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BEIJING, March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced the development of a 3D target recognition algorithm system based on deep learning. Deep learning can simulate the human brain's visual system with its characteristics of passing from concrete to abstraction and multiple layers. By building multilayer neural networks, the system extracts and abstracts feature from the original information layer by layer, making classification, recognition, and prediction easier and more accurate. In recent years, deep learning has played an increasingly important role in artificial intelligence fields, such as image and natural language processing, with significant social value and economic benefits.
WiMi's 3D target recognition algorithm is based on a large amount of training data and learns features layer by layer from a large amount of data to fully extract the features of 3D target data. To a large extent, the algorithm can retain the characteristics of 3D target image quality, thus fully expressing the high-level semantic information in the image, greatly enhancing the detection accuracy and improving the effectiveness. At the same time, the algorithm improves its applicability in multiple types of complex tasks and performs better in complex tasks. The algorithm can thoroughly learn the features in the sample data. And the trained model can detect and recognize various types of targets, speeding up the 3D target detection and recognition and improving the accuracy rate.
With the progress of 3D data acquisition technology, the enhancement of computing power, the development of deep learning technology, and the increase in application demand, the research and application of 3D vision technology have received more and more attention. 3D target detection and recognition is the crucial technology and the basis for machines to understand and interact with the world. WiMi will continue to expand its deep learning-based 3D target recognition algorithm in the field of application.
About WIMI Hologram Cloud
WIMI Hologram Cloud, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIMI) is a holographic cloud comprehensive technical solution provider that focuses on professional areas including holographic AR automotive HUD software, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR, head-mounted light field holographic equipment, holographic semiconductor, holographic cloud software, holographic car navigation and others. Its services and holographic AR technologies include holographic AR automotive application, 3D holographic pulse LiDAR technology, holographic vision semiconductor technology, holographic software development, holographic AR advertising technology, holographic AR entertainment technology, holographic ARSDK payment, interactive holographic communication and other holographic AR technologies.
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SOURCE WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. | 2023-03-31T13:26:25+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/prnewswire/2023/03/31/wimi-develops-deep-learning-based-3d-target-recognition-algorithm-system/ |
The Detroit Lions are a league afterthought no more. After four straight last-place finishes, they finally climbed out of the cellar by winning eight of their final 10 games last season. With almost their entire core back and reinforcements on the way at key spots, the Lions are set to open training camp as the prohibitive favorite in the NFC North. MLive will break it all down by position heading into the start of camp on Sunday. Today: Running backs. Previously: Quarterbacks | Receivers
Roster locks: Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery
Competing: Craig Reynolds, Jermar Jefferson, Greg Bell, Mohamed Ibrahim, FB Jason Cabinda
Notable departures: Jamaal Williams, D’Andre Swift
Breakdown: Jamaal Williams and D’Andre Swift just led the Lions to their best season on the ground since the Barry Sanders era. Williams was especially impressive, rushing for more yards than any other Lions player since 2004 while breaking Barry’s team record for rushing touchdowns in a season. At last, the Lions had built the reliable running game that had eluded them for almost an entire generation.
And how did they respond?
By parting with both members of their 1-2 punch.
That might seem like an unusual tact, although it’s also possible they’ll be even better for it. Williams exceeded all expectations -- and that two-year, $6 million deal he signed in the first days of this regime -- but also left some yards on the field last season. Detroit was interested in bringing him back, but when negotiations broke down in free agency, it found a younger, more elusive workhorse in David Montgomery. He was a really productive runner for four years in Chicago, and tied for the league league in missed tackles forced in 2022. Playing behind a superior offensive line in Detroit, he should be even better.
Then the Lions shocked the world by using the 12th overall pick on Jahmyr Gibbs, the highest they’ve drafted a running back since Barry. They were expected to use that pick to address their league-worst defense, but couldn’t resist the opportunity to add one of the most electric playmakers in the country. There was some understandable hand-wringing about positional value and all that, but the Lions view Gibbs as an Alvin Kamara-type who will contribute as much in the pass as he will the run.
For this offense, which thrives on versatile skill players who can line up all over the field, the Lions believe Gibbs was the best fit in the draft -- yes, better than even Bijan Robinson, who was considered the best running back prospect to turn pro since Saquon Barkley.
“I just thought that he was so explosive, he was so dynamic,” general manager Brad Holmes said. “I think that if you’re asking the difference between Bijan and Gibbs, I actually think they’re different players. I think one guy is probably more of a bell-cow running back, very, very talented player who’s going to be a really good player in this league and he’s made a lot of plays. But I think that our guy Gibbs is a very, very talented player who is going to make a lot of plays.”
Gibbs’ arrival spelled the immediate end of D’Andre Swift, an oft-injured speedster who was traded to Philadelphia before the draft was over. Gibbs should take Swift’s place in the offense immediately. He’s faster, and proved durable throughout his remarkable career at Georgia Tech and Alabama, including leading the Crimson Tide in rushing as well as catches during his lone season in Tuscaloosa. Expect him to fill a similarly versatile role in Detroit, drawing a lot of snaps from all over the field.
Behind the big two, competition is fierce. Craig Reynolds is a former street free agent who has won over the coaching staff with his reliability and consistency. He has to be considered the leader for the RB3 role. Jermar Jefferson made a lot of progress while spending the duration of last season on the practice squad, although he’ll continue to struggle to make the roster until he shows more development on special teams. That’s especially true after the arrival of Mohamed Ibrahim, the former University of Minnesota star who got a lot of money to sign with Detroit as an undrafted free agent. He showed enough during the offseason program to be in the running for a roster job in the fall.
Roster projection: Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery, Craig Reynolds, Mohamed Ibrahim, FB Jason Cabinda
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge temporarily blocked Ohio’s ban on virtually all abortions Wednesday, again pausing a law that took effect after federal abortion protections were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
The decision means abortions through 20 weeks’ gestation can continue for now, in keeping with state law in place before the ban.
Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins’ decision to grant a 14-day restraining order against the law came as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Ohio on behalf of abortion providers in the state. The clinics argue the law violates protections in the state Constitution guaranteeing individual liberty and equal protection. The suit also says the law is unconstitutionally vague.
The law was signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in April 2019, and prohibits most abortions after the first detectable “fetal heartbeat.” Cardiac activity can be detected as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many people know they’re pregnant. The law had been blocked through a legal challenge, then went into effect after the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was overturned.
DeWine’s opponent in the November election, Democrat and abortion rights proponent Nan Whaley, called Wednesday’s ruling “a victory, albeit a temporary one, for Ohio women.” She said, “Ohio women won’t be safe until we have a pro-choice governor who doesn’t seek to impose extreme views like government mandates against private health care decisions.”
Abortion providers and their defenders have said the law has already created a host of hardships, including forcing a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim to travel to Indiana for an abortion.
The judge’s decision is a blow for abortion opponents, who have been celebrating implementation of the long-delayed restrictions since Roe was overturned.
Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati had anticipated the judge was leaning toward a pause after a hearing held last week, when he asked questions about the 10-year-old’s case and suggested, “We should just be very honest about what we’re talking about here.”
“Let’s just be very honest,” the anti-abortion group wrote in a statement, “it is always, always best when LIFE is chosen. Always.” | 2022-09-14T21:56:59+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/judge-temporarily-blocks-ohio-law-banning-most-abortions/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) — One of the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s has gone from ice cream to ‘blunts,’ promising a line of marijuana products with a social mission.
Ben Cohen has started Ben’s Best Blnz, a nonprofit cannabis line with a stated mission of helping to right the wrongs of the war on drugs. The company says on its website that 80% of its profits will go to grants for Black cannabis entrepreneurs while the rest will be equally divided between the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance and the national Last Prisoner Project, which is working to free people incarcerated for cannabis offenses.
“The War on Drugs (first so named by President Richard Nixon) has targeted lower income Black and Brown people thru over policing, discriminatory prosecution, and discriminatory sentencing,” the website states. “That’s why despite using pot at the same rate, Black people are 4 times more likely to be arrested than Whites.”
Ben’s Best Blnz, or B3, says it licenses its formulas, packaging, trademarks, and marketing materials to for-profit businesses that pay a royalty. After expenses are deducted, the royalties are donated to the cause.
The cannabis is grown in soil using no nonorganic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides, the website states.
The B3 products, including pre-rolled joints with lower levels of the psychoactive compound THC, are expected to be available in cannabis shops in Vermont next month. | 2023-04-26T14:46:05+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/business/ap-business/ben-jerrys-co-founder-starts-nonprofit-cannabis-company/ |
NEW YORK, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of RH (NYSE: RH) resulting from allegations that RH may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased RH securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12982 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On February 3, 2023, after trading hours, RH filed a current report on Form 8-K with the Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which announced, in pertinent part, that its "previously unaudited financial statements for the three months ended April 30, 2022, the three and six months ended July 30, 2022, and the three and nine months October 29, 2022 should no longer be relied upon due to material unintentional errors in certain of these financial periods with respect to our calculation of basic and diluted net income per share."
Further, RH announced that "in connection with the restatement, we determined that we had at least one material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting during the Non-Reliance Periods that continued to exist at January 28, 2023, the end of fiscal 2022. In connection with the material weakness, we have additionally concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are also not effective."
On this news, the price of RH's stock fell $25.19, or 7.3%, on February 6, 2023.
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Former Blackrock Head of U.S. Real Estate Private Equity will lead expansion of Buckingham's institutional fund management platform
INDIANAPOLIS, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Buckingham, a national vertically integrated real estate development and investment company, announced today that Benjamin J. Young has joined Buckingham as CIO, Managing Director effective April 3, 2023. Mr. Young will head Buckingham's asset management and investment division as the company grows and leverages its successes in institutional capital raising, client engagement and investment performance to build an industry-leading institutional real estate investment platform. Buckingham is an award-winning developer, owner, manager and investor in multifamily and urban mixed-use real estate across the U.S. with a focus on Midwest and Sunbelt markets.
"Ben's deep investment expertise, acquired over three decades at some of the world's largest private equity real estate firms, makes him uniquely qualified to lead the strategic expansion of our company's institutional real estate investment business," said Bradley B. Chambers, Founder and CEO of Buckingham. "Buckingham continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Over the last 39 years we have progressed from ground-up multifamily to becoming a full service, vertically integrated real estate investment company. Ben's broad experience will play a valuable role in developing our fund model, increasing outreach, and deepening relationships with new and existing institutional investors."
"Buckingham is widely known in the real estate business as an outstanding builder, manager and investor with an impressive track record that has become increasingly attractive to institutional and third-party capital," said Ben Young. "With the success of its value-add Multifamily Funds, Buckingham is poised to become a leading platform for institutional real estate investors, and I believe the company is also well-positioned to take advantage of distressed opportunities in today's real estate market."
Mr. Young has been a prominent real estate private equity investor and asset manager for more than three decades. Most recently, he was a Managing Director at Blackrock in New York for 9 years and a senior member of the $100 billion Real Assets Group. As Head of Blackrock's U.S. Real Estate Private Equity business, he was responsible for the growth and management of $11 billion in investments ranging across core, value-add and opportunistic investments, and raised the firm's first closed-end, value-add fund.
Prior to Blackrock, Mr. Young was at Strategic Value Partners, a $17 billion private equity and hedge fund focused on distressed debt and private equity. As Managing Director, he was a senior member responsible for overseeing the global real estate group's investments in North America, Western Europe and Japan.
Previously, at Deutsche Bank/Bankers Trust, he was Global Portfolio Manager – Global Real Estate Private Equity Group, responsible for $7 billion of gross real estate assets and capital raising. He began his career at Kidder, Peabody & Co. as a Financial Analyst – Real Estate Group.
Mr. Young holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School, Columbia University, and a B.S. Degree in Economics, with a dual major in Finance and Real Estate from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a visiting lecturer in the real estate department at the University of Michigan.
About Buckingham Companies
Founded in 1984, Buckingham Companies is a fully integrated real estate investment firm specializing in the development, acquisition, management, and construction of multifamily, mixed-use, commercial and hospitality projects across the United States. Buckingham has managed over $4 billion of real estate assets comprising over 125 properties, more than 28 million square feet, and over 25,000 rental units nationwide. The Indianapolis-based company has nearly 400 employees. Additionally, the affiliated Buckingham Foundation annually supports more than 50 nonprofit and civic organizations through philanthropic outreach in the areas of affordable housing, community and economic development, and arts and culture. For more information, visit www.buckingham.com.
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The animals, including cats, rabbits, and birds, were found in filthy, overcrowded conditions with untreated medical issues
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the request of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) urgently mobilized more than 20 responders to assist with the rescue of nearly 300 neglected animals from a home in Brookhaven, N.Y. The animals, including cats, rabbits, birds, tortoises, and snakes, are being removed from a hoarding situation where they were living in overcrowded conditions among filth – many surrounded by their own feces and urine and covered in vermin including cockroaches. Some of the animals were also suffering from untreated medical conditions.
The ASPCA is assisting with operational planning and removal, evidence collection and crime scene documentation, legal and investigative assistance, and forensic exams. The ASPCA is also helping to transport the animals to local shelters and rescue groups throughout New York where they will receive much-needed care.
"When ASPCA responders arrived on the property, it was clear immediate intervention was necessary to remove hundreds of neglected animals from the inhumane and brutal conditions they were subjected to and provide them with expert care," said Matt Bershadker, ASPCA president and CEO. "The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office has developed a task force dedicated to helping animals in need, and we commend them for prioritizing efforts to stop animal neglect and cruelty in their communities. The ASPCA is proud to support their work by bringing these animals to safety and assisting the prosecutorial case through evidence collection, forensic exams, and legal and investigative support."
"Thanks to our partnership with the Town of Brookhaven, we were alerted to the deplorable conditions these helpless animals were living in and we immediately took action," said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney. "Through our partnerships with local government and rescue groups, we can work cohesively to ensure that these types of inhumane abuse of animals are addressed and those who participate in them are held accountable."
Criminal charges resulting from this case are being prosecuted by the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. The ASPCA is also providing investigative and legal assistance to further support the investigation and prosecution and to ensure the best legal outcome for these animals.
Last year, the ASPCA assisted the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office with the rescue of more than 80 dogs from an animal fighting operation. The ASPCA deploys nationally to assist local authorities in animal cruelty cases including animal fighting, hoarding, and puppy mills. They also provide local communities with resources including grant funding, training, and subject matter expertise to effectively assist animals during cruelty and disaster situations.
Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is the first animal welfare organization in North America and serves as the nation's leading voice for animals. More than two million supporters strong, the ASPCA's mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA is a national leader in the areas of anti-cruelty, community outreach and animal health services. For more information, please visit www.ASPCA.org, and be sure to follow the ASPCA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Ever wanted to own a giant “@” sign planter sculpture? Or a statue of the Twitter bird? Well, this could be your chance – an online auction of items from the Twitter headquarters is set for next month.
The “Twitter Bird Statue” and “‘@’ Sculpture Planter” are two of the more intriguing items listed in the auction. But if you had your hopes up for talking AI robots or some other unexpected tech oddity, you may be disappointed.
Most of the other 265 items listed on the auction’s web page are a bit more conventional for what one might expect to find in the headquarters of a tech company, or any modern company for that matter.
Among the other items listed are:
- About half a dozen Eames LCW Molded Plywood Lounge Chairs
- Various high-end La Marzocco-brand espresso machines
- Some conventional coffee makers and grinders
- A wide variety of ovens, freezers, rotisseries and other restaurant-grade kitchen appliances
- Numerous NEC laser projectors
- Several 27-inch iMacs and Google Jamboard Digital Whiteboard displays
- Dozens of Knoll Generation high-end office chairs
- Sit-stand desks
If you’re still interested, bidding opens on Jan. 17, 2023, and will close the next day at 10 a.m. PT, according to the auction page. Although, it should be noted that the terms and conditions of the auction specify that only people representing businesses can bid, not consumers.
Last week, the city of San Francisco launched an investigation into allegations that Twitter had turned office space at its headquarters into makeshift “motel rooms” for employees. In response to news of an inspection at Twitter headquarters, CEO Elon Musk appeared to confirm in a tweet critical of San Francisco Mayor London Breed that the company had set up makeshift bedrooms.
“So city of SF attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl,” Musk tweeted. “Where are your priorities @LondonBreed!?”
In his tweet, Musk shared a link to a San Francisco Chronicle article describing reports of a 10-month-old boy who suffered an accidental fentanyl overdose while playing in one of the city’s parks. | 2022-12-13T00:54:37+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/twitter-to-auction-hq-items-including-twitter-bird-statue-luxury-espresso-makers/ |
Effort to expel Santos falters as Republicans vote to send measure to Ethics Committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — A resolution to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress was referred to the House Ethics Committee on Wednesday as Republicans successfully sidestepped an effort to force them into a vote that could have narrowed their already slim four-seat majority.
The House voted along party lines, 221-204, to refer the matter to the ethics panel, with Santos himself joining his GOP colleagues in voting to do so.
The freshman congressman has been charged with embezzling money from his campaign, falsely receiving unemployment funds and lying to Congress about his finances. He has denied the charges and has pleaded not guilty.
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., introduced a resolution in February to expel Santos, something the House has only done twice in recent decades. He sought to force a vote on that resolution under a process that left three options for Republicans: a vote on the resolution, a move to table, or a referral to committee.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy chose the third option, much to the chagrin of Democrats who described it as a “complete copout.” They noted that the ethics panel is already investigating Santos and that it was time for Republican House members who have called for Santos to resign to back their words with action.
“It is simply an effort for the Republicans to avoid having to take an up-or-down vote on whether or not George Santos belongs here,” said Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y.
Santos made clear to reporters after the vote he has no intention of resigning. As he spoke on the Capitol steps, he was heckled by Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman. Bowman yelled, “Resign, save yourself, have some dignity.”
“I understand that politics is complicated, but the reality is there is a procedure,” Santos said. “You can’t be judge, jury and executioner. I have a right, a constitutional right, to defend myself and I will do that. And I look forward to doing that. I look forward to seeing the process play out.”
Democrats appealed to Republican lawmakers from New York for support. Many have been highly critical of Santos, and face the prospect of Democrats trying to link them to Santos in next year’s general election.
“I say to you, if you vote for this motion to refer it to the Ethics Committee, you are complicit in George Santos’ fraud and you are voting to make sure that he continues to be a member of Congress,” Goldman said.
Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y., made the motion to refer the expulsion resolution to the ethics panel. He said he was personally in favor of Santos being expelled, but added that “regrettably,” there were not enough votes to meet the two-thirds threshold necessary.
“I firmly believe this is the quickest way of ridding the House of Representatives of this scourge on government,” D’Esposito said.
Republican leaders have said Santos deserves to have his day in court before Congress weighs in. The position Republican leaders have staked out generally follows the precedent that Congress has set in similar criminal cases over the years. The House has expelled just two members in recent decades, and both votes occurred after the lawmaker had been convicted on federal charges.
The Department of Justice often asks the ethics panel to pause its investigations when a member of Congress has been indicted, but there has been no announcement of that kind from the committee regarding Santos.
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Associated Press writer Stephen Groves contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-18T01:24:41+00:00 | foxcarolina.com | https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/05/18/effort-expel-santos-falters-republicans-vote-send-measure-ethics-committee/ |
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The government led by Guinea's coup leader reached an agreement late Friday with West African regional mediators on a schedule for holding new elections a little over two years from now.
The regional bloc known as ECOWAS has spent more than a year negotiating with Col. Mamady Doumbouya's government following the September 2021 coup and had imposed sanctions on the junta leadership. It was not immediately known how soon those might be lifted.
The junta initially proposed a three-year transition, which was rejected by the regional mediators who already had obtained two-year transition deals after similar coups in both Mali and Burkina Faso. Guinea's two-year clock starts in January, with elections then due in early 2025.
For some, the news was bittersweet as demonstrations protesting the duration of the transition in Guinea have turned deadly, including three killed Thursday.
“It took more than 17 deaths to reach a consensus,” complained Aly Baldé, whose brother was shot dead in Conakry.
Guinea became the second country hit by a recent coup in West Africa, a little over a year after Mali's military junta overthrew that country's democratically elected ruler. Since then, Burkina Faso has seen two coups of its own.
Burkina Faso and Mali already have agreed with ECOWAS on election dates — Mali's is scheduled to be held by March 2024, but the situation in Burkina Faso is now in doubt after the latest coup there.
A deal had been reached with the man who first toppled Burkina Faso's president in January to hold a vote by July 2024. But it remains to be seen whether Capt. Ibrahim Traore, who seized power on Sept. 30, will fully honor that agreement.
ECOWAS has said that Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso will all remain suspended from the bloc until elections are held.
Beyond setting dates, ECOWAS also has expressed concerns about what shape the future elections will take and whether the coup leaders turned interim presidents will be allowed to run as candidates.
Earlier this month, Doumbouya reiterated that neither he nor any member of the junta or the transitional government would take part in the eventual elections now due by January 2025.
Doumbouya emerged as the leader after mutinous soldiers overthrew President Alpha Conde last year.
Conde had won a landmark 2010 election after decades of dictatorship and strongman rule in Guinea, only to eventually try to seek a third term in office. He claimed the country's term limits did not apply to him. While he succeeded in winning a third term, he was overthrown nine months later.
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Associated Press writer Krista Larson in Dakar, Senegal, contributed to this report. | 2022-10-22T06:56:30+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/guinea-junta-agrees-with-bloc-to-hold-vote-in-early-2025/XMVF6AX45BAPRM5AQTHHURXXCY/ |
KYIV – Russia's military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming gains, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an occupied southern region, striking the last working bridge over a river in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday.
A Russian rocket attack on the city of Kramatorsk killed three people and wounded 13 others Friday night, according to the mayor. Kramatorsk is the headquarters for Ukrainian forces in the country's war-torn east.
The attack came less than a day after 11 other rockets were fired at the city, one of the two main Ukrainian-held ones in Donetsk province, the focus of an ongoing Russian offensive to capture eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Saturday its forces had taken control of Pisky, a village on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk, the provincial capital that pro-Moscow separatists have controlled since 2014.
Russian troops and the Kremlin-backed rebels are trying to seize Ukrainian-held areas north and west of the city of Donetsk to expand the separatists' self-proclaimed republic. But the Ukrainian military said Saturday that its forces had prevented an overnight advance toward the smaller cities of Avdiivka and Bakhmut.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov also claimed that Russian strikes near Kramatorsk, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Donetsk city, destroyed a U.S.-supplied multiple rocket launcher and ammunition. Ukrainian authorities did not acknowledge any military losses but said Russian missile strikes Friday on Kramatorsk had destroyed 20 residential buildings.
Neither claim could be independently verified.
The Ukrainian governor of neighboring Luhansk province, part of the Donbas region that was overrun by Russian forces last month, claimed that Ukrainian troops still held a small area in the province. Writing on Telegram, Luhansk Gov. Serhii Haidai said the defending troops were holed up inside an oil refinery on the edge of Lysychansk, a city that Moscow claimed to have captured, and also control areas near a village.
“The enemy is burning the ground at the entrances to the Luhansk region because it cannot overcome (Ukrainian resistance along) these few kilometers," Haidai said. "It is difficult to count how many thousands of shells this territory of the free Luhansk region has withstood over the past month and a half.”
Further west, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region reported more Russian shelling of the city of Nikopol, which lies across the Dnieper River from Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
Gov. Yevhen Yevtushenko did not specify whether Russian troops had fired at Nikopol from the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Writing on Telegram, he said Saturday that there were no casualties but residential buildings, a power line and a gas pipeline were damaged.
Nikopol has undergone daily bombardment for most of the past week, and a volley of shells killed three people and damaged 40 apartment buildings on Thursday, he said.
Russia and Ukrainian officials have accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant in contravention of nuclear safety rules. Russian troops have occupied the plant since the early days of Moscow's invasion, although the facility's Ukrainian nuclear workers continue to run it.
Ukrainian military intelligence alleged Saturday that Russian troops were shelling the plant from a village just kilometers away, damaging a plant pumping station and a fire station. The intelligence directorate said the Russians had bused people into the power plant and mounted a Ukrainian flag on a gun on the outskirts of Enerhodar, the city where the plant is located.
“Obviously, it will be used for yet another provocation to accuse the armed forces of Ukraine,” the directorate said, without elaborating.
Ukrainian officials have repeatedly alleged that Russian forces were using the plant as a shield while firing at Ukrainian communities across the river, knowing that Ukrainian forces were unlikely to fire back for fear of triggering a nuclear accident.
They said Russian shelling on Friday night killed one woman and injured two other civilians in the city of Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine's southern Mykolayiv region also said a woman died there in shelling.
For several weeks, Ukraine's military has tried to lay the groundwork for a counteroffensive to reclaim southern Ukraine's Russian-occupied Kherson region. A local Ukrainian official reported Saturday that a Ukrainian strike had damaged the last working bridge over the Dnieper River in the region, further crippling Russian supply lines.
“The Russians no longer have any capability to fully turn over their equipment,” Serhii Khlan, a deputy to the Kherson Regional Council, wrote on Facebook.
The British Defense Ministry said Saturday that damage to bridges across the Dnieper means that “ground resupply for the several thousand Russian troops on the west bank is almost certainly reliant on just two pontoon ferry crossing points.”
“Even if Russia manages to make significant repairs to the (damaged) bridges, they will remain a key vulnerability," the British said.
On Saturday, the deputy director of the Russian-controlled Kakhovka hydropower plant 60 kilometers (37 miles) upriver from the city of Kherson said one of its generating units was out of service after a Ukrainian missile strike. Arseniy Zelenskyy said further strikes could endanger the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant because its water intakes use the reservoir formed by the Kakhovka plant's dam.
Days after explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea destroyed up to a dozen aircraft, a Ukrainian presidential adviser said Kyiv should make retaking the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014 one of its goals of the war.
“Russia started a war against Ukraine and the world in 2014, with its brazen seizure of Crimea. It is obvious that this war should end with the liberation of Crimea," Mykhailo Podoylak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, wrote Saturday on Twitter. "And also with the legal punishment of the initiators of the ‘special military operation’” - the Kremlin's term for its war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility for the explosions Tuesday at the Saki air base in Crimea. Russian defense officials have denied any aircraft were damaged — or that any attack even took place — attributing the blasts to on-site munitions that exploded.
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(The Hill) — Nearly two-thirds of registered voters believe the U.S. economy is currently in a recession, according to a new Politico-Morning Consult poll.
About 65 percent of respondents indicated they believe the economy is already in a recession, compared to 22 percent who said the opposite. Fourteen percent didn’t know or had no opinion.
Republicans were more likely to consider the economy to be in a recession, with 81 percent saying so compared to 63 percent of independents and 51 percent of Democrats.
Concerns about an economic slowdown have grown as the Federal Reserve continues aggressively hiking interest rates, which increases borrowing costs to lower inflation by cooling off demand.
Analysts and economists are confident the Fed will announce a hike in its baseline interest rate range of another 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday, which would mark the fourth consecutive increase at the aggressive pace.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has indicated the central bank will keep increasing rates until inflation shows clear signs of falling, but progressive Democrats are increasingly ripping Powell for risking job losses as a result of the moves.
The hikes already have caused rising mortgage rates and a steep decline in home sales. Wage growth has slowed and businesses have pulled back on long-term investments that could drive future growth.
But although inflation has eased from a 40-year high reached earlier this year, price gains remain at elevated levels.
The latest consumer price index (CPI) indicates prices rose 0.4 percent in September, marking the second straight month of accelerating inflation. Annual inflation dropped slightly to 8.2 percent.
Meanwhile, gross domestic product (GDP) declined in the first two quarters of the year, sparking debate over whether the data signified the economy was technically in a recession.
President Biden suggested last month the possibility of a “slight recession” while indicating he didn’t believe there would be one at all, and the White House has regularly touted strong employment numbers and manufacturing growth to reject talk of such a downturn.
After the Commerce Department released data showing U.S. economic growth rebounded during the third quarter, with GDP growing at an annualized rate of 2.6 percent, Biden called out “doomsayers” and Republicans over the recession debate.
“For months, doomsayers have been arguing that the US economy is in a recession and Congressional Republicans have been rooting for a downturn,” Biden said at the time. “But today we got further evidence that our economic recovery is continuing to power forward. This is a testament to the resilience of the American people.” | 2022-11-02T17:10:45+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/us-in-a-recession-according-to-2-in-3-surveyed/ |
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in Kayah, a conflict-affected region near the border with Thailand, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
The human rights groups said its researchers who visited the region found that landmines laid around people’s homes and churches have killed at least 20 people and maimed many other civilians.
The researchers interviewed villagers in an area where the army has been fighting ethnic Karenni armed groups after the military seized power from Myanmar’s elected government in February 2021.
Various international agreements including the 1997 Ottawa Convention ban the use of antipersonnel mines with the intention of eliminating weapons that have killed and maimed thousands of people around the world, often long after hostilities have ended.
“The Myanmar military’s use of landmines is abhorrent and cruel. At a time when the world has overwhelmingly banned these inherently indiscriminate weapons, the military has placed them in people’s yards, homes, and even stairwells, as well as around a church,” Matt Wells, Amnesty International’s Crisis Response deputy director for thematic issues, said in a statement.
Amnesty’s report said landmines have been deployed in at least 20 villages in Kayah. The report backed earlier allegations made by ethnic groups.
The Karenni Human Rights Group earlier this month also accused army forces of planting landmines in villages and settlements in Kayah state.
Last month, the United Nations Children’s Fund reported that landmines and unexploded ordnance had maimed or killed children in many regions of the country, with the largest number of casualties in Shan state in northeastern Myanmar.
Apart from the immediate danger, planting landmines can prevent people who flee violence from returning to their homes and fields, Amnesty International noted.
It said that ethnic armed groups were warning residents to be aware of the risks.
“The military appears to be systematically laying landmines near where it is based as well as in areas from which it retreats,” it said.
Myanmar has been mired in violence and civil unrest since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering widespread peaceful protests that were put down with lethal force by the army and police. The nonviolent opposition has since turned into armed resistance, and the country has slipped into what some U.N. experts characterize as a civil war.
Amnesty International has also accused Myanmar’s military of carrying out widespread atrocities in the eastern part of the country that constitute war crimes and probably crimes against humanity, saying that civilians from the Karen and Karenni ethnic minorities have been the targets of unlawful killing, arbitrary detention and forcible displacement. | 2022-07-20T04:31:58+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/international/amnesty-intl-says-myanmar-army-has-laid-landmines-in-kayah/ |
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (KDVR) – The National Park Service says that grizzles are starting to wake up from hibernation. In fact, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight saw the first grizzly bear of the year to emerge from hibernation on Tuesday.
Unfortunately, there were no photos released of the bear sighting.
The NPS said the bear was estimated to weigh 300-350 pounds. It was spotted near the remains of a bison carcass in Pelican Valley, which is in the central-eastern area of the park.
The first bear sighting last year was also on March 7, the NPS said.
Male grizzly bears are generally the first out of hibernation, followed by females with cubs in April and early May.
“When bears emerge from hibernation, they look for food and often feed on elk and bison that died over the winter. Sometimes, bears will react aggressively to encounters with people when feeding on carcasses,” the NPS shared.
Bear guidelines at Yellowstone
Here are some guidelines from the NPS if you plan on going to Yellowstone:
- Read up on how to prepare for a bear encounter.
- Carry bear spray, know how to use it, and make sure it’s accessible.
- Stay alert.
- Hike or ski in groups of three or more, stay on maintained trails and make noise. Avoid hiking at dusk, dawn or at night.
- Do not run if you encounter a bear.
- Stay 100 yards away from black and grizzly bears. Approaching bears within 100 yards is prohibited. Use binoculars, a telescope, or telephoto lens to get a closer look.
- Store food, garbage, barbecue grills, and other attractants in hard-sided vehicles or bear-proof food storage boxes.
- Report bear sightings and encounters to a park ranger immediately.
- Read up on bear safety tips.
“Spring visitors skiing, snowshoeing, or hiking in Yellowstone National Park are reminded to carry bear spray and be especially alert for bears near carcasses and areas with early spring green-up. These are the first foods sought out by grizzlies after emerging from hibernations,” said Kerry Gunther, the park’s bear management biologist.
The NPS said bear spray has worked in deterring bears that are defending cubs and food sources, and have reduced the number of bears killed by people in self-defense.
If you plan on visiting Yellowstone, the park will start enforcing bear management restrictions on March 10 for areas with high densities of bears. | 2023-03-08T17:06:29+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/first-grizzly-bear-emerges-from-long-winters-nap-at-yellowstone/ |
North Korean hackers breach software firm in significant cyberattack
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN
Suspected North Korean hackers infiltrated a software firm that claims hundreds of thousands of customers around the world in a cyberattack that shows Pyongyang’s advanced hacking capabilities, private investigators said Thursday.
The breach of the software firm 3CX, discovered last month, provided a potential foothold for the North Koreans into a huge swath of multinational firms — from hotel chains to health care providers — that use the firm’s software for voice and video calls.
The number of companies affected by the hack and what the hackers ultimately did with access to victim networks remain unclear. But it’s the latest evidence that North Korean hackers are pulling out all the stops to break into organizations to steal or spy on them in support of dictator Kim Jong Un’s strategic interests.
The hack shows “an increased level of cyber offensive capability by North Korean” operatives, said Charles Carmakal, chief technology officer at Mandiant Consulting, which 3CX hired to investigate the hack.
A recent CNN investigation found a rampant effort by North Korean hackers to steal cryptocurrency and launder it into hard cash that might help fund the regime’s weapon’s programs. Such North Korean cyber activity is part of regular intelligence products presented to senior US officials, sometimes including President Joe Biden, a senior US official previously told CNN.
In the case of 3CX, Mandiant said the hackers wormed their way into company’s software production environment by first compromising software made by another firm, derivatives trading platform Trading Technologies. A 3CX employee downloaded the now-defunct Trading Technologies software that the hackers had tampered with, according to Mandiant.
“This is the first time that we’ve ever found concrete evidence of a supply chain attack leading to another supply chain attack,” Carmakal told reporters Wednesday.
Yet the impact of the hack is unclear. Any of 3CX’s customers that downloaded the bugged software would have been susceptible to compromise. But the North Koreans likely singled out a much smaller number of victims for follow-on activity on their network, according to US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
The suspected North Korean hackers did use the 3CX access to target cryptocurrency firms late last month, Georgy Kucherin, a researcher at Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky told CNN.
Kucherin said his firm saw the hackers trying to deploy malicious code on “less than 10 computers” but blocked their efforts, “so nothing was stolen.”
Nick Galea, 3CX’s CEO, on March 30 downplayed the scope of the incident, telling CNN that “very few” of his customers appeared to be “actually compromised” by the hackers. But in an email on Thursday, Galea said he doesn’t know how many customers ultimately downloaded the tampered 3CX software, or how many customers saw follow-on hacking activity.
3CX has instructed customers on how to update their software and check for compromise.
Trading Technologies has not been able to verify Mandiant’s findings yet because the company just became aware of the issue last week, a spokesperson for Trading Technologies told CNN on Thursday.
“What we do know with certainty is that 3CX is not a vendor or a customer of Trading Technologies,” the Trading Technologies spokesperson said. “We would also emphasize that this incident is completely unrelated to the current TT platform.”
US officials join the investigation
The hack sent US officials and private executives scrambling to determine how many American organizations might be affected.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security agency “continues to work with government and private sector partners to understand impacts from this intrusion campaign,” an agency spokesperson told CNN on Thursday. “In many cases, outstanding work by the cybersecurity community avoided significant harm for many potential victims.”
Sweeping supply chain hacks are typically associated with state-linked hackers from China or Russia, said Adam Meyers, vice president of intelligence at CrowdStrike.
“The fact that it’s North Korea … shows that this is an actor that does have supply chain capabilities and aspirations, and can have effects from them,” Meyers told CNN.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The pitch clock may be bothering players as they step to the plate, but they like it a whole lot better once they put on their gloves and take the field.
While the rule changes put in place this year to speed up the pace of play have garnered plenty of attention for how they’ve affected hitters and pitchers, some players and managers say the new guidelines also are positively impacting defense.
The pitch clock in particular — an idea meant to make it easier for fans to stay focused on the field — may be keeping fielders locked in, too.
“I think it’s helping defensively a lot, just because you don’t have the down time to really kind of walk around,” said Seattle Mariners second baseman Kolten Wong, a two-time Gold Glove winner. “You’re not cleaning dirt, you’re constantly back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. So, I’m a big fan of it.”
The pitch clock adopted this year — along with limits on infield shifts and several other rules — gives pitchers 15 seconds between deliveries if there are no baserunners and 20 seconds with someone aboard.
There’s no doubt that games are faster. The average game length of 2 hours, 40 minutes is the shortest since 1984. Games had lasted an average of at least 3 hours every year from 2012-22.
That change was expected. But some players and coaches say they’ve been pleasantly surprised by how it’s changed things on defense.
Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell, asked this season about left fielder Christian Yelich’s improving glovework, landed on the clock as a key contributor. After ranking among the bottom 10 left fielders last year with minus-5 Outs Above Average, Yelich is third this season with 3 OAA, per Baseball Savant.
“It’s definitely not something I’d thought of, but I think it’s easier to play defense now the way the game is structured because it’s just faster-paced,” Counsell said. “That’s best for defenders. I don’t think hitters like it still, to be honest with you. And pitchers don’t like it. But I think it’s great for defenders.”
Counsell said the lengthy delays between pitches in previous seasons could make it tough for fielders to maintain their focus.
“It’s still your job, but (the slow pace) was making it really hard, I think especially for outfielders,” Counsell said.
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker indicated it was an issue for infielders as well.
“When you’ve been standing out there for 15-20 minutes and you get a ground ball hit at you, I know that’s been a challenge in the past, in long innings, staying locked in,” Walker said.
It’s hard to find empirical evidence to support or dispute the theory. The league-wide fielding percentage of .986 through Tuesday’s games is the highest in the sport’s history, but that may not be the best indicator. Fielding percentages have been rising steadily for decades thanks in part to improved field conditions and equipment, and last year’s fielding percentage was .985. The metric also relies on subjective decisions by official scorers and doesn’t factor for a player’s range.
It’s also hard to pull trends from advanced defensive metrics because of the limits placed on infield shifts between the 2022 and ’23 seasons.
That leaves it up to the notoriously unreliable eye test to determine whether there’s any difference.
“I don’t think I’ve necessarily noticed that,” New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “My gut, or hearing you ask that question and knowing myself as a fielder, I would think it’s a good thing. You know, being able to keep it moving. I know we always liked a pitcher that worked fast, right? It felt like you were more on your toes, more alert. So I would think there’s something to that, but it’s not necessarily something that I’ve taken away from it so far.”
Boone’s opinion is something of a consensus.
When players and managers were asked by The Associated Press if they believed the pitch clock had impacted fielding, they often said they hadn’t really considered that possibility. Then, after thinking about it for a little bit, many of them at least partially agreed with Counsell’s opinion.
“There’s more action,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “They’re not on their heels as much, they’re ready for the ball to be put in play, things are happening quicker, less standing around.”
Brewers infielder Owen Miller has noticed that as well.
“I think just the flow of the game is a lot better,” Miller said. “You just have less time in between pitches, so especially infielders are a little bit lighter and quicker on their feet.”
Players and managers across the league see evidence of better fielding. Whether that’s because of the pitch clock or due to other factors remains up for debate.
“I think the engagement part helps,” Diamondbacks outfielder Alek Thomas said. “You’re paying attention, not looking to the crowd. Then again, maybe it’s just more athletic people out there making good plays.”
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AP Baseball Writers David Brandt and Mike Fitzpatrick and AP Sports Writer Jimmy Golen contributed to this report.
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The Ravens pride themselves on their winning culture and on-field success, but sometimes losing has its benefits, too.
After an 8-9 season that ended short of the playoffs, the Ravens entered last month’s NFL draft with the No. 14 overall pick. (Hello, Kyle Hamilton.) And after finishing last in the AFC North for the first time under coach John Harbaugh, the Ravens also got a relatively manageable schedule Thursday, with just five opponents who made the playoffs last season and five last-place finishers. (Hello, Jacksonville Jaguars.)
There are still hurdles to clear inside and outside the division, however, including a handful of Super Bowl contenders. Four months from the Ravens’ season opener, here’s how their schedule measures up, with opponents ordered from most to least difficult.
1. Week 8 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Remember when quarterback Tom Brady was retired and Bruce Arians was still head coach? Every opponent on the Buccaneers’ schedule would’ve preferred that arrangement in 2022. Despite a string of injuries last season, Tampa Bay lost just one game at home and entered the playoffs with a share of the NFL’s best record. Tight end Rob Gronkowski’s future in football is still uncertain, but the ageless Brady led the league in passing yards last season and will have seven Pro Bowl teammates returning. It’s an ideal setup for defensive coordinator turned coach Todd Bowles, and the Ravens have a short week to prepare for their “Thursday Night Football” road trip.
2. Week 18 at Cincinnati Bengals
It can’t end up any worse than the team’s last trip to Paul Brown Stadium, right? With the Ravens’ roster ravaged by injuries and the coronavirus — most notably at quarterback, where Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley were unavailable — the team was outgained 575-334 in a day-after-Christmas loss to the Bengals, 41-21. The Ravens’ rebuilt secondary has considerable room for improvement after last year’s two blowout defeats, in which quarterback Joe Burrow set an NFL record for the most passing yards against one team in a single season (941). With this game falling in the final week of the regular season, the stakes for this matchup could be significant — a playoff berth, perhaps? Given the early expectations for both teams, it’ll probably mean something.
3. Week 4 vs. Buffalo Bills
The Bills might be the NFL’s most talented team. They’re ranked third here only because the Ravens get them in Baltimore for the first time since 2018. That Buffalo offense started Nathan Peterman over Josh Allen at quarterback and leaned on Zay Jones at wide receiver. This team has Allen, ascendant after a blistering postseason, along with wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Gabriel Davis and rookie running back James Cook. The Bills are spoiled with offensive talent, and their defense still might be the better unit. Buffalo had the NFL’s top pass defense last season, according to Football Outsiders, and now it can pair star Tre’Davious White with first-round pick Kaiir Elam at cornerback.
4. Week 5 vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Ravens will get their first crack at the Bengals this season in Baltimore, and line play could be decisive. Cincinnati left M&T Bank Stadium last October with a decisive 41-17 win and a clear victory in the trenches. Bengals running backs rushed for 111 yards (4.6 per carry) and two touchdowns, dominating late, and Burrow was sacked just once. Ravens running backs, meanwhile, combined for just 29 yards on 11 carries, and Jackson was sacked five times. Both teams upgraded their offensive lines this season, but who’ll win out on the field?
5. Week 13 vs. Denver Broncos
The Ravens held Broncos quarterbacks Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater to a combined 148 passing yards in a 23-7 win in Denver last season. After the Broncos’ trade for quarterback Russell Wilson this offseason, it’s hard to imagine another defensive throttling in Baltimore. Denver is a potential Super Bowl contender, and it has the talent to return Wilson to NFL Most Valuable Player contention, with five talented receivers (wideouts Courtland Sutton, Tim Patrick, Jerry Jeudy and K.J. Hamler and tight end Albert Okwuegbunam) and an elite running back duo (Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon III). If new coach Nathaniel Hackett can help turn around the defense, the Broncos won’t remain an AFC West pushover.
6. Week 3 at New England Patriots
The Ravens’ second trip to Gillette Stadium in three years will mark their first game against homegrown outside linebacker Matthew Judon — and Pro Bowl quarterback Mac Jones. The Patriots have beefed up their skill position talent since their rain-soaked 2020 victory over the Ravens, adding tight ends Hunter Henry and Jonnu Smith and wide receivers Kendrick Bourne and DeVante Parker. But their usually buttoned-up defense will be without top cornerbacks J.C. Jackson and Stephon Gilmore. Coach Bill Belichick is 7-4 all time against John Harbaugh as New England’s coach.
7. Week 15 at Cleveland Browns
This won’t be the Ravens’ first game against the Browns this season, but considering it’s in Cleveland, as well as the relative likelihood that quarterback Deshaun Watson will be available to play, it projects as the tougher matchup. The Browns’ defense should be good enough to keep them in games, with defensive end Myles Garrett getting after quarterbacks, weak-side linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah chasing down ball carriers and cornerback Denzel Ward shadowing top receivers. But if Watson’s legal situation — he still faces 22 active lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault and sexual harassment — keeps him off the field, Cleveland’s offense will be pretty one-dimensional.
8. Week 14 at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Ravens won’t face the Ben Roethlisberger-less Steelers until December, by which point Pittsburgh will have probably figured out its quarterback situation. Will coach Mike Tomlin go with Mitchell Trubisky, the former No. 2 overall pick who threw just eight passes for the Bills last season? Or Kenny Pickett, the first-round pick from Pittsburgh? Or even Mason Rudolph, who’s started 10 games over four seasons in Pittsburgh? Whomever the Ravens face, they’ll need more from Jackson. He’s 2-3 against the Steelers in his career, with a 67.4 passer rating and just 4.6 yards per carry.
9. Week 9 at New Orleans Saints
The Saints’ win-now approach has dramatic consequences: traded-away draft picks, salary cap nightmares, many millions of dollars spent on quarterback Taysom Hill. New Orleans’ loss became the Ravens’ gain this offseason, when they signed safety Marcus Williams to a five-year, $70 million deal. In a “Monday Night Football” matchup, he’s set to take on former teammate Jameis Winston, who was one of the NFL’s better quarterbacks last season before suffering a season-ending knee injury on Halloween. The Saints should again have one of the NFL’s tougher defenses, but how much do wide receiver Michael Thomas and running back Alvin Kamara have left to give?
10. Week 2 vs. Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins blitzed Jackson and the Ravens into oblivion in their Week 10 upset last season, winning by double digits even with a banged-up Tua Tagovailoa coming off the bench in emergency quarterback duty. The Ravens will face a far more talented Miami team in September, beefed up with the additions of All-Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill, Pro Bowl offensive tackle Terron Armstead and standout defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah. New coach Mike McDaniel’s creativity should enliven the offense, but Tagovailoa’s range as a passer can’t be Roethlisberger-esque.
11. Week 7 vs. Cleveland Browns
Yahoo Sports reported in March that some NFL teams believed Watson was likely to face a six-game suspension under the league’s personal-conduct policy. If that’s the case, he probably couldn’t find a less welcoming environment for his Browns debut. The last time the rivals met, Ravens fans watched Jackson carted off the field in Cleveland with what became a season-ending ankle injury. If the Ravens lose to the Bengals in Week 5, they can’t afford to drop another home game in the AFC North here.
12. Week 17 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers’ unlikely postseason appearance last year helped cover up some real shortcomings on both sides of the ball. On offense, Pittsburgh has impressive young talent at running back (Najee Harris), wide receiver (Chase Claypool, Diontae Johnson and George Pickens) and tight end (Pat Freiermuth), but the team’s offensive line was among the NFL’s worst groups. And defensive end Cameron Heyward, outside linebacker T.J. Watt and safety Minkah Fitzpatrick can’t be counted on to fix every hole in an inconsistent defense. This late-season matchup, once again, could prove pivotal in the playoff race.
13. Week 1 at New York Jets
Former Ravens scout Joe Douglas has built a talented, young nucleus as the Jets’ general manager, especially on offense. Recent first- and second-round picks are projected to start at wide receiver (Elijah Moore, Garrett Wilson), running back (Breece Hall), offensive tackle (Mekhi Becton), guard (Alijah Vera-Tucker), defensive tackle (Quinnen Williams) and cornerback (Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner). But the Jets won’t level up if last year’s No. 2 overall pick, Zach Wilson, doesn’t develop into even an average quarterback. He went 3-10 as a starter last season, and breaking out in the season opener seems unlikely.
14. Week 6 at New York Giants
It’s never a good sign when a team with almost no playoff hopes has to release one of its more talented players (cornerback James Bradberry) in May because of salary cap constraints. Or when that same team puts a first-round pick (wide receiver Kadarius Toney) on the trading block after only a year in town. There’s a lot of difficult work ahead for new coach Brian Daboll. Maybe most important: finding out whether quarterback Daniel Jones and running back Saquon Barkley have a future with the team. Former Ravens defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale has good talent up front, but not the overall depth he’s used to.
15. Week 16 vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons finished last season with the NFL’s fifth-worst offense and third-worst defense, according to Football Outsiders. That somehow was enough for seven wins. With Matt Ryan shipped off to Indianapolis this offseason and a youth movement underway, Atlanta and new coach Arthur Smith need a can’t-miss quarterback prospect more than they need another season of treading water. A promising draft brought more talented pieces (wide receiver Drake London and outside linebacker Arnold Ebiketie) to the team’s foundation, but Marcus Mariota’s still QB1.
16. Week 12 at Jacksonville Jaguars
Even if quarterback Trevor Lawrence makes the Peyton Manning-esque Year 2 leap that the Jaguars need, there are still a lot of holes here. Wide receiver Christian Kirk is good, but not $18 million-a-year good. Defensive lineman Travon Walker is talented, but talented enough to take No. 1 overall? New coach Doug Pederson will need at least a year to air out the stench of the Urban Meyer era. He might need at least two to get the team moved out of the AFC’s basement.
17. Week 11 vs. Carolina Panthers
The Panthers have playmakers at every level of their defense (defensive end Brian Burns, weak-side linebacker Shaq Thompson and safety Jeremy Chinn); a bona fide No. 1 wide receiver (D.J. Moore); and, when healthy, maybe the NFL’s best running back (Christian McCaffrey). They also have one of the NFL’s worst starting quarterbacks and offensive lines. Sam Darnold finished 29th in the league in QBR last year, and top pick Ikem Ekwonu can provide only so much cover up front.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all.
Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet.
The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, stands out brightly alongside countless smaller storms.
One wide-field picture is particularly dramatic, showing the faint rings around the planet, as well as two tiny moons against a glittering background of galaxies.
“We’ve never seen Jupiter like this. It’s all quite incredible,” planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, of the University of California, Berkeley, said in a statement. He helped lead the observation. “We hadn’t really expected it to be this good, to be honest.”
The infrared images were artificially colored in blue, white, green, yellow and orange, according to the U.S.-French research team, to make the features stand out.
NASA and the European Space Agency’s $10 billion successor to the Hubble Space Telescope rocketed away at the end of last year and has been observing the cosmos in the infrared since summer. Scientists hope to behold the dawn of the universe with Webb, peering all the way back to when the first stars and galaxies were forming 13.7 billion years ago.
The observatory is positioned 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth. | 2022-08-22T19:02:24+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/new-space-telescope-shows-jupiters-auroras-tiny-moons/ |
Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf’s recovery
PHOENIX (AP) — A female Mexican gray wolf that a group of schoolchildren nicknamed Asha has been returned to the wilds of Arizona after she was found wandering in northern New Mexico outside of a zone set up for the recovery of her subspecies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday.
The wolf was headed north into the southern Rocky Mountains of New Mexico in January when the wildlife service captured her outside the recovery area. The Fish and Wildlife Service says it does not anthropomorphize wild animals by using human or pet names favored by the public and nongovernmental groups and calls her Female Wolf 2745.
“Wolves like Asha have shown, time and time again, that this purely political boundary is ecologically irrelevant.” said Cyndi Tuell, Arizona and New Mexico director of the nongovernmental Western Watersheds.
Tuell and other environmentalists say the zone is arbitrary and that the animals should be able to roam freely, potentially introducing them to other wolves for breeding and increase their genetic diversity, conservationists insist.
The Fish and Wildlife Service said the wolf born in 2021 had wandered into territory where there are no other wolves to breed with.
She crossed north of Interstate 40 and ultimately traversed more than 500 miles (800 kilometers) into New Mexico, where she was captured near Taos and temporarily held at a wildlife service facility outside Socorro. The wolf was taken back to east Arizona to be released June 7 into the wilds of the Apache National Forest.
She was fitted with a radio collar in the fall of 2022, and the agency will continue to monitor her movements following her release.
The Mexican gray wolf is an endangered subspecies of the gray wolf whose numbers in the Southwest dwindled dangerously close to extinction before efforts to bring it back under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. The last known wild Mexican gray wolves were captured in the late 1970s, and the gradual recovery began with seven of the animals being successfully bred in captivity.
The Fish and Wildlife Service reported in February that an annual census of Mexican gray wolves in the wild in the U.S. found a total of 241 in New Mexico and Arizona.
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BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Bismarck Bobcats goaltender, Linards Lipskis, has been selected to represent his home country of Latvia at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championships in Canada.
According to the Bobcats, Lipskis was one of three goaltenders named to Team Latvia at the tournament that is slated to begin on December 26 and end on January 5.
Lipskis has previously represented Latvia on the world stage, playing two games at the under-18 World Junior Championship in 2021.
Team Latvia’s first World Juniors contest is against the United States on Monday, December 26 at 3:00 p.m. CT. NHL Network will carry television coverage of the tournament in the U.S. | 2022-12-21T22:12:20+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/local-sports/bismarck-bobcats-goaltender-selected-to-world-junior-championship/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats took steps Tuesday to force a vote on expelling New York Rep. George Santos from Congress, an effort that is expected to be defeated but puts Republicans in the uncomfortable position of taking a stand on an indicted colleague.
The freshman GOP congressman has been charged with embezzling money from his campaign, falsely receiving unemployment funds and lying to Congress about his finances. He has denied the charges and has pleaded not guilty.
Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., introduced a resolution in February to expel Santos, something the House has only done twice in recent decades and requires the approval of a two-thirds majority. He brought the measure Tuesday to the House floor under a process that gives lawmakers until Thursday to dispense with it.
Republicans could vote to table the effort. They could also refer it to the House Ethics Committee for consideration, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., indicated was his preferred route. Both efforts require a majority vote. Republicans could also just allow the House to vote on Garcia’s expulsion resolution, but that is unlikely.
“I wanted him to resign. We gave him plenty of time to do it,” Garcia said of his decision to bring the measure up this week. “His other Republican freshmen also want him to resign and it’s time for him to go.”
Santos, despite the federal charges he’s facing, is moving forward with his plans to seek reelection and has defied calls for his resignation. “This is the beginning of the ability for me to address and defend myself,” Santos told reporters following his indictment. His office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Garcia’s resolution.
Republican leaders have said Santos deserves to have his day in court before Congress weighs in. The position Republican leaders have staked out generally follows the precedent that Congress has set in similar criminal cases over the years. The House has expelled just two members in recent decades, and both votes occurred after the lawmaker had been convicted on federal charges.
McCarthy said he would reach out to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about referring the resolution to the Ethics Committee, which already has initiated an investigation into whether Santos engaged in unlawful activity with respect to his congressional campaign.
“I think we can look at it very quickly and come to a conclusion on what George Santos did and did not do,” McCarthy told reporters.
Democrats are looking to tie Santos to the Republican brand, particularly in key swing districts, and began messaging the effort to expel him as giving New Yorkers the “honest representation they deserve.”
“Now is the time for members of Congress to demonstrate where they stand and expel George Santos from Congress,” said Rep. Suzan DelBene, chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
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Associated Press writer Stephen Groves contributed to this report. | 2023-05-17T17:47:56+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/politics/ap-politics/george-santos-expulsion-coming-before-house-as-democrats-force-vote/ |
The Supreme Court is set to release its decision on President Biden’s relief of up to $20,000 in student loan debt, with advocates and borrowers widely concerned the justices will strike down the plan.
The court holds a strong 6-3 conservative majority that seemed skeptical of the administration’s ability to forgive the debt during oral arguments in February.
But as several recent decisions show, the court sometimes hands down a surprise ruling, offering a sliver of hope to those wanting the forgiveness despite the widespread skepticism.
Court watchers are closely eyeing how the justices rule on whether any of the challengers have legal standing to bring their lawsuits, an issue that the high court’s liberal wing and conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett in particular probed during oral argument.
The situation has been a whirlwind for borrowers and will, one way or the other, come to an end soon.
Why are borrowers fearful of the decision?
Many experts, and the Biden administration itself, have expressed concern for the outcome at the right-leaning court.
The justices are weighing two separate lawsuits — brought by six GOP-led states and two individual borrowers — and Biden’s plan must survive both.
“I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law. I’m not confident about the outcome of the decision yet,” Biden said in March.
In recent years, the court’s conservatives have increasingly struck down executive branch policies deemed matters of vast economic and political significance, ruling that such policies require clear authorization from Congress.
The debt relief plan could meet a similar fate, as its challengers have cited the major questions doctrine in arguing Congress did not clearly authorize the executive branch to unilaterally forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in debt relief.
“I think most casual observers would say, if you’re going to give up that much amount of money, if you’re going to affect the obligations of that many Americans on a subject that’s of great controversy, they would think that’s something for Congress to act on,” Chief Justice John Roberts said at oral arguments.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh similarly gave caution.
“Some of the biggest mistakes in the court’s history were deferring to assertions of executive emergency power. Some of the finest moments in the court’s history were pushing back against presidential assertions of emergency power,” he said.
Conservatives on the court also noted that the federal provision cited by the Biden administration only authorizes the executive branch to “waive or modify” student financial assistance programs.
“In other provisions, there is express language as to cancellation, and, of course, there isn’t here,” Justice Clarence Thomas said at oral argument.
Justice Samuel Alito repeatedly interrogated the administration on whether the debt relief was fair.
“Why is it fair?” Alito asked. “If it was — if he didn’t have to do it, why is it an answer to say that it was warranted? Maybe it was warranted, but why was it done? I guess you don’t want to answer the question.”
Borrowers cling to hope
It is possible the court greenlights Biden’s plan without ever deciding whether he had authorization.
The Biden administration argues that in both lawsuits, the challengers lack standing, meaning they don’t have the right to sue. But only one of the six GOP-led states or two individual borrowers challenging the debt relief needs standing for the justices to move ahead.
At oral arguments, one of the court’s conservatives joined its liberal wing in seeming to have some qualms about the standing arguments: Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Barrett intensely questioned the state of Missouri’s attempt to assert standing by dragging into the mix student loan servicer MOHELA, which it says would suffer revenue losses.
Neither side disputes that MOHELA would have standing if it sued Biden itself. However, MOHELA has decided not to involve itself in the case, raising some eyebrows as Missouri now attempts to sue on its behalf.
“If MOHELA is an arm of the state, why didn’t you just strong-arm MOHELA and say, ‘You’ve got to pursue this suit?’” Barrett questioned.
All three of the court’s liberals — Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson — similarly probed the standing argument.
“It’s just very hard for me to say that there is an interest sufficient for the state to speak on behalf of an entity who has a right to sue or be sued,” Sotomayor said.
Jackson added, “I feel like we really do have to be concerned about jumping into the political fray, unless we are prompted to do so by a lawsuit that is brought by someone who has an actual interest. So this is why I’m sort of pressing really hard on the standing point.”
On the merits of the case, Kagan repeatedly suggested Congress did give authorization through the Heroes Act.
“Congress used its voice. Congress used its voice in enacting this piece of legislation. All this business about executive power, I mean, we worry about executive power when Congress hasn’t authorized the use of executive power. Here, Congress has authorized the use of executive power in an emergency situation,” Kagan said.
However, Barrett and the court’s liberals would still need to convince one of the other five justices to join them to form a majority.
It wouldn’t be the first time this year the court has tossed a major case by finding no plaintiff had standing. Last week, the liberal wing and Barrett — as well as four other justices — agreed that two GOP states had no standing to challenge a Biden-era immigration policy, albeit for different reasons.
What will happen after the decision?
Regardless of the court’s decision, borrowers will have to be ready for the three-year student loan payment hiatus to come to an end.
While advocates were hopeful they could get Biden to implement another extension, especially if the court ruled against his relief, the president has locked the door on the option.
During debt ceiling negotiations, Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) agreed student loan interest would begin to accrue again in September, and payments would restart in October.
Advocates were furious after the announcement and have already hosted multiple rallies calling for Biden to have another plan to forgive student loans if his current one fails at the court.
If the court rules in favor of his plan, it would give a cushion to the president after the agreement and fulfill one of his major campaign promises from 2020.
However, if the court rules against, all eyes will be on the president’s next move. | 2023-06-28T21:26:23+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/hill-politics/student-loan-debt-which-way-will-the-supreme-court-go/ |
Diagnostics Company Appoints CEO to Spearhead Strategic Growth Plan
PINE BROOK, N.J., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Avantik announced today that it has partnered with strategic health care investor Water Street Healthcare Partners to expand its products and services supporting anatomic pathology and histology laboratories with their operations. The diagnostics company also announced that it has appointed Mark Zacur as chief executive officer.
Trevor Mornan, executive vice president, Avantik, said:
"Avantik was founded on the core principle of always putting our customers first. This principle has guided us through 50 years of growth. Water Street's team values this principle as much as we do and is dedicated to supporting our goals for growth. Working together with our new CEO, Mark Zacur, we will invest in expanding our offering to serve our customers even more strongly in the future."
New Partnership
Water Street has committed significant capital in addition to its diagnostics experience and network of relationships to advance the next phase of Avantik's expansion. Working with Water Street, Avantik plans to invest in organic initiatives and acquisitions to expand its portfolio of consumables and equipment and enhance its maintenance and repair services.
Robert Womsley, partner, Water Street, said:
"Avantik is a trusted partner that lab managers count on to maintain their operations. The company's rapid response time and extensive product portfolio have been instrumental in achieving high customer satisfaction. We look forward to advancing our shared goal of building Avantik into a provider addressing the full scope of laboratories' operational needs on a national scale."
CEO Appointment
To spearhead the next phase of the company's expansion, Avantik and Water Street have appointed Mark Zacur as chief executive officer. Mr. Zacur brings to Avantik health care and diagnostics experience, including:
- Achieving a distinguished career at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he was vice president & general manager of the Fisher Healthcare business unit specializing in distributing diagnostic products and services to health care providers
- Serving as executive vice president and chief commercial officer for Owens & Minor, where he helped shape and implement strategies that were instrumental in achieving the company's performance objectives
Mark Zacur, CEO, Avantik, said:
"I am honored to be joining Avantik and helping to build on its important work in supporting physicians and healthcare providers with diagnosing and treating their patients."
About Avantik
Founded in 1971, Avantik supports anatomic pathology and histology laboratories in maintaining their critical operations. The company offers customers a broad portfolio of maintenance and repair services and high-quality consumables, parts and equipment. In addition, it helps customers resolve their repair needs quickly through its national network of engineers and service hubs. Avantik's rapid response time and extensive product portfolio have been instrumental in achieving high customer satisfaction. To learn more about Avantik, visit www.avantik.com.
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Updated September 13, 2022 at 12:39 PM ET
R. Kelly's lead attorney told jurors during her closing argument Tuesday that federal prosecutors' case accusing the singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and rigging his 2008 child porn trial largely rests on the testimony of perjurers and blackmailers.
Standing at a podium a few feet in front of jurors, Jennifer Bonjean noted that many key government witnesses, including some of the women who accused Kelly of sexually abusing them, testified with immunity to ensure they wouldn't be charged with previously lying to authorities.
Bonjean said they hadn't come to the courthouse in Chicago, Kelly's hometown, to tell the unvarnished truth. "They came in here," she said, "to tell the government's version of the truth."
Among others, she cited Kelly ex-girlfriend Lisa Van Allen, who testified about how she stole a sex tape from a Kelly gym bag in the early 2000s. Bonjean also pointed to the testimony of Kelly's former merchandizing agent Charles Freeman, who told jurors that he asked the singer for $1 million in exchange for returning another sex tape that could potentially incriminate the singer. Both testified with immunity.
Bonjean likened their testimony and other evidence to a cockroach and the government's case to a bowl of soup the insect is found in.
"You don't just pull out the cockroach and eat the rest of the soup," she said, noting of the prosecution's case: "There are just too many cockroaches."
Bonjean reminded jurors that she told them during her opening statement that the government would rely on "perjurers, blackmailers and extortionists," and said prosecutors had done just that.
On Monday, a prosecutor in her closing told jurors that weeks of evidence proved the singer parlayed his fame to sexually abuse minors and record the abuse on video.
Kelly faces charges including production of child pornography, enticing minor girls for sex and obstruction of justice by rigging his 2008 child pornography trial in state court, at which he was acquitted. Jurors were expected to began deliberating later Tuesday.
In her closing, prosecutor Elizabeth Pozolo described Kelly as a secret sexual predator.
"Robert Kelly abused many girls over many years," she said, referring to the 55-year-old Grammy winner by his full first name. "He committed horrible crimes against children. ... All these years later, the hidden side of Robert Kelly has come out."
Kelly attorney Jennifer Bonjean twice called for a mistrial Monday, complaining that closing arguments by attorneys for Kelly co-defendants Derrell McDavid and Milton Brown were grounded in the presumption that "the world now knows Mr. Kelly is a sex predator."
"The presumption of innocence has been abolished for him," Bonjean said, meaning Kelly was unable to get a fair trial. Judge Harry Leinenweber denied the requests.
Prosecutors will have the opportunity for a short rebuttal after Bonjean gives her closing argument in Kelly's hometown of Chicago, where he rose from poverty to become an R&B superstar.
Known for his smash hit "I Believe I Can Fly" and for sex-infused songs such as "Bump n' Grind," Kelly sold millions of albums even after allegations of sexual misconduct began circulating in the 1990s. Widespread outrage emerged after the #MeToo reckoning and the 2019 docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly."
Kelly and McDavid, Kelly's former business manager, are accused of fixing the 2008 trial by intimidating and paying off witnesses. Both face child pornography charges. Brown, a former Kelly associate, is accused of receiving child pornography.
Kelly was sentenced in June to 30 years in prison after a separate federal trial in New York, where he was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking. Convictions on just a few of the 13 counts Kelly faces at his current trial could add years to his imprisonment.
Pozolo focused much of her closing argument on the government's star witness, an accuser who went by "Jane" and who said Kelly sexually abused her hundreds of times starting when she was 14.
"He performed degrading acts upon her for his own sick pleasure," Pozolo said.
She reminded jurors of graphic video footage they had watched, which Jane testified depicted Kelly, at around age 30, abusing her when she was 14. The videos shown included one at the heart Kelly's 2008 trial. Jurors said later they had no choice but to acquit Kelly because Jane didn't testify.
"Who does that? Who uses a 14-year-old child to film a video like this?" she said. "This man. Robert Kelly."
Before Kelly's 2008 trial, Pozolo said, Kelly and his associates scrambled to recover multiple sex videos that had gone missing from a collection he often carried around in a large gym bag.
By doing so, she said, Kelly associates sought "to cover up the fact that ... R. Kelly, the R&B superstar, is actually a sexual predator."
In his closing, an attorney for McDavid said prosecutors had to show that his client actually knew about any abuse of Jane by Kelly in the 2000s — not just that it was likely he knew.
"Did they prove he knew ... behind a reasonable doubt?" Beau Brindley asked. "They did not."
Pozolo balked at the idea that McDavid had no inkling in the 2000s that the abuse allegations might be credible after helping to recover missing recordings and handing bags of cash to people who returned videos McDavid knew could destroy Kelly.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-09-13T17:21:48+00:00 | wyomingpublicmedia.org | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-09-13/r-kellys-lawyer-says-prosecution-witnesses-in-his-sex-crimes-trial-lied |
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Brooks Koepka, one of the first players to denounce a rival league for only 48 players, is the latest PGA Tour player to sign on with Saudi-funded LIV Golf series, The Associated Press has learned.
A person briefed on Koepka’s decision told the AP said he still would be able to compete on the PGA Tour until he hits a shot on the LIV Golf circuit. The person spoke on condition of anonymity without authorization to speak on behalf of the tour.
The Daily Telegraph in the UK first reported Koepka’s decision.
Koepka remained in the field for the Travelers Championship, though he was not at a player meeting Tuesday morning at the TPC River Highlands. The next LIV Golf event starts June 30 outside Portland, Oregon.
Koepka was second player, behind Rory McIlroy, who speak out against a rival league in March 2020 when he told the AP, “I have a hard time believing golf should be about just 48 players.”
“Money isn’t going to change my life,” Koepka said at the time.
The proposed rival league was different from LIV Golf, presented as the “Premier Golf League” though still relying on Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Greg Norman and LIV Golf took the idea of 48-man fields, no cuts with a team component.
LIV Golf has not announced Koepka’s signing amid speculation that a few others were soon to join. ESPN Deportes reported over the weekend that Abraham Ancer of Mexico also was signing. Ancer is No. 20 in the world with one PGA Tour victory.
Koepka gives LIV Golf a big name with his four major titles — back-to-back in the U.S. Open (2017-18) and PGA Championship (2018-19), though his game has been in decline since then because of a series of injuries.
His last victory was the Phoenix Open in February 2021 and he has fallen to No. 19 in the world. In the majors this year, he missed the cut at the Masters and has finished out of the top 50 in the PGA Championship and U.S. Open.
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-21T16:58:39+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-source-koepka-the-latest-to-join-saudi-backed-liv-series/ |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon did not comment directly Friday on a report that the Toronto Raptors have received permission to interview her for their vacant head coaching position.
Hammon spoke at the newly opened Aces facility, the first of its kind in the WNBA and one that closely resembles an NBA club facility.
She chose not to comment on an ESPN report that the Raptors have inquired about her after firing Nick Nurse last week.
“Today is completely about how wonderful the Aces are, and I will keep all the focus (on them) because they deserve it,” Hammon said. “They earned it. This building has earned it. (Owner) Mark (Davis) has earned it. So I’m not commenting on anything about the boys. It’s all about the women.”
Hammon, who will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August, led the Aces to the WNBA championship last year in her first season at the helm.
She’s long been consider someone who might become the first female head coach in the NBA.
Hammon put in eight seasons as an assistant with San Antonio Spurs. Her highlights there included coaching the Spurs’ Summer League team to the 2015 championship and becoming the first woman to take the lead chair in an NBA game when Gregg Popovich was ejected during a December 2020 game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
If Hammon remains in Las Vegas, she will oversee an Aces team that, along with the New York Liberty, have the WNBA’s most talented rosters.
“My girls know I love them and I’m very proud and happy to be their coach,” Hammon said.
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AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-04-29T16:12:35+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/sports/ap-sports/hammon-mum-on-potential-interest-in-raptors-coaching-gig/ |
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GYRO will introduce a lineup of innovative smart mobility technology products–from GYRO Distribution Robot to personal electric mobility products called Surfwheel and GYROOR–at this year's Consumer Technology Association CES 2023 conference, in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 5-8, 2023.
As stated by Jason C., CEO of GYRO, "We are excited to bring GYRO Distribution robots to hotels in the USA in 2023. We intend to offer a FREE-to-lease model so that all hotels and motels in the USA will be able to access such leading technologies to provide convenience to their guests via the latest AI enabled distribution robots. With this robot, guests at hotels can get prompt and convenient services 24/7."
GYRO Distribution Robot
Designed to cater for hotels and restaurants, GYRO Distribution Robot provides the convenience of 24/7 delivery of room services and responsive food delivery at restaurants. GYRO-powered Distribution Robot achieves precise positioning and intelligent navigation through the dual function of lasers and vision. GYRO Distribution Robot enables precise delivery and intelligent service with obstacle avoidance, infrared detection, and touchless voice interaction to enable operation efficiency in hotels and restaurants.
Surfwheel
Exploring becomes thrilling when you are surfing the land on a Surfwheel. The lightweight design makes it easy to maneuver around street corners. The LED lights shine through the city at night. Just by stepping out your front door and onto your Surfwheel, you will feel like you are surfing a wave or boarding down the side of a mountain. GYRO powered one-wheel electric skateboard Surfwheel is enabled by its own proprietary self-balancing algorithm to mimic surfing on land. Surfwheel delivers convenient, fun and safety features via patented technologies.
Unique Surfwheel Drifting Tire Tread - patent no. US10058765B2
Surfwheel Safety Wheels - patent no. US10065103B2
Surfwheel Foldable Design - patent no. US20180326294B2
Surfwheel Shock Absorber - patent no. US9789384B1
GYROOR X3
GYRO's latest launch in electric mobility includes GYROOR X3. Gyroor X3 is one of the market's safest and most convenient folding scooters. Its frame is made of aviation aluminum, which is light and easy to fold, making it portable. With a powerful 700W motor, the maximum speed is 21 mph, and the maximum range is 31 miles. The solid 12-inch explosion-proof tire is suitable for all terrain, and the three gears allow you to drive freely without worrying about traffic jams. Additionally, you can unlock and lock the scooter with the App without worrying about it being stolen. Whether you want to commute every day, do a city sightseeing, or just have a cup of coffee, Gyroor X3 can meet most of your daily needs.
VP of Product at GYRO, Ondy M, states, "The product line of Surfwheel offers a safe and fun choice for city ride, while GYROOR X3 is one of the best choices for short distance travel in the city, supported with replaceable battery. We are very excited to bring these exciting products and vision to the market in 2023."
ABOUT GYRO
GYRO designs and develops sense and motion control mobility products, including Distribution Robot, Surfwheel, a one-wheel electric skateboard, and electric mobility scooters, GYROOR. In the past five years, GYRO has shipped over 1 million mobility products to global consumers. GYRO's mission is to promote convenience in an individual's activities by integrating mobility robots in their day-to-day life.
CES 2023 visitors can view the GYRO-powered products at the company's booth in Central Hall, 19289. For media support, please email us at media@gyroor.com.
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2022 YTD Highlights
- $2.3 million in cash as of June 30, 2022
- Working capital surplus of $1.7 million as of June 30, 2022
- Announced project economics for the Calgary Scale Up Facility
- Announced positive results from second independent life-cycle assessment for Calgary Scale Up Facility, demonstrating potential for 60% carbon dioxide savings
- Received Brokering License from Metro Vancouver to enable collection of tipping fees at Empower Pilot Facility
- Completed $500,000 non-brokered private placement at $0.40 per share in August 2022 with Renewable U Energy Inc.
- Continue to improve production efficiencies at the Empower Pilot Facility in Delta, BC
- Continue to advance long-term off-take negotiations with international customers for the Calgary Empower Facility
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. (TSXV: ROOF) (OTCQB: ROOOF) ("Northstar" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed its second quarter 2022 unaudited financial statements and management's discussion and analysis on SEDAR for the six month period ended June 30, 2022. These documents are also available on the Company's website at www.northstarcleantech.com. The Company has scheduled a virtual investor webcast to discuss these financial results and to provide a business update to the investment community today Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST. Details are provided below.
- April 2022 - Announced preliminary project economics for its planned Calgary scale up facility (the "Calgary Empower Facility") based on the front-end engineering design ("FEED") and detailed internal management-prepared financial analysis of the planned facility. Highlights include $7.6 million in estimated annual revenue per facility(1), $4.9 million in estimated annual gross profit per facility(1), and $4.0 million in estimated annual EBITDA per facility(1)(2). Numerous potential upside opportunities were identified, including achievable targets for asphalt pricing, sustainability or 'green' premium, operational performance improvements, carbon credit revenue, tipping fee revenue, and operating assumptions.
- May 2022 – Announced the positive results from a second independent life cycle assessment ("LCA") for the Calgary Empower Facility, demonstrating a potential 60% reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent emissions compared to the base case of disposing asphalt shingles in landfill and replacing with virgin production.
- May 2022 – Announced refocused expansion plans, including focusing on bringing its asphalt shingle reprocessing facility in Delta, BC (the "Empower Pilot Facility") into commercial production; executing construction of the Calgary Empower Facility; and reducing corporate costs.
- August 2022 – Announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Empower Environmental Solutions Ltd. ("Empower") received its brokering license (the "Brokering License") from Metro Vancouver. The Brokering License allows Empower to handle recyclable material, specifically asphalt shingles, at the Empower Pilot Facility and to collect 'tipping fees' on the deposit of "end of life" or "post-consumer" asphalt shingles.
- August 2022 – Announced the completion of a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") with Renewable U Energy Inc. ("Renewable U") for 1,250,000 common shares (the "Shares") at a price of $0.40 per Share for gross proceeds of $500,000. Concurrent with the Private Placement, the Company and Renewable U signed a non-binding and non-exclusive term sheet covering the Company's phase 1 expansion program of three asphalt shingle reprocessing facilities. With this stand-alone strategic equity investment, Renewable U agreed to a twelve-month hold period, during which time the Shares may not be traded. There were no finder's fees payable in connection with the Private Placement.
- August 2022 – Announced an update on operations at the Empower Pilot Facility and other corporate initiatives. The Company continues to focus its efforts on ramping up from steady state production to commercial production at the Empower Pilot Facility. The Company continues to operate in steady state production at the Empower Pilot Facility, reprocessing feedstock of asphalt shingles into liquid asphalt, aggregate and fibre. The amount of shingle feedstock processed has been steadily increasing and the Company expects to achieve production in the range of 50 to 75 tonnes per day by the end of Q4 2022. Steady state production has given the Company an opportunity to make operational strides in three main areas: (i) identifying key areas of improvement, (ii) feedback from product specification analysis, and (iii) engineering development work.
Mr. Aidan Mills, President & CEO and Director of Northstar, commented, "In Q2 2022, we continued to build on momentum required for an ESG business to thrive, having demonstrated (i) value in our intellectual property, (ii) the functionality of Northstar's technology, (iii) the ability to scale, and (iv) a commercialization strategy. The critical development in 2022 to date has been the improving operational performance at our Empower Pilot Facility in Delta, BC. Operational, customer and equipment manufacturer feedback has enabled us to take significant steps forward in operational performance. The production at the Empower Pilot Facility, combined with the customer feedback on our product specification, has sought to demonstrate that our technology works. The target for the balance of the year is now to ensure we both increase production levels and rigorously test the ongoing process improvements for their incorporation into the detailed design for the Calgary Empower Facility. Securing the Brokering License for the Empower Pilot Facility is also an important step toward revenue generation, and we expect to commence collection in September upon installation of the weigh scale."
"Engagement also continues with potential customers in the paving, shingle manufacturing, and roofing system manufacturing sectors. These customers are continuing their ongoing testing of our products and we continue to advance discussions for offtake agreements. Northstar hopes to secure commercial agreements as the year progresses. The results of the LCA demonstrate that our process does indeed produce low carbon products. Accordingly, we believe this to be a compelling competitive advantage and highly motivating business case for our potential customers, all which have corporate mandates to reduce their carbon footprint," continued Mr. Mills.
Webcast URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9016497132073/WN_huHe01fYSJiwddHlDZhF_Q
Approximately two hours after the Q&A session has ended, an archived version of the webcast will be available via the webcast URL above.
Notes:
- Based on anticipated first full operational year.
- Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") is a Non-GAAP financial measure and refers to earnings determined in accordance with IFRS, before depreciation and amortization, interest expense (finance costs) and income tax expense. EBITDA should not be construed as alternatives to net income/loss determined in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). EBITDA does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The Company believes that EBITDA is a meaningful financial metric as it measures cash generated from operations which the Company can use to fund working capital requirements, service future interest and principal debt repayments and fund future growth initiatives.
Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. is a Canadian-based clean technology company focused on the sustainable recovery and reprocessing of asphalt shingles. Northstar has developed a proprietary design process for taking discarded asphalt shingles, otherwise destined for already over-crowded landfills, and extracting the liquid asphalt for usage in new hot mix asphalt, shingle manufacturing and asphalt flat roof systems, and aggregate and fiber for usage in construction products and other industrial applications. Focused on the circular economy, Northstar plans to reprocess used or defective asphalt shingle waste back into its three primary components for reuse/resale at both its Empower Pilot Facility in Delta, British Columbia and its first commercial scale up facility in Calgary, Alberta. As an emerging innovator in sustainable processing, Northstar's mission is to be the leader in the recovery and reprocessing of asphalt shingles in North America, extracting the recovered components from asphalt shingles that would otherwise be sent to landfill.
For further information about Northstar, please visit www.northstarcleantech.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Aidan Mills
President & CEO, Director
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The TSXV has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
This press release may contain forward‐looking information within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, which forward‐looking information reflects the Company's current expectations regarding future events. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the words "may", "would", "could", "should", "will", "intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements concerning any projections or anticipated financial results of the Company, the scheduled virtual investor webcast, Northstar's production range per tonne per day by the end of Q4 2022, the anticipated timing of collection commencement following the completion of the weigh scale installation, the ability of the Company to secure of commercial offtake agreements, that Northstar will play a pivotal role in the circular economy of the asphalt industry, its belief that the FEED design can be deployed across expansion facilities, that its products can enter the circular economy while diverting waste from landfills, the Company's ability to generate future revenue from carbon credits, tipping fees and from the sale of its end-use products, and its projected project economics for its proposed Calgary Empower Facility. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements, including risks related to factors beyond the control of the Company as well as those risks and uncertainties which are more fully described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the final prospectus of the Company dated June 18, 2021 and in the Company's annual and quarterly management's discussion and analysis and other filings with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities under the Company's profile on SEDAR. The novel strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, and ongoing dispute between the sovereign state of Ukraine and Russia also pose risks that are currently indescribable and immeasurable. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from them. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update such forward‐looking information whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Although the Company has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors which could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended and such changes could be material. The Company does not intend, and do not assume any obligation, to update the forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by applicable law.
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Since its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once unblemished landscape has become an indelible piece of TV pop culture.
It's been referenced over the decades since on shows like “The Simpsons” and “South Park” and in internet memes. But now a Native American advocacy group that was given the rights to the long-parodied public service announcement is retiring it, saying it has always been inappropriate.
The so-called “Crying Indian” with his buckskins and long braids made the late actor Iron Eyes Cody a recognizable face in households nationwide. But to many Native Americans, the public service announcement has been a painful reminder of the enduring stereotypes they face.
The nonprofit that originally commissioned the advertisement, Keep America Beautiful, had long been considering how to retire the ad and announced this week that it's doing so by transferring ownership of the rights to the National Congress of American Indians.
“Keep America Beautiful wanted to be careful and deliberate about how we transitioned this iconic advertisement/public service announcement to appropriate owners,” Noah Ullman, a spokesperson for the nonprofit, said via e-mail. “We spoke to several Indigenous peoples’ organizations and were pleased to identify the National Congress of American Indians as a potential caretaker.”
NCAI plans to end the use of the ad and watch for any unauthorized use.
“NCAI is proud to assume the role of monitoring the use of this advertisement and ensure it is only used for historical context; this advertisement was inappropriate then and remains inappropriate today,” said NCAI Executive Director Larry Wright, Jr. “NCAI looks forward to putting this advertisement to bed for good.”
When it premiered in the 1970s, the ad was a sensation. It led to Iron Eyes Cody filming three follow-up PSAs. He spent more than 25 years making public appearances and visits to schools on behalf of the anti-litter campaign, according to an Associated Press obituary.
From there, Cody, who was Italian American but claimed to have Cherokee heritage through his father, was typecast as a stock Native American character, appearing in over 80 films. Most of the time, his character was simply “Indian,” “Indian Chief” or “Indian Joe.”
His movie credits from the 1950s-1980s included “Sitting Bull,” The Great Sioux Massacre," Nevada Smith, “A Man Called Horse” and “Ernest Goes to Camp." On television, he appeared in “Bonanza,” “Gunsmoke” and “Rawhide” among others. He also was a technical adviser on Native American matters on film sets.
Dr. Jennifer J. Folsom, a journalism and media communication professor at Colorado State University and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, remembers watching the public service announcement as a child.
“At that point, every single person who showed up with braids and buckskins, on TV or anywhere in the movies, I glommed on to that because it was such a rare thing to see,” said Folsom, whose areas of study include Native American pop culture. “I did see how people littered, and I did see how the creeks and the rivers were getting polluted.”
But as she grew up, Folsom noticed how media devoted little coverage to Native American environmental activists.
“There’s no agency for that sad so-called Indian guy sitting in a canoe, crying,” Folsom said. “I think it has done damage to public perception and support for actual Native people doing things to protect the land and protect the environment.”
She applauded Keep America Beautiful's decision as an “appropriate move.” It will mean a trusted group can help control the narrative the ad has promoted for over 50 years, she said.
The ad's power has arguably already faded as Native and Indigenous youths come of age with a greater consciousness about stereotypes and cultural appropriation. TikTok has plenty of examples of Native people parodying or doing a takedown of the advertisement, Folsom said.
Robert “Tree” Cody, the adopted son of Iron Eyes Cody, said the advertisement had “good intent and good heart” at its core.
“It was one of the top 100 commercials,” said Robert Cody, an enrolled member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona.
And, it reminded him of time spent with his father, said Cody, who lives at Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico.
“I remember a lot, even when he went on a movie set to finish his movies and stuff,” Cody said. “I remember going out to Universal (Studios), Disney, places like that.”
His wife, Rachel Kee-Cody, can't help but feel somewhat sad that an ad that means so much to their family will be shelved. But she is resigned to the decision.
“You know, times are changing as well. You keep going no matter how much it changes,” she said. “Disappointment. ... It'll pass.”
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Tang is a member of The Associated Press’ Race and Ethnicity team. Follow her on Twitter at @ttangAP. | 2023-02-25T22:16:54+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/national/2023/02/25/rights-to-crying-indian-ad-to-go-to-native-american-group/ |
(The Hill) – An envelope containing a white powder was sent to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), whose office is investigating former President Trump, according to law enforcement.
A New York Police Department spokesperson said the substance was deemed “non-hazardous” but declined to comment further on the matter.
NBC News reported the envelope included a letter that read, “ALVIN: I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
The spokesperson declined to confirm the note’s contents.
“The D.A. has informed the office that it was immediately contained and that the NYPD Emergency Service Unit and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection determined there was no dangerous substance,” Bragg’s office said in a statement.
Bragg in recent days has appeared to move closer to seeking an indictment against Trump over a $130,000 hush payment that his fixer, attorney Michael Cohen, made to adult film star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.
Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing, has repeatedly lashed out at Bragg in a series of Truth Social posts as reports surfaced about the progression of the grand jury proceedings.
The former president suggested that he would be arrested this past Tuesday, a prediction that did not come to fruition, as he called for his supporters to protest.
Early Friday morning, Trump said Bragg seeking charges against him could result in “potential death & destruction.”
“The twice-impeached former president’s rhetoric is reckless, reprehensible and irresponsible,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) responded during a Friday press briefing in the Capitol. “It’s dangerous, and if he keeps it up, he’s going to get someone killed.” | 2023-03-24T22:16:32+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/authorities-investigating-envelope-with-white-powder-sent-to-bragg/ |
Cori Gauff 2023 French Open Odds
Cori Gauff will begin the French Open in Paris, France against Rebeka Masarova in the round of 128. She was knocked off by Marie Bouzkova in the round of 32 of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia (her previous tournament). Gauff currently is +3300 to win it all at Stade Roland Garros.
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Gauff at the 2023 French Open
- Next Round: Round of 128
- Tournament Dates: May 21 - June 10
- Venue: Stade Roland Garros
- Location: Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
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Gauff's Next Match
Gauff will face Masarova in the round of 128 of the French Open on Sunday, May 28 at 5:00 AM ET.
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Cori Gauff Grand Slam Odds
- Wimbeldon odds to win: +1000
- US Open odds to win: +1000
- French Open odds to win: +3300
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Gauff Stats
- Gauff most recently played on May 14, 2023, a 6-4, 2-6, 2-6 loss to No. 38-ranked Bouzkova in the Round of 32 of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
- In 18 tournaments over the past year, Gauff has gone 41-17 and has won one title.
- In four tournaments on clay over the past year, Gauff has gone 7-4.
- Gauff has played 19.9 games per match in her 58 matches over the past year across all court surfaces.
- Over the past year, Gauff has played 11 matches on clay, and 18.7 games per match.
- Gauff, over the past year, has won 72.5% of her service games and 39.0% of her return games.
- On clay over the past year, Gauff has claimed 62.5% of her service games and 46.1% of her return games.
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- Kitchel Lake will offer single-family detached homes with large lots and oversized garages
DENVER, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trumark Homes, the award-winning homebuilder with divisions in Colorado and California, announced today that it is expanding its Colorado portfolio and will build 44 single-family detached homes in Timnath, CO. This lot purchase at Kitchel Lake is the company's first growth in the state since 2021, with additional land deal announcements anticipated this year.
"Trumark Homes is excited to be expanding our footprint in Colorado in the beautiful town of Timnath with new homes at Kitchel Lake," said Scott Davis, Colorado Division President for Trumark Homes. "This community will feature spacious, modern homes with exceptional amenities and outdoor living spaces where homebuyers can truly experience all the best of Northern Colorado living and love where they call home."
Kitchel Lake will feature 44 single-family detached homes on large 65-foot-wide lots, with two ranch and four two-story floorplans ranging from 2,016 square feet to 2,968 square feet, three to five bedrooms and two-and-a-half to four bathrooms. Additional features include unfinished basements, standard three-car garages, and two plans with a four-car garage. Elevations will include Modern Farmhouse, Modern Prairie and Modern Mountain, with floorplans designed by the award-winning Woodley Architectural Group. Prices are anticipated to start in the mid $700,000s.
The community is centered around Kitchel Lake and ideal for anyone seeking an outdoor rich lifestyle. The community plans also call for a clubhouse to be built that will include lockers for paddleboards and kayaks, and pocket parks to be located throughout the community. Numerous open spaces and trails throughout the city attract residents of all ages for biking, hiking, walking and running, including the 21-mile Poudre River Trail.
Timnath is a fast-growing suburb of Fort Collins and conveniently located within minutes of Old Town's retail and dining scene and Colorado State University. Residents will also enjoy easy access to numerous outdoor activities and destinations including boating and fishing at Timnath Reservoir, as well as Timnath Community Park Dog Park and Rocky Mountain National Park.
This community will appeal to a wide array of homebuyers, especially families seeking proximity to the Poudre School District's highly rated schools including the new Timnath Middle-High School. The campus opened in Fall 2022 and features a 255,000 square-foot school building plus state-of-the-art facilities including a performing arts area, culinary arts kitchen, outdoor learning space, 3,500-seat stadium, multiple turf fields, tennis courts and baseball diamonds. A new elementary school is also planned to be built. Timnath consistently ranks as one of the best places in Colorado to buy a house (#4), raise a family (#16), and with the best public schools (#23), as rated by Niche.
"We are continually exploring strategic opportunities to further invest in the Colorado market and create additional new home communities in this region," added Davis. "Homebuyers have responded well to our thoughtful designs and high-quality craftsmanship, and we look forward to continuing to provide opportunities that emphasize the unique quality of life found in this region."
Trumark Homes' additional Colorado communities currently selling include RainDance National and Pelican Shores in Windsor.
To learn more about Kitchel Lake or join the interest list, please call (925) 281-3227 or visit: https://trumarkhomes.com/new-homes/co/timnath/kitchel-lake/.
About Trumark Homes
With more than 30 years of trusted experience and recognition as 2019 Developer of the Year by Builder and Developer and 2018 Builder of the Year by Professional Builder, the Trumark Group of Companies is a diversified real estate developer and builder that includes: Trumark Communities, a master-planned community developer; Trumark Homes, a next-generation homebuilder; Trumark Commercial, which builds, leases and sells commercial buildings; and Trumark Urban, a vertically integrated residential developer focused on core urban neighborhoods. In 2020, Trumark Homes entered into an agreement with Japan-based Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd., who acquired a majority interest in Trumark, providing resources for accelerating the growth of the company. https://trumarkhomes.com
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Triston Casas Player Prop Bets: Red Sox vs. Twins - June 19
Published: Jun. 19, 2023 at 7:27 AM EDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
The Boston Red Sox, including Triston Casas (.265 batting average in his past 10 games), take on starting pitcher Pablo Lopez and the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, Monday at 7:40 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his previous game (1-for-3) against the Yankees.
Triston Casas Game Info & Props vs. the Twins
- Game Day: Monday, June 19, 2023
- Game Time: 7:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Target Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Twins Starter: Pablo Lopez
- TV Channel: BSN
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +180)
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Triston Casas At The Plate
- Casas is hitting .209 with 10 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 37 walks.
- Casas will look to extend his four-game hitting streak. He's batting .313 during his last games.
- In 30 of 62 games this year (48.4%) Casas has picked up a hit, and in nine of those games he had more than one (14.5%).
- Looking at the 62 games he has played this year, he's went deep in seven of them (11.3%), and in 3% of his trips to the plate.
- In 16 games this season (25.8%), Casas has picked up an RBI, and in six of those games (9.7%) he had more than one.
- He has scored at least once 23 times this season (37.1%), including three games with multiple runs (4.8%).
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Triston Casas Home/Away Batting Splits
Twins Pitching Rankings
- The Twins pitching staff ranks third in the league with a collective 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Twins have the third-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.59).
- Twins pitchers combine to surrender 72 home runs (one per game), the fifth-fewest in baseball.
- Lopez gets the start for the Twins, his 15th of the season. He is 3-3 with a 4.27 ERA and 101 strikeouts in 84 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Tuesday, the righty went six innings against the Milwaukee Brewers, allowing three earned runs while surrendering four hits.
- This season, the 27-year-old ranks 45th in ERA (4.27), 23rd in WHIP (1.115), and eighth in K/9 (10.8) among pitchers who qualify.
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The brand is disrupting the category through a unique partnership with clinical psychologist and parenting expert, Dr. Becky
MIAMI, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Frida Baby, the brand that prepares parents for the unfiltered, messy realities of parenthood, is launching a new product category: potty. The Potty lineup supports the full journey of potty learning and reimagines the essentials for potty success, simplifying the process from setup to cleanup.
Potty training is a mental marathon for parents that can span more than a year, and they're overwhelmed from the start. Parents are met with a dizzying array of potty-training products and methodologies, with no clear guidance on what's needed for each stage of the process. They also have to manage the stress of school-imposed deadlines and the social pressure to have their kid out of diapers by a certain age.
Frida Baby set out to simplify the process of preparing for potty training, which led to the development of the All-in-One Potty Kit, a re-imagining of the shopping and learning experience that offers everything you need from setup to cleanup, with professional guidance to help get you there.
The hero of the kit is the 3-in-1 Grow-With-Me Potty that adapts as kids learn, from a standalone potty to an adult toilet topper and step stool for those soon-to-be potty pros. Although kids are the ones learning, parents have to do the dirty work – so the Frida Baby potty line addresses not just the child's but the parents' pain points too. Super absorbent mess mats protect floors from the inevitable misses, while an integrated potty liner system hides liners below the seat, keeping toilet trainees comfy as they learn and making cleanup quick and easy for parents.
Frida Baby partnered with clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Becky on its first co-branded partnership to give parents an enhanced experience beyond a product solution. Her expertise in child behavior complements Frida Baby's physical solutions that help parents navigate uncharted waters. Together, the partnership unlocks more value for parents – the All-in-One Potty Kit includes a bespoke potty-learning guide from Dr. Becky with tips and scripts for long-term success.
"Historically, parents have had to patch together several different products to navigate potty learning, but we are providing a full experience with new-to-market features that set our products apart," says Frida CEO, founder and mom of four, Chelsea Hirschhorn. "That curation, inclusive of Dr. Becky's content, is part of our novel approach to potty training. At Frida, we push the envelope in every way when it comes to parenting and problem-solving, and I appreciate that Dr. Becky has the same approach to transparency and candor as we do."
"As a clinical psychologist and a parent of three, I know that a child's potty success is dependent on a parent feeling equipped and empowered," says Dr. Becky. "I couldn't be prouder to be Frida Baby's partner in redefining what 'All-in-One' really means to parents. This category-defining potty kit is so much more than a new product on the market - it is the first time that parents truly have everything they need to be a sturdy, confident leader through an important developmental milestone."
The line features the following products and is available now at Amazon.com, Walmart, Target, Buy Buy Baby, and Fridababy.com:
- All-in-One Potty Kit ($59.99) - All the essential tools and tips for long-term potty success, including the 3-in-1 Grow-With-Me Potty, dedicated Sink Step Stool, Poo + Pee Potty Liners, Potty Mess Mats, and Good Inside Potty Guide from Dr. Becky
- 3-in-1 Grow-With-Me Potty ($44.99) - The potty that adapts as your child learns from standalone potty to toilet topper + step stool
- Poo + Pee Potty Liners ($14.99) - Leak-proof, super-absorbent liners fit most potty chairs for easy cleanup during potty training
- Potty Mess Mats ($14.99) - Disposable, super-absorbent floor pads for the misses and messes
- Potty Cleanup Essentials ($14.99) - A combo pack that makes cleanup easy pee-zy: 15 Poo + Pee Potty Liners and 15 Potty Mess Mats
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ALISON BROD MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
fridababy@abmc-us.com
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TAIPEI, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GagaOOLala, the world's largest LGBTQ+ and BL streaming platform from Asia, has commenced shooting in Taiwan for the critically acclaimed lesbian drama "Fragrance of the First Flower'' season two in June 2023, coinciding with Pride Month, in response to the fervent anticipation of fans worldwide for the new season. The popularity of the first season has led to distribution deals in South Korea, Australia, Spain, Portugal, and other countries since its global launch on GagaOOLala streaming platform in 2021. There were theatrical releases in South Korea for the first season as well. With enhanced production value and twice the number of episodes compared to the first season, season two will have 12 episodes and is scheduled for global release in 2024.
The original cast, including ZaiZai Lin and Lyan Cheng, will return for season two. New characters will also be introduced, adding further excitement and complexity to the storyline. "The strong demand for authentic and meaningful Asian LGBTQ+ content from both Eastern and Western audiences is evident in the interest in season two expressed by those who acquired the rights to the first season," said Katie Chou, Head of Acquisition and Affiliate Sales at GagaOOLala. "Additionally, an increasing number of international distributors and OTT content buyers from the US, Asia, and Europe are considering acquiring both seasons, highlighting the global appeal of this unique Asian Lesbian IP."
In addition to its business achievements, the first season garnered exceptional acclaim for its captivating storytelling and emotional depth. It reached remarkable milestones, such as being Taiwan's first and only title to enter Series Mania in 2021, earning recognition as one of the 13 Best International TV Shows of 2021 by Variety, and making waves across Asia, America, Europe, and Australia. The series was officially selected by over ten international film festivals, including Tokyo International Film Festival, BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival, Frameline San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival, and Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and won the Golden Bell Awards for Best Writing, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries/TV Movie.
Season one follows the life of Yi-Ming (portrayed by ZaiZai Lin), a married woman with a son, who finds herself reunited with Ting-Ting (played by Lyan Cheng), a girl from her past. Their encounter sparks a connection that opens the door to the possibility of escaping Yi-Ming's monotonous married life. In season two, Yi-Ming embarks on a new chapter as a newly divorced single mother and a career woman. This fresh start brings challenges as she navigates the hardships of single parenthood and societal pressures. Even though Taiwan has legalised same-sex marriage in 2019, this does not mean that LGBTQ+ relationships have been fully accepted in mainstream society. Yi-Ming grapples with whether she can truly follow her heart and pursue a life with Ting-Ting.
Both Seasons of "Fragrance of the First Flower'' are produced by GagaOOLala, a global LGBTQ+ and BL streaming platform, based in Taiwan and launched in 2017 by its parent company, Portico Media. GagaOOLala currently offers over 1,600 titles of queer content, including more than 60 originals, and has nearly 3 million members across over 200 territories. Of these members, around 36% are from North America, 38% from Asia, 18% from Europe, and the rest from other regions. Positioned as the queer version of Netflix for LGBTQ+ and BL content, GagaOOLala specifically targets the pink economy and strives to provide a unique and enriching entertainment experience and create a space where underrepresented voices within the LGBTQ+ community can be heard. "GagaOOLala will continue to invest in and produce more gender-diverse film and series IPs that achieve this goal," said Jay Lin, Founder & CEO of Portico Media & GagaOOLala.
With its high production quality, intricate storylines, and empowering themes, season two of "Fragrance of the First Flower'' is expected to build on the first season's success. GagaOOLala anticipates this Asian lesbian IP will attract an even more passionate global audience, encompassing both LGBTQ+ viewers and mainstream drama fans. Season two's filming got underway in 2023 during Pride Month and is scheduled for a global premiere on GagaOOLala in 2024.
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GREENSBORO, N.C., Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC Health) and national value-based health care company, UpStream Healthcare, have jointly announced their partnership to advance the health and wellbeing of Medicare patients within their expanding network across the state. UpStream is a participant in the CMS innovation center model known as ACO REACH, an advanced alternate payment model (APM) for physicians in value-based arrangements that requires assuming financial risk for Medicare beneficiaries while committing to advancing health equity, stakeholder feedback and participant experience. Over 300 primary care physicians caring for more than 30,000 seniors are expected to participate in the value-based model.
The UpStream and MUSC Health partnership aims to improve quality results for Medicare patients across South Carolina by giving them access to a team committed to improving coordination of care. A goal of the program is to advance health equity for the underserved with a focus on preventive care and managing chronic conditions. The UpStream platform recognizes that primary care physicians have the ability to serve as quarterbacks for their health care system with a unique, proven model known to deliver better outcomes. Pharmacist led teams are embedded into primary care providers' practices along with nurse coordinators who perform home visits to coordinate care and ensure patients' needs are met. UpStream has enabled best-in-class technology to support the sophisticated workflows of this care coordination model.
"UpStream will enhance our physicians' capabilities to provide better care for our patients, especially for vulnerable seniors in underserved communities who will benefit from this level of coordination," said Patrick J. Cawley, M.D., MUSC Health CEO. "And, importantly, our collective success is closely tied to producing good patient outcomes and reducing avoidable hospital readmissions, which is a win-win for patients, providers and health systems."
UpStream CEO, Dr Sanjay Doddamani applauded the partnership, adding, "This transformative approach to senior care will put the patient at the center of the delivery system by leveraging the strength and reciprocal skill sets of both UpStream & MUSC Health to accelerate access to quality care."
UpStream's Chief Network Officer, Dr Angelo Sinopoli, executive physician leader and member of the Federal Government's Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), said, "Our partnership with MUSC, the state's only comprehensive academic health system, is an important milestone as we work closely to better align and empower physicians to provide more value-based care. We look forward to working with MUSC Health and we are confident this will further our shared goals of leading health care through innovative clinical, technological, and fee-for-value payment methods that are at the forefront of the industry's future."
The synergy from this partnership will create opportunities for providers to improve key metrics and improve clinical outcomes for patients, while strengthening the coordination of primary and specialty care within the network.
UpStream Healthcare Company is a global risk, managed services organization providing physicians with the support and systems they need to improve healthcare for seniors. The company provides a powerful platform that allows physicians, pharmacists, and nurses to work together in primary care practices to achieve better outcomes and value. UpStream was founded in 2018 by pharmacist and entrepreneur Fergus Hoban. UpStream is poised to grow nationally from its home base in North Carolina to transform the lives of seniors everywhere. For more information, please visit upstream.care.
Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the state's only comprehensive academic health system, with a unique mission to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates more than 3,000 students in six colleges – Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy – and trains more than 850 residents and fellows in its health system. MUSC brought in more than $297.8 million in research funds in fiscal year 2022, leading the state overall in research funding. For information on academic programs, visit musc.edu.
As the health care system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality and safest patient care while educating and training generations of outstanding health care providers and leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Patient care is provided at 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and five additional hospital locations in development; more than 350 telehealth sites, with connectivity to patients' homes; and nearly 750 care locations situated in all regions of South Carolina. In 2022, for the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina. To learn more about clinical patient services, visit muschealth.org.
MUSC and its affiliates have collective annual budgets totaling $5.1 billion. The nearly 25,000 MUSC team members include a world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers, scientists, students, affiliates and care team members who deliver and support groundbreaking education, research and patient care.
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Tommy Paul 2023 MercedesCup Odds
Tommy Paul faces Benjamin Bonzi to open play in the MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany (in the round of 32). In his last tournament (the French Open), he was knocked out by Nicolas Jarry in the round of 64. Paul's odds to win this tournament at TC Weissenhof, Stuttgart are +1200, fifth-best in the field.
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Paul at the 2023 MercedesCup
- Next Round: Round of 32
- Tournament Dates: June 9-18
- Venue: TC Weissenhof, Stuttgart
- Location: Stuttgart, Germany
- Court Surface: Grass
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In the round of 32 of the MercedesCup, on Tuesday, June 13 (at 10:40 AM ET), Paul will play Bonzi.
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Paul Stats
- Paul most recently played on June 1, 2023, a 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 5-7 defeat by No. 35-ranked Jarry in the Round of 64 of the French Open.
- Paul is 38-23 over the past year, with no tournament victories.
- Paul is 7-3 on grass over the past 12 months.
- Over the past 12 months (across all court types), Paul has played 61 matches and 26.1 games per match.
- In his 10 matches on a grass surface over the past year, Paul has averaged 26.1 games.
- Paul has won 26.1% of his return games and 80.3% of his service games over the past year.
- On grass over the past year, Paul has been victorious in 82.6% of his service games and 27.1% of his return games.
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KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — A 31-year-old man detained at the scene of a shooting in northern Idaho that left four people dead on Sunday has been booked into jail on probable cause for murder and is a neighbor of the victims, state police said.
In a news release late Monday afternoon, Idaho State Police said they were still investigating the shooting deaths in the small city of Kellogg, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) east of Coeur d’Alene, after working through the night.
“This is a tragic situation that will affect the Kellogg community. Detectives continue working to establish a timeline and what led to the shooting,” Lieutenant Paul Berger, a detective with the Idaho State Police, said in the news release.
“Investigators are releasing that the suspect is the neighbor of the victims,” the news release said. “However, neither the relationships between the parties nor the suspect’s motive will be confirmed by law enforcement until after the initial court appearance when records become available through the courts.”
The bodies of the four victims are in the custody of the Shoshone County Coroner’s Office, according to the news release. The detained suspect was being held at the Shoshone County Jail.
Crime scene tape on Monday blocked off parts of an apartment complex in Kellogg, KXLY-TV reported. The shooting occurred at multi-dwelling units behind the Mountain View Congregational Church on Sunday, The Shoshone News-Press reported on the newspaper’s Facebook page.
Around 7:20 p.m. on Sunday, the Shoshone County dispatch center received a 911 call indicating that multiple people had been killed inside a residence in Kellogg, state police said Sunday night in a news release. Law enforcement officers found four people dead when they arrived and detained a 31-year-old male believed to be connected with the deaths, according to the release.
The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office, which said in a Facebook post that it responded to the scene with the Kellogg Police Department, said the four people died of gunshot wounds.
The Kellogg Police Department did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking additional information.
The mass shooting was part of a spate of gun violence over the weekend that killed and wounded people across the U.S., including at least 60 shot in the Chicago area alone. | 2023-06-20T06:41:06+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/4-people-fatally-shot-at-residence-in-idaho-suspect-in-custody-news-report-says/ |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — A crash resulted in damage to several vehicles at a local car dealer.
It happened Thursday morning at HD Motors in Kingsport.
The owner told News Channel 11 that a vehicle went off the road and damaged nine vehicles in the dealership’s lot.
News Channel 11 has reached out to Kingsport police for more information. | 2022-06-17T03:29:43+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vehicles-damaged-in-crash-at-kingsport-auto-dealer/ |
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have officially agreed to a multi-year contract extension for Monty Williams, the NBA's Coach of the Year last season after leading the franchise to a team-record 64 wins in the regular season.
The team announced the extension Wednesday. No other contract details were given.
Williams, 50, has led a quick turnaround in three seasons with the Suns, taking them to the NBA Finals in 2021 where they lost in six games to the Milwaukee Bucks. It was the first time the franchise had been to the Finals since 1993. They were the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference last season, but fell in the second round to the Dallas Mavericks.
“I’m grateful to extend my commitment to this team and to all the people who make it a special place,” Williams said in a statement. “Our players put in the work every day that allows us to be successful, and I’m excited to continue this journey with them."
Williams was 34-39 in his first season with the Suns but the team built momentum down the stretch, winning their final eight regular-season games in the NBA's Florida bubble that was needed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Suns then added star point guard Chris Paul, paired him with young scorer Devin Booker in the backcourt, and quickly built a high-scoring, high-energy team that's been among the NBA's best. Since entering the Florida bubble, the Suns have a 123-39 record during regular-season games.
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County attorney arrested on conspiracy charge in connection to Jerrell Powe kidnapping case, police say
RIDGELAND, Miss. (WDAM/Gray News) - The county attorney for the Wayne County Board of Supervisors, who was present during an emergency session Thursday afternoon, was arrested later that night on an active warrant for conspiracy.
According to Assistant Chief Tony Willridge with the Ridgeland Police Department, members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested 40-year-old Cooper M. Leggett around 11 p.m. on Thursday at his home in Wayne County.
Leggett was booked into the Madison County Detention Center. He’s charged with one count of conspiracy.
Willridge said the arrest was in connection to a kidnapping investigation involving former Ole Miss and NFL football player Jerrell Powe. However, he could not disclose Leggett’s relationship with either Powe or Gavin Bates, who was also arrested in connection to the case.
The assistant chief also could not disclose what this conspiracy charge entailed.
Leggett was expected to have his initial appearance at the Ridgeland Municipal Court sometime on Friday.
According to the court, Leggett’s bond was set at $20,000.
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AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A police vehicle was involved in a crash on Interstate 225 during the Monday afternoon rush hour.
At least two Denver Police Department officers were hurt in the crash, sources told FOX31. The officers were chasing a shooting suspect, the sources said.
I-225 southbound was fully closed at Colfax Avenue because of the crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The crash involved multiple vehicles, according to the Aurora Police Department, but no further details were immediately released.
FOX31 is working to get more information on what happened. Check back here for updates. | 2022-06-13T23:46:47+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/local/i225-closed-aurora-denver-police-crash/ |
Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because supply disruptions and a massive safety recall have swept many leading brands off store shelves.
Months of spot shortages at pharmacies and supermarkets have been exacerbated by the recall at Abbott, which was forced to shutter its largest U.S. formula manufacturing plant in February due to contamination concerns.
On Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Food and Drug Administration was “working around the clock to address any possible shortages” and will try to expedite imports of foreign baby formula to increase supply.
For now, pediatricians and health workers are urging parents who can’t find formula to contact food banks or doctor’s offices. They warn against watering down formula to stretch supplies or using online DIY recipes.
“For babies who are not being breastfed, this is the only thing they eat,” said Dr. Steven Abrams, of the University of Texas, Austin. “So it has to have all of their nutrition and, furthermore, it needs to be properly prepared so that it’s safe for the smallest infants.”
Laura Stewart, a 52-year-old mother of three who lives just north of Springfield, Missouri, has been struggling for several weeks to find formula for her 10-month-old daughter, Riley.
Riley normally gets a brand of Abbott’s Similac designed for children with sensitive stomachs. Last month, she instead used four different brands.
“She spits up more. She’s just more cranky. She is typically a very happy girl,” Stewart said. “When she has the right formula, she doesn’t spit up. She’s perfectly fine.”
A small can costs $17 to $18 and lasts three to five days, Stewart said.
Like many Americans, Stewart relies on WIC — a federal program similar to food stamps that serves mothers and children — to afford formula for her daughter. Abbott’s recall wiped out many WIC-covered brands, though the program is now allowing substitutions.
Trying to keep formula in stock, retailers including CVS and Walgreens have begun limiting purchases to three containers per customer.
Nationwide about 40% of large retail stores are out of stock, up from 31% in mid-April, according to Datasembly, a data analytics firm. More than half of U.S. states are seeing out-of-stock rates between 40% and 50%, according to the firm, which collects data from 11,000 locations.
Baby formula is particularly vulnerable to disruptions because just a handful of companies account for almost the entire U.S. supply.
Industry executives say the constraints began last year as the COVID-19 pandemic led to disruptions in ingredients, labor and transportation. Supplies were further squeezed by parents stockpiling during lockdowns.
Then in February, Abbott recalled several major brands and shut down its Sturgis, Michigan, factory when federal officials concluded four babies suffered bacterial infections after consuming formula from the facility. Two of the infants died.
When FDA inspectors visited the plant in March they found lax safety protocols and traces of the bacteria on several surfaces. None of the bacterial strains matched those collected from the infants, however, and the FDA hasn’t offered an explanation for how the contamination occurred.
For its part, Abbott says its formula “is not likely the source of infection,” though the FDA says its investigation continues.
The shortages are especially dangerous for infants who require specialty formulas due to food allergies, digestive problems and other conditions.
“Unfortunately, many of those very specialized formulas are only made in the United States at the factory that had the recall, and that’s caused a huge problem for a relatively small number of infants,” Abrams said.
After hearing concerns from parents, the FDA said last month that Abbott could begin releasing some specialty formulas not affected by the recalls “on a case-by-case basis.” The company is providing them free of charge, in coordination with physicians and hospitals.
Food safety advocates say the FDA made the right call in releasing the formula, but that parents should talk to their pediatricians before using it.
“There’s still some risk from the formula because we know there are problems at the plant and FDA hasn’t identified a root cause,” said Sarah Sorscher of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “But it’s worth releasing because these infants might die without it.”
It’s unclear when the Abbott plant might reopen.
An FDA spokeswoman said the company is still working “to rectify findings related to the processes, procedures, and conditions.” The agency also is working with other manufacturers to consider options for increasing production.
Industry professionals say it will be hard to boost supply quickly, because the FDA requires extensive testing, labeling and inspections.
“It’s a long and rigorous process to bring any new manufacturers into this country,” said Ron Belldegrun, co-founder of ByHeart, a New York-based formula maker that recently launched its first product after four years in development.
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CHICAGO – Cole Custer was declared the winner of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race in downtown Chicago after persistent rain flooded the street course on Sunday.
The race was scheduled for Saturday, but it was suspended after 25 laps because of a lightning strike in the area. NASCAR had planned to resume Sunday morning, but it scuttled that idea because of the rain and the scheduled Cup Series race.
“With standing water and flooding a significant issue at the race track and throughout the city, there was no option to return to racing prior to shifting to NASCAR Cup Series race operations," NASCAR said in a statement.
Returning on Monday “was an option we chose not to employ,” NASCAR said in its statement, citing its partnership with the city and the fact that nearly half of the Xfinity race had been completed.
NASCAR also canceled concerts by Miranda Lambert and Charley Crockett because of flooding in Lower Hutchison Field.
The first Cup Series race on a street course is scheduled to begin at 5:05 p.m. EDT.
Custer led each of the first 25 laps in the Xfinity Series race before Saturday's weather delay. John Hunter Nemechek was second, followed by Justin Allgaier, Brett Moffitt and Austin Hill.
The race was scheduled for 55 laps and 121 miles.
Custer earned his second Xfinity Series victory this season and No. 12 for his career. He also won on the road course at Portland International Raceway on June 3.
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STOUGHTON, Massachusetts (WJW) – A Massachusetts woman who was reported missing last week has been found alive at a state park, local officials said Tuesday.
Emma Tetewsky, 31, had gotten stuck in a “swamp-like” area at Borderland State Park and remained there for “at least three days,” police said.
Tetewsky was found Tuesday by hikers who heard her screaming for help.
The hikers, unable to free Tetewsky themselves, contacted police, who deployed ATVs to rescue her.
“Emma was conscious and alert and she was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for observation,” police said in a Facebook post.
Tetewsky was last seen by residents in Stoughton, Massachusetts, on Monday, June 26. Her family reported her missing the following day.
Tetewsky did not have a cell phone or money with her at the time.
“The public never gave up hope that she would be located safely. She could not have been located without the public’s help,” police said. | 2023-07-05T14:26:40+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/massachusetts-woman-stuck-in-swamp-for-3-days-found-alive-after-hikers-hear-screaming/ |
MOULTON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama deputy shot and killed a man who pointed a modified flare gun at him after fleeing a traffic stop, law enforcement officials said.
The Lawrence County Sheriff's office said Marty Hutto, 50, was shot and killed Saturday after he pointed a gun at the deputy. Investigators said they later discovered it was a flare gun loaded with a modified 12-guage shotgun shell, according to a press release from the sheriff's office.
The sheriff's department said the deputy was trying to stop Hutto who was driving a truck down the center of the road. They said Hutto first threw bottles and nails at the deputy's car. After his truck became disabled, Hutto got out of the truck and pointed the flare gun at the deputy, the sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office said Hutto had outstanding warrants for domestic violence.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Monday that it is reviewing the incident at the request of the sheriff. The deputy is on paid leave during the investigation.
Lawrence County Sheriff Max Sanders said he supported the deputy.
“We have an incredible group of men and women that serve Lawrence County and put themselves in harm’s way. I stand by my deputies. Any threat to their safety will be met in kind. Please keep my deputy, the deputy’s family, and the families affected by this in your thoughts and prayers,” Sanders said in a statement posted on Facebook.
Hutto's family told WAAY that they’re frustrated with a lack of information from the sheriff’s office. Family members told the news station that they learned of Hutto’s death on Facebook.
“He didn’t deserve this, not the way he got shot down. We just want justice for our brother, because this ain’t right,” Hutto's sister, Cathy Hill, told the station. | 2022-08-09T00:50:29+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Sheriff-Deputy-kills-man-who-pointed-flare-gun-17360385.php |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Health officials in Wisconsin have dropped a fine against a dance studio that staged a performance of “The Nutcracker” in December 2020 despite COVID-19 restrictions on mass gatherings.
Public Health Madison and Dane County canceled the penalty pending against A Leap Above Dance on June 22, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday. The studio is located in Oregon, a Madison suburb.
The health department has alleged that 119 people attended the performance even though the department had banned mass gatherings to slow COVID-19’s spread.
It’s unclear how much the fine totaled. With each of the 119 counts in the department’s complaint punishable by $200, it could have come to $23,800. But Morgan Finke, a spokesperson for the health department, told the State Journal on Wednesday that the maximum would have been $3,200.
Studio owner Natalie Nemeckay said fewer than 100 people were involved in the performance and they were divided into groups of 10 at the most. Photos show performers also wore masks.
The studio joined a lawsuit in February 2021 in which two parents alleged the health department’s order limiting mass gatherings inhibited their children’s ability to participate in indoor sports. The department’s gathering restrictions ended a few months later in June 2021.
The state Supreme Court upheld the health department’s ability to limit gatherings in July 2022 and sent the case back to Dane County Circuit Court. Finke said the court didn’t receive the case until last month after the department’s restrictions had expired and the national COVID-19 emergency had ended. She said it wasn’t in the public interest to continue pursuing the fine. | 2023-07-06T21:33:46+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/ap-health/ap-wisconsin-health-officials-drop-fine-for-nutcracker-performance-during-covid-restrictions/ |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The future of Austin's top city executive plunged into jeopardy Monday as frustration boiled over power outages that have left thousands of people without electricity in the Texas capital for nearly a week and could drag on for days longer.
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, called a meeting for this week that will put City Manager Spencer Cronk's job on the line. The move reflected the growing discontent in America's 11th-largest city over slow repairs to power lines following a deadly ice storm that left residents with no sense about when their electricity might finally return.
Austin Energy, the city's utility, warned Sunday in the face of growing criticism that full power restoration may not happen until Feb. 12 — nearly two weeks after the outages began.
“To all our Austin citizens who are furious about the ongoing power outage, you’re right,” Watson tweeted. “There must be accountability.”
Cronk, who oversees city staff, responded by telling reporters he was focused on the storm recovery and restoring power. Watson did not outright say whether he thinks Cronk should be fired but said Thursday's meeting would “evaluate the employment" of the city manager.
For the vast majority of Austin residents, the lights were on Monday or never went out in the first place. At the peak of the outages, about 170,000 homes and businesses — nearly a third of utility customers in Austin — had no electricity, and in many cases, no heat. By Monday, that number was down to about 21,000, about 4% of all customers.
But in neighborhoods still without power, familiar scenes unfolded.
Outdoor extension cords ran from the homes that have power to neighbors across the street who didn't. Spoiled food piled up in trash bins. Children walked past noisy generators while returning to class Monday for the first time since Austin closed schools for most of last week. And on text message groups and social media apps, the sights of repair crews were treated as urgent developments.
Katy Manganella, 37, grew so fed up that when Austin Energy came to her neighborhood Sunday with a charging station for residents — but still no repair trucks — she paced in front of the station holding a poster that read, “This pregnant lady is over it!”
“It’s been pretty miserable,” said Manganella, a therapist who is seven months pregnant and was unable to work last week because of the outages. “How is there no plan for this?”
Austin Energy has described the remaining outages as the most complicated and time-consuming. The storm plunged temperatures near or below freezing and coated trees with ice across Austin, weighing down branches that eventually snapped and crashed onto power lines. Iced-over equipment and crews driving on slick roads also slowed recovery efforts, according to city officials.
The utility warned Monday that a new front of high winds and potential storms starting Tuesday could further hamper restoration efforts.
“I'm sorry for how long this has taken," said Jackie Sargent, general manager of Austin Energy. | 2023-02-06T22:21:51+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/generators-spoiled-food-slow-power-repairs-17767397.php |
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Energy Web, European Blockchain Association, Howest, Instnt and Integra Ledger Join Hyperledger Foundation
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Hyperledger Foundation, the open, global ecosystem for enterprise-grade blockchain technologies, announced a line-up of new members along with its newest Hyperledger Certified Service Provider, latest technology project and year-to-date data on code contributions for 2022. In addition, Hyperledger Foundation, which is hosted at the Linux Foundation, named its two "at large" governing board members, which are elected by the membership at large. This year's representatives are Heather Dahl, founder and CEO of Indicio, and Sophia Lopez, founder and president of Kaleido.
The five newest members of Hyperledger Foundation are Energy Web, Instnt and Integra Ledger, all general members, as well as associate members European Blockchain Association and Howest. This mix of organizations reflects the expanding use cases for the spectrum of Hyperledger technologies and show strong adoption and collaboration, especially in Europe.
Hyperledger Foundation continued to add to its project landscape with the introduction of Hyperledger AnonCreds, a widely used Verifiable Credential (VC) format. The growing Hyperledger technology landscape is the work of its global developer community, the world's largest dedicated to open source enterprise-grade blockchain technologies. In 2022, Hyperledger's total code contributor community grew by more than 18% with an average of almost 800 individuals actively contributing in each month. This active developer community has contributed more than 8 millions lines of code so far this year. Perhaps more importantly, contributors have made more than 2,800 code commits across Hyperledger repositories to date in 2022, an almost 7.5% increase over last year.
Hyperledger Foundation also expanded its network of Hyperledger Certified Service Providers (HCSPs) with Kaleido joining the ranks of the pre-qualified tier of vetted service providers that have deep experience helping enterprises successfully adopt Hyperledger Fabric.
Two new case studies underscore the increasing size and scale of deployments built using Hyperledger technologies. LACChain has created the world's largest permissioned public blockchain using Hyperledger Besu, and GSBN is simplifying global trade with Hyperledger Fabric.
"As our high level of code contributions, expanding project landscape and growing roster of case studies underscore, there is no shortage of innovation in both the development and deployment of enterprise-grade blockchain technologies," said Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, Hyperledger Foundation, and General Manager Blockchain and Identity at the Linux Foundation. "Now, as we look ahead to 2023, we are focused on the rapid evolution of this market and the advances and implementations happening in our community across web3, digital identity, multi-chain networks, verifiable credentials, tokenization and a host of other applications. Our newest members add to the diversity of the markets and technologies that are at the forefront of enterprise adoption of blockchain and related technologies, and we welcome them to our global community of industry-leading organizations."
"I am honored to be the first person from the Hyperledger Indy and Hyperledger Aries communities elected to the Hyperledger Foundation Governing Board," said Heather Dahl of Indicio. "As CEO of a company that relies on and contributes to these projects, I experience the value of Hyperledger Foundation and its community every day. And, perhaps, even more important, our customers have come to understand the value of the Hyperledger ecosystem as they work with us to build and deploy open-source verifiable credential solutions around the world. Hyperledger Foundation's vitality fuels our collective sustainability. This is why membership is important — and why expanding that membership to more and diverse companies and organizations is a focus for the coming year. Hyperledger Foundation is a powerful force for digital transformation. At Indicio, we see increasing momentum for transformation in verifiable identity and data and the opportunity to extend these benefits to the many. Open source, after all, derives its power from being open to all."
"It was very exciting to build upon our team's initial contributions helping jumpstart the Hyperledger enterprise blockchain community while we were at IBM, and to be back now in a leadership role carrying the torch forward for the next generation of needed technology. Hyperledger Foundation has established itself as the trusted open-source ecosystem for enterprises looking to build for web3," said Sophia Lopez of Kaleido. "Kaleido is dedicated to making web3 radically simple for enterprises to adopt. Being an active member of Hyperledger Foundation is a strategic opportunity for Kaleido to help drive enterprise requirements that will advance the growth of our clients' solutions and networks. My new role as an elected board member shows the value the Hyperledger community is placing on web3 technologies like Hyperledger FireFly, which are key to enabling enterprises to build and scale secure next-gen applications in the space."
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Energy Web
Our team has been monitoring the growth of Hyperledger Foundation and, in particular, Hyperledger FireFly for some time," said Mani Hagh Sefat, Chief Technology Officer of Energy Web. "We couldn't be more excited to finally jump into the initiative and contribute directly to it as our stack evolves to better integrate with multiple legacy and Web3 technologies.''
Instnt
"Hyperledger's SSI ecosystem was a natural complement to Instnt's managed acceptance platform. We leaned heavily on Hyperledger Foundation projects to add decentralized capabilities to our automated KYC and CIP engine," said Justin Kamerman, CPO, and Soubhratra Das, Head of Engineering, Instnt. "The open-standard implementations of the Hyperledger Indy distributed ledger and Hyperledger Aries toolkits are a key component of the #PortableKYC feature of Instnt Access™, positioning us as a trusted issuer of Verifiable Credentials under a NIST Level-of-Assurance model. Our engineering team receives ongoing support from the Hyperledger community and is committed to contributing to its frameworks moving forward."
Integra Ledger
"Integra is the leader for enterprise blockchain technology in the global legal industry," said David Fisher, Founder and CEO of Integra. "Since its launch in 2017, the Integra Ledger blockchain has been based on Hyperledger Fabric, which is used to authenticate documents and contracts, enabling their off-chain automation in traditional software. We look forward to working with the worldwide Hyperledger community to expand understanding and adoption of enterprise blockchain technology."
Hyperledger Foundation was founded in 2015 to bring transparency and efficiency to the enterprise market by fostering a thriving ecosystem around open source blockchain software technologies. As a project of the Linux Foundation, Hyperledger Foundation coordinates a community of member and non-member organizations, individual contributors and software developers building enterprise-grade platforms, libraries, tools and solutions for multi-party systems using blockchain, distributed ledger, and related technologies. Organizations join Hyperledger Foundation to demonstrate technical leadership, collaborate and network with others, and raise awareness around their efforts in the enterprise blockchain community. Members include industry-leading organizations in finance, banking, healthcare, supply chains, manufacturing, technology and beyond. All Hyperledger code is built publicly and available under the Apache license. To learn more, visit: www.hyperledger.org.
Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation and its projects are supported by more than 2,950 members. The Linux Foundation is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation's projects, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, Hyperledger Foundation, RISC-V, and more, are critical to the world's infrastructure. The Linux Foundation's methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJW) – Crib bumpers and inclined sleepers blamed in more than 200 baby deaths will soon be banned.
President Joe Biden signed legislation Monday that prohibits the manufacture or sale of some infant sleep products. Companies have 180 days to comply with the new law.
Infants’ noses and mouths can be covered by a bumper or stuck between the bumper and a crib mattress, which can cause babies to suffocate. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were 113 baby deaths involving crib bumpers from 1990 through March 2019.
More than 100 infants have died in inclined sleepers, according to the CPSC.
Ohio U.S. Sen. Rob Portman was one of the sponsors of the bipartisan bill.
Portman and Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth introduced the legislation in April 2021.
“The use of padded crib bumpers poses an unnecessary threat to the health and safety of infants everywhere, there is no reason the sale of these items should continue,” Sen. Portman said in a press release.
The “Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021” was endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Kids in Danger and Consumer Federation of American and Breathable Baby, according to a press release from Portman’s office.
Ohio banned the sale of traditional crib bumpers in 2017.
AAP’s guidance for parents for safe sleep for infants is a firm, flat, clutter-free mattress with a taut sheet, no blankets, pillows, crib bumpers or stuffed animals | 2022-05-17T19:31:05+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/crib-bumper-ban-products-blamed-in-baby-deaths-can-no-longer-be-sold/ |
CLEVELAND (AP) — A wolf briefly escaped its habitat at an Ohio zoo but was recaptured, and no guests or employees were hurt, authorities said.
Officials at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo said the Mexican gray wolf “briefly breached its habitat" Sunday at the zoo but was secured by staff.
Jacqueline Gerling, director of communications at Cleveland Metroparks, said the incident is under investigation. She said officials are still gathering details on how the animal was able to escape and said more information would be released later.
The zoo's website says the Mexican gray wolf is the smallest of the gray wolf subspecies, 54 to 66 inches in length from snout to tail and weighing 50 to 90 pounds.
Their coat is a varied mixture of tan, red, white, and black fur, with darker colors on their head, shoulders and back. | 2022-09-05T19:48:58+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/wolf-recaptured-after-escaping-cleveland-zoo-habitat |
Which air fryer accessory is best?
An air fryer is an excellent addition to any kitchen, thanks to its health benefits and the incredible variety of uses one can find for them. With a set of additional air fryer accessories like pizza pans and racks with skewers, those possibilities expand even further and luckily enough, those expansions are typically quite affordable.
The best set of air fryer accessories is the COSORI 6-Piece Air Fryer Accessories XL Set. This set includes a cake pan, metal holder, pizza pan, egg bite molds, silicone mat and a rack with four skewers, but the best part is it’s dishwasher-safe.
What to know before you buy an air fryer accessory
Size and compatibility
The air fryer itself measures its capacity in quarts, so all air fryer accessories are marketed to work with certain sizes. Sizes are more important when looking for things like pans and racks since most molds, utensils, mats or gloves can typically be used with any size air fryer.
Quantity
Air fryer accessories most often come in packs of around six pieces, but it’s possible to find pieces on their own or in packs of 10 or 20 or more pieces. The larger the set of accessories, the less you’ll pay per piece, but you still have to pay a larger amount up front, so make sure you’ll need all the included pieces if you go that route.
Aftermarket
Some air fryer manufacturers make accessory sets specially for their product, but most of the time, you’ll be purchasing accessory sets made by third parties. When going the third-party route, make sure you’ll be purchasing a high-quality set and that they’ll fit your air fryer.
What to look for in a quality air fryer accessory
Appliance compatibility
There are several air fryer accessories you can purchase which can easily be used with several other kitchen appliances you may have like a pressure cooker, microwave or oven. These pieces are usually molds and pans or racks, but if you aren’t sure, the manufacturer usually says when a particular piece can be used with another accessory.
Accessory examples
You can easily separate air fryer accessories into two categories: standard accessories and specialized accessories.
Standard: Baking pans, mini mitts, basic molds (cupcakes, egg bites), cooking/skewer racks, utensils and guides or recipe books
Specialized: Food thermometers, toasting racks, pie weights, icing smoother, mandoline and specific molds (hot dogs, waffles)
How much you can expect to spend on an air fryer accessory
Air fryer accessories are quite affordable, considering you get a collection of useful pieces together as opposed to just one at a time. Most quality accessory sets cost $20-$40, though you can easily find small, lower-quality sets for less than $20 and very high-quality or larger sets for more than $40.
Air fryer accessory FAQ
Which air fryer accessories are the most useful to have?
A. The accessories people use the most frequently tend to be the most functional, like cooking racks and baking pans. These accessories can also be used in ovens or pressure cookers, making them even more valuable. At the end of the day, the most useful accessory comes down to what you’ll find yourself using most often on a personal level.
Are all air fryer accessories dishwasher-safe?
A. Not all air fryer accessories are dishwasher-safe, but most are. Each set of accessories has instructions and limitations for their specific pieces, so double-check your owner’s manual before throwing anything in your dishwasher.
Do air fryer accessories improve the taste of food?
A. At times, it’s certainly possible. Most improvement comes from an accessory’s ability to more evenly cook a food, resulting in a more even finished product.
What’s the best air fryer accessory to buy?
Top air fryer accessory
COSORI 6-Piece Air Fryer Accessories XL Set
What you need to know: A top-quality set of accessories for your air fryer to add some possibilities to your repertoire.
What you’ll love: The parts are all dishwasher-safe, and if 5.8-quart size is too big, they also offer a 3.7-quart option.
What you should consider: The accessories were found to be a little bit small for 5.8-quart air fryers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top air fryer accessory for the money
MONYES 17-Piece Air Fryer Accessory Set
What you need to know: This 17-piece set goes above and beyond what almost any other set includes.
What you’ll love: A sampling of this huge set of air fryer accessories includes muffin cups, an oil brush, egg bite molds and a pizza pan.
What you should consider: The included silicone oven mitts have the possibility of melting when taking items out of your air fryer.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
GoWISE USA Standard 6-Piece Air Fryer Accessory Kit
What you need to know: A reasonably priced set of air fryer accessories that can get you started on your air fryer journey.
What you’ll love: The metal accessories included are dishwasher-safe, and the nonstick coating on the pans makes using them a breeze.
What you should consider: Some air fryers might have a size discrepancy or incompatibility with the included accessories.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Binance applauds the United States' efforts to compensate victims of the 2017-18 Centra Tech fraud. The U.S. has recovered 100,000 ETH, which will be used to fund the remission pool that seeks to compensate over 170,000 victims of fraud who traded the CTR token. Binance has worked tirelessly to identify as many victims of this fraud as possible and is pleased they will be given the opportunity to get their funds back.
"We don't tolerate crime in any way and we're proud to work with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to reach the victims of the Centra Tech fraud," said Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. "We are thrilled that tens of thousands of users may be getting their money back. Protecting users has always been our top focus, and we've greatly advanced our capabilities to do so since Centra Tech's fraud occurred five years ago. We continue collaborating proactively with regulators, law enforcement, and other stakeholders to create a safe and well-regulated crypto ecosystem that brings the benefits of modern finance to everyone. The DOJ's success in this case is an extremely important step forward for our quickly-maturing industry."
Details regarding the DOJ's Remission Administration, the process by which recovered funds are being returned to victims, can be found here. For more information regarding Binance's industry-leading efforts to protect users and combat criminal abuse of its platform, please click here.
Background
In mid-2017, Sohrab Sharma, along with codefendants Robert Farkas and Raymond Trapani, founded a company called Centra Tech that falsely claimed to offer cryptocurrency-related financial products. They further claimed that the company was led by an experienced team with relationships with Visa, Mastercard and others. Based in part on these claims, victims provided millions of dollars' worth of digital funds in investments for the purchase of Centra Tech tokens. Several months later, at the end of the defendants' fundraising efforts, those digital funds raised from victims were worth more than $25 million. For more information:
About Binance
Binance is the world's leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider with a financial product suite that includes the largest digital asset exchange by volume. Trusted by millions worldwide, the Binance platform is dedicated to increasing the freedom of money for users, and features an unmatched portfolio of crypto products and offerings, including: trading and finance, education, data and research, social good, investment and incubation, decentralization and infrastructure solutions, and more. For more information, visit: https://www.binance.com
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray, according to eyewitnesses and aid workers.
The accounts raise fresh concern about alleged atrocities more than three weeks after the warring parties signed a truce that diplomats and others hoped would bring an end to suffering in the embattled region that’s home to more than 5 million people.
Tigray is still largely cut off from the rest of Ethiopia, although aid deliveries into the region resumed after the Nov. 2 cease-fire deal signed in South Africa. There’s limited or no access into the region for human rights researchers, making it difficult for journalists and others to obtain information from Tigray as Ethiopian forces continue to assert control of the region.
Eritrean troops and forces from the neighboring Ethiopian region of Amhara — who have been fighting on the side of Ethiopia’s federal military in the Tigray conflict — have looted businesses, private properties, vehicles, and health clinics in Shire, a northwestern town that was captured from Tigray forces last month, two aid workers there told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because of safety concerns.
Several young people have been kidnapped by Eritrean troops in Shire, the aid workers said. One said he saw “more than 300” youths being rounded up by Ethiopian federal troops in several waves of mass detentions after the capture of Shire, home to a large number of internally displaced people.
“There are different detention centers around the town,” said the aid worker, who also noted that Ethiopian federal troops were arresting people believed to be “associated” with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, the political party whose leaders led the war against the federal government.
Civilians accused of aiding Tigray forces are being detained in the southern town of Alamata, according to a resident there who said Amhara forces had arrested several of his friends. A former regional official said Amhara forces are also carrying out “mass” arrests in the town of Korem, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Alamata, and in surrounding rural areas.
Both the Alamata resident and the former regional official, like some others who spoke to AP, requested anonymity because of safety concerns as well as fear of reprisals.
The continuing presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray remains a sore point in the ongoing peace process, and the U.S. has called for their withdrawal from the region.
The military spokesman and government communications minister in Ethiopia didn’t respond to a request for comment. Eritrea’s embassy in Ethiopia also didn’t respond.
Eritrea, which shares a border with Tigray, was not mentioned in the text of the cease-fire deal. The absence of Eritrea from cease-fire negotiations had raised questions about whether that country’s repressive government, which has long considered Tigray authorities a threat, would respect the agreement.
A subsequent implementation accord, signed by military commanders in Kenya, states that the Tigray forces will disband their heavy weapons “concurrently with the withdrawal of foreign and non-(federal) forces from the region.”
Yet aid officials, diplomats and others inside Tigray say Eritrean forces are still active in several areas of Tigray, hurting the peace process. Eritrean troops have been blamed for some of the conflict’s worst abuses, including gang rapes.
Tigrai Television, a regional broadcaster based in the Tigrayan capital of Mekele, reported on Nov. 19 that Eritrean soldiers killed 63 civilians, including 10 children, in an area called Egela in central Tigray. That report cited witnesses including one who said affected communities were being prevented from burying their dead.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the importance of implementing the peace deal, “including the withdrawal of all foreign forces and the concurrent disarmament of the Tigray forces” in a phone call Monday, according to State Department spokesman Ned Price.
Four youths were killed by Eritrean forces in the northwestern Tigray town of Axum on Nov. 17, a humanitarian worker told the AP. “The killings have not stopped despite the peace deal … and it is being carried out in Axum exclusively by Eritrean forces,” the humanitarian worker said.
A statement from Tigray’s communication bureau last week said Eritrea’s military “continues committing horrific atrocities in Tigray.” That statement charged that Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki “is bringing more units into Tigray though (he is) expected to withdraw his troops” following the cease-fire deal.
The brutal fighting, which spilled into the Amhara and Afar regions as Tigray forces pressed toward the federal capital last year, was renewed in August in Tigray after months of lull.
Tigray is in the grip of a dire humanitarian crisis after two years of restrictions on aid. These restrictions prompted a U.N. panel of experts to conclude that Ethiopia’s government probably used “starvation as a method of warfare” against the region.
Ethiopian authorities have long denied targeting civilians in Tigray, saying their goal is to apprehend the region’s rebellious leaders.
Despite the African Union-led cease-fire, basic services such as phone, electricity and banking are still switched off in most parts of Tigray. The U.S. estimates hundreds of thousands of people could have been killed in the war marked by abuses on all sides.
The cease-fire deal requires federal authorities to facilitate “unhindered humanitarian access” to Tigray. The World Food Program said Friday it had sent 96 trucks of food and fuel to Tigray since the agreement although access to parts of central and eastern Tigray remains “constrained.”
Unhindered access into Tigray has not yet been granted despite the number of trucks going into the region, with several restrictions remaining in place, an aid worker said Friday. There are limits on the amount of cash humanitarian organizations can take into Tigray, while checkpoints and military commanders impede the movements of aid workers within the region, the aid worker said.
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Sheriff holds press conference following fentanyl bust
Posted/updated on: February 21, 2023 at 1:42 pmTYLER — More details emerged Tuesday at a press conference about a large-scale fentanyl bust this past Friday on I-20 in Smith County. According to our news partner KETK, Sheriff Larry Smith says the false compartment where 42,000 fentanyl pills were found was a hollowed-out battery. “That could’ve been 42,000 deaths right there in the United States,” Smith said. “We got a lot of kids, a lot of adults on drugs. We want to get the word out to them that they need to be careful about taking any tablet such as this.” Smith said a deputy noticed a van with Mexico license plates hauling several motorcycles and a car on a trailer, with another car being hauled behind that. When the driver failed to use a turn signal, the deputy performed a traffic stop, according to the sheriff.
During the traffic stop the single occupant of the vehicle, identified as 33-year-old Erik Marin Islas Angeles of Mexico (pictured), allegedly had three cell phones that were ringing “all the time,” which raised suspicions with the deputy. Angeles was arrested following a search to which authorities say he consented. He was released on a $2 million bond from the Smith County Jail on Tuesday, judicial records show. | 2023-02-21T20:21:57+00:00 | ktbb.com | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1204246 |
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chromatic 3D Materials, a 3D-printing technology provider, has launched ChromaScan, an additive manufacturing software for printing resin on non-planar surfaces. This new technology allows manufacturers to 3D print durable, flexible materials directly onto substrates of any shape including metal, plastic and textiles. The result is industrial-strength adhesion between the printed material and the substrate without post processing or assembly.
"Hyperbolic print paths are challenging for existing technologies. ChromaScan easily adapts a flat print path for printing on 3D surfaces. This opens up a world of design possibilities, as well as more streamlined, cost effective and sustainable manufacturing for our customers," said CEO Dr. Cora Leibig.
First, the software scans an object placed on the print bed. Then it manipulates the print path, yielding a high-quality print that conforms to the surface below. The print application is precise with higher pass rates and better print quality which improves overall production yields.
With ChromaScan, manufacturers can reduce or eliminate post-processing and assembly with additional materials like adhesives and stitching. Benefits include faster and more efficient production, fewer labor and materials costs, and reduced environmental footprint with less material waste.
ChromaScan is suitable for a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. For example, Chromatic used ChromaScan to 3D print trackpads for a 50-year-old antique tractor with a unique tread that was difficult to source. The company printed rubber pads directly onto metal plates with protruding bolts. The new pads offered the same abrasion and durability of the original parts.
ChromaScan also has potential uses in footwear and apparel. For example, with ChromaScan it's possible to 3D print a shoe sole directly onto a last, or 3D print aesthetic or functional elements onto finished clothing.
Chromatic will be showcasing ChromaScan at Formnext 2022 in Frankfurt at Stand 12.1-B39.
ChromaScan software is available for purchase as an add-on to the RX-AM™ materials and technology platform for reactive extrusion additive manufacturing with urethane elastomers. RX-AM™ is designed for industrial use and commercial-scale production.
Chromatic 3D Materials is a 3D-printing technology company focused on more flexible, cost-effective and sustainable manufacturing of industrial-strength elastomeric products. Its portfolio includes printable polyurethanes and other thermoset elastomers for a range of applications. Visit c3dm.com to learn more.
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When trying to lose weight, patients are often counseled to count calories, but this can be cumbersome and hard to stick with. New research finds that intermittent fasting can be just as effective.
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When trying to lose weight, patients are often counseled to count calories, but this can be cumbersome and hard to stick with. New research finds that intermittent fasting can be just as effective.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-06-26T21:34:29+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/science/2023-06-26/intermittent-fasting-may-be-equally-as-effective-for-weight-loss-as-counting-calories |
BRUSSELS (AP) — Police officers in Belgium have arrested eight people during counterterrorism raids across the country as part of operations aimed at thwarting possible attacks, the federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday.
Antwerp federal police carried out five searches in Merksem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and Eupen on Monday night at the request of an investigating judge. The prosecutor’s office said five people were arrested, but it didn’t give details about what was found.
“At least two of the people involved are suspected of planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Belgium. The target of the attack has not yet been determined,” prosecutors said.
Meanwhile, Brussels federal police carried out raids in the nearby localities of Zaventem, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and Schaerbeek as part of a separate case, and arrested three people.
“These people are also suspected of planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Belgium,” the office said. “There are links between the two cases, but further investigation will have to reveal the extent to which the two cases were intertwined.”
Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported that the Brussels and Antwerp cases initially focused on two young adults suspected of violent radicalism and that investigations revealed links between the two, with potentially dangerous individuals gravitating in their entourage.
According to the independent center in charge of assessing the terrorism and extremist risk in Belgium, the current threat on a scale from one to four is medium, at level two.
The arrests came as suspected members of a cell that carried out the deadliest peacetime attacks on Belgian soil seven years ago are on trial in Belgium. The defendants face charges including murder, attempted murder and membership, or participation, in the acts of a terrorist group, over the morning rush hour attacks at Belgium’s main airport and on the central commuter line on March, 22, 2016.
In addition to the 32 people who died in Brussels that day, about 900 were injured or suffered mental trauma.
Among the accused is Salah Abdeslam — the only survivor among the Islamic State group extremists who in 2015 struck the Bataclan theater in Paris, city cafes and France’s national stadium. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole over the atrocities in the French capital. | 2023-03-28T13:47:58+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/police-in-belgium-arrest-8-people-in-counterterrorism-raids/ |
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the death penalty.
Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges in the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, making it one of the U.S. government's largest hate crime cases.
Crusius, wearing a jumpsuit and shackles, did not speak during the hearing and showed no reaction as the sentence was read. U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama recommended that Crusius serve his sentence at a maximum security prison in Colorado.
Crusius still faces a separate trial in a Texas court that could end with him getting the death penalty for carrying out one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
As Crusius was led from the courtroom, the son of one of the victims shouted at him from the galley.
"We'll be seeing you again, coward," yelled Dean Reckard, whose mother, Margie Reckard, was slain in the attack. "No apologies, no nothing."
Police say Crusius drove more than 700 miles from his home near Dallas to target Hispanics with an AK-style rifle inside and outside the store. Moments before the attack began, Crusius posted a racist screed online that warned of a Hispanic “invasion” of Texas.
In the years since the shooting, Republicans have described migrants crossing the southern U.S. border as an “invasion,” waving off critics who say the rhetoric fuels anti-immigrant views and violence.
Crusius pleaded guilty in February after federal prosecutors took the death penalty off the table. But Texas prosecutors have said they will try to put Crusius on death row when he stands trial in state court. That trial date has not yet been set.
Joe Spencer, Crusius’ attorney, told the judge before the sentencing that his client has a “broken brain.”
“Patrick’s thinking is at odds with reality … resulting in delusional thinking,” Spencer said.
Crusius became alarmed by his own violent thoughts, Spencer said, and he once left a job at a movie theater because of them. He said Crusius once searched online to look for ways to address his mental health, and he dropped out of a community college near Dallas because of his struggles.
Spencer said Crusius had arrived in El Paso without a specific target in mind before winding up at the Walmart.
“Patrick acted with his broken brain cemented in delusions,” Spencer said.
The sentencing in El Paso followed two days of impact statements from relatives of the victims, including citizens of Mexico and a German national. In addition to the dead, more than two dozen people were injured and numerous others were severely traumatized as they hid or fled.
One by one, family members used their first opportunity since the shooting to directly address Crusius, describing how their lives have been upended by grief and pain. Some forgave Crusius. One man displayed photographs of his slain father and insisted that the gunman look at them.
Bertha Benavides’ husband of 34 years, Arturo, was among those killed.
“You left children without their parents, you left spouses without their spouses, and we still need them,” she told Crusius.
Crusius’ family did not appear in the courtroom during the sentencing phase.
The attack was the deadliest of a dozen mass shootings in the U.S. linked to hate crimes since 2006, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.
Before the shooting, Crusius had appeared consumed by the nation’s immigration debate, tweeting #BuildtheWall and posts that praised then-President Donald Trump’s hardline border policies. He went further in his rant posted before the attack, sounding warnings that Hispanics were going to take over the government and economy.
Ian Hanna, an assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted the government’s case, said Crusius had embraced the “insidious lie” that America only belonged to white people.
“He wanted to eliminate a class of people,” Hanna said. “It was a strike at the very essence of what makes this community so special.”
Amaris Vega’s aunt was killed in the attack and her mother narrowly survived a softball-sized wound to the chest. In court, Vega railed at Crusius’ “pathetic, sorry manifesto” that promised to rid Texas of Hispanics.
“But guess what? You didn’t. You failed,” she told him in court Thursday. “We are still here and we are not going anywhere. And for four years you have been stuck in a city full of Hispanics. ... So let that sink in.”
The people who were killed ranged in age from a 15-year-old high school athlete to several elderly grandparents. They included immigrants, a retired city bus driver, teachers, tradesmen including a former iron worker, and several Mexican nationals who had crossed the U.S. border on routine shopping trips.
Two teenage girls recounted their narrow escape from Crusius’ rampage as they participated in a fundraiser for their youth soccer team outside the store and said they are still fearful in public.
Margaret Juarez, whose 90-year-old father was slain in the attack and whose mother was wounded but survived, said she found it ironic that Crusius will spend his life in prison among inmates from racial and ethnic minorities. Others in the courtroom applauded as she celebrated their liberty.
“Swim in the waters of prison,” she told Crusius. “Now we’re going to enjoy the sunshine. … We still have our freedom, in our country.”
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Weber reported from Austin.
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Credit: AP | 2023-07-07T19:14:51+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/texas-gunman-in-walmart-shooting-gets-90-consecutive-life-sentences-and-may-still-face-death-penalty/IBN6W6VVWZHHVNHD6X5DUF5OHE/ |
Boring Company’s Vegas Loop approved for downtown connection
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday approved plans for the Boring Company’s Vegas Loop to extend from the Resort Corridor into downtown Las Vegas.
The council unanimously approved the monorail agreement for the project, paving way for the underground transportation system featuring a fleet of Teslas to include five initial downtown stops.
The agreement is good for 50 years and will tie into the system that is planned for Clark County’s jurisdiction that include several Strip properties and Allegiant Stadium.
In total the Vegas Loop will be a 34-mile tunnel network with about 55 stations including Harry Reid International Airport and Allegiant Stadium. Around 5 miles of tunnels and at least five stations will be included in the downtown area.
The downtown stations include the Strat, Fremont Street Experience, the Slotzilla attraction, the Garage Mahal at the Circa Resort and the Plaza Hotel. Other stations could be added in the future, including in or near the Arts District.
Work can now begin on getting the permitting and other agreements secured for the planned stops in the downtown area.
Boring Co. President Steve Davis said he envisions tunneling for the project in downtown Las Vegas to begin sometime in 2023.
“This is step two and there are eight steps for us to be opening,” Davis said during Wednesday’s meeting. “There’s a long way to go and a lot of work to do. But if I were to guess on the spot I would guess we’d have machines in (the ground) next calendar year.”
Other steps following the approval of the monorail agreement include approval of design development studies; approval of final design and construction plans and permits; construction; operational testing; securing certificate of operation issued; and commencing full Vegas Loop service.
Davis said the system will be relatively cheap for riders, stating a ride from the Fremont Street Experience downtown to Reid International (once that portion is operational) would cost about $12 and take eight or nine minutes.
“It’s not going to be $30, it’s not going to be $1, $12 is kind of where we are,” Davis said. “It’s compelling.”
Boring Company will collect all revenue from the system, with quarterly payments being made to the city based on a tiered system.
Clark County portion
Permitting for various portions of the Vegas Loop in the Resort Corridor is in various phases. The Tropicana Loop on the south end of the Strip, including an Allegiant Stadium station, the Caesars Loop for Caesars Entertainment properties located along the central Strip area and an offshoot between the Westgate and the Las Vegas Convention Center are set to be the next portions to be constructed.
Each area can be built in separate phases and later be connected by tunnels. It allows for initial connectivity to occur in the Resort Corridor, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO and President Steve Hill previously noted.
Hill said he expects some of those phases to be operational sometime in 2023.
A portion already dug from the convention Center and Resorts World is expected to be operational this year.
Depending on the size and structure of a station, the cost to build one ranges between $1.5 million and $20 million. Each property is responsible for paying for costs tied to that station, while the Boring Company is responsible for the construction and operation of the tunnel system.
If the determination is made to build a civic station, such as in the Arts District, there is a mechanism included in the city’s agreement to generate additional funding to go toward building those stops.
Perfect timing
The Boring Company’s loop system is largely untested, with the Convention Center Loop being the only fully operational system of its kind. Since it was opened to conventioneers, it has served over 700,000 riders.
Councilwoman Victoria Seaman said that despite the small data pool for the system, now is the time to get this project underway.
“I have been a fan of this technology since I toured the tunnels when they were being built (at the convention center) and I think with the growth of Las Vegas this is going to be … a game changer,” Seaman said. “I think sometimes you have to take a risk to be successful. We need to move with the technology and it will be cleaner for the environment. My only question is how soon are we going to have this in my ward?”
Contact Mick Akers at makers@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2920. Follow @mickakers on Twitter. | 2022-06-15T22:22:22+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/downtown/boring-companys-vegas-loop-approved-for-downtown-connection-2592957/ |
LONDON – The Bank of England warned Tuesday that recent cryptocurrency meltdowns that wiped out more then $2 trillion in value highlight the need for tougher financial regulations
The U.K.'s central bank said that the crashes exposed vulnerabilities in the crypto markets reminiscent of previous bouts of financial turmoil.
Extreme volatility in the crypto markets, including so-called stablecoins, resulted in “fire sales" and amplified price falls, the bank said in its latest financial stability report.
While overall financial stability wasn't threatened, the bank worried that "systemic risks" would grow as cryptocurrencies become more intertwined with the wider financial system and called for “enhanced regulatory and law enforcement frameworks."
“Technology doesn’t change the laws of economics and finance and risks,” Jon Cunliffe, the deputy governor for financial stability, said at a press conference. “We need now to bring in the regulatory system that will manage those risks in the crypto world in the same way that we manage them in the conventional world."
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have tumbled this year, slashing the total value of cryptocurrencies from $3 trillion at its peak in late to 2021 to $900 billion, the bank said.
One of the biggest meltdowns involved the stablecoin Terra, which imploded in May, erasing tens of billions of dollars in value with little or no accountability. Stablecoins had been seen as a safer bet among cryptocurrencies because their value is usually pegged to a government-backed currency, such as the U.S. dollar, or precious metals such as gold.
Officials across Europe have been stepping up scrutiny of the cryptocurrency industry.
The U.K. Treasury has proposed regulating stablecoins that are used as payments. Last week the European Union signed a provisional deal for a package of sweeping regulations for the bloc's 27 member nations to tame what the deal's lead negotiator called the “Wild West of the crypto world." | 2022-07-05T15:12:41+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/business/2022/07/05/bank-of-england-crypto-crashes-show-need-for-tougher-rules/ |
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking additional steps to support the use of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics and devices, where some or all the trial-related activities occur at locations other than traditional clinical trial sites.
Today, the agency released a new draft guidance that provides recommendations for sponsors, investigators and other stakeholders regarding the implementation of DCTs to advance medical product development and research. Examples of decentralized elements include obtaining laboratory tests at a local facility rather than a research medical center or conducting a clinical follow-up visit in the trial participant's home using telemedicine.
Decentralizing clinical trials will allow some or all trial-related activities to take place at trial participants' homes or other convenient locations, instead of having them visit research sites. By reducing barriers to participation, we expect that DCTs will increase the breadth and diversity of participants in clinical trials and improve accessibility for those with rare diseases or mobility challenges. We anticipate that this approach will facilitate the development of drugs including in areas of medical need, resulting in more treatment options and improved patient outcomes.
This draft guidance builds on agency recommendations issued in 2020, which provided clarity for investigators to facilitate trial decentralization in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency and associated disruptions such as quarantines, site closures and travel limitations.
"The FDA has long considered the benefits of decentralized clinical trials. Advancements in digital health technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic—when in-person visits were limited or unavailable for many trial participants—have accelerated the broader adoption of these activities," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "As we seek to improve our evidence generation system, decentralized clinical trials may enhance convenience for trial participants, reduce the burden on caregivers, expand access to more diverse populations, improve trial efficiencies, and facilitate research on rare diseases and diseases affecting populations with limited mobility."
While the FDA's regulatory requirements for investigations of medical products are the same for DCTs and traditional site-based clinical trials, the new draft guidance covers recommendations on topics such as:
- design considerations for a DCT;
- conduct of remote clinical trial visits and clinical trial-related activities in a DCT;
- use of digital health technologies to remotely acquire data in a DCT;
- roles and responsibilities of the sponsor and investigators in a DCT;
- obtaining informed consent (IC) and institutional review board oversight of the IC process in a DCT;
- determination of the appropriateness of investigational products for use in a DCT;
- packaging and shipping of investigational products in a DCT; and
- safety monitoring of trial participants in a DCT.
The FDA expects that clinical trials with decentralized elements will play an important role in addressing public health needs. The FDA is committed to working with sponsors to discuss how decentralized elements may fit into a clinical trial.
Additional Resources:
- Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) for Drug Development | FDA
- The Evolving Role of Decentralized Clinical Trials and Digital Health Technologies
- FDA: Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
- Advancing Oncology Decentralized Trials
- FDA: Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations
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SOURCE U.S. Food and Drug Administration | 2023-05-02T15:22:54+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/prnewswire/2023/05/02/fda-takes-additional-steps-advance-decentralized-clinical-trials/ |
Selena Gomez wants to be married and be a mom. And, when that happens, she vows to bid Hollywood adieu.
The Only Murders in the Building star opened up about her future in the TaTatu video podcast Giving Back Generation, saying there's going to come a time in her life where she'll grow "tired" of life in Hollywood. Instead, she'll want to focus on things that matter.
"I hope to be married and be a mom," she said on the podcast (via Today). "Eventually, I'm going to be tired of all of this, so I'm probably just going to devote most of my life to philanthropy before I peace out."
The singer brought up her 8-year-old sister, Gracie Teefey, and how seeing her grow up -- coupled with the role she plays in her life -- makes her feel like a parent already.
"She puts things in perspective," said Gomez who recently celebrated her 30th birthday. "I have to basically watch this little person grow into a human being. There's no better feeling in the world. I kind of feel like a parent in a way, even though I'm not."
Gomez, an advocate for mental health and makeup mogul, recently revealed her dating deal breakers when she and one of her BFFs, Francia Raisa, got together for a hilarious round of the "He's a 10" TikTok challenge.
“He’s 10, but his breath stinks,” Raisa went first. “And I can’t fix that?” Gomez asks. “You tried,” Raisa replies, causing her bestie to cringe in disapproval.
Over the course of the video, the two challenge each other on the guy being a 10, but only liking to role-play Star Wars, hating dogs and never allowing them to drink another glass of wine again. Both ladies agree that a guy being a 10 “but hating everything you’ve been in” is a definite deal-breaker.
RELATED CONTENT: | 2022-08-08T18:45:31+00:00 | wgrz.com | https://www.wgrz.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/selena-gomez-reveals-what-would-make-her-leave-acting-for-good/603-191ffa2b-abe5-4854-9c00-1a4596b4f582 |
BERLIN (AP) — A techno parade whose initiators include the founder of the Love Parade, once a popular annual party in Berlin, took to the streets of the German capital Saturday with calls for the city’s electronic music culture to be added to a World Heritage list.
The “Rave the Planet” parade set out from the Kurfuerstendamm shopping boulevard to the Victory Column in the middle of Berlin’s Tiergarten park.
Police estimated 20,000 people turned out for the parade in cool, rainy weather, the German news agency dpa reported. They deployed 600 officers but no disturbances were reported.
One of the parade’s organizers, a DJ known professionally as Dr. Motte, called for an unconditional basic income for artists and for Berlin’s club culture to be listed as intangible heritage by UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural agency.
Dr. Motte, 62, is best known for founding the Love Parade — which grew from a small procession of 150 ravers in 1989 to a huge music festival and street party with 1.5 million participants a decade later. The event’s popularity later waned; it was last held in Berlin in 2006.
Parties with the Love Parade brand were held under different organizers after that in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region, but ended after a mass panic at the 2010 event in Duisburg resulted in 21 deaths.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-07-09T16:27:01+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/entertainment/2022/07/09/techno-party-with-love-parade-founder-hits-berlins-streets-2/ |
TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, September 1, 2022
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National Weather Service Amarillo TX
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
TXZ012-017-030000-
Potter-Randall-
Including the cities of Amarillo, Bushland, Buffalo Lake, Canyon,
and Umbarger
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs around 90. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 60. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
60. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
Highs in the mid 80s.
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Palo Duro Canyon-
Including the city of Palo Duro Canyon State Park
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
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Sherman-
Including the city of Stratford
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
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Moore-
Including the cities of Dumas, Four Way, and Masterson
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
60. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
Highs in the mid 80s.
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Hansford-
Including the cities of Spearman and Gruver
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
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Hutchinson-
Including the city of Borger
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
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Ochiltree-
Including the cities of Farnsworth, Perryton, Wolf Creek Park,
and Waka
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast with gusts up to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
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Roberts-
Including the cities of Codman, Lora, and Miami
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
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Lipscomb-
Including the cities of Booker, Higgins, and Follett
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ010-030000-
Hemphill-
Including the cities of Canadian, Glazier, and Lake Marvin
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast with gusts up to 20 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ011-030000-
Oldham-
Including the cities of Vega, Wildorado, and Boys Ranch
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 60. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ016-030000-
Deaf Smith-
Including the cities of Dawn, Hereford, and Bootleg
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ013-030000-
Carson-
Including the cities of Panhandle, Pantex, White Deer,
and Skellytown
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs around 90. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ018-030000-
Armstrong-
Including the cities of Claude, Washburn, Wayside, and Goodnight
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs around 90. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs
in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ014-030000-
Gray-
Including the cities of Kingsmill and Pampa
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs around 90. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northwest
after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ019-030000-
Donley-
Including the city of Clarendon
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ015-030000-
Wheeler-
Including the cities of Briscoe, Wheeler, Lela, Shamrock,
and Twitty
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ020-030000-
Collingsworth-
Including the cities of Lutie, Wellington, Dozier, and Samnorwood
305 AM CDT Fri Sep 2 2022
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.LABOR DAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-09-02T09:04:53+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/weather/article/TX-Amarillo-TX-Zone-Forecast-17414682.php |
This short documentary shares trans athlete Izzy Sederbaum's experience of recovering after a rare cougar attack, and reclaiming joy and healing through cycling
SEATTLE, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- REI Co-op Studios, in partnership with Wondercamp, announces the release of its newest short documentary: "The Right to Joy." The film shares the story of Izzy Sederbaum, a trans-masculine cyclist and policy scholar who survived a rare cougar attack on a bicycle ride just outside Seattle in early 2018.
The Right to Joy follows Sederbaum's journey as he navigates the aftermath of the attack, overcomes his fears, and becomes a vocal advocate for diversity and trans inclusion within cycling communities across the country. The film, which premiered at 5Point Film Festival and was recently screened at Tribeca Film Festival, is now available for REI members and the greater co-op community to watch on REI's YouTube channel.
While the incident was broadly covered, news stories focused on the cougar attack, not the victims, and Sederbaum was never interviewed by a single outlet. "The Right to Joy" is a reclamation of his story, while amplifying the voices of a group historically underrepresented in outdoor sports.
"The attack has spurred countless bouts of mental and physical pain no one could anticipate or begin to imagine. I had a choice to either wallow in this tragedy and loss or help inspire others get back on the bicycle saddle," said Sederbaum. "I chose the latter, and by helping others, I also began to heal. I'm lucky to be alive, and it means so much to finally be able to tell my story in my own words and from a place of joy and healing."
Discussions for "The Right to Joy" first began in 2021, when Sederbaum connected with friend and filmmaker/director Jay Melena during a bicycle ride. Melena, who is also trans, was immediately drawn to Sederbaum's story and his search for community and acceptance through cycling. They then connected with co-director Tim Kressin of Wondercamp and REI Co-op Studios to create the 20-minute short film.
"It was important to me from the start that we build positive representations of trans people in the film via the behind-the-lens work," said Melena. "Izzy was deeply involved in crafting the message of the film, while our shared experiences as trans people created a sense of ownership and belonging. Tim's directorial expertise elevated the result to a cinematic experience we hope will connect viewers with the universal aspects of grief, anxiety and joy, while also uplifting trans filmmakers."
Kressin is a co-founder of Wondercamp, and as a director focuses on building empathy by highlighting often under-told or under-seen stories. Based in Seattle, Kressin believes in staying curious, listening well, and connecting each story to the universally human emotions in all of us. Melena is a Santa Cruz-based director and photographer who specializes in all things outdoor and narrative-driven stories. As a trans filmmaker, he has a passion for centering stories of those less often seen in the spotlight.
This story embodies REI Co-op Studios' efforts to explore the power of time spent outside through the voices of historically underrepresented groups. This is REI Co-op Studio's second film to screen at Tribeca Film Festival. This year's festival premiered more than 250 films over the course of 12 days, with a slate of features and short films highlighting politically, culturally, and socially relevant films from diverse storytellers. "The Right to Joy" screened in the shorts category.
"This is a story about perseverance and the importance of community and acceptance in the outdoors," said Paolo Mottola, REI Co-op's director of brand and content marketing. "We are grateful to Izzy for his bravery in sharing his story, for directors Tim and Jay for their care of such a personal narrative, and for the continued advocacy of dedicated activists like Izzy who work tirelessly toward a more inclusive and safe outdoors. We are proud to make this film for our members and the broader co-op community."
Other production crew members included Producer: Davis Goslin, Assistant Producer: Abdul Kassamali, Cinematographer: Greg Balkin, Location Sound: Megan Martinez Goltz, Assistant Editor: Makenna Wall, and Executive Producers: Paolo Mottola, Joe Crosby and Hanna Boyd.
About REI Co-op Studios
REI Co-op Studios is the retailer's in-house content arm. Across films, podcasts and editorial programs, the studio develops and produces stories that entertain, enrich, and explore the power of time spent outside, while complementing the co-op's broader climate and racial equity, diversity, and inclusion commitment. The studio's slate includes feature films Full Circle, Space Oddity and Frybread Face and Me.
About Wondercamp
Wondercamp is an award-winning, full-service production company based in Seattle. With a strong presence in the documentary space for nearly a decade, they have created a reputation for thoughtful and value-driven storytelling that empowers voices of people who need to be heard. Through every step of production, their mission is to challenge viewers to be more compassionate, more humble, and more curious.
About the REI Co-op
REI is a specialty outdoor retailer, headquartered near Seattle. The nation's largest consumer co-op, REI is a growing community of 23 million members who expect and love the best quality gear, inspiring expert classes and trips, and outstanding customer service. REI has 181 locations in 42 states and the District of Columbia. If you can't visit a store, you can shop at REI.com, REI Outlet or the REI shopping app. REI isn't just about gear. Adventurers can take the trip of a lifetime with REI's active adventure travel company that runs more than 100 itineraries across the country. In many communities where REI has a presence, professionally trained instructors share their expertise by hosting beginner-to advanced-level classes and workshops about a wide range of activities. To build on the infrastructure that makes life outside possible, REI invests millions annually in hundreds of local and national nonprofits that create access to—and steward—the outdoor places that inspire us all.
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SOURCE REI Co-op | 2023-06-22T07:38:17+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2023/06/22/rei-co-op-studios-wondercamp-release-right-joy-film-about-community-perseverance-inclusion-world-cycling/ |
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio
Assault: Cedar Road
A woman reported being shot with a BB gun by occupants of a car that drove by her as she was exiting Planet Fitness Aug. 9
No suspects were identified.
Theft: Sheffield Road
A package containing medicine was reported to have been stolen off a resident’s front steps Aug. 8.
Theft: Warrensville Center Road
Two 18-year-old women were cited at Walmart Aug. 9 for the combined theft of 58 items, valued at $637.
They were also trespassed from the location.
Theft: Warrensville Center Road
A shoplifter became combative with store security at Walmart Aug. 8 after being confronted for a $271 theft of 27 items.
An off-duty officer intervened, but the woman still struggled and resisted arrest.
A Taser had to be used to bring the 24-year-old Cleveland resident into custody. She was subsequently arrested for theft and resisting arrest.
Recovered property: Tamalga Drive
A stolen vehicle was located Aug. 13 while officers were checking on overnight parking violators.
The vehicle had been stolen out of Lorain and was subsequently towed at the request of that agency.
Overdose: Mayfield Road
A man suffered from a suspected overdose at the Tiki-Time Bistro Aug. 11.
A bartender administered CPR until paramedics arrived and revived the man with Narcan.
The Lyndhurst man, 25, was taken to the hospital for treatment and officers collected drug paraphernalia as evidence.
Theft: Warrensville Center Road
A woman reported Aug. 10 that she left her wallet at the self-checkout at Walmart Aug. 9, and she later learned that is was taken by an unknown person who tried to use credits cards from it.
Officers tried unsuccessfully to identify a suspect through surveillance video.
Domestic violence: Warrensville Center Road
A woman was arrested for domestic violence Aug. 11 after an incident involving her husband at their home.
Read more from the Sun Messenger. | 2022-08-19T15:10:29+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/08/womans-workout-ends-with-a-bb-gun-shooting-south-euclid-police-blotter.html |
Bob Evans recalls 7,560 pounds of sausage in fear of contamination
Bob Evans Farms has recalled approximately 7,560 pounds of Italian pork sausage in fear of their products being contaminated with extraneous materials, according to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The item was recalled after Bob Evans informed FSIS that some consumers reported finding small pieces of thin blue rubber in the product.
Last Friday, in an official announcement by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the department said, "The sausage subject to recall are: 1-lb. chubs containing "Bobs Evans Italian Sausage" with lot code XEN3663466 and a "USE/FRZ BY" date of 11/26/22, with a time stamp between 14:43 and 15:25."
Each of these products has establishment number "EST.6785" marked by the USDA.
According to the USDA, there have been no confirmed cases of adverse reactions due to the consumption of these products. It's also recommended by the USDA that any customer that purchased these products should not consume them. They suggest throwing away or returning these products to the place of purchase. | 2022-10-25T19:18:21+00:00 | koat.com | https://www.koat.com/article/bob-evans-sausage-recall/41768390 |
DULUTH — After a closed session discussion Thursday afternoon, the Duluth School Board voted to purchase the Duluth News Tribune building for $600,000.
The district is now under contract to acquire the building at 424 W. First St. to expand its facilities and enhance educational opportunities, according to a news release from the district.
"The decision to purchase the commercial building comes as part of the district's ongoing commitment to providing the highest quality education to its students," read the release.
The district toured the facility in June and discussed the possible purchase at a previous closed session meeting shortly after. The 64,000-square-foot office has been home to the newspaper for decades and was listed for sale in June 2017. The News Tribune still operates its news organization out of the building.
“Purchasing this property is an exciting opportunity for Duluth Public Schools,” said Superintendent John Magas. “We will be able to combine the use of it for several programs and district needs, including Duluth Adult Education; Community Education; facilities and storage from our Garfield location; and possibly our Area Learning Center and Academic Excellence Online school. We are also exploring opening a Welcome Center to allow for enrollment and other services to be provided to the community. We believe in Duluth, and believe in our downtown.”
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The building was listed for sale at $900,000 by Follmer Commercial Real Estate. The district has entered into the purchase agreement for a price of $600,000. Finalization of the deal could take up to 90 days.
“We want to ensure that we continue to have a location in the heart of the city," Magas said. "Use of this site will significantly reduce our annual leases by over half a million dollars annually and, thus, the lease levy tax impact on our community. It is important that the district continues to demonstrate thoughtful financial stewardship on behalf of our taxpayers."
Details regarding the use of the new facility and its potential impact on the district's programs are yet to come. The district noted more updates will be shared with the public as they become available. | 2023-07-27T23:55:10+00:00 | duluthnewstribune.com | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/duluth-school-board-votes-to-move-forward-with-duluth-news-tribune-building-purchase |
Time to return to King's Landing.
House of the Dragon has officially kicked off production on the anticipated season 2 at Leavesden Studios in the U.K., HBO announced Tuesday.
The Game of Thrones prequel will return nearly all of its original cast members, the premium cable network confirmed, while also introducing new faces into the expansive world.
Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno and Rhys Ifans are all back as series regulars for season 2, while additional returning cast members include Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall and Matthew Needham.
"House of the Dragon has returned. We are thrilled to be shooting again with members of our original family as well as new talents on both sides of the camera," co-creator/showrunner Ryan Condal said in a statement. "All your favorite characters will soon be conspiring at the council tables, marching with their armies, and riding their dragons into battle. We can't wait to share what we have in store."
The first photo from the set of House of the Dragon is spoiler-free, thankfully, but offers a glimpse into what awaits in season 2. See it below.
Based on George R.R. Martin's novel, Fire & Blood, the series is set 200 years before Game of Thrones and focuses on the House Targaryen.
Following an epic conclusion to the first season, the upcoming chapter is inching closer and closer to war following the death of King Viserys (played by Paddy Considine).
"We will get to the spectacle," Condal told The Times. (His co-showrunner, Miguel Sapochnik, is not returning for season 2.) "But you have to understand these people’s complexities before they’re thrown into war." And now that viewers have gotten to know the major characters as well as what's at stake, "[season] 2 will hit the rhythms people came to expect from the middle run of Game of Thrones, but it will have been earned, and viewers will feel the tragedies because we put the work in."
House of the Dragon is slated to return in 2024.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee was asked Tuesday to investigate Rep. George Santos, the newly-elected Republican from New York who has admitted to lying about his job experience, college education and even family heritage, and now faces questions about his campaign financial disclosures.
Two Democrats requested the probe, saying Santos “has failed to uphold the integrity expected of members of the House of Representatives.”
In a letter to the Ethics Committee, Democratic Reps. Ritchie Torres and Dan Goldman, both of New York, said Santos also failed to file “timely, accurate and complete” financial disclosure reports as required by law. They said the reports Santos did file are “sparse and perplexing.” They asked the panel to investigate and “take appropriate action as soon as possible.”
Some Democratic leaders said Santos should be expelled from the House.
A spokesperson for Santos did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Santos has admitted to fabricating several aspects of his life story and experience in his run for the House seat that he won in November, helping to give Republicans a narrow majority. Nevertheless, the newly-elected lawmaker was sworn into office last week alongside all other members of the House.
Republican leaders have refused to take action against Santos, whose election helped give them a 222-seat hold on the House majority. Santos also voted last week in the raucous balloting to make GOP leader Kevin McCarthy the House speaker.
Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Tuesday the situation is being “handled internally” by Republicans.
“Obviously there were concerns about what we had heard,” said Scalise, R-La. “So we’re gonna have to sit down and talk to him about it.”
Santos admitted two weeks ago that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House.
Santos had also said he had worked for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, but neither company could find any records verifying that.
In an interview with the New York Post, Santos said: “My sins here are embellishing my resume. I’m sorry.”
He also explained that he never claimed to be Jewish after the Jewish American site The Forward had questioned a claim on Santos’ campaign website that his grandparents “fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine, settled in Belgium, and again fled persecution during WWII.”
Democrats were scathing in their criticism.
“Kevin McCarthy owns George Santos, lock stop and barrel,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, the chairman of the House Democratic caucus. “It’s the only reason why he was seated, to give George Santos that ability to vote for Kevin McCarthy. So let’s call this exactly what it is. There should be repercussions.”
It’s unclear the Ethics Committee’s next steps. As part of the new House rules package, any member of the public can now file complaints against lawmakers. Ethics advocates have warned other new rules will weaken the committee’s staff and membership.
The committee has not fully formed yet as House Republicans are in the midst of choosing committee chairs, members and setting up the new Congress. | 2023-01-11T12:50:28+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-santos-probe-sought-by-democrats-over-house-ethics/ |
(The Hill) – Former President Trump, who has already entered the race for the White House in 2024, on Thursday took to Truth Social to dispute recent polling showing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who has widely been floated as a possible presidential contender, outperforming the former president in hypothetical primary match-ups.
In his post, Trump showed a poll that he said was conducted by polling firm McLaughlin & Associates, which previously worked with Trump’s 2020 campaign, showing him at 58% compared to DeSantis at 36% when respondents were asked whom they would choose in a 2024 GOP presidential primary.
“This is the McLaughlin & Associates POLL that just came out and which got it right in 2016 & 2020,” Trump said, further adding “unlike The WSJ, NBC Fake News, ABC Fake News, Fake Polling FOX NEWS, the dying and very sickly USA Today, and most others in the LameStream Media.”
“In other words, it is REAL POLLING. As you can see, we are leading by a lot, despite the never ending Communist (Democrat) WEAPONIZED ATTACKS on me and the GREAT PATRIOTS OF MAGA. More to come!!!”
The former president’s Truth Social post comes in light of several recent polls that have shown DeSantis leading Trump by double-digit margins, including a Wall Street Journal survey that showed Trump trailing the Florida governor in a 2024 hypothetical GOP primary match-up among likely GOP voters 38% to 52%.
A USA Today-Suffolk University poll out this week also found Trump trailing DeSantis 33% to 56% among Republican and Republican-leaning voters in a hypothetical GOP presidential primary.
While Trump has formally announced another White House bid, DeSantis has not officially announced a 2024 campaign. But after the November midterms delivered disappointing results for the GOP, which included many of Trump’s candidates struggling to cross the finish line, the election results are offering an opening for other Republicans considering jumping into the race. | 2022-12-16T23:54:43+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/trump-blasts-polling-that-shows-desantis-surging-leading-by-a-lot-in-real-polling/ |
In Buffalo, Biden to confront the racism he’s vowed to fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden talks about his decision to run against President Donald Trump in 2020, the story always starts with Charlottesville. He says it was the men with torches shouting bigoted slogans that drove him to join what he calls the “battle for the soul of America.”
Now Biden is facing the latest deadly manifestation of hatred after a white supremacist targeted Black people with an assault rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and left 10 people dead, the most lethal racist attack since he took office.
The president and first lady Jill Biden are to visit the city on Tuesday, where their first stop will be a makeshift memorial outside the supermarket. They’re also expected to meet privately with families of the victims, first responders and local officials before the president delivers public remarks.
In a speech at a nearby community center, Biden plans to call for stricter gun laws and urge Americans to reject racism and embrace the nation’s diversity, the White House said.
It’s a message that Biden has delivered several times since he became the first president to specifically address white supremacy in an inaugural speech, calling it “domestic terrorism that we must confront.” However, such beliefs remain an entrenched threat at a time when his administration has been preoccupied with crises involving the pandemic, inflation and the war in Ukraine.
“It’s important for him to show up for the families and the community and express his condolences,” said Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP. “But we’re more concerned with preventing this from happening in the future.”
It’s unclear how Biden will try to do that. Proposals for new gun restrictions have routinely been blocked by Republicans. In addition, the racism that was spouted in Charlottesville, Virginia, appears to have only spread.
The White House said the president and first lady will “grieve with the community that lost 10 lives in a senseless and horrific mass shooting.” Three more people were wounded. Nearly all the victims were Black.
Biden was briefed about the shooting by his homeland security adviser, Liz Sherwood-Randall, before he attended church services on Saturday near his family home in Wilmington, Delaware, according to the White House. She called again later to tell him that law enforcement had concluded the attack was racially motivated.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, told a Buffalo radio station that she invited Biden to the city.
“I said, ‘Mr. President, it would be so powerful if you came here,’” Hochul said. “‘This community is in such pain, and to see the president of the United States show them the attention that Buffalo doesn’t always get.’”
On Monday, Biden paid particular tribute to one of the victims, retired police officer Aaron Salter, who was working as a security guard at the store. He said Salter “gave his life trying to save others” by opening fire at the gunman, only to be killed himself.
Payton Gendron, 18, was arrested at the supermarket and charged with murder. He has pleaded not guilty.
Before the shooting, Gendron is reported to have posted online a screed overflowing with racism and antisemitism. The writer of the document described himself as a supporter of Dylan Roof, who killed nine Black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and Brenton Tarrant, who targeted mosques in New Zealand in 2019.
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said Gendron is “someone who has hate in their heart, soul and mind,” and he called the attack on the store “an absolute racist hate crime.”
So far investigators are looking at Gendron’s connection to what’s known as the “great replacement” theory, which baselessly claims white people are being intentionally overrun by other races through immigration or higher birth rates.
The racist ideology is often interwoven with antisemitism, with Jews identified as the culprits. During the 2017 “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, the white supremacists chanted “Jews will not replace us.”
“Many of those dark voices still exist today,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. “And the president is determined as he was back then . . . to make sure we fight back against those forces of hate and evil and violence.”
In the years since Charlottesville, replacement theory has moved from the online fringe to mainstream right-wing politics. A third of U.S. adults believe there is “a group of people in this country who are trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants who agree with their political views,” according to a poll conducted in December by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Tucker Carlson, the prominent Fox News host, accuses Democrats of orchestrating mass migration to consolidate their power.
“The country is being stolen from American citizens,” he said Aug. 23, 2021.
He repeated the same theme a month later, saying that “this policy is called the great replacement, the replacement of legacy Americans with more obedient people from faraway countries.”
Carlson’s show routinely receives the highest ratings in cable news, and he responded to the furor Monday night by accusing liberals of trying to silence their opponents.
“So because a mentally ill teenager murdered strangers, you cannot be allowed to express your political beliefs out loud,” he said.
His commentary reflects how this conspiratorial view of immigration has spread through the Republican Party ahead of this year’s midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress.
Facebook advertisements posted last year by the campaign committee of Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said Democrats want a “PERMANENT ELECTION INSURRECTION” by granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. The plan would “overthrow our current electorate and create a permanent liberal majority in Washington.”
Alex DeGrasse, a senior adviser to Stefanik’s campaign, said Monday she “has never advocated for any racist position or made a racist statement.” He criticized “sickening and false reporting” about her advertisements.
Stefanik is the third-ranking leader of the House Republican caucus, replacing Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who angered the party with her denunciations of Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Cheney, in a tweet on Monday, said the caucus’ leadership “has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-Semitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse.”
Replacement theory rhetoric has also rippled through Republican primary campaigns.
“The Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy,” Blake Masters, who’s running in the Republican Senate primary in Arizona, wrote on Twitter hours after the Buffalo shooting. “Not on my watch.”
A spokesperson for Masters did not respond to a request for comment.
Jean-Pierre indicated that the White House would speak more broadly about racism than singling out specific people for criticism.
“Once you get into calling out people’s names, then you get away from that issue,” she said.
Although Biden has not spoken directly about replacement theory, his warnings about racism remain a fixture of his public speeches.
Three days before the Buffalo shooting, at a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago, Biden said, “I really do think we’re still in the battle for the soul of America.”
Biden said he hadn’t planned to run for president in 2020 — he had already fallen short in two previous campaigns, served as vice president and then stepped aside as Hillary Clinton consolidated support for the 2016 race — and was content to spend some time as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
But he said he was disgusted “when those folks came marching out of the fields in Charlottesville, Virginia, carrying torches” and repeating the “same anti-Semitic bile chanted in the streets of everywhere from Nuremberg to Berlin in the early ‘30s.”
And he recalled how Trump responded to questions about the rally, which resulted in the death of Heather Heyer, a young woman who was there to protest the white supremacists.
“He said there are very good people on both sides,” Biden said.
He added, “We can’t let this happen, guys.”
Johnson, the NAACP president, said the country needs to “finally chart a course so we can as a nation begin to address domestic terrorism as we would foreign terrorism — as aggressively as possible.”
He added, “White supremacy and democracy cannot coexist.”
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Associated Press writer Karen Matthews in New York contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-17T10:42:47+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2022/05/17/buffalo-biden-confront-racism-hes-vowed-fight/ |
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Three men have been arrested by the Auto Theft Task Force in Brownsville.
Javier Ortega, 25; Eric Jay Rodriguez, 20; and Victor Pena Cardoza (AKA Miguel Pena), 37, were taken into custody Dec. 28, 2022, on various charges relating to the theft of motor vehicles, the Brownsville Police Department told ValleyCentral on Wednesday.
“The Auto Theft Task Force was conducting surveillance and noticed the target suspect vehicle in the process of stealing a car,” stated Investigator Martin Sandoval, public information officer for the police department. “All three suspects were taken into custody. It was determined that these suspects are responsible for several thefts in Brownsville and throughout the Valley.”
According to police, the men would park next to a target vehicle and swap out the vehicle’s computer system with one of their own. They would then turn the vehicle on with a key that was programmed into their computer, police said.
The stolen vehicle would then be taken into Mexico, police said.
“Javier Ortega and Eric Jay Rodriguez were taking orders from Victor Pena Cardoza,” police said.
According to the Brownsville Police Department:
- Ortega was charged with theft, evading arrest on foot and resisting arrest, and his bonds totalled $20,000.
- Rodriguez was charged with unlawful use of criminal instrument and bond was set at $20,000.
- Cardoza was charged with unlawful use of criminal instrument and bond was set at $20,000.
“There are pending cases on these suspects as this investigation is still ongoing,” Sandoval stated. | 2023-01-04T20:11:32+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/state-regional/pd-trio-arrested-in-brownsville-responsible-for-thefts-across-valley/ |
Former sports star Bo Jackson covered all funeral expenses for the families of the victims of the Uvalde school massacre "so they would have one less thing to worry about as they grieved," according to a statement from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told CNN that Jackson flew in and presented a check for $170,000 to Abbott while in Uvalde to cover the expenses.
In May a gunman opened fire in Robb Elementary School, killing 19 children and two adults. A preliminary report by the Texas House investigative committee probing the massacre outlines a series of failures by multiple law enforcement agencies.
Jackson was a football and baseball standout at Auburn University in Alabama.
Abbott praised the sports star for his donation.
"The true spirit of our nation is Americans lifting up one another in times of need and hardship," Abbott said in a statement. "We are truly grateful for the generosity of Texans and Americans like Bo Jackson, who have stepped up to help in the aftermath of the shooting at Robb Elementary School. When we asked people to support the Uvalde community in the days after, Bo did not hesitate in reaching out to my office to offer his help to the grieving families."
Jackson, a Heisman Trophy winner, was originally drafted first overall out of Auburn by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he did not sign with them. The Los Angeles Raiders drafted him the following year and he went on to play for both the Los Angeles Raiders of the NFL and the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.
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PASAY CITY, Philippines, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Investments Corporation (SM Investments) marked important milestones in upholding inclusion and diversity in the organization.
Diversity recognizes the uniqueness and variety of the groups and societies that make up humankind. This can include differences in age, gender, sexuality, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion, economic or other status. Social inclusion is the process by which efforts are made to ensure equal opportunities for all – that everyone, regardless of their background, can achieve their full potential in life.
As an important milestone towards these, SM Investments signed on as a supporter of the United Nations Global Compact Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs), joining over 3,000 other business leaders around the world.
Established by UN Global Compact and UN Women, the WEPs are a set of principles offering guidance to businesses on how to promote gender equality and women's empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community.
This followed SM Supermalls signing on as a supporter in March 2021, marking National Women's Month.
As a group, SM is exemplary in women empowerment with a number of women leaders in the company. It provides equal opportunities with 63% of women in its workforce and 58% in senior leadership roles. It also maintains a mix of people from diverse backgrounds, generations and skillsets to mirror the diverse customers and communities it serves.
About SM Investments Corporation
SM Investments Corporation is a leading Philippine company that is invested in market-leading businesses in retail, banking, and property. It also invests in ventures that capture high growth opportunities in the emerging Philippine economy.
SM's retail operations are the country's largest and most diversified with its food, non-food, and specialty retail stores. SM's property arm, SM Prime Holdings, Inc., is the largest integrated property developer in the Philippines with interests in malls, residences, offices, hotels, and convention centers as well as tourism-related property developments. SM's interests in banking are in BDO Unibank, Inc., the country's largest bank, and China Banking Corporation, the 6th largest bank.
For more about SM, visit www.sminvestments.com
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Special education teacher accused of throwing boy across classroom
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - A special education teacher at an Ohio elementary school is facing two assault charges following claims he threw a 9-year-old boy across a classroom.
Marcela Graciani was at work Tuesday when she got the call that her 9-year-old son, Jaxson, was allegedly assaulted by his Spring Elementary School teacher, Garrett Pelz. The boy’s mother says she thought she could trust the people who watch her children, but now, she’s unsure.
“He told him to sit down. He ended up sitting on the desk, and the teacher grabbed him up by his shoulders and threw him across the room. He hit his head and face on the ground,” Graciani said. “He has a little gash above his eye. It looks like a rug burn under his eye, and his teeth almost went through his whole lip.”
According to court documents, school staff had to remove other students from the classroom to clean up blood left on the carpet from the alleged incident, WTVG reports.
Graciani is concerned that Pelz works with students who have mental health issues and worries they will have to deal with more trauma because of the alleged incident. She says Pelz should never work with children again.
Pelz faces charges of assault and safe school assault. In court Wednesday, he entered a not guilty plea and was released on his own recognizance.
Graciani is a single mother of five children. She says she can’t home school but doesn’t feel comfortable sending her kids back.
“How are my other kids going to react now when they go to school? They may have regular classes, but what if the next teacher decides they’re having a bad day, and they don’t take the right precautions and another kid gets hurt?” she said.
She added that she’s looking into her legal options and other potential schooling options for her kids.
According to a statement from Toledo Public Schools Deputy Superintendent James Gant, Pelz is on paid adminstrative leave during an internal investigation. He said the district could not comment on specifics of the alleged incident.
“The number one priority for the district is the safety and security of our students and staff members, and any time there is a reported incident between a student and staff member, the district takes swift and appropriate action,” read Gant’s statement in part.
This is the second recent incident in which a school district employee allegedly assaulted a student. WTVG reported a paraprofessional was accused of slamming a student’s head on a desk and breaking his front teeth just two weeks ago.
Copyright 2023 WTVG via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-25T10:54:17+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/05/25/special-education-teacher-accused-throwing-boy-across-classroom/ |
(Our Auto Expert) — Lucid Motors has unleashed the Air, an electrifying luxury sedan that redefines automotive excellence. This groundbreaking vehicle sends shockwaves through the industry with record-breaking range, breathtaking acceleration, and futuristic design.
Among the burgeoning landscape of electric vehicle startups, the 2023 Lucid Air stands out as a true game-changer. It defies expectations with an in-house-designed battery and compact motors that deliver unrivaled range and exhilarating performance. Witness the Grand Touring Performance model rocketing from 0 to 60 mph in a mind-blowing 2.6 seconds while offering an astounding estimated driving range of 516 miles, certified by the EPA.
Hold your breath as the new Sapphire model takes the stage, claiming a jaw-dropping sub-2.0 second 0-60 mph time. The Air’s sleek and stylish exterior pairs seamlessly with its spacious and futuristic cabin, creating an irresistible combination. Lucid’s Silicon Valley roots shine through as most controls are accessed through a series of strategically placed display screens. While the software interface is a work in progress, the Air’s overall performance, range, and sheer snazziness position it as a formidable competitor against luxury EVs like the Porsche Taycan and Mercedes-Benz EQS. Notably, Lucid’s Chief Engineer, Peter Rawling, played a crucial role in shaping Tesla’s success before joining Lucid, further amplifying the Air’s electric allure.
Get ready to embrace the future of driving, as the Air lineup offers an array of powertrain configurations. From the entry-level Air Pure, producing a formidable 480 horsepower with a single rear motor, to the Touring model’s impressive 620 horsepower and the awe-inspiring Grand Touring’s staggering 1050 horsepower, these sedans redefine what it means to be powerful.
Lucid Air reigns supreme as the electric vehicle with the longest range on the market. Grand Touring models equipped with a 112.0-kWh battery pack and DC fast-charging capability offer an unrivaled driving range of up to 516 miles. The Pure and Touring trims feature a slightly smaller 92-kWh version, boasting estimated ranges of 410 and 425 miles, respectively. The Grand Touring is the longest-range EV ever tested, with an astounding 410 miles recorded on a 75-mph fuel-economy route. Rapid charging can replenish 300 miles of range in just 21 minutes, with new owners enjoying three years of complimentary fast charging at Electrify America stations.
Melt into the Air’s opulent interior, where luxury meets cutting-edge technology. Immerse yourself in premium materials, sophisticated infotainment, and unmatched comfort. The spacious cabin boasts a large back seat, comfortably accommodating up to three adults. Opt for the Executive Rear Seating option for the ultimate relaxation, complete with a recline function. The Air’s glass roof enhances the open and airy ambiance, while its thoughtfully designed center console offers ample storage space. With ten cubic feet of space, the Frunk adds practicality and convenience to the Air’s exceptional package.
Lucid is responsible for a new level of connectivity with the Air’s advanced infotainment system. A seamless integration of upper and lower touchscreens allows for effortless control. Lucid’s voice-recognition software responds to natural speech patterns while the system learns and adapts to user preferences. Physical controls on the steering wheel provide quick access to essential functions, ensuring an intuitive driving experience.
Lucid Air has shattered the boundaries of what a luxury electric sedan can achieve. With its record-breaking range, astonishing acceleration, and futuristic design, the Air is leading the charge toward a new era of automotive excellence, starting at $89,050 for the base Pure and going up to $250,850 for the over-the-top Sapphire edition. But forget the price for a moment. If every car company could make cars like this, Range anxiety, charging issues, and boredom would be outdated.
Lucid Air sets a new standard for sustainability with its eco-friendly materials and energy-efficient systems. Now you just need to find the money. | 2023-07-17T16:30:09+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/automotive/is-the-lucid-air-the-perfect-electric-car/ |
Updated May 1, 2023 at 8:15 PM ET
HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities discovered the bodies of seven people Monday while searching a rural Oklahoma property for two missing teenagers, state investigators confirmed.
The bodies were found near the town of Henryetta, a town of about 6,000 located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesman Gerald Davidson said.
He said the state medical examiner will have to identify the victims, but authorities were no longer searching for the missing teens or a man they may have been with.
"We've had our share of troubles and woes, but this one is pretty bad," Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice told reporters.
Rice declined to confirm the identities of any of the victims, where the bodies were found or any details about weapons that may have been discovered on the property.
"We believe there's no other threat to the community," he added.
A missing endangered person advisory had been issued earlier Monday for 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol canceled the advisory Monday afternoon.
The advisory for Webster and Brewer had said they were reportedly seen traveling with Jesse McFadden, who was on the state's sex offender registry. Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison records show McFadden was convicted of first-degree rape in 2003 and released in October 2020.
Court records show McFadden was scheduled to appear in court Monday for the start of a jury trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography. A message left Monday evening with McFadden's attorney in that case was not immediately returned.
Brittany Brewer's father told KOTV in Tulsa that one of the bodies discovered was his daughter.
"Brittany was an outgoing person. She was actually selected to be Miss Henryetta ... coming up in July for this Miss National Miss pageant in Tulsa. And now she ain't gonna make it because she's dead. She's gone," Nathan Brewer said.
In a separate Okmulgee County case, the bodies of four men were found Oct. 14 in the Deep Fork River in Okmulgee, a town of around 11,000 people that is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Tulsa. Joseph Kennedy, 68, is facing four counts of first-degree murder in that case.
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German startup Sono Motors plans to launch the Sion solar-assisted electric car, but it’s also looking at commercial-vehicle applications for its solar tech.
Sono demonstrated several such upfits at the 2022 IAA Transportation Show in Hannover, Germany, that the company claims can improve the efficiency of buses and refrigerated trucks.
Sono plans to market a kit that allows existing buses to be retrofitted with solar panels. While a diesel engine still provides propulsion, solar power can be used to power other systems like climate control, a company press release said. The kit was designed for compatibility with the Mercedes-Benz Citaro and MAN Lion City public transit buses—the most popular of their kind in Europe, according to Sono.
The company claims the 1.4-kilowatt peak power of the solar panels can save up to 396 gallons of diesel per bus per year, and that owners will see a return on investment in approximately three to four years, depending on factors like fuel prices.
Sono also showed multiple refrigerated trailers at the IAA show with solar panels. Adding panels to the roof and sides of a trailer could cover up to 50% of the refrigeration unit’s energy needs on an annual basis, Sono claims, adding that the 9.8-kw installation exhibited at the show could generate 21.2 kwh of energy annually in Munich, Germany.
These installations appear to be a simpler solution than what Sono is using to cover all of its Sion body panels. In that case, the panels are full integrated with the bodywork and add a claimed 152 miles of range per week. The production Sion is due to be made in Finland, by Valmet, with production scheduled to start in the second half of 2023.
With large, flat surfaces, buses and semi trailers seem like a good fit for solar panels. But why stop there?
Solar tonneau covers for pickups are another possibility—one that looks set to be an aftermarket accessory at the least. Solar will be a good solution for many trucks stops, too, as they pivot to servicing electric trucks.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan, including missiles fired into Japan’s exclusive economic zone, represent a “significant escalation” and that he has urged Beijing to back down.
China launched the drills following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan that infuriated Beijing, which claims the self-governed island as its own territory.
Blinken told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cambodia, however, that Pelosi’s visit was peaceful and did not represent a change in American policy toward Taiwan, accusing China of using it as a “pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait.”
He said the situation had led to a “vigorous communication” during East Asia Summit meetings in Phnom Penh in which both he and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi took part along with the ASEAN nations, Russia and others.
“I reiterated the points that we made publicly as well as directly to Chinese counterparts in recent days, again, about the fact that they should not use the visit as a pretext for war, escalation, for provocative actions, that there is no possible justification for what they’ve done and urge them to cease these actions,” he said.
Blinken did not sit down one-on-one with Wang but said he had spoken with the Chinese foreign minister already about the possibility of a Pelosi visit to Taiwan before it had taken place during meetings in Bali, and had made the U.S. position clear.
China on Friday announced unspecified sanctions on Pelosi for her visit. A Chinese Foreign Ministry statement said she had disregarded China’s concerns and resolute opposition to her trip.
Pelosi received a euphoric welcome as the first U.S. House speaker, and highest ranking U.S. official, to visit Taiwan in more than 25 years.
China opposes any engagement by Taiwanese officials with foreign governments, and has accused the U.S. of breaking the status quo with the Pelosi visit. The U.S. insists there has been no change to its “one-China” position of recognizing the government in Beijing, while allowing for informal relations and defense ties with Taipei.
Despite the aggressive Chinese reaction to the visit, Blinken said the U.S. would also not change its “commitment to the security of our allies in the region,” and that the Defense Department had ordered the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier group “to remain on station in the general area to monitor the situation.”
“We will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows,” he said. “We’ll continue to conduct standard air and maritime transits through the Taiwan Strait, consistent with our long-standing approach to working with allies and partners to uphold freedom of navigation and overflight.”
As the East Asia Summit opened, Wang patted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the shoulder as he entered the room and gave the already-seated Lavrov a quick wave before taking his own seat. Lavrov waved back in response.
Blinken, who entered the room last, did not even glance at Lavrov as he took his own seat about a half dozen chairs away, or at Wang who was seated farther down the same table as Lavrov.
Ahead of the Phnom Penh talks, the U.S. State Department indicated Blinken had no plans to meet one-on-one with either man during the course of the meetings.
Following the meetings, Lavrov told reporters there had been a lot of “fiery statements” about the aftermath of the Pelosi visit.
“There have been rather sharp statements from our Chinese partners, who we support,” he told reporters. “And there have been responses from the U.S. and Japan that it’s not China’s business and that the declared policy of supporting the one-China principle doesn’t mean one has to ask Beijing for permission to visit Taiwan. Surely, it’s a weird logic.”
The talks came a day after WNBA star Brittney Griner was convicted of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison by Russia in a politically charged case amid antagonisms over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Blinken said the conviction and sentence “compounds the injustice that has been done to her.”
“It puts a spotlight on our very significant concern with Russia’s legal system and the Russian government’s use of wrongful detentions to advance its own agenda using individuals as political pawns,” he said.
Blinken has suggested the possibility of a prisoner swap for Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Paul Whelan, but Lavrov told reporters that such a deal could only be decided upon by Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden.
“We’re ready to discuss this topic, but to discuss it within the channel that was agreed on by presidents Putin and Biden,” Lavrov said on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting.
On Thursday, China canceled a foreign ministers’ meeting with Japan to protest a statement from the Group of Seven industrialized nations that said there was no justification for Beijing’s military exercises, which virtually encircle Taiwan.
“Japan, together with other member of the G-7 and the EU, made an irresponsible statement accusing China and confounding right and wrong,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in Beijing.
When Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa began to speak Friday at the East Asia Summit, both Lavrov and Wang walked out of the room, according to a diplomat in the room who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the private session.
In the wake of the Chinese missile launches into Japan’s economic zone, Blinken said the U.S. stands in “strong solidarity” with Japan following the “dangerous actions China has taken.”
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Associated Press writer Jim Gomez in Manila, Philippines, contributed to this report. | 2022-08-05T11:36:17+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/us-russia-china-take-part-in-talks-with-se-asian-nations/ |
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) _ Exelixis Inc. (EXEL) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $73.2 million.
On a per-share basis, the Alameda, California-based company said it had profit of 23 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense, came to 31 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 25 cents per share.
The drug developer posted revenue of $411.7 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $404.2 million.
Exelixis expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.58 billion to $1.6 billion.
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'El Jefe' the jaguar, famed in US, photographed in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — They call him "El Jefe," he is at least 12 years old and his crossing of the heavily guarded U.S.-Mexico border has sparked celebrations on both sides.
"El Jefe" — or "The Boss" — is one of the oldest jaguars on record along the frontier, one of few known to have crossed a border partly lined by a wall and other infrastructure to stop drug traffickers and migrants, and the one believed to have traveled the farthest, say ecologists of the Borderlands Linkages Initiative, a binational collaboration of eight conservation groups.
That assessment is based on photographs taken over the years. Jaguars can be identified by their spots, which serve as a kind of unique fingerprint.
The rare northern jaguar's ability to cross the border suggests that despite increased impediments, there are still open corridors and if they are kept open "it is feasible (to conserve) the jaguar population in the long term," said Juan Carlos Bravo of the Wildlands Network, one of those groups in the initiative.
But some fear for the jaguars' future. Although it was the government of President Donald Trump that reinforced and expanded the border wall with Mexico, the Biden administration has announced plans for closing four gaps between the U.S. state of Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora — the two states the jaguars traverse.
Conservationists do not know how many jaguars there are in the Sierra Madre Occidental, but of the 176 that have been identified over two decades by the Northern Jaguar Project — another group in the initiative — only two others besides "El Jefe" are known to have crossed the border, Bravo said. In one case, conservationists are not sure if the jaguar crossed the border alive or dead since only its skin was found.
The first photograph of "El Jefe" was taken by a hunter southeast of Tucson, Arizona, in 2011, Bravo said. The jaguar became famous in Arizona and a local school named him "El Jefe." Motion sensor cameras installed in transit areas photographed the jaguar in Arizona again in 2012 and in 2015.
Conservationists were stunned when they confirmed that a photograph taken by another member of the coalition, Profauna, last November in the center of Sonora was "El Jefe." The discovery meant not only that jaguars could still cross the border but that other jaguars they had lost track of could also still be alive, the initiative said in a statement.
Hunted in the southwestern United States for rewards offered by the government to promote cattle ranching, they were thought to have disappeared from the U.S. by the end of the 20th century. Jaguar populations are currently concentrated on Mexico's Pacific coast, southeastern Mexico, Central America and central South America.
A sighting of jaguars in the United States in 1996 prompted studies that found a reproductive point in the center of Sonora.
The NGOs banded together to operate on both sides of the border to track the cats, create sanctuaries, understand where they moved and seek the support of landowners in the U.S. and Mexico to protect them, Bravo said.
Besides the difficulty of determining where to put cameras to record the animals and the subsequent analysis of the images, conservationists in Mexico face another problem: drug cartels.
"There is a presence of armed groups and drug traffickers" who pass through the same isolated areas as the jaguars, Bravo said by telephone from Sonora. "It is important to move carefully, work with the people in the communities that tell us where not to go. ... All of this is making it very, very complicated."
The border is the main challenge for hopes to repopulate the American Southwest with jaguars, with walls impeding movement by those animals as well as the American antelope, the black bear and the Mexican wolf, Bravo said. Light towers and the roads used by the Border Patrol also are a problem, he added. | 2022-08-09T22:59:42+00:00 | krgv.com | https://www.krgv.com/news/el-jefe-the-jaguar-famed-in-us-photographed-in-mexico |
Woman missing for 51 years found in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) - In 1971, Melissa Highsmith went missing when she was kidnapped by a babysitter at just 22 months old, but her family has just solved the case.
After 51 years, they are making up for lost time and getting to know one another.
Melissa Highsmith sat next to her parents and looked at photos of herself that she has never seen before.
“It is overwhelming, but at the same time it’s the most wonderful feeling in the world,” she said.
Her mother, Alta Apantencl, says she thought she would never see her daughter again.
“After 51 years, it’s so emotional,” her father Jeffrie Highsmith said.
The heartwrenching search to find Melissa Highsmith has been on the minds of the family for decades, but it was not until September when a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children thought there was a sighting of her in Charleston, South Carolina.
While the tip failed, it got the family to keep pushing to find her.
After a 23 and Me DNA test came back with a match linking Melissa Hightower’s children with their family, they reached out to her over Facebook and at first, she thought it was a scam.
“My father texted me on messenger and he told me, you know, ‘I’ve been looking for my daughter for 51 years,’” she said.
The entire time, Melissa Hightower did not know her real family was trying to find her.
“The person that raised me, I asked her, ‘Is there anything you need to tell me?’ and it was confirmed that she knew that I was baby Melissa, so that just made it real,” she said.
Melissa Hightower agreed to take a DNA test and on Thanksgiving, she met her brother and later, her parents.
“That was the best day that I ever had my whole life, when I saw Melissa again,” Apantencl said.
Melissa Highsmith’s brother, Jeff Highsmith, said meeting her for the first time was “a dream come true.”
“I’m thankful to have her back,” her sister Victoria Highsmith said.
Copyright 2022 KTVT via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-28T14:20:26+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2022/11/28/woman-missing-51-years-found-texas/ |
KYIV – When the couple awoke to the rumble of war on Feb. 24, they'd been dating for just over a year. Russia was invading and Ihor Zakvatskyi knew there was no more time to lose.
He fished out the engagement ring he'd bought but, until then, not yet been ready to give to Kateryna Lytvynenko and proposed. If death do us part, he figured, then let it be as husband and wife.
“I did not want to waste a single minute without Katya knowing that I wanted to spend my life with her,” Zakvatskyi, 24, said as he and his 25-year-old bride exchanged vows and wedding rings this month in the capital, Kyiv.
The newlyweds joined a growing army of Ukrainian couples who are speedily turning love into matrimony because of the war. Some are soldiers, marrying just before they head off to fight. Others are simply united in determination that living and loving to the full are more important than ever in the face of so much death and destruction.
Ukraine's wartime martial laws include a provision allowing Ukrainians, both soldiers and civilians, to apply and marry on the same day. In Kyiv alone, more than 4,000 couples have jumped at the expedited opportunity . Before the war, a one-month wait was the norm.
After a three-month interruption in normal service, Kyiv's Central Civil Registry Office is fully open again and working almost at a prewar pace. Since Russia withdrew its badly bloodied invasion forces from around Kyiv in April, redirecting them to front lines east and south, many people who'd fled the fighting have returned. Weddings have increased accordingly.
The returnees include Daria Ponomarenko, 22, who fled to Poland. Her boyfriend, Yevhen Nalyvaiko, 23, had to stay, because of rules preventing men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country.
Reunited, they quickly wed — because "we don’t know what will happen tomorrow,” she said.
Jealously guarding their intimacy after their painful months apart, it was just the two of them, without friends and family. Rather than a puffy bridal gown, she wore a Ukrainian embroidered shirt, the traditional Vyshyvanka chosen now by many brides to stress their Ukrainian identity.
In peacetime, they would have opted for a traditional wedding with many guests. But that seemed frivolous in war.
“Everything is perceived more sharply, people become real during such events,” he said.
Anna Karpenko, 30, refused to let the invasion crimp her wedding — she arrived in a white limousine.
“Life must go on,” she said. She and her new husband dated for seven years, often talking about marriage, before the war turned the plan into action.
Pavlo and Oksana Savryha already had 18 years of civil marriage under their belts before the invasion prompted them to renew their vows — this time in a small 12th-century church in the war-damaged northern city of Chernihiv.
“Our souls told us to do so. Before the invasion, we were constantly running somewhere, in a hurry, and the war forced us to stop and not postpone the important decisions until tomorrow,” Pavlo said.
With Oksana sheltering in the basement of their home, her husband took up arms, joining a territorial defense force, when Russian forces surrounded and bombarded Chernihiv in the initial failed stage of the invasion.
He subsequently joined the regular army. They celebrated their love in church this month.
The next day, he was sent to the front.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-06-26T08:44:26+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2022/06/26/carpe-diem-in-ukraine-war-turning-love-into-marriages/ |
CA San Diego CA Zone Forecast for Friday, August 12, 2022
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331 FPUS56 KSGX 131013
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Zone Forecast Product for Extreme Southwest California
National Weather Service San Diego CA
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
CAZ552-132315-
Orange County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Huntington Beach, Coasta Mesa,
Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s at the beaches to
this upper 80s farther inland and near higher coastal terrain.
Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s at the beaches to in the upper 80s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s at the beaches to in the mid 80s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s at the beaches to in the mid 80s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 70s at the beaches to in the mid 80s
farther inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s at the beaches to in the mid 80s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s at the beaches to in the mid 80s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain.
$$
CAZ554-132315-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine,
Orange, Fullerton, and Mission Viego
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s towards the coast
to this mid 90s farther inland. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 80s towards the coast to in the lower 90s
farther inland. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s towards the coast to in the lower 90s
farther inland. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 80s towards the coast to in the lower 90s
farther inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 80s towards the coast to in the lower 90s
farther inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s towards the coast to in the lower 90s
farther inland.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s towards the coast to 90 farther inland.
$$
CAZ043-132315-
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas,
Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s near the coast to this upper 80s inland.
Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s near the coast to in the upper 80s inland.
Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the lower 80s near the coast to in the mid 80s inland.
Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 80 near the coast to in the upper 80s inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 80s near the coast to in the mid 80s
inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 80 near the coast to in the mid 80s inland.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s near the coast to in the mid 80s inland.
$$
CAZ050-132315-
San Diego County Valleys-
Including the cities of Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa,
Santee, and Poway
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 90 this western valleys to this mid 90s near the
foothills. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 90 in the western valleys to in the mid 90s near the
foothills. Light winds becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s in the western
valleys to in the mid 90s near the foothills. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 80s in the western valleys to in the mid 90s
near the foothills.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 80s in the western valleys to in the mid 90s
near the foothills.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s in the
western valleys to in the mid 90s near the foothills.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 80s in the western valleys to in the lower 90s
near the foothills.
$$
CAZ048-132315-
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario,
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, and Corona
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 95 to 101. Light winds becoming west 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Areas of winds
southwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100. Light winds becoming
west 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Areas of winds west
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 100.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
CAZ057-132315-
Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds becoming
southwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Areas of winds
southwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds
becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Areas of
winds southwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening
becoming light.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
CAZ055-132315-
San Bernardino County Mountains-
Including the cities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear City,
Big Bear Lake, Running Springs, and Wrightwood
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around
80 above 6000 feet to this lower 90s below 6000 feet. Light winds
becoming south 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s above
6000 feet to in the upper 60s below 6000 feet. Areas of winds
south 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s above
6000 feet to in the lower 90s below 6000 feet. Light winds
becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Areas of winds south 15 mph with
gusts to 30 mph in the evening becoming light.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s above 6000 feet to in the lower 90s below
6000 feet. Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts to
30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight. Lows
in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s above
6000 feet to in the lower 90s below 6000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s above
6000 feet to 90 below 6000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s above
6000 feet to 90 below 6000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs around 80 above 6000 feet to 90 below 6000 feet.
$$
CAZ056-132315-
Riverside County Mountains-
Including the city of Idyllwild-Pine Cove
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around 90. Light
winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Light
winds becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Areas of winds west 15 mph in the
evening becoming light.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Light winds becoming west
15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs around 90.
$$
CAZ058-132315-
San Diego County Mountains-
Including the cities of Julian and Pine Valley
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
lower 90s. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight. Lows
around 70. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 90s. Light winds becoming west 15 mph with
gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Areas of winds west
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Light
winds becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs
around 90.
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CAZ060-132315-
Apple and Lucerne Valleys-
Including the cities of Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley,
and Lucerne Valley
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
upper 90s. Areas of winds south 15 mph, Gusts to 25 mph this
afternoon. Near ridge tops and along desert slopes, light winds
becoming south 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Light winds.
Near ridge tops and along desert slopes, areas of winds south
15 to 20 mph in the evening becoming light, Gusts to 30 mph in
the evening. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Areas of winds southwest 15 to
20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph...becoming 25 mph overnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Light
winds becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
CAZ065-132315-
San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s
through the pass to 102 this northern Coachella Valley. Areas of
winds east 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph becoming south this
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s through the
pass to in the mid 80s in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of
winds west 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 30 mph
overnight. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs around 100 through the
pass to 105 in the northern Coachella Valley. Light winds
becoming west 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Areas of
winds west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 40 mph...becoming 30 mph
overnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs in the upper 90s
through the pass to 105 in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas
of winds west 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 25 mph...becoming 30 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs 100 to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 80.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs around 100 through the
pass to 105 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs in the upper 90s
through the pass to 105 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 100.
$$
CAZ061-132315-
Coachella Valley-
Including the cities of Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City,
Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, and Coachella
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs 97 to 105.
Light winds becoming south 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 80s. Light winds.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs around 106. Light
winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. Areas of
winds west 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs around 106. Light
winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs 105 to 110.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs 105 to 110.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs 105 to 110.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs
100 to 105.
$$
CAZ062-132315-
San Diego County Deserts-
Including the city of Borrego Springs
313 AM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot. Highs 93 to 103.
Light winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 70s. Areas of
winds west 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs around 104. Light
winds becoming east 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Areas of
winds west 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs around 105. Light
winds becoming east 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs 105 to 110.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs around 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs around 105.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Highs
around 100.
$$
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BREWSTER, Ohio (WJW) — The search is on for two escaped kangaroos in Northeast Ohio following multiple sightings.
The first call came into the Brewster Police station Thursday night after someone spotted a baby kangaroo, Chief Nathan Taylor said. Then another person stopped at the station Saturday with a video of an adult kangaroo crossing State Route 93 (as seen above).
So far, the search for the animals has proved fruitless, but Taylor said they have a general idea of where they may be after there was a sighting of one in town.
“Never dreamed I’d run into this in my career,” Taylor admitted. “We believe they just escaped from somewhere.”
Police are planning to continue the search through the night as the animals are nocturnal.
Those who spot the kangaroos are asked to not approach and to call the police. While kangaroos, which hail originally from Australia, are not known to attack humans, they can be quite aggressive.
“That’s our biggest fear right now, we don’t want people to start hunting them,” Taylor said. “If people can stay in the area and keep an eye [on the kangaroo], please do that, but do not approach.”
Taylor said that anyone who may have lost a kangaroo should reach out to police immediately.
“If anyone has information, I don’t care, I just want these things safe and the people safe,” he said.
Brewster police can be reached at 330-830-4272. | 2022-08-14T20:26:38+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/police-searching-for-2-escaped-kangaroos-in-ohio/ |
Many of us with a passing knowledge of pop music know we can reach Jenny at 867-5309 but a surprising number of us could not call ourselves without Siri’s help.
According to a new report from a website called WhistleOut, which I believe deals with phones and such and not actual whistles that have accidentally been ingested by children or pets, 27% of the people they surveyed admitted to Googling the phrase “what’s my own phone number.”
The article says “WhistleOut was curious about phone number memorization. We polled 425 Americans in the 16-and-up age group to learn more about whether people knew their own digits or those of friends and family members.”
Presumably, this polling was done in a scientific manner and not in a parking lot after a Hank Williams Jr. concert when fans were trying to get an Uber back to the Quality Inn because some sum---tch flattened the tires on the Hummer.
People are also reading…
“Darlene! I keep trying to call the Uber but I just keep getting Jenny on the phone.”
The point is, with the advancement of technology and those mobile leashes we keep in our pockets, we are no longer required to memorize phone numbers.
Truthfully, right now, without the help of that rectangular ever-present object, I could not summon the current number of my significant other, the person who will someday decide whether to pull the plug or just change the channel and let me coast for a couple more days.
But I do remember my first phone number. It was burned so deeply into the gray matter that it remains to this day.
When I was a child, my dad worked at petroleum jobber called Tri-County Oil Company, supplying gas, oil and other products to homes and businesses.
We lived across the creek on a hill from the plant and, somehow, our first phone after we moved into the new digs in the late ‘60s was an extension of the phone from the oil company. I never was sure if dad was running a scam for free phone service or he was such a conscientious worker that he never wanted an old widow woman to run out of kerosene be it day or night.
He’s still not saying which.
Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., we could not answer the phone at the house on the initial ring because it was also ringing at the oil plant at the same time and it was likely a customer.
If it was for a family member at the house, the caller would be instructed to call back “and I’ll let it ring.”
An immediate call back and extended rings meant we were getting a personal call during business hours and it was OK to pick up the receiver. But, anyone at home who was too quick on the trigger might have to take an order for a load of No. 2 fuel oil or a barrel of rear-end grease.
As elementary school progressed and siblings arrived, it was apparent we needed a separate phone line. The plant was getting more calls from kids negotiating baseball card trades than orders for rear-end grease.
We eventually got our own separate family number. I remember that one as well.
But the number for the significant other with the plug-pulling authority? The kid in Charlotte who has my heart? The ground-hog control hotline I should put on speed dial?
Those are all locked in that rectangular ever-present object rather than my brain.
But if I ever get in real trouble, I know Jenny is at 867-5309.
Scott Hollifield is editor of The McDowell News in Marion, North Carolina and a humor columnist. Contact him at rhollifield@mcdowellnews.com. | 2022-08-07T13:35:48+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/lifestyles/a-limited-amount-of-phone-numbers-are-stored-in-my-brain/article_51ee8004-164f-11ed-93ec-3f6588423360.html |
A timeline of major events in the life of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died at age 91.
March 2, 1931: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev born in Privolnoye in southern Russia.
1950: Admitted to Moscow State University, the Soviet Union’s top university.
1971: Elected to the Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee.
1980: Becomes a full member of the ruling Politburo.
March 11, 1985: Appointed as general secretary of the Communist Party and the nation’s new leader following the death of Konstantin Chernenko.
October 1985: Launches his campaign to end the Soviet Union’s economic and political stagnation, using “glasnost,” or openness, to help achieve the goal of “perestroika,” or restructuring.
November 1985: Meets U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Geneva for the first of a series of summits with world leaders.
April 26, 1986: Reactor explodes at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Soviet authorities acknowledge the blast only three days later.
October 11-12, 1986: Gorbachev and Reagan meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, in a summit that produces no agreements, but is widely hailed as a precursor to nuclear arms agreements.
December 1987: Signs the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, or INF, Treaty with Reagan. The treaty banned the U.S. and Soviet Union from possessing, producing or test-flying a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles.
February 1989: The last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan.
November 1989: The Berlin Wall falls as East Germany’s hard-line leadership opens its borders, a key moment in the collapse of communism in eastern Europe.
October 1990: Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
July 1991: Signs the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, with U.S. President George H.W. Bush. The treaty resulted in the largest nuclear reductions in history, and included a mechanism allowing the two sides to inspect and verify each other’s arsenals.
August 1991: Attempted coup by the Communist old guard fails, but dramatically erodes Gorbachev’s authority.
Dec. 8, 1991: The leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus declare the Soviet Union dead and announce the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Dec. 25, 1991: Announces his resignation as Soviet leader. The Soviet red flag over the Kremlin is pulled down and replaced with Russia’s tricolor.
June 1996: Runs in Russia’s presidential election, winning less than 1% of the vote.
September 1999: His wife, Raisa, dies of leukemia.
Aug. 30, 2022: Dies at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.
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More AP stories on Mikhail Gorbachev here: https://apnews.com/hub/mikhail-gorbachev | 2022-08-31T15:42:59+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/business-news/ap-major-events-in-the-life-and-career-of-mikhail-gorbachev/ |
BUFFALO N.Y. (WKBW) — The summer sun is on its way and that means pools days are right around the corner. City Swim Project is working with the Buffalo community to make sure each kid wanting to make a splash this summer is as safe as possible.
Pierson and Aaliyah are competition swimmers with City Swim Project. This dynamic duo ahs been swimming together since they were six years old.
"Swimming together it means that we have a larger commrodery and a deeper connection no matter what the bad day is or whatever the good day is," Pierson said. "We still find a way to make it fun."
Starting out practice with a few laughs and then its time to handle business. The two compete side by side and consider their teammates their family.
"For me it's seeing the people you know my team mates," Aaliyah shared.
Pierson expressed that swim is not just a sport for them it's an escape.
"For someone who feels like there's lots going on there's so much to think about its all gone the second I hit the water," he said.
Aaliyah's grandmother, Glenda Martin, said teach Aaliyah how to swim has put her mind at ease in many ways.
"I don't know anyone who does not know someone close to them that has died of an accidental drowning," Martin said.
Heartbreaking is how she described the lack of access to swim lessons and pools here in Buffalo.
"The incidents," she said shaking her head. "The statistics they are just devastating. They're alarming."
According to the CDC, kids ages one to four die from drowning more than any other cause of death. While for children ages 5 to 14, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death.
"We have to break the generational cycle," Executive Director for City Swim Project Michael Switalski said.
He said with Western New York bring surround by water and summer right around the corner it is crucial to teach the kids of the community how to swim.
Child Safety Network stated that minority communities have a higher drown rate than their white counterparts. Switalski said this fact is a driving force for him and his organization to increase access to swim lessons for everyone.
"Its the only sport that if you know how to do it it can save your life," he shared.
City Swim Projects offer swim lessons to kids ages 5 to 18 and even adults. If you are interested in lesson please visit this website. | 2023-05-25T03:00:41+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/breaking-a-generational-cycle-city-swim-project-making-swim-lesson-accessible-to-all-of-the-buffalo-community |
Reports: NBC Universal executive will take over as the new CEO of Twitter
(AP) - Elon Musk said he has found a new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it’s now called, and multiple media reports identify her as NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry.
Musk did not name Yaccarino when he made the announcement Thursday, but on Friday NBCUniversal said that Yaccarino would be stepping down from the company as chairwoman for global advertising and partnerships.
According to Yaccarino’s LinkedIn, Yaccarino has worked at NBCUniversal for nearly 12 years — previously serving as chair for advertising and client partnerships and as president of cable entertainment and digital advertising sales. Prior to her time with NBC, Yaccarino worked at global entertainment company Turner for almost two decades.
Yaccarino interviewed Musk on a Miami stage last month in front of hundreds of advertisers.
Luring advertisers is critical for Musk and Twitter after many fled in the early months after his takeover of the social media platform, fearing harm to their brands in the ensuing chaos. Musk said in late April that advertisers had returned, but provided no details.
NBCUniversal’s press release did not specify why Yaccarino was leaving the company on Friday, but her departure fueled speculation about her future role at Twitter.
Multiple media reports reported early Friday that Musk was “in talks” to hire Yaccarino as CEO. Sources familiar with the matter later confirmed to The Washington Post that Musk had selected Yaccarino to head the social media platform.
Musk, who bought Twitter last fall and has been running it since, has long insisted he is not the company’s permanent CEO. The Tesla billionaire said in a tweet Thursday that his role will transition to being Twitter’s executive chairman and chief technology officer.
In mid-November, just a few weeks after buying the social media platform for $44 billion, he told a Delaware court that he does not want to be the CEO of any company.
While testifying, Musk said “I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to run Twitter over time.”
More than a month later, he tweeted in December: “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job.” The pledge came after millions of Twitter users asked him to step down in a Twitter poll the billionaire himself created and promised to abide by.
In February, he told a conference he anticipated finding a CEO for San Francisco-based Twitter “probably toward the end of this year.”
Analysts who follow Twitter’s business welcomed the news even without knowing who the replacement will be. Twitter’s advertising business has taken a hit under Musk’s mercurial rule, though the billionaire told BBC last month that the company is now “roughly” breaking even.
“A new CEO is the only way forward for Twitter,” said Insider Intelligence analyst Jasmine Enberg. “The single biggest problem with Twitter’s ad business was Elon Musk. As he steps back, Twitter can begin to unravel Musk’s personal brand from the company’s corporate image and attempt to regain trust among advertisers. The success of those efforts will depend on who takes over, but it’s difficult to imagine that the new CEO could be more controversial or damaging to Twitter’s ad business than Musk has been.”
Shares of Tesla rose about 2% Thursday after Musk made the announcement. Shareholders of the electric car company have been concerned about how much of his attention is being spent on Twitter.
Last November, he was questioned in court about how he splits his time among Tesla and his other companies, including SpaceX and Twitter. Musk had to testify in the trial in Delaware’s Court of Chancery over a shareholder’s challenge to his potentially $55 billion compensation plan as CEO of the electric car company.
Musk said he never intended to be CEO of Tesla, and that he didn’t want to be chief executive of any other companies either, preferring to see himself as an engineer. Musk also said at the time that he expected an organizational restructuring of Twitter to be completed in the next week or so. It’s been nearly six months since he said that.
Musk’s tenure at Twitter’s helm has been chaotic, and he’s made various promises and proclamations he’s backtracked or never followed up on. He began his first day firing the company’s top executives, followed by roughly 80% of its staff. He’s upended the platform’s verification system and has scaled back content moderation and safeguards against the spread of misinformation.
Bantering with Twitter followers late last year, Musk expressed pessimism about the prospects for a new CEO, saying that person “must like pain a lot” to run a company that “has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy.”
“No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. There is no successor,” Musk tweeted at the time.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-12T15:15:21+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2023/05/12/reports-nbc-universal-executive-will-take-over-new-ceo-twitter/ |
Hunter bear bait ban proposed for Alaska national preserves
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Bear hunters in Alaska would no longer be able to use bait, such as pastries, dog food or bacon grease, under a proposed rule by the National Park Service on Friday that would prohibit bear baiting in national preserves in the state.
It’s the latest in a dispute over what animal rights supporters call a cruel practice. The park service also says the new proposal would, in part, “lower the risk that bears will associate food at bait stations with humans and become conditioned to eating human-produced foods.”
The agency will be taking public comments on the proposal.
In September, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason found problems with a 2020 Trump administration-era rule that lifted restrictions previously in place on sport hunting and trapping in national preserves in Alaska, including bear baiting. The case was brought by conservation and animal rights groups.
But the judge did not set the rule aside, and noted the park service had indicated it was already in the process of reassessing the rule. She sent the matter back to the agency.
Appeals in the case are pending.
Peter Christian, a spokesperson with the Alaska region for the National Park Service, said the assistant secretary of Fish, Wildlife and Parks last February directed the park service “to initiate a rulemaking process to reconsider the factual, legal and policy conclusions in the 2020 Alaska Hunting and Trapping rule which authorized several controversial sport hunting practices.”
The park service is pursuing the new proposal “due to legal and policy concerns regarding bear baiting implications for public safety. Bears that become habituated to non-natural foods used as bait pose a safety hazard to the public,” he said by email.
A similar ban on bear baiting, enacted in 2015 during the Obama administration, was rescinded by the 2020 rule, the park service said.
According to the agency, the proposed new rule also would reinstate prohibitions that had been in place under the 2015 rule “on methods of harvest that are not compatible with generally accepted notions of ‘sport’ hunting.”
The 2020 rule removed restrictions on such things as harvesting bears over bait; taking wolves and coyotes during the denning season; taking swimming caribou; and using dogs to hunt black bears, the agency said.
Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, in a statement called the new proposal “a victory for Alaska’s iconic wildlife species.”
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-08T02:43:08+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2023/01/08/hunter-bear-bait-ban-proposed-alaska-national-preserves/ |
By LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his quest to rise to House speaker, Kevin McCarthy is charging straight into history — potentially becoming the first nominee in 100 years unable to win the job on a first-round floor vote.
The increasingly real prospect of a messy fight over the speaker’s gavel on Day One of the new Congress on Jan. 3 is worrying House Republicans, who are bracing for the spectacle. They have been meeting endlessly in private at the Capitol trying to resolve the standoff.
Taking hold of a perilously slim 222-seat Republican majority in the 435-member House and facing a handful of defectors, McCarthy is working furiously to reach the 218-vote threshold typically needed to become speaker.
“The fear is, that if we stumble out of the gate,” said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., a McCarthy ally, then the voters who sent the Republicans to Washington “will revolt over that and they will feel let down.”
Not since the disputed election of 1923 has a candidate for House speaker faced the public scrutiny of convening a new session of Congress only to have it descend into political chaos, with one vote after another, until a new speaker is chosen. At that time, it eventually took a grueling nine ballots to secure the gavel.
McCarthy, a Republican from Bakersfield, California, who was first elected in 2006 and who remains allied with Donald Trump, has signaled he is willing to go as long as it takes in a floor vote to secure the speaker’s job he has wanted for years. The former president has endorsed McCarthy, and is said to be making calls on McCarthy’s behalf. McCarthy has given no indication he would step aside, as he did in 2015 when it was clear he did not have the support.
But McCarthy also is acknowledging the holdouts won’t budge. “It’s all in jeopardy,” McCarthy said Friday in an interview with conservative Hugh Hewitt.
The dilemma reflects not just McCarthy’s uncertain stature among his peers, but also the shifting political norms in Congress as party leaders who once wielded immense power — the names of Cannon, Rayburn and now Pelosi adorn House meeting rooms and office buildings — are seeing it slip away in the 21st century.
Rank-and-file lawmakers have become political stars on their own terms, able to shape their brands on social media and raise their own money for campaigns. House members are less reliant than they once were on the party leaders to dole out favors in exchange for support.
The test for McCarthy, if he is able to shore up the votes on Jan. 3 or in the days that follow, will be whether he emerges a weakened speaker, forced to pay an enormous price for the gavel, or whether the potentially brutal power struggle emboldens his new leadership.
“Does he want to go down as the first speaker candidate in 100 years to go to the floor and have to essentially, you know, give up?” said Jeffrey A. Jenkins, a professor at the University of Southern California and co-author of “Fighting for the Speakership.”
“But if he pulls this rabbit out of the hat, you know, maybe he actually has more of the right stuff.”
Republicans met in private this past week for another lengthy session as McCarthy’s detractors, largely a handful of conservative stalwarts from the Freedom Caucus, demand changes to House rules that would diminish the power of the speaker’s office.
The Freedom Caucus members and others want assurances they will be able to help draft legislation from the ground up and have opportunities to amend bills during the floor debates. They want enforcement of the 72-hour rule that requires bills to be presented for review before voting.
Outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the past two Republican speakers, John Boehner and Paul Ryan, faced similar challenges, but they were able to rely on the currency of their position to hand out favors, negotiate deals and otherwise win over opponents to keep them in line — for a time. Boehner and Ryan ended up retiring early.
But the central demand by McCarthy’s opponents’ could go too far: They want to reinstate a House rule that allows any single lawmaker to file a motion to “vacate the chair,” essentially allowing a floor vote to boot the speaker from office.
The early leaders of the Freedom Caucus, under Mark Meadows, the former North Carolina congressman turned Trump’s chief of staff, wielded the little-used procedure as a threat over Boehner, and later, over Ryan.
It wasn’t until Pelosi seized the gavel the second time, in 2019, that House Democrats voted to do away with the rule and require a majority vote of the caucus to mount a floor vote challenge to the speaker.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the 200-year-old rule was good enough for Thomas Jefferson, so it’s one he would like to see in place.
“We’re still a long way from fixing this institution the way it needs to be fixed,” Roy told reporters Thursday at the Capitol.
What’s unclear for McCarthy is even if he gives in to the various demands being made by the conservatives, whether that will be enough for them to drop their opposition to his leadership.
Several House Republicans said they do not believe McCarthy will ever be able to overcome the detractors.
“I don’t believe he’s going to get to 218 votes,” said Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., among the holdouts. “And so I look forward to when that recognition sets in and, for the good of the country, for the good of the Congress, he steps aside, and we can consider other candidates.”
The opposition to McCarthy has promoted a counteroffensive from other groups of House Republicans who are becoming more vocal in their support of the GOP leader — and more concerned about the fallout if the start of the new Congress descends into an internal party fight.
Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, who leads the Republican Governance Group, was wearing an “O.K.” button on his lapel — meaning, “Only Kevin,” he explained.
Some have suggested that the opponents to McCarthy could simply vote “present,” lowering the threshold for reaching a majority — a tactic Pelosi and Boehner both used to win with fewer than 218 votes.
While some have suggested threatening the detractors with removal from their committee assignments or other retribution, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., a leader of another conservative governance caucus, said: “Anybody who thinks that the holdouts are going to be bullied into compliance doesn’t understand how this town works.”
Retiring Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who recalled that then-Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia dropped out of the race in 1998 when he didn’t have the votes, cautioned McCarthy against backing down.
“My advice to Kevin is, you got to go to the finish line,” Upton said. “You can’t fold the cards. You got to make these folks vote — and vote.”
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens’ season ended with Lamar Jackson not in uniform, not on the bench — not even in Cincinnati with the team.
An argument could be made their season ended on Dec. 4, when the star quarterback suffered a knee injury that ultimately sidelined him until the Ravens were eliminated from the postseason.
Backup Tyler Huntley had some strong moments for the Ravens in their 24-17 loss to the Bengals in a wild-card playoff game on Sunday night, but his fumble on a quarterback sneak attempt early in the fourth quarter ended up being the decisive play.
Sam Hubbard recovered the fumble and returned it 98 yards for a touchdown, and Huntley was unable to lead Baltimore to a tying score in the closing seconds.
Huntley, who has been dealing with shoulder and wrist injuries and was limited in practice this past week, started for the fifth time since Jackson sprained a ligament in his left knee. The Ravens (10-8) went 2-3 in those games. They lost their regular-season finale, also at Cincinnati, with third-stringer Anthony Brown starting in place of the banged-up Huntley.
Baltimore can’t help but wonder how differently things might have gone down the stretch with a healthy Jackson.
“It’s going to be hard because we’ve got the offseason now,” the 24-year-old Huntley said. “I’m going to be thinking about the whole offseason. Just one play.”
Huntley threw an early interception that led to a Bengals touchdown, but he responded with some inspired play, throwing two TD passes — the first time the Ravens had scored two touchdowns in a game since Nov. 27, the last full game Jackson played.
He drove his team into position for the go-ahead score when, on third-and-goal from the 1, he extended the ball trying to reach for the goal line. Logan Wilson knocked the ball out of his hand directly to Hubbard, who got enough of a head start to beat the chasing tight end Mark Andrews to the end zone.
Coach John Harbaugh said the play was designed for Huntley to go low, but the quarterback had a different idea.
“Just thought I could go over the top,” Huntley said. “I thought I cleared the line.”
Replays showed he clearly didn’t.
Huntley still had another chance. The Ravens took over at the Cincinnati 46 with 3:12 left. But a holding penalty and four incomplete passes sealed it. Huntley threw a desperation pass on fourth-and-20 that was deflected in the end zone, just out of the reach of Ravens receiver James Proche.
Huntley finished 17 for 29 for 226 yards.
“He played his heart out,” Andrews said. “I think anybody who watches this game is going to look at No. 2, Tyler Huntley, and say, ‘Wow, this guy is playing hard, and playing good ball.’”
Until Sunday, the Ravens hadn’t scored more than 16 points in a game since a loss at Jacksonville on Nov. 27 — the last full game Jackson played.
“He just told me to go do my thing,” Huntley said. “I wish he had been able to come to the game with us.”
Jackson tweeted Thursday that his PCL sprain hadn’t healed enough for him to play. He did not travel with the team, and he now faces an uncertain future in Baltimore
Jackson could become a free agent after negotiations on a long-term extension fell through last offseason. The Ravens could try again to reach a lucrative deal with the 2019 MVP, or they could use the franchise tag to keep him for another season.
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Nationwide Network of Hunger-Relief Organizations Sees Continued Demand Amid Widespread Inflation and Expiring Pandemic-Related Support
CHICAGO, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest Consumer Price Index data, which showed that inflation rose 8.5% for the year ended in March – levels not seen since 1981. At the same time, the latest Feeding America food bank pulse survey data shows that more food banks, around 85% of the 200 food bank network, report seeing demand for food assistance increase or stay the same for February compared to the previous month, about a 20% increase from the previous survey.
Over the past two years, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has expanded to provide additional benefit allotments to help low-income households weather the storm. With emergency declarations ending across the nation, those additional pandemic-related benefit allotments are expiring state by state, and another hunger crisis is looming. While the pandemic appears to be receding for the time being, Feeding America expects that demand for food assistance will remain elevated and may grow as people's expanded assistance goes away. On average, when the Public Health Emergency declaration ends, participants in emergency allotment states will lose $82 a month in SNAP benefits. For participants who qualify for the minimum SNAP benefits, their monthly allotments will plunge from $250 to a mere $20.
"The reality is too many neighbors must continuously be forced to make difficult decisions between paying for food or other necessities like rent and medicines. Nearly one-third of a low-income household's budget is spent on food, and any incremental increases to food prices can have a dramatic effect to their overall stability and security," said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. "Community food assistance continues to be an essential piece of a household's budget planning. In order for the Feeding America network of food banks, food pantries, and meal programs to continue to provide food and assistance to the tens of millions of people turning to us for help, we need continued support from both the public and private sector."
The Feeding America network is not immune from the impacts of inflation, with every aspect of food bank operations including purchasing food, transporting donated food, energy for cold storage, and other costs including fuel, wages, and even vehicle maintenance seeing significant increases. To close the gap and keep up with demand, food banks are purchasing nearly as much food as they did in 2021 but are now paying 40% more for those purchases. Feeding America projects that the food bank network will experience a 20% decrease in manufacturing donations and a 45% decrease in federal commodities in fiscal year 2022, running July 2021 to June 2022. Over the past six months, 55% of Feeding America food banks have reported their overall food donations are down. Without additional funding and federal commodities, food banks cannot be expected to meet this crisis and give their communities the support they need.
"This is not a sustainable solution for our neighbors facing hunger," Babineaux-Fontenot continued. "In the coming months and years, we are facing a historically unprecedented set of simultaneous challenges and we need to strengthen our commitment and resolve to support our neighbors' ability to not just to survive, but to thrive. While we work towards reducing food insecurity for all in the long-term, in the immediate near term, we are asking for USDA and Congress along with our partners and supporters to help us through this storm."
To address this crisis, Feeding America is putting a call for support and everyone can get involved:
1. Congress should ensure that food banks have the critical food resources and program flexibilities necessary to address the need for food assistance by providing $900 million for TEFAP in spending legislation and extending child nutrition waivers.
2. USDA should take any and all actions at their disposal to increase the availability of commodity foods, including:
a. Using the Commodity Credit Corporation or other funds available to provide critically needed food purchases. This will help address the supply chain challenges and increased demand food banks are facing. USDA has precedent for similar actions, both through the Food Purchase and Distribution Program and the recent Supply Chain Assistance Funds providing resources to schools.
b. USDA should fully utilize Section 32 authority to support consumption of domestic commodities through additional food purchases for distribution through USDA nutrition programs.
c. USDA should ensure that state plans for the $400 million in Local Food Purchase Agreement grants procure foods from diverse and underrepresented producers where possible and distribute food through AIB-inspected food banks and other nonprofit partners held to high standards of food safety, equitable distribution, and non-discrimination.
3. Food industry partners should reach out to Feeding America or local food banks to explore avenues for donation and food rescue. More information on becoming a food donor can be found at FeedingAmerica.org/donatefood.
4. For individuals, donors and advocates, please continue to support Feeding America and local hunger-relief organizations, either by volunteering, donating, and calling on elected officials to support strong nutrition program legislation.
Millions of communities across the United States need immediate solutions to ensure they do not have to skip meals due to rising food prices. A shared commitment is necessary between charities, the private sector, and the government to bolster both food and nutrition security across the nation.
For more information about Feeding America's hunger-relief efforts and to learn how to help, visit FeedingAmerica.org.
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Feeding America® is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of more than 200 food banks, 21 statewide food bank associations, and over 60,000 partner agencies, food pantries and meal programs, we helped provide 6.6 billion meals to tens of millions of people in need last year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people we serve; brings attention to the social and systemic barriers that contribute to food insecurity in our nation; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Visit www.feedingamerica.org, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
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- Gross revenues increased 45% YoY
- Net revenues increased 67% YoY
- Operating expenses decreased 10% YoY
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Creatd, Inc. (Nasdaq CM: CRTD) ("Creatd" or the "Company"), a creator-first holding company today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. For the second quarter, Creatd grew its gross revenues by 45% to $3.6MM and is currently tracking to achieve between $15MM - $20MM in gross revenues for the year, above its previously stated guidance. During the quarter, net revenues grew to over $1.6MM, reflecting a 67% increase year-over-year. As the Company continues to navigate external headwinds, cost-cutting initiatives have been implemented and designed to streamline workflows and lower overall operating costs.
Savings generated as a result of the Company's second quarter 2022 cost-cutting measures will be reinvested into the Company to promote its growth and expansion and increase shareholder value. These investments will fuel numerous planned initiatives including: expanding Creatd Labs' technology stack; ramping up its marketing and data analysis; and growing Creatd Ventures' CPG brand portfolio. At the same time, the Company expects to further reduce operating expenses as it continues to optimize and reduce its marketing expenditure and scrutinize many of the contributing expenses within general & administrative expenses. Already, the Company has, subsequent to the second quarter, taken steps to reduce headcount materially to gain efficiencies, integrate acquired operations, and manage future expenses.
Additionally, the Company has announced that, effective on or before August 31, 2022, Jeremy Frommer, currently the Company's Executive Chairman, will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer, in addition to maintaining his position as Chairman of the Board. This announcement comes following a notification of intent of resignation received from Laurie Weisberg, Creatd's Chief Executive Officer, who will step down from the CEO position as well as from the Company's Board of Directors. Justin Maury, the Company's co-founder and COO, has been approved to join the board to replace her seat. This is expected to be effectuated shortly. While serving as a director, Mr. Maury will maintain his current role as Creatd's Chief Operating Officer.
Commented Creatd CEO Jeremy Frommer, "As a public company in the microcap space, we are subject to extreme volatility in our stock price, financing, and regulatory processes that can often take our management team's focus off of the broad mission to generate value for Creatd's shareholders, of which I am the largest. We recently withdrew a Rights Offering, due to what I firmly believe is a fast money marketplace that predominantly does not benefit shareholders. Instead, the space is seemingly riddled with obstacles, bureaucracy, and often bad actors. While the Rights Offering expansion plan would have exponentially accelerated Creatd's revenues and leveraged a rapidly approaching break-even cash flow moment, in its absence the Company can nevertheless continue to progress at the current pace of revenue expansion, and take advantage of available funding structures. But that is not my preference. Instead, I want to expand revenues rapidly given the inflection point the company is at, which was the very impetus for the Rights Offering. I am obligated now to work to maximize shareholder value, by exploring all alternatives, resources, and networks to accomplish as much. Part of that process includes spinning out assets from Creatd Studios, in particular the OG Collection, Inc. as well as the potential privatization of other assets."
About Creatd
Creatd, Inc. (Nasdaq CM: CRTD) is a creator-first technology holding company and the parent company of the Vocal platform. Our mission is to empower creators, entrepreneurs, and brands through technology and partnership. We accomplish this through Creatd's four business pillars: Creatd Labs, Creatd Partners, Creatd Ventures, and Creatd Studios.
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When North Atlantic right whales went missing from waters in the Gulf of Maine, it was a red flag. With only about 340 animals left, the species is at risk of extinction. Many of the whales are swimming hundreds of miles farther to Canadian waters instead, putting them in new danger.
Now, scientists are linking that to deeper shifts in the ocean, brought on by climate change. The connection may reach all the way to the world's second largest sheet, melting increasingly fast on Greenland.
This story was edited by Neela Banerjee and Sadie Babits. It was produced by Ryan Kellman. Special thanks to Susan Parks of Syracuse University for the recording of North Atlantic right whales.
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Patti, special teams lead Pitt to 37-35 Sun Bowl victory against No. 18 UCLA
December 30, 2022
For his entire career at Pitt, Nick Patti waited for his turn.
The redshirt quarterback got his biggest chance in last year’s Peach Bowl against Michigan State, but broke his collarbone in the first quarter. In this year’s Sun Bowl against No. 18 UCLA, he got a second chance in the limelight.
With 34 seconds left in the game and the Panthers down by two points, all eyes were on Patti and the Pitt offense. Less than two minutes earlier, they had a chance to end the game with a fourth down conversion, but faltered, allowing UCLA to take a two-point lead very late in the contest.
Staying cool under pressure, the signal caller made the most of his biggest opportunity, quickly driving into field goal range and giving redshirt sophomore kicker Ben Sauls the opportunity to give the Panthers their second bowl game win in three attempts. Their clutch performances led Pitt to a wild 37-35 victory against No. 18 UCLA, giving the Panthers their first Sun Bowl victory since 1989.
Pitt football’s last two Sun Bowl appearances are remembered for their remarkable lack of offensive output from either team. In 2018, the Panthers took on Stanford and lost 14-13, and in 2008, Pitt lost to Oregon State 3-0 despite legendary running back LeSean McCoy leading the offense.
Patti and the Panther offense found their rhythm immediately in the first quarter, quickly moving into Bruin territory on a 41 yard scramble on their second offensive play of the game.
Following his run, Patti thrived in offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti’s offense, utilizing quick passes and giving his receivers space to run with the football. The Panthers moved the ball all the way up to the six-yard-line, gaining yards methodically on short gains. Despite their strong field position, the offense couldn’t push across the goal line and settled for a 22-yard field goal.
UCLA redshirt senior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robsinson and the Bruin offense capitalized on Pitt’s lost points, quickly pushing up the field thanks to a 51 yard reception from redshirt junior wide receiver Kam Brown. They wasted no time finding the end zone, taking the lead on an 11-yard passing touchdown to junior wide receiver Logan Loya on the next play.
Following the UCLA score, the Panthers found some momentum on offense, but faltered at the Bruins 31-yard-line and settled for a field goal, bringing the contest to 7-6 before the end of the quarter.
Thompson-Gray and the Bruin offense continued taking advantage of the Panthers depleted defense. Pitt’s secondary couldn’t stop UCLA, giving up a huge chunk play for the second consecutive drive. Thomson-Robinson pushed into the end zone two plays later, extending UCLA’s lead to 14-6.
After a three-and-out from the Pitt offense, UCLA again drove down into Pitt territory on a few big gains. This time, the Panthers defense stood tall, intercepting a tipped pass in the red zone and killing the Bruins momentum.
From their own six-yard-line, Patti and the offense put together their best drive of the half. Highlighted by a 45-yard reception by redshirt sophomore wide receiver Bub Means, the Panthers drove 94 yards for the score, tying the game at 14.
Just before the end of the half, the Bruins showcased their offensive power again, driving down the field without much resistance and quickly reclaiming a seven-point lead on a 28-yard touchdown pass. After a harmless drive from Pitt to end the half, the two sides went into the locker room with UCLA holding a significant advantage across the board.
For as high-powered as the two offenses started the game, the two defenses took control in the third quarter, starting with the Panthers who again intercepted Gray-Thompson in the endzone, killing an otherwise productive drive.
Neither team could get anything going on offense over the next few drives, and after consecutive three-and-outs, UCLA took the momentum on a 52-yard interception return by redshirt first year defensive back Jaylin Davies, extending their lead to 28-14.
Later in the third quarter, the Panthers finally managed to produce on offense, slowly moving up the field and eventually scoring on a one-yard run from sophomore running back Rodney Hammond Jr. The teams went into the fourth quarter with UCLA still holding a seven point advantage.
After failing to take advantage of opportunities in the first three quarters, the Panthers got another break at the start of the fourth. Junior linebacker Bangally Kamara intercepted Gray-Robinson, giving the Panthers a chance at tying the game late. A few plays later they did just that, with Hammond Jr. rusing for his second touchdown of the game.
For most of the second half, heavy winds in El Paso wreaked havoc on the kicking game. Luckily for the Panthers, it quickly became the difference maker in the second half. On the ensuing kickoff after the Panthers tied the game at 28, redshirt sophomore Ben Saul’s kick flew straight into the strong headwind, causing UCLA to mishandle the ball and give Pitt possession on the Bruins 19-yard line.
Despite being deep in their opponents territory, the Panthers faltered in the red zone. They settled for a field goal and took a 31-28 lead. The next kickoff again caused problems for the Bruins, who were forced to start on offense at their own five yard line.
Pitt quickly got the ball back with great field possession at the 50-yard line. Patti led the Panthers deep into UCLA territory and eventually to another field goal, extending Pitt’s lead to six.
Over the next few possessions, the Panthers held the Bruins at bay, taking advantage of backup redshirt sophomore quarterback Ethan Garber’s inexperience. With two minutes left, the Bruins got their final chance at taking the lead, taking over possession at their own 30 with no timeouts.
Suddenly, UCLA’s offense came back to life.
With stellar clock management and playcalling, the Bruins quickly drove all the way up the field, easily picking apart the Panther defense. With 34 seconds left, first year running back T.J. Harden ran into the endzone, giving the Bruins a late 35-34 lead.
Then, Patti and the Panthers began their drive down the field. First Patti completed a pass 18-yards downfield, then completed another for 17-yards on an impressive catch from means. At the UCLA 40, he scrambled and ran straight up the middle for another first down and spiked the ball with 11 seconds left at the 29-yard line.
Instead of taking a shot at another few yards, Narduzzi elected to send out Sauls for his fifth attempt of the game for a 47-yard field-goal try straight into the wind. He stepped up to the ball with confidence and drilled the kick straight through the uprights, sending the Pitt bench into a frenzy.
With four seconds left, the Bruins attempted a last minute shot downfield to no avail, giving the Panthers a wild 37-35 Sun Bowl victory.
Patti played brilliantly for the Panthers, living up to his billing as a great bowl game player. Hammond also gave Pitt fans a glimpse into the future with an 89-yard, two touchdown performance in the victory.
As a program, it’s Pitt’s second bowl win since 2019. It’s also the first time the team has won nine or more games in back-to-back years since the 2008-09 seasons. | 2023-01-02T15:58:32+00:00 | pittnews.com | https://pittnews.com/article/177967/featured/patti-special-teams-lead-pitt-to-37-35-sun-bowl-victory-against-no-18-ucla/ |
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