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Adidas or New Balance men’s running shoes: which are better?
Regardless of whether you’re a runner, you’ve likely heard of both New Balance and Adidas. While Adidas has been a dominant player in professional sports, and has relied on its position there to develop performance-oriented lifestyle shoes, New Balance has seen a renaissance in style popularity while maintaining a strong following of comfort seekers.
What are Adidas running shoes?
Founded in 1949 by Adi Dassler in Germany, Adidas began by making state-of-the-art cleats for soccer and track. Athletes loved its cleats because they were so lightweight that they translated into easier strides, which meant players and runners could go faster for longer.
Adidas has since grown into a multibillion-dollar brand with global recognition in a variety of sports. And it has continued to innovate in lightweight performance and lasting comfort. Its foam soles are a favorite among runners who need a supportive cushion that doesn’t get too firm. That comfort leads non-runners to wear Adidas running shoes, despite their performance-oriented design.
Adidas running shoes pros
- Adidas shoes, running and otherwise, are known for being comfortable.
- Adidas running shoes tend to be lightweight yet durable.
- Patented Adidas foam sole provides excellent energy rebound.
Adidas running shoes cons
- Some wearers report that Adidas aren’t as supportive as New Balance shoes.
- Ultra-lightweight mesh that Adidas frequently uses doesn’t offer great waterproofing or protection.
What are the best Adidas running shoes?
Adidas Men’s Supernova Running Shoes
These are affordable and stylish, with superior comfort. The heel is generously cushioned for extra impact absorption, an asset to any frequent or long-distance runners.
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Adidas Originals Men’s Ultraboost
This is a fan favorite because of how effectively the cushioned foot bed returns energy to the runner. While the sole is a bit high off the ground, which can increase the chances of rolling your ankle, the Ultraboost is supremely grippy.
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Adidas Men’s Galaxy Trail M Runner
This is an affordable but reliable trail runner with ample grip. The bottom is as grippy as can be, but the sole isn’t too chunky, which is ideal for trail running. The lower the shoe is to the ground, the less likely you are to roll your ankle while trail running.
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What are New Balance running shoes?
Founded in Boston in 1906, New Balance has been serving a dedicated base of function-forward athletes for more than a century. Although New Balance hasn’t always been known for its stellar looks, it developed a reputation for making shoes with great arch support and all-day athletic comfortability.
New Balance shoes tend to be on the firm side, although this shouldn’t be mistaken for being rigid. Like Adidas, New Balance has foam foot beds and other high-tech comfort design features.
However, expect areas such as the middle of the sole and the length of the upper to be buttressed for support. New Balance has always put performance and comfort first, and style second.
New Balance running shoes pros
- Known for being supportive, especially in the arch region.
- New Balance’s Function-forward designs use durable, high-quality materials such as leather and ethylene-vinyl acetate foam.
- New Balance running shoes are reasonably priced, especially when you consider their technology and reputation.
New Balance running shoes cons
- Can be heavy, especially in comparison to the average Adidas running shoe.
- Finding the right width can be confusing because there is so much variation within New Balance’s width classifications.
What are the best New Balance running shoes?
New Balance Men’s Fresh Foam 1080 V7 Running Shoes
These rubber-soled road runners offer excellent rebound and superb midsole cushioning. You can count on them to deliver long-lasting comfort during long-distance runs.
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New Balance Men’s 481 V3 Trail Running Shoes
In terms of price for performance, these are hard to beat. They’re among the most popular trail runners on Amazon, and deservedly so: the sole is comfortable and supportive, the upper is water-resistant and breathable, and the shoe is well made.
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New Balance Men’s Fresh Foam Arishi V3 Running Shoes
This is New Balance’s no-frills response to the likes of the Ultraboost from Adidas. With a streamlined, well-cushioned sole, lightweight mesh upper and a narrow profile, it’s designed to be lightweight and comfortable. It can be worn for road running or light trail running, and is stylish enough to be worn casually.
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Should you get Adidas or New Balance running shoes?
Whether you go with Adidas or New Balance comes down to preference. Both companies produce high-quality running shoes at reasonable prices.
If you’re interested in something as fashionable as it is functional, you’re likely better off with Adidas (although New Balance offers fashion-forward shoes as well). If you’re looking for a running shoe that simplifies the design by prioritizing support and functionality, consider New Balance.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP)Jonah Charles scored 18 points as Pennsylvania beat Wilkes 93-61 on Wednesday.
Charles shot 5 for 7 (5 for 6 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free throw line for the Quakers (7-7). Cam Thrower was 5 of 11 shooting (2 for 7 from distance) to add 13 points. Max Martz shot 4 for 7 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free throw line to finish with 12 points.
Drake Marshall led the way for the Colonels (0-1) with 16 points. Cayden Merrifield added 12 points and two steals for Wilkes. Joey Zvorsky also had eight points.
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With the goal to help as many families as possible in the Schaumburg area, Westside Children's Therapy will be opening its second multi-disciplinary clinic.
Schaumburg West will be located at 321 S. Barrington Rd. in the same strip mall as Joann Fabric and Crafts, O'Reilly Auto Parts and just south of Scharrington Square Shopping Mall.
Most sessions at Westside last 45-60 minutes and the location of the clinic allows you to run errands while your child is in therapy.
Westside - Schaumburg will offer pediatric therapy services including, ABA Therapy, Occupational, Physical, Speech and Feeding, and Child and Family Counseling services. For kids in ABA, Westside offers three therapeutic school-readiness programs. IGNITE, for children ages 2-6; RISE, for children 5-8; and FOCUS is an afterschool program for older children.
Therapy at Westside is always 1:1. Even during group time, each child will have their own therapist guiding their session. This allows for social interaction, but also a therapist to guide each child and attend to their needs.
Westside therapists understand that children may be working toward the same goal, but need different ways to reach them.
Every child has their own program that is specialized for them. An evaluation — conducted before starting services — determines what is needed for them and that is conducted along the way to reach goals specific to them.
The clinic features a sensory gym with a rockwall, crash pit, slides, ziplines, trampolines, and a spacious ABA Therapy room which are all used in helping children reach their therapeutic goals and have fun doing it.
If you're looking to start services, visit westsidect.com and click "Get Started" or call (815) 469-1500, and our team will help you begin the process.
Westside Children's Therapy believes that the heart and soul of what it does is driven by an obsessive pursuit to ensure that this is not "just another" therapy provider. Westside provides an environment where everyone feels part of the Westside Family. These qualities show in all the services provided by Westside. For more information visit westsidect.com/, call (815) 469-1500, or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
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DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Their hands are blackened and grimy from the fight. Some are still wearing their combat boots, small flecks of black soil from the battlefield clinging to their torsos, bare under the emergency blanket.
With bandaged heads and splinted limbs, the wounded soldiers are stretchered into the waiting medical evacuation bus by members of the Hospitallers, a Ukrainian organization of volunteer paramedics who work on the front lines in the war in Ukraine.
The soldiers were all wounded recently in fierce fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Russian forces have been pressing advances. The battle in Bakhmut, a city now encircled on three sides by Russian troops, has been particularly bloody, with soldiers describing endless days of combat, often at close quarters.
“We’ve been on tour in hell,” said Yura as he lay on a bed in the specially equipped medical bus. Blood stained the heavy bandages around his right forearm, held together by metal rods used to stabilize the shattered bone.
His bicep bore a deepening purple bruise left by the tourniquet applied to staunch the blood and save his life. The time it was put on was still scrawled in marker pen across his right cheek: 19:45.
“They tried to get me with grenades,” said Yura, who like all the soldiers would give only his first name. He was badly wounded in the right arm and leg.
Unlike most of the wounded, Yura is not Ukrainian. He is Russian, but has been fighting on the side of Ukraine in Bakhmut since November. The Moscow native said he moved to Ukraine before the war, as did a friend of his who is also fighting for Ukraine and had spent two-and-a-half years in prison in Russia for reposting a social media post saying Crimea — illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 — was Ukrainian.
It was his own countrymen who had wounded him.
He was in Bakhmut for “eight days of almost uninterrupted combat.” But he and his unit managed to repel all the assaults on their position, he said.
“On the fifth day without sleep, I had thoughts that I would go crazy,” he said. “In fact, it’s impossible to sleep there, they shell it in such a way that the earth trembles.”
He showed a video on his mobile phone shot inside Bakhmut: the interior of a devastated building, holes punched through the walls by artillery, rubble strewn across the floor. Beyond the twisted metal remnants of a window, a glimpse of an urban hellscape of shattered buildings and splintered trees.
Yaroslav, 37, was also wounded in Bakhmut. The battle was so close that Russian and Ukrainian forces were fighting room to room inside buildings, he said.
Pale and with an almost imperceptible tremor, his lips nearly white, he propped himself up on an elbow as he waited to be stretchered from an ambulance onto the bus for the trip to a better equipped hospital in a city further west.
An explosion had sent shrapnel through his leg, piercing it below the knee.
“I came to my senses and saw that there is nobody around me, and then I understood that there is blood oozing into my shoe, blood squelching in my shoe,” he said, quietly drawing on a cigarette. “It was totally dark.”
As his unit had attempted to move from its position, the Russian forces began shelling.
“When I left, everything was on fire.” There were dead Russians lying on the ground, and dead Ukrainians too. “People were running in the road and falling down, because mines were exploding, drones were flying.”
He finished his cigarette and lay back on the stretcher. His eyes fixed on some invisible point before him, and he slowly closed his eyelids. The Hospitallers lifted his stretcher and carried it to the waiting bus.
The medically equipped bus — named “Austrian,” the nickname of a Hospitaller paramedic who was killed in a crash of another medical evacuation bus — can carry six severely wounded patients on stretchers, and several more walking wounded.
“We’re doing evacuations as necessary. It could be twice or three times per day,” said the chief paramedic, Kateryna Seliverstova.
Bought with money from donations, the bus is better equipped medically than even some state hospitals, Seliverstova said. It is stocked with monitors, electrocardiographs, ventilators and oxygen tanks and can care for severely ill patients while they are transported to a major hospital.
“This project is really important, because it helps to economize resources,” she said. “We can transport six injured people who are in serious or moderate condition” whereas a normal ambulance can only transport one.
All six places were taken on the trip evacuating Yura and Yaroslav. Across the aisle from Yura, another soldier slipped in and out of consciousness, a brown bandage wrapped around his head. A paramedic checked his vital signs on a monitor, and helped him sip water from a syringe.
Behind him, a man coughed deeply. Only the blackened tip of his nose was visible from his heavily bandaged head. He had suffered extensive burns to his face.
Yura spoke softly to one of the paramedics. Without his expression changing, tears began rolling down the side of his face. The paramedic leaned over and gently wiped them away.
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Vasilisa Stepanenko and Evgeniy Maloletka contributed from Donetsk region, Ukraine. | 2023-03-23T09:20:39+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/world/article/on-tour-in-hell-wounded-ukrainian-soldiers-17855451.php |
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP)Julius Marble scored 19 points, Dexter Dennis had 11 points and 16 rebounds, and Texas A&M held off a late rally by Florida, defeating the Gators 54-52 on Wednesday night.
The Aggies (13-5, 5-0 SEC) won their seventh straight game and have not lost since the starting lineup of Marble, Dennis, Henry Coleman, Wade Taylor and Tyrece Radford was established late last month.
After leading by 11 points at halftime, the Aggies clung to their dwindling lead throughout the second half. An alley-oop dunk by Florida’s Colin Castleton drew the Gators to within 46-44 with 1:43 remaining before Taylor made both ends of the one-and-one for a four-point Texas A&M lead with 1:01 to go.
Riley Kugel’s 3-pointer with 29 seconds to go got the Gators within one point for the first time in 34 minutes of play, then Taylor converted another one-and-one to give the Aggies a 52-49 lead with 23 seconds left. Florida’s Myreon Jones missed a layup, Castleton’s follow was blocked by Andersson Garcia, and Tyreece Radford broke away for a dunk that gave the Aggies a 54-49 lead with four seconds left.
Florida had one last chance after Jones hit a 3-pointer and Garcia lost the ball on the in-bounds play but Jones’ 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark.
Castleton finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Jones scored 10 points for the Gators (10-8, 3-3).
As was the case in each game of their three-game winning streak, the Gators came out misfiring in the first half, this time to an extreme. Florida made two shots in the first half and trailed 23-12 at the break. The Gators were 2-for-26 from the field (7.7%), 1-for-11 on 3-pointers and made 7 of 10 free throws.
Florida trailed by 13 in the first half against Georgia, by seven against LSU and by 11 against Missouri. The Gators won all three games.
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More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 | 2023-01-19T13:31:57+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/texas-am-holds-off-florida-rally-for-seventh-straight-win/ |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats celebrated winning what was billed as North Carolina's lone toss-up race for the U.S. House this month, as state Sen. Wiley Nickel’s narrow victory over Republican Bo Hines in the 13th Congressional District helped weaken any national GOP midterm wave.
Nickel's win creates a 7-7 split in the state’s delegation, marking the best showing for state Democrats after a decade of trailing the GOP in an otherwise closely divided state. Trial judges drew the latest district boundaries after redistricting litigation successfully blocked maps passed by the Republican-controlled legislature that could have whittled Democrats down to four seats.
“We’re a 50-50 state — we should have a 7-to-7 delegation," Nickel told The Associated Press this week during a break in his congressional orientation in Washington. "When we have fair maps, we get fair results that reflect the choice of the voters.”
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But there’s a good chance Nickel's Raleigh-area district and others will be dramatically altered for the 2024 elections, returning the advantage to Republicans.
A confluence of events opens the door for General Assembly Republicans to pass their preferred congressional map in 2023 and have it used the following year. A new GOP majority on the state Supreme Court likely will be more skeptical of legal challenges that allege excessive partisanship.
“Seven-seven does not reflect the will of the voters in North Carolina,” House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters the day after the election. “So it should be something different. I don’t know what that is. But at the end of the day ... let’s trust the voters of this state.”
Republicans hold eight of the state’s 13 U.S. House districts through the year’s end. Population growth gave North Carolina a 14th seat with the November election.
GOP legislators vehemently opposed a split opinion by the state Supreme Court last winter that struck down a more favorable map for their party by declaring the state constitution prohibited partisan gerrymandering of boundaries.
State law required the judge-drawn map be used only for this year's races. Republicans will continue to have majorities in the state House and Senate next year comfortable enough to pass their favored map. Redistricting plans are not subject to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto stamp.
Most importantly, Republicans will have a 5-2 majority on the Supreme Court come January with victories by Trey Allen and Richard Dietz for seats currently held by registered Democrats.
The current 4-3 Democratic majority ruled that congressional and legislative maps approved by the General Assembly in November 2021 unlawfully gave Republicans outsized favoritism compared with Democrats. The three Republican justices who dissented wrote that the constitution doesn't expressly bar or limit partisan advantage in mapmaking.
The arrival of two more GOP justices makes it more likely — but not assured — that the court would uphold a future congressional map by the legislature while rejecting last year’s landmark ruling that defined illegal partisan gerrymandering.
Senate leader Phil Berger said he expected the state would now move away from what he called the “judicial gerrymander” to “what would be, I think, a different drawing of the congressional maps.”
It’s too soon to say what the next congressional lines will look like. Plans approved by the legislature but never implemented would have positioned Republicans to win 10 of the state’s 14 congressional seats.
Michael Bitzer, a political science professor at Catawba College in Salisbury, said Nickel would be a likely target for Republican lawmakers to place in a more GOP-friendly district.
Democratic state Sen. Jeff Jackson, who won the newly created 14th District seat covering portions of Mecklenburg and Gaston counties, and 6th District Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning of Greensboro, who won her third term, are also vulnerable, Bitzer said.
It’s possible the state Supreme Court shift could be moot. Litigation involving the congressional map is before the U.S. Supreme Court and could result in state courts losing the ability to judge laws involving federal elections, including seat boundaries. Oral arguments are scheduled for next month in the case, in which lawyers for Berger and Moore argue the U.S. Constitution delegates “the Times, Places and Manner” of congressional elections solely to state legislatures.
“Even if they’re unsuccessful in the U.S. Supreme Court, they now have a state Supreme Court that is most likely to be deferential to whatever the legislature comes up with, excusing any precedent” reached by the state justices, Bitzer said.
An analysis by Bitzer of federal statewide contests in North Carolina since 2008 show Republican candidates winning nearly 51% of the cumulative votes compared with 47% for Democrats. But the idea that a political party should be assured of seats aligned with their percentage support at the ballot box over time was shunned by authors of the state Supreme Court’s prevailing and dissenting opinions last February.
Nickel said he’s not worrying himself about what a future map looks like.
“We’ve got a huge opportunity to make some real bipartisan accomplishments in the next Congress, so that’s really the focus,” Nickel said. “At some point, they will draw new maps, but I’m optimistic that when that happens, we’ll have a seat we can run in.”
Schoenbaum is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | 2022-11-19T20:52:56+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/nc-democrats-parity-in-congress-delegation-may-be-fleeting/article_073bd788-d0d9-5178-b3e7-344a63039fc4.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican senators were at odds Thursday over how to keep firearms from dangerous people as bargainers struggled to finalize details of a gun violence compromise in time for their self-imposed deadline of holding votes in Congress next week.
Lawmakers said they remained divided over how to define abusive dating partners who would be legally barred from purchasing firearms. Disagreements were also unresolved over proposals to send money to states that have “red flag” laws that let authorities temporarily confiscate guns from people deemed dangerous by courts, and to other states for their own violence prevention programs.
The election-year talks have seemed headed toward agreement, with both parties fearing punishment by voters if Congress doesn’t react to the carnage of last month’s mass shootings. A total of 31 people were slain at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. An outline of a deal has been endorsed by President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a lead GOP bargainer, seemed visibly unhappy as he left Thursday’s closed-door session after nearly two hours, saying he was flying home.
“This is the hardest part because at some point, you just got to make a decision. And when people don’t want to make a decision, you can’t accomplish the result. And that’s kind of where we are right now,” Cornyn said.
“I’m not frustrated, I’m done,” he added, though he said he was open to continued discussions.
Lawmakers have said a deal must be completed and written into legislative language by week’s end if Congress is to vote by next week. It begins a July 4 recess after that. Leaders want votes by then because Washington has a long record of talking about reacting to mass shootings, only to see lawmakers’ and voters’ interest fade quickly over time.
Other bargainers seemed more optimistic, saying much of the overall package has been agreed to and aides were drafting bill language.
“A deal like this is difficult,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said when the meeting ended. “It comes with a lot of emotions, it comes with political risk to both sides. But we’re close enough that we should be able to get there.”
The measure would impose just small-scale curbs on firearms. It lacks proposals by Biden and Democrats to prohibit assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in Buffalo and Uvalde, or to raise the legal age for purchasing assault rifles from 18 to 21.
Even so, it would be Congress’ most robust move against gun violence since 1993. A ban lawmakers enacted that year on assault weapons took effect in 1994 and expired after a decade. Scores of high-profile mass shootings since have yielded little from Washington but partisan deadlock, chiefly due to Republicans blocking virtually any new restrictions.
Federal law bars people convicted of domestic violence against a spouse from acquiring guns, but leaves a loophole for other romantic relationships. Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates firearms curbs, says 31 states bar convicted domestic abusers from buying firearms, including 19 that cover violent dating partners.
Senators have disagreed over how to define such relationships, with Republicans working against a broad provision. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, the other lead GOP negotiator, said bargainers would use some state statutes as their guide, though their laws vary.
“You need to make sure that you’re capturing everyone that actually beat” up their girlfriends, said Murphy, a Democrat.
In addition, 19 states and the District of Columbia have “red flag” laws. Cornyn and the other lead bargainer, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., represent states that do not, and it is unclear how money in the bill would be divided among them.
Senators have not said what the measure’s overall price tag will be, though people following the talks have said they expect it to range around $15 billion or $20 billion. Lawmakers are looking for budget cuts to pay for those costs.
Twenty senators, 10 from each party, agreed to the outlines of a compromise measure last weekend. Top bargainers have labored ever since to translate it into details.
The framework includes access to the juvenile records of gun buyers age 18 to 20. Both shooters in Buffalo and Uvalde were 18, and both used AR-15 style rifles, which can load high-capacity magazines.
The plan also includes added spending for mental health and school safety programs, tougher penalties for gun trafficking and requirements that slightly more gun dealers obtain federal firearms licenses. | 2022-06-17T18:36:07+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/politics/gop-dem-senate-bargainers-divided-over-gun-deal-details/ |
Lisa Loring, best known for her role as Wednesday on the first run of The Addams Family, died on Saturday, her agent confirmed to NPR.
Loring, 64, was a "loving Mother, Grandmother and friend" who passed away surrounded by her family, said Chris Carbaugh of C and V Promotions.
Author Laurie Jacobson, a personal friend of Loring's, said in a Facebook post that Loring first "suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure" last week and was on life support for three days.
"The legacy for her family and friends – a wealth of humor, affection and love – will long play in our memories," Jacobson wrote.
According to her IMBD page, Loring was born in the Marshall Islands to Navy personnel. Her parents quickly separated and her mother moved with her to Los Angeles, where Loring began a modeling career while just a toddler.
She solidified her place in the cultural canon while starring as the 6-year-old Wednesday in the original Addams Family series, which aired in 1964. While the show wasn't an immediate hit (it only lasted two seasons), decades of re-runs turned the eccentric family into a beloved American treasure.
Wednesday's gloomy enthusiasm for raising spiders and beheading dolls endeared her to fans who see themselves as social outsiders. Her dark braids and white-collared frock continue to inspire gothic fashion.
The character has been given fresh interpretations in a half dozen reprisal films and series, most recently the 2022 Netflix streaming series Wednesday, starring Jenny Ortega.
Ortega has cited Loring's performance as a key inspiration for the show, especially a delightfully droll dance scene that has since gone viral.
Thanks to Siouxsie Sioux, Bob Fosse’s Rich Man’s Frug, Lisa Loring, Lene Lovich, Denis Lavant, and archival footage of goths dancing in clubs in the 80’s. Helped me out on this one. https://t.co/zlxlv1JUW4
— Jenna Ortega (@jennaortega) November 25, 2022
After the first Addams Family ended, Loring appeared in various short-lived shows, including The Pruitts of Southhampton, Fantasy Island and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., as well as low-budget horror films such as Iced.
She secured a memorable recurring role in the early 1980s as the Cricket Montgomery on As the World Turns.
Loring semi-retired from acting in the mid-1990s following a friend's suicide and her own drug addictions, according to IMBD. In later years, she worked as a makeup artist.
Loring married three times and is survived by two daughters.
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(EDITOR’S NOTE — Orlando Magic rookie and No. 1 overall draft pick Paolo Banchero is doing a periodic diary with The Associated Press this season to chronicle his first year in the NBA. This is his third installment. The Magic had the worst record in he league through the first 25 games of his rookie campaign, then won 14 of their next 25 games. He’s averaging 20.5 points and 6.3 rebounds.)
Everything started to get better when we started to get healthy.
We were 5-20 in our first 25 games, then 14-11 in our next 25 games, and a lot of that was about health. Getting Markelle Fultz back was a huge help. And a lot of other guys have gotten healthier. But I think once we got some wins and saw how we were winning, we realized we could sustain it.
Obviously, you have to have a certain level of focus to do it. But we saw in our six-game winning streak, the teams we were beating and the way we were beating them, that it wasn’t a fluke. I think that just kind of motivated us and it still motivates us. We’ve got places we want to reach and we’ve got to stay focused. But it all changed when we got guys healthy, saw what we’re supposed to look like and how well we played together.
That just speaks to the guys that we have on this team and the confidence we have in each other — the confidence we have in ourselves as players. Markelle’s a No. 1 pick. He’s not scared of anything. He feels he’s the best at what he does. Franz Wagner is a star. I mean, look at the leap he’s taken in in his second year. In my opinion, he’s the best second-year player in the league. And I’m a No. 1 pick and I feel the same way about myself as those guys do. We’ve just got guys who aren’t scared of the moment, aren’t scared to be great.
We’ve almost matched last season’s win total already. I wasn’t here last year, but just talking to the guys who were, you see how much they appreciate where we’re at right now. When you really think about it, it’s crazy. It makes me want to be part of the change around here even more. It’s exciting and it’s motivating. It makes you want more. And winning makes you want more winning.
The Orlando Magic, around the league, we’ve kind of been not taken seriously. We’ve been looked at as a franchise that’s struggling. So, we just continue to earn the respect. We’re going to have to go out and take it. Teams aren’t just going to give it to us. It’s fun, though. I like winning games and like seeing the look on other people’s faces, you know, you can tell they’re kind of sick when they lose to us. But it’s lovely. I like it.
We got another big boost when Jonathan Isaac came back. I was in high school when he hurt his knee, my junior year. Which is crazy. We’ve all seen the work he was putting in at the AdventHealth Training Center every day, trying to get back out there after 2-1/2 years. And when he got to play finally, it did a lot for me and the rest of the guys. Most of us had never played with him. Just seeing him get out there was crazy, just really encouraging. When someone’s out that long, it’s hard to comprehend them even coming back on the court. To see him actually get out there and be comfortable, making plays, making shots, getting steals, it made me super excited. It was great. It was a special moment to be a part of, and then him hitting his first shot, it was impressive.
I got to catch up recently with my college coach Mike Krzyzewski on his radio show. Coach K, he was in the spotlight for 40 years, so he’s enjoying retirement, enjoying spending time around his family, watching everything from afar. I hadn’t talked to him in probably like two months. I didn’t expect to get the invite to his show so soon, but I definitely wasn’t going to say no. That’s my guy. I love him. It was great. He checks in with his NBA guys here and there, lets you know he’s watching. He’s always watching. I know that. But he gives you space.
So now we’re in the second half of the season. We’re going to play some meaningful games. We’re playing well right now. We’re in the mix for the play-in. But we’re not getting caught up in that, not looking too far ahead, just taking it game by game and having laser focus for each game. We’ve learned that when we do that, we tend to win.
We’re not there yet, but we’re trying to get there. We’re getting there.
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Packer girls clip Winhawks
Published 9:37 pm Tuesday, January 10, 2023
The Austin girls basketball team topped Winona (2-8 overall) 53-44 in Winona Tuesday.
Olivia Walsh, Cassidy Shute and Ajiem Agwa all scored 16 for the Packers (8-2 overall).
Austin scoring: Olivia Walsh, 16; Cassidy Shute, 16; Ajiem Agwa, 16; Quinn Osgood, 3; Marissa Shute, 2 | 2023-01-11T06:07:06+00:00 | austindailyherald.com | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2023/01/packer-girls-clip-winhawks/ |
Jefferson Co. pastor arrested, facing sex crime charges in Blount Co.
Published: Oct. 20, 2022 at 9:43 PM CDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - A pastor in Jefferson County has been arrested by authorities in Blount County on a sex crime charge involving a minor.
64-year-old Kenneth Daniel, pastor at the First Baptist Church of Chalkville, is accused of soliciting sexual conduct with a child, according to court records.
Daniel is accused of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl at his house, at a pool party, and at his church.
Daniel was arrested and booked into the Blount County Jail late Wednesday night.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund ("TI+," tickers: TIPRX, TIPPX, TIPWX, TIPLX, TIPMX) has paid a fourth quarter distribution of $0.4751 per share, or 1.31% for the quarter, based on the share price of $36.20 (A-shares) for shareholders of record as of December 20, 2022. This distribution amount represents an annualized rate of 5.25%* based on the current share price, marking the Fund's 40th consecutive quarterly distribution. Since inception in 2012 at $25.00 per share, TIPRX has paid nearly $15.00 per share in total distributions to its shareholders. In addition to these quarterly distributions, TIPRX NAV has grown nearly 45% from $25 to $36.20 per share (as of 12.20.2022) and has generated an 8.92% annualized return since inception.
"As we have seen in 2022, it's critical for investors to be able to generate attractive income with minimal drawdowns (price declines) as seen in once safely perceived investment-grade bond indices which have dropped nearly 20% at their trough. TI+, however, has continued to provide a consistent 5.25% annual distribution rate* (approximately 63% has been tax deferred since inception) and has generated over 350 basis points (3.50%) of annual appreciation over and above the distributions since inception, with minimal drawdown this year," said Jeffrey Schwaber, CEO of Bluerock Capital Markets. "Additionally, while the leading stock and bond indexes have dropped 19% and 12% respectively, TI+ is up over 11% year to date," added Schwaber. (YTD 2022 through 12.20.22, TIPRX, no load S&P 500, Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index)1
Since inception, TI+ has delivered on its stated objectives, including generating current income and capital appreciation as well as maintaining low correlation and low volatility relative to the broader markets.
Net assets under management for TI+ are approximately $7.2 billion as of December 21, 2022. TI+ currently maintains positions in 32 private equity and 3 private debt real estate investments, with underlying assets valued at approximately $383 billion (holdings are subject to change at any time and should not be considered investment advice).2
TI+ A Share Fund Net Performance
The performance data quoted here represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted above. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information current to the most recent month end, please call toll-free 1-888-459-1059. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The total annual fund operating expense ratio, gross of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements, is 2.09% for Class A, 2.81% for Class C, 1.83% for Class I, 2.32% for Class L, and 2.58% for Class M. The Fund's investment advisor has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or absorb expenses of the fund, at least until January 31, 2023 for Class A, C, I, L and M shares, to ensure that the net annual fund operating expenses will not exceed 1.95% for Class A, 2.70% for Class C and 1.70% for Class I, 2.20% for Class L and 2.45% for Class M, per annum of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Class A, Class C, Class I, Class L, and Class M shares, respectively, subject to possible recoupment from the Fund in future years. Please review the Fund's Prospectus for more detail on the expense waiver. A fund's performance, especially for very short periods of time, should not be the sole factor in making your investment decisions. Fund performance and distributions are presented net of fees.
About Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund
The Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund offers individual investors access to a portfolio of institutional real estate securities managed by top-ranked fund managers. The Fund seeks to provide a comprehensive real estate holding designed to provide a combination of current income, capital preservation, long-term capital appreciation and enhanced portfolio diversification with low to moderate volatility and low correlation to the broader equity and fixed income markets. The Fund utilizes an exclusive partnership with Mercer Investment Management, Inc., the world's leading advisor to endowments, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices globally, with over 3,300 clients worldwide, and over $16.8 trillion in assets under advisement.
The Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund is a closed-end interval fund that invests the majority of its assets in institutional private equity real estate securities that are generally available only to institutional investors capable of meeting the multi-million dollar minimum investment criteria. As of Q3 2022, the value of the underlying real estate held by the securities in which the Fund is invested is approximately $383 billion, including investments managed by Ares, Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Principal, Prudential, Clarion Partners, Invesco and RREEF, among others. The minimum investment in the Fund is $2,500 ($1,000 for retirement plans) for Class A, C, and L shares.
For copies of TI+ public company filings, please visit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov or the Company's website at www.bluerockfunds.com.
Investing in the Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund involves risks, including the loss of principal. The Fund intends to make investments in multiple real estate securities that may subject the Fund to additional fees and expenses, including management and performance fees, which could negatively affect returns and could expose the Fund to additional risk, including lack of control, as further described in the prospectus.
* The Fund's distribution policy is to make quarterly distributions to shareholders. The level of quarterly distributions (including any return of capital) is not fixed and this distribution policy is subject to change. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. All or a portion of the distributions consist of a return of capital based on the character of the distributions received from the underlying holdings, primarily Real Estate Investment Trusts. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions will be made after the end of each year. Shareholders should note that return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares. There is no assurance that the Company will continue to declare distributions or that they will continue at these rates. There can be no assurance that any investment will be effective in achieving the Fund's investment objectives, delivering positive returns or avoiding losses.
Limited liquidity is provided to shareholders only through the Fund's quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund's shares outstanding at net asset value. There is no guarantee that shareholders will be able to sell all of the shares they desire in a quarterly repurchase offer. Quarterly repurchases by the Fund of its shares typically will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. The sale of securities to fund repurchases could reduce the market price of those securities, which in turn would reduce the Fund's net asset value.
Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund. This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus, which can be obtained online at bluerockfunds.com. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
The Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund is distributed by ALPS Distributors, Inc (ALPS). Bluerock Fund Advisor, LLC is not affiliated with ALPS.
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A mass shooting at a block party early Sunday morning rocked Baltimore over the weekend. A total of 30 people were shot; two of them died and 28 were wounded.
More than a dozen victims were minors, and most of the rest were young adults. It was the worst mass shooting in Baltimore since the riots of the Civil War.
What happened at Brooklyn Homes isn't new to Baltimore, or to Washington, D.C. up the road, or to the U.S. as a whole. And the effects of the shooting — on victims, on witnesses and on the whole community — will likely reverberate for years. But it is still striking how quickly a sense of normalcy returned.
When Scripps News' Del Walters visited the community on Monday, it was strangely quiet. There were no conversations about solutions, or about mental health concerns, or about the origins of the guns that were used in the shooting.
SEE MORE: Victims in Baltimore block party shooting include over a dozen minors
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-07-04T00:32:03+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/in-baltimore-the-scene-of-a-mass-shooting-is-strangely-quiet |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) ("Trulieve" or "the Company"), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the U.S., will hold a conference call on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 8:30 AM Eastern Time following the release of its first quarter 2023 financial results.
Chairman, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer Kim Rivers, Chief Financial Officer Alex D'Amico, and President Steve White will participate on the call to review Trulieve's financial and operating results.
Interested parties can join the conference call by dialing in as directed below. Please dial in 15 minutes prior to the call.
A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available at:
https://app.webinar.net/bR5Wgq9gJLx
An archived replay of the webcast will be available at:
https://investors.trulieve.com/events
About Trulieve
Trulieve is an industry leading, vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator in the U.S., with established hubs in the Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest, anchored by leading market positions in Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Trulieve is poised for accelerated growth and expansion, building scale in retail and distribution in new and existing markets through its hub strategy. By providing innovative, high-quality products across its brand portfolio, Trulieve delivers optimal customer experiences and increases access to cannabis, helping patients and customers to live without limits. Trulieve is listed on the CSE under the symbol TRUL and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol TCNNF. For more information, please visit Trulieve.com.
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Porsche is offering buyers of the 2023 911 Dakar the chance to dress up their rugged sports cars in one of a handful of liveries inspired by designs used on Porsche rally cars that competed in events like the East African Safari Rally and Dakar Rally in the 1970s and 1980s.
One of these is the Rallye Design Package, which features the popular Rothmans livery worn by the 911-based 953 rally cars that were successful in the Dakar Rally in the 1980s. The Rothmans livery was shown on a 911 Dakar during the car’s world debut last November at the 2022 Los Angeles auto show, though it says “Roughroads” instead of the cigarette brand Rothmans. It costs $28,470 on top of the Dakar’s $223,450 base price. The steep cost is partially due to the elaborate paint process the livery’s application requires.
However, Porsche on Tuesday showed off three other liveries that are available as wraps, and as a result cost a fraction of what the Roughroads livery costs. These three reprise the look of Porsche’s entrants in the 1971, 1974, and 1978 East African Safari Rallies.
The Rallye 1971 wrap mimics the look of a 911 S that finished fifth in the 1971 rally, thanks to the efforts of SobiesÅaw Zasada and Marian BieÅ. The wrap, which features simple black circles containing the racing number 19, plus a black hood, costs 4,165 euros (approximately $4,470).
The Rallye 1974 wrap features a design inspired by the 911 Carrera 2.7 RS entered in the 1974 rally, with Swedish rally champion Björn Waldegård behind the wheel, together with co-driver Hans Thorszelius. Though they led much of the race, a damaged wishbone late in the event caused them to finish second overall. The wrap inspired by their car also features the racing number 19, plus blue and black stripes. It also costs 4,165 euros.
The final Rallye 1978 wrap features a design inspired by another car fielded by Waldegård in the East African Safari Rally, this time a 911 SC Group 4 rally car built for the 1978 event. He once again suffered damage to his car and ended the event in fourth place. His car featured the famous colors of sponsor Martini, though again, the Martini name is not used on the wrap. Adding this wrap will cost 5,950 euros ($6,385).
The wraps are available via the Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur personalization department. The Rallye 1971 and Rallye 1974 wraps can also be ordered post sale via Porsche Tequipment at Porsche Centers.
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LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has arrived at a London court ahead of his testimony against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping.
The prince arrived at the High Court in a black SUV.
Harry has made a mission of holding the U.K. press to account for what he sees as its hounding of him and his family.
This is the first of several lawsuits to go to trial. He accuses the publisher of the Daily Mirror of using unlawful techniques on an “industrial scale” to get scoops.
The 38-year-old son of King Charles III will be the first British royal since the 19th century to enter a courtroom witness box. He will face cross-examination by a lawyer for the defendant, Mirror Group Newspapers. | 2023-06-07T00:56:19+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/entertainment-news/prince-harry-arrives-at-high-court-for-testimony-in-phone-backing-case/ |
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MADRID (AP) — An explosion hit a biodiesel production plant in northern Spain on Thursday, killing two people and forcing the evacuation of 250 children who had been on a field trip nearby, police said Thursday.
Police video of the explosion showed flames engulfing the plant in the northern region of La Rioja, sending large plumes of black smoke into the sky. The two people killed were both workers at the plant, said police.
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Rutgers is going to the NCAA Tournament this March.
What was a preseason goal is a foregone conclusion at the midpoint of January. A scorching start to the season has the No. 23 Scarlet Knights (13-5, 5-2) dreaming of bigger heights — a Big Ten regular season title, a deep run in March Madness — at a point where they are usually battling for a bid.
Rutgers entered Wednesday slotted at 18th in the NCAA’s all-important NET rankings, owning three Quad 1 wins and zero Quad 4 losses. Standing at 15 in KenPom’s efficiency rankings and 10th in Bart Torvik’s rankings, the Scarlet Knights’ current résumé and expected performance the remainder of the season gives them a 99.5% chance of landing an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, according to Torvik’s computer projections.
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The human side of the bracketology field agrees, with all but one of the 75 brackets tracked by BracketMatrix putting Rutgers in the field of 68 in their latest projections.
As for where the Scarlet Knights would land in the field if it was announced today, they are on pace to surpass the program record for highest seed (No. 6) at an NCAA Tournament.
Here is what bracketologists are saying about Rutgers’ position at the midpoint of the season:
- Torvik’s projections — based on 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season — give the Scarlet Knights an average seed of 4.3, so in the 4-5 range.
- BracketMatrix’ calculated Rutgers’ average seed across the 75 bracketology projections it tracks to a 5.8 seed, somewhere between a 5-6 seed.
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- ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has Rutgers as a No. 5 seed in the midwest regional, where it would face No. 12 seed Oklahoma or New Mexico in Orlando, Florida, in the first round.
- CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm has Rutgers as a 5-seed in the midwest regional, where it would meet No. 12 seed Dayton in Albany, New York, in the first round.
- Facts and Bracks’ Brad Wachtel has Rutgers as a 5-seed in the east regional, where it would face No. 12 seed Kent State in the first round. This scenario would create an interesting opportunity for the Scarlet Knights should they advance to the second weekend, given that the Sweet Sixteen/Elite Eight of the east regional will be played at Madison Square Garden.
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(The Conversation) – When Politico published Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would undo Roe v. Wade, a number of commentators observed how hard it would be for women in states that had made abortion illegal to safely travel to abortion clinics elsewhere. Their phones’ location histories would give them away, or maybe their search histories would. Even their texts might do so.
If people want to travel incognito to an abortion clinic, according to well-meaning advice, they need to plan their trip the way a CIA operative might – and get a burner phone. As a cybersecurity and privacy researcher, I know that wouldn’t be good enough to guarantee privacy.
Using a maps app to plan a route, sending terms to a search engine and chatting online are ways that people actively share their personal data. But mobile devices share far more data than just what their users say or type. They share information with the network about whom people contacted, when they did so, how long the communication lasted and what type of device was used. The devices must do so in order to connect a phone call or send an email.
Who’s talking to whom
When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden disclosed that the National Security Agency was collecting Americans’ telephone call metadata – the Call Detail Records – in bulk in order to track terrorists, there was a great deal of public consternation. The public was rightly concerned about loss of privacy.
Researchers at Stanford later showed that call detail records plus publicly available information could reveal sensitive information, such as whether someone had a heart problem and their arrhythmia monitoring device was malfunctioning or whether they were considering opening a marijuana dispensary. Often you don’t have to listen in to know what someone is thinking or planning. Call detail records – who called whom and when – can give it all away.
The transmission information in internet-based communications – IP-packet headers – can reveal even more than call detail records do. When you make an encrypted voice call over the internet – a Voice over IP call – the contents may be encrypted but information in the packet header can nonetheless sometimes divulge some of the words you’re speaking.
A pocket full of sensors
That’s not the only information given away by your communications device. Smartphones are computers, and they have many sensors. For your phone to properly display information, it has a gyroscope and an accelerometer; to preserve battery life, it has a power sensor; to provide directions, a magnetometer.
Just as communications metadata can be used to track what you’re doing, these sensors can be used for other purposes. You might shut off GPS to prevent apps from tracking your location, but data from a phone’s gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer can also track where you’re going.What the sensors in your phone do and how they add up to a lot of data about you.
This sensor data could be attractive to businesses. For example, Facebook has a patent that relies on the different wireless networks near a user to determine when two people might have been close together frequently – at a conference, riding a commuter bus – as a basis for providing an introduction. Creepy? You bet. As someone who rode the New York City subways as a young girl, the last thing I want is my phone introducing me to someone who has repeatedly stood too close to me in a subway car.
Uber knows that people really want a ride when their battery power is low. Is the company checking for that data and charging more? Uber claims not, but the possibility is there.
And it’s not just apps that get access to this data trove. Data brokers get this information from the apps, then compile it with other data and provide it to companies and governments to use for their own purposes. Doing so can circumvent legal protections that require law enforcement to go to court before they obtain this information.
Beyond consent
There’s not a whole lot users can do to protect themselves. Communications metadata and device telemetry – information from the phone sensors – are used to send, deliver and display content. Not including them is usually not possible. And unlike the search terms or map locations you consciously provide, metadata and telemetry are sent without you even seeing it.
Providing consent isn’t plausible. There’s too much of this data, and it’s too complicated to decide each case. Each application you use – video, chat, web surfing, email – uses metadata and telemetry differently. Providing truly informed consent that you know what information you’re providing and for what use is effectively impossible.
If you use your mobile phone for anything other than a paperweight, your visit to the cannabis dispensary and your personality – how extroverted you are or whether you’re likely to be on the outs with family since the 2016 election – can be learned from metadata and telemetry and shared.
That’s true even for a burner phone bought with cash, at least if you plan on turning the phone on. Do so while carrying your regular phone and you’ll have given away that the two phones are associated – and perhaps even that they belong to you. As few as four location points can identify a user, another way your burner phone can reveal your identity. If you’re driving with someone else, they’d have to be equally careful or their phone would identify them – and you. Metadata and telemetry information reveals a remarkable amount about you. But you don’t get to decide who gets that data, or what they do with it.
The reality of technological life
There are constitutional guarantees to anonymity. For example, the Supreme Court held that the right to associate, guaranteed by the First Amendment, is the right to associate privately, without providing membership lists to the state. But with smartphones, that’s a right that’s effectively impractical to exercise. Unless you’re working in remote parts of the nation, it’s nearly impossible to function without a mobile phone. Paper maps and public payphones have virtually disappeared. If you want to do anything – travel from here to there, make an appointment, order takeout or check the weather – you all but need a smartphone to do so.
It’s not just people who might be seeking abortions whose privacy is at risk from this data that phones shed. It could be your kid applying for a job: For instance, the company could check location data to see if they are participating in political protests. Or it could be you, when the gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer data gives away that you and your co-worker went to the same hotel room at night.
There’s a way to solve this chilling scenario, and that’s for laws or regulations to require that the data you provide to send and receive communications – TikTok, SnapChat, YouTube – is used just for that, and nothing else. That helps the people going for abortions – and all the rest of us as well. | 2022-05-28T14:49:21+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/impending-demise-of-roe-v-wade-puts-a-spotlight-on-a-major-privacy-risk-your-phone-reveals-more-about-you-than-you-think/ |
SECAUCUS, N.J., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced today that Sam Samad will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Mark Guinan, who, in February, following eight and a half years in the role, announced his intention to retire. To provide a smooth transition, Mr. Guinan will remain at Quest through the report of second quarter financial results. Mr. Samad will join Quest Diagnostics on July 11, 2022.
Mr. Samad, 52, joins Quest Diagnostics from Illumina, Inc., where he has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2017. At Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, he has responsibility for the company's finance, accounting, investor relations, internal audit, and treasury functions.
Before joining Illumina, Mr. Samad held several senior leadership positions at Cardinal Health, including SVP and Corporate Treasurer. During his tenure as Treasurer, he also had operational and financial responsibility for Cardinal Health's China business. He previously served as SVP and CFO for Cardinal Health's $85 billion pharmaceutical segment, among other leadership roles. Prior to Cardinal Health, he spent 13 years at Eli Lilly and Company in a variety of sales and finance roles, both domestically and internationally, including as CFO of the company's Canada affiliate. Mr. Samad holds a BBA degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and an MBA from McMaster University in Canada.
Jim Davis, Quest Diagnostics CEO-elect, said, "Sam Samad is an excellent addition to the Quest senior leadership team, bringing extensive financial, operations and industry experience through his role as CFO of Illumina and time in senior positions at other major healthcare companies. I look forward to partnering with Sam closely as our team executes on our two-point business strategy to accelerate growth and drive operational excellence."
"I am excited to join the Quest Diagnostics team and look forward to leveraging my financial and operational experience to help Quest grow and thrive in a post-pandemic world," said Mr. Samad.
"Sam Samad is an exceptional talent, and he will be a key member of the Quest team as the company continues to grow and serve a range of stakeholders – including patients, physicians, hospitals, employees, and shareholders," said Steve Rusckowski, Chairman, CEO and President, who has announced he will transition his CEO and President roles to Mr. Davis on November 1, 2022.
About Quest Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors, and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our nearly 50,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. www.QuestDiagnostics.com
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FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OtterBox has cases that are built to move and groove with the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4 devices. OtterBox cases offer protection from everyday drops and bumps to keep new devices looking good.
"Protective OtterBox cases are designed to meet the demand of safeguarding new devices and accommodating groundbreaking features," said OtterBox CEO Jim Parke. "With the innovative design of new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4, we've created a design that highlight the products ability to open and close while maintaining the same level of protection you have come to expect and love from OtterBox."
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The Treasury Department said Friday that it will begin taking “extraordinary measures” next week to prevent the U.S. government from breaching the debt ceiling and triggering a default, as lawmakers in Washington prepare for a potentially devastating fiscal showdown as soon as this summer.
The emergency moves would give Democrats and Republicans until at least early June to adopt a law that would raise or suspend the country’s borrowing cap past its current level of $31.4 trillion. Already, that debate has provoked intense political warfare, as House Republicans threaten to use the critical fiscal deadline as leverage to extract spending cuts from the Biden administration.
Yellen, though, could not provide a precise date at which the government would run out of the room provided by the emergency maneuvers, as she used her letter on Friday to highlight the vast consequences of congressional inaction.
“The use of extraordinary measures enables the government to meet its obligations for only a limited amount of time,” Yellen told lawmakers. “It is therefore critical that Congress act in a timely manner to increase or suspend the debt limit. Failure to meet the government’s obligations would cause irreparable harm to the U.S. economy, the livelihoods of all Americans, and global financial stability.”
The United States has never defaulted on its debt in its history, and economists warn that doing so could trigger a panic on Wall Street and lead to millions of job losses. Many leading Republican lawmakers are demanding that their new House majority use the debt limit as leverage to force the Biden administration to accept sweeping spending cuts that Democrats oppose, creating an impasse with no clear resolution at hand.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he hoped to “sit down with [Biden] early” to work through a number of outstanding fiscal issues, potentially including the looming need to raise the debt ceiling. In doing so, McCarthy reaffirmed Republicans’ interest in seeking an agreement that could cap spending in exchange for votes to address the country’s borrowing cap.
“We've got to change the way we're spending money wastefully in this country,” he said.
Liberals have slammed the GOP for even considering using the debt limit to force spending cuts.
“They have the tiniest majority of one house, and they are prepared to use it to get concessions they know are incredibly unpopular,” said Dean Baker, a White House ally and economist co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. “It would be a terrorist attack on the economy.”
Of the extraordinary measures typically invoked by Treasury, the biggest consists of not reinvesting government funds in a retirement program for federal employees and military personnel. Treasury has repeatedly done this measure during prior standoffs, and it makes the fund whole after the impasse has been resolved.
“When the extraordinary measures are implemented, it signifies we are up against the debt limit and the clock is ticking,” said Shai Akabas, director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank. | 2023-01-13T18:15:50+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/01/13/debt-limit-extraordinary-measures-treasury/ |
DALLAS, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sport Fishing Championship (SFC), the governing body of saltwater tournament fishing, announced today the opening of the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic. The tournament will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network.
Three teams to watch coming out of Gulf Coast Masters are Team Quantified, Team Rebecca, and Team Quicktime. The three teams together had 68% of all fish caught with 35 out of 51 billfish released during Gulf Coast Masters with Team Quantified releasing 16 sailfish and four white marlin; Team Rebecca released 10 sailfish and six white marlin and Team Quicktime released nine sailfish. Team All In has been consistent throughout the Gulf circuit and are currently sitting in first place with 8500 points. They need a strong finish to keep things going, but are the team everyone is currently chasing.
The Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic is the biggest tournament of the SFC Gulf Circuit. With a purse of $1.8 million dollars, a fleet of over 80 of the best sportfishing anglers in all of the Gulf of Mexico are all stationed in one marina. This year's Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic marks the 21st anniversary of the event in Sandestin, Florida. Competition began on June 22, with boats heading out from Baytowne Marina at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Competitors will spend three days in the Gulf of Mexico fishing day and night, returning on Saturday afternoon, with awards to be held at an event at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 25.
Fans can watch exclusive coverage of all the action at 3 p.m. on YouTube and 4 p.m. on the CBS Sports Network on Friday and 12 and 10 p.m. on the CBS Sports Network and at 3 p.m. on YouTube on Saturday.
SFC tournament points accrue based on a team's placement in the final tournament standings, with the first-place team earning 3,500 points, the second-place team 3,000 points, and so forth. Placements in the tournament standings are determined from tournament-only points based on species of fish caught and released, with the highest consideration given to blue marlin, then white marlin and spearfish, and finally sailfish and swordfish.
The season schedule next brings anglers to Cape May, New Jersey, for the South Jersey Yacht Sales Offshore Showdown from July 6 to July 8. Events thereafter include: the Oak Bluffs Bluewater Classic in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, July 12-15; the Tri-State Canyon Shootout in Block Island, Rhode Island, July 24-27; the Texas International Fishing Tournament in South Padre Island, Texas, August 4-6; the White Marlin Open in Ocean City, Maryland, August 7-11 and conclude with the San Juan International Billfish Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 23-25.
To learn more about the Sport Fishing Championship Season, visit sportfishingchampionship.com.
About Sport Fishing Championship
SFC is the governing body of saltwater tournament fishing with SFC being the largest owner and media rights holder of saltwater fishing tournaments in the industry, available to watch on every major cable and OTT platform on CBS Sports Network and YouTube. In April 2023 SFC launched The Catch, an offshore fishing competition that paired current NFL greats with SFC star anglers. The two-hour live event aired on CBS and Paramount+.
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Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to party cups.
But many are getting backlash on social media for what critics say undermines the day, designated as a federal holiday last year to honor the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. A search for Juneteenth items among online sellers like Amazon and J.C. Penney produced everything from toothpicks with pan-African flags to party plates and balloons.
Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, apologized last month after getting slammed for a Juneteenth ice cream flavor — swirled red velvet and cheesecake — under its store label Great Value. Walmart said it’s reviewing its product assortment and will remove items “as appropriate.” As of Friday, Walmart’s site was still offering lots of T-shirts and party plates.
Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Children’s Museum removed a Juneteenth watermelon salad from its menu and issued a mea culpa earlier this week. In a statement posted on its Facebook page, the museum blamed a lapse in vendor oversight, noting the label and salad were not reviewed by museum staff.
“We are an imperfect institution, but we are committed to improvement and will work tirelessly to regain your trust,” the museum wrote on its Facebook page.
The backlash comes as companies promised after the police killing of George Floyd in May of 2020 to no longer stay silent and vowed to take an active role in confronting and educating customers and employees on systemic racism. According to the preliminary results of a survey by Mercer of 200 employers, 33% are offering Juneteenth as a paid holiday to their staff. That’s up from 9% last year in a survey of more than 400 companies conducted shortly before Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday.
At the same time, many have cashed in on a holiday that Black Americans have observed since June 19, 1865, when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger proclaimed freedom for enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, in alignment with President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
Many experts believe that if retailers and other marketers plan to recognize the day, they should either sell merchandise from Black-owned businesses or invest in campaigns that would help Black communities. Amazon. for instance, does have a Black-owned business storefront that’s live all year-round for customers who want to support and shop Black-owned businesses selling on the site.
“This is a serious and reflective moment — I am excited and grateful for the recognition,” said Ramon Manning, chairman of the board at Emancipation Park Conservancy, a nonprofit organization aimed to restore the park, which was purchased in 1872 by a group of former enslaved people to commemorate the anniversary of their emancipation.
“However, I feel like it is also brought back everybody else out of the woodwork who are opportunists more so than folks who are looking at the history of this country and looking at where a group of people have come from,” he added. | 2022-06-18T20:46:21+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/06/18/t-shirts-ice-cream-retailers-cash-in-on-juneteenth/ |
BERWYN, Pa., Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the appointment of Gene Hahnenberg as Vice President, Strategic Procurement. Mr. Hahnenberg joins AMETEK after a successful 10-year career with Trane Technologies (formerly Ingersoll Rand) where he was most recently Vice President of Direct Materials Procurement.
"I am pleased to welcome Gene to AMETEK," commented David A. Zapico, AMETEK Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Gene's extensive supply chain and procurement experience make him well suited for this important role. We look forward to Gene's leadership of our global strategic procurement initiatives."
Previously, Mr. Hahnenberg also held a number of roles of increasing responsibility at Trane Technologies, including Vice President of Procurement for Trane's North America and EMEA Transport Businesses. Prior to Trane, Gene spent nine years with Whirlpool Corporation, culminating in the role of Director, Global Sourcing for electro-mechanical devices and wire harnesses.
Mr. Hahnenberg holds a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction Management from Michigan State University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University.
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AMETEK is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with 2021 sales of $5.5 billion. The AMETEK Growth Model integrates the Four Growth Strategies - Operational Excellence, New Product Development, Global and Market Expansion, and Strategic Acquisitions - with a disciplined focus on cash generation and capital deployment. AMETEK's objective is double-digit percentage growth in earnings per share over the business cycle and a superior return on total capital. The common stock of AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500.
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ROME (AP) — Italy’s Parliament is poised to open a bicameral commission of inquiry into the disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee, the third new investigation launched in the four decades since Emanuela Orlandi vanished on the streets of Rome.
The Senate’s Constitutional Affairs Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved setting up the inquest, and full Senate approval is now expected. The Chamber of Deputies, the Italian Parliament’s lower house, gave it’s go ahead earlier.
Separately, Vatican and Rome prosecutors both recently reopened their investigations in the case.
Orlandi vanished 40 years ago last week, on June 22, 1983, after leaving her family’s Vatican City apartment to go to a music lesson in Rome. Her father was a lay employee of the Holy See. Theories over the years have linked her disappearance at age 15 to everything from the plot to kill St. John Paul II, a financial scandal involving the Vatican bank and Rome’s criminal underworld
The family and their supporters marked the anniversary with a protest and a march to St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, calling for the truth about what happened to Orlandi to finally emerge. Pope Francis observed the passage of time during his Sunday noon blessing., issuing a rare papal acknowledgment of the family’s enduring pain.
“These days mark the 40th anniversary of the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi,” Francis said from his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square to Orlandi’s supporters below. “I wish on this occasion to express once again my closeness to the family, especially to the mother, and to assure them of my prayers”.
The lawyer for the Orlandi family, Laura Sgro, applauded Tuesday’s Senate committee action as a good sign and called for speedy approval by the full Senate.
“The search for truth and justice belongs to all people of good will, and today the Senate showed it wants clarity and transparency on the Emanuela case,” she said.
Sgro earlier praised Francis’ decision to speak publicly about the case and to express his solidarity with the family.
“A taboo has fallen,” she said. “It wasn’t a given, and we are grateful to Pope Francis for this gesture.”
Popular interest in the case was renewed last year with the four-part Netflix documentary “Vatican Girl,” which explored the various scenarios suspected in Orlandi’s disappearance. The documentary included new testimony from a friend who said Orlandi told her a week before she vanished that a high-ranking Vatican cleric had made sexual advances toward her.
After the documentary aired and with the 40th anniversary of her disappearance nearing, Orlandi’s family, with backing from some Italian lawmakers, pressed for a parliamentary commission of inquiry.
The Vatican prosecutor recently revealed that he had uncovered while delving into the cold case files new leads “worthy of further investigation.” The prosecutor urged the lawmakers to butt out and let law enforcement do its work, but both houses of Parliament nevertheless pressed ahead with their own inquest.
The parliamentary inquiry will look into the disappearances of other young women around the same time as Orlandi went missing. The Italian Constitution allows lawmakers and senators to conduct investigations “on matters of public interest.”
They used such inquests in the past to dig deeply into unresolved Mafia crimes and terrorist attacks, The inquiries are not meant to replace police investigations, but participating members of the Italian Parliament have the same powers and restrictions as members of law enforcement. | 2023-06-27T23:32:51+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/parliamentary-inquest-into-vatican-girl-mystery-moves-forward-as-pope-acknowledges-familys-pain/ |
EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) - When you combine live music with summer, food, friends, the rivers, some bridges, and Phoenix Park, good times are bound to happen.
Volume One's Sounds Like Summer concert series is returning beginning June 2. The weekly outdoor concert series is held Thursdays From June through August in the labyrinth of Phoenix Park.
It is the 16th season of Sounds Like Summer. Bands include The Driftless Revelers, The Nunnery, Nick Anderson & the Skinny Lovers, among more than a dozen others. | 2022-05-20T03:37:51+00:00 | wqow.com | https://www.wqow.com/eye_on_eau_claire/lineup-announced-for-16th-annual-sounds-like-summer-concert-series/article_9cab4ef2-d7b5-11ec-b7a4-c3fd71a587fc.html |
Two years after former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false.
On Thursday, the voting machine company Dominion filed court papers documenting that numerous Fox News personalities knew there was no evidence to support the claims peddled by Trump’s allies, but aired them anyway on the nation’s most-watched cable network. The same day, a special grand jury in Atlanta concluded there was no evidence of the fraud that Trump alleged cost him Georgia during the 2020 election.
In December, the congressional Jan. 6 committee disclosed that Trump’s top advisers and even family members repeatedly warned him that the allegations he was making about fraud costing him reelection were false — only to have the president continue making those claims, anyway.
The latest revelations are not just historical curiosities. They add to the wealth of evidence that there was no widespread fraud during the 2020 presidential election and that even some of Trump’s most prominent supporters were aware of that fact at the time.
Trump has announced he’s running for president again in 2024 and continues to repeat the lie that he lost in 2020 only because of fraud and irregularities.
“It demonstrates a profound cynicism about the political process and the gullibility of Trump’s supporters,” said Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who has followed the election falsehoods closely since 2020.
“It’s really playing with fire,” Hasen said. “It’s one thing to make extravagant and unsupported statements about someone’s position on taxes or immigration.” But doing the same about the actual process of voting and counting ballots is different, he said: “Lies about elections are much more dangerous than lies about actual policy.”
From the beginning, it was clear that Trump’s assertions of widespread fraud were false.
Trump’s own attorney general told him there was no evidence of significant wrongdoing related to the election. He and his supporters filed dozens of lawsuits and lost all but one of them — a bid to reduce the time voters had to correct errors on Pennsylvania mail ballots.
Trump claimed that fraud cost him wins in key swing states that determined the White House — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But, repeatedly, reviews of the vote tallies or Republican-controlled investigations in those states turned up no evidence that had happened.
In Michigan, an investigation by the GOP-controlled state Senate found no widespread fraud and debunked several false claims of irregularities from Trump allies. In Nevada, the Republican secretary of state said there was no evidence of significant errors in the election. In Wisconsin, an audit from the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau — which reports to the Republican-controlled Legislature — found the election there was “safe and secure.”
In Georgia, where Trump’s efforts to overturn the results is being investigated, the 2020 ballots were counted three times — each tally confirming Biden’s win. That included a hand recount of the 5 million ballots cast in the presidential race.
In Arizona, a months-long, error-riddled review of ballots in the state’s largest county, Maricopa, that was run by election conspiracy theorists ended by finding that Biden had won by a slightly larger margin than official results showed. The review was not more reliable than the official tally by Republican-run Maricopa County, which has repeatedly said there were no irregularities in the 2020 election there.
The latest revelation that people spreading Trump’s false claims knew there was no evidence to support them comes from a court filing in a defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. Dominion’s machines were the targets of Trump and other conspiracy theorists’ allegations in late 2020 and last year, including the contention that they had been rigged by an international cabal seeking to defeat Trump.
In its latest filing, Dominion cites texts and emails between prominent Fox personalities who did not believe the allegations or the people closest to Trump who spread them most aggressively, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and attorney Sidney Powell.
The Dominion filing alleges that the network was initially cautious about fraud claims, with its top anchor, Bret Baier, privately stating two days after the 2020 election “there is NO evidence of election fraud.”
But after Powell and Giuliani began making allegations about fraud that were picked up by conservative competitors, executives and top hosts started worrying about losing viewers to the conservative network Newsmax, which repeatedly aired unrebutted allegations from Trump’s side. Fox started inviting the two Trump allies on their shows and top executives pushed back on news reporters who tried to fact-check the allegations.
“Sidney Powell is lying” about having evidence of election fraud, Tucker Carlson told a producer about the attorney on Nov. 16, 2020, according to an excerpt from an exhibit that remains under seal. Two days later, according to the filing, Carlson told fellow Fox News host Laura Ingraham, “Our viewers are good people and they believe it.”
The next day, the lawsuit notes, Carlson addressed the issue on his show less bluntly: “Maybe Sidney Powell will come forward soon with details on exactly how this happened, and precisely who did it. … We are certainly hopeful that she will.”
Fox, in response, filed a counterclaim against Dominion alleging it was trying to chill coverage of a political controversy and that it aired denials of the allegations from Dominion and its representatives. | 2023-02-18T02:58:28+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/politics/ap-lawsuit-is-latest-evidence-of-bogus-stolen-election-claims/ |
Real sales growth for US small businesses slowed to just 2.8% year-over-year two years after pandemic-induced recession
DENVER, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xero, the global small business platform, today announced the launch of its Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) program which includes quarterly updates on the small business economy for the United States and Canada, based on aggregated and anonymized data from tens of thousands of Xero customers. It also launched a special XSBI report: Small business snapshot: United States and Canada which provides insights on business performance and the impact inflation is having on US small businesses.
The report found that, while small business growth seemed to be nearly double the pre-pandemic average, this was largely due to higher prices rather than an increase in the amount of goods and services sold. In short, it was likely due to inflation and small businesses increasing their prices to solve for market conditions.
Inflation is skewing the numbers
The report, produced in partnership with Accenture, tracks the performance of small businesses all the way back through 2017, reveals:
- Sales growth in March 2022 was 11.3% year-over-year (y/y). This is not quite double the pre-pandemic average growth of 6.7% (y/y), but slower than the 12.6% (y/y) rise recorded in February 2022.
- Inflation rose 8.5% (y/y) in March 2022 which means real sales growth, which excludes price effects, was a much slower 2.8% (y/y) (and down from a 4.7% (y/y) rise in February 2022).
"In March 2022, the US was experiencing higher inflation than any other major economy1," said Chris O'Neill, Chief Growth Officer, Xero. "As borrowing costs rise, expenses increase, and customer dollars decline in purchasing power, it is more important than ever that small businesses get in control of their finances. Understanding exactly what is happening to their costs and profit margins at all times will help them better navigate this tricky period."
Payment times a more positive sign of stability
Fortunately, the report's insights did contain some better news for small businesses in terms of payment times and late payment delays for small businesses in the US. Delays in payments generally have an adverse effect on cash flow and liquidity, often causing smaller businesses to seek extensions and increase their borrowing; as such, payment times generally reflect how business cash flow is functioning:
- Small businesses waited an average of 23.5 days for invoices to be paid in March 2022, which was quicker than the 2021 average of 25.0 days.
- Payments were an average of 5.6 days late in March 2022 after averaging 7.0 days in 2021.
"It's encouraging to see timely payments to US small businesses; naturally, this helps support cash flow, which is the lifeblood of any business. This could be, at least in part, due to increased use of electronic invoicing processes and online payments as more small businesses embrace digital solutions," said O'Neill. "However, small business owners should note that as inflation continues to rise over the remainder of the year, they need to stay on top of their accounts and work hand-in-hand with a trusted advisor to ensure they are maintaining cash flow and profitability."
Amit Singh, Managing Director, Accenture, said: "Small businesses are the heartbeat of the US economy – making up more than 99% of all businesses. Understanding and tracking the performance of small businesses, particularly during times of economic uncertainty, is absolutely crucial for effective economic management and public policy. The Xero Small Business Insights program provides timely insights about the health of small businesses. The metrics in this report have proven the resilience of small businesses in times of challenge – lockdowns, social distancing mandates and now unprecedented growth in inflation."
The launch of Xero Small Business Insights for US and Canada was announced at Xerocon New Orleans, one of the world's premier events for cloud accounting leaders. Accounting and bookkeeping partners and the Xero app partner community are gathered over two days to hear the latest from industry leaders and gain expert insight into the newest Xero tools and features to help save time, grow their business and have a greater impact on their clients' success. Xero also produces regular Xero Small Business Insights for Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Visit xero.com/xerosbi for more information.
For access to the full Small business snapshot: United States and Canada report and access quarterly updates, visit xero.com/xerosbi.
Methodology and Background
The Small business snapshot: United States and Canada report is based on aggregated and anonymized data from tens of thousands of small business customers across the US and Canada. That is, it is actual data not a survey. The report, including the insights and analysis contained within it, was prepared by Accenture with the support of Xero, using Xero Small Business Insights data, publicly available data and Accenture estimates for the purpose of informing and developing policies to support small businesses.
Xero, in partnership with Accenture, has been providing small business performance reports, based on the aggregated and anonymized data of its customers, in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom for several years. Now, with this report, it is expanding Xero Small Business Insights to the United States and Canada.
Each quarter, Xero will provide small business performance data for the United States and Canada, covering sales, time to be paid, and late payments. The data and a summary report will be available to download for free each quarter at www.xero.com/xerosbi.
About Xero
Xero is a global small business platform with 3.3 million subscribers which includes a core accounting solution, payroll, workforce management, expenses and projects. Xero also provides access to financial services, and an ecosystem of more than 1,000 connected apps and more than 300 connections to banks and other financial institutions. Through Xero's open platform, small businesses can connect to a range of solutions that help them run their business and manage their finances. For three consecutive years (2020-2022) Xero was included in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. In 2021, Xero was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), powered by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Xero has been named as a FIFA Women's Football partner under FIFA's new commercial structure.
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1 Major economy refers to G7 economies, CPI data for March can be found at https://data.oecd.org/
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THEATER DISTRICT, Manhattan (PIX11) — A man was stabbed in front of a hotel in Manhattan on Saturday morning, according to police.
A man stabbed the 35-year-old victim a few minutes past 3 a.m. after a dispute in front of a hotel along Eighth Avenue near West 45th Street, authorities said. The suspect fled the area. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was reported to be in stable condition.
Police have yet to release a description of the suspect.
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DALLAS – Southwest Airlines planes were stopped from taking off nationwide for what the airline called an intermittent technology issue, causing more than 1,500 flight delays Tuesday just four months after the carrier suffered a meltdown over the Christmas travel rush.
Southwest and the Federal Aviation Administration said by late morning on the East Coast that the pause had been lifted.
“Southwest has resumed operations after temporarily pausing flight activity this morning to work through data connection issues resulting from a firewall failure,” the Dallas airline said in a prepared statement. “Early this morning, a vendor-supplied firewall went down and connection to some operational data was unexpectedly lost.”
By late morning on the East Coast, Southwest accounted for well over half of all delays nationwide, but the airline had canceled fewer than a dozen flights, according to FlightAware.
In December, Southwest canceled nearly 17,000 flights over the Christmas holiday due to bad weather and its crew-scheduling system becoming overwhelmed. Those cancellations cost the airline more than $1 billion and are being investigated by the Transportation Department. | 2023-04-18T15:59:22+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/news/2023/04/18/southwest-grounds-flights-nationwide-due-to-technical-issues/ |
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LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Option Mortgage is proud to announce the grand opening of its new office in LaFayette, IN. The office is located at 301 Main Street and launched with a grand opening ceremony on Tuesday, September 27th, 2022.
Members of the LaFayette Chamber of Commerce were present for the ceremony and presented the branch with an honorary plaque to commemorate the event. Steve Stemick, LaFayette Branch Manager, performed the official ribbon cutting for the new location.
"I am very excited to be back in Lafayette with our new office," said Stemick. "First Option has built a great reputation across the country since its inception in 2004. Our team is very ingrained in the Lafayette area which allows us to provide that local expertise and build personal relationships with homeowners in the area."
First Option Mortgage is a nationally recognized Mortgage lender, licensed in 37 states and with branch locations across the U.S. Since its founding, the company has grown to over 250 employees and continues to expand its reach, adding 6 new branches in 2022 alone.
The opening of the LaFayette office marks the company's 3rd branch in Indiana, joining teams that serve Indianapolis, Fishers, Carmel, Zionsville, and surrounding areas.
"Mortgages are much more than numbers and rates. They are about people: families, veterans, newlyweds, retirees…" said Stemick. "We create a first-class buying experience for everyone we work with, and we are just as excited to be a part of the Homes for Heroes Program here in Lafayette."
About First Option Mortgage of Indiana: First Option Mortgage is a Lender. We originate, process, underwrite, and fund your loans in-house. Our processes are some of the most technologically advanced and efficient in the industry. At First Option, each loan comes with a personal commitment to ensure our customers an exceptional experience with each step of the loan process. We work smart to find competitive interest rates and the best loan programs to help our customers reach their financial goals. We value integrity and speed and make purchase transactions a priority. We're dedicated to helping find a solution for our customers with less-than-perfect credit. https://myindianamortgage.com/
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UGA’s Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture has awarded eight seed grants to fund initial research for projects at the convergence of agriculture, engineering, computing and other related areas of study.
ATHENS — UGA’s Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture has awarded eight seed grants to fund initial research for projects at the convergence of agriculture, engineering, computing and other related areas of study.
The grants, the first of their kind from IIPA, an interdisciplinary research unit launched in early 2022, follow a strategic push by the university to improve its industry collaboration across fields of study and support foundational research to advance agriculture and economic development in the state of Georgia. The grants represent a focus within integrative precision agriculture to solve concrete challenges, ranging from lumber yields and food safety to broader issues like sustainability and mental health in the agriculture community.
“We are trying to be leaders in this space, and the biggest challenge is: How do you connect advances in technology with what is happening in the field?” said Jaime Camelio, professor and associate dean for research, innovation and entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering, and one of two interim co-directors of IIPA. “It’s happening in almost any industry, and technology is moving so fast. So how do you take advantage of that to increase resources and productivity?”
Harald Scherm, IIPA interim co-director, professor and department head of plant pathology in the College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, named four specific goals by which projects were chosen: 1) as with other traditional seed grants, to identify projects that, upon generating initial data, were poised to submit large grant applications; 2) to fund outside-the-box ideas that were not receiving other funding but which could prove rewarding in the future; 3) to build community infrastructure with equipment that could be used across departments; and 4) to build relationships with industry.
Four projects that met these criteria stood out and were fully funded by the seed grant. Another four were partially funded with an emphasis on enabling equipment.
One fully funded project focused on smart forest harvesting operations. As an industry, forestry lags behind others from a technology perspective in the way it addresses issues such as supply chain, Scherm said. Already a challenge and exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, forestry was identified as an area of particular need.
For this project, researchers pose a simple but effective method for improving lumber payload efficiency. Using computer vision and image analysis of payloads, they hope to increase yields, lower costs and improve the overall supply chain, while also keeping an eye toward sustainability.
Another project will attempt to develop sensors that can monitor temperature, humidity and location of food supplies during transportation.
“Feeding the population is more than just producing more,” Scherm said. “There has been an increasing emphasis in the past five to 10 years on preventing losses, and this is a project we felt addressed that challenge.”
The project, he said, combined a signature area like food science with an emerging one like sensor communication in the College of Engineering.
Another project — one that meets the high-risk, high-reward criterion, according to Scherm — aims to develop synthetic microbiomes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for plant hosts in biofuel production. AMF’s dynamic nature means it runs the gamut from promoting plant growth to acting as a parasite, depending on the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous in the soil.
By producing synthetic populations of AMF in cutting-edge microfluidic chambers, researchers hope to manipulate this fundamental symbiosis for the production of biofuel. If successful, this work could prove foundational for other similar plants and fungi.
The fourth fully-funded project addresses a less visible area of concern in the agriculture community but one of enormous importance. Farming, in particular, is a stressful occupation, and the stress affects farmers themselves as well as their families and farming-adjacent communities. Community stressors like high poverty or unemployment and personal ones like chronic illness or disability exacerbate these issues. The CDC has captured statistics in this domain with the Social Vulnerability Index, which gives each county a score of how vulnerable it is to effects of negative external events like natural disasters.
Using a big data approach, this project aims to provide real-time mapping of stress risk for agricultural communities in hopes of informing potential interventions. These would address challenges at a personal level while also, in theory, improving farming output.
Each project serves a strategic need for the university — promoting research and thought leadership in interdisciplinary areas of emphasis — as well as addressing, in some cases, an immediate societal need.
A full list of projects, both fully- and partially-funded by IIPA’s seed grants, include:
— Smart Forest Harvesting Operations: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Management and Logistics — Alicia Pedruzzi, Chad Bolding, Joseph Conrad;
— Engineering Synthetic Communities of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Sorghum Biocolor for Biofuel Production — Jonathan Arnold, Leidong Mao, Anny Chung;
— Real-time Stress Risk Mapping for Agricultural Communities: The Precision Agriculture Stress Report Initiative — Wesley Porter, Anna Scheyett, Simerjeet Virk, Barry Croom;
— A Precision Tracking and Tracing System in Food Supply Chain Through Ubiquitous Wireless Connectivity — Haijian Sun, Wenzhan Song, Lilong Chai Chai, Abhinav Mishra;
— Enhancing Research and Teaching Capabilities in Integrative Precision Agriculture with a Variable Rate Irrigation-Enabled Center Pivot — George Vellidis, Wesley Porter, Simerjeet Virk
— Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Harvest to Improve Cotton and Peanut Harvest Efficiency — Simerjeet Virk, Glen Rains, Wesley Porter, George Vellidis, Guoyu Lu, Haijan Sun, Craig Ganssle, Bennie Branch, Josh Minor
— Optimizing Controlled Environment Agriculture Using Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis — Marc van Iersel, Mark Haidekker, Rhuanito Ferrarezi, Lynne Seymour
— Development and Evaluation of a Precision Seed Metering System for Uniform Seed Singulation and Emergence — Wesley Porter, Darian Landolt, Glen Rains, Scott Tubbs, Simerjeet Virk.
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Stray storms for Saturday, but overall, a sunny weekend is ahead
TONIGHT: Dry, mostly clear conditions will be across the entire region throughout the night. Winds will be light between 5-10 mph. Low temperatures drop into the 50's.
TOMORROW: We will have mostly sunny skies for the majority of the region. Some stray storms are possible in central ID, the Upper Snake River Plain, and western WY in the afternoon hours. Winds will be light between 5-10 mph. High temperatures increase into the mid to upper 80's.
LONG TERM: Sunny skies will be with us all day long for Sunday. Isolated showers and storms return on Monday with only a few stray showers possible hanging around for Tuesday for the 4th of July and Wednesday. Dry conditions follow for the rest of the week into next Friday. Winds will be breezy for Monday between 10-25 mph. High temperatures continue to increase up into the upper 80's and lower 90's for both Sunday and Monday before high's slightly cool back into the mid 80's for the rest of the week. | 2023-07-01T00:27:49+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/weather/local-forecast/2023/06/30/stray-storms-for-saturday-but-overall-a-sunny-weekend-is-ahead/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wing, and a preliminary test showed the substance was cocaine, two law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Secret Service agents were doing routine rounds on Sunday when they found the white powder in an area accessible to tour groups, not in any particular West Wing office, the officials said. The officials were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The complex was evacuated at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday as fire and emergency crews were brought in to do a rapid test, which preliminarily identified cocaine. The White House was soon reopened and the powder was sent for further testing.
Biden and his family left for Camp David on Friday and returned to the White House on Tuesday.
The Secret Service said in a statement the White House was closed as a precaution as emergency crews investigated, and that the District of Columbia fire department was called in to evaluate and determine that the substance was not hazardous.
“The item was sent for further evaluation and an investigation into the cause and manner of how it entered the White House is pending,” the Secret Service said. | 2023-07-05T12:22:50+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-suspicious-powder-found-at-the-white-house-when-biden-was-gone-was-cocaine-ap-sources-say/ |
The study highlights that state policies impact representation in gifted/talented (GT) programs and the characteristics of schools with greater GT enrollment challenge typical stereotypes
PORTLAND, Ore., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NWEA – a not-for-profit, research and educational services organization serving K-12 students – announced today a new study focusing on the identification of gifted and talented (GT) students who are English Learners (EL) and/or students with disabilities (SWD). Using data from the 2017 - 2018 Civil Rights Data Collection, the Stanford Education Data Archive, and the researchers' own coding of individual states' policies toward gifted and talented education, these key themes emerged:
- The study confirms that ELs and SWD are identified at rates that are 1/8 to 1/6 of their representation in the overall student population.
- State mandates for schools to offer services, requirements for formal gifted education plans, and regular audits for compliance are correlated with much higher rates of gifted service availability and equity for ELs and SWD.
- The top 5% of schools with the highest equity of EL students identified as gifted were relatively lower achieving and had higher enrollments of students from low-income families.
- The top 5% of schools with the highest equity of SWD identified as gifted were similar in size, achievement, and SES to the overall sample, but were smaller than the average school in the sample and had smaller, if more equitable, GT enrollment.
"One of the clearest takeaways from examining these data is the correlation between state policies and the more-equitable identification of gifted and talented students," said Dr. Scott Peters, senior research scientist at NWEA.
States that had specific policies and mandates had greater enrollment in gifted and talented programs by ELs and SWD. For example, if schools were required to have and maintain formal plans for gifted services, they were 10 percentage points more likely to offer services. In addition, those same schools were 23 percentage points more likely to offer gifted services if their home state proactively conducted audits for compliance.
However, Peters added, "Where the data got more complex and less clear is in the characteristics of schools who identify GT English learners and students with disabilities at higher rates."
The findings challenged typical stereotypes of schools that had the most proportional rates for ELs and SWD in GT programs. For ELs, these schools were smaller, had lower average socio-economic status, had more students eligible for the Free and Reduced Lunch program, were located in lower achieving districts, and were lower average achieving themselves. For SWD, the characteristics were less clear, with the only standout being that the schools were smaller than the average school in the sample and had smaller, if more equitable, GT enrollment. In addition, equity went up in schools in states that had GT under the office of Special Education.
"These findings suggest there is much more that needs to be studied about how these schools found success identifying English learners and students with disabilities for GT programs at greater rates," said Dr. Angela Johnson, research scientist at NWEA and co-author of the study.
Learn more about the study at: https://edworkingpapers.com/ai23-742
About NWEA
NWEA® (formerly known as Northwest Evaluation Association) is a mission-driven, not-for-profit organization that supports students and educators in more than 146 countries through research, assessment solutions, policy and advocacy services, professional learning and school improvement services that fight for equity, drive classroom impact and push for systemic change in our educational communities. Visit NWEA.org to learn more about how we're partnering with educators to help all kids learn.
Contact: Simona Beattie, Sr. Manager, Public Relations, simona.beattie@nwea.org or 971.361.9526
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Which spikeball set is best?
Are you looking for a new sport? Spikeball could be the answer. This fun, creative take on volleyball is easy to play and has become increasingly popular.
To play the sport, you only need a few pieces of equipment, which usually come as a set. Spikeball’s Pro Kit, for example, comes with everything you need to get started. This higher-end option also offers features that give users a more control over gameplay.
What to know before you buy a spikeball set
Spikeball
While many people call the sport Spikeball, that is the name of an equipment manufacturer. The name of the sport is actually called roundnet. Roundnet is a game that requires two teams consisting of two players each. Teams take turns vollying a small inflatable ball off of a net, trying to get the other team to miss. The sport is a loose mix of volleyball, tennis and handball that can be played nearly anywhere, including the beach, park or gym.
Equipment
There are only two pieces of roundnet equipment: a net and a ball.
- Net: The net is round, like a trampoline. While sizes may vary from set to set, an official net is 3 feet in diameter and sits 8 inches above the ground. The net is supported by a rim that consists of five segments that are supported by five legs. The tension of the net should be consistent, and allow the ball to bounce 20 inches high after being dropped from a height of 5 feet.
- Ball: Roundnet uses an inflatable ball. For an official tournament, the ball must be inflated to 12 inches in circumference. To make the game easier for beginners, overinflate the ball so it has more bounce.
How to play
Spikeball rules are easy to learn and closely mimic the rules of volleyball. Here are the basic rules for playing roundnet.
- Two teams of two players are positioned opposite each other for the serve.
- The server tosses the ball in the air and hits it down on the net to start gameplay. If the ball misses the net or hits a pocket [See the FAQ section for more information about a pocket.], it is a fault. Two faults equal a point for the opposing team.
- After the serve, the opposing team must return the ball by bouncing it on the net. The team can take up to three hits before returning the ball (catching is not allowed).
- Whenever a team misses the net, doesn’t return the ball within three hits or lets the ball hit the ground, the opposing team gets a point.
- Once the ball is in play there are no sides or boundaries, players can move anywhere on the field.
- The first team to reach 21 points wins. A team must win by at least two points.
What to look for in a quality spikeball set
Durability
In the midst of gameplay, a player may accidentally kick or fall on the net of a spikeball set. Models should be durable enough to withstand this contact. Some roundnet sets even feature collapsible legs to help protect the equipment in the event of an accident. The balls should hold up under vigorous play as well.
Ball
A textured spikeball is much easier to control. Additionally, advanced players can use the texture to put a spin on the ball, making it harder for the other team to return.
Travel bag
The best roundnet sets include a travel bag for convenience.
Air pump
Some of the higher-end spikeball sets include a mini hand pump so you can inflate the balls to your desired pressure.
How much you can expect to spend on a spikeball set
A set of replacement balls typically costs around $10. A full set, which includes balls, a net, a travel bag and sometimes an air pump, can cost anywhere from $35 for a backyard set to $100 for a tournament set.
Spikeball set FAQ
How much space do I need to play spikeball?
In a tournament, the players require a minimum of a 30- by 30-foot playing field. However in backyard or indoor play, the court may be smaller if needed—just make sure there are no obstacles nearby and players are well aware of the space limitations to avoid injuries.
What is a pocket?
The area on the net that is right next to the rim is called a pocket. When the ball hits this zone, it won’t bounce as expected. If a player lands a serve in a pocket, it is called a fault, like in tennis. If a player’s serve lands in a pocket twice in a row, it is a double-fault and the other team gets a point. If the ball hits a pocket (not the rim) during game play, there is no penalty and the game continues.
What’s the best spikeball set to buy?
Top spikeball set
What you need to know: If you are a serious roundnet player, this is the set for you, since it is high-quality and comes with special features.
What you’ll love: The balls in this set have added texture to give players more control. The reinforced legs are less likely to break if a player accidentally falls on the net, and the set is sized for tournament play.
What you should consider: If you are trying out the game for the first time, it might be wise to wait before investing in this more expensive set.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top spikeball set for the money
What you need to know: GoSports makes an affordable option that is best for individuals who are new to the game.
What you’ll love: This roundnet set comes with everything you need: three balls (two competition and one training ball), a net and a travel bag. The legs are manufactured to work on any playing surface and the net is designed to reduce pockets.
What you should consider: This set may not be as durable and rugged as higher-priced options.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This model is a step down from the company’s Pro Kit, making it a good starter set for the casual player.
What you’ll love: This is a solid, standard set that can be adapted to match the skill level of the players—more bounce for beginners and less bounce for advanced players. This model also has collapsible legs that make the set easier to store and less likely to break.
What you should consider: While it is a good roundnet set, it doesn’t have the same quality of the manufacturer’s premier version.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
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Portland Thorns owner Merritt Paulson and Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler are both stepping away from decision-making roles with their respective National Women's Soccer League clubs until the findings are released from an ongoing investigation into numerous reports of sexual misconduct and abuse around the league.
Paulson, who is also the owner of Major League Soccer's Portland Timbers, announced his decision in a statement Tuesday, one day after the release of the findings of a disturbing independent investigation into the NWSL's abuse commissioned by U.S. Soccer. A concurrent investigation is still being conducted jointly by the league and the players' union, and Paulson plans to step away until its completion.
"Yesterday's Yates report unveiling was the darkest day I have experienced, and I know the same is true for everyone else who loves our team and our league," Paulson said. "I know it was even harder and darker for those whose stories were shared publicly. I cannot apologize enough for our role in a gross systemic failure to protect player safety and the missteps we made in 2015. I am truly sorry."
Later on Tuesday, Whisler, who also serves on the NWSL board of governors, made a similar move with the Red Stars, announcing in a statement: "Our organization is committed to rebuilding trust and respect among players and staff towards our league and club, and I recognize that my current presence is a distraction. I do not want to take any of the attention away from the players' incredible and well earned playoff run.
"So in the interest of the club and the players, and fans we serve, effective immediately, I will remove myself from my governance role within the NWSL board of governors and will hand over operational control of the club to our executive team in Chicago."
Yates' report found that Whisler dismissed concerns from players about the abusive behavior of Red Stars coach Rory Dames, who resigned Nov. 21, 2021, amid accusations of verbal and emotional abuse by several players.
Gavin Wilkinson and Mike Golub, who have both served in executive roles with Paulson's teams, are also stepping away from the Thorns, who are headed into the NWSL playoffs. Paulson's statement didn't indicate whether the trio will also step away from the Timbers, and Paulson gave no indication he plans to sell his teams.
NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman issued the following statement Tuesday in support of the two owners' decisions: "The NWSL is supportive of the important steps taken by the Portland Thorns and Chicago Red Stars today. As the League continues to evaluate the Yates report, I want to assure you that we remain committed to implementing reform and disciplinary action, both as a result of the Yates Report and the NWSL/NWSLPA's Joint Investigative Team's findings."
Berman added that the NWSL's joint investigative team was working towards concluding their report by the end of the year.
In the report filed by former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, Paulson is accused of enabling and supporting former Thorns coach Paul Riley after Riley was accused of harassment and sexual coercion by players Sinead Farrelly and Mana Shim. The investigation also found that Paulson and Wilkinson made inappropriate workplace comments to women.
Golub is accused of making inappropriate sexual remarks in 2013 to former Thorns coach Cindy Parlow Cone, now the president of U.S. Soccer. Golub has previously faced criticism for his workplace behavior and his tolerance for others' misbehavior.
In her investigative report, Yates also accused Thorns management of not being forthcoming with information around Riley's departure from the team in 2015, writing that the club "interfered with our access to relevant witnesses and raised specious legal arguments in an attempt to impede our use of relevant documents."
The Thorns didn't announce why they weren't renewing Riley's contract that year, and Paulson subsequently vouched for Riley as he landed a job with the Western New York Flash, which subsequently became the North Carolina Courage. Riley was with the Courage until being fired in September 2021 after allegations of his misconduct were made public.
Heather Davis, the general counsel for the Thorns, will oversee the team's decisions in Paulson's absence.
"I very much appreciate your patience and believe it's critical that the process play out with the Joint Investigation," Paulson wrote in his announcement of his decision. "I love the Portland Thorns and women's soccer, and am taking these steps with those interests in mind."
Information from the Associated Press was used in this story. | 2022-10-05T01:25:56+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/soccer/portland-thorns-fc/story/4761532/portland-thorns-owner-merritt-paulson-stepping-aside-during-nwsl-investigation |
TODAY’S SPORTS ON TV
Sunday, April 30
AUTO RACING
6:55 a.m.
ESPN — Formula 1: The Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan
11 a.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: The MX2, Agueda, Portugal (Taped)
12 p.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: The MXGP, Agueda, Portugal (Taped)
2 p.m.
CNBC — FIM MotoGP: The Gran Premio MotoGP, Cádiz, Spain (Taped)
FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: The Würth 400, Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del.
3:30 p.m.
NBC — NTT IndyCar Series: The Children’s Of Alabama Indy Grand Prix, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Ala.
6 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: The Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, zMAX Dragway, Concord, N.C. (Taped)
1 a.m. (Monday)
CNBC — AMA Monster Energy Supercross: Round 15, Nashville, Tenn.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
12 p.m.
SECN — Auburn at South Carolina
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — Florida St. at Notre Dame
SECN — Kentucky at Vanderbilt
7 p.m.
PAC-12N — Arizona at Oregon St.
COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S)
2 p.m.
ACCN — Notre Dame at Virginia
COLLEGE LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
12 p.m.
ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: North Carolina vs. Boston College, Championship, Charlotte, N.C.
ESPNU — Harvard at Princeton
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
12 p.m.
BTN — Minnesota at Ohio St.
12:30 p.m.
ESPN — LSU at Alabama
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — Tennessee at Arkansas
2 p.m.
BTN — Nebraska at Northwestern
ESPNU — Indiana at Michigan
PAC-12N — UCLA at Utah
6 p.m.
SECN — Missouri at Texas A&M
GOLF
1 p.m.
CW — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Serapong at Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore (Taped)
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Mexican Open at Vidanta, Final Round, Vidanta Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Mexican Open at Vidanta, Final Round, Vidanta Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Insperity Invitational, Final Round, The Woodlands Country Club — Tournament Course, The Woodlands, Texas
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The JM Eagle LA Championship, Final Round, Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles
10 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Professional Championship: First Round, Twin Warriors & Santa Ana Pueblo Golf Clubs, Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M. (Taped)
IIHF HOCKEY (MEN’S)
9 a.m.
NHLN — World Championship: TBD, Bronze Medal Game, Basel, Switzerland
1 p.m.
NHLN — World Championship: TBD, Gold Medal Game, Basel, Switzerland
MLB
12:05 p.m.
PEACOCK — Chicago Cubs at Miami
1:30 p.m.
BSD — Baltimore at Detroit
4 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Francisco at San Diego OR St. Louis at LA Dodgers
7 p.m.
ESPN — Philadelphia at Houston
ESPN2 — Philadelphia at Houston (Kay-Rod Cast)
NBA
1 p.m.
ABC — Eastern Conference Semifinal: Miami at New York, Game 1
3:30 p.m.
ABC — Western Conference First Round: Golden State at Sacramento, Game 7
NHL
6:30 p.m.
TNT — Eastern Conference First Round: Florida at Boston, Game 7
9:30 p.m.
TNT — Western Conference First Round: Seattle at Colorado, Game 7
SOCCER (MEN’S)
9 a.m.
CBSSN — Serie A: Salernitana at Napoli
USA — Premier League: Manchester City at Fulham
11:30 a.m.
USA — Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur at Liverpool
9 p.m.
FS1 — MLS: FC Dallas at Minnesota United FC
TENNIS
5 a.m.
TENNIS — Madrid-ATP/WTA Early Rounds
6 a.m.
TENNIS — Madrid-ATP/WTA Early Rounds
5 a.m. (Monday)
TENNIS — Madrid-ATP/WTA Early Rounds
6 a.m. (Monday)
TENNIS — Madrid-ATP/WTA Early Rounds
USFL FOOTBALL
12 p.m.
NBC — Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia, Detroit
4 p.m.
FOX — New Jersey at Michigan
XFL FOOTBALL
3 p.m.
ESPN — North Division Championship: Seattle at D.C.
RADIO
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, December 31, 2022
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DENSE FOG ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New York NY
1211 PM EST Sat Dec 31 2022
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.
* WHERE...Portions of southern Connecticut and southeast New
York.
* WHEN...Until 6 PM EST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Dense fog may continue a bit longer into
this evening.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
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Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas lawsuit with a key deadline this month could threaten the nationwide availability of medication abortion, which now accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S.
The case filed by abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade seeks to reverse a decades-old approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
If a federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump sides with them, it could halt the supply of the drug mifepristone in all states, both where abortion is banned and where it remains legal.
“It could have an immediate impact on the country,” said Mini Timmaraju, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. “In some ways this is a backdoor ban on abortion.”
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has not indicated exactly when or how he will rule, but groups like Timmaraju’s are preparing for a possible decision shortly after a Feb. 24 filing deadline. There is scant precedent for a lone judge overruling the FDA’s scientific decisions. A swift appeal of any ruling is likely.
The lawsuit was filed by the group Alliance Defending Freedom, which was also involved in the Mississippi case that led to Roe v. Wade being overturned.
“Our representatives in Congress created the FDA and gave the FDA the responsibility to make sure that drugs are safe before they’re allowed on the market … the FDA failed that responsibility,” said Julie Blake, senior counsel for the group.
They argue the FDA overstepped its authority in approving mifepristone by using an accelerated review process reserved for drugs to treat “serious or life-threatening illnesses.”
But in its legal response, the agency said it didn’t accelerate the drug’s approval, which came four years after the manufacturer first submitted its application to market the pill.
The FDA approved mifepristone — in combination with a second drug — as a safe and effective method for ending a pregnancy in 2000. Common side effects include cramping and light bleeding. Cases of more severe bleeding requiring emergency care are very rare.
Halting access to the drug more than 20 years after approval would be “extraordinary and unprecedented,” federal attorneys stated in a legal filing.
Kacsmaryk, who previously ruled against a program providing free birth control to minors in Texas, could also issue a ruling rolling back regulators’ decisions to ease restrictions on the pill’s availability. Those have been based on scientific studies showing women can safely use the drug at home.
In late 2021, the FDA removed a requirement that women pick up the drug in person. Last month the agency dropped another requirement that prevented most pharmacies from dispensing the pill.
Medication abortion accounted for over half of abortions before Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to research from the Guttmacher Institute. It’s grown more important since then, said Elizabeth Nash, state policy analyst for the science-based research group that supports abortion rights.
“The clinics that are open in the receiving states are stretched thin; they don’t have a lot of give in their capacity, and being able to provide medication abortion is very, very important,” she said.
Abortion medication is approved for use up to the 10th week of pregnancy. Mifepristone is taken first, swallowed by mouth. The drug dilates the cervix and blocks the effects of the hormone progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy.
Misoprostol, a drug also used to treat stomach ulcers, is taken 24 to 48 hours later. It causes the uterus to cramp and contract, causing bleeding and expelling pregnancy tissue. The combination has been shown to be more than 95% effective in ending pregnancies up to 10 weeks.
If mifepristone is pulled, providers could prescribe misoprostol alone instead, an approach that is used in many parts of the world, but would be a big shift in U.S. practice and has not been found to be quite as effective.
Such a ruling could also increase the need for surgical abortion and further increase wait times at clinics, which are already weekslong in some cases after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe, Nash said.
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Associated Press writer Matthew Perrone contributed to this report.
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Find AP’s full coverage of the overturning of Roe v. Wade at: https://apnews.com/hub/abortion
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VFF) today announced it has been named to Corporate Knights' inaugural Future 50: The Fastest Growing Sustainable Companies in Canada. The Future 50 is a list of the fastest growing Canadian companies whose business activities align with the transition to a global clean economy.
Village Farms was selected from a pool of 6,115 companies (1,100 public and 4,015 private) as one of 25 publicly traded companies with the highest year-over-year percentage increase in "clean revenue". (The other 25 Future 50 selections were private companies.)
"As a Company that has put the environment and sustainable agriculture practices as the heart of everything we do since it was founded more than 30 years ago, Village Farms is honored to be included in the inaugural Future 50: The Fastest Growing Sustainable Companies in Canada," said Michael DeGiglio, Chief Executive Officer, Village Farms International. "We are firm believers that what's good for the earth is good for our business, good for our employees, and good for our stakeholders. We look forward to building on our proud history of leadership and innovation in sustainable agriculture as one of the largest producers of greenhouse grown fresh produce in North America, and as a top producer of cannabidiol products internationally: cannabis in Canada and Australia, with plans to enter the Netherlands, and CBD and other cannabinoid products in the United States, as well as selected Asia-Pacific markets."
"All companies are now in the business of dealing with climate change. Our reason for devising this list is our belief in the success of these companies being pivotal to creating a more sustainable Canada, as well as acting as inspiration for other entrepreneurs," said Toby Heaps, founder and CEO of Corporate Knights.
For more information about Village Farms' commitment to the environment and sustainability, please visit: Sustainability - Village Farms International.
For more information on the Future 50: The Fastest Growing Sustainable Companies in Canada, including the selection methodology, please visit: Future 50 | Corporate Knights.
About Corporate Knights
Corporate Knights Inc. is an independent media and research B Corp committed to advancing a sustainable economy that supports both people and the planet.
Since 2002, Corporate Knights has published an award-winning quarterly magazine. It is distributed in The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. With a circulation of more than 126,000, Corporate Knights magazine is the most prominent publication dedicated to advancing a sustainable economy.
The Corporate Knights research division produces global corporate and fund rankings. Its flagship ranking is the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, released each year during the World Economic Forum.
About Village Farms International, Inc.
Village Farms leverages decades of experience as a large-scale, Controlled Environment Agriculture-based, vertically integrated supplier for high-value, high-growth plant-based Consumer Packaged Goods opportunities, with a strong foundation as a leading fresh produce supplier to grocery and large-format retailers throughout the US and Canada, and new high-growth opportunities in the cannabis and CBD categories in North America and selected markets internationally.
In Canada, the Company's wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Pure Sunfarms, is one of the single largest cannabis operations in the world, the lowest-cost greenhouse producer and one of Canada's best-selling brands. The Company also owns 70% of Québec-based, Rose LifeScience, a leading third-party cannabis products commercialization expert in the Province of Québec.
In the US, wholly-owned Balanced Health Botanicals is one of the leading CBD brands and e-commerce platforms in the country. Subject to compliance with all applicable US federal and state laws and stock exchange rules, Village Farms plans to enter the US high-THC cannabis market via multiple strategies, leveraging one of the largest greenhouse operations in the country (more than 5.5 million square feet in West Texas), as well as the operational and product expertise gained through Pure Sunfarms' cannabis success in Canada.
Internationally, Village Farms is targeting selected, nascent, legal cannabis and CBD opportunities with significant medium- and long-term potential, with an initial focus on the Asia-Pacific region and Europe.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. This press release also contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. We refer to such forward-looking statements and forward-looking information collectively as "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements may relate to the Company's future outlook or financial position and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding the financial position, business strategy, budgets, expansion plans, litigation, projected production, projected costs, capital expenditures, financial results, taxes, plans and objectives of or involving the Company. Particularly, statements regarding future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for the Company, the greenhouse vegetable or produce industry or the cannabis industry are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by such terms as "can", "outlook", "may", "might", "will", "could", "should", "would", "occur", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "try", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue", "likely", "schedule", "objectives", or the negative or grammatical variation thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this press release are subject to risks that may include, but are not limited to: our limited operating history in the cannabis and cannabinoids industry, including that of Pure Sunfarms, Inc. ("Pure Sunfarms"), Rose LifeScience Inc. ("Rose" or "Rose LifeScience"), Balanced Health Botanicals, LLC ("Balanced Health") and our operations of growing hemp in the United States; the legal status of the cannabis business of Pure Sunfarms and Rose and the hemp business of Balanced Health; risks relating to the integration of Balanced Health and Rose into our consolidated business; risks relating to obtaining additional financing, including our dependence upon credit facilities; potential difficulties in achieving and/or maintaining profitability; variability of product pricing; risks inherent in the cannabis, hemp, CBD, cannabinoids, and agricultural businesses; market position; ability to leverage current business relationships for future business involving hemp and cannabinoids; the ability of Pure Sunfarms and Rose to cultivate and distribute cannabis in Canada; existing and new governmental regulations, including risks related to regulatory compliance and regarding obtaining and maintaining licenses; legal and operational risks relating to expected conversion of our greenhouses to cannabis production in Canada and in the United States; risks related to rules and regulations at the US federal (Food and Drug Administration and United States Department of Agriculture), state and municipal rules and regulations with respect to produce and hemp, cannabidiol-based products commercialization; retail consolidation, technological advances and other forms of competition; transportation disruptions; product liability and other potential litigation; retention of key executives; labor issues; uninsured and underinsured losses; vulnerability to rising energy costs; inflationary effects on costs of cultivation and transportation; recessionary effects on demand of our products; environmental, health and safety risks, foreign exchange exposure, risks associated with cross-border trade; difficulties in managing our growth; restrictive covenants under our credit facilities; natural catastrophes; the ongoing and developing COVID-19 pandemic; and tax risks.
The Company has based these forward-looking statements on factors and assumptions about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon assumptions that management believes are reasonable based on information currently available to management, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause the Company's or the industry's actual results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities in future periods to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the factors contained in the Company's filings with securities regulators, including this press release. In particular, we caution you that our forward-looking statements are subject to the ongoing and developing circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, operations and future financial results.
When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions, the Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these statements, as forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties and should not be read as guarantees of future results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities. The forward-looking statements made in this press release relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this press release. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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Can you really prevent or even reverse chronic diseases with diet and lifestyle changes? NBC 6/Telemundo 51 consumer investigative reporter Myriam Masihy set out to find out after she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. Follow her personal journey and than of others fighting disease in the five-part documentary "Healing Through Food" below.
The series can also be seen on the NBC 6 mobile app or by downloading the NBC 6 app on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV. You can watch the full documentary July 25 through July 31, at 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the NBC South Florida News channel on Peacock.
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This page is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. You should always check with your doctor before making any medical or lifestyle changes, stopping or reducing your prescription medications, or starting or changing any treatment, exercise, or dietary plan.
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Biographies
Myriam Masihy
Myriam Masihy is a consumer investigative reporter for Telemundo 51 and NBC 6 South Florida. She has dedicated her 21-year television career to addressing viewers’ concerns and working to solve problems in the community. Her work has helped recover hundreds of thousands of dollars for viewers and has earned her 19 Emmy awards.
In 2017, Myriam was diagnosed with Sjogren’s, an autoimmune disorder. As most patients, she underwent immunosuppression therapy and was given steroids to control flares for two years, but the side effects of the medication started feeling worse than the disorder itself. Despite being told by her rheumatologist that changing her diet would have no effect on her disease, Myriam decided to do what she knew best: research.
Read more here.
Dr. Ana M. Negrón, MD
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Dr. Ana M. Negrón is a bilingual board-certified family physician and author of the book Nourishing the Body and Recovering Health: The Positive Science of Food published by Sunstone Press. Her book is an antidote to our reliance on pharmaceuticals to address all health problems. Vegan for 30 years, Dr. Negrón educates and empowers us to recover health by returning to our earth roots.
Read more here.
Evelisse Capó, Pharm D, DipIBLM
Evelisse Capó received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Purdue University and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. While practicing clinical pharmacy, she witnessed the pain and suffering of many chronically ill patients in hospitals and long-term care institutions. Questioning the effectiveness of the conventional approach to treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, she trained in Culinary Medicine and founded The Food Pharmacy (thefoodpharmacy.com)/Farmacia en La Cocina (farmaciaenlacocina.com) where she provides guidance and support to those looking to adopt a whole food plant-based lifestyle.
Read more here.
Saray Stancic, MD, FACLM
Saray Stancic, MD, FACLM, is the director of medical education for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting preventive medicine, especially better nutrition, and higher standards in research.
As director of medical education for the Physicians Committee, she works to develop and support innovative programs and campaigns to bring plant-based nutrition to the forefront of medical treatment and education.
Read more here.
Cesar Berrios
Cesar Berrios, originally from Venezuela, decided to turn his life around at the age of 28.
He suffered from spondylarthritis which considerably limited joint mobility throughout his body. Desperate after not finding relief in the conventional medical field, he discovered a way out of pain by reading and researching what truly causes autoimmune diseases. That’s when he adopted a plant-based diet, and within a year, he was completely cured.
Since then, he has become certified as a personal trainer, breathing coach and plant-based nutrition expert. Cesar is part of the wellness team for Bacardi USA where he has implemented nutrition talks and has managed to include juices, shakes and plant-based options in employee meals.
Read more here.
Resources
Dr. T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies: https://nutritionstudies.org/
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/healthy-communities/resources
The latest from Dr. Michael Greger's role in health and nutrition: https://nutritionfacts.org/
See the courses in Spanish of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: pcrm.org/unmundosaludable
Plant-Based Meal Prep Recipes: https://nutritionstudies.org/recipes/
Plant-Based Diet Guide: https://nutritionstudies.org/guide-to-a-raw-plant-based-diet/
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Sheriff’s office captain dies of heart attack while breaking up fight at high school
ADEL, Ga. (WALB/Gray News) – A sheriff’s office captain died from a heart attack Monday while breaking up a high school fight in Georgia.
Capt. Terry Arnold was breaking up a two-person fight at Cook County High School, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
After Arnold and a school employee restrained one of the students from the fight, Arnold suddenly collapsed, the sheriff’s office said. Medical personnel at the school gave him first aid until first responders arrived and took him to South Georgia Medical Center. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving.
Arnold was a 26-year veteran of the CCSO. His most recent position was as the supervisor and director of the School Resource Officers Division for the sheriff’s office and the Cook County School System. He had previously served in the Adel Police Department and the Remerton Police Department.
Arnold is survived by his son, four daughters, and 10 grandchildren.
The CCSO said Arnold is the first recorded line of duty death in the history of the department.
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Mouhamed Gueye had 18 points and 12 rebounds, Justin Powell scored 11 points, including a layup that capped the scoring, and Washington State beat Oregon 68-65 Sunday for the Cougars' third win in a row.
TJ Bamba also scored 11 points for Washington State (13-15, 8-9 Pac-12) but made just 5 of 17 from the field and Andrej Jakimovski added 10 points.
Justin Powell hit a 3-pointer before Gueye and Bamba each made a layup in a 7-2 run but Keeshawn Barthelemy hit a pull-up 3 to cut Oregon’s deficit to 66-65 with 1:20 left. Bamba missed a fade-away jumper in the lane, DJ Rodman grabbed the offensive rebound and was fouled before Powell missed a jumper and Jakimovski grabbed another offensive rebound. Following a WSU timeout, Powell went around a screen by Gueye on the left wing, patiently worked his way through the lane and finished high off the backboard on the other side of the rim to make it 68-65 with 23 seconds to go.
Jermaine Couisnard missed a open look at a potential tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds.
Barthelemy scored 15 of his 17 in the final nine minutes for Oregon (15-13, 9-8) and Couisnard added 12 points. N'Faly Dante had 10 points and 11 rebounds — his seventh double-double of the season.
Gueye has five double-double in the last seven games and his 12 this season.
Barthelemy made a jumper with 8:52 left and scored 12 points in 17-6 run that culminated when he made 1-of-2 free throws that gave Oregon a 60-59 lead with four minutes to play.
Oregon's Brennan Rigsby had two points, two rebounds and a steal in nine minutes before he left the game and did not return due to an apparent injury to his left ankle with about six minutes to play.
The Cougars tied their season low with six turnovers but committed four in the final 10-plus minutes.
Rodman announced in a Senior Night celebration prior to tipoff that he would return to Washington State for a fifth and final season with the Cougars. He finished with nine points and hit 3 of 5 from 3-point range.
UP NEXT
Oregon is off until it wraps up a three-game road trip Saturday at Oregon State
Washington State closes out the regular season with three consecutive road games beginning Thursday at Stanford
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Andre Szmyt knocked in five field goals, including the 31-yard game-winner with just over a minute left, and Syracuse held off Virginia’s second-half comeback to beat the Cavaliers 22-20 on Friday night.
Syracuse led 16-0 at halftime, but Virginia recorded three second-half touchdowns to take a 20-19 lead with six minutes remaining in the game. The Orange (4-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their first four for the first time since 2018 despite committing their first four turnovers of the season.
Brennan Armstrong threw for 138 yards and a 4-yard touchdown to Lavel Davis Jr. with 5:51 remaining for Virginia. Syracuse responded with a 62-yard drive to retake the lead on Szmyt’s final field goal. Virginia’s final drive resulted in a turnover on downs.
The matchup reunited two of Syacuse’s first-year assistants, Robert Anae and Jason Beck, with their old squad. Anae and Beck coached at Virginia (2-2, 0-1 ACC) for the past five seasons before joining Dino Babers’ staff this offseason.
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Syracuse started the game strong, with Trebor Pena returning the opening kickoff 57 yards into Virginia territory, and the Orange punching it in five plays later with Garrett Shrader’s 17-yard rushing touchdown.
Virginia kicker Brendan Farrell missed first-quarter field goal attempts from 51 and 49 yards, respectively. The second miss came after the Cavaliers had taken over at the Orange’s 37-yard line following a Sean Tucker fumble. For the second straight week, Tucker was unable to find many openings, finishing with 60 yards rushing on 21 attempts.
UVA got back in the game early in the second half when Armstrong pitched to Thompson at the 1-yard line for a touchdown. The Cavaliers, trailing 16-6, wanted to attempt a 2-point conversion, but an illegal substitution penalty forced them to kick the extra point instead.
Trebor Pena fumbled on the ensuing kickoff, giving UVA possession 13 yards from the end zone. Perris Jones scored two plays later, cutting Syracuse’s lead to three, but the extra point was blocked by Jatius Greer.
Syracuse’s defense forced two turnovers, the first coming late in the first quarter when Armstrong kept a read option to the right side but ran into his own blocker. Syracuse capitalized by taking a 13-0 lead after a Szmyt field goal. He is 9 10 on field goal attempts this season.
TARGETING
Virginia linebacker Nick Jackson was ejected for targeting in the third quarter after a hit on Shrader. Jackson entered the game as the team’s leading tackler. Syracuse defensive back Justin Barron was also called for targeting earlier in the half. Alijah Clark, Terry Lockett and Ja’Had Carter all left the game with injuries for Syracuse.
THE TAKEAWAY
Virginia: The Cavaliers again struggled offensively, totaling 287 yards and less than 21 points for the third straight game. A year after ranking among the tops nationally in points per game, Armstrong and Virginia’s offense haven’t been able to match that success under first-year head coach Tony Elliott and offensive coordinator Desmond Kitchings.
Syracuse: Shrader rebounded from a sluggish performance against Purdue, finishing 22 for 33 for 277 passing yards. His go-to target was Oronde Gadsden II, who notched seven catches for 113 yards. Gadsden has emerged over recent games as a key slot receiver, and he recorded another career game after bringing in the game-winning touchdown last week.
UP NEXT
Virginia continues its two-game road trip at Duke on Saturday night.
Syracuse hosts Wagner on Saturday afternoon. | 2022-09-24T04:14:47+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/szmyt-s-5-field-goals-help-syracuse-overcome-virginia/article_fc2d565c-3bb7-11ed-9048-c73cfc62277c.html |
Michael Harris II Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Brewers - July 23
Published: Jul. 23, 2023 at 8:26 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Atlanta Braves, including Michael Harris II and his .500 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including four extra-base hits but no home run), battle starter Julio Teheran and the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field, Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
In his last appearance, he went 1-for-2 against the Brewers.
Michael Harris II Game Info & Props vs. the Brewers
- Game Day: Sunday, July 23, 2023
- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Stadium: American Family Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Brewers Starter: Julio Teheran
- TV Channel: BSWI
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +450)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +175)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
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Michael Harris II At The Plate
- Harris II is batting .270 with 13 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 18 walks.
- Harris II enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. Over the course of his last outings, he's hitting .375.
- In 47 of 75 games this season (62.7%) Harris II has picked up a hit, and in 14 of those games he had more than one (18.7%).
- He has hit a long ball in 10.7% of his games in 2023 (eight of 75), and 3.2% of his trips to the dish.
- Harris II has had an RBI in 18 games this year (24.0%), including six multi-RBI outings (8.0%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- He has scored in 34.7% of his games this year, with more than one run scored in 9.3%.
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Brewers Pitching Rankings
- The Brewers pitching staff ranks 18th in the league with a collective 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Brewers have the 10th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.95).
- Brewers pitchers combine to rank 21st in baseball in home runs allowed (120 total, 1.2 per game).
- Teheran (2-4) gets the starting nod for the Brewers in his 10th start of the season. He's put together a 4.01 ERA in 51 2/3 innings pitched, with 35 strikeouts.
- The righty's most recent time out came on Tuesday against the Philadelphia Phillies, when he tossed 4 2/3 innings, surrendering four earned runs while giving up seven hits.
- The 32-year-old has an ERA of 4.01, with 6.1 strikeouts per nine innings, in nine games this season. Opposing hitters have a .238 batting average against him.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes stepped out of the tunnel in a stadium packed full of buzzing fans, with the lights from cellphone flashlights bouncing along the stands and North Carolina State’s marching band playing to their pregame walk to an outdoor rink.
“Not having experienced one of those,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said, “I don’t know how it could be much better, to be honest with you.”
The Hurricanes did their part on the ice, too.
Martin Necas had a goal and two assists to help the Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Saturday night in their first NHL Stadium Series outdoor game.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Paul Stastny and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Carolina, which completed a three-game season sweep of their Metropolitan Division foe.
The game was held at Carter-Finley Stadium, home to North Carolina State’s college football team and across the street from Carolina’s home ice at PNC Arena. Delayed two years because of COVID-19 attendance restrictions, the game drew a buzzing sellout crowd of 56,961 fans on a night that felt more like spectacle than a regular-season game.
“That was cool,” Stastny said. “I’m not a big college (football) guy but I always kind of watch those Saturday night games under the lights, when they come down from the tunnel, and that’s what it kind of felt like.”
“There’s no question,” Carolina captain Jordan Staal said, “those are pinch-yourself moments.”
Tom Wilson scored in the third period for the Capitals, who suffered their fourth straight loss. The past three have come without captain and leading goal-scorer Alex Ovechkin, who is away after the death of his father.
“We’ve got to get our confidence back,” Wilson said. “We’ve got to get our swagger back a little bit.”
Carolina finished with a 10th win in 11 games. And this one had the added significance that came with the long-awaited outdoor game — the latest chance for the league to hold one of its marquee events in a so-called “nontraditional” market within its southern footprint.
Temperatures hit the 70s for multiple days earlier in the week, while rain arrived to delay Friday’s practices, but conditions were optimal Saturday: clear and chilly all day, with temperatures dipping into the low 40s by the puck drop and high 30s by the final horn.
The Hurricanes gave their festive crowd plenty of reasons to stay rowdy, starting with Kotkaniemi’s finish in close barely two minutes into the game. Then Carolina scored three goals in a 5 1/2-minute span of the second period to blow this one open.
“We found ourselves chasing them and chasing the game,” Washington coach Peter Laviolette said.
The highlight was Necas hammering a one-timer on the power play from the left side past Darcy Kuemper. The flurry also included Hurricane goaltender Frederik Andersen tallying an assist.
On a night when he finished with 24 saves, Andersen earned a point when he lofted a long pass to Teravainen to ignite a 2-on-1 chance, with Teravainen passing to Necas, who drew Kuemper to his side and sent it back to Teravainen for the easy putaway and a 4-0 lead.
SWEET THREADS
The teams followed outdoor-game tradition by arriving in coordinated and themed attire, from a comfortable afternoon on the links to a throwback to glory days on the high school gridiron.
The Hurricanes walked from PNC Arena in old-timey plaid golf knickers, matching hats and a black top over a white collared shirt with red tie. Defensemen Brent Burns and Jaccob Slavin were among those to complete the look by carrying a golf club.
The Capitals exited a school bus sporting blue jeans, a white T-shirt, custom lettermen-styled jackets, knitted caps and toting footballs.
GOLF SURGE
Fittingly, Carolina’s postgame “Storm Surge” on-ice celebration for the fans followed the golf theme.
After leading fans in coordinated claps, the players dropped their gloves to the ice used their hockey sticks to swing at them as though they were teeing off.
NODS TO THE PACK
NHL chief content officer Steve Mayer had said the night would also honor host N.C. State. And there were plenty such touches.
The Wolfpack marching band sat behind one goal at ice level. Mascots Mr. and Ms. Wuf sported Hurricanes gear. And there was the familiar football gameday sight of the motorized cart featuring a large white N.C. State football helmet on a wolf head parked near the Capitals tunnel.
Former Wolfpack basketball greats David Thompson and Dereck Whittenburg — who led N.C. State to NCAA championships in 1974 and 1983, respectively — introduced the Hurricanes as they emerged from the tunnel.
And finally, there was Ripken the Bat Dog — official tee retriever for N.C. State football and bat retriever for the nearby minor-league Durham Bulls baseball team — performing a ceremonial puck drop between Staal and Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom.
UP NEXT
Capitals: Host Detroit on Tuesday night.
Hurricanes: Host St. Louis on Tuesday night.
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COVID-19 showing signs of winter spike
(CNN) - For months, respiratory viruses like RSV and the flu have had a grip on the country.
As cases of those viruses seem to be trending down, COVID-19 is once again showing signs of a winter surge.
”This is a new emerging subvariant and it has risen very quickly across the country,” said White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha.
One in five Americans now live in a county that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers to have a high community level of COVID-19.
Only about 15% of those eligible for an updated booster have gotten it, and about 20% of people in the U.S. are completely unvaccinated against COVID-19.
”People who have gotten that updated bivalent booster, all the evidence so far suggests that they’re still protected against even this XBB.1.5,” Jha said.
The omicron subvariant has quickly taken hold in the Northeast, and health experts are watching to see if it will spread to other parts of the country, too.
With at-home rapid tests and cases not being reported, the exact COVID-19 burden on the U.S. is still unclear. Some data suggest viral levels in wastewater are increasing.
Hospitalization numbers have now surpassed last summer’s BA.5 wave, and seniors are being hit particularly hard.
”Obviously right now, COVID-19 is the thing that’s increasing that we need to pay the most attention to,” Jha said.
The latest omicron subvariant is estimated to be the cause of nearly 60% of all new COVID-19 infections in the Northeast. Hospitalizations also are rising there.
It is not clear yet whether XBB.1.5 causes more severe disease than some recent subvariants or if waning immunity is leaving people less protected from COVID-19 infections.
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The police chief of Grayson, a village in Caldwell Parish, took money seized in narcotics investigations, was found with drugs confiscated in other cases and stole a family's COVID stimulus money, leaving them homeless, the Louisiana Attorney General's office said in a news release Monday.
Mitch Bratton was convicted of malfeasance in office, felony theft and possession of controlled dangerous substances, the release said. He had recently been reelected, the office said.
Bratton was personally responsible for more than $10,000 in narcotics funds that went missing between 2016 and 2019, the release said.
During a search of his vehicle, State Police found Xanax and Suboxone loose inside, the AG's office said; it was evidence from other drug cases that had not been documented.
The theft charges come from Bratton taking COVID stimulus money from a mother and son that was set aside for home expenses, the release said. Without the money, the family was unable to pay its bills and is now homeless.
A jury handed down the guilty verdict after a two-week trial, the release said. Bratton is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 19; he faces up to five years in prison for each count, the AG's office said. | 2023-07-10T18:31:10+00:00 | theadvocate.com | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/louisiana-police-chief-took-drug-money-ags-offices-says/article_9a1ac302-1f3a-11ee-a1c9-7f90ebb52832.html |
▶ Watch Video: Major Democratic donors back Rep. Liz Cheney in reelection bid In the closing weeks of her campaign, Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican, is up with a new TV ad that contrasts her primary opponents’ stances about fraud in the 2020 election with her own. The ad, first shared with CBS News, features comments made about the 2020 election by three of her primary opponents during their June debate. It opens up with her main opponent, Trump-backed trial attorney Harriet Hageman saying, “We have serious questions about the 2020 election.” The ad is another sign that Cheney, who is vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is doubling down on her battle against the baseless claims from former President Donald Trump and GOP allies that the 2020 election was stolen. “We’ve got to elect serious leaders. We have to elect leaders who will take their oath of office seriously. Leaders who won’t simply say what they think people want to hear,” Cheney says in the closing of the ad. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Vice Chairwoman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, delivers closing remarks during a prime-time hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on July 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. / Getty Images During that debate on June 30, Hageman criticized Cheney and the Jan. 6 committee, and said “they’re not focusing on the issues that are important to the people in Wyoming.” At one point in the debate, Cheney challenged Hageman directly to say the 2020 election was not stolen. After Hageman didn’t directly respond, Cheney said her challenger is “completely beholden” to Trump. Two other primary candidates, state Sen. Anthony Bouchard and businesswoman Robyn Belinsky, are also shown in the ad referencing the 2020 election. Since June, at least 11 TV ads on the Wyoming primary have been up on the air, with five of them coming from Cheney and six from Hageman’s campaign or allied groups such as the Club for Growth Action, according to data from ad tracking firm AdImpact. Since June, Cheney has been the top individual spender on ads, with $1.8 million spent. She has led the field in fundraising this cycle with $13 million raised this cycle compared to $3.8 million for Hageman. Cheney’s fifth ad is out the same week as one by the pro-Hageman Wyoming Values PAC, who placed a $500,000 ad buy in the final three weeks of the campaign that uses Cheney’s vote for the bipartisan gun control bill to tie her to Democrats. Hageman also released an ad Tuesday that focuses on her work representing a farmer that was being sued by the Environmental Protection Agency. In response to the new Cheney ad, Hageman campaign advisor and former Trump campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh said, “Wyoming is fed up with Liz Cheney and no amount of television ads funded by Democrats from California will ever change that.” The three term congresswoman is facing her toughest re-election yet. A recent independent poll by the Casper Star-Tribune had Hageman leading by 22 points, a similar margin to other internal polls by Hageman and allies. GOP activists back in Wyoming have also turned on the historically conservative congresswoman, and the state’s Republican central committee narrowly voted to no longer recognize her as a Republican in November 2021. Congressional Republicans have also gotten behind Hageman. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who has had a frosty relationship with Cheney since she was booted as the House Republican Chair, said Tuesday that he’d be at his own event in Wyoming on Aug. 16, the day of the primary. In June, Cheney’s campaign sent a mailer out to all voters about how they could change their party affiliation to register as a Republican, an indirect appeal to a combined 78,210 registered Democratic and Independent voters, according to July 1 data from Wyoming’s Secretary of State. Republicans make up more than 71% of registered voters in Wyoming. Wyoming law allows for voters to change their party affiliation on election day, something Trump and the state party pushed for the state’s Republican-led legislature to get rid of. In a statement, Cheney said “damn right” that she’d inform all voters about the voting rules. “If any eligible voter living in Wyoming wishes to become a Republican, they are free to do so. That is their right,” she said. Since she voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 attack, Cheney’s race has been a top priority for the former president. He backed Hageman in Sept. 2021 and held a rally in Casper, the state’s second-largest city, in May. And on Saturday in Florida, over 2,000 miles away from Wyoming, Trump made little mention of the recent Jan. 6 public hearings themselves but made sure to take a quick dig at Cheney by calling her “unhinged. In 2020, Cheney and Trump both got just under 70% of the vote, with Trump recording just 7,827 more votes than what Cheney got. Cheney’s involvement in the Jan. 6 select committee has resulted in very public spats between her and Trump over his actions after the 2020 election. She raised the prospects of witness tampering in one hearing after saying Trump called someone who had privately spoken to the committee, something Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich called a lie. The feud between Cheney and Trump has the possibility of extending into 2024. The former president hinted again at a third run during a Tuesday speech in Washington, D.C. “They want to damage me so I cannot go back to work for you. And I don’t think that’s going to happen,” Trump said as the crowd chanted “four more years.” When asked by CNN on Sunday, Cheney did not shut the door on a potential run in 2024 and said she’d make that call “down the road.” In her closing remarks for the eighth Jan. 6 hearing, Cheney alluded to a potential future run for Trump. “Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of Jan. 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again?” she said. | 2022-07-27T12:15:40+00:00 | wsgw.com | https://www.wsgw.com/cheneys-new-campaign-ad-focuses-on-opponents-claims-about-the-2020-election/ |
PHOENIX (AP)Chance McMillian’s 17 points helped Grand Canyon defeat Benedictine at Mesa 110-53 on Saturday night.
McMillian was 7 of 10 shooting (3 for 4 from distance) for the Antelopes (5-2). Walter Ellis scored 15 points, finishing 5 of 10 from 3-point range. Kobe Knox was 5-of-10 shooting (2 for 5 from distance) to finish with 14 points, while adding seven assists.
Alphonse Alfred finished with 12 points for the Redhawks (0-2). Benedictine at Mesa also got 10 points and two steals from Tanner Crawford. In addition, Tre Carolina had seven points and four assists.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2022-11-27T23:52:35+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/mcmillians-17-lead-grand-canyon-over-benedictine-at-mesa/ |
WATCH: Woman arrested after waving pitchfork, whip outside grocery store
Published: Jul. 26, 2022 at 8:38 AM PDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
CLERMONT, Fla. (CNN) – A woman was arrested in Florida for waving a pitchfork and whip outside a Publix last week.
Video from the Florida Highway Patrol shows the woman standing outside in the rain in the parking lot.
Police identified her as 56-year-old Lisa Anne Slone and said she caused damage to a vehicle with the pitchfork.
Police said Slone was at the store trying to sell teddy bears. When an officer asked if she had taken anything that day, she answered yes.
Slone has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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In a recent letter to the editor, Caroline Machiraju, a member of Moms for Liberty, revealed their true agenda.
Although the organization claims to be for “liberty,” they aren’t looking for “liberty for all.” They are only seeking liberty for self-professed Christians to impose their religious values on everyone else.
For example, not everyone believes that people are created in the “image and likeness of God” (many of the Founding Fathers were not Christians, but rather Deists, who believed that it was impossible to know anything about our creator, if there was one). If we cannot know what the creator looks like, how can we say that people were created in her image and likeness?
Machiraju also states that Moms for Liberty wants to save followers of all faiths from “the secular and ever-increasingly evil that some wants to teach our school children in the name of tolerance.” This aversion to having their children taught “tolerance” has raised its ugly head in a lawsuit the Moms filed to stop a school program teaching children to be kind to others.
The Moms insist it is their right to teach their children to disrespect some people. This is just what we need in our schools, more bullying. I doubt Jesus Christ would approve of such parenting.
Cumberland County Moms for Liberty Vice Chair Kelly Potteiger is running for Cumberland Valley School Board. She nor any other Moms for Liberty should be allowed anywhere near governmental bodies, if we hope to have peace in our community.
Mike Schnierle, Sliver Spring Township, Pa. | 2023-03-11T15:04:18+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2023/03/moms-for-liberty-dont-want-liberty-for-all-pennlive-letters.html |
NEW YORK — "Gaslighting" — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster's word of the year.
Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn't a single event that drove significant spikes in the curiosity, as it usually goes with the chosen word of the year.
The gaslighting was pervasive.
"It's a word that has risen so quickly in the English language, and especially in the last four years, that it actually came as a surprise to me and to many of us," said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday's unveiling.
"It was a word looked up frequently every single day of the year," he said.
There were deepfakes and the dark web. There were deep states and fake news. And there was a whole lot of trolling.
Merriam-Webster's top definition for gaslighting is the psychological manipulation of a person, usually over an extended period of time, that "causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one's emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator."
Gaslighting is a heinous tool frequently used by abusers in relationships — and by politicians and other newsmakers. It can happen between romantic partners, within a broader family unit and among friends. It can be a corporate tactic, or a way to mislead the public. There's also "medical gaslighting," when a health care professional dismisses a patient's symptoms or illness as "all in your head."
Despite its relatively recent prominence — including "Gaslighter," The Chicks' 2020 album featuring the rousingly angry titular single — the word was brought to life more than 80 years ago with "Gas Light," a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton.
It birthed two film adaptations in the 1940s. One, George Cukor's "Gaslight" in 1944, starred Ingrid Bergman as Paula Alquist and Charles Boyer as Gregory Anton. The two marry after a whirlwind romance and Gregory turns out to be a champion gaslighter. Among other instances, he insists her complains over the constant dimming of their London townhouse's gaslights is a figment of her troubled mind. It wasn't.
The death of Angela Lansbury in October drove some interest in lookups of the word, Sokolowski said. She played Nancy Oliver, a young maid hired by Gregory and told not to bother his "high-strung" wife.
The term gaslighting was later used by mental health practitioners to clinically describe a form of prolonged coercive control in abusive relationships.
"There is this implication of an intentional deception," Sokolowski said. "And once one is aware of that deception, it's not just a straightforward lie, as in, you know, I didn't eat the cookies in the cookie jar. It's something that has a little bit more devious quality to it. It has possibly an idea of strategy or a long-term plan."
Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million page views a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based solely on data. Sokolowski and his team weed out evergreen words most commonly looked up to gauge which word received a significant bump over the year before.
They don't slice and dice why people look up words, which can be anything from quick spelling and definition checks to some sort of attempt at inspiration or motivation. Some of the droves who looked up "gaslighting" this year might have wanted to know, simply, if it's one or two words, or whether it's hyphenated.
"Gaslighting," Sokolowski said, spent all of 2022 in the top 50 words looked up on merriam-webster.com to earn top dog word of the year status. Last year's pick was "vaccine." Rounding out this year's Top 10 are:
— "Oligarch," driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
— "Omicron," the persistent COVID-19 variant and the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.
— "Codify," as in turning abortion rights into federal law.
— "Queen consort," what King Charles' wife, Camilla is newly known as.
— "Raid," as in the search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
— "Sentient," with lookups brought on by Google canning the engineer who claimed an unreleased AI system had become sentient.
— "Cancel culture," enough said.
— "LGBTQIA," for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual, aromantic or agender.
— "Loamy," which many Wordle users tried back in August, though the right word that day was "clown."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared three months ago while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces arrived Friday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after their release by Russian-backed separatists as part of a prisoner exchange.
“We’re looking forward to spending time with family and we’ll be in touch with the media soon,” Alex Drueke said after arriving at the airport with Andy Huynh at around noon. “Happy to be home.”
Drueke, 40, and Huynh, 27, went missing in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine near the Russian border on June 9. They had traveled to Ukraine on their own and bonded over their shared home state.
Their families announced their release Wednesday in a joint statement from Dianna Shaw, an aunt of Drueke.
Saudi Arabia brokered the exchange that granted their release. The Saudi embassy released a statement Wednesday saying it helped secure the release of 10 prisoners from Morocco, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Croatia. Shaw confirmed that Drueke and Huynh were part of the group.
Drueke and Huynh flew to New York from Saudi Arabia. Shaw said in an email that Druke’s mother and Huynh’s fiancé would fly to New York to meet the men later Friday and that all four would then travel to Alabama on Saturday. | 2022-09-23T20:50:24+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/2-americans-released-by-russian-separatists-arrive-in-nyc/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
HALETHORPE, Md., May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fzata, Inc., a biotech innovator, is proud to announce that it has been named the winner of the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Innovation Celebration for Biotechnology for its oral Bioengineered Probiotic Yeast Medicines (BioPYM™) platform. The Company is honored to have been selected for this award from among so many highly innovative competitors.
Every year the event, hosted by Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce (NOVA) and BigIdea ConnectPreneur, showcases the region's greatest and most creative minds at work. Innovators can be almost anything, from cutting-edge products that solve business needs to creative shifts that improve employee morale.
Fzata is a near-clinical stage platform biopharmaceutical company in the BioHealth Capital Region. Our vision is to reduce health inequities by expanding patient access to therapeutic biologics with patient friendly oral capsules. BioPYM uses genetically modified live yeast as a 'micro-factory' to make recombinant biologics in the gut to target disease biomarkers and modulate gut function. A first-in-human clinical study for Clostridioides difficile infection is targeted for 1Q2023. BioPYM advantages include: easy manufacturing, no cold-chain, no infusions or injections and a "bottomless" pipeline for gastro-intestinal diseases and related disorders. Fzata's innovation is supported by NIH with over $17M in non-dilutive funding. Fzata is now raising $10M to support the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) BioPYM program through phase 1 clinical trial.
Dr. Zhiyong Yang, President and CEO of Fzata, commented, "Fzata's vision of expanding patient access to therapeutic biologics is only made possible with our scientific innovations. Innovation under-pins our ground-breaking BioPYM platform and its many competitive advantages. Patient-friendly BioPYM will enable oral alternatives for injectable biologics like Humira® and Remicade®. Innovation has further improved BioPYM so that it can be used to express any biologic therapeutic to treat gastrointestinal disorders like infections, inflammation, cancer, and diabetes as well as gut axis disorders."
About Fzata
Fzata (www.Fzata.com) is a near-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, developing oral live biologic-based preventive and therapeutic medicines. The Company owns two proprietary platforms: one to generate fully humanized multi-specific antibodies and a second, BioPYM, for localized delivery of recombinant biologic therapeutics to treat gastrointestinal related diseases.
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Amazon, Rite Aid cap purchase of emergency contraceptives
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place similar caps following the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade.
Amazon’s limit, which temporarily caps purchase of the contraceptives at three units per week, went into effect on Monday, a spokesperson for the e-commerce giant confirmed to The Associated Press. The company did not share further details on what emergency contraceptive products were limited for purchase, but a listing showed the cap applied to Plan B, the popular “morning after” pill.
A similar policy went into effect Monday at the drugstore chain Rite Aid, which has limited the purchase of Plan B pills to three units per customer due to increased demand, a company spokesperson said. The limit applies to both in-store and online purchases.
Emergency contraception is different from abortion pills used to end a pregnancy. Plan B, which can be obtained without a prescription, contains a concentrated dose of the same drug found in many regular birth control pills. If a woman takes Plan B within 72 hours of unprotected sex, she can lower the risk of pregnancy significantly.
Emergency contraception has been attacked by some abortion foes who believe life begins when an egg is fertilized. The federally approved label says it may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb. But researchers with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have said its unlikely to have that effect.
A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing Plan B due to confusion over whether the state’s abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing it. St. Luke’s Health Kansas City said Wednesday, however, that it would resume offering the medication.
Retailers limiting purchases is standard practice that helps retailers prevent stockpiling and reselling at higher prices.
“Retailers are being cautious. They are trying to manage it,” said Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail. “But I don’t think there are chronic shortages.”
Walmart, Amazon’s top competitor, has capped online purchases of Plan B to 10 units, though it’s unclear when the purchase limit began. The retailer doesn’t have in-store limits at this time, but managers may make changes to help ensure availability based on the demand.
“Many of our products have online purchase limits in place,” a Walmart spokesperson said. “During times of fluctuating demand, these limits may change.”
Meanwhile, CVS Health said it removed its own caps on emergency contraceptives after it installed a temporary limit following Friday’s high court ruling. The company said it had been seeking to preserve access to the products following a “sharp increase” in sales, which have since returned to normal levels.
“We continue to have ample supply of emergency contraceptives to meet customer needs,” CVS Health spokesman Matthew Blanchette said.
The pharmacy chain Walgreens is still able to meet demand for in-store purchases and curbside pickup of over-the-counter emergency contraception pills. But spokeswoman Emily Mekstan said the company is restocking its ship-to-home business, which saw a jump in demand. CVS Health and Walgreens are the two biggest U.S. drugstore chains. They run around 19,000 locations combined.
Spokespeople for Target and Kroger said they didn’t have anything to share on potential limits on contraceptive purchases.
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AP staff writers Anne D’Innocenzio in New York and Tom Murphy in Indianapolis contributed to this report.
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BRENTON, W.Va. (WVNS) — There was yet another lucky Powerball winner in southern West Virginia this week.
According to a release from the West Virginia Lottery, another $50,000 dollar ticket was sold, this time in Wyoming County. The winning ticket was purchased at the Brenton E-Z Stop on State Route 9 in Brenton.
Wednesday’s numbers were 23, 35, 45, 66, 67 and the Power Ball was 20. Make sure you check your tickets and all of the prize tiers you could win.
With no jackpot tickets being claimed yet again, the total jackpot for the next Powerball draw on Saturday, July 15, 2023, has now reached $875 million. This jackpot is the third largest in game history.
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NEW YORK — The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of funding on both sides of the abortion debate.
“I think we will see funding that’s going to be a lot less performative and a lot more realistic,” said Leslie Lenkowsky, a professor emeritus in public affairs and philanthropic studies at Indiana University.
Those kind of gifts are already starting to arrive.
Donations are pouring in to nonprofit groups in what experts call an example of “rage giving.” Yet few believe the additional funding for their causes will be enough to address the increased demand for help either for women to obtain abortions or to support babies put up for adoption or into the foster care system.
At The Brigid Alliance, a New York nonprofit that provides funding and logistical help for people seeking abortions, the number of donors more than doubled to 6,000-plus after the leak in May of a draft of the Supreme Court ruling, according to Sarah Moeller, the group’s director of resource development. Once Roe was overturned last month, their number of donors doubled again within three days, with people contributing anywhere from $5 to $50,000. Even so, Moeller said, the donations can’t begin to match the need.
“Since September, when Texas implemented their six-week ban, we saw a 900% increase in requests for our services,” she said. “We expect that we’ll continue to see surging rates as the dominoes fall after this ruling.”
The Brigid Alliance helps about 125 people a month with abortion logistics and expenses — about $1,200 per person. Most requests come from women in the South, Moeller said, and inflation has increased many of the costs.
“I think it’s going to be impossible for every individual who needs abortion care to be able to get to their appointments,” Moeller said. “We’re doing everything that we can to grow in order to meet increasing demand. And every single person who is able to help makes a huge difference. But the volume is just incalculable at this point.”
At Americans United for Life, which provides anti-abortion policy expertise to legislators around the country, donations are coming in heavy numbers from Americans of all ages and backgrounds, said Tom Shakely, the group’s chief engagement officer. Even so, he said, the group remains “a multimillion-dollar David to abortion’s multibillion-dollar Goliath.”
“The end of Roe v. Wade unfortunately does not mean the end of Planned Parenthood or the end of abortion,” Shakely said. “Abortion will tragically continue to be a multibillion-dollar business in America until we clarify that abortion is incompatible with constitutional justice.”
Brandi Collins-Calhoun, a manager at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, said she hopes donors will regard the next stage in the abortion debate as a reason to redouble contributions to what she sees as reproductive justice.
“There are a lot of gaps and voids that both the states and philanthropy created, because of their practices — the ways that they frame abortion as a rights issue, not a health issue,” she said. “I think anybody who has the capital and the access should be paying for people’s abortions. Whether that’s the state, whether it’s philanthropy — I think everybody has a responsibility.”
Aaron Dorfman, the committee’s president and CEO, suggested that philanthropy’s responsibility, in part, is to fund programs that the government can’t or won’t.
“It’s a perfectly appropriate role for donors to step up in this way — to both meet an urgent need and also lay a framework for a better government that more fully meets the needs of its citizenry,” he said. “Part of how philanthropy can do that is by investing in power-building work at state and local levels to support community organizing, and advocacy work that really helps change how government functions and who it is responsive to.”
Dorfman noted that conservative funders have long supported their work in that way, while liberal funders have tended to be more reticent.
The result, Collins-Calhoun said, is that many abortion rights groups have been overwhelmed.
“We’re a few days out from the decision, and state and local leaders are exhausted,” she said. “They haven’t been sustained. Many of them are trying to figure out what to do next because they weren’t funded for this moment.”
Leaders on both sides of the issue say they recognize that they’ll have to quickly find their way through this new reality.
“We’re really at one of these moments in our country that could be very, very important,” Lenkowsky said. “Are we going to rise to the challenge here? Or are we going to keep going on business as usual?”
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LAS VEGAS- Legal trouble for Davante Adams.
The Las Vegas Raiders star wide receiver has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he pushed a freelance photographer to the ground following the Raiders 30-29 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night.
The charges were filed Wednesday morning in Municipal Court of Kansas City.
Davante Adams has been charged with misdemeanor assault for shoving a credentialed media worker.
— ESPN (@espn) October 12, 2022
Adams was cited for an "intentional, overt act" that inflicted "bodily injury," according to court records released Wednesday.
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According to those court records, Adams was cited for an “intentional, overt act” that inflicted “bodily injury”.
The photographer shoved was a freelancer working for ESPN, according to the network.
Adams apologized after the game, saying the shove “was just frustration mixed with him literally just running in front of me.”
Adams, who spent the first eight years of his career with the Packers, was traded to the Raiders in March. | 2022-10-12T18:16:02+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/news/2022/10/12/davante-adams-charged-with-assault-following-push-of-photographer/ |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Though the House and Senate are still hanging in the balance, it’s clear Republicans did not sweep the nation with the “red wave” of conservative wins like they hoped. If anything, it was more of a red trickle.
Semantics aside, one thing is clear: Gov. Ron DeSantis swept Florida by nearly 20%, an incredible margin by anyone’s standards. Texas’ own Gov. Greg Abbott bested Beto O’Rourke, the left’s most popular gubernatorial challenger, by 11%. Conservatives should look to DeSantis and Abbott for an explanation and direction forward.
Unlike many conservative candidates who narrowly won or even lost, neither DeSantis nor Abbott tiptoed around their core beliefs. Both also focused on governing competency. DeSantis and Abbott went hard on what some people call 2022’s version of the culture wars: Lockdowns, mandates, education, “woke” corporations.
Really, this is all just liberty. DeSantis and Abbott went all-in on competence and freedom, which turned out to be a winning combination.
In his rousing victory speech, DeSantis said: “We saw freedom and our very way of life, in so many other jurisdictions in this country, wither on the vine. Florida held the line. We chose facts over fear, we chose education over indoctrination, we chose law and order over rioting and disorder. Florida was a refuge of sanity when the world went mad. We stood as a citadel of freedom for people across this country and across the world.”
DeSantis couldn’t be more right. A politician with an authoritarian bent believes he or she knows what is best for everyone. A leader who values competence and liberty equally knows that letting people have freedom of choice while offering a solid framework of boundaries, laws and consequences for those choices is how people really thrive.
The pandemic provided an apt example. During the pandemic, Abbott and DeSantis issued brief quarantine orders, but after analyzing the data on COVID-19 and its spread, they decided to reopen Texas and Florida. Ultimately, mask mandates were lifted after a short time, people were allowed to reopen their businesses, and children were allowed to learn in-person at school.
Compared to other parts of the country, some of which remained in strict lockdown for almost two years, this was a breath of fresh air, an indictment of government overreach, and most importantly, a boon for liberty. Both governors had the competence to see the right thing and follow through with it, even though they were in the minority and scolded for it.
Their courage has paid off. People are leaving states that locked down for years, like California and New York, and flocking to Florida and Texas in droves. Liberty coupled with competence is magnetic.
In his victory speech, Abbott said he ran for office again for “parents who just want to be able to choose the school that’s best for their child.” In the last few years, DeSantis has supported parents’ advocating for their kids’ and the content they consume in school. As governor, he listened to them when they disagreed with progressive ideas in schools.
Letting parents help determine what their children learn, shunning liberal indoctrination in schools, refusing to give in to “woke” ideas, laying down boundaries, facts, and data and choosing to honor those, refusing to implement income taxes — these are things that the electorate clearly wants.
DeSantis and Abbott share another commonality: Both men were careful not to lean too much on former President Donald Trump in their re-election campaigns or obsess about the integrity of the 2020 election results. This paid off. Other staunch Trump allies, like Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Senate candidate Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania and Michigan governor candidate Tudor Dixon — likely in part due to their vocal alignment with the former president, who refuses to acknowledge the 2020 election results.
Abbott and DeSantis focused on the best ways to make two of the largest states operate effectively, championing low taxes, listening to what the people want, and letting them make their own choices within a reasonable framework of laws. This strategy increased their competence and marked them as leaders who love liberty. It’s the path forward for the GOP.
Nicole Russell is a writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, gave in to protesters’ demands early Monday announcing in a nationally televised address that she will send Congress a proposal to move up elections.
Boluarte’s decision came after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets around Peru for another day on Sunday to demand that she resign and schedule elections to replace her and Congress. The protests turned deadly, with at least two reported deaths in a remote community in the Andes, according to officials.
Boluarte said she will propose the scheduling of general elections for April 2024. That marks a reversal as she had previously said she should be allowed to hold the office for the remaining 3 1/2 years of her predecessor’s term.
“My duty as president of the republic in the current difficult time is to interpret, read and collect the aspirations, interests and concerns, if not of all, of the vast majority of Peruvians,” Boluarte said. “So, interpreting in the broadest way the will of the citizens… I have decided to assume the initiative to reach an agreement with the congress of the republic to advance the general elections.”
Many of those demonstrating in the ongoing political crisis are demanding the release from custody of Pedro Castillo, the center-left president ousted Wednesday by lawmakers after he sought to dissolve Congress ahead of an impeachment vote.
The protests rocking Peru heated up particularly in rural areas, strongholds for Castillo, a former schoolteacher and political newcomer from a poor Andean mountain district. Protesters set fire to a police station, vandalized a small airport used by the armed forces, and marched in the streets.
A 15-year-old boy died of an injury suffered during a protest in the remote Andes community of Andahuaylas, Congresswoman Maria Taipe Coronado said as she made an impassioned plea from the legislative palace for Boluarte to step down.
“The death of this compatriot is the responsibility of Mrs. Dina for not submitting her resignation,” charged Taipe, who is affiliated with the party which helped Castillo and Boluarte to their election last year as president and vice president respectively before both were kicked out of that party. “Since when is protesting a crime?”
Taipe charged that authorities were using heavy-handed repressive tactics in quelling demonstrations. But it remains unclear how the boy was fatally injured, and state media reported a second death in the same community without giving details.
Anthony Gutiérrez, director of a local hospital, told a radio station that the second protester to die was an 18-year-old person. At least 26 people also were reported injured.
Hundreds of people also protested in Lima, the capital, where riot police used tear gas to push protesters back.
Boluarte, in her address to the nation, declared a state of emergency in areas outside Lima where protests have been particularly violent.
Boluarte, 60, was swiftly sworn in at midweek to replace Castillo, hours after he stunned the country by ordering the dissolution of Congress, which in turn dismissed him for “permanent moral incapacity.” Castillo was arrested on charges of rebellion.
Castillo’s failed move against the opposition-led Congress came hours before lawmakers were set to start a third impeachment attempt against him.
Scattered protests around the country have continued for days. Protesters have also setup roadblocks, leaving people stranded for hours.
On Saturday in Andahuaylas, 16 people were treated for concussions at a hospital, and one of thos persons was was reported in serious condition.
Boluarte has called for a time of national unity to heal from the latest upheaval. But many of those demonstrating in favor of Castillo have called her a “traitor.”
“The life of no Peruvian deserves to be sacrificed for political interests,” Boluarte tweeted hours before her address to the nation. “I express my condolences for the death of a citizen in Andahuaylas. I reiterate my call for dialogue and to put an end to violence.”
Meanwhile, in Lima, hundreds of people again gathered outside the legislative palace on Sunday. Dozens of police officers in riot gear used tear gas against those gathered, while just inside the building, lawmakers were beginning a session. Police also chased and beat protesters as they ran from the scene amid clouds of gas.
Peru has had six presidents in the last six years, including three in a single week in 2020 when Congress flexed its impeachment powers.
The power struggle in the country has continued as the Andes region and its thousands of small farms struggle to survive the worst drought in a half-century. The country of more than 33 million people is also experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections — having recorded about 4.3 million infections and 217,000 deaths since the pandemic began. | 2022-12-12T13:23:31+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-protests-over-perus-political-crisis-continue-around-nation/ |
Finding the perfect small desk for your bedroom
Having a desk in the bedroom is perfect for journaling at night, writing down your thoughts before bed. If you live in a small apartment or compact space, your desk can function as a home office setup or double as a nightstand. Whether you’ll be working with a pen and paper or typing away at your computer, finding the right small desk for your space and personal needs depends on several considerations.
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Choose your desk type
While there are numerous types of desks available, not all fit into the small desk category. Styles to consider are computer desks, writing desks, floating desks, corner desks, lap desks, standing desks, bed desks and laptop stands.
Consider size and placement
It’s necessary to measure the available space in your bedroom before making a purchase. Small desks typically range from 10 to 42 inches wide. Desks placed in the corner, beside the bed, mounted to the wall or in the closet are among the most space-efficient. Some desks have folding components for more compact storage.
Putting a desk under the window can brighten your mood, exposing you to natural light and keeping you connected to the outside world. Since your bed can be a source of distraction while working, you may want to separate your workplace and sleeping areas. You can place the desk opposite the bed or install a decorative screen or shelving between the pieces of furniture.
Pick the desk materials
Various types of wood, steel and acrylic are the most common materials for desks. Some of the most high-end pieces feature solid hardwood that’s been kiln-dried for enhanced durability. Mid-range wood desks often contain genuine and engineered wood such as particleboard (a sturdy material typically made from wood chips and resin). Acrylic is a transparent, very stiff type of plastic that’s incredibly strong and can be pricey. The least expensive desks contain steel, engineered wood or a combination of both materials.
Think of your storage needs
You may want a desk with drawers, shelves or cubbies to store office supplies and documents, display books, keepsakes or nightstand items if you’re placing the desk beside your bed. Some desks also come extra features such as cable management or a keyboard tray; otherwise, these can be purchased separately as accessories.
Best budget small desks
Trent Austin Design Gateshead End Table
If all your workspace requires is space for a laptop, this miniature desk fits the bill. The metal and manufactured wood laptop stand is slim and modern. It’s only 10.25 inches wide and is available in five finishes.
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This minimalist computer desk features engineered wood and stable steel legs. The desk comes in 19 versions with different tabletop and leg finishes and in multiple sizes as small as 31 inches wide, so finding the right one to suit your bedroom is easy.
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This contemporary little desk fits neatly in a corner of the bedroom. Featuring engineered wood in six finishes, it includes two lower ledges and a drawer for storing office items. This corner desk is 41.5 inches wide.
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Novogratz Athena Computer Desk
This mid-century computer desk has the look of an expensive model without the steep price tag. The steel legs have a striking gold finish and the desk surface, made from laminated particleboard, comes in black marble, white marble or a terrazzo finish. It measures 40.5 inches wide and includes two storage cubbies.
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Best mid-range small desks
This ladder-style writing desk offers impressive storage with two upper shelves, a drawer and cubby. Measuring 33.8 inches wide, it’s made of genuine and manufactured wood and comes in five two-tone finishes.
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This modern glam desk is seriously attractive with its gold accents. It’s 42 inches wide, has two drawers and is built with manufactured wood and a sturdy steel base.
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With a minimalist metal and engineered wood silhouette, this desk has a modern industrial look to it. While there’s no drawer storage, you can store books and display plants or photos on the hutch. It measures 35.5 inches wide.
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Latitude Run Andersonville Desk
This wall-mounted folding desk is the ultimate space-saver. It has four open shelves, three file organizers, a corkboard and an attached bookcase that tuck away when not in use. The desktop is 22 inches wide — just enough room for a small lamp and laptop. It’s made of engineered and comes in white, black, gray and walnut finishes.
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Best high-end small desks
This solid eucalyptus and engineered wood desk has a beautiful wood grain pattern and subtle brushed brass hardware. The mid-century-inspired desk comes in a rich acorn finish and measures 40 inches wide.
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With cabriole legs, carved scrollwork and claw feet, this elegant little writing desk belongs in another time. It has a small drawer for storing paper and writing implements. The vintage-style desk is only 35 inches wide and is made from solid and engineered wood. You can choose from three rich finishes: antique brass, gray or plantation cherry.
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This three-drawer writing desk has a charming antique aesthetic, featuring brass drawer pulls and accents and an interesting X-shaped leg design. It comes in brown, light brown and white finishes. It’s 40.5 inches and is made from solid wood and manufactured wood.
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Featuring modern curved corners and a sled-style base, this clear acrylic desk pairs well with glam decor or a statement office chair. It measures 31.5 inches wide.
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Worth checking out
- Illuminate your desktop with the BenQ eReading LED Desk Lamp, which switches between cool white and warm white light for working or reading.
- The Victor Wood Desktop Organizer keeps your office supplies neatly arranged and readily accessible.
- You can save space on your desktop and type more comfortably with the Soundance Laptop Stand.
- Add to your workspace and improve your posture with the 3M Easy Adjust Sit/Stand Keyboard Tray.
- Keep the wires on your devices organized in this discreet DMoose Large Cable Management Box.
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Stephens County man charged for possession of child porn
STEPHENS COUNTY, Okla. (KXII) - A Stephens County man was arrested after OSBI’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a tip that he was in possession of child pornography.
According to court documents from the State of Oklahoma, 50-year-old Eldon Levi McAdams possessed child sexual abuse material on his cell phone.
Court documents state on January 26, 2022, the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children received a report of suspected child pornography, and the IP address used to posses, manufacture, or distribute the child sexual abuse material were associated with the residence where McAdams lives.
On August 17, 2022 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations Agents, OSBI, served a search warrant and found more material on McAdams’ cell phone. One video was of a boy and a girl, both around 10-years-old, exposing their genitals to the camera. Court documents state the file name was “cool sis with a boy and girl.”
According to OSBI, they also found another video of a girl exposing her breasts and genitals, with the file name “14y holy grail piss.”
Court documents state, during an interview McAdams confessed to downloading files containing child sexual abuse material, and stated he was attracted to young girls between the ages of 12 through 17. However, McAdams stated that he never molested any children any time in his life.
According to court documents, McAdams viewed and downloaded child sexual abuse material multiple times in the last year.
McAdams’ is charged with:
1. possess child pornography
2. violation of computer crimes act
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There won’t be a winner from New Jersey at this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The only Garden State student who reached the finals of the 94th bee, Nitya Kathiravan of Somerset, misspelled her first word and heard the dreaded bell ring. She was tripped up by the word helxine, a genus of plants. She spelled it with a ‘z’ rather than an ‘x.’
She wasn’t the only speller eliminated at the beginning of bee’s last day. Five of the 13 students on stage misspelled their first words. Originally, 12 students reached the finals, but one contestant who initially was disqualified appealed the decision and spelled his new word correctly.
An eighth grader at Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset, Nitya, 13, was making her final appearance in the competition, which was conducted live for the first time in the years. She had finished 51st in 2019, the last live bee before this week.
She had survived seven rounds of spelling and vocabulary tests over two days to become one of 13 students standing on stage at the beginning of the primetime event.
Initially, 234 spellers qualified for the event, including seven from the Garden State.
Four New Jerseyans have won the bee: Shruthika Padhy, 13, of Cherry Hill and Christopher Serrao, 12, of Whitehouse Station, in 2019; Katharine Close, 13, of Spring Lake, in 2006; and Jonathan Knisely, 12, of Mullica Hill, in 1971.
The bee was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and was conducted mostly virtually last year.
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Jonathan D. Salant may be reached at jsalant@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him at @JDSalant. | 2022-06-03T01:27:53+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/news/2022/06/nj-student-ousted-in-first-round-of-national-spelling-bee-finals.html |
FISHERS, Ind. — Police have a man in custody in connection with a recent armed bank robbery. The investigation uncovered he may be connected to more unsolved crimes.
The Fishers Police Department said the robbery happened at Star Financial Bank on October 11. The suspect displayed a handgun before demanding cash from an employee of the bank.
On Monday, detectives were able to identify 20-year-old Quinn Kellam as a suspect in the case. They arrested him without incident and transported him to the Hamilton County Jail.
The department said the investigation uncovered evidence linking Kellam to unsolved business burglaries in Marion County.
For the Fishers bank robbery, Kellam faces preliminary charges of armed robbery, criminal confinement, intimidation and theft. | 2022-10-18T22:19:49+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/fishers-bank-robbery-suspect-may-be-connected-to-more-burglaries/ |
Knicks vs. Cavaliers: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - NBA Playoffs Game 3
The New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers are facing off in the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, with Game 3 on tap.
In this article, you can take a look at the spread and odds across multiple sportsbooks for the Knicks vs. Cavaliers matchup.
Knicks vs. Cavaliers Game Info
- Date: Friday, April 21, 2023
- Time: 8:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: ABC, MSG, and BSOH
- Location: New York City, New York
- Venue: Madison Square Garden
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Knicks vs. Cavaliers Odds, Spread, Over/Under
Check out the odds, spread and over/under for this matchup posted on several sportsbooks.
Knicks vs. Cavaliers Betting Trends
- The Knicks have a +240 scoring differential, topping opponents by 2.9 points per game. They're putting up 116.0 points per game to rank 11th in the league and are allowing 113.1 per outing to rank 12th in the NBA.
- The Cavaliers' +441 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 5.4 points per game) is a result of putting up 112.3 points per game (25th in NBA) while allowing 106.9 per outing (first in league).
- The teams combine to score 228.3 points per game, 16.8 more points than this matchup's total.
- Opponents of these two teams score 220 points per game combined, 8.5 more points than this matchup's total.
- New York has compiled a 45-36-1 record against the spread this season.
- Cleveland is 42-38-2 ATS this season.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHC) President and CEO Patrick Atagi sent a letter today to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf urging approval of hemp seed as an animal feed ingredient.
The letter comes after a widely attended webinar hosted by the NIHC and the American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO). The meeting brought together officials from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), FDA, industry stakeholders, and policymakers from across the country. The August webinar highlighted the science around animal feed and was attended by over 1,000 state regulators, veterinary professionals, and hemp industry advocates.
Atagi points out the numerous clinical trials on hemp seed ingredients in animal feed by Land Grant Universities and others that have been submitted to the FDA that all show the same outcome, that there is no transference of cannabinoids into the nation's food supply chain from animals raised on hemp seed meal. Those results have been consistent across the various species of animals, including laying hens, hogs, and dairy cattle.
Atagi also pointed out that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) said earlier this year that hemp seeds are not considered a controlled substance.
"Hemp is an environmentally responsible and domestically grown alternative," said Atagi. "Considering the higher costs associated with the worldwide grain shortage, a sustainable American hemp crop is a nutritious source of animal feed and can lower the cost of farming feed inputs. This would be good news for not just farmers but for consumers who now struggle with the higher costs of milk, meat, and eggs."
You can view a copy of NIHC's letter to the FDA here.
The National Industrial Hemp Council of America provides high-quality networking and resources for its members, from farm to consumer. Its leadership is composed of leading international, federal, state, private industry, and government professionals throughout the sector. The organization is dedicated to furthering market development, assisting members in entering the industry, and educating consumers on industrial hemp and its applications. For more information, please go to www.nihcoa.com.
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By KRISTEN KELLER
UCSB SPORTS
It was the opening day of the 2023 season for the No. 7 UCSB men’s volleyball team (1-0) as they played the first match of the Asics Invitational in Rob Gym. The Gauchos took on the No. 10 Trojans of Southern California first. After four sets of play, the Gauchos earned their first win of the season, taking down the Trojans in four sets (25-19, 25-16, 25-18, 25-23).
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Trojans came out on fire against the Gauchos, coming out with the lead and keeping it throughout the first set. USC came out hitting at a .500 clip while UCSB could only manage a .143 in that set, which helped the Trojans earn their first set win at 25-19.
From there, the Gauchos fought back. They dominated in the second set, hitting an impressive .520 as a team while Ryan Wilcox and Dayne Chalmers each registered seven kills apiece in this set, hitting .600 and .875 respectively. From there, UCSB kept the pressure on USC, not giving them any room to improve in the third. The Gauchos hit even better in the third with a .529 hitting percentage while scoring 84 percent of their points.
Once the fourth set came around, the Trojans came back with a vengeance. They put the pressure on the Gauchos’ offense while making their defense make big plays in order to stay in this game. The lead changed between the two teams five times while tying each other eight times as the fourth set win came down to the last point. Brandon Hicks and Conor Dunn got a block on match point to take the set and defeat the No. 10 Trojans 3-1.
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS
– Wilcox ended the evening with the most kills for the Gauchos, ending the first game of the year with 14 with a .417 hitting percentage. He also was tied for the most digs on the team, racking up nine.
– Chalmers also finished the match with double-digit kills. The redshirt junior tallied 11 kills in his first match of the season while only making two errors.
– Donovan Todorov was very efficient in the middle. The redshirt junior ended tonight with six kills and no errors on seven swings while registering a block.
– The Gauchos’ libero, Max Gordon, also performed well in the back row. The sophomore was tied for the most digs on the team, earning nine, while passing 24 balls on serve receive.
– In his first game as a Gaucho, Jack Walmer ended the game with 37 assists while also adding on an ace.
UP NEXT
The Gauchos will be back in Rob Gym in 24 hours as they continue with the Asics Invitational. They will take on the Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters. The game is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. but is dependent upon the outcome of the previous game.
Kristen Keller is the associate athletic director for communications and digital strategy at UCSB.
sports@newspress.com | 2023-01-08T00:16:39+00:00 | newspress.com | https://newspress.com/ucsb-mens-volleyball-defeats-usc/ |
TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Friday, September 2, 2022
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National Weather Service Norman OK
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
TXZ086-040900-
Wichita-
Including the cities of Sheppard AFB and Wichita Falls
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers.
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TXZ083-040900-
Hardeman-
Including the city of Quanah
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows around 70. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of showers. Lows in the upper 60s.
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TXZ084-040900-
Foard-
Including the city of Crowell
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows around 70. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of
showers. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers.
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TXZ087-040900-
Knox-
Including the cities of Munday and Knox City
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows around 70. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of showers. Lows in the upper 60s.
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TXZ085-040900-
Wilbarger-
Including the city of Vernon
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Lows around 70. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of
showers. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers.
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TXZ088-040900-
Baylor-
Including the city of Seymour
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows around 70. West winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of
showers. Highs around 90. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers.
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TXZ089-040900-
Archer-
Including the cities of Archer City, Holliday, Lakeside City,
and Scotland
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of
showers. Highs around 90. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers.
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TXZ090-040900-
Clay-
Including the city of Henrietta
101 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers.
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NEW YORK , June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of F-star Therapeutics, Inc. ("F-star" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: FSTX), in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by invoX Pharma ("invoX") via a tender offer. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $7.12 in cash for each share of F-star common stock owned. The transaction is valued at approximately $161 million.
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) F-star's board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $7.12 per-share merger consideration adequately compensates F-star's shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed. Notably, the merger consideration is below the $30.00 median price target set by analysts, and at least one analyst set a price target for the Company of $35 per share, $27.88 above the per-share merger consideration.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital came under one of the biggest attacks of the war on Friday as Russia’s invading forces fired dozens of missiles across the country, triggering widespread power outages, Ukrainian officials said.
Gunfire from air defense systems and thudding explosions combined with the wail of air-raid sirens as the barrage targeted critical infrastructure in cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporhizhzhia. The head of the Ukrainian armed forces said they intercepted 60 of 76 missiles launched.
“My beautiful sunshine. What am I going to do without you?” wailed Svytlana Andreychuk in the arms of Red Cross staffers. Her sister Olha was one of three people killed when a missile slammed into a four-story apartment building in Kryvyi Rih.
“She was so cheerful in life. She was a beauty. She helped everybody. She gave advice to everybody. How I love you so,” said Andreychuk.
In Kyiv, city council member Ksenia Semenova said 60% of residents were without power Friday evening, and 70% without water. The subway system was out of service and unlikely to be back in operation Saturday, she said.
Russian strikes on electricity and water systems have occurred intermittently since mid-October, increasing the suffering of the population as winter approaches. But the Ukrainian military has reported increasing success in shooting down incoming rockets and explosive drones.
Friday’s attacks took place after the United States this week agreed to give a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine to boost the country’s defense. Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that the sophisticated system and any crews accompanying it would be a legitimate target for the Russian military.
The U.S. also pledged last month to send $53 million in energy-related equipment to help Ukraine withstand the attacks on its infrastructure. John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said Friday that the first tranche of that aid had arrived in the country.
More than half the Russian missiles fired Friday targeted Ukraine’s capital. The city administration said Kyiv withstood “one of the biggest rocket attacks” it has faced since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly 10 months ago. Ukrainian air defense shot down 37 of about 40 missiles that entered the city’s airspace, and one person was injured, it said.
Ukraine’s air force said Russian forces fired cruise missiles from the Admiral Makarov frigate in the Black Sea, while Kh-22 cruise missiles were fired from long-range Tu-22M3 bombers over the Sea of Azov, and tactical aircraft-fired guided missiles.
In Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine, the apartment building hit by a missile had a gaping hole in its upper floors. Along with the three people killed, at least 13 were taken to the hospital, said Igor Karelin, deputy head of the city’s emergency services.
Rescue teams with sniffer dogs searched through the debris for a missing mother and her 18-month-old child.
Also at Kryvyi Rih, nearly 600 miners were stuck underground because of the missile strikes, but were later rescued, Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said on state TV.
He said “several energy infrastructure facilities were completely destroyed.”
State-owned grid operator Ukrenergo wrote on Facebook that Friday’s attack was “the ninth wave of missile strikes on energy facilities,” and because of the repeated damage, “the restoration of power supply may take longer than before.”
Analysts have said Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure are part of an attempt to freeze Ukrainians into submission after battlefield losses by Russian forces. Experts say that has only strengthened the resolve of Ukrainians to resist Russia’s invasion, while Moscow tries to buy time for a possible offensive in coming months after the current battlefield stalemate.
Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov reported three strikes Friday on critical infrastructure in that city, Ukraine’s second-largest. By evening, about 55% of the city had its electricity restored.
The southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia and its surrounding region were hit by 21 rockets, city council secretary Anatoly Kurtev said. There were no initial reports of injuries.
And Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in at least four districts there. Many residents were sheltering deep underground in subway tunnels.
At the site of one attempted strike in Kyiv, military commanders told The Associated Press that the city’s territorial defense mobile group had shot down a cruise missile with a machine gun. It wasn’t immediately clear whether other Ukrainian fire may have contributed to downing the rocket.
“Almost impossible to hit a missile with a machine gun, but it was done,” said a commander who asked to be identified only by the call sign “Hera” for security reasons.
Ukrzaliznytsia, the national railway operator, said power was out in a number of stations in the eastern and central Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. But trains continued to run after electric power was switched to backup, steam-engine power.
In neighboring Moldova, the state-owned energy company reported disruptions to its electricity network and warned of a “high risk” of power outages. Moldova — whose Soviet-era systems remain interconnected with Ukraine’s — has already suffered two massive blackouts in recent months as Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy grid.
The previous such round of massive Russian air strikes across Ukraine took place on Dec. 5.
“Grateful for the work of Ukraine’s air defense amid more escalatory Russian attacks this morning on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv and around the country,” the U.S. ambassador in Kyiv, Bridget Brink, wrote on Twitter.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-12-17T01:31:09+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-russia-launches-another-major-missile-attack-on-ukraine/ |
‘It all was instincts’: Teen girl helps apply tourniquet to officer who was shot
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMBC) – When a police officer was shot in Missouri Saturday night, it was an unlikely hero who stepped in to administer first aid.
Ava Donegan, 17, said her dad is an ICU nurse which has helped her to know what to do in an emergency.
The teen said she’d spent all Saturday night replaying the events in her head.
“When I was trying to go to bed, it was all I could think about and this morning it was all I could think about,” she said.
Donegan said she was in a car with her boyfriend, stopped at a red light, when she found herself in the middle of a crime scene.
“I had never even heard gunshots,” she said. “So that was a whole new situation for me.”
She said she saw an officer get out of his patrol vehicle before being shot a few times. She said her car was in front of the shooter’s truck, so she and her boyfriend ducked down and called 911.
“Somehow, I blinked my eye, and the cop who was shot was right in front of my car,” Donegan said.
The officer had been shot in the shoulder and the wrist. Donegan said he came to her window asking for help with his tourniquet.
“He told me that it was completely numb and his hand was completely limp,” she said.
Donegan said she helped put his tourniquet on, get his vest off and use his radio to call it in.
“When I realized he needed help, it all was instincts,” she said.
Even though she said it was scary, she was glad she was able to help.
“I’m just glad that he is okay,” Donegan said. “And I think that gives me a good peace of mind.”
Donegan said she wants to go into pre-med after high school.
The injured officer went through a second surgery Sunday and is expected to be OK. The suspect, however, died from his injuries.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – It’s impossible not to notice the impacts of inflation. Lawmakers are fighting over who is to blame and how to address it.
Democrats say rising costs are caused by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. But Republicans say Democratic policies are to blame.
Now both sides are looking for solutions.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Biden administration believes lawmakers need to pass legislation to tackle high cost areas like child care, energy and health care.
“Congress can do a lot to mitigate some of the most important and burdensome costs,” Yellen said.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., says Democrats are working on legislation to cut costs.
“Prescription drugs, for example. I mean, that’s key. Medical expenses are gobbling everything up in sight,” Wyden said.
Republicans think proposals that require government spending are the problem, not the solution. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., says the American Rescue Plan is one of the prime reasons inflation is so high right now.
“There’s no question that the $2 trillion bill last year overheated the economy,” Thune said.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, also blames inflation on the President’s energy policies.
“Strangling American energy production and driving the cost of gasoline through the roof,” Cruz said.
Secretary Yellen believes investing in clean energy will help.
“That would free our dependence on global oil markets which are subject to geopolitical risk,” Yellen said.
But Cruz says the administration’s green policies are making things worse.
“They want to make you sell your truck and they’re going to make gasoline so expensive that your family hurts as a result. It is cynical and it’s wrong,” Cruz said.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., says both parties need to focus on solutions.
“Political theater to point and just say, ‘oh prices are up.’ My reaction is – duh, they’re up for everybody. The question is what are we going to do about it?” Stabenow said. | 2022-06-08T01:45:21+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/lawmakers-play-blame-game-on-inflation-as-they-search-for-solutions/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Intel Corp. will break ground Sept. 9 on its planned $20 billion Ohio semiconductor facilities with President Joe Biden in attendance, the company and the the White House said Thursday.
When the company’s two factories, known as fabs, open in 2025, the facility will employ 3,000 people with an average salary of around $135,000. Building the fabs is expected to require 7,000 construction workers.
Total investment could top $100 billion over the decade with six additional fabs, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger has said. It’s Ohio’s largest ever private economic development project.
Biden will speak on “rebuilding American manufacturing” through recently passed laws boosting the semiconductor industry and U.S. infrastructure, the White House said.
Expanding semiconductor manufacturing domestically took on new urgency during the pandemic and as most production has shifted overseas. The U.S. share of the worldwide chip manufacturing market has declined from 37% in 1990 to 12% today, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, and shortages have become a potential risk.
To win the project, Ohio offered California-based Intel roughly $2 billion in incentives, including a 30-year tax break. Intel has outlined $150 million in educational funding aimed at growing the semiconductor industry regionally and nationally. | 2022-08-26T01:11:44+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-biden-to-attend-groundbreaking-of-intels-20b-ohio-plants/ |
(CNN) — It’s never been easy to operate a restaurant, and in recent years it’s been even harder.
In 2020, COVID restrictions ground the nation’s bustling restaurant industry to a halt. Since then, there have been significant signs of a rebound: Dining rooms have reopened and customers have returned to cafes, fine-dining establishments and fast food joints.
But there are fewer U.S. restaurants today than in 2019. It’s not clear when —if ever — they’re coming back.
Last year, there were about 631,000 restaurants in the United States, according to data from Technomic, a restaurant research firm. That’s roughly 72,000 fewer than in 2019, when there were 703,000 restaurants in the country.
That number could fall even further this year, to about 630,000 locations, according to Technomic, which doesn’t foresee the number of restaurants in the United States returning to pre-COVID levels even by 2026.
Sit-down restaurants, especially, are at a disadvantage as delivery and takeout remain popular. And with inflation still high, some potential customers are avoiding restaurants to save money. Meanwhile, restaurant operators are seeing their own costs, like rent and ingredients, rise, and say it’s hard to hire staff.
With conditions so tough, some restaurant owners are advising newcomers to steer clear of the industry altogether.
If someone were to ask David Nayfeld, chef and co-owner of the San Francisco restaurants Che Fico and Che Fico Alimentari, whether to open a new restaurant right now, his answer would be no.
“I would say it is not a good time to go open a restaurant if you are not a seasoned and incredibly durable operator,” he said. Especially now, when restaurant operators need experience and deep pockets in order to succeed, he added.
Even Nayfeld, himself an industry veteran who has worked at the famed Eleven Madison Park, is struggling. The pandemic led to “a really devastating few years that we’re still working our way out of,” he said.
Calling it
Some have argued that the contraction is a painful but necessary correction.
“The narrative back pre-pandemic was that we were over-saturated … too many restaurants chasing too few consumer dollars,” said David Henkes, senior principal at Technomic.
Indeed, before the pandemic, the number of restaurants was growing between half a percent and one percent each year, he said, adding that the recent decline served to “reset” the size of the market. Without those hurdles, however, that decrease would likely have happened more slowly, he noted.
Daniel Jacobs, a chef and restaurant owner, has seen his own network of restaurants shrink over the past few years.
Prior to the pandemic, he and his business partner Dan Van Rite operated three restaurants and a bakery, plus a catering operation and restaurant consulting business. Today, they are left with two Milwaukee restaurants, DanDan and EsterEv.
“Closing a restaurant is an incredibly difficult decision to make,” Jacobs said. “We did our best during the pandemic to try and keep our teams together … at some point, you just gotta call it.”
The rise of takeout and delivery during the pandemic helped multiple restaurants survive the pandemic.
DanDan, a Chinese American restaurant, had offered takeout for years. The restaurant “had that customer confidence that we were going to deliver quality products,” he said.
EsterEv is a tasting-menu-only restaurant within a restaurant (functionally, a dining room located inside DanDan) open only on weekends, and “definitely wouldn’t have [made it] if we had to pay rent on a space,” Jacobs said.
To stay or to go?
The trend toward delivery and takeout has stuck, with restaurants reporting higher levels of off-premise orders. According to Revenue Management Solutions, a restaurant consultancy, delivery was up 11.4% in fast food and fast casual restaurants in January compared to last year.
“We increasingly like to get our food on the go,” said David Portalatin, food service industry advisor for the NPD Group, a market research firm. “We’re still a more home-centric society.”
Plus, sit-down restaurants tend to be more expensive, which could drive cash-strapped customers away, said Portalatin. Even with rising grocery prices, eating at home is generally less expensive than dining out, and restaurants last year saw their foot traffic dip.
Full-service restaurants are also more labor intensive. That’s a problem right now, as restaurant owners report having a hard time hiring staff.
Help wanted
Job openings in accommodation and food services rose by 409,000 in December, the largest increase by sector for the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said in February.
Demand for workers marks a turnaround from early in the pandemic, when restaurants let go of millions of staffers. Some employees also left of their own volition during the pandemic, afraid of getting sick with COVID-19 or tired of dealing with grueling conditions and rude customers.
Today, some of those workers haven’t returned, leaving operators struggling to restaff.
“Fundamentally, the labor situation is one where … there’s just not enough supply of qualified workers,” Henkes said. “And restaurants are particularly vulnerable, because it’s never been the industry of choice for a lot of people.”
Some restaurants, Henkes said, “are very cognizant that they need to improve the working experience and what they’re offering to employees,” he said. “But doing that at scale for an industry is very hard.”
And, of course, some major employers are not interested in higher wages for workers.
Chipotle, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s and KFC-owner Yum Brands, for example, have each donated $1 million to Save Local Restaurants, a coalition opposing a California law that could set minimum wage up to $22 an hour and codify working conditions for fast-food employees in the state. | 2023-02-25T17:21:15+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/business/restaurant-owners-advise-newbies-steer-clear-of-the-industry/ |
CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Saturday, April 1, 2023
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Western Siskiyou County-
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Fort Jones, Greenview, and Scott Bar
308 PM PDT Sat Apr 1 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY...
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers. Snow
level 2500 feet. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch at lower
elevations and 2 to 3 inches above 3000 feet. Lows in the mid 20s
to lower 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
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precipitation 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers, snow showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Snow level 2500 feet. Snow accumulation of 1 to
2 inches at lower elevations and 3 to 6 inches above 3000 feet.
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Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of snow
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showers after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. West winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the morning,
then chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Snow level
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1500 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers in
the evening, then chance of snow showers after midnight. Snow
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level 2000 feet in the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to the west 5 to 10 mph
after midnight. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the morning,
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then chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow showers in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
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chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid
20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon.
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Not as cool. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers.
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Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
and snow showers. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Highs in the mid
40s to mid 50s.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Warmer. Highs in the mid 50s to mid
60s.
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Central Siskiyou County-
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evening, then chance of snow showers after midnight. Snow level
2800 feet this evening. Lows around 30. West winds 10 to 15 mph
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shifting to the south around 5 mph well after midnight. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers, snow showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then rain showers,
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snow showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Snow level 1900 feet rising to 2700 feet in the afternoon. Little
or no snow accumulation at lower elevations and snow accumulation
up to 1 inch above 3000 feet. Highs in the lower 40s to lower
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50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west around 15 mph
late in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of snow
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showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph well after
midnight. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
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morning, then chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon.
Snow level 1900 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to
mid 40s. Breezy. West winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to northwest
15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
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30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of snow
showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
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.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
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partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then slight chance of rain and snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow
showers in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
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showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance
of rain and snow showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
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.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s
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to lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
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South Central Siskiyou County-
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308 PM PDT Sat Apr 1 2023
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evening, then slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Snow
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level 3500 feet this evening. Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms in the morning, then rain showers, snow showers
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and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow level
2900 feet in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation at
lower elevations and snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches above
4000 feet. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. West winds 5 to
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10 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the late morning
and afternoon. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of
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snow showers after midnight. Lows 15 to 20. West winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
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40 percent chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Snow
level 1900 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s to lower
40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of snow
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showers in the evening. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers in
the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
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showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows 15 to 20.
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.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of rain and snow showers. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
Lows 15 to 25.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
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rain and snow showers. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s. Lows
in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow
showers in the morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance
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of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to mid
50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to
mid 30s. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
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evening, then slight chance of snow showers after midnight.
Patchy blowing snow this evening. Patchy blowing snow well after
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midnight. Snow level 3000 feet this evening. Lows in the lower
20s to lower 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers and
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thunderstorms in the morning, then snow showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Patchy blowing snow through
the day. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Highs in the mid 30s
to mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation
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80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of
snow showers after midnight. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 10 to
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20 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. Wind chill readings
around 1 below.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of snow showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 30s. Breezy. Northwest
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winds 15 to 25 mph. Wind chill readings around 1 below in the
morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of snow
showers in the evening. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 10 to
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20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
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showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows
15 to 20.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of rain and snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
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Lows 15 to 25.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers in
the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers. Highs in the mid
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40s to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s
to mid 30s. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
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Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
308 PM PDT Sat Apr 1 2023
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers early
this evening, then chance of snow showers late this evening and
overnight. Snow level 3000 feet this evening. Lows in the mid 20s
to lower 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph
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after midnight. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then snow showers likely and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 1 to
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2 inches. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to west 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around
35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers and slight
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chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of
snow showers after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow showers in
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the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Breezy. Northwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 20. Northwest winds
around 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph becoming west around
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10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
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showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows
around 20.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then slight chance of rain and snow showers in the
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afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers in
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the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance
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of rain and snow showers after midnight. Lows around 30.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow showers
in the morning, then slight chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 30. Highs
in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
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Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
308 PM PDT Sat Apr 1 2023
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT MONDAY...
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers this
evening, then chance of snow showers after midnight. Snow level
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3800 feet this evening. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch except
2 to 4 inches in the Warner Mountains. Lows in the mid 20s to
lower 30s. Breezy. West winds 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to
15 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
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.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then snow showers likely and slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 1 to
2 inches. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Southwest winds
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10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph late in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of
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snow showers after midnight. Snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches
except 2 to 4 inches in the Warner Mountains. Lows 15 to 20.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of snow showers in
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the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 30s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of snow
showers in the evening. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 15 to
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20 mph decreasing to around 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
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showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows
15 to 20.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers
in the evening. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then slight chance of rain and snow showers in the
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afternoon. Not as cool. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
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Student wakes up to hooded person in dorm room
A University of Georgia Police Department officer was dispatched to Russell Hall on Feb. 21 in response to a call from a UGA student who said he woke up to an unknown hooded person in his dorm room, according to a UGAPD report.
The officer met with the student who said he went to sleep at approximately 11 p.m. on Feb. 20 and woke up at approximately 12:45 p.m. the next day, according to the report. The student said when he woke up, he saw an unknown person inside his room facing the door. When he woke up, he said “wow,” and the person opened the door and left the room. He said he then heard the stairwell door close, and peaked his head out but could not see the person, the report said.
The report said the student described the person was about five feet tall and was wearing a black hoodie, but could not identify them further because their hood was on.
According to the report, nothing appeared to be stolen from the room. When the officer asked the student if he wanted to pursue charges, he said he “just wanted to know who was in his room,” the report said.
Graffiti found in Aderhold Hall elevator
A UGAPD officer was dispatched to Aderhold Hall on Feb. 22 at approximately 1 p.m. in reference to graffiti found in an elevator in the building, according to a report from UGAPD.
A UGA employee reported that she received an email notifying her about the graffiti, the report said. The employee showed the officer the graffiti in an elevator , where they observed the word “S!CK” written on the LED screen in what the officer believed to be white paint marker.
According to the report, the employee said this was the second time similar graffiti had been found on the elevator. Another employee told the officer that the same graffiti had been found in a restroom stall in the building a few days before. Both previous graffiti had been removed before the officer arrived, the report said.
The report said that after searching the term on Google, the officer believed the term may be in reference to a music group. The total damage is less than $500, according to the report.
Room sign stolen in Creswell Hall
On Feb. 23, a UGAPD officer was dispatched to Creswell Hall at around 11 p.m., according to a UGAPD report. The officer met with a UGA employee who said that between Jan. 6 at approximately 12 p.m. and Feb. 21 at approximately 5:20 p.m. an unknown person stole the room sign from a room on the fourth floor.
According to the report, the room is located on the B wing of the fourth floor. The employee said the sign was gray with white lettering. The report said the estimated value of the sign is $25. | 2023-02-28T22:29:53+00:00 | redandblack.com | https://www.redandblack.com/uganews/ugapd-blotter-student-wakes-up-to-hooded-person-in-dorm-room-and-more/article_33a7ce50-b782-11ed-bfc8-ef1948982741.html |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was chaotic, messy, wild, creative, big-hearted and utterly unique. If it were a bagel, it would most certainly have been the “everything” kind.
But “Everything Everywhere All At Once” was a movie, not a bagel, and it ruled Sunday’s Oscar ceremony, making for one feel-good moment after another — and making history, too, on a huge night for Asians and Asian Americans in Hollywood.
And as for The Slap? Well, this Oscar night felt more like a big hug, its heartwarming speeches a potent antidote to the uneasy memory of last year’s Will Smith saga. They kept coming: There was Ke Huy Quan, bounding up the stairs to accept the supporting actor trophy, his teary joy infectious as he referred to his remarkable life story. From the same film there was Jamie Lee Curtis, speaking eloquently about acting as a collaborative endeavor, and the directing duo the Daniels, thanking public school teachers and the family members who nurtured their creativity.
Then there was leading lady Michelle Yeoh, putting an overdue cherry on top of her amazing career as she became the first Asian best actress winner. She spoke of many things, but perhaps most eloquently about mothers, whom she called “superheroes.” And on this Oscar night in particular, many winners joined her in thanking their mothers poignantly, none more so than costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who saluted her 101-year-old mother, who she said had just died.
Also thanked, of course, were were children, fathers, husbands and wives. “I am your son, and I love you,” Guillermo del Toro, winning for best animated film, said to his late parents. And perhaps the four most heart-rending words of the night came from a wife to a husband: “Stay strong, my love,” said Yulia Navalnaya to her imprisoned husband, Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader.
Some of the evening’s top moments:
SO, ABOUT LAST YEAR …
Serving once again as host, Jimmy Kimmel was clearly going to have to bring up The Slap, as it shall forever be known. It took about seven minutes into his monologue before he did — a sarcastic crack about the bizarrely passive reaction last year to the moment Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a joke directed at his wife. “We have strict policies in place,” Kimmel said. “If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point in this show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech.” Later, he made a reference to Smith’s performance as Hitch, and at another point referenced one of his songs — all without mentioning his name.
QUAN GETS TEARS FLOWING EARLY, AND OFTEN
Emotions were running high from the second award, as the ebullient Quan won his supporting actor trophy — an outcome that was expected but no less exciting in the moment. In fact, presenter Ariana DeBose could barely utter his name — she was already crying.
“My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp,” said Quan, 51, who is of Vietnamese descent. “Somehow, I ended up here on Hollywood’s biggest stage. They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it’s happening to me. This — THIS — is the American dream.” He also thanked — of course — his mother, age 84, watching at home.
CURTIS: “I AM HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE”
Winning immediately after Quan, Curtis stepped onstage and made yet another terrific awards-season speech about collaborating in the industry. “I know it looks like I am standing up here myself, but I am not,” she said. “I am hundreds of people.”
She spoke to all the fans and colleagues who “supported the genre movies I have made all these years, the hundreds and thousands of people: We. Just. Won. An. Oscar. Together!” And Curtis, too, shouted out to her famous late parents, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, whom she noted had been nominated in different categories. “I just won an Oscar!” she told them.
STAY STRONG, MY LOVE
Navalny sits in solitary confinement in Russia. So it was left to his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, to speak for him — and to him, as well — when the documentary “Navalny” won an Oscar. “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth. My husband is in prison just for defending democracy,” Navalnaya said. “Alexei, I am dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free. Stay strong, my love.”
Director Daniel Roher dedicated his Oscar to Navalny and all political prisoners around the world. “Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all: We must not be afraid to oppose dictators and authoritarianism wherever it rears its head.”
GAGA GOES MINIMAL
No one knows how to step into the glamour better than Lady Gaga, and she appeared on the Oscar red (well, champagne-colored) carpet in dramatic makeup and a fabulous Versace gown from the designer’s recent collection. But when she appeared onstage — in a surprise appearance — to sing a powerful rendition of “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” the glamorous outfit was gone, replaced by a T-shirt and ripped jeans and a makeup-free face. It was yet another compelling Oscar performance for Gaga, who never fails to innovate and surprise.
CARTER MAKES HISTORY, AGAIN
Four years ago, Carter took her first historic statuette, becoming the first Black woman to win for costume design for “Black Panther.” On Sunday she again made history when she won the award for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” becoming the first Black woman to win two Oscars. She dedicated the award to Mabel Carter, her mother, who she said died this past week at age 101. “This film prepared me for this moment,” she said. “Chadwick, please take care of Mom” — referring to Chadwick Boseman, the beloved late star of the original film.
THE DANIELS THANK THE TEACHERS – AND THE MOMMIES!
The Daniels — Scheinert and Kwan — had a number of opportunities to ascend the stage, collecting awards for best original screenplay and best director on the way to a best picture win for “Everything Everywhere.” The first time, Scheinert quipped he was going to name all the teachers who put him and his brother in detention — then instead thanked the teachers, by name, who “educated me and inspired me and taught me to be less of a butthead.”
Kwan thanked “my Mom who protected me as a child, protected my inner storyteller.” Winning best director, they came back to thank, in Scheinert’s words, “the mommies of the world …. specifically my mom and dad, thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody!” The audience cheered.
YEOH IS TAKING IT HOME TO MALAYSIA – AND MOM!
In “Everything Everywhere,” one of Yeoh’s most memorable scenes is a reconciliation of sorts with her young adult daughter (Stephanie Hsu ), a scene that speaks to the very essence of parenthood, in all its trials and rewards.
So it was fitting that Yeoh, accepting her best actress award, would focus on motherhood as well. “I have to dedicate this to my mom, all the moms in the world because they are really the superheroes,” she said, “and without them none of us would be here tonight.” She added that her mom was watching in Malaysia with her family. “She’s 84, and I’m taking this home to her.” Yeoh, 60, also earned cheers for her plug for women as they age in Hollywood, telling them: “Don’t let anybody tell you you’re past your prime!”
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For more coverage of this year’s Academy Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards | 2023-03-13T18:15:44+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/oscar-moments-moms-get-special-praise-on-feel-good-night/ |
HOUSTON (AP) — Cristian Javier followed up his performance in a combined no-hitter last weekend with another lights-out start.
Javier struck out a career-best 14 while allowing just one hit in seven innings to lead the Houston Astros over the Los Angeles Angels 8-1 Friday night for their fourth straight win.
“Confidence breeds confidence,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “And confidence breeds success. That’s what he’s demonstrating.”
The 25-year-old was brilliant in his first start since striking out 13 in seven innings of a combined no-hitter against the Yankees on Saturday. Shohei Ohtani was the only Angels baserunner Javier permitted, hitting a homer with two outs in the first.
Javier was asked about shaking off the home run.
“I just try to stay positive,” he said through a translator. “And I said to myself: ‘I need to hold them here to give the team my chance to come back.'”
Javier (6-3) sailed through the rest of his outing, retiring the next 19 batters before leaving to a standing ovation after seven innings. He got an assist from his defense when Chas McCormick made a leaping catch just in front of the wall in left field for the first out of the sixth to rob Andrew Velazquez of a hit.
Javier became the first pitcher in the modern era to strike out 27 batters while allowing just one hit over a span of two games. He’s the fourth pitcher in franchise history to have 13 strikeouts or more in consecutive games and the first to do it since Gerrit Cole in 2019.
“I think in the past I used to be a little bit more careful inside the strike zone, so to not give up hits,” Javier said. “But right now, I’ve just been trying to attack the strike zone as much as possible.”
A pair of relievers completed the combined two-hitter, and Houston pitchers struck out a total of 16.
Yuli Gurriel, Jake Meyers and McCormick all homered for the Astros as they jumped on Angels starter Michael Lorenzen (6-6) for eight runs in just three innings.
“I’m not going through it because I’m not trying,” Lorenzen said. “But trying isn’t good enough in this league. You’ve got to get results. Got to get the job done. I want to pull my hair out right now. I’m going crazy. I’ve got to keep working.”
Ohtani gave the Angels an early lead with his home run before the Astros got going.
They evened the score when Gurriel homered to left-center to start the Houston second. There was one out in the inning when Meyers hit his first home run this season into the seats in right field to put Houston up 2-1.
Houston scored six times in the third. Jeremy Peña led off the third by reaching on third baseman Tyler Wade’s error, Kyle Tucker followed with a single and Alex Bregman hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1.
Gurriel walked, J.J. Matijevic doubled, Meyers followed with an RBI single and McCormick homered to extend the lead to 8-1.
Peña returned after missing Thursday’s game following a nasty outfield collision with Yordan Alvarez on Wednesday, but Alvarez remained out.
Lorenzen allowed eight hits in his third straight loss.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: Houston manager Dusty Baker said Alvarez was feeling better Friday and should return Saturday. … C Jason Castro was placed on the 10-day injured list with left knee discomfort Friday and Houston’s No. 2 prospect C Korey Lee was called up from Triple-A Sugar Land to take his spot on the roster. Lee made his major league debut as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning and was retired on a pop fly.
SUSPENSION MENTIONS
Angels catching coach Bill Haselman will be the team’s acting interim manager on Sunday and Tuesday while acting interim manager Ray Montgomery and interim manager Phil Nevin serve their suspensions for last week’s bench-clearing brawl with the Mariners. RHP Ryan Tepera appealed his suspension from the altercation and had it reduced from three games to two and began serving it Friday night.
UP NEXT
Houston’s José Urquidy (6-3, 4.36 ERA) opposes left-hander Patrick Sandoval (3-2, 2.63) when the series continues Saturday.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-02T15:36:51+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/javier-fans-career-high-14-to-lead-astros-over-angels-8-1/ |
AUSTIN, Texas, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Charge America, the first exclusively focused electric vehicle (EV) charging installation company in the United States, has officially become the exclusive installer in Texas for Amazon.
During the terms of the agreement, which began June 7, 2022, every Texas customer that purchases an EV charging station from Amazon will be referred to Smart Charge for installation services. The agreement provides services for all Amazon customers in Texas purchasing EV charging stations to do so through their dashboard for a seamless experience. All payments are through Amazon's portal.
A $2,500 EV rebate will be available to Texas EV owners (except for Tesla owners) on the purchase of a Smart Charge America charging station.
For Smart Charge, which currently services 20 cities, the agreement is a milestone achievement toward its goal to service the top 50 EV-friendly U.S. cities by 2025, according to Joseph Barletta, president of the Austin-based company. "The partnership in Texas lays the foundation for planned expansion of Smart Charge's service offerings to other states throughout the nation."
There were more than 65,000 EVs registered in Texas in 2021, with projections for 2022 reaching 100,000 and for 2025 of 250,000.
Amazon, the world's largest retailer outside of China, has sold EV charging stations since 2018.
More information on Smart Charge America's exclusive agreement with Amazon is available from David Laderberg, Smart Charge vice president, at david@smartchargeamerica.com. Information about Smart Charge America is available at www.smartchargeamerica.com.
Founded in 2007, Smart Charge America, Inc. is committed to providing the infrastructure for sustainable electric mobility, one charging station at a time. As the largest dedicated U.S. seller, installer and servicer of electric vehicle chargers, Smart Charge America is leveraging its resources to innovate within its industry, drive down costs and quickly make affordable EV charging products accessible to residential, commercial and utility/municipal markets.
Smart Charge America encourages the widespread adoption of the electric vehicle lifestyle by building trust relationships with existing and future customers through public education about EV charging and by providing superior customer service to those who invest in EV charging stations.
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Man pleads guilty in Young Dolph murder case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - One of the men accused in connection to rapper Young Dolph’s killing pleaded guilty in his court hearing Friday.
Jermarcus Johnson, 26, was accused as an accessory after the fact of conspiring to murder Young Dolph.
He was one of four men charged in the case.
He admitted to assisting his brother, Justin Johnson, in the days after the rapper was killed by taking possession of Justin Johnson’s cell phone and car, so authorities would not think Justin was in Memphis.
“Conspiracy is a wide range of things,” Shelby County prosecutor Paul Hagerman said. “They include people that were acting in the conspiracy before the murder happened. But also the people that were acting afterward. The charges that have been filed now against Jermarcus make it clear that he did things afterwards.”
Jermarcus Johnson may be called as a witness to testify against the other suspects if their cases go to trial.
He faces between 6 and 12 years in prison.
The other three suspects are expected in court next month.
Young Dolph, real name Adolph Thornton Jr., was killed in November 2021. The 36-year-old rapper, label owner and producer was buying cookies at a bakery near his boyhood home in Memphis when he was gunned down by two men, authorities said.
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(NEXSTAR) – No one has managed to match all of the winning Powerball numbers since August 3, and the jackpot has only swelled over the last three months.
The grand prize for the next drawing — currently estimated at $1.6 billion — is now officially the largest jackpot in Powerball history. It’s also the largest single jackpot in the history of the lottery, surpassing a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot awarded in 2016 and a $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot awarded in 2018.
It’s becoming likelier and likelier that someone (or a couple of someones) will end up winning the top prize within the coming drawings, at least if Powerball players continue last week’s trend of collectively purchasing a greater percentage of all possible number combinations.
But unless every possible combination is printed before one of the upcoming drawings, there’s always a chance that no one could win — and the jackpot could grow even higher.
“There is no cap on the Powerball jackpot amount,” said a communications representative for the Multi-State Lottery Commission, which facilitates on behalf of participating state lotteries. “The current jackpot will roll until someone or a group wins it,” the representative told Nexstar.
That’s not to say there haven’t been plenty of million-dollar winners over the last three months. Since August 3, “nearly 100 players” have matched the five white balls (but missed the Powerball), earning themselves a $1 million payday — or a $2 million payday, if they elected to play the multiplier, according to a Powerball press release issued Friday.
Still, the jackpot has only continued to grow in the absence of a grand-prize winner, making Saturday’s drawing one of the most buzzed-about in years.
“There’s a lot of anticipation and excitement leading up to Saturday’s drawing,” noted Drew Svitko, the Powerball Product Group Chair and the executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery, in the release. “We would like to remind players that it only takes one ticket to win. Please, play responsibly.” | 2022-11-05T20:24:47+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/powerball-is-there-a-limit-to-the-jackpot/ |
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) is a yearly report submitted to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), according to current IRS guidance. The filing requirements often fall on United States persons (USPs) with foreign financial accounts held overseas.
FBAR filing is required for certain USPs with over $10,000 across all qualified foreign financial accounts. Eligible USPs include domestic citizens, resident aliens, expatriates, and certain domestic entities. According to IRS guidance, the term foreign financial accounts refers to but is not limited to: bank accounts, securities accounts, commodity features, and options accounts held overseas. Individuals with a direct or indirect interest in foreign financial accounts may also be subject to FBAR filing. The deadline to file an FBAR is April 15th, and penalties will be imposed for non-compliance.
Understanding your FBAR reporting liability is crucial, especially if you hold financial accounts overseas. For assistance and guidance on FBAR filing, USPs can call the Dual Licensed International Tax Attorneys and CPAs at the Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing today at (800) 681-1295.
An FBAR, or a Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Report, is an annual report of a U.S. person's or entity's overseas financial holdings. This report aims to inform the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and, by extension, the IRS of American funds overseas, to prevent financial crimes like money laundering and tax evasion. Often, American expatriates, citizens with overseas financial interests, and domestic corporations engaging in business overseas are subject to FBAR filing. As the IRS updates FBAR filing requirements, those subject to reporting should remain informed.
According to IRS guidance, all U.S. persons, including citizens, green card holders, and domestic corporations, partnerships, trusts with certain financial holdings or assets overseas must file an FBAR annually. For the remainder of 2022 and 2023, the threshold for filing an FBAR is holding the equivalent of $10,000 in certain foreign financial accounts at any time during the calendar year. This amount refers to the aggregate funds USPs have within all qualified financial accounts they might hold overseas.
Only certain financial accounts are subject to FBAR filing for certain USPs. Understanding the IRS's guidance on this subject is crucial, as some financial accounts might be more obscure than others. Currently, the IRS mandates that the following accounts be reported in an FBAR annually if their aggregate funds exceed $10,000 at any point during the calendar year:
- Foreign bank accounts
- Foreign securities accounts
- Foreign commodity futures
- Foreign options accounts
- Foreign insurance policies with a cash value
- Foreign annuity policies with a cash value
- Foreign mutual funds accounts
According to the IRS, some foreign financial accounts or holdings are excluded from FBAR filing requirements. The following financial accounts or holdings held by USPs are not reportable on an FBAR:
- Foreign stocks held directly by a USP
- Foreign bonds held directly by a USP
- Foreign real estate
- Foreign accounts holding sole real estate
- Precious metals, stones, and other jewels held directly by a USP abroad
- Foreign safety deposits
What constitutes a financial account as foreign, and thus potentially subject to FBAR filing requirements according to the IRS, is its location. According to current IRS guidance, any previously mentioned financial account held outside the U.S. or a U.S. territory is considered a foreign financial account. Simply holding a foreign financial account may not make USPs required to file an FBAR annually, as the aggregate amount held within all accounts is what matters. If the aggregate amount is equivalent to upwards of $10,000, a USP must file an FBAR.
The IRS mandates that USPs with certain direct or indirect foreign financial interests, or those with a signature authority or other authority over a foreign account, might have an FBAR reporting liability. For example, a USP with a foreign account that has partial ownership of a corporation, partnership, or trust, may be required to file an FBAR annually.
Having a signature authority or other authority over a foreign financial account refers to USPs that have influence or control over the disposition of money, funds, or other assets held within a foreign account, despite that account being owned by another person or entity. USPs for whom this definition applies may have an FBAR filing liability.
The IRS provides strict instructions for USPs to calculate funds held across foreign accounts and to understand their FBAR reporting liability. The first step in this process is identifying each foreign account are subject to FBAR reporting and to assess the funds within those accounts.
Next, a USP must convert the maximum value of each applicable foreign financial account to U.S. dollars. To do this, USPs must use the current, official exchange rate set by the Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange.
Finally, a USP must compile the properly converted funds held across all foreign financial accounts to determine the aggregate value held overseas. If that amount exceeds $10,000, a USP must file an FBAR.
Though the IRS issues guidance on FBAR reporting requirements, it is not with the IRS that USPs file an FBAR. Instead, an FBAR must be filed with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network through the agency's BSA E-Filing system.
The due date to file an FBAR is Tax Day, which is generally April 15. The IRS reminds FBAR filers that an FBAR must be submitted to FinCEN specifically and cannot be submitted alongside a USP's annual tax return. FinCEN allows for an automatic six-month extension for FBAR filers that fail to submit a report by the deadline. After this point, financial penalties might be imposed for non-compliance. Similar penalties might be imposed for inaccuracies in an FBAR. The IRS can penalize USPs for improper FBAR filing for up to six years.
If you need assistance filing an FBAR or need help getting back into compliance over undeclared foreign accounts and unreported taxable offshore income, our international tax lawyers & CPAs can help. To learn more about how the Dual Licensed International Tax Attorneys and CPAs at the Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing can assist you, call us at (800) 681-1295. If you find yourself under audit and have undisclosed foreign accounts and unreported offshore income, you will definitely need our services…
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BOSTON (AP) — Growing up in New England, Leah Ofsevit’s most cherished childhood memories were blanketed in snow. She remembers running barefoot outside with her brother at the first sign of it, building snowmen and ice castles most winters, strapping on skis as a toddler.
Ofsevit and her husband, Jeremy Garczynski, want to pass those traditions onto their children, 3-year-old Lewis and 8-month-old Asher. They were hoping this would be the year: Tiny skis were purchased for Lewis, and they planned to ski their favorite Massachusetts ski trails while dragging Asher behind them in a sled.
But three months into winter, with March arriving, their skis and sleds are mostly gathering dust. She doesn’t like it one bit.
“It’s not what I envisioned for my kids,” says Ofsevit, who was on her high school cross-country ski team and lives in Melrose, just outside Boston. “Its such a big part of being a kid in New England.”
For much of the eastern United States, from Massachusetts all the way down to parts of West Virginia and into Ohio, winter has been a bust. While parts of the Midwest have been hit with repeated snow storms, much of California including Los Angeles got blanketed of late and even parts of the Southwest saw near-blizzard conditions, many East Coast cities have missed out.
Boston, known for nasty nor’easters and a blizzard last year that dumped nearly two feet of snow on the city, had seen just over 11 inches as of last week compared to an average of 38.6, according to data from the National Weather Service. Philadelphia has gotten only 0.3 inches compared to an average of 19.2. New York, which typically gets over two feet by now, has seen only 2.2 inches. Similar shortfalls have been seen in Providence, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C. and parts of West Virginia.
There have been exceptions like Buffalo, which in November got walloped thanks to lake-effect storm, caused by cold air picking up moisture from warmer lakes. Yet, says David Robinson, a Rutgers University geography professor and the New Jersey state climatologist: “For the most part, it’s been a winterless winter.”
THE WHYS
A big reason for the lack of snow has been the warmer conditions, Robinson says — conditions driven in part by human-induced climate change. The northeast is among the fastest warming regions in the country.
The region has seen plenty of precipitation, but often it has been too warm to snow. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont all had their warmest January on record, while Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania their second warmest, according to the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
But other factors are at play.
La Niña, which involves a large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures, has led to unusual cool conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As a result, the jet stream, which would bring colder conditions to the region, has kept that air closer to the Canadian border rather than dropping down into the northeast.
The polar vortex, which spins like a whirling top above the North Pole, also remained strong through mid-January, which kept the colder air bottled up in Canada, according to Judah Cohen, who studies the relationship between the polar vortex and the weather and is the director of seasonal forecasting for Verisk AER.
This could become the new normal. The weather service analyzed snowfall totals back to 2019 in the contiguous United States and found the states whose totals are furthest off their average as of mid-February were on the East Coast.
For many who pride themselves on thriving in New England winters, the unusually warm conditions have been disorienting and downright depressing. Gone are the four seasons and the scenes many have long associated with winter — snow blanketing backyards, covering trees and piling up in mounds on street corners and in parking lots.
Instead, the landscape offers brown grass, muddy backyards and spring flowers blooming early.
“When I retired, I thought winter would be my joyful time because I will be able to ski when I want, be outdoors …. enjoy everything having to do with winter,” Leah Ofsevit’s mother, Nancy Mazonson. “It’s not beautiful outside … It’s not mysterious. It’s just the same old same old without the magic of snow.”
Caroline Nagy moved from New York City to Troy in upstate New York with her husband in hopes of catching colder and snowier winters. It hasn’t turned out as she expected. “A warm month is one thing,” says Nagy, “but a warm winter is scary.”
UNDERMINING ACTIVITIES
The warmer conditions have been especially hard on traditional winter sports.
Cross-country ski trails have not opened in many locations. Ice skaters have abandoned backyard ponds. Some ski resorts, especially those that rely on natural snow, have struggled to remain open. In Pennsylvania, Whitetail Resort has already closed for the season; in Cherry Creek, New York, Cockaigne Resort announced on its webpage that it was closing due to the warm temperatures and rain. And a popular 216-mile sled dog race in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was cancelled due to unfavorable weather for the first time in its 33-year-history.
“Wherever it was already thin, now it was turning to ice,” says Darlene Walch, president of the Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association. “When the snow pack gets saturated, it will turn to concrete when it freezes. It’s not good for the dogs, and it’s hard for the mushers to control their sleds.”
Many lakes and ponds have not frozen over, including the Great Lakes, where less than 12% of the surface area was covered with ice as of early March, according to NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The historical average for this time of year is closer to 40%.
As a result, ice fishing tournaments from Maine to Pennsylvania have been scrapped. Several people have fallen through the ice, including three fishermen who died in a week on Lake Champlain in Vermont.
The lack of winter’s symptoms has not been all bad. Spring-like conditions have been a boon to bicycle commuters. Golfers have been spotted on courses that, this time of year, typically host skiers. Tennis courts are bustling on warm days, and playgrounds are filled with children.
Cities like Boston, Philadelphia and New York are expected to save millions of dollars budgeted for snow removal. Connecticut’s 169 cities and towns traditionally use their entire snow budgets by the end of winter, but Kevin Maloney, spokesperson for the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, says that this year, “the budgets have been virtually untouched.”
Robinson, the New Jersey climatologist, says snow isn’t going away anytime soon. “There’s no sign of any decline in the large events,” he says. “There’s beginning to be some evidence that we’re having fewer of the smaller events.”
Yet for the small businesses that plow parking lots and salt roads, it has been tough.
“I have never personally been through a winter like this,” says Jordan Kenyon, who is the co-owner of two snow management businesses in Mystic, Connecticut. Typically, they plan for 10 storms along the southeastern Connecticut shoreline and 15 inland events. This year, he says, his crews have been out only a handful of times to spread salt and plowed just once.
Despite this year’s snow-challenged winter, Kenyon says he’s not counting out the snow-removal part of his business.
“There’s always going to be snow at some point. And so, we don’t see changing the business model,” he says. “But we may have to make operational adjustments if we see this pattern continuing.” | 2023-03-06T12:06:41+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/snow-a-no-show-for-traditionally-wintry-cities/ |
Christa McAuliffe memorial to be built at NH Statehouse
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A permanent memorial to Christa McAuliffe, the New Hampshire high school teacher who died in the space shuttle Challenger disaster 37 years ago, will be built on the Statehouse grounds, according to an executive order from Gov. Chris Sununu.
McAuliffe would have been NASA’s first designated teacher in space. She and six crewmates were killed when the Challenger broke apart shortly after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986. She was 37.
Sununu has asked for $500,000 in the state budget for the memorial. His order creates a commission to study, design and oversee its construction. The memorial would be unveiled by Sept. 2, 2024, on what would have been her 76th birthday.
McAuliffe taught at Concord High School and is buried in a local cemetery. The city named a planetarium for her, later changing it to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center to recognize native son Alan Shepard, the first American in space. It also named an elementary school for her.
There are other tributes elsewhere to McAuliffe and to the Challenger crew, including a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. A commemorative coin honoring McAuliffe also was created.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-02-15T23:32:13+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/news/us-and-world-news/christa-mcauliffe-memorial-to-be-built-at-nh-statehouse/ |
LAKE ARIEL, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — According to Pennsylvania State Police, a home in Lake Ariel owned by Senator Bob Casey caught fire Sunday afternoon.
PSP says the fire started near an electrical breaker panel and spread throughout the home, the fire was discovered by a PPL subcontractor who was in the area for power-related issues.
The Wayne County home is owned by Senator Casey and his siblings, none of whom were there at the time of the blaze.
A state police fire marshal has ruled the fire accidental. | 2023-02-06T14:32:39+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/sen-bob-caseys-wayne-county-home-charred-after-electrical-fire/ |
OKLAHOMA CITY — Well before she arrived at the Women’s College World Series this week, Stanford’s NiJaree Canady was already plenty familiar with USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Stadium.
Raised in Topeka, Kansas, Canady spent parts of her youth softball career with the Alliance All-Stars, a college exposure team that competed frequently at the complex north of downtown Oklahoma City. And when the WCWS would arrive each June, Canady would tune in from home to see the biggest names across college softball gather on the same dirt she’d come to know well.
“I always watched it,” Canady recalled this week. “It's something my whole family looked forward to.”
This week, Canady returned to Hall of Fame Stadium as one of those stars. On Thursday, the fireballing freshman with the lowest ERA in college softball dazzled in her WCWS debut.
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Canady cut through Oklahoma and its best-in-the-nation offense on Day 1 of the 2023 WCWS, fanning seven, issuing a walk and allowing two runs (one earned) over 5.0 innings in front of an announced crowd of 12,379. Consistently topping out at 75 MPH, she capped the Sooners’ 8.38 run-per-game lineup entirely until Jayda Coleman delivered the go-ahead runs to a 2-0 OU victory with her fifth-inning, two-run single.
The Sooners, ultimately, won out Thursday. But no star shined brighter on Day 1 at Hall of Fame Stadium than Stanford’s hard-throwing right-hander.
“We knew what we were running into in the way of NiJa,” said OU coach Patty Gasso. “She has become one of the hardest-throwing, ball-moving freshmen I've ever seen.”
The Cardinal returned to Oklahoma City for their first WCWS appearance since 2004 due in large part to the pitching of Canady and All-American senior Alana Vawter. Between them, the Stanford duo entered the week with a combined record of 36-9.
Explaining the decision to start Canady in Thursday’s opener, Stanford coach Jessica Allister cited a matchup-advantage with an OU lineup filled with right-handed bats.
“NiJa's batting average against (against) the righties was .83, .63 or something like that, so we're going to give her that opportunity,” Allister said. “I'm going to pick her against a righty heavy lineup all day.”
Canady affirmed that decision from her very first pitches to Coleman that reached the mid-70s.
Allowing baserunners in each of the first two innings, Canady (16-2) shut the door on the Sooners in both frames. By the time she fanned Tiare Jennings to close the third, Canady’s strikeout total stood at five as she powered through an OU lineup that prior to Thursday had been held to two runs only twice since March 17.
“She was throwing 75 miles an hour,” Coleman said. “She was really starting ahead and she was getting strikes.”
While Canady cruised, her pitch count ballooned beyond 60 pitches in the third inning and approached triple digits by the time Coleman cracked the single that plated Avery Hodge and Riley Boone after Ellee Eck’s error in left field.
Canady drew a pop up from Jennings three pitches later and closed her day after five inning with her pitch count at 99.
“You may have seen us look like we were really struggling and at times we were just trying to figure this out,” Gasso said. “A lot of foul balls, a lot of foul balls ... the goal was to just keep fighting and get her to keep throwing, maybe tire her out.”
Sitting between Vawter (1.0 IP, 2 hits, 1 BB) and Allister afterward, Canady wore the disappointment of the narrow defeat on her face. Up next, Stanford stares down an elimination game with Alabama Friday night.
But for the pitcher who grew up playing at Hall of Fame Stadium and admired the stars of the WCWS each spring, there was something to relish Thursday, too.
“The atmosphere was incredible,” Canady said. “I had no clue what to expect at first, but to be able to play in front of this crowd — it was something unbelievable.”
As for any confidence gleaned from holding off the Sooners’ offense?
“Each game's a learning experience,” she said. “It can only get better from here.” | 2023-06-02T00:04:11+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/osu/stanford-s-nijaree-canady-shines-holds-sooner-bats-largely-in-check-in-wcws-debut/article_7f3fedbc-00a6-11ee-ae37-af8cc753f48d.html |
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A sharply divided Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police violated a robbery suspect’s constitutional protections by accessing his cellphone without a warrant, calling use of the phone as a tracking device “profoundly invasive.”
In the 4-3 decision, the court’s majority said the robbery suspect was subjected to a warrantless search when police obtained his real-time cellphone location information. They ruled that the information was illegally acquired and should be excluded from evidence.
At issue was whether there’s a “reasonable expectation of privacy” regarding a person’s real-time cell-site location information, also known as CSLI, under federal Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. Such information can be used to determine a cellphone’s location with “near perfect accuracy” when the phone is powered on, the court noted.
“In obtaining an individual’s cell phone’s real-time CSLI, police commandeer the cell phone and its transmissions for the purpose of locating that individual,” Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. said in writing for the majority. “We find this usurpation of an individual’s private property profoundly invasive, and we liken it to a technological trespass.”
The ruling stems from a case in Kentucky’s Woodford County involving robbery suspect Dovontia Reed. One of his attorneys hailed it a far-reaching victory for civil liberties.
“This is kind of a guarantee from the court saying that the government can’t search your real-time CSLI to get your location without a warrant,” said Adam Meyer, a public defender representing Reed during his appeals. “And what that means is this will protect everybody who has a cell phone now.”
The state attorney general’s office didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Reed had called an acquaintance on his cellphone, saying he had run out of gas and asked that they meet at a Versailles gas station. When the acquaintance arrived, Reed allegedly robbed him of $500 at gunpoint and fled in a vehicle, according to authorities. Police obtained the number of the cellphone used by Reed.
The cell service provider located the phone and authorities used the information to track Reed’s movements, the opinion noted. Reed was pulled over and arrested, and a grand jury indicted him on charges of robbery, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and receiving stolen property.
Reed claimed police unlawfully obtained the cellphone location information without a warrant. A judge denied his motion to suppress the information and evidence gained from the search. He entered a conditional guilty plea to charges including second-degree robbery, reserving his right to challenge the denial of his motion. He was sentenced to prison about five years ago but has since been released on parole, Meyer said.
On appeal, the state Court of Appeals said the obtaining of Reed’s real-time cellphone location information amounted to a warrantless, unreasonable search. The Supreme Court’s majority agreed, sending the case back to trial court for further proceedings to suppress the cellphone data.
“Today we hold that individuals have an objectively reasonable expectation that their cell phones will not be used as real-time tracking devices through the direct and active interference of law enforcement,” Minton wrote.
He wrote that searching a cellphone’s contents is an invasion of a person’s “reasonable expectation of privacy sufficient to merit Fourth Amendment protection.” The Court of Appeals said the Fourth Amendment requires a warrant to search a person’s cell-site location information.
“We find no reason why such an expectation of privacy would not extend to data unwittingly, involuntarily transmitted by a person’s cell phone to their cell-service provider regarding their location,” Minton said. “Police may not subvert the warrant requirement merely by going directly to the cell-service provider.”
As the case was argued, attorneys for the state said the consequences would be that police always have to obtain a warrant before getting a suspect’s real-time cellphone location information.
The Supreme Court’s majority was unswayed. Minton noted “the ease with which technology allows police to obtain warrants and the invasive nature” of searching a person’s cell location information.
Joining Minton in the majority opinion were Deputy Chief Justice Lisabeth T. Hughes and Justices Michelle M. Keller and Christopher Shea Nickell.
In his dissenting opinion, Justice Laurance B. VanMeter advocated another framework: that individuals do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy involving their real-time cellphone location data while traveling on public roads, and when the information sought is limited in “scope and purpose.”
The dissenting opinion said the trial court’s denial of the suppression motion should be reinstated. Justices Robert B. Conley and Debra Hembree Lambert joined in the dissent. | 2022-06-17T03:59:30+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/technology/ap-technology/kentucky-court-delves-into-use-of-cell-phones-for-tracking/ |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is set to be in court on Wednesday for a plea hearing on federal tax crimes, and Republican lawmakers say their own investigation is far from over.
House Republicans have been looking into allegations against Hunter Biden, and accusations of bribery and corruption related to his business dealings.
“It’s very serious. Thank God we have a Republican majority, that’s going where the truth and the evidence leads us,” Congressman Bob Good said.
Hunter Biden is scheduled to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges in court on Wednesday. It’s part of a deal with the Justice Department.
Many Republican lawmakers are unhappy about the agreement, claiming it is a ‘sweetheart deal.’
“They should continue that hearing and revisit that plea agreement. That’s what I think. But I don’t think that’s what’s going to happen,” Congressman Andy Biggs said.
The Justice Department says it has nothing to hide. Officials offered to have the lead prosecutor in Hunter Biden’s case testify before Congress.
The investigation isn’t just about Hunter Biden. The House Oversight Committee plans to speak with one of his former business partners who has accused President Biden of corruption.
Congressman Ralph Norman claims he’s already seen evidence that implicates the president.
“The money he’s accepted, it appears, what his son’s involved with. If that’s not pay to play I don’t know what is,” Norman said.
Democrats argue there has been no evidence of any wrongdoing by the president and the White House has denied the allegations against him.
“The president was never in business with his son. I just don’t have anything else to add,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Many Republicans are ready to take further action. Congressman Bob Good is among those pushing to open an impeachment inquiry into the President.
“The Biden crime family being exposed to the greed that it has so far this year. So yes, I’m in favor of impeaching the president,” Good said. | 2023-07-26T14:38:15+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/washington-dc/republicans-dig-deeper-into-hunter-biden-investigation-as-he-prepares-for-hearing/ |
BOSTON (AP) — For anyone expecting sweeping changes from the Boston Celtics this offseason, team president of basketball operations Brad Stevens is throwing a bit of cold water on that idea.
After a season in which the Celtics fell one game short of a return to the NBA Finals, Stevens said he sees a team in need of small tweaks, not massive disruption to the leadership or its young core.
“There was a lot that went right, and we can’t lose sight of that,” Stevens said Thursday during his season-ending news conference. “It’s not far. … It’s really hard to get in the mix. So, we just have to figure out how to be a little better.”
That will start at the top with coach Joe Mazzulla, who Stevens said will return after guiding the Celtics to 57 wins and the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Asked directly if Mazzulla is the right person to lead the team going forward, Stevens was unequivocal.
“Yeah, I think he is,” Stevens said. “I thought he did a really good job with this group. Everybody’s going to overreact to the best players and coaches after every game. That’s always how it is. We know that going in, so we have to be able to judge things on the whole.”
That the team was able to finish the regular season second in both offense and defense and fight back from a 3-0 deficit in the conference finals is evidence of Mazzulla’s leadership, Stevens said.
Given the rapid-fire introduction Mazzulla received after being named interim coach just days before training camp, Stevens said he now measures Mazzulla’s head-coaching experience in dog years.
“He’ll only get better at anything that he can learn from this year, because he’s constantly trying to learn. And he’s accountable,” Stevens said. “When you can show all those things through the expectations and the microscope that he was under, that’s hard to do.”
Stevens said the Celtics do plan to add at least one assistant coach with extensive NBA experience on the bench this summer, filling the spot vacated when Damon Stoudamire left to become Georgia Tech’s coach in March.
As far as changes to the roster, Stevens said while they will always monitor the league landscape for potential additions that could help, he likes his team’s existing core.
Due to NBA rules that restrict what executives are allowed to say about players with pending contracts, Stevens declined to speak specifically on the decisions needed to me made this offseason involving Jaylen Brown (eligible to sign a five-year supermax extension on July 1) and restricted free agent Grant Williams.
“I’ve had nothing but great conversations with Jaylen,” Stevens said. “I can say, without a doubt, we want Jaylen to be here. He’s a big part of us. We believe in him and I’m thankful for him. … I’m really thankful that when those guys have success they come back to work. And when they get beat, they own it and they come back to work. And so I know that’s what they’re about. And that’s hard to find.”
Stevens believes Williams got caught in a numbers situation regarding his reduced time in the rotation this season.
“He is a good player who was on a really deep team,” Stevens said. “With the addition of (Malcolm) Brogdon last year it was going to require that guys that had gotten a little more opportunity weren’t going to get as much. That obviously hit a few of our players. … But everybody around the league knows Grant can add value to any team.”
Whatever happens, Stevens said, it will start with doing as little as possible to disrupt the infrastructure of a team he believes has the bones to be a championship team.
“At the end of the day we love our foundation. We love our core. And that’s really our focus and our priority,” Stevens said.
NOTES: Stevens said Tatum had “a pretty decent” ankle sprain in Game 7 but is feeling “a little better.” Brogdon, who dealt with a strained right forearm during the conference finals, has yet to decide whether to have surgery. Stevens said Derrick White’s knee injury in Game 7 was just a hyperextension and sprain.
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-06-01T21:55:54+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/sports/ap-sports/stevens-mazzulla-will-be-back-as-celtics-coach-team-without-a-doubt-wants-brown-to-return/ |
ZURICH, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB) today declared a quarterly dividend equal to $0.83 per share, payable on October 7, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 16, 2022. The dividend will be payable out of legal reserves and will be made in United States dollars by the company's transfer agent, as described in the Chubb Limited 2022 proxy statement. This will be the second installment as approved by the company's shareholders on May 19, 2022.
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Christine Brown is single and ready to mingle more than year after her split from her husband of 25 years, Kody Brown. The 50-year-old Sister Wives star opened up to ET's Deidre Behar about her post-Kody life, where she described herself as "single."
"I'm single now, right? So I kind of just decide what I want to do and then do it. It's been just very, very simple," she tells ET. "Everything's just a lot easier as far as just planning and day-to-day life."
Of moving on from her marriage, Christine says she has started dating "very, very casually."
"Not romantic, because that's way too fast, but dating for sure," she shares. "I'm dating just for fun. Just keeping everything super light because that's just who I am right now."
Her goal is to eventually get married again and be in a monogamous relationship after spending the majority of her life in a plural marriage.
So what is she looking for in a man? Apart from "kindness," Christine has one important criteria that her ex didn't meet.
"Someone who's attracted to me would be a really great thing, I'm just saying," she teases, referencing Kody declaring he no longer wanted intimacy in their marriage -- a statement which led to their eventual split.
Sister Wives airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on TLC.
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BEREA, Ohio -- At one time, Berea had its own auto mile, with more than two dozen dealers stretching along Front Street and North Rocky River Drive.
Brands such as Nash, Studebaker, Hudson, Packard, DeSoto and Maxwell, among others, don’t exist any longer.
And the biggest dealers -- Toth Buick, Merrick Chevrolet and Williams Ford -- are gone too.
But their history is highlighted in the latest exhibit at the Berea Historical Society, which opened with a talk by car buff and historian Jim Jaworski.
Jaworski rehabilitated a vintage automobile that is on display at the historical society’s Mahler Museum. The 1874 Simpson was built by jeweler Billy Simpson, who returned from the Civil War wounded but determined, Jaworski said.
He started to build a two-cylinder gas car -- innovative for the time. It had two ignition systems and two batteries. Early cars were electric.
The Simpson eventually ended up at a Yamaha dealership in Broadview Heights, where Nancy Gillahan, museum administrator, convinced the owner to donate it to the historical society.
Jaworski tackled the rehab.
“This is it,” Jaworski said. “There were no others built. And it may be the oldest gas-powered car in the world.”
Jaworski actually got the car to run and rode it in Berea’s Fourth of July parade about 15 years ago.
“It ran in three centuries -- 19th, 20th and 21st,” he said.
“This is not a piece of junk,” Jaworski said. “Everything in here is quality.”
The Simpson is now permanently moored to the Mahler Museum’s first-floor display room.
The new museum exhibit touts the history of car dealerships in Berea. Merrick Chevrolet, for example, was started in 1915 by C.E. Merrick, who originally sold horse-drawn carriages. Merrick was bought out by Serpentini.
Toth Buick was located at Sheldon and North Rocky River Drive, now the site of a Speedway gas station.
Williams Ford started out at Westbridge and Park, where the Fifth Third Bank is now located. It then moved to North Rocky River Drive. That land is now owned by the city and there are plans to develop it with townhomes.
Jaworski said Greater Cleveland had the potential to be the car capital of the world, but that ended up being Detroit when Cleveland bankers wouldn’t take the risk of loaning money for the manufacture of gas vehicles.
Detroit bankers had no such qualms.
The museum display contains memorabilia from the various dealerships, along with maps, photos and old license plates.
The museum is at 118 E. Bridge St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Email bereahistory@att.net. Visit bereahistoricalsociety.org for more information. | 2023-07-14T20:50:36+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/community/2023/07/berea-was-once-the-car-capital-of-northern-ohio-community-voices.html |
US, Spain collaboration on migration looms large as Biden, Sánchez hold talks at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are set to hold talks Friday as their countries are collaborating along with Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries can go to apply for protection.
The two leaders are also expected to discuss Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, climate change and other issues. But efforts by the U.S. and Spain to cooperate on asylum processing will loom large over the White House talks as the Biden administration rolls out new immigration measures now that COVID-19 immigration restrictions have ended. The changes could fundamentally alter how migrants arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The new efforts are designed to crack down on illegal crossings while opening up legal pathways meant to incentivize migrants to apply for asylum online where they are, instead of making the dangerous and often deadly journey to the border. Those caught illegally crossing the southern U.S. border cannot return for five years and they face criminal prosecution if they do. And migrants will be barred from seeking asylum at the border if they did not first ask for protection in a country they traveled through, or apply online.
A major piece of the expanded legal pathway is the creation of processing centers in Colombia and Guatemala and up to 100 others in the Western Hemisphere where migrants can go to apply to come to the U.S., Spain or Canada.
It was a huge boon for the White House to get Spain and Canada to agree to take in asylum seekers from Latin America. And it helps reinforce the Biden administration’s argument that the current migration quandary facing the Americas is a global problem that needs a global solution — much like the refugee crises that have impacted Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine in recent years.
The U.S. has increasingly seen migrants arrive at its Southern border who are from China, Ukraine, Haiti, Russia and other nations far from Latin America, and who are increasingly family groups and children traveling alone. Thirty years ago, by contrast, illegal crossings were almost always single adults from Mexico who were easily returned back over the border.
Spain, like many other nations globally, needs workers, and it will be able to choose migrants who have skills needed in the country. The Spanish ministry has said the pathway will only apply to those who have already received international protection status. That means the migrants it accepts will need to be considered refugees and will be treated in much the same way that Syrian asylum seekers, coming via Turkey, have been treated by Spain.
Plans for the processing centers to be established in Guatemala and Colombia were announced last month, but the centers have yet to begin operating. Once up and running, they are expected to process thousands of applicants a month. United Nations organizations will operate the centers, but U.S. officials will be present as well to help with processing of applications.
While Biden predicted this week that the situation at the border could be “chaotic for a while,” his administration is looking to discourage migrants from paying smuggling operations to help them journey to the U.S., particularly through the Darien Gap. Officials hope that by both cracking down at the border and opening up other ways to the U.S., they will be able to bring a measure of order to the U.S.-Mexico border that has seen record crossings in recent years.
The pandemic restrictions, known as Title 42, were a Trump administration endeavor that went into effect in March 2020 amid the global pandemic. It allowed border officials to turn away migrants to help stop the spread of COVID-19. But there were concerns the policies were put into place merely to keep people out.
While Title 42 was used to deny asylum more than 2.8 million times, it carried no legal consequences, which encouraged repeat attempts by migrants to enter the U.S. The public health emergency officially ended on Thursday night, and with it the restrictions.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is also expected to be high on the agenda for Biden and Sánchez , two NATO allies.
Sánchez is expected to discuss with Biden his recent talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, both of whom have put forward ideas to end the conflict. Sánchez is expected to urge Biden to take into account the opinions of other countries affected by the war outside of Europe.
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Associated Press writer Renata Brito in Barcelona, Spain, and Ciarán Giles and Jennifer O’Mahony in Madrid contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-12T12:07:25+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/2023/05/12/us-spain-collaboration-migration-looms-large-biden-snchez-hold-talks-white-house/ |
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