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Satellite photos, reports suggest Belarus building army camp for Wagner fighters
By The Associated Press
Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus, with statements from a Belarusian guerrilla group and officials suggesting that it may be used to house fighters from the Wagner mercenary group. The images provided by Planet Labs PLC suggest that dozens of tents have been erected within the past two weeks at a former military based outside Osipovichi, a town 230 kilometres (142 miles) north of the Ukrainian border. The leader of BYPOL, an anti-Lukashenko guerrilla group of former military members, told AP on Thursday that construction of a site for Wagner fighters was underway there. | 2023-07-01T14:47:24+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/2023/07/01/satellite-photos-reports-suggest-belarus-building-army-camp-for-wagner-fighters/ |
Noah Schnapp is reflecting on Will's Stranger Things journey.
The 17-year-old actor addresses his character's sexuality and season four arc, confirming that it's "100 percent clear" that Will is gay and in love with his best friend, Mike (Finn Wolfhard).
"Obviously it was hinted at in season one: It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends? Now that he's gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing," the actor tells Variety in a new Q&A.
"Now it is 100 percent clear that he is gay and he does love Mike. But before, it was a slow arc. I think it is done so beautifully, because it's so easy to make a character just, like, all of a sudden be gay," he continues, noting that he has been approached by numerous fans who have related to and are moved by his performance.
"That just made me so happy to hear," he says. "They are writing this real character and this real journey and real struggle, and they're doing it so well."
That includes, he says, showrunners the Duffer Brothers writing new scenes on the fly. In one standout moment from the fourth season of Stranger Things, Will's big brother Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) opens up a heartfelt line of communication with his sibling. Through a conversation about their childhood, Jonathan hints that, yes, he's aware Will is gay, and he wants to be there for him.
"This scene was actually not originally written in the script," Schnapp reveals. "It was only until after I did the scene of my in the van, where they saw me crying and the protectiveness that you see with Jonathan looking in the rearview mirror. They were like, we need a scene with that. So they wrote it as we were filming.
"It's also very important for people to see that Will is not alone," he continues. "Because all we ever see of him is struggling and feeling depressed and that he can't be himself. Jonathan is talking to him in code -- it's just the perfect way to tell someone like Will that he cares about him and he accepts him no matter what. I think it was really wholesome."
The van scene to which Scnapp is referring has been made into a wildly popular social media meme, which the actor admits he has seen "everywhere."
"Honestly, it feels really good to get that recognition for that scene," he says. "Just that little turn told you so much. Everything was done so intentionally, like when I put my hand over my mouth. He’s hiding it, and he doesn’t want Mike to hear him. It’s just really cool that people loved it."
Schnapp says he's "super unserious on social media and pretty goofy," explaining away his recent TikTok misstep of sharing a private direct message from GRAMMY winner Doja Cat. The moment exploded across the internet, with the singer slamming him for his transgression. Since then, Schnapp has said the two are "all good" and that he apologized directly.
"I posted that not thinking too much of it, but obviously it hurt her feelings," he tells Variety. "So, as I should, I apologized and she was totally OK with it, and it was like, 'I'm sorry how I reacted.' It was all good. I love her. I'm like the biggest fan of her music and I told her that. I was like, 'You're literally my role model.
"It's all good," he continues. "People make such a big deal out of everything when it's on the internet, but, like, in reality, it's like a two-minute thing."
As we wait to find out what will unfold in the fifth and final season of Stranger Things ("Obviously, we hope for a coming out scene," Schnapp says), the actor is dipping a toe in the entrepreneurial pool by launching his own vegan hazelnut spread, TBH.
"I’ve always been super interested in entrepreneurship. It’s always been something I’ve wanted to tackle and be a part of and build a business," he explains. "I was just brainstorming all of my passions and what I care about, what I love, and I just kind of combined my favorite things. I love Nutella. It’s my favorite thing ever, but it’s so bad for you and so bad for the planet. And so I was like, there’s a gap in the market for that. I need to fix it."
RELATED CONTENT: | 2022-07-15T21:35:11+00:00 | ktvb.com | https://www.ktvb.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/noah-schnapp-confirms-stranger-things-character-will-is-gay-and-also-gives-doja-cat-drama-update/603-2d15a173-649e-4212-a8e4-fe2dbb36c13f |
WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Norman OK
841 PM CST Mon Jan 30 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Sleet and freezing rain. Additional sleet accumulations
of up to one quarter of an inch and ice accumulations of up to
two tenths of an inch.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, northwest,
southern, southwest and western Oklahoma and northern Texas.
* WHEN...Until noon CST Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning and evening commute.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
In Oklahoma, for the latest road conditions call
8 4 4 4 6 5 4 9 9 7. In Texas, for the latest road conditions
call 800 4 5 2 9 2 9 2 for road information.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY
NIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Sleet and freezing rain. Total sleet accumulations of
up to one quarter inch and ice accumulations of up to one
quarter of an inch.
* WHERE...Knox, Baylor and Archer Counties.
* WHEN...For the Winter Storm Warning, from midnight Tuesday
night to noon CST Wednesday. For the Winter Weather Advisory,
until midnight CST Tuesday night.
* IMPACTS...Power outages and tree damage are possible due to
the ice Wednesday. Travel could be nearly impossible. The
hazardous conditions could impact the morning and evening
commutes.
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.
For the latest road conditions call 800 4 5 2 9 2 9 2 for road
information.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
* WHAT...Heavy sleet and freezing rain. Additional sleet
accumulations of up to one half inch and ice accumulations of
one tenth to three tenths of an inch.
* WHERE...Portions of east central, southeast and southern
Oklahoma and northern Texas.
* IMPACTS...Power outages and tree damage are likely due to the
ice. Travel could be nearly impossible. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning and evening commutes.
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Copyright 2023 AccuWeather | 2023-01-31T03:14:19+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/weather/article/tx-wfo-norman-warnings-watches-and-advisories-17752764.php |
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, No Labels announced original honorary co-chairs Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Gov. Jon Huntsman (R-UT) as the keynote speakers for the first in a series of Common Sense town halls taking place on Monday, July 17th at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire from 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT.
"It is clear that most Americans are exceedingly frustrated by the growing divide in our political parties and toxic political rhetoric from our elected leaders," said Sen. Manchin. "Our political discourse is lacking engaged debates around common sense solutions to solve the pressing issues facing our nation. I am looking forward to modeling this type of conversation with my good friend, Gov. Huntsman, and the No Labels community. The things that unite Americans are much stronger than the things that divide us and I am confident that will be evident throughout our discussion."
"New Hampshire has long occupied a unique place in American politics, which makes it a special place to discuss the most important issues facing our country," said Gov. Huntsman. "There's never been a more critical time to remind ourselves that we are all Americans."
Geared around the release of No Labels' new Common Sense policy booklet, this townhall will serve as an opportunity for the American public to see two leaders practice the bipartisanship they preach – taking part in meaningful dialogue across party lines to address the pressing issues facing our country.
No Labels was built on the belief that our nation's strength lies not in rigidly adhering to the demands of either political party but in our ability to converse, discuss, and even disagree constructively in search of putting the country first. Both Gov. Huntsman and Sen. Manchin, two of our movement's most steadfast supporters, embody that belief.
Guests include:
Sen. Joe Lieberman, (D-CT)
Gov. Pat McCrory (R-NC)
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Civil Rights Leader
Adm. Dennis Blair, former U.S. Director of National Intelligence
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC)
*All media planning to attend should register HERE.
*Media check-in and set up at 4:00 PM
*Livestream begins at 5:15 PM. Watch HERE.
Address:
New Hampshire Institute of Politics
Saint Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Road – S.B. Dr.
Manchester, NH 03102
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SOURCE No Labels | 2023-07-12T13:19:53+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2023/07/12/no-labels-host-common-sense-townhall-with-sen-joe-manchin-gov-jon-huntsman-new-hampshire/ |
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Reeds Inc. (REED) on Wednesday reported a loss of $5.9 million in its fourth quarter.
The Norwalk, Connecticut-based company said it had a loss of $2.49 per share.
The beverage and candy company posted revenue of $15 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $19.2 million, or $9.52 per share. Revenue was reported as $53 million.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month.
The timing was not likely a coincidence.
While much of the attritional war in Ukraine’s east is hidden from sight, the brutality of Russian missile strikes on a mall in the central city of Kremenchuk and on residential buildings in the capital, Kyiv, unfolded in full view of the world and especially of Western leaders gathered for a trio of summits in Europe.
Were the attacks a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin as the West sought to arm Ukraine with more effective weapons to bolster its resistance, and to set Ukraine on the path to joining the European Union?
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko suggested as much when missiles struck the capital on June 26, three days after EU leaders unanimously agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for membership.
It was “maybe a symbolic attack” as the Group of Seven leading economic powers and then NATO leaders prepared to meet and apply further pressure on Moscow, he said. At least six people were killed in the Kyiv strike, which pummeled an apartment building.
The former commanding general of U.S. Army forces in Europe, retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, went further in connecting the attack and the meetings. “The Russians are humiliating the leaders of the West,” he said.
A day after the Kyiv attack, as G-7 leaders met in Germany to discuss further support for Ukraine during their annual summit, Russia fired missiles at a crowded shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, killing at least 19 people.
The timing of both attacks appeared to be juxtaposed with the European meetings of U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, all supporters of Ukraine.
Defying the evidence, Putin and his officials deny that Russia hit residential areas. Putin has denied that Russian forces targeted the Kremenchuk mall, saying it was directed at a nearby weapons depot. But Ukrainian officials and witnesses said a missile directly hit the mall.
It was hardly the first time that bursts of violence were widely seen as signals of Moscow’s displeasure. In late April, Russian missiles struck Kyiv barely an hour after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a news conference with visiting U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
“This says a lot about Russia’s true attitude toward global institutions,” Zelenskyy said at the time. Kyiv’s mayor called the attack Putin’s way of giving the “middle finger.”
The Russian president recently warned that Moscow would strike targets it had so far spared if the West supplied Ukraine with weapons that could reach Russia. If Kyiv gets long-range rockets, Russia will “draw appropriate conclusions and use our means of destruction, which we have plenty of,” Putin said.
On Friday, a day after Russian forces made a high-profile retreat from Snake Island near the Black Sea port city of Odesa following what Ukraine called a barrage of artillery and missile strikes, Russia bombarded residential areas in a coastal town near Odesa and killed at least 21 people, including two children.
While Russia’s messaging can be blunt and devastating, Ukraine’s signals under Zelenskyy have focused daily on seeking to amplify Moscow’s cruelty to a world that day by day risks becoming weary of the war.
If interest fades, the concerted support seen at global summits could fade, too. and with it the urgency to deliver the heavier weapons that Ukraine craves.
Zelenskyy tends to pair pleas for more help with reminders that all of Europe ultimately is at stake.
He described the mall attack as “one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history.”
For all of Ukraine’s indisputable suffering, it was a bold statement of some hyperbole in the context of extremist attacks with mass deaths in Paris, Nice, Brussels, Madrid and London in this century alone.
For Zelenskyy and Ukraine, the underlying demand cannot be reiterated enough: provide more heavy weapons, and faster, before Russia perhaps makes irreversible gains in the eastern industrial region of the Donbas, where street-by-street fighting grinds on.
In his nightly public addresses, Zelenskyy also makes sure to capture the traumatic toll on everyday life in Ukraine, appealing well beyond global leaders to the wider world.
This week, he accused Russia of sabotaging “people’s attempts to live a normal life.”
Images of the shopping mall’s smoking debris said the rest.
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Fakahany reported from London.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the Ukraine war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-07-02T11:24:52+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/russias-messages-with-missiles-tell-west-to-back-off/ |
Reese, LSU women push past Miami 54-42 to reach Final Four
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Angel Reese had 18 rebounds and LSU returned to the women’s Final Four for the first time in 15 years by beating Miami 54-42 on Sunday night, carrying a rapid rise under second-year coach Kim Mulkey straight to the sport’s biggest stage.
Alexis Morris scored 21 points and Reese added 13 for the third-seeded Tigers (32-2), who asserted control of a grinding, defense-first game. LSU’s length caused Miami problems even with Reese — an Associated Press first-team All-American — having a brutal shooting day, and the Tigers offset their offensive hiccups by dominating the glass.
LSU shot 30.2% and went 1 for 12 from 3-point range, including misses on its first nine attempts. But Miami was even worse from 3, missing all 15 tries.
The third-seeded Tigers finished with a 49-35 rebounding edge behind Reese, which led to a 15-3 edge in second-chance points — all desperately needed on a day with offensive rebounds readily available.
Mulkey is in her second season at LSU, bringing a resume with three NCAA titles from her time at Baylor along with some flamboyant sideline looks such as her shimmering silver jacket with white pants for this one. She had cautioned that the Tigers were overachieving when they’re still strengthening a program for the long haul.
Maybe so, but they’re ahead of schedule after pushing their way through the NCAA Tournament’s Greenville 2 Region. The Tigers head to Dallas to face Ohio State or Virginia Tech in Friday’s national semifinals. Reese, a Maryland transfer who has led Mulkey’s team all year with her physical play, was named the region’s most outstanding player.
When the horn sounded, Mulkey turned to her bench and leaned forward to put her hands on her knees as though in disbelief. Players soon began running to midcourt to celebrate — except for Morris running straight to the scorer’s table and jumping on top of it.
Reese missed her first nine shots and didn’t manage her first basket until early in the third quarter, finishing the day 3 for 15 from the field. But she went 7 of 10 from the free-throw line and contributed four assists, three steals and two blocks.
Jasmyne Roberts scored 22 points for ninth-seeded Miami (22-13), which had taken a wild ride here. The Hurricanes rallied from a huge deficit to beat Oklahoma State in the first round, stunned No. 1 seed Indiana on the road, then beat Villanova in Friday’s Sweet 16 despite blowing a 21-point lead.
The last win set off an emotional on-court celebration for Katie Meier’s bunch, which had played with toughness and athleticism to get to its first Elite Eight. The Hurricanes were trying to match the record for lowest-seeded team ever to reach a Final Four, set by Arkansas in 1998.
But the Hurricanes struggled from the start offensively, even as their defense kept them hanging around and leaving open opportunities to make a push.
Outside of Roberts — coming off a career-best 26 points against Villanova — seemingly no Hurricanes player could make a shot.
The Hurricanes shot 31.6% and plenty of their missed 3-pointers came off clean looks. Destiny Harden, who hit the shot to beat Indiana, scored three points on 0-for-9 shooting with seven missed 3s.
It was a disappointing conclusion to an incredible run for Miami, and the school fell short of making history twice in one day.
The men’s and women’s teams were each playing Sunday to reach the program’s first Final Four. The men pulled it off, beating Texas in Kansas City, Missouri. That game went final during the first quarter of the women’s game — drawing cheers when the final play was shown on the arena scoreboards.
Miami battled, but couldn’t complete the double.
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Almost all workers in the UK are entitled to 5.6 weeks, or 28 days of paid holiday a year. Some employers may also choose to include bank holidays within this, reducing your holiday time to 20 days in 2023, but there are some sneaky ways to make this holiday stretch.
The astute among us last year may have noticed that the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, or ‘platty joobs’ affectionately, afforded us a few bank holidays meaning that if you were smart with your time off you could use just three days’ holiday to have nine days off in a row. So, with Blue Monday just a week away, here’s how to use your 20 days’ leave to get the most out of your time and give yourself a little something in the books to look forward to.
Our number one tip is to book the four days off between May 2 and May 8 which, utilising both the May Bank holiday and King Charles’s coronation, boosts your holiday time to give you nine days off in a row.
Next, book April 3 - 6 off or April 11 - 14 to give yourself 10 days away from the desk after using just four days’ holiday again.
So, there you have it, 19 days away from work by only booking eight days off - get the dates on the system and your holidays pencilled in before someone else on your team beats you to it!
Have a look at the best places to travel in 2023 and the safest airlines to fly with. | 2023-01-14T08:45:47+00:00 | timeout.com | https://www.timeout.com/london/news/how-to-use-2023s-bank-holidays-to-get-the-most-out-of-our-time-off-011323 |
Teacher stabbed to death by high school student, officials say
PARIS (AP) — A teacher was stabbed to death Wednesday in southwestern France by a high school student, according to French authorities and media reports.
The student has been arrested by police, the prosecutor of Bayonne said.
A top government official, speaking anonymously because he was not allowed to discuss the issue publicly, said first elements communicated by police suggest the attacker has severe mental health issues.
French media reported that the student, born in 2007, said he heard voices telling him to kill the 53-year-old teacher of Spanish at the private Catholic school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
Education Minister Pap Ndiaye was to head to the school later Wednesday.
French government spokesman Olivier Veran, speaking after a weekly Cabinet meeting, expressed the government’s support for the education community and said the event represents a trauma for the nation.
In 2020, teacher Samuel Paty was killed outside his school in suburban Paris by an 18-year-old refugee of Chechen origin who was angry that he had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class after the images were re-published by a satirical newspaper targeted in a 2015 attack.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-22T13:25:27+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/02/22/teacher-stabbed-death-by-high-school-student-officials-say/ |
In 2015, after relocating from Venezuela, husband-and-wife team Salomon and Cori Salama dreamed of opening a business stateside that would fill the void of the two restaurants and gourmet cracker factory they'd left behind. Their goal: to create a place where customers could enjoy the flavors of the world through a variety of massive, decadent milkshakes. With the help of childhood friend Gabriela Bergoderi, the duo dreamed up a menu of more than a dozen dessert creations. A recent cheesecake series brought a list of 15 shakes, each one delivered like a statuesque tower covered in candy, cookies, or baked goods. Among the cotton candy, brownie, and cake-topped treats, memories of a "Creamy Cookies" shake linger: a cookies 'n' cream ice cream milkshake delivered in a vanilla frosted glass adorned with crushed Oreos sporting a triple-stack of chocolate doughnuts layered with a rich Oreo cream filling and crowned with a giant Oreo cookie. When you're finished, you might not be headed to Heaven or Hell, but you'll definitely be in food-coma purgatory. (If you find yourself up north, there's a Holy Shakes location in Boca Raton.) | 2022-06-22T16:20:50+00:00 | miaminewtimes.com | https://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of/2022/eat-and-drink/best-milkshake-14708978 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s quarterback room is reportedly picking up some veteran depth in former Oregon State starter Tristan Gebbia.
According to multiple reports, Gebbia will join the Buckeyes as a graduate transfer for his final season of eligibility. Rivals’ Austin Ward first reported the development. | 2023-01-18T00:10:52+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2023/01/is-ohio-state-football-adding-a-transfer-quarterback-from-the-pac-12.html |
Which women’s winter coat for extreme cold is best?
If you live in a geographical area that experiences continuous cold climates or all four seasons, then you’re no newbie when it comes to the frigid temperatures of winter. Even though curling up on the couch with multiple blankets and a steaming cup of hot cocoa is ideal for the dead of winter, people’s lives don’t always allow for such luxuries. A well-made and well-insulated winter coat is essential for anyone who has to brave the great outdoors on a regular basis during the colder seasons or year-round in consistently brisk environments.
Whether you’re going on a holiday hike or walking from the parking lot into the office, you’re going to want a durable winter coat to keep you toasty.
What to know before you buy a women’s winter coat for extreme cold
Price
If you’re shopping for a durable winter coat that will keep you warm and dry in the coldest of temperatures, price ranges can be on the higher end. However, it’s important to keep in mind that higher pricing usually indicates durable, well-insulated, high-quality products.
Style
Whether you prefer longer winter coats or shorter, puffier or compact winter coats, there is an array of styles. Many winter coats come with detachable hoods, adjustable zippers and insulated sleeve cuffs for extra coverage. If you often wear layers during the winter months, opt for a winter coat that isn’t overly fitted. The length of your winter coat also may depend on your tolerance of the cold. If the chill seeps into your bones relatively easily, a calf-length jacket may be best. However, if you’re short in stature or aren’t a fan of excess material, a mid-thigh or regular length coat will better suit your needs.
No matter what style you choose, winter coats are designed to go with winter boots, gloves and scarves.
What to look for in a quality women’s winter coat for extreme cold
Material
Winter coats are made with a variety of different materials, but there are a few specific fabrics used specifically when designing a product meant for harsh temperatures.
- For example, wool is a popular fabric that is lightweight, sturdy and has natural insulation.
- Down filler is one of the warmest materials you can invest in when looking for a winter coat, especially if you live in a colder location. The material insulates via your body heat trapped within the coat, providing top-notch warmth. While down is an excellent material for a winter coat, it’s also one of the most expensive due to its high quality.
- If you live in a wetter climate that has frigid temperatures, polyurethane laminate, otherwise referred to as PUL, is great for completely waterproof coats. Laminated fabrics are common for water-resistant products, but are of lesser quality.
How much you can expect to spend on a women’s winter coat for extreme cold
Depending on what aspects of a winter coat are essential to you, a resilient, long-lasting winter coat can range from $100-$2,500.
What’s the best women’s winter coat for extreme cold to buy?
Top women’s winter coat for extreme cold
The North Face Women’s Arctic Down Parka
What you need to know: Waterproof and breathable, consumers will stay dry and fashionable in frigid temperatures.
What you’ll love: This parka is made of 550-fill down insulation, which will keep consumers warm on those extra-cold days. Its slim fit, mid-thigh cut and removable insulated hood are stylish and offer a variety of looks.
What you should consider: Consumers warn that product runs large.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods and Amazon
Top women’s winter coat for extreme cold for the money
Steve Madden Women’s Long Chevron Maxi Puffer Coat
What you need to know: This Steve Madden coat is perfect for winter weather with its long silhouette, fleece lining and pillow collar.
What you’ll love: Fleece lines the entirety of this winter coat.
What you should consider: This coat does flare out a bit at the bottom, so it is not completely slim-fitting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Women’s Columbia Suttle Mountain Faux-Fur Hood Insulated Coat
What you need to know: Water-resistant, this faux-down-insulation coat is fashionable and warm.
What you’ll love: This knee-length coat is designed with an adjustable storm hood, faux-fur trim and a two-way zipper front. Heavyweight, it has Sherpa lining and is Omni-heat thermal reflective.
What you should consider: Consumers warned that it can be too small in the chest area.
Where to buy: Sold by Kohl’s
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Copyright 2022 BestReviews, a Nexstar company. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-27T13:02:44+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/reviews/br/apparel-br/holiday-br/best-womens-winter-coat-for-extreme-cold/ |
4 people seriously hurt in 3 separate shootings in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Three separate shootings across Minneapolis on Tuesday evening left four people seriously hurt, police say.
Teen hurt in accidental shooting on James Avenue
Police say a 14-year-old boy suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after he was hurt in an apparently accidental shooting Tuesday evening.
Officers responded around 5:30 p.m. to James Avenue North near 11th Avenue North for the report of a shooting.
At the scene, police found the boy, who was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Investigators believe the teen was shot when an "accidental discharge of a gun occurred within a gathering of people inside the apartment."
Officers are working to determine what happened. No one has been arrested at this point.
Woman seriously hurt after argument turns violent
About 30 minutes after the James Avenue shooting, police responded to the area of 21 Street East and 15 Avenue South for the report of a shooting.
According to police, it appears an "altercation" between a group of people ended with shots being fired. Police say it appears individuals within the groups had a past relationship.
The shooter left the scene before police arrived. Officers are still working to make an arrest.
The victim, a woman, suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in the shooting, officers say.
Two men shot on Bryant Avenue
Shortly after 7 p.m., officers responded to Bryant Avenue North at 24th Avenue for another shooting.
This time, police said two victims, a man in his 20s and a man in his 50s, were struck by gunfire.
Both men suffered life-threatening, police say. The circumstances that left up to the shooting are unknown but police say the shooter may have sped away from the scene in a vehicle. Our crews saw an entire block taped off for the investigation with police focusing their investigation in an alley along with the driveway of a home.
The investigation into all three shootings is ongoing. | 2022-08-10T04:38:07+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/4-people-seriously-hurt-in-3-separate-shootings-in-minneapolis |
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said he feels "as good as I can" after leaving Sunday's 33-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers because of an ankle injury.
Tagovailoa left the game for Miami's final drive and was listed as questionable to return. He also had been listed on the injury report with an ankle injury during the week but was a full participant in the team's practices.
The third-year quarterback came up limping after taking a hit from 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa earlier in Sunday's game but was able to return. He was strip-sacked late in the fourth quarter by Bosa, however, and left the game for good.
Tagovailoa was shaky throughout the game, completing 18 of 33 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns. He also threw interceptions on two consecutive passes in the third quarter, his first since Week 4. His three turnovers against the 49ers matched his season total entering Week 13.
"It sucks. It sucks that we didn't come out and do what we wanted to do as a team," he said after the game. "Obviously, it starts with me -- turnovers, with third-down communication errors. In that retrospect, it's hard to win a game when you're not on your P's and Q's and you're not dialed in. A lot of that has to do with understanding what we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to do.
"It was definitely a poor performance from my part in that aspect of the game."
The Dolphins were 0-for-7 on third down Sunday and playing without left tackle Terron Armstead and right tackle Austin Jackson. Tagovailoa was in turn pressured on seven of his 36 dropbacks and sacked three times.
Miami will remain in California this week as it prepares for its Sunday night matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 14. | 2022-12-05T03:29:40+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35185384/dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-downplays-ankle-injury-loss |
HONG KONG (AP) — A pink diamond was sold for $49.9 million in Hong Kong on Friday, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction.
The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond, auctioned by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, sold for $392 million Hong Kong dollars ($49.9 million). It was originally estimated at $21 million.
The Williamson Pink Star draws its name from two legendary pink diamonds. The first is the 23.60-carat Williamson diamond which was presented to the late Queen Elizabeth II as a wedding gift in 1947, while the second is the 59.60-carat Pink Star diamond that sold for a record $71.2 million at auction in 2017.
The Williamson Pink Star is the second-largest pink diamond to appear at auction. Pink diamonds are among the rarest and most valuable of the colored diamonds.
“This is an astounding result, proving the resilience of top diamonds in a shaky economy,” said Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77 Diamonds.
“Hard assets such as world-class diamonds have a history of performing well even in times of instability,” he said. “Some of the world’s highest quality diamonds have seen prices double over the last 10 years.” | 2022-10-07T22:15:45+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/pink-diamond-sells-for-49-9m-breaks-world-record/ |
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Dozens of gang members were arrested and illegal guns and drugs seized during a four-day operation in Central California, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office announced Friday.
A total of 97 homes were searched, 26 suspects arrested and 18 arrest warrants served during the operation. Multiple firearms and some controlled substances were also seized, a release from the sheriff's office said.
Additionally, nine search warrants in the Visalia and Goshen areas on known Norteño gang members turned up firearms, ammunition, methamphetamine and cocaine.
Police also busted an illegal firearms manufacturing operation, which consisted of gang members making and selling untraceable firearms to other gang members.
The sheriff's office noted while warrants were being served in Tulare County, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation simultaneously searched 23 cells of known Norteño and Nuestra Familia gang members in multiple prisons throughout California.
Earlier this month, two suspects were taken into custody in connection with the Goshen shooting. The suspects, identified in charging documents as Angel Uriarte, 35, and Noah Beard, 25, are known members of the Norteño gang, the Tulare County sheriff's office said at the time.
Their arrests were part of a multiagency effort called Operation Nightmare, which included searches of several California prisons and 24/7 surveillance of the suspects. | 2023-02-25T16:17:11+00:00 | albanyherald.com | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/dozens-of-gang-members-arrested-amid-investigation-into-cartel-style-mass-shooting-in-california/article_7c72fab1-b233-5f77-a145-08c4953de0df.html |
The 2022-23 men's college basketball season will begin Nov. 7 with a full day's slate of games.
In preparation for a season that will look very different from the past 47, ESPN will make sure you're prepared with everything you need to know, from breakdowns of the national picture to the inside scoop on the highest-profile leagues and top stars from coast to coast.
The 2022-23 season will culminate with the national championship from NRG Stadium in Houston on April 3. Will defending national champion Kansas be able to go back-to-back without last season's star players? Will presumed preseason No. 1 North Carolina be able to finish the job it fell just short of completing a season ago? How far can Jon Scheyer take Duke in his first year at the helm after Mike Krzyzewski retired in April? And could this be the last we see of another college basketball coaching mainstay, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim?
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Borzello: How a graduate student quietly began college basketball's transfer revolution | 2022-10-11T12:38:20+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/34650267/2022-23-men-college-basketball-preview-preseason-picks-rankings-complete-coverage |
More than 160 exhibitors expected at three-day conference in Las Vegas
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 160 product vendors and distributors will be on hand for the Technology Vendor Fair at CompTIA ChannelCon 2023, the tech industry's premier annual conference Aug. 1-3 in Las Vegas.
"This year's ChannelCon theme is 'Build the Impossible,' and the exhibitors at our Technology Vendor Fair are proof that you can make that happen," said MJ Shoer, chief community officer, CompTIA. "Attendees will get an up-close look at the innovative products and services that are re-shaping the tech landscape."
ChannelCon exhibitors that have previewed their participation in the event include:
- Auvik Networks (Booth #211), which recently announced a new solution to provide IT professionals with deep visibility into an organization's growing SaaS environment, as well as a new partner program.
- FortMesa (#109), a provider of security enablement tools for IT service provider companies that provides critical support for the CompTIA Cybersecurity Trustmark program.
- Mailprotector (#404), recognized with the XCellence in Boardroom Execution award at the 2023 XChange Security event.
- Timus Networks (#820), winner of five Globee® Cybersecurity Awards for providing comprehensive and cost-effective solutions for businesses of all types and sizes.
Other exhibitors at the ChannelCon Technology Vendor Fair include AlertOps (#609), compliancerisk.io (#307), CrushBank Technologies (#5100, Devolutions (#406), Excel and Flourish (#815), Exigence LTD (#704), High Wire Networks (#308), ieMentor (#823), Inbay (#703), Kamanja (#505), Law Office of Bradley Gross PA (#409), Orpheus Cyber (#209), PC Matic (#420), Pia (#304), SaaS Alerts (#616), Shield Cyber (#314), The Tech Degenerates (#715), trackd (#514), TruNorth Dynamics (#819), Uptime Solutions (#711), Whitehat Virtual Technology (#501) and ZenContract (#802).
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The Caldwell police have announced on their Facebook page that they have evacuated the neighborhood Walmart on Ustick Road, attempting to apprehend a wanted suspect who was seen inside the store.
This is a breaking story.
Check back to Idaho 6 for updates. | 2023-06-12T21:32:08+00:00 | kivitv.com | https://www.kivitv.com/news/caldwell-police-evacuate-neighborhood-walmart |
IOWA PARK (KFDX/KJTL) — Iowa Park Police arrested three suspects and recovered stolen property valued at several thousand dollars.
According to the arrest warrants, on Saturday, January 21, around 12:30 a.m., police were sent to the 400 block of South Bond for a report of three subjects, all wearing black clothes and face masks, and attempting to get into the backdoor of a house.
Police found the suspects on West Crystal. After a short foot pursuit, two of the three suspects were detained. They were identified as Kalob Pate and Izeah Elmquist. Officers located the third unidentified suspect, at an address on South Wall, where the suspects were reportedly staying.
The unidentified suspect admitted they were stealing stuff from campers and vehicles. The unidentified suspect told police about a red bag. Police found the bag in a backyard on West Crystal. They also located a camper that looked like it had been rummaged through.
The owner of the camper said he was missing items, including a black speaker, some dice, and some money. When asked if he had any stolen items, Pate admitted he had taken items. A bottle of cologne, a black speaker, and a gold wristwatch were found.
Another victim reported a red Christmas gift bag, a bottle of cologne, and, a watch, valued between $50,000 and $60,000 were missing from his vehicle. The victim also provided camera footage of the suspects getting into his vehicle.
A witness provided police with video footage showing the suspect trying to get into a house on South Bond Street.
Both suspects were charged with multiple counts of engaging in criminal activity, and evading arrest. Both Pate and Elmquist’s bond has been set at $47,000. Both remain in the Wichita County Jail at the time of writing.
The unidentified suspect’s information was not available. | 2023-01-22T22:21:27+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/iowa-park-police-nab-burglary-suspects/ |
Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States.
Now 29, González is stepping into Cuban politics. He recently entered his country’s congress with hopes of helping his people at a time of record emigration and heightened tension between the two seaside neighbors.
“From Cuba, we can do a lot so that we have a more solid country, and I owe it to Cubans,” he said during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press. “That is what I’m going to try to do from my position, from this place in congress — to contribute to making Cuba a better country.”
González has given only a handful of interviews since he was unwittingly thrust into the geopolitical spotlight as a boy. In 1999, at just 5 years old, he and his mother were aboard a boat of Cuban migrants headed toward Florida when the boat capsized in the Florida Straits. His mother and 10 others died while González, tied to an inner tube, drifted in open water until his rescue.
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Granted asylum under U.S. refugee rules at the time, González went to live with his great uncle, a member of the Cuban exile community in Miami that is often a center of fierce criticism of Cuba's government. In Cuba, his father begged then-President Fidel Castro for help. Castro led protests with hundreds of thousands of people demanding little Elián's return. Anti-Castro groups in Miami pressed for him to stay in the U.S.
The tug-of-war quickly gained the world’s attention and became emblematic for the testy feelings between the two neighboring nations. Then-U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno ruled the boy should be returned to his father, but González’s relatives refused. AP photojournalist Alan Diaz captured the moment when armed immigration agents seized González in a Miami home, and the photo later won a Pulitzer Prize.
“Not having my mom has been difficult, it has been a burden, but it has not been an obstacle when I have had a father who has stood up for me and been by my side," González told AP.
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He is a father himself now, of a 2-year-old daughter. He works for a state company that facilitates tourism to the island nation his mother left, underscoring the alternate track his life has followed since his homecoming.
What’s more, he recently became a lawmaker.
In April, González was sworn in as a member of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power, effectively Cuba’s congress. He represents Cárdenas, a town in Matanzas province about 80 miles (about 130 kilometers) east of Havana where he lived until his mother took him to sea. He still lives in the province.
Dressed in black pants and T-shirt, with a discreet braided bracelet on his right hand and his wedding ring on his left, González was interviewed in Havana’s Capitol, the renovated seat of congress.
“I think the most important thing is that I have grown up like other young people. I have grown up in Cuba,” he said.
For years, his father made it nearly impossible to get close to the child. From afar, the boy could sometimes be seen playing with other children or accompanying his father to political events. Castro would visit him on his birthday.
Over the years, González was a military cadet and later became an industrial engineer. Because Cuba's congressional positions are unpaid, he will continue to work his tourism job.
The legislative body has faced criticism for lacking opposition voices and for carrying out the agenda set by the country’s leadership.
González's legislative term comes amid historic emigration from the crisis-stricken Caribbean island, as many young Cubans seek a new life in the U.S. — just as his mother did.
It also comes at a moment of heightened tensions between the two nations. There have been allegations that Cuba hosted a Chinese spy base, which Cuba adamantly denies. Meanwhile, Cuba claims Biden has yet to ease tough policies enacted by former U.S. President Donald Trump that target the island, while the U.S. points to resumption of some flights and sending of remittances.
Amid a deepening political and energy crisis in Cuba, González cast blame on decades of American sanctions stifling the island's economy as the root of many of Cuba's problems, echoing many in the government. He said he believes in Cuba's model of providing free access to education and health services among other things, but acknowledged there is a long way to go for that to be perfected.
Despite harsh prison sentences doled out by Cuban courts, punishments defended by the communist government, González said his people have the right to demonstrate. But he added that the causes of current crises should be analyzed before condemning the state.
He also had kind words for the hundreds of thousands of Cubans who, like his mother, chose to emigrate.
“I respect all those who made the decision to leave Cuba, I respect those who do so today, just as I do my mom,” he said. “My message will always be that (those who leave) do all they can to ensure that Cuba has a status (without sanctions) equal to any country in the world.” | 2023-07-01T01:01:20+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/cuban-boy-castaway-elian-gonzalez-from-pulitzer-prize-winning-photo-becomes-a-lawmaker/3064064/ |
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TULSA, Okla. — A huge win in the fight against Alzheimer’s.
A Tulsa medical lab played a big role in studying the drug the FDA fully approved showing it slows the disease’s progression. Central States Research has been part of the AHEAD Study.
“It’s been in research for many years, and it’s finally approved for people already with a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer’s,” said Central States Research Study Manager Christy Lisenbee.
The Alzheimer’s prevention study started in March of 2020. Out of more than 250 participants in Tulsa, 18 people qualified to take the drug that’s now FDA approved, giving others with early onset Alzheimer’s a feeling of hope.
“We're finally entering into this era of treatment where we do have the first drug that is proved to treat this disease,” said Jacob Guinan, Community Outreach Coordinator with the Tulsa Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Study Manager Christy Lisenbee’s interest in studying Alzheimer’s started 18 years ago when she worked alongside late Dr. Ralph Richter. He started memory related clinical trials in Tulsa 40 years ago. His picture is displayed in Central States Research office.
”He would be so proud and so excited that we’ve made this breakthrough,” Lisenbee said.
The approval means Medicare and insurance will cover a hunk of the drugs cost. Lisenbee said they’re still testing people to see if the new Alzheimer’s medication is an option for them.
“It’s a blood amyloid plaque test. If they’re positive, we move on to the screen process,” Lisenbee said.
Tulsa’s chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association works closely with families who are in different stages of their Alzheimer’s journey.
“What that means for families we serve is hopefully more time where they can enjoy their life, take part in activities that are important them. More graduations, more birthdays, more things they get to be a part of,” Guinan said.
The medical breakthrough is bringing a new vision to the battleground with one step closer to the finish line.
“Hopefully after this study is over we can prove prevention and before people show signs and symptoms we can identify biologically they’re more prone, treat them with the Leqembi, and prevent the development altogether which would be amazing,” Lisenbee said. | 2023-07-08T04:29:30+00:00 | fox23.com | https://www.fox23.com/news/tulsa-medical-lab-plays-role-in-creation-of-new-alzheimers-drug/article_81fc54b0-1cfc-11ee-8211-1b08d60777c7.html |
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Police: Suspect in custody after two students injured in shooting in Arlington, Texas. | 2023-03-20T15:31:54+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/alert-police-suspect-in-custody-after-two-17849306.php |
NEW YORK — The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday her reasons for stepping down were complicated, driven in part by a desire to take a break from the frenetic pace of the job during a pandemic.
“I did what I came to do — which was get us through the darkest days of a pandemic,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Walensky, 54, described her time at the agency as intense, but stopped short of saying she was burned out. She said she had looked for a quiet moment to withdraw from a job that gave her a sense of pride and accomplishment but also led to criticism, protests outside her home and threats of violence.
“That (the threats) wasn’t the straw that broke the camel’s back,” she emphasized. But is also wasn’t something she expected when she took the job — her first time running a government pubic health agency.
“I never expected that when I am trying to run to be an aid to somebody, that they would actually be turned off by my very existence,” Walensky added.
She spent the first year of the pandemic treating COVID-19 patients as an infectious disease doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital. She became CDC director in January 2021, on the first day of the Biden administration. It was near the beginning of a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign that was expected to turn the tide, but saw additional waves of illness and death as new versions of the coronavirus emerged.
There were also a variety of other outbreaks and crises, including an unexpected mpox outbreak last year.
Counting her time at Massachusetts General during the pandemic, “it was 3 1/2 years at that pace — an extraordinary pace,” she said.
Walensky’s last day at CDC is June 30. She does not have a new job or other role lined up, she said, saying she wanted to spend some time with her family, living at a slower pace.
At CDC, she has taken fire, mainly — but not only — from Republican legislators and critics of vaccination and masking campaigns. That was on display last week, when a GOP-led congressional subcommittee questioned and criticized Walensky about her tenure and accused her of misleading the public.
“Your leadership has fractured the American public’s confidence in the CDC,” said Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa).
But she was also cheered by other legislators, mostly Democrats, who said she helped safely reopen schools, promote lifesaving vaccinations and build up the agency’s ability to forecast new outbreaks.
Walensky herself has acknowledged problems during her tenure. One example: In the spring of 2021, early in her tenure, Walensky said fully vaccinated people could stop wearing masks in many settings, only to reverse course as the then-new delta variant spread.
But the initial statement was perceived by many as an attempt to “game us or push us (into getting vaccinated) in ways that were not quite fair,” said Gil Eyal, a Columbia University sociology professor who studies the mistrust of experts.
Walensky said she was extremely proud of what the CDC and other public health workers had accomplished in the last couple of years, citing the 676 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine given to Americans. She also initiated a reorganization of the 12,000-employee health agency in Atlanta.
Last week, the White House announced it had chosen Dr. Mandy Cohen, a former North Carolina health official, to be the next CDC director. Walensky said she has known Cohen for years and has had several conversations recently about the job and the challenges ahead.
Jeff Levi, professor of public health policy and management at George Washington University, said her earlier-than-expected departure from the job is understandable.
“She walked into a horrible situation and 2½ years in a job like this, with this intensity of both the public health and political pressures, is an immense amount of time,” Levi said. “She is totally entitled to want to be moving on.”
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The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content. | 2023-06-20T21:55:45+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/06/20/cdc-director-walensky-resigns/d3e313b0-0fad-11ee-8d22-5f65b2e2f6ad_story.html |
One person is recovering from a stabbing in Parkview yesterday.
The Scott County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 emergency call of an assault with a subject who was stabbed near the intersection of Manor Drive and Lincoln Avenue in Parkview on July 25. The victim was taken to Genesis East Hospital by Medic Ambulance with non-life threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing at this time and no arrests have been made. Further information will be released when available. Anyone with information about this assault is asked to call the Scott County Sheriff’s Office at (563) 326-8625. | 2022-07-26T23:32:35+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/1-injured-in-parkview-stabbing/ |
BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Tuesday, tracking the latest rally on Wall Street. U.S. futures advanced and the dollar was trading near 149 Japanese yen.
A release of China’s most recent economic growth figures due out Tuesday was postponed, removing one factor that had been expected to drive trading. No specific reason was given, but the GDP report might have conflicted with the confident tone of a Communist Party congress being held in Beijing.
There was little immediate news from the congress, where the party is expected to unveil its top leadership for the next five years a day after the gathering ends.
Economists say the world’s No. 2 economy may have grown by as little as 3% in the latest quarter, barely half the official 5.5% target.
The data weren’t likely to “paint a particularly positive picture of the Chinese economy” when they are eventually released, ING Economics said in a report, adding that “the delay suggests that the government believes that the 20th Party Congress is the most important thing happening in China right now and would like to avoid other information flows that could create mixed messages.”
Germany’s DAX rose 0.9% to 12,765.20 while the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.4% to 6,066.73. In London, the FTSE 100 gained 0.6% to 6,961.21. The future for the S&P 500 was up 1.1% while the contract for the Dow industrials added 0.9%.
On Monday, the S&P 500 climbed 2.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.9%. The Nasdaq added 3.4%, while the Russell 2000 index rose 3.2%.
In Asian trading on Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged 1.8% to 16,914.58. The Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.1% to 3,080.96.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1.4% to 27,156.14 and the Kospi in Seoul climbed 1.4% to 2,249.95. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 advanced 1.7% to 6,779.20. India’s Sensex rose 0.8%.
The dollar was trading at 148.96 Japanese yen, down from 148.98 yen. Senior Japanese officials have indicated they might intervene in the market to try to stem volatility and support the yen, which has weakened sharply against the dollar this year.
The euro rose to 98.60 cents from 98.41 cents.
U.K. government bonds have rallied on news the country’s new Treasury chief was abandoning nearly all of a series of unfunded tax cuts that had upset markets.
Wall Street indexes remain sharply lower from where they were at the beginning of this year. The S&P 500 and Russell are down more than 22%, while the Nasdaq has slumped more than 31%. The Dow is off nearly 17%.
Investors worry that i nflation is driving the risks for recession higher as the Federal Reserve and other central banks raise interest rates to cool surging prices.
The latest round of corporate financial results could help give investors a clearer picture of how companies and consumers are handling inflation.
Several major airlines, vulnerable to turbulence in their finances if inflation hits consumers’ travel spending, will report earnings this week. United Airlines releases its results on Tuesday, followed by American Airlines on Thursday.
Other big names reporting earnings this week include Johnson & Johnson, Netflix, Union Pacific and American Express.
In energy trading, U.S. benchmark crude oil gave up 48 cents to $84.98 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 15 cents to $85.46 per barrel on Monday.
Brent crude, the basis for pricing international oil, dropped 45 cents to $91.17 per barrel. | 2022-10-18T10:39:53+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-asian-shares-mostly-gain-after-rally-on-wall-street/ |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that’s designed to roll around up there in the gray dust.
It will take nearly five months for the lander and its experiments to reach the moon.
The company ispace designed its craft to use minimal fuel to save money and leave more room for cargo. So it’s taking a slow, low-energy path to the moon, flying 1 million miles from Earth before looping back and intersecting with the moon by the end of April.
By contrast, NASA’s Orion crew capsule with test dummies took five days to reach the moon last month. The lunar flyby mission ends Sunday with a Pacific splashdown.
The ispace lander will aim for Atlas crater in the northeastern section of the moon’s near side, more than 50 miles across and just over 1 mile deep. With its four legs extended, the lander is more than 7 feet tall.
With a science satellite already around Mars, the UAE wants to explore the moon, too. Its rover, named Rashid after Dubai’s royal family, weighs just 22 pounds and will operate on the surface for about 10 days, like everything else on the mission.
In addition, the lander is carrying an orange-sized sphere from the Japanese Space Agency that will transform into a wheeled robot on the moon. Also flying: a solid state battery from a Japanese-based spark plug company; an Ottawa, Ontario, company’s flight computer with artificial intelligence for identifying geologic features seen by the UAE rover; and 360-degree cameras from a Toronto-area company.
Hitching a ride on the rocket was a small NASA laser experiment that is now bound for the moon on its own to hunt for ice in the permanently shadowed craters of the lunar south pole.
The ispace mission is called Hakuto, Japanese for white rabbit. In Asian folklore, a white rabbit is said to live on the moon. A second lunar landing by the private company is planned for 2024 and a third in 2025.
Founded in 2010, ispace was among the finalists in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition requiring a successful landing on the moon by 2018. The lunar rover built by ispace never launched.
Another finalist, an Israeli nonprofit called SpaceIL, managed to reach the moon in 2019. But instead of landing gently, the spacecraft Beresheet slammed into the moon and was destroyed.
With Sunday’s predawn launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, ispace is now on its way to becoming one of the first private entities to attempt a moon landing. Although not launching until early next year, lunar landers built by Pittsburgh's Astrobotic Technology and Houston's Intuitive Machines may beat ispace to the moon thanks to shorter cruise times.
Only Russia, the U.S. and China have achieved so-called “soft landings” on the moon, beginning with the former Soviet Union’s Luna 9 in 1966. And only the U.S. has put astronauts on the lunar surface: 12 men over six landings.
Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of astronauts' last lunar landing, by Apollo 17's Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on Dec. 11, 1972.
NASA’s Apollo moonshots were all “about the excitement of the technology,” said ispace founder and CEO Takeshi Hakamada, who wasn’t alive then. Now, “it’s the excitement of the business."
“This is the dawn of the lunar economy,” Hakamada noted in the SpaceX launch webcast. “Let's go to the moon.”
Liftoff should have occurred two weeks ago, but was delayed by SpaceX for extra rocket checks.
Eight minutes after launch, the recycled first-stage booster landed back at Cape Canaveral under a near full moon, the double sonic booms echoing through the night. | 2022-12-11T14:42:56+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/japanese-companys-lander-rockets-toward-moon/507-5ad1d861-1492-4219-b3f3-f620fdfc1cde |
Dear Annie: I have a friend who is very social and always finding ways to bring people together, which is wonderful. She also tends to throw quite extravagant birthday parties for her kids, often including things like renting out a venue, going to an amusement park, etc. My kids are often invited.
This is all great except for the fact that after we have RSVP’d, we often get a text or email that says, “As usual, I went overboard, and this party cost much more than we had planned, so if you could pitch in or pay for your kid’s ticket (up to $100 in past years), that would be appreciated. No worries if you can’t!”
We can afford to pitch in, and I always do, but I can’t help but feel a bit annoyed since it seems like others may then be put on the spot and feel obliged to pay. It also just seems like, if she’s going to throw a party, she should pay within her means. At the same time, she is showing our kids a fun time, and they always have a blast. What do you think? -- Kid Parties
Dear Kid: The party sounds fun for your kids, but she shouldn’t have parties that she can’t afford without asking for help from the guests -- unless she consults the other parents first and asks for input about having an extraordinary birthday party. If you are close to your friend, you might want to get together with her over coffee and tell her of your concerns about some of the parents who cannot comfortably pay for their own kids. She really would be better off paying for her party for her kids, even if she has to scale it down a bit.
Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 19 years. He is 66, and I’m 59, and it’s the third marriage for both of us. We both still work full time.
When we are at home, or when we’re out and it’s just the two of us, he treats me perfectly. However, when we’re out with company -- usually mine -- or his grown-up children, he just totally disconnects from me and almost stonewalls me. It is as if he is treating me like a total stranger he’s just walked past in the street. There is no eye contact, and sometimes he becomes hypervigilant.
This behavior is causing me deep distress and is very confusing, I have spoken to him about it, and he says it’s unintentional. He says that he cannot see that he’s doing anything wrong. The last time I brought it up, he said, “Oh, no, not this again.”
I am so confused and don’t know how to deal with this. Please help. -- A Very Confused Wife
Dear Confused Wife: You have a right to be confused. Continue to talk to him about it. Maybe before you are going to get together with his children, have a code word for when he is doing it so that you can help him see it as it happens. Let him know that it is unacceptable for him to be so dismissive of your feelings. If he is still flippant about how you feel, it might be time to seek the help of a professional counselor.
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MIAMI (AP)The starting lineup changes almost daily. The leading scorer has various aches and pains, the leading rebounder has a bad wrist, the assist leader is dealing with knee soreness and the team’s 3-point record-holder is wearing a cast on his shooting hand.
Plus, almost every game comes down to the final moments. And most recently, the best night of free-throw shooting in NBA history was what was required to pull out a one-point win.
There’s still a belief within the Miami Heat – a team that had the best record in the Eastern Conference last season – that a deep playoff run is possible. But with a 22-20 record one game into the season’s second half, and stuck in the No. 8 spot in the East, the Heat also know that it’s time to start putting wins together.
”It’s the start of the second season,” coach Erik Spoelstra said Tuesday after a 112-111 win over Oklahoma City. ”I feel something. I think the locker room feels something. But we also have to prove it. We know that. A lot of it just ends up being talk at this point. But we feel encouraged. Even with all the moving parts and injuries and missed games, we feel like something is happening.”
It’s been one step forward, one step back all season for the Heat. They had a season-best four-game winning streak in December, a season-worst four-game losing streak in November. They didn’t get to the .500 mark for the first time until the 30th game and their current spot – two games over .500 – matches their best of the season.
They’re up to 18 different starting lineups this season, seven in their last nine games. Jimmy Butler leads Miami in scoring; he has missed time with a knee injury and had an aching wrist on Tuesday, when the Heat went an NBA-record 40 for 40 from the foul line, with Butler making 23 of those shots.
”I think that’s what I signed up for, to be able to play at a high level no matter who we have alongside each other,” Butler said. ”I don’t have the hard job. Spo does. He’s got try to mix and match guys, make guys feel comfortable while trying to tell them where to be on the floor, and how to run what play, when to run what play. It’s a lot going on.”
Bam Adebayo missed the game with a bad wrist, Kyle Lowry with a balky knee, Tyler Herro with a sore Achilles and Caleb Martin with a quadriceps strain. Ordinarily, all four would start. There’s hope that at least some of them will be back Thursday when Miami starts a two-game home series with the Milwaukee Bucks, with the second matchup set for Saturday.
Other Heat players won’t be back for a while, if at all. Duncan Robinson, the 3-point record holder in Heat franchise history, had surgery on his right hand. Rookie Nikola Jovic is dealing with a back issue. Backup center Omer Yurtseven had ankle surgery and hasn’t played this season.
And the season already has been a grind. Of the first 42 games, 29 have been classified by the NBA as ”clutch” – defined as any game within five points with 5 minutes or less remaining. The Heat are 16-13 in those games, 9-6 in games decided by three points or fewer. There isn’t much margin for error, in large part because Miami’s 108.8 points-per-game average is lowest in the NBA.
”I like that feeling going into a locker room, when you feel a team starting to come together from the adversity,” Spoelstra said. ”You wish every team would come together like that. It doesn’t always work that way. The last three weeks, you feel like this group has gotten closer. I think everybody’s kind of refreshed even though everybody’s kind of exhausted. There’s a feeling that in the second half of the season, we can do something special.”
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PORT ORGANGE, Fla. (WJW) — Police in Florida said they arrested an 11-year-old girl after she texted 911 to “falsely report” that her friend was kidnapped by an armed man driving a white van.
Volusia Sheriff’s Office posted body camera footage of the arrest on Facebook. In the video, an officer can be heard saying, “This is going to be an opportunity for you to turn this into a learning experience. This is not something you’re going to carry with you for the rest of your life.”
According to the post, the child reported that her 14-year-old friend had been abducted and said that she was following in a blue Jeep.
Officials say multiple deputies responded to the call and began searching for the suspected vehicle, but said “no van was found.”
For the next hour and a half, police said, the girl texted updates, including a description of a suspect. Eventually, officers said they were able to track the cell phone used to text 911 to a home in Port Orange, Florida. When officers arrived at the home, they talked to the child’s father, who said she was inside with her family.
“As deputies approached the girl, she was holding her cell phone, which was ringing as she walked out to meet the deputies. When answered, Volusia Sheriff’s Dispatch was on the line and deputies verified they were on scene,” wrote officials in the Facebook post.
Police said the girl told them she got the idea to prank 911 through a YouTube challenge and thought it “would be funny.”
“This kind of prank activity is dangerous – we’re going to investigate every incident but today it wasted valuable resources that might have helped someone else who legitimately needed our help,” said Sheriff Mike Chitwood in the post.
Police said the girl is now charged with making a false police report concerning the use of a firearm in a violent manner, a felony, and misuse of 911, a misdemeanor.
In the video posted to social media, the girl appeared to be in handcuffs, visibly upset, and said, “I’m not going to do this again.”
The sheriff warns parents about the importance of closely monitoring kids’ use of social media. | 2023-07-27T18:25:48+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/11-year-old-girl-arrested-over-false-abduction-report-in-florida-police-say/ |
At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Ga. election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor investigating interference in the 2020 election in Georgia has agreed to immunity deals with at least eight Republican fake electors who signed a certificate falsely stating that then-President Donald Trump had won the state.
Defense attorney Kimberly Debrow revealed the existence of the immunity deals in a court filing Friday, saying her eight clients had accepted the agreements last month. The filing does not identify the eight people who were offered immunity deals.
Last July, a lawyer for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office revealed that each of the 16 people who signed the false elector certificate was a target of her investigation, which is examining whether Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his narrow election loss.
The 16 fake electors met at the state Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020, and signed a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won the presidential election and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors.
The news of the immunity deals shows that Willis continues to work on her case as she prepares to make decisions on whether to seek charges this summer. In letters sent to law enforcement agencies late last month, she advised them to prepare adequate security as she intends to announce her charging decisions between mid-July and early September.
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Psychologist points out signs of back-to-school anxiety
Psychologist points out signs of back-to-school anxiety
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. 8:43 NOW, SCHOOL BUSES ARE GETTING READY TO ROLL BACK TO THE CLASSROOM COUNTDOWN, IT'S DEFINITELY ON. THAT TRANSITION CAN COME WITH EXCITEMENT AND ANXIETY FOR PARENTS AND THEIR KIDS. JENNIFER: IT DEFINITELY CAN. JOINING US FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED ADVICE, THE DIRECTOR OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SOCIETY, AND FOR CHILDREN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING FOR AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. THIS CAN BE A BUSY TIME OF YEAR. WHAT SIGNS SHOULD PARENTS LOOK FOR THAT KIDS MAY BE MORE ANXIOUS THAN WE THINK? >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SOME CHILDREN MAY WORRY ABOUT SCHOOL OR CAREGIVERS DIRECTLY. OTHERS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF STRESS, CHANGES IN SLEEP, DIFFICULTY FALLING ASLEEP AT NIGHT. DIFFICULTY WITH EATING, COMPLAINTS OF ACHES OR PAINS, SUCH AS STOMACH ACHES, DEVELOPMENT OF KIND OF NEW DIFFICULTY WITH SEPARATING FROM PARENTS, MAYBE GOING TO FRIENDS OR RELATIVE'S HOUSE. CHANGES IN MOOD, TEARFULNESS, CLINGINESS OR I REMRRIIRRITABILI AND THANKS FOR THOSE SIGNS. WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE THEM BEFORE OR DURING THE TRANSITION? >> PREPARING THE CHILDREN FOR SITUATIONS, ATTENDING A NEW SCHOOL OR BEGINNING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL AS A PLAN CAN BE VERY HELPFUL. PARTICULARLY YOUNG CHILDREN WHO MAYBE ARE EXPERIENCING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME DUE TO PREVIOUS DISRUPTIONS RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. STRATEGIES SUCH AS REHEARSING THE MORNING TRANSITION THROUGH PLAY WITH DOLLS OR ACTION FIGURES AND INCLUDES THE HOME ROUTINE. GETTING UM, HAVING BREAKFAST, AS WELL THE GOODBYE OR DROP-OFF WITH PARENTS, SAYING GOODBYE WITH A CHILD FRIENDLY RITUAL LIKE A HIGH-FIVE OR A HANDSHAKE, A SPECIAL HANDSHAKE. READINGS BOOKS ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL. PREVIEWING ACTIVITIES THAT CHILDREN MIGHT ENJOY AT SCHOOL AND IF POSSIBLE, VISITING THE SCHOOL OR THE CLASSROOM, IF POSSIBLE, AND MEETING THE TEACHER. IF NOT, THE PLAYGROUND CAN BE HELPFUL. ALSO FOR OLDER CHILDREN, IF THEY'VE HAD PAST EXPERIENCES GOING TO SCHOOL, WHICH THEY WILL HAVE, BEING ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS LIKE AND HOW THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL AND BRAVE DOING SOMETHING NEW, EVEN TALKING ABOUT OTHER EXAMPLES WITH BRAVERY STORIES WE CALL THEM, OF MASTERING SOMETHING THAT WAS CHALLENGING. AND CELEBRATING THE RETURN TO SCHOOL WITH THEME NIGHTS BY HAVING A SPECIAL EVENT EACH NIGHT THAT THE CHILD COMES HOME THAT THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO. IT CAN BE SIMPLE, DRESSING UP IN COSTUMES FOR DINNER, HAVING A TREASURE HUNT, AND REALLY, FOR ALL CHILDREN AND ALL PARENTS, HAVING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS, THAT IT CAN TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO DO -- ADAPT TO A NEW SCHEDULE AND ROUTINE AND THAT'S EASIER OVER TIME. JENNIFER: SO TRUE. YOU FEEL BETTER A MONTH INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> ABSOLUTELY. JENNIFER: SOME KIDS ARE QUICK TO TELL YOU WHAT'S ON THEIR MIND AND OTHERS ARE QUIETER AND LESS LIKELY TO BRING UP CONCERNS. YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT THEY'RE NOT SAYING WHAT ARE THE GOOD STRATEGIES TO DRAW THEM OUT. >> IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I THINK ENGAGING CHILDREN IN CONVERSATION WHILE DOING AN ACTIVITY LIKE DRAWING OR TAKING A WALK THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE DEEP FOCUS ON EYE CONTACT CAN SOMETIMES BE HELPFUL IN BRINGING OUT SHY CHILDREN. ADDITIONALLY WHEN CHILDREN SHARE EXPERIENCES ABOUT THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AND MODEL COPING STRATEGIES THAT MAYBE THEY'VE USED, MAYBE THEIR OWN WORRY AS A CHILD GOING TO SCHOOL AND WHAT THAT'S LIKE TO BE HELPFUL. AND READING BOOKS WITH CHILDREN OR CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPRESSING WORRIES AND SCHOOL CAN BE A GOOD JUMPING OFF POINT TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS. RHONDELLA: THANK YOU, NO ONE WANTS TO FEEL HELPLESS AS A PARENT. YOU'RE DIRECTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK WE ALL HAVE MEMORIES, I REMEMBER T
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Psychologist points out signs of back-to-school anxiety
Dr. Nancy Rotter, the director of psychology and child/adolescent psychiatry, shares some tips for parents on how to help their children as they transition to a new grade or school."While some children may share their worries about school or other things to caregivers directly, other children are more likely to display signs of distress through changes in typical functioning," Dr. Rotter said. "For example, changes in sleep, such as difficulty falling asleep at night, difficulty with eating, complaints of aches and pains, such as stomach aches, development of new difficulties from separating from parents."Watch the video above for Dr. Rotter's full remarks.
Dr. Nancy Rotter, the director of psychology and child/adolescent psychiatry, shares some tips for parents on how to help their children as they transition to a new grade or school.
"While some children may share their worries about school or other things to caregivers directly, other children are more likely to display signs of distress through changes in typical functioning," Dr. Rotter said. "For example, changes in sleep, such as difficulty falling asleep at night, difficulty with eating, complaints of aches and pains, such as stomach aches, development of new difficulties from separating from parents."
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Watch the video above for Dr. Rotter's full remarks. | 2022-08-21T12:04:38+00:00 | kcra.com | https://www.kcra.com/article/psychologist-back-to-school-anxiety/40949029 |
(The Hill) – President Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend the federal gas and diesel taxes for the next three months, the latest effort by the White House to provide relief to Americans struggling with record-high gasoline prices.
Such a move, which is contingent on legislative action, would temporarily lift the 18 cent tax per gallon on gasoline and 24 cent tax per gallon on diesel during the summer months.
“A federal gas tax suspension alone won’t fix the problem we face, but it will provide families a little breathing room as we continue working to bring down prices for the long haul,” a senior administration official told reporters on a call previewing the announcement.
The official added that the three-month timeframe was specifically to address the surging gas demand during the summer months when travel increases. In the longer term, however, the official acknowledged the revenues from the tax are a vital source of infrastructure funding.
Biden will lay out the proposal in a speech from the White House on Wednesday afternoon during which he will also call on states to suspend their gas taxes or provide rebates or other forms of relief, the official said. Additionally, Biden is expected to call on oil refinery companies to take steps to boost production to help alleviate gas prices, which are averaging roughly $5 per gallon across the nation.
The Hill first reported last week that the White House was giving a closer look to the federal gas tax holiday as prices surged upward due to global energy disruptions caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Proponents of the tax holiday view it as a straightforward way to get consumers temporary relief from surging gas prices, though it depends on companies passing the savings on to consumers. The idea also has some prominent critics, with some like Obama economist Jason Furman arguing it could add to inflation.
The idea has divided Democrats, with some on Capitol Hill reacting cooly to the proposal because it would cut into a revenue source for road infrastructure projects.
“I’m glad that @POTUS is exploring ways to lower gas prices at the pump,” Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) tweeted Tuesday evening amid reports of Biden’s plans. “Still, suspending the primary way that we pay for infrastructure projects on our roads is a shortsighted and inefficient way to provide relief. We should explore other options for lowering energy costs.”
However, the senior administration official told reporters that Biden would ask Congress to replenish the Highway Trust Fund, which is supported by gas taxes, with other revenue in order to make it “whole” amid a gas tax suspension. The White House estimates it would take about $10 billion to do so.
The official also addressed concerns the suspension contradicted the White House’s stated goal of transitioning to renewable energy, with a goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
“This is not a stepping back from the president’s commitment to transition to a clean energy economy, not a stepping back from any of his climate goals,” the official said. “It’s a recognition of the really unique moment that we are in students whose invasion of Ukraine and the stabilization of energy markets in the short term.”
It’s unclear how well Biden’s plea will be received on Capitol Hill, or how quickly lawmakers may move to pass legislation. Similar bills have already been introduced in Congress.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is separately holding a meeting with oil executives on Thursday to discuss ways to reduce gasoline and diesel prices, after Biden sent a letter to seven major companies demanding they take action to help lower costs for consumers.
In recent weeks, members of the progressive wing of the Democratic party in Congress have called on the president to impose a windfall profits tax on major oil companies and pass the revenues onto consumers. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif,) said last week that proponents of the tax were encouraged by Biden’s recent rhetoric, particularly a letter in which he called on major oil companies to step up production.
However, officials on the call were noncommittal about a potential windfall tax on top of a potential gas tax suspension, saying only that in remarks later Wednesday, “the President will speak to the importance of companies taking their record profits and investing them to expand supply and capacity.”.
“We see [suspending the gas tax] as part of a suite of policies that are designed to provide that relief including policies that focus on the supply side,” the official added.
A number of states have already suspended their gas taxes, including Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland and New York. Over the weekend, the Virginia senate defeated a proposed amendment by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to suspend the state’s gas tax for three months. | 2022-06-22T12:02:25+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national-news/biden-to-call-on-congress-to-suspend-gas-tax-for-three-months/ |
Since a court ruling threatened the availability of a key drug used in medication abortion, calls have been pouring in to the clinics Adrienne Mansanares oversees.
Patients from near and far are “incredibly worried about whether or not they still have a valid appointment, whether they can obtain the care that they need. It’s heartbreaking,” said Mansanares, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, which has clinics in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada.
For now, the clinics — and many others around the country — are trying to assure patients that nothing has immediately changed while also devising backup plans in case the ruling stands.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas said the approval of the drug mifepristone should be revoked, a decision handed down at the same time a federal judge in Washington ordered the government to make the drug more easily accessible. The Supreme Court is expected to eventually settle the matter.
If mifepristone becomes unavailable, many doctors say they would replace the usual two-drug regimen with a slightly less effective method using only the other drug, misoprostol.
Mansanares said her staff has been sending text messages to patients to make sure they know they can still come in for care.
Clinics are also telling people they’re still offering mifepristone — although many providers worry patients will question its safety in the wake of the ruling and news coverage about it. Currently, more than half of all U.S. abortions are medication induced, and some clinics offer no other options.
“Please understand that this judge’s decision does not mean that medication abortion is not safe,” Dr. Iffath Hoskins, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said on a call with journalists this week. “It is safe. It is effective. And it should be an available option for all who seek abortion care.”
Mifepristone, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2000, blocks the hormone progesterone and is also used to treat miscarriages. Millions of women around the world have used the drug, and medical groups say complications occur at a lower rate than with routine medical procedures such as wisdom teeth removal and colonoscopies.
With its future in peril, doctors are laying the groundwork for other safe options.
Mansanares said she and her colleagues pulled together a task force of clinical experts to create a misoprostol-only protocol, “so that if we needed to, we could flip the switch” from the two-drug regimen. She said nearly three-quarters of patients in her health centers choose medication abortions over surgical procedures.
In Pennsylvania, Dr. Becca Simon, a family medicine doctor who provides abortions, said she would also offer abortion procedures and one-drug medication abortion.
The one-drug option is “safe, effective, and actually in some ways can be a little quicker than” the two-drug regimen, said Simon, a fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health. “It may have some more side effects, but we have medications” to help patients deal with them.
Dr. Gopika Krishna, an OB-GYN in New York and another fellow in the group, said she and her colleagues are still weighing their options but are also considering the one-drug method. She pointed out that it’s the subject of recent guidance from national medical organizations, is considered safe by the World Health Organization and is used in other countries where mifepristone isn’t available.
But some doctors said the one-drug regimen is not ideal. The two-drug combination is about 95% to 99% effective in ending a pregnancy. Used alone, misoprostol is less effective. Some research rates it around 85% effective, although other studies say it’s closer to that of the two-drug combination.
Dr. Iman Alsaden, medical director of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, said staff at her clinics in Kansas are gearing up to provide misoprostol-only abortions if needed. Consent forms and patient information sheets have been prepared. Staff has been trained.
“It would not be the most medically sound thing to do. But if we have to comply with the law, we will,” Alsaden said.
She’s worried about what could happen if misoprostol fails to end a pregnancy, especially for out-of-state patients driving up to 12 hours for care.
“There’s going to be people that, you know, came to Kansas from Texas, and they don’t have the means or funds or ability to come back,” she said. “And now you’re in a situation where that person is forced to be pregnant.”
Andrea Gallegos, administrator of the Alamo Women’s Clinic in the southern Illinois city of Carbondale, has much the same concern, and is waiting to see how the lawsuits are resolved before making any decisions about what care to offer.
Wisp, a company that provides telehealth medication abortions in nine states, would definitely offer a misoprostol-only regimen if necessary. But spokeswoman Jenny Dwork said the switch would involve website updates and other changes, meaning the company wouldn’t be able to provide their services for around two weeks — “further restricting access to those who need it.”
Denise Harle, senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, which filed the lawsuit in Texas, said she was “very concerned” doctors were considering misoprostol-only abortions.
“To me, that would suggest, again, putting profit from abortion over the health and safety of women,” she said, adding that it was “premature to discuss” whether the single-drug protocol would prompt future litigation.
But doctors pushed back.
“Part of the tactic from anti-abortion groups is to create a sense where people feel like abortion is confusing, that abortion isn’t safe,” Krishna said. “That’s not true.”
Alsaden said she’s scared for the patients.
“I will continue to serve them as long as I can,” she said. “But it’s just like totally devastating.”
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Amanda Seitz contributed to this story from Washington, D.C. Ungar reported from Louisville, Kentucky and Hollingsworth from Mission, Kansas.
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Joe Lewis, the British billionaire whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, pleaded not guilty in New York on Wednesday to insider trading charges alleging that he fed corporate secrets to romantic partners, personal assistants, friends and his pilots, earning them millions of dollars illegally.
Lewis was released on $300 million bail, using a yacht and private plane as collateral, after he entered the plea in Manhattan federal court. Two of his pilots, Patrick O’Connor and Bryan ‘Marty’ Waugh, also pleaded not guilty to related charges and were each released on $250,000 bail.
All three must remain in the United States.
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U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, who announced the charges Tuesday night in a video, said Lewis was accused of "orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme" that utilized his access to corporate boardrooms to feed inside tips to friends and lovers.
"Those folks then traded on that inside information — and made millions of dollars in the stock market — because, thanks to Lewis, those bets were a sure thing," Williams said. "That’s classic corporate corruption. It’s cheating. And it’s against the law — laws that apply to everyone, no matter who you are."
David M. Zornow, an attorney for Lewis, said his client had come to the U.S. "to answer these ill-conceived charges" and would fight them vigorously.
"The government has made an egregious error in judgment in charging Mr. Lewis, an 86-year-old man of impeccable integrity and prodigious accomplishment," Zornow said in a statement Tuesday.
Wearing a gray three-piece suit, Lewis said, "Not guilty, your honor," when asked for his plea. He and his lawyers declined to comment as they left court and hailed a yellow cab.
LINDSEY HORAN SETS A FIERY EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG USWNT
Lawyers for the pilots did not immediately reply to messages seeking comment.
Lewis was charged with 16 counts of securities fraud and three counts of conspiracy. O'Connor, 66, of Preston Hollow, New York, and Waugh, 64, of Lynchburg, Virginia, each face seven counts of securities fraud and a conspiracy count.
Lewis has a fortune that Forbes estimates at $6.1 billion and assets in real estate, biotechnology, energy, agriculture and more. He bought an interest in Tottenham Hotspur, one of England's most storied soccer clubs, in 2001.
Under his ownership, the Premier League club built a state-of-the-art stadium at an estimated cost of more than $1 billion.
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Today, a trust benefiting members of Lewis’ family is the majority owner of ENIC, the holding company that owns the team. Lewis himself is not a beneficiary of that trust and relinquished operational control of the club last October, according to corporate filings.
Lewis’ Tavistock Group has stakes in more than 200 companies around the world, according to its website, and his art collection boasts works by Picasso, Matisse, Degas and more. His business connections include Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Justin Timberlake, with whom he built a Bahamian oceanside resort that opened in 2010.
According to the indictment, Lewis’ investments in various companies gave him control of board seats, where he placed associates who let him know what they learned behind the scenes. Prosecutors say Lewis improperly doled out that confidential information between 2019 and 2021 to his chosen recipients and urged them to profit off of it.
At one point, according to the indictment, he even loaned his two private pilots $500,000 apiece to buy stock in a cancer drug company that he knew had gotten — but not yet publicly disclosed — encouraging results from a clinical trial.
According to court papers, O’Connor texted a friend in connection with that loan to buy the stock, telling the friend the "Boss is helping us out and told us to get ASAP," and assured the friend that "All conversations on app is encrypted so all good. No one can ever see."
Lewis also gave the tip to his girlfriend, his personal assistant, a poker buddy and a friend with whom he had a romance, the indictment said. After the company announced the clinical trial data, the stock gained nearly 17% in a day, and Lewis’ friends and employees all eventually sold at a profit. The pilots repaid the loans at Lewis’ request, according to the indictment.
Another time, according to the filing, Lewis gleaned some closed-door information about a muscular dystrophy drug company in which he was a major investor. The information allegedly included a planned financial move and some clinical trial news.
Lewis’ biotech hedge fund signed a confidentiality agreement that prohibited disclosing the information or trading on it. But according to the indictment, he told his girlfriend to buy the company’s stock, then told the pilots the same as they flew the couple to Massachusetts from Seoul, where the two had been staying. | 2023-07-27T19:38:34+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/uk-billionaire-whose-family-trust-owns-tottenham-released-on-300-million-bail-after-pleading-not/article_613d4587-0a0a-5924-9b66-72286f2c2b60.html |
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former University of Connecticut student pleaded guilty to murder and other charges Wednesday for killing a man and severely wounding another with a sword in 2020 — one of two deadly attacks that led to a six-day manhunt in several states that ended with his capture in Maryland.
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Peter Manfredonia, 26, from Newtown, Connecticut, agreed to a 55-year prison sentence during a hearing at Rockville Superior Court. Sentencing was set for April 20. He also is expected to plead guilty in connection with the second attack next week in state court in Milford, his lawyer said.
Manfredonia answered questions from the judge about the plea agreement during the hearing, but did not say anything else. He pleaded guilty to murder, assault and home invasion.
State's Attorney Matthew Gedansky said the victims and their families in both cases supported the plea bargain, which was the result of months of discussions.
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“It was a global resolution plea agreement between everybody — a lot of discussion between the two state’s attorneys, the families of the victims ... and the two judges," Gedansky said in a phone interview.
Manfredonia's lawyer, Michael Dolan, called the plea agreement “a fair resolution” based on the evidence and seriousness of the charges. He said Manfredonia will plead guilty in the second case on Feb. 16 and receive another 55-year sentence, to run concurrently with the sentence in the other case.
Police and prosecutors said Manfredonia killed Ted DeMers, 62, and seriously wounded an 80-year-old man who lost several fingers and part of his ear in a Samurai sword attack in Willington on May 22, 2020.
It's not clear why Manfredonia attacked the men. But an acquaintance of Manfredonia's lived near DeMers' home and told police she stopped seeing him recently.
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After the sword attack, police said Manfredonia broke into another man’s house in Willington and held him hostage for about 24 hours before taking off with his truck and firearms. The man later told police that Manfredonia told him “he just flipped.”
Two days later, Manfredonia went to the Derby home of a high school friend, Nicholas Eisele, 23, and fatally shot him, authorities said. Manfredonia then forced Eisele's girlfriend into her car and fled the state, police said.
After Manfredonia let the woman go near Columbia, New Jersey, investigators tracked him to Pennsylvania, where police said he took an Uber to a Walmart in East Stroudsburg. Authorities searched the area but didn’t find him. A man fitting his description was later spotted near Scranton, Pennsylvania, prompting another search there.
Police believe Manfredonia stole a car and abandoned it in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, before taking another Uber to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he was captured without incident when police spotted him near a truck stop.
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Dolan, Manfredonia's lawyer, said Manfredonia was having mental health problems at the time and it was difficult for him to get help during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic.
“His mental health issues weren’t being addressed and unfortunately he had a psychotic episode,” Dolan told The Associated Press Wednesday. | 2023-02-08T22:16:54+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/former-college-student-pleads-guilty-to-deadly-17772455.php |
By MIKE SCHNEIDER (Associated Press)
Nyhiem Way is weary of people conflating African American and Black. Shalini Parekh wants a way for South Asian people to identify themselves differently than East Asians with roots in places like China or Japan. And Byron Haskins wants the U.S. to toss racial and ethnic labels altogether.
“When you set up categories that are used to place people in boxes, sometime you miss the truth of them,” said Haskins, who describes himself as African American.
Way, Parekh and Haskins’ voices are among more than 4,600 comments pending before the Biden administration as it contemplates updating the nation’s racial and ethnic categories for the first time since 1997.
There’s a lot to consider.
Some Black Americans want their ancestors’ enslavement recognized in how they are identified. Some Jewish people believe their identity should be seen as its own ethnic category and not only a religion. The idea of revising categories for ethnic and racial identities, both in the census and in gathering demographic information between head counts, have fueled editorials and think-tank essays as well as thousands of written comments by individuals in what is almost a Rorschach test for how Americans identify themselves.
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget is set to decide on new classifications next year and is hosting three virtual town halls on the subject this week.
Some conservatives question the process itself, saying the overarching premise that Americans need more ethnic categories will only accelerate Balkanization.
“By creating and deepening sub-national identities, the government further contributes to the decline of one national American identity,” wrote Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, in his personal comment posted on the OMB web page seeking public input.
That view contrasts sharply with those who say previous categories have overlooked nuances.
“This is certainly a singular moment and opportunity to greatly improve and enhance the accuracy and completeness of the data,” Mario Beovides, director of policy and legislative affairs for the NALEO Educational Fund, said during a recent forum.
The proposed changes would create a new category for people of Middle Eastern and North African descent, also known by the acronym MENA, who are now classified as white but say they have been routinely undercounted.
The process also would combine the race and ethnic origin questions into a single query, because some advocates say the current method of asking about race and separately about ethnic origin often confuses Hispanic respondents. With the revisions, the government would try to get more detailed answers on race and ethnicity by asking about country of origin.
Another proposal recommends striking from federal government forms the words “Negro” and “Far East,” now widely regarded as pejorative. The terms “majority” and “minority” would also be dropped because some officials say they fail to reflect the nation’s complex racial and ethnic diversity.
Several Black Americans, like Way, whose ancestors were enslaved, said in public comments to the OMB that they would like to be identified in a category such as American Freedmen, Foundational Black Americans or American Descendants of Slavery to distinguish themselves from Black immigrants, or even white individuals born in Africa, as well as reflecting their ancestors’ history in the U.S.
Way, who is president of United Sons & Daughters of Freedmen, which describes itself as dedicated to restoring the broken promises from Reconstruction, also recommended substituting the word “population group” for “race.”
Conflating “African American” with “Black” has “blurred what it means to be an African American in this country,” Way, who works for a pharmaceutical company in Athens, Georgia, said in a telephone interview.
Haskins, a retired government worker from Lansing, Michigan, suggested eliminating race categories like “white” and “Black” since they perpetuate “deeply rooted unjust socio-political constructs.”
Instead, he said people should be able to self-identify as they wish. When his sociologist daughter points out the difficulty of aggregating such data into something useful to address inequalities in housing or voting, or tailoring health or education programs to the needs of communities, he tells her, “Go crazy at it. That’s what you’re being paid for.”
“You need to search for the truth and not just stay with the old categories because someone decided, ‘That is what we decided,’” Haskins said.
Parekh is asking the government to distinguish South Asians from East Asians.
“When these groups are assessed together, one loses a lot of important granularity that can help differentiate issues that are specific to one group and not another,” Parekh said.
The MENA community appears to be having a related problem, based on several comments to OMB. Without its own category, the group’s political power is diluted. People could benefit from cohesive representation, especially if identities were taken into account in drawing political districts, advocates said.
It comes down to something even more personal for Houda Meroueh, who described herself to the Biden administration as a 73-year-old Arab American woman.
“When I go to the doctor’s office I do not feel they have the information necessary to understand my medical history or my culture,” she said. “For all these reasons I want to be counted as who I am. Not as white.”
Jordan Steiner said ethnic categories should be expanded to include not only MENA, but other groups like Jews who often regard themselves not only as members of a religious group but an ethnic one too.
Jessica Aksoy commended the proposals to expand the categories, saying she often felt limited about which boxes to check as someone of Turkish, European and Jewish heritage.
“Recognizing our differences is honoring and celebrating the rich melting pot of America,” Aksoy said. “The face of America is changing, and this initiative is for progress in recognizing that.” ___
Follow Mike Schneider on Twitter at @MikeSchneiderAP | 2023-03-13T21:50:26+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/13/what-do-race-and-ethnicity-mean-the-us-government-is-asking/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Thanks to K-9s Simon and Jada, police were able to remove 90 pounds of methamphetamine off the streets of Indianapolis.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers began investigating Friday, Jan. 13. at the 200 block of Parkview Ave. Police say they did a traffic stop on Zakahia Roney, 25, who led them on a chase. Roney got out of the vehicle and ran on foot, but police eventually caught her and took her into custody. The passenger inside the vehicle, Jeffrey Groves, 31, was also taken into custody.
During the investigation, both K-9s found narcotics in the vehicle. After police searched the vehicle, Roney and Groves were arrested for multiple narcotics-related charges.
Police say anyone with further information should call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at (317)-262-8477. | 2023-01-20T18:58:44+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/impd-k-9s-help-officers-take-90-pounds-of-meth-off-the-streets/ |
Groundbreaking early-era film actress Anna May Wong is set to become the first Asian American to appear on US currency.
Born in Los Angeles, she began her career at the age of 14 during the silent film era and she soon took on a lead role in "The Toll of the Sea" in 1922, just three years into her career.
She struggled in Hollywood to break away from stereotypical roles.
She became a fashion icon for her era with her sense of style. Wong was known for mixing traditional Chinese gowns with flapper-era styles.
She will now be featured on U.S. quarters, with the coin entering circulation on Monday.
Designer Emily Damstra said, "Many prominent actors from the 1920s and 1930s saw their name framed by lightbulbs on movie theater marquees, so I thought it made sense to feature Anna May Wong in this way."
She said, "Along with the hard work, determination, and skill Anna May Wong brought to the profession of acting, I think it was her face and expressive gestures that really captivated movie audiences, so I included these elements next to her name." | 2022-10-20T07:33:14+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/movie-star-anna-may-wong-to-be-first-asian-american-to-have-likeness-featured-on-us-currency |
Maine museum offers $25,000 for space rock fragments Published April 13, 2023 at 1:24 PM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The Maine Mineral and Gem museum is offering a $25,000 reward to the first person to recover a fragment of a meteorite that landed on Earth over the weekend. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-04-13T21:10:18+00:00 | kvpr.org | https://www.kvpr.org/2023-04-13/maine-museum-offers-25-000-for-space-rock-fragments |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tina Charles had 23 points and nine rebounds, Jewell Loyd scored 21 points and the Seattle Storm secured the No. 4 seed in the WNBA playoffs with a 96-69 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night, spoiling Sylvia Fowles’ final regular-season home game.
Seattle (22-13), which closes the season on Sunday against first-place Las Vegas, will host a first-round series next week against the Washington Mystics. Minnesota (14-21) plays at Connecticut on Sunday, hoping for the final playoff spot.
Fowles, who helped Minnesota win WNBA titles in 2015 and 2017, retires as the league’s career leader in field-goal percentage, rebounds and double-doubles. She came out of the game with two minutes left to a standing ovation after recording another double-double. Fowles was honored in a post-game ceremony in front of a packed Target Center crowd by Minnesota Lieutenant Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Lynx owner Glen Taylor, former players Rebekkah Brunson and Lindsay Whalen, and coach Cheryl Reeve.
“It’s been a joy,” Fowles said. “I never thought that I’d be here in this moment, the impact that I made across this league. I had the stars aligned for me because I had a lot of people who kept me in my place and held me to high standards.”
Fowles acknowledged her family in attendance and thanked the fans for “embracing me with open arms.” She thanked her teammates for “allowing me to be myself and allowing me to take no days off and keeping me motivated. Without you guys, I’m not who I am.”
Fowles. who passed Brunson for first on Minnesota’s rebounds list, finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Seattle jumped out to a 30-10 lead in the first quarter and it was 45-28 at halftime. Charles scored 14 points in the first half, Loyd added 12 and Breanna Stewart had 10 points and eight rebounds. Seattle led 89-59 with three minutes left.
Stewart finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds and Briann January added 11 points for Seattle. Loyd set a franchise record with her 73rd 3-pointer of the season, passing Sue Bird’s 72 in 2016.
Minnesota’s Aerial Powers scored 12 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter and Bridget Carleton added 11 points.
Seattle coach Noelle Quinn returned from the league’s health and safety protocols following a positive test for COVID-19.
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More AP women’s basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-14T08:55:18+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/sports/ap-sports/storm-secure-no-4-seed-spoil-fowles-home-finale-for-lynx/ |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Agriculture Department announced more than $223 million in grants and loans Wednesday to help small and mid-sized meat processing plants expand to help boost competition in the highly concentrated industry.
The effort is expected to increase cattle and pig slaughter capacity by more than 500,000 head a year and help poultry plants process nearly 34 million more birds while adding more than 1,100 jobs mostly in rural areas where the plants are located.
The Biden administration wants to add meat processing capacity to give farmers and ranchers more options of where to sell the animals they raise while hopefully reducing prices for consumers by increasing competition because the biggest companies now have so much power over pricing. In beef, the top four companies control 85% of the market while the top four firms control 70% of the pork market. The four biggest poultry processors control 54% of that business.
“We’re looking forward to these projects taking hold and creating new opportunity and new choice for producers and consumers,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.
The USDA’s announcement Wednesday, combined with a trip to Omaha, Nebraska, where Vilsack plans to tour a beef processing plant, comes as President Joe Biden is highlighting his achievements to voters before the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Several of the administration’s recent announcements have targeted rural areas in states that generally support more Republicans than Democrats.
Vilsack said the Greater Omaha Packing company will use its grant to expand beef processing capacity by 700 head per day and add 275 more jobs. The Omaha company is one of the biggest of the 21 grant recipients nationwide that will share $73 million.
Some of the other grants will go to helping Pure Prairie reopen an idle poultry processing plant that will employ hundreds of people in Charles City, Iowa. And the Cutting Edge Meat Company in Leakesville, Mississippi, expects to be able to reduce its current six-month backlog for beef and pork processing by expanding its capacity.
The other $150 million of funding announced Wednesday will go to 12 loan programs that will help independent meat processors continue operating as they work to expand. And applications for additional grants and loans are being accepted now for another round of spending next year.
The big meat processors maintain that supply and demand factors — not industry concentration — drive prices for beef, pork and poultry products. And they say processing capacity has been restrained by the ongoing shortage of people to work at these plants, which are typically in rural areas with small populations.
The worker shortages were highlighted during the pandemic when a number of major meat processing plants had to shut down as the virus tore through them because so many workers became ill or had to quarantine. That contributed to shortages of meat in grocery stores that drove up prices.
The price paid for the animals that are slaughtered has long been a point of contention because even as meat prices soar with inflation and tight capacity in the industry, farmers and ranchers receive a relatively small share of the profits. Federal data show that for every dollar spent on food, the share that went to ranchers and farmers dropped from 35 cents in the 1970s to 14 cents recently.
Agricultural economists have said that smaller processing plants also might have a hard time competing with the major meat companies because they are far less efficient than the big plants run by companies like Tyson, Smithfield Foods, Cargill, JBS, Hormel and Purdue Farms.
In addition to these loans and grants, the White House has also adjusted administrative rules to make it easier for farmers and ranchers to report concerns or sue over anticompetitive behavior. Officials are also planning new rules to label meat as a U.S. product to differentiate it from meat raised in other countries. | 2022-11-02T15:39:13+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/usda-says-more-than-200m-will-help-meat-processors-expand/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
BERLIN (AP) — German factory orders, an important indicator for Europe’s biggest economy, dipped in April after a big drop in March, official figures showed Tuesday. The data pointed to a disappointing start to the second quarter.
The Economy Ministry said orders were down 0.4% compared with the previous month. That followed a painful 10.9% drop in March. Economists had expected an increase in April, but the ministry said the figure was influenced in part by fluctuations in bulk orders.
While domestic orders were up 1.6% in April, there was a drop in foreign demand — particularly in orders from elsewhere in the 20-nation eurozone, which were 2.7% lower.
The orders data followed the release on Monday of lackluster export figures for April. They showed exports increasing by 1.2% on the month after a 6% drop in March.
In late May, Germany’s national statistics office said that the economy shrank in the first three months of this year, marking the second consecutive quarter of contraction that is one definition of recession.
Germany’s gross domestic product, or GDP, declined by 0.3% in the period from January to March. That followed a drop of 0.5% in Europe’s biggest economy during the last quarter of 2022.
Inflation has eased but remained at a still-high 6.1% in May, while higher interest rates are also complicating hopes of an economic upturn. | 2023-06-06T10:59:41+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/german-factory-orders-dipped-again-as-2nd-quarter-started/ |
Stellantis on Wednesday revealed some technical highlights of its STLA Medium platform, one of four dedicated EV platforms in development for future electric models.
The automaker revealed its STLA platform strategy two years ago this month, unveiling STLA Medium alongside the STLA Small, STLA Large, and STLA Frame platforms, but up until now it hasn’t released much more information about the technical layout. It’s now confirming some details for the STLA Medium platform.
STLA Medium is designed for mid-size cars in what is known in the industry as the C- and D-segments, a Stellantis press release said. The automaker noted that it currently has 26 nameplates globally in those segments, and will have manufacturing capacity for up to 2 million STLA-Medium-based vehicles per year spread across several plants, with the first vehicles coming from Europe.
A Standard Pack and Performance Pack will be available, offering up to 310 miles and 435 miles of range, respectively, as measured on the European WLTP testing cycle (corresponding U.S. EPA figures will be lower). Stellantis didn’t break out specific capacity numbers, but said vehicles based on the STLA Medium platform will have a maximum 98 kwh of usable energy and will target energy consumption of less than 14 kwh per 100 km.
Stellantis is sticking with a 400-volt electrical architecture, rather than 800-volt, but is still aiming for a 20% to 80% charge in 27 minutes with DC fast-charging, a rate of 2.4 kwh per minute, according to the company.
The platform can accommodate single-motor front-wheel-drive or dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrains, with targeted outputs between 214 hp and 382 hp.
Planned body styles include “passenger cars, crossovers, and SUVs,” according to Stellantis. The platform can accommodate wheelbase lengths of 106.2 inches to 114.1 inches, overall lengths of 169.2 inches to 192.9 inches, plus ground clearance of more than 8.6 inches for off-road vehicles.
Off-road competence will likely be important, as one of several planned Jeep electric SUVs could be based on the STLA Medium platform. Stellantis plans to launch 25 EVs in the U.S. by 2030, including a Dodge electric muscle car based on the STLA Large Platform and a fully electric and range-extended Ram electric truck. And STLA Medium may form the basis for heart-of-the-market crossovers from Peugeot, Citroën, and Fiat in Europe.
The company has acted to localize production of core systems for these platforms—with drive modules from Indiana and batteries potentially from Indiana and Canada. Last week the automaker also gave a glimpse of how it plans to aggregate EV charging information, but it didn’t yet say whether it might jump to the Tesla NACS standard.
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Presentation to highlight data from the ongoing long-term open-label extension study of leniolisib, a PI3Kδ inhibitor under investigation for APDS, a rare primary immunodeficiency
LEIDEN, Netherlands, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming" or "the Company") (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM) (Nasdaq: PHAR) announces today that new clinical data for leniolisib, an oral, selective phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) inhibitor, an investigational treatment for activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS), a rare primary immunodeficiency, will be presented by V. Koneti Rao, MD, FRCPA, staff physician in the Primary Immune Deficiency Clinic at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, at the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, in New Orleans, Louisiana taking place from Saturday, December 10 through Tuesday, December 13, 2022.
Information regarding Pharming's data presentation can be found below, and on the ASH conference website: https://www.hematology.org/meetings/annual-meeting.
Presentation title: Interim Analysis of Safety and Hematological Parameters of an Ongoing Long-Term Open-Label Extension Study of Investigational PI3Kδ Inhibitor Leniolisib for Patients with Activated PI3Kδ Delta Syndrome (APDS) through December 2021
Presentation type: oral
Session name: 203. Lymphocytes and Acquired or Congenital Immunodeficiency Disorders: Delineating Immunity from Mice to Humans
Abstract number: 608
Session date and time: Monday, December 12, 2022 from 10:30AM – 12:30PM CST
Presentation date and time: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 10:45AM CST
Location: Room: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 278-282
About Activated Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase δ Syndrome (APDS)
APDS is a rare primary immunodeficiency that affects approximately 1 to 2 people per million. APDS is caused by variants in either of two genes, PIK3CD or PIK3R1, that regulate maturation of white blood cells. Variants of these genes lead to hyperactivity of the PI3Kδ (phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta) pathway.1,2 Balanced signaling in the PI3Kδ pathway is essential for physiological immune function. When this pathway is hyperactive, immune cells fail to mature and function properly, leading to immunodeficiency and dysregulation.1,3 APDS is characterized by severe, recurrent sinopulmonary infections, lymphoproliferation, autoimmunity, and enteropathy.4,5 Because these symptoms can be associated with a variety of conditions, including other primary immunodeficiencies, people with APDS are frequently misdiagnosed and suffer a median 7-year diagnostic delay.6 As APDS is a progressive disease, this delay may lead to an accumulation of damage over time, including permanent lung damage and lymphoma.4-7 The only way to definitively diagnose this condition is through genetic testing.
About Leniolisib
Leniolisib is a small-molecule inhibitor of the delta isoform of the 110 kDa catalytic subunit of class IA PI3K. PI3Kδ is expressed predominately in hematopoietic cells and is essential to normal immune system function through conversion of phosphatidylinositol-4-5-trisphosphate (PIP2) to phosphatidylinositol-3-4-5-trisphosphate (PIP3). Leniolisib inhibits the production of PIP3 and PIP3 serves as an important cellular messenger activating AKT (via PDK1) and regulates a multitude of cell functions such as proliferation, differentiation, cytokine production, cell survival, angiogenesis, and metabolism. Unlike PI3Kα and PI3Kβ, which are ubiquitously expressed, PI3Kẟ and PI3Kγ are expressed primarily in cells of hematopoietic origin. The central role of PI3Kẟ in regulating numerous cellular functions of the adaptive immune system (B-cells and, to a lesser extent, T cells) as well as the innate immune system (neutrophils, mast cells, and macrophages) strongly indicates that PI3Kẟ is a valid and potentially effective therapeutic target for immune diseases such as APDS. To date, leniolisib has been well tolerated during both the Phase 1 first-in-human trial in healthy subjects and the Phase II/III registration-enabling study in patients with APDS.
About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. Pharming is commercializing and developing an innovative portfolio of protein replacement therapies and precision medicines, including small molecules, biologics, and gene therapies that are in early to late-stage development. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, and has employees around the globe who serve patients in over 30 markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
For more information, visit www.pharming.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including with respect to timing and progress of Pharming's preclinical studies and clinical trials of its product candidates, Pharming's clinical and commercial prospects, Pharming's ability to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the conduct of its business, and Pharming's expectations regarding its projected working capital requirements and cash resources, which statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to the scope, progress and expansion of Pharming's clinical trials and ramifications for the cost thereof; and clinical, scientific, regulatory and technical developments. In light of these risks and uncertainties, and other risks and uncertainties that are described in Pharming's 2021 Annual Report and the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the events and circumstances discussed in such forward-looking statements may not occur, and Pharming's actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied thereby. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to Pharming as of the date of this release.
Inside Information
This press release relates to the disclosure of information that qualifies, or may have qualified, as inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
References
1. Lucas CL, et al. Nat Immunol. 2014; 15:88-97.
2. Elkaim E, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016; 138(1):210-218.
3. Nunes-Santos C, Uzel G, Rosenzweig SD. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019; 143(5):1676-1687.
4. Coulter TI, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017; 139(2):597-606.
5. Maccari ME, et al. Front Immunol. 2018; 9:543.
6. Jamee M, et al. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2019; May 21.
7. Condliffe AM, Chandra A. Front Immunol. 2018; 9:338.
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A Texas man accused of transporting more than 100 migrants has been indicted, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Daniel Chavez, 39, was driving a tractor-trailer when he approached the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 35 on March 30. Agents said a drug-sniffing dog alerted them to the trailer. When they opened the trailer, they found 107 undocumented immigrants inside.
On April 19, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Chavez of Elkhart, Texas. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 maximum possible fine if convicted.
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas David Fawcett will prosecute the case.
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, which investigated the case, urges the public to report suspicious activity by calling 1 (866) 348-2423. | 2022-04-21T22:05:44+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/texas/texas-man-accused-of-smuggling-107-migrants-in-tractor-trailer-indicted/ |
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VentureMed Group, Inc., a privately held medical device innovator in access management for arteriovenous (AV) fistulas and grafts and vessel preparation for interventional treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) announced today that Sanford Altman, MD, Founder and Medical Director, Open Access Vascular Access, Miami, FL treated the first patient in the FLEX First AV Registry. The FLEX Vessel Prep™ System is VentureMed's AV and PAD product designed to create longitudinal micro-incisions that release circumferential lesion tension allowing lower balloon inflation pressures and potentially enhancing drug delivery with drug eluding therapies that synergistically improve patency and time between interventions.
The first patient treated was part of VentureMed's second AV Registry. This "FLEX First" AV Registry is designed to treat subjects with AVF/AVG stenosis to demonstrate The FLEX Vessel Prep™ System combined with balloon angioplasty will improve the rate of target lesion primary patency as compared with comparable published rates of balloon angioplasty alone. This study will also emphasize and encourage enrollment of Black/African-American and female subjects to insure data generation for historically underserved patient populations and in keeping with enrollment profiles achieved in previous VentureMed, AV Access studies. The study will take place in up to 15 sites and treat up to 400 patients. The primary endpoint is target lesion primary patency with patient follow-up at 6- and 12-month intervals.
"Maintaining AV Access in end stage renal disease patients can be challenging", said Sanford Altman, MD., "Prolonging access patency is always the goal for these patients; however, this is not often easily achieved. We are excited about utilizing the FLEX Vessel Prep System in hopes that it will extend our patients access patency allowing them more time between interventions."
The FLEX Vessel Prep System has a unique non-balloon-based mechanism of action that creates longitudinal micro-incisions releasing circumferential tension in diseased vessels. This tension release allows FLEX to modify AV stenoses safely and effectively to improve and extend patency for all therapeutic treatments (PTA, DCB etc.), reduce complications and vessel trauma including explosive dissections that can lead to bail-out stenting, treats in-stent restenosis (ISR) and improves health-economics.
"We are excited to add another study to our continued growing body of clinical evidence," said Denis Harrington, chief executive officer and president of VentureMed. "We are committed to expanding evidence that demonstrates the clinical benefit of utilizing FLEX Vessel Prep to enhance outcomes
and extend patency across the full spectrum of End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) patients that require interventional procedures to maintain life-saving dialysis treatment."
The VentureMed Group, Inc. develops and markets innovative endovascular medical devices to solve unmet medical needs in the treatment of stenoses of AV fistulas and grafts and PAD. The FLEX VP™ System is a unique, non-balloon-based approach to optimizing revascularization by creating long controlled-depth micro-incisions that release circumferential tension to improve vessel compliance and enable luminal gain with less vessel trauma that may cause restenosis. FLEX was designed to provide controlled and predictable pre-treatment to optimize outcomes in complex stenoses & lesions of any length or vessel morphology. The FLEX VP System received CE Mark and 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration.
For more information, visit www.VentureMedgroup.com.
Media contact: Kathy Leith
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Canadians fighting wildfires see hope in improving weather conditions
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadians fighting the wildfires that have sent a hazardous haze over the country’s northeast and much of the northeastern United States saw a glimpse of hope Saturday with expectations of favorable weather in the coming days.
Officials in the province of Quebec said the next 48 hours will be crucial, with rain forecast for Monday and warmer, humid conditions until then.
But Public Security Minister François Bonnardel said authorities are still concerned about Normétal, located 450 miles (720 kilometers) northwest of Montreal, where fires are burning nearby.
Another major fight against wildfires is taking place in Lebel-sur-Quévillon, a northern municipality where the province’s largest fire is burning. The situation is stable in Chibougaumau, Mistissini, Chapais and Oujé-Bougoumou, authorities said.
Bonnardel says there are more than 130 fires burning in the province and teams have prioritized 37 of them, with 861 firefighters on the ground and 20 water bombers part of the fight.
Provincial authorities say 13,810 Quebecers have been evacuated due to the wildfire situation in the province.
Hundreds of firefighters from France, the United States, Spain and Portugal have either arrived or will do so in the coming days.
The positive forecast Saturday comes a day after Canadian and U.S. officials said the haze was easing and the wildfire situation in Quebec improving.
Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency has described the current wildfire season as the worst on record. The province has reported a total of 444 wildfires so far this year, compared to an average of 207 on the same date during prior years.
Experts say the wildfires have been fueled by an unusually dry and warm period in spring, and no rains are expected until next week.
Canadian officials say there have been no reports of injuries and deaths so far from the fires.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-10T17:22:03+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/06/10/canadians-fighting-wildfires-see-hope-improving-weather-conditions/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok was dismissive Wednesday of reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app, saying such a move wouldn’t help protect national security.
The company was responding to a report in The Wall Street Journal that said the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., part of the Treasury Department, was threatening a U.S. ban on the app unless its owners, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., divested.
“If protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn’t solve the problem: a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access,” TikTok spokesperson Maureen Shanahan said. “The best way to address concerns about national security is with the transparent, U.S.-based protection of U.S. user data and systems, with robust third-party monitoring, vetting, and verification, which we are already implementing.”
The Journal report cited anonymous “people familiar with the matter.” The Treasury Department and the White House’s National Security Council declined to comment.
Late last month, the White House gave all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices.
The Office of Management and Budget called the guidance a “critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data.” Some agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security and State, already have restrictions in place. The White House already does not allow TikTok on its devices.
Congress passed the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act” in December as part of a sweeping government funding package. The legislation does allow for TikTok use in certain cases, including for national security, law enforcement and research purposes.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in both the House and Senate have been moving forward with legislation that would give the Biden administration more power to clamp down on TikTok.
Rep. Mike McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, has been a vocal critic of the app, saying the Chinese Communist Party is using it to “manipulate and monitor its users while it gobbles up Americans’ data to be used for their malign activities.”
“Anyone with TikTok downloaded on their device has given the CCP a backdoor to all their personal information. It’s a spy balloon into your phone,” the Texas Republican said.
TikTok remains extremely popular and is used by two-thirds of teens in the U.S. But there is increasing concern that Beijing could obtain control of American user data that the app has obtained.
The company has been dismissive of the ban for federal devices and has noted that it is developing security and data privacy plans as part of the Biden administration’s ongoing national security review. | 2023-03-16T19:56:39+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/politics/ap-politics/tiktok-dismisses-calls-for-chinese-owners-to-divest-in-us/ |
The Biden administration has officially appealed a Texas judge's ruling that would force an abortion pill to be taken off the market.
The appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit calls for a stay of U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's ruling, which came down on Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone more than 20 years ago. However, a lawsuit has called into question the safety of the medication. An anti-abortion rights group claims the FDA rushed the drug’s approval, putting a patient's health at risk.
The appeal refutes that argument.
"When mifepristone is used as FDA directs, serious adverse events are exceedingly rare, just as they are for many common drugs like ibuprofen," the appeal states.
SEE MORE: Access to abortion pill threatened amid competing rulings
Restricting access to the drug while the case is heard would have a major impact on women. The government notes that more than five million Americans have chosen to use mifepristone to safely end their pregnancies.
The appeal argues that staying Kacsmaryk's decision will not impact the plaintiffs. Instead, it would keep the status quo.
Mifepristone is typically prescribed with another medicine called misoprostol. The drugs are approved to end a pregnancy through 10 weeks of gestation.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, medication abortions account for more than half of all abortions in the U.S.
Kacsmaryk's ruling will go into effect on Friday if a stay is not granted before then.
SEE MORE: Iowa won't pay for rape victims' abortions or contraceptives
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High court will hear social media terrorism lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for terrorist attacks. The cases are seen as an important test of the federal law that generally makes internet companies exempt from liability for the material users post on their networks.
In the cases the court agreed to hear, relatives of people killed in terrorist attacks in France and Turkey had sued Google, Twitter, and Facebook. They accused the companies of helping terrorists spread their message and radicalize new recruits. One of the cases was thrown out, mostly under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, while the other was allowed to proceed.
The court, which began its new term Monday, is expected to hear arguments in the cases this winter with decisions before the court recesses for the summer, usually in late June.
One of the cases the justices will hear involves Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen studying in Paris. The Cal State Long Beach student was one of 130 people killed in Islamic State group attacks in November 2015. The attackers struck cafes, outside the French national stadium and inside the Bataclan theater. Gonzalez died in an attack at La Belle Equipe bistro.
Gonzalez’s relatives sued Google, which owns YouTube, saying the platform had helped the Islamic State group by allowing it to post hundreds of videos that helped incite violence and recruit potential supporters. Gonzalez’s relatives said that the company’s computer algorithms recommended those videos to viewers most likely to be interested in them. But a judge dismissed the case and a federal appeals court upheld the ruling.
The other case the court agreed to hear involves Jordanian citizen Nawras Alassaf. He died in the 2017 attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul where a gunman affiliated with the Islamic State killed 39 people.
Alassaf’s relatives sued Twitter, Google and Facebook for aiding terrorism, arguing that the platforms helped the Islamic State grow and did not go far enough in trying to curb terrorist activity on their platforms. A lower court let the case proceed.
The cases are Reynaldo Gonzalez et al. v Google, 21-1333, and Twitter et al. v Mehier Taamneh, 21-1496.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-03T22:23:48+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/2022/10/03/high-court-will-hear-social-media-terrorism-lawsuits/ |
SHANGHAI, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987, "Yum China" or the "Company") today announced that the Company has established the Yum China Employee Mutual Aid Fund (the "Mutual Aid Fund") to offer financial assistance to employees in need. Fully financed by the Company, the RMB 10 million fund will provide monetary support to employees in the event of emergencies, critical illness and financial difficulties. The Mutual Aid Fund adds to the Company's well recognized employee care program.
"COVID conditions these past three years have brought increasing uncertainties to all of our lives. We are delighted to be able to deepen our employee care program with the Mutual Aid Fund addressing employees experiencing critical needs," said Joey Wat, CEO of Yum China. "As the largest restaurant company in China, we are committed to supporting employees in need."
Yum China has always placed the safety, health and wellbeing of its employees as its highest priority. Since the initial COVID-19 outbreak, Yum China has continually increased employee benefits, including financial support to employees diagnosed with critical illness.
In 2020, the Company launched the "Family Care Fund" for Restaurant Management Team employees. Among other provisions, the Family Care Fund provides assistance to employees with parents experiencing critical illness as well as additional accident insurance coverage for employees' children and spouses. Furthermore, in 2021 Yum China announced enhanced medical insurance coverage of up to RMB 1 million to each of its over 10,000 eligible Restaurant General Managers.
"Our 400,000 employees are the Company's most valuable asset. The resilience, agility and innovative actions of employees have enabled the Company to navigate the challenges brought by COVID-19, adapt and grow into a stronger organization," said Aiken Yuen, Chief People Officer of Yum China. "We are committed to our People-First philosophy and maintaining a working environment based on the principles of "Fair, Care and Pride."
Yum China has been recognized by leading institutions for its outstanding people strategies and practices, especially for extensive employee care programs. For example, Yum China recently received "The 2022 China Best ESG Employers Award" from Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, and the "Top 100 Employer Excellence of China" award from 51job.com, a leading human resource solutions provider in China, for "Excellence in ESG Impact."
Learn more about Yum China's People related efforts in the Company's latest Sustainability Report here.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We intend all forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and by the use of forward-looking words such as "expect," "expectation," "believe," "anticipate," "may," "could," "intend," "belief," "plan," "aim," "estimate," "target," "predict," "project," "likely," "will," "continue," "should," "forecast," "outlook", "commit" or similar terminology. These statements are based on current estimates and assumptions made by us in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that we believe are appropriate and reasonable under the circumstances, but there can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and could cause our actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by those statements. We cannot assure you that any of our expectations, estimates or assumptions will be achieved. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are only made as of the date of this press release, and we disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. You should consult our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the information set forth under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q) for additional detail about factors that could affect our financial and other results.
About Yum China Holdings, Inc.
Yum China Holdings, Inc. is a licensee of Yum! Brands in mainland China. It has exclusive rights in mainland China to KFC, China's leading quick-service restaurant brand, Pizza Hut, the leading casual dining restaurant brand in China, and Taco Bell, a California-based restaurant chain serving innovative Mexican-inspired food. Yum China also owns the Little Sheep, Huang Ji Huang and COFFii & JOY concepts outright. In addition, Yum China has partnered with Lavazza to explore and develop the Lavazza coffee shop concept in China. The Company had 12,409 restaurants in over 1,700 cities at the end of September 2022.
Yum China ranked 359th on the Fortune 500 list in 2022. Yum China has been selected as a member of both Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI): World Index and Emerging Market Index for the third consecutive year. The Company was also named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and was certified as a Top Employer 2022 in China by the Top Employers Institute, both for the fourth consecutive year. For more information, please visit http://ir.yumchina.com.
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Parents shot in front of children during Ohio home invasion, police say
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) - Authorities in Ohio say a father was killed and a mother critically injured in a home invasion turned shooting that their children witnessed.
Police say the Sunday night incident apparently began as a home invasion in Columbus, Ohio. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at 11:57 p.m.
Brandon Gilliam, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 28-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition. Officers say the two victims lived together and were the parents of the five children in the home.
The initial investigation revealed that someone forced entry into the house and fired shots. Police say some of the children witnessed the shooting and helped their mother call 911.
None of the children were physically hurt. They were placed with Franklin County Children Services overnight, and police say other family members have been in contact with the agency.
Detectives are trying to determine the motive for the shooting and how many people were involved. No suspect information has been released.
Copyright 2023 WSYX via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-02T06:54:16+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/2023/05/02/parents-shot-front-children-during-ohio-home-invasion-police-say/ |
Deer and bear typically get the attention this time of year but there are many more hunting opportunities during the fall in Michigan.
Hunters also can enjoy small game hunting throughout the entire state with their base licenses and it includes cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare, fox and gray squirrels, ruffed grouse, woodcock and pheasant.
COTTONTAIL RABBIT AND SNOWSHOE HARE
Cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare hunting seasons are open statewide from Sept. 15 through March 31. The daily bag limit is five and the possession limit is 10.
SQUIRREL, FOX AND GRAY
Fox and gray squirrel (black phase included) season is open statewide from Sept. 15 through March 31. The daily bag limit is five and the possession limit is 10.
RUFFED GROUSE
Ruffed grouse season dates, statewide, are from Sept. 15 through Nov. 14 and Dec. 1 through Jan. 1. In zones 1 and 2, the daily bag limit is five, and the possession limit is 10. In Zone 3, the daily bag limit is three and the possession limit is six.
WOODCOCK SEASON OPENS SEPT. 15
The woodcock season now runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 29 statewide. The daily bag limit is three, and the possession limit is nine.
All woodcock hunters must have a valid base license and a free woodcock stamp. The woodcock stamp includes registration with the federal Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program. Shotguns must be plugged so they are capable of holding no more than three shells.
GEMS A GOOD PLACE FOR GROUSE, WOODCOCK HUNTING
If hunting grouse or woodcock is your niche, the DNR said utilizing a Grouse Enhanced Management Site is a good idea.
There are six GEMS throughout the northern Lower Peninsula and 13 sites across the Upper Peninsula. These sites are specifically managed for grouse and woodcock habitats, optimizing the chances of a successful bird season. They also include mowed walking trails, abundant young forest cover and open parking areas with trail maps.
Each site offers a unique hunting trip and hundreds of acres of publicly accessible land. Eighteen sites are equipped with a map, information kiosk and hunter walking trails. If you’re looking for a more remote experience with no trails, check out the Norwich GEMS, located in the Ottawa National Forest.
Find GEMS AND additional public hunting lands on the DNR’s “Where to Hunt” web page.
PHEASANT HUNTING, LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND RELEASE INFORMATION
Pheasant (male only) seasons will begin in October. The daily bag limit is two, and the possession limit is four.
• Zone 1 (Upper Peninsula): Oct. 10 through Oct. 31. See the Hunting Digest for Zone 1 pheasant management unit boundaries.
• Zone 2 and Zone 3 (Lower Peninsula): Oct. 20 through Nov. 14.
• Zone 3 (South of M-20/US-10 and East of US-131, including all of the Thumb, in the Lower Peninsula): Dec. 1 through Jan. 1. See the Hunting Digest for Zone 3 pheasant management unit boundaries.
A $25 license is required for all hunters 18 years old and older to hunt pheasants on any public land in the Lower Peninsula or on lands enrolled in the Hunting Access Program.
You do not need a pheasant hunting license if you are: a private-land pheasant hunter; hunting on public lands in the Upper Peninsula; a lifetime license holder; 17 years old or younger; and only hunting pheasant at a game bird hunting preserve.
As a reminder, the new law, Public Act 262 of 2020, requiring the public-land pheasant hunting license has a sunset date of Jan. 1, 2026.
Money from the new license will be placed into an account to be used for the purchase and release of live pheasants on state-owned public lands with suitable pheasant habitat. Releases are typically conducted during the regular pheasant season, which runs from mid-October through mid-November.
Details and locations on the 2022 pheasant release program will be available at michigan.gov/smallgame in the coming weeks. Release locations similar to last year are expected. | 2022-09-15T06:47:54+00:00 | cadillacnews.com | https://www.cadillacnews.com/news/small-game-hunting-opener-is-sept-15/article_254a32d4-3394-11ed-ab4c-137ae6935961.html |
High school tells more than 50 seniors they cannot graduate at the last minute, students say
NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) – Dozens of seniors at a North Carolina high school are angry because they were told they cannot graduate just days before their commencement ceremony.
More than 50 seniors at New Bern High School will not be walking during their graduation ceremony due to a failed course.
Members of the class of 2023 said the school system delivered the news Monday, just a few days ahead of Friday’s scheduled graduation ceremony, leaving students with few options.
Students like Elijah Tripp said they will be able to make up their failed courses by taking a 72-hour summer school course, but that they should be allowed to walk with the rest of their class this weekend.
“Honestly, they could still put us in the classes now,” Tripp said. “Them refusing to do that just lets us know how much they really don’t care.”
However, the school sees it differently.
Craven County Public Relations Director Jennifer Wagner sent WITN a statement regarding New Bern High School’s graduation requirements that reads, in part, “We also offer many options to help students earn credit over the summer and receive their diploma once all necessary requirements are fulfilled.”
Students and parents came together in frustration outside the Craven County Board of Education on Monday night after receiving the news.
Community members like Denise Magwood think there may be more to the story, believing the decision has something to do with the recent suspension of the school’s principal and counselor.
Just last week, New Bern High School Principal Jerry Simmons and New Bern High School Counselor Heidi Ricks were both suspended with pay.
The district did not share further details about the suspension due to the confidential nature of personnel information.
Students said their principal played an essential role in advocating for the students and getting them to walk across the stage.
“We want Principal Simmons and Heidi Ricks at graduation, that’s what we want,” Magwood said.
Copyright 2023 WITN via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-06T22:33:19+00:00 | ktiv.com | https://www.ktiv.com/2023/06/06/high-school-tells-more-than-50-seniors-they-cannot-graduate-last-minute-students-say/ |
STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank division, today announced the following details for its third quarter 2022 earnings release and conference call:
Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE:WBS) is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank Division. Webster is a leading commercial bank in the Northeast that provides a wide range of digital and traditional financial solutions across three differentiated lines of business: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking and its HSA Bank division, one of the country's largest providers of employee benefits solutions. Headquartered in Stamford, CT, Webster is a values-driven organization with $68 billion in assets. Its core footprint spans the northeastern U.S. from New York to Massachusetts, with certain businesses operating in extended geographies. Webster Bank is a member of the FDIC and an equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.websterbank.com.
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SOURCE Webster Financial Corporation | 2022-10-07T20:56:42+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/prnewswire/2022/10/07/webster-financial-corporation-announces-q3-2022-earnings-release-conference-call/ |
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Alexis Morris hit two foul shots with 10 seconds to play as No. 3 seed LSU reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2008, beating second-seeded Utah 66-63 on Friday night.
Down 64-63, the Utes had a chance to back in front, but Jenna Johnson — a near 75% foul shooter — missed both attempts with 4.7 seconds to go. Utah's Dasia Young had her hands on the rebound, but LSU's Sa'Maya Smith took it away.
Morris added two more foul shots for a three-point lead. The Utes had a final chance, but Young’s 3-point try from the left corner hit the side of the backboard as time expired.
LaDazDazhia Williams scored a season-high 24 points and Angel Reese had her 31st double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds for LSU (31-2). Morris finished with 15 points.
Coach Kim Mulkey's team will face ninth-seeded Miami on Sunday night for a spot in the Final Four. The Hurricanes overcame fourth-seeded Villanova and the nation's leading scorer Maddy Siegrist 70-65 earlier at the Greenville 2 Regional.
LSU hadn’t advance this far since reaching the Final Four 15 years ago. This is Mulkey's second season coaching the Tigers.
Williams, a fifth-year grad transfer who played at South Carolina and Missouri, was dominant down low as she made 11 of 14 shots and finished a point shy of her career best.
Gianna Kneepkens led Utah (27-5) with 20 points. Alissa Pili, a second-team AP All-American, had 14 points, but took just eight shots as LSU denied her the ball.
The Tigers came out fast as Reese and Morris helped build a 13-6 lead.
But Utah, the Pac 12 regular-season champions, were on its own mission to win three games in an NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006. The Utes put together a 19-5 run behind the outside shooting of Kennady McQueen and Kneepkens.
Kneepkens' jumper with five minutes left pushed Utah's lead to 25-18 with LSU starters Kateri Poole and Reese on the bench with two fouls apiece.
Reese, Poole and fellow LSU starter Flau'jae Johnson fouled out in the final minutes.
BIG PICTURE
LSU: The Tigers are out for more and it starts against underdog Miami on Sunday. If Williams can continue her inside play to combine with All-American Reese, LSU will be tough to handle.
Utah: The Utes are coming off a season where they achieved big things, including back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 2008 and 2009. Utah can be every bit as successful next season with Pili, just a junior, back to lead the way.
SPECIAL GUEST
LSU football coach Brian Kelly took a break from the Tigers spring football workouts to cheer on his school's women's basketball team. Kelly sat in the front row across from the LSU bench, following the action intently in the tight contest. The football Tigers are coming off a 10-4 season where they won the SEC Western Division in Kelly's first season.
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NEW YORK, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
SUMMARY NOTICE OF (I) PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND PROPOSED
SETTLEMENT; (II) SETTLEMENT HEARING; AND (III) MOTION FOR
ATTORNEYS' FEES AND LITIGATION EXPENSES
TO: All persons who purchased or otherwise acquired BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. ("BioMarin") common stock from March 3, 2020 through August 18, 2020, inclusive (the "Class Period"), and were damaged thereby ("Settlement Class"):
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY; YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING IN THIS COURT.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and an Order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ("Court"), that the above-captioned action ("Action") has been provisionally certified as a class action for purposes of settlement, except for certain persons and entities who are excluded from the Settlement Class by definition as set forth in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement dated April 24, 2023 ("Stipulation") and the detailed Notice of (I) Pendency of Class Action and Proposed Settlement; (II) Settlement Hearing; and (III) Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Litigation Expenses ("Notice"). The Stipulation and Notice can be viewed at www.BioMarinSecuritiesLitigation.com. In the Action, Lead Plaintiff alleges that Defendants violated the federal securities laws by making materially false and misleading statements to investors during the Class Period concerning BioMarin's application to the Food and Drug Administration for approval of a gene therapy for hemophilia called valrox.
YOU ARE ALSO NOTIFIED that Lead Plaintiff Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension and Defendants BioMarin, Jean-Jacques Bienaimé, and Dr. Henry Fuchs have reached a proposed settlement of the Action on behalf of the Settlement Class for $39,000,000 in cash (the "Settlement"). If approved by the Court, the Settlement will resolve all claims in the Action.
A hearing ("Settlement Hearing") will be held on November 8, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time, before the Honorable William H. Orrick, United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of California, either in person at the Phillip Burton Federal Building & United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, in Courtroom 2 – 17th Floor, or by telephone or videoconference (in the discretion of the Court), to determine, among other things: (i) whether, for purposes of settlement, the Action should be certified as a class action on behalf of the Settlement Class, Lead Plaintiff should be appointed as the class representative for the Settlement Class, and Lead Counsel should be appointed as class counsel for the Settlement Class; (ii) whether the Settlement on the terms and conditions provided for in the Stipulation is fair, reasonable, and adequate to the Settlement Class, and should be finally approved by the Court; (iii) whether the Action should be dismissed with prejudice against Defendants and the releases specified and described in the Stipulation (and in the Notice) should be granted; (iv) whether the proposed Plan of Allocation should be approved as fair and reasonable; and (v) whether Lead Counsel's motion for attorneys' fees in an amount not to exceed 19% of the Settlement Fund and payment of expenses in an amount not to exceed $650,000 (which amount may include a request for reimbursement of the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Lead Plaintiff directly related to its representation of the Settlement Class) should be approved. Any updates regarding the Settlement Hearing, including any changes to the date or time of the hearing or updates regarding in-person or remote appearances at the hearing, will be posted to the website for the Settlement, www.BioMarinSecuritiesLitigation.com.
If you are a member of the Settlement Class, your rights will be affected by the pending Action and the Settlement, and you may be entitled to share in the Settlement proceeds. This notice provides only a summary of the information contained in the detailed Notice. You may obtain a copy of the Notice, along with the Claim Form, by: (i) contacting the Claims Administrator at BioMarin Securities Litigation, c/o A.B. Data, Ltd., P.O. Box 170400, Milwaukee, WI, 53217, 1-877-390-3369, info@BioMarinSecuritiesSettlement.com; or (ii) downloading them from the website for the Settlement, www.BioMarinSecuritiesLitigation.com, or from Lead Counsel's website, www.blbglaw.com.
To be eligible to receive a payment from the Settlement, you must be a member of the Settlement Class and submit a Claim Form postmarked (if mailed), or online, no later than October 30, 2023, in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Claim Form. If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not submit a proper Claim Form, you will not be eligible to share in the Settlement proceeds, but you will nevertheless be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court in the Action.
If you are a member of the Settlement Class and wish to exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you must submit a request for exclusion such that it is received no later than October 18, 2023, in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice. If you properly exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you will not be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court in the Action and you will not receive any benefits from the Settlement.
Any objections to the proposed Settlement, the proposed Plan of Allocation, and/or Lead Counsel's motion for attorneys' fees and expenses, must be submitted to the Court. Objections must be filed or postmarked (if mailed) no later than October 18, 2023, in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, THE CLERK'S OFFICE, DEFENDANTS, OR DEFENDANTS' COUNSEL REGARDING THIS NOTICE. All questions about this notice, the Settlement, or your eligibility to participate in the Settlement should be directed to Lead Counsel or the Claims Administrator.
Requests for the Notice and Claim Form should be made to the Claims Administrator:
BioMarin Securities Litigation
c/o A.B. Data, Ltd.
P.O. Box 170400
Milwaukee, WI 53217
1-877-390-3369
info@BioMarinSecuritiesLitigation.com
www.BioMarinSecuritiesLitigation.com
All other inquiries should be made to Lead Counsel:
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
Katherine M. Sinderson, Esq.
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
1-800-380-8496
BY ORDER OF THE COURT
United States District Court
Northern District of California
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SOURCE Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP | 2023-07-12T15:18:59+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/prnewswire/2023/07/12/bernstein-litowitz-berger-amp-grossmann-llp-announces-pendency-class-action-proposed-settlement-purchasers-biomarin-pharmaceutical-inc-common-stock-march-3-2020-through-august-18-2020-inclusive/ |
GOTHENBURG, Sweden , June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentice, Gothenburg (STO: MNTC), a world leader in simulation solutions for image-guided interventional therapies, announced today that Medtronic, Dublin (NYSE: MDT), a global healthcare technology leader, has signed an agreement to acquire Mentice VIST® simulation solutions and development services, in an initial order of USD 1.93 million. The initial order includes the development services and 10 simulation solutions for delivery in 2022 raising to an additional intention of 150 simulation solutions over 3 years.
"This agreement is, of course, an important commitment from Medtronic as the world's largest Medical device manufacturer though also to drive proficiency for physicians with aim of ultimately improving patient outcomes" says Göran Malmberg, CEO and Group President for Mentice, "this continues to underline our position as the leading provider of performance solutions for Image guided interventional therapies" Malmberg continues.
For further information, please contact:
Göran Malmberg, CEO, Mentice
Email: goran.malmberg@mentice.com
Tel US: +1 (312) 860 5610
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SOURCE Mentice AB | 2022-06-29T06:48:13+00:00 | kwtx.com | https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/06/29/mentice-receives-an-initial-order-usd-193million-simulation-solutions-development-services-medtronic/ |
The Ed Sullivan Show Youtube Channel Premieres Video Clips Of Hidden Gems Featuring Brigitte Bardot, Rex Harrison, Kirk Douglas, The Premiere Of Trapeze On The Show, Clark Gable, James Cagney & Robert Montgomery, Debbie Reynolds And More
Iconic Clips And Historic Performances Officially Available Worldwide via Streaming Platforms From Ume And Sofa Entertainment
SANTA MONICA, Calif., MAY 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- After surpassing ONE BILLION total views across all channels (including YouTube, Apple Music and Facebook) last year, the The Ed Sullivan Show archives have opened again to share a wide variety of hidden gems from the groundbreaking show, all of the video clips haven't been released since their original air date.
On The Ed Sullivan Show's YouTube Channel, fans can now tune into Ed Sullivan giving history lessons on the city of Las Vegas (where the show was filmed numerous times); watch Ed interview French actress, singer and model Brigitte Bardot on his "Around The World" series; follow Ed as he tours Rome on a carriage with English actor Rex Harrison; step onstage with actor and filmmaker Kirk Douglas as Col. Marcus in Cast A Giant Shadow; attend the premiere of Trapeze on the show while he interviewed actors and actresses Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Marie Wilson and June Haver as they arrive on the red carpet; visit actor Clark Gable on the set of The King & Four Queens; converse with actor, dancer and film director James Cagney, actor, director, and producer Robert Montgomery; and actress, singer, and businesswoman Debbie Reynolds on set with Ed talking about The Singing Nun.
Celebrating its 75th year anniversary on June 20 this year, throughout its historic 23-year primetime run (1948-1971), The Ed Sullivan Show delivered the hottest performances from around the world and brought emerging talent into America's living rooms every Sunday night. The show featured some of the earliest or initial televised performances of music superstars including The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Jackson 5, The Mamas and The Papas, The Supremes, and The Rolling Stones.
The long-running variety show expanded its reach exponentially via a global digital rights agreement between UMe and SOFA Entertainment Inc. with more than 250 million YouTube views since June 2020. Scores of rarities were made available digitally for the first-time including iconic entertainers and influential figures from just about every category of cultural relevance, including music, comedy, sports, film, dance, opera and Broadway.
New videos are updated to The Ed Sullivan Show's official YouTube channel and EdSullivan.com.
About The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show is the most popular primetime variety show in American history. For nearly a quarter century, Ed Sullivan hosted the greatest array of talent on television, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley and Motown artists such as The Supremes, The Temptations and The Jackson 5. Every Sunday night at 8pm on CBS from 1948-1971, The Ed Sullivan Show showcased a wide variety of pop culture from the worlds of music, comedy, novelty and much more. The library of 1,000 hours includes over 10,000 performances.
About SOFA Entertainment
In 1990, Andrew Solt founded SOFA Entertainment Inc. and acquired The Ed Sullivan Show from the Sullivan family. In 2020 Josh Solt left Google to lead SOFA as CEO of the company. The Ed Sullivan Show is the most revered variety show in American television history. SOFA Entertainment is the copyright holder of the original Ed Sullivan programs and over 150 hours of newly created programming.
About UMe
Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) is the global catalog and special markets division of Universal Music Group (UMG). Working closely in concert with UMG's record labels, territories and operating companies, UMe provides a frontline approach to catalog management, an emphasis on strategic marketing initiatives and creating opportunities in new technologies.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The College Football Playoff announces it will expand from four to 12 teams starting in the 2024 season.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-12-02T08:05:29+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/sports-stories/ap-football/the-college-football-playoff-announces-it-will-expand-from-four-to-12-teams-starting-in-the-2024-season/ |
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OXFORD – The Shannon man accused of robbing a Verona branch bank in late December has pleaded guilty to the charge of armed bank robbery.
Antonia D. Cannon, 57, of Clarke Street, Shannon, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson on Monday. He now faces up to 25 years in prison, up to a $250,000 fine as well as five years of supervised release, commonly called probation.
U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner said Cannon is scheduled to be sentenced July 10.
Cannon admitted robbing the Renasant Bank branch in Verona on Dec. 30, 2022. He was captured in Tupelo less than 30 minutes after he left the bank and has been in custody ever since. A federal grand jury indicted him for armed bank robbery on Jan. 18.
According to court documents, Cannon entered the Renasant Bank branch on Raymond Avenue at 4:41 p.m. He walked up to the teller brandishing a black firearm and demanded money. After the teller handed him $4,700 in cash, he walked out and drove away in a red Cadillac. Minutes later, a Natchez Trace Parkway ranger spotted his car and we was arrested in a west Tupelo neighborhood.
The stolen cash was found inside the vehicle. A cell phone and the toy gun he used during the robbery were thrown out of the car during the pursuit. Both were recovered.
This is not Cannon’s first time to use a toy gun to rob a bank. He served more than four years in a federal prison for robbing a pair of Mississippi Delta banks nearly a quarter-century ago.
In July 1998, Cannon walked into the Valley Bank in Clarksdale and robbed two tellers of $3,300. Less than two months later, Cannon walked into the Trustmark National Bank branch in Leland and robbed two tellers of $3,788. In both incidents, Cannon was carrying a BB gun replica that looked like a real semi-automatic pistol.
In July 1999, he was sentenced to 70 months on each of the bank robbery charges, to be served concurrently, as well as five years supervised released. He served about 52 months in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and was released in late November 2003. The supervision ended in September 2008.
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CPSC Teams up with Members of Congress and Safety Advocates to Highlight Efforts to Keep Babies Safe over the Holidays and All Year Long
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Full of tradition, festivities, family and fun, the holiday season is quickly approaching. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is teaming up with pediatric experts and child safety advocates to remind adults to keep the little ones safe at home or as they travel during this festive season. Amid all the bustle, it's easy to get distracted. CPSC's Chair, safety and health advocates, along with Members of Congress will discuss the importance of keeping babies safe and offer some practical tips; while highlighting new laws and regulations aimed at reducing the unacceptable death rates in infant sleep products.
On-site Contact:
Pamela Springs – 240.429.6178
Julianne Bardele – 312.227.4265
Patty Davis – 240.863.8585
About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
For lifesaving information:
- Visit CPSC.gov.
- Sign up to receive our e-mail alerts.
- Follow us on Facebook, Instagram @USCPSC and Twitter @USCPSC.
- Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on www.SaferProducts.gov.
- Call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).
- Contact a media specialist.
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
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SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission | 2022-11-03T17:51:59+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2022/11/03/holiday-alert-whether-grandmas-house-or-home-holidays-keep-babies-safe-hidden-hazards/ |
Trev Faulk has resigned as head football coach of the Lafayette Christian Knights.
Faulk, who informed the school’s administration on Monday, informed his players of his decision during a team meeting on Tuesday.
Faulk’s decision to resign comes less than a week after the Knights loss to St. Thomas More 52-48 in the select Division II finals. However, Faulk said his decision to make this season his final year was made before the season.
In his seven seasons with LCA, Faulk has helped establish the Knights’ football program into a state power as they reached the state finals six consecutive seasons.
LCA, which has won four state championships with Faulk on the coaching staff, were 20-6 and finished as the state runner-up across two divisions – Division III and select Division II - in his two seasons as head coach.
More details and reaction will come as available. | 2022-12-13T23:09:16+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/high_schools/trev-faulk-resigns-as-lafayette-christians-football-coach/article_1665116c-7b2e-11ed-a674-33b49ff2ea95.html |
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DALLAS, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PermRock Royalty Trust (NYSE:PRT) (the "Trust") today declared a monthly cash distribution to record holders of its trust units representing beneficial interests in the Trust ("Trust Units") as of April 28, 2023, and payable on May 12, 2023, in the amount of $375,777.62 ($0.030888 per Trust Unit), based principally upon production during the month of February 2023.
The following table displays underlying oil and natural gas sales volumes and average received wellhead prices attributable to the current and prior month net profits interest calculations:
Oil cash receipts for the properties underlying the Trust totaled $1.84 million for the current month, a decrease of $0.16 million from the prior month's distribution period. This decrease was due to a decrease in oil sales volumes and prices, as well as a shorter calendar month for production in February.
Natural gas cash receipts for the properties underlying the Trust totaled $0.14 million for the current month, a decrease of $0.03 million from the prior month's distribution period. This decrease was due to a decrease in natural gas sales volumes and prices, as well as a shorter calendar month for production in February.
Total direct operating expenses, including marketing, lease operating expenses, and workover expenses, were $0.77 million reflecting a $0.02 million increase from the prior month. Severance and ad valorem taxes were $0.16 million.
Capital expenses this month were $0.59 million, an increase of $0.09 million from the prior month's distribution. Boaz Energy reports the increase in capital expenses this month was primarily due to a well recompletion and the conversion of an injector well to a producer well in the Permian Abo area.
Boaz Energy informed the Trust that this month's net profits calculation included the application of $300,000 net to the Trust of funds previously reserved by Boaz Energy to cover future capital obligations and expenses.
About PermRock Royalty Trust
PermRock Royalty Trust is a Delaware statutory trust formed by Boaz Energy II, LLC ("Boaz Energy") to own a net profits interest representing the right to receive 80% of the net profits from the sale of oil and natural gas production from certain properties owned by Boaz Energy in the Permian Basin of West Texas. For more information on PermRock Royalty Trust, please visit our website at www.permrock.com.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements represent the Trust's and Boaz Energy's expectations or beliefs concerning future events, and it is possible that the results described in this press release will not be achieved. These forward-looking statements include the amount and date of any anticipated distribution to unitholders, future cash retentions, advancements or recoupments from distributions, and statements regarding Boaz Energy's operations and the resulting impact on the computation of the Trust's net profits. The amount of cash received or expected to be received by the Trust (and its ability to pay distributions) has been and will continue to be directly affected by volatility in commodity prices, oversupply and the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements include expenses of the Trust and reserves for anticipated future expenses, uncertainties in estimating the cost of drilling activities and risks associated with drilling and operating oil and natural gas wells.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and, except as required by law, the Trust does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Trust to predict all such factors. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in the Trust's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023, and other public filings filed with the SEC. The risk factors and other factors noted in the Trust's public filings with the SEC could cause its actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. The Trust's filed reports are or will be available over the Internet at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
Contact: PermRock Royalty Trust
Argent Trust Company, Trustee
Ron E. Hooper, SVP Royalty Trust Management
Toll-free: (855) 588-7839
Fax: (817) 298-5579
Website: www.permrock.com
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SOURCE PermRock Royalty Trust | 2023-04-18T10:57:02+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2023/04/18/permrock-royalty-trust-declares-monthly-cash-distribution/ |
MIAMI (AP) — When Shohei Ohtani reached second base after hitting a leadoff double in the bottom of the ninth inning, he immediately looked up at the crowd and waved his arms, in a rare sign of emotion, as if he knew what was coming next.
Ohtani’s clutch hit sparked a late rally, and moments later Munetaka Murakami delivered a walk-off, two-run double to lift Japan over Mexico 6-5 Monday night and into the World Baseball Classic final.
Two-time champion Japan will face the defending champion United States in Tuesday night’s title game. Shota Imanaga will start for Japan — Yu Darvish had been set to pitch before a change was announced postgame. Merrill Kelly is likely to start for Team USA, which has won the WBC once.
After the game, members of Team Japan rushed the field in triumph, as Mexico players exited with their heads bowed and hands on their hips.
“These games are really critical and the foundation of baseball,” Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama said through an interpreter.
Ohtani went 2 for 4. The Los Angeles Angels star scored in the seventh when Masataka Yoshida hit a tying, three-run homer off reliever JoJo Romero.
Ohtani’s double off losing pitcher Giovanny Gallegos was his fourth of the tournament. He’s batting .450 with nine hits, nine runs and eight RBIs. After Ohtani got the rally started, Yoshida walked to bring up Murakami.
In front of a crowd of 35,933 that chanted “¡Si Se Puede!” — translating to “Yes We Can!” — throughout the night, left fielder Randy Arozarena had a signature performance for Mexico. He made a leaping catch in the fifth to preserve a 3-0 lead, signed a few mid-inning autographs, then doubled and scored in the eighth to make it 4-3.
“Randy was incredible today,” Mexico manager Benji Gil said. “He gave us the opportunity to come back to the game after a home run that many teams facing this kind of team with so many stars, they could have given up, but, no, he started this rally. We fought. Again, we took the lead. They are warriors.”
The game began as a pitching duel between Rōki Sasaki and Patrick Sandoval, but Japan’s offensive power proved too much for Mexico’s relievers.
Sasaki struck out three in four innings in his first appearance on a global stage.
Dozens of MLB club officials were in attendance scouting Sasaki, who’s entry into the majors is all-but-certainly forthcoming in the future after he became a sensation last year in his second season with the Pacific League’s Chiba Lotte Marines. Many are already mentioning the 21-year-old right-hander in the class of his Samurai Japan teammate, Ohtani.
Twenty six of Sasaki’s 64 pitches eclipsed 100 mph.
In the fourth, Luis Urías launched Sasaki’s 90.8 mph cutter for a three-run homer to left-center field. The drive scored Rowdy Tellez and Isaac Paredes, who reached with two of the five hits Sasaki gave up.
Sandoval struck out six and allowed just four hits in four scoreless innings before he was replaced by José Urquidy.
Japan, which trails only Cuba (64) and the U.S. (63) in hits during the tournament, had 10 Monday night, including Yoshida’s home run off Romero’s 2-2 changeup that sailed just inside the right field foul line.
Yoshida is about to start his first season in the major leagues with Boston. Over the weekend, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Yoshida will start out as the team’s cleanup hitter.
“I know my hand was a little shivering, but I know that there was a good connection,” Yoshida said through a translator. “I believe in myself, and I remember I stepped into the box with a belief in myself.”
Paredes gave Mexico a two-run cushion in the eighth when he singled to left field to drive in Jarren Duran. But Japan pulled within a run on a sacrifice fly by Hotaka Yamakawa that scored Takumu Nakano, who was pinch-running for Kazuma Okamoto.
OHTANI’S BP BLAST
Ohtani doesn’t usually take batting practice on the field. He did Monday and smashed a ball with so much force that it soared above the second deck at loanDepot park and bounced off the video board, making a loud thud when it landed. Hundred of young fans gravitated toward the loanDepot Park sign where the ball was hit.
AROZARENA’S PREGAME OUTFIT
Arozarena wore a large sombrero and cowboy boots while shagging flies before the game, representing the country he settled in during his early 20s after he defected from Cuba. He also posed with Ohtani.
TRAINERS ROOM
Japan SS Sosuke Genda played with a broken right pinky finger.
UP NEXT
The WBC final at loanDepot Park in Miami starts at 7:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-03-21T18:22:33+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/ohtani-japan-rally-late-edge-mexico-6-5-to-reach-wbc-final/ |
New report uncovers five areas where top-performing programs excel, regardless of staff and budgets
CHICAGO, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Supplier.io, the leading data analytics and SaaS provider of supplier diversity management solutions, today released the Supplier Diversity Strategies Report 2023: Moving Beyond Best Practices, an in-depth analysis of how "best in class" companies—which achieve the top 20% of supplier diversity spend for their respective industries—operate differently to surpass industry benchmarks by 2-3x. Supplier.io partnered with Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) to conduct interviews with leaders to uncover actionable ways that companies of any size can improve their supplier diversity program success.
Although most organizations agree that supplier diversity is a key to how they do business and have a dedicated supplier diversity executive, the strategy for setting and meeting supplier diversity goals is what sets leading companies apart from the rest. In many cases, the top-performing programs have not been around longer and do not have more staff or money, but they behave in ways that other programs can learn from and emulate.
Specifically, best-in-class companies ranked higher in these five areas:
- Data-driven accountability: Track metrics at the business unit or product level, and use that data to hold specific teams accountable and provide clearer feedback.
- Proactive planning: Start category planning well ahead of time and bring in diverse suppliers earlier and for specific purposes. Joint planning with category and business unit teams identifies future needs and uncovers the best opportunities for a diverse supplier.
- Connecting business goals to diversity goals: Tie supplier diversity goals with current business objectives, and build a direct relationship with the supplier diversity team and business leaders outside of procurement and finance.
- Collaboration across company: Focus more on how diverse suppliers can support specific business unit needs while also making it easier for all teams to find and engage diverse suppliers.
- Balancing data and relationships: Use data to prioritize specific relationships with business unit teams and diverse suppliers rather than focus on one or the other. Join industry groups to learn from peers, gather actionable data, and influence supplier development programs.
Access the full Supplier Diversity Strategies Report 2023 here for specific recommendations across each of the above areas to strengthen your supplier diversity results.
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Supplier.io and SIG executives shared the following:
- "Companies are always looking for ways to improve their supplier diversity programs and have been asking for us to provide insights on 'how' the most successful organizations are, across industries, achieving greater results. We wanted to go beyond the normal best practices and use data to identify specific actions leaders are taking to achieve better integration of diverse suppliers, increased diverse spend and success" said Aylin Basom, Supplier.io CEO. "Our new best practices report provides clear ways that teams can optimize the steps they're already taking to vastly improve their results—without needing additional budget or resources—and more deeply embed diverse suppliers within their growth strategy."
- "Our focus at SIG Research is educating the sourcing, procurement, and risk management community on the innovative practices that leaders in these professions deploy to align with company goals and exceed industry benchmarks. Responding to requests from business leaders to study diversity in the supply chain, we decided to analyze best-in-class programs to find drivers to success," said Dawn Tiura, SIG CEO and president. "Turning to our partner, Supplier.io, for accurate, comprehensive market data, and relying on their deep insights, we identified best-in-class supplier diversity programs by industry. We then engaged with those leaders to dive into their methodologies and frameworks to understand how their results are double, sometimes triple, the industry average. We have discovered and are sharing the methods for taking a supplier diversity program to the next level."
About Supplier.io
Supplier.io is the leading data, analytics, and SaaS provider of solutions that enable companies to manage, optimize, and scale their supplier diversity programs. Working as a trusted advisor to the Supplier Diversity community, Supplier.io's mission is to support every program by providing innovative and superior end-to-end Supplier Diversity solutions. Equipped with unparalleled data intelligence, superior technology, and expert guidance, Supplier.io's customers can establish and advance their supplier diversity initiatives effectively and strategically. For more information, visit www.supplier.io.
About Sourcing Industry Group (SIG)
Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) is a membership organization that provides thought leadership and networking opportunities to executives in sourcing, procurement, and outsourcing from Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies and the advisors who serve them. SIG is widely known as a forum for sharing "next" practices and thought leadership through live networking events, virtual forums and a comprehensive online SIG resource center (SRC), which was developed by and for professionals in sourcing and outsourcing. The organization is unique in that it blends practitioners, service providers and advisory firms in a non-commercial environment. SIG is the parent organization for SIG University, a one-of-a-kind certification and training program for professionals and executives seeking deep expertise in sourcing and governance for themselves or their teams. SIG's digital flagship publication, Future of Sourcing, provides unrivaled digital content for the opinion-formers and decision-makers at the heart of the outsourcing space. Learn more at www.sig.org.
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TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The German chemical company BASF will restore damaged natural resources at a notorious Superfund site where decades or pollution and illegal dumping caused vast contamination of the environment, New Jersey officials said Monday.
The state Department of Environmental Protection announced it has entered into an agreement with BASF to restore conditions at the former Ciba Geigy plant in Toms River. BASF, based in Ludwigshafen, Germany, is the corporate successor to Ciba Geigy.
Cleanup efforts have been ongoing for decades at the site and will continue, even as the environmental restoration work proceeds, New Jersey officials said.
No cost was revealed for the work, which will be done by BASF and approved by the state. Work is expected to begin in the spring and last for five years.
“Every natural resource of our state belongs directly to the people of New Jersey, and as the trustee of their natural resources, it is our job to make sure that when pollution damages our environment, the people are paid back for the harm to their natural resources,” said Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey’s environmental protection commissioner. “A true turnaround story, this settlement would transform one of New Jersey’s most notorious polluted sites into one of our biggest environmental success stories.”
Near the Jersey Shore in Toms River, the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant began manufacturing industrial dyes, pigments, resins, and plastics in 1952. In 1983, the site was placed on the federal Superfund list of the worst polluted sites in the nation because of significant contamination of soil and groundwater resulting from improper chemical waste disposal. The plant shut down in 1990.
“A more tragic story of the poisoning of a community would be hard to find,” said Janet Tauro, chairperson of Clean Water Action NJ, who lives not far from the site. “The damage done can never be wholly undone. Nothing will bring back the children who died or alleviate the pain endured by those stricken with cancer, their families and the community. But we must do better.”
BASF “continues to remediate legacy contamination at the Ciba Geigy Superfund site in a way that is protective of people and the environment,” company spokesperson Roberto Nelson said.
He could not estimate the cost of the work, saying specific projects have yet to be finalized.
When complete, the work will restore and permanently preserve 1,000 acres for the public, including walking trails and boardwalks above wetlands to allow people to view wildlife there.
It will include the creation of a freshwater wetlands complex, restoration of tidal areas, flood plain and wetlands enhancements, creation of upland grasslands and pollinator habitat, and an environmental education center.
Taylor McFarland, conservation manager for the Sierra Club’s New Jersey chapter, called the agreement “a step in the right direction for the people who have been suffering from the contamination of the Ciba-Geigy Superfund Site for decades. This site has been on the Superfund List since the 1980s and it is still one of the most contaminated sites in the state if not the country.”
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, sludge and wastes were disposed of in several locations on the site, including a stacked-drum disposal area originally believed to contain approximately 35,000 drums; more than 47,000 have since been removed. Wastewater treatment operations at the site also resulted in the contamination of several areas, including backfilled lagoons near the Toms River. Contamination from the site leached into the groundwater.
In 1985, Ciba-Geigy began pumping contaminated groundwater and discharging it with treated wastewater into the ocean through a 10-mile pipeline. In December 1991, as an interim measure, the state Department of Environmental Protection granted Ciba-Geigy a permit that allowed the company to discharge treated groundwater on site to the ground surface, while making it close the ocean pipeline.
The federal agency says cleanup has progressed at the site to the point that it “does not pose an immediate threat to human health or the environment.”
Ongoing efforts at the site include the excavation and capping of contaminated areas, and the pumping and treatment of contaminated groundwater. The proposed settlement will not have an impact on any of BASF’s remaining obligations under the Superfund cleanup law.
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Follow Wayne Parry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/WayneParryAC | 2022-12-05T22:18:03+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-basf-to-restore-polluted-superfund-site-in-new-jersey/ |
Teacher sentenced to 50 years for sexually assaulting 7-year-old student, conspiring to kill him
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) – A former teacher was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 7-year-old student in 2015 and then conspiring to kill the child and his mother.
Authorities say Deonte Taylor, 39, committed three acts of statutory sodomy against a boy student in his office at Lusher Elementary School on Nov. 13, 2015, and knowingly exposed the child to HIV. Investigators found Taylor’s DNA on the boy and his underwear.
Court documents say Taylor was charged with conspiring with another man to kill the 7-year-old victim and his mother. A witness told investigators Taylor offered John White $20,000 to kill them. He later pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit murder.
“These were despicable acts committed against an innocent child who was placed in this predator’s care, followed by the cowardly and cruel effort to have the victim and his mother killed,” said St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell. “Now that this predator stands convicted of all charges, I hope the victim and this family find closure and healing.”
Copyright 2022 KMOV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-03T16:52:48+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/2022/06/03/teacher-sentenced-50-years-sexually-assaulting-7-year-old-student-conspiring-kill-him/ |
CONKLIN, N.Y. (AP) — A missing golden retriever named Lilah, discovered deep inside a culvert pipe in upstate New York, could not be lured out by her owner with peanut butter dog treats or cheese.
In the end, State Trooper Jimmy Rasaphone decided to crawl about 15 feet (5 meters) into the pipe under a rural road to rescue Lilah, despite the extremely tight fit.
“He crouched down and literally disappeared into the hole with a lead that had a choker on it,” said Lilah’s owner, Rudy Fuehrer, who called 911 for help on Sunday morning. “He was able somehow to manipulate his arms and get the choker around the dog’s head.”
The trooper and retriever both emerged soaking wet, but safe.
The 13-year-old dog had been missing since Friday afternoon. Fuehrer was walking his two other dogs — both Lilah’s offspring — a few hundred feet down the road from his house Sunday when he heard a plaintive yelp.
“I said, ‘Oh my God, that’s Lilah!’” he recalled Tuesday.
Fuehrer, who lives near Binghamton, tried the get the weary and confused dog out but eventually called 911.
Rasaphone and his partner showed up within minutes. Rasaphone said he’d go into the pipe since he was the smallest of the three of them. Fuehrer estimates the pipe’s diameter was under 2 feet (60 centimeters). He was able to pull Lilah out after Rasaphone emerged.
Fuehrer said he was grateful Rasaphone had the compassion and initiative to go nose-to-nose with his dog in a drainage pipe.
And he said Lilah is recovering nicely and out walking.
“Needless to say, I took her out on a leash,” he said, “because I didn’t want any more escapades.” | 2022-06-29T07:28:40+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/weird-news/trooper-crawls-into-drainage-pipe-to-rescue-missing-dog/ |
Award-Winning Conference to Focus on Passion, Purpose and Perseverance with Renowned Speakers Including Former Walt Disney Company CEO and Chairman Bob Iger, Legendary Primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, and Hall-of-Fame Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski with More to Come . . .
DUBLIN, Calif., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TriNet (NYSE: TNET), a leading provider of comprehensive human resources for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), today announced that registration is open for TriNet PeopleForce 2022. Featuring a distinguished and remarkable roster of speakers, the three-day, award-winning conference kicks off Tuesday, September 13 with acclaimed leaders in business, public policy, science, social justice, sports entertainment, media and more. The live event will take place in New York—or virtually from anywhere.
"What began as a virtual conference during the height of the pandemic to help SMBs rebuild, reimagine and move forward has become a much-anticipated annual gathering of thought leaders and resilient SMBs," said Michael Mendenhall, SVP, CMO and CCO at TriNet. "This year we will continue to build on the foundation of resilience, innovation and excellence that SMBs have displayed during one of the most challenging events in our nation's history, and offer them inspiration, insights and information to help them continue to thrive."
TriNet PeopleForce 2022 will provide entrepreneurs and SMB leaders with three days of outstanding speakers, dynamic sessions, and unique opportunities to celebrate and recognize their passion, purpose and perseverance.
Some of the prominent speakers include:
- Bob Iger, Former CEO and Chairman, The Walt Disney Company
- Mike Krzyzewski, former head basketball coach, Duke University
- Dr. Jane Goodall, world's leading primatologist
- More to be announced!
Early-bird registration for TriNet PeopleForce 2022 is open through July 31. Register to attend virtually or live in New York: https://peopleforce.trinet.com/
For a look at TriNet PeopleForce 2021 visit: PeopleForce 2021 | TriNet
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TriNet (NYSE: TNET) provides small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry. To free SMBs from HR complexities, TriNet offers access to human capital expertise, benefits, risk mitigation and compliance, payroll, all enabled by industry leading technology capabilities. TriNet's suite of products also includes services and software-based solutions to help streamline workflows by connecting HR, Benefits, Employee Engagement, Payroll and Time & Attendance. From Main Street to Wall Street, TriNet empowers SMBs to focus on what matters most—growing their business and enabling their people. TriNet, incredible starts here. For more information, visit TriNet.com or follow us on Twitter.
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Food prices drop for the first time since 2020
Published: Apr. 13, 2023 at 7:08 AM EDT|Updated: 22 minutes ago
(CNN) - The cost of putting food on the table is down.
Grocery prices fell in March, which is the first decline since September 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The data shows indexes for meats, fish, eggs and poultry fell 1.4% from February to March.
Fruit and vegetable prices also dipped slightly in that timeframe.
Bakery items, cereals and non-alcoholic drinks were among the products that became more expensive.
Although this month-to-month decline is a relief for consumers, grocery prices are still more expensive on an annual comparison.
In the year through March, grocery prices jumped 8.4%, outpacing overall inflation of 5%. Menu prices went up 8.8% in that time.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-13T11:31:23+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2023/04/13/food-prices-drop-first-time-since-2020/ |
A look at what’s happening around baseball Saturday:
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CABRERA REIGNS
Miguel Cabrera should get to swing for his 3,000th career hit after his pursuit was delayed a day by a rainout.
The Tigers are set for a day-night doubleheader against Colorado at Comerica Park. The teams were washed out Friday.
Cabrera got to 2,999 hits on Wednesday night, then struck out in his final at-bat of the game. The 39-year-old went 0 for 3 with an intentional walk on Thursday.
Antonio Senzatela (0-1, 2.16 ERA) is ready to pitch the first game of the twinbill for Colorado. The Rockies right-hander and Cabrera are both from Venezuela.
“He’s going to go down as one of the best hitters of all time,” Hall of Famer and former Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell said Friday.
“He realizes that it’s getting toward the end, but he still has something left in the tank. When it’s all said and done this year, I think he’s going to have a heck of a year,” he said.
JAPANESE PERFECTION
The baseball world will be watching this weekend to see whether Roki Sasaki can do it again.
The 20-year-old Japanese pitcher with the 100 mph fastball and devastating splitter has thrown 17 straight perfect innings. He’ll start Sunday for the Chiba Lotte Marines against the Orix Buffaloes in Osaka.
Sasaki pitched a perfect game against Orix on April 10, the first in Japan in 28 years. He followed up with eight more perfect innings on April 17 before he was pulled by manager Tadahito Iguchi after 102 pitches. Sasaki struck out a combined 33 in those games.
Sasaki grew up in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Iwate. His father was killed in the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent meltdown on three nuclear reactors that devastated that part of the country.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson is struggling in the field and might soon be forced off of it.
Anderson has six errors over his past three games, including a throwing error in the eighth inning Friday during a play that let Minnesota score the go-ahead run.
The defensive woes come as Anderson is appealing his second suspension this season after Major League Baseball banned him for one game after he gave fans the middle finger.
Anderson had three errors in the first two innings of Chicago’s 11-1 loss Wednesday in the opener of a doubleheader. The frustrated 28-year-old made the gesture while out in the field. Anderson has appealed the ban and will remain with the club until that’s resolved.
“I have to apologize for my actions,” Anderson said. “There are a lot of people who really look up to me. I take full accountability of what I did. But it’s something that I have to learn from and grow from.”
Anderson also missed the firt two games of the season serving a two-game suspension for making contact with umpire Tim Timmons during the ninth inning of a game on Sept. 27. Anderson successfully appealed that suspension down from three games.
GIANT PAIN
San Francisco’s injured list is getting crowded after right-hander Anthony DeSclafani and outfielder Steven Duggar hit the shelf Friday.
DeSclafani went on the 10-day IL with right ankle inflammation a day after allowing five runs in five innings during a loss to the Mets. Manager Gabe Kapler says DeSclafani will get an MRI on Monday.
Duggar was added to the 60-day IL with a left oblique strain. He was pulled from Thursday’s loss in the second inning.
The pair joins starter Alex Cobb and hitters Evan Longoria, LaMonte Wade Jr. and Tommy La Stella on the IL.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-04-23T15:23:45+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/leading-off-miggy-still-after-3000-sasakis-perfect-roll/ |
The first time UCF men’s basketball faced SMU, the Knights won by 32 points at home but still suffered a major loss to their roster.
It was during that game on Jan. 8 that UCF big man Michael Durr broke his left thumb and subsequently missed eight straight games.
The Knights went 3-5 without Durr and at one point lost five in a row while allowing 13 more points per game with Durr missing.
UCF was able to notch two straight victories prior to Durr’s return but the losing continued immediately after he was back. The Knights dropped three more before going on to win two of their last three to close out the regular season.
UCF and SMU meet once again Thursday (2:30 p.m., ESPNU) in the first round of the AAC tournament in Fort Worth, Texas and Durr is looking forward to the matchup.
“I can help the team win and that’s just what I’m here to do,” he said Tuesday after practice. “That’s what my focus is.”
Durr isn’t the only Knight healthy again. UCF players such as Darius Johnson, Brandon Suggs, Ty Freeman and Jayhlon Young — who all missed time due to injury — are all back as well.
The lone Knight still recovering from an injury is CJ Walker, who was ruled out for the season ahead of the first meeting with SMU due to a leg injury.
“Everybody else is in a good position, in good shape and ready to go,” UCF coach Johnny Dawkins said.
The return of Durr specifically has been major for the Knights. UCF has allowed 54 points per contest in the last three games, down from 73 in the three games prior.
“He’s like an anchor for us,” Taylor Hendricks said about Durr. “He leads the defense in the back. He talks very well which is very helpful.
“He’s definitely another big body to defend and rebound that we desperately needed.”
UCF isn’t the only team healthy, though. SMU was missing its top scorer, Zhuric Phelps, during the first matchup between the Knights and the Mustangs.
Phelps leads the team in scoring (17.3 ppg), assists (3.1) and steals (2.2).
“They were shorthanded the first time,” Dawkins said. “Their best guard did not play against us so it’s going to be a different team that we’ll face on Thursday because of his presence. It’s something we have to prepare for.”
[ UCF’s Darius Johnson bounces back ahead of AAC tournament ]
While SMU will be somewhat different than the first time UCF faced them, Dawkins feels confident about his group despite the Knights losing four of their last six.
Those four losses were by an average margin of three points.
“This team is still emerging,” Dawkins said. “We know we haven’t played the way we’re capable of throughout the season but the time is now. There are no more do-overs.”
Hendricks agrees.
“We’re definitely the most dangerous team in the tournament because when we were on a losing streak, our defense was lackadaisical but we’re picking it up at the perfect time,” he said.
“We have all of our guys back so it’s the perfect time to make a run.”
Email Jason Beede at jbeede@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @therealBeede. | 2023-03-07T23:11:32+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/os-sp-ucf-knights-basketball-aac-tournament-preview-smu-mustangs-20230307-vveikg5szvcurh5adedrn7dwpy-story.html |
WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, December 12, 2022
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1244 AM PST Mon Dec 12 2022
Through early Monday morning...areas of fog, locally dense will
continue across the Spokane area and portions of the Palouse. Be
prepared for sudden reductions in visibilities. With temperatures
below freezing, this is creating slick surfaces on any untreated
roadways and sidewalks. Caution is urged as you are out late
tonight through early Monday morning.
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Man arrested while stealing car from Buckhead auto shop
Published: Apr. 12, 2023 at 3:26 PM EDT|Updated: 27 minutes ago
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A man is under arrest after trying to steal a car from a Buckhead auto shop.
Chennardous Roby tried to steal a Mercedes from the Classic Collision at 2980 Piedmont Road around 6 a.m. March 16. An employee saw him and called police. The police officer detained Roby “without incident,” finding two company credit cards on Roby.
Roby was arrested and charged 2nd-degree burglary and taken to Fulton County jail.
Copyright 2023 WANF. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-12T19:56:33+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/04/12/man-arrested-while-stealing-car-buckhead-auto-shop/ |
CARTOON: Congressional grandstanding
Updated July 13, 2023 - 9:22 pm
In another embarrassing display, GOP members threaten to defund the FBI and cut off their nose to spite their face.
Review-Journal editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a four-time winner of the Sigma Delta Chi Award. | 2023-07-14T05:21:17+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/michael-ramirez/cartoon-congressional-grandstanding-2871761/ |
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Notable warming of the waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific has further increased the likelihood that El Niño will begin by late spring or early summer.
The odds of El Niño being in place for next winter are now up to 93%.
El Niño is the warm phase of the climate pattern known as ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation). For the last three winters we’ve been in the cool phase of ENSO known as La Niña.
As the waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean got closer to normal we entered an ENSO Neutral phase in March. Now the waters continue to warm to above normal, giving forecasters greater confidence that we’re heading for a prolonged El Niño pattern.
Exactly when El Niño begins will be based on a combination of when the sea-surface temperature anomalies in a specific region of the eastern Pacific Ocean (known as the Niño 3.4 region) reach +0.5ºC and when the atmosphere starts to react like it’s in an El Niño phase.
Computer models predict that will happen between now and July.
The latest forecast from the Climate Prediction Center favors ENSO Neutral (62% chance) in the April-June period with high odds (82%) of El Niño beginning during May-July. The Climate Prediction Center makes its forecast in three-month increments.
From then on, El Niño is the dominant ENSO phase through next winter (December 2023-February 2024).
In-Depth: Determining the strength of El Niño
Peeling back the curtain a little bit, we aren’t just concerned about what phase of ENSO we are in, but the strength too. You can have weak, moderate or strong El Niño phases. Typically stronger El Niños bring more impactful weather to parts of the United States, especially for California and the southwest, compared to weaker El Niño phases.
The strength is determined by how much above average the water temperatures are in the Niño 3.4 region.
- Water temperatures 0.5ºC above normal = Weak El Niño
- Water temperatures 1.0ºC above normal = Moderate El Niño
- Water temperatures 1.5ºC above normal = Strong El Niño
Currently, the odds of a moderate El Niño in winter are at 77% with the odds of a strong El Niño at 48% – high odds for something several months away.
The Climate Prediction Center even warned that “a potentially significant El Niño is on the horizon,” after looking at the latest data.
What does El Niño mean for winter?
Assuming we’re in some form of El Niño next winter, that typically means a warmer Pacific Northwest, wetter in the south, southwest and coastal southeast with drier weather in the interior southeast. Cooler weather is also more likely for the south and southeast.
The next analysis of ENSO from the Climate Prediction Center will be released June 8. | 2023-05-15T20:42:09+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/potentially-significant-el-nino-to-begin-by-summer/ |
“Special,” by Lizzo (Atlantic Records)
Singer and rapper Lizzo wasn’t kidding when she came out with the title for her latest album — it truly is a journey to get to your most “Special” self.
This album is an ode to body positivity that doesn’t shy away from how hard it can be to get there and the dark times we endure to feel love-worthy.
“Special” features the funky single “About Damn Time," already a TikTok sensation (“In a minute, I’ma need a sentimental/Man or woman to pump me up/Feelin’ fussy, walkin’ in my Balenci-ussies”) and “Grrrls” — modified after its release due to backlash over the use of a derogatory term towards some people with disabilities.
While the album sticks to Lizzo’s proud and loud style towards body acceptance, the slow ballad, “If You Love Me,” explores the doubts and uncertainties we encounter on the way and is sure to bring a tear down your cheek — or a waterfall (“When the world can’t love me to my face/When the mirror lies and starts to break/Hold me close, don’t let me run away/Don’t be afraid”).
The album feels closer and more personal from her previous work, unlocking a more vulnerable side of the extrovert artist.
However, this is Lizzo we are talking about, therefore “Special” has to be a celebration as well. Pop song “The Sign” is sure to be this year’s summer anthem during brunches and nights out. “Special” is about friendships, heartbreaks, self-doubts, empowerment and, most importantly, love: Love for the people in our life and for ourselves and who we are.
Lizzo is still the undefeated queen of self-love, the hero we all need to feel our most authentic and special self. Just as it happens in real life, this album is a ride through exhilarating happiness and rainy days.
If you need a friendly pep talk or a soundtrack to a good cry moment, “Special” will be the right companion for that.
Wherever you find yourself in your life, don’t forget the wise words Lizzo sings in the title track: “In case nobody told you today, you’re special.”
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For more recent music reviews, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/music-reviews | 2022-07-15T22:26:00+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/Review-Lizzo-s-new-album-will-make-you-feel-17308547.php |
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CA Las Vegas NV Zone Forecast for Sunday, July 3, 2022
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.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 53. West winds 5 to
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.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts
up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 44 to 54. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 65 to 75. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 55. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs 82 to 87. Lows
58 to 63.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to
66. Highs 85 to 90.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 88.
$$
CAZ521-041100-
White Mountains of Inyo County-
Including Westgard Pass and Bristlecone Pine
121 AM PDT Mon Jul 4 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 49 to 59. North winds up to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 69 to 79. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 60. Southeast winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph shifting to the north after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 81. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 50 to 60. South winds 10 to 20 mph
shifting to the west 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs 83 to 88. Lows
60 to 65.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 62 to 67. Highs
86 to 91.
$$
CAZ520-041100-
Owens Valley-
Including Bishop, Independence, Lone Pine,
and Olancha
121 AM PDT Mon Jul 4 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 60 to 63. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. East winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to south 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 64. South winds 10 to
20 mph becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to south 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 62 to 65. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs 95 to 98. Lows
66 to 69.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 69 to 72. Highs
99 to 102.
$$
CAZ522-041100-
Death Valley National Park-
Including Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells,
and Shoshone
121 AM PDT Mon Jul 4 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60 in the
mountains...79 to 82 at Furnace Creek. Southeast winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 80 to 83 in the mountains...around 110 at
Furnace Creek. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to south
10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 59 to 62 in the mountains...
81 to 84 at Furnace Creek. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
35 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 82 to 85 in the mountains...around 110 at
Furnace Creek. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 60 to 63 in the mountains...82 to
85 at Furnace Creek. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs 90 to 93 in the
mountains...112 to 115 at Furnace Creek. Lows 66 to 69 in the
mountains...83 to 86 at Furnace Creek.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 70 in
the mountains...85 to 88 at Furnace Creek. Highs 94 to 97 in the
mountains...115 to 118 at Furnace Creek.
$$
CAZ523-041100-
Western Mojave Desert-
Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin
121 AM PDT Mon Jul 4 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows 62 to 65. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 94. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 64 to 67. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 95. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows 66 to 69. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs 101 to 104. Lows
71 to 74.
$$
CAZ524-041100-
Eastern Mojave Desert-
Including Baker, Mountain Pass,
and Mitchell Caverns
121 AM PDT Mon Jul 4 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 65 to 68. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 95. South winds 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 70. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 96. South winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 69 to 72. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 101 to 104. Lows
75 to 78.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Clear. Highs 106 to 109. Lows around
80.
$$
CAZ525-526-041100-
Morongo Basin-Cadiz Basin-
Including Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley,
Twentynine Palms, and Vidal Junction
121 AM PDT Mon Jul 4 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 70 to 73 in Twentynine Palms...
62 to 65 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 100 in Twentynine Palms...90 to
93 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. Southwest winds up
to 10 mph shifting to the south with gusts to around 30 mph in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 72 to 75 in Twentynine Palms...65 to
68 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 99 to 102 in Twentynine Palms...91 to
94 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. South winds 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 73 to 76 in Twentynine Palms...66 to
69 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. South winds 5 to
15 mph shifting to the west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 105 to 108 in
Twentynine Palms...99 to 102 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua
Tree. Lows 79 to 82 in Twentynine Palms...70 to 73 around Yucca
Valley and near Joshua Tree.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Clear. Highs 110 to 113 in Twentynine
Palms...104 to 107 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. Lows
83 to 86 in Twentynine Palms...75 to 78 around Yucca Valley and
near Joshua Tree.
$$
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Fit and Well Idaho: Fall Allergies
Until there is a hard freeze, these allergies will stick around.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Many people may be struggling with their allergies this time of year.
For this week’s Fit and Well Idaho Report, we tell you ways to help ease your symptoms.
Many people have allergies to mold, weeds, dust, and sagebrush.
Harvest Season in the area picks up all the allergens in the air, affecting people with itchy eyes, runny nose, and nasal congestion.
One ear, nose and throat doctor says a nasal spray will help you, which you can purchase over the counter.
“Then I also really like just a classic oral antihistamine, whether that’s your Allegra, your Zyrtec, that class of drugs works, and it works really well especially if you are having some of the sneezing, itchy eyes, itchy mouth,” said Dr. Russell Mayes, with St. Luke’s.
Until there is a hard freeze, these allergies will stick around.
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Wall Street rallied to its best day since late July as falling bond yields eased some of the pressure that’s battered markets.
The S&P 500 rose 2.6% Monday, the latest swing for a scattershot market that’s been mostly falling this year on worries about a possible global recession.
Treasury yields fell after a report on U.S. manufacturing came in weaker than expected. That could mean the Federal Reserve won’t have to be so aggressive about raising interest rates to beat down the high inflation damaging households’ finances, but analysts still see plenty more turbulence ahead.
On Monday:
The S&P 500 rose 92.81 points, or 2.6%, to 3,678.43.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 765.38 points, or 2.7%, to 29,490.89.
The Nasdaq rose 239.82 points, or 2.3%, to 10,815.43.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 44.15 points, or 2.7%, to 1,708.87.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 1,087.75 points, or 22.8%.
The Dow is down 6,847.51 points, or 18.8%.
The Nasdaq is down 4,829.54 points, or 30.9%.
The Russell 2000 is down 536.44 points, or 23.9%. | 2022-10-03T21:45:56+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/business/article/How-major-US-stock-indexes-fared-Monday-10-3-2022-17484173.php |
WASHINGTON — Metallica has announced that every song on their new album, "72 Seasons," will be getting an accompanying video featuring ASL, so that deaf and hard of hearing fans can enjoy the music as well.
The band announced the project on April 15, known as National American Sign Language Day. They said they were partnering with the Deaf Professional Arts Network, known as DPAN, as the first rock artists to create ASL videos for an entire album.
In a statement on their website, the music legends said they were working with Amber Galloway of AG Productions, who has signed for bands at major music festivals across the U.S.
Galloway has been described by Vibe as "the most recognizable sign language interpreter in the country."
"It’s been an honor to work with Amber and DPAN teams, and we hope that our fans in the deaf and hard of hearing community enjoy experiencing the album through these videos!" the statement from Metallica reads.
The video for the title track, “72 Seasons,” has already been released, and the band promised the other 11 songs would get videos on April 25.
In the video, Galloway signs the lyrics in a split-screen with the band's original music video for the song.
Sign language isn't a one-to-one visual copy of English. Instead, people who communicate using the language's hand gestures use them to create approximations of what a spoken sentence's meaning is. Because of the unique way the language is translated, interpreters for high-energy performances, such as Metallica songs, can add flare and drama, creating performances similar to what a musician would do on stage.
ASL interpreting has risen in visibility in recent years, with the interpreters for high-profile artists trending on social media.
Most recently, sign language interpreter Justina Miles started going viral on Twitter because of video showing her energetic interpretation of Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show performance. | 2023-04-19T16:01:39+00:00 | wgrz.com | https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/nation-world/metallica-asl-videos-full-album/507-933d73ec-654d-4440-9a73-d586f7192f08 |
McDonald’s is coming out with Happy Meals for adults
(Gray News) – There’s nothing more iconic in the realm of fast food culture than the McDonald’s Happy Meal.
The meals sold by the fast food chain contain a hamburger or Chicken McNuggets off the kid’s menu along with a toy inside a colorful box.
Anyone who grew up getting these items from McDonald’s can soon experience that nostalgia with a new menu item.
McDonald’s is collaborating with Cactus Plant Flea Market to sell Happy Meals to adults starting Oct. 3.
Anyone who orders one can get them with a Big Mac or a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets. They also come with fries, a drink and, of course, a toy!
The toys are redesigned versions of some of McDonald’s most famous mascots, including Grimace, Hamburglar and Birdie.
A new mascot, called Cactus Buddy, is making its way into the boxes as well.
There’s no info yet on how much these Happy Meals will cost.
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How to find the best leather belt
A nice leather belt is a necessary component of any dressy outfit and can be a great way to tie together a casual look. Building out a solid belt wardrobe takes only a few wise purchases and definitely won’t break the bank either. Different belts are appropriate for different settings and activities, so choosing the right one is partially determined by your daily life.
Belts come in all different textures, widths, colors and styles, thanks to a plethora of premium materials and industry tanning processes. Buyers will want to be sure to consider the buckle design, the leather color and the overall style (formal vs. casual) as a quality leather belt can last for years or even decades. Continue reading to learn more about the best belts to start developing a versatile and durable collection.
Best leather belts
Formal leather belts
A sleek formal belt is a great way to add some pop to your everyday suits while keeping your paints secure and shirt neatly tucked in. Formal belts are usually 1 to 1.5 inches in width, with thinner ones generally higher on the formality spectrum. Aim to match the leather color to the shoes you plan to wear and the buckle finish to cufflinks or tie clip.
Perry Ellis Portfolio Reversible Patterned Plaque Belt
This belt offers two elegant dress belts for the price of one. This belt packs premium perks at an affordable price, featuring smooth black and buttery brown leather, as well as a stylish plaque buckle with pin closure. Versatility can be hard to find in a belt, and this one is suitable for both business-casual and formal events thanks to its two colors.
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Dockers Men’s Leather Dress Belt
This simple dress belt from Dockers is perfect for anyone making their first foray into the world of belts. With a majority leather construction, harness buckle and refined exposed stitching, you can’t get a better belt at this price. Plus, the strap width is right in the sweet spot at 1.25 inches.
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When it comes to top-quality menswear, it’s hard to beat Cole Haan’s reputation and pedigree. Designed to enhance both formal and casual outfits, this belt can work with dress pants as well as jeans. It is made from traditional and bonded leather, so buyers can expect it to last year after year. Unique design details, such as the microperforated inlay on the strap and full-wrap edge finish, will add a touch of sophistication to any outfit.
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Casual leather belts
One of the benefits of casual leather belts is that they don’t come with all the rules that the fashion police enforce on formal dress belts. When it comes to casual belts, style, width and color are all personal choices. So have fun with it.
Tommy Hilfiger Braided Leather Belt
This belt is luxurious and reliable, and it features an intricate hand-laced leather design and a sturdy single-prong buckle. Woven belts offer superior adjustability because you can use any of the hundreds of natural gaps in the braid. Thanks to its eye-catching design and premium construction, this belt can be dressed up or down.
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Levi’s Double-Prong Leather Belt
Keeping with Levi’s tradition, this belt is made from smooth split leather and has a subtle touch of rebelliousness in its style. With a strap width of 1.6 inches and a large double-prong buckle, this belt is on the chunkier side and is optimal for jeans rather than chinos. There’s also two thick belt loops, allowing the wearer to tightly secure any excess length.
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Levi’s Plaque Buckle Leather Belt
Levi’s has been producing striking designs since 1853 and has made a name for itself as the preferred brand of rebel celebrities such as Elton John, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. Complete with glossy full-grain leather, burnished edging and an attention-grabbing logoed bridle buckle, this belt fits right in with that tradition. Thankfully, you don’t have to sacrifice good quality for great design with this belt due to it’s double-wrap construction.
Utilitarian leather belts
Although leather belts may seem useless beyond securing your pants when it comes to outdoor activities, they’re actually great purpose-built tools that can help you in a pinch. Certain belts are optimized for carrying items such as work bags, knives, phones or first aid kits and are great for organization on the jobsite or while hiking.
Timberland PRO Workwear Leather Belt
Made from thick leather and secured with robust double stitching, this belt is ideal for prolonged, heavy use. The work belt also has a textured roller buckle that tightly secures the strap and prevents it from slipping under the weight of a loaded work bag. Another great feature of this belt is that it seamlessly complements casual outfits, allowing you to go from work to play with ease.
Timberland Icon Nubuck Boot Leather Belt
As the name suggests, this belt is made from Timberland’s signature water-resistant nubuck leather. At 1.5 inches wide, this belt offers maximum durability while retaining the ability to look good in a casual environment. Made from thick, tear-resistant material, this belt can be trusted to support you in the toughest environments.
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If you’re looking for the absolute maximum in durability and ruggedness without breaking the bank, this 2-inch belt from Lautus is the way to go. The item has a double-pronged steel-roller buckle that delivers lasting tension so you can attach whatever your heart desires without a worry.
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The IRS today starts accepting 2022 tax returns. Jan Lewis of the American Institute of CPAs says some taxpayers might receive smaller refunds as many pandemic-related breaks are no longer available.
Copyright 2023 NPR
The IRS today starts accepting 2022 tax returns. Jan Lewis of the American Institute of CPAs says some taxpayers might receive smaller refunds as many pandemic-related breaks are no longer available.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-01-23T10:45:39+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/2023-01-23/taxpayers-are-cautioned-that-refunds-are-likely-to-be-smaller-this-year |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s path back to the top of the Big Ten Conference becomes a little tougher each day, and you can add Wisconsin’s hire of Luke Fickell to the list of impediments.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported the Badgers had targeted the former OSU player, assistant and interim head coach. Fickell went 6-7 that season leading the Buckeyes, then 57-18 in six seasons with Cincinnati. Last season, the Bearcats became the first Group of 5 program to be invited to the College Football Playoff semifinals.
Thamel also reported Kerry Coombs, the longtime OSU assistant and most recently defensive coordinator, is Cincinnati’s interim coach.
At one time it appeared Wisconsin would promote Jim Leonhard, the alum and defensive coordinator serving as interim head coach since the firing of Paul Chryst. Instead, athletic director Chris McIntosh grabbed one of the most respected coaches in the country and one with a proven track record of lifting a program to national status.
Fickell’s hire adds further perspective to the challenges Ohio State faces in its quest to reclaim Big Ten supremacy. One day earlier, Michigan emphatically defended its status as the league’s new standard-bearer with a 45-23 victory.
Other threats are looming.
USC and UCLA are scheduled to join the Big Ten for the 2024 season. The Trojans should jump OSU in the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night and are playing for the Pac-12 championship. UCLA is a top-20 team which spent most of the season in the conference title hunt.
The Big Ten is leaning towards eliminating divisions after 2023, so OSU may play those California teams as often as it currently plays Rutgers, Indiana and other lower-tier programs. Winning week to week becomes harder.
Now Fickell takes over an underachieving program, where his Big Ten roots likely fit better than in Cincinnati’s pending home in the Big 12. Wisconsin has been a quarterback away from a potential national breakthrough since at least Russell Wilson’s one-year stay, and for many years before that as well.
The defensive-minded Fickell takes over a program rooted in the same principles. If he makes the correct hire to lead his offense, Wisconsin can claw its way back to the Big Ten’s upper echelon after a recent run of mediocrity. The Badgers are about to finish outside the AP Top 25 for the third straight year and fourth in the last five.
Fickell took Cincinnati into the top 10 in consecutive years. He joins OSU’s Ryan Day and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh as current Big Ten coaches who led teams to the playoff. They will soon be joined by USC’s Lincoln Riley and UCLA’s Chip Kelly. Fickell’s competition will be tougher in the Big Ten, but the foundation on which he can build will also be stronger.
Fickell once helped Ohio State grow into unquestionably the top program in the Big Ten. Now he could become one of the hurdles the Buckeyes have to clear to reclaim that title.
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Who is Ohio State football’s starting right guard against Michigan? | 2022-11-27T19:59:38+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2022/11/wisconsin-hires-luke-fickell-further-challenging-ohio-state-football-in-a-bolstered-big-ten.html |
American dies while climbing Mount Everest
SEATTLE (AP) — A retired Seattle doctor died while climbing Mount Everest on Monday, according to University of Washington officials.
University officials said on Twitter Tuesday that Dr. Jonathan Sugarman died Monday on the mountain. He was climbing the mountain as part of an expedition arranged by Washington state-based International Mountain Guides.
Company officials said on their website that one of their team members died on the mountain at Camp 2, two levels higher than the base camp.
“It is with deep sorrow that IMG reports the death of one of our Everest 2023 team members at Camp 2,” Eric Simonson, CEO of International Mountain Guides, said in a post on the website. “We can confirm that this event was not the result of a climbing accident or route condition that would be of potential impact or safety concern to any other teams on the mountain.”
Sugarman and the other IMG expedition climbers began moving up the mountain on April 29, according to expedition posts on the website.
The University of Washington said on Twitter that Sugarman was a clinical faculty member known for his work in Native American health care and international health.
Three Sherpa climbers died after falling into a deep crevasse on a treacherous section of Mount Everest just above the base camp in April.
Hundreds of foreign climbers and a similar number of Nepalese guides and helpers were expected to try to scale the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) mountain during the main climbing season that began in March and ends in late May.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-03T12:42:33+00:00 | ktiv.com | https://www.ktiv.com/2023/05/03/american-dies-while-climbing-mount-everest/ |
How to handle autumn leaves with your Shop-Vac
Using a Shop-Vac to clear your yard of fallen leaves makes the task go easier and more quickly with your choice of two operating modes. You can use it to vacuum up leaves for easy collection and disposal. When you change the direction of the air flow by moving the hose to the exhaust side, you can use it as a leaf blower. Some people simply blow their leaves into the street while others blow them into a pile and dispose of them responsibly.
What is a Shop-Vac?
- It’s a brand name: Although often used generically by consumers to mean vacuums that are bigger and tougher than home vacuum cleaners, Shop-Vac is the name of a company that builds work-grade vacuums.
- It’s a special kind of vacuum: Shop-Vacs are used by contractors, tradespeople and woodworkers who need to remove lots of debris from work areas. Most are shaped like buckets; a few are shaped like canisters.
What does a Shop-Vac do?
- It picks up loose items: Shop-Vacs pick up every small item that ends up on the ground at job sites and the floor in factories, shops, warehouses and other work areas. Where regular vacuums are made to pick up dust, dirt and pet hair, Shop-Vacs have the power to suck up nails, screws, wires, scraps of wood, metal, plastic and anything that fits inside the hose.
- It picks up water: Wet/dry Shop-Vacs are made to not only pick up loose debris and dirt, but also to suck up water, wet messes and spills.
What is a leaf blower?
Leaf blowers are the handheld gas- or electric-powered machines that have replaced hand rakes. Where once most people raked their dry autumn leaves into a pile and burned them, now many use leaf blowers to just blow them away. Careful, though: don’t make your leaves a problem for someone else by blowing them into the street instead of picking them up.
What is a leaf vacuum?
A leaf vacuum is a considerate, responsible leaf-removal device that sucks up leaves and traps them inside a container. Leaf vacuums are usually large machines towed behind tractors, mowers or utility vehicles. The amount of leaves that can be gathered before your Shop-Vac’s bin needs emptying is measured in cubic feet as well as bushels, which are slightly larger units of measurement.
How to use it as a leaf blower
- Open your Shop-Vac by unbuckling the side latches and lifting the top unit off the machine.
- Remove the bag and filter and turn your machine over to remove the loose debris that sometimes collects inside.
- Remove the hose from the intake port and make sure no debris is trapped inside.
- Fit the hose to the exhaust port and twist it until it locks firmly.
- Plug it in.
- Turn it on.
How to use it as a leaf vacuum
Repeat all the steps above, except #4. To use it as a vacuum, fit the hose to the intake port.
The limitations of using it as a vacuum
Shop-Vacs are not the ideal way to vacuum leaves because of three built-in limitations:
- The bucket: If you have a lot of leaves to deal with, you’ll be stopping to empty your Shop-Vac frequently.
- The attachments: Shop-Vacs have many attachments, but none is made specifically for picking up leaves.
- The wheels: Because most Shop-Vacs are used at indoor job sites, the wheels are made to roll about on flat surfaces. None has wheels designed for use on grass.
What you need to buy to use your Shop-Vac to clear leaves
If you’re going to get serious about blowing and vacuuming your leaves this fall, it may be time to get a new Shop-Vac with more features, more power, higher speeds and greater capacity.
Shop-Vac 6-Gallon 3-Horsepower Heavy-Duty Wet/Dry Vacuum
The exhaust port blows to the rear to allow for quick cleaning of leaves and grass clippings. You get three extension wands, a filter cartridge with a bag and a 7-foot-long secure fit hose made to flex without kinking and allowing 180 degrees of movement at each end.
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Shop-Vac 12-Gallon 5.5-Horsepower 3-in-One Wet/Dry Vacuum with Cart
This quickly converts to a blower that uses a powerful fan to blow 130 cubic feet of air per minute. The cleaning range of an 8-foot hose connected to a machine with a 12-foot power cord gives you the ability to clear a 100-square-foot area before having to move the machine.
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Shop-Vac 5-Gallon 5-Horsepower Compact Vacuum
This canister vacuum comes with a wall mount and an extra-long 18-foot hose. Its size and shape make it easy to strap the collector tank on your back and use it across wide areas as a leaf blower.
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Gloves
Whether you’re using an old or a new Shop-Vac, make sure you have a good pair of work gloves, sturdier than gardening gloves.
Ironclad Unisex Adult Leather Work Gloves
The patented fingertip design is rolled with no seams and provides two layers of protection without limiting your dexterity. The goatskin leather is machine-washable and will not dry out or shrink. The thermoplastic rubber cuff puller makes for swift and even positioning.
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Amazon Basics Women’s Work Gloves
Made to fit smaller hands, these elasticized polyester/cotton gloves are reinforced with leather and have a terry cloth swipe on the back for clearing your brow without having to remove your gloves. Keep them clean by machine-washing and line-drying.
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Safety goggles
Don’t forget to protect your eyes, too.
Mozeeda Ultraviolet Blocking Safety Goggles 5 Pack
The clever design lets you wear these clear plastic goggles over your prescription eyeglasses to protect them from being scratched by high-speed flying debris. They’re anti-fog, anti-splash and impact-resistant. With five pairs, you can keep them wherever you need them.
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NEW YORK, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Harris Poll survey commissioned by The Coalition to Advance Molecular Recycling found that both mechanical and molecular processes are considered ideal forms of recycling among the majority of Americans.
Two prominent methods of recycling plastics exist. They are mechanical recycling (the process of taking plastic waste and separating, washing, cutting, and melting it down to create new plastic products) and molecular recycling (the process of converting plastic waste back to its basic building blocks to create new plastic products). When these processes are described, the majority of Americans say both mechanical (59%) and molecular (53%) processes very much describe their ideal view for plastic recycling.
This survey research, which gathered responses from 5,000 U.S. men and women aged 18+, was collected to share with the Federal Trade Commission as it considers revising its Green Guides. The Green Guides offer non-binding guidance on both general principles that apply to all environmental marketing claims based on the FTC's view of how consumers are likely to interpret such claims, and how marketers can substantiate and qualify those claims to avoid deceiving consumers.
"When asked when plastic recycling ends, more than half of Americans (53%) say plastic recycling should never end—plastic materials used to make products should be continuously used, recycled, and used again," said Allison Powell, Vice President, Strategy and Go To Market at the Harris Poll. "This suggests an appetite for a circular economy for plastics, which can be facilitated through molecular recycling."
Americans view both mechanical and molecular processes as valid recycling methods; they view both as technologies to reduce the environmental impact of plastic production and divert waste from the waste stream. After being educated on these methods, consumer views on the characteristics implied by mechanical and molecular recycling are nearly identical. Both processes are seen as turning used plastic into new plastic (61% for both), reducing the environmental impact of new plastic production (52% for both), and diverting material from the waste stream (47% for mechanical and 44% for molecular). In fact, roughly 9 in 10 Americans (89%) say plastic products made with materials derived from either mechanical or molecular recycling processes contain recycled content.
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The Harris Poll is a global consulting and market research firm that strives to reveal the authentic values of modern society to inspire leaders to create a better tomorrow. It works with clients in three primary areas: building twenty-first-century corporate reputation, crafting brand strategy and performance tracking, and earning organic media through public relations research. One of the longest-running surveys in the U.S., The Harris Poll has tracked public opinion, motivations and social sentiment since 1963, and is now part of Stagwell, the challenger holding company built to transform marketing.
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DALLAS, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- La La Land Kind Cafe, a chain of coffee shops with the purpose of normalizing kindness and hiring and mentoring foster youth, announced that it has secured a $20 million investment from John Phelan, former Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of MSD Capital, L.P. and Founder of Rugger Management LLC, and Andy Teller, a private investor.
Founder and CEO Francois Reihani opened his first La La Land Kind Cafe location at just 23 years. Since 2019, La La Land Kind Cafe has opened eleven store locations throughout Texas and California, with the purpose of normalizing kindness, and empowering foster youth aging out of the foster care system. La La Land Kind Cafe provides paid on-the-job and customer service training, mentorship, and assistance with job placement, housing, schooling, and therapy for foster youth. "Kindness first, coffee second is the company's motto," says Reihani.
Since opening La La Land Kind Cafe, Reihani has received countless opportunities and offers from banks and Venture Capitalist, but such a transactional deal never felt right. Until he was introduced to John Phelan and Andy Teller. Since their introduction two years ago, Reihani was able to build a true relationship with both Phelan and Teller, leading this investment to feel more like a bond and partnership than a financial investment. "We are thrilled to partner with John and Andy. Their experience and expertise will be invaluable as we continue to grow our business and positively impact the world." Teller adds, "we are excited to invest in La La Land Kind Cafe and its social mission."
Both Phelan and Teller understand that La La Land Kind Cafe is not just a coffee shop, it is about making a greater impact on society. Their passion for La La Land Kind Cafe's mission is what drew Reihani to finalize this exciting next phase of the business. La La Land Kind Cafe is raising the standard of what we should all expect from businesses. They believe that a business can be kind, give back, care about the community, and serve high quality products while still making a profit, and La La Land Kind Cafe will prove it can be done. "Francois and his team have built an incredible company," said Phelan. "We are committed to supporting their growth and helping them achieve their financial and social goals. La La Land Kind Cafe is raising the standard of what we should expect from companies. A business can give back, care about the community, and serve high-quality products while being profitable."
With the new investment, La La Land Kind Cafe plans to expand its operations and open new locations throughout the United States. "We are excited to use this investment to continue our mission of making the world a kinder, happier place," said Reihani. "We believe that kindness is the key to a better future, and we are committed to making a difference in the lives of our guests, employees, and communities that we serve."
This next phase of the business is more than just about company growth for Reihani. "I believe this is a huge step into our path to bringing a deeper human connection to "strangers." It's a long term life goal for me and as we are able to get the right backing of people who believe in what we are doing, it's a special thing to create and run something that physically brings humanity closer together. In hospitality we are normally the only "strangers" someone speaks to outside close friends or family. This means we physically represent humanity. We're changing standards by not only creating the environment that brings happiness but interactions that show the power of humans being connected, and telling hundreds of thousands of humans a year that we love them. Words that are now not heard often. That's what is exciting. To expand that power."
About La La Land Kind Cafe
La La Land Kind Cafe is a chain of coffee shops with the purpose of normalizing kindness and hiring and mentoring foster youth. The company was founded in 2019 by Francois Reihani. La La Land Kind Cafe has 11 locations throughout Texas and California.
About Rugger Management LLC
Rugger Management LLC is a single-family office focused on generating outstanding, long-duration risk-adjusted returns through direct investments and partnerships with exceptional managers. Rugger Management LLC is based in Palm Beach, FL.
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Doggy Day at Deer District creates 'paw-sitive' connections
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks had Saturday off, but it was far from quiet outside Fiserv Forum as Doggy Day took over Deer District.
"Right now, we have a huge party here. There’s tons of dogs. It’s just wonderful to be here, see everybody," said Jess Klein.
It was a pup party on the plaza. Kaitlyn Moore had a dog-gone good time with her 8-pound puppy, Piper.
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"We wanted to be here to support local businesses and spend a lot of money on her," Moore said. "She is a bundle of fun to say the least."
The furry fun event benefits Winston's Wishes, a group with a mission to help local dogs in need.
Xavier Warren and Niesha Holloway brought their "dino" dogs – Cocoa and Thor.
"Nice to see them get out and meet other dogs for a change," said Warren.
"I wasn't a pet person. Ever since we’ve been together we’ve had them. Anything involving dogs now I’m all for it," Holloway said.
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The dozens of beautiful breeds were quite fetching.
"We just wanted to check it out, meet some friends for her, just walk around," Klein said.
Doggy Day at Deer District, April 8
The "paw-sitive" connections help create community, too.
"I think our city needs that. There’s a lot of things that have been happening and continue to happen that are issues for us," said Holloway. "To be able to come together peacefully is a very big thing. Dogs are a bridge for that."
This was the second year of Doggy Day at Deer District. | 2023-04-08T21:58:50+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/doggy-day-deer-district-milwaukee |
NEW YORK (AP) — On Dec. 22, 1985, The Associated Press reported the following from Blue Ridge, Georgia:
“Investigators searching for cocaine dropped by an airborne smuggler have found a ripped-up shipment of the sweet-smelling powder and the remains of a bear that apparently died of a multimillion-dollar high.”
Police found a sad scene. A 175-lb. black bear dead near a duffle bag and some $2 million worth of cocaine that had been opened and scattered over a hillside. The parachutist, a former Kentucky narcotics investigator, had fallen to his death in a backyard in Knoxville, Tennessee. His unmanned airplane crashed into a North Carolina mountain. Back in Georgia, the bear, examiners said, had overdosed.
The story is in many ways too much. Too absurd. Too ’80s. Even the screenwriters of the “Fast & Furious” movies would think it far-fetched. The stranger-than-fiction tale quickly receded from the headlines and, before some began to stoke the myth of “Pablo Escobear,” it mostly stayed buried in news media archives.
That changed when screenwriter Jimmy Warden delivered to producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller a script titled “Cocaine Bear.” They were on board from page one.
“When the movie’s pitched, you hear the word ‘Cocaine,’ you’re like I’m not sure what to think of this,” Lord says. “Then when you hear the word ‘Bear,’ you’re like: I’m all in.”
Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie. And after it opens in theaters Friday, it might even be a hit. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks’ very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R-rated comedy has stoked a rabid zeitgeist. At a time when much in Hollywood can feel pre-packaged, the makers of “Cocaine Bear” think it can be an untamed exception.
“Hopefully the film lives up to the title,” Banks says, smiling. “That was the goal.”
Little on the movie calendar has captured the public imagination quite like “Cocaine Bear.” Its trailer, watched more than 25 million times, immediately went viral. The movie, itself, is like a meme sprung to life — a kind of spiritual heir to “Snakes on a Plane” crossed with a Paddington Bear fever dream. Everything about it is propelled by a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor and can-you-believe-this-is-a-real-movie wink. “I’m the bear who ate cocaine,” reads one of the film’s official tweets. “This is my story.”
While most studio movies are driven by well-known intellectual property and few original comedies manage to attract audiences in theaters, “Cocaine Bear” is here to strike a blow to business-as-usual in Hollywood. “Cocaine Bear” is here to be bold. “Cocaine Bear” is here to party.
“You have to demonstrate theatricality to get the greenlight. It just means you have to swing the bat a little harder,” Lord says. “In this world that’s increasingly mechanized, things that don’t feel mechanized have really special value.”
Miller and Lord have in recent years shepherded some of the most vibrant and irreverent films to the screen, including “The Lego Movie,”“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and “The Mitchells vs the Machines.” They like to take apart old conventions and give them an absurdist, post-modern spin.
“Certainly, this movie was not mandated by a corporation,” Miller says, laughing. “It’s a thing we somehow snuck through the system. That’s how we love to make all our movies, like: ‘I can’t believe they let us get away with this.’”
Warden had been a production assistant on their 2012 action comedy “21 Jump Street.” After hearing about the 1985 story, Warden wrote the script on spec and hoped his old bosses would like it. Intrigued at the screenplay’s possibility, the producers found an unexpectedly open reception from Universal Pictures chief Donna Langley.
“What’s funny is that we thought it would be difficult because of the subject matter. But surprisingly, they were excited right from the jump and didn’t shy away from the movie, its tone or even its title,” says Miller. “We thought at some point, someone was going to say, ‘Well you can’t call it ‘Cocaine Bear.’ You have to call it ‘A Walk in the Woods.’”
Since her directorial debut in 2015’s “Pitch Perfect 2,” Banks has carved out a second career behind the camera. She last helmed 2019’s “Charlie’s Angels.” With Universal’s backing and Lord and Miller producing, “Cocaine Bear” struck her as not just a viable, actually-happening project but one where she could marry a gory animal attack movie with comedy.
“Most people are surprised that it is a real thing, and very surprised that I’m the person that made it,” says Banks, laughing. “I just got a text from someone who was like, ‘I’ve been hearing about this movie and I had no idea you made it.’”
Though the title meant “Cocaine Bear” would be limited from some advertising platforms, the filmmakers describe the studio as interested in leaning into what made the film distinct from the all the options viewers are inundated with. Nothing, it turned out, could cut through all the noise like “Cocaine Bear.”
“They love things with strong flavor. That’s the word I hear a lot in my marketing meetings,” Banks says. “It’s harder and harder to find things that are theatrically exciting. The hope was that we were making something people needed to leave their house to see.”
The film, itself, takes the basis of the real story and imagines what might have transpired if the bear didn’t quickly die but went on a coke-fueled rampage through a national forest, terrorizing park wardens, campers and drug dealers seeking the lost shipment. After an initial taste, the bear goes after more cocaine with all the zeal of Yogi pursuing a picnic basket.
The bear, named Cokie, was a CGI concoction created by Weta FX with Allen Henry, a stunt man and student of Andy Serkis, performing motion capture. He wore all black and walked on all fours with prosthetic arms. The rest of the cast includes Keri Russell, Margo Martindale, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson and Ray Liotta. It’s one of Liotta’s final performances before his death last May, and one that connects back to his similarly cocaine-laced performance in “Goodfellas.”
“I’ve said that this film felt very risky. The risk was: I was never going to have the lead character of the movie on the set of the movie,” Banks says. “That was truly what scared me the most. If the bear didn’t work, the movie falls apart.”
Lord and Miller hope that there’s a rising realization within the film industry that movies that are audaciously original can pack theaters. Lord points to the Academy Awards favorite “Everything Everywhere All at Once” as recent proof.
“It could win best picture and it’s the zaniest idea out there,” Lord says. “For the scale of that movie, it’s a huge hit. What we’re after is demonstrating that these movies can be original and fun and surprising and they can be hits.”
“I can’t think of a movie that came out last year that wouldn’t have been maybe a little bit better if there had a been a cocaine-fueled bear on a rampage as part of it,” adds Miller. “Imagine if ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ had a big bear just running through biting that guy’s fingers off.”
If it’s successful, “Cocaine Bear” could, of course, become a franchise of its own. A sequel isn’t out the question. “LSD Armadillo”? “Quaalude Tortoise”? Banks, for now, is deferring.
“Somebody will put something into the AI chat bot and it will spit out something ridiculous and the internet will write it for us.” | 2023-02-22T14:21:02+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/cocaine-bear-aims-to-strike-a-blow-to-hollywood/ |
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