 out of 5 stars among 1,989 ratings.
Amazon reviewer GSilver ordered these globes after experiencing them during a professional facial.
“I did a lymphatic drainage massage with them for about 10 minutes and can already feel a difference,” GSilver wrote. “Face feels less puffy and sinus feels drained. Such an amazing tool! So far very impressed.”
Pfefe Stainless Steel Cryo Sticks with Storage Case (Amazon, $17.99)
These Pfefe stainless steel cryo sticks come with a storage case and retail on Amazon for $17.99.
They’re filled with a liquid gel that helps cool them. Put them in the freezer for three to four hours and they are ready to use.
The Pfefe ice facial implements have 4.7 out of 5 stars with 693 ratings.
Amazon reviewer Caroline Pvong said she likes these because, “the curves fit perfectly to the face, cheeks, nose, eyes.”
As a side benefit, another Amazon reviewer named Dr. Jo said, “I use (them) for headaches and sinus pressure and — they just are nice massage tools for my face and neck!”
Have you tried an ice facial before?
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What’s the best Fekkai product?
If you’re looking for luxury hair care that is also vegan and sustainably made, check out the updated Fekkai product line. The brand’s improved collections can brighten, soften, volumize, restore and replenish your hair without the need for harmful chemicals.
The Fekkai Apple Cider Detox Scalp Scrub is the best because it is recommended for all hair types. It also detoxifies your luscious locks as it boosts shine.
What to know before you buy a Fekkai product
About the Fekkai product line
Hair stylist Frederic Fekkai launched his brand and namesake in 1995 to develop luxury products that give users lasting benefits for their hair and scalp. While the founder rebranded to just Fekkai in 2020, luxury hair care is still the central mission, but now all of the products are clean, cruelty-free, sustainable and vegan. They are also free of gluten, sulfates, silicone, parabens and phthalates. Still the same advantages, but cleaner solutions.
Fekkai hair care collections
Each Fekkai collection addresses a different hair concern. The brand focuses on eight types of hair care products:
- Clean Stylers: A line of treatments and styling aids for all hair types.
- Full-Blown Volume: These products deliver lift and volume.
- Apple Cider Detox: This collection detoxifies the hair and scalp.
- Shea Butter: These products help those with wavy, curly and coiled hair cleanse, define and hydrate it.
- Super Strength: This line nourishes, strengthens, repairs and prevents hair loss as it promotes growth.
- Baby Blonde: These products gently brighten and highlight golden strands over time.
- Technician Color: These color-safe solutions protect stained strands with anti-fade formulas that are also sulfate-free.
- Brilliant Glass: These oil-based formulas smooth out frizz and add shine.
Know your hair type
Before you pick your Fekkai products, check the recommended hair type in its description to ensure that it is a good fit for you. There are four main hair types to consider:
- Straight: You have straight hair if your strands naturally have little to no waves.
- Wavy: Your mane is wavy if it is neither straight nor curly and tends to have a lot of texture.
- Curly: Your hair is curly if it naturally grows into an “S” shape.
- Coiled: You have a coiled crown if your hair grows into loose or tight spirals.
What to look for in a quality Fekkai product
Benefits your hair needs
Consider what you need from a new hair care routine. While each collection serves a particular hair type, similar features can be found across each line.
The Fekkai product line can help you address seven issues:
- Clarifying: These remove buildup and contaminants from strands.
- Shine and anti-frizz: They add moisture and nourishment while eliminating frizz.
- Color protection: This is an excellent solution for protecting color-treated hair and increasing shine.
- Volume: These give limp hair a lift and add shine.
- Repair and restore: These address damage with nourishing and restorative ingredients.
- Hydration: They add vibrancy, lock in moisture and softens hair.
- Brightening: These brighten and boost shine with professional glosses and treatments.
Collections that meet your hair goals
While three or more collections, such as Apple Cider Detox, Shea Butter and Technician Color, might apply to your hair, assess your primary hair care goals to find Fekkai products that are best for you.
For example, while you might have color-treated hair, if buildup and dry curls are your main pain points, consider going for the Apple Cider Detox scalp scrub with the Shea Butter shampoo and conditioner.
Simpler styling solutions
The easiest Fekkai products to add to your styling routine are the ones that let you skip steps with all-in-one solutions. Not only is it a more affordable way to shop, it’s also more sustainable.
Evaluate your styling solution needs and find formulas that meet as many of those needs as possible in one product. For example, if you often add heat to your hair but struggle with split ends and frizz, find a heat protectant that also restores and defrizzes your hair.
How much you can expect to spend on a Fekkai product
You can get travel-size items for $8-$15, an excellent way to try new formulas out. Full-size products range from $24-$60, depending on the solution and size.
Fekkai product FAQ
How can I save on Fekkai shampoos and conditioners?
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NAIROBI – Officials close to peace talks aimed at ending Ethiopia's deadly two-year war confirmed the full text of the signed accord on Thursday, but a key question remains: What led Tigray regional leaders to agree to terms that include rapid disarmament and full federal government control?
A day after the warring sides signed a “permanent cessation of hostilities" in a war that is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, none of the negotiators were talking about how they arrived at it.
The complete agreement has not been made public, but the officials confirmed that a copy obtained by The Associated Press was the final document. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss it publicly.
At Wednesday's signing, the lead negotiator for Tigray described it as containing “painful concessions.”
One of the pact's priorities is to swiftly disarm Tigray forces of heavy weapons, and take away their “light weapons” within 30 days. Senior commanders on both sides are to meet within five days.
Ethiopian security forces will take full control of “all federal facilities, installations, and major infrastructure ... within the Tigray region,” and an interim regional administration will be established after dialogue between the parties, the accord says. The terrorist designation for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front party will be lifted.
If implemented, the agreement should mark an end to the devastating conflict in Africa’s second-most populous country. Millions of people have been displaced and many left near famine under a blockade of the Tigray region of more than 5 million people. Abuses have been documented on all sides.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed asserted that his government received everything it asked for in the peace talks.
“During the negotiation in South Africa, Ethiopia’s peace proposal has been accepted 100%,” and the government is ready to “open our hearts” for peace to prevail, Abiy said in a speech. He added that the issue of contested areas, seen as one of the most difficult, will be resolved only through the law of the land and negotiations.
Neither Ethiopian government nor Tigray negotiators responded to questions.
As part of the full agreement, both sides agreed not to make any unilateral statement that would undermine it. The deal also calls for the immediate “cessation of all forms of hostile propaganda, rhetoric and hate speech." The conflict has been marked by language that U.S. special envoy Mike Hammer, who helped with the peace talks, has described as having “a high level of toxicity."
“The human cost of this conflict has been devastating. I urge all Ethiopians to seize this opportunity for peace,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters Thursday, one of many messages from observers expressing cautious hope.
Enormous challenges lie ahead. The opaque and repressive government of neighboring Eritrea, whose forces have fought alongside Ethiopian ones, has not commented, and it was not clear whether Eritrean forces had begun to withdraw. The agreement says Ethiopian forces will be deployed along the borders and “ensure that there will be no provocation or incursion from either side of the border.”
Mustafa Yusuf Ali, an analyst with the Horn International Institute for Strategic Studies, said trust-building will be crucial. The agreement “needs to be coordinated, it needs to be systematic, and above all it needs to be sequenced so that the Tigrayans are not left to their devices after handing in all their weapons then suddenly they are attacked by the center," he said.
The agreement sets deadlines for disarmament but little else, although it says Ethiopia’s government will “expedite the provision of humanitarian aid” and “expedite and coordinate the restoration of essential services in the Tigray region within agreed time frames.”
The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross said they had not yet resumed the delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray, whose communication, transportation and banking links have been largely severed since fighting began. Some basic medicines have run out.
“It’s not surprising that it may take a little bit of time to get the word out to the competent authorities in the field. We are in touch with them and trying to get that unimpeded access as soon as possible,” the spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters.
A humanitarian worker in Tigray's second-largest town, Shire, said there had been no sounds of gunfire over the past few days but people and vehicles were still blocked from moving freely. It was also quiet in the town of Axum, another humanitarian worker said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
Residents of the Tigray regional capital, Mekele, nervously waited for next steps.
Asked about the peace agreement, resident Gidey Tsadik replied, “It’s good. Everyone is happy. However, it’s not known when exactly we will have that peace.”
Tedros Hiwot said residents hadn't heard when basic services will resume. "We need it to happen quickly,” he said.
Tigrayans outside the region said they still could not reach their families by phone. “I hope that this will be an opportunity to reconnect with my family,” said Andom Gebreyesus, who lives in Kenya. "I miss them and I don’t know if they are alive.”
At a memorial service in the capital, Addis Ababa, for soldiers killed in the conflict, Defense Minister Abraham Belay spoke of “the very complex and tough reconstruction work that lies ahead of us.”
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Associated Press writers Desmond Tiro in Nairobi, Kenya, and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report. | 2022-11-03T20:22:43+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/11/03/official-confirms-detailed-ethiopia-peace-deal-is-final/ |
Williamsburg's offense hit on all cylinders Saturday as it kept the scoreboard operators busy with a 14-6 win over Davenport Central in Iowa high school baseball action on June 3.
In recent action on May 27, Davenport Central faced off against Fort Madison and Williamsburg took on Vinton-Shellsburg on May 25 at Vinton-Shellsburg High School.
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For nearly three months, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to Israel’s streets weekly to demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.
The plan, even as Netanyahu announced a delay in the overhaul on Monday, divided an already highly polarized country and galvanized a fractured opposition that was still reeling from defeat in November’s elections, Israel’s fifth in under four years.
After taking office in December, Netanyahu and his allies announced they would pass a series of laws to limit the Supreme Court’s powers and give politicians greater control over judicial appointments. Striking a more conciliatory tone Monday than in previous speeches, Netanyahu said he is still determined to pass a judicial reform but called for “an attempt to achieve broad consensus.”
The protests have drawn from a broad swath of Israeli society: young and old, religious and secular, residents of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and beyond.
With “Handmaid’s Tale” costumes, sharp-witted signs and the ubiquitous blue-and-white national flag, the protesters have blocked main highways, disrupted daily life and taken the fight to Netanyahu’s ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox government. | 2023-03-27T20:22:17+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news/massive-protests-strike-erupt-in-israel-over-court-reforms/ |
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
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(three, two, one, four; WB: six)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
3-2-1-4, WB: 6
(three, two, one, four; WB: six) | 2022-10-06T19:23:57+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play4-Day-game-17491673.php |
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Massachusetts students will have an opportunity this week to hear from crew members aboard the International Space Station, including a NASA astronaut. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 12:10 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 20, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website.
NASA astronaut and Boston University graduate Bob Hines, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will answer prerecorded questions from local students. Participants include Boston University and Boston University Academy students, as well as students from grades K-12 outreach programs, such as The Calculus Project, Alexander Twilight Academy, and Upward Bound from the greater Boston area. The K-12 students will tour the university's STEM facilities, attend space-related presentations, participate in hands-on activities, and attend the event.
Media interested in covering the event should contact Rachel Lapal Cavallario at: rlapal@bu.edu or (774) 254-2506.
Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station provides unique, authentic experiences designed to enhance student learning, performance, and interest in STEM. Astronauts living in space on the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the Near Space Network Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS).
For more than 21 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to explore farther from Earth. Through NASA's Artemis program, the agency will send astronauts to the Moon, with eventual human exploration of Mars. Inspiring the next generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation – ensures America will continue to lead in space exploration and discovery.
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DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind turbines.
Dozens of them, roughly 700 feet (213 meters) tall — as big as San Antonio’s tallest skyscraper — were set to sprout across thousands of scrubby acres near the pristine Devils River. Protests that a wind farm would harm a sensitive ecosystem in Texas flopped, but when attention turned to a Chinese billionaire behind the project, state lawmakers raced to pull the plug.
“Drumming up the ire against the national security issues was easier than the environmental issues,” said Bass, whose Monarch Ranch near the Mexico border and the planned wind farm is a flight path for migrating birds and butterflies.
U.S.-China ties are strained amid growing tensions over security and trade. In nearly a dozen statehouses and Congress, a decades-old worry about foreign land ownership has spiked since the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon last month after it traversed the skies from Alaska to South Carolina.
Local fears about national security initially yielded a victory for Bass and other Texas landowners in Val Verde County. But in a twist, plans for some of the tallest wind turbines in the country are back on — causing whiplash here in the rural borderlands, hurt feelings and testing of the limits of environmental action against renewable projects proliferating across the country.
While President Joe Biden wants more wind and solar power to fight climate change, local resistance is growing in places asked to live with towering turbines. Some East Coast residents pushing back against thousands of them embody the opposition as the U.S. pursues deploying enough wind energy offshore by 2030 to power 10 million homes.
In South Texas, worries over the wind farm being developed by GH America Energy, which is controlled by Chinese billionaire Sun Guangxin, fast torpedoed the project in 2021, previewing the wave of states now considering limits on foreign land ownership. Texas lawmakers altogether banned Chinese companies from accessing the state’s power grid and other critical infrastructure, forcing the aspiring wind farm developers to sell their interest. The Spanish renewable energy company Greenalia bought it, wiping away national security concerns.
ECOLOGICAL WARNINGS
And with that, state politicians vanished from the fight. Without legislation to protect Devils River, the project could get underway later this year.
Landowners say ecological dangers still linger over the prospect of 46 wind turbines suddenly springing up in the county of barely 48,000 residents. Scores of whirring blades could endanger migratory birds that fly through the area seasonally and disrupt the flyways of monarch butterflies and Mexican free-tailed bats, millions of which call the county’s Fern Cave home every every year.
The Devils River attracts thousands of visitors annually to the pristine white waters that flow for about 40 miles in Val Verde County, creating panoramic canyon views and offering a lens on ancient rock art. On a recent afternoon in February in Dolan Falls, cascading water was the only sound in a hollow of peaceful greenery. Fish swam through the waters, an unexpected sight in the middle of Texas desert.
“If you look at the proliferation of wind farms across Texas, we haven’t said a word about 99% of it,” said Jeff Francell, a director of land protection for The Nature Conservancy in Texas, which has come out against the project known as Blue Hills on Carma Ranch.
He recalls just one other time his group opposed a wind farm in Texas, where more than 10,000 turbines already spin, more than anywhere in the country. “It really just comes down to sensitive locations,” he said.
But those arguments have struggled to change minds, and even in Del Rio, not everyone opposes the turbines.
“They don’t offend me and they don’t bother me,” said Beau Nettleton, an elected Val Verde County commissioner whose own property would be adjacent to the wind farm. “I personally think they look kind of neat.”
Elsewhere in Del Rio, the rebooted battle has soured ranchers who found powerful allies just two years ago when the property was under Chinese control. Now those locals feel forgotten. Doug Meyer, who manages Monarch Ranch, said he would feel left behind if the wind farm is built now that national security concerns are resolved.
VAL VERDE FORGOTTEN?
America’s biggest oil and gas state is moving aggressively against wind projects elsewhere while standing by at Carma Ranch. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is backing efforts to box out wind and solar development from economic incentives in Texas, which critics say would undercut renewables and boost fossil fuels.
Proposals to create zoning limits for wind energy would not affect projects already under construction and a proposed permitting process would allow ventures underway to advance while companies seek permits.
Republicans who railed against the China-backed wind farm never leaned into environmental concerns.
“The most compelling part of the previous case I was involved in was the national security implications of the ownership,” said Republican Will Hurd, the former Texas congressman who represented Val Verde County and whose aides say is considering a 2024 presidential run.
U.S. officials reviewed concerns about the location being too near Laughlin Air Force Base and determined it wasn’t a threat.
A person familiar with GH America Energy’s operations confirmed the company sold its interest in the wind farm after the new Texas law prohibited it from developing the project. The person declined to be publicly identified because they weren’t authorized to speak about the company.
Greenalia said in a statement the company was “highly committed” to respecting local biodiversity and that it was following existing laws and either obtained or are in the process of obtaining all necessary permits. It did not respond to questions about whether it had completed an environmental impact study, which Texas does not require.
Devils River headwaters run up against the property of Alice Ball Strunk, who owns nearly 50 square miles of land split between two parcels. She’s also president of the Devils River Conservancy, which has led opposition to wind turbines in Val Verde County for years.
Rooms at her Hudspeth River Ranch go for upward of $650 a night and allow vacationers to isolate in the vast, quiet greenery extending to the river’s springs.
Sitting in her home library surrounded by hunting trophies, Strunk worries light pollution and the sight of turbines would hurt ecotourism.
“It doesn’t seem right that someone who isn’t even a citizen here will profit over something that will reduce the neighbors’ values,” she said.
Such arguments ring familiar to Erin Baker, a professor of industrial engineering at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, who studies wind farm developments and said environmental concerns are common.
“I think there also, unfortunately, is a little bit of — and you are not supposed to say it — but NIMBYism,” said Baker, referring to not-in-my-backyard opposition. “People don’t want change.”
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On Saturday, a gunman killed 11 victims at a ballroom studio in Monterey Park, Calif. Residents react near the site of the shooting, where normally, Lunar New Year Celebrations would be ongoing.
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On Saturday, a gunman killed 11 victims at a ballroom studio in Monterey Park, Calif. Residents react near the site of the shooting, where normally, Lunar New Year Celebrations would be ongoing.
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Colorado marijuana sales hit a three-year low in August, according to the state Department of Revenue, falling 22 percent on a year-over-year basis and slightly decreasing from the month before.
Facing record lows in both wholesale prices and medical marijuana, Colorado dispensaries still managed to sell over $150.4 million in August, DOR data shows, but that's far from the $192.9 million sold in August 2021, and significantly less than the $218.6 million sold in August 2020.
This year's total marijuana sales through August — just over $1.2 billion — indicates that Colorado dispensaries could come up around 20 percent short of the near-$2.3 billion sold in 2021. Marijuana business owners have cited a surplus of wholesale marijuana after an outlying spike in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic as the main reason behind the decline, and they're backed by several economic reports and business owners.
Meanwhile, Colorado dispensaries are still below pre-COVID sales in 2019. According to DOR data, August's $150.4 million was still less than the $173.2 million sold in the same month three years ago.
The average wholesale price per pound of marijuana flower dropped nearly 59 percent from January 2021 through the end of June 2022, according to the DOR data, but growers and dispensary owners say the fall has been sharper than those numbers suggest. The decline in sales totals has led to numerous layoffs and dispensary closures across Colorado.
An increasing number of Colorado marijuana growers have proposed that the state stop issuing new cultivation licenses and pause the 15 percent excise tax growers must pay. Arguing that it would stop the bleeding in wholesale pot, a business coalition pushed the state Marijuana Enforcement Division to institute a moratorium in its latest round of rulemaking. The MED balked at the idea, however, arguing that it didn't have the authority to enact a license moratorium. | 2022-10-14T05:13:14+00:00 | westword.com | https://www.westword.com/marijuana/colorado-marijuana-sales-three-year-low-prices-plummet-15221969 |
DC's iconic cherry trees could hit a record-early peak bloom as temperatures soar
Tucked among the thousands of iconic Yoshino cherry trees at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, is the "indicator tree," which erupts into full bloom as much as 10 days earlier than its neighbors and gives officials at the National Park Service a good idea when the rest of them might begin to flower.
Video above: Cherry blossoms in peak bloom in DC in 2022
This year the indicator tree already started budding — the first stage of the bloom cycle — in the middle of February. That can only mean one thing: Spring (and cherry blossom season) is coming early.
Experts said this year could be a record-breaking early bloom, as temperatures soar way above average for February. Over the past century, the historical average peak bloom date at the Tidal Basin has been April 4, but records show it's been coming earlier than usual in recent decades.
The earliest peak bloom on record was March 15, 1990. Michael Litterst, communications chief for National Mall and Memorial Parks with the National Park Service, said he believes that date is "certainly in play this year."
"All indications are it's going to be earlier than average," Litterst told CNN. Last year's peak bloom was March 25. "We're about a month out from that, but given what we've seen so far, and given what the forecast is, I think we're probably looking at something earlier than that."
Peak bloom varies each year depending on weather conditions. According to the National Park Service, Yoshino trees usually reach peak bloom between the last week of March and the first week of April. And the blooming period itself could last several days — it all depends on the weather.
But with the rise of planet-warming pollution, temperatures are getting warmer. And warm winters cause plants and trees to blossom early. Several Japanese plum trees, for instance, which are usually the earliest flowering trees, already blossomed around the National Mall in late January.
"Heat is what partially drives trees like that to blossom," Litterst said. "And when you look at how mild this winter has been, and the fact that we've had zero snow or frozen precipitation this year, it's not a surprise that we're seeing this."
Litterst said he has noticed a connection between warmer temperatures and earlier peak bloom. For example, the average annual temperature at the Martin Luther King Memorial and around the Tidal Basin have "increased a statistically significant 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit between 1895 and 2017," he said.
At the same time that temperatures were warming, peak bloom dates have also been shifting early by approximately six days.
"And not surprisingly, we are seeing people who are coming in earlier in earlier" to see the capital's iconic cherry blossoms, he added.
It's not just Washington, DC. Spring leaf out — when the first tiny leaves emerge from buds of plants that are dormant in the winter — is already the earliest on record in parts of the Southeast, southern Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic, according to the National Phenology Network.
Even New York City is seeing spring leaf out 32 days earlier than normal.
"Spring is coming early in much of the Southern and Eastern U.S.," Brad Rippey, meteorologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, previously told CNN. "Here in the mid-Atlantic, that means everything from budding trees to crocuses in bloom to spring peepers making lots of noise — and in February, no less."
Many plant species beyond cherry blossoms — including daffodils, witch-hazel and forsythia — are beginning to leaf out in the East. Theresa Crimmins, director of the USA National Phenology Network, said it's the plants responding to very early warm temperatures.
"Plants, especially those of temperate systems, respond to a number of cues in order to wake up in the spring, including exposure to chill in the winter, exposure to warmth in the spring, and day length," she told CNN.
But given the recent erratic changes in weather patterns, it's possible for temperatures to shift again.
According to the National Park Service, cool and calm weather typically extends the length of the bloom, while a rainy and windy day can bring an abrupt end to the ephemeral blossoms.
And a late frost can stop the trees from blooming at all.
This means if another cold snap occurs after this early warm spell, Crimmins said it could be disruptive and damaging for the plants' cycle. As flower buds develop, many species lose their ability to tolerate cold temperatures, which means a freeze could kill blooms and leave fruit crops and other commodities vulnerable to spring freezes.
Rippey said warm winters followed by a spring freeze have become more common in recent years. In 2017, for instance, a severe spring freeze in March damaged several fruit crops — peaches, blueberries, apples and strawberries — in states including Georgia and South Carolina, which carried an economic toll of roughly $1.2 billion.
"As nice as it feels to have temperatures in the 70s and 80s this time of year, the fact that it's not 'normal' can have a profound impact on the ecosystem," Rippey said. "Even a typical spring freeze can damage commercial and backyard fruit crops that have been pushed into blooming by late-winter warmth."
The National Park Service's Litterst said they plan to announce the projected peak bloom date on March 1. For now, it's probably safe to say you can move up your DC cherry blossom picture-taking plans. | 2023-02-26T15:37:12+00:00 | wesh.com | https://www.wesh.com/article/dc-iconic-cherry-trees-could-hit-a-record-early-peak-bloom/43069209 |
NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said Wednesday that he did not “knowingly” misuse customers’ funds, and said he believes his millions of angry customers will eventually be made whole.
The comments from Sam Bankman-Fried came during an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at a conference put on by The New York Times. Bankman-Fried has done a handful of media interviews since FTX collapsed in mid-November, but Wednesday’s was his first video interview since it filed for bankruptcy protection on Nov. 11.
“I didn’t ever want to commit fraud on anyone. I was shocked at what happened this month,” Bankman-Fried said.
FTX failed in the cryptocurrency version of a bank run, when customers tried to withdraw their assets all at once because of growing doubts about the financial strength of the company and its affiliated trading arm, Alameda Research. Since its collapse, FTX’s new management has called the cryptocurrency exchange’s management a “complete failure of corporate controls.”
Bankman-Fried said that he took responsibility for FTX’s collapse and said he failed to grasp the amount of risk FTX and Alameda were taking on across both businesses. One of the accusations made against Bankman-Fried is that he arranged for Alameda to use customers’ assets in FTX to place bets in the market. Bankman-Fried told Sorkin he did not “knowingly” co-mingle customers’ assets with Alameda.
Exchanges like FTX are supposed to segregate customers’ deposits from any bets they place in the markets. Other financial companies have gotten into legal hot water for misusing customers deposits, one example being MF Global roughly 10 years ago.
“Whatever happened, why it happened, I had a duty to our stakeholders, our customers, our investors, the regulators of the world, to do right by them,” Bankman Fried said.
Sorkin pushed Bankman-Fried on how and when investors will get their money back, to which Bankman-Fried said he largely believed the U.S. affiliate of FTX was entirely solvent and could start processing withdrawals at once. As for the rest of FTX, which was significantly larger than the U.S. division, he said the fate of customers’ funds were largely out of his control at this point.
Bankman-Fried, who was once one of the richest people in the world on paper, now says he likely has less than $100,000 to his name after FTX’s failure. He’s getting by on one credit card while still in the Bahamas. | 2022-12-02T00:05:05+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-bankman-fried-did-not-knowingly-misuse-ftx-clients-funds/ |
Hundreds of positive reviews have earned Yext the #1 spot in several software categories, including Local Listing Management for the eighth consecutive quarter.
NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT), the Answers company, today announced that it has been named a Leader in 27 of G2's Summer '22 Grid® Reports, which measure a company's market presence and performance based on real user ratings.
Overwhelmingly positive feedback citing outstanding customer service and innovative products has propelled Yext to the number one spot in several software categories, including Local Listings Management, Reputation Management, Enterprise Search, and E-Commerce Search. In addition to these report placements, Yext picked up a number of badges for "Best Results," "Easiest to Use," "Highest User Adoption," and "Users Most Likely to Recommend."
"Our continued recognition on G2 in multiple categories is a testament to our platform's unique ability to deliver an exceptional end-user experience across digital channels," said Marc Ferrentino, President and Chief Operating Officer at Yext. "Real feedback from our customers is invaluable, especially as we evolve and seek new ways to provide value to organizations that are looking to become more efficient with their time and resources."
Recent customer reviews highlight how Yext has been able to lower costs and drive efficiencies by serving as a centralized platform from which to manage digital experiences:
- "We used Yext for our website with BBVA and they were more than capable of providing what we needed in terms of search, local listings, and much more." - User in SEO
- "Everything is in one place. Events, Location listings, reviews, FAQs, etc. I went to a recent client summit and saw how I could be using the platform more. I'm excited to start implementing what I learned." - User in Customer Experience
- "If you're looking to reduce labor/vendor costs but still increase your team's efficiency, don't wait another day to explore Yext and its benefits for your company!" - User in Digital Experience
Learn about G2's methodology or read more reviews directly from Yext users here.
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the Answers company and is on a mission to empower every company in the world to provide authoritative answers to every question about their organization. Yext leverages AI to collect and organize a company's information and deliver it — in the form of answers — to customers, employees, and partners. Yext's Answers Platform works by pulling in information, organizing it into a Knowledge Graph and then delivering it via a set of platform services, including Listings, Search, Pages & Reviews. Brands like Verizon, Subway, and Marriott — as well as organizations like the U.S. State Department — trust Yext to radically improve their business and deliver perfect answers everywhere.
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Ohio mom charged in death of toddler found alone in soiled playpen
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A Cleveland mother is facing charges after being accused of leaving her toddler home alone while she went on vacation.
According to prosecutors, Kristel Candelario went on a 10-day vacation and left for dead her 16-month-old daughter at their west side home.
When she returned on June 16, Kristel Candelario found the toddler unresponsive and called police, prosecutors say.
According to a press release, “the 16-month-old child was discovered in a Pack-N-Play pin on a liner soiled with urine and feces with soiled blankets.”
Emergency personnel pronounced her dead at the scene.
Prosecutors say the little girl, identified as Jailyn Candelario, was determined to be “extremely dehydrated” at the time of her death.
Prosecutors allege Kristel Candelario visited Detroit, Michigan and Puerto Rico over a 10-day period, leaving her child alone at their home.
“It is unfathomable that a mother would leave her 16-month-old child alone without any supervision for 10 days to go on a vacation,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley said. “As parents, we are supposed to protect and care for our children. Imagining this child’s suffering, during her last days of life alone, is truly horrifying and we will do everything in our power to seek justice on her behalf.”
Prosecutors say a grand jury returned an indictment Monday on charges including aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and endangering children.
An arraignment date for the mother has not been set.
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KYIV — President Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine today just days ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
He met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks, announced another half billion in aid, and released a statement. It read, in part, that he’d made the trip to reaffirm America’s unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
“That announcement includes artillery and ammunition for hymars and howitzers. More javelins (missiles) anti-armors systems, radar systems to to help protect Ukrainian people from aerial bombardments,” Biden said during his visit.
Biden added that he wanted to make sure that there was not any doubt in the United States’ commitment to supporting Ukraine in it’s war with Russia.
Biden went on to note that when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched this war he “thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided.” Biden said “He thought he could outlast us,” but added, “he was dead wrong.” | 2023-02-20T15:05:56+00:00 | wibc.com | https://wibc.com/146180/president-biden-makes-surprise-visit-to-ukraine/ |
(KVEO) — Sip on this: McDonald’s is testing new, strawless lids in an effort to reduce the use of small plastics.
The company’s marketing personnel told Nexstar the testing of strawless lids will take place in select U.S. markets. The lids are for cold beverages only.
McDonald’s is so far keeping a lid on which markets will see the new tops, but a staffer for Nexstar’s WGN said they received one in the Chicago area.
“These lids help optimize our packaging and eliminate the use of small plastics, just one example of the many solutions we’re reviewing as part of our ongoing global commitment to reduce waste across restaurants and advance recycling,” McDonald’s stated.
In September 2020, Starbucks announced after a successful year of trialing its strawless lids, that they would be rolled out to company-operated and licensed stores.
Starbucks stated the move was done in an effort to “eliminate one billion plastic straws globally per year.”
The transition to strawless lids is the latest effort by McDonald’s to reduce plastic waste. According to the McDonald’s website, 82.7% of their primary packaging material comes from recycled or certified sources. McDonald’s aims to have “100% certified, recycled or renewable materials” by 2025.
According to McDonald’s, the testing of the strawless lids are currently being conducted in select restaurants in the upper Midwest. | 2023-01-27T22:38:52+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/mcdonalds-begins-testing-strawless-lids-in-select-markets/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Microsoft said Wednesday it has launched a cloud service “region” in central Poland, the first large-scale data storage and processing hub of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe.
The cloud region, which is part of Microsoft’s $1 billion IT transformation plan for Poland, consists of three separate physical locations around Warsaw.
Microsoft says it will give businesses fast and reliable access to cloud services, accelerating the digitization of the economy and strengthening resilience and data security.
Ralph Haupter, Microsoft’s president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the launch while attending the European Economic Congress in Katowice, southern Poland.
“The war in Ukraine has made us all acutely aware how very important cybersecurity is and protection against the flood of fake news and propaganda tricks that Russia excels in,” Morawiecki said to stress that Microsoft’s state-of-the-art new service enhances cyberspace security.
Each of the three locations will house at least one data storage and processing center, built to comply with Poland’s restrictive regulations on data storage. Poland is among the countries with the highest IT presence in its public sphere, with many services being available on the internet or through mobile devices.
The new datacenter region comes “in response to growing demand for high-performance computing and fast and reliable access to Microsoft Cloud services,” the IT giant said in a statement.
Morawiecki stressed it showed the investor’s confidence in Poland, after a 30-year presence here.
Microsoft said in a statement it was a “commitment to continue to support the country’s technological development of society, business and the economy.” | 2023-04-27T17:05:35+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/business-news/microsoft-opens-top-cloud-data-processing-hub-in-poland/ |
BOSTON (WWLP) – A legislative briefing Wednesday at the State House brought out support in hopes of sealing certain criminal records.
Advocates of second chance, clean slate bills spoke on the difficulties of living a free life post incarceration due to CORI checks. CORI’s are criminal background checks that are often run when applying for a job or housing.
At the briefing on Wednesday, former inmates shared their stories about how difficult it is to go about their lives post incarceration because of their CORI.
Leslie Credle, founder of Justice for Housing told 22News, “Well you know, they call us returning citizens right? But we’re not treated as equal citizens right?”
There are multiple bills on Beacon Hill dealing with record sealing. One bill, An Act Providing for Easier and Greater Access to Record Sealing, would require the Commissioner of Probation to automatically seal criminal and juvenile records after the applicable waiting periods without having to fill out a petition
Another bill, An Act to Remove Collateral Consequences and Protect the Presumption of Innocence, which is sponsored in the Senate by Senator Gomez, would provide the immediate seal of a criminal offense at the time of the final disposition if the charged did not end in a conviction and if the defendant does not object to it being sealed.
“In Massachusetts, we really need clean slate legislation because so many people are out there, they’re unemployed, rejected for housing and this bill would be life changing,” said Pauline Quirion of Greater Boston Legal Services.
Now this wouldn’t allow for all records to be sealed, for example, present exclusions in the law for sex offenses or other serious offenses would remain intact. Both sets of bills have been referred to the Judiciary Committee and have not yet been scheduled for a hearing. | 2023-06-14T22:41:10+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/supporters-look-to-gain-support-in-sealing-certain-criminal-records/ |
AUSTIN, Texas, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Between November 2021 and July 21, 2022, the cryptocurrency market lost almost $2 trillion in market capitalization, according to data from CoinMarketCap. This sharp downward trend continues to fuel concerns about crypto's high volatility and its viability as a financial safe haven. U.S. Money Reserve, America's Gold Authority, offers insight.
Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency, reached an all-time high of nearly $69,000 in November 2021. Between reaching that all-time high and June 15, 2022, CNBC reported that Bitcoin's price had fallen nearly 70%. As of July 21, 2022, Bitcoin was priced at approximately $23,000.
Other cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum and Dogecoin, have also seen their prices drop in the first half of 2022. One cryptocurrency, Luna, fell all the way to $0 on May 13, 2022, after being worth $100 the previous month.
Several analysts are warning that cryptocurrencies are entering "crypto winter"—a prolonged bear market that could last for years.
On July 21, 2022, CNBC reported that "several cryptocurrency industry players" who spoke with the news organization predicted that thousands of digital tokens are "likely to collapse while the number of blockchains in existence will also fall over the coming years."
A Barron's article from June 17, 2022, sums up the cryptocurrency market's recent troubles as being "at odds with the prevailing narrative of the past few years, which preached that these digital assets would take the place of [gold] as a haven in turbulent times. It should be clear now that the opposite is true…."
While cryptocurrencies have been touted by some as safe-haven assets like gold, their limited history and recent performance may prove otherwise. Those who have allocated significant portions of their portfolios to cryptocurrencies may wish to explore additional alternative assets for their diversification strategies.
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Which e-reader screen protector is best?
The crisp screen of an e-reader makes for an enjoyable reading experience, but a scratch or crack can easily ruin that.
Whether you prefer an e-ink screen or a traditional full-color LCD, there are screen covers designed to preserve or alter the look and feel of your screen. Because screen size varies, it’s important to find a screen protector designed for your e-reader or one of the same size.
There are as many screen protectors as e-readers, but our favorite is the NuPro Anti-Glare Screen Protector.
What to know before you buy an e-reader screen protector
A screen protector offers a minimalist way to protect your e-reader without significantly impacting its form factor. However, most screen protectors only fit specific models of e-readers, and their materials and levels of protection vary.
Why use a screen protector?
There are two ways to keep your e-reader screen scratch-free: a screen protector or an e-reader cover.
Screen protectors don’t impact the form factor of your e-reader significantly, and they protect the screen all the time — not just when you set the device down. However, they can negatively impact your reading experience by distorting the screen or adding glare.
E-reader covers typically attach to the device’s chassis and have a flap that covers the screen, keeping it safe when not in use. When you open the cover to read, you could scratch the screen if you drop the device. A cover can also add a significant amount of weight and bulk, and they are usually more expensive.
A screen protector is the best option for preventing scratches, and some protectors are designed to produce a clear image consistent with your device.
What brand and model e-reader do you have?
Not unlike smartphone screen protectors, most screen protectors are made for a specific brand and model e-reader. While you can purchase a screen protector made for a different model, be sure that it matches your screen size, including the shape of the corners. Many e-reader screen protectors are designed to fit snugly into the corner of the screen, which may be squared or rounded. Others cover the screen and the bezel, so precision is less important.
Finding the right amount of protection
E-reader screen protectors may be made of tempered glass, polyethylene terephthalate or thermoplastic polyurethane — or any combination of the three.
Tempered glass on its own is highly scratch-resistant, but it can collect fingerprints and may produce a glare without additional coatings.
Polyethylene terephthalate protectors have a matte surface similar to most e-ink screens and can resist light scratches. They do not protect against drops, however.
Thermoplastic polyurethane is slightly tougher than polyethylene terephthalate, offering a bit of impact protection. It also resists oils, and light scratches will disappear over time.
What to look for in a quality e-reader screen protector
Additional coatings and included accessories impact your reading experience and how easily you can apply the screen protector.
Glare reduction
Unless you enjoy the look of a glossy screen, consider a glare-reducing screen protector to improve readability and make your screen appear page-like.
Smudge- and fingerprint-proof design
Materials that repel oils, usually in the form of an oleophobic coating, keep your screen free of smudges and fingerprints, so you don’t need to clean it as frequently.
Ease of application
Perfectly applying a screen protector is challenging, but some e-reader screen protectors are designed to be bubble resistant to ensure a close fit against the screen. Many screen protectors require a bit of water to adhere correctly, while others have a silicone-based adhesive (which may leave a residue when the protector is removed).
How much you can expect to spend on an e-reader screen protector
Most e-reader screen protectors cost from $3 to $10 each, and they often come in packs of two or three. Price is typically dependent on the materials used and the number of protective layers.
E-reader screen protector FAQ
Will the screen protector reduce the responsiveness of the touch screen?
A. It’s possible. Thinner screen protectors are less prone to this issue.
Will a screen protector hide scratches?
A. Minor scratches may be difficult to see, but big ones will still stand out. However, any screen protector will reduce how much you can feel scratches.
What’s the best e-reader screen protector to buy?
Top e-reader screen protector
NuPro Anti-Glare Screen Protector
What you need to know: With two plastic screen protectors and an application kit, this offers good value.
What you’ll love: This film-like screen protector is so thin it’s hard to notice it’s there at all.
What you should consider: Only 2019 10th-generation Kindles are compatible with this screen protector. The manufacturer doesn’t specify what type of plastic the protector is made of.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top e-reader screen protector for the money
Supershieldz Designed for Kindle Paperwhite
What you need to know: The polyethylene terephthalate design means these screen protectors have a matte finish similar to the screen of your Kindle.
What you’ll love: With three screen protectors included, you get a couple of attempts to get the fit just right. Once applied, there’s even less glare than the Paperwhite’s screen.
What you should consider: There are no application tools, so you should be particularly careful to get a good fit.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Ailun Screen Protector for Amazon Kindle
What you need to know: Designed to fit the 2020 Fire HD 8, Fire HD 8 Plus and Fire HD 8 Kids, these tempered glass screen protectors are durable and feature an oleophobic coating.
What you’ll love: The tempered glass design is surprisingly thin and has a glossy finish for those who don’t like the look of matte screen protectors.
What you should consider: Application can be challenging, and the paper packaging provides little protection.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The last 12 months have seen significant steps forward for GAC MOTOR, with operations expanding around the world to reach a 59% annual increase in wholesale sales.
GUANGZHOU, China, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2023 GAC MOTOR International Distributor Conference, themed "Going Forward with Tech & Craftsmanship", was held in Guangzhou on April 21st, bringing together GAC Group's global partners to look back on achievements and explore what lies ahead in the future.
GAC Group Chairman Zeng Qinghong reviewed the history GAC Group's development in the past 26 years and said, "GAC Group will continue to improve the global distributors in the product, technology, service and other all-round support, to help the global distributors develop, so that global distributors can succeed through the cooperation with the GAC MOTOR brand."
The general manager of GAC International, Mr. Zeng Hebin, showed his sincere gratitude toward the global distributor partners through his welcome speech. Leaders from various subsidiaries of GAC Group also participated in the conference.
The conference emphasized the vision of a 'trillion-yuan' GAC Group, leveraging the GAC R&D Centers in Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Milan to keep GAC cars at the technological forefront of the automobile industry. GAC Group aims to up this further in the 12 months to come, focusing on building an "innovation-driven GAC" brand image.
The event saw distributors experiencing the strong intelligent manufacturing and innovative capabilities of GAC MOTOR through a tour of the company's facilities, including the GAC R&D Center, manufacturing plants, and more.
"GAC Group will comprehensively strengthen international strategic deployment, actively expand overseas market layout, and fully build international development system capabilities", said Yu Jun, Vice President of GAC Group, in his concluding speech at the conference.
Canton Fair, Global Share: China Import and Export Fair 2023
The concept of new technology was reinforced at the 133rd Canton Fair on April 15th.
GAC displayed the All NEW GS8 hybrid, Empow hybrid, Aion Y Plus, and Aion V Plus, a series of cutting-edge cars.
As the world shifts towards more powerful, more intelligent electric travel, GAC Group's focus is on sustainable growth, quality craftsmanship, and unbeatable technology.
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Ellen DeGeneres has found the place she will call home forever! For her first interview, since ending The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2022, the 65-year-old opens up about her and Portia de Rossi's home life.
DeGeneres speaks about her $70 million estate in the Carpinteria in Montecito, California inside the Spring 2023 edition of the Montecito Journal's The RIV Magazine. The comedian shares insight on her and de Rossi's decision to settle in this particular space, after living in over two dozen homes over the years.
"This place is all about the spot," DeGeneres says. "The house needed a lot work but the spot was always amazing. Strangely, this was the very first place Portia and I ever looked at up here (in 2007)…Truthfully, I didn't even want to see the place. It’s the longest I’ve ever deliberated on a property. Because the site was incredible but the house, while good bones, basically didn’t have a single surface I could live with and everything clashed with everything. Even the ceilings."
Outside of being a television personality, DeGeneres takes pride in her knack for buying/selling and designing the interior of a home. For her, the process should never be as long as people make it seem.
"Personally I don’t understand people accepting these drawn out schedules to get things done," she says. "Once I make the decision to engage I’m off to the races. And in a case like this where we’re only dealing with surface changes, it’s really just a matter of how large a high quality team of painters and fine finishers you can build and deploy quickly."
When it came to landing on a property, DeGeneres admits there was no fight with her wife, as the actress is well aware this is her wife's thing.
"There’s no division," DeGeneres tells the publication about making house plans with de Rossi. "She’s as passionate about horses as I am about houses. But we don’t delve into each other’s silos. In fact I can’t really get her to go into a furniture store with me. Unless there’s a horse in there somewhere."
Inside the magazine, DeGeneres' beautiful house is on display. The sprawling estate features multiple rooms that are chic, and elevated comfort. Each room pictured features floor to ceiling windows and rooms decorated in cool, calming tones.
Fans also had a chance to see their new home in February, when de Rossi surprised the comedian with a vow renewal.
During the star-studded affair -- held on de Rossi's 50th birthday, inside their new home -- the two woman exchanged "I Dos" again, as Kris Jenner officiated.
In one of the sweet moments from the day, de Rossi spoke about her excitement to share their forever home together, after 24 houses in eight years.
"I’m just so excited for the future where we just get to do whatever the hell we want for the rest of our lives," the actress said.
RELATED CONTENT: | 2023-04-14T04:14:58+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/ellen-degeneres-talks-finding-her-forever-home-with-portia-de-rossi/603-bf6c9630-cbac-4f66-969f-c5fac7eb32d6 |
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Davis Thompson made three more eagles Friday for a total of five through 36 holes to tie the PGA Tour record for the most in a 72-hole tournament since 1983, and he still didn’t put any more distance between himself and Jon Rahm at The American Express.
Thompson also carded his first bogeys of the tournament, which were hardly enough to slow him down. One day after making consecutive eagles in shooting 10-under 62 at La Quinta to take the first-round lead, Thompson carded an 8-under 64 on the Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West. He had three eagles, four birdies and two bogeys.
The 23-year-old who played college golf at Georgia was at 18-under 126, two strokes ahead of Rahm, who also shot 64 on the Nicklaus course.
“I just had some good numbers into par-5s and was able to execute my shots,” Thompson said. “I had some putts drop. So it was nice to make some eagles.”
Actually, it’s his entire game that’s going well in the Southern California desert.
“I think putting the ball in the fairway, hitting a lot of greens and really seeing lines well on my putts,” Thompson said. “Just everything is kind of clicking these last two days and I’m just looking forward to trying to keep it rolling tomorrow.”
Thompson will play the Stadium Course on Saturday, which will host the final round on Sunday after the 54-hole cut in this pro-am event, which uses three courses.
Thompson is the second player to have five eagles through two rounds at The American Express. He matched the record set in 1995 by Scott McCarron, who missed the 72-hole cut when it was a five-round tournament.
Thompson, who began his round wearing a hoodie in the early-morning chill, eagled his second hole, the par-5 11th, when he hit a 5-iron to about 15 feet. He then had two bogeys in four holes spanning the turn to briefly lose his lead, but then ran off a string of three birdies and two eagles in a span of five holes to go from 1-under to 8-under for his round. He eagled the par-5 fourth and the par-5 seventh — hitting the green with a mid-iron and draining a putt from roughly 20 feet each time — before finishing his round with consecutive pars.
The other players to make five eagles in a four-round tournament since 1983 were Justin Rose in the 2022 Canadian Open, Dustin Johnson in the 2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Austin Cook in the 2019 Barbasol Championship, Keegan Bradley and Brandt Snedeker in the 2018 Canadian Open, and Davis Love III in the 1994 Sony Open. Only Johnson won.
Rahm, the world’s fourth-ranked player who won two weeks ago at Kapalua, matched his score from a day earlier at La Quinta.
“Feeling great. Lot of confidence,” Rahm said. “Having essentially the hardest course two days in a row, but I’m in a really good position. So hopefully I can keep the good game going.”
Five players were five shots back of Thompson, including 20-year-old Tom Kim, who had the low round of the day, a 10-under 62 on the Nicklaus Course, and Jason Day, who shot 64 on the Stadium Course. The others were J.T. Poston, Sungjae Im and Tyler Duncan.
The field includes five of the top seven players in the world and 10 of the top 20.
Second-ranked Scottie Scheffler and sixth-ranked Xander Schauffele were in a group of five at 11 under that also included Rose. No. 5 Patrick Cantlay was in a group of seven at 10 under while No. 7 Will Zalatoris was at 6 under.
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AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-01-21T18:43:32+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/sports/ap-thompson-cards-3-more-eagles-has-2-shot-amex-lead-over-rahm/ |
Which apple-cider vinegar pill is best?
While apple-cider vinegar has grown in popularity due to claims of its numerous health benefits, many fans still struggle with its sharp, tart taste and strong smell. That’s why they’ve started to embrace easy-to-take pill options.
The best apple-cider vinegar pill gives you only the good stuff and none of the bad. Enzymedica Apple Cider Vinegar Capsules, for example, contain premium-quality apple-cider vinegar and are free of artificial coloring, flavoring or preservatives.
What to know before you buy apple-cider vinegar pills
Benefits
While apple-cider vinegar has been touted in the natural health community as a supplement with many health benefits, some claims about its usefulness have been found to lack strong scientific evidence.
Apple-cider vinegar contains acetic acid, so when you take the supplement with your meal, it may delay the rate at which the stomach empties, according to Harvard Medical School. This may slow the breakdown of carbs, reducing the spike in your blood sugar after your meal. This effect on blood sugar has been linked to better weight management, which may make apple-cider vinegar an effective weight-loss supplement.
Larger long-term studies are needed before we’ll know for sure.
Dosage
One reason you may choose to take pills over liquid apple-cider vinegar is because of the strong taste and smell of vinegar in the liquid form. But this may leave you unsure of the amount of apple-cider vinegar you are supposed to take.
If you are comparing the pill with the liquid in terms of the dosage, the first thing to take note of is the brand you choose, since the amount varies by brand. However, most brands’ pills contain between 500 and 600 milligrams of apple-cider vinegar. So when you take one capsule containing 500 mg, for instance, it is equivalent to 10 milliliters, or two liquid teaspoons, of apple-cider vinegar.
Certification
Apple-cider vinegar is a popular superfood due to claims about its usefulness, but it’s hard to ascertain the authenticity of the content in some brands of this supplement without third-party lab testing. In fact, some users say that some apple-cider vinegar products don’t have the acidity the manufacturers claim.
To ensure you are getting it right when buying your apple-cider vinegar, look for a seal of approval from an authoritative third-party organization.
What to look for in a quality apple-cider vinegar pill
Pills vs. liquid
One way to avoid apple-cider vinegar’s tart taste, as well as its harshness on your teeth, is to take it as a capsule or gummies. Gummies are said to be easier to take than capsules because they are usually pleasant-tasting.
Ingredients
If you’re worried about reacting to certain ingredients in your apple-cider vinegar pill, look for those free of common allergens. Additionally, apple-cider vinegar products, especially the gummies, are often sweetened to make them easy to take. If you’re going for these but looking to minimize your sugar intake, choose products that don’t contain added sugars or sugar alcohol.
Condition
When you decide to try an apple-cider vinegar pill, you should tell your doctor, especially if you have a medical condition. For instance, apple-cider vinegar is a natural diuretic, so you should avoid it if you’re already taking a diuretic. And its acidic nature means that it’s not recommended for people who are prone to stomach discomfort or digestive issues such as inflammatory bowel disease.
How much you can expect to spend on apple-cider vinegar pills
On the average, you can expect to pay $6-$15 for a bottle containing 250 pills. However, some expensive brands cost $18-$25 for a bottle of 60 pills.
Apple-cider vinegar pill FAQ
When is the best time to take apple-cider vinegar?
A. While taking apple-cider vinegar right after your meal can delay digestion, there is no evidence that taking it at specific times has any effects. So take your apple-cider vinegar pills at any time you find most convenient.
Which is better: apple-cider vinegar pills or liquid apple-cider vinegar?
A. If you don’t like the tart taste or the strong smell of liquid apple-cider vinegar, the pills can be a convenient alternative. They are also good if you’re always on the go, because you can simply toss them in your bag. However, liquid apple-cider vinegar is usually absorbed faster in the body than the pill form.
What’s the best apple-cider vinegar pill to buy?
Top apple-cider vinegar pill
Enzymedica Apple Cider Vinegar Capsules
What you need to know: There are about 20 apples in every 120-capsule bottle, which combines the power of the “Mother” and her four acids to maintain your health.
What you’ll love: These capsules are made with real apple cider vinegar and are said to support digestion and healthy weight management. They are vegan-friendly and contain no gluten, milk, casein, soy, egg, artificial colors, flavors, or genetically modified organisms.
What you should consider: They are a bit more expensive than other options.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top apple-cider vinegar pill for the money
Goli Nutrition Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies
What you need to know: These great-tasting vegan-friendly gummies combine apples with other super ingredients including beetroot, pomegranate, pectin, and vitamins B9 and B12.
What you’ll love: Instead of corn syrup, it uses healthier organic tapioca as the sweetener. It’s gluten-free, gelatin-free and doesn’t contain artificial preservatives that can trigger allergies.
What you should consider: There are only 60 gummies in each bottle.
Where to buy: Sold by iHerb
Worth checking out
Sunergetic Premium Apple Cider Vinegar Capsules
What you need to know: These apple cider vinegar capsules include spirulina, lecithin, kelp, apple pectin, bromelain, potassium and vitamin B-6.
What you’ll love: They’re certified to be manufactured in an FDA-registered facility that adheres to Good Manufacturing Practices. They use no honey but instead a blend of herbs. There are 90 capsules in each bottle.
What you should consider: It is uncertain if these capsules are certified as “organic.”
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 22, 2023
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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1107 AM CDT Sat Apr 22 2023
...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in
Texas...
Sulphur River Near Talco affecting Titus, Red River, Franklin and
Morris Counties.
...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
The Flood Warning is cancelled for
the Sulphur River Near Talco.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:45 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 12.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 2.6 feet Thursday
morning.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
the Angelina River Near Lufkin.
- At 10:45 AM CDT Saturday the stage was 160.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 160.2 feet
Thursday morning.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Thursday it will launch a training program with the goal of sending its own astronauts, including a woman, into space next year.
The kingdom is actively promoting science and technology as part of its wide-ranging Vision 2030 plan to overhaul its economy and reduce its dependency on oil.
The plan, championed by Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also calls for greater integration of women into the workforce of the conservative Muslim country. Saudi Arabia lifted a long-standing ban on women driving in 2018.
“The Saudi Astronaut Program, which is an integral part of the Kingdom’s ambitious Vision 2030, will send Saudi astronauts into space to help better serve humanity,” the Saudi Space Commission said in a statement.
“One of the astronauts will be a Saudi woman, whose mission to space will represent a historical first for the Kingdom.”
The first Arab or Muslim to travel to space was Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan bin Salman, a half-brother of the crown prince and an air force pilot who was part of the seven-member crew of NASA's Discovery mission in 1985. He later served as head of the Saudi Space Commission from 2018 until last year, when he was appointed an adviser to King Salman.
The neighboring United Arab Emirates has the Arab world's leading space program, having launched a probe into Mars' orbit in February 2021. The UAE plans to launch its first lunar rover in November. If the moon mission succeeds, the UAE and Japan, which is providing the lander, would join the ranks of only the U.S., Russia and China as nations that have put a spacecraft on the lunar surface. | 2022-09-22T13:32:03+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/saudi-arabia-plans-to-send-female-astronaut-to-space-in-2023/LWNAAT6QBVE4BHGHBWJSIOUYNQ/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas residents in tornado-impacted areas received good news when their state tax deadline was extended Monday.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order extending the state tax deadline for residents of Cross, Lonoke and Pulaski counties. The three counties were declared disaster areas after the March 31 tornadoes crossed the state.
The order changes the state tax deadlines for residents of the three counties from April 18 to July 31. It removes the requirement for a written request for a July 31 filing extension.
The executive order applies to individual taxpayers and businesses. It includes relief for estimated payments due between March 31 and July 31.
Residents of the three counties also have the fee waived for replacement driver’s licenses or identification card.
The order also waives fees for title processing in the three counties and interest and penalties for late vehicle registration.
The executive order remains in effect until July 31.
The IRS had previously extended its tax deadline for residents of the three counties until July 31. This change requires anyone requesting an extension to call the IRS at 866-562-5227. | 2023-04-17T19:33:09+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/executive-order-allows-arkansas-tax-extension-for-tornado-impacted-areas/ |
EPA moves to toughen standards for deadly soot pollution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing lower limits for a deadly air pollutant, saying tougher standards for soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.
A proposal released Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency would set maximum levels of 9 to 10 micrograms of fine particle pollution per cubic meter of air, down from 12 micrograms set a decade ago under the Obama administration. The standard for particle pollution, more commonly known as soot, was left unchanged by then-President Donald Trump, who overrode a scientific recommendation for a lower standard in his final days in office.
In a development that could lead to an even lower standard, the EPA said it also would take comments on a range of ideas submitted by a scientific advisory committee, including a proposal that would lower the maximum standard for soot to 8 micrograms. A microgram is one-millionth of a gram.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the proposal to strengthen the national ambient air quality standards for fine particle pollution would help prevent serious health problems, including asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Those populations include children, older adults and those with heart and lung conditions as well as low-income and minority communities throughout the United States.
“This administration is committed to working to ensure that all people, regardless of the color of their skin, the community they live in or the money in their pocket, have clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and the opportunity to lead a healthy life,’’ Regan said at a news conference. “At EPA, we are working every single day to create cleaner and healthier communities for all and have been doing so for over 50 years.’’
Environmental and public health groups have been pushing for a stronger standard for what is broadly called “fine particulate matter,” the tiny bits of soot we breathe in unseen from tailpipes, wildfires, factory and power plant smokestacks and other sources.
Harold Wimmer, the president of the American Lung Association, called the EPA’s proposal disappointing, saying it is “inadequate to protect public health from this deadly pollutant.’’
“Current science shows that stronger limits are urgently needed ... to protect vulnerable populations,’’ Wimmer said, calling for the EPA to lower the standard to 8 micrograms or lower.
Seth Johnson, an attorney for the environmental group Earthjustice, called the EPA plan “a disappointment and missed opportunity overall.’’ While it would strengthen some public health protections, “EPA is not living up to the ambitions of this administration to follow the science, protect public health and advance environmental justice,” Johnson said. He urged the EPA “to hear communities, not industrial polluters, and strengthen this rule. Overburdened communities have the right to breathe clean air.”
EPA scientists have estimated exposure at current limits causes the early deaths of thousands of Americans annually from heart disease and lung cancer as well as causing other health problems.
Dr. Doris Browne, president of the National Medical Association, the oldest and largest national organization representing African American physicians, hailed the EPA’s proposal as “the bold action needed to protect public health across the country.’’
Appearing with Regan at a news conference, Browne said the proposal is likely to have lasting benefits across the country “but especially for those communities of color and low-income communities that experience the increase in particulate matter pollution.” Smog, soot and other pollution near factories, power plants and other hazards has a “devastating impact on public health,’’ she said.
A 2022 report by the American Lung Association found that 63 million Americans live in counties that experience unhealthy daily spikes in soot pollution and 21 million live in counties that exceed annual limits for soot pollution. Most of those counties were in 11 Western states, the report said. People of color were 61% more likely than white people to live in a county with unhealthy air quality, the report said.
Fresno, California, displaced Fairbanks, Alaska as the metropolitan area with the worst short-term particle pollution, the report found, while Bakersfield, California, continued in the most-polluted slot for year-round particle pollution for the third year in a row.
The EPA will accept comments on the proposed rule through mid-March and will hold a virtual public hearing over several days. A final rule is expected this summer.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-06T16:15:38+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2023/01/06/epa-moves-toughen-standards-deadly-soot-pollution/ |
After two decades of waiting, Patricia Ramirez of New Mexico was filled with joy when she finally became eligible for a green card a few months ago. To Ramirez, who came to the U.S. undocumented, becoming a lawful permanent resident would give her more security living in the U.S., allow her to visit her family in Mexico, and put her one step closer to becoming a U.S. citizen.
Now, the main obstacle getting in her way is the cost of applications. Ramirez, a house cleaner, has been saving for months to afford the $2,225 in fees for a green card and other forms. Under a new federal proposal, her paperwork may become even more expensive.
"It's already been a very difficult process, difficult to get information, difficult to save money," Ramirez told NPR. "I'm so worried and stressed about this and what sacrifices I'll have to make to afford this."
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency that oversees legal immigration, is planning to raise costs for an array of applications including ones required for citizenship naturalization, to obtain a green card, or to legally work in the U.S. as a noncitizen.
The increases vary, but many immigration attorneys are concerned that the fee hikes could place an undue burden on low-income immigrants — particularly those seeking lawful permanent residency, commonly known as a green card, which allows immigrants long-term stay in the U.S. It is also an important step to become eligible for citizenship.
Under the proposal, Ramirez's applications will cost $1,500 more than before, according to legal representative Shalini Thomas, who represents Ramirez through the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center.
She added that Ramirez is not the only one who finds the immigration applications unaffordable.
"I've had plenty of clients come in and I say, 'We believe you're eligible, here is everything that you need, including the fees,' and I just never hear from them again because I know they can't save up," she told NPR. "These changes do not make that better."
The new costs have not been finalized. USCIS is currently holding a public comment period until March 6.
The federal agency says it needs the increased fees to deal with backlogs and a budget crunch
USCIS primarily relies on fees to operate — which proved to be an issue during the pandemic.
As fewer people applied for immigration benefits, the federal agency's revenue plummeted, leading to widespread furloughs and a backlog in immigration cases.
To fully recover, the federal agency said it needs to raise application fees, adding that the proposed prices are expected to generate $1.9 billion more per year than current application costs.
"This is the amount necessary to match agency capacity with projected workloads, so that backlogs do not accumulate in the future," USCIS wrote in its proposal released in early January.
The federal agency generally updates its fee schedule every few years, the last time being 2016. During the Trump administration, there was an attempt to raise costs dramatically, as well make it harder for poor immigrants to qualify for fee waivers, but federal judges eventually blocked those changes.
Karen Sullivan, the director of advocacy at Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., said she wants to see USCIS fully funded, fully staffed and operating efficiently, but questions whether low-income immigrants should have to bear that responsibility.
"All of us should want migrant communities to have access to the benefits that they qualify for," Sullivan told NPR. "So, I think that Congress should take notice, as far as appropriations go, in helping USCIS with additional funding."
In fiscal year 2022, the federal agency did receive $275 million from Congress to reduce the current backlog. USCIS expects to continue needing congressional support to fully eliminate it.
The proposed fee changes are a means to allow USCIS to keep up with incoming inventories and avoid future backlogs, the agency said.
A family of four would pay up to $7,460 for green cards and work permits
Under the proposal, applying for a green card with biometrics, or biological measurements, will go up from $1,225 to $1,540. Biometrics — which include fingerprints, a photo and signature — are often required for green cards and other forms.
Although people are currently allowed to apply for a green card and work permit together, the proposed rule will unbundle the forms — which would, in turn, raise costs.
Applications to apply for citizenship may go up by $120; visas for religious workers may increase by $555; and petitions to remove conditions on residence with biometrics, which can allow spouses of green card holders to transition to lawful permanent residents, would increase by $515.
Those fees can especially add up for families filing together.
According to Kathy Klos, an attorney with the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, a family of four applying for green cards and two work permits would currently pay $3,950 in fees if filing on paper. That price would go up to $7,460 if they file on paper, and $7,270 if they file online.
"From under $4,000 to almost $7,500 is ridiculous," Klos told NPR.
The hefty price tag is only one of the hoops to jump through in order to gain legal status in the U.S. Forms can be complicated, processing times can be long and appointments for biometrics or interviews can be a serious inconvenience to students or working adults.
"For people who are born here and never had to deal with the immigration system, they don't have a great understanding of how difficult it really is," Klos said.
Fee waivers only help to some extent
USCIS does offer fee waivers to some low-income immigrants and fee exemptions for humanitarian reasons, such as for refugees, asylum seekers and domestic violence victims.
Generally, households that make less than 150% of the federal poverty line are eligible for discounted applications to a number of immigration benefits. That could include a single adult who makes less than $21,000 per year or a family of four that earns $45,000.
USCIS expects that more than a million applicants — about an eighth of the total — will benefit from fee exemptions or fee waivers each year. But some say the process to apply for one can be long and difficult.
"The fee waivers are not automatic, they add more time to your case," Daniel Santiago, an attorney with Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice in Boston, told NPR. "And our clients are desperate to get the paperwork done."
Under the proposed changes, some applications filed online will be cheaper than on paper. USCIS says online applications are easier and cheaper to process than paper ones. But some immigration attorneys find that unfair.
"To offer a discount if you're filing online helps the most privileged of immigrants, but truly doesn't help the most marginalized," said Thomas of the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center.
Thomas said her client, Ramirez, is ineligible for a fee waiver because she is applying for a green card through a family member.
Ramirez has been waiting for an opportunity to become green card eligible for 22 years. Although she's close to filing the paperwork, Ramirez has a sense that the process has just begun.
"It took me months to pay the current costs. If they go up, I might have to look for another job or get a loan," she said. "Right now, my plan is to get my application done as soon as possible."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-02-07T10:40:37+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/2023-02-07/immigration-fees-may-go-up-and-green-card-applicants-could-be-hard-hit |
A 40-year-old Clinton man has been sentenced to serve up to 20 years in prison for stabbing two other men in 2021.
Jacob Seitz appeared with his attorney Thursday in Clinton County Court, where a judge sentenced him to up to 10 years each on two charges of willful injury causing serious injury, court records say.
According to court records, the sentences will be served consecutively – one after the other. Earlier, he had pleaded guilty to both charges, and other charges were dismissed.
The incident timeline
About 7:10 a.m. Aug. 6, 2021, Clinton Police were dispatched to a home on the 200 block of 4th Avenue North for a report of an assault, arrest affidavits say.
Officers found a man with serious stab wounds who told officers another man also was injured. Police found the other man severely injured from stab wounds and lying on a couch. “Officers also noted a large amount of blood throughout the residence,” according to affidavits.
At 7:30 a.m., Clinton County Communication received a call from a woman who said Seitz, whom she did not know personally, had come into her house through the basement. She said he ran down 3rd Avenue North between houses.
The woman said Seitz left his shoes, a backpack and some clothing in the area, and police found the items.
According to affidavits, at 8:30 a.m. officers found Seitz, who was not wearing shoes, hiding in an overgrown area near the 300 block of 3rd Avenue North. He had dried blood on his hands, dried blood on the right side of his head and dried blood on his legs.
A victim identified Seitz, affidavits say. | 2022-10-15T14:09:17+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/crime/qca-man-to-serve-up-to-20-years-for-stabbing-in-2021/ |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Clements won a crash-filled Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway early Saturday for his second career victory and first since 2017.
No. 2 came in race No. 421 for the 37-year-old driver/team owner.
“I’m speechless, man," Clements said near the start-finish line. “I don’t even know what to say."
No one did.
His win came after two multicar melees in overtime and gave Clements an automatic — and unexpected — berth in the postseason.
“We have nothing to lose, man," he said. "We’re going to give these big teams all they can stand.”
Clements passed sluggish Austin Hill on the final restart thanks to a big push from Sage Karam and cruised to the checkered flag. Hill looked poised to sweep both Xfinity races at Daytona, but his car seemed to have fuel and electrical issues during the final caution.
When the green flag dropped, Hill did, too. Clements and Karam flew by on the outside.
Timmy Hill finished second, followed by series points leader AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Brown and Karam.
Clements' first win in 164 races was about being in the right place at the right time. He avoided four big ones in the closing laps. The first involved seven cars with nine laps to go in regulation. The second included eight cars with three to go. The third and biggest of the night came in overtime, with Hill and Noah Gragson just ahead of a 13-car cluster.
Gragson started the fourth one when Clements and Allmendinger pushed him at nearly 190 mph. Gragson slammed into the outside wall and then got spun helicopter style when broadsided by Landon Cassill. When the dust settled, eight more cars were involved.
The grand total: 36 cars involved, some of them several times.
Allmendinger looked like he would challenge Hill and Clements during the final two-lap shootout, but he ran out of fuel just before the final restart and had to pit.
“We survived that big wreck somehow," Clements said. “I thought if we can just keep up with these guys, it will be a good day. Top five and bring this car home in one piece and that’s a good day.”
It ended up being much better, a playoff-clinching performance.
“Wow, this is incredible,” he said before thanking the fans who stuck around following a three-hour rain delay. “Now let’s go drink a beer.”
MORE BAD BREAKS
Riley Herbst was running fourth early in the final stage when he lost control because of a flat right rear tire. Herbst's No. 98 Ford slid through the backstretch grass, bringing out a caution and going a lap down.
It was a bad break for the driver who started the day eighth in points and was looking to make up ground with four races to go before the playoffs.
Herbst rallied to finish 15th and found company in the unlucky club.
Sheldon Creed, vying to make the postseason, was involved in a multicar accident on lap 83 and knocked out of the race. John Hunter Nemechek got sideways in the middle of a three-wide pack and turned into Creed, who ended up sliding back across the track and got T-boned by Joe Graf Jr.
Creed finished 36th in the 38-car field.
UP NEXT
The series moves to Darlington Raceway next Saturday. Justin Allgaier won there in May in the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports.
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Credit: Phelan M. Ebenhack | 2022-08-27T06:29:06+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/clements-wins-at-crash-filled-daytona-reaches-postseason/7K4DPW2YLVD2RKSNLGWGJYXEIM/ |
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RALEIGH, N.C. — When gunshots at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes for several days in early December, Republican state Rep. Ben Moss watched his vibrant district full of family farms, small businesses and sprawling golf courses become “a ghost town.”
The recent attacks in Moore County, North Carolina, and others in Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Nevada, have underscored the vulnerability of the nation’s far-flung electrical grid, which security experts have long warned could be a target for domestic extremists.
Lawmakers in at least two affected states — North Carolina and South Carolina — have begun proposing remedies.
“I don’t want to see anybody else go through what Moore (County) did,” said Moss, a 2024 candidate for state labor commissioner whose district saw a peak of more than 45,000 customers lose power. “When the power goes out, you don’t have heat, don’t have food, can’t get fuel or some medications, the people are unsafe.”
Moss is drafting legislation, obtained in its preliminary form by The Associated Press, that would require utilities to provide 24-hour security at substations, which transform high-voltage electricity into the lower voltages that power communities. Security provisions would vary across sites, some of which are already gated with nearby cameras while others are more exposed.
He considers the bill “a conversation opener” between lawmakers, utilities and security experts to help the General Assembly identify cost-effective defenses that wouldn’t drive up consumer prices.
His call for increased surveillance comes as questions linger about the Moore County shootings. The FBI is still seeking information and no arrests have been made.
Federal regulators in December ordered a review of physical security standards across the nation’s vast electricity transmission network following the attacks in North Carolina. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which oversees the nation’s bulk power system, has until early April to submit a report and recommend possible improvements.
Manny Cancel, a NERC senior vice president and the CEO of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, said the situation demands more communication and collaboration between the different levels of government, industry leaders and law enforcement.
“The frequency has increased, the targeting has increased,” Cancel said. “What we’ve seen are patterns of clusters ... or assets that are in proximity to each other being repeatedly targeted.”
Utilities in South Carolina — where gunshots were fired near a Duke Energy facility but caused no damage days after the North Carolina shootings — are asking lawmakers to increase penalties for intentionally destroying electrical infrastructure or other utility property.
A state Senate proposal would set a sliding scale based on how much damage is done — if it costs more than $25,000 to fix equipment and cover losses, the perpetrator could face up to 20 years in prison, double the current 10-year maximum.
A maximum 25-year penalty would apply if anyone died or their health was endangered by a resulting outage.
Dominion Energy South Carolina President Keller Kissam said the state saw at least 12 incidents of people intentionally damaging equipment last year.
“You want to demoralize people, you put them in the dark,” he said.
Some state senators worried that the law could be used against hunters who accidentally damage utility equipment. Kissam agreed but said sometimes that damage isn’t an accident, as hunters use equipment to set their gun sights or as target practice. A subcommittee plans to review the bill further in a few weeks.
Another South Carolina bill seeks stiffer penalties for destruction caused specifically by a gun or explosive.
Brian Harrell, former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said that although harsher penalties for equipment sabotage may be a deterrent, state legislatures can best support utilities by freeing up funds for additional security measures.
“Specifically, ensuring monies for perimeter security, cameras and alarms,” said Harrell, who now oversees security for an energy company that services multiple states.
Construction of all new security features would cost about $2.5 million per site, he said. But many substations already have fencing, which reduces the cost significantly. About $800,000 can outfit a single substation with pan-tilt-zoom cameras, intrusion detection and an access control system.
The Pacific Northwest has become a hotspot for these physical attacks, with Washington and Oregon utilities reporting at least 15 incidents in 2022, including 10 in the last two months of the year.
Attackers hit four Washington substations on Christmas Day, forcing entry, setting fire to equipment and temporarily cutting power to thousands of customers.
Michael Furze, director of the Washington State Energy Office, said that although no legislation specifically addressing substation security has been introduced, broader bipartisan discussions are underway about grid resilience.
Washington is already revamping its electrical infrastructure under the Clean Energy Transformation Act, which commits the state to an electricity supply free of greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. Physical and cybersecurity updates are in the works as the electrical grid undergoes significant changes to meet new standards, Furze said.
“’Security by design’ is a core component of these systems,” he said.
In neighboring Oregon, the state’s Public Utility Commission is working with regulated utilities to increase vigilance and explore possible security updates, after gunfire attacks damaged two substations southeast of Portland in late November. Spokesperson Kandi Young said the commission monitors proposed legislation and is not aware of any related bills introduced this session.
And in Nevada, where a man set fire to a solar power unit this month, a search of the 138 bill draft requests with pre-filed text found none that would explicitly address electrical infrastructure security. But with more than two weeks until the biennial session begins, most legislative proposals have yet to be formally introduced.
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Hannah Schoenbaum is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Associated Press writers Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina, Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon, and Gabe Stern in Reno, Nevada, contributed reporting. | 2023-01-22T13:39:45+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-lawmakers-propose-power-grid-protections-after-attacks/2023/01/22/f352c51a-9a50-11ed-93e0-38551e88239c_story.html |
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Area Wide Protective ("AWP"), America's leading safety company supporting utility, broadband and infrastructure upgrades and expansion, has entered into definitive agreements to acquire two leading traffic control providers: MOTPlans, LLC, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and CrossRoads, LP, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The combined company will serve national, regional and local customers through a network of 144 facilities across 28 states and eastern Canada. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
Together, AWP, MOTPlans and CrossRoads will deliver unprecedented scale, expertise, technology, product and service solutions to manage customers' complex safety needs, from planning to execution. The acquisitions strengthen AWP's existing leadership in maintenance of traffic (MOT) planning, safety equipment sales and rental, and installation services. This enhanced portfolio offers customers a single source for comprehensive safety solutions and positions the combined company for further growth in existing geographic markets. Upon completing the transactions, the combined company will continue to be led by Rob Sehnert, AWP president and chief executive officer.
"AWP is pleased to add the MOTPlans and CrossRoads teams to our growing family of safety brands," Sehnert said. "Our combined capabilities will ensure customers have access to the most robust safety solutions and talent in our industry. Both share AWP's commitment to creating a safer environment for progress in communities nationwide."
Sattya Sukhu, president of MOTPlans added, "I am proud of what our team has achieved in improving the safety of workers and motorists on Florida's roads and look forward to working with AWP to deliver the next generation of safety innovations to customers throughout the Southeast."
Mark Lewis, partner of CrossRoads shared, "We started our company with one thing in mind: customers. AWP shares this same mindset, and we are excited to enter a new phase of growth as we work together to provide customers with the most comprehensive safety solutions in the industry."
As North America's leader in professional traffic management, Area Wide Protective Inc., (AWP) protects the public and the people who make infrastructure possible. AWP's network of brands includes Safety First, Statewide Safety Systems, Trafficade Service Companies, Advantage Barricade & Roadmarks, Traffic Safety Rentals and Northwest Traffic Services. The company's capabilities include work zone flagging, design and engineering for transportation management plans, equipment sales, rental and 24/7 support. AWP employs 6,800 team members across 28 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces.
SOURCE AWP, Inc. | 2022-12-05T14:47:56+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/12/05/awp-backed-by-kohlberg-amp-co-announces-strategic-acquisitions-motplans-llc-crossroads-lp/ |
BEIJING (AP) — China’s sharp-tongued foreign minister, Qin Gang, was something of an avatar for nationalist Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping, warning of “conflict and confrontation” with the U.S., the stakes of which could be the “future of humanity.”
Now, Qin has been dismissed from office in the biggest political tumult to strike China in a decade.
Qin’s departure was announced Tuesday after a month-long disappearance from public view, sparking rumors of personal scandals or friction within the top party echelons. He was absent from key meetings as the U.S. sent Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other officials to Beijing.
It also comes during economic challenges and poor relations with the United States and other nations that China relies on for economic development but is also seeking to push aside in its drive to overcome the Western-led economic order.
Ultimately, Qin’s situation reflects back on Xi, who has concentrated power under his direct authority to a degree not seen since Mao Zedong in the 1960s. Xi was seen as backing the 57-year-old Qin’s swift rise from ministry spokesperson to protocol chief — where he oversaw arrangements for Xi’s overseas trips — to ambassador to the U.S. and then foreign minister.
“The real issue of the Qin affair is that it showed how poor Xi’s judgment was is in helicoptering Qin to the foreign minister post, and then took so long to act on his removal,” said Steve Tsang, director of the China Institute at the London University School of Oriental and African Studies and a longtime analyst of Chinese leadership dynamics.
“Xi is not losing control, but those in the party who are secretly against Xi must be drawing lessons on Xi’s weaknesses,” Tsang said. Before Qin became an issue, Xi “showed decisiveness whether he’s right or not.”
“He has not shown that over the Qin affair, which is hugely embarrassing for him,” Tsang said.
Qin’s predecessor, Wang Yi, has been appointed as caretaker minister. Wang currently heads the party’s foreign affairs division overseen by Xi.
The party, not the government, dictates policy and the foreign minister is essentially a functionary. Yet, the position holds considerable prestige, and Qin’s shared background with Xi as descendants of the founders of the People’s Republic likely gave him a leg-up in the cut-throat world of the Chinese bureaucracy.
All mention of Qin had been deleted from the Foreign Ministry’s website by Wednesday. However, he is still listed as a state councilor, a Cabinet-level position with various responsibilities, an indication that his political future is not completely doomed.
Neither Xi or any of his top aides has commented on Qin’s fate and it’s unclear whether it will have any serious impact on Xi, who has eliminated his political rivals by imprisonment or retirement and struck down term limits, allowing him to stay in power potentially for life.
Asked Wednesday about Qin’s removal, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said only that she had no new information to release, and that the ministry website was being “updated according to relevant regulations.”
“Regarding China-U.S. relations, we have a consistent position. We always view and develop relations with the U.S. in the principle of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation. The two countries always maintain dialogue and contact at various levels. This remains unchanged,” Mao said. | 2023-07-27T10:46:04+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/ap-chinas-sharp-tongued-foreign-minister-is-ousted-but-his-combative-style-is-expected-to-continue/ |
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TOKYO (AP) — The rickshaw men in Tokyo are adding English-speaking staff, a sure sign Japan is bracing for a return of tourists from abroad.
Japan’s border controls to curb the spread of coronavirus infections began gradually loosening earlier this month.
That's great news for Yusuke Otomo, owner of Daikichi, a kimono rental shop in Asakusa, an old district of Tokyo famous for its temples, quaint restaurants and rickshaw rides. He can barely contain his excitement.
“Those were a hard three years. But we managed to endure until today. And after such an experience, to think people from abroad can finally come back is simply thrilling,” Otomo told The Associated Press.
“I’m thinking that maybe, just as before COVID, my shop, the city of Asakusa and everyone’s hearts can flourish again. I can’t wait.”
Before the pandemic, Asakusa was so brimming with foreigners they sometimes outnumbered the Japanese. After the coronavirus struck, the streets were deserted.
“Not a soul in sight,” he said sadly.
Some kimono rental stores folded. Restaurants were shuttered.
The crowds are finally back with a gradual relaxing of the city's COVID-19 restrictions, which called for restaurants to close early and people to social distance and limit attendance at events. But most of the visitors are Japanese.
Shuso Imada, general manager at JSS Information Center, a sake and shochu showroom in downtown Tokyo, said he has been feeling pretty lonely and is itching to tell foreign visitors about how to match the traditional Japanese rice wine with all kinds of non-Japanese food, even cheese and beef.
“In a way, we didn't have much to do and we just had to wait. The gates have now reopened,” he said.
But like others waiting for tourists, he acknowledged that the limited entry for tour groups now in effect may not allow time for a relaxing visit to his center.
Visitors have to abide by guidelines requiring travelers to have a special coordinator, stay on specific routes and abide by rules like wearing masks and regularly using disinfectant.
Before COVID, tourism was booming as a mainstay of Japan's economy, the world's third largest. Foreign visitors numbered a record 32 million in 2019 and the target for 2020 was 40 million. After COVID struck, the government gradually imposed very restrictive limits on foreign arrivals, for a time excluding many foreign residents.
As of June 10, it is allowing foreign tourists to visit, but in limited numbers and only on group tours, not as individual travelers.
Visas are required for nearly everyone, even those from countries that normally would have visa-free entry. And they're available only to travelers from 98 so-called “blue” countries, including the U.S., who are deemed to pose a minimal health risk and can enter without a quarantine if they show proof they tested negative for COVID within 72 hours of their departures.
People entering Japan from countries considered to be a greater risk must quarantine for three days at home or in government-designated facilities. There is a daily cap on arrivals of 20,000 people, including all travelers. And the number of airports open to foreign tourists also is gradually expanding.
Worries about COVID-19 remain. If infections shoot up again in another wave, pandemic precautions could be brought back.
Japan, a crowded island nation, is wary about outside risks and infectious diseases. After about two years of seeing very few tourists, Japanese have some adjusting to do, Otomo and others said.
So the authorities are taking it slow.
“I would love to have tourists from abroad come, as long as everyone, including myself, abides by the rules, like wearing masks and keeping sanitary standards,” said Minaho Iwase, who was visiting Tokyo from Aichi, central Japan, recently.
Many tourists might be deterred by the restrictions on independent travel. But some seem not to mind.
“When my friends asked me to join this trip to Japan, I immediately said, ‘Yes.’ I visited Japan before. I love their food, their tradition, and their highly organized culture. Japan is great,” said Sorrasek Thuantawee, an office worker who joined a group of eight Thais excitedly preparing to board a flight from Bangkok last week.
Japan is a favorite destination, despite its not "opening up 100%," said Nuttavut Mitsumoto, the guide for the group, Thai travel agency Compax World’s first to Japan since it relaxed its entry rules.
The Japanese yen has weakened this year against the U.S. dollar and other currencies, making visits something of a bargain.
A study last month by Money.co.uk, a free online service that compares financial products, found Osaka ranked fourth and Tokyo eighth for most affordable “luxury travel,” including Michelin star meals and five-star hotels.
Back in Asakusa, rickshaw man Shunpei Katayama has yet to drive around his first post-COVID foreign tourist, but English-speaking drivers are back on the job. And for now, Japanese visitors from outside Tokyo are keeping him busy.
“Japanese who can’t go to Guam and other spots abroad come visit Shibuya. And Asakusa,” he said.
On a recent day, Otomo was shooting photos of a Japanese mother and daughter dressed up in colorful kimono to attend a friend’s wedding in Tokyo.
The foreign clientele that used to frequent his shop were so enthusiastic about dressing up as samurai, ninja and geisha, complete with swords and hair ornaments. Some quickly became friends, regardless of their nationalities, Otomo recalled a bit sentimentally.
“When they’re happy, I’m happy. They get my adrenaline going,” he said.
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AP journalists Tassanee Vejpongsa in Bangkok and Haruka Nuga in Tokyo contributed to this report.
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Yuri Kageyama is on Twitter https://twitter.com/yurikageyama | 2022-06-28T01:58:01+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/As-COVID-fears-ebb-Japan-readies-for-tourists-17269793.php |
WASHINGTON — In a move that seems obvious in hindsight, TV host Maury Povich is launching a new line of at-home paternity tests.
Povich was the host of his own talk show until he retired last year, famously focusing much of its airtime on family drama, including questions of whether guests were the biological fathers of babies whose paternity was in question.
The former talk show host told TMZ last week his new paternity test company, called The Results are In, would send out testing kits that can be completed anywhere. TMZ reports they company promises a 99.99% accuracy rate in 2-3 business days
He stressed that the results would remain completely confidential, unlike those he revealed publicly on TV for more than three decades.
Even the company's name is a nod to his fame for paternity reveals: Povich's signature catchphrase before revealing if the man was the father was "the results are in."
In a video interview with TMZ, Povich said the kits would be read and interpreted by the DNA Diagnostics Center, the same company that ran tests for his show when it was airing.
“I’ve been around paternity testing for more than 20 years, so I know exactly what’s going on and how we can help those people who are looking for fathers, fathers who are looking for children, fathers who don’t think they’re the fathers and fathers who think they’re the fathers,” Povich said.
The kits are sold online and start at $199.
The DDC said in a blog post back in 2011 that they had run more than 3,000 paternity tests for the Maury Show. | 2023-06-27T18:28:39+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/maury-povich-at-home-paternity-tests/507-6511e9b1-6c27-4ab9-a4d1-00318ac1dba4 |
The weather in metro Denver on Tuesday will be the warmest this year as the sun shines down under clear blue skies without significant precipitation, drying out trees, shrubs, and soil, according to the National Weather Service.
Wind will blow across the state, gusting at speeds up to 21 miles per hour in Colorado Front Range cities, and faster high at high elevations in the mountains, weather service forecasters said.
The high temperature in Denver will be 97 degrees, decreasing to 64 degrees at night, forecasters said. On Wednesday, the high temperature is expected to be 93 degrees.
Around Colorado, temperatures on Tuesday widely were expected to exceed 95 degrees.
Toasty temperatures this afternoon! 🌡Clear skies and breezy gusts up 25 mph in the higher elevations are expected. #COwx pic.twitter.com/xIpQp9hUsG
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) July 11, 2023
The above-average heat, combined with likely wind, has raised fire risks in western Colorado forests. Weather service officials warned of “near critical red flag conditions” in the mountains, valleys, and southern Front Range foothills Tuesday afternoon. | 2023-07-11T14:13:41+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/07/11/denver-weather-heat-97-degrees-fire-danger/ |
Josh Jung Player Prop Bets: Rangers vs. Cardinals - June 6
Published: Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:23 AM CDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
The Texas Rangers, including Josh Jung and his .590 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, take on starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore and the St. Louis Cardinals at Globe Life Field, Tuesday at 8:05 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-4) against the Cardinals.
Josh Jung Game Info & Props vs. the Cardinals
- Game Day: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
- Game Time: 8:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Globe Life Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Cardinals Starter: Matthew Liberatore
- TV Channel: BSSW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -227)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Josh Jung At The Plate
- Jung leads Texas with 65 hits, batting .293 this season with 24 extra-base hits.
- Among qualified hitters in MLB play, he ranks 20th in batting average, 64th in on-base percentage, and 17th in slugging.
- In 75.0% of his games this season (42 of 56), Jung has picked up at least one hit, and in 19 of those games (33.9%) he recorded at least two.
- Looking at the 56 games he has played this year, he's hit a home run in 10 of them (17.9%), and in 5% of his trips to the plate.
- Jung has picked up an RBI in 33.9% of his games this year, with two or more RBI in 19.6% of his games. He has also plated three or more runs in six contests.
- He has scored a run in 28 games this year, with multiple runs 12 times.
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Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.7 K/9, which ranks 16th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have a 4.24 team ERA that ranks 16th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Cardinals give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (61 total, one per game).
- The Cardinals will look to Liberatore (1-1) in his third start of the season.
- In his last appearance on Friday, May 26, the lefty threw five innings against the Cleveland Guardians, giving up four earned runs while surrendering five hits.
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DETROIT, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- STELLAR Broadband, a leading fiber internet and technology service provider for dense housing and multi-family communities in the Great Lakes region, has engaged with Hunter Pasteur, The Forbes Company and Oxford Capital Group, to deliver 21st century residential technologies and gigabit fiber Internet to their new Detroit development, Perennial Corktown.
Perennial Corktown is a seven-story apartment complex of 188 units that include a combination of studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom units. Perennial Corktown Townhomes, just around the corner, are seven town houses at 10th and Church Street, and a three-story parking garage at 1501 Church St. adjacent to the 227-Room Godfrey Hotel opening mid2023. These developments are within the heart of Corktown, one of the most in–demand and growing locations in Detroit.
The first to bring gigabit fiber Internet to the apartment in Michigan and the first in the US to bring 10Gbps Internet to the apartment in student housing, STELLAR today serves 139 communities totaling over 10,000 residents with a wide range of technologies and services, from engineered and managed wireless to access controls and security.
"Today marks the launch of our partnership with Oxford Capital, The Forbes Company and Hunter Pasteur to deliver technologies bespoke to the residents who will call Perennial Corktown their home. The developers commitment to delivering a product of the highest quality will be met with the same level of quality to assure a stellar experience for the residents. We are thrilled to go one step further to expand our services and grow our portfolio in Detroit with this ownership group," said Richard Laing, president of STELLAR Broadband.
"It has become increasingly evident that technology in all its forms that was once a desired amenity is now an amenity of need. We are grateful to partner with Perennial and Hunter Pasteur to further elevate and differentiate their properties," Laing stated.
STELLAR Broadband, founded in 2001 as Spartan Net, is the largest residential fiber internet service provider in the state of Michigan servicing over 139 communities with multi-Gigabit fiber internet. Today, STELLAR Broadband provides a full portfolio of technologies and technology services for multi-family and student housing developments. STELLAR services consist of structured wiring consulting, door entry and access control, engineered Wi-Fi, security, voice, television services, and various Internet of Things solutions for communities. To learn more, visit www.stellarbb.com
Founded in 1999, Hunter Pasteur (HP) has grown to become one of Southeast Michigan's largest and most respected developers. Over the past two decades, HP has built and developed over 2,000 luxury single family homes and multifamily condominiums throughout Metro Detroit, including thriving communities in Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Clarkston, Commerce Township, Detroit, Lake Orion, Novi, Northville, South Lyon, West Bloomfield and many more. HP and The Forbes Company also have over 2,000 luxury multi-family units currently under development, valued at over $1 Billion in costs. A passionate advocate for the critical role housing plays in economic and community development, Hunter Pasteur has been honored as "Multifamily Construction Builder of the Year" by the Home Builders Association of Southeast Michigan. To learn more, visit https://www.hunterpasteur.com/
Based in Southfield, Michigan, The Forbes Company is a nationally recognized owner, developer and manager of iconic regional shopping centers, recognized throughout their respective markets for their retail innovation, fashion leadership, distinctive architecture and luxury appointments. In addition to Somerset Collection, these properties include: The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; The Mall at Millenia in Orlando; and Waterside Shops in Naples Florida. To learn more, visit https://www.theforbescompany.com/
Chicago based Oxford Capital Group, LLC is an award-winning international real estate investment, development, and management firm that focuses on large-scale acquisitions, developments, redevelopments, and operationally intensive real estate. Oxford, its affiliates, and principals have been involved in over $3 billion of real estate and private equity investments, with a primary focus on hospitality (16,000+ hotel rooms); hospitality anchored mixed use projects including multi-family (2,000+ units); senior housing (3,000+ units); urban retail; and parking. Oxford Hotels & Resorts, LLC is its wholly owned hotel management affiliate, which specializes in operating, managing, and branding distinctive, high design luxury lifestyle hotels, and food & beverage venues. Oxford Living, LLC is its senior housing investment and management platform. Oxford Residential, LLC is its multi-family development affiliate.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will mark the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sunday by delivering remarks and laying a wreath at the Pentagon, the White House said Tuesday.
The day will commemorate the 2001 terrorist attacks when hijackers took control of commercial planes in order to use them as missiles, crashing into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks by al-Qaida. The U.S. and its allies responded by launching the Afghanistan war.
Jill Biden, the first lady, will speak Sunday at the Flight 93 National Memorial Observance in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband will go to New York City for a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial. | 2022-09-06T19:52:05+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/politics/ap-biden-to-commemorate-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-at-pentagon/ |
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is making it easier for innocent spouses to get tax relief. Normally, both spouses who file joint tax returns are responsible for tax debts. In some cases, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), can even hold you liable for your former spouse’s taxes after divorce.
The IRS offers “innocent spouse relief” to help people avoid penalties if their spouses or former spouses omitted items or lied on their tax returns. Now, New Mexico’s Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD) is making it easier for people to access that relief.
“This new law adds fairness to our tax system by making it easier for taxpayers to access relief that they may be entitled to,” Stephanie Schardin Clarke, the TRD department secretary, said in a news release. “This relief can make an incredible difference in an innocent spouse’s financial stability and wellbeing.”
Innocent spouse relief can help people who believe they are wrongly being held accountable for a tax debt owed by a spouse or former spouse, TRD notes. But to get relief, you must prove that you shouldn’t be held liable and that you’re not claiming relief as part of a fraudulent scheme.
Passed as part of an omnibus tax bill in 2021, changes to New Mexico’s tax system now allow New Mexico’s Taxation and Revenue Department to automatically grant tax relief once approved by the IRS. The changes expedite the process, TRD says.
Updated forms are now available at the TRD website. You can also access forms via a self-service portal.
Some factors in granting innocent spouse status are:
- Did the spouse or former spouse know about the tax liability at the time it arose?
- Did the spouse or former spouse have a meaningful opportunity to contest the assessment of tax at the time the assessment was made?
- Has the spouse or former spouse cooperated with the Department in collection and compliance efforts?
- Can the state protect its interests without pursuing active collection efforts against the spouse or former spouse, including collection efforts against the other spouse or former spouse? | 2022-08-08T17:58:38+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexicans-may-not-always-be-liable-for-spouses-tax-issues/ |
ATLANTA — The woman flying out of Philadelphia's airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded .380-caliber handgun in a black holster.
The weapon was one of the 6,542 guns the Transportation Security Administration intercepted last year at airport checkpoints across the country. The number — roughly 18 per day — was an all-time high for guns intercepted at U.S. airports, and is sparking concern at a time when more Americans are armed.
"What we see in our checkpoints really reflects what we're seeing in society, and in society there are more people carrying firearms nowadays," TSA administrator David Pekoske said.
With the exception of pandemic-disrupted 2020, the number of weapons intercepted at airport checkpoints has climbed every year since 2010. Experts don't think this is an epidemic of would-be hijackers — nearly everyone caught claims to have forgotten they had a gun with them — but they emphasize the danger even one gun can pose in the wrong hands on a plane or at a checkpoint.
Guns have been intercepted literally from Burbank, California, to Bangor, Maine. But it tends to happen more at bigger airports in areas with laws more friendly to carrying a gun, Pekoske said. The top 10 list for gun interceptions in 2022 includes Dallas, Austin and Houston in Texas; three airports in Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Atlanta; Phoenix; and Denver.
Pekoske isn't sure the "I forgot" excuse is always true or whether it's a natural reaction to getting caught. Regardless, he said, it's a problem that must stop.
When TSA staffers see what they believe to be a weapon on the X-ray machine, they usually stop the belt so the bag stays inside the machine and the passenger can't get to it. Then they call in local police.
Repercussions vary depending on local and state laws. The person may be arrested and have the gun confiscated. But sometimes they're allowed to give the gun to a companion not flying with them and continue on their way. Unloaded guns can also be placed in checked bags assuming they follow proper procedures. The woman in Philadelphia saw her gun confiscated and was slated to be fined.
Those federal fines are the TSA's tool to punish those who bring a gun to a checkpoint. Last year TSA raised the maximum fine to $14,950 as a deterrent. Passengers also lose their PreCheck status — it allows them to bypass some types of screening — for five years. It used to be three years, but about a year ago the agency increased the time and changed the rules. Passengers may also miss their flight as well as lose their gun. If federal officials can prove the person intended to bring the gun past the checkpoint into what's called the airport's sterile area, it's a federal offense.
Retired TSA official Keith Jeffries said gun interceptions can also slow other passengers in line.
"It's disruptive no matter what," Jeffries said. "It's a dangerous, prohibited item and, let's face it, you should know where your gun is at, for crying out loud."
Experts and officials say the rise in gun interceptions simply reflects that more Americans are carrying guns.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, an industry trade group, tracks FBI data about background checks completed for a firearm sale. The numbers were a little over 7 million in 2000 and about 16.4 million last year. They went even higher during the coronavirus pandemic.
For the TSA officers searching for prohibited items, it can be jarring.
In Atlanta, Janecia Howard was monitoring the X-ray machine when she realized she was looking at a gun in a passenger's laptop bag. She immediately flagged it as a "high-threat" item and police were notified.
Howard said it felt like her heart dropped, and she was worried the passenger might try to get the gun. It turns out the passenger was a very apologetic businessman who said he simply forgot. Howard says she understands travel can be stressful but that people have to take care when they're getting ready for a flight.
"You have to be alert and pay attention," she said. "It's your property."
Atlanta's airport, one of the world's busiest with roughly 85,000 people going through checkpoints on a busy day, had the most guns intercepted in 2022 — 448 — but that number was actually lower than the year before. Robert Spinden, the TSA's top official in Atlanta, says the agency and the airport made a big effort in 2021 to try to address the large number of guns being intercepted at checkpoints.
An incident in November 2021 reinforced the need for their efforts. A TSA officer noticed a suspected gun in a passenger's bag. When the officer opened the suitcase the man reached for the gun, and it went off. People ran for the exits, and the airport was shut down for 2 1/2 hours, the airport's general manager Balram Bheodari said during a congressional hearing last year.
Officials put in new signage to catch the attention of gun owners. A hologram over a checkpoint shows the image of a revolving blue gun with a red circle over the gun with a line through it. Numerous 70-inch television screens flash rotating messages that guns are not allowed.
"There's signage all over the airport. There is announcements, holograms, TVs. There's quite a bit of information that is sort of flashing before your eyes to just try to remind you as a last ditch effort that if you do own a firearm, do you know where it's at?" Spinden said.
Miami's airport also worked to get gunowners' attention. The airport's director told Congress last year that after setting a gun interception record in 2021 they installed high-visibility signage and worked with airlines to warn passengers. He said the number of firearms intercepted declined sharply.
Pekoske said signage is only part of the solution. Travelers face a barrage of signs or announcements already and don't always pay attention. He also supports gradually raising penalties to grab people's attention.
But Aidan Johnston, from the gun advocacy group Gun Owners of America, said he'd like to see the fines lessened, saying they're not a deterrent. While he'd like to see more education for new gun owners, he also doesn't think of this as a "major heinous crime."
"These are not bad people that are in dire need of punishment," he said. "These are people who made a mistake."
Officials believe they're catching the vast majority, but with 730 million passengers screened last year even a miniscule percentage getting through is a concern.
Last month, musician Cliff Waddell was traveling from Nashville, Tennessee, to Raleigh, North Carolina, when he was stopped at the checkpoint. A TSA officer had seen a gun in his bag. Waddell was so shocked he initially said it couldn't be his because he'd just flown the day before with the same bag. It turned out the gun had been in his bag but missed at the screening. TSA acknowledged the miss, and Pekoske says they're investigating.
When trying to figure out how the gun he keeps locked in his glove compartment got in his bookbag, Waddell realized he'd taken it out when he took the vehicle in for repairs. Waddell said he recognizes it's his responsibility to know where his firearm is but worries about how TSA could have missed something so significant.
"That was a shock to me," he said.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-02-20T07:24:51+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2023-02-20/a-record-6-542-guns-18-a-day-were-intercepted-at-u-s-airport-security-in-2022 |
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Justin Rose had a different set of goals at the start of the year.
His back was starting to become bothersome. His world ranking sank to its lowest point in 13 years. And he had reason to wonder if he would spend the first full week in April somewhere other than Augusta National.
All that changed Monday morning when Rose capped off a long week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with three quick birdies and four steady pars that gave him a three-shot victory, his first in four years.
Along with the crystal trophy — his 11th on the PGA Tour, 23rd worldwide — and the $1.62 million prize comes an invitation to the Masters. Rose has been eligible for every major dating to St. Andrews in 2010, a streak he did not want to end.
“Augusta’s definitely been a big part of being on my mind,” Rose said after closing with a 6-under 66 in cool but pristine conditions at Pebble Beach. “I thought the simple way to approach it was try to play my way into the top 50 in the world … claw my way up the world rankings and make it that way.
“Obviously this,” he said, tapping the crystal on a table next to him, “is a better way to make it by winning a tournament. So yeah, big relief from that point of view.”
The wind-delayed tournament forced a Monday finish, and Rose had staked himself to a two-shot lead Sunday night with an eagle-birdie-par stretch along the ocean.
And then he delivered a knockout punch early to as many as a dozen players who were within three shots of the lead at various points on the course.
After a good two-putt par on the 10th to resume his round, Rose holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 11th, a 20-foot birdie putt on the 13th and then hit a wedge to the back shelf on the par-5 14th to 8 feet for a third birdie.
From there, it was about playing it safe and soaking up the views.
For all the weather this week — and it was everything, all the time — the final three hours featured a stunning blue sky and big surf, waves crashing into the rocks and adding to a scenery that already is among the best in golf.
Rose finished three shots clear of Brendon Todd (65) and Brandon Wu (66).
“An incredible week from start to finish with so much happening in my favor,” Rose said.
The 42-year-old from England had not won since Torrey Pines in 2019, when he was No. 1 in the world. He finished last year at No. 76, his lowest point since early in 2010.
“Amazing how long it’s been,” said Rose, whose victory moved him to No. 35.
The back nine, so difficult in the final hours Sunday evening, was hardly a threat Monday morning. The wind was light and coming from the opposite direction, if anything at the players’ backs instead of into them.
The weather played a big role all week, and no one benefited quite like Rose.
He was six shots out of the lead and going nowhere, facing the strongest wind of the week on the Shore course at Monterey Peninsula, when he hit 5-wood into the par-3 ninth to 3 feet. Before he could mark his ball, the wind blew it some 4 feet farther away.
That was enough for officials to halt play — the ninth and 15th greens at Monterey Peninsula were the problems — on all three courses in the rotation. Rose returned Sunday morning and made what then was a 7-foot birdie putt.
What would have been the odds of him winning if golf balls — his and others — were not blowing around at that point?
“It hurts them considerably. Yeah, that was a break,” Rose said. “I guess if you are out here long enough on tour, occasionally you catch a good break. So that was a good one.”
He played those final 10 holes in 6 under for a 65 to take the lead, and then a pivotal stretch Sunday evening gave him a cushion. Rose took it from there, a masterclass weekend of iron play and great putting.
Denny McCarthy was two shots behind when play resumed and had birdie chances on the 16th and 17th that he couldn’t covert. He wound up with a 64 and finished four shots behind, along with Keith Mitchell (68) and Peter Malnati (69).
This week of weather was more about wind than rain, although Pebble offered a little of everything. At one point on Sunday, there was rain, wind, hail and sunshine, all within a one-hour window.
That was all a distant memory when Rose finished with a smile as bright as the sun.
“Just that walk up 18, to be able to build a bit of a lead, to kind of enjoy it, was a very special moment,” he said. “Think when you’re a bit starved for a win as well, the fact that it came today on a weather day like we had and at a venue that we had today was just worth waiting for.”
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AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-02-07T14:18:54+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-justin-rose-wins-at-pebble-beach-to-end-4-year-drought/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight in an effort to assassinate President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian government denied any involvement.
The Kremlin decried the alleged attack attempt as a “terrorist act” and said Russian military and security forces “disabled” the drones before they could strike. It did not elaborate.
A statement on the Kremlin’s website said debris from the unmanned aerial vehicles fell on the grounds of the seat of Russia’s government but did not cause any damage. The statement, which did not explain what caused the drones to break up, said no casualties were reported.
A video published overnight on a local Moscow news Telegram channel, which appeared to have been shot across the river from the Kremlin, showed what looked like smoke rising over the Kremlin.
According to the text accompanying the video, residents of a nearby apartment building reported hearing bangs and seeing smoke at around 2:30 a.m. local time (7:30 p.m. Eastern.) It was impossible to independently verify the posted footage.
Ukraine’s presidential advisor, Mykhailo Podolyak, argued that it would not make sense to target the Kremlin during Russia’s war on his country.
“We do not attack the Kremlin because, first of all, it does not solve any military problems. Absolutely. And this is extremely disadvantageous from the point of view of preparing our offensive measures,” Podolyak said.
“And most importantly, it would allow Russia to justify massive strikes on Ukrainian cities, on the civilian population, on infrastructure facilities. Why do we need this?” he added.
The Kremlin didn’t present any evidence to back up its account, including the allegation of an assassination attempt as Russia prepares to observe its annual Victory Day on Tuesday.
“We consider these actions as a planned terrorist act and an attempt on the life of the president of Russia, carried out on the eve of the Victory Day, the parade on May 9, where foreign dignitaries are expected,” the Kremlin’s statement read.
Russia retains the right to respond “when and where it sees fit,” the statement said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti that Putin wasn’t in the Kremlin at the time and worked Wednesday from his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
The Kremlin added that Putin was safe and his schedule was unchanged. Peskov said the Victory Day parade would take place as scheduled.
Shortly before the news about the alleged attack broke, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin issued a ban on using drones in the Russian capital, with an exception for drones launched by authorities.
Sobyanin didn’t cite a reason for the ban, saying only that it would prevent “illegal use of drones that can hinder the work of law enforcement.”
A lawmaker who represents Crimea in Moscow, Mikhail Sheremet, told Russian state media that the Kremlin should order a missile strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s residence in Kyiv in retaliation for Wednesday’s alleged incident. | 2023-05-03T16:12:23+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/international/ap-international/russia-says-it-foiled-an-alleged-drone-attack-on-kremlin/ |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy auto and transport industry press releases from PR Newswire, including updates from Norfolk Southern and Heybike's new e-bike.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the auto and transportation industries stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- Norfolk Southern furthers East Palestine community engagement and recovery
Over the weekend, Norfolk Southern launched NSMakingitRight.com as a resource for members of the East Palestine community and public at-large. The website includes regular updates on environmental clean-up progress, services available at the Family Assistance Center (FAC), and answers to common questions and concerns. - Nikola to be First U.S. Truck Manufacturer to Add PlusDrive Next Generation Safety System to Class 8 Electric Trucks
PlusDrive elevates the role of the professional driver to a pilot who supervises the system to drive on the highway. Its capabilities go far beyond basic driver assistance capabilities such as lane keeping and automatic emergency brakes. - United Makes It Easier for Families to Sit Together
The new dynamic seat map feature will sit children under 12-years-old next to an adult in their party for free – regardless of the type of ticket purchased. - Republic Services Is Rolling Out Industry's First Fully Integrated Electric Recycling and Waste Trucks
It will begin operating two fully integrated electric recycling and waste truck prototypes this fall, and expects EVs to represent half of its new truck purchases in the next five years. - Subway Enhances Guest Experience with Plans to Add Electric Vehicle Charging Oasis Parks
Through the partnership, the brands envision a more seamless experience for EV drivers with the installation of Subway Oasis charging parks at select locations—charging canopies with multiple ports, picnic tables, Wi-Fi, restrooms, green space and even playgrounds. - Mercedes-Benz and Google Join Forces to Create Next-Generation Navigation Experience
Mercedes-Benz plans to build its own branded navigation using new in-car geospatial data and navigation capabilities from Google Maps Platform. - Heybike is proud to announce the launch of Tyson E-bike With a maximum speed of 28mph, hydraulic front fork suspension and disc brakes, Tyson is built to offer riders a smooth and safe experience.
- Can-Am Goes All Out with the Next Generation of Mid-cc Outlander ATVs
The new recreational Outlander 700 and 500 models, and utility Outlander PRO HD7 and HD5 models are all equipped with class-leading power, ground clearance, suspension travel, towing capacity, rack capacity and longest maintenance intervals. - LG Energy Solution, Ford, and Koç Holding to establish a JOINT VENTURE to produce battery cells as Ford prepares to bring more EVs to customers in Europe
Production is intended to start in 2026 with the three parties committing to at least 25 gigawatt hours (GWh) of annual production capacity, which could potentially expand up to 45 GWh. - Indian Motorcycle Unleashes New Sport Chief, Raises the Bar for American V-Twin Performance Cruisers
When designing Sport Chief, Indian Motorcycle set its sights on performance by utilizing the finest components from proven brands. The result is an Indian Chief that begs for more aggressive riding and provides the confidence and capability to take the riding experience to another level. - Intoxalock Launches CURB Program that Encourages Impaired Driving Offenders to Practice Safe, Positive Driving Behaviors
The program rewards customers for completing monthly requirements, including not attempting to drive while intoxicated and interacting with educational content about the risks of drunk driving and how to prevent it. Each month successful CURB participants will receive cash back.
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DENVER — The girlfriend of a dentist convicted of murdering his wife on an African safari was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison for being an accessory to the crime during a hearing where relatives of the slain woman told her she had destroyed their family.
Ana Rudolph, daughter of 57-year-old victim Bianca Rudolph, said that Lori Milliron, 65, had “plotted to eliminate” her mother.
“Lori, you have taken my parents,” Rudolph said directly to Milliron, but “despite everything you have done you will never take my soul. This might be difficult to understand … because you don’t have one.”
Milliron was convicted last year of perjury, being an accessory to a murder after the fact and obstructing a grand jury in a case that’s garnered national attention. She was charged alongside Lawrence “Larry” Rudolph, a U.S. dentist who was convicted last year of fatally shooting his wife while on a 2016 hunting trip in Zambia. His sentencing, originally set for this week, has been postponed.
John Dill, an attorney for Milliron, said the prison sentence was longer than what is typically dolled out for such charges, calling it “excessive” and vowing to appeal. Dill argued that the convictions were merely based on Milliron’s perjury charges and do not implicate her in the execution of the crime.
Standing in front of the judge on Friday, Milliron insisted she was innocent of the crimes but said she was “sympathetic” to the Rudolph family.
Judge William J. Martínez argued that the long sentence was deserved because evidence pointed to Milliron “encouraging” the crime. Martínez added that Milliron seemed “unrepentant” in part because he judged her emotionally unmoved when she was shown graphic images and listened to wrenching testimony during the trial.
After Bianca Rudolph’s death in 2016, Lawrence Rudolph claimed his wife accidentally shot herself while packing to leave Zambia for the United States. Later, Rudolph collected millions in accidental death insurance payments. After an FBI investigation, however, authorities charged Rudolph in 2021 with her murder.
Rudolph maintains that his late wife of 34 years accidentally killed herself, but prosecutors countered that evidence showed that that was impossible because the wound to her heart came from a shot fired from 2 to 3.5 feet (60 centimeters to 1 meter) away.
Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day. | 2023-06-28T00:13:30+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/06/27/dentist-killed-wife-safari-girlfriend-sentenced/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Toy company Mattel revealed its first Barbie doll representing a person with Down syndrome on Tuesday.
Mattel collaborated with the National Down Syndrome Society to create the Barbie and “ensure the doll accurately represents a person with Down syndrome,” the company said.
Design features of the new Barbie were made under guidance from NDSS, Mattel said. In addition to portraying some physical characteristics of a person with Down syndrome, the Barbie’s clothing and accessories carry special meaning.
The blue and yellow on the doll’s dress, accompanied by butterflies, represent symbols and colors associated with Down syndrome awareness. And the three chevrons on the Barbie’s necklace represent how people with Down syndrome have three copies of their 21st chromosome, Mattel said.
In addition, the Barbie wears ankle foot orthotics, which some children with Down syndrome use.
“This means so much for our community, who for the first time, can play with a Barbie doll that looks like them,” NDSS President and CEO Kandi Pickard said in a statement. “This Barbie serves as a reminder that we should never underestimate the power of representation.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Down syndrome is the “most common chromosomal condition” diagnosed in the U.S. today. About 6,000 babies are born across the country each year with Down syndrome, the CDC said.
Barbie’s new doll representing a person with Down syndrome is part of Mattel’s 2023 Fashionistas line, which is aimed at increasing diversity and inclusivity. Previous dolls that have been introduced to the Fashionistas line include a Ken doll with a prosthetic leg, a Barbie with hearing aids and dolls with a skin condition called vitiligo.
“We are proud to introduce a Barbie doll with Down syndrome to better reflect the world around us and further our commitment to celebrating inclusion through play,” Lisa McKnight, executive vice president and global head of Barbie and Dolls at Mattel, said in a statement. | 2023-04-27T06:38:31+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/mattel-introduces-first-barbie-with-down-syndrome/ |
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP)Bronny James, the son of NBA career scoring leader LeBron James, was one of 26 players announced Tuesday as members of the USA Basketball rosters for this year’s Nike Hoop Summit.
The U.S. teams will play April 8 against international players at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. The international teams will be selected in the coming weeks, from pools of players representing FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, FIBA Asia, FIBA Europe and FIBA Oceania.
It’ll be the first USA Basketball experience for Bronny James, a senior at California’s Sierra Canyon High. He has not yet announced his post-high-school plans.
All 12 of the other players for the U.S. men’s team have committed to schools, with Justin Edwards (Philadelphia) and DaJuan Wagner Jr. (Camden, New Jersey) choosing Kentucky and Jared McCain (Corona, California) and Sean Stewart (Windermere, Florida) going to Duke.
Eight other schools have one commit on the USA men’s team: Omaha Biliew (Omaha, Nebraska) is going to Iowa State; Blake Buchanan (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) is going to Virginia; Isaiah Collier (Marietta, Georgia) is going to Southern California; Eric Dailey Jr. (Tampa, Florida) is going to Oklahoma State; Ron Holland (Duncanville, Texas) is going to Texas; Jackson Shelstad (West Linn, Oregon) is going to Oregon; Ja’Kobe Walter (McKinney, Texas) is going to Baylor; and Cody Williams (Gilbert, Arizona) is going to Colorado.
WOMEN’S TEAM
A trio of schools each had two commits chosen for the USA women’s team, which will be participating in the Hoop Summit for the first time.
Arizona has Breya Cunningham (Chula Vista, California) and Jada Williams (Kansas City, Missouri). Connecticut has Kamorea ”KK” Arnold (Germantown, Wisconsin) and Ashlynn Shade (Noblesville, Indiana). LSU has Aalyah Del Rosario (Danbury, Connecticut) and Mikaylah Williams (Bossler City, Louisiana).
Also selected were Duke commit Jadyn Donovan (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); North Carolina State commit Zoe Brooks (Plainfield, New Jersey); Notre Dame commit Hannah Hidalgo (Merchantville, New Jersey); Oklahoma commit Sahara Williams (Waterloo, Iowa); USC commit Judea ”Juju” Watkins (Sylmar, California); Stanford commit Sunaja ”Nunu” Agara (Minneapolis); and Texas commit Madison Booker (Ridgeland, Mississippi).
HISTORY
The summit dates back to 1995 and has seen 253 past participants drafted into the NBA, with 90 top-10 selections and 14 No. 1 picks – including Cade Cunningham (2021), Zion Williamson (2019), Deandre Ayton (2018), Markelle Fultz (2017), Ben Simmons (2016), Karl-Anthony Towns (2015), Andrew Wiggins (2014), Anthony Bennett (2013), Anthony Davis (2012), Kyrie Irving (2011), John Wall (2010), Derrick Rose (2008), Andrea Bargnani (2006) and Elton Brand (1999).
Other alumni of the summit include Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Shane Battier, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Bradley Beal and Tyler Herro.
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AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | 2023-02-15T08:53:15+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/scoreboard/bronny-james-among-usa-basketball-picks-for-nike-hoop-summit/ |
Due to excessive rainfall, there is a flood advisory in place for SLO County.
Expect rainfall rates .25 -.5 inches per hour with local rates of 0.50 to 1.00 inch per hour across foothill and coastal slopes locations.
This will be in effect through midnight. | 2022-12-11T04:31:15+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/weather/flood-advisory-in-place-for-san-luis-obispo-county |
Re: Chantel Shore
FIRST AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF COMMERCIAL LOAN
PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON
CHAPTER 61.24, ET.SEQ.
Document Title: First Amended Notice of Trustee’s Sale
Grantor: Chantel Shore as Trustee of the Gig Harbor Living Trust
Current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust: Loyd A. Walker, an individual, and Eli Tollin, and individual
Current Trustee of the Deed of Trust: Davies Pearson, P.C.
Current Mortgage Servicer of the Deed of Trust: Loyd A. Walker, an individual, and Eli J. Tollin, and individual
Reference Number of the Deed of Trust: 202010160705
Tax Parcel No.: 587500-0092
I.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, Davies Pearson, P.C., will on the 11h day of August, 2023, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., outside of the 2nd floor entrance to the County-City Building, 930 Tacoma Avenue S., Tacoma, Washington 98402, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the county of Pierce, State of Washington to-wit:
Commencing at the Southwest corner of Lot 3, A.J. Millers Plat of Sylvan, according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 6 of Plats, Page 107, records of the Pierce County Auditor;
Thence East along the South line of said Lot 323.14 feet;
Thence North 15°04’ East 714.57 feet to the True Point of Beginning;
Thence South 74°56’ East 331.20 feet to the West line of North Shore County Road, also known as 6th Avenue Extension;
Thence South 03°31’ West along said West line of road 197.555 feet;
Thence West 386.98 feet to intersect a line bearing South 15°04’ West from the Point of Beginning;
Thence North 15°04’ East 284.12 feet to the Point of Beginning;
Situate in the County of Pierce, State of Washington.
which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust, dated October 15, 2020, recorded October 16, 2020, under Auditor’s File No. 202010160705, records of Pierce County, Washington, from Chantel Shore as Trustee of the Gig Harbor Living Trust as Grantor, to Fidelity National Title Company of Washington, Inc. as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Loyd A. Walker and Eli Tollin.
II.
No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.
III.
1. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: A. Failure to pay the delinquent principal balance due on or before the maturity date of October 1, 2022: $83,414.48
B. Failure to pay delinquent default interest through October 2, 2022 to May 8, 2023
at rate of 18% per annum: $8,967.34
C. Failure to reimburse Beneficiary for Beneficiary’s
attorney fees, trustee fees, and costs incurred in connection with the default and this foreclosure
through the date of this notice: $9,203.38
SUBTOTAL: $101,582.50
2. Failure to pay delinquent real property taxes:
2021 delinquent real property taxes: $1,115.88
2022 delinquent real property taxes: $2,302.75 IV.
The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal amount of $83,414.48, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured from the 15th day of October, 2020, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute.
V.
The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 11th day of August, 2023. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by the 31st day of July, 2023 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale.
The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 31st day of July, 2023 (11 days before the sale date) the default(s) as set forth in Paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 31st day of July, 2023 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing ail other defaults.
VI.
A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses:
Chantel Shore, as Trustee of the Gig Harbor Living Trust
4810 Point Fosdick Dr. #42
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
Chantel Shore, as Trustee of the Gig Harbor Living Trust
3410 Preble St.
Bremerton, WA 98312
by both first class and certified mail on December 7, 2022, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served on N/A with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above on December 11, 2022, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting.
VII.
The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.
VIII.
The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.
IX.
Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to restrain the sale may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.
X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS
If the property being foreclosed is a single-family residence, condominium, cooperative or building containing fewer than five units, state law requires that the following additional notice be given.
The purchaser at the trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale, the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under the unlawful detainer act, chapter 59.12. RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.
XI. NOTICE TO GUARANTORS
If the Deed of Trust being foreclosed secures a commercial loan and you are a guarantor of the loan, the following statements apply to you:
You may be liable for a deficiency judgment to the extent the sale price obtained at the trustee’s sale is less than the debt secured by the deed of trust;
You have the same rights to reinstate the debt, cure the default, or repay the debt as is given to the grantor to avoid the trustee’s sale;
You will have no right to redeem the property after the trustee’s sale;
Subject to such longer periods as are provided in the Washington deed of trust act, chapter 61.24 RCW, any action brought to enforce a guaranty must be commenced within one year after the trustee’s sale, or the last trustee’s sale under any deed of trust granted to secure the same debt; and
In any action for a deficiency, you will have the right to establish the fair value of the property as of the date of the trustee’s sale, less prior liens, and encumbrances, and to limit your liability for a deficiency to the difference between the debt and the greater of such fair value or the sale price paid at the trustee’s sale, plus interest and costs.
Dated this 8th day of May, 2023.
TRUSTEE:
DAVIES PEARSON, P.C.
By: Brian M. King, WSBA #29197
Christopher J. Marston, WSBA #30571
Address: 1498 Pacific Ave., Suite 520
Telephone: (253) 620-1500
IDX-979952
July 10, 31, 2023 | 2023-07-10T16:05:39+00:00 | tacomadailyindex.com | https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/blog/re-chantel-shore-notice-of-trustees-sale/2468064/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Walker, owner of Nuance Interior Design Showroom in Bellevue, Washington, thought she had her banking arrangements fairly well protected. She kept deposits at Wells Fargo and a brokerage account at Fidelity under the federal insurance cap of $250,000.
But after the recent banking turmoil, she moved about 5% of her total savings into Certificate of Deposits, or CDs, at Barclays. They offer 5% interest rates on deposits, much higher than traditional accounts, if a customers keeps money in the CDs for a year. She also invested more in Treasury bonds.
“Those are two very stable things, we didn’t put a ton of money in them, but it’s more than a rainy day fund, it would cover us for a year,” she said. “I do feel better about having diversification. The unfortunate thing is there is only so much you can do.”
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and the bailout of First Republic, was a jolt for small businesses of all stripes, spurring many to scrutinize their banking services and mull whether or not they should make changes to ensure their money is safe. The turmoil in the banking sector just added to the uncertainty already caused by stubborn inflation and higher interest rates.
Experts say it’s probably a good idea for small businesses to diversify funds and make sure they’re in close contact with their banker, but emphasized that in the short term their bank accounts are safe because regulators have shown they’re willing to step in when needed. And while big banks may seem like a safer option for their savings, regional and community banks have advantages too.
“It’s certainly a good time to reevaluate your relationship with and diversification of assets amongst banks,” said Ori Epstein, technology tax partner at Aprio in Atlanta. Even if small businesses don’t need to shift their money now, it’s worth setting up a schedule for evaluating their banking services on a regular basis, he said.
Nidah Barber-Raymond, owner of chemical peel company The Peel Connection in Beverly Hills, California, and New York, doesn’t plan on making any immediate changes to her banking at Bank of America, but said the bank collapses were a wake-up call.
“It’s really scary,” she said. “It just opened up my eyes to the possibilities of things going very wrong in this country.
After the collapse she initially considered putting her money in bonds because she thought that might be safer. But she consulted with her financial adviser who told her Bank of America was not at risk.
Still, she worries that pressure on smaller banks might make it harder to get loans in the future.
“It would be a shame not to be able to go to smaller banks should my business need capital in the future,” she said.
Sanjyot Dunung, founder of Atma Global, which offers digital services that help companies communicate across countries and cultures, said the collapse gave her more confidence in her regional bank, TD Bank, since it isn’t focused on startups or fintech. She keeps more than $250,000 in the account but is hoping the FDIC raises its insurance cap. Still, she might move some funds to another bank.
“The SVB (collapse) has made me think we should have an additional bank, perhaps one of the big banks, for broader diversification,” so that all of her money would be insured and because it’s safer to use more than one bank in case one goes under, she said.
About 55% of small businesses use a large bank as a financial services provider and 43% use a small bank, according to The Federal Reserve’s 2022 Small Business Credit Survey. Twenty-four percent use a financial company that isn’t a bank, and 13% use a credit union.
Randall Leach, CEO of Oakland, California-based Beneficial State Bank, said people should consider community banks and Community Development Financial Institutions, not just the big players, because those can align better with some small business’ goals.
For example, his bank specializes in B Corps., for-profit corporations that are required by their shareholders to also produce a public benefit. And CDFIs focus on impoverished communities and can better service some small businesses that bigger banks would classify as “high-risk.”
Community banks are “literally embedded in the community, they’re not out there doing financial engineering,” he said. “They’re literally trying to help keep local depositors’ money safe and invested in their own communities.”
Scott Orn, chief operating office at Kruze Consulting, works with venture capital-backed startups and said about 55% of his clients had accounts at Silicon Valley Bank. They also bank at regional banks like First Republic and fintechs such as Brex.
His frantic clients were relieved when the government stepped in and they were able to access their funds that had been at SVB and make payroll.
“We are encouraging people to diversify and have a portfolio of banks,” he said. He said he understands that is easier to have loans and a dashboard for financial services all at one bank, but “I think everyone is going to diversify, that’s what we’re seeing across our client base is everyone is diversifying.”
A review of finances and shoring up relationships with bankers is key now because the banking turmoil could help tip the U.S. economy in to a recession and a tighter credit market, said Curtis Dubay, chief economist, economic policy division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Dubay expects credit creation to slow as the market determines which banks are in good financial position and which may not be.
“So if we have an available line of credit that you tap to fund operations, that might be curtailed," he said. "If you need to get a loan to get by an important new piece of equipment, it might be harder to find, it might be delayed longer than usual.” | 2023-03-28T13:45:35+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/small-businesses-weigh-banking-options-amid-bank-17863973.php |
Diamond Christian was in a slump.
The Merrimack senior guard had returned from ankle and knee injuries in December, but up until mid-January, she was averaging just 2.9 points per game for the Warriors. So in addition to film study with assistant coach Emily Taylor, Christian started meeting with her older brother, Dontae, on Zoom several times a week.
The pair would sign on at midnight for their special sessions, where Dontae, a former Eastern Connecticut State basketball player, would break out Diamond’s game film and discuss her footwork and mental approach to every play.
“He told me something I was doing wrong was I wasn’t looking at the rim each possession,” Christian said. “I wasn’t getting enough form shots in, so a daily part of my day now is literally just [practicing] form shots, because that’s what I was probably missing.”
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With her coaching staff and her brother’s extra help, Christian has averaged 11.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.9 steals per game since Jan. 14. The 5-foot-5-inch guard symbolized the Warriors’ year to date with both her injury-plagued struggles and dramatic resurgence.
Merrimack started the season 1-12. Since dropping its first three Northeast Conference games, the Warriors have gone 6-2 and rattled off five wins in their last six contests, including three wins without leading scorer Marissa Hamilton, a 6-foot senior forward from Great Valley, N.Y.
“Recently, we’ve just figured out how to be resilient through the next obstacle, because nothing has been just consistent and in flow,” said Merrimack women’s basketball coach Kelly Morrone.
The Warriors have been repeatedly marred by injuries. Along with Christian, Kaylee Thomas, a 5-9 senior guard from North Chelmsford, and Alana Fursman, a 5-10 senior forward from Pittsford, N.Y., have missed multiple games with injuries, and Hamilton was sidelined for nearly a month with her own ankle injury. At one point during Christmas break, the team was practicing with just six players.
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It didn’t help that Merrimack faced a daunting nonconference schedule, including games against Notre Dame, a top 10 national opponent from the Atlantic Coast Conference, as well as Southern Cal and local powers including Boston University, Harvard, and Holy Cross.
“It becomes overwhelming because the competition never lets up,” Morrone said. “I think that whole thing lended itself to say, ‘This is why our practices need to be this difficult.’”
Christian sprained her ankle on the first day of practice Sept. 1, then picked up an additional knee injury on her road to recovery, and did not debut until Dec. 7. Known for being a quick-twitch player on both ends of the floor, Christian found it hard to regain confidence in her movement skills.
Her biggest learning experience came in Merrimack’s biggest loss, a 108-44 thumping against Notre Dame. Christian was playing poorly in her second game back and expected to get the hook early, but Morrone kept her on the floor.
“I appreciated that, because that’s how you get a feel for the game,” Christian said. “It brought more confidence to me. I started to feel more comfortable.”
In her return from injury, Christian has grown into her largest role with the team. She’s started her last 12 appearances, received over 11 more minutes of playing time per game, and been designated as the primary on-ball stopper on defense.
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“Defensively, I have to be able to guard one-on-one,” Christian said. “I have to rebound the ball. I have to be in those passing lanes and stuff like that.”
By the time conference play arrived, the Warriors had overhauled their practice intensity. Christian said she typically leave Merrimack practices exhausted;
“I don’t know that it would have been as dramatic of a shift if we didn’t have that really tough schedule,” Morrone said. “I don’t know that the internal mechanism would have switched on for everybody to say, ‘I didn’t come this far just to come this far.’ We want to make waves and be impactful in this conference.”
Merrimack, 7-14 overall, sits fifth (5-5) in the nine-team Northeast Conference. Christian still schedules her late-night film breakdowns with Dontae every other day. She and the Warriors are attacking games with a new hunger and spirit, and they don’t plan on letting up anytime soon.
“Anyone can see that it went from hard to fun real fast,” Christian said.
Winning ways
Boston University (16-6) is now 11-0 in Patriot League play and on an 11-game winning streak. The Terriers eclipsed 100 points for the first time since 1987 in a 100-57 rout against Loyola Maryland at Case Gym on Saturday . . . UMass (19-4, 9-1 A-10) rides an eight-game winning streak after taking down Richmond (73-69) and La Salle (66-42) this week . . . Harvard (14-7, 7-2 Ivy) has put together a five-game winning streak and most recently beat Yale (67-54) and Brown (74-61).
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Changes to Lancaster County’s contract with its mail-in ballot printer, NPC Inc., will reflect a new testing regime meant to avoid the kinds of printing mistakes that marred the May 17 primary.
The county’s three commissioners each voiced support for the measure and are set to vote for the changes at their meeting today.
The new protocols will allow county election officials to receive and approve on a daily basis test ballots for each voting precinct. Officials will be able to review and approve ballot files to confirm ballots and their “election ID” bar codes with Blair County-based NPC. A new timestamp will help verify the correct ballot version is in place as well.
The changes are a direct response to NPC’s printing error in May. Lancaster County election officials had noticed an error in a set of ballot files they sent to NPC prior to the May primary, then sent the printer a new batch of corrected files. But NPC failed to delete the old ballot files, and on the day of the primary, election officials discovered the error when they began processing mail-in ballots and machine scanners were rejecting the incorrect bar codes.
Each election has a unique identification number to confirm that the ballot is not from a previous contest, according to Christa Miller, the county’s chief clerk of elections. That number is part of the bar codes that appear on every mail-in ballot.
The error affected about two-thirds of the 21,000 mail-in ballots the county received in May. After the county discovered the error, NPC immediately took responsibility and promised to cover the county’s costs related to the mistake.
For several days after the primary, election workers had to painstakingly transpose votes from the affected ballots onto new ones with the correct bar codes. In a July board of elections meeting, Miller said the process cost the department an extra $18,300.
Lancaster County is not a stranger to complications related to the no-excuse vote-by-mail system. In the 2021 primary, more than half of all mail-in ballots sent to voters contained an error. The vendor at the time, Michigan Election Resources, printed multi-sheet ballots in the wrong order, making them unscannable by the county's vote-tallying machines.
In response, the board commissioners fired the vendor, eventually replacing Michigan Election Resources with NPC.
Prior to that error being discovered, approximately 2,700 voters were alerted that some had received incorrect voting instructions stating they did not need to pay postage. Additionally, approximately 100 voters in the Marietta and Mount Joy areas received incorrect return envelopes intended for another voter, leading voters to need to cancel their ballots and receive new ones.
The county’s two Republican commissioners have argued the errors are further evidence that state lawmakers should repeal Act 77, a set of voting law changes in 2019 that introduced no-excuse mail-in voting to Pennsylvania.
The two GOP commissioners, Josh Parsons and Ray D’Agostino, even took the unusual step of trying to push through a position change of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania regarding Act 77 in August. CCAP represents county governments in Harrisburg and lobbies for changes in state law on their behalf.
A bipartisan CCAP membership rejected the proposal for the organization to advocate for repealing Act 77 and eliminating no-excuse mail-in voting.
Parsons on Tuesday repeated his critical view of Act 77, saying the printer errors will continue given Pennsylvania’s large number of municipalities and voting districts.
“Because of the numbers of mail ballots, we can’t do it in-house now, so we have to use a vendor, and there’s limited numbers of vendors who do this anymore because it’s so challenging,” Parsons said. “Because in some elections you have in every precinct a different ballot, which other states don’t have,” Parsons said.
In the past, election officials in the commonwealth have lodged similar complaints. The 2019 election changes have forced county officials in Pennsylvania to basically administer two complex election systems simultaneously, some election experts argued after the 2020 presidential election.
That’s why some states that have developed robust mail-in ballot systems also transitioned away from traditional precinct polling places on Election Day.
Colorado, for instance, provides “voting centers” throughout the election season, where voters can register to vote, apply for a ballot, fill out and submit a ballot and drop off filled out ballots. On Election Day, counties must have one such center for roughly every 12,500 active voters, according to a 2020 state policy brief for Colorado legislators.
Lancaster County alone has 240 polling places. The latest Pennsylvania voter registration data shows 348,491 voters in Lancaster County – about 1,450 voters for each polling place. | 2022-09-06T21:16:40+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-county-adds-more-testing-for-mail-in-ballots-ahead-of-election/article_cab95aac-2e11-11ed-a58a-d345d254104c.html |
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SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources committee is considering a controversial bill draft requiring separate hunting licenses for white-tailed deer and mule deer.
The Wyoming Wildlife Task Force brought the recommendation to the committee last week. The task force is a group of 18 individuals convened by Gov. Mark Gordon to study top-priority wildlife policy issues related to the allocation of hunting opportunity and sportsperson access.
Currently, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department offers a single deer license and hunters can choose whether to hunt a white-tailed or mule deer.
Brian Nesvik, WGFD director and member of the Wyoming Wildlife Task Force, said the change simply makes logical sense.
“Essentially the discussion behind making this change was that there is no other two species combined into one license, at least for big game,” Nesvik said. “…Intuitively and very factually, the task force discussion revolved around (the question of) why wouldn’t these species be managed separately?”
Sen Larry Hicks, R-Baggs, also serves on the task force and said the change could provide a better estimate of the annual harvests of both species.
“One of the thought processes here is that by designating species, you could actually have a better estimate of the controlled harvest of the mule deer population,” Hicks said. “Right now, it’s just a general deer license, and you don’t know how many are mule deer and how many are white-tailed deer.”
Wyoming Game and Fish releases annual job completion reports providing estimates of harvest based on voluntary harvest surveys completed by hunters. In the Powder River region in Sheridan County — comprising hunt areas 17,18, 23 and 26 — 2,618 mule deer were harvested in 2020 while 6,730 white-tail deer were harvested in the same area.
The Wyoming Legislature discussed the issue twice previously, most recently in 2016, and the proposed legislation failed both times, Nesvik said.
Public comment during the committee meeting was overwhelmingly negative.
The four sportsmen who spoke at the meeting expressed concerns about how the change could negatively impact the odds of drawing a mule deer tag and would double the expense of hunting deer in Wyoming since two tags would now be required for the same opportunities currently available under one tag.
“If you want to improve the chances of resident draws, I would leave it like it is right now,” Laramie resident Buzz Hettick said. “If you make the split, there’s going to be a lot of people who put in for both a hard-to-draw mule deer tag and also a hard-to-draw white-tailed tag…When you can apply for both, you just kind of flood the pools for each (and reduce the draw odds).”
Commenters also expressed concern about how the change could put more hunting pressure on mule deer populations, which have been in decline statewide.
WGFD biologists have identified the Upper Powder River herd in Sheridan County as one of the high concerns, Nesvik said.
As of the 2020 job completion report, mule deer population in the Powder River region in Sheridan County was estimated at 34,050, which was slightly below the previous five-year average of 36,533.
“I’m just concerned this is going to decrease the overall numbers and quality of mule deer,” Kevin Brainard of Douglas said. “People are going to take a general mule deer tag and kill a small buck just because they can.”
The Wyoming Wildlife Task Force collected written public comment on the proposed changes, and, of the 176 comments received on the task force’s website, 87 — or less than half of the comments— were against the change, with many expressing concerns about negative impacts on draw odds, tag expenses and the local mule deer population.
“Residents like to hunt mule deer early and white-tailed deer in the late season,” Sheridan resident Aaron Holwell said. “If you are able to purchase both, I believe that's just another way for the G&F to put the screws to the hunter by making them pay twice.”
“The current system works fine,” Sweetwater County hunter Colin Dovichin said. “The draws would worsen if they are separated.”
Those submitting written comments for the change said it would allow better management of both species, while increasing Game and Fish revenue.
“This idea seems like a positive change from my perspective,” Powell resident Guy Eastman said. “This would afford the Game and Fish Department the ability to manage the mule deer and white-tailed deer more specifically and possibly increase revenue in the process.”
“The way diseases and drought and weather affect these animals is completely different,” Casper hunter Skeeter Redding said. “The only way to properly manage either population is by doing it separately.”
Despite the generally negative public feedback to the proposal, Sen. Bill Landen, R-Casper, recommended forwarding the proposal to the committee’s next meeting out of respect for the work done by the task force.
“Whether we want to split the muleys and the white-tailed, we can discuss that in August or September…” Landen said. “…I understand there’s some consternation about that bill, but I indicated I was going to try to take up the work of that Wildlife Task Force… When they make a recommendation, I’d like to just follow through and see where it goes.”
The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee next meets Aug. 30 in Thermopolis.
This story was published on May 20, 2022 | 2022-05-23T21:55:57+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/environment/wyoming-wildlife-task-force-recommends-splitting-white-tailed-mule-deer-licenses/article_6cb43d0a-dadd-11ec-8120-474ac861ccde.html |
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PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, killing three people, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another in a series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states.
The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area Thursday afternoon. But there was no immediate word on its size or wind speeds, meteorologist Luigi Meccariello said. “There are still reports of ongoing rescues,” he said.
Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher told reporters that three people were killed in the storm.
He said at least one person was killed in a mobile home park that took a “direct hit” from a tornado. Dutcher said at least 30 trailers were damaged or destroyed. At 6 p.m., firefighters were rescuing people from the rubble.
First responders from surrounding areas and from Oklahoma descended on the town, which is home to more than 8,000 people and about 115 miles (185 kilometers) northeast of Amarillo, just south of the Oklahoma line.
Storm chaser Brian Emfinger told Fox Weather that he watched the twister move through a mobile home park, mangling trailers and uprooting trees.
“I had seen the tornado do some pretty serious destruction to the industrial part of town,” he said. “Unfortunately, just west of there, there is just mobile home, after mobile home, after mobile home that is completely destroyed. There is significant damage.”
Nearly 50,000 customers were without electricity in Texas and Oklahoma, according to the poweroutage.us website.
Ochiltree General Hospital in Perryton on Facebook said "Walking/wounded please go to the clinic. All others to the hospital ER."
The hospital also said an American Red Cross shelter had been set up at the Ochiltree County Expo Center.
“We got slammed” by patients, said Kelly Judice, the hospital's interim CEO.
“We have seen somewhere between 50 and 100 patients,” Judice said, including about 10 in critical condition who were transferred to other hospitals.
Patients had minor to major trauma, ranging from “head injuries to collapsed lungs, lacerations, broken bones,” she said.
Chris Samples of local radio station KXDJ-FM said the station was running on auxiliary power. “The whole city is out of power,” he said.
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The storm system also brought hail and possible tornados to northwestern Ohio.
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EAST AMHERST, N.Y. (WKBW) — In the middle of a recent blizzard, many people across Western New York went out of their way to help others, and keep them safe.
North Tonawanda 5th grade teacher Colleen McNamara owns a business on Transit Road in East Amherst. She went to the building to make sure it was OK during the storm and ended up staying there. Before long, she got a call from her cousin, who was stuck on Transit Road.
"He was stuck just down on the corner, so he walked here. And when he got here, we saw somebody on the road in front of us stuck," she said.
The stuck woman was a postal worker who had finished her shift and was on her way home. The trio spent the night at McNamara's business Stutelage, which is a learning center for kids.
The next morning on Christmas Eve, they hoped things would improve, but when they looked outside, another person was stuck on Transit Road. They tried to dig him out, but it was impossible. Eventually, he came inside too.
"So we were all hanging out watching the Bills game," said McNamara. "I found that I could make some snacks, and low and behold, we look outside and see more people stuck."
The next car had three people, one of whom had been picked up walking down the street. Adding them created a group of seven on Christmas Eve.
McNamara had all of the ingredients for the mac and cheese she had planned to make for her family's gathering, so she made it for the group instead. Then, she pulled out all of the things she had to create beds for all of them.
"I have so much stuff!" said McNamara. "And I had some things for my classroom that I was storing here. I have these pieces of insulation covered in fabric that I use for cubbies in my classroom that I didn’t put in yet – so people were sleeping on those."
By Christmas Day, the group could dig out and go their separate ways, but not before having a Christmas they’ll never forget.
"Everybody was so nice, and it was cool to create these friendships. Everybody here would just take the shirt off their back to help other people. That’s why I love Buffalo," said McNamara.
This article was written by Katie Morse for WKBW. | 2022-12-27T18:10:13+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/news/national/snow-angel-takes-in-stranded-travelers-during-buffalo-blizzard |
Summer depression is a mental health disorder you can manage by preparing ahead and practicing self-care.
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Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a mental condition many people associate with the winter months, but it also happens during the summer. SAD is a type of depression occurring as the seasons change. Longer days, planning vacations and the heat may cause summertime seasonal affective disorder. Symptoms include sleeping difficulties, weight loss, anxiety and loss of appetite. It affects how you navigate your daily life in the summer. You can effectively manage SAD in the summer months with the right tools and resources.
Plan ahead
As summer nears, think about the difficulties you face in the summer. Then, consider which factors to address to prevent summertime SAD. For example, if you have children, sign them up for summer classes or programs to get alone time and relieve stress.
Find professional help
You can seek help from a mental health professional for summertime SAD. Speak with a therapist, psychiatrist or psychologist to discuss your symptoms. They may prescribe medication to help you manage symptoms.
Get enough sleep
Vacations, outdoor activities and time changes can affect your sleep schedule. If you don’t get enough sleep, it can trigger depression. Setting a sleeping schedule can reduce or alleviate summertime SAD symptoms.
Prioritize self-care
Practicing self-care is essential to relieving symptoms. Spend time each day engaging in activities that boost your mental well-being. For example, journaling, reading, walking or taking a warm bath are ways to practice self-care.
Stay physically active
Depression can make exercise challenging, but it’s crucial for physical and mental well-being. Try to work out early in the morning or evening when the weather is cooler. You can also buy gym equipment or join a gym.
Take Vitamin D supplements
Although there’s more sunshine during the summer, you may not get enough vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency can trigger summertime SAD. You can take supplements to boost vitamin D levels and relieve depressive symptoms.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Gerrit Cole had starting the All-Star Game on his baseball bucket list.
“I’ve always been like, man, I really hope I could do that one day,” the New York Yankees ace said Monday.
He’s getting his chance. Cole will start Tuesday night for the American League and Arizona’s Zac Gallen will open on the mound for NL, the first time Yankees and Diamondbacks are both All-Star starters since Roger Clemens faced Randy Johnson in the 2001 game at Seattle.
“I feel like I’ve worked hard. This is something that I dreamed of as a kid,” Gallen said. “So for it to come to fruition is everything and more, really.”
AL manager Dusty Baker of Houston and NL manager Rob Thomson of Philadelphia announced their starting lineups on Monday before the annual Home Run Derby.
Baker said Sunday that Cole wouldn’t pitch in the All-Star Game because he would be going on two days’ rest after throwing 103 pitches in a 9-2 win over the Chicago Cubs in New York on Saturday.
“He wanted it,” Baker said Monday. “A lot of guys, sometimes they might not want to pitch in this particular game, but he wanted to pitch. Hey man, if a guy like Gerrit Cole wants to pitch, I’ll let him pitch.”
“It’s just always something that I’ve wanted to do, and I feel like I’m physically able to do it,” Cole added.
Cole will start for the first time in his sixth All-Star nod. He is 9-2 with a 2.85 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 117 innings. The 32-year-old right-hander joins Lefty Gomez (five times), Red Ruffing (twice), Hank Borowy, Spud Chandler, Roger Clemens, Whitey Ford, Jimmy Key, Vic Raschi, Met Stottlemyre, Bob Turley and David Wells as Yankees All-Star starters.
Gallen, a 27-year-old right-hander, is 11-3 with a 3.04 ERA, tied for the major league lead in wins. The first-time All-Star has 125 strikeouts in 118 1/3 innings and becomes the third Diamondbacks pitcher to start an All-Star Game after Johnson in 2000 and ’01 and Curt Schilling in 2002.
Gallen said he learned of the starting assignment last Wednesday from Arizona manager Torey Lovullo.
“It’s been a whirlwind, really,” he said. “I think I found out Wednesday or Thursday morning, Torey had FaceTimed me. So I kind of had to tell white lies for the last few days to my family.”
Gallen last pitched Friday, throwing 96 pitches in a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh.
“Zac’s numbers just came out of off the page for us,” Thomson said.
Baker’s AL batting order has Texas second baseman Marcus Semien leading off, followed by Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, Tampa Bay left fielder Randy Arozarena, Texas shortstop Corey Seager, Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz, Rangers right fielder Adolis García, Baltimore center fielder Austin Hays, Texas third baseman Josh Jung and Rangers catcher Jonah Heim.
Atlanta right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. leads off for the NL, followed by Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, Dodgers center fielder Mookie Betts, Dodgers designated hitter J.D. Martinez, St. Louis third baseman Nolan Arenado, Miami second baseman Luis Arraez, Braves catcher Sean Murphy, Arizona rookie left fielder Corbin Carroll and Atlanta shortstop Orlando Arcia.
Two players elected to start by fans will miss the game because of injuries. Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge tore a ligament in his right big toe on June 3 and Angels center fielder Mike Trout broke his left wrist on July 3.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-07-11T04:52:29+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/ap-yankees-gerrit-cole-and-diamondbacks-zac-gallen-to-start-mlb-all-star-game/ |
The Q4 E-Tron represents a new entry point into Audi’s growing electric vehicle family. The compact crossover is smaller and less expensive than the Audi E-Tron mid-size electric SUV that jump started the electric era for the brand back in 2019, back when Tesla was the only luxury electric car maker of significance. Now everybody’s doing it.
Audi recently rolled out the second iteration of the E-Tron with the 2024 Q8 E-Tron as Mercedes ramps up production of the EQE SUV and BMW the iX, which are both priced more than the Q8 E-Tron. The Q4 E-Tron straddles a different set of prices and segments: Starting at just over $50,000, the Q4 is at least $20,000 less expensive and better able to compete with more accessible electric crossovers ranging from the Tesla Model Y to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Genesis GV60, among nearly a dozen others.
That includes the Volkswagen ID.4, with which the Q4 shares the brand’s global electric platform and an 82-kwh battery pack. The entry-level electric Audi features a better interface than the ID.4, but it comes up short of the luxury hallmarks intended to make it feel a class above.
Q4 50 E-Tron Quattro
I tested the $54,495 Q4 50 that upgrades from standard rear-wheel drive to a dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup. The $7,600 Prestige top-grade package best distinguishes it from the feel of the ID.4 with adaptive cruise, a virtual cockpit with 3-D mapping from Google that is the best native navigation system on the market, a heated steering wheel, Sonos audio, and dual-pane acoustic glass that hushes cabin noise from the 20-inch wheels (19-inch wheels are standard). The upgraded wheels come courtesy of the $2,200 S line plus package; a few other options bumped the total price to $64,765. That’s about $10,000 more than a similarly equipped ID.4 AWD Pro S.
The specs and driving dynamics are more similar than different. The pack sits under the cabin floor and feeds a rear 148-kw motor (201 hp) and 69-kw front motor (94 hp). The system makes 339 lb-ft of torque, and Audi quotes a 0-60 mph time of 5.8 seconds in Dynamic mode with Boost engaged. It’s plenty quick, with good acceleration that lacks the kind of jolt that throws you back in your seat. That’s a good thing. It’s even, predictable, and smooth. The rear can get squirrely, too, as if hinting at an RS performance variant to come.
But its character is inconsistent. Audi tunes the suspension to the firm side, even in Efficiency or Comfort modes, and it could use more damping from its front struts and four-link independent rear suspension to soak up the road while cruising. Despite the firmness and overall planted feeling, it’s still prone to lean like other crossovers, which is understandable given its 4,900-pound curb weight. From the steering to the handling, it’s a duller, more distant driving experience than in other Audis. The cabin remains quiet, though.
Pump the brakes, bang the drum
The inconsistent, neither-here-nor-there impression carries over to the regenerative braking system. There’s no one-pedal drive, but there are about four settings to please most drivers’ tastes. Paddle shifters adjust three regenerative brake settings, then there’s a “B” setting on the console gear switch that acts as a step above the most significant regen setting.
The tester defaulted to no regen braking every time I touched the accelerator. It was more than frustrating until I found the setting in the touchscreen to shut it off.
A more compelling feature was Efficiency Assist, which mimics adaptive cruise control but for braking. It automatically adjusts the regen based on the lead car to optimize efficiency, even without adaptive cruise control set. It sounded better than it performed, at least in my limited testing. On curves it misread the lead car a couple times so there was no regen, but on straight stops it worked as designed and nearly to a stop. Pressing the brake into a stop and another hard press put the Q4 in auto hold so I could take my foot off the brake without the car creeping, which was a nice touch.
The Q4 does most of its braking through the motor/generators instead of the actual brake pads, which are activated when the driver presses the physical brake. It also explains why Audi went back in time to put drum brakes at the rear: they won’t be used much, so might as well cut some cost. A firm, initial grab gives way to softness in the middle of the pedal before it corrects and grabs. But it felt inconsistent.
Interior advantage
One of the competitive advantages of the VW ID.4 is the roomy interior, and that mostly applies to the Q4, but with a much better—and much more familiar—touchscreen interface. With more than 37 inches of rear legroom, there’s enough room to stack 6-footers front and back in comfort.
The panoramic sunroof eats into some headroom, unlike the full fixed glass roof in higher-end models of the ID.4. The rear middle seat is best used for an armrest or to fold down the middle of the 40/20/40-split rear seats. One comfort curiosity comes from the way the dash angles the 10.1-inch touchscreen and climate panel toward the driver. The dash then juts out like a shelf over the passenger side, crimping legroom.
Good thing the touchscreen, 10.3-inch instrument cluster, head-up display, and voice commands more than make up for it, and combine to be one of the easiest and most functional infotainment systems to use. It’s shocking that the ID.4’s nuisance of an interface comes from the same family.
Average efficiency
The 2023 Q4 E-Tron has an EPA-rated range of 236 miles, with all-wheel drive. The coupe-like Sportback variant does aero better with a 242-mile range. In either case, its 2.8 miles per kwh falls a little short of our benchmark of 3.0 miles per kwh for good efficiency in an electric. With its 400-volt architecture, it can charge on a 240-volt plug in about 9 hours at a rate of 9.6 kw; CCS DC fast-charging at 150 kw replenishes it from 5-80% in 36 minutes. It’s average in charging rates and times.
It’s subjective to say if the Q4’s advantages and cachet are worth $10,000 more than the ID.4, but it seemed more than enough to me. The tougher question, however, is if it’s worth that much more than the Hyundai Ioniq 5, winner of our Best Electric Car To Buy 2023 award, or the Genesis GV60 or Jaguar I-Pace. Or, all the imminent electric compact crossovers from other luxe brands.
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(Motor Authority) — Another one bites the dust. Another sedan that is–specifically Nissan’s Maxima which will cease production in mid-2023.
News of Maxima’s demise was first announced to employees, suppliers and dealers recently, Nissan spokesman Dan Passe told Motor Authority.
The Maxima is built at Nissan’s plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. The automaker moved just 16,386 examples in the U.S. in 2021, versus 103,777 examples of the Altima over the same period. The two sedans are similar in size, with the Maxima positioned as the sportier option. The Altima was just updated for the 2023 model year.
The current Maxima is the eighth generation of a nameplate that dates back to 1980, and with a history like that we wouldn’t be surprised if the nameplate returns, perhaps on a future hybrid or electric vehicle, something hinted at by Passe in the comment, “Please stay tuned for future Nissan Maxima news as we empower journeys through exciting vehicles and tech innovation.”
Nissan in 2021 announced plans to launch 23 electrified models across its Nissan and Infiniti brands by 2030, of which 15 will be electric vehicles. The automaker aims to have EVs account for 40% of sales by the end of the decade, including some packing solid-state batteries.
Nissan hasn’t provided much detail on its future EV plans, though the automaker has confirmed plans to build a pair of EVs at its plant in Canton, Mississippi, starting in 2025. One will be for Nissan and the other for Infiniti. | 2022-08-30T01:55:58+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/automotive/nissan-maxima-dies-after-2023/ |
(NEXSTAR) — Burger King Austria’s new Pride Month campaign is either top-notch or bottom-of-the-barrel, depending on who you ask.
Earlier this month, the company’s Austrian franchisees debuted a limited-time Pride Whopper which is essentially the same as a regular Whopper, but sandwiched between two top buns or two bottom buns, rather than a top and a bottom bun, like a traditional Whopper.
The idea of using “equal buns” on each Pride Whopper, according to Burger King Austria, is representative of “equal love and equal rights,” the company explained on Instagram.
“Of course, this doesn’t just mean same-sex love,” BK Austria added on its official Pride Whopper webpage. “The PRIDE WHOPPER® breaded the same way symbolizes all possible love constellations. Because love is love.”
The campaign immediately raised eyebrows across the Internet, where some assumed Burger King was attempting to make “a joke about two tops or two bottoms,” as Mey Rude of Out magazine put it. Plenty of users on social media also appeared confused as to Burger King’s intentions, a few of whom suggested that BK Austria was merely “Pride-washing” or “rainbow-washing” — i.e., using Pride Month as an opportunity for marketing, rather than actually supporting a cause.
“Capitalism, but make it woke,” one user commented on Instagram.
Burger King Austria responded to users who asked whether the company was donating any of its profits to LGBTQIA+ organizations, but rather reiterated that BK Austria was “official partners with Vienna Pride.” On the official website, BK Austria added that its newest campaign aligns with its “corporate values, which stand for equal opportunities and individuality of our hundreds of employees throughout Austria all year round.”
Others on social media simply found it funny.
“Y’all are complaining but this is lowkey funny,” one user wrote.
Burger King Austria and Restaurant Brands International, Burger King’s parent company, did not respond to requests for further comment, although the former wrote that its Pride Whopper was created, in part, to “put a smile” on customers’ faces.
The Pride Whopper is available at Burger King Austria locations through June 20. Customers cannot choose which version — two tops or two bottoms — they will receive, according to the company. | 2022-06-07T17:03:15+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/national/burger-king-austrias-new-pride-whopper-is-causing-controversy/ |
LEAD PLAINTIFF DEADLINE IS JULY 11, 2022
NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a federal securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. (NYSE: FHS) American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") on behalf of all investors who bought shares in or traceable to First High-School Education's March 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO").
All investors who purchased the shares of First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. and incurred losses are advised to contact the firm immediately at classmember@whafh.com or (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774. You may obtain additional information concerning the action or join the case on our website, www.whafh.com.
If you have incurred losses in First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd., you may, no later than July 11, 2022, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class. Please contact Wolf Haldenstein to learn more about your rights as an investor in First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd.
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The filed complaint alleges that the IPO's Registration Statement made inaccurate statements as defendants failed to disclose the following adverse facts that existed at the time of the IPO:
- that the new rules, regulations and policies to be implemented by the Chinese government following the Two Sessions parliamentary meetings were far more severe than represented to investors and posed a material adverse threat to First High-School Education and its business;
- that contemplated Chinese regulations and rules regarding private education were leading to a slowdown of government approval to open new educational facilities which would have a negative effect on First High-School Education's enrollment and growth; and
- that, as a result, the Registration Statement's representations regarding First High-School Education's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of First High-School Education at the time of the IPO, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a factual basis.
On May 12, 2021, news reports revealed that the impending government crackdown on for-profit educational companies in China would be much more drastic and far reaching than previously known.
Subsequently, on May 14, 2021, the Chinese authorities announced rules that would further tighten regulations on compulsory education and training institutions. According to an article on fitchratings.com titled "Legal Changes in Private Education in China: Rising Risks for K-12 Education Companies; Higher-Education Providers Benefit," the new rules "aim to prohibit profit-making in compulsory education," and "expose K-12 school operators to heightened regulatory risks and their revenue growth may low . . . until they obtain more clarity on how the changes will be implemented."
On July 23, 2021, China unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its education sector, banning companies that teach the school curriculum from making profits, raising capital, or going public. These drastic measures effectively ended any potential growth in the for-profit tutoring sector in China.
Two months later, on September 28, 2021, First High-School Education revealed that its first half of 2021 revenue was RMB231.9 million, a year-over-year increase of only 24.8%, a steep drop from the 30.5% year-over-year revenue increase for the first nine months of 2020, and the 32.5% year-over-year revenue increase for the full year 2020.
The following month, on October 13, 2021, First High-School Education issued a release announcing that its CFO, defendant Lidong Zhu, had resigned as CFO. And on December 16, 2021, First High-School Education announced that it had dismissed its auditor KPMG Huazhen LLP.
On April 5, 2022, First High-School Education announced that it had received a letter from the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") stating that it was in non-compliance with the NYSE's listing requirements because its total market capitalization and stockholders' equity had fallen below compliance standards. The following week, on April 13, 2022, First High-School Education announced that its total revenues for 2021 were just RMB400.2 million, representing a substantial deceleration in the second half of the year.
Then, on May 3, 2022, First High-School Education filed a notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it would not be able to timely file its annual report on Form NT 20-F.
By May 10, 2022, First High-School Education ADSs closed below $1 per ADS – more than 90% below the $10 per ADS price at which the ADSs were sold to the investing public a little more than one year previously.
Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday after listening to relatives of his victims express the pain and rage caused by his racist attack.
The sentencing hearing for Payton Gendron was disrupted briefly when he was charged by a man in the audience, who was quickly restrained. It resumed after about 10 minutes, with more emotional testimony from people who talked about losing loved ones in the attack.
Peyton Gendron, whose hatred was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, cried during some of the testimony and apologized to victims in a brief statement. The judge imposed separate sentences of life without parole, one for each victim, to run concurrently. She also denied giving Gendron youthful offender status, which might have given him a chance to reenter society.
"There was nothing hasty or thoughtless about your conduct. There are no mitigating factors to be considered," Judge Susan Eagan said.
Gendron pleaded guilty in November to crimes including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate, a charge that carried an automatic life sentence.
Gendron, 19, wore bullet-resistant armor and a helmet equipped with a livestreaming camera as he carried out the May 14 attack with a semiautomatic rifle he purchased legally but then modified so he could load it with illegal high-capacity ammunition magazines.
Gendron also faces separate federal charges that could carry a death sentence if the U.S. Justice Department chooses to seek it. His defense attorney said in December that Gendron is prepared to plead guilty in federal court as well to avoid execution.
The sentencing in the attack, which was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, resumed shortly after the disruption, which happened as Barbara Massey Mapps excoriated him for killing her 72-year-old sister, Katherine Massey. As Mapps shouted and pointed at Gendron, a person in the audience took a few steps toward him before getting held back.
“You don’t know what we’re going through,” a man shouted as he was led away by court officers. For several minutes thereafter, family members hugged and calmed each other.
Eagan then ordered Gendron back in and let the proceeding resume after admonishing everyone to “conduct ourselves appropriately.”
“I understand that emotion, and I understand the anger, but we cannot have that in the courtroom,” she said.
The sentencing was a chance for loved ones of the dead, as well as people wounded in the attack last spring, to pour out their loss, anguish and ire.
Some, like Massey Mapps, angrily condemned him; others quoted from the Bible or said they were praying for him. Several condemned him for his deliberate attack on a Black community far from his nearly all-white hometown.
“You’ve been brainwashed,” Wayne Jones Sr., the only child of victim Celestine Chaney, said as sobs rose from the audience. “You don’t even know Black people that much to hate them. You learned this on the internet, and it was a big mistake.”
“I hope you find it in your heart to apologize to these people, man. You did wrong for no reason,” Jones said.
Kimberly Salter, the widow of security guard Aaron Salter, explained that she and her family were wearing "red for the blood that he shed for his family and for his community, and black because we are still grieving.”
Christopher Braden, a Tops Friendly Market employee who was shot in the leg, said he was haunted by seeing the victims where they lay as he was carried out of the store.
“The visions haunt me in my sleep and every day,” he said.
At one point, Gendron began crying himself.
Gendron, now 19, wore bullet-resistant armor and a helmet equipped with a livestreaming camera as he carried out the May 14 attack. He killed his victims with a semiautomatic rifle, purchased legally but then modified so he could load it with high-capacity ammunition magazines that are illegal in New York.
There were only three survivors after he shot 13 people, specifically seeking out Black shoppers and workers.
His victims at the Tops market included a church deacon, the grocery store's guard, a neighborhood activist, a man shopping for a birthday cake, a grandmother of nine and the mother of a former Buffalo fire commissioner. The victims ranged in age from 32 to 86.
In documents posted online, Gendron said he hoped the attack would help preserve white power in the U.S. He wrote that he picked the Tops grocery store, about a three-hour drive from his home in Conklin, New York, because it was in a predominantly Black neighborhood.
The mass shooting in Buffalo, and another less than two weeks later that killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school, amplified calls for stronger gun controls, including from victims’ relatives who traveled to Washington, D.C. to testify before lawmakers.
New York legislators quickly passed a law banning semiautomatic rifle sales to most people under the age of 21. The state also banned sales of some types of body armor.
President Joe Biden signed a compromise gun violence bill in June intended to toughen background checks, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws making it easier for authorities to take weapons from people adjudged to be dangerous. | 2023-02-15T20:00:54+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/news/national/buffalo-mass-shooting-gunman-gets-life-sentence |
COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yummi Karma, the first state-licensed cannabis manufacturer in Orange County, has officially partnered with premier wholesale platform, Nabis, to expand distribution of its bestselling tinctures.
This collaboration marks a new era for Yummi Karma as a private entity following its departure from The Parent Company. The brand is poised for continued growth as it joins Nabis's network of 200+ brands supplying top-tier products to nearly 100% of California's licensed dispensaries.
"While we were quiet in 2022, our team has been hustling to be positioned for a relentless 2023. We are thrilled to share our momentum and synergize with retail partners on this road to success," said Yummi Karma co-owner and CEO Krystal Kitahara.
"We're excited to add a female-founded legacy brand to our portfolio," said Jen Seo, Director of Marketing and Partnerships at Nabis. "Yummi Karma was started by sisters, and we value their unique beginnings and evolution. We look forward to supporting their innovative approach as they scale state-wide with Nabis."
Despite a decline in cannabis sales across the nation, Ummi Karma remains on an upward trajectory. In addition to maximizing distribution, the company is rebranding with a design agency, Studio Linear. It has also reached significant milestones, including being named among the top 3 tincture brands in California and obtaining a coveted distribution license.
"We're steadfastly dedicated to helping more people access cannabis and are proud to build a meaningful legacy independently," said co-owner and CFO Chelsea Kitahara.
ABOUT YUMMI KARMA
Established in 2014 by sisters Krystal and Chelsea Kitahara, Yummi Karma is the first state-licensed manufacturer of cannabis products in Orange County. Its award-winning tinctures empower people to live well. Yummi Karma is equally devoted to social action, donating a portion of its proceeds to grassroots initiatives. Its annual Empower Women, Period campaign also draws awareness to period poverty.
Learn more: yummikarma.com
ABOUT NABIS
Nabis is the #1 cannabis wholesaling platform in California, supporting over 200 brands and supplying the entire network of state-licensed dispensaries with top-tier products. Founded in 2018 by entrepreneurs Vince C. Ning and Jun S. Lee, Nabis's cutting-edge technology streamlines the wholesaling process; it provides fulfillment, warehousing, payment processing, financing, analytics, sales and marketing services that enable brands and retailers to scale.
Learn more: nabis.com
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former U.S. congressman from Indiana, technology company executives, a man training to be an FBI agent, and an investment banker were among nine people charged in four separate and unrelated insider trading schemes revealed on Monday with the unsealing of indictments in New York City.
It was one of the most significant attacks by law enforcement on insider trading in a decade, and a prosecutor and other federal officials pledged fresh enthusiasm for similar prosecutions in the future. They said the cheating resulted in millions of dollars of illegal profits for defendants situated on both coasts and in middle America.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams told a news conference that the cases, in addition to several other recently announced crackdowns on insider trading, represent a follow through on his pledge to be “relentless in rooting out crime in our financial markets.”
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“We have zero tolerance, zero tolerance for cheating in our markets,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC Enforcement Division.
One indictment identified Stephen Buyer as someone who misappropriated secrets he learned as a consultant to make about $350,000 illegally. Buyer, a Republican congressman from 1993 through 2011, served on committees with oversight over the telecommunications industry, the indictment said.
Buyer, arrested Monday in Indiana, was accused in court papers of engaging in insider trading during a merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, among other deals. Documents said he leveraged his work as a consultant and lobbyist to make illegal profits.
His lawyer did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment.
In a civil case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Manhattan federal court against Buyer, he was described as making purchases of Sprint securities in March 2018 just a day after attending a golf outing with a T-Mobile executive who told him about the company's then nonpublic plan to acquire Sprint.
“When insiders like Buyer — an attorney, a former prosecutor, and a retired Congressman — monetize their access to material, nonpublic information, as alleged in this case, they not only violate the federal securities laws, but also undermine public trust and confidence in the fairness of our markets,” Grewal said.
He told the news conference that the arrests were not only meant to send a signal to financial industry professionals to protect secrets and follow the law, but also were “intended to send an equally strong message to the investing public” that regulators and law enforcement were focusing on keeping the markets clean.
In a second prosecution, three executives at Silicon Valley technology companies were charged with trading on inside information about corporate mergers that one of them learned about from his employer.
In a third case, a man who was training to be an FBI agent allegedly stole inside information from his then-girlfriend who was working at a major Washington D.C. law firm. According to court papers, he and a friend made more than $1.4 million in illegal profits after he learned that Merck & Co. was going to acquire Pandion Therapeutics.
In a fourth indictment, an investment banker based in New York was charged with sharing secrets about potential mergers with another with an understanding that the pair would share illegal profits of about $280,000. | 2022-07-25T18:09:24+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ex-us-congressman-among-9-charged-in-insider-trading-cases/article_187b3e0f-55c1-5fcc-ada9-de55bc0249e7.html |
BEIJING (AP) — Iran FM says he and Saudi FM agree to joint agenda to resume economic ties, pursue regional stability. | 2023-04-06T10:14:41+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/alert-iran-fm-says-he-and-saudi-fm-agree-to-17881788.php |
OXFORD, England, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sitryx Therapeutics Ltd (the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of immunometabolism, today announced that the Company will participate virtually in the following events:
- UBS Biotechnology Private Company Symposium, Sept. 21-22, 2022
- Longwood Healthcare Leaders Fall Webconference, Sept. 22, 2022
- Needham Private Biotech Company Virtual 1x1 Forum, Oct. 18-19, 2022
Sitryx is a global biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of immunometabolism. The company's proprietary platform and Product Engine are built on a deep understanding of the intersection of inflammatory signaling and metabolism. Sitryx is advancing a pipeline of disease-modifying therapies towards the clinic, on its own and with its strategic partner, Eli Lilly and Company, for a wide range of autoimmune disorders. In 2018, Sitryx raised $30 million Series A funding from an international syndicate of specialist investors including SV Health Investors, Sofinnova Partners, Longwood Fund and GSK. In 2020, Sitryx formed a global licensing and research collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company. Lilly also became an investor in the Company. Sitryx is headquartered in Oxford, UK with offices in the United States.
For more information, please visit www.sitryx.com and engage with us on LinkedIn.
Contact:
Amy Conrad
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A new study byPew Researchshows that women, Asian Americans, college-educated and highly paid workers are most exposed to displacement by artificial intelligence.
The study revealed that in 2022, 19% of American workers were in jobs that are the most exposed to AI, in which the most important activities may be either replaced or assisted by artificial intelligence. They tend to be in higher-paying fields that use analytical skills.
More women than men are exposed to displacement by AI, at 21% versus 19%, due to the nature of the jobs held by different genders. Workers with a bachelor’s degree or more at 27% are more than twice as likely as those with a high school diploma only at 12% to see the most exposure.
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When it comes to racial breakdown, Asian and White workers are more exposed, at 24% and 20%, than Black and Hispanic workers, at 15% and 13%.
The research showed that workers in the most exposed jobs earned $33 per hour, on average, compared with $20 an hour in jobs with the least amount of exposure.
High-exposure jobs include technical writers, budget analysts and data key operators. Medium-exposure jobs include veterinarians and chief executive officers. Low-exposure jobs are child care workers, firefighters and barbers. You can’t outsource a haircut.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-07-27T16:18:29+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/new-study-shows-who-is-more-at-risk-for-ai-job-displacement |
SYDNEY, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Australian Quantum Software Network (AQSN) aims to bring together vast expertise across Australia in quantum software and information theory research and development.
Professor Michael Bremner, Director of the UTS Centre for Quantum Software and Information, comments on Australia's role in the quantum industry.
"Australian researchers have been at the forefront of building the theoretical and software foundations for quantum computing, and the AQSN is designed to accelerate this further by building partnerships, both domestically and internationally, to keep Australia a major component of the global quantum industry far into the future."
The AQSN launches with more than 110 members at nine universities and two Australian-based quantum software start-ups, representing the world's most extensive collection of quantum software and information theory expertise.
The AQSN has also teamed up with six initial partners to foster collaborations and partnerships between quantum hardware and software:
- Google Quantum AI
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan
- Aalto University, Finland
- Australian venture capital-based quantum hardware companies Silicon Quantum Computing, Quantum Brilliance and Diraq Pty Ltd
The AQSN members cover all aspects of quantum software and information theory research. This involves understanding foundational principles of quantum computation and communications to building software tools. These tools include software to control quantum hardware and software to assess the utility of quantum computing to solve some of the world's most challenging computational problems.
Professor Kae Nemoto, unit leader at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and recent recipient of the French national order of merit for her work in quantum technology development, commented on the impact of the network.
"Many of the most important results in our field were pioneered by Australian researchers, and the AQSN forms arguably the world's best cooperation of top-tier quantum software and theory talent. I expect extraordinary advances to come out of this initiative."
The AQSN's mission in the coming years is to further the growth of software R&D talent and expertise within Australia, integrating Australian innovation into the rapidly expanding global ecosystem.
The University of Technology Sydney is a leading university of technology, ranked #1 in Australia for Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science. Learn more about the university's global impact at discover.uts.edu.au.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An uneasy calm hung over Kyiv on Tuesday as residents of the Ukrainian capital prepared for Russian missile attacks aiming to take out more energy infrastructure as winter sets in.
To ease the hardships and ensure Ukraine’s 43 million people can maintain their resolve in the 10th month of fighting against Russia’s invasion, NATO allies planned to boost provisions of blankets, generators and other basic necessities.
Ukraine’s first lady implored the West to retain the steadfastness that Ukrainians had shown against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military campaign.
“Ukrainians are very tired of this war, but we have no choice in the matter,” Olena Zelenska, the wife of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in a BBC interview during a visit to Britain.
“We do hope that the approaching season of Christmas doesn’t make you forget about our tragedy and get used to our suffering,” she said.
A two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Bucharest, Romania, was likely to see the 30-nation alliance make fresh pledges of nonlethal support to Ukraine: fuel, generators, medical supplies and winter equipment, on top of new military support.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was to announce substantial U.S. aid for Ukraine’s energy grid, U.S. officials said. Targeted Russian strikes have battered Ukraine’s power, water and heating infrastructure since Oct. 10 in what Western officials have described as a Russian attempt to weaponize the coming winter cold.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at the outset of the Bucharest meeting that Russia “is willing to use extreme brutality and leave Ukraine cold and dark this winter. So we must stay the course and help Ukraine prevail as a sovereign nation.”
About a third of Ukraine’s residents faced power supply disruptions, Ukraine’s state grid operator said, both because of increased demand due to colder temperatures and the emergency shutdown of power units.
“The overall deficit in the energy system is a consequence of seven waves of Russian missile attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure,” electricity system operator Ukrenergo said.
Kyiv saw continued interruptions to its electricity, heat and water supply, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Tuesday, leading authorities to consider relocating some residents to suburbs of the capital.
Blinken noted it was not the first time Russia had targeted civilians during the war and insisted only strong support of Ukraine would impact the Kremlin.
He said the military buildup the U.S. and NATO implemented earlier in the conflict after Russia’s Black Sea fleet bombarded Ukrainian cities and towns and bottled up vital grain shipments for the rest of the world in Ukrainian ports would intensify in light of the ongoing onslaught.
“We’re not going to be deterred,” Blinken told reporters, in one of his more forceful statements of the day. “We’re going to be reinforcing NATO’s presence from the Black to the Baltic seas.”
Bogdan Aurescu, foreign minister of Romania, another Black Sea nation, said his country would push NATO to further increase its military presence.
The Ukrainian government was putting up defenses, too — both for troops and civilians. The government rolled out hundreds of help stations, christened “Points of Invincibility,” where residents facing the loss of power, heating and water can warm up, charge their phones, enjoy snacks and hot drinks, and even be entertained.
“I had no electricity for two days. Now there’s only some electricity, and no gas,” said Vanda Bronyslavavina, who took a breather inside one such help center in Kyiv’s Obolon neighborhood.
The 71-year-old lamented the uncertainty about whether Russia will resume its strikes after infrastructure is fixed, a frustrating cycle of destruction and repair that has made wartime life even more difficult.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said Russian forces overnight fired on seven regions in Ukraine’s south and east, employing missiles, drones and heavy artillery.
Tymoshenko said that as of Tuesday, power had been restored to 24% of residents in the recently liberated southern city of Kherson.
On the battlefields in eastern Ukraine’s Russia-annexed Luhansk region, Ukrainian forces were continuing a slow advance, pushing toward Russian defense lines set up between two key cities, Gov. Serhiy Haidai said.
He acknowledged in televised remarks that the onset of winter was compounding a “difficult” military situation.
One civilian was killed and three were injured in a Russian rocket attack on residential neighborhoods in Lyman, an eastern city in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Tymoshenko reported. A hospital in Kherson also came under fire from Russian forces stationed across the Dnieper River, without causing casualties or serious damage, he said.
Some 75 kilometers (47 miles) upstream from the city, Kremlin-installed authorities said shelling killed two civilians and injured two others Tuesday in Nova Kakhovka, another Kherson region city. Because of such attacks, the Moscow-backed officials have encouraged residents to evacuate deeper into Russian-held territory.
The prospect of peace remained remote. The Kremlin reaffirmed Tuesday that negotiations would be possible if Ukraine meets Russian demands. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, “It’s impossible to hold any talks now because the Ukrainian side strongly rejects them.”
He noted that “political will and readiness to discuss the Russian demands” are needed to conduct negotiations.
Russia has demanded that Ukraine recognize Crimea as part of Russia and acknowledge other Russian gains. It also has repeated its earlier demands for “demilitarization” and “denazification,” albeit with less vigor than in the past.
Ukraine wants Russia to withdraw from Crimea and all other annexed territory, to face prosecution for war crimes, to pay for rebuilding Ukraine and to meet other demands.
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Jill Lawless in London and Lorne Cook in Bucharest contributed to this report.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-11-29T18:59:28+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-uneasy-calm-grips-ukraine-as-west-prepares-winter-aid/ |
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Sioux City Parks and Recreation hosted a Cone-Acopia of fun for Siouxlanders on Sunday.
The beautiful weather brought families out to Cone Park for the annual Cone-Acopia event.
People could participate in a wide variety of things, including pumpkin painting, live music, hay rides, a pumpkin roll, and a catapult.
This year’s new addition, summer tubing on the hill, was also a hit. KCAU 9 spoke with organizers about which activity was their favorite.
“The pumpkin catapult is something that I absolutely love that we brought on,” said Rachael Eskins with Sioux City Parks and Rec. “It’s just really fun to watch the little kids.”
While Sunday may have been the final day of summer tubing, the winter tubing season is just around the corner. | 2022-10-10T14:03:41+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/annual-cone-acopia-event-held-at-cone-park/ |
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill is under investigation by Miami-Dade police for assault and battery after he allegedly hit a man on Sunday.
The incident was first reported by WPLG-TV in Miami after the station received a tip Sunday night. Miami-Dade police spokesman Angel Rodriguez confirmed Tuesday via email that police are investigating an “assault/battery” involving Hill from Sunday.
The station reported that Hill got into an argument with an employee of a charter company at Haulover Marina in Miami, which apparently ended with Hill hitting the man.
“We are aware of the situation and have been in contact with Tyreek, his representatives and the NFL,” a Dolphins spokesperson said Tuesday via email. “We will reserve further comment at this time.”
The Kansas City Chiefs traded Hill to Miami last year, and the Dolphins gave the three-time All-Pro a $120 million, four-year contract extension that made Hill the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history. He caught 119 passes for 1,710 yards and seven touchdowns in 2022. | 2023-06-21T05:00:31+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/miami-dolphins-star-tyreek-hill-is-under-investigation-for-assault-and-battery/ |
SEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines announced today the completion of our transition to paper cups for inflight beverages, a move which eliminates more than 55 million plastic cups annually and replaces them with a more planet-friendly alternative. The change to paper cups makes Alaska Airlines the first U.S. airline to eliminate plastic cups. Combined with our Boxed Water™ partnership, these changes eliminate 2.2 million pounds of plastic waste from landfills every year, the equivalent weight of 24 Boeing 737s.
"Doing the right thing is one of our core values and nothing is more right and urgent than protecting the beautiful places that we connect our guests to through flight," said Todd Traynor-Corey, managing director of guest products for Alaska Airlines. "This is another important step in our journey to eliminate single-use plastics and an important step for the industry to see how product innovations can chart a course to a greener future."
All inflight beverages on Alaska flights are now served in Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper cups or reusable glassware for most First Class services. We began the process of eliminating our five largest sources of plastic waste in 2018 by removing plastic straws and stir sticks from inflight service – a first for any airline at the time.
In 2021, Alaska continued our progress by eliminating inflight plastic water bottle waste by replacing them with Boxed Water™, another first for airlines. Boxed Water™ cartons are made from renewable FSC certified paper, 92% of which is plant-based, saving an estimated 1.8 million pounds of single-use plastics on our flights annually.
"Eliminating plastics is a team effort," said Traynor-Corey. "It requires broad collaboration with our supply chain partners and inflight team to make new products and practices that move us toward a future with less plastic. That progress only happens with a deeply shared commitment to care for our environment."
Single-use plastics increase the use of fossil fuels, generate millions of tons of waste to landfills, and pollute waterways and natural spaces. According to the most recent EPA study, an estimated 300 million tons of plastics are produced each year worldwide with the vast majority going unrecycled, either to accumulate in landfills or the environment. While Alaska takes steps to eliminate plastics, we also encourage our guests to join us in reducing waste by bringing their own water bottles to #FillBeforeYouFly.
As part of our broader sustainability efforts, Alaska continues to pursue product innovations and supply chain advancements to achieve our 2025 goal of replacing the top five waste-producing items from onboard service and continuing to recycle. In 2021, Alaska established climate goals for its impacts in carbon, waste and water while defining a five-part pathway to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040 to keep the places we live and fly beautiful and viable for generations to come.
Alaska Airlines and our regional partners serve more than 120 destinations across the United States, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico. We emphasize low fares and award-winning customer service. Alaska is a member of the oneworld global alliance. With the alliance and our additional airline partners, our guests can travel to more than 900 destinations on more than 20 airlines while earning and redeeming miles on flights to locations around the world. Learn more about Alaska at news.alaskaair.com. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group.
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Mississippi River waters keep rising in Iowa and Illinois
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — People living along the Mississippi River watched warily Sunday as water levels rose in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois, awaiting spring crests as floodwaters began to slowly recede and reveal damage in areas further north.
The National Weather Service said many of the crests across the region this season will rank in the top 10 of all time, but will remain several feet below the records set in past floods. Officials in many cities along the river are optimistic they’ll be able to either keep the floodwaters at bay through a combination of floodwalls and sandbags or contain it to low-lying park areas. But some homes close to the river have been damaged.
“Luckily we’ve had relatively dry weather over the last week or so and not expecting much in the way of rainfall as well,” National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Philip said. “So it’s coming through as forecast for the most part.”
The river peaked in the Dubuque area Saturday at 23.03 feet (7 meters)— well below the 25.7 feet (7.8 meters) record — but officials there were grateful to have the floodwall the city built 50 years ago in place.
Without that floodwall, the city would be facing significant problems, said Deron Muehring, a civil engineer for the city of Dubuque.
“The floodwaters would be up to 6 feet deep in the Port of Dubuque and more than 7 feet deep in the south port,” Muehring told the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald.
The river is expected to crest at around 21.6 feet (6.6 meters) on Monday in the Quad-Cities area, where five neighboring cities sit along the Iowa-Illinois line. Some roads and parks near the river are closed. The record at that spot is 22.7 feet (6.9 meters).
Once the river crests in an area, it may take up to two weeks for the floodwaters to fully recede.
In recent days the Mississippi flooded low-lying parks and trails in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and flooded streets and basements in the town of Campbell on French Island, which lies in the Mississippi and Black rivers just west of La Crosse.
The river crested at 15.9 feet (4.8 meters) on Thursday, almost 4 feet (1.2 meters) above flood stage and the third-highest level ever, but it has been receding by the hour since.
About 60 miles (95 kilometers) downstream, flood waters covered streets in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The river crested there at 22.9 feet (7 meters) on Friday, which also the third-highest crest ever. Officials posted guidelines for disposing of sandbags and other debris on the city’s website as the river levels started to fall.
The flooding is expected to ease as the spring surge of water from melting snow works its way further down the 2,300-mile (3,700-kilometer) length of the river on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the tributaries in Iowa, Illinois and other Midwest states are running lower than usual, so they won’t exacerbate the flooding by dumping large amounts of water into the river.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-04-30T21:48:15+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/news/us-and-world-news/mississippi-river-waters-keep-rising-in-iowa-and-illinois/ |
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