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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk is trying to slash expenses at Twitter as close to zero as possible while his personal wealth shrinks — and this apparently has included falling behind on rent payments at the company’s offices.
Twitter owes $136,260 in overdue rent on its offices on the 30th floor of a building in downtown in San Francisco, according to a lawsuit filed by the building’s landlord last week.
The landlord at 650 California St., which is not Twitter’s main San Francisco headquarters, served a notice to the social media company on Dec. 16 informing it that it would be in default if it didn’t pay within five days. The five days elapsed without payment, according to the lawsuit.
The landlord, Columbia REIT 650 California LLC, is seeking damages totaling the back rent, as well as attorney fees and other expenses. Twitter signed a seven-year lease for the offices in 2017. The monthly rent was $107,526.50 in the first full year and increase gradually to $128,397 per month in the seventh year.
Twitter did not respond to a message for comment. The company no longer has a media relations department.
Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October and the company is on the hook for about $1 billion a year in interest payments from the deal. Most of Musk’s wealth is tied to his ownership of Tesla shares, which have lost more than half of their value since he took ownership of Twitter. He has sold nearly $23 billion worth of the electric vehicle company’s stock to fund the purchase since April, when he started building a position in Twitter. He’s even lost the top spot for the world’s wealthiest person, according to Forbes.
Musk defended his extreme cost cutting measures last month in a late night Twitter Spaces call.
“This company is like, basically, you’re in a plane that is headed towards the ground at high speed with the engines on fire and the controls don’t work,” Musk said on Dec. 21.
The company’s headquarters are located at another San Francisco address, 1355 Market St., where Twitter has also reportedly fallen behind on rent, according to The New York Times.
In addition to not paying rent and laying off workers, Musk’s Twitter is also auctioning off high-end office furniture, kitchen equipment and other relics the past, when Twitter had over 7,500 full-time workers around the world, and free lunch and other office perks were common. Some three-quarters of Twitter’s employee base are expected to have left the company, either because they were laid off, fired or quit.
Among the items Twitter is auctioning off are a pizza oven, 40-quart commercial kitchen floor mixer (retails for around $18,000; bidding starts at $25), high-end designer furniture such as Eames chairs from Herman Miller and Knoll Diamond chairs that retail in the thousands.
Even a Twitter bird statue (bidding starts at $25) and a neon Twitter bird light display (bidding starts at $50) are up for grabs in this fire sale-style auction reminiscent of the dot-com bust of the early 2000s when failed tech startups were selling off their decadent office wares. | 2023-01-04T19:52:51+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/business/ap-business/ap-elon-musk-cuts-twitter-expenses-by-falling-behind-on-bills/ |
WASHINGTON — U.S.-China relations are teetering on a precipice after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
Pelosi received a rapturous welcome in Taipei and was applauded with strong bipartisan support in Washington, despite the Biden administration’s misgivings. But her trip has enraged Beijing and Chinese nationalists and will complicate already strained ties even after her departure.
Already, China is preparing new shows of force in the Taiwan Strait to make clear that its claims are non-negotiable on the island it regards as a renegade province. And, as the U.S. presses ahead with demonstrations of support for Taiwan, arms sales and diplomatic lobbying, the escalating tensions have raised the risks of military confrontation, intentional or not.
And the trip could further muddle Washington's already complicated relationship with Beijing as the two sides wrest with differences over trade, the war in Ukraine, human rights and more.
Wary of the reaction from China, the Biden administration discouraged but did not prevent Pelosi from visiting Taiwan. It has taken pains to stress to Beijing that the House speaker is not a member of the executive branch and her visit represents no change in the U.S. “one-China” policy.
That was little comfort for Beijing. Pelosi, who is second in line to the U.S. presidency, was no ordinary visitor and was greeted almost like a head of state. Taiwan's skyline lit up with a message of welcome, and she met with the biggest names on the island, including its president, senior legislators and prominent rights activists.
Chinese officials were enraged.
“What Pelosi has done is definitely not a defense and maintenance of democracy, but a provocation and violation of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said after her departure.
“Pelosi’s dangerous provocation is purely for personal political capital, which is an absolute ugly political farce,” Hua said. “China-US relations and regional peace and stability is suffering.”
The timing of the visit may have added to the tensions. It came ahead of this year's Chinese Communist Party’s Congress at which President Xi Jinping will try to further cement his power, using a hard line on Taiwan to blunt domestic criticism on COVID-19, the economy and other issues.
Summoned to the Foreign Ministry to hear China's complaints, U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns insisted that the visit was nothing but routine. “The United States will not escalate and stands ready to work with China to prevent escalation altogether,” Burns said, according to the State Department.
The White House also said that Pelosi’s visit “doesn’t change anything” about the U.S. posture toward China and Taiwan. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the U.S. had expected the harsh reaction from China, even as she called it unwarranted.
“We are going to monitor, and we will manage what Beijing chooses to do,” she added.
Alarmed by the possibility of a new geo-strategic conflict at the same time the West sides with Ukraine in its resistance to Russia's invasion, the U.S. has rallied allies to its side.
The foreign ministers of the Group of 7 industrialized democracies released a statement Wednesday essentially telling China — by the initials of its formal name, the People's Republic of China — to calm down.
“It is normal and routine for legislators from our countries to travel internationally,” the G-7 ministers said. “The PRC’s escalatory response risks increasing tensions and destabilizing the region. We call on the PRC not to unilaterally change the status quo by force in the region, and to resolve cross-Strait differences by peaceful means.”
Still, that status quo — long identified as “strategic ambiguity” for the U.S. and quiet but determined Chinese opposition to any figment of Taiwanese independence — appears to be no longer tenable for either side.
“It’s getting harder and harder to agree on Taiwan for both Beijing and Washington,” said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, an emeritus professor at Hong Kong Baptist University.
In Taipei and the U.S. Congress, moves are afoot to clarify the ambiguity that has defined U.S. relations with Taiwan since the 1970s. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will soon consider a bill that would strengthen relations, require the executive branch to do more to bring Taiwan into the international system and take more determined steps to help the island defend itself.
Writing in The New York Times, committee Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., lambasted China's response to Pelosi's visit.
“The result of Beijing’s bluster should be to stiffen resolve in Taipei, in Washington and across the region,” he said. “There are many strategies to continue standing up to Chinese aggression. There is clear bipartisan congressional agreement on the importance of acting now to provide the people of Taiwan with the type of support they desperately need.”
But China appears to be pressing ahead with steps that could prove to be escalatory, including live-fire military exercises planned for this week and a steady uptick in flights of fighter jets in and near Taiwan's self-declared air defense zone.
“They are going to test the Taiwanese and the Americans,” said Cabestan, the professor in Hong Kong. He said the actions of the U.S. military in the area, including a naval force led by the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, will be critical.
China had ratcheted up potential confrontation weeks ago by declaring that the Taiwan Strait that separates the island from the mainland is not international waters. The U.S. rejected this and responded to by sending more vessels through it. Cabestan said that showed that “something had to be done on the U.S. side to draw red lines to prevent the Chinese from going too far."
Meanwhile, Taiwan is on edge, air raid shelters have been prepared and the government is increasing training for recruits serving their four months of required military service —- generally considered inadequate — along with annual two-week annual refresher courses for reservists.
“The Chinese feel that if they don’t act, that the United States is going to continue to slice the salami to take incremental actions toward supporting Taiwan independence,” said Bonnie Glaser, a China expert at the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund.
She said that domestic U.S. support for Taiwan actually gives China added incentive to take a strong stance: “China does feel under pressure to do more to signal that this is an issue in which China cannot compromise."
Despite the immediate concerns about escalation and potential miscalculation, there are others who don't believe the damage to U.S.-China ties will be more long-lasting than that caused by other, non-Taiwan-related issues.
China is “going to raise a huge fuss and there will be military exercises and there will be embargoes on importing Taiwan goods. And after the shouting is over, you will see a gradual easing,” said June Teufel Dreyer, a Chinese politics specialist at the University of Miami.
“The situation never goes back to completely normal, whatever normal is, but it will definitely die down,” she said.
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AP writers Zeke Miller in Washington, Joe McDonald in Beijing and David Rising in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, contributed to this report. | 2022-08-04T16:02:29+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/nation-world/pelosi-taiwan-visit-relations/507-b94ed4d3-a9eb-488b-bbbc-d9ee55b4f05e |
Royals vs. White Sox Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - May 11
Published: May. 11, 2023 at 7:41 AM CDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
Thursday's game that pits the Kansas City Royals (11-27) against the Chicago White Sox (13-25) at Kauffman Stadium is expected to be a competitive matchup based on our computer prediction, which projects a final score of 7-5 in favor of the Royals. Game time is at 2:10 PM ET on May 11.
The probable pitchers are Brady Singer (2-4) for the Royals and Mike Clevinger (2-3) for the White Sox.
Royals vs. White Sox Game Info & Odds
- When: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 2:10 PM ET
- Where: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
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- Total Prediction: Over 9.5 runs
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Royals Performance Insights
- Over the past 10 games, the Royals have been favored twice and lost both.
- Kansas City and its opponents have combined to hit the over six times in its last 10 games with a total.
- Sportsbooks have not set a spread for any of the Royals' last 10 games.
- The Royals have been listed as the favorite three times this season but have failed to win any of those games.
- Kansas City has not won as favorites of -115 or more on the moneyline this season in three such games.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 53.5% chance to win.
- Kansas City ranks 19th in the majors with 159 total runs scored this season.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (5.43).
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The companies have partnered together to create a custom bracelet in support of the fertility community.
MIAMI, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SMP Pharmacy and Little Words Project have partnered together to create a fertility Hope Bracelet and spark larger conversations around fertility by creating community. The Hope Bracelet was made to inspire courage and positivity for those that need it while going through fertility treatments. Every new patient who places their full order of fertility medications through SMP Pharmacy will receive a Hope Bracelet in their medication package to help encourage them through their fertility journey.
"SMP Pharmacy understands that the fertility journey can be difficult. We want to support our patients and make the experience a little brighter in any way we can," says SMP Pharmacy CEO, Pam Schumann. "Little Words Project is the perfect partner to spread this message and aid in creating a community that can rally together to lift each other up during an emotional journey. We're excited that we can help facilitate that."
Designed by women who have been there, both Pam and Little Words Project founder, Adriana Carrig, have gone through the IVF process. They understand that no two journeys are alike, and as such, Little Words Project and SMP Pharmacy want to support all those on a path to parenthood. The Hope Bracelet is meant to be a reminder to never lose hope on your journey, and that hope is always with you, and so is SMP Pharmacy and Little Words Project.
"After going through IVF personally, it means so much to me to bring more awareness to a topic that affects so many women in partnership with SMP," says Little Words Project founder, Adriana Carrig. "It's so important to talk about infertility and support those who are navigating their paths to parenthood. My wish is that this bracelet gives hope to so many individuals who are embarking on their infertility journey."
The Fertility Hope Bracelet will be distributed by SMP Pharmacy within their patient's medication deliveries. Once a patient has the bracelet, they can register it on The Little Words Project website. When a patient feels ready, they can pass on their bracelet to someone else on their fertility journey and track it via the website. The intention is to foster community amongst those on their path to parenthood and spread hope across the community.
For more information, visit https://littlewordsproject.com/pages/register-smp-pharmacy or go to @smppharmacy or @littlewordsproject on Instagram.
About Little Words Project
Little Words Project® aims to inspire and encourage people to be kind to themselves and to pay that kindness forward, one bracelet at a time.
About SMP Pharmacy
With nearly two decades of pharmaceutical and patient care experience, we understand that one approach does not fit all. That's why we provide custom solutions for a seamless, convenient experience from beginning to end. At SMP Pharmacy, we lead with compassion and integrated technologies to give you the results you want with the dedicated care you need.
Contact: Casey Tarnas, Casey@smppharmacy.com
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SHENZHEN, China, March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology company, Timekettle, recently sponsored the 13th Global Implantology Week organized by the ZimVie Association at New York University. The four-day event brought together medical experts from over 30 countries to share their knowledge and expertise on the latest trends and innovations in dentistry and spinal care. Language barriers have always been a significant challenge for such international conferences. Timekettle AI translator earbuds with 40 languages with 93 accents came to the rescue, providing language support to medical professionals. This award-winning product not only solved language communication barriers at the conference but also helped save costs for interpreters.
Furthermore, immigrant communities have always faced communication barriers in the medical system. According to Health Expect Journal, the global migrant population reached 244 million in 2015, with the number of displaced people worldwide reaching the level after World War II. Most countries currently face the daunting task of providing appropriate and equitable healthcare to immigrants. Language barriers lead to a lack of unanimity on cultural identity and understanding of medical professionals and patients, which can result in miscommunication and even misdiagnosis by medical professionals.
Timekettle's world-first AI translator earbuds are embedded with the industry-leading HybridComm™ system, which subverts the shackles of conventional translator devices - handheld translators and translation apps are not user-friendly because people need to pass the device back and forth to each other - by adopting an entirely different technical design to advance products in speech processing, simultaneous interpretation, and AI translation. Timekettle AI translator earbuds play a vital role in bridging the communication gap between medical workers and their patients.
ZimVie, a leading healthcare organization in the United States that focuses on dentistry and spinal medical equipment and training, is Timekettle's first medical training institution partner. Timekettle is committed to exploring innovative and efficient ways to help more medical enterprises and immigrant communities overcome communication challenges.
About Timekettle
Established in 2016, Timekettle is an industry-leading translation solutions provider recognized by winning numerous international awards such as CES Innovation Award, iF Design Award, and TechCrunch. As the top-selling brand in the Translator Device industry, Timekettle now serves over 300,000 users worldwide.
For more information, please visit https://www.timekettle.co/ or contact press@timekettle.co.
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Former President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated in the coming weeks, according to the platforms’ parent company, Meta.
Meta handed down a two-year ban on Trump’s accounts in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a suspension that the company called “unprecedented.”
Now it will unlock the accounts in the coming weeks, but will apply heightened penalties for future offenses of its user guidelines, according to a release from the company on Wednesday.
Meta’s President for Global Affairs Nick Clegg said on Twitter after the announcement that the company had needed to determine whether the public risk that had surfaced on Jan. 6, 2021, had receded enough to allow Trump back onto the platform.
“Our determination is that the risk has sufficiently receded, and that we should therefore adhere to the two-year timeline we set out,” the company said.
The looming reinstatement from Facebook and Instagram comes after his Twitter account was reinstated in November after Elon Musk took over the platform. Trump has sent mixed messages about whether he will return to the platforms after communicating mainly through his own social media site, Truth Social.
He responded to Meta’s announcement Wednesday by criticizing the initial decision to suspend him.
“FACEBOOK, which has lost Billions of Dollars in value since ‘deplatforming’ your favorite President, me, has just announced that they are reinstating my account. Such a thing should never again happen to a sitting President, or anybody else who is not deserving of retribution!” he wrote.
Meta said that the lifting of Trump’s ban is also coming with new guardrails to deter repeat offenders, including heightened penalties for public figures who are returning from suspension related to civil unrest.
“The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying — the good, the bad and the ugly — so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box,” Meta added in a statement announcing its decision.
However, Meta added that it does not mean there are “no limits” to what people can say on its platforms.
“When there is a clear risk of real world harm — a deliberately high bar for Meta to intervene in public discourse — we act,” it added.
Under the new protocols, Trump’s content could be removed and he could face another suspension of between one month and two years, according to the company.
Meta’s Oversight Board, which is the body that makes content moderation decisions on Facebook and Instagram, said in a statement after the announcement that it had no role in deciding whether to allow Trump back on the sites.
“Today’s decision to reinstate Mr. Trump on Meta’s platforms sat with Meta alone — the Board did not have a role in the decision,” the board said.
Updated at 5:34 p.m. | 2023-01-26T02:22:54+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/hill-politics/trumps-facebook-instagram-account-to-be-reinstated/ |
WALLBURG, N.C. — The scars remain of the events that took place in this grocery parking lot on Saturday night.
Dozens of people gathered as multiple cars did burnouts and donuts.
An activity that law enforcement refers to as "car swinging."
"I've just not seen anything like that last night. I just don't see how that could be fun," said Mae Oakes.
She and her husband, Jimmy, were driving home along Gumtree Road, near Highway 109, when they saw the smoke rising into the night sky.
While Mary called 9-1-1, Jimmy took the shocking video of what was happening.
The smell of burned rubber filled the air as car after car left their mark.
Passengers even hanging out of the car windows at one point.
"It was dangerous, there were fires in the parking lot, I guess from all the heat and the friction. A couple of times a car spun out and spun into the crowd and they had to run. It's only a matter of time before somebody gets really hurt out here," said Oakes.
"If this had happened when I was a teenager, my parents would not let me leave the house again," said Becky Briles.
Briles says her son told her what was happening after seeing a post on social media.
"He saw what was happening on Facebook at the time. He wasn't here when it was happening, he saw what was happening and came home and told me about it," said Briles.
A post on Instagram indicated that the gathering may have been planned.
Videos posted on the same page also boast about shutting down busy intersections.
The Davidson County Sheriff's department responded and quickly cleared the parking lot.
We've reached out to the Davidson County sheriffs department, multiple times, to learn if anyone was charged but he have not heard back.
"I mean what can you do? It's going to take a lot of community resources to figure out what the problem is and find these kids something to do. I just don't have high hopes for our summer here, if this is how it's starting," said Oakes.
In November, 2022, High Point Police issued a warning to the community about "car swinging."
Anyone caught car-swinging and disrupting traffic could have their car towed, get a ticket, or be arrested, said High Point Police.
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PHOENIX – Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won his bid for reelection Friday in the crucial swing state of Arizona, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to put his party one victory away from clinching control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.
With Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote, Democrats can retain control of the Senate by winning either the Nevada race, which remains too early to call, or next month’s runoff in Georgia. Republicans now must win both those races to take the majority.
The Arizona race is one of a handful of contests that Republicans targeted in their bid to take control of the 50-50 Senate. It was a test of the inroads that Kelly and other Democrats have made in a state once reliably dominated by the GOP. Kelly’s victory suggests Democratic success in Arizona was not an aberration during Donald Trump’s presidency.
The closely watched race for governor between Democrat Katie Hobbs and Republican Kari Lake was too early to call Friday night. In the secretary of state's race, Democrat Adrian Fontes defeated Republican Mark Finchem, a top 2020 election denier.
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who’s flown in space four times, is married to former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, who inspired the nation with her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head during an assassination attempt in 2011 that killed six people and injured 13. Kelly and Giffords went on to co-found a gun safety advocacy group.
Kelly and Giffords were at an Elton John concert in Phoenix on Friday night when The Associated Press called the race, campaign spokesperson Sarah Guggenheimer said. Maricopa County reported a large batch of results that increased Kelly's lead and made clear Masters could not make up the difference with the remaining ballots.
“It’s been one of the great honors of my life to serve as Arizona’s Senator,” Kelly said in a statement. “I’m humbled by the trust our state has placed in me to continue this work.”
Kelly’s victory in a 2020 special election spurred by the death of Republican Sen. John McCain gave Democrats both of Arizona’s Senate seats for the first time in 70 years. The shift was propelled by the state’s fast-changing demographics and the unpopularity of Trump.
Kelly’s 2022 campaign largely focused on his support for abortion rights, protecting Social Security, lowering drug prices and ensuring a stable water supply in the midst of a drought, which has curtailed Arizona’s cut of Colorado River water.
With President Joe Biden struggling with low approval ratings, Kelly distanced himself from the president, particularly on border security, and played down his Democratic affiliation amid angst about the state of the economy.
He also styled himself as an independent willing to buck his party, in the style of McCain.
Masters, an acolyte of billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, tried to penetrate Kelly’s independent image, aligning him with Biden’s failure to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and tamp down on rampant inflation.
Masters endeared himself to many GOP primary voters with his penchant for provocation and contrarian thinking. He called for privatizing Social Security, took a hard-line stance against abortion and promoted a racist theory popular with white nationalists that Democrats are seeking to use immigration to replace white people in America.
But after emerging bruised from a contentious primary, Masters struggled to raise money and was put on the defense over his controversial positions.
He earned Trump’s endorsement after claiming “Trump won in 2020,” but under pressure during a debate last month, he acknowledged he hasn’t seen evidence the election was rigged. He later doubled down on the false claim that Trump won.
After the primary, he scrubbed some of his more controversial positions from his website, but it wasn’t enough for the moderate swing voters who decided the election.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the 2022 midterm elections at https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections. And check out https://apnews.com/hub/explaining-the-elections to learn more about the issues and factors at play in the midterms. | 2022-11-12T12:04:43+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/11/11/arizonas-big-races-still-uncalled-as-slow-count-continues/ |
Reports of black panther roaming New Jersey town unfounded, police say
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Police in Atlantic County, New Jersey put to rest reports that a black panther was loose and roaming the area.
In an update posted on the Hamilton Township Police Department Facebook page Friday afternoon, officials stated they were aware of reports of a black panther roaming the Weymouth section of the township.
Police say they responded to a call Thursday afternoon after someone reported seeing a "black coyote or large feline in the woods."
After a search, police instead located a large black dog belonged to a local resident.
Police say they have continued to investigate the reports, but at this time, all reports about a black panther in the area have been unsubstantiated. | 2023-04-07T19:03:34+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/reports-of-black-panther-roaming-new-jersey-town-unfounded-police-say |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two New York Police Department officers ambushed and killed after responding to a 911 call and the rookie cop who took down the gunman were honored Wednesday, along with six others, by President Joe Biden with the Medal of Valor, the nation’s highest honor for bravery by a public safety officer.
The three NYPD officers, a Houston police officer, Colorado police official, Ohio sheriff’s deputy and three FDNY firefighters all received medals in a White House ceremony before Biden departs for Japan and the Group of Seven summit.
“I don’t know all of you, but I do know you,” Biden said. “From small towns to big cities, you’re cut from the same cloth. You run into danger when everyone else runs away from danger.”
Biden told the crowd the award was given for “actions above and beyond the call of duty,” singling out the families of the officers to thank them.
NYPD officer Wilbert Mora and his police partner Jason Rivera were shot Jan. 21, 2022, while responding to a call about a family dispute in a Harlem apartment. Officer Sumit Sulan shot and killed the gunman, ending the deadly encounter moments after it began and keeping the civilians safe. Rivera died that night, Mora was pronounced dead four days later. The families of the two officers accepted their awards.
The fallen cops were no strangers to tensions between the NYPD and some of the communities they police; they’d both seen it growing up. Both sought to be catalysts of change when they became police officers, but neither got the chance they deserved, gunned down during a spate of shootings of police officers in 2022 in the city.
Biden, who recently announced he’d seek reelection, has spoken of the need to reform how police interact with communities, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and the deaths of other Black people at the hands of police. But he also says law enforcement needs better funding and tools in order to do a highly stressful job that’s only getting worse, particularly post-pandemic.
“I think one of the hardest jobs in America, what you signed up for,” the president said Wednesday as he presented the medals. “You represent the best of who we are as Americans.”
Rivera, 22, had been a police officer for barely a year. Mora, 27, was in his fourth year on the job. All three were promoted to detective — the fallen officers posthumously and Sulan in a ceremony where he was given detective shield No. 332, a symbol of the three from the 32nd precinct where they worked in Manhattan.
The nation’s largest police department has roughly 35,000 officers; the next largest is Chicago with 13,000.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the recipients showed “extraordinary valor” above and beyond the call of duty.
“At the end of every shift, you are there,” he said to the families. “It is your care and encouragement that makes it possible for our public safety officers to do their jobs. We are so grateful to you.”
Biden also honored three New York City firefighters for the bravery, including Lt. Justin Hespeler, who rescued a newborn baby from a burning house. “That’s true heroism,” Biden said.
Firefighter Patrick Thornton who, aboard an FDNY boat, saved a man trapped under a capsized vessel in the waters off the coast of Staten Island was also honored, along with retired Lt. Jason Hickey who was on the FDNY’s marine training unit when he got a distress call of a man in the Harlem River, a tidal strait that flows swiftly between the Hudson and East Rivers. Hickey jumped in and saved the man from drowning.
The other recipients are:
— Corporal Jeffrey Farmer of the Littleton, Colorado Police Department. Farmer was responding to a call of shots fired possibly out of a car window, and chased the suspect to the door of an apartment where the man opened fire, hitting Farmer’s partner. Farmer worked to fend off the shooter, then, realizing an ambulance was too far away, dragged his partner into his police car and drove him to the hospital himself, saving his life.
— Deputy Bobby Hau Pham of the Clermont County, Ohio Sheriff’s Office. Pham saved a drowning woman who had driven her car into a lake, though he could not swim.
— Sergeant Kendrick Simpo of the Houston, Texas Police Department. Simpo was working a second job at the Houston area Galleria mall when he heard on the radio a heavily armed man wearing a black mask was roaming the mall, near where a group of children were gathered for a dance competition. Simpo tackled the suspect who was carrying an AR-15 rifle, handgun and 120 rounds of ammunition. No one was injured. | 2023-05-17T17:26:27+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/political-news/biden-to-honor-9-with-medal-of-valor-including-2-nypd-officers-killed-after-911-call/ |
SAN DIEGO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), the leader in spine technology innovation, focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally integrated solutions, announced today that Chief Financial Officer Matt Harbaugh will participate in the Canaccord Genuity 42nd Annual Growth Conference in Boston on Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
A live webcast of the presentation will be available online from the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at www.nuvasive.com. After the live webcast, a replay of the presentation will remain available on the website for 30 days.
NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA) is the leader in spine technology innovation, with a mission to transform surgery, advance care, and change lives. The Company's less-invasive, procedurally integrated surgical solutions are designed to deliver reproducible and clinically proven outcomes. The Company's comprehensive procedural portfolio includes surgical access instruments, spinal implants, fixation systems, biologics, software for surgical planning, navigation and imaging solutions, magnetically adjustable implant systems for spine and orthopedics, and intraoperative neuromonitoring technology and service offerings. With more than $1 billion in net sales, NuVasive operates in more than 50 countries serving surgeons, hospitals, and patients. For more information, please visit www.nuvasive.com.
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The Electric Cruiser Is Donating $500 To Susan G. Komen For Every Pink Moke Sold In The Month Of October
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Moke America will donate $500 to Susan G. Komen for every pink Moke sold. Susan G. Komen helps to save lives by investing in breakthrough research to prevent, cure and end breast cancer.
Customers who purchase a new pink Moke (in either of the brand's two hues: Pink or Rose) will be part of this philanthropic promotion, running October 1 through October 31, 2022.
Being socially aware is part of Moke America's overall mission to improve the world. With its emphasis on electric technology Moke America, the reinvented classic cruiser from the '60s synonymous with happy vibes, is an eco-friendly alternative to gas guzzlers.
"We wanted to give back this year, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a cause we can all get behind," said Moke America CEO and founder Todd Rome. "Susan G. Komen is the world's largest nonprofit source of funding for the fight against breast cancer, and we're excited to support them."
This month-long initiative applies to all new sales of pink Mokes purchased online at www.mokeamerica.com or through the brand's 40-plus nationwide dealer network.
Each electric Moke is hand-built to order in Sarasota, Florida. Customers can choose from 12 rainbow bright colors (+Camo), multiple seating configurations and other stylish options. Starting at $22,975, the Moke is 100 percent electric, street legal and good for the environment. Classified as a Low Speed Vehicle (LSV), the Moke reaches a top speed of 25 MPH and is street legal on all roads 35 MPH or less. Plug it into any 110 outlet for 40 miles of fun; no special charging stations required.
Celebrity owners include the Kardashians, who were each gifted a fully customized cruiser by Kris Jenner last Christmas, as well as Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner. Moke America has also injected its electric cars into one of the most popular movie franchises in the world with two special edition 007 Mokes available for sale, paying homage to James Bond's eternal style. The easy-breezy luxury cruisers have become a favorite of country clubs, vineyards and resorts.
The Moke is available to order online: www.mokeamerica.com. For more information, please contact marketing@mokeamerica.com
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MONTREAL, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - (NYSE: CAE); (TSX: CAE) CAE is proud to have been named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This prestigious designation recognizes Canadian employers leading their industries and creating innovative programs to offer exceptional workplaces to their employees. According to Mediacorp Canada Inc., organizers of the annual competition, this year's Canada's Top 100 Employers are leading by listening, tapping into employee feelings and sentiments about the many challenges of the past year.
"At CAE, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are a proud global company with deep Canadian roots providing a collaborative, innovative and forward-thinking work environment," said Marc Parent, President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE.
Founded by Kenneth Patrick 75 years ago, CAE has grown from 18 employees working in a hangar in St. Hubert, Quebec, to a global team of more than 13,000 employees in over 40 countries delivering innovative training and operations-support solutions for the civil aviation, defence and security, and healthcare sectors.
Some of the flexible and collaborative programs that CAE has introduced in recent years include the following:
- CAEheartbeat is a global transformation initiative designed to advance CAE's focus and commitment to being human-centric, ensuring our people are our top priority. CAE remains committed to providing policies that better support the wellbeing of employees and allow the work-life harmony they need. The first initiative under the CAEheartbreat umbrella is a flexible vacation policy launched in August 2022.
- CAEcontinuum is a flexible work program. With the pandemic, remote working became the norm for many employees at companies worldwide. As restrictions eased, CAEcontinuum has allowed employees to split their time between working from home and the office.
- CAE officially marked its 75th anniversary on March 17, 2022. CAE's 75th Anniversary Launch Event, held on March 24, kicked off an entire year of celebrations for CAE employees.
- Diversity, equity and inclusion are part of CAE's values and strategy. CAE has seven employee resource groups, including a new group for Indigenous Peoples created in 2022.
"The CAEheartbeat and CAEcontinuum initiatives are perfect examples of how a global company can be agile and embrace new ways of working, allowing their dedicated and talented teams to thrive," said Dan Sharkey, senior vice president, Global Human Resources.
CAE was also recognized as one of Canada's Top Employers for young people (2021, 2022) and Montreal Top Employer (2021, 2022).
Interested in joining the team? Learn more about opportunities at CAE and apply here.
About CAE
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we're everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight, mission, and medical simulators, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We're investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions while keeping positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission. Today and tomorrow, we'll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.
Read our FY22 Annual Activity and Corporate Social Responsibility Report
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Looking for something to do for the Fourth of July before setting off fireworks or watching a big light show? You can check out the Indiana Historical Society for free! Engagement Manager Casey Terry joined Daniel on the red couch to share more about their exciting exhibits. For more information, click here and here.
Indiana Historical Society offering free admission for Fourth of July
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2023 Wells Fargo Championship Schedule: Thursday Start Time, How to Watch Live Stream, Tee Times & Pairings
Watch the opening round on Thursday, May 4, as competitors take the links at the 7,538-yard, par-71 Quail Hollow Club for the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, trying for a share of a $20M purse. Max Homa is the defending champion at the event.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jason Jenkins, who spent nearly 14 years with the Miami Dolphins and eventually became the team's senior vice president of communications, died unexpectedly Saturday, the team said. He was 47.
Jenkins joined the Dolphins in 2009, after spending nearly seven years working with the San Francisco 49ers. He also worked at Texas Southern, Lehigh and Texas Tech — his alma mater, which asked him to deliver a commencement address in 2018.
“I’m here to tell you, it won’t be your geography that marks your journey," Jenkins said in that speech. “It’ll be three things: the depth of your relationships, the foundation of your values and the courage of your decision-making. So my career, and life, has been awesome.”
The Houston native is survived by wife Elizabeth and three children. The Dolphins announced his death during their preseason game Saturday against Philadelphia.
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel struggled to hold back emotions after the game when talking about Jenkins, shortly after telling his team of his death. He raved about everything from Jenkins' work ethic to his to professionalism to his wardrobe.
“This was a healthy, healthy guy that just brought it every day. ... Just full of life," a teary McDaniel said. “That's the hardest part. There's just no words to describe. He has a great family. His wife's awesome, and his children. It's tough. It's a tough one to swallow. He will be missed. He will not be forgotten, I can tell you that much."
Tributes poured in from other sports media relations professionals, from many leagues, on social media after the Dolphins made the announcement. Cleveland Cavaliers vice president B.J. Evans said Jenkins was “a great human being,"
“I am heartbroken," Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said. “Jason Jenkins was an icon in the Miami community, and above all a kind and incredible family man."
Jenkins served on many boards in South Florida, including the Anti-Defamation League Florida, Breakthrough Miami, Dolphins Challenge Cancer, Pro Sports Assembly, Urban League of Broward County, Women of Tomorrow, and YWCA Miami.
He also often spoke to civic groups around the area.
“Our hearts are broken and grieving the loss of a man who was a dear friend and beloved by so many people,” Dolphins vice chairman, president and CEO Tom Garfinkel said. “Jason faithfully served the Dolphins organization for 14 years, was a beacon in the community, a trailblazer and champion for others, and above all, treated people with a kindness and dignity that left a lasting mark on everyone he met."
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More AP NFL coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-08-28T02:43:49+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Dolphins-VP-of-communications-Jason-Jenkins-dies-17402778.php |
SYRACUSE, NY (WSYR) Drier and cooler times ahead. Find out how cool it gets below.
TONIGHT:
Cooler with an evening showers and storms. A few of the storms before sunset could have wind gusts past 30 mph and even some small hail. Otherwise, it’s mainly dry under a mostly cloudy sky. Lows drop into the 50s with a breeze.
WEDNESDAY:
It’s breezy and drier Wednesday with a passing shower or two possible, especially east of Lake Ontario as a reinforcing cold front swings through and Lake Ontario chimes in a bit with some added moisture and lift.
Highs warm into the mid-70s which is where high temperatures should be for mid-September.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
Other than an evening shower or two east of Lake Ontario, it’s a quiet and cool night ahead for Wednesday night as high pressure starts to build in.
Lows drop to within a few degrees of 50 for most, but normally cooler spots probably dip into the mid-40s by sunrise Thursday!
LATE WEEK:
Beyond Wednesday’s second cold front passage, it turns cooler than average, more fallish, for the last half of the week. Highs may struggle to get out of the 60s for all Thursday and possibly for some Friday!
We also expect to see some nice sunshine for the last half of the week thanks to high pressure settling in from the northwest.
The cool air around for the end of the week does not look like a true change to more permanent fall weather. We are warming back quickly heading into the weekend. We could be 80 degrees or even a bit higher again by Sunday! This is not too surprising since it is still summer technically until next Thursday night, September 22nd at 9:04 in the evening. | 2022-09-13T21:52:45+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/watching-for-evening-showers-storms-in-cny/ |
Gerber and Associates LLC Will Continue Family Legacy With Insurance and Financial Services
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior Market Sales® (SMS), one of the industry's premier insurance marketing organizations, has acquired a family of full-service insurance businesses in Ohio spanning three generations of the Vic Gerber Sr. family.
SMS President Jim Summers said the acquisition preserves the legacy of Gerber and Associates founder Vic Gerber Sr. and allows for his son Vic Gerber Jr. and Vic Jr.'s sons Kyle Gerber, Victor (Max) Gerber and Clayton Gerber to expand on their success serving Doylestown, Ohio, clients with annuities and life, long-term care and Medicare Supplement health insurance.
"When you consider that Vic Gerber Sr. and SMS' Chairman Emeritus Milt Kleinberg started working together in Medicare's infancy, their expertise has helped shape both companies as well as the industry, and their history together runs deep," Summers said. "So, as SMS continues to grow organically and through strategic acquisitions, it's natural that we extend and solidify this partnership to ensure that we continue to grow together. Nothing is more important to us than family, and they have been a part of the family for decades."
Vic Gerber Sr. started his agency when Medicare first became available in 1965, building strong Medicare Supplement health insurance sales through high-quality customer service that fueled referrals. Vic Gerber Jr. has run the business in Doylestown for more than 40 years, leveraging SMS' industry-leading back-office support, proven marketing systems, and top health and wealth carrier product portfolio. Kyle Gerber joined the insurance agency in 2009, and with KJ Gerber & Company LLC in 2015 added investment and financial planning services, working as Gerber Advisers, also in the family's Doylestown office.
Vic Gerber Jr. said being able to add company-provided benefits, including health insurance and 401(k) plans, drove the Gerbers' decision to join SMS and Alliant Insurance Services, which acquired SMS in 2020. The family also liked that additional resources such as payroll administration and advertising support could free them up to focus more on clients and could help them grow well into the future.
"SMS is the only company that we would even consider joining, regardless of money," he said. "Hitching our wagon to SMS will power us for decades to come."
Senior Market Sales® (SMS) represents top Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, annuity, life, long-term care, and travel insurance carriers in all 50 states. More than 70,000 independent insurance agents rely on SMS for proprietary technology, competitive insurance products, and expert training and service to help them leverage their time, make more money, and put their business in a position of distinction. Founded in 1982, SMS is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2020, SMS joined the Alliant Insurance Services family of companies. Visit www.SeniorMarketSales.com or call 1.800.786.5566 for more information.
Alliant Insurance Services is one of the nation's leading distributors of diversified insurance products and services. Alliant operates through a network of specialized national platforms and local offices to offer clients a comprehensive portfolio of solutions built on innovative thinking and personal service. The business of managing risk is getting more complex, and Alliant is meeting this complexity head-on, not with more layers of management, but with more creativity and agility. Alliant is changing the way clients approach risk management and benefits, so they can capitalize on new opportunities to grow and protect their organizations. For more information, visit alliant.com.
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Cinema is full of mothers, from Barbara Stanwyck in 1937′s “Stella Dallas” to Faye Dunaway in 1981′s “Mommie Dearest.” There are so many you can’t help but find a few that remind you of your own. Depending on your relationship, that could be good or bad. Movie moms are generally either beloved or maligned, but even within that deceptively simple binary, there’s room for complex depictions of motherhood.
My mother will always be linked to movies in my mind because I inherited my love of films from her. Back in my days as an only child (a temporary arrangement, alas), we would watch movies on her black-and white TV. Many of those movies had memorable mothers. I remember Mom’s profane commentary on how bad Mildred Pierce’s daughter, Veda, was in the 1945 film noir starring Joan Crawford — and how Mildred should clobber her.
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I also remember watching “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) on CBS. I was probably 4 or 5. (Don’t worry — it was edited for television.) Surprisingly, Mom told me who was the real father of Rosemary’s baby. This bit of intel forever seared into my memory Mia Farrow’s question, “What have you done to his eyes, you maniacs?” — and the scary response, “He has his father’s eyes.” For weeks, I had nightmares about those damn eyeballs inherited from the Devil.
Now you know who is responsible for my love of horror movies and all things ghastly. Thanks, Mom!
A few years later, I saw 1974′s “Claudine” at the Pix Theater in Jersey City’s McGinley Square. My parents took me. It was a transformative experience — the first time I’d seen a Black love story, a cinematic rarity during my childhood.
On the screen, as big as day, was Diahann Carroll as Claudine. She plays a tough, no-nonsense New York City mother raising six children. The dream of one of those kids was “to be invisible,” to basically go through life unseen as a protective measure. I was that kid. I identified with him.
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Claudine’s sharp tongue and her primary role as disciplinarian reminded me of my own mother. Granted, Carroll’s comedic one-liners and threats were in a PG-rated movie, while my mother’s masterful, R-rated use of profanity could melt the wax in your ears. Still, I loved and feared Claudine as if I were her kid.
As an adult, I finally understood why I had such a personal reaction to Carroll’s performance. I’m the oldest of five kids. Although we weren’t on welfare as Claudine’s family was, we were still broke as hell and living in a rough neighborhood. That life required a parent who was blunt, one who didn’t shield us from the hard lessons we needed to learn if we were to survive.
Like my mother, Claudine alternated between being nurturing and tender and being drill-sergeant strict. Not only is she one of my favorite movie moms — her movie is my favorite romantic comedy of all time.
It isn’t just Black characters that make me think of my mother. Take Shirley MacLaine in James L. Brooks’s Oscar-winning best picture “Terms of Endearment” (1983). My relationship with my mom is nothing like the one between Debra Winger’s Emma and MacLaine’s Aurora in this tearjerker. But “Terms” is the type of movie I often watched on TV with Mom, what they used to derisively call “women’s pictures.” And Aurora was bigger than life, dramatic, and fiery. I grew up with some variation of this woman.
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I should mention that I was in the hospital a lot as a kid. It’s why I hate green Jell-O. Nothing I suffered approached what ultimately was Emma’s fate. But when I saw MacLaine’s most famous scene, where she screams at that nurse to “give her the shot!,” I immediately flashed back to the many times Mom went to bat for me, in the hospital and elsewhere. Every time, she acted as if the house were on fire, fighting for me as loudly and as passionately as Aurora fought for Emma.
Shirley MacLaine got an Oscar for doing that. All I can offer is my undying gratitude, Mom.
Now here’s where I become that ungrateful son my adolescent self was often accused of being. There’s a movie that perfectly captures my relationship with my mom. It’s called “Mother.” No, not the stupid one with Jennifer Lawrence. I’m talking about the one Albert Brooks co-wrote and directed in 1996. Ever since I saw “Broadcast News,” in which Brooks plays a nervous newscaster nerd trapped in Holly Hunter’s friend zone, I thought he was following me around and playing characters based on me. They were white versions, but equally neurotic.
Watching “Mother,” I feel like Brooks is trolling me. Not only does his character, novelist John Henderson, have my last name; his mother, played by Debbie Reynolds, is scornful about his writing career. “Writing is frivolous pursuit,” Mom told me when I was thinking about college majors. We fought so much about it that I gave up on pursuing a career in journalism and became a computer programmer.
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Reynolds and Brooks play out the scenario that would have occurred had I not listened to Mom. He thinks she despises him. She thinks he’s a good kid but wasting his life. They have a passive-aggressive push-and-pull. Even though Reynolds is far less boisterous than my Mom, the way she constantly comments on and questions everything her son does got under my skin. Neither of them sees the obvious: They drive each other nuts because they’re exactly alike!
“Mother” hammers this point home when (spoiler alert!) we learn that Reynolds was once a writer herself. She gave up writing to raise her children. When Brooks discovers her stories and articles, he is profoundly relieved. “Now I know why you hate me!,” he exclaims. I felt that line in my soul.
Of course, my mother doesn’t hate me. But to this day, I secretly hope I’ll discover that she was a writer in her youth. It would explain a lot. Since I’m so much like her, my love of writing would finally make sense.
Odie Henderson is the Boston Globe's film critic. He can be reached at odie.henderson@globe.com. | 2023-05-10T18:56:20+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/10/arts/all-about-my-mother-movies-that-remind-me-mine/ |
The expectations have been muted.
Depth that had been considered a Miami Heat strength entering the season largely has proven to be something considerably less.
Part of it has been injuries. Part of it has been the shift of 2021-22 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Tyler Herro into the starting lineup, with energetic former reserve Caleb Martin now also a starter.
So these days, even the small steps are celebrated, such as Monday night’s 87-82 victory over the Indiana Pacers, when the Heat’s three-man bench of Max Strus, Dewayne Dedmon and Victor Oladipo combined for 20 points.
While hardly overwhelming, it was a step forward, considering it provided the Heat with nearly a quarter of the team’s scoring and that the trio outscored Indiana’s bench.
“They were good,” coach Erik Spoelstra said, with the Heat turning their attention to Wednesday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on the second stop of this four-game trip. “They gave our group a boost of life and I thought they defended well at times.”
After leading the league at 40.5 points per game, the Heat’s bench has plummeted to bottom of the league (again with the perspective that Herro’s 20.7 average last season is now a 19.5 average with the starting unit).
Even with Monday’s bench boost, the Heat’s bench exited the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, ranked:
— 21st among NBA benches in win percentage;
— Last in minutes, reserves averaging only 14.3 per game (Herro averaged 32.6 minutes last season, mostly as a reserve);
— 29th of the 30 teams in field-goal percentage;
— 29th in 3-point percentage;
— 28th in rebounds per game;
— 30th in assists;
— 29th in blocks;
— 27th in plus/minus, outscored by 2.1 points per game;
— 27th in net rating;
— 30th in offensive rating (but, to their credit, second in defensive rating).
That’s why Monday was embraced by Spoelstra, with Strus back from his second-half benching Saturday against the San Antonio Spurs and with Oladipo looking better in his fourth appearance of the season, after previously being sidelined since training camp by knee pain.
“They definitely got organized much better offensively,” Spoelstra said. “Look, we weren’t making shots for most of the night. These games are important to find different ways to win. And the second unit, I thought they were able to be able to defend well enough just to make it a positive on the scoreboard.”
So, yes, a small step. But at this point any step by the bench is a plus, with Gabe Vincent away from the team due to knee pain and with Omer Yurtseven recovering from ankle surgery.
“Hopefully,” Spoelstra said, “they’ll continue to gain confidence on, No. 1, what their identity is, and, No. 2, how they can inspire the rest of the group.”
Butler out vs. Thunder
The Heat on Tuesday listed Jimmy Butler as out Wednesday against the Thunder due to “Right Knee; Injury Management.” The game opens a back-to-back set that concludes Thursday against the Houston Rockets.
The Heat listed Butler, 33, as out for similar reasons on the second night of a back-to-back set, with the Heat losing that night at home to the Detroit Pistons.
The Heat’s injury report for Wednesday:
Out: Butler (knee), Vincent (knee), Jamal Cain (G League), Yurtseven (ankle), Nikola Jovic (G League).
Questionable: Dedmon (foot).
Probable: Herro (ankle), Strus (shoulder), Duncan Robinson (ankle), Oladipo (knee).
Board statement
Center Bam Adebayo said his 22-point, 17-rebound effort against the Pacers was a way of making a statement about recent games when the Heat had been badly beaten on the boards.
“A lot of times we get beat on boards and it’s frustrating seeing at the end of the game we get beat by 15 rebounds,” Adebayo said, with the Heat closing with a 48-45 edge against the Pacers.
Adebayo said there could have been more.
“First of all, T stole two of mine,” Adebayo said as he turned toward Herro. “He didn’t want me to get 20 and 20.”
Moving on
Having spent the past week with the Heat’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, veteran NBA guard Stanley Johnson is moving on to the Spurs.
Solely under a G League contract with the Skyforce, Johnson was free to sign with any NBA team.
Johnson struggled with the Skyforce, shooting 2 of 16 in his three appearances, 1 of 11 on 3-pointers.
Heat first-round pick Jovic, who has played the past three games with the Skyforce, struggled in Sioux Falls’ Monday victory in Grand Rapids, Mich., closing 4 of 19 from the field (including 1 of 10 on 3-pointers), with seven rebounds and three assists in his 39:17.
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Bryan Kohberger defense claims surviving roommate has evidence that would clear him
IDAHO - A defense investigator working on behalf of University of Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger asserted in a newly unveiled court filing that a surviving housemate has "exculpatory" information that is "material and necessary" to the alleged killer's defense.
Kohberger, a former criminology Ph.D. candidate, is accused of entering an off-campus home on Nov. 13 around 4 a.m., after the occupants, all undergrad students at the school, had been out on a Friday night into early Saturday morning.
Police allege he fatally stabbed four of the six people inside, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, along with Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20. The three women lived there with the two survivors, while Chapin, Kernodle's boyfriend, was spending the night.
Of the two survivors, one allegedly heard a commotion and witnessed a masked man exit through a rear sliding door, according to a police affidavit.
The second, a Nevada native named in the Nevada court filing made public Monday, allegedly heard or saw things that could clear the suspect, according to Richard Bitonti, a defense investigator working for Anne Taylor, Kohberger's court-appointed attorney.
In the documents, obtained by Fox News Digital, the subpoena demands the roommate's appearance on June 28, two days into Kohberger's planned preliminary hearing, and warns of a potential fine of $500 or 25 days in jail if she refuses to appear.
"During the course of my investigation, it became known to me that [she] has information material to the charges against Mr. Kohberger," Bitonti wrote in an affidavit in support of the subpoena, revealed Monday after online sleuths found the case listed on a Washoe County, Nevada, court docket.
A portion of that information, Bitonti added, "is exculpatory to the defendant."
The "information is unique to her experiences and cannot be provided by another witness," according to the documents.
As a result, Kohberger's defense is asking the court to compel her testimony at his scheduled preliminary hearing in June, as they hope to challenge the probable cause used to justify his arrest.
As Fox News Digital has reported, prosecutors can sidestep his attempts to disprove probable cause by seeking a grand jury indictment behind closed doors.
"If there is no preliminary hearing, because there was a superseding indictment, the issue of the subpoena (at least for that hearing) becomes moot," Edwina Elcox, a Boise-based criminal defense attorney who previously represented Lori Vallow, told Fox News Digital.
Even if a grand jury is empaneled behind closed doors, without involvement from Kohberger's defense team, prosecutors would be ethically bound to disclose potentially exculpatory evidence, she said.
However, a grand jury would enable prosecutors to present the case without subjecting any witnesses to harrowing cross-examination from Kohberger's defense before trial.
"The prosecutor has to present such exculpatory evidence to the grand jury, even though the defense is not present," she said.
The law firm representing the surviving roommate declined to comment, citing Idaho Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall's gag order on the case.
However, in a court filing opposing the subpoena, also published Monday, Reno-based attorney Kelli Anne Viloria argued that the Idaho subpoena was improperly filed and "there is no authority for an Idaho criminal defendant to summon a Nevada witness to Idaho for preliminary hearing."
"There is also no authority for an Idaho criminal defendant to summon a Nevada witness to an Idaho matter without a hearing and there is no authority to summon a Nevada witness to an Idaho matter without a Nevada judge making a finding of materiality, necessity and the lack of undue hardship," she added.
At the time of the stabbings, Kohberger was a Ph.D. criminology student at Washington State University, a neighboring school less than 10 miles away from the Idaho campus. He finished out the semester and drove home, cross-country, with his dad riding shotgun.
After his initial arrest, Kohberger's previous public defender in his home state of Pennsylvania said his client was looking forward to being exonerated.
Taylor, his attorney in Idaho, ignored requests for comment from Fox News Digital prior to the gag order and has since remained silent.
In court filings, her office has slammed what it calls "grotesquely twisted" media coverage of the home invasion stabbing that left four college students dead of multiple stab wounds each – some of whom were believed to have been sleeping at the start of the ambush.
Experts have told Fox News Digital that they expect Latah County prosecutor Bill Thompson to be extra careful as he seeks a conviction in the potential death penalty case in order to avoid possible grounds for appeal.
Last month, he informed Judge Marshall and Kohberger's team that his office would be disclosing this week "potential Brady/Giglio material" related to a police officer involved in the massacre probe – but that doesn't mean there is a connection with the stabbings of four University of Idaho students in November.
Brady material is information that could potentially prove a defendant's innocence, experts tell Fox News Digital. Giglio material is damaging to the integrity of a witness – in this case, one of the officers involved in the investigation.
In previously released court documents, investigators alleged they had linked the suspect to the crime scene through surveillance images of his car and phone records. They also found a knife sheath next to Mogen's body that allegedly contained DNA.
Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder and another of felony burglary. His preliminary hearing is scheduled to begin on June 26 and could take several days. | 2023-04-25T16:15:09+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/bryan-kohberger-defense-claims-surviving-roommate-has-evidence-that-would-clear-him |
Emmy night was a big one for a lot of different shows: Squid Game, Succession, Ted Lasso, The White Lotus. There were very strange music choices (why did Jesse Armstrong collect an Emmy for writing Succession and walk on stage to "Shake Your Booty"?) and bits that dragged on too long (especially Jimmy Kimmel's play-dead routine that lasted right through Quinta Brunson's win for comedy writing for Abbott Elementary). But there were also great speeches and encouraging wins, and we're here to look at five takeaways from the ceremony as a whole. (Here's a complete list of winners.)
1. The great Sheryl Lee Ralph won the night.
There are years when you have to try to figure out what was the best moment of the ceremony; this was not one of those years.
When Sheryl Lee Ralph accepted the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for Abbott Elementary, her speech was not only the best moment of the night, but it's up there for the best moment of the Emmys... maybe ever?
Ralph took the stage and sang Dianne Reeves' "Endangered Species" a cappella — something few people could do effectively. She then spoke rousingly, beautifully and encouragingly about the importance of never giving up your dreams and how you should value all the people who take care of you. It's worth downloading the whole speech to your phone so that you can play it for yourself the next time you are discouraged, but really, it belongs uniquely to her and the power of her talent and her history. Her career in TV stretches back to the 1980s, but with this award she became only the second Black woman to win in the category (after Jackée Harry for 227). While it was overdue, it was great to see.
2. The show still needs more time for speeches and less for montages and scripted banter.
This particular Emmy ceremony, with a couple of notable exceptions, seemed to be playing people off quickly, even though some of them, like Jennifer Coolidge, was very entertaining. Coolidge won best supporting actress in a limited series for her work in The White Lotus; after trying and trying to get the show to let her say a couple more things, Coolidge heard "Hit The Road, Jack" start up and, rather than hurrying off stage, she danced, to a roar from the crowd.
At the same time winners fought for spare seconds, dull montages that were little more than "here are some TV shows" were allowed to linger, as were scripted bits that seemed less satisfying than the cut-off speeches, even when those sketches were performed by able comedians like host Kenan Thompson and the very funny Bowen Yang. Awards show producers seem convinced that people want all the stuff in between the awards more than they want the awards; betting on the charm of a speech instead of another montage will rarely be the wrong decision.
3. There weren't a lot of big surprises.
Ted Lasso and Succession were both expected to win their respective categories of comedy series and drama series...and they did. The White Lotus cleaned up in the limited series awards with wins for Coolidge and Murray Bartlett in the supporting categories and for Mike White in directing and writing.
Yet none of those shows swept the awards. Amanda Seyfried took lead actress for The Dropout and Michael Keaton won for lead actor in Dopesick. Lee Jung-jae won lead actor in a drama series for Squid Game, the first Asian man to ever be so honored. This might be a surprise, since it's the first time someone has won for a performance where they didn't speak English, but the sheer phenomenon of the show and its big haul of nominations had suggested it had a good shot at doing well.
Perhaps the nicest surprise was Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls, which broke RuPaul's Drag Race streak of four wins in the reality competition category. That win led (of course) to a powerful and joyful speech from Lizzo about the importance of representation — a running theme over the course of the evening.
4. There's still plenty of repetition.
Even with competition running hot in almost every category and a lack of shows dominating the awards the way sitcoms like Frasier and Modern Family once did, there were lots of repeat winners.
Saturday Night Live won again in the variety sketch category (its only rival was A Black Lady Sketch Show); it was its sixth win in a row, a pretty boring outcome. Succession repeated its 2020 win in the outstanding drama series category, and Ted Lasso won outstanding comedy series after it also won last year. Plus, Ted Lasso actors Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein won again in the lead and supporting categories.
That wasn't all. Zendaya, who won the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for Euphoria two years ago, won again. Jean Smart won for Hacks for lead actress in a comedy series for the second year in a row. Perhaps most impressive of all, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver won its seventh straight award for outstanding variety talk series, continuing to beat The Daily Show as well as all of network late night.
5. People want to see new winners have a real chance.
It's more an observation of public reaction than of the show itself, but standards seem to have changed for when a show has won "too much." Back in the days when there were far fewer shows to choose from, it wasn't until something racked up five or six wins — that pressure started to mount to get something else, anything else, up on stage with a win.
But now, with so much out there and so much that's good, even two wins for Ted Lasso seems repetitive, particularly when there's a show that feels as fresh as Abbott Elementary.
The Emmys are starting to have an enviable problem: Even when people disagree with the outcome of a contest, it might be less that a show is undeserving and more that there's simply something else that deserves a shot in a stacked category. Even the great Jean Smart, beloved by so many over such a tremendous career and absolutely marvelous on Hacks, might not have been the first choice of many people. That's not because of her ability; it's because this was a year where she faced opponents like Brunson, who is a new face, and Issa Rae, who's been nominated for Insecure several times but has never won. This is one of the reasons the Squid Game wins feels invigorating — the show is new.
It's one thing for a win to feel deserved; it's another for it to feel exciting. Even a second or third win can seem rote by now, so bring on the new contenders, and we'll be glad to see them.
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An attorney working as a senior investigator for the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection will leave the post amid calls urging him to run for a Missouri U.S. Senate seat as an independent.
John F. Wood’s resignation is effective Friday. The resignation was confirmed Wednesday by Steve Crim, a political consultant working with the group formed to back Wood as a Senate candidate, johnwoodformo.org.
Crim said Wood has not declared a Senate run, but is exploring the possibility.
“We are encouraged by John’s decision to leave the select committee on Friday as an important next step in providing Missourians a principled, common-sense choice this November,” Crim said in a statement.
The committee launched a website on Monday urging Wood to run for retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt’s seat. The website called Wood a “principled leader who has put country over party when the stakes are highest, and is committed to serving the people of our state with integrity.”
The launch came the same day a leading Republican candidate, former Gov. Eric Greitens, released a campaign video showing him brandishing a shotgun and declaring that he’s hunting RINOs, which stands for Republicans in Name Only. The ad’s violent imagery drew strong criticism, including from some conservatives, though Greitens contended it was meant to be humorous. Facebook took down the ad.
Former Republican U.S. Sen. John Danforth of suburban St. Louis also has urged Wood to run as a right-leaning independent. Wood once worked for Danforth’s staff.
Wood, 52, served as U.S. attorney for Missouri’s Western District from 2007 to 2009 and prior to that held key roles in the George W. Bush administration. He was working as general counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce when he stepped down in September to become senior investigative counsel for the Jan. 6 committee.
Republicans are skeptical of a third-party bid in Missouri, but some acknowledged there is no backup plan if Greitens wins the primary.
Danforth plans to contribute $5 million from his political action committee to advertise in support of a campaign and is seeking to “raise substantially more to build on that donation,” a person familiar with Danforth’s decision told The Associated Press Wednesday. The person was not authorized to speak on behalf of Danforth and confirmed the amount on condition of anonymity.
To get on the November ballot as an independent, Wood would need to submit petitions signed by 10,000 registered voters by Aug. 1.
Twenty-one Republicans are competing in the August primary election. Greitens is considered a frontrunner despite resigning as governor in 2018 in the midst of an investigation into whether he used a compromising photo to blackmail a woman from speaking about their extramarital affair.
Many Republican leaders fear Greitens could win the nomination but lose to a Democrat in November, ceding what should be a safe Republican Senate seat in an election where control of the Senate is on the line.
Other GOP contenders include Attorney General Eric Schmitt, U.S. Reps. Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long, Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz and St. Louis attorney Mark McCloskey. Schatz is positioning himself as a “Reagan Republican.” The others are strong supporters of former President Donald Trump, who has not yet endorsed a candidate in the race.
Leading Democratic contenders include former Marine Lucas Kunce and Trudy Busch Valentine, who is part of the Busch brewery family.
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AP journalists Lisa Mascaro in Washington, D.C. and Tom Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, contributed to this report. | 2022-06-23T21:22:47+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/politics/lawyer-leaving-1-6-panel-amid-talk-of-missouri-senate-run/ |
New funds will grow its product offering with financial institutions and regulatory agencies
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Metrika, the leading blockchain operational intelligence and risk management platform, announced a $4M extension of their September 2021 Series A round. This extension was led by M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and existing investor Nyca Partners, bringing its total amount raised to date to $22M. Metrika intends to use the funds to meet the increasing demand for the Metrika Platform from leading protocol teams and communities, as well as expand into financial institutions and regulatory agencies.
Metrika has recently released several new features for the Ethereum network, including metrics, dashboards, and alerts, in partnership with the Ethereum Foundation and Lido. These new features provide essential insights on critical topics such as Maximal Extractable Value (MEV), OFAC compliance for MEV Relays, and protocol upgrades, including Withdrawals, which will be enabled for the Ethereum network scheduled for the end of March. This level of visibility can be utilized by blockchain communities, financial institutions, and regulators to continuously monitor the stability and assess the protocol risks of blockchain networks that support new financial products and services.
"Financial institutions and regulators are realizing there is a blind spot in their risk management tools to offer crypto products and services," said Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos, CEO, Metrika. "Traditional risk management tools were not designed to manage decentralized protocols; we need a different approach to deal with these new challenges."
Metrika recently published a free technical guide on the challenges, opportunities and risks of staking for financial institutions.
Leading blockchain projects and their user communities such as Ethereum, Solana, Algorand, Hedera, Dapper Labs (creators of Flow and NBA Top Shot) and LACChain (with the Inter-American Development Bank) currently benefit from Metrika's tools and services. Metrika has also expanded into the interoperability space with the addition of monitoring & alerts for the Axelar network. Metrika's deep insights into these leading protocols provide a broad foundation for regulation and compliance tools for financial institutions and enterprises.
"We're excited to partner with Metrika on their journey. Metrika provides an important contribution to the evolution of the web3 financial ecosystem," said James Wu, partner at M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund. "This latest round of funding will help Metrika accelerate product development to meet the unique risks that come with operating in the blockchain space, including regulatory compliance, decentralized security, and protocol-level risk management."
"As soon as we met the Metrika team we were convinced they were providing an essential component for enterprises and financial institutions to participate in the future of digital assets. And the progress the company has made since our initial investment has strengthened that conviction," said Hans Morris, Managing Partner at Nyca Partners. "So we are very excited to continue supporting Metrika as it paves the way for institutional adoption of digital assets."
Metrika is a fast growing technology company, tripling its revenue in 2022, growing the size of its team by 40%, and expanding its platform with more protocols and customers. With this new funding, Metrika expects to accelerate its growth and help protocol teams, financial institutions, and regulators accelerate the adoption of digital assets.
Founded in Cambridge, MA in 2019 by entrepreneurs with ties to the MIT community, the Metrika team brings deep expertise in networking, monitoring and data analytics to blockchain. The company is building the leading blockchain operational intelligence, risk management and compliance platform to enable protocol teams, foundations, financial institutions, and regulators collaborate more effectively to accelerate the adoption of digital assets worldwide.
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The history of Bastille Day
Do you know what happened on July 14, 1789? I’ve always known it as Bastille Day. It was also my mother’s birthday. She was always proud to have been born on Bastille Day. The story went that she was supposed to be born on July 4, but she missed our Independence Day but she made it in time to celebrate France’s Independence Day. Growing up I never really understood the importance of Bastille Day. But now after doing research I realize the importance of it all.
Fete National in France is commonly known as Bastille Day. Fete National stands for the National Celebration. It is the English speaking world that has taken to calling it Bastille Day. It is to honor the moment in 1789 when a mob of revolutionaries charged into Paris’ Bastille, a major point in the French Revolution. The first celebration of this event can be traced back to 1790, one year after the Bastille fell. It has continued to grow all over the world.
The Bastille was originally constructed as a medieval fortress later used as a state prison. Anyone directly sent there under orders of the king would get no trial or right of appeal. This often included people who spoke against the rules and laws set by the ruling king. Some citizens were sent there awaiting trial. There were plans to demolish the building in the late 18th century, it had come to represent the Bourbon monarchy and the harsh acts carried out there.
A mob approached the Bastille during the unrest. They demanded arms and ammunition stored there and when the guarding forces resisted the attackers captured the prison and released the seven prisoners held there. Once they had taken the Bastille it signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, and it became a symbol of the end of the ancient monarchical regime.
If you’re not a history buff you might be thinking what does this have to do with my library. Make sure to check out our collection of Bastille Day history. On biblioboard we have a newspaper article from July 14, 1918 that talks about “What Bastille Day Means to America.” John Walker Harrington wrote the article and he shows how this day was a vital step for world democracy. Even if you do not want to read the article it’s pretty cool to look at a digital copy of a newspaper article from 1918.
We even have a tv series that shows the 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. Learn the full story of this era that shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society-not just for France, but for all of Europe. This can be watched on Hoopla.
You can also learn about Paris today. No vestige of the prison remains today. The Place del la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood. The square is home to concerts and similar events. At night it is busy with its many cafes, bars, night clubs, and concert halls. As a consequence of its historical significance, the square is often the site or point of departure of political demonstrations. If you want to see this spot in person we have books and travel databases that can help you plan a trip to Paris.
Sarah Jones is the Carlsbad Public Library executive director. Sarah can be reached by phone 575-885-6776 or by email at sejones@cityofcarlsbadnm.com. Visit the Carlsbad Public Library website at https://cityofcarlsbadnm.com/departments/carlsbad-public-library/. | 2023-07-18T13:44:09+00:00 | currentargus.com | https://www.currentargus.com/story/life/2023/07/18/the-history-of-bastille-day/70413659007/ |
SINGAPORE, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Connecting, a leading global provider of virtual private network (VPN) services, is thrilled to announce the release of the Game Consoles-Compatible Version of Turbo VPN. The software now works on Xbox consoles, Playstation consoles, and Nintendo Switch, including Xbox S, Xbox X, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS5, PS4, PS3, and Nintendo Switch.
Turbo VPN has been providing users with seamless streaming and online gaming while keeping online activities private and secure. With the new Game Consoles-Compatible Version, gamers can now enjoy all the benefits of Turbo VPN on their favorite gaming consoles.
Turbo VPN for Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch has three key features. Firstly, users can change their IP location to anywhere in the world, enabling them to enjoy global online content in their country. Secondly, Turbo VPN uses AES256 encryption and conceals the user's real IP to prevent DDoS attacks and other cyber threats, including data theft and hacking. Lastly, Turbo VPN has 24000+ encrypted servers with high speed in 50+ countries, ensuring the best possible gaming experience.
Setting up Turbo VPN on Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch is a breeze. Gamers can visit: https://turbovpn.com/download/xbox/, https://turbovpn.com/download/playstation/, or https://turbovpn.com/download/switch/ to download the app and get started.
To ensure gamers can play safely and stably, Turbo VPN is deploying a new game acceleration server. This server will change the IP address and protect the security of the game account, effectively reducing game network latency and avoiding possible DDoS attacks during gameplay.
About Turbo VPN
Established in 2018 and headquartered in Singapore, Turbo VPN has expanded its reach and is trusted by 300 million users in more than 150 countries worldwide. Turbo VPN was founded with the vision to create a high-quality network that is accessible by everyone and a safe place for entertainment of all ages. It offers 21,000+ high-speed servers in over 50 countries around the world. Its privacy policy is covered by GDPR EU and protected under the PDPA Singapore. Innovative Connecting aims to bring the best VPN services to its users, and the Game Consoles-Compatible Version of Turbo VPN is just one example of how the company is innovating and improving the user experience.
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LYNDHURST, Ohio --
Assault: Cedar Road
At 7:55 p.m. Dec. 13, a Mentor man, 46, went to the LPD station lobby to report that he had been assaulted by his attorney while at the Capital Grille, 25389 Cedar Road at Legacy Village.
The man met his attorney and her female assistant at the restaurant for a non-business meeting. The man is believed to have a relationship with the assistant of which the attorney does not approve. There was no video of the incident, which has been referred to the city prosecutor to determine if charges will be pursued.
Overdose: Winchester Road
At 11:30 a.m. Dec. 18, a woman reported that her husband, 41, was not breathing. She was given CPR instructions as police and EMS were sent to the home. EMS found the man dead of an overdose. An unidentified white powder was found nearby.
Suspicion: Mayfield Road
At 4:55 p.m. Dec. 18, a woman reported her belief that as she drove she was being followed by a man’s car. Police met the woman at the Get Go gas station at 5275 Mayfield Road.
The man’s car was parked next to a gas pump. The man, 25, of Columbus was found not to be following the woman, but was found to have on his car a license plate belonging to another car.
He parked his car in the Lyndhurst police lot and waited for a ride. Police did not cite the man.
Theft: Mayfield Road
At 3:40 p.m. Dec. 17, a Fairlawn woman, 23, who is an employee of Boston Market, 5096 Mayfield Road, reported that someone took her Social Security card and birth certificate. She had placed the items in a folder while at work.
OVI: Richmond Road
At 1 a.m. Dec. 18, an officer stopped a car because its headlights weren’t activated. It was subsequently discovered that the driver, a South Euclid woman, 23, was intoxicated. The woman was found to have a blood alcohol content of .229, well above the state minimum for drunk driving of .08.
Police charged the woman with OVI and having a prohibited BAC.
Personal welfare check: Hansford Road
At 7:15 p.m. Dec. 11, a man called 911 and hung up without speaking to the dispatcher. Dispatch then called the man to ask if he needed help. The man said he cut his foot and needed stitches, but did not want paramedics to come to his house.
Police went to the house to verify that the man, 58, didn’t, in fact, need help. Although officers heard people talking, no one would answer the door. Dispatch then called the house and told the man to open the door for police. The man, who was accompanied by a woman, opened the door. Police went on to learn that the woman, 29, was wanted on two felonies.
The man, who had a bloody foot, refused to let police into his house, and he and the woman both refused to leave, which prevented her from being arrested. The woman was wanted for probation violations by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department.
On the morning of Dec. 20, the man called police to his house because he would not allow the woman to enter his residence to gather her property. Police then arrested her on the two warrants.
Attempted auto theft: Mayfield Road
At 7:15 p.m. Dec.11, dispatch received a 911 from a woman who stated that males that drove up in a black SUV broke the windows of her male co-worker’s car in a possible attempt to steal the auto as it was parked in a business’s lot. The suspects left the scene before police arrived. The car was not stolen. The suspects were not apprehended.
Domestic violence: Sunview Road
At 5:05 a.m. Dec. 14, a woman, 59, reported that her boyfriend, 67, with whom she resides, grabbed her by the throat and pushed her down. Police have been called to the house several times in the past to deal with the couple’s disputes.
The matter was referred to the city prosecutor to determine if charges will be filed.
Attempted auto theft: Irene Road
At 4:05 a.m. Dec. 14, a man called 911 to report that two people had entered his car, parked overnight in his driveway. The two suspects left the scene on foot before police arrived. Nothing was stolen. The suspects were not apprehended.
Domestic violence: Delavan Avenue
Just after midnight Dec. 14, a girl,16, called 911 to report that her father, 52, pushed her down stairs and out of the house. The father then locked himself in his house. The girl was not injured and was picked up by her aunt. The incident has been referred to the prosecutor.
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BloomNation Powered by Promenade POS Eliminates the Complication of Running Online and In-Store Sales Separately
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Promenade Group today announced a streamlined, integrated business management platform for florists with the availability of BloomNation powered by Promenade POS. Complementing the acclaimed capabilities of the BloomNation e-commerce storefront solution, Promenade POS eliminates the complication of running online and in-store sales separately. Operating as a single platform, BloomNation powered by Promenade POS allows florists to run their flower shop with a complete set of management solutions for ordering, delivery, invoicing, proposals, and more.
Originally called BloomNation, Promenade Group has spent 12 years working with local florists and understanding what shop owners need to successfully run a business. Promenade POS was built from the ground up specifically for florists – the complete platform provides the tools to manage online and in-store orders, build relationships with customers, run the back-office business, and generate repeat business.
"Florists are creative artists, focused on designing beautiful arrangements that touch people's hearts and celebrate every day and special occasions," said Farbod Shoraka, co-founder and CEO of Promenade. "Promenade is committed to providing solutions that simplify and streamline business management tasks with a tightly integrated POS and e-commerce storefront allowing florists to focus on what they do best."
The Promenade POS solution allows florists to better manage inventory, response time, and fulfillment process with one place to store, organize, find, and process both e-commerce and in-store orders. The POS system is designed to improve efficiency and simplify back-office operations for florists. Additionally, it provides a solution to quickly respond to changing market dynamics with a cloud-based solution managed and continually updated by Promenade.
Promenade's tightly integrated POS solution and online storefront put the power and time back in the hands of florists and allows them to do what they do best – impress and delight customers with creativity and service. Promenade POS and the e-commerce storefront enables florists to:
- Take orders anywhere, anytime, and on any device — in-store, online, or in the back office
- Accept any debit/credit card (Visa, MC, Amex, Discover), or accept contactless/NFC, magstripe or chip cards with the Promenade POS in-store card reader
- Easily manage house accounts and bill monthly or on-demand
- Organize and send detailed invoices to clients—with online payment options
- Build branded, customized proposals for large events and weddings, and follow up with an invoice
- Manage customer data within a sophisticated, built-in CRM system
- Provide data security and privacy with Stripe integration and private cloud deployment
BloomNation powered by Promenade POS is now available. For more information, visit www.getpromenade.com.
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Sam Gioia, a real estate and semiconductor manufacturing veteran, joins as Head of U.S. Manufacturing & Assembly
SEATTLE, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modulous, a Seattle and London-based construction technology company helping developers and construction firms build modular housing without capital intensive factories, has raised $11.5 million of Series A funding to further grow its physical and digital technologies. The funds were raised from investors that include SFV, the venture arm of German real estate developer Patrizia, Regal London, one of the U.K.'s best-regarded real estate developers, CEMEX Ventures, the venture arm of construction giant CEMEX, Blackhorn Ventures (U.S.), GroundBreak Ventures (Canada), Goldacre (U.K.), and Leela Capital (U.K.). The funding is a rare example of a tech firm increasing its valuation as global markets slide – a testament to growing interest in companies that help decarbonize the real estate and construction industries.
The Modulous software platform automates multifamily real estate project design, costing, and programming – meaning developers, architects, and contractors can figure out pricing and decide whether a site is viable in hours, not weeks. In addition, Modulous has developed a configurable Kit of Parts, which is a set of proprietary sub-assembles that allows developers, architects, and contractors to build modular homes without a fixed factory. The company's end-to-end platform enables 50% faster project delivery, 60% reduction in embodied carbon, and 70% reduction in construction waste.
Modulous also announced today that it has appointed Sam Gioia as Head of U.S. Manufacturing & Assembly. Gioia will oversee the successful U.S. market delivery of the company's modular Kit of Parts for the construction of residential multifamily housing. His role is to develop and manage the firm's supply chain partners that provide the Kit of Parts, and to ensure the physical product's manufacturability.
With a world-class team from the likes of Microsoft, Google, Katerra, Ramboll, 3i, WeWork, Rolls Royce, and Netflix, Modulous has developed a software platform that works in concert with the Kit of Parts to solve major pain points across the three core areas of the home-building process:
- Architecture and design – Modulous' software generates optimized designs and massing for a site and bases these on its physical Kit of Parts. This not only guarantees the technical feasibility of the design, but also provides accurate costs and schedule, all completed in hours. Architects can avoid spending weeks on speculative work, designing schemes that may turn out to not be economically viable, and instead present clients with a variety of options inside a day, upping their chances of winning work while letting them focus on more productive tasks.
- Construction – Modulous' Kit of Parts enables general contractors to deliver multi-story apartment blocks with no upfront investment. Instead of requiring complex and costly factories, Modulous' established supply chain partners deliver sub-assemblies to assembly facilities near site, increasing margin, employing local labor, and improving working capital efficiency.
- Development – The Modulous platform produces 3D visualizations and detailed cost plans, and it will provide developers a real-time analysis of return-on-investment calculations, enabling them to quickly option sites and establish land values driven by accurate data.
Modulous' supply chain partners have focused their collaboration on continuously reducing the number of components required, similarly to the approach previously taken by the automotive and aviation industries. By tracking each of these components, it will be possible to measure and calculate the accurate carbon content of a scheme, and to ensure the use of healthy, non-toxic materials.
"Building energy efficient, affordable housing without the waste and carbon footprint that accompanies traditional construction has never been more critical. Modular delivery is really the only way the housing crisis can be resolved, but, for many, the upfront capital investment has held back the industry's ability to scale. We are keen to prove that by collaborating with each other, the industry can move forward with transparency and cost certainty front and center. That's why we are delighted to have completed this Series A round in the most testing funding environment for decades. It's a testament to the potential we have to solve the housing crisis and to the amazing team we have built."
"The AEC industry is at an inflection point where we are just beginning to see the advantages of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). The U.S. urgently needs more housing, a clear pathway to net-zero development, and an approach to home-building that enhances communities by integrating new construction seamlessly with the surrounding environment. MMC enables all three goals by standardizing processes to gain manufacturing efficiencies, and by providing modularity in the form of interchangeable variations for wall panels, flooring, and finishes. The Modulous Kit of Parts allows a housing project to be rendered in digital 3D before being manifested physically, which means that project partners can pre-emptively solve all the issues that would normally delay a construction project."
"We are very pleased to back the outstanding Modulous team, which brings together experts across design, construction, and technology. Modulous stands out for us in the way it has brought together the physical and the digital in the built environment by combining its ground-breaking 'Kit of Parts' modular solution with a digital design platform. We are excited to support the company's mission to reinvent the way homes are delivered while prioritizing better outcomes for people and planet."
"We are delighted to be participating in this funding round and entering into a strategic relationship with Modulous. We believe that Modulous is making great strides to truly disrupt the real estate industry as the sector moves towards delivering net zero developments. We are thrilled to be partnering with Modulous, bringing together Regal London's fully integrated delivery model and Modulous' technological innovation – we are excited to be part of this journey."
"Construction, an industry largely unchanged for more than 100 years, is ripe for evolution. Much like the transportation and energy industries, sector-specific innovation relies on a blend of digital and physical technologies that improve productivity and accelerate a net-zero future. Modulous' low-capex, asset-light approach has significant scalability potential, which is why Blackhorn Ventures is so excited to invest in this world-class team."
"We're taking bold steps to try and decarbonize construction and house building. Precision-engineering homes offsite is an important way to drive up quality, reduce safety problems, and cut carbon all at once. Modulous' 'asset-light' approach – that goes direct to suppliers – strips out the need for costly factories, one of the biggest barriers to making offsite manufacturing a mass-market solution. These are universal challenges, and we firmly support the approach of forging partnerships with all relevant stakeholders in the market to solve it together."
"We came on board as an early supply-chain partner because Modulous has built an inspired solution to some of the biggest pain points in construction and development. Their technology removes many of the inefficiencies which, for too long, have stifled innovation, and better promotes demonstratable decarbonized design and build. The future of construction is changing, the U.K. Government, through its purchasing power are driving Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) such as offsite / modular to help improve safety, improved productivity, quality, and sustainability. Our values."
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WASHINGTON — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons and missiles it needs to counter hostilities from the United States, which he accused of pushing a pressure campaign to weaken the North’s defenses and eventually collapse his government.
State media said Friday that Kim made the comments during a speech at North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament on Thursday where members also passed a law that authorized North Korea’s military to “automatically” execute nuclear strikes against enemy forces if its leadership comes under attack.
He also criticized rival South Korea over its plans to expand its conventional strike capabilities and revive large-scale military exercises with the United States to counter the North’s growing threats, describing them as a “dangerous” military action that raises tensions.
Kim has made increasingly provocative threats of nuclear conflict toward the United States and its allies in Asia in recent months, also warning that the North would proactively use its nuclear weapons when threatened. His latest comments underscored the growing animosity in the region as he accelerates the expansion of his nuclear weapons and missiles program.
Kim also addressed domestic issues in his speech, saying North Korea would begin its long-delayed rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in November. He didn’t specify how many doses it would have, where they would come from, or how they would be administered across his population of 26 million people.
GAVI, the nonprofit that runs the U.N.-backed COVAX distribution program, said in June it understood North Korea had accepted an offer of vaccines from China. GAVI said at the time the specifics of the offer were unclear.
Kim’s speech came a day after South Korea extended its latest olive branch, proposing a meeting with North Korea to resume temporary reunions of aging relatives separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, which were last held in 2018.
Experts say it’s highly unlikely North Korea would accept the South’s offer considering the stark deterioration in inter-Korean ties amid the stalemate in larger nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. The U.S.-North Korean diplomacy derailed in 2019 over disagreements in exchanging the release of crippling sanctions against the North and the North’s denuclearization steps.
The U.S.-led diplomatic push to defuse the nuclear standoff has been further complicated by an intensifying U.S.-China rivalry and Russia’s war on Ukraine, which deepened the divide in the U.N. Security Council, where Beijing and Moscow have blocked U.S. efforts to tighten sanctions on Pyongyang over its revived long-range missile tests this year.
Kim has dialed up weapons tests to a record pace in 2020, launching more than 30 ballistic weapons, including the first demonstrations of his intercontinental ballistic missiles since 2017.
U.S. and South Korean officials say Kim may up the ante soon by ordering the North’s first nuclear test in five years as he pushes a brinkmanship aimed at forcing Washington to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power and negotiating concessions from a position of strength.
Experts say Kim is also trying to strengthen his leverage by strengthening his cooperation with China and Russia in an emerging partnership aimed at undercutting U.S. influence.
U.S. officials said this week the Russians are in the process of purchasing North Korean ammunition, including artillery shells and rockets, to ease their supply shortages in the war against Ukraine.
North Korea also has joined Russia and Syria as the only nations to recognize the independence of two pro-Russia breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine and has discussed send its construction workers to those regions to work on rebuilding. | 2022-09-09T01:56:41+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/north-korean-says-it-will-never-give-up-nukes/507-bc69eb27-3767-46d2-bc81-4e76f9a46b8b |
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TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Sunday, May 8, 2022
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National Weather Service Amarillo TX
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
TXZ012-017-100015-
Potter-Randall-
Including the cities of Amarillo, Bushland, Buffalo Lake, Canyon,
and Umbarger
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in
the lower 90s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the lower 50s.
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TXZ317-100015-
Palo Duro Canyon-
Including the city of Palo Duro Canyon State Park
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 100. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in
the mid 90s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 90. Lows in
the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ002-100015-
Sherman-
Including the city of Stratford
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust. Windy. Highs in the mid 90s.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, windy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds
20 to 30 mph, diminishing to around 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after
midnight. Windy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 20 to 30 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Windy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in
the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ007-100015-
Moore-
Including the cities of Dumas, Four Way, and Masterson
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust. Windy. Highs in the upper
90s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Breezy. Lows around 60. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to
35 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in
the lower 90s. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows around 50.
$$
TXZ003-100015-
Hansford-
Including the cities of Spearman and Gruver
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust in the afternoon. Windy.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts
up to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, windy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
20 to 30 mph, diminishing to around 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Windy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts
up to 40 mph, diminishing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph
after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Windy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows
in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ008-100015-
Hutchinson-
Including the city of Borger
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust in the afternoon. Windy.
Highs around 100. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs around 101. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in
the lower 90s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ004-100015-
Ochiltree-
Including the cities of Farnsworth, Perryton, Wolf Creek Park,
and Waka
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust in the afternoon. Windy.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Windy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
20 to 30 mph, diminishing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Windy. Highs in the
lower 90s. South winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows
in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ009-100015-
Roberts-
Including the cities of Codman, Lora, and Miami
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs around 100. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs around
90. South winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming 20 to 25 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ005-100015-
Lipscomb-
Including the cities of Booker, Higgins, and Follett
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, windy. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph, becoming 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs around 100. West winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Windy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 20 to
30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, diminishing to 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after
midnight. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ010-100015-
Hemphill-
Including the cities of Canadian, Glazier, and Lake Marvin
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs around 101. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows around 60. South winds 15 to
25 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs around 100. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s. South
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
South winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ011-100015-
Oldham-
Including the cities of Vega, Wildorado, and Boys Ranch
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, windy. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Windy. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in
the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ016-100015-
Deaf Smith-
Including the cities of Dawn, Hereford, and Bootleg
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs around 90. South winds 15 to
25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
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Carson-
Including the cities of Panhandle, Pantex, White Deer,
and Skellytown
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Patchy blowing dust in the evening. Mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows
in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in
the evening. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs around 90. South winds 15 to
25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the mid 50s.
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Armstrong-
Including the cities of Claude, Washburn, Wayside, and Goodnight
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs around 100. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Breezy. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs around 90. South winds 15 to
25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after
midnight. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 80s.
Lows in the mid 50s.
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Gray-
Including the cities of Kingsmill and Pampa
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs around 90.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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TXZ019-100015-
Donley-
Including the city of Clarendon
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 101. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Highs around 100. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Breezy. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs around 90. South
winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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TXZ015-100015-
Wheeler-
Including the cities of Briscoe, Wheeler, Lela, Shamrock,
and Twitty
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs around 102. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph, becoming 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 100. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
South winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in
the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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Collingsworth-
Including the cities of Lutie, Wellington, Dozier, and Samnorwood
328 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 104. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Highs around 101. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe.
Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in the lower 60s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs in the lower 90s.
South winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in
the mid 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows around 60. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
3-7-6-2, FIREBALL: 1
(three, seven, six, two; FIREBALL: one)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
3-7-6-2, FIREBALL: 1
(three, seven, six, two; FIREBALL: one) | 2023-01-25T20:15:43+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/winning-numbers-drawn-in-daily-4-day-game-17741439.php |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After gas prices in California spiked to more than $6.40 per gallon last summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom led a charge against an industry he says is “ripping you off.”
Months later, it’s not clear if California’s Legislature is following him.
Newsom, a Democrat, called lawmakers into a rare special session in December to pass what would be the nation’s first penalty on excessive oil company profits. But the bill is still sitting in the Democratic-controlled Legislature three months later, with no details on how much the penalty would be or when oil companies would have to pay it.
The oil industry spent about $34 million lobbying the Legislature in the last two-year session and remains a powerful political force, particularly among Democrats who represent parts of the state where the industry provides jobs. The proposal would need support from a majority of lawmakers to pass.
The bill is a big risk for Newsom, who was just reelected in November and is seen as a possible presidential candidate ahead of 2024. Newsom has embraced electric cars, ordering state regulators to ban the sale of most new gas-powered cars by 2035. But for decades gasoline is likely to continue to be a critical commodity in California, a state that has twice as many licensed drivers as any other state.
Historically, California’s gas prices have always been higher than the rest of the country because of the state’s higher taxes and fees, and the special blend that gasoline regulators require because it is better for the environment.
But state regulators say they can’t explain recent price spikes like the one last summer that, at its peak, had some California commuters paying as much as $8 per gallon while oil companies recorded super-sized profits. Newsom’s solution is to penalize oil companies when their profits get too high, and return that money to the public.
During the bill’s first public hearing in the state Senate on Wednesday, many Democrats were sympathetic to drivers hit by price spikes. But several Democrats appeared to be skeptical.
“What the hell are the possible unintended consequences that could hurt those very people to a greater extent?” asked state Sen. Bill Dodd, a Democrat from Napa.
Dodd wanted to know what would stop oil refiners from simply shipping their product to other states in order to avoid California profits that could trigger a penalty. State Sen. Steven Bradford, a Democrat from Los Angeles, wondered how the Newsom administration would return the money to the public.
Nicolas Maduros, director of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, said years of data show California is one of the most profitable markets for these oil companies, meaning it wouldn’t make sense for them to stop selling gasoline there. Plus, he said the Newsom administration hopes the penalty would never be needed.
“This isn’t a tax. It’s not meant to raise revenue. It’s meant to change behavior,” Maduros said.
Newsom said the reason it’s taking so long to advance the bill is a “lack of transparency” from the big five oil refiners, which supply nearly all of California’s gasoline. Those companies — Valero, Phillips 66, PBF Energy, Marathon and Chevron — have declined to testify during public hearings.
The big question is how much profit would trigger the penalty. Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit group that Newsom has frequently cited when criticizing oil companies, wants that threshold to be anytime oil company profits exceed 50 cents per gallon.
One way to measure that would be to look at the difference between the wholesale cost of gas and the cost of crude oil. But that calculation isn’t perfect, because it doesn’t include oil company operational costs, Jamie Court, the group’s president, said.
In the last 20 years, the big five oil refiners have average profits of 32 cents per gallon, Court said. The group says all of the big five refiners surpassed 50 cents in 2022. If that threshold had been law in 2022, Consumer Watchdog said it would have generated $3.3 billion in penalties.
Newsom said the Legislature has been an “incredible partner,” saying he’s meeting with legislative leaders to discuss the proposal.
“I’m not going away. We’re going to keep at this,” Newsom said. | 2023-02-23T01:00:40+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/ap-little-progress-on-californias-plan-to-penalize-oil-profits/ |
Graduation, Taylor’s version! Taylor Swift took the stage to deliver the commencement address during the New York University graduation ceremony on Wednesday after receiving an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree.
The 32-year-old singer stood onstage at New York’s Yankee Stadium and spoke to the graduating classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022. It marked the school's first in-person ceremony since the pandemic began. Swift began her speech by thanking the other honorees who are improving the world with their work, while noting that she simply earned her spot because of her music.
"As for me, I’m…90 percent sure the main reason I’m here is because I have a song called ‘22,'" she joked. "And let me just say, I am elated to be here with you today as we celebrate and graduate New York University’s Class of 2022."
Swift wasn't afraid to poke fun at herself.
"I’d like to thank NYU for making me technically, on paper at least, a doctor," she quipped. "Not the type of doctor you would want around in the case of an emergency, unless your specific emergency was that you desperately needed to hear a song with a catchy hook and an intensely cathartic bridge section. Or if your emergency was that you needed a person who can name over 50 breeds of cats in one minute."
The GRAMMY-winning musician spoke about not attending college, though it was always her dream to do so, noting that she finished attending regular high school in 10th grade and completed her education through home school while her career took off. However, she was able to make the dream a reality by creating the experience she wanted in her memorable music video for "Love Story."
"As a kid, I always thought I would go away to college, imagining the posters I’d hang on the wall of my freshmen dorm," she shared. I even set the ending of my music video for my song 'Love Story' at my fantasy imaginary college, where I meet a male model reading a book on the grass and with one single glance, we realize we had been in love in our past lives. Which is exactly what you guys all experienced at some point in the last 4 years, right?"
Swift went on to offer the graduates "life hacks," which included learning when to let things go.
"Life can be heavy, especially if you try to carry it all at once," she said. "Part of growing up and moving into new chapters of your life is about catch and release. What I mean by that is, knowing what things to keep, and what things to release. You can’t carry all things, all grudges, all updates on your ex, all enviable promotions your school bully got at the hedge fund his uncle started."
Swift also stressed that she never wanted to hold back her "enthusiasm" for things, and that experiencing embarrassing moments in life are inevitable.
"Learn to live alongside cringe," she said. "No matter how hard you try to avoid being cringe, you will look back on your life and cringe retrospectively. Cringe is unavoidable over a lifetime. Even the term ‘cringe’ might someday be deemed ‘cringe’.
"I promise you, you’re probably doing or wearing something right now that you will look back on later and find revolting and hilarious," she continued. "You can’t avoid it, so don’t try to. For example, I had a phase where, for the entirety of 2012, I dressed like a 1950s housewife. But you know what? I was having fun. Trends and phases are fun. Looking back and laughing is fun."
On a more serious note, the "Shake it Off" singer spoke about the loneliness she's experienced and the unsolicited advice that came with being a young female in the music industry "living life through the lens of perfectionism." The singer-songwriter referenced the events in her career that inspired her to stop trying to be "likable."
"Having the world treat my love life like a spectator sport in which I lose every single game was not a great way to date in my teens and twenties, but it taught me to protect my private life fiercely. Being publicly humiliated over and over again at a young age was excruciatingly painful but it forced me to devalue the ridiculous notion of minute by minute, ever fluctuating social relevance and likability," she said. "Getting canceled on the internet and nearly losing my career gave me an excellent knowledge of all the types of wine."
Getting emotional, Swift spoke to the graduates about the value of making mistakes and learning from losing out on certain things.
"My experience has been that my mistakes led to the best things in my life," she shared. "The times I was told no or wasn’t included, wasn’t chosen, didn’t win, didn’t make the cut…looking back, it really feels like those moments were as important, if not more crucial, than the moments I was told ‘yes.'"
"In your life, you will inevitably misspeak, trust the wrong people, underreact, overreact, hurt the people who didn’t deserve it, overthink, not think at all, self-sabotage, create a reality where only your experience exists, ruin perfectly good moments for yourself and others, deny any wrongdoing, not take the steps to make it right, feel very guilty, let the guilt eat at you, hit rock bottom, finally address the pain you caused, try to do better next time, rinse, repeat," she continued. "And I’m not gonna lie, these mistakes will cause you to lose things. I’m trying to tell you that losing things doesn’t just mean losing. A lot of the time, when we lose things, we gain things too."
The superstar ended her speech with a message about breathing through it all. "I leave you with this," she said. "We are led by our gut instincts, our intuition, our desires and fears, our scars and our dreams. And you will screw it up sometimes. So will I. And when I do, you will most likely read about it on the internet. Anyway…hard things will happen to us. We will recover. We will learn from it. We will grow more resilient because of it. As long as we are fortunate enough to be breathing, we will breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out. And I’m a doctor now, so I know how breathing works."
She concluded, "I hope you know how proud I am to share this day with you. We’re doing this together. So let’s just keep dancing like we’re…the class of 22."
Prior to taking the stage, Swift celebrated the occasion on Instagram, posting a picture of her father capturing the moment, wearing her first cap and gown. “Wearing a cap and gown for the very first time - see you soon NYU 🥺🥰🗽,” the “All Too Well” singer wrote.
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FBI agent shot and killed armed suspect in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - FBI agents shot and killed a man while trying to serve an arrest warrant in Minneapolis Thursday afternoon.
The FBI Minneapolis branch said federal agents and SWAT operators were serving a high-risk arrest warrant around 6 a.m. on the 3700 block of Dupont Avenue North. The subject of the warrant, identified by Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara as Chue Feng Yang, barricaded himself inside the home.
Investigators say the Yang was armed and had a history of trouble with the police, including two animal abuse cases in the last two years. One of the cases involved a dog thrown from a moving car during a police chase. A carjacking stemming from that incident is what prompted Thursday's attempted arrest.
The standoff went on for several hours and Yang livestreamed on social media from inside the house where he was seen holding a sawed-off shotgun and wasn’t cooperating with negotiators.
"During the course of this incident, which went on for several hours, this person was on social media videotaping what was happening from inside the residence live," said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara.
Yang allegedly threatened to shoot FBI agents and claimed to have bombs inside the home which he would detonate if they entered. He also said he hoped the FBI brought "body bags," according to a search warrant.
Around noon, Yang was heard on the livestream occasionally arguing with a woman inside the home before they tied themselves together at the waist and went out the front door.
He pointed the sawed-off shotgun at the woman’s head and law enforcement shouted for the pair to show their hands. Federal agents determined Yang was an "immediate threat" to the woman’s life and shot him, according to the search warrant.
Yang was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The woman was taken to the hospital to be treated for an apparent fentanyl overdose.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said during the incident a deputy discharged a less lethal launcher. No Minneapolis police officers were involved in the use-of-force incident but were present in helping to control the scene.
The FBI is handling the investigation.
"The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously. In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under investigation by the FBI's Inspection Division," the FBI said in a statement on Twitter. | 2023-04-28T03:16:16+00:00 | fox13seattle.com | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/fbi-agent-shot-and-killed-armed-suspect-in-minneapolis |
ROME (AP) — Italy entered into days of political and financial uncertainty Friday as political leaders calculated their options and Premier Mario Draghi weighed his after populist ally the 5-Star Movement sparked a crisis by withholding support on a government-sponsored bill.
On the immediate horizon are behind-the-scenes consultations through mid-week to see if Draghi could be persuaded to continue governing with a newly constituted majority — which key parties seem to want — or some other option other than an early election as soon as September.
Draghi immediately offered to resign Thursday after 5-Star senators boycotted a vote on helping Italians cope with rising energy prices, arguing that the conditions that created his national unity government, which included parties on the right, left and the 5-Stars, no longer exist. But President Sergio Mattarella rejected his offer and told Draghi to go back to Parliament on Wednesday to brief lawmakers and offer “an evaluation of the situation.”
Significantly Mattarella didn’t call for a confidence vote. Draghi has been clear that there wouldn’t be a second Draghi government or one without the 5-Stars. The extra days of limbo Mattarella prescribed would allow Draghi at least to have a planned visit to Algeria to finalize key agreements on gas imports.
The turmoil couldn’t have come at a worse time for the eurozone’s third-largest economy. Italy is facing soaring inflation and energy costs as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine, a prolonged drought that is threatening crops and the ongoing implementation of its EU-financed pandemic recovery program.
While Draghi might still have the support of key allies to continue leading the government, some parties on the far-right and right are already gunning for an early election.
“With Draghi’s resignation, this legislature is over for the Brothers of Italy,” said Georgia Meloni, head of the right-wing party that is polling around 22%, nearly the same as the center-left Democratic Party. “We’ll fight until the Italian people are given back a right that citizens of every other democracy have: the freedom to choose their own representatives.”
She added the hashtag #electionsnow.
Meloni’s usual center-right allies — the Forza Italia party of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi and the League led by Matteo Salvini — indicated a wait-and-see approach. In a joint statement Friday, they backed Draghi for what they said was his understandable ire and blasted the 5-Stars for having created a national crisis over their opposition to a new garbage incinerator for Rome.
“I have no words,” Forza Italia’s Antonio Tajani said.
Friday thus opened days of back-room discussions among party leaders to decide what position to take next Wednesday. Already, there were reports that the 5-Stars could vote in favor of a revamped Draghi program, but it’s not clear that other ruling coalition parties would want them back.
Guido Cozzi, professor of macroeconmoics at the University of St. Gallen, said international markets are alarmed at the instability and that Mattarella did well to try to keep Draghi, a former European Central Bank chief, in place since he is seen as a “vital pillar in guaranteeing the stability of Italian public finances.”
“His coalition government was an unprecedented miracle in Italian political history,” Cozzi said. “However, Draghi lacks an independent political force behind him, and his government will always depend on antagonist party leaders.”
The 5-Star Movement, the biggest vote-getter in the 2018 election, has seen its support tank in the ensuing years and would have everything to lose if Italy held an early election. In recent years, it has seen dozens of lawmakers defect, most recently the high-profile foreign minister, Luigi Di Maio, who left with 60 lawmakers to found a new movement.
Giuseppe Conte, the 5-Star leader and former premier, blamed others for forcing the Movement to boycott the confidence motion Thursday on 26 billion euros to help Italians withstand soaring inflation and energy costs. The tipping point, Conte said, was giving Rome’s mayor extraordinary powers to manage the capital’s garbage crisis — powers that Conte bitterly said had been denied the 5-Stars’ Virginia Raggi when she was Rome mayor.
Di Maio blasted Conte’s boycott of the vote a gift to Russia, since the 5-Stars have criticized the Italian government’s military support for Ukraine.
As if on cue, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council headed by President Vladimir Putin, posted pictures Friday of ousted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Draghi followed by a black box with a question mark, as if asking “who’s next?”
Medvedev’s social media post followed a stream of comments from other Russian officials who have attributed Johnson’s downfall to his focus on spearheading Western efforts to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
“My heart weeps seeing Moscow celebrating,” Di Maio told RTL radio. “Medvedev was toasting and was happy because Draghi’s head was served to Putin on a silver platter.”
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Follow all developments related to the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine. | 2022-07-15T18:25:34+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/ap-top-headlines/italy-enters-into-political-uncertainty-after-5-stars-balk/ |
After classes were canceled due to a winter storm on Tuesday, students had the day free to relax and unwind. Some students decided to spend the campus closure outdoors, while others enjoyed their day off from the comfort of their home.
The University announced on Monday evening that the Ithaca and AgriTech campuses would be closed from 3 a.m. on Tuesday to 3 a.m. on Wednesday due to an approaching snowstorm that was set to hit the Ithaca region on Tuesday and Wednesday.
While it was predicted that nine to 18 inches of snow would hit Ithaca, the region only saw two to five inches of snowfall. However, that didn’t deter students from participating in snowy activities.
Many students, including Rebekah Goldstein ’25, who hasn’t been sledding since she was six-years-old, decided to go sledding on the slope with friends.
“Our marketing class gave us one [extra] point if we took a photo of us doing something fun outside for the next prelim,” Goldstein said. “I am doing classwork.”
For other students, like Ashley Bao ’24, this was their first time sledding. According to Bao, she found out about a make-your-own sled event that was advertised on Reddit. Students were provided tape and instructions on how to turn signs that read ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ into sleds. Bao explained that she was excited for this opportunity as time constraints had previously prevented her from participating in the tradition of sledding on the slope.
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“There were a few other times I could have done it, [but] I want[ed] my friends to come and they’re just too busy,” Bao said. “But today everyone has a day off, so we can finally do it [together].”
Brenda Tecum ’26 spent the day making snow angels while also participating in creating her own sled.
“We found this guy [and] he said that he was gonna give away free makeshift sleds, and I wasn’t sure if he was real,” Tecum said. “Then we showed up and he had so many [sleds he was] handing out.”
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As for Zakir Ahmad ’24, he was enjoying his own snow day tradition with fellow members of the Big Red Marching Band. Ahmad described a game they play every snow day called Crumpets. The game consists of using plastic baseball bats to move a soccer ball around in the snow. According to Ahmad, this tradition began on a snow day in February 2020.
“That day [in February 2020], the classes were canceled at like 9 a.m., so we were already on campus, [and because] we were on campus, why not play crumpets?” Ahman said. “Since then we’ve done snow crumpets, we’ve done red [and] white crumpets [and] all sorts of different [crumpet variations]. [One time] we had Touchdown playing with us.”
Some students decided not to venture outside. Instead, they stayed in their dorms and spent the day doing other activities. Zack Winnicki ’26 stayed home due to a knee injury and an upcoming preliminary exam on Wednesday.
“[I wanted to] keep studying for bio, make myself some hot chocolate and enjoy the great time we have off,” Winnicki said.
Even though Ithaca experienced some snowfall, TCAT made an announcement in the morning that they were continuing their services throughout the day.
On Tuesday evening, the University announced the Ithaca and AgriTech campuses would reopen on Wednesday at 3 a.m. | 2023-03-15T07:16:50+00:00 | cornellsun.com | https://cornellsun.com/2023/03/14/sledding-snow-angels-and-hot-chocolate-students-spend-the-snow-day-unwinding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss |
INDIANAPOLIS — For weeks, WRTV has been hearing from AES Indiana customers who say their bills have greatly increased. In some cases, they've doubled or tripled.
"This can not be right," Lisa Peck told WRTV after receiving a $907.65 bill. "I am like, 'how are we going to pay this crazy.'"
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AES says the prices for natural gas and coal have increased over the past year, and that along with cold temperatures and fuel adjustment charges have raised rates.
“Our customers are understandably shocked by the high market prices that are suddenly impacting their bills, especially during a time when they are experiencing other inflationary prices which cause additional financial strain,” said Brandi Davis-Handy, Chief Customer Officer, AES Indiana
AES offers the following payment options and programs:
- Budget Billing allows customers to pay the same amount for 11 months and then settle the difference on the 12th month.
- Payment Extensions can be requested online at AESIndiana.com or by calling the automated system at 317.261.8222
- Preferred Bill Date is offered for AES Indiana customers who want a due date that best matches their paydays.
AES says they do offer one free meter reading if you think you got a false reading through their smart meters.
AES also shared tips for customers to help them become more energy efficient and try and cut down on their bills during each part of the year.
State and federal utility assistance dollars are available for income-eligible customers. Those that fall within 60 percent of state median income should visit their local community action agency to sign up for the EAP. To apply for the EAP, customers should call 1-800-872-0371 to locate their nearest community action agency. For more information and to apply online, click here.
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The Marion County Energy Assistance Program application process is currently open for low-income households to maintain utility services during the winter heating season. This 2022-2023 program will include assistance with electric, heating, and water (when funding is available).
United Way of Central Indiana's Winter Assistance Fund helps ensure hardworking families who need energy assistance the most can afford the increased costs of utility bills during the coldest winter months.
The program, which runs from November through May, is targeted to help Indianapolis residents who struggle to afford increased utility costs but don’t qualify for the government’s Low-Income Energy Assistance Program
Marion County residents can also call 2-1-1 if they are not sure of what/if they qualify for any kind of assistance during the winter months.
For information on energy assistance from other utility companies, click here. | 2023-02-15T22:50:59+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/aes-shares-information-on-payment-assistant-resources-as-winter-power-bills-rise |
NEW YORK — Good news on the economy remains bad news for Wall Street, and stocks are falling Friday on worries a still-strong U.S jobs market may actually make a recession more likely.
The S&P 500 was 2.1 percent lower in midday trading after the government said employers hired more workers last month than economists expected. Wall Street is worried the Federal Reserve could see that as proof the economy hasn’t slowed enough yet to get inflation under control. That could clear the way for the Fed to continue hiking interest rates aggressively, something that risks causing a recession if done too severely.
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“The employment situation is still good and that might be a little frustrating to the Fed,” said Brian Jacobsen, senior investment strategist at Allspring Global Investments. “The Fed thinks we need more people unemployed in order to make sure inflation comes down and stays down.”
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 468 points, or 1.6 percent, at 29,458, as of 11:20 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.9 percent lower. The drops mark a return to form for stocks, which have tumbled over 20 percent from records this year on worries about inflation, interest rates and the possibility of a recession.
They had recovered a bit early this week in a powerful but short-lived rally after some investors squinted hard enough at some weaker-than-expected economic data to suggest the Fed may take it easier on rate hikes. But Friday’s jobs report may have dashed such hopes for a “pivot” by the Fed. It's a pattern that has been repeated several times this year.
Employers added 263,000 jobs last month. That’s a slowdown from the hiring pace of 315,000 in July, but it’s still more than the 250,000 that economists expected.
Also discouraging for investors was that the unemployment rate improved partly for the wrong reasons. Among people who aren’t working, fewer than usual are actively looking for jobs. That’s a continuation of a longstanding trend that could keep upward pressure on wages and inflation.
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Where wages go has a big impact on the Fed, which wants to avoid a cycle where higher workers’ wages lead companies to hike prices for their products more, which leads to higher inflation and even more demands from workers for higher wages.
Friday’s jobs report showed that average wages for workers rose 5 percent last month from a year earlier. That’s a slowdown from August’s 5.2 percent growth but likely still high enough to concern the Fed.
“We are not out of the woods yet, but should be getting closer as the impact of aggressive policy starts to take hold,” said Matt Peron, director of research at Janus Henderson Investors.
By hiking interest rates, the Fed is hoping to slow the economy and jobs market. The plan is to starve inflation of the purchases needed to keep prices rising even further. The Fed has already seen some effects, with higher mortgage rates hurting the housing industry in particular. The risk is that if the Fed goes too far, it could squeeze the economy into a recession. In the meantime, higher rates push down on prices for stocks, cryptocurrencies and other investments.
Altogether, many investors see Friday's jobs data keeping the Fed on track to hike its overnight rate by three-quarters of a percentage point next month. It would be the fourth such increase, which is triple the usual amount, and bring the rate up to a range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent. It started the year at virtually zero.
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Crude oil, meanwhile, continued its sharp climb and is heading for its biggest weekly gain since March. Benchmark US crude rose 3.2 percent to $91.31 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 2.8 percent to $97.09.
They’ve shot higher because big oil-producing countries have pledged to cut production in order to keep prices up. That should keep the pressure up on inflation, which is still near a four-decade high but hopefully moderating.
The rise for oil helped stocks of energy producers to be among Wall Street's very few to rise Friday. Marathon Oil climbed 1.6 percent, and Occidental Petroleum added 0.8 percent.
Stocks of technology companies were leading the way in the opposite direction. They've been among the hardest hit by this year's rising rates, which most hurt investments seen as the riskiest, most expensive or having to make investors wait the longest for big growth.
Microsoft slumped 4.4 percent, and Amazon fell 4.2 percent.
Beyond higher interest rates, analysts say the next hammer to hit stocks could be a potential drop in corporate profits. Companies are contending with high inflation and interest rates eating into their earnings, while the economy slows.
Advanced Micro Devices fell 10.6 percent after it warned revenue for its latest quarter is likely to come in at $5.6 billion, below its prior forecasted range of $6.5 billion to $6.9 billion. AMD said the market for personal computers weakened significantly during the quarter, hurting its sales.
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Levi Strauss fell 8.7 percent after it cut its financial forecast for its fiscal year. It cited the surging value of the US dollar against other currencies, which weakens the dollar value of sales made abroad, as well as a more cautious outlook on economies across North America and Europe.
Treasury yields rose immediately after the jobs report’s release, though they wobbled a bit afterward. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which helps set rates for mortgages and other loans, climbed to 3.87 percent from 3.83 percent late Thursday.
The two-year yield, which more closely tracks expectations for Fed action, rose to 4.30 percent from 4.26 percent.
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AP Business Writers Joe McDonald and Matt Ott contributed. | 2022-10-07T18:42:35+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/07/business/stocks-slump-fears-about-rates-recession-after-jobs-data/ |
Arrest made in nearly 40-year-old cold case involving baby abandoned in subzero temperatures
FRENCHVILLE, Maine (WAGM/Gray News) – Police in Maine arrested a woman connected to a nearly 40-year-old cold case involving a baby who was abandoned in below zero degree temperatures at a gravel pit.
In a release, the Maine State Police said they arrested 58-year-old Lee Ann Daigle, who they said was the mother of the infant.
Police said the Baby Jane Doe was found dead in Frenchville, Maine, on Dec. 7, 1985. The baby was discovered after a dog found the newborn and carried her less than 700 feet to his owner’s home.
Detectives with state police tracked the dog’s path back to the location where their investigation determined the baby was born and then abandoned.
The case was the culmination of decades worth of investigative work from dozens of now retired and current detectives, WAGM reports.
Recent advancements in technology that included DNA and genetic genealogy were credited by police to help identify Daigle, formerly Lee Ann Guerette, in Lowell, Massachusetts, as the baby’s mother.
Daigle was indicted on one count of murder and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Police said they took her into custody outside her home without incident Monday.
She has been charged with murder and is being held in jail.
Copyright 2022 WAGM via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-15T01:23:36+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/2022/06/15/arrest-made-nearly-40-year-old-cold-case-involving-baby-abandoned-sub-zero-temperatures/ |
Warm and windy conditions continue
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Our warm and increasingly windy holiday weekend continues unabated.
Expect a low dropping into the low to mid 60s overnight under partly cloudy skies. A few more clouds may be seen during the day Sunday, and winds will be even just a bit stronger from the south. This pushes highs into the mid and upper 80s. A similar picture is expected to evolve on Monday, with temperatures even a few degrees warmer.
Things change Monday night into Tuesday as a cold front moves through. We may be in the middle of areas where storms develop, with most expected west of us on Monday night, and more expected south and east Tuesday. We will have to watch for the exact timing of the front.
More certain is the return of highs in the 70s for the rest of the 9-day forecast.
Copyright 2022 KCRG. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-28T23:54:54+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/2022/05/28/warm-windy-conditions-continue/ |
Crypto’s ties to sports raise ethical questions
By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer
Sports fans who view their favorite players as role models might think twice before taking their financial advice, too.
The bankruptcy of FTX and the arrest of its founder and former CEO are raising new questions about the role celebrity athletes such as Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Naomi Osaka and others played in lending legitimacy to the largely unregulated landscape of crypto, while also reframing the conversation about just how costly blind loyalty to favorite players or teams can be for the average fan.
Cryptocurrencies are digital money that use blockchain as the database for recording transactions. It isn’t backed by any government or institution and it remains a confusing concept — one that at first was largely the niche of tech-savvy coding specialists, people who distrusted governments and centralized banking systems and speculators with money to risk.
But now that risk is increasingly being taken on by investors who can’t afford to lose, and the disparity in wealth between celebrities and their fans creates an ethical dilemma: Should sports stars, or teams, or leagues, be touting products that could lead their fans to financial harm? Or should fans bear the responsibility for their own risky behavior regardless of who is encouraging it?
“In retrospect, it was an unwise business association that put Curry and Brady together with bad company,” Mark Pritchard, a professor at Central Washington who has studied the intersection of ethics and sports, said in an email to The Associated Press. “Not sure how much due diligence was paid to the decision, but it does call to mind a Warren Buffet quote: ‘Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.’”
The marriage between crypto and sports formed a few years ago and has only strengthened since, despite all the troubles plaguing the industry. A study by the IEG sponsorship group, for instance, found FTX and other crypto companies had spent $130 million for sponsorship in the NBA alone over the 2021-22 season; the season before, the sum was less than $2 million.
FTX itself had numerous ties to sports before its eventual collapse: The company paid an undisclosed amount to place patches on the uniforms of MLB umpires, $135 million for the naming rights on the arena where the Miami Heat play, and another $10 million to Curry’s basketball team, the Golden State Warriors, for ad placement in its arena and throughout the Warriors organization.
While those deals, as well as some others, cratered when FTX declared bankruptcy, plenty more live on. They include the naming rights for the home of the Lakers, which was once known as the Staples Center, but is now known as Crypto.com Arena, at the reported cost of $700 million over 20 years. There are crypto deals in cricket, soccer and Formula 1.
Separately, dozens of athletes have endorsed crypto, and in doing so, have led some of their fans to follow suit — and others to file suit, against the likes of Curry, Brady and other high-profile personalities for using their celebrity status to promote FTX’s failed business model.
Ben Salus, a Philly sports fan who has lost money in crypto, said he was uncomfortably surprised at the sudden increase of crypto-related signage around his favorite teams.
“It’s a very odd transition, especially because I don’t know if the world was ready for the prominence of crypto,” Salus said. “You’re getting these big personalities backing a thing that they, or their teams, know something about, but not very much.”
The debate has become even more complex over the past five years, with the intersection between crypto, digitized artwork offered in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), legalized sports wagering and e-gaming, along with the ever-expanding virtual-reality Metaverse — all growing more popular among large factions of sports stars and fans alike.
“It’s a lot more connected than people think,” said Ryan Nicklin, who studies the role of crypto in sports as part of his public-relations business. “And there’s a lot more crossover from the crypto world to the gambling world and into gaming, because when you spend on one of these Metaverse games, you’re essentially gambling since you don’t know whether the value of that asset you’ve purchased is going to go up or down.”
Crypto’s move into the public mainstream wasn’t driven by sports, but as it became a better-known commodity, sports leagues and teams and their athletes — never shy about trying to make a buck off the latest trends — got into the act.
“A lot of endorsements have to do with an emotional attachment,” said Brandon Brown, who teaches sports and business at New York University’s Tisch Institute for Global Sport. “So, it would make sense for these (crypto) companies to work with a sports team or a sports celebrity because there’s an emotional attachment that goes along with that partnership.”
One key moment came in 2020 when a few players, including Carolina Panthers Pro Bowl lineman Russell Okung, announced they would take all or some of their multimillion-dollar salaries in crypto.
“So many purchase Bitcoin to become cash rich,” Okung tweeted not long after the announcement. “I bought it to be free from cash.” Not long after, Bitcoin.com proudly stated that the increases in the price of Bitcoin had essentially doubled the $6.5 million portion of Okung’s salary that was paid in crypto.
Bigger names followed. Actors Matt Damon and Larry David were among the Hollywood types. The mayors of New York and Miami made a splash when they, too, said they would take their pay in crypto.
Aaron Rodgers, Shaquille O’Neal, Beckham Jr. and Trevor Lawrence were among a large group of high-profile athletes who also got into the act. One popular commercial involved Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Brady and his then-wife, Gisele Bündchen, calling friends to talk crypto and playfully asking them: “Are you in?”
The relationship between crypto and sports is also regenerating a debate about how athletes should use the platform they wouldn’t otherwise have but for sports. Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling, to say nothing of the racial tensions laid bare in the U.S. by George Floyd’s killing in 2020, upended the old “shut up and play” cliché, and presented many athletes with an opening to use sports to send a message.
Curry is among those who has been unafraid to delve into some of society’s more difficult topics, speaking out after Floyd’s killing and contributing to the Players’ Tribune website where athletes blog about their views unfiltered by traditional media.
Now, Curry is in the headlines again as one of many paid endorsers of FTX. But aside of being named in the class action lawsuit and being ridiculed on some social media sites that are heavily engaged in crypto discussions, there hasn’t been any major blowback against Curry for his investments and endorsements — and there may never be.
“When the currency blows up, will people look poorly on the currency, or will people look poorly on Brady or Steph Curry?” Brown said. “I’d venture to say that people are likely to have such a strong connection with their sports figures that they’ll latch onto said sports figure and blame the other party, which in this case is FTX, or the currency.”
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AP Business Writer Ken Sweet contributed to this report. | 2022-12-17T22:11:30+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/17/cryptos-ties-to-sports-raise-ethical-questions-3/ |
Starting pitching wins championships.
The age-old slogan still holds up.
The Astros just won the World Series during a year in which their starting rotation posted a 2.95 ERA. It was the first time an American League team’s staff had an ERA under 3.00 since 1974, when the Oakland A’s had a 2.98 ERA on their way to a World Series title.
But while the Astros are left wondering if their ace, Justin Verlander, is going to re-sign in Houston for a contract similar to the three-year, $140-million deal the Mets gave to Max Scherzer last winter, Red Sox fans ought to be sitting here and wondering when, if ever, their team will have an ace atop their staff once again.
Five years ago, we’d be expecting the big-market Red Sox to be in on one of the three big names leading this winter’s crop of free agent starting pitchers: Verlander, Jacob deGrom and Carlos Rodon.
But because the current Red Sox seem averse to spending too much on any one player, particularly a starting pitcher in his 30s, let’s go ahead and write them out of the Verlander/deGrom/Rodon sweepstakes and swing down to the second their of available starters.
This is where the Red Sox figure to be shopping.
The embarrassing part is that they have only $40 million committed to their rotation, which means Steve Cohen’s Mets could end up paying Scherzer more than John Henry’s Red Sox will pay their entire rotation in 2023.
A big market team needs a big market rotation, but the Red Sox simply don’t have that.
What they have is more like what they during the end of the Ben Cherington and John Farrell years: a team full of starting pitchers with high upside and a high risk of injury. They’ll be relying on Chris Sale — or a handful of candidates good enough to grow into the role — to be the No. 1 guy.
A quick look at the 2023 projected starting rotation as currently constructed:
1. Sale, 34 years old on Opening Day 2023, $25.6 million average annual salary through ’24, was hurt for most of ’22.
2. Garrett Whitlock, 26, $4.7 million AAV through ’26, had offseason hip surgery.
3. Nick Pivetta, 30, second-year of arbitration eligibility and expected to make about $5.5 million.
4. Brayan Bello, 23, pre-arbitration.
5. James Paxton, 34, $4 million salary in ’23, spent entire ’22 season recovering from Tommy John surgery and ended the season with a torn lat muscle.
There’s a chance the Sox could put Tanner Houck back in the rotation, but they seem to like him in a relief role. And they could still acquire a starter via trade or perhaps move Pivetta to another team to make space for an upgrade.
But the most likely scenario is that they’re shopping in the mid-tier bargain bin. Here’s a best guess to the guys they’ll be in on as they look to improve on a 22nd-ranked 4.49 ERA in ’22:
1. Eovaldi, RHP, 33
The Red Sox tried bringing back Eovaldi on a one-year deal with a $19.65-million qualifying offer, but Eovaldi rejected the offer and will seek a mutli-year deal on the market. Still, the Sox love the player and the person, think he fits well in the clubhouse and appreciate the grit he displays on an annual basis. He pitched hurt through the second half of ’22 and still made an impact, and MLB Trade Rumors projects a two-year, $34-million deal for Eovaldi, who will need to get healthy to return to an elite level.
2. Chris Bassitt, RHP, 34
With a 3.31 ERA over the last four seasons, Bassitt has been a sneaky-good mid-rotation arm for the A’s and Mets. But his lack of swing-and-miss stuff and reliance on command of a low-90s fastball combination is enough to wonder if the Red Sox would prefer someone with higher upside. MLBTR projects a three-year, $60-million deal for Bassitt, who is likely to sign with a team more willing to spend big on a mid-rotation arm.
3. Kodai Senga, RHP, 30
The Red Sox have been widely linked to the Japanese star, who touches triple digits on his fastball and is armed with an electric splitter. Senga struck out 28% of the batters he faced while posting a 1.94 ERA in 2022. He has a 2.42 lifetime ERA over 11 seasons in the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan. And while it’s difficult to predict how well players transition from professional teams in the East to the MLB level, Senga represents a cost-effective gamble at an expected deal of five years, $75 million.
4. Andrew Heaney, LHP, 31
Here’s a guy that has Red Sox written all over him. He has elite stuff when healthy, but should come at a reduced rate given his difficulty staying on the field. Since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2016, he’s suffered through elbow inflammation multiple times and struggled to stay healthy in ’22 due to shoulder issues. But in the 16 outings he had with the Dodgers last season, the lefty was as good as ever, striking out a remarkable 13.6 batters per nine innings. MLBTR projects a three-year, $42-million deal that could intrigue the Sox, who usually prefer upside over durability.
5. Corey Kluber, RHP, 36
The two-time Cy Young Award winner is at the end of his career, but could be signed on a Rich Hill-type of one-year contract that provides upside at the back end of the Sox’ rotation. His 89-mph fastball isn’t appealing, but don’t bet against a proven winner who knows how to pitch and still has impeccable command. With Paxton opting into his player option, Kluber makes less sense on the Red Sox, but they might like his upside anyways on a deal projected to be worth $12 million in ’23.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA lander on Mars has captured the vibrations and sounds of four meteoroids striking the planet’s surface.
Scientists reported Monday that Mars InSight detected seismic and acoustic waves from a series of impacts in 2020 and 2021. A satellite orbiting the red planet confirmed the impact locations, as far as 180 miles (290 kilometers) from the lander.
Scientists are delighted by the detections — a first for another planet.
The first confirmed meteoroid exploded into at least three pieces, each leaving its own crater. An 11-second audio snippet of this strike includes three “bloops,” as NASA calls them, one of sounding like metal flapping loudly in the wind here on Earth.
“After three years of InSight waiting to detect an impact, those craters looked beautiful,” Brown University’s Ingrid Daubar, a co-author of the research paper in the journal Nature Geoscience, said in a statement.
The InSight team expected to pick up numerous meteoroid strikes, given Mars’ proximity to the asteroid belt and the planet’s thin atmosphere, which tends to keep entering space rocks from burning up. But the lander’s French-built seismometer may have missed impacts because of interfering noise from the Martian wind or seasonal changes in the atmosphere. Now scientists know what to look for, according to NASA, likely resulting in a surge of detections.
“Impacts are the clocks of the solar system,” French lead author Raphael Garcia said in a statement from the Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space in Toulouse. “We need to know the impact rate today to estimate the age of different surfaces.”
Launched in 2018, InSight has already detected more than 1,300 marsquakes. The largest measured a magnitude 5 earlier this year. By comparison, the marsquakes generated by the meteoroid impacts registered no more than a magnitude 2. | 2022-09-19T22:29:31+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-mars-meteoroids-strikes-20220919-jix263bmn5d7zb7rzrxov6ony4-story.html |
HANNA CITY, Ill. — Two people were killed Saturday when a single-engine plane crashed on a roadway in the small central Illinois community of Hanna City, officials said.
According to officials in Peoria County, the plane crashed at about 12:30 p.m. on Route 116. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said two people who have not been identified were killed and autopsies will be conducted Monday, the (Peoria) Journal Star reported. There were no immediate reports of any other injuries.
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The roadway was closed Saturday afternoon as crews worked to clear debris.
The National Transportation Safety Board said that it was investigating the crash of the Mooney M20K plane.
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Hanna City is about 180 miles southwest of Chicago. | 2022-08-14T13:59:15+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-plane-crash-peoria-county-20220814-n6i7zstk7bcqvam2vpuues6eqa-story.html |
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A year after Julio Rodríguez and Michael Harris II delivered a pair of breakout performances, another group of prospects is searching for big league success.
Here is a closer look at some of the majors' most intriguing rookies this year:
— INF Gunnar Henderson, Baltimore Orioles: The 21-year-old Henderson made his major league debut last summer, batting .259 with four homers and 18 RBIs in 34 games. The Alabama native and second-round pick in the 2019 amateur draft is expected to play a prominent role this year as the Orioles try to build on their surprising finish last season.
— OF Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks: With the speedy Carroll in the fold, Arizona could have one of baseball’s most athletic lineups. The 22-year-old Carroll hit 24 homers and swiped 31 bases in the minors last year and then was promoted by Arizona in August and hit .260 in 32 games in the majors. He was selected by the Diamondbacks with the No. 16 pick in the 2019 draft.
— C Francisco Álvarez and RHP Kodai Senga, New York Mets: There are questions about Álvarez's defensive ability, and New York has Omar Narváez and Tomás Nido behind the plate. But Álvarez can swing the bat. He hit .260 with 27 homers and 78 RBIs in 112 games over two minor league stops last year.
The 30-year-old Senga was 11-6 with a 1.94 ERA in 22 starts for the Pacific League’s Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks last season. He finalized a $75 million, five-year contract with New York in December.
— OF Oscar Colás, Chicago White Sox: The sweet-swinging Colás could be in right field for Chicago on opening day, making his big league debut. He hit .314 with 23 homers and 79 RBIs in 2022 in his first year in the minors.
— RHP Hunter Brown, Houston Astros: A fifth-round pick in the 2019 draft out of Wayne State University, Brown had an impressive big league debut last year. He went 2-0 with a 0.89 ERA in seven appearances for the AL West champions, including two starts. Then he pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings over three postseason games.
— INF/OF Miguel Vargas, Los Angeles Dodgers: The reigning NL West champions plan to start Vargas at second base, creating a promising double-play duo with shortstop Gavin Lux. The 23-year-old Vargas made his major league debut with Los Angeles in August. He batted .304 with 17 homers, 82 RBIs and 16 steals for Triple-A Oklahoma City last year.
— SS Anthony Volpe, New York Yankees: Volpe, a first-rounder in 2019, is coming off an impressive season, hitting .249 with 21 homers, 65 RBIs and 50 steals over 132 games combined with Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He likely will be in the mix at shortstop and second base with New York.
— C Bo Naylor, Cleveland Guardians: Naylor made it to the majors in October, appearing in five games with the AL Central champions. This year, he likely will team with Mike Zunino as Cleveland's main options behind the plate. Naylor, the younger brother of Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, hit .263 with 21 homers and 68 RBIs in the minors in 2022.
— OF Masataka Yoshida, Boston Red Sox: It was a bumpy offseason for Boston, but the Red Sox managed to sign Yoshida to a $90 million, five-year contract in December. The 29-year-old Yoshida batted .335 with 21 homers and 88 RBIs in 119 games last year for Orix in Japan’s Pacific League. He also helped Japan win gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
— OF Jordan Walker, St. Louis Cardinals: St. Louis has a deep lineup anchored by Nolan Arenado and NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt, and help is on the way with the dynamic Walker. The 20-year-old Georgia native batted .306 with 19 homers, 68 RBIs and 22 steals for Double-A Springfield last year. Walker was selected by the Cardinals with the No. 21 pick in the 2020 draft.
— INF Ezequiel Tovar, Colorado Rockies: Tovar was sidelined by a groin injury for more than two months last year, but he was promoted to the majors in September and collected two hits in his big league debut. The 21-year-old Tovar hit .319 with 14 homers, 49 RBIs and 17 steals in the minors last season.
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BOISE, Idaho — A audit of Idaho's May primary found only six variations from initial results of about 20,000 ballots chosen at random from precincts in eight counties, officials said Wednesday.
The Idaho secretary of state’s office released a third and final set of results from the three-day audit of the May 17 primary election in which about a third of Idaho's nearly 1 million registered voters cast ballots.
The audit found that five of the six variations were due to sorting errors, and that one couldn’t be immediately explained.
“It reinforces what we've been saying for the last several years — that Idaho's election process is solid,” said Chief Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck.
The audit follows a new law passed unanimously earlier this year by the House and Senate to increase public confidence in election results by checking paper ballots. The audit is a way to also check the equipment and procedures used to count votes in the state's 44 counties.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump, made unsubstantiated claims and floated conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election in multiple states in an attempt to undermine voter confidence in the outcome. That extended even to Idaho, where Trump easily won the deeply conservative state with nearly 64% of the vote.
But Idaho officials said a partial recount of ballots cast in that election validated the results, rejecting Lindell's claims.
At least three Republican statewide candidates who lost in Idaho's recent primary repeated Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin lost to Gov. Brad Little in the primary for governor. Rep. Dorothy Moon and Sen. Mary Souza lost to Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane in the primary for secretary of state.
Ada, Bannock, Bonneville, Idaho, Jerome, Kootenai, Madison and Payette counties took part in the audit.
State officials said a secondary report involving lessons learned will be released later this month.
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GOP requests intel ‘damage assessment’ of Biden documents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has requested that the U.S. intelligence community conduct a “damage assessment” of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden’s former institute.
Rep. Mike Turner sent the request Tuesday to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, saying that Biden’s retention of the documents put him in “potential violation of laws protecting national security, including the Espionage Act and Presidential Records Act.”
Irrespective of a federal review, the revelation that Biden potentially mishandled classified or presidential records could prove to be a political headache for the president, who called former President Donald Trump’s decision to keep hundreds of such records at his private club in Florida “irresponsible.”
Biden ignored shouted questions about the matter Tuesday during a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Mexico.
Turner’s request came a day after the White House confirmed that the Department of Justice was reviewing “a small number of documents with classified markings.” The documents were discovered as Biden’s personal attorneys were clearing out the offices of the Penn Biden Center, where the president kept an office after he left the vice presidency in 2017 until shortly before he launched his presidential campaign in 2019, the White House said.
“Those entrusted with access to classified information have a duty and an obligation to protect it,” said Turner in a letter to Haines. “This issue demands a full and thorough review.”
Sen. Mark Warner, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, called for a briefing on the Biden documents.
“Our system of classification exists in order to protect our most important national security secrets, and we expect to be briefed on what happened both at Mar-a-Lago and at the Biden office as part of our constitutional oversight obligations,” he said. “From what we know so far, the latter is about finding documents with markings, and turning them over, which is certainly different from a months-long effort to retain material actively being sought by the government. But again, that’s why we need to be briefed.”
The documents were found on Nov. 2, 2022, in a “locked closet” in the office, according to special counsel to the president Richard Sauber.
Sauber said the attorneys immediately alerted the White House Counsel’s office, which notified the National Archives and Records Administration — which took custody of the documents the next day.
“Since that discovery, the President’s personal attorneys have cooperated with the Archives and the Department of Justice in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in the possession of the Archives,” Sauber said.
A person who is familiar with the matter but not authorized to discuss it publicly said Attorney General Merrick Garland asked U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch to review the matter after the Archives referred the issue to the department. Lausch is one of the few U.S. attorneys to be held over from Trump’s administration.
Trump weighed in Monday on his social media site, asking, “When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House?”
Republicans have just taken control of the House of Representatives and are promising to launch widespread investigations of Biden’s administration.
The revelation also may complicate the Justice Department’s consideration of whether to bring charges against Trump, who is trying to win back the White House in 2024 and has repeatedly claimed the department’s inquiry into of his own conduct amounted to “corruption.”
The National Archives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday. Spokespeople for Garland and Lausch declined to comment.
Rep. James Comer, the new GOP chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Monday that the revelation raised questions about the Justice Department’s handling of the Trump probe.
“Is the White House going to be raided tonight? Are they going to raid the Bidens?” he asked reporters. “This is further concern that there’s a two-tier justice system within the DOJ with how they treat Republicans versus Democrats, certainly how they treat the former president versus the current president.”
His Democratic counterpart, Rep. Jamie Raskin, said Biden’s attorneys “appear to have taken immediate and proper action.”
“I have confidence that the attorney general took the appropriate steps to ensure the careful review of the circumstances surrounding the possession and discovery of these documents and make an impartial decision about any further action that may be needed,” he added.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the American public deserved to know earlier about the classified documents.
“They knew about this a week before the election, maybe the American people should have known that,” Jordan told reporters. “They certainly knew about the the raid on Mar-a-Lago 91 days before this election, but nice if on November 2, the country would have known that there were classified documents at the Biden Center.”
Jordan is among House Republicans pushing for the creation of a “select subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal government” within the Judiciary Committee.
It wasn’t immediately clear why the White House didn’t disclose the discovery of the documents or the DOJ review sooner. CBS was first to report Monday on the discovery of the potentially classified documents.
The Justice Department for months has been investigating the retention of roughly 300 documents that were marked as classified and were recovered from the Trump’s Florida estate. In that instance, prosecutors say, representatives of Trump resisted requests to give back the full stash of classified documents and failed to fully comply with a subpoena that sought their return.
FBI agents in August served a search warrant at the Mar-a-Lago property, removing 33 boxes and containers.
That investigation is being led by special counsel Jack Smith. Prosecutors have interviewed an array of Trump associates and have been using a grand jury to hear evidence.
Democrats made a similar request of the director of national intelligence in August following the search of Mar-a-Lago. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff, who then led the House Oversight and Intelligence committees, asked Haines for an “immediate review and damage assessment,” alleging that Trump “has potentially put our national security at grave risk.”
Haines agreed in September to conduct a “risk assessment” instead, different from a formal “damage assessment” that carries specific requirements under intelligence regulations.
The risk assessment was to examine the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago for classification as well as “the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents.”
Intelligence officials are not believed to have briefed Congress on their assessment in the four months since, according to public statements from lawmakers. Haines noted in her letter that any risk assessment would not “unduly interfere” with the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago.
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Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker and Farnoush Amiri in Washington, Colleen Long in Mexico City and Michael Tarm in Chicago contributed.
This story was first published on Jan. 9, 2023.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A knee injury to Zach Wilson in Friday night’s preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles has turned the Jets’ high hopes for their second-year quarterback into concern.
Wilson hurt his right knee in the first quarter of the Jets’ 24-21 preseason victory. After going back to pass with 4:29 left in the period, Wilson was flushed out of the pocket and scrambled to his right for 7 yards, but went down after the play. He appeared to injure his knee when planting to cut on Philadelphia’s grass field.
After being checked by trainers, Wilson limped to the sideline on his own power before heading to the locker room.
After the game, Jets coach Robert Saleh said the initial tests on Wilson showed the ACL “is supposed to be intact,” but the team is waiting for the MRI on Saturday.
“I’m always concerned until you get the final evaluation,” Saleh said.
Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts looked sharp, completing all six of his pass attempts for 80 yards and a touchdown while playing just one series.
There is optimism this year for the 23-year-old Wilson, who was drafted No. 2 overall last year. He had an up-and-down rookie season, throwing nine touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 13 games, but went without an interception in his final five games.
Wilson was shaky in his first series against Philadelphia’s starters, going 1 for 3 for 10 yards with an interception. Eagles linebacker Kyzir White stepped in front of Wilson’s intended pass for wide receiver Corey Davis and returned it 27 yards to the Jets 20 on what appeared to be a poor read by the New York quarterback. Wilson’s first pass of the game was a badly thrown out-route intended for rookie first-round pick Garrett Wilson.
Wilson struggled with accuracy last season, ranking last in the league in completion rate (55.6%) and passer rating (69.7). His decision-making and accuracy had looked better this summer during training camp.
Before his injury, Wilson was sharper in his second series, albeit against Philadelphia backups. He connected with tight end Tyler Conklin for 4 yards and then hit wide receiver Elijah Moore for 9 yards, finishing 3 for 5 for 23 yards and an interception.
On the play in which he was hurt, a first down from the New York 42-yard line, Wilson faked a handoff to running back Michael Carter on a play-action pass play but was forced to scramble after defensive lineman Tarron Jackson beat right tackle Max Mitchell around the end.
With Eagles first-round rookie defensive tackle Jordan Davis in hot pursuit, Wilson tried to juke past linebacker Nakobe Dean but went down after being barely touched by Dean.
Asked if Wilson should have run out of bounds, Saleh said, “One hundred percent.”
Saleh stood nearby while trainers attended to Wilson.
“He got a little greedy there,” Saleh said.
Wilson was not available for comment.
“He’s in good spirits, a little frustrated obviously,” Saleh said. “As good as you can be in this situation.”
Saleh said he uttered “a lot of swear words” when Wilson went down. The Jets coach didn’t blame the injury on the turf, but mentioned it was new sod that he said was just laid down on July 29. He said the issue with new sod, which he said can be loose, is determining the proper cleats to wear.
It’s the same knee that Wilson suffered a sprained PCL in Week 7 against New England last year. He was sidelined four games before returning and playing the rest of the season.
“It sucks, obviously,” wide receiver Braxton Berrios said. “We’re hoping for the best.”
The Jets also have 37-year-old quarterback Joe Flacco, but he was not in uniform for the game as a handful of veterans did not play in the preseason opener.
“Joe is a phenomenal football player,” Saleh said. “He’s having a great camp.”
Jets fourth-stringer Chris Streveler, a 2019 Grey Cup champion with the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers, threw two TD passes, including a go-ahead 5-yard toss to Calvin Jackson Jr. with 16 seconds left. Streveler, who previously spent time in the NFL with Arizona, Baltimore and Miami, had not taken a snap in offensive team drills in camp this summer before playing against Philadelphia.
Unlike Wilson, Hurts got out of the game apparently unscathed — though he took a vicious helmet-to-helmet, out-of-bounds hit by linebacker Quincy Williams that left Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni livid.
“Egregiously awful; he knows better,” Saleh said.
Said Sirianni: “I was more mad at the situation, not Saleh.”
Hurts popped right up after the play.
“You definitely don’t want to take hits, especially late hits, but it happens,” Hurts said. “I’m healthy.”
After making the playoffs in the first season under Sirianni last year, there is great hope in Philadelphia for more progress this season. The hottest topic in town is whether Hurts can elevate his game to a level that would allow the Eagles to make a deep playoff run.
A second-round pick, Hurts is entering his third season and second as a full-time starter. He showed his dual-threat ability last season, passing for 3,144 yards and rushing for team-bests of 784 yards and 10 touchdowns. But he was 26th in completion rate (61.3 percent) and 22nd in passer rating (87.2), and his accuracy and arm strength have been targets for skeptics. An up-and-down training camp only has fueled the ire of Hurts’ doubters.
But Hurts came out firing on all cylinders in his first opportunity to show his progress in a live games after an offseason full of work, hitting wide receiver Quez Watkins for 28 yards down the right sideline on the game’s first play. He connected with his next four passes before finishing a perfect passing drive with a 22-yard touchdown strike to tight end Dallas Goedert.
“We talk about the importance of explosive plays and we came out of the gate with an explosive play,” Hurts said. That can get a drive going.”
Hurts looked impressive without even targeting his new No. 1 receiver, A.J. Brown, whom the Eagles acquired in a draft-day trade with the Tennessee Titans and promptly signed to a four-year deal with $57 million guaranteed.
Hurts’ lone drive wasn’t without concern, though, as he was leveled with a hard hit from Williams despite being clearly out of bounds after scrambling for no gain. Williams was flagged for unnecessary roughness, and Sirianni tore off his headset and screamed toward the Jets bench while standing nearly 20 yards on the field.
Philadelphia’s opening drive wasn’t a good sign for a revamped Jets defense that finished 2021 last in total defense and scoring defense, 30th in pass defense and 29th against the run. New York made several additions to bolster its defense, including selecting cornerback Sauce Gardner No. 4 overall and defensive lineman Jermaine Johnson No. 26 in the first round of this year’s draft. But the Jets defense put up little resistance to Hurts and the Eagles.
SANDERS SOLID
Eagles RB Miles Sanders caught two Hurts passes for 20 total yards during the opening drive. Pass receiving is an area of improvement for Sanders, who is in the final season of a four-year deal. He has rushed for 2,439 yards and nine touchdowns in 40 games.
COLE, DOUGLAS TABBED
Former Eagles defensive linemen Trent Cole and Hugh Douglas will be inducted into the club’s hall of fame on Nov. 27 when they host the Green Bay Packers, the team announced. Cole had 85½ sacks in 10 seasons with the Eagles, and Douglas had 54½ in six years.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Jets: OL Conor McDermott (left ankle sprain) is out 1 to 2 weeks. … RT Mekhi Becton was sidelined after suffering a knee injury in practice that is expected to cost him the season. Becton, a 2020 first-round pick, missed all but the first game last season after dislocating his right kneecap and suffering cartilage damage in the opener.
Eagles: C Jason Kelce had elbow surgery earlier this week, and his streak of starting 122 consecutive regular-season games could be in jeopardy when the season opens. Rookie Cam Jurgens took Kelce’s place. … Starting offensive linemen Jordan Mailata and Andre Dillard played the first series after missing practices recently because of concussions. … Running backs Boston Scott (concussion) and Kenneth Gainwell (hip) didn’t play. … G Landon Dickerson (sore foot) didn’t play and was replaced by Sua Opeta. … WR Greg Ward (toe), DT Javon Hargrave (toe sprain) and S Jaquiski Tartt (personal reasons) were out.
UP NEXT
Jets: Host the Atlanta Falcons in the second of their three preseason games on Aug. 22 in preparation for the season opener on Sept. 11 against Baltimore.
Eagles: At the Cleveland Browns on Aug. 21 in the second of three preseason games to get ready for the season opener on Sept. 11 at Detroit.
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NEW YORK — Toronto forward Pascal Siakam, Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards and Sacramento guard De’Aaron Fox have been added to the player pool for the All-Star Game as injury replacements.
It’s the second All-Star selection for Siakam, and the first for Edwards and Fox.
Curry, Williamson and Durant were all selected as starters for the game. Those starting spots will now go to Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, Utah’s Lauri Markkanen and Memphis’ Ja Morant, the NBA said.
All-Star starters are chosen in a weighted vote that takes into account fan, media and player balloting. All-Star reserves are chosen by NBA coaches. Injury replacements are selected by Silver.
The rosters for the game will be chosen by captains LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks shortly before tip-off. This is the sixth year that the NBA has used the captain-draft format for the game, but the first time that those selections will be made on game day.
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Sigh: $2 tomatoes, $5 coffees, $100s upon $100s on fuel. It's not a particularly fun time to be paying bills right now – especially as we are plunged into the depths of Melbourne's frigid winter. Trackies, hoodies and a hot water bottle only go so far, and sometimes you just need to turn the heater on. Thankfully, Victorian premier Dan Andrews has announced a one-off energy rebate to help ease the cost of living pressures we're currently all experiencing.
As part of the 2022/2023 Victorian Budget, the Andrews Labor Government has invested in a $250 million rebate program, named the Power Saving Bonus. From July 1, all Victorian households will be eligible to claim a $250 discount on their energy bills simply by using the Victorian Energy Compare website to compare their current energy provider against competitors.
“Big power companies rely on people not having the time, information or knowledge to save money – but we know better deals are out there,” said Andrews. "This is a great opportunity for Victorians to save money, ease the cost of living, and cut their energy bills.”
The quickest and easiest way to claim your rebate is online, but any Victorians without access to the internet or a computer can call the Victorian Energy Compare helpline on 1800 000 832. To be eligible, you must be the named account holder – and only one $250 payment is available to each household.
The Power Saving Bonus is available from July 1 until June 30, 2023, and will be paid into your nominated bank account via EFT. Find out more via the Power Saving Bonus FAQ page. | 2022-07-01T11:12:59+00:00 | timeout.com | https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/get-250-off-your-energy-bill-with-this-vic-gov-rebate-063022 |
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — At least seven people were killed after a car on a moving passenger train caught fire overnight in southern Pakistan, officials said Thursday.
Railways official Mohsin Sial said the train caught fire in Khairpur, a district about 500 kilometers (300 miles) north of Karachi, the capital of Sindh province. He said six people were killed in the blaze while a woman died when she jumped from the window of the moving train.
The blaze also badly damaged several other cars in the train, he said, and the cause remained unclear.
TV footage showed several burned sections of the train, which was on its way from Karachi to the eastern city of Lahore, when a car caught fire. Local media reported that the flames roared through the train Wednesday night, engulfing several cars.
In Pakistan, poor passengers often bring their own small gas stoves on the trains to cook their meals, despite rules barring the practice. Safety regulations are often ignored in overcrowded trains. Train accidents in Pakistan are often the result of poor railway infrastructure and official negligence.
In 2019, at least 74 passengers were killed and dozens were injured in a train fire triggered when a cooking gas stove exploded in the eastern Punjab province.
Also Thursday, a roadside bomb targeted police vehicles in Khuzdar, a district in the volatile southwestern Baluchistan province, killing a local police chief working for the working terrorism department, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion fell on separatist groups and militants who have claimed previous such attacks in the region and elsewhere in the country. | 2023-04-28T02:02:46+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/international/ap-international/2-killed-in-fire-on-passenger-train-in-southern-pakistan/ |
OSLO, Norway, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nel Hydrogen Inc., a subsidiary of Nel ASA, (Nel) (OSE:NEL) has signed a Capacity Reservation Agreement (CRA) with an undisclosed US energy company, for the delivery of 16 hydrogen fueling stations to be deployed in the US.
In line with the agreement Nel will reserve capacity and start sourcing long-lead items for the fueling stations. The manufacturing of the equipment at Nel's factory in Herning, Denmark, will commence when a final purchase order is signed.
"We look forward to providing our hydrogen fueling equipment to this important client and contributing to the deployment of hydrogen fueling infrastructure in the US," says Robert Borin, Senior Vice President, Nel Fueling Division.
The value of the CRA is about USD 7 million and is paid upon signature. The final purchase order (including the CRA fee) is estimated to be about USD 17 million, whereas a final agreement is expected to be made in H1 2023. Delivery of the fueling equipment is scheduled to commence in Q4 2023 and run throughout 2024.
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TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A woman with an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in a bag was arrested for driving a golf cart on Florida’s busiest interstate while drunk, according to an arrest report.
The 58-year-old woman was arrested Saturday night on the shoulder of Interstate 95. She is now facing misdemeanor charges of disorderly intoxication in a public place and resisting an officer without violence.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, a semitruck driver spotted the woman driving in the golf cart in the center lane of Interstate 95 in Brevard County, which is the heart of Florida’s Space Coast. The truck driver “advised she observed the driver of the golf cart passing out while driving,” the report said.
The truck driver used her semi to steer the golf cart to the shoulder of the interstate, troopers said.
Once on the shoulder, the truck driver grabbed the keys to the golf cart as the woman tried to drive away. Once troopers arrived at the scene, the woman started arguing with them and insisted she needed her bag. Inside the bag, troopers found an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire Whiskey, authorities said.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police officers will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot simply because they run away or they’ve committed minor offenses, the department said Tuesday, more than a year after two foot pursuits ended with officers fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy and 22-year-old man.
The new policy adheres closely to a draft policy put in place after those shootings and gives the department something it has never had: permanent rules about when officers can and can’t engage in an activity that can endanger themselves, those they’re chasing and bystanders.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said he expects the new policy will make the officers and the public safer, as has happened in other cities with similar policies.
“The impact on crime has been studied (and) we can look back at what has made officers safer, has made communities safer for over a decade,” he told reporters at a press briefing on the policy, which he expects to be in place by the end of the summer after all officers receive training.
Under the policy, officers may give chase if they believe a person is committing or is about to commit a felony, a Class A misdemeanor such as domestic battery, or a serious traffic offense that could risk injuring others, such as drunken driving or street racing.
Officers won’t be allowed to chase people on foot if they suspect them of minor offenses such as parking violations, driving on suspended licenses or drinking alcohol in public. But they will still have discretion to chase people who they’ve determined are committing or about to commit crimes that post “an obvious threat to any person.”
Perhaps most significantly, the policy makes clear that the days of officers giving chase just because someone tries to avoid them are over.
“People may avoid contact with a member for many reasons other than involvement in criminal activity,” the policy states.
The names of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez, who were armed when they ran from police in separate March 2021 pursuits, are not mentioned in the news release announcing the policy or the policy itself. But those pursuits — particularly that of Alvarez — cast a shadow over the policy.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot demanded that the department create an interim policy after the shootings and the county’s top prosecutor harshly criticized police over the Alvarez pursuit. It also appears that the police department took pains to prohibit just that kind of foot chase.
Under the policy, the chase of Alvarez would apparently not have been allowed for two key reasons. First, when police chased him for a traffic violation they knew who he was and where he lived, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx told reporters in March when she announced that the officers involved in the two shootings wouldn’t be charged. Second, officers are no longer allowed to chase on foot people who are suspected of the kind of minor offense that led to the chase.
The policy includes a number of circumstances in which an officer must call off a chase, including a requirement that the pursuit must end if a third party is injured and needs immediate medical attention that can’t be provided by anyone else. If officers realize they do not know exactly where they are, which is possible in a chaotic situation in which they are running through alleys and between houses, they must stop. And if they find themselves unable to communicate with other officers, because they drop their radios or for another reason, they must stop.
The policy also makes a point of reminding officers that they or their supervisors will not be criticized or disciplined for deciding against a foot pursuit or calling one off — the significance of which a law professor who has studied the department and was part of a legal team that successfully fought the city over its refusal to release video of a police shooting said can’t be overstated.
“How do you change the culture that you have to chase those bad guys no matter what, no matter how dangerous to everyone who is around you?” University of Chicago Law Professor Craig Futterman said. ”You create polices that make it so you can’t be disciplined, chewed out, criticized for following a policy and not engaging in an inherently dangerous act.”
Officers are also prohibited from provoking chases, such as by employing a tactic in which they speed in their squad cars toward a group of people, stop suddenly and jump out “with the intention of stopping anyone in the group who flees.”
The city has been waiting for a policy since long before the shootings of Toledo and Alvarez.
Five years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a scathing report saying that too many police chases in the city were unnecessary or ended with officers shooting people they did not have to shoot. And three years ago, a judge signed off on a consent decree that included a requirement to adopt a foot pursuit policy.
The city also had plenty of evidence about the dangers of foot pursuits, including a Chicago Tribune investigation that found that a third of the city’s police shootings from 2010 through 2015 involved someone being wounded or killed during a foot pursuit.
Police officials have denied any suggestion they have been dragging their feet, pointing out that the department has met the established deadlines.
But Chicago has not taken the lead on the issue, with other major cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, already having implemented foot pursuit policies and Futterman said the department has resisted following suit for years despite knowing how dangerous foot pursuits can be.
Still, he praised the department.
“Lives have been lost and having one (foot pursuit policy) and having one that has some teeth … will save lives,” he said. | 2022-06-22T01:39:25+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/chicago-police-cant-chase-people-just-because-they-run-away-says-new-policy/ |
Seasons at Broadmoor Heights takes home a total of seven awards
RIO RANCHO, N.M., Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond American Homes of New Mexico, Inc., a subsidiary of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MDC), is pleased to announce that Seasons at Broadmoor Heights (RichmondAmerican.com/BroadmoorHeights) won seven awards in this year's Fall Parade of Homes, presented by the Home Builders Association of Central New Mexico. The community's Sapphire model home received the most attention, with honors in the Best Kitchen, Best Interior Decorating, Best Bath and Best Outdoor Living Space categories, as well as a Premier award. The Moonstone model also earned Best Outdoor Living Space and Best Interior Decorating.
Located in Rio Rancho, this notable neighborhood is the builder's debut community in the Albuquerque area and features an exceptional collection of ranch and two-story homes, each with the designer details today's homebuyers are seeking.
More about Seasons at Broadmoor Heights:
- New Seasons™ Collection homes from the $300s
- Five inspired floor plans
- 3 to 6 bedrooms, approx. 1,610 to 2,630 sq. ft.
- Airy 9' main-floor ceilings and granite countertops included
- 3-car garages available
- Community parks, playgrounds and trails
- Easy access to Unser Boulevard and Highway 528
Homebuyers who choose to build a new home from the ground up at this impressive community will have the opportunity to work with professional design consultants to select flooring, finishes and fixtures for their home—a complimentary service!
Seasons at Broadmoor Heights is located at 2394 Sandra Loop NE in Rio Rancho. Call 505.510.6600 or visit RichmondAmerican.com for more information.
Operating under the name Richmond American Homes, MDC's homebuilding subsidiaries have built more than 230,000 homes since 1977. Among the nation's largest homebuilders, MDC's subsidiary companies have operations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Mortgage lending, plus insurance and title services are offered by the following MDC subsidiaries, respectively: HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation, American Home Insurance Agency, Inc. and American Home Title and Escrow Company. M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "MDC." For more information, visit MDCHoldings.com.
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Milwaukee’s Summer Youth Internship Program; applications now accepted
MILWAUKEE - Applications are now being accepted for the City of Milwaukee’s Summer Youth Internship Program (SYIP) that provides local youth with employment and life skills, and helps them meet educational, job readiness, and career exploration goals.
The internship program offers paid, in-person positions within city government for high school-aged young people in Milwaukee.
"We all remember our first job, our first internship, or our first exposure to the world of work. We need to make sure there are quality career and educational opportunities available for young people in Milwaukee. And, by providing this opportunity, participants are much more likely to make good life choices for their future," said Mayor Cavalier Johnson. "The Summer Youth Internship Program is one tool we have to help young people in Milwaukee realize their dreams and reach their full potential, as we move our city forward together."
According to a press release, since its inception in 2005, SYIP has connected thousands of teenagers with job opportunities and career pathways that help position young people for success and bright futures. This summer, approximately 130 slots will be available in SYIP for eligible youth (Milwaukee residents ages 16-19). Many City of Milwaukee departments participate and offer eight-week intern placements in departments like Public Works, City Development, Police and Fire, and even in the Mayor’s Office.
Each intern will receive $15.00 per hour. SYIP participants will work up to 20 hours per week, with a required training session every Friday, beginning Monday, June 5, through Friday, July 28.
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Commercial Aerospace continues to drive sales and EPS growth; Q2 defense book-to-bill of 1.35
ARLINGTON, Va., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Technologies Corporation (NYSE: RTX) reported second quarter 2022 results.
Second quarter 2022
- Sales of $16.3 billion, up 3 percent versus prior year including 4 percent organic growth
- GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $0.88, up 28 percent versus prior year, including $0.28 of acquisition accounting adjustments and net significant and/or non-recurring charges
- Adjusted EPS of $1.16, up 13 percent versus prior year
- Operating cash flow from continuing operations of $1.3 billion; Free cash flow of $807 million
- Achieved approximately $80 million of incremental RTX gross cost synergies
- Repurchased over $1.0 billion of RTX shares
Outlook for full year 2022
- Confirms sales of $67.75 - $68.75 billion
- Confirms adjusted EPS to $4.60 - $4.80
- Confirms free cash flow of approximately $6.0 billion. Assumes the legislation requiring R&D capitalization for tax purposes is deferred beyond 2022.
- Confirms share repurchase of at least $2.5 billion of RTX shares
"A strong start to the summer travel season drove continued top-line growth and adjusted EPS that exceeded our expectations," said Raytheon Technologies Chairman and CEO Greg Hayes. "Resilient end-market demand along with our differentiated technology solutions generated over $24 billion of awards in the quarter."
"Looking ahead, while we expect the global supply chain environment, labor availability and inflation will remain challenging near term, we are actively engaged with our customers and suppliers to meet demand and remain cost competitive. We continue to be focused on strategic investments in technology and innovation that will drive our industry leadership today and into the future."
Second quarter 2022
Raytheon Technologies reported second quarter sales of $16.3 billion, up 3 percent over the prior year, including 4 points of organic sales growth partially offset by 1 point of net acquisitions and divestitures headwind. GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $0.88 was up 28 percent versus the prior year and included $0.28 of acquisition accounting adjustments and net significant and/or non-recurring charges. This includes $0.23 of acquisition accounting adjustments primarily related to intangible amortization, $0.04 related to the disposition of non-core businesses at Collins Aerospace, and $0.01 of restructuring. Adjusted EPS of $1.16 was up 13 percent versus prior year.
The company recorded net income from continuing operations in the second quarter of $1.3 billion, up 25 percent versus prior year and included $418 million of acquisition accounting adjustments and net significant and/or non-recurring charges. Adjusted net income was $1.7 billion, up 10 percent versus prior year. Operating cash flow from continuing operations in the second quarter was $1.3 billion. Capital expenditures were $479 million, resulting in free cash flow of $807 million.
Backlog and Bookings
Backlog at the end of the second quarter was $161 billion, of which $96 billion was from commercial aerospace and $65 billion was from defense.
Notable defense bookings during the quarter included:
- $4.0 billion for F135 production Lots 15 and 16 at Pratt & Whitney
- $1.2 billion of classified bookings at Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RIS)
- $662 million for Stinger replenishment for the U.S. Army at Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD)
- $648 million for Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) at RMD
- $423 million for a SPY-6 Hardware Production and Sustainment contract for the U.S. Navy at RMD
- $408 million for F135 sustainment services at Pratt & Whitney
- $253 million on the Development, Operations and Maintenance (DOMino) cyber program for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at RIS
- $217 million for Tomahawk for the U.S. Navy at RMD
Segment Results
The company's reportable segments are Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RIS) and Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD).
Collins Aerospace had second quarter 2022 adjusted sales of $5,011 million, up 10 percent versus the prior year. The increase in sales was driven by a 25 percent increase in commercial aftermarket and a 14 percent increase in commercial OE, which more than offset a 6 percent decline in military. The increase in commercial sales was driven primarily by the recovery of commercial air traffic which has resulted in higher flight hours, aircraft fleet utilization, and narrowbody OE volume. This was partially offset by lower material receipts on military programs and expected declines in F-35 volume.
Collins Aerospace recorded adjusted operating profit of $617 million in the quarter, up 19 percent versus the prior year. The increase in adjusted operating profit was primarily driven by drop through on higher commercial aftermarket, which more than offset higher SG&A expense, the absence of prior year favorable contract settlements, and lower military sales volume.
Pratt & Whitney had second quarter 2022 adjusted sales of $4,969 million, up 16 percent versus the prior year. The increase in sales was driven by a 26 percent increase in commercial aftermarket, a 22 percent increase in commercial OE, and a 5 percent increase in military. The increase in commercial sales was primarily due to higher shop visits and related spare part sales and favorable large engine mix and volume. The increase in military sales was driven primarily by the timing of the award for the Lot 15 and 16 F135 production contract in Q2 and higher F135 aftermarket volume.
Pratt & Whitney recorded adjusted operating profit of $303 million in the quarter, up 216 percent versus the prior year. The increase in adjusted operating profit was primarily driven by drop through on higher commercial aftermarket sales volume, favorable commercial OE mix, and higher military sales volume. This was partially offset by higher SG&A and R&D.
RIS had second quarter 2022 adjusted sales of $3,570 million, down 6 percent versus the prior year. The decrease in sales was primarily driven by the divestiture of the Global Training and Services business. Excluding the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, sales were down 1 percent versus prior year. Lower expected sales in Command, Control and Communications as well as lower sales within Sensing and Effects were partially offset by higher sales in classified cyber programs within Cyber, Training and Services.
RIS recorded adjusted operating profit of $315 million, down 24 percent versus the prior year. The decrease in adjusted operating profit was primarily driven by lower net program efficiencies, including unfavorable development program adjustments, the impact of the Global Training and Services divestiture, and the absence of a prior year land sale.
RMD had second quarter 2022 adjusted sales of $3,558 million, down 11 percent versus prior year. The decrease in sales was primarily driven by continuing supply chain constraints and expected declines on certain Land Warfare and Air Defense programs, which were partially offset by higher volume on SPY-6 production and Next Generation Interceptor development.
RMD recorded adjusted operating profit of $348 million, down 35 percent versus the prior year. The decrease in adjusted operating profit was driven primarily by lower net program efficiencies across various programs resulting from continued supply chain constraints, unfavorable program mix and lower volume primarily in Land Warfare and Air Defense programs.
About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading businesses ― Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ― the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, and quantum physics. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Conference Call on Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Raytheon Technologies' financial results conference call will be held on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET. The conference call will be webcast live on the company's website at www.rtx.com and will be available for replay following the call. The corresponding presentation slides will be available for downloading prior to the call.
Use and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Raytheon Technologies Corporation ("RTC") reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP").
We supplement the reporting of our financial information determined under GAAP with certain non-GAAP financial information. The non-GAAP information presented provides investors with additional useful information, but should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for the related GAAP measures. Moreover, other companies may define non-GAAP measures differently, which limits the usefulness of these measures for comparisons with such other companies. We encourage investors to review our financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
Adjusted net sales, organic sales, adjusted operating profit (loss), adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share ("EPS") are non-GAAP financial measures. Adjusted net sales represents consolidated net sales (a GAAP measure), excluding significant items of a non-recurring and/or nonoperational nature (hereinafter referred to as "other significant items"). Organic sales represents consolidated net sales (a GAAP measure), excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, acquisitions and divestitures completed in the preceding twelve months and other significant items. Adjusted operating profit (loss) represents operating profit (loss) (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs, acquisition accounting adjustments and other significant items. Acquisition accounting adjustments include the amortization of acquired intangible assets related to acquisitions, the amortization of the property, plant and equipment fair value adjustment acquired through acquisitions and the amortization of customer contractual obligations related to loss making or below market contracts acquired.
Adjusted net income represents net income from continuing operations (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs, acquisition accounting adjustments and other significant items. Adjusted EPS represents diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs, acquisition accounting adjustments and other significant items. For the Business segments, when applicable, adjustments of net sales similarly reflect continuing operations excluding other significant items, organic sales similarly excludes the impact of foreign currency, acquisitions and divestitures, and other significant items, and adjustments of operating profit (loss) and operating profit margins (also referred to as return on sales (ROS)) similarly reflect continuing operations, excluding restructuring, acquisition accounting adjustments and other significant items.
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents cash flow from operations (a GAAP measure) less capital expenditures. Management believes free cash flow is a useful measure of liquidity and an additional basis for assessing RTC's ability to fund its activities, including the financing of acquisitions, debt service, repurchases of RTC's common stock and distribution of earnings to shareowners.
A reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the corresponding amounts prepared in accordance with GAAP appears in the tables in this Appendix. The tables provide additional information as to the items and amounts that have been excluded from the adjusted measures.
When we provide our expectation for adjusted EPS and free cash flow on a forward-looking basis, a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP expectations and the corresponding GAAP measures (expected diluted EPS from continuing operations and expected cash flow from operations, respectively) generally is not available without unreasonable effort due to potentially high variability, complexity and low visibility as to the items that would be excluded from the GAAP measure in the relevant future period, such as unusual gains and losses, the ultimate outcome of pending litigation, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, the impact and timing of potential acquisitions and divestitures, and other structural changes or their probable significance. The variability of the excluded items may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP results.
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Forward- looking statements may include, among other things, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flow, results of operations, uses of cash, share repurchases, tax payments and rates, research and development spending, cost savings, other measures of financial performance, potential future plans, strategies or transactions, credit ratings and net indebtedness, other anticipated benefits to RTC of the United Technologies Corporation ("UTC") acquisition of Rockwell Collins in 2018, the merger (the "merger") between UTC and Raytheon Company ("Raytheon")) or the spin-offs by UTC of Otis Worldwide Corporation and Carrier Global Corporation into separate independent companies (the "separation transactions"), including estimated synergies and customer cost savings resulting from the merger and the anticipated benefits and costs of the separation transactions and other statements that are not solely historical facts. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of changes in global economic, capital market and political conditions in the U.S. and globally, such as from the global sanctions and export controls with respect to Russia, and any changes therein, including related to financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, inflation, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, disruptions in global supply chain and labor markets, and geopolitical risks; (2) risks associated with U.S. government sales, including changes or shifts in defense spending due to budgetary constraints, spending cuts resulting from sequestration or the allocation of funds to governmental responses to COVID-19, a continuing resolution, a government shutdown, or otherwise, and uncertain funding of programs; (3) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, and performance of RTC advanced technologies and new products and services and the realization of the anticipated benefits (including our expected returns under customer contracts), as well as the challenges of operating in RTC's highly- competitive industries; (4) the effect of and risks relating to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on RTC's business, supply chain, operations and the industries in which it operates, including the decrease in global air travel, and the timing and extent of the recovery from COVID-19; (5) risks relating to RTC international operations from, among other things, changes in trade policies and implementation of sanctions, foreign currency fluctuations, economic conditions, political factors, sales methods, and U.S. or local government regulations; (6) the condition of the aerospace industry; (7) risks relating to RTC's reliance on U.S. and non-U.S. suppliers and commodity markets, including the effect of sanctions, delays and disruptions in the delivery of materials and services to RTC or its suppliers and price increases; (8) the scope, nature, timing and challenges of managing acquisitions, investments, divestitures and other transactions, including the realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation, the assumption of liabilities and other risks and incurrence of related costs and expenses; (9) compliance with legal, environmental, regulatory and other requirements, including, among other things, export and import requirements such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations, anti-bribery and anticorruption requirements, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, industrial cooperation agreement obligations, and procurement and other regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which RTC and its businesses operate; (10) the outcome of pending, threatened and future legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies, including those related to U.S. government audits and disputes; (11) factors that could impact RTC's ability to engage in desirable capital-raising or strategic transactions, including its capital structure, levels of indebtedness, capital expenditures and research and development spending, and the availability of credit, credit market conditions and other factors; (12) uncertainties associated with the timing and scope of future repurchases by RTC of its common stock or declarations of cash dividends, which may be discontinued, accelerated, suspended or delayed at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash; (13) the risks relating to realizing expected benefits from RTC strategic initiatives such as cost reduction, restructuring, digital transformation and other operational initiatives; (14) the risks relating to the integration of legacy businesses of UTC and RTC as well as the merger, and the realization of the anticipated benefits of those transactions; (15) risks of additional tax exposures due to new tax legislation or other developments, in the U.S. and other countries in which RTC and its businesses operate; (16) the ability of RTC to attract, train and retain qualified personnel and maintain its culture and high ethical standards, and the ability of our personnel to continue to operate our facilities and businesses around the world; (17) risks relating to a RTC product safety failure or other failure affecting RTC's or its customers' or suppliers' products or systems; (18) risks relating to cyber-attacks on RTC's information technology infrastructure, products, suppliers, customers and partners, threats to RTC facilities and personnel, as well as other events outside of RTC's control such as public health crises, damaging weather or other acts of nature; 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For additional information on identifying factors that may cause actual results to vary materially from those stated in forward-looking statements, see the reports of RTC, UTC and Raytheon on Forms S-4, 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and RTC assumes no obligation to update or revise such statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer frequently provided Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio with internal information about law enforcement operations in the weeks before other members of his far-right extremist group stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to messages shown Wednesday at the trial of Tarrio and four associates.
A federal prosecutor showed jurors a string of messages that Metropolitan Police Lt. Shane Lamond and Tarrio privately exchanged in the run-up to a mob’s attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Lamond, an intelligence officer for the city’s police department, was responsible for monitoring groups like the Proud Boys when they came to Washington for protests.
Less than three weeks before the Jan. 6 riot, Lamond warned Tarrio that the FBI and U.S. Secret Service were “all spun up” over talk on an Infowars internet show that the Proud Boys planned to dress up as supporters of President Joe Biden on the Democrat’s inauguration day.
Justice Department prosecutor Conor Mulroe asked a government witness, FBI Special Agent Peter Dubrowski, how common it is for law enforcement to disclose internal information in that fashion.
“I’ve never heard of it,” Dubrowski said.
Tarrio was arrested in Washington two days before the Capitol attack and charged with burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. He was released from jail before the riot and wasn’t in Washington on Jan. 6.
In a message to Tarrio on Dec. 25, 2020, Lamond said Metropolitan Police Department investigators had asked him to identify Tarrio from a photograph. He warned Tarrio that police may be seeking a warrant for his arrest.
Later, on the day of his arrest, Tarrio posted a message to other Proud Boys leaders that said, “The warrant was just signed.”
Before the trial started in January, Tarrio’s attorneys said Lamond’s testimony would be crucial for his defense, supporting Tarrio’s claims that he was looking to avoid violence. Mulroe said Lamond has asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
Tarrio’s attorneys have accused prosecutors of bullying Lamond into keeping quiet by warning the officer he could be charged with obstructing the investigation into Tarrio, a Miami resident who was national chairman of the Proud Boys. Prosecutors deny that claim.
Sabino Jauregui, one of Tarrio’s attorneys, said other messages show Tarrio routinely cooperated with police and had provided Lamond with useful information. Jauregui said prosecutors “dragged (Lamond’s) name through the mud” and falsely insinuated he is a “dirty cop” who had an inappropriate relationship with Tarrio.
“That was their theme over and over again,” Jauregui told U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly during a break in testimony.
Lamond was placed on administrative leave by the police force in February 2022, according to Mark Schamel, an attorney for the officer. Schamel said Lamond aided in Tarrio’s arrest for burning the Black Lives Matter banner.
In a statement Wednesday, Schamel said Lamond’s job required him to communicate with a variety of groups protesting in Washington and his conduct “was appropriate and always focused on the protection of the citizens of Washington, DC.”
“At no time did Lt. Lamond ever assist or support the hateful and divisive agenda of any of the various groups that came to DC to protest,” Schamel said. “More importantly, Lt. Lamond is a decorated official who does not condone the hateful rhetoric or the illegal conduct on January 6th and was only communicating with these individuals because the mission required it.”
Tarrio and his four lieutenants are charged with seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors said was a plot to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power and keep former President Donald Trump in the White House after the 2020 presidential election. Thousands of rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, disrupting a joint session of Congress for certifying the Electoral College vote.
Proud Boys members describe the group as a politically incorrect men’s club for “Western chauvinists.” They often brawled with antifascist activists at rallies and protests for years before the Capitol attack.
In a message to Tarrio on Dec. 18, 2020, Lamond said other police investigators had asked him if the Proud Boys are racist. The officer said he told them that the group had Black and Latino members, “so not a racist thing.”
“It’s not being investigated by the FBI, though. Just us,” Lamond added.
“Awesome,” Tarrio replied.
In another exchange that day, Lamond asked Tarrio if he had called in an anonymous tip claiming responsibility for the flag burning.
“I did more than that,” Tarrio responded. “It’s on my social media.”
In a message to Tarrio on Dec. 11, 2020, Lamond told him about the whereabouts of antifascist activists. The officer asked Tarrio if he should share that information with uniformed police officers or keep it to himself.
Two days later, Tarrio asked Lamond what the police department’s “general consensus” was about the Proud Boys.
“That’s too complicated for a text answer,” Lamond replied. “That’s an in-person conversation over a beer.”
Tarrio’s co-defendants are Proud Boys chapter leader Ethan Nordean, of Auburn, Washington; Joseph Biggs, of Ormond Beach, Florida, a self-described Proud Boys organizer; Zachary Rehl, who led a Proud Boys chapter in Philadelphia; and Dominic Pezzola, a group member from Rochester, New York.
They are among a slew of Proud Boys members facing charges in the riot. In a separate case this week, the president of a West Virginia chapter of the group, Jeffrey Finley, was sentenced to 75 days behind bars after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor illegal entry charge. The Associated Press sent an email to Finley’s attorney seeking comment Wednesday.
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Associated Press reporter Alanna Durkin Richer in Boston contributed to this report. | 2023-02-16T02:21:39+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/politics/ap-messages-officer-often-fed-information-to-proud-boys-leader/ |
(NEXSTAR) — Is there a trick or treat goodie that makes you say “boo”? We all have our likes and dislikes when it comes to sweets — but according to data from CandyStore.com, an online wholesale and bulk candy retailer, some are more likely to get “yucks” than “yums.”
To rank its “worsts,” CandyStore surveyed over 15,000 customers and combined that with 12 other “best” and “worst” Halloween candy lists from outlets like Buzzfeed, Business Insider and Bon Appétit.
Here’s the 2022 list.
CandyStore explains Circus Peanuts have previously been no. 1 on its “worst” list and were in second place last year.
Unfamiliar with some of these candies? Here’s a little breakdown (flavor/year introduced, if known) for ones you may not have heard of: Mary Jane (peanut butter-molasses taffy, 1914); Smarties (sweet-hard coated chocolate, 1937); wax cola bottles (gummy cylinder containing sweet syrup in various flavors); and Necco Wafers (chalky wafers in various flavors, 1847).
Interestingly, two of the candies on this list are very similar.
Peanut Butter Kisses have no relation to Hershey’s Kisses, despite the name. They are, however, a variant of Mary Jane candies, as explained by food historian Sarah Wassberg Johnson. Like Mary Janes, PBKs are peanut butter and molasses flavored. Unlike Mary Janes, PBKs come in orange and black wrappers — which may be part of why they’re so often associated with Halloween.
In case you’re wondering, CandyStore didn’t reserve all its research to finding the candy people love to hate. The site also named its 10 Best Halloween Candies, with one major winner reigning supreme for another year: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
“This is the perennial blowout of the century,” CandyStore writes.
It’s important to note, likes and dislikes are subjective. All candy has someone who likes it. Enjoy your favorites this Halloween! | 2022-10-29T18:16:17+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/whats-the-worst-halloween-candy/ |
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
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Golden State-Dallas playoff games score in weekly TV ratings
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AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the NBA playoffs take the TV court even the most popular shows find the competition tough. Last week’s No. 1 program was the Golden State-Dallas conference finals matchup, in which the Warriors extended their winning streak to three out of three. The first two games were among the top 10 programs, with playoff games overall claiming a quarter of the top 20, according to Nielsen figures released Tuesday. Viewers fit in time for favorite series including CBS’ “FBI,” whose next-to-last episode for the season the most-watched drama. The network pulled this week’s season finale because its plot was too close to Tuesday’s mass killings at a Texas school. | 2022-05-25T03:07:10+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/05/24/golden-state-dallas-playoff-games-score-in-weekly-tv-ratings-2/ |
Thirty-six governor seats were up for grabs in midterm elections. There are 20 that Republicans currently occupy, and another 16 in Democratic hands. How did the parties fare election night?
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Thirty-six governor seats were up for grabs in midterm elections. There are 20 that Republicans currently occupy, and another 16 in Democratic hands. How did the parties fare election night?
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NC K-12 students are bouncing back after Covid-19 learning loss
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A new report from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction shows math and reading test scores are on the rebound after major decreases during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
“Definitely a learning experience. to say that we moved fast would be an understatement,” says Craven County Schools Teacher of the Year, Laura Wilson..
“The touch points with the teacher were reduced. Whether that was the student was learning online or that they were in the classroom and we were just social distancing. Which, safety first but that was just the observation,” The Learning Room Found and Owner, Jessica Bradley says.
“When you’re in the classroom, we have a lot of hands-on learning, we have manipulatives, we’re able to see right there so that part did have a lot of challenges teaching during that pandemic time,” Wilson said.
After two years of concerning reports from the DPI that showed students were 15 months behind in their education. The new report shows the strongest gains were measured in middle and high school math, third and fourth-grade reading, eighth-grade science, and high school biology.
Bradley says, “Being online in terms of all of us as a school system, that’s not sustainable, and nor do I think it works.”
Educators in the East credit the improvement to being back in the classroom. “I’m proud to say it’s not just state-level. We’re seeing it all across our district. Having our students back in our classroom, having teachers back in person. We are there in real-time so we’re providing real-time feedback to address needs right away,” Wilson told WITN.
DPI says the best thing parents can do for their children to help them succeed is to read to them each night and encourage them to be present in class to get the education they need.
The new report is intended to explore the continued long-term impact of the pandemic on student learning, as well as to understand where students have made gains and closed gaps since the 2020-2021 report.
Copyright 2023 WITN. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-20T00:14:02+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/04/19/nc-k-12-students-are-bouncing-back-after-covid-19-learning-loss/ |
JACKSON, Miss., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EastGroup Properties (NYSE: EGP) (the "Company", "EastGroup") announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.10 per share payable on July 15, 2022 to shareholders of record of Common Stock on June 30, 2022. This dividend is the 170th consecutive quarterly distribution to EastGroup's shareholders and represents an annualized dividend rate of $4.40 per share. EastGroup has increased or maintained its dividend for 29 consecutive years and has increased it 26 years over that period, including increases in each of the last 10 years.
EastGroup Properties, Inc. (NYSE: EGP), a S&P Mid-Cap 400 company, is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust focused on the development, acquisition and operation of industrial properties in major Sunbelt markets throughout the United States with an emphasis in the states of Florida, Texas, Arizona, California and North Carolina. The Company's goal is to maximize shareholder value by being a leading provider in its markets of functional, flexible and quality business distribution space for location sensitive customers (primarily in the 15,000 to 70,000 square foot range). The Company's strategy for growth is based on ownership of premier distribution facilities generally clustered near major transportation features in supply-constrained submarkets. The Company's portfolio, including development projects and value-add acquisitions in lease-up and under construction, currently includes approximately 52.4 million square feet.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a move that shocked environmentalists, the government of Brazil’s third-largest state has given up a legal fight over protecting a state park in one of the Amazon's most biodiverse areas. The upshot of that decision is that a man responsible for the deforestation of huge swaths of protected land wins with finality a lawsuit against the government. The park will cease to exist.
Antonio José Rossi Junqueira Vilela has been fined millions of dollars for deforestation in Brazil and for stealing thousands of hectares (acres) of the Amazon rainforest. Yet it was a company linked to him that filed a lawsuit against the state of Mato Grosso, alleging it had improperly set the borders of the Cristalino II State Park.
The park stretches for 118,000 hectares (292,000 acres), larger than New York City, and lies in the transition zone between the Amazon and drier Cerrado biomes. It is home to the endemic white-fronted spider monkey (Ateles marginatus), a species endangered due to habitat loss.
In a 3-2 decision, Mato Grosso´s upper court ruled that the government's creation of the park in 2001 was illegal because it took place without public consultation.
The state government did not appeal that decision, leaving it to become final. Now the park will be officially dissolved, the government press office confirmed to The Associated Press.
The loss of the park is a measure of how bad things are today for the Amazon. Not only are environmental laws going unenforced, now a court has invalidated a major protected area. Scientists say not only are ecosystems being lost, but massive deforestation is damaging the forest's ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a crucial role it plays for the planet.
LAYING WASTE TO THE FOREST
Before he challenged the validity of Cristalino II park, Vilela's presence was already well known there. In 2005, he was fined $27 million for destroying 11,000 hectares (27,000 acres) of forest inside the protected area, according to local press reports at the time.
In 2016, the Vilela family made headlines in Brazil for being at the center of a landmark enforcement operation against deforestation in the Amazon, known as the Flying Rivers Operation, carried out by the Brazilian environment agency, Ibama, the federal police and the attorney general.
Vilela was also indicted for deforesting 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of public forests in Pará state, the equivalent of five Manhattans. Brazil's attorney general called Vilela the worst perpetrator of deforestation the Amazon had ever seen.
Legal proceedings often stretch for many years in Brazil. If convicted in the Pará case, Vilela could be sentenced to more than 200 years in prison. He could be fined more than $60 million.
Attorney Renato Maurílio Lopes, who has represented both Vilela and an affiliate company, did not respond to messages left by The Associated Press Wednesday and Thursday.
According to researcher Mauricio Torres, a geographer from Pará Federal University, Vilela’s family follows the “classic script of land grabbing in the Amazon.”
The way to steal land in Brazil is to deforest it and then claim it, he said. ¨It is through deforestation that the land-robbers concretely mark their ownership of the land and are recognized as 'owners' by other gangs,” he wrote to the AP.
According to official data, as of March 2022, Cristalino II had lost some 22,000 hectares (54,000 acres) to deforestation, even though it is a fully protected area. The area destroyed makes up almost 20% of the park.
Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest soybean-producing state, is run by governor Mauro Mendes, a pro-agribusiness politician and ally of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly said Brazil has too many protected areas and vowed not to create more of them.
Mendes’ state secretary of the environment is Mauren Lazzaretti, a lawyer who made a career defending loggers against criminal charges related to the environment.
During their tenure, Mato Grosso experienced one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazilian history. In 2020, wildfires burned 40% of the state’s Pantanal biome, the world’s most extensive tropical wetlands. Mendes signed a law Thursday that allows cattle raising in the Pantanal´s private preservation areas.
Via email, Mato Grosso’s Environment Secretary said it will proceed with the park’s dissolution and did not appeal because “it was deemed technically unviable.” The office noted that the adjacent Cristalino State Park I is still a protected area and covers 66,000 hectares (163,000 acres) of Amazon rainforest.
In a statement, the Mato Grosso Socio-environmental Observatory, a non-profit network, said that the park’s extinction sets a “dangerous precedent” and the state government has shown itself incapable of protecting preserved areas. It said it is assessing legal options to maintain Cristalino II.
“The public should not have to pay the price for the omission and incompetence of the state of Mato Grosso,” Angela Kuczach, head of the National Network for Conservation Units, told the AP.
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Associated Press climate and environmental coverage receives support from several private foundations. See more about AP’s climate initiative here. The AP is solely responsible for all content. | 2022-08-06T12:36:27+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Man-who-destroyed-vast-forest-wins-demise-of-park-17356242.php |
Tom Brady announces retirement — again
Posted/updated on: February 1, 2023 at 8:38 amTom Brady, the NFL quarterback great with seven Super Bowl victories, has announced his retirement -- again.
"When I woke up this morning I figured I'd just press record and let you guys know first," Brady said in a video on Twitter on Wednesday morning. "You only get one super emotional retirement essay, and I used mine up last year," referring to his quickly rescinded retirement announcement early in 2022.
Brady, 45, said his retirement this time is "for good." He made headlines last year when he announced his retirement in February, only to rescind his retirement 40 days later.
Brady then returned to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for what ended as a losing season, despite leading the Bucs to a Super Bowl win the year before -- his first year with the team after leaving the New England Patriots, with whom Brady spent 20 seasons, including six Super Bowl victories. His two subsequent seasons with the Buccaneers saw him earn a seventh Super Bowl championship.
Widely considered one of the greatest-ever NFL quarterbacks, if not the single greatest, Brady holds many individual NFL records, including being the only NFL player to be named Super Bowl MVP for two separate franchises, and the only quarterback to win a Super Bowl ring in three separate decades. He also currently holds the NFL record for most career passing yards, completions, and touchdown passes.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
02-08-10-12-42, Cash Ball: 3
(two, eight, ten, twelve, forty-two; Cash Ball: three)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
02-08-10-12-42, Cash Ball: 3
(two, eight, ten, twelve, forty-two; Cash Ball: three) | 2022-05-22T02:25:34+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash4Life-game-17189827.php |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a state law mandating life sentences for juvenile homicide offenders is unconstitutional, saying it amounts to “cruel and unusual punishment” and violates the Eighth Amendment.
In a sweeping 21-page opinion, the justices declared Tennessee a “clear outlier” as the only U.S. state to require that juvenile homicide offenders serve more than 50 years in prison before they can be considered for parole. In most other states, they are eligible for release in less than 35 years.
“In short, Tennessee is out of step with the rest of the country in the severity of sentences imposed on juvenile homicide offenders,” Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee wrote in the 3-2 majority opinion. “Automatically imposing a fifty-one-year-minimum life sentence on a juvenile offender without regard to the juvenile’s age and attendant circumstances can, for some juveniles, offend contemporary standards of decency.”
Justices Jeffrey Bivins and Roger Page argued in a dissenting opinion that state courts should not make “broad moral and social policy judgments” and juvenile sentencing decisions should be left to the legislative branch.
Tennessee has long been criticized for its unusually harsh prison terms for juveniles. More than 100 people have been sentenced to serve 60 years after being convicted when they were children.
National attention particularly grew when criminal justice reform advocates began highlighting the case of Cyntoia Brown-Long, who says she was a sex trafficking victim when she was convicted in 2006 of murdering a 42-year-old Nashville real estate agent. Brown-Long was 16 at the time.
Republican former Gov. Bill Haslam granted her clemency in 2019 and said having to wait 51 years in prison for a parole hearing was “too harsh.”
Under Friday’s ruling, judges may now adjust sentences for young people convicted of first-degree murder. The court also encouraged state lawmakers to consider legislation that would allow for more “discretionary, individualized sentencing.”
However, Republicans control both chambers and have pushed for stricter sentencing requirements. Justice reform experts counter that such tough-on-crime policies don’t reduce crime rates.
A spokesperson for Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, whose office defended the now-unconstitutional law, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The court’s decision stems from the case of Tyshon Booker, who was convicted as an adult while 16 years old for the first-degree murder of G’Metrik Caldwell in 2015.
The ruling does not mean Booker’s 60-year sentence will be overturned. Instead he will be eligible for a parole hearing sometime between 25 and 36 years into his sentence, and his age and other circumstances will be allowed to be considered. | 2022-11-19T17:48:06+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/ap-tennessee-court-juvenile-life-sentencing-unconstitutional/ |
In California, many buildings remain vulnerable to earthquake damage By Vincent Acovino , Sarah Handel, Ailsa Chang Published February 15, 2023 02:42 PM Facebook Twitter Listen • 4:22 NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with LAist News reporter Jacob Margolis about how many buildings in California are still susceptible to earthquake damage. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-02-15T22:59:19+00:00 | kpcc.org | https://www.kpcc.org/2023-02-15/in-california-many-buildings-remain-vulnerable-to-earthquake-damage |
Sunday, Feb. 19
TV
High School Athletics
Spotlight 10:30 p.m. BSSW
Auto Racing
NASCAR Cup: Daytona 500 1:30 p.m. FOX
College Baseball
Texas vs. Vanderbilt 10:30 a.m. FloBaseball.TV
Seattle U at Texas A&M 10:30 a.m. SECN+
Kansas St. at SFA 1 p.m. ESPN+
Gonzaga at Texas Tech 1 p.m. ESPN+
California Baptist at Oklahoma Baptist 2 p.m. ESPN+
Oklahoma St. vs. Arkansas 2:30 p.m. FloBaseball.TV
TCU vs. Missouri 6:30 p.m. FloBaseball.TV
College Basketball: Men
Belmont at Drake 11 a.m. CBSSN
Cincinnati at UCF 11 a.m. ESPNU
Ohio St. at Purdue noon CBS
North Carolina at NC State noon ESPN
George Washington at St. Bonaventure 1 p.m. USA
Bradley at Southern Illinois 1 p.m. ESPN2
Tulsa at Temple 1 p.m. ESPNU
Memphis at Houston 2 p.m. ESPN
Georgetown at Butler 2 p.m. FS1
East Carolina at SMU 2 p.m. ESPN+
Maryland at Nebraska 4 p.m. FS1
ETSU at Furman 5 p.m. ESPNU
Iowa at Northwestern 5:30p.m. BTN
Oregon at Washington St. 6 p.m. FS1
UNLV at Boise State 8 p.m. FS1
College Basketball: Women
Louisville at Boston College 11 a.m. ACCN
Purdue at Indiana 11 a.m. BTN
Arkansas at Georgia 11 a.m. SECN
Miami at Syracuse noon BSSW
Georgia Tech at Florida St. 1 p.m. ACCN
LSU at Florida 1 p.m. SECN
Oklahoma at Kansas 2 p.m. ESPN+
N.C. State at Virginia Tech 3 p.m. ESPN2
South Carolina at Mississippi 3 p.m. SECN
Wake Forest at North Carolina 3 p.m. ACCN
West Virginia at Texas 3 p.m. ESPNU
Pro Basketball: NBA All-Star Game
Team Giannis at Team LeBron 7 p.m. TNT/TBS
Golf
PGA: The Genesis Invitational noon GOLF
PGA: The Genesis Invitational 2 p.m. CBS
Champions Tour: Trophy Hassan II 2 p.m. GOLF
Pro Hockey: NHL
Columbus at Arizona 7:30 p.m. NHLN
Major League Rugby
Houston at Dallas 7 p.m. AT&T-SW
Soccer
Serie A: Atalanta vs. Lecce 5:30 a.m. Paramount+
La Liga: Elche vs. Espanyol 7 a.m. ESPN+
English Premier: Manchester United vs. Leicester City 8 a.m. USA
Serie A: Salernitana vs. Lazio 8 a.m. Paramount+
Serie A: Fiorentina vs. Empoli 8 a.m. Paramount+
Bundesliga: Union Berlin vs. Schalke 04 8:30 a.m. ESPN+
La Liga: Rayo Vallecano vs. Sevilla 9:15 a.m. ESPN+
English Premier: Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Ham United 10:30 a.m. USA
Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund vs. Hertha BSC 10:30 a.m. ESPN+
Serie A: Spezia vs. Juventus 11 a.m. Paramount+
English Premier: Newcastle United vs. Liverpool 11:30 a.m. NBC
La Liga: Atlético Madrid vs. Athletic Club 11:30 a.m. ESPN+
Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen vs. Mainz 05 12:30 p.m. ESPN+
Serie A: Roma vs. Hellas Verona 1:45 p.m. Paramount+
La Liga: Barcelona vs. Cádiz 2 p.m. ESPN+
Argentina Primera División: Unión Santa Fe vs. Colón 2 p.m. Paramount+
Argentina Primera División: Boca Juniors vs. Platense 4:15 p.m. Paramount+
Argentina Primera División: Independiente vs. Defensa y Justicia 6:30 p.m. Paramount+
Argentina Primera División: Talleres Córdoba vs. Central Córdoba SdE 6:30 p.m. Paramount+
College Softball
Nebraska vs. Arkansas 8:30 a.m. SECN
UCLA vs. Louisiana 9 a.m. ESPNU
Texas Tech vs. Santa Clara 10 a.m. YouTube
Oklahoma at Baylor noon ESPN+
Incarnate Word at Texas 12:30 p.m. LHN
Army at Baylor 2 p.m. ESPN+
Florida St. vs. Alabama 4 p.m. ESPN
Mississippi St. vs. UCF 7 p.m. ESPN2 | 2023-02-17T08:22:34+00:00 | tylerpaper.com | https://tylerpaper.com/tv-for-sunday-feb-19/article_b5d9e472-ae80-11ed-9943-e352403f827d.html |
DENVER, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leiters, a trusted FDA-registered 503B outsourcing provider of compounded sterile preparations and pharmacy services, announced today it has joined a new coalition of diverse stakeholders to address drug shortages in the United States. The End Drug Shortages Alliance provides a forum for key stakeholders to take strategic aim at one of health care's more pressing and enduring issues, drug shortages that disrupt patient care.
"Drug shortages impact the delivery of critical medicines and the delivery of patient care," said Robin Smith Hoke, President and CEO of Leiters. "As a member of the alliance, we will work collaboratively across the supply chain to develop strategies to address factors that contribute to these shortages."
Leiters provides high-quality compounded sterile preparations and pharmacy services across the healthcare continuum to hospitals, surgery centers and physician offices. Leiters offers an end-to-end suite of product types including pre-filled syringes, IV bags and concentrated vials; pain services including opioid free medications; pharmacy fill service for the ON-Q* Pain Relief System; and ophthalmic medications and services including, FDA-Compliant Repackaged Avastin®.
The End Drug Shortages Alliance was launched in late 2021 to bring together industry stakeholders, including providers, group purchasing organizations, manufacturers, distributors and other industry thought leaders and champions. Efforts will focus on improving access to medications through greater transparency across market participants, leading to improved quality manufacturing of medications and production of additional supply.
"We are grateful to have Leiters join the alliance to end drug shortages," said Eric Tichy, division chair of pharmacy supply solutions for Mayo Clinic, who serves as the Chair for the Alliance advisory board. "Collaboration among organizations strengthens our ability to improve the quality of life for patients that rely on these medications. Together, we can make a difference."
Learn more at www.EndDrugShortages.com
The End Drugs Shortages Alliance is a collaboration of select health systems, supply chain, industry and other stakeholders including group purchasing organizations, manufacturers, distributors and other industry thought leaders dedicated to solving the pharmaceutical supply challenges that disrupt access to essential medications in the U.S. We prioritize initiatives focused on transparency, quality, redundancy and production of additional supply to achieve undisrupted access to essential medications for health care providers and patients.
Leiters is a trusted FDA-registered 503B outsourcing provider of high-quality compounded sterile preparations and pharmacy services. It is committed to providing healthcare professionals and their patients with critically needed outsourced medications. Its team of experts in sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing, repackaging and compounding provide a sophisticated understanding of what it takes to elevate quality and consistency of supply in pharmaceutical outsourcing. Leiters combines a highly experienced team, with robust automated processes, in a state-of-the-art outsourcing facility, to ensure delivery of the highest quality medicines. All sterile preparations are produced under the Human Drug Outsourcing Facilities under 503B of the FD&C Act (503B Guidance) and follow Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). To learn more about how Leiters is Compounding Health™ please visit www.leiters.com.
Leiters Contact:
Kari Cashmore
720-414-7216
Kari.Cashmore@Leiters.com
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Tomorrow is an 82-minute drama written and directed by Kellen Gibbs, who took his first steps toward this artistic pursuit in Pacific Grove.
The movie tells a story of a young girl, Harper, who struggles to get back home when she inexplicably starts waking up as a different person every day – a cast of 19 plays different variations of Harper. Gibbs describes the story as a love letter to his younger self.
Born in Palo Alto, Gibbs went to elementary school in Soledad and moved to Pacific Grove when he was 13. There, he says, he spent his formative years with a camera that led him to a film school. “I like writing my own material,” Gibbs says, adding that when writing Tomorrow, he was using scenes from his life and things around him. The idea of waking up every day in a different place and body is not only a perfect expression of a teen’s inner crisis, but also creates a set of vignettes about human life.
“I like dissecting people,” Gibbs says with a laugh. “It’s been my thing – existential questions.”
Gibbs got his first digital camera when he was 8. He used Lego blocks to make his first movie, a stop-motion short, when he was 9 years old. Later he got his friends – real actors – involved in his movie projects.
Gibbs’ last project, a 2015 short called The Moment I Was Alone, won Judges Choice at the Monarch International Film Festival in 2015 and Best Screenplay – Featurette at Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema in 2016. Just like Tomorrow, the film is a coming-of-age story, where reality and magic mix in a philosophical dialogue.
“I like working with kids,” says Gibbs, now based in Burbank. “They are the most pure version of people.”
In terms of his inspiration, Gibbs mentions the British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan and psychological drama master Paul Thomas Anderson. And, of course, there’s Steven Spielberg – a huge influence on the coming-of-age aspect of his stories. In some ways Tomorrow has the feeling an older movie, perhaps something from the 1990s, thanks to the traditional soundtrack by Canadian-Argentine composer Isaias Garcia.
The movie is circulating through film festivals now – a UK premiere at the Scotland International Festival of Cinema in April, then onto San Jose for Cinequest in-person in August. | 2023-03-30T09:21:07+00:00 | montereycountyweekly.com | https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/art/a-monterey-county-raised-film-writer-and-director-is-releasing-his-debut-drama/article_96e00dfc-ce75-11ed-9dc0-a3e6a9058e8a.html |
Former President Trump to hold a rally in Westmoreland County
The president is making the stop ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
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Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Latrobe on Nov. 5.The rally will happen at 7 p.m. at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. Trump has endorsed Republican candidates Doug Mastriano and Mehmet Oz in their respective gubernatorial and Senate races. There is no word yet if either Mastriano or Oz will be at the rally on Nov. 5.
Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Latrobe on Nov. 5.
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B NOBLE brings a high-quality, Black-owned cannabis brand to Curaleaf's 58 retail locations in the Sunshine State
NEW YORK, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf" or the "Company"), a leading international provider of consumer cannabis products, today announced the expansion of its B NOBLE partnership across Florida. Products from the high-quality, Black-owned cannabis brand will be available at Curaleaf's 58 dispensaries across the state.
B NOBLE is a for-profit, cause-based cannabis brand founded by Hip-Hop pioneer, filmmaker, visual artist and cannabis advocate, Fab 5 Freddy. In partnership with Curaleaf's corporate social responsibility program, Rooted in Good, the B NOBLE brand launched in 2021 and became the Company's first large-scale, social equity-focused venture. The brand has expanded its complete suite of advocacy-based products to nine states. At launch, B NOBLE will introduce the following strains at Curaleaf dispensaries throughout Florida:
- Lady Madonna (hybrid): A fruity, uplifting combination of well-known strains Gushers and Strawberry Banana.
- PB Souffle (indica): Marked by dense purple flowers with a sweet, creamy aroma.
With every B NOBLE sale, ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to GreenBook Academy, a group that aims to create job opportunities for everyone through education. Greenbook's online multi-language, expert-led educational platform provides comprehensive career-based curriculums, firmly believing that education is a crucial factor in promoting diversity and inclusion in the cannabis industry.
"We are thrilled to expand our B NOBLE partnership into Florida, and we know this market will celebrate the brand's cause-based mission," said Matt Darin, CEO of Curaleaf. "With a growing adult population and a thriving medical market, Florida is one of the most promising areas for cannabis in the U.S. B NOBLE's thoughtfully crafted products coupled with its mission to address the impact of the War on Drugs make it a perfect fit for the Curaleaf and the Sunshine State alike."
"GreenBook Academy is honored to partner with Curaleaf and is grateful to receive proceeds from B NOBLE's Florida sales," said Noemi Perez, founder of GreenBook Academy. "B NOBLE's mission to create a more inclusive industry by addressing the harmful effects of the War on Drugs aligns with GreenBook Academy's mission and we look forward to working together to build a brighter, more inclusive future for the U.S. cannabis industry."
Patients in Florida can participate in Curaleaf's revamped rewards program earning loyalty points for every dollar spent that can be redeemed for savings on future purchases made at any Curaleaf-operated dispensary. This applies to all B NOBLE products across the country, which are sold in nine of the 19 states that Curaleaf operates in.
For more information regarding B NOBLE's products, availability and partnerships, please visit www.B-NOBLE.com.
About B NOBLE
B NOBLE is a for-profit, cause based cannabis brand. Founded by Fab 5 Freddy [Yo! MTV Raps, Grass is Greener], B NOBLE aims to help liberate Americans that are and have been incarcerated for non-violent cannabis related charges. Bernard Noble was sentenced to 13 years of hard labor for carrying less than two joints worth of cannabis and was released after spending seven years behind bars. It is a landmark case that demonstrates the impact of severe U.S. laws on cannabis, and Bernard's story represents one of the 600,000 people each year who are arrested for cannabis possession and suffer collateral consequences as a result of the War on Drugs. For more information, please visit www.B-NOBLE.com.
About Curaleaf Holdings
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to improve lives by providing clarity around cannabis and confidence around consumption. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company and its brands, including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. In the United States, Curaleaf currently operates in 19 states with 147 dispensaries and employs nearly 5,500 team members. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction and production. Curaleaf is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol CURA and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol CURLF. For more information, please visit https://ir.curaleaf.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, once describing “tough” conditions including a lack of running water that forced him to go more than 40 days without a shower.
Military documents obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request tell a different story.
They indicate Majewski never deployed to Afghanistan but instead completed a six-month stint helping to load planes at an air base in Qatar, a longtime U.S. ally that is a safe distance from the fighting.
Majewski's account of his time in the military is just one aspect of his biography that is suspect. His post-military career has been defined by exaggerations, conspiracy theories, talk of violent action against the U.S. government and occasional financial duress.
Still, thanks to an unflinching allegiance to former President Donald Trump — Majewski once painted a massive Trump mural on his lawn — he also stands a chance of defeating longtime Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in a district recently redrawn to favor Republicans.
Majewski is among a cluster of GOP candidates, most running for office for the first time, whose unvarnished life stories and hard-right politics could diminish the chances of a Republican “red wave” on Election Day in November. He is also a vivid representation of a new breed of politicians who reject facts as they try to emulate Trump.
“It bothers me when people trade on their military service to get elected to office when what they are doing is misleading the people they want to vote for them,” Don Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel, said of Majewski. “Veterans have done so much for this country and when you claim to have done what your brothers and sisters in arms actually did to build up your reputation, it is a disservice.”
Majewski's campaign declined to make him available for an interview and, in a lengthy statement issued to the AP, did not directly address questions about his claim of deploying to Afghanistan. A spokeswoman declined to provide additional comment when the AP followed up with additional questions.
“I am proud to have served my country,” Majewski said in the statement. “My accomplishments and record are under attack, meanwhile, career politician Marcy Kaptur has a forty-year record of failure for my Toledo community, which is why I’m running for Congress.”
With no previous political experience, Majewski is perhaps an unlikely person to be the Republican nominee taking on Kaptur, who has represented the Toledo area since 1983. But two state legislators who were also on the ballot in the August GOP primary split the establishment vote. That cleared a path for Majewski, who previously worked in the nuclear power industry and dabbled in politics as a pro-Trump hip-hop performer and promoter of the QAnon conspiracy theory. He was also at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
Throughout his campaign Majewski has offered his Air Force service as a valuable credential. The tagline “veteran for Congress” appears on campaign merchandise. He ran a Facebook ad promoting himself as “combat veteran.” And in a campaign video released this year, Majewski marauds through a vacant factory with a rifle while pledging to restore an America that is “independent and strong like the country I fought for.”
More recently, the House Republican campaign committee released a biography that describes Majewski as a veteran whose “squadron was one of the first on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11.” A campaign ad posted online Tuesday by Majewski supporters flashed the words “Afghanistan War Veteran” across the screen alongside a picture of a younger Majewski in his dress uniform. A biography posted on his campaign website does not mention Afghanistan.
But Majewski hasn't been forthcoming when asked about the specifics of his service.
“I don’t like talking about my military experience,” he said in a 2021 interview on the One American Podcast after volunteering that he served one tour of duty in Afghanistan. “It was a tough time in life. You know, the military wasn’t easy.”
A review of his service records, which the AP obtained from the National Archives through a public records request, as well as an accounting provided by the Air Force, offers a possible explanation for his hesitancy.
Rather than deploying to Afghanistan, as he has claimed, the records state that Majewski was based at Kadena Air Base in Japan for much of his active-duty service. He later deployed for six months to Qatar in May 2002, where he helped load and unload planes while serving as a "passenger operations specialist,” the records show.
While based in Qatar, Majewski would land at other air bases to transfer military passengers, medics, supplies, his campaign said. The campaign did not answer a direct question about whether he was ever in Afghanistan.
Experts argue Majewski’s description of himself as a “combat veteran” is also misleading.
The term can evoke images of soldiers storming a beachhead or finding refuge during a firefight. But under the laws and regulations of the U.S. government, facing live fire has little to do with someone earning the title.
During the Persian Gulf War, then-President George H.W. Bush designated, for the first time, countries used as combat support areas as combat zones despite the low-risk of American service members ever facing hostilities. That helped veterans receive a favorable tax status. Qatar, which is now home to the largest U.S. air base in the Middle East, was among the countries that received the designation under Bush's executive order — a status that remains in effect today.
Regardless, it rankles some when those seeking office offer their status as a combat veteran as a credential to voters without explaining that it does not mean that they came under hostile fire.
“As somebody who was in Qatar, I do not consider myself a combat veteran,” said Christensen, the retired Air Force colonel who now runs Protect Our Defenders, a military watchdog organization. “I think that would be offensive to those who were actually engaged in combat and Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Majewski's campaign said that he calls himself a combat veteran because the area he deployed to — Qatar — is considered a combat zone.
Majewski also lacks many of the medals that are typically awarded to those who served in Afghanistan.
Though he once said that he went more than 40 days without a shower during his time in the landlocked country, he does not have an Afghanistan campaign medal, which was issued to those who served “30 consecutive days or 60 nonconsecutive days" in the country.
He also did not receive a Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, which was issued to service members before the creation of the Afghanistan campaign medal if they deployed overseas in “direct service to the War on Terror.”
Matthew Borie, an Air Force veteran who worked in intelligence and reviewed Majewski’s records at AP’s request said it's “odd” that Majewski lacks many of the “medals you would expect to see for someone who deployed to Afghanistan."
There’s also the matter of Majewski’s final rank and reenlistment code when he left active duty after four years of service.
Most leave the service after four years having received several promotions that are generally awarded for time served. Majewski exited at a rank that was one notch above where he started. His enlistment code also indicated that he could not sign up with the Air Force again.
Majewski's campaign said he received what's called a nonjudicial punishment in 2001 after getting into a "brawl" in his dormitory, which resulted in the demotion. Nonjudicial punishments are designed to hold service members accountable for bad behavior that does not rise to the level of a court-martial.
Majewski's resume exaggeration isn't limited to his military service, reverberating throughout his professional life, as well as a nascent political career that took shape in an online world of conspiracy theories.
Since gaining traction in his campaign for Congress, Majewski has denied that he is a follower of the QAnon conspiracy theory while playing down his participation in Capitol riot.
The baseless and apocalyptic QAnon belief is based on cryptic online postings by the anonymous “Q,” who is purportedly a government insider. It posits that Trump is fighting entrenched enemies in the government and also involves satanism and child sex trafficking.
“Let me be clear, I denounce QAnon. I do not support Q, and I do not subscribe to their conspiracy theories," Majewski said in his statement to the AP.
But in the past Majewski repeatedly posted QAnon references and memes to social media, wore a QAnon shirt during a TV interview and has described Zak Paine, a QAnon influencer and online personality who goes by the nom de guerre Redpill78, as a “good friend.”
During a February 2021 appearance on a YouTube stream, Majewsk stated, “I believe in everything that’s been put out from Q,” while characterizing the false posts as “military-level intelligence, in my opinion.” He also posted to the defunct right wing social media platform, Parler, a photo of the “Trump 2020” mural he painted on his lawn that was modified to change the zeros into “Q's,” as first reported by CNN.
Then there's Majewski's participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Majewski has said that he raised about $25,000 to help dozens of people attend the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol. He also traveled to the event with his friend Paine, the QAnon influencer, and the two later appeared in social media postings near the Capitol.
Majewski acknowledged he was outside the Capitol, but denies entering the building. Still, he lamented the decision on a QAnon livestream a week after the attack, stating that he was “pissed off at myself” for not going in to the building.
“It was a struggle, because I really wanted to go in,” Majewski said on the livestream, which was first unearthed by the liberal group Media Matters.
Majewski has not been charged in connection with the attack. But he has falsely stated that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump and said that the insurrection “felt like a setup” by police who were targeting Trump supporters.
In his statement, Majewski said, “I deeply regret being at the Capitol that day" and “did not break the law," while calling for those who did to be “punished to the fullest extent of the law.”
The mischaracterizations extend to his professional career, in which he has repeatedly described himself as an “executive in the nuclear power industry,” including in a campaign ad last spring.
But a review of his now-deleted resume on the website LinkedIn and a survey of his former employers do not support the claim.
He most recently worked for Holtec International, a Florida-based energy conglomerate that specializes in handling spent nuclear fuel. But he is not listed among the executives and members of the corporate leadership teams in current or archived versions of the company's website.
A spokesman confirmed Majewski was a former Holtec employee, but declined to offer details on his position or role, which Majewski's LinkedIn page described as “senior director, client relations.”
Majewski's campaign declined to address his claim of being an executive, but said he participated in weekly conference calls with executives.
Majewski also described himself on LinkedIn as “project manager - senior consultant” for First Energy, an Ohio based power company, a position that he stated he held since shortly after leaving the military. The company, Majewski explained in a biography posted to his website, quickly recognized him for his “intellect and leadership capabilities”
Yet records from his 2009 bankruptcy raise questions about his seniority. They show he was an “outage manager” who earned about $51,000 a year. In the bankruptcy, Majewski and his wife gave up their home, two cars and a Jet Ski to settle the case, court records show.
Still, in a nationalized political environment, some Republicans suggest none of this will matter to the voters.
“At the end of the day, this will be a question of whether they want Nancy Pelosi leading the House or Kevin McCarthy,” said Tom Davis, a former congressman who led the House Republican campaign arm during George W. Bush's presidency. “These elections have become less about the person. I wouldn't say candidates don’t matter, but they don’t matter like they used to."
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LaPorta reported from Wilmington, North Carolina. AP investigative researcher Randy Herschaft in New York contributed to this report.
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When a woman gets older, her period will eventually stop — a natural menopausal transition that can leave many women struggling with symptoms for years.
One of the most common symptoms are hot flashes, and there haven't been many treatment options — until now.
On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of drug to treat moderate to severe hot flashes caused by menopause.
Fezolinetant, sold under the brand name Veozah, is a once-a-day oral pill that works by blocking a receptor in the brain's temperature control center. And it's not a hormone, meaning women who cannot take hormone therapies, like those with a history of blood or liver issues, won't be deterred from trying it.
"Hot flashes as a result of menopause can be a serious physical burden on women and impact their quality of life. The introduction of a new molecule to treat moderate to severe menopausal hot flashes will provide an additional safe and effective treatment option for women," said Dr. Janet Maynard, director of the FDA’s Office of Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
The FDA says these periods of sweating and chills lasting several minutes occur in 80% of menopausal women.
Menopause typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. It's marked by the body slowly producing less estrogen and progesterone — a transition that usually lasts about seven years. The reduction of hormones during menopause can trigger harsh symptoms, like hot flashes.
"This therapy is based on our understanding of the biology behind hot flashes. I’m excited to know that patients will have the option to choose this nonhormonal treatment," said Dr Genevieve Neal-Perry, chair of the UNC School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Astellas Pharma, which makes Veozah, says its drug could be available in pharmacies within three weeks.
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Top NFL prospects work at Raising Cane’s ahead of draft
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMBC) – Some of the future stars of the NFL stepped away from the gridiron to help out a fast-food restaurant in Missouri.
The presumptive No. 1 pick for the 2023 NFL Draft, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, took orders at a Raising Cane’s in Kansas City on Tuesday.
“I’m excited to see what the city has to offer,” Young said of the host city for this year’s draft. “I’ve never been here before, and I’m excited to try some barbecue.”
Other top prospects, including Texas running back Bijan Robinson and Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, picked up shifts at the restaurant as well.
“”I like it here at the city,” Robinson said. “It’s a really chill city, and I think the people here are great. So, it’s a good time here.”
The projected first-round picks worked the drive-thru and front counter while they signed autographs and talked with football fans.
The night was a part of a Raising Cane’s promotion for its One Love craveable chicken finger meals. The NFL Draft is set to begin Thursday.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — With stark political divides on abortion, gun violence and other issues threatening to overshadow their meeting, the nation’s governors sought to find common ground — on other issues.
The National Governors Association formally kicked off its summer gathering Thursday, the first in-person meeting since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. It follows recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have deepened the rift between red and blue states, by overturning Roe v. Wade and striking down gun restrictions in New York.
Leaders say there’s still room for bipartisanship.
“It’s about trying to find things that we can work on together, and that’s plentiful,” said Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican who is wrapping up his yearlong term as the association’s chair.
Hutchinson is handing the reins of the group to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, who will serve as its next chair. The two governors announced last month a bipartisan task force to make recommendations on preventing mass shootings, following the massacre at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers.
The task force was announced before President Joe Biden signed into law a sweeping, bipartisan gun violence measure that includes billions in new funding for mental health and school safety. The task force is comprised of eight governors, equally divided between Republicans and Democrats.
Hutchinson said he sees the group helping shepherd that law’s implementation at the state level.
Republican Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah, a member of the task force, acknowledged that any change to gun policy would invite controversy in his state, yet he encourages politicians to listen to proposals from across the political spectrum, including funding for school security, counselors, gun buybacks and red flag laws.
“I’ve asked everyone to be open to every conversation,” Cox, the association’s incoming vice chairman, said in a press conference last month.
The public agenda at the event in Maine avoided any high-profile partisan issues. Sessions on Thursday featured Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger and the leader of a global robotics competition for a discussion of computer science education. Another session focused on travel and tourism.
The governors also held several other events, including a mixer Wednesday evening and a scheduled lobster bake Thursday evening.
Security was tight with road closures and a large police presence. Organizers declined to say if there was a specific threat or concern.
Nineteen governors, including the governor of Puerto Rico, attended the event. Missing were governors of several large states including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Hutchinson said he doesn’t see the governors association addressing abortion following the reversal of Roe. That ruling has pitted states against each other, with “trigger” bans taking effect almost immediately after the ruling in a number of states.
Republicans in some states are looking at ways to prevent women from going out of state for abortions, steps that could include going after abortion providers. In response, some Democratic governors have signed measures banning their state’s law enforcement agencies from enforcing other states’ abortion bans. That includes Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who formally welcomed the governors to her state on Thursday.
When she signed an executive order last week, Mills said she “will stand in the way of any effort to undermine, roll back or outright eliminate the right to safe and legal abortion in Maine.”
Partisanship was underscored on the eve of the gathering as New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu campaigned alongside fellow Republican Paul LePage, a former Maine governor who hopes to unseat Mills.
Newsom, the governor of California, has even run a campaign ad in Florida criticizing that state’s Republican leaders. And protesters supporting reproductive choice gathered outside an event some of the governors attended on the Portland waterfront.
Nonetheless, Hutchinson said the group has been able to work together on other issues, being a voice for the states during the COVID-19 pandemic and during negotiations over the bipartisan infrastructure package.
Massachusetts’ Republican Gov. Charlie Baker said the governors tend to get along with each other — and they tend to focus on things where they can get results instead of areas of disagreement.
“While we will disagree on different issues, we as a group have much more in common than what sets us apart,” said Mills, the host governor.
Hutchinson’s chairmanship of the group has elevated his national profile as he considers running for president in 2024. The two-term governor, who leaves office in January, has criticized former President Donald Trump and has urged fellow Republicans to move on from the 2020 election.
Murphy is coming into the chairmanship after narrowly winning reelection as governor last year. An unapologetic progressive, he recently signed legislation enshrining abortion rights into law and a new package of gun control bills.
Even though they’re at opposite ends of the political spectrum, Hutchinson had words of praise for his successor.
“Part of being a human being is that you recognize good quality that you see in people, even though disagree fundamentally and you’re on a different team. I think that’s needed in America today,” he said.
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This story has been updated to correct the name of New York’s governor. She is Kathy Hochul, not Huchul.
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DeMillo reported from Little Rock, Arkansas. Associated Press writers Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan; Mike Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey; Sam Metz in Salt Lake City; and Patrick Whittle in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report. | 2022-07-15T03:13:56+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/stark-political-divides-overshadow-gathering-of-us-governors/ |
TORONTO (AP) _ Manulife Financial Corp. (MFC) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $851 million.
On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had net income of 42 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 61 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 60 cents per share.
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Las Vegas middle school mariachi band gets stranded in Omaha for Christmas
By Dani Masten
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — It was a happy and exciting time for the Mariachi Azul students from Fremont middle school in Las Vegas as they were headed to Chicago for the Midwest clinic, one of the biggest mariachi music conferences.
“The clinic went fantastic the kids did great,” said chaperone Julia Avila.
It was great until it was time to return home in time for Christmas.
The holiday weather left these 19 students and some chaperones stranded at their layover destination on Dec. 22.
“We did get out of Chicago in time but that is how we got stuck in Omaha,” said Avila.
With no travel plans to be in Omaha chaperones Julie Avila and Jazlique Hernandez amongst others had to scramble quickly.
“These kids need somewhere warm to sleep tonight,” said Avila. “I will just go and charge it up on my card, it is fine. I needed to make sure they were in a hotel and somewhere safe.”
The church network quickly came to the rescue. Churches in Vegas found out about the group being stranded and reached out to churches in Omaha.
“Christmas was fantastic,” said Avila. “We had two groups come out to us and they brought homemade Christmas dinner to us.”
One of the churches in Omaha gave all the kids Christmas cards with money to help them replace items that were lost in their luggage and to buy Christmas gifts.
“We went to Walmart and the kids and the kids just shopped and bought whatever they wanted and I made sure they bought necessities first,” said Avila.
Seven students and two chaperones returned to Vegas Monday morning, nine are scheduled to get on a flight Monday night, leaving six people in Omaha who aren’t scheduled to leave until Thursday.
“I am one of the ones staying behind because I need to make sure the kids get home first,” said Avila.
CCSD sent this statement: “CCSD has worked with school administration to make arrangements for students, chaperones and staff impacted by the travel delays across the country. Superintendent Jara has been in direct contact with the Fremont Middle School group and District leadership is exploring all opportunities to get the students, chaperones and staff home as soon as possible.”
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HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Former President Donald Trump and other leading Republicans are scheduled to address the three-day firearms marketing and advocacy event, which is expected to draw protesters fed up with gun violence.
Some scheduled speakers and performers have backed out, including two Texas lawmakers and “American Pie” singer Don McLean, who said “it would be disrespectful” to go ahead with his act in the aftermath of the country’s latest mass shooting.
While President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress have renewed calls for stricter gun laws, NRA board member Phil Journey said the focus should be on better mental health care and trying to prevent gun violence. He said he wouldn’t support banning or limiting access to firearms.
The NRA said in an online statement that people attending the gun show will “reflect on” the Uvalde school shooting, “pray for the victims, recognize our patriotic members, and pledge to redouble our commitment to making our schools secure.”
People planning to attend picked up registration badges Thursday and shopped for NRA souvenirs, such as T-shirts that say “Suns Out Guns Out.” Police already had set up metal barriers across the street from the convention center, at a park where protesters are expected to gather Friday.
Gary Francis traveled with his wife and friends from Racine, Wisconsin, to attend the NRA meeting. He said he opposed any gun control regulations in response to the Uvalde shooting.
“What happened there is obviously tragic,” he said. “But the NRA had nothing to do with it. The people who come here had nothing to do with it.”
Texas has experienced a series of mass shootings in recent years. During that time, the Republican-led Legislature and governor have relaxed gun laws.
There is precedent for the NRA to gather amid local mourning and controversy. The organization went ahead with a shortened version of its 1999 meeting in Denver roughly a week after the deadly shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado. Actor Charlton Heston, the NRA president at that time, told attendees that “horrible acts” shouldn’t become opportunities to limit constitutional rights and he denounced critics for casting NRA members as “villains.”
Rocky Marshall, a former NRA board member, said that although the tragedy in Uvalde “does put the meeting in a bad light,” that’s not a reason to cancel it. Marshall said gun-rights advocates and opponents can perhaps reduce gun violence if they focus on factors such as mental illness or school security.
“Throwing rocks at the NRA, that doesn’t solve the next mass shooting,” he said. “Throwing rocks at the people that hate guns, that doesn’t solve the next mass shooting.”
But country music singer Larry Gatlin, who pulled out of planned appearance at the event, said he hopes “the NRA will rethink some of its outdated and ill-thought-out positions.”
“While I agree with most of the positions held by the NRA, I have come to believe that, while background checks would not stop every madman with a gun, it is at the very least a step in the right direction,” Gatlin said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that the NRA’s leaders “are contributing to the problem of gun violence and not trying to solve it.” She accused them of representing the interests of gun manufacturers, “who are marketing weapons of war to young adults.”
Two Republican Texas lawmakers who had been scheduled speak Friday — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw — are no longer attending due to what their staffs said were changes in their schedules.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz, both Republicans, were listed as speakers, and Trump said Wednesday that he still intends to attend. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, also is sticking to her plans to speak Friday at the NRA event.
Though personal firearms are allowed at the convention, the NRA said guns would not be permitted during the session featuring Trump because of Secret Service security protocols.
Several groups have said they planned to stage protests outside of the convention center.
“This is not the time or the place to have this convention,” said Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL, a Houston-based civil rights group that plans to participate in protests. “We must not just have thoughts and prayers from legislators, but rather we need action to address this public health crisis that is affecting our communities.”
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, said the city is obligated to host the NRA event, which has been under contract for more than two years. But he urged politicians to skip it.
“You can’t pray and send condolences on one day and then be going and championing guns on the next. That’s wrong,” Turner said.
Shannon Watts, the founder of gun-control group Moms Demand Action, said she was not surprised the NRA is not canceling its meeting.
“The real question now is which elected officials will choose to side with violence and go kiss the ring in Houston this weekend instead of siding with communities crying out for public safety,” Watts said.
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A bill seeking to make it easier for food pantries to buy from local producers glided out of a committee in the Montana Legislature Tuesday.
House Bill 276 would establish $1 million in grants for pantries over the next two years to help them contract with farmers and ranchers for fresh, nutritious foods. The House Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to send the measure on to the full House of Representatives with little debate.
No one spoke against the bill at its initial hearing in January. Proponents ranged from farmers to food bank operators who said the grants would help bring healthy foods to Montanans in need, while also supporting small producers.
One in 12 people in Montana couldn’t meet dietary needs in 2020, according to data from Feeding America. | 2023-02-09T01:27:10+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-02-08/farm-to-pantry-bill-advances-to-house |
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)Lauren Fields scored all nine of her points in the final two-and-a-half minutes as No. 15 Arizona erased a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to knock off Oregon State 72-69 on Friday night.
The Wildcats bounced back from their first loss in their last six games, falling 73-57 to No. 2 Stanford on Monday.
Esmery Martinez got Arizona even at 53-53 with 8:04 left, but Oregon State responded with a 12-0 run that seemingly left the Beavers in charge with under four minutes to play. Raegan Beers turned a three-point play, Bendu Yeaney and Beers had baskets and Talia von Oelhoffen hit a 3-pointer off a cross-court pass in the spurt. Yeaney hit a pull-up jumper in the lane for a 65-53 advantage with 3:57 left.
Martinez stopped the run with two free throws and Helena Pueyo followed with a steal and layup to get the Wildcats within eight.
From there, Fields, a senior transfer from Oklahoma State, found a comfortable spot on the wing and used it to drop back-to-back 3s, then scored at the basket to tie the game with 1:48 to play. Pueyo hit from beyond the arc to give Arizona its first lead of the game, 68-65 with 1:29 remaining.
Oregon State got within one with 28 seconds left when von Oelhoffen drove the baseline for a reverse layup, but Arizona came up with two clutch defensive stops to preserve the win.
Cate Reese led Arizona (13-2, 3-1 Pac 12) with 16 points and three steals. Shaina Pellington, who hit a game-winning jumper at the buzzer last year in Corvallis, and Pueyo each added 12 points.
Beers posted a double-double to lead Oregon State (9-6, 1-3), finishing with 19 points and 10 rebounds. AJ Marotte added 17 points and von Oelhoffen scored 12.
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“Like stone and wood, metal is a material I feel should be incorporated into every project,” says interior designer Michael Habachy. For this Tuxedo Park house, a 25-foot-tall fireplace clad in steel gives the great room a dramatic focal point.
This project was a gold winner in our first-ever Georgia Design Awards. For more winners, see the winter issue of Atlanta Magazine’s HOME.
Wonderful woods
A custom coffee table from Habachy’s eponymous showroom at ADAC combines bleached tropical wood and metal straps. A burled wood vessel on the table by master wood turner Anatoly Tsiris continues the organic feeling.
Weighing the options
The steel kindling tower is constructed with quarter-inch blackened steel plates and is quite heavy, says the designer. Walls and flooring were engineered to be structurally sound, with shelves safely fastened to the walls.
Off-center, on target
“I used to be a symmetry freak, but now, I push myself to design asymmetrical features in a space,” says Habachy, who kept the stacked kindling off to one side in his design. No surprise: The designer worked for a metal fabricating shop early in his career.
Sit on it
A leather chair by Minotti offers a sophisticated spot to enjoy the fire and all that’s around it.
Floor facts
As a practical move, the designer found a limestone-looking porcelain tile by Florim that can withstand wine stains and wear from three boys in the house.
This article appears in our December 2022 issue. | 2023-01-04T19:09:22+00:00 | atlantamagazine.com | https://www.atlantamagazine.com/homeandgarden/room-envy-a-metal-fireplace-that-steels-the-show/ |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — On a night when they were held to just two hits, the red-hot Atlanta Braves kept on winning.
With right-hander Charlie Morton pitching into the seventh inning and Sean Murphy extending a power surge that has seen Atlanta homer in 24 straight outings, the MLB-best Braves began a weekend series between teams with the top two records in baseball with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
Murphy backed Morton (9-6) with a two-run homer as Atlanta won for the 19th time in 21 games to improve its record to 59-28.
The AL-best Rays (57-34) have lost a season-high six straight, although that wasn’t the lone reason for concern after starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow (2-3) left in the sixth inning due to cramping in his hands and legs.
Glasnow, who hasn’t won since June 14 and is 0-3 over his last four starts, allowed two runs — one earned — and two hits while walking one and striking out eight.
“You’d like to see him get rewarded for it. He came out of the ballgame because he just kind of had cramps in both hands, both quads,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We’ve seen it before, it kind of creeps in a little bit. He wanted to keep going.”
Murphy went deep in the fourth inning after Atlanta’s first baserunner, Matt Olson, reached on an error. The drive to right-center wiped out a 1-0 lead the Rays took on Wander Franco’s homer off Morton in the first.
Atlanta, which leads the majors with 167 homers, has homered in 24 straight games dating to June 11. That’s the longest active streak in the majors and second-longest in the franchise’s modern era behind a 25-gamer in 1998.
Morton, who was 18-8 with a 3.33 ERA in 42 starts over two seasons with Tampa Bay, pitched at Tropicana Field for the first time since leaving the Rays after helping the team reach the World Series in 2020.
The 39-year-old right-hander allowed one run and four hits Atlanta turned to its bullpen with one out in the seventh. A.J. Minter, Nick Anderson and Raisel Iglesias, who worked the ninth for his 16th save in 18 opportunities, finished the six-hitter.
The Braves, meanwhile, were limited to two hits as Ronald Acuña Jr. (16 games) and Marcell Ozuna (15) saw long hitting streaks end.
“It’s about winning the game. I don’t care how you do it,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said.
“Against that pitching you’re not going to bunch a lot of hits together,” Snitker added. “We were just fortunate that Sean got into that one and it was enough.”
Glasnow departed after giving up a single to Olson with two outs in the sixth. He struck out six straight at one point, including all four batters he faced in the second inning, which was prolonged when Ozuna fanned on a wild pitch that allowed him to reach base.
Cash said Glasnow has experienced cramping before during his career, including during his last win at Oakland on June 14.
“We can’t quite pin exactly what’s causing it,” Cash said.
Glasnow said the problem is not dehydration and that he expects to make his next scheduled start.
“I don’t know what it is right now. It’s only been a couple starts, so I’m not sure what it is,” Glasnow said.
“When I go out … just like pushing off the mound, like my calves and my left arm really cramps up,” the pitcher added. “I don’t feel fatigued. I don’t feel like exhausted. It’s really weird. I’m hydrated, been doing the tests. So I don’t know. It’s just strange.”
TRAVELING BUT NOT PITCHING
Braves manager Brian Snitker said right-handers Spencer Strider and Bryce Elder, won’t pitch Tuesday night in the All-Star Game. Both will travel to Seattle, however, and take part in the other activities. Snitker is set to start Saturday, and Elder on Sunday.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Braves: LHP Max Fried, sidelined since May 5 with a strained left forearm, will start a minor league rehab assignment Sunday with Triple-A Gwinnett.
Rays: All-Star Shane McClanahan (mid-back tightness) threw with his pitching delivery for five minutes from 60 feet on level ground for the first time. The lefty is expected to return July 16 to pitch at Kansas City. … Reliever Andrew Kittredge (Tommy John surgery) struck out two during a scoreless inning in his second game with the rookie-level FCL Rays.
UP NEXT
Strider (10-2) will face Rays rookie RHP Taj Bradley (5-4) on Saturday. Bradley, who grew up a Braves fan, has given up 12 earned runs over 7 1/3 innings (14.73 ERA) in his last two starts.
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NEW CASTLE, Ind. – A teen from Muncie and twin teen brothers from Henry County face charges in connection with a retaliatory attack that left a fourth teen injured.
John Reid Doty, 17, is charged with attempted murder and attempted robbery resulting in serious bodily injury. Twin brothers Andrew and Justin Swinehart, both 17, each face a count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
While CBS4 doesn’t typically name juvenile suspects, all three are being charged as adults.
The charges stem from a July 2022 incident in New Castle. Investigators said the trio conspired to arrange a marijuana deal with a 17-year-old. They never intended to pay for the pot, police said, because the whole thing was a setup.
Earlier, Doty had made a deal to buy a gun from the other teen. However, the teen took Doty’s money without providing him with the firearm.
According to court documents, Doty then talked to the Swineharts, who helped him concoct a scheme in which they’d use Snapchat to lure the other teen to a New Castle park under the guise of a drug deal. They planned to take marijuana and cash to recoup Doty’s stolen money.
The teen showed up at Osborne Park with a friend; Justin Swinehart got into the back seat of the teen’s vehicle and said, “I ain’t gonna lie, this is a stickup. Honk your horn.” Swinehart then said he was kidding and that honking the horn would signal “his girl” to bring the money for the exchange, according to the probable cause affidavit.
The teen honked and said people came running out of the bushes and a port-a-potty; Andrew Swinehart had what appeared to be an AR-style rifle (police later discovered the rifle was an airsoft gun).
Doty came up to the window and “just started stabbing him,” the teen told police. While being stabbed, he jumped on his seat and kicked Doty. He then floored the accelerator and drove off; Justin Swinehart got out of the vehicle.
The teen remembered “putting the directions to the hospital [into his phone] and then thinking that he can’t [make it], that it was over, and he was dying,” according to court documents. As he drove off, he remembered hearing gunshots and said they were fired by his friend, another juvenile who’d accompanied him for the exchange.
The teen drove to a gas station to get help. Police found him lying on the floor bleeding heavily. He suffered cuts or stab wounds on the left side of his body to his hand, wrist, thigh, forearm and chest, according to court documents, including a laceration to the ulnar artery and another to a flexor tendon.
An employee dialed 911 while a customer applied pressure to the teen’s wounds until police and medics arrived. The teen’s juvenile friend hid the gun underneath a dumpster near the gas station, according to court documents.
Andrew Swinehart was shot in the abdomen during the incident. He was taken to an area hospital before being airlifted to an Indianapolis facility after suffering from internal injuries, including a collapsed lung and a bladder injury. He was discharged after surgery.
Both injured teens eventually recovered from their wounds.
Doty and the Swineharts are due in court in May for pretrial conferences with trials scheduled for June, according to court records. | 2023-02-22T15:22:23+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/teens-charged-in-retaliatory-attack-at-new-castle-park-spurred-by-gun-deal-swindle/ |
The forecast is showing a hot day in Waterloo. It looks like it will be a warm 88 degrees. 63 degrees is today's low. How likely is it that it'll rain on your picnic? The weather forecast calls for a 43% chance of rain. High UV indexes are expected. Be careful outside, especially during late morning through mid-afternoon. If your shadow is shorter than you, seek shade and wear protective clothing and generously apply sunscreen on exposed skin. The area will see gentle winds today, with forecast models showing only 10 mph wind conditions coming up from Southeast. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Stay in the know. Visit wcfcourier.com for local news and weather.
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Zoo announces death of beloved 3-year-old elephant Fitz after battling virus
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - A zoo in Kentucky says its beloved 3-year-old elephant named Fitz has died after a brief battle with a deadly virus.
According to the Louisville Zoo, Fitz was recently diagnosed with endotheliotropic herpesvirus, also known as EEHV.
The virus aggressively affects blood cells and there is currently no vaccine against it, the zoo said. Survival rates are around 20-30%.
Officials at the zoo said their elephant care staff noticed signs of lethargy in Fitz last weekend. A blood sample was sent in that confirmed the virus, and preventive care began.
However, Fitz’s condition took a turn for the worse on Friday and he died during his nighttime treatment.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of elephant Fitz,” Louisville Zoo Director Dan Maloney said. “Fitz held a special place within our entire extended zoo family. His presence at our zoo touched the hearts of our members, patrons and our entire community.”
Officials said EEHV is one of the more serious medical issues facing wild elephants and researchers are working to learn more about the virus.
According to the zoo, it is harder for weaned calves like Fitz to fight the virus because they no longer receive the antibodies from their mother’s milk.
The zoo said he was routinely monitored and tested for signs of EEHV since there is no vaccine and no known prevention.
Fitz was the offspring of 37-year-old elephant Mikki. The zoo said Mikki appears to be behaving normally and will be monitored for any changes.
“Fitz’s impact will live on, along with his memory, in the hearts of all who encountered him. He will be deeply missed,” Maloney said.
Fitz would have turned 4 years old on Aug. 2.
Copyright 2023 WAVE via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-01T20:11:21+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/2023/07/01/zoo-announces-death-beloved-3-year-old-elephant-fitz-after-battling-virus/ |
(NEXSTAR) – A viral TikTok has some people taking a closer look at their pantry after a video pointed out something fishy about the nutrition labels on Walmart’s generic food items.
The video zooms in on three Great Value products: marshmallows, pancake syrup and boxed mashed potatoes. Great Value is Walmart’s generic retail brand.
Near the nutrition facts and ingredients on each package is something out of place. On the marshmallows bag is a warning that reads “MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF TILAPIA.” A similar disclaimer on the syrup bottle says it may contain traces of anchovies.
On the mashed potatoes box, there are even more fish options: anchovies, perch, trout, whitefish and clams.
Why do so many of these products – which you’d think shouldn’t contain any fish at all – display such warnings?
Walmart didn’t respond to Nexstar’s requests for comment, but the Food and Drug Administration offers some reasonable explanations.
A federal law, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, requires manufacturers to disclose when packaged foods contain a “major food allergen,” the FDA explains.
The law names nine major allergens that needs to be identified, and the list includes fish and shellfish.
Some manufacturers choose to go even further, and optionally disclose if a food was manufactured near one of the major allergens.
“A manufacturer might use the same equipment to make different products,” the FDA says. “Even after cleaning this equipment, a small amount of an allergen (such as peanuts) that was used to make one product (such as cookies) may become part of another product (such as crackers).”
So, out of an abundance of caution for those with severe allergies, that company may put a warning like “may contain peanuts” or “produced in a facility with peanuts” on the product because they can’t guarantee there was no cross-contamination.
The same goes for fish and shellfish, since they are major allergens.
It’s not just Walmart who prints these types of warnings on their labels. If you take a closer look at your pantry staples, you may find similar disclaimers on all types of prepared foods. | 2023-06-15T15:22:32+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/why-do-so-many-walmart-products-contain-traces-of-fish-viral-tiktok-alarms-shoppers/ |
It’s been one year since an EF-3 tornado touched down in Gaylord, killing two people and destroying homes and businesses.
Northern Michigan’s news leader is taking a look back on that day, with first-hand accounts from survivors, first responders and those who led the effort to come together and rebuild.
9&10′s David Lyden and videographer Josh Monroe bring you a special report on the devastation of May 20, 2022 and the journey to recovery. | 2023-05-20T18:02:11+00:00 | 9and10news.com | https://www.9and10news.com/2023/05/20/special-report-one-year-after-the-gaylord-tornado/ |
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It’s never a bad time to enhance your skin’s glow. Glowing skin appears healthy, radiant and moisturized — and it makes you look and feel more attractive.
If you haven’t heard already, French-based skincare company Typology’s Illuminating Vitamin C Glow Drops are perking up parched skin and winning over hearts all around the globe, one pearly-finished complexion at a time. The illuminating vegan product, which adds a sheer radiance through light-reflecting minerals, sold out just two weeks after it dropped in late 2022. Then, it apparently established a 9,000-plus person waitlist.
Infused with vitamin C and aloe vera, Typology’s Glow Drops can be used to brighten up foundations, skin tints and BB creams, but they can also be used with moisturizer alone. People like how the product makes their skin look fresh and natural without feeling overdone.
The company claims the liquid concentrate will provide an immediate glow and keeps your skin radiant over time. It recommends mixing the product with your moisturizer or a tinted serum, and not going to bed with makeup on (which is a practice dermatologists have long warned against).
Watch the glow drops work their magic on TikTok beauty reviewer @rudiberry’s video below.
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Thankfully, this complexion-enhancing luminous potion is back in stock on the retailer’s website for $30.40 and is suitable for all complexions. It’s not currently sold anywhere else. Note that you can get free shipping if you order more than $60 worth of product, and you qualify for a free gift once you’ve purchased items worth $85.
However, these aren’t the only glow drops on the market. Here are two others you might want to try.
Dew Drops by Glow Recipe Store ($33.25)
These glow drops from the Glow Recipe Store create a dewy appeal without using any glitter, pearl or mica. Offering hydration through niacinamide, vitamin C, amino acids, moringa seed oil and hyaluronic acid, they can be used with or without foundation or creamy blush. The company refers to it as a “Skincare + Makeup Primer Hybrid” product. With an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars and more than 3,300 global ratings, this $33 bottle is currently rated as Amazon’s Choice for “glow+drops.”
Reviewer Debbie Shannon Avila liked how it gave her a glass-like glow.
“Tried this product out after seeing it on TikTok, my daughter and I loved this product We are waiting for the bigger bottle to come in today!” she said. “It smells great. It feels great. & after a couple of weeks I wasn’t even wearing foundation anymore that’s how good are skin looked ! Definitely give it a try!”
Wet n Wild Megaglow Liquid Highlighter ($5.99)
This Wet n Wild buildable liquid highlighter comes in five medium-coverage shades for a multidimensional shimmer, yet it’s also jam-packed with good-for-you ingredients like murumuru seed butter, grapeseed oil and vitamin E. This highlighter averages 4.1 stars out of 5 stars with more than 4,170 global ratings. It sells for $5.99 but you can get it for $5.09 if you Subscribe and Save; there’s also a 20% off coupon on your first delivery right now if you pick that option.
User KD found it to be exactly what she was looking for.
“This is lovely UNDER my light foundation!! Also use it more liberally in the evening if going out to a bar-type thing where it’s a little dark,” they said. “Absolutely gives me that glow!!”
Could your skincare routine benefit from a little pearlescent pick-me-up? If so, you might want to try out one of these glow-enhancing products for yourself.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Check out Simplemost for additional stories. | 2023-04-20T14:57:54+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/people-are-loving-typologys-glow-drops-and-theyre-back-in-stock |
Tyler Wells wants to be a starting pitcher.
Well, of course he does. Most pitchers prefer starting over relieving. It’s a more glamorous job, and usually a higher-paying one, too.
But for Wells, who won the last spot in the Orioles’ rotation in spring training, his desire to be a starter is more about the pressure than the prestige.
“For me, I think that being in control of a game is one of the biggest responsibilities you can have,” Wells said as spring training neared an end. “I’m a guy who likes to put a lot of responsibility on my back.”
Wells, who will start his first game of the season Sunday, admits that hitting 100 mph fastballs and physics-defying offspeed pitches might be the hardest part of playing baseball. But for pitchers, there’s no greater challenge than being a starter. Taking the ball every fifth day, week after week, and facing a lineup multiple times, throwing upwards of 100 pitches and having a “W” or “L” next to your name — that’s hard.
“It’s a big personality thing of mine. It’s very important to me,” Wells said. “I have high expectations and high goals for myself each time I take that mound. To me, it gives you something to always work for. You’re never going to be at a point where you’re just like, ‘Oh, this is going to be easy.’ This is the hardest thing you can probably do in the game of baseball is being a starting pitcher and surviving and making a career out of it.
“It’s very difficult, and that’s what makes it so fulfilling.”
The decision by the Orioles’ brass in late March to have Wells, a 6-foot-8 right-hander, as their No. 5 starter over Grayson Rodriguez, the organization’s top pitching prospect and a consensus top 10 prospect in baseball, was controversial. However, that controversy ended before Wells even started his first game.
On Monday, starting pitcher Kyle Bradish exited in the second inning after taking a 104 mph line drive off his right foot. The injury had a cascading effect that impacted both Wells and Rodriguez.
Wells volunteered to pitch in relief Monday, a day ahead of his scheduled start and an outing that made him unavailable for the rest of the Orioles’ series against the Texas Rangers. That opened a spot in the rotation, and with the Orioles needing an arm, they called up Rodriguez to start Wednesday’s game in his home state of Texas — with scores of family and friends in attendance.
Both Wells and Rodriguez pitched well, but Wells’ performance is the best of any Orioles pitcher so far this season — not just in his stat line, but in the importance to the team.
With a relief corps that was already fatigued, the Orioles needed a herculean performance after Bradish went down to win the game and save the bullpen. Wells did just that, pitching five innings of scoreless, no-hit relief in the 2-0 win. While Wells was one of Baltimore’s best starters before his oblique injury in July, the outing against the Rangers was the best of his big league career.
The selfless move from Wells earned him effusive praise from his teammates and manager Brandon Hyde, who called him a “team guy.” After Kyle Gibson pitched seven innings of two-run ball the following day, he used his first answer to commend Wells, rather than talk about his own outing.
Gibson said the risk Wells took when he offered to pitch in relief Monday shouldn’t be ignored. The end of spring training didn’t conclude the competition for the rotation. A bad first outing could have put Wells — fair or unfair — a step behind before he even got his first start.
“There’s something on the line behind the scenes every time a guy’s on the mound,” Gibson said. “That put himself possibly in a really tough spot. Obviously, he doesn’t get to start, he doesn’t stay on his routine, mentally he wasn’t locked in when [Hyde] asked him. That puts him in a really tough spot, and I think that shows a lot about his routine and how he stays prepared.”
It appeared entering the spring that Wells was on the outside looking in of the Orioles’ rotation. The repeated comments from executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias during the offseason about how he envisioned Rodriguez breaking camp in the rotation made it look as if Wells’ future was back in the bullpen. But on the final day of spring training, Elias said that Wells simply “earned” the spot in the rotation over Rodriguez — a tough decision that was ultimately made moot a week later when Bradish, who is on the 15-day injured list, went down.
However, the Orioles could be heading toward that same crossroad — Rodriguez or Wells — in 10 days when Bradish is eligible to return off the IL, something that Bradish and Hyde both expect to occur as early as possible.
Wells also has big league experience in the bullpen. The year before he recorded a 4.25 ERA in 103 2/3 innings as a starter in 2022, Wells was perhaps better as a reliever in 2021 as he posted superior underlying metrics.
“Tyler Wells did a great job for us last year. There were a lot of nights I took him out before I wanted to because he was pitching so well,” Hyde said, noting how Wells had a pitch limit in his second year back from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery while also transitioning back to a starter. “I think Tyler has the ability to pitch, which is nice. He’s got multiple pitches he can throw for a strike, he has fastball command and he can get righties and lefties out.”
Wells said throughout camp that he wasn’t paying attention to the competition. Now that he’s won a spot in the rotation to begin the season, he’s still ignoring how secure his place in it really is.
“I was pushing that stuff to the side. It isn’t up to me to say what I deserve and what I don’t,” Wells said last week. “Do I think Grayson is a great talent and do I think he’s going to be a great major league pitcher? Absolutely. But at the same time, too, if I’m focusing on what people are saying and not what I can control, it would be pointless for me to even be here.”
Athletics at Orioles
Monday, 6:35 p.m.
TV: MASN
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() | 2023-04-09T12:46:11+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/09/orioles-pitcher-tyler-wells-wants-the-challenge-of-being-a-starter-thats-what-makes-it-so-fulfilling/ |
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today that Jed Rhoads, President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Markel's Global Reinsurance Division, is retiring at the end of 2022.
"Markel is fortunate to have benefited from Jed's industry knowledge, leadership experience, and relationships throughout the industry," said Richie Whitt, Co-CEO of Markel. "He has helped us build a strong team with deep underwriting and leadership talent. We are thankful for his contributions and leadership in positioning us for the future."
Rhoads has been in the industry for more than 40 years, and throughout his career has held executive positions with several organizations. He joined Markel in 2013 as part of its acquisition of Alterra Capital Holdings Limited. Prior to Markel, he was President and Chief Underwriting Officer of Alterra. He also recently served as chair of the board of directors of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA).
Markel also announced that upon Rhoads' retirement, Don Bahr will be promoted to President, Global Reinsurance, and Tod Costikyan will be promoted to Chief Underwriting Officer, Global Reinsurance. Both Bahr and Costikyan joined Markel as part of the Alterra acquisition in 2013, and bring many years of experience and knowledge of the reinsurance segment.
"With Don and Tod's deep expertise and knowledge of our business, our reinsurance team will be well positioned to help Markel build the leading global specialty insurer, with the broadest array of tools to address insureds' most complex risk management and risk transfer needs," said Whitt.
In Bahr's new role, he will oversee annual and long-term business and financial planning for the division and will lead the execution of the Global Reinsurance business strategy. Costikyan will report to Bahr and will work with the team on underwriting strategy and business strategy.
Rhoads added, "I'm honored, privileged, and grateful to have had the opportunity to spend my entire career in this wonderful industry. Having worked with Don and Tod for nearly two decades, I am confident they are well prepared to lead the reinsurance operations forward."
Rhoads, Bahr, and Costikyan will work closely to ensure a smooth transition and relationship continuity with Markel's business partners.
About Markel
Markel Corporation is a diverse financial holding company serving a variety of niche markets. The Company's principal business markets and underwrites specialty insurance products. In each of the Company's businesses, it seeks to provide quality products and excellent customer service so that it can be a market leader. The financial goals of the Company are to earn consistent underwriting and operating profits and superior investment returns to build shareholder value. Markel® is a registered trademark of the Markel Corporation. Visit Markel on the web at markel.com.
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Menifee County family raises safety concerns over ambulance transport
MENIFEE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A Menifee County family is sharing their story after what they call a “traumatic experience.”
They tell WKYT their loved one was on their way to Morehead in an ambulance, when the hospital transport took a scary turn.
Marthann Begley says she was taking care of her father, Silas Ritchie, at his Wellington home when he started feeling unwell.
”He said ‘I’m lightheaded. I can’t even see you at the end of the couch,’” she said.
Marthann says she immediately called an ambulance.
It’s a vehicle that represents care and safety, but she says her family noticed an issue with it as soon as it arrived.
“They shut the passenger side door and it wouldn’t stay shut, the main back doors,” she said.
The county’s EMS had to take him to the hospital in Morehead but before they made it there something went wrong.
“The door just popped right open,” said James Begley, Silas’ son-in-law.
It was a terrifying moment for the family following behind in their vehicle.
“I was looking at my papaw right in the face,” said Jacqueline Begley.
They say the door stayed open for around a mile but fortunately, Ritchie was okay.
The Begley family says they appreciate all of the county’s public servants. But they simply don’t want anyone else to suffer through a traumatic experience like theirs.
After the transport bill recently arrived, it brought all of the feelings of worry right back and translates into worry for others, who might need to be transported in the future.
Menifee County EMS acknowledged that there had been a mechanical issue with the latch on one of their units, but it has since been resolved.
They say safety is of the utmost importance for every situation they are involved in.
Copyright 2022 WKYT. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-17T06:00:55+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2022/10/17/menifee-county-family-raises-safety-concerns-over-ambulance-transport/ |
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