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HARVEY, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities have identified the former shipyard worker who was killed in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies Monday, and the two ex-coworkers the man had gunned down hours before he was killed.
The suspect killed Monday afternoon at an apartment complex in suburban New Orleans was Willis Thomas, 31, of Harvey, Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich, the Jefferson Parish coroner, told New Orleans news outlets.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto said deputies tracked Thomas to his apartment a couple of hours after he killed two of his former coworkers, identified by Cvitanovich as Nakie James Brown, 48, and Dustin Parrie Jr., 20, at FMT Shipyard.
It remains unclear why Thomas had been fired at the shipyard or why he shot the two men.
Thomas was tracked to the apartment after deputies received information about a car he left the scene in. The car turned out to belong to the suspect’s mother, who had picked him up when he called her from the shipyard, Lopinto said. The woman, who did not know about the shooting, was later stopped by deputies who spotted the car.
“She said she had just picked him up and brought him to an apartment here,” Lopinto said during a news conference at the complex.
Upon seeing the deputies, Lopinto said, Thomas fled and fired at them, and several deputies returned fire. Thomas was declared dead at the scene.
Nobody else was hurt at the shipyard or during the gunfire exchange with the suspect, although bullets did hit apartments. “We have checked those apartments. Nobody else was hurt,” Lopinto said. | 2023-07-18T23:27:18+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/coroner-identifies-two-victims-killed-by-man-who-later-died-in-police-shootout-in-louisiana/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Congressional Budget Office warns of US debt default ‘in first two weeks of June’
Posted/updated on: May 12, 2023 at 10:38 am(WASHINGTON) -- The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Friday added more urgency to the fight over the debt limit, now saying there is a "significant risk" the U.S. will default on its debt "at some point in the first two weeks of June."
In a new report, the agency said "the extent to which the Treasury will be able to fund the government's ongoing obligations will remain uncertain throughout May, even if the Treasury ultimately runs out of funds in early June."
This is an escalation from agency's previous assessment of how soon the government won't be able to pay its bills. In February, the CBO targeted July as the month where the U.S. would no longer be able to meet its financial obligations.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen previously warned that a default could happen as soon as June 1, though Yellen has acknowledged there is considerable uncertainty around the exact "x-date."
The new CBO assessment underscores the tight timeline lawmakers are facing to reach a deal to lift the debt ceiling, or risk an unprecedented default that analysts have warned would wreak havoc on the economy.
President Joe Biden and congressional leaders ended this week with no solution after meeting at the White House on Tuesday for the first talks on the issue in months.
Staff for the leaders have been meeting daily since then to try to make progress, the White House said, while Biden and the "Big Four" -- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell -- are expected to meet again early next week.
The U.S. hit the debt ceiling in mid-January, and has since been using "extraordinary measures" to continue paying the government's obligations.
If the Treasury can continue financing the government through June 15, the CBO said expected quarterly tax receipts and other measures "will probably allow the government to continue financing operations through at least the end of July."
Yellen, appearing on ABC's This Week on Sunday, urged Congress to find a solution before Treasury runs out of tools to pay all its bills.
"We have been using extraordinary measures for several months now. And our ability to do that is running out," Yellen said. "And we will start to run down our cash and our current projection is that in early June a day will come when we’re unable to pay our bills unless Congress raises the debt ceiling."
Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-12T16:03:29+00:00 | ktbb.com | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1225879 |
The Viola Davis-led action epic “ The Woman King ” easily conquered the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters, against a crowded market of new releases. The film, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, surpassed expectations and earned $19 million in ticket sales, according to estimates from Sony on Sunday.
“The Woman King” was released by Sony and TriStar in 3,765 locations and carries a reported production budget of $50 million, which was co-financed by eOne. The film, about the Agojie, the all-female army of the Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa in the 1800s, got glowing reviews after its debut at the Toronto Film Festival. It currently boasts a 94% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. And theatrical audiences seem just as enthusiastic, giving it a rare A+ CinemaScore. Though $19 million is not a blockbuster debut, it’s a solid start for the adult-skewing warrior epic.
“This one has great reviews, an epic story and a great star in the lead role,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst. “People want to go to the movie theater and audiences are back in the habit of expecting new movies in theaters.”
The horror movie “Barbarian,” a 20th Century Studios release, took second place in its second weekend with $6.3 million.
It was a jam-packed week for new releases at the domestic box office that included the A24 horror prequel “ Pearl,” Searchlight’s starry mystery pic “ See How They Run,” NEON’s David Bowie documentary “ Moonage Daydream,” Paramount and Miramax’s “Confess, Fletch,” with Jon Hamm, and Focus Features’ “The Silent Twins.” But even though most boasted good reviews, it was still a slower week for the business overall.
“See How They Run,” a 1950s-set murder mystery with Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell, is estimating a $3.1 million domestic debut from 2,404 locations.
Ti West’s “Pearl” also took in estimated $3.1 million. A24 released the film starring Mia Goth as a farmgirl who dreams of movie stardom on 2,935 screens. The first film “X” opened $4.3 million in March and the studio has already greenlit a third film, “MaXXXine.”
Brett Morgen’s Bowie documentary “Moonage Daydream,” meanwhile, debuted exclusively on IMAX screens this weekend, where it made $1.2 million in North America and landed in 10th place.
“This may not be a blockbuster-filled corridor, but this is a great weekend,” said Dergarabedian. “There’s all this talk of the post summer doldrums or slowdown, but there’s a lot of new movies out there. You just have to look for the gems.”
Next week will see the release of Olivia Wilde’s much-discussed “Don’t Worry Darling,” which could give a boost to the box office. But blockbuster numbers likely won’t return until October and even November when the superhero movies return with “Black Adam” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “The Woman King,” $19 million.
2. “Barbarian,” $6.3 million.
3. “Pearl,” $3.1 million.
4. “See How They Run,” $3.1 million.
5. “Bullet Train,” $2.5 million.
6. “Top Gun: Maverick,”$2.2 million.
7. “DC League of Super Pets,” $2.2 million.
8. “The Invitation,” $1.7 million.
9. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $1.3 million.
10. “Moonage Daydream,” $1.2 million.
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Follow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ldbahr | 2022-09-18T16:30:05+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-woman-king-takes-north-american-box-office-throne/2022/09/18/7425a09e-3765-11ed-b8af-0a04e5dc3db6_story.html |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The critique of UConn under coach Dan Hurley had been the program’s inability to win in March.
Consecutive first-round NCAA Tournament exits meant the Huskies were good, not great — certainly not anywhere in league with the UConn women’s program.
In perhaps the maddest March of all, Huskies proved they are elite again, putting in another dominating performance a few hours after the UConn women had a rare misstep.
Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and UConn overwhelmed its fourth straight NCAA Tournament opponent, earning its first trip to the Final Four in nine years with an 82-54 blowout of Gonzaga on Saturday night.
“I think it becomes a little bit of a mental hurdle, especially like early rounds of the NCAA Tournament where you feel like maybe the burden of the history and tradition and first-round games, maybe even second-round games,” Hurley said. “The climb to get to this point has been real and it’s been more challenging than I thought.”
The Huskies (29-8) have felt right at home in their first extended March Madness run since winning the 2014 national championship, playing their best basketball of what had been an up-and-down season.
UConn controlled the usually efficient Bulldogs at both ends in the West Region final, building a 23-point lead early in the second half to waltz right into the final section of the bracket.
Those first-round exits are now well in the rearview mirror. So is that midseason funk.
These elite Huskies did what the UConn women couldn’t for once and are headed to Houston, where they will play Texas or Miami.
UConn has a pretty good track record once it gets this far, too: The Huskies are 8-1 all-time in Final Four games.
“We’ve got a lot to prove,” said Andre Jackson Jr., who had eight points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. “We still have a chip on our shoulder.”
The Bulldogs (31-6) didn’t have the same second-half magic they had in a last-second win over UCLA in the Elite Eight.
Gonzaga allowed UConn to go on a late run to lead by seven at halftime and fell completely apart after All-American Drew Timme went to the bench with his fourth foul early in the second half.
The Zags shot 33% from the field — 7 of 29 in the second half — and went 2 for 20 from 3 to stumble in their bid for a third Final Four since 2017.
“UConn was just terrific tonight and we didn’t have any answers, especially when kind of everything really didn’t bounce our way,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “And we can’t absorb a game like that when our offense is as bad as it was tonight.”
Alex Karaban scored 12 points and Adama Sanogo had 10 points and 10 rebounds for UConn.
Timme had 12 points and 10 rebounds, receiving a warm ovation after being taken out of his final collegiate game with 1:50 left.
“I’m just so thankful that the program and the place took me for who I was,” said Timme, who shared a long embrace with Few when he exited. “They didn’t ask me to be anybody but myself.”
The Zags started off like they had a Vegas hangover, firing off two air-balled 3-pointers and a wild runner by Timme. Once Gonzaga shook out the cobwebs, the Bulldogs kept the Huskies bridled with defense, with hard hedges on screens and Timme sagging off Jackson to protect the lane.
UConn countered by getting the ball into the strong hands of Sanogo, the facilitator. The UConn big man picked apart Gonzaga’s double-teams for five first-half assists, including two for layups.
“We figured that out,” Hurley said. “That doesn’t work anymore.”
Karaban hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to put the Huskies up 39-32 at halftime, and it got worse for Gonzaga to start the second half.
UConn pushed the lead to 12 and Timme picked up his third and fourth fouls in the opening 2 1/2 minutes — one on a charge, another on a box-out under the rim.
“We brought the team together and tried to keep positive thoughts and try to keep chipping away at that lead,” Gonzaga forward Anton Watson said. “But it’s hard when Drew goes out.”
The Huskies really got rolling when Timme took a seat, using their defense to get out in transition and set up 3-pointers. A 14-3 run put UConn up 60-37 and Few took the calculated gamble of bringing Timme back in.
It made little difference.
UConn kept up the pressure and kept making shots, looking an awful lot like the favorite to win it all.
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5 people killed after vehicle lands in Florida retention pond
Published: Jun. 26, 2023 at 9:02 PM CDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five occupants in the vehicle, authorities said Monday.
The accident in Fort Myers, Florida, happened either late Sunday or early Monday, killing three women and two men, all ages 18 or 19, according to officials with the Fort Myers Police Department.
The names of the individuals weren’t immediately released. No further details were made public Monday.
The News-Press in Fort Myers reported that four of the individuals worked together at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-27T02:23:14+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2023/06/27/5-people-killed-after-vehicle-lands-florida-retention-pond/ |
Jan. 6 panel drops Trump subpoena as it wraps up work
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has dropped its subpoena against former President Donald Trump as it wraps up work and prepares to dissolve next week.
Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee’s Democratic chairman, wrote in a letter to Trump lawyer David Warrington on Wednesday that he is formally withdrawing the subpoena.
“As you may know, the Select Committee has concluded its hearings, released its final report and will very soon reach its end,” Thompson wrote. “In light of the imminent end of our investigation, the Select Committee can no longer pursue the specific information covered by the subpoena.”
The committee had voted to subpoena Trump during its final televised hearing before the midterm elections in October, demanding testimony and documents from the former president as it has investigated his role as the “central player” in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection and efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat.
“We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion,” Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the panel’s vice chairwoman and one of two Republicans on the nine-member committee, said at the time. “And every American is entitled to those answers.”
Trump then sued the panel in November to avoid cooperating. The lawsuit contended that while former presidents have voluntarily agreed to provide testimony or documents in response to congressional subpoenas in the past, “no president or former president has ever been compelled to do so.”
The committee’s request for documents was sweeping, including personal communications between Trump and members of Congress as well as extremist groups. Trump’s attorneys said it was overly broad and framed it as an infringement of his First Amendment rights.
While the panel never gained Trump’s testimony, the committee interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, including most of his closest White House aides and allies. Many of those witnesses provided substantive detail about his efforts to sway state legislators, federal officials and lawmakers to help him overturn his defeat. And White House aides who were with him on Jan. 6 told the panel about his resistance to tell the violent mob of his supporters to leave the Capitol after they had broken in and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.
In its final report issued last week, the committee concluded that Trump engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to upend the 2020 election and failed to act on the violence. The panel also recommended that the Justice Department investigate the former president for four separate crimes, including aiding an insurrection.
On social media Wednesday evening, Trump and his lawyers construed the move as a victory. “They probably did so because they knew I did nothing wrong, or they were about to lose in Court,” Trump wrote on his social media site. He called the panel “political Thugs.”
On Twitter, Trump lawyer Harmeet Dhillon said the panel had “waved the white flag.”
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Associated Press writer Jill Colvin contributed to this report.
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(WKBN) – The Orionid meteor shower takes place every fall season, and the peak of the shower comes around the third week of October.
Every year, the Orionid meteor shower becomes active in late September and remains active until late November.
This year, the peak of the shower is on the night between October 20 and October 21.
There is good news, as the moon will only be at 21% full, which means there will be less light contamination in the night sky and a better view.
How many meteors can I expect?
The Orionid shower typically produces around 15 meteors hourly at the peak during the third week of October.
The meteors are moving at a velocity of 41 miles per second. To relate this speed to a rocket, they are traveling around 148,000 miles per hour into the Earth’s atmosphere.
When is the best time to catch the meteor shower?
You can catch the Orionids in the sky after midnight. It is best to get away from the city lights if you can, as less light contamination will be helpful to try and catch a glimpse of these fast-moving meteors.
Where should I look to see the meteor shower?
You want to look toward the southeast to try and catch the show.
The area of the sky where the meteors will develop is near the constellation Orion, hence the name of the shower.
What are the meteors made of?
The meteors are made of space debris that runs into our atmosphere each fall. The space debris comes from Halley’s Comet, which leaves behind ice and dust after it passes through our solar system. This debris passes through our atmosphere twice a year — once in the fall with the Orionid shower and in May with the Eta Aquarids.
The Comet Halley has a very long orbit around the sun and takes 76 years to complete. The last time we were able to see it was in 1986. It will not move back toward the inner solar system again until 2061. | 2022-10-20T16:10:01+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national-news/orionid-meteor-shower-peaks-this-week-how-to-see-it/ |
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United’s title momentum was dramatically halted Wednesday ahead of its visit to Premier League leader Arsenal at the weekend.
Leading Crystal Palace 1-0 after 90 minutes at Selhurst Park, United looked set to rack up a 10th straight win in all competitions and move up to second in the table, just six points off the top.
Michael Olise, however, completely changed the mood of the night by scoring a free kick in the first minute of stoppage time to earn Palace a 1-1 draw.
“We were 1-0 up. In the second half we had a lot of space to kill them and go for the second. I never saw we really went for the second goal,” United manager Erik ten Hag said. “It’s difficult to say (why). I have to criticize my team. Go for the second.”
Ten Hag’s frustration was evident after a result that changes the narrative going into the game against Arsenal.
Now, instead of being able to cut the Londoners’ lead to three points, defeat would leave United 11 points adrift having played a game more.
Ten Hag has so far talked down United’s unlikely title challenge, but the improvement in his team has been evident on the back of nine straight wins before Palace, including a 2-1 victory against second-place Manchester City last weekend.
United remains the only team to have beaten Arsenal in the league this season and a repeat performance at the Emirates Stadium would have been a major statement of intent.
It still could be, but the draw with Palace will feel like a missed opportunity after Bruno Fernandes had opened the scoring in the 43rd.
United moved up from fourth to third in the league — level on points with Manchester City.
While Ten Hag and his United players were left frustrated, Leeds can look forward to an FA Cup fourth round match with Boreham Wood or Accrington Stanley after a 5-2 rout of Cardiff in their third round replay.
CASEMIRO BLOW
As if a trip to high-flying Arsenal on Sunday isn’t daunting enough, United will be without one of its most influential players.
Casemiro picked up a fifth yellow card of the season against Palace, meaning the midfielder will be suspended for Sunday’s game.
“He’s a really important player for us and a reason we’re in this position. But last time we beat Arsenal without Casemiro. We need to do it again,” said Ten Hag.
Casemiro has been one of United’s best players this season, losing just two of the 18 games he’s started since joining from Real Madrid in the summer.
FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE START
American defender Chris Richards made his first Premier League start for Palace after four substitute appearances. The 22-year, who partnered with Marc Guéhi in central defense, joined Palace last summer from Hoffenheim. Richards was sidelined for four months until returning Dec. 26.
LEEDS RELIEF
Leeds put its league struggles behind it with a morale-boosting win in the FA Cup.
The 5-2 victory against second-tier Cardiff ended a seven-game winless streak in all competitions.
It took a 90th-minute goal from Sonny Perkins to salvage a 2-2 draw in the original game but the replay was a much more one-sided affair.
Leeds led 3-0 after 36 minutes with two goals from Wilfried Gnonto and another from Rodrigo. Gnonto gave Leeds a flying start with a stunning volley inside the opening minute and fired home his second after Rodrigo had struck his 11th goal of the season.
Patrick Bamford struck twice in the second half, while Callum Robinson pulled two back for Cardiff.
Premier League survival remains Leeds’ priority as it sits just two points clear of the relegation zone.
“I felt very strongly before the game that we were ready for a strong performance. I told the team that. This was obviously an important moment for us, but it’s just another moment in the development we’re trying to create,” Leeds manager Jesse Marsch said.
“An important moment to gather momentum, but hard to say validation because we still have so much to do.”
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James Robson is at https://twitter.com/jamesalanrobson | 2023-01-19T14:25:44+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/ap-man-united-halted-by-palace-ahead-of-arsenal-showdown/ |
As the week begins, here's a roundup of key developments from the past week and a look ahead.
What to watch this week
Monday: As a ship loaded with Ukrainian grain left Odesa for the first time since the war began, there are hopes that it will be the first of many resuming the country's exports.
Tuesday: The trial of WNBA star Brittney Griner continues in Moscow.
Wednesday: ASEAN-led meetings get underway in Cambodia, where Ukraine will be on the agenda. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be among top diplomats gathering in Phnom Penh.
Friday: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to meet in Sochi, Russia.
What happened last week
July 25: Russia's Gazprom said it would reduce the amount of gas it sends through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to 20% of capacity. On the same day, Russia announced it would quit taking part in the International Space Station after 2024.
July 26: European Union energy ministers agreed on an emergency deal to ration natural gas to help EU countries get through the coming winter.
July 27: On the same day that Brittney Griner's trial continued in Moscow, the U.S. proposed a prisoner swap in which Moscow would free Griner and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Russia, in exchange for the U.S. release of imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
July 28: Russian missile strikes targeted Ukraine's Kyiv and Chernihiv regions on the same day that Ukrainian authorities announced an operation to liberate the occupied region of Kherson in the south.
July 29: Ukraine and Russia blamed one another for shelling that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war in eastern Ukraine. Also, Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the first time since the war began, urging Russia to accept the proposal aimed at bringing home Griner and Whelan. Blinken also pressed Russia on allowing Ukrainian grain exports.
July 30: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region. Also, Gazprom cut off gas shipments to Latvia. Russia demands payment in rubles and has already stopped gas shipments to other EU countries after their refusal to do so.
July 31: Marking Russia's Navy Day, President Vladimir Putin approved a new naval doctrine highlighting the U.S. and NATO as the the biggest threats to Russia.
In-depth
Who is Viktor Bout, the prisoner the U.S. may trade for Brittney Griner?
In the Russia-Ukraine war, drones are one of the most powerful weapons.
At 75, the CIA is back where it started — countering the Kremlin.
Phoenix Mercury fans long for Brittney Griner's release from Russian captivity
It's official: The U.K. will host next year's Eurovision contest on behalf of Ukraine.
Special report
Russia's war in Ukraine is changing the world: See its ripple effects in all corners of the globe.
Earlier developments
You can read past recaps here. For context and more in-depth stories, you can find more of NPR's coverage here. Also, listen and subscribe to NPR's State of Ukraine podcast for updates throughout the day.
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Rhode Island congressman David Cicilline said Tuesday he will step down this summer to lead his home state’s largest funder of nonprofits.
The Democrat, who is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Committee on the Judiciary, was named president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, effective June. 1.
“Serving the people of Rhode Island’s First Congressional District has been the honor of my lifetime,” said Cicilline, who is serving his seventh term. “As President and CEO of one of the largest and oldest community foundations in the nation, I look forward to expanding on the work I have led for nearly thirty years in helping to improve the lives of all Rhode Islanders.”
Cicilline, 61, said the opportunity to lead the foundation was unexpected, but gives him the opportunity to “have an even more direct and meaningful impact on the lives of residents of our state.”
The Rhode Island Foundation, founded in 1916, focuses on supporting economic security, affordable health care, as well as education and job training. It raised $98 million in 2021 and awarded $76 million in grants, according to its website.
Cicilline takes over for Neil Steinberg, who will continue as president and CEO until Cicilline starts. The congressman has “the experience, the skills, the passion, and the network to ably lead the Foundation,” Steinberg said.
Cicilline was selected after a national search.
“Congressman Cicilline’s career-long fight for equity and equality at the local, national and international level, and his deep relationships within Rhode Island’s communities of color are two of the many factors that led us to this decision,” said Dr. G. Alan Kurose, chair of the foundation’s board of directors, said in a statement.
Cicilline has represented Rhode Island in the U.S. House since 2011.
The news of his retirement comes months after he withdrew his bid for a leadership post in the House this Congress. Cicilline, who is openly gay, had challenged Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina for the Democrat’s assistant role, arguing that it was time the party’s leadership table included LGBTQ voices.
But Clyburn, the highest-ranking Black American in Congress, received unanimous support from the caucus in closed-door elections in December to stay in leadership.
The challenge to Clyburn was a surprise, but Cicilline said at the time that he felt the need to act to ensure the Democratic leadership “fully reflect the diversity” of the caucus and of the country.
During his tenure he was a frequent critic of big tech and the amount of power the nation’s tech companies held. He was a House impeachment manager during former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, and a lead sponsor of the legislation that gave federal recognition to same-sex marriages.
Cicilline previously served as mayor of Providence from 2003 to 2011, and in the state legislature from 1995 until 2003. He has degrees from Brown University and Georgetown University Law Center.
Rhode Island’s other longtime Democratic representative, Jim Langevin, served his last day in office earlier this year after announcing in January 2022 that he would not seek reelection to the seat he has held since 2001. He was replaced by another Democrat, Seth Magaziner.
Under state law, Rhode Island’s governor can set a date for a special election to find Cicilline’s successor.
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Associated Press writer Farnoush Amiri in Washington, D.C. contributed to this story. | 2023-02-21T18:57:53+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/ap-us-rep-cicilline-to-step-down-lead-nonprofit-foundation/ |
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut released data Thursday for the first time showing the race of people subjected to police use of force, a reporting practice that many states are beginning to adopt in the wake of nationwide calls for more police accountability.
The data from 2019 and 2020 appeared to show Connecticut police used force on Black people at disproportionate rates compared with white people, but the analysts who released the data cautioned that there were limitations in the reporting, saying it was “insufficient” and could not be used for a comprehensive assessment.
The state is just the second in the country, after New Jersey, to publicly report statewide police use-of-force data, officials said. Several other states have passed similar requirements in recent years and will soon be reporting their results. The changes have come in response to fatal shootings and other uses of force by police officers against Black people that sparked outrage and protests across the country.
Several cities in the U.S., including New York, have been reporting use-of-force data for years. The FBI has been gathering data nationally but has not yet released the raw data or analyses.
The Connecticut report said that of the more than 1,300 people reported to have been subjected to police use of force in 2019 and 2020, 38% were Black, 33% were white and 20% were Hispanic.
The Connecticut population is 13% Black, 65% non-Hispanic white and 18% Hispanic, according to U.S. Census data.
Analysts and police officials said comparing use of force data to the Census data was neither valid nor fair for a host of reasons.
The bulk of use of force reports came from police departments in the state’s largest cities, which have much higher minority populations, said analysts in the report by the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at the University of Connecticut.
Ken Barone, associate director of the institute, said it may be better to compare the use-of-force data with arrest data. In 2019 and 2020, about 34% of people arrested in Connecticut were Black, 44% were white and 21% were Hispanic. The number of use-of-force incidents was just 1% of the number of arrests.
“A disparity still appears to exist in reported incidents of force involving Black individuals when compared to available arrest data,” the report said.
Scot X. Esdaile, president of the state chapter of the NAACP, said the racial demographic data was troubling.
“It’s not something that I think I’m surprised about because we see on a regular basis the heavy hand of law enforcement on Black communities, and we’ve seen it for decades,” he said. “This kind of validates that something seriously needs to be done.”
David McGuire, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, also said he found some of the data disturbing,
Of the more than 1,300 people subjected to police use of force over the two years, police reported that 31% were said to be emotionally disturbed, 9% were said to be suicidal and more than 40% were said to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the report says. And about a third of the people subjected to police force were fleeing at the time.
“It is another clear indication that there needs to be a very intentional move by government … to move money out of policing and into services people need,” McGuire said.
According to the report, 1,058 officers used force on 650 people in 2019, and 977 officers used force on 663 people in 2020. Some incidents involved multiple officers. There are about 7,250 police officers in Connecticut.
Bridgeport, the state’s largest city, led all departments that reported data with 264 use-of-force incidents over the two years. Waterbury reported 229 incidents, followed by state police with 181, New Haven with 161 and Hartford with 91.
Connecticut has more than 100 police agencies. The data included incidents reported by 60 departments. Other agencies reported they had no use of force incidents or did not submit data.
The data included the use of guns, stun guns, pepper spray, fists and physical restraining. Most of the uses of force were physical restraining — more than 800 incidents over the two years — while incidents involving deadly force and firearms totaled nearly 280. In most cases involving police drawing guns, officers only displayed them and did not fire, the report said.
In 2019 and 2020, 11 people were killed by police officers’ deadly use of force. Most of the people subjected to police force were unarmed — 90% in 2019 and 85% in 2020, the report said.
Officials believe a standardized form for all departments that was rolled out in July 2022 for use of force will take care of some of the inconsistencies in reporting.
Cheshire Police Chief Neil Dryfe, president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, said police leaders will be closely watching future reports that include better data, including race and ethnicity numbers, to see if any changes in policing are warranted.
“The big takeaway I think, for me and many other chiefs, is that force is used in just a small, tiny fraction of police community interactions,” he said. | 2022-08-19T01:18:56+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/connecticut-releases-police-use-of-force-data-for-1st-time/ |
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By The Associated Press
A look at what’s happening around the majors today:
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GOING MY WAY?
The Yankees and Astros will meet in a one-game series between AL division leaders at Minute Maid Park — it’s a makeup of a matchup postponed by the lockout.
Both teams were on New York-to-Houston flights after wins Wednesday afternoon in the Big Apple. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homered at Yankee Stadium in a 5-3 victory over Oakland; Justin Verlander and the Astros beat the NL East-leading Mets 2-0 at Citi Field.
Houston left fielder Yordan Álvarez and shortstop Jeremy Peña were hurt when they collided while running down a popup. Álvarez left on a cart, sitting up, and Peña walked back to the dugout. Both were walking in the clubhouse postgame and manager Dusty Baker said the team was awaiting medical reports.
Luis Garcia (5-5, 3.68 ERA), who beat the Yankees in his last outing, starts for Houston against Luis Severino (4-2, 3.38 ERA). The clubs split a four-game series in the Bronx last weekend.
It’ll be a quick trip to Texas for the Yankees — they begin a series Friday night in Cleveland. Houston gets to stay home and welcome Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and the Angels over the weekend.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Trea Turner, Freddie Freeman and the NL West-leading Dodgers open their longest homestand of the season, an 11-game stay against San Diego, Colorado and the Cubs.
Joe Musgrove (8-1, 2.12 ERA) starts for the second-place Padres against Mitch White (1-1, 4.25). Musgrove absorbed his only loss this year in his previous start, giving up six runs in six innings to Philadelphia.
Los Angeles is 20-12 at Dodger Stadium. The Padres are 24-15 on the road.
“I know we’re leading (the division) and they’re going to come with some energy as we’ve seen. We’ve got to match it,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “We’ve got to play good baseball. Either way, we still have a lot of baseball to play, but certainly we want to play our best baseball this series.”
SO LONG, FOR A WHILE
Luis Arraez and the Minnesota Twins wrap up a five-game series in Cleveland with the last of eight matchups in a 10-day span between the top two teams in the AL Central. After this one, they won’t see each other again until September.
Chris Archer (2-3, 3.14 ERA) starts for Minnesota against 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber (3-4, 3.07). Archer is 0-7 with a 5.87 ERA in eight career starts against Cleveland.
Minnesota leads the division by two games over Cleveland after the teams split the first four games of the series.
Josh Naylor hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning Wednesday night, completing a four-run rally that gave the Guardians a thrilling 7-6 victory. After rounding the bases, Naylor excitedly headbutted 63-year-old Cleveland manager Terry Francona, who was wearing a batting helmet.
“I don’t think you’ll see a game much more difficult on a team than that,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “We’ve got to find a way to finish games out.”
JUNE BLOOM
Star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. (bruised left foot) will rejoin the Braves in Philadelphia and could play as Atlanta goes for a three-game sweep.
Acuña has missed the last three games after fouling a ball off his foot in Saturday’s win over the Dodgers. He stayed back in Atlanta for treatment when the Braves traveled to Philadelphia.
The Braves are 21-5 in June, matching the team record for most wins in a calendar month since the club moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966. They’ll try to set a new mark when Ian Anderson (6-4, 4.60 ERA) pitches against Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola (4-5, 2.98).
CHECK HIM
The Brewers will see how center fielder Jonathan Davis is feeling, a day after he crashed headfirst into the padded wall at Tampa Bay making a tremendous catch.
Davis ran at full speed and jumped back to snag Randy Arozarena’s drive in the second inning Wednesday. He stayed down for several minutes holding his back and exited the game the next inning with lower back and rib cage discomfort.
“Spectacular, scary … those two words,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. “He’s doing pretty good. He is sore. He’s a good center fielder, so I did think he had a chance, but where the ball ended up and how hard it was hit … for him to get there and put his health and body at risk is brilliant.”
The Brewers open a series at Pittsburgh.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading provider of online and affordable higher education, American College of Education® (ACE), has been recertified as a Certified B Corporation® (B Corp™) for its rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. This is ACE's second recertification since becoming a B Corp in 2016.
Based on the B Impact assessment, ACE earned an overall score of 97.0 for its public commitment to maintain its ideals and mission, a significant increase from 81.1 in 2016 and 88.6 in 2019. To view ACE's B Impact Assessment and profile, click here.
"ACE's ongoing commitment to social responsibility is central to our mission of making a transformational impact on the lives of our students, alumni, faculty and staff ," said Geordie Hyland, ACE President and CEO. "From achieving positive student outcomes to meaningfully impacting our local communities, ACE truly believes in being a force for good within higher education and throughout society."
The company's dedication to social responsibility is evident through partnerships with nonprofit organizations across the country including Teachers' Treasures, Kids in Need Foundation, A Gift for Teaching and more that provide services or materials to service-minded professionals in local communities.
"As a B Corp, ACE strives to solve social and environmental problems through the power of business," said KK Byland, ACE Chief Human Resources Officer.
ACE provided more than $2.5 million in scholarships in 2022 to make its programs accessible to as many students as possible and supplied more than $120,000 in support to nonprofit organizations. ACE employees also donated their time by volunteering 2,024 hours within their local communities. To learn more about ACE's social responsibility efforts in 2022, read their 2022 Impact Report.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Democrat vying to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is facing calls from within her own party to fold her campaign, following the publication of additional leaked audio in which she appears to make disparaging remarks about her constituents.
The calls for state Rep. Krystle Matthews to withdraw just two months ahead of the general election came Thursday in reaction to leaked audio published by conservative activist group Project Veritas of Matthews speaking to one of its members, without her knowledge.
Sitting in a restaurant, Matthews, who is Black, is heard saying that she represents a “mostly white” district, adding, of white voters: “I keep them right here — like under my thumbs. … Otherwise, they get out of control — like kids.”
“You ought to know who you’re dealing with,” Matthews goes on to say. “You’ve got to treat them like s—-. That’s the only way they’ll respect you.”
In a statement, Matthews acknowledged her voice on the recording, calling Project Veritas a “satirical MAGA Powered news outlet.”
The compilation also features more of Matthews’ conversation, parts of which were previously published by Project Veritas, in which she spoke to an inmate about funding her campaign with “dope boy money” and having Democrats run as Republicans, saying “secret sleepers” represent “the only way you’re gonna change the dynamics in South Carolina.”
At the time of the earlier release, ahead of South Carolina’s June primary runoff, Matthews confirmed to The Associated Press that it was her voice on the tape but said the edited audio of a “tongue-in-cheek” exchange didn’t reflect the full picture.
Matthews won the runoff to face Scott, who is seeking what he’s said will be his final Senate term and is among South Carolina’s most popular politicians. The Black Republican is widely expected to win the general election in South Carolina, where no Democrat has won a statewide race in more than 15 years.
On Thursday, Democrats including gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham said he concurred with state Rep. Justin Bamberg, who in an op-ed published online called Matthews “toxic.”
“If any of our white counterparts had said the same thing with regards to blacks, the minority community, including myself, would be up in arms calling for that member’s immediate resignation,” Bamberg added.
In a statement provided to AP, Cunningham said that “there is absolutely no place in our political discourse” for Matthews’ comments, adding that “the Democratic Party cannot and should not tolerate such behavior from our elected officials and candidates.”
State Sen. Brad Hutto, Democrats’ leader in that chamber — who was also his party’s nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2014 — echoed Cunningham’s comments about Matthews’ Senate bid, telling AP, “When candidates of either party start making irresponsible statements, beyond what party they’re from, they need to reevaluate their candidacy, and that’s what needs to happen here.”
One of the fellow Democrats Matthews defeated, Catherine Fleming Bruce, told AP she agreed with the calls for Matthews to step aside, saying the nominee “has made it impossible for her to be that standard bearer, representing our state’s diverse population.”
Trav Robertson, chairman of the state’s Democrats, emphasized on Thursday that Matthews didn’t represent the party’s perspective but stopped short of urging her to quit her campaign, which he said was “becoming a distraction to other Democrats on the ballot.”
“If I were advising her campaign, I would focus on her getting reelected to the (state) House of Representatives,” Robertson told AP.
Were Matthews to suspend her campaign, her name would likely still remain on ballots, which party officials said were already being produced for overseas voters. With no third-party candidate in the race, Scott’s name is the only other that would appear.
“Regardless of race, I love everyone,” Matthews said in her statement. “One thing you can learn from Project Veritas’s first audio attack on me, is obviously I have no biases toward a certain ethnic group.”
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James Pollard contributed to this report.
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s government on Thursday named a staunchly pro-Russian politician as the Balkan state’s new spy chief.
Aleksandar Vulin, who served as Serbia’s interior minister in the previous government and held the defense ministry portfolio prior to that is taking over as the director of BIA, Serbia’s intelligence agency, the government said in a statement.
As Serbia’s interior minister, Vulin visited Moscow in August, a rare visit by a European state official that underscored Belgrade’s refusal to join Western sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
He then told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that “Serbia is the only state in Europe that didn’t introduce sanctions and was not part of the anti-Russian hysteria.”
Serbia, which formally seeks European Union membership, has for years been drifting away from its EU path and toward traditional Slavic ally Russia, as well as China.
Vulin is considered “Moscow’s man” within the Serbian leadership. His appointment to such a sensitive intelligence post is seen as another snub to the West and its calls for Serbia to align its foreign policies with the EU if it really wants to join the bloc.
The appointment outraged Serbia’s pro-Western opposition.
The “appointment will completely stop” BIA’s cooperation with Western security agencies and will contribute to “the additional international isolation of Serbia,” opposition PSG party said in a statement.
It pointed out that Vulin “openly advocates pro-(Vladimir) Putin positions” and assessed that the appointment designates Serbia “as Russia’s only ally in Europe.”
Marinika Tepic of the opposition SSP party said she’s convinced that Vulin’s appointment “shows that Serbia is heading towards dictatorship” in which “all means will be allowed in the fight against political opponents.”
Vulin has said that Serbia should abandon its EU membership goal and instead turn to Moscow, often blasting Serbia’s neighboring states and their leaders and calling them derogatory names. He has been barred from entering EU-member Croatia.
Vulin has been advocating the creation of “the Serbian World” — a copy of the Russian World — that would unite all Serbs in the Balkans under one flag led by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
Last year, Vulin had reportedly created a “working group” with Nikolai Patrushev, the powerful secretary of the Kremlin’s Security Council, to fight “color revolutions” — a series of mass protests that sometimes led to the toppling of autocratic regimes mostly in the Middle East and Asia.
Serbian independent media had reported that at their meeting in Moscow late last year, Vulin handed to Patrushev wiretaps from a Belgrade meeting held by members of the Russian opposition. It has been difficult for opposition groups to organize meetings in Russia and chose Belgrade because hey don’t need visas to enter Serbia.
Shortly after the Belgrade meeting, some who attended were arrested in Russia. Vulin has denied that he handed over the tapes to Patrushev. | 2022-12-02T15:59:03+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-reports-serbia-names-pro-russian-politician-new-spy-chief/ |
MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota utility began shutting down a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis on Friday after discovering water containing a low level of radioactive material was leaking from a pipe for the second time. While the utility and health officials say it is not dangerous, the issue has prompted concerns among nearby residents and raised questions about aging pipelines.
Xcel Energy discovered in November that about 400,000 gallons (1.5 million liters) of water containing tritium had leaked. The utility made a temporary fix but learned this week that hundreds more gallons of tritium-laced water leaked, leading to the shutdown decision.
After the plant cools over the next few days, workers will cut out the leaking pipe, which is over 50 years old, said Chris Clark, Xcel Energy’s president. The utility will then have the pipe analyzed in hopes of preventing future leaks, he said.
“We could have continued to safely operate the plant and simply repair the catchment, but then, of course, there is always a risk that it would spill over again and have more tritium enter the groundwater,” Clark told reporters near the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of Minneapolis. “We didn’t want to take that chance, so we’re bringing the plant down.”
Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said the fact there was a second tritium leak “shines a light on the problem of maintaining aging pipelines” underground at older nuclear plants.
The temporary closure could be out of an abundance of caution, “or it could be a sign they don’t know how bad the problem is, and they need to do a deep dive to find out what’s going on,’’ he said.
Clark said the tritium isn’t a risk to drinking water in Monticello or the nearby city of Becker, saying the cities take their water from different areas of the Mississippi River. Even if the tritium reached the river, which Clark assured wouldn’t happen, it would dissipate within a few yards, he said.
Clark said the spill had not left the utility’s property.
The utility reported the initial leak to state and federal authorities in late November but didn’t make it widely public until last week, raising questions about transparency and public health issues. State officials said they wanted to wait for more details before sharing information widely. Criticism about the delay played a role in Xcel’s decision to hold a public information session Friday.
Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that occurs naturally and is a common byproduct of nuclear plant operations. It emits a weak form of beta radiation that does not travel far and cannot penetrate human skin, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy Remick, of Becker, attended Friday’s information session and said she still has concerns that nearby residents, especially those who rely on well water, will be safe. Remick also worries about whether the radioactive material could hurt wildlife.
“We have a very large population here of eagles, and I would like to make sure they’re not impacted,” Remick said. “Minnesota is known for our wildlife, and if that (tritium) escapes their plant into the Mississippi, that could be very damaging.”
Tyler Abayare, who was fishing at the Mississippi River near the plant, said he’s been coming to the river every day for five years and usually sees about 15 to 20 others fishing as well.
“Typically this time of year, there’s a lot of families that come out and fish with their children,” he said. “Now, after the media released what happened, there’s not a soul in sight, and it just takes away from the recreation and passion of fishing.”
Abayare said he doesn’t believe that the Mississippi River is safe. He doesn’t eat fish he catches and no longer ties his line with his teeth to avoid getting sick.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors are monitoring the shutdown and repairs, said Victoria Mitlyng, a spokesperson for the agency. She said in a statement the leak “does not present a safety challenge to the public, to drinking water supplies, the plant or the environment.” The leak also did not exceed any agency limits.
Clark said Xcel Energy already had planned to shut down the plant April 15 for nearly a month for refueling, and it wasn’t clear if it would immediately reopen after the leak is fixed.
Clark said the leaking pipe is part of the original plant, which opened in 1971. Xcel has applied to extend its operating license at Monticello through 2050.
“We want to inventory the age of everything in the plant and be sure we’re dealing with whatever we need to update,” he said.
Tim Judson, executive director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, a group that opposes nuclear power, said the second leak “is obviously concerning” and that public worries about possible health risks are exacerbated by the recent toxic train derailment in Ohio, where residents remain concerned about possible health effects despite government pledges that air and water are safe.
“People are seeing what happened in Ohio, and they are distrustful of the government response,’’ Judson said.
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Daly reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Scott McFetridge in Des Moines, Iowa, contributed to this story. | 2023-03-25T14:42:44+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/minnesota-nuclear-plant-shuts-down-for-leak-residents-worry/ |
NOVI, Mich. (AP) _ Stoneridge Inc. (SRI) on Wednesday reported a loss of $7.7 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Novi, Michigan-based company said it had a loss of 28 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 27 cents per share.
The maker of electronic components for the automotive and other markets posted revenue of $221.1 million in the period.
Stoneridge expects full-year results to range from a loss of 15 cents per share to earnings of 10 cents per share, with revenue in the range of $860 million to $900 million.
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German police detained climate activists Greta Thunberg during a coal mine protest on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old was seen being carried away from the site by officers in riot gear.
The operation to evict climate activists who flocked to the site in the hamlet of Luetzerath kicked off last week. Police cleared people out of farm buildings, the few remaining houses and a few dozen makeshift constructions such as tree houses.
On Saturday, thousands of people demonstrated nearby against the eviction and the planned expansion of the Garzweiler coal mine. There were standoffs with police as some protesters tried to reach the village, which is now fenced off, and the mine.
Environmentalists say bulldozing the village to expand the Garzweiler mine would result in huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. The government and utility company RWE argue the coal is needed to ensure Germany’s energy security.
The regional and national governments, both of which include the environmentalist Green party, reached a deal with RWE last year allowing it to destroy the abandoned village in return for ending coal use by 2030, rather than 2038.
The Greens' leaders argue that the deal fulfills many of the environmentalists’ demands and saved five other villages from demolition, and that Luetzerath is the wrong symbol for protests. Activists reject that stance.
Police said in a statement Sunday that nearly 300 people have been removed so far from Luetzerath. They added that “the rescue by RWE Power of the two people in underground structures continues; beyond that, the clearance by police is complete.”
They said that 12 people were detained in connection with Saturday's incidents. Demolition of the buildings in Luetzerath is already underway. | 2023-01-17T18:54:48+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/news/national/climate-activist-greta-thunberg-detained-during-coal-mine-protest |
(The Conversation) – E-commerce may make shopping more convenient, but it has a dark side that most consumers never see.
Say you order an electric toothbrush for Father’s Day and two shirts for yourself from Amazon. You unpack your order and discover that the electric toothbrush won’t charge and only one shirt fits you. So, you decide to return the unwanted shirt and the electric toothbrush.
Returns like this might seem simple, and often they’re free for the consumer. But managing those returns can get costly for retailers, so much so that many returned items are simply thrown out.
In 2022, returns cost retailers about US$816 billion in lost sales. That’s nearly as much as the U.S. spent on public schools and almost twice the cost of returns in 2020. The return process, with transportation and packaging, also generated about 24 million metric tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions in 2022.
Together, costs and emissions create a sustainability problem for retailers and the planet.
As a supply chain management researcher, I follow developments in retail logistics. Let’s take a closer look inside the black box of product returns.
Returns start with miles of transportation
So, you repackaged your unwanted shirt and the electric toothbrush and drove them to UPS, which has an agreement with Amazon for free returns. Now what?
UPS transports those items to the retailer’s warehouses dedicated to processing returns. This step of the process costs the retailer money – 66% of the cost of a $50 item by one estimate – and emits carbon dioxide as trucks and planes carry items hundreds of miles. The plastic, paper or cardboard from the return package becomes waste.
Processing a return takes two to three times longer than initially shipping the item – it has to be unpacked, inspected, repacked and rerouted. That adds more to the cost to the company, especially in a tight labor market. Workers have to manually unpack the items, inspect them and, based on the return reason, decide what will happen next.
Restocking and reselling means more miles
If a warehouse worker decides the shirt in our example can be resold, the shirt will be repackaged and sent to another warehouse.
Once another consumer orders the shirt, it will be ready to be packed and shipped.
In-store returns can significantly cut warehouse and transportation costs, but driving to a brick-and-mortar store might not be convenient for the consumer. Only about a quarter of online purchases are returned in person to the store.
Refurbishing, if repair costs less than the product
If the item is defective, like the electric toothbrush in our example, the warehouse worker might send it back to the manufacturer for fixing and refurbishing. It would be repackaged and loaded on a truck and possibly a plane to be sent to the manufacturer, leading to more carbon dioxide emissions.
If the electric toothbrush can be repaired, the refurbished product is ready to be sold into the consumer market again – often at a lower price.
Refurbishing returned products helps to achieve a closed-loop supply chain where products are reused rather than disposed of as waste, making the process more sustainable than buying a new item.
Sometimes, however, repairs cost more than the product can be resold for. When it is more expensive to restock or refurbish a product, it may be cheaper for the retailer to throw the item away.
Landfills are a common end for returns
If the company can’t resell the shirt or refurbish the electric toothbrush economically, the outlook for these items is grim. Some are sold in bulk to discount stores. Often, returned products simply end up in landfills, sometimes overseas.
In 2019, about 5 billion pounds of waste from returns were sent to landfills, according to an estimate by the return technology platform Optoro. By 2022, the estimated waste had nearly doubled to about 9.5 billion pounds.
Era of free returns might not last
In the past, customers who wanted to return items by mail were often expected to do so on their own dime. That changed after Amazon began offering free returns and providing easy-to-use drop-off locations at UPS or Kohl’s stores. Other retailers followed suit to compete, with many seeing free returns as a way to keep shoppers coming back.
But that pendulum may be starting to swing back. The percentage of retailers charging to ship returns increased from 33% to 41% in 2022.
Retailers are trying several other techniques to lower the return rate, waste and losses, which ultimately come back to consumers in the form of higher prices.
Some retailers have shortened the return window, limited frequented returns or stopped offering free returns. Other strategies include virtual dressing rooms and clearer fitting guides, which can help reduce clothing returns, as can high-quality photos and videos that reflect size and color accurately. If consumers use those tools and pay attention to sizing, they can help cut down on retail’s growing climate footprint. | 2023-06-18T19:15:05+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/national/inside-the-black-box-of-amazon-returns/ |
Lenyn Sosa Player Prop Bets: White Sox vs. Royals - May 11
Published: May. 11, 2023 at 11:25 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Chicago White Sox and Lenyn Sosa, who went 0-for-1 last time in action, battle Brady Singer and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Thursday at 2:10 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a hitless showing (0-for-1) against the Royals.
Lenyn Sosa Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Thursday, May 11, 2023
- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Brady Singer
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -143)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +1100)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +300)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +220)
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Lenyn Sosa At The Plate
- Sosa is hitting .141 with three doubles, a home run and a walk.
- Sosa has picked up a hit in eight games this year (38.1%), including one multi-hit game.
- He has homered in one of 21 games, and in 1.5% of his plate appearances.
- Sosa has had an RBI in three games this season.
- He has scored in four games this season (19.0%), but has had no multi-run games.
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Lenyn Sosa Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in the league.
- The Royals' 5.43 team ERA ranks 28th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Royals pitchers combine to surrender the fifth-most home runs in baseball (51 total, 1.3 per game).
- Singer gets the start for the Royals, his eighth of the season. He is 2-4 with an 8.82 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander's last appearance came on Saturday against the Oakland Athletics, when he threw four innings, surrendering five earned runs while allowing six hits.
- In seven games this season, the 26-year-old has amassed an ERA of 8.82, with 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .304 against him.
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NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, rejecting the former president's claim that she targeted him out of political animus and allowing her civil investigation into his business practices to continue.
In a 43-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes wrote that case law bars federal judges from interfering in state-level investigations, with limited exceptions, and that there wasn't evidence to support the Republican's contention that James, a Democrat, was proceeding in bad faith because of their differing political views.
Sannes, who was appointed in 2014 by former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, said James had a legitimate basis for investigating Trump and his company, the Trump Organization, and that Trump failed to show that recent court proceedings seeking to enforce subpoenas on him were "commenced for the purpose of retaliation."
James' public statements about Trump "make clear that she disagrees vehemently with Mr. Trump's political views," Sannes wrote, but Trump and his lawyers failed to demonstrate any connection between her opinions and how the investigation has played out.
"The fact that (James') public statements reflect personal and/or political animus toward (Trump) is not, in and of itself, sufficient," Sannes wrote.
Trump has been ordered to testify in James' investigation
James heralded Friday's ruling as a "big victory" over a "frivolous" lawsuit. Sannes' decision came a day after a New York appeals court ruled that Trump must answer questions under oath in James' probe, upholding a lower-court ruling requiring him to sit for a deposition.
"Time and time again, the courts have made clear that Donald J. Trump's baseless legal challenges cannot stop our lawful investigation into his and the Trump Organization's financial dealings," James said in a written statement. "No one in this country can pick and choose how the law applies to them, and Donald Trump is no exception. As we have said all along, we will continue this investigation undeterred."
Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, questioned Sannes' justification for dismissing the lawsuit — singling out, by name, the legal precedent at issue — and said they would take the matter to the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals.
"There is no question that we will be appealing this decision," Habba said. "If Ms. James's egregious conduct and harassing investigation does not meet the bad faith exception to the Younger abstention doctrine, then I cannot imagine a scenario that would."
Trump sued James in December, resorting to a familiar but seldom successful strategy of litigation in an attempt to end the three-year investigation, which James has said uncovered evidence Trump's company misstated the value of assets like skyscrapers and golf courses on financial statements for more than a decade.
Trump filed the lawsuit just after James issued subpoenas for him and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Jr., to give deposition testimony in James' probe.
Trump sought an injunction barring James from investigating him and preventing her from being involved in any "civil or criminal" investigations of him and his company, such as a parallel criminal probe being led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Although the civil investigation is separate, James' office has been involved in both. Trump also wanted a judge to declare that James violated his free speech and due process rights.
"We are sitting with our hands tied. We are simply dodging subpoenas at this point," Habba said at a May 13 hearing.
Trump has long claimed the investigation was politically motivated
Trump has long contended that the New York investigations are part of a politically motivated "witch hunt." In the lawsuit, his lawyers alleged that James had violated his constitutional rights in a "thinly-veiled effort to publicly malign Trump and his associates."
The lawsuit described James as having "personal disdain" for Trump, pointing to numerous statements she's made about him, including her boast that her office sued his administration 76 times and tweets during her 2018 campaign that she had her "eyes on Trump Tower" and that Trump was "running out of time."
James' office responded that the lawsuit was a "collateral attack" on her investigation and a "complete about-face" after Trump previously agreed to turn over his 2014-2019 income tax returns to her office and his company provided more than 900,000 documents and testimony from more than a dozen current and former employees.
Trump and his company never challenged the underlying legal basis for the investigation or the attorney general's office's legal authority to conduct it until her office issued a subpoena for his testimony, James' office said.
James' office started investigating Trump in 2019 after his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen told Congress that Trump had a history of misrepresenting the value of assets to gain favorable loan terms and tax benefits.
At a May 13 hearing that precipitated Sannes' ruling Friday, a lawyer for James' office said the probe is winding down and that evidence from it could support legal action against the former president, his company, or both.
The lawyer, Andrew Amer, said "there's clearly been a substantial amount of evidence amassed that could support the filing of an enforcement proceeding," although a final determination on filing such an action has not been made.
All of that, Amer said, "really shuts the door on any argument" by Trump's lawyers that the James' office was proceeding in bad faith.
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MILWAUKEE — A new study by the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee identifies the deadliest streets in the country for pedestrians and there are similar characteristics for several corridors in Cream City.
“Pedestrian fatalities have increased by more than 50 percent nationally,” Robert Schneider, Professor of Urban Planning at UWM said.
Schneider led the study, identifying 60 roads across the country where there were at least six pedestrian deaths within a 1,000-meter stretch of roadway.
A majority of the locations are in the south or in major metropolitan areas like New York City or Los Angeles. None of the locations are in Milwaukee, but Schneider believes there are characteristics here that mimic what he’s seen across the country.
“These hot spots had high traffic speeds,” Schneider said. “75 percent had speed limits of 30 mph or higher. We also saw locations that had many traffic lanes, 70 percent of them had five or more lanes for pedestrians to cross.”
Milwaukee has its fair share of deadly roads for pedestrians. Fond du Lac Avenue, 27th Street, Capitol Drive, and National Avenue, all contribute to rising concerns in Milwaukee.
From 2010 to 2018 on National Avenue, five pedestrians were killed over a one-mile stretch of roadway from 23rd Street to the freeway, according to the University of Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory (TOPS). The same can be seen on the one-mile stretch of Fond du Lac Avenue from Locust to 20th Street; five people were killed from 2010 to 2018.
Both don’t meet the criteria of Schneider’s study; six pedestrians were killed over a 1,000-meter stretch of roadway. They fall just outside the metrics but it doesn’t diminish the rising issue in Milwaukee.
Since 2010, 230 pedestrians have been killed across the city. However, Milwaukee hasn’t cracked the list of the top 60 hotspots. Schneider says, there is one big reason for that.
“Frequency,” Schneider said. “The frequency of potential conflict is what we don’t have quite as much of. We have winter and we have somewhat lower pedestrian volumes during the winter because people just aren’t outside as much. Whereas, if you’re down south, you may be out most of the year.”
He credits some of the safety features the city is focusing on, like creating bump-outs so pedestrians don’t have as far to cross. However, he hopes more citizens will buy in to make real change.
While he deals with numbers, each statistic represents a soul lost to reckless driving.
“These are people,” Schneider said. “People who are being killed. Every single one of those was a person with a family. People who loved them and to have them die prematurely like that is a tragic event. This isn’t just about data. It’s about people.” | 2022-11-24T12:45:34+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/news/i-team/i-team-uwm-identifies-deadly-pedestrian-hotspots-nationwide-similarities-seen-on-milwaukee-streets |
WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed Thursday by the Senate to serve as the next associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman to do so.
But the 51-year-old won't be joining any of the court's cases for a few more months. That's because the seat Jackson is set to take over won't open until June or July.
When Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement, he said he will officially step done at the end of the court's current term, which usually closes in late June or early July. It is only then that Jackson will officially be sworn in by another member of the court.
So, it could be about three months between Jackson's confirmation and her swearing. But once Breyer officially retires, the gap before she joins the court should be relatively short and normal. While lengthy court vacancies have become more rare over the last few decades, Republicans famously refused to give Barack Obama's nominee a hearing in 2016.
For instance, the turnaround time between the death of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the swearing in of Amy Coney Barrett, the most recent justice to be appointed, was only 39 days. Republicans were eager to appoint former President Donald Trump's nominee given that the 2020 presidential election was just weeks away, and the White House organized a swearing-in ceremony the same day of her confirmation on Oct. 27, 2020.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh was also sworn-in on the same day he was confirmed by the Senate on Oct. 6, 2018. That meant there was a vacancy on the court for just 67 days after former Justice Anthony Kennedy retired on July 31, 2018.
But Republicans are also responsible for the most recent long-term SCOTUS vacancy. After the sudden death of the late Antonin Scalia in Feb. 2016, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to hold confirmation hearings for Obama's nominee, current Attorney General Merrick Garland.
It was only after Trump became president and nominated Neil Gorsuch that the vacancy ended, 422 days after Scalia's death.
The longest vacancy on the Supreme Court lasted between 1844 and 1866, during which time three nominees were rejected by the Senate. | 2022-04-07T20:39:57+00:00 | 5newsonline.com | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/when-will-kbj-be-sworn-in/507-ebf1f665-d148-4b3e-8024-7a85ff7c0a75 |
PRINCETON, N.J., SHANGHAI and SUZHOU, China, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Duality Biologics ("DualityBio"), a clinical-stage biotech company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting cancers and autoimmune diseases, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation (FTD) to DB-1303 for the treatment of patients with advanced, recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma with HER2 overexpression who have progressed on or after standard systemic treatment. DB-1303 is a novel antibody-drug conjugate comprised of anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, enzymatically cleavable peptide-linker, and a proprietary topoisomerase I inhibitor P1003. It is designed to have potent anti-tumor activity and bystander killing effect, high plasma stability, low free payload in circulation and wide therapeutic index.
Dr. John Zhu, CEO of DualityBio, said: "The FDA's decision to grant FTD underscores the potential for DB-1303 to address the unmet medical need and potentially serve as a new therapeutic option for patients with advanced, recurrent or metastatic endometrial carcinoma." "We are committed to advance this investigational drug to help those patients who are suffering from cancers. We will work closely with clinical investigators and health authorities to unlock the full potential of DB-1303 in patients with malignant tumors."
DualityBio is currently evaluating DB-1303 in an ongoing Phase I/IIa clinical trial for preliminary safety and efficacy in advanced/metastatic solid tumors with Her2 expression, including both HER2 positive and HER2 low patients.
About Fast Track Designation
Fast Track Designation is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fulfill an unmet medical need, enabling drugs to reach patients earlier. Clinical programs with Fast Track designation may benefit from early and frequent communication with the FDA throughout the regulatory review process. These clinical programs may also be eligible to apply for Accelerated Approval and Priority Review if relevant criteria are met.
About Endometrial Carcinoma
Endometrial carcinoma (EC) is the most common cancer of the female genital tract in USA. On January 1, 2019, there were an estimated 822,388 people living with uterine corpus cancer in the U.S. (https://seer.cancer.gov), and it is estimated that 66200 new uterine corpus cancer cases will occur with 13030 deaths resulting from the disease in 2022. Around 1 in 4 women with endometrial cancer may experience a recurrence or be diagnosed with advanced disease. In endometrial cancer, approximately 60%–70% of high-grade carcinomas appear to overexpress HER2. There is no accepted standard of care and limited therapeutic options for the patients with recurrent or metastatic EC who have failed previous platinum-based systemic therapy with or without immunotherapy. DualityBio is working to develop treatments for the disease to fill this significant unmet medical need.
About DB-1303
DB-1303, a 3rd generation HER2 ADC molecule built from Duality Biologics' Proprietary DITAC platform, exhibited potent antitumor activity in both HER2 positive and HER2 low tumor models with superior efficacy, safety and expanded therapeutic window. Both preclinical data and preliminary clinical data from DB1303 suggest the potential of DB-1303 to address unmet medical needs in various HER2 expressing cancers.
About Duality Biologics
Duality Biologics ("DualityBio") is a clinical-stage biotech company focused on discovering and developing a pipeline of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) targeting cancers and autoimmune diseases. Leveraging its DITAC (Duality Immune Toxin Antibody Conjugates) and DIMAC (Duality Immune Modulating Antibody Conjugates), Duality is developing more than 10 ADCs at clinical and preclinical stage.
The company has an international team located in China and the United States, with proven track record in the field of novel drug research, clinical development and global business development. The global clinical development team has led clinical trials for more than 50 oncology and immunology drugs, and facilitated the approval of five innovative drugs in China and the United States. The global business development team has led and executed more than 20 strategic global in-licensing, out-licensing and M&A collaboration deals, with a total valuation of more than $5 billion. DualityBio will continue to expand and deepen the existing pipeline and R&D platform, both through internal R&D effort and strategic external collaborations.
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Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen cruised to victory on Sunday at the 2022 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, closing out the season not only with the championship but also a record 15 wins.
Verstappen had already claimed the championship, the second of his career, during October’s Japanese Grand Prix. The battle for second was very much alive going into Sunday’s race, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull Sergio’s Perez both going in with equal points.
Leclerc ultimately claimed second in the championship after an impressive run to second in Abu Dhabi, approximately 8.7 seconds behind Verstappen. Perez claimed third following his third-place finish in Abu Dhabi, approximately 10 seconds behind his teammate.
The race started with both Red Bull drivers on the front row. Verstappen, on the pole, pulled into the lead and was never really challenged from there. Behind them were Leclerc and fellow Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz. Leclerc focused on Perez, while Sainz was left to battle with Mercedes-Benz AMG’s Lewis Hamilton, who would swap places with Sainz multiple times throughout the race.
Between Leclerc and Perez, the Red Bull driver was the first to pit, coming in on lap 15. Perez fell behind Leclerc after the first stop but was back in second when Leclerc made his first pit stop on lap 21. Perez then made a second pit stop on lap 33 while Leclerc stayed out. The one-stop strategy worked in Leclerc’s favor, as Perez never managed to catch up, though Leclerc had to work hard to manage his tires to last until the end.
Further down, Sainz finished fourth while Mercedes’ George Russell finished fifth. Russell moved up after Hamilton, who attempted a one-stop strategy, retired in the pits three laps from the end.
Following the weekend’s action, Verstappen closed out the 2022 Drivers’ Championship with 454 points. Leclerc finished second with 308 points and Perez third with 305 points. In the Constructors’ Championship, Red Bull finished with 759 points, versus the 554 of Ferrari and 515 of Mercedes.
With the season’s close, F1 also bids farewell to Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel. The four-time world champion in July announced plans to retire from F1 after the current season, ending a career that dates back to 2007. McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo, Haas’s Mick Schumacher, and Williams’ Nicholas Latifi are also out next year, though some may return in future seasons. Ricciardo is already considering a deal with Red Bull Racing as a backup driver. New faces on the grid in 2023 will include American Logan Sargeant, who is poised to fill the last remaining seat at Williams, as well as previously confirmed AlphaTauri driver Nyck de Vries, Haas driver Nico Hülkenberg, and McLaren driver Oscar Piastri.
Below are the full results from the 2022 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix:
1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
2) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +8.771 seconds
3) Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing +10.093 seconds
4) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +24.892 seconds
5) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG +35.888 seconds
6) Lando Norris, McLaren +56.234 seconds
7) Esteban Ocon, Alpine +57.240 seconds
8) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin +76.931 seconds
9) Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren +83.268 seconds
10) Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin +83.898 seconds
11) Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri +89.371 seconds
12) Alex Albon, Williams +36.016 seconds
13) Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo +1 lap
14) Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri +1 lap
15) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo +1 lap
16) Mick Schumacher, Haas +1 lap
17) Kevin Magnussen, Haas +1 lap
18) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG – DNF
19) Nicholas Latifi, Williams – DNF
NC) Fernando Alonso, Alpine – DNF
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- Porsche completes driver lineup for 963 LMDh campaign in 2023 | 2022-11-22T04:35:14+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/automotive/internet-brands/verstappen-wins-abu-dhabi-grand-prix/ |
NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of AMZN during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: February 1, 2019 to April 5, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Amazon engaged in anticompetitive conduct in its private-label business practices, including giving Amazon products preference over those of its competitors and using third-party sellers' non-public data to compete with them; (ii) the foregoing exposed Amazon to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; (iii) Amazon's revenues derived from its private-label business were in part the product of impermissible conduct and thus unsustainable; and (iv) as a result, the defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading.
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a distinct display to stir emotions while also allowing individuals to better understand parts of black history," said an inventor, from Columbia, S.C., "so I invented BROKEN CHAINS. My design may incite a discussion about the past and present with regard to the black lives matter movement."
The patent-pending invention provides historical understanding of the black experience in America. In doing so, it could stir emotions. It also could spark conversation. The invention features a decorative and eye-catching design that can be displayed in a home or office. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Columbia sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CSK-248, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Upgrading the viewing experience to more than just immersive and gaming experience to more than just fun, the M550 is one of Toshiba TV's latest 4K additions to the market that offers, at long last, a truly meaningful alternative to a full-fledged OLED television with just as many impressive features.
Underlying the M550 is Toshiba TV's VIDAA OS, a swift and responsive operating system that makes the television much easier – and more pleasant – to interact with. Part of the responsiveness is credited to VIDAA's smart voice control setup, which gives users voice free reign over virtually limitless content available via its universal platform search function. On top of making the M550 exponentially easier to interact with, VIDAA also provides endless access to an array of supported applications on the platform in ways that keep users viewing experience unspoiled.
The M550's swiftness, however, does not stop here. Equipped with a 60Hz panel, the television also offers exceptional gaming experiences for all gamers alike. Compatible with diverse game refresh rates, the 4k resolution TV intelligently adapts to the right frequency when needed, effectively eliminating stutters, and giving the users a huge uptick in gaming experience.
On the non-gaming front, the M550 offers equally intelligent features that contribute to the lifelike depth of its images. Using adaptive precision backlighting technology, the TV's Full-array Local Dimming feature, coupled with Quantum Dot, restore to each individual pixel its proper coloration, which makes possible for greater contrasts as well as more uniform color variations without the usual side effects conventional lighting brings, making pictures on screen stunningly vivid.
Forever tuned to the tone of the users voice, the flickers in a game, or the irreplicable nuances of an image on screen, Toshiba TV's M550 is always ready to stream and game, unmatched in its accessibility, responsiveness, the rich assortment of content it brings, and the immersive experiences it makes available.
To find out more about the M550 series and the brand's latest products that deliver the most brilliant cinematic experiences, stay tuned to Toshiba TV on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube.
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Fully clothed bathing burglar found in homeowner’s bathroom
SEATTLE (AP) — A man suspected of breaking into a Seattle home has refused to come clean about his intentions, even though police found him fully clothed in a bathtub filled with water.
A woman returned to her home Friday night to find a window smashed and an unknown man inside the house, according to the Seattle Police Department.
She remained outside the home and called police. Upon their arrival, officers instructed anyone inside to come out. When they got no reply, they went in to search the home — and found a suspect in a bathroom.
“The man was clothed but very wet, and the bathtub was full of water,” police said in a statement.
The 27-year-old man was arrested for residential burglary and refused to explain his actions, including his choice of a bathing spot, police said.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-29T19:22:41+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/01/29/fully-clothed-bathing-burglar-found-homeowners-bathroom/ |
MASON CITY, Iowa – A North Iowa woman will stand trial for dealing methamphetamine.
Amanda Kay Butner, 31 of Mason City, has pleaded not guilty to possession with intent to deliver meth, failure to use a drug tax stamp, and possession of marijuana-1st offense.
Butner, also known at Amanda Kay Staley, was arrested July 15 in the 400 block of Tiffany Drive. Law enforcement says she was found in possession of several baggies containing methamphetamine.
Her trial is set to begin on October 11. | 2022-08-02T21:57:44+00:00 | kimt.com | https://www.kimt.com/news/mason-city-woman-pleads-not-guilty-to-dealing-meth/article_e6ac18e6-12a3-11ed-a8f6-0bd623568913.html |
CAUGHT ON CAM: Deputies cut shark free from crab trap
Published: Aug. 8, 2022 at 12:25 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
TAMPA BAY, Fla. (CNN) – Deputies in Florida risked their own safety Friday to help preserve sea life in Tampa Bay.
The Pinellas County deputies freed a 6-foot long shark that had gotten caught in a crab trap.
Someone had flagged down the marine patrol officers to report the issue.
A video showing the deputies working to free the shark hooked on the trap’s buoy was posted to the sheriff’s office Twitter feed.
They tried hard to remove the hook but couldn’t, so they cut it down as far as possible to free the shark.
The deputies had spent time earlier in the week rescuing sea turtles.
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. – One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth grade classroom in the Oregon mountains, Khloe Warne sat at a table in her mother’s bakery, doing her schoolwork on a laptop and watching her favorite clips of anime.
Khloe, 12, loves drawing, writing and especially reading — in second grade, she was already reading at a sixth grade level. But she only goes to school one day a week for two hours. The district said she needed shorter school days last year when Khloe threw a desk and fought with students in outbursts her mother attributes to a failure to support her needs. Khloe, who has been diagnosed with autism, ADHD and an anxiety disorder, had no individualized education plan for her disability when she returned to in-person learning after the pandemic.
Not being able to attend school regularly has saddened Khloe, stunted her education and isolated her from her peers, her mother says. It has also upended her family’s life. Her mother, Alyssa Warne, had to quit her job for a time in order to stay home with her. She described the fight to get her daughter back in the classroom as exhausting, stressful and sad.
“She just wants a friend,” Alyssa Warne said. “It’s not asking much to send your kid to school for at least one whole day.”
Across the U.S., advocates say, schools are removing students with disabilities from the classroom, often in response to challenging behavior, by sending them home or cutting back on the days they’re allowed to attend.
Schools say the move can be necessary to keep students and teachers safe and prevent disturbances. But parents and advocates argue the shortened days, often referred to as informal removals, amount to discrimination and violations of students’ civil rights. Under federal law, it is illegal to bar a child from receiving the same education as their peers based on conditions stemming from their disability.
Alyssa Warne sued her daughter’s school and school district this month, alleging disability discrimination. School officials did not respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit. In an earlier email, the school director said she couldn’t comment on individual students because of privacy concerns.
In Oregon, a clash between parents and schools culminated this spring at the Statehouse. A bill to curb the use of shortened days, essentially giving parents veto power over such a decision, is pending in the House of Representatives after near-unanimous passage in the Senate. Pressure from school boards and superintendents has hurt the legislation's chances, its chief sponsor said.
“It shouldn’t have been controversial because these kids have had this right for such a long time,” Democratic state Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin said of her bill. “I wish that we could serve these kids, respect these kids and lift these kids up and honor their rights without being ordered by a court to do so.”
Dan Stewart, managing attorney for education and employment at the National Disability Rights Network, said he wasn’t aware of other states with laws limiting schools’ use of shortened days as Oregon’s bill would have. But a number of states have issued guidance through their departments of education informing schools that shortened days could potentially amount to discrimination under federal law.
Since the 1970s, federal law has guaranteed students with disabilities the right to a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. This means, as much as possible, they should be learning alongside their peers who don’t have disabilities, with necessary accommodations. It’s illegal for school districts to cite a lack of money or staff as a reason for not educating a child with disabilities.
But states don’t always enforce the law, advocates say. Instead of hiring specialists, training teachers or providing tailored services, they say, some schools are shortening students’ schedules as a way to manage difficult behavior.
Oregon is embroiled in a lawsuit over schools’ use of shortened school days, filed by the nonprofit advocacy group Disability Rights Oregon in 2019. Experts appointed by the court to research the issue found about 1,000 Oregon students with disabilities — most of them in elementary school — are on shortened schedules.
“While less than 2% of students in special education are placed on a shortened school day, for those students and their families, this amounted to often a dramatic decrease in the amount of instruction received, a loss of opportunities for interaction with peers, and an educational program that put them in a position to lag further and further behind their peers in both academic and social emotional skills,” the experts’ report said.
This spring, in the debate over the bill, teachers unions said a lack of specialized training and a post-pandemic crisis in student mental health were putting them in harm’s way and disrupting classrooms.
“Education employees are reporting frequent injuries caused by students, and yet they are provided with limited training and scarce options to protect themselves from harm,” wrote Susan Allen of the Oregon School Employees Association.
But schools receive federal and state money for kids with disabilities that they should use for training and staffing, advocates say.
“Resource allocation is a decision, and school districts have decided not to invest,” said Meghan Moyer, public policy director for the nonprofit advocacy organization Disability Rights Oregon.
For some Oregon families, the bill’s stalling is only their latest setback.
Another parent in Grants Pass, Chelsea Rasmussen, has been fighting for more than a year for her 8-year-old daughter Scarlett to attend full days at school.
Scarlett reads at her grade level, but is nonverbal and uses an electronic device and online videos to communicate. She was born with a genetic condition that causes her to have seizures and makes it hard for her to eat and digest food. Because of her medical needs, the school must have a resident nurse on site.
After the pandemic, Scarlett’s mother agreed to start her on a three-day school week to ease her into in-person learning for the first time. But it took months of meetings to bump her up to five days a week, Chelsea Rasmussen said. School employees, she said, told her the district lacked the staff to tend to Scarlett’s medical and educational needs at school.
Officials at the school system attended by Scarlett, Grants Pass School District 7, said staffing was not a factor in her case.
“We try not to shorten days for students with special needs,” said Vanessa Jones, the district’s director of special services. “It’s a team decision and we use it as sparingly as we can.”
At home, Scarlett kept showing her mom online videos of children playing or Sesame Street lessons. She longed to be at school, her mother said.
“We wasted a year with a child that could do grade-level work,” Chelsea Rasmussen said.
She plans to continue speaking out — both for Scarlett and other families struggling with the same issue.
“How can you not allow a child to have an education?” she said. “We don’t feel like we should have to fight that hard for a student to feel like they belong.”
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Claire Rush 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. | 2023-06-21T05:46:52+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/national/2023/06/21/she-just-wants-a-friend-families-push-for-full-school-days-for-children-with-disabilities/ |
Protests continue in Iran after the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the country's so-called morality police. Mahsa Amini, also known to family by her Kurdish name, Jina, was detained for apparently violating the police's standards for modesty. Reports vary on whether they objected to how she wore her hijab or the style of her pants.
In either case, the morality police have been known for their seemingly arbitrary standards and punishment of women for decades. Iranian American scholar Pardis Mahdavi says the current protests are built on the resistance of the previous generations.
Mahdavi's 2008 book, Passionate Uprisings, chronicles a recent sexual revolution among Iranian youth, in defiance of the country's conservative regime. Fifteen years ago the morality police — a branch of the Islamic regime's police charged with upholding conservative dress code and behavioral norms — barged in while she was giving a lecture in Tehran.
"I began my lecture on Iran's sexual revolution, and 13 minutes into my lecture the auditorium doors banged open, and roughly a dozen members of the morality police came clanking in," she says. "I should have been shredding my lecture notes — that's what I should have been doing, but I was just gripping the podium in sort of this state of suspended animation."
Mahdavi was dragged out of the classroom and spent 33 days under house arrest, during which she was asked repeatedly about her research and her intentions. Eventually, the police blindfolded her and drove her to the airport, where she was sent back to the U.S.
"I was told that I was stripped of my Iranian citizenship and that if I ever came back to Iran, that would be a one-way ticket to Evin [a prison in Tehran] and that I should just be grateful that they were sending me back to the Great Satan, which is the United States," Mahdavi says.
Now provost of the University of Montana, Mahdavi wonders if the current wave of protests might result in lasting change in Iran.
"I think many of us are wondering if what we're seeing today in Iran might actually overthrow the regime, which would mean we would get to go home," she says. "This is a new generation that has been born into and come of age under a moment of resistance, and they are showing incredible courage by speaking out despite the high stakes."
Interview highlights
On the impact of the government's violent crackdown on protesters
The protests are actually growing despite the violent crackdowns. ... The protests not only show no sign of decreasing, but what we're seeing actually are increased generations out there protesting. Some of the images that we were seeing yesterday are of young schoolgirls, even, resisting, protesting, adding their voice to the protests. And to me, it's interesting to see this generation, this is the generation born after the 2000s who were born into resistance, these are young people who are building on the decades' worth of work that ... feminists, women and men, have been doing since the revolution.
For the past 44 years, you've seen resistance brewing. But this is a generation that was born into an atmosphere where the resistance was really taking root, and so as long as they have been alive they have seen people speaking out against the regime, which I think has emboldened them to protest in the way that they're doing today.
On the Islamist regime rejecting the West and installing a morality police
The Islamist regime that came to power under Ayatollah Khomeini [in 1979], this regime ran on a platform and really took power by promising to bring about moral order for Iran. They accused Iran under the shah, under the monarchy, of becoming overly infatuated with the West, and this is what we call the "westoxication." They accused the shah of having lavish and ornate tastes and of leading the Iranian people into an immoral westoxication, where women were seen on the streets of Tehran and Iran wearing miniskirts. People were drinking alcohol, violating Islamic tenets. So you have an Islamist regime that came to power under a fabric of morality, promising to bring back ... an old Iran and "Iranianness" that harkens back to a time of pre-westoxication, pre-fascination and overindulgence and an overt deference to the West.
They believe that they are upholding God's will, and so one of the things that the Islamist regime did when they came to power is that they created a few different arms of the police. ... They ... created a group called the "morality police" or "guidance patrol," and this body was charged with upholding right and forbidding wrong. And now today, we're seeing a lot more discussions outside of Iran about the morality police. But it's important to contextualize that this group, this body, was created by the Ayatollah Khomeini when the Islamist regime came to power in 1979.
On how the morality police work
They're charged with upholding right and forbidding wrong. Now, how that is interpreted, that leaves a lot of room for interpretation, so morality police, they walk the streets looking for any signs of what they would deem immorality. So in the case of Mahsa Amini, it is wearing a headscarf or hijab [in a way] that is improper. So the Islamist regime mandates that the proper wearing of a headscarf for a woman is where all of the hair is covered and only the oval part of the face is showing, no strands of hair. ...
Now, if women were seen with a headscarf that was loose or pushed back with strands of hair coming forward, that was seen as immoral behavior and thus they could be subject to arrest. Other signs of immorality might be red shellacked nails, makeup. Again, these are for women.
For men, these would include eye-catching hairstyles, such as faux hawks, accessories, large jewelry and accessories, blinged-out watches, etc. And then they're also policing the streets for immoral behavior, such as young men and women holding hands, maybe making out in the park. All of these behaviors could be subject to arrest from the morality police.
Morality police are also known to raid private parties, to raid homes. And in that instance, they round up everybody who's there drinking, dancing, smoking, engaging in heterosexual behaviors that they deem immoral. So in the case of a party raid, they would arrest everybody, men and women. In terms of on the street, I would say, roughly for every three women who are taken in, it would be one man. And that's really since 2000.
On the day-to-day stress caused by living with the morality police
I would have nightmares that I was out in the street without a headscarf or that my headscarf had blown away. And then I was going to get either taken in by the morality police or I would get chastised by people who saw themselves as an extension of that.
It's not so surprising then that people would rebel against that. That weight is so heavy. If you're living under that constant stress day in and day out, it makes sense that you would start to push back, that you would start to rebel, especially if you felt that the government did not have your interest at heart. ... For me, one of the most salient things I would hear from young people is a frustration that here was a regime that focused more on what they were wearing — Was the headscarf slipping? Did they have makeup on? — ... than they did on solving the country's unemployment crisis or infrastructure issues like traffic.
On the Iranian sexual revolution in the 1990s and early 2000s
I initially went to study feminism in Iran. I went to study the different forms of feminism happening, taking place, and Iranian women's movements. And then I became introduced to what young people called the sexual revolution and this entailed resisting the regime by resisting that fabric of morality. So in public it meant headscarves slipping back and, you know, eye-catching outerwear.
And in private, it meant these very elaborate parties. ... What I observed were parties among all different socioeconomic classes. So I observed very lavish parties that included different forms of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. ... I also would go to raves or parties that were just outside of Tehran. They were in the mountains. They were in the forests. I would attend parties at warehouses where, again, sex, drugs, music, alcohol was flowing. And this was a way for young people born into the frustration of a regime that they did not see as aligned with their interests, this is a part of how they negotiated their identity, was this pent-up frustration, and so the parties were a way to kind of let that out and to kind of resist that there's no fun to be had in the Islamic Republic. ... This was a way to pour out their frustration.
But the parties were also used as spaces for organizing. ... One of the things that stays with me to this day is also the fact that at every one of these parties you would have people sitting in circles discussing the political situation, the political system, the sociopolitical system, and how they might organize, how they might come together to push back against the regime. So, yes, they were drinking, dancing, partying, but they're also resisting and organizing.
Amy Salit and Thea Chaloner produced and edited the audio of this interview. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Larry Kaplow adapted it for the web.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — An internal auditor at the state agency that oversees $2.7 billion in real estate and other investments to support public education was fired less than a week after looking into conflict of interest concerns raised by another top employee about their boss, a gubernatorial appointee.
Erin Morgan, who worked at Commissioners of the Land Office for eight years, formally challenged her Jan. 11 termination by CLO Secretary Elliot Chambers as unlawful or unreasonable.
While the Tulsa World was denied access to Morgan’s formal complaint to the state, the World was able to use the Oklahoma Open Records Act to obtain another record from CLO showing the matter was ultimately resolved when Chambers and Morgan signed off on a settlement agreement labeled “confidential,” forbidding either party to disparage the other.
But after her termination and before the settlement, Morgan took the conflict of interest concerns she had documented from CLO’s director of commercial real estate holdings directly to two statewide elected officials who are members of the commission that oversees CLO: State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister and State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd.
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The primary concern reported to Morgan in early December concerned a company called Victorum Capital, which was being paid by CLO as a consultant on investments.
Morgan reported being told CLO Secretary Chambers had an existing, personal investment relationship with Victorum, and that relationship had never been disclosed to the five-member Commissioners of the Land Office.
The board is chaired by Gov. Kevin Stitt and Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell and Agriculture Secretary Blayne Arthur also serve as members.
Morgan hand-delivered documents and notes to Hofmeister and Byrd in February, which the World obtained through a public records request to Hofmeister’s office.
In her notes, Morgan wrote that in light of the conflict of interest concerns reported to her, it struck her as “odd” at a Dec. 16 meeting of the commissioners when the state auditor voted no on two items: a new investment plan to allow for direct investments or "non-marketable securities" and an expansion of Victorum’s role at CLO to also manage those direct investments.
A director in the agency had gone to Morgan and questioned that expanded role because it would mean "essentially that Victorum Capital would be monitoring itself."
Morgan was fired less than a week after she initially approached Elliot Chambers in early January about the concerns. She claims he acknowledged to her that he pays to participate in Victorum Capital's investment club and they make investments on his behalf.
“I asked him if he saw it as a conflict of interest that he conducted business with Victorum and still conducts business with Victorum outside of the CLO. He stated no,” Morgan wrote in the notes she shared with Hofmeister. “He was extremely angry and stated that he was alarmed that I was taking this path of questions … He stated that he was offended and that what I was saying was that he was doing the nefarious activities that he was a crook and a bad guy.” (sic)
Morgan wrote that she told Chambers it was her job “to assess risks to the agency.” When asked if she was “conducting an inquiry,” she said she told Chambers she was just gathering information ahead of an upcoming CLO audit committee meeting in case it was “something that I needed to bring to their attention.”
Public records show the CLO attorney notified Hofmeister's office on Jan. 11 that Morgan had been terminated and therefore, the CLO Internal Audit Committee meeting scheduled for the next day, Jan. 12, had to be canceled.
Chambers and Morgan declined to be interviewed, with Morgan’s attorney citing the confidentiality agreement.
The Tulsa World was able to obtain as a public record the March 15 settlement agreement signed by Chambers and Morgan. In exchange for releasing the state from any wrongdoing, Morgan was reinstated temporarily and on administrative leave so that she could become fully vested in her public employee retirement account, agreeing to resign on May 1.
She was to receive back pay plus a lump sum payment of about $25,000 from the state, and additionally, the state was to pay her attorney a lump sum of $15,000.
Hofmeister said the commission overseeing CLO was never informed about the deal and she is advocating for changes to ensure the commission has access to the work of the agency's internal watchdog employees moving forward.
“The concerns raised by the internal auditor are alarming and need to be investigated thoroughly," Hofmeister told the World on Thursday morning. "As for the termination and the circumstances surrounding it, we need to take concrete steps to ensure that matters involving the work and employment of an internal auditor are reported to the Commission.”
Chambers also declined to answer questions about his personal ties and investments with companies doing business with CLO. But a spokesman said Chambers has disclosed any such relationships to the agency's in-house attorney.
"The Secretary acted with advice of counsel and the commission in all matters relating to direct investments and will continue to do so when appropriate," said David White, director of communications and legislative affairs at CLO.
Commissioners question vote
That Dec. 16, 2021, commission vote to approve a new investment plan recommended by Secretary Chambers is the subject of ongoing controversy.
With only three of five members present, the vote was 2-1, with Stitt and Pinnell voting for it and Byrd voting against it.
When the item was declared to have been approved, State Auditor Byrd objected immediately, stating that she “interpreted the absence of two other commissioners as two automatic nay votes,” official minutes from the meeting state.
After the governor's attorney researched the issue and consulted with the CLO’s staff attorney, it was declared again that the new investment plan passed by a majority of the members present
A subsequent vote was also 2-1 to expand Victorum’s role at CLO, another action recommended by Chambers.
Consulted by the World about historical voting practices at CLO, Former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, a Democrat, said a 2-1 vote would mean a CLO agenda item failed and any related contract would be void and subject to a taxpayer lawsuit if any money was paid on it.
Oklahoma's Republican former state auditor Gary Jones, who served as a CLO commission member, agreed with Edmondson's assessment — that any 2-1 votes should have been declared to have failed. He said a majority of members must vote in the affirmative, not a majority of those present.
"You have five members for a reason," Jones said.
The commission didn’t meet again until February, and at that time, Hofmeister objected to the adoption of official minutes from the Dec. 16 meeting “as an accurate and lawful account” because she disagreed that a motion carried with two votes in the affirmative and one vote against.
According to the official account of that February meeting, Hofmeister asked that the CLO consider requesting an Attorney General's opinion to clarify the matter in the future.
But she was informed in late March by CLO’s attorney that Chambers “has no plans” to seek such an opinion.
On May 27, Hofmeister submitted her own formal request for a legal opinion on the matter to Attorney General John O’Connor, also an appointee of Gov. Stitt.
Controversial start
According to data requested from the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, CLO has seen 56% of its 57 full-time employees turnover since Chambers was appointed CLO secretary by Gov. Stitt in July 2020.
Morgan is among 32 employees who have left during that time, including terminations and retirements. That figure also includes four directors of accounting, who resigned, as well as other higher-ups.
Chambers' appointment by Stitt was controversial because he had previously been an executive at two separate companies, White Star Petroleum Holdings LLC and Chesapeake Energy, which were found to have failed to pay or underpaid the Commissioners of the Land Office. He also founded The Aurelian Companies, a multi-industry group of investment companies, which business records with the Oklahoma Secretary of State indicate is still active.
Byrd and Hofmeister "were conspicuous by their absence" on the day Chambers' appointment was approved by a 3-0 vote of the other commissioners, according to news coverage of the meeting by the Oklahoman newspaper. | 2022-06-08T18:46:14+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/internal-auditor-at-school-land-office-ousted-amid-questions-about-stitt-appointee/article_e0211232-e69e-11ec-8296-2b25c50d3075.html |
Father reacts to 11-year-old son’s stabbing, allegedly by another student
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (News 12 New Jersey) - An 11-year-old fifth grader is hospitalized after a fellow student - a sixth grader - stabbed him with a household knife following a dispute.
School officials said it happened Wednesday afternoon just as classes were dismissed.
The victim’s family wants to know how a middle school student smuggled a knife into school without getting caught.
Smailyn Jimenez won’t be returning to his classroom at Samuel E. Shull Middle School in Perth Amboy any time soon.
He just underwent surgery Thursday evening at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after being stabbed while walking home from school.
His father Juan Jimenez, trying to hold back the tears, said that even though his son is making progress, doctors say it would take him about three years to recover.
He said his son was stabbed twice in the abdomen and that one of the veins to his heart was damaged.
He alleged the attack was unprovoked by a sixth and a seventh grader from the same school who followed his son right after dismissal around 2:40 p.m. and that it happened two blocks away from his home.
Jimenez said his boy was walking alone.
According to authorities, an 11-year-old sixth grader was taken into custody Wednesday night and is currently housed at the Middlesex County Juvenile Detention Center.
He was charged with juvenile delinquency for crimes that, if committed by an adult, would be attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons charges.
Based on the police investigation, it appears to be an isolated incident as the minor acted alone in the perpetuated crimes.
Smailyn’s family is the demanding justice and that the second boy they allege was involved in the stabbing is also held accountable.
The board of education’s attorney issued a statement on behalf of the school district, saying, “As a school community, we are devastated by this senseless act of violence. The school administration has reached out to the family to provide support.”
Jimenez said he is thanking a good Samaritan who, after seeing Smailyn bleeding, picked him up, put him in her car and spotted an ambulance passing by.
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Study reveals customers rapidly changing travel habits
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TravelBoom, the leading data-driven digital marketing agency for hotels, resorts, and vacation rental companies, released its annual leisure travel trends study after recently surveying more than 2,000 travelers in 2022. The results reveal startling changes in the travel planning and booking behavior as impacted by rising costs, the overall economy, continuing COVID-19 risks, and technology.
The study examines travelers' mindsets and behavior from the inception of the idea to travel all the way through to how they interact with their chosen destinations before, during, and after their stay. It also shows vital metrics and specifies year-over-year guest booking preferences and behavior changes. TravelBoom's 2022 Leisure Travel Trends Study provides key insights such as:
- Rising costs are impacting travel plans. 36% of travelers say they may cancel planned vacations due to budget concerns.
- Travelers are doing more online research than ever before. The average traveler looks at 5.5 websites during their booking process doing more research than ever before.
- Factors impacting travel plans are shifting. Transportation costs, amenities, and loyalty programs are just a few factors that can affect a traveler's decision.
- COVID-19 continues to influence travel. 55% of the population still considers the pandemic before booking travel. Only 13.5% of American leisure travelers say COVID-19 is a major influence on travel, compared to 45% of Canadian travelers. Showing that COVID-19 is continuing to make a significant impact on international travel.
- Reviews have never been more important to travelers choosing where to stay. 82% of travelers will not book a property without having first read reviews.
- Vacation rental sites are taking a bite out of the online travel agencies (OTA). VRBO and Airbnb are growing significantly in usage, at the expense of the OTAs such as Expedia.
"Leisure travel continues to be one of the most impacted industries in the post-pandemic period and consumers are very conscious of inflation, lingering COVID-19 concerns, along with high expectations for destinations and accommodations," said Pete DiMaio, COO of TravelBoom. "Our annual Leisure Travel Trends study allows us to better understand the consumer mindset and purchase journey so that we can adapt our marketing strategies to a greater impact."
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People in Syria were already struggling to get food and other basic supplies even before the earthquakes hit this month. They've been in a civil war for more than a decade. The parts of Syria hit hardest by the quake are controlled by rebels, and the government has made it difficult for international aid to reach them. That's slowly beginning to change. Kenn Crossley is Syria country director and representative for the U.N.'s World Food Programme. Thanks for joining us.
KENN CROSSLEY: Thank you, Ari, a pleasure to be with you today.
SHAPIRO: I want to begin by playing you a cut of tape from my colleague, Ruth Sherlock, who entered northern Syria in the first week after the quake. And here's what she told me on February 13, 10 days ago.
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RUTH SHERLOCK: We didn't hear any ambulances because there were hardly any. We didn't really see much of the heavy machinery that we'd seen in Turkey being used to try to excavate these destroyed buildings. In the town of Jinderis, on this one street with collapsed homes on either side, the mayor of the town, Mahmoud Hafar, had this question.
MAHMOUD HAFAR: From the first day, where is the world? Why are we alone? Why are we alone?
SHAPIRO: Where is the world? Why are we alone? Kenn Crossley, has that changed? Are your teams now able to reach Syrian communities like Jinderis?
CROSSLEY: Yeah, I think the mayor is asking a very legitimate question, is where is the world right when the people in Syria do need the world the most to be stepping up for them? I think when you're speaking with me, I work for the World Food Programme. Our primary focus, of course, is on making sure that people in crisis have enough to eat. We, in fact, were there within hours, and we were able to provide food for hot meals. We were able to provide sort of ready-to-eat food, so tin foods, you know, things that don't need cooking. Even now, within just a few weeks, we've been able to reach nearly a million people, the majority of them in the parts of Syria where you're discussing right now.
SHAPIRO: As I mentioned, people in Syria were experiencing widespread food insecurity and hunger even before the earthquakes. And so right now, how wide is the gap between the need and what you're able to provide?
CROSSLEY: Well, this is exactly the issue. And maybe just to clarify a couple things, the people in Syria - all of Syria, including in northwest Syria - have been in a major, major economic challenge. So the conflict had displaced literally millions of people. They were homeless, very, very little livelihood or possibility to work for themselves. So we have been assisting for food assistance, 5.5 million people every month, including 1.4 million people right there inside of northwest Syria, and with barely enough to sort of scrape by. The people who were receiving assistance were also the ones who were impacted by the earthquake. They were in exactly the same places. They were hit hard.
And then to add sort of further aggravation, they're now taking in their neighbors. They're taking in extended families. So the people who had so little are now needing even more. And so the gap is growing and growing. I mean, just for this year alone, I need $450 million to maintain the food assistance support to everybody we're trying to reach, $150 million, specifically and directly related only to the earthquake response for the next six months, to try and help these people get back a little bit on their feet.
SHAPIRO: In the early days, we saw images and heard descriptions of these pancaked buildings and towns reduced to rubble. Now that we're a few weeks in, can you just describe what life in these communities is like at this point?
CROSSLEY: Life is still very, very jittery for the people in those communities where the devastation has been the worst. Everybody has lost somebody. This was just starting to calm down, and then the second earthquake re-invoked all of that. So there is this jittery, apprehensive feeling in the air. There has been work to remove rubble in some of the areas to start cleaning up the streets again. But again, when that relies on heavy equipment, when that relies on fuel, which is in very short supply and very expensive here, it's difficult to see that. So the sense of return to normalcy is delayed. It's going to be long delayed. And the sense of sort of continuing isolation, dislocation, apprehension, anxiety, frustration and just real deep, immediate need is here and it is prolonged.
SHAPIRO: The U.N. says there are now three open border crossings where aid can enter Syria from Turkey. How much do you depend on the whims of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who had been ostracized from the international community, to allow you to do the work you need to do to help people who are starving?
CROSSLEY: It's true. There are new border crossings opening up into northwest Syria. And the answer is that we rely heavily on negotiated access and negotiation with all of the parties who have influence over whether we can move in safely. And so it's a negotiation every single time we try and cross any border, and that is changing. And this earthquake has changed that. The earthquake has given some impetus to start relaxing some of the previous restrictions which have been there. I'm cautiously optimistic that it will continue. That's a continued priority for all of the U.N. system, and for us, particularly in WFP.
SHAPIRO: Kenn Crossley is with the World Food Programme. Thank you very much.
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CHICAGO, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BLACK+DECKER®, a Stanley Black & Decker brand (NYSE: SWK) setting the standard for cordless innovation and design of home products, brings its latest and soon-to-be-launched products to The Inspired Home Show, taking place from March 4-7 in Chicago, Illinois. BLACK+DECKER will showcase some of the brand's latest and soon-to-be products including the bev by BLACK+DECKER™ Cordless Cocktail Maker, the expansion of the kitchen wand™ family of attachments and the latest in stick vacuum technology with the POWERSERIES Extreme™ MAX Cordless the SUMMITSERIES™ Select.
BLACK+DECKER will also be debuting its expanded floorcare product line including the ROBOSERIES, a robotic vacuuming option, as well as corded stick vacuum options with the POWERSERIES, UPRIGHTSERIES and WET DRY SERIES.
"Making life easier so you can enjoy more is what drives BLACK+DECKER's product portfolio," said Kendall Nohe, Global Director of Product Marketing at BLACK+DECKER. "We are focused on expanding and innovating our cleaning products as well as bringing cordless to other entertainment areas of your home. We're excited to display how infusing BLACK+DECKER into your household can help make life easier and more joyful."
BLACK+DECKER products and innovations at The Inspired Home Show will be on display at booth #L12310 and additional details are available below.
bev by BLACK+DECKER™ Cordless Cocktail Maker
Available in Spring 2023, the bev by BLACK+DECKER™ Cordless Cocktail Maker allows guests to enjoy cocktails just about anywhere. Using the power cord to charge and power the machine at home, the party is now portable with the ability to bring the cordless cocktail maker to BBQs, block parties, tailgates and more without being constrained by outlet locations and extension cords. Choose from over 50 Bartesian® cocktail capsules**, select the preferred drink strength, from mocktail to strong, and the cocktail maker dispenses the right amount of each ingredient to make the perfect cocktail every time. Even better –multi-color lights ensure the party comes along, with flashing lights beneath each bottle as liquor is dispensed as well as a colorful light-sequence Party Mode option.
Features:
- Portable: Included battery, which charges in the machine while plugged in, enables guests to take the cocktail maker wherever the party is without worrying about nearby outlets.
- Cordless Runtime: Makes over 250 drinks per charge†
- Enhanced Party Mode: Match the décor or party theme with a rainbow of colors that light under the bottles and digital display
**Bartesian(R) cocktail capsules and liquor sold separately
† With a fully charged 20V MAX* 1.5aH battery (LBXR20 included) using a Bartesian® Long Island Iced Tea capsule (sold separately) with the drink strength set to regular.
BLACK+DECKER® kitchen wand™ Expands its Range
Living up to its name as The Ultimate Kitchen Sidekick™, the BLACK+DECKER® kitchen wand™ introduces two new attachments: a food chopper, with the ability to chop, dice, mince and blend, as well as a hand mixer, ideal for baking prep. The kitchen wand food chopper attachment includes measurement markings for precise food preparation as well as a liquid port for ingredient integration while in use. The cordless hand mixer attachment, which includes two mixer beaters, is also used with the kitchen multi-tool base. Even clean-up is made easy with kitchen wand – the hand mixer beaters, food chopper blade, food chopper bowl and liquid port cover are dishwasher safe using normal dishwashing settings on the top rack only. The BLACK+DECKER kitchen wand new attachments will be available in March 2023.
Features:
- Food Chopping and Hand Mixing: Food chopper and hand mixing attachments provide additional cooking and baking capabilities, complementing the already-available 6 kitchen wand attachments
- Easy Clean up: Dishwasher safe cleaning for hand mixer beaters, food chopper blade, food chopper bowl, and liquid port cover using normal settings on the dishwasher's top rack only
BLACK+DECKER® POWERSERIES Extreme™ MAX Cordless Stick Vacuum
Available in March, BLACK+DECKER's POWERSERIES Extreme MAX Cordless Stick Vacuum. With up to 56 minutes of runtime in hand vac mode* and up to 37 minutes runtime in stick vac mode**, the POWERSERIES Extreme MAX features a tangle-free beater bar that helps prevent hair wrap as well as a cyclonic system to keep dust out of the filter. The BLACK+DECKER POWERSERIES Extreme MAX Cordless Stick Vacuum features a sleek, lightweight design for portability and LED lights that allow users to visibly see floor debris being cleaned in real-time.
*Per charge, measured at low speed in hand vacuum mode.
** Per charge, measured at low speed in stick vacuum mode.
BLACK+DECKER® SUMMITSERIES™ Select Cordless Stick Vacuum
BLACK+DECKER introduces the SUMMITSERIES Select Cordless Stick Vacuum. The SUMMITSERIES Select utilizes a brushless motor and a 6-stage, fully sealed filtration system to capture dust particles. With bristles that create edge-to-edge cleaning, the SUMMITSERIES vacuum cleans in hard-to-reach areas of your home. The BLACK+DECKER® SUMMITSERIES Select will be available in Fall 2023.
Controllable Comfort with the BLACK+DECKER® Wearable comfortpak™
A wearable cooling and heating device for instant thermal, cordless comfort, the comfortpak from BLACK+DECKER, provides control over uncomfortable temperatures at home, in the office and outdoors. The device has three cooling and three warming temperatures and fits into the included 360° lanyard, with the ability to be worn to target different areas of the body, such as the back of your neck or on the front of your chest. Available now on blackanddecker.com and Amazon.
- Instant Effects: Immediately feel changes in device surface temperature
- Multiple Ways to Use: Use the included lanyard or target your pulse points by using it as a handheld device and placing it against the inner wrist or holding in hand
BLACK+DECKER® Expands Floorcare Capabilities with Robotic and Corded Products
Robotic and corded stick vacuum options from BLACK+DECKER will also be on display at this year's Inspired Home Show, including:
- ROBOSERIES: Intelligent robot vacuum with two-hour run-time, ultra-strong suction and large dustbin combined with intelligent path navigation all controlled via app. MSRP $129.99
- ROBOSERIES+: A self-emptying robotic vacuum that uses gyroscope sensors to map out the cleaning environment. MSRP: $279.99
- ROBOSERIES PRO: With the ability to vacuum and mop, this model uses 360 LIDAR for customized cleaning and the ability to add virtual boundaries and mapping via an app. Bagless Auto Empty Base MSRP: $349.99
- UPRIGHT SERIES: With a 2L dust cup and 21-inch cord, this lightweight and powerful vacuum is perfect for starters. MSRP $79.99
- UPRIGHT SERIES+: Ideal for hard floors and most carpets, the UPRIGHT SERIES+ includes a 4L dust cup and 30-inch cord with cord wind feature for easy use. MSRP: $129.99
- POWERSERIES LITE: This 3-in-1 corded stick vacuum can convert to a hand-vac and features a crevice attachment. MSRP: $29.99
- POWER SERIES+: Featuring a cyclone filter and HEPA filtration for optimal particle Removal, the POWER SERIES+ includes a 2-in-1 crevice brush and LED lights. MSRP: $99.99
- WET+DRY SERIES: All-in-one with vacuuming and mopping, the WET+DRY SERIES uses a two-tank system and lemon fresh cleaning solution that lasts up to 25 cleanings. MSRP: $179.99
For more information on current product offerings and to keep up with these exciting new product launches from BLACK+DECKER, visit www.blackanddecker.com.
About BLACK+DECKER
Since 1910, BLACK+DECKER, a Stanley Black & Decker brand, has been setting the standard for innovation and design. The inventor of the first portable electric drill with pistol grip and trigger switch, BLACK+DECKER has evolved from a small machine shop in Baltimore, Maryland to a global manufacturing powerhouse with a broad line of quality products used in and around the home. When homeowners have work to get done, they trust that BLACK+DECKER products will do the job efficiently and reliably. For more information on BLACK+DECKER products, visit www.blackanddecker.com or follow BLACK+DECKER on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About Stanley Black & Decker
Headquartered in the USA, Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is the world's largest tool company operating manufacturing facilities worldwide. Guided by its purpose – for those who make the world – the company's more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing employees produce innovative, award-winning power tools, hand tools, storage, digital tool solutions, lifestyle products, outdoor products, engineered fasteners and other industrial equipment to support the world's makers, creators, tradespeople and builders. The company's iconic brands include DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, HUSTLER® and TROY-BILT®. Recognized for its leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG), Stanley Black & Decker strives to be a force for good in support of its communities, employees, customers and other stakeholders. To learn more visit: www.stanleyblackanddecker.com
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A man driving home from work captured dashcam video of an overnight drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale.
The shooting happened near the VIP Liquors store at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest 5th Avenue.
The driver, who shared the video with Local 10 News Friday but did not wish to be identified, said he heard roughly 29 shots.
“They almost crashed over the median right into my truck,” he said. “I was like, am I gonna get shot?”
Carmen Ontiveros, who lives nearby, said the gunshots sounded like an AK-47 and said she knew the sound when she heard it all because of her job.
“We hear it all the time,” she said. “I work at the 911 center, so we hear this all the time. It’s continuous.”
She says people started running and police quickly swarmed the area.
Shell casings were scattered across the area and there bullet holes on the liquor store.
The owner of VIP Liquors said he’s frustrated and even his brother’s car got hit.
“He was just driving down there when they (kept) driving and they’re shooting,” Rodrigue Dierestil, pointing at where his brother was driving, said. His brother’s car got hit in the back window.
Witnesses said the incident was personal; threats were made between groups outside and someone followed through, while neighbors were caught in the middle.
Ontiveros said she’s had enough of the violence.
“These things happen all the time,” she said. “I mean, I’m moving this Friday because I just don’t want to be in the middle of this. I’m getting out of the area altogether.”
Local 10 News contacted Fort Lauderdale police Friday seeking additional information. So far, we have not heard back.
Witnesses said they did not believe anyone was injured. | 2022-06-17T20:58:44+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/17/caught-on-camera-fort-lauderdale-drive-by-shooting-captured-on-dashcam/ |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
1-1-5
(one, one, five)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
1-1-5
(one, one, five) | 2022-10-10T19:31:00+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17499526.php |
Scores highest possible results in Innovation roadmap and Performance criteria
NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dentsu today announced that it has been named a Strong Performer in the newly released "The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, Q3 2022" report by leading global research and advisory firm Forrester Research, Inc. The research states, "Dentsu is a provider that CMOs can count on for intelligent, audience-driven campaigns backed by superior strategy, data and analytics."
The report uses 17 criteria to evaluate the ten most significant marketing services providers, with dentsu scoring the highest possible score in four criteria, including innovation roadmap, customer data strategy and activation services, privacy thought leadership and performance. This proprietary research provides an objective evaluation of the industry-leading service providers.
The evaluation states, "Dentsu's ambitious vision to be a 'Network Designed for What's Next' suggests that it's a partner for a broad spectrum of innovation." In detailing dentsu as a Strong Performer the report goes on to say, "Dentsu's customer data strategy and activation services are marketing leading and are the holding company's biggest flex."
"Dentsu has long been committed to delivering seamless marketing solutions for our clients at a global scale with regional expertise," said Jeff Greenspoon, global solutions and innovation at dentsu international. "Recognition like this from a leading global research and advisory firm such as Forrester provides for us a huge validation of our strategy and delivery approach as we create innovative solutions with world-class brands. The evaluation inspires us to celebrate how uniquely positioned dentsu is to engage with brands and prepare for What's Next. Most importantly, we view this as an acknowledgment of the strategic and innovative work that our teams deliver day in, day out for clients around the world."
Forrester noted "The company is well stacked with past innovations such as the Merkury platform and hefty budgets and strong plans to drive future enhancements, with investments in a blockchain studio and a new commerce tool, ShopNXT." The report also states, "Dentsu backs its strategy with a strong new-business performance in 2021 and promising outlook for 2022."
Dentsu's newest recognition from Forrester builds on the agency's previous evaluation as a Strong Performer with the highest possible scores in five criteria in "The Forrester Wave™: Global Digital Experience Services, Q2 2022." The report stated, "The company's identity product, marketing execution platform, and ShopNXT retail enablement tools are strong core assets that dentsu uses to augment clients' XA (Experience Architecture)."
For more information about dentsu's integrated services and solutions, dentsu.com.
About Dentsu International
Part of Dentsu Group, Dentsu International is a network designed for what's next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Dentsu delivers people-focused solutions and services to drive better business and societal outcomes. This is delivered through five global leadership brands - Carat, dentsu X, iProspect, DENTSU CREATIVE and Merkle, each with deep specialisms.
Dentsu International's radically collaborative team of diverse creators unifies people, clients and capabilities through horizontal creativity to help clients create culture, change society, and invent the future.
Powered by 100% renewable energy, Dentsu International operates in over 145 markets worldwide with more than 46,000 dedicated specialists, and partners with 95 of the top 100 global advertisers.
www.dentsu.com
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CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago police officers face felony charges for allegedly shooting and seriously wounding an unarmed man during a July shootout on the city’s southwest side that also wounded a second man, authorities said Friday.
Sgt. Christopher Liakopoulos, 43, and Officer Ruben Reynoso, 42, have been charged with one count each of aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm and official misconduct, said Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.
Foxx said the officers were relieved of their police powers on Thursday before they turned themselves in to authorities.
Foxx said both officers “are being charged with having fired their shots” that wounded an unarmed 23-year-old man — identified separately Friday through a civil court filing as Miguel Medina — on July 22 in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood. That man has since recovered and is cooperating with the investigation, she said.
“The victim who was shot and injured in this incident was not in possession of a weapon, nor did he fire a weapon at these two officers,” Foxx said during a news conference.
After the shooting, police said in a statement that two officers who had observed four people loitering in front of a closed store stopped to investigate and identified themselves as police.
Police said one of the four in the group then displayed a handgun and an exchange of gunfire ensued in which Medina suffered gunshot wounds and was transported to a hospital in serious condition.
Foxx said that based on a review of the evidence, including video surveillance footage, prosecutors believe “the officers involved in this incident did not have provocation or justification to shoot the unarmed” Medina.
“The evidence does not support the use of deadly force related to the shooting of the unarmed victim, and was not lawful,” Foxx said.
Assistant State’s Attorney Alyssa Janicki said Friday at the officers’ bond hearing that a juvenile and Medina initially approached the unmarked police vehicle when questioned by the officers.
The juvenile ran, but Medina showed both hands to the officers as Reynoso and Liakopoulos both pointed their guns out the vehicle’s passenger window and started shooting. Medina was shot in the back and leg.
The juvenile, who Janicki said had a gun in a satchel across his chest, kept running before turning and firing shots at the officers who shot back. A pedestrian near the juvenile suffered a grazing wound.
The officers were heading to a morning training course and were in plain clothes at the time of the shooting. Neither had on their police body cameras because they were going to training, Janicki said.
Prosecutors later obtained surveillance video from the area.
After the shooting, Foxx said, the two officers “made representations to legal authorities, including the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, that was directly contradicted by the videotaped evidence.”
Brian Sexton, Reynoso’s attorney, said during Friday’s hearing that his client was focused on the 17-year-old with the gun and never shot in the direction of Medina.
Sexton said that after Reynoso watched a surveillance video of the shooting, he told the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the state’s attorney’s office that he “just didn’t remember” the shooting.
Tim Grace, Liakopoulos’ attorney, told the judge that the officers were confronted “by an armed assailant who points a gun at them and eventually fires at them.”
“We are supposed to see if the police officer’s actions were objectively reasonable,” Grace said. “We don’t use 20/20 hindsight. We don’t second-guess. We don’t slow down video like the state’s attorney’s office does.”
Medina filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against Liakopoulos and the city accusing the officer of using excessive force and battery during their interaction and falsely arresting him afterward.
Medina alleges that he and others were walking when the officers drove up in police vehicle and started questioning the group. Medina says he showed his hands and began walking away when Liakopoulos fired shots at him from the vehicle, striking him several times.
Medina was treated at a hospital for his wounds and then held for several hours at a police station, though he was never charged, according to the lawsuit, which doesn’t say how much Medina is seeking and requests a jury trial.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating the shooting and has a deadline of Sept. 22 to release materials related to the shooting, including videos, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. | 2022-09-17T03:14:36+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/ap-2-chicago-cops-charged-in-shooting-that-wounded-unarmed-man/ |
Idaho jury finds 5 from white nationalist group guilty of criminal conspiracy to riot at Pride event
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front were convicted Thursday of misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot at a Pride event.
A Kootenai County jury found Forrest Rankin, Devin Center, Derek Smith, James Michael Johnson and Robert Whitted guilty after about an hour of deliberation, news outlets reported.
A total of 31 Patriot Front members, including one identified as its founder, were arrested June 11, 2022, after someone reported seeing people loading into a U-Haul van like “a little army” at a hotel parking lot in Coeur d’Alene, police have said.
Police found riot gear, a smoke grenade, shin guards and shields inside the van after pulling it over near where the North Idaho Pride Alliance was holding a Pride in the Park event, Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White has said.
Documents found with the group reportedly outlined a plan to form a column outside City Park and proceed inward, “until barriers to approach are met.” Once “an appropriate amount of confrontational dynamic had been established,” the column would disengage and head down Sherman Avenue.
Those arrested came from at least 11 states, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia and Arkansas.
Rioting is generally a misdemeanor in Idaho. Conspiracy to riot is punishable by up to one year in jail, as well as a $5,000 fine and up to two years of probation. The five men are scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-21T11:27:53+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/07/21/idaho-jury-finds-5-white-nationalist-group-guilty-criminal-conspiracy-riot-pride-event/ |
Tyler Bell went 2-for-4 with two RBI to lead Bloomfield to an 8-4 win over Barringer in Newark.
Keithdem Perez went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI for Bloomfield (3-1), which erased a first-inning 3-0 deficit to come back to win. Evit Dwyer picked up the win on the mound, as he gave up four runs on five hits, struck out eight, and walked three in the complete-game effort.
Alam Lopez hit a three-run home run for Barringer (0-4).
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Zefr's measurement product on YouTube reinforces the industry commitment towards media responsibility
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zefr announced the general availability of its brand safety and suitability reporting product on YouTube for North America, for campaign measurement with full mapping to the Global Alliance of Responsible Media (GARM) framework. As part of YouTube's BSRP program, clients will gain access to Zefr's measurement via Google Ads Data Hub (ADH) for additional transparency into their content adjacencies on YouTube.
This announcement comes on the heels of the three-year anniversary of the GARM, which has laid out clear policies and definitions for brand safety and brand suitability categories for platforms, brands, and agencies. YouTube was the first platform to achieve MRC accreditation for content level brand safety, and recently announced achieving that milestone for the second straight year.
"Kudos to YouTube and Zefr for their constant innovation and collaboration in providing transparency to advertisers, aligned with the GARM safety and suitability framework," said Rob Rakowitz, Initiative Lead, GARM. "The work of media responsibility is never over, and this product enables a more responsible media ecosystem for users and advertisers."
With Zefr's new BSRP product, advertisers will gain further access to brand safety and suitability measurement across GARM content categories and risk levels for YouTube in-stream ad campaigns.This is in addition to Zefr's existing YouTube Measurement Program ("YTMP") relationship which covers brand suitability and contextual targeting, adding additional measurement capabilities for advertisers on YouTube.
"GARM's continued momentum is bringing much needed clarity and huge momentum in media responsibility, and we're thrilled to offer advertisers a measurement product on YouTube that directly maps back to these critical standards."said Rich Raddon, co-CEO, Zefr. "YouTube should be commended for their ongoing commitment to embrace the GARM standards across all facets of their platform."
Zefr's product will be first available in US and Canada in GA, with additional market availability throughout the coming quarters.
CONTACT: Andrew Serby, andrew.serby@zefr.com
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How to Watch the Celtics vs. Heat: Streaming & TV Channel Info for Eastern Conference Finals Game 1
Published: May. 17, 2023 at 2:31 PM EDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
The Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat square off in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Celtics vs. Heat Game Info
- When: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 8:30 PM ET
- Where: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
- TV: TNT
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Celtics vs Heat Additional Info
Celtics Stats Insights
- This season, the Celtics have a 47.5% shooting percentage from the field, which is 0.7% lower than the 48.2% of shots the Heat's opponents have made.
- In games Boston shoots higher than 48.2% from the field, it is 33-3 overall.
- The Heat are the 27th-ranked rebounding team in the league, the Celtics sit at seventh.
- The Celtics put up 8.1 more points per game (117.9) than the Heat give up (109.8).
- When Boston puts up more than 109.8 points, it is 49-12.
Heat Stats Insights
- The Heat are shooting 46% from the field, 0.3% lower than the 46.3% the Celtics' opponents have shot this season.
- Miami has put together a 25-11 straight-up record in games it shoots better than 46.3% from the field.
- The Celtics are the 20th best rebounding team in the league, the Heat rank 20th.
- The Heat's 109.5 points per game are just 1.9 fewer points than the 111.4 the Celtics give up.
- When it scores more than 111.4 points, Miami is 26-8.
Celtics Home & Away Comparison
- Offensively the Celtics have fared better when playing at home this year, putting up 120.5 points per game, compared to 115.4 per game in away games.
- Boston is giving up 110.5 points per game this year in home games, which is 1.9 fewer points than it is allowing in away games (112.4).
- When playing at home, the Celtics are sinking 0.4 more threes per game (16.2) than in road games (15.8). They also sport a higher three-point percentage at home (37.9%) compared to away from home (37.4%).
Heat Home & Away Comparison
- The Heat put up more points per game at home (111.4) than on the road (107.5), but also give up more at home (110.2) than away (109.3).
- Miami is allowing more points at home (110.2 per game) than away (109.3).
- The Heat collect 0.1 more assists per game at home (23.9) than on the road (23.8).
Celtics Injuries
Heat Injuries
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Introducing Baileys first piece of Treat Couture: The Marshmallow Puffer Jacket
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether cozying up by the fire with an indulgent cocktail or treating yourself post-slopes, winter isn't just a season, it's a lifestyle. This winter, Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur has teamed up with world-renowned celebrity stylist and designer Jason Rembert to blend the worlds of indulgence and high fashion with the release of the first-ever Baileys Marshmallow Puffer Jacket just in time for peak Après Ski season. Inspired by everyone's favorite hot chocolate accessory – the marshmallow – with its signature shape, texture and color, the Baileys Marshmallow Puffer Jacket will take your fit checks to the next level and perfectly accompany a delicious Baileys Hot Chocolate no matter where the season might take you.
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For his entire adult life, Rembert has enjoyed Baileys Hot Chocolate amongst family and friends during various winter happenings from hosting get-togethers at home to annual getaways. This sense of nostalgia and joy inspired him to bring this special cocktail to life in the form of his preferred art form – fashion design – resulting in the Baileys Marshmallow Puffer Jacket perfect for the winter season and beyond. Taking cues from the signature rounded shape, soft texture, and the puffiness of a fresh marshmallow perfectly toasted, the Baileys Puffer Jacket emanates a whimsical yet fashion-forward appeal – Baileys first-ever piece of Treat Couture available in limited quantities this season.
"When it comes to the colder weather months, there is nothing like a Baileys Hot Chocolate topped with marshmallows," said Jason Rembert. "Being able to now use my talents to design Baileys' first-ever piece of Treat Couture that takes inspiration from my favorite winter cocktail and allow people to wear it is a true full circle moment for me."
The one-of-a-kind Baileys Marshmallow Puffer Jacket designed by Jason Rembert is available beginning today in limited quantities for nationwide shipping for those 21+ on JasonRembert.com. And for inspiration on how to style the Baileys Marshmallow Puffer Jacket this season, check out Jason and his good friend Joan Smalls as they explore the lifestyle and indulgent fashion statements that Baileys cocktails can inspire.
"This season, we're giving you more ways to treat yourself whether sipping on a Baileys cocktail or bundling up in the ultimate Marshmallow Puffer Jacket – Baileys' first-ever piece of Treat Couture created by stylist & designer Jason Rembert," shared Sophie Kelly, SVP of Whiskies and Liqueur, DIAGEO North America. "This fabulous puffer is reminiscent of everyone's favorite hot chocolate accessory the marshmallow, and we think his design is the perfect attire to wear while enjoying an indulgent Baileys cocktail this winter."
To receive exclusive updates on future Baileys Treat Couture drops, consumers can enter their information at treatcouture.baileys.com. And to purchase a bottle of Baileys Original Irish Cream to enjoy all season long, the liqueur is available wherever spirits-based beverages are sold for a suggested retail price of $25.99 for a 750ml bottle. Enjoy Baileys Original Irish Cream neat, over ice, in coffee, hot chocolate, cocktails, or even over ice cream. Baileys encourages consumers of legal drinking age to treat themselves responsibly this season. For more information, please visit www.BAILEYS.com.
About BAILEYS™ Original Irish Cream Liqueur
BAILEYS launched in Ireland in 1974. It is now available in 180 markets worldwide and is the number one selling liqueur in the world. Owned by Diageo plc, BAILEYS is currently ranked 7th among all distilled spirits sold worldwide. It's the signature delicious balance of Irish Cream, whiskey and fine spirits that makes BAILEYS Original Irish Cream the perfect little indulgence when you need a break from your daily routine. The BAILEYS portfolio includes Original Irish Cream, Salted Caramel, Vanilla Cinnamon, Espresso Crème, Strawberries & Cream and Almande. For more information on BAILEYS Original Irish Cream, please visit us at www.BAILEYS.com.
About Diageo North America
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Wrexham brings the party to Omnia, Steve Aoki
Updated May 6, 2023 - 2:07 pm
A 159-year old soccer franchise was given the strobes-and-party-cannon treatment on the Strip on Friday night.
Toast-of-the-town soccer champs Wrexham continued its Vegas offensive with stops at Wet Republic at MGM Grand and Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace. Steve Aoki welcomed the team to the DJ booth and hi-jinks ensued.
The team dined at Spago at Bellagio, at one point singing along (tepidly, really) to “Sweet Caroline,” playing on the house sound system
The Welsh team is owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, who was also at Spago and Omnia with his wife, Kaitlin. Wrexham is celebrating its promotion to the English Football League with a tour of Vegas, funded by the famous co-owners.
The team won the National League championship with a record 111 points, and was welcomed back to the English Football League after a 15-year absence. The famed franchise was founded in 1864. It achieved international notoriety after the TV and film stars bought the dormant club for $2.1 million in 2021.
The visit started Thursday night at Hakkasan Restaurant and Nightclub at MGM Grand. The team enjoyed dinner, then a club party that ended at around sunrise. DJ James Hype was the night’s headliner.
Reynolds and McElhenney are first-time professional club owners. Reynolds has co-starred in the “Deadpool” franchise, “The Adam Project” and “Free Guy.” McElhenney is cast in the FX comedy series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
John Katsilometes’ column runs daily in the A section. His “PodKats!” podcast can be found at reviewjournal.com/podcasts. Contact him at jkatsilometes@reviewjournal.com. Follow @johnnykats on Twitter, @JohnnyKats1 on Instagram. | 2023-05-06T21:50:15+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/wrexham-brings-the-party-to-omnia-steve-aoki-2773441/ |
BRUSSELS, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Euroclear today provides an update on its performance to the end of the third quarter 2022.
Financial Summary
Euroclear continued to deliver a strong financial performance to the end of the third quarter 2022, with the underlying business performing well and benefitting from its diversified, resilient business model.
The group also reported higher interest earnings due to rising interest rates on cash balances as well as increased cash balances from frozen assets due to Russian sanctions.
At the end of the third quarter, 2022 net profit increased 95% to EUR 667 million, of which EUR 426 million resulted from the strong underlying business performance.
Year-to-date operating income was up 44% year-on-year to EUR 1,725 million.
An increase of 92% in earnings per share to EUR 211.9 per share, reflected the increase in net profit.
Underlying Business Performance & Highlights
Excluding the impact of frozen assets due to the Russian sanctions, Euroclear's underlying business continues to perform strongly. Adjusted net profit rose by 25% to EUR 426 million.
Business income was up 7% to EUR 1,208 million, reflecting continued solid growth of Euroclear's business lines. The diversification of the business has provided a hedge against market volatility over recent months. Interest, banking, and other income increased by 179% to EUR 182 million.
Operating Expenses increased to EUR 811 million, up 12% compared to the prior year, as Euroclear continued to invest in its technology and service offering, as well as being impacted by inflation.
Inflationary pressures on costs, as well as the broader impact of the macro-economic environment, are monitored at the level of each of operating entity. Only Euroclear Bank benefits directly from the compensating effect of higher interest rates.
Overall, Euroclear expects expenditure to remain above its "through-the-cycle" target of 4-6% p.a. in 2023 as a result of accelerating investment in both its strategy and the resilience of the business, coupled with continued inflationary pressures on the cost base. However, profitability is expected to rise as inflation headwinds are more than offset by higher net interest income from subsequent rate increases.
The key operating metrics, shown below, underpinned the strong business performance during the period.
- Market volatility remains high, driving transaction volumes to record levels.
- Equity market valuations have fallen significantly during 2022 which has led to declines in assets under custody and fund asset under custody during the period.
- The impact of lower equity markets is mitigated by the group's diversified and subscription-like business model. Approximately three quarters of the group's business income is decoupled from financial market valuations.
- Euroclear sees sustained demand for collateral management and lending services from a broad range of market participants as they seek to reduce credit risk in volatile financial market conditions.
In the third quarter, Euroclear outlined its updated strategic vision and targets to its investors. Through its strategy, the group will continue to focus on meeting the evolving needs of all financial market participants from issuers to investors.
In addition, Euroclear will increase its focus on ESG, data-driven and digital innovations and expanding its global reach.
Illustrating this strategic focus, Euroclear enhanced its offering in sustainable finance through an investment in Impact Cubed, a leading provider of ESG tech-enabled analytics and data science solutions. This investment complements Euroclear's investment in Greenomy, a provider of data and reporting for issuers to comply with EU sustainable finance legislation.
International investor appetite for global market access as part of their diversified holdings remains robust and issuers continue to seek to benefit from an international investor base. Euroclear's strategic focus on meeting these demands continued to deliver growth, despite the headwinds resulting from the Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Assets under custody from international and emerging markets were up 18% year-on-year to EUR 1.7 trillion.
One year ago, Euroclear acquired MFEX as part of its expanded funds platform. Considerable progress has been made to integrate MFEX and enhance the group's end-to-end funds offering. This is reflected through the new MFEXbyEuroclear branding for all group funds solutions.
Implications of Russian sanctions
The sanctions imposed by the US, the EU, and other jurisdictions, as well as Russian countermeasures, resulted in a loss of Russia-related business income which was more than compensated by increased interest income.
The cash on the balance sheet has increased as blocked coupon payments and redemptions accumulate. At the end of September, Euroclear Bank's balance sheet increased by €88.7 billion year-on-year to a total of EUR 119.9 billion.
As per Euroclear's standard process, the cash balances arising from the sanctions are invested which, depending on the prevailing interest rates, results in interest income. Over the nine months, revenues on cash balances arising from sanctions on Russia was EUR 340 million.
With the growth of sanctioned liabilities and the increase of interest rates, the materiality of revenues on cash balances arising from sanctions on Russia on the group's financial results is unprecedented. As such, the Board considers it necessary to separate these earnings from the underlying financial results when assessing the company's performance and resources.
The Board expects interest income to continue to grow materially as blocked payments and redemptions continue to accumulate in a rising interest rate environment.
As previously outlined, while this is expected to have an impact on the balance sheet, it should not result in material change in credit risk profile and therefore will not have a meaningful impact on the group's capital ratios.
The Board recognises that the unexpected profit should be managed prudently, in line with its corporate purpose and considering its responsibilities towards stakeholders and society. Euroclear continues to act in a transparent manner with all authorities involved. The Board will continue to act cautiously by retaining any profits related to the Russian sanctions until the situation becomes clearer.
Commenting on the results
Lieve Mostrey, Chief Executive Officer
"Despite an extraordinary context, we continued to deliver an excellent business performance, with financial results above our strategic 'through-the-cycle" targets.
The group benefits from a diversified business model which allows us to focus on supporting clients through these uncertain times, providing robust infrastructure and fulfilling our duties with respect to the sanctions on Russia.
Our results show that we are on the right path. We are now accelerating investments to deliver on our long-term strategy and drive value for all our stakeholders."
Annexes
Interest income is driven by the prevailing interest rates in each currency of the cash balances held by the group. As at 30 September 2022, cash balances totaled EUR 111.7 billion, of which EUR 85.8 billion related to the sanctions on Russia.
The proportion of cash balances by currency is as follows:
Euroclear Bank and Euroclear Investments are the two group issuing entities. The summary income statements and financial positions at Q3 YTD for both entities are shown below.
Note to editors
Euroclear group is the financial industry's trusted provider of post trade services. Guided by its purpose, Euroclear innovates to bring safety, efficiency and connections to financial markets for sustainable economic growth.
Euroclear provides settlement and custody of domestic and cross-border securities for bonds, equities and derivatives, and investment funds. As a proven, resilient capital market infrastructure, Euroclear is committed to delivering risk-mitigation, automation and efficiency at scale for its global client franchise.
The Euroclear group comprises Euroclear Bank, the International CSD, as well as Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear Finland, Euroclear France, Euroclear Nederland, Euroclear Sweden, Euroclear UK & International, and MFEXbyEuroclear.
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- CARB Executive Order certifies Toyota's heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit as a Zero-Emission Powertrain (ZEP)
- Allows qualified heavy-duty truck manufacturers using the fuel cell electric powertrain kit to be eligible for incentives
- Toyota plans to begin assembly of new, more efficient fuel cell modules for hydrogen-powered, heavy-duty commercial trucks at its Kentucky plant later this year
PLANO, Texas, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Heavy-duty Class 8 commercial truck original equipment manufacturers and operators now have another tool to help them comply with increasingly strict emissions regulations in the State of California. Toyota announced today that it was recently granted a Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its new heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain. The hydrogen-fueled powertrain kit includes hydrogen fuel storage tanks, fuel cell stacks, batteries, electric motors and transmission, and offers a viable alternative to traditional diesel powertrains used in commercial goods transportation as companies look to transition their fleets to zero-emission vehicles.
CARB's ZEP Executive Order certifies that a powertrain complies with CARB regulations for zero-emission powertrains determined to meet specific emissions standards required for sale in California. OEMs using Toyota's certified powertrain may also be eligible for other available incentives, such as CARB's Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), the Clean Truck Fund (CTF) introduced last year by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and certain federal incentives.
"Toyota aims to reduce or eliminate emissions for all mobility solutions, and our fuel cell electric powertrains have proven that hydrogen can play a significant role in the emissions reduction of emissions from heavy-duty transportation," said Scott Friedman, senior program manager advanced mobility, Toyota Motor North America. "Receiving the Zero-Emission Powertrain Executive Order from CARB is a key achievement for our teams who have dedicated an incredible amount of time and effort, and we are excited to offer this powertrain commercially in the near future."
Toyota's efforts with hydrogen-powered heavy-duty truck powertrains started with Project Portal back in 2017. Toyota has developed multiple generations of powertrain prototypes during development, such as those found the Alpha and Beta trucks that logged nearly 14,000 miles of testing and real-world drayage operations in and around the Port of Los Angeles.
Yet, it was the generation of truck named "Ocean" that showed some of the greatest examples of how hydrogen-based powertrains with fuel cell stacks could be used in real-world applications such as drayage, through a proof-of-concept demonstration at the Port of Los Angeles as part of the Zero-and-Near-Zero Emission Freight Facilities' "Shore to Store" Project (ZANZEFF). For the project, Toyota worked with Kenworth to develop trucks using an updated prototype fuel cell electric powertrain and deployed 10 Kenworth T680 Class 8 trucks. The 10 trucks served real-world customers via drayage routes, with infrastructure support from Shell, hauling cargo between the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the LA Basin.
Toyota's CARB ZEP-certified powertrain kit is now ready for commercialization, with production slated to start for customers later this year at the company's Kentucky manufacturing plant. This newest generation of powertrain reflects key learnings and improvements in things like energy efficiency, package size, and more from extensive real-world testing and development from the company's fuel cell development engineering team. Fuel cell electric powertrains are advantageous for heavy- and medium-duty transport when compared to other all-electric options, such as battery electric, as they are often lighter to allow for more payload, and they offer more uptime thanks to fueling times that are much closer to conventional diesel powertrains.
"We believe hydrogen will play a significant role in the emissions reduction of heavy-duty transport while not sacrificing the distance, power, or fueling times needed to keep these fleet and individual operators running," said Chris Rovik, executive program manager, advanced mobility, Toyota Motor North America. "Fuel cell technology is scalable, and we believe it will take an increasingly visible and important role in our collective fight to reduce and eliminate carbon as we move towards a hydrogen society."
From creating one of the world's first mass market passenger fuel cell electric vehicle in the Mirai, to applying and scaling the technology now to other applications that can benefit from zero-emissions, including heavy-duty transport, power generation systems, and others, Toyota's research and development with hydrogen fuel cell technology spans nearly 30 years.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 65 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 48,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 45 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 14th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 22 electrified options.
Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit ToyotaNewsroom.com.
For Toyota customer inquiries, please call 800-331-4331.
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Celtics guard Payton Pritchard was one of the last players on the court after the morning shootaround Wednesday, going through a long workout with an assistant coach. He said he is approaching this season as a redshirt year as he tries to earn a prominent role on this first-place team.
But the 25-year-old believes he should be more than an insurance policy. And with Thursday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline approaching, he stressed that he just wants an opportunity to thrive, whether in Boston or elsewhere.
“I mean, it’s not easy,” Pritchard told the Globe. “It’s a lot of ups and downs. I think people know I want to play, especially while I’m young still. So that’s my biggest thing, being somewhere I can play, where they believe in me.
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“But at the end of the day, I’m here and we have a great team, best in the NBA. I’m very fortunate to be part of that.”
When Pritchard was asked whether he has had conversations with president of basketball operations Brad Stevens about his future in Boston, he nodded.
“Sure, but, I mean, at the end of the day it’s Brad’s decision, and I don’t really have a say in it,” he said. “So, whatever he decides.”
Pritchard said he is grateful to be on a successful team and he praised the group’s chemistry and cohesion. But he stopped short of saying the Celtics’ status as a title favorite has made his situation more palatable.
“Not necessarily for me, because I’m a competitor and I want to play,” he said. “I’d play this game for no money if that’s what it means, because I love it. So the biggest thing for me is being somewhere I’ll play and really contribute to winning.”
This season, Pritchard has appeared in 38 of 54 games and is averaging a career-low 12.6 minutes per contest. He has been in the rotation recently with Marcus Smart sidelined because of a sprained ankle. Situations such as this one could make the Celtics front office reluctant to part with him, since he’s always just one injury away from being needed.
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“I feel like if I can help affect winning, that’s the most important thing,” Pritchard said. “But at the end of the day, I have no say in if I’m here or there. It’s out of my control.”
Pritchard, whose $4 million option for next season was picked up by the Celtics, said it’s flattering when supporters say he deserves a bigger role somewhere. And he stressed that there are still parts of his game that have yet to be unveiled. He just wants a chance to show them.
“I’ve got another level to that,” he said. “I don’t think people have really seen the full side of me yet. So for me, I think there’s still a lot left.”
Adam Himmelsbach can be reached at adam.himmelsbach@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @adamhimmelsbach. | 2023-02-08T19:03:45+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/08/sports/payton-pritchard-celtics-trade-deadline/ |
WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, April 27, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Aransas County in south central Texas...
Southwestern Calhoun County in south Texas...
* Until 1130 AM CDT.
* At 1046 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Palm Harbor,
or near Rockport, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Rockport, Aransas Pass, Palm Harbor, Key Allegro and Fulton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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Federal meteorologists are forecasting a record-shattering seventh straight unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Tuesday that the summer in the Atlantic will produce 14 to 21 named storms, six to 10 becoming hurricanes and three to six turbo-charging into major hurricanes with winds greater than 110 mph. Even with normals shifting upwards to reflect more active storm seasons in recent decades, these predictions are above the 30-year average of 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
The National Hurricane Center ran out of names for Atlantic storms in the last two years, with a record-setting 30 named storms in 2020 and 21 last year. In the past five years there have been more Category 4 and 5 hurricane landfalls in the United States than in the previous 50 years combined.
This hurricane season “is going to be similar to last year and given that you need only one bad storm to dramatically affect your life, if you fail to plan around this outlook, you’re planning to fail,” NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad told The Associated Press Tuesday. “You can take this outlook to the bank literally when it looks to protecting your property.”
Every weather factor pointed to a busier season, said Matthew Rosencrans, lead hurricane season outlook forecaster for NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. He pointed to a multi-decade long trend to more storms in the Atlantic, an active monsoon season in West Africa, a La Nina — the natural and occasional cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather worldwide — and warmer than normal ocean temperatures, which scientists say are stoked by climate change.
Several outside hurricane experts agree with NOAA that the Atlantic conditions are ripe for yet another active hurricane season. They say La Nina reduces wind shear that could decapitate storms. The warmer water — about half a degree warmer (0.3 degrees Celsius) than last year in storm-forming areas, according to Rosencrans — serves as hurricane fuel. A reduction in pollution particles in the air has taken away artificial cooling in the Atlantic and a new study links that to increasing storms.
Last week President Joe Biden also warned the nation about “another tough hurricane season” coming.
“We’re seeing these storms happen more frequently. They’re lasting longer,” FEMA Director Deanne Criswell said in a New York City press conference. NOAA says 13 people in the city died during Hurricane Ida with 11 of them dying in flooded basements. It is also the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, a downgraded hurricane that became one of the most expensive weather disasters in American history with massive flooding in New York.
“We’ve seen such a dramatic change in the type of weather events that could be seen as a result of climate change,” Criswell said.
NOAA said there’s a 65% chance for an “above-normal” hurricane season, a 25% chance for a normal season and only a one in 10 chance for an unusually quiet season.
One key indicator, that takes into account the number of storms, how strong they are and how long they last, is called Accumulated Cyclone Energy index or ACE and Rosencrans said this year could be as much as double what’s been normal since 1950. The calculation is used when determining what is an average season and what’s above average.
The average ACE since 1950 is just shy of 100, while the last six years have ranged from 132 to 225 in 2017.
That stretch of six straight above-average years is a record, smashing the old mark of three-in-a-row, said Colorado State University hurricane researcher and seasonal forecaster Phil Klotzbach. He said it is highly likely that the record will stretch to seven this year.
“It’s really a strange thing that we’ve had six consecutive seasons be so active,” said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.
NOAA’s predictions mesh with ten o ther meteorological teams — government, university and private — that have made their hurricane season predictions. The average of their predictions is 20 named storms, eight becoming hurricanes and four becoming major hurricanes.
Because La Nina has a different effect in the Pacific and conditions usually are opposite, earlier this month NOAA predicted a quieter than normal Pacific storm season.
Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1.
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LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of National Avocado Day, Avocado Green — makers of certified organic and eco-luxury products — is launching a one-weekend flash sale with exclusive savings on their certified organic mattresses, 100% reclaimed wood bed frames, adjustable bed frames, organic certified linen sheets and pillows, bath collection, luxurious loungewear, and clean skin + body products.
As part of Avocado's Giving initiative, through which they donate 1% of all revenue to 1% For the Planet, all sales during the National Avocado Day sale will support the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation's effort to plant 5,000 avocado trees along the Napo and Amazon rivers in remote jungles in Peru.
From July 29 to August 1 only, customers can save up to $880 on Avocado's top-rated certified organic mattresses. Customers can save 10% on the Organic Green Mattress, Organic Luxury Mattress, and radically affordable Eco Organic Mattress, using code AVODAY, at AvocadoMattress.com.
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Every order also comes with free carbon negative shipping. As a Climate Neutral certified brand — and one of B Corp's "Best for the World™"brands — Avocado reduces its footprint, offsets all of its scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, and advocates for legislation that will help mitigate the climate crisis.
From the beginning, Avocado just wanted a new kind of mattress. One that was greener — better for people and the planet — affordable, and comfortable. It was a simple idea rooted in a much bigger vision. Five years later, Avocado continues to expand — from bedding, to furniture, to their skin + bath collection, and their line of responsible loungewear. As the company grows, Avocado continues to redefine what it means to be a sustainable, ethical brand. The company is a Certified B Corporation, a Climate Neutral® Certified business, and a member of 1% For the Planet, remaining true to its original purpose: to be one of the most sustainable companies on Earth. Learn more at AvocadoGreen.com.
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Florida implements tracking system for sexual assault kits
Victims of sexual assault now have a new tool when it comes to following the progress of criminal cases in the search for justice.
The system is operational in 41 counties and sexual assault kit tracking will be offered statewide by mid-summer.
Gail Gardner was courageous enough to fight for answers in her own assault that took place more than three decades ago.
Her persistence led to an arrest and now a law, which will help survivors of sexual assault track the progress of their evidence collection kits from police to the lab and the courts.
“This tracking system is huge,” Gardner said.
Gardner's journey as a difference-maker and victim advocate began four years ago. Her recovery as a sexual assault survivor started 35 years ago when she was attacked inside her home in Orlando's Washington Shores neighborhood.
While Gardner provided forensic evidence to a medical team back then, police lost track of her sexual assault kit. In 2019, she went back to OPD to ask detectives to try and find it. And they did. In 2021, they unveiled charges against Malibu man George Girtman who was already serving life for rape, alleging he was Gardner's attacker.
But more important for her is the fact that a new law inspired by her, called Gail's Law, has resulted in a secure website being set up by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
That way, victims are provided access to bar-coded and tracked sexual assault kits, telling them the whereabouts of the kit from the collection, to the lab, to the police, and to the courts.
“This is something that I thought I would never know or would never happen,” Gardner said. “And so now what we need to do is teach people what their rights are. These survivors, so that they can become thrivers that help others.”
Orlando Democrat Linda Stewart sponsored the bill that became law in the state Senate.
“We are all looking forward to placing power back into the hands of survivors and will continue to advocate on behalf of survivors of sexual assault,” Stewart said.
The new law also requires the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to process the kits within 120 days. The agency, which dealt with a huge backlog until just before the pandemic, says the average time to process is down to 92 days. What's more is that 41 counties are already helping 400 victims track their sexual assault kits, with the rest coming online by the July 1 deadline.
“This is truly an accomplishment for Florida and will give power to these survivors of sexual assault for years to come,” said Mark Glass, FDLE commissioner.
FDLE senior crime lab analyst in Orlando, Tim Petree, believes the added transparency in the handling of key evidence could encourage more sexual assault victims to come forward.
“Once that process starts, they will be able to log in and see where that kit stands from collection point all the way through to the lab testing,” Petree said. “Without having to contact the police and say 'hey, where does this kit stand? Have you talked with the lab? Have they worked it yet?’ Things like that. They will be able to log in and follow everything through that process.”
Since Gardener came forward, and following a series of reports by WESH 2 Investigates that revealed old evidence in other rape cases had been destroyed, the Orlando police chief in 2021 changed policy when it comes to preserving evidence. Today, all sexual assault case evidence is retained for 50 years.
Convicted rapist Girtman is currently facing 18 felony counts, including sexual battery on seven women, including Gardner, from three decades ago. He's facing trial later this year. | 2023-01-18T22:58:17+00:00 | wesh.com | https://www.wesh.com/article/rape-kit-database-florida/42557723 |
Gov.Kevin Stitt is reshaping two state boards he’s occasionally been at odds with.
Stitt is retaining two members of the state board of education: Trent Smith and Sarah Lepak, who were both appointed by him in the last two years.
Every other member – including a homeschool teacher, an energy executive and a conservative former state representative candidate – will be new.
The moves come as new state superintendent Ryan Walters gets ready to shape a new era at the State Department of Education.
Stitt also terminated four of the veteran’s commission members, including its chairman. The governor has been trying to oust veteran’s commission executive director Joel Kintsel after he challenged Stitt in the GOP primary last year. The commission had been protecting him.
All of Stitt’s appointees to the boards must be approved by the Senate, where Republicans hold a supermajority.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced Wednesday that he will oversee the prosecution of the founders and former chief financial officer of Epic Charter Schools.
Drummond has hit the ground running on his promises to take a more proactive approach to cases of alleged state fraud or corruption.
He says he will be taking on the prosecution of Epic Charter Schools founders and former CFO - who were charged last June for racketeering, embezzlement, obtaining money by false pretense and other allegations.
The case was punted to the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s office by Drummond’s predecessor John O’Connor. Then DA David Prater picked it up, but he has since retired.
Drummond says because the allegations involve tens of millions of dollars intended for public education and that the case has a statewide impact - it is appropriate for it to fall under his office.
Oklahoma’s managed Medicaid program is facing another lawsuit.
Managed care models bring insurance companies in to help administer the no-cost health coverage program. Oklahoma’s, SoonerCare, serves about 1 million people.
Managed care in Oklahoma has already been scrapped once after medical providers challenged an earlier iteration of it in court in 2021. Now, it’s facing another lawsuit.
An Oklahoma company applying to be a managed care contractor filed the lawsuit this week. It argues the application process is unfair because it rewards companies that already have Medicaid contracts. Because Oklahoma doesn’t have managed care yet, no companies here have that experience, so out-of-state companies could have a leg up.
The lawsuit also argues state law says to favor Oklahoma companies run by medical providers over traditional, out-of-state private insurance companies, and the state’s Medicaid agency isn’t doing that.
The US Department of Agriculture is giving grants to small businesses in, what it says, is an ongoing effort to give rural communities the resources they need to thrive. But the deadline to apply is just around the corner.
According to the USDA, all sorts of rural public entities are eligible to receive grant funding: towns, communities, nonprofits, higher education institutes, federally-recognized tribes, and more. To qualify for rural business development grant funding, the entity must have fewer than 50 new workers and less than one-million dollars in gross revenue. Although there is no maximum grant amount, smaller grants will be given priority. Businesses will be selected based on economic need, evidence of local job creation, experience, and consistency with local economic development priorities. Applications for grants end Feb. 28 at 4:30p.m.
Cherokee Nation is seeking artwork by youth of Cherokee Freedmen descent to expand on its current exhibit at the Cherokee National History Museum.
Last fall, the Cherokee Nation opened the exhibit, "We are Cherokee: Cherokee Freedmen and the Right to Citizenship" at the Cherokee Nation museum in downtown Tahlequah. The first of its kind exhibit solicited input and stories from Freedmen descendents across the country to shed light on those Black citizens formerly enslaved by the tribal nation.
This latest solicitation asks that young people in grades 6 through 12 continue highlighting that history by submitting their artwork. Entries will be accepted on Jan. 23 and 24 at Cherokee Nation businesses in Tahlequah. The show will open in February.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2023, 10:16 am
The Oklahoma City Thunder made their draft picks last week for players on the court, but they also drafted some folks who are making a difference off the court.
For the past three years, the Thunder have presented what they call "community draft picks".
This year, the Thunder selected five leaders from the community, who range from school leaders to nonprofit workers with the United Way and the Regional Food Bank.
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Congress passed a nearly $1.7 trillion government funding bill Friday, sending the package to President Biden. The House voted 225-201 on the bill Friday afternoon; the Senate passed the measure on Thursday by a bipartisan vote of 68-29.
But with a prior deadline of midnight Friday to fund the government, the Senate made sure to have a stopgap measure approved, which funds the government through Dec. 30, because it will take time for the bill to make its way to Biden's desk.
"This is one of the most significant appropriations packages we have done in a very long time," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon regarding the omnibus deal. "The range of people it helps is large indeed. After a lot of hard work and compromise, the Senate is funding the government with an aggressive investment in American families, workers, and national defense."
The bill funds the military and government agencies through Sept. 30, 2023. It includes pay raises for service members and government workers, nearly $40 billion in emergency aid to areas struck by public disasters, and over $44 billion in aid for Ukraine.
The bill also makes changes to the 1887 Electoral Count Act, aimed at making it more difficult to block the certification of a presidential election. The reforms include clarifying that the vice president has a purely ceremonial role as Congress certifies presidential elections.
The package also adds policy provisions to expand federal protections for pregnant workers.
Schumer had asked senators to vote on amendments expeditiously, as the chamber raced to pass the bill ahead of the original deadline of Friday night at midnight.
Lawmakers also had a personal impetus to keep things speedy: heading home for the holidays without getting derailed by the approaching winter storm.
Ahead of the Senate vote, senators applauded outgoing Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., who helped negotiate the massive spending bill.
Journey to passage
Lawmakers worked late into the night on Wednesday to advance the funding bill after attending an address to a joint meeting of Congress by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The chamber hit a snag in negotiations centered on Title 42, a pandemic-era border restriction policy that enabled the Department of Homeland Security to expel migrants crossing the border without the possibility of claiming asylum.
The policy was set to expire, but the Supreme Court issued a temporary order to keep the restrictions in place.
Republicans wanted to vote on an amendment by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, which would have blocked the Biden administration from rescinding Title 42.
Senate Democrats were concerned some centrist members might support Lee's amendment, and if it were to pass the Senate, it would essentially render the omnibus bill dead on arrival once it reached the House, where progressive Democrats support ending Title 42.
On Thursday, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who recently announced she is switching from Democrat to independent, offered a similar amendment aimed at increasing border funding and extending the Title 42 policy.
The political reality of having two related amendments lowered the likelihood that Lee's amendment would pass and in turn cause the omnibus to sink in the House. Both amendments ultimately failed.
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese manufacturing contracted for a third consecutive month in December, in the biggest drop since early 2020, as the country battles a nationwide COVID-19 surge after suddenly easing anti-epidemic measures.
A monthly purchasing managers’ index declined to 47.0 from 48.0 in November, according to data released from the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday. Numbers below 50 indicate a contraction in activity.
The contraction was the biggest since February 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic had just started.
The weakening comes as China earlier this month abruptly relaxed COVID-19 restrictions after years of attempts to stamp out the virus. The country of 1.4 billion is now facing a nationwide outbreak and authorities have stopped publishing a daily tally of COVID-19 infections.
Several other sub-indexes, including for large enterprises, production and demand in the manufacturing market also dropped compared to November.
“Some surveyed companies reported that due to the impact of the epidemic, the logistics and transportation manpower was insufficient, and delivery time had been extended,” said Zhao Qinghe, a senior economist at the statistics bureau in a published analysis of the December data.
According to data from the bureau, sectors including construction saw expansion in December together with sub-indexes that measure industries such as air transport, telecommunications, and monetary and financial services.
The purchasing managers’ index for China’s non-manufacturing sector also fell to 41.6 in December, down from 46.7 in November.
China is likely to miss its goal of 5.5% economic growth this year, with forecasters cutting their outlook to as low as 3% in annual growth, which would be the second weakest since at least the 1980s. | 2022-12-31T22:30:01+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-chinese-manufacturing-weakens-amid-covid-19-outbreak/ |
LONDON (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party after saying Congress won’t approve a trade deal with the U.K. if Britain scraps the agreement governing post-Brexit trade on the Irish island.
The trans-Atlantic sparring follows British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government announcing its intention to introduce legislation that would allow it to unilaterally suspend the Northern Ireland Protocol, an international agreement between Britain and the European Union.
Northen Ireland is the only part of the U.K. that shares a land border with an EU nation — the Republic of Ireland — and required special attention when the U.K. withdrew from the EU.
The protocol is designed to preserve the Northern Ireland peace process, but unionists complain it has created a trade barrier between the province and the rest of the U.K.
Pelosi said Thursday that Britain’s actions threatened to undermine the 1998 Good Friday Accords that ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland. She called for “good-faith negotiations” to resolve any differences over the protocol.
“As I have stated in my conversations with the prime minister, the foreign secretary and members of the House of Commons, if the United Kingdom chooses to undermine the Good Friday Accords, the Congress cannot and will not support a bilateral free trade agreement with the United Kingdom,” Pelosi said.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman, Jamie Davies, said the U.K. remains committed to reaching an agreement with the EU and has invited the bloc’s Brexit chief, Maros Sefcovic, for talks.
“We welcome that the U.S. shares our deep commitment to the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and the peace process and has urged the EU to show flexibility,” Davies said.
Jeffrey Donaldson, a member of Parliament and leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, said the protocol itself is undermining the peace process because it threatens the key principles of the Good Friday Accords, also known as the Belfast Agreement.
The agreement created a power-sharing arrangement in Northern Ireland that operates on the basis of consensus between nationalist parties that seek closer ties with Ireland and unionist parties that want to maintain Northern Ireland’s historic links with the U.K. That consensus no longer exists because unionists in the Northern Ireland Assembly oppose the protocol.
“If Nancy Pelosi wants to see the agreement protected, then she needs to recognize that it is the protocol that is harming and undermining the agreement,” Donaldson said. “And that is why we need to deal with it.”
In a historic shift at the ballot box, the nationalist party Sinn Fein came in first in the vote for the Northern Ireland Assembly this month. But t he DUP has refused to take part in a new power-sharing government in Northern Ireland until differences over the protocol are resolved.
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin is due to to hold talks with party leaders Friday in Belfast.
Martin said the EU took “decisive action” in October to resolve concerns over the protocol, but the British government has failed to respond.
“This idea that somehow the European Union is being inflexible on this is just not the truth, it doesn’t stack up,” Martin told the BBC, “What has happened now is a certain unilateralism on behalf of the British government saying ‘our way or no way.’ And you don’t negotiate with the European Union on that basis, particularly when you have signed off on the agreement that you now don’t like.”
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SAU Extends its Recruitment Reach to Fresno, CA; Creates Transfer Portal to 4-Year Education
RALEIGH, N.C., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint Augustine's University (SAU) — founded in 1867 to educate freed enslaved persons — extends its student recruitment and reach to the West Coast. By establishing the HBCU Urban Access Hub, SAU launches student access in Fresno, California, to the historically Black college and university (HBCU) learning experience for the first time.
The HBCU Urban Access Hub is an innovative collaboration with community colleges across the country to provide students with a pipeline to a four-year education where there is no HBCU. Saint Augustine's University's HBCU Urban Access Hub will connect community college students in Fresno to opportunities to transfer to SAU for a four-year education.
Participating community college students receive an incentive to continue their education via a Community College Transfer Grant valued at $8,945/annually. They will also receive:
- Guaranteed admission to SAU and are eligible for the Community College Transfer Grant (CCTG), so long as they have earned an associate degree in an area of study offered at SAU
- Automatic grant renewal for one academic year provided the student maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.8
- Academic support to encourage students to earn at least 30 credit hours during the prior year and perform 40 hours of community service
"Expanding to Fresno, California, makes sense. I consider Fresno my second home. I graduated from Fresno City College and Fresno State University. So, this is my way of giving back to a place that has given me so much," said Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail, president of Saint Augustine's University.
The SAU recruitment team will hold in-person information fair Friday, July 1, from 1-6 p.m. at the Fresno Doubletree 2233 Ventura Street, Fresno, Ca. 93721. Recent graduates, rising seniors, community college transfers, and adult learners are all encouraged to attend. Scholarships are also available. Eligible students have an opportunity to gain on-site acceptance to Saint Augustine's University. For more information, please call 919.516.4630.
Founded in 1867 by the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, the mission of Saint Augustine's University is to sustain a learning community in which students can prepare academically, socially and spiritually for leadership in a complex, diverse and rapidly changing world.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Oprah Winfrey's father, Vernon Winfrey, has died at the age of 89.
Oprah confirmed in an Instagram post that her father died in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday.
"Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life, take his last breath," the media mogul wrote. "We could feel peace enter the room at his passing."
Details about funeral plans were not immediately released.
Earlier this week, Oprah surprised her father by throwing him a surprise barbeque in Nashville on the Fourth of July. The event was called "Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day," which included a barber chair to honor his long career as a barber and owning his own shop in Nashville for nearly 50 years.
Vernon served as a member of Nashville's Metro City Council for 16 years and was a trustee for the Tennessee State University.
Oprah spent her early childhood at her father's hometown of Kosciusko, Mississippi, and in Milwaukee with her mother, Vernita Lee, who died in 2018. However, she also lived with her father in Nashville, between the ages of 7 and 9 and during her teens.
"If I hadn't been sent to my father (when I was 14), I would have gone in another direction," Oprah told the Washington Post in 1986. "I could have made a good criminal. I would have used these same instincts differently."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-10T16:00:28+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2022-07-10/oprah-winfreys-father-vernon-winfrey-dies-at-89 |
Fresh off its victory over Vietnam, the U.S. Women's National Team has a much tougher test Wednesday at the 2023 World Cup when it takes on the Netherlands.
This is a rematch of the 2019 final - a game won by the U.S. This time, a victory (or tie) is crucial for both teams to remain at the top of the group stage and all but guarantee advancing to the tournament's knockout round next month.
"This is going to be an incredibly difficult matchup, very challenging," U.S. forward Alex Morgan said a day before the game against the ninth-ranked Netherlands.
The U.S. is the two-time defending champion and ranked number one - but did not look dominant or cohesive in its opening 3-0 win against Vietnam last week. Likewise, the Dutch squeaked by 21st-ranked and WWC newcomer Portugal 1-0 in their group play opener.
Speaking to reporters about the U.S. performance against Vietnam, Morgan said, "I think we saw a lot of glimpses of our potential, but I feel like we weren't always clicking on the field." This is Vietnam's first-ever appearance at the Women's World Cup but the squad kept up with the Americans most of the match.
"I feel like some of the plays that we had were a little forced or rushed," said Morgan.
The opening match with Vietnam was a wake-up call for the U.S. Defender Sofia Huerta said the team is doubling down in its focus for the Netherlands and realizes this game will be a lot tougher. "It doesn't matter what ranking you are, you know, anything can happen."
The U.S. match against the Netherlands in Wellington, New Zealand kicks off Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET and can be viewed on Fox Sports and Telemundo.
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Cardinals vs. Yankees Probable Starting Pitchers Today - July 1
The St. Louis Cardinals (33-47) host the New York Yankees (45-36) to start a three-game series at Busch Stadium, with first pitch at 2:15 PM ET on Saturday. The Cardinals are coming off a series defeat to the Astros, and the Yankees a series win over the Athletics.
The probable pitchers are Jack Flaherty (4-5) for the Cardinals and Luis Severino (1-2) for the Yankees.
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- Date: Saturday, July 1, 2023
- Time: 2:15 PM ET
- TV: Fox Sports 1
- Location: St. Louis, Missouri
- Venue: Busch Stadium
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- Probable Pitchers: Flaherty - STL (4-5, 4.95 ERA) vs Severino - NYY (1-2, 5.25 ERA)
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Cardinals Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Jack Flaherty
- The Cardinals will hand the ball to Flaherty (4-5) for his 16th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Monday, June 19, when he gave up six earned runs and allowed 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings against the Washington Nationals.
- The 27-year-old has an ERA of 4.95 and 9 strikeouts per nine innings, with a batting average against of .280 in 15 games this season.
- He has four quality starts in 15 chances this season.
- Flaherty has 11 starts of five or more innings this season in 15 chances. He averages 5.3 innings per outing.
- He has made 15 appearances and finished three of them without allowing an earned run.
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Yankees Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Luis Severino
- Severino makes the start for the Yankees, his eighth of the season. He is 1-2 with a 5.25 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Saturday, the righty tossed six scoreless innings against the Texas Rangers while surrendering five hits.
- The 29-year-old has put together a 5.25 ERA and 8 strikeouts per nine innings in seven games this season, while giving up a batting average of .271 to opposing batters.
- Severino has collected two quality starts this season.
- Severino is aiming for his third straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 5.1 frames per start.
- He has held his opponents without an earned run in one of his seven appearances this season.
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Moeller Brew Barn, a new destination located across the street from right field at Day Air Ballpark, is opening to the public Friday, Aug. 19 at 11 a.m.
“We built this for the people of Dayton,” said founder and co-owner Nick Moeller.
The brewery features a taproom with three bars and over 70 taps, an upstairs balcony overlooking the ballpark, an outdoor beer garden that is pet and bicyclist-friendly, and a kitchen serving food with an elevated take on ballpark fare.
Credit: Natalie Jones
Credit: Natalie Jones
“Part of our comprehensive plan is to grow with our distribution,” said co-owner Tony Scott. “We think the taprooms help people come in and experience our beers.”
Moeller Brew Barn works with four different distributors to distribute their beer to 40 counties across the state, the owners explained.
The Dayton location will brew 40 to 50 percent of its own beer to be used in the taproom. The owners said those beers will have local names specific to the Dayton area.
“All of our beers tell a story,” Scott said. “Every single beer is named and has a specific story of why we brewed them.”
One of their most famous beers is the Wally Post Red, named after the Cincinnati Reds legend.
The family-friendly space the owners describe as a “tourist attraction” will feature a variety of IPAs, Wheats, Reds, Blondes, Seltzers and much more. Moeller Brew Barns also makes their own root beer and lemonade.
Part of the brew barn occupies space on the first floor of the new Madison on First building, which was formerly part of the Mendelson’s liquidation complex.
Credit: Natalie Jones
Credit: Natalie Jones
“So many people have been through this building,” Moeller said. “I actually came in here to buy parts for starting the Maria Stein kitchen.”
The owners kept several touches of the original building like the rafters, exposed brick and a pulley system to tie the old with the new. They also added a few touches from the Dayton Dragons.
In addition, the owners said they enjoy bringing old buildings back to life, allowing people to reminisce about the past while making new memories in the new space.
The Water Street District, where the brew barn is located, is one of the most thriving parts of Dayton.
The developers have added over 500 apartments in the Water Street Flats along the river and the Delco Lofts and the Centerfield Flats, which sit on the opposite ends of the ballpark.
The Water Street District also has 60,000 square feet of offices and 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. The district also welcomed downtown Dayton’s first newly constructed hotel in decades.
“Moeller Brew Barn will be the perfect addition to Water Street District and the downtown Dayton area,” Bob Hoying, principal at Crawford Hoying, developer of Water Street District, previously said in a prepared statement.
Credit: Natalie Jones
Credit: Natalie Jones
Moeller told Dayton.com he opened his first taproom in 2015 in his hometown of Maria Stein after developing a love for craft beer when he lived on the West Coast. In 2018, he partnered with Scott and a year later they opened their second location in Troy.
Moeller Brew Barn also has plans to open taprooms in Monroe and Plain City. The Monroe taproom is expected to be completed in September, followed by Plain City in the summer of 2023, the owners said.
The grand opening of the Dayton location on Friday will feature photos with Dayton Dragons mascot Heater from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and live music by Cory Breth from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Live music will continue throughout the weekend.
The Dayton taproom, located at 416 E. First Street, will be open 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
For more information about Moeller Brew Barn, visit www.moellerbrewbarn.com/dayton or the taproom’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or TikTok pages. | 2022-08-16T19:27:09+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/what-to-know/moeller-brew-barn-to-open-friday-in-dayton-all-of-our-beers-tell-a-story/2SAEKVT7BBDA3DODSJ4T62SLH4/ |
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Olo Inc..
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ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Subway was ending its contract with Olo; (2) Olo's key business metric – active locations – could not continue to grow as defendants touted due to the loss of Subway's business; and (3) as a result of the above, defendants' statements about Olo's business, operations, and prospects were false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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Each Ravens loss seems more agonizing than the last. They outplayed the New York Giants on both sides of the ball but threw away points with presnap penalties, errant throws from quarterback Lamar Jackson and poor execution on third down in a 24-20 loss. Jackson’s fourth-quarter interception was the final dagger, leaving the Giants just 13 yards to go for a game-winning touchdown.
Players of the game
RB Kenyan Drake: After he showed flashes the previous week, Drake broke out for his finest game as a Raven, gaining 119 yards on just 10 carries. He took advantage of excellent blocking to go 30 yards untouched for the team’s first score and broke four runs of 15 yards or more, making a case that he should have a role in the team’s backfield even when J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards are fully healthy.
TE Mark Andrews: On a day when Jackson struggled to connect with any other pass catcher, Andrews produced his usual excellent game with seven catches on 11 targets for 106 yards and a touchdown. Defenders know he will be Jackson’s first option on third down and in the red zone, but he’s still lapping the rest of the team in every meaningful receiving statistic.
DT Calais Campbell: In his 15th season, Campbell is not the pass rusher he once was but still finds a way to be one of the Ravens’ top defenders most weeks. He picked up his second sack of the year against the Giants and finished with four tackles and two quarterback hits.
Snap-count analysis
Outside linebacker Odafe Oweh played just 57% of defensive snaps after he had played at least 81% in each of the previous five games. His workload seemed to plummet after he was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct in the third quarter. With safety Marcus Williams on injured reserve, Geno Stone started but did not play every snap as Williams generally did. First-round pick Kyle Hamilton played his largest role since Week 2 with 29 defensive snaps, and practice squad call-up Ar’Darius Washington saw his first action of the season with 12. The Ravens did not use either of their backup cornerbacks much, with Brandon Stephens playing 19 defensive snaps and rookie Damarion “Pepe” Williams 16. Rookie defensive tackle Travis Jones played a career-high 58% of defensive snaps. Defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald also leaned more heavily on linebacker Malik Harrison, who played 55% of defensive snaps compared to 30% the week before.
Left tackle Ronnie Stanley played all but eight of 59 offensive snaps, more than expected because his rotation partner, Patrick Mekari, moved to the right side to fill in for injured Morgan Moses. Stanley said his surgically repaired ankle held up well. Andrews has played at least 90% of offensive snaps four weeks in a row, a level he hit just once in 2021. Drake took most of the work at running back after Dobbins’ knee tightened up in the first half. Rookie tight end Isaiah Likely played a season-low 13 offensive snaps and has fallen below Josh Oliver on the depth chart. Even in the absence of No. 1 wide receiver Rashod Bateman, James Proche has not convinced Ravens coaches he belongs on the field. He played four offensive snaps, his lowest total in the last three weeks.
Number crunch
117: How many seconds the Ravens have trailed in their three defeats.
7: Ravens’ yards per play, including a season-best 8.8 yards per rushing attempt.
3.8: Giants’ yards per play.
3: Jackson touchdown passes over the last three games after he threw 10 over the first three.
Quote of the day
Stanley on frustrations rising within the team: “I think the only frustrations I sense is that we know how good we can be, and we know that a lot of these issues are self-inflicted. When you are your own biggest enemy, I think that’s really something that can frustrate anyone.”
Next up
Cleveland Browns at M&T Bank Stadium, Sunday, 1 p.m.
As miserable a Sunday as the Ravens endured, the Browns experienced worse in a 38-15 blowout loss to the New England Patriots on their home field. Quarterback Jacoby Brissett threw two interceptions, and the Patriots held superstar running back Nick Chubb to 56 yards as Cleveland dropped its third straight game to fall to 2-4. The Browns have floundered on defense, allowing more points than all but three other teams and ranking 24th against the run.
Offensive snap counts
Ben Powers G 59
Kevin Zeitler G 59
Lamar Jackson QB 59
Tyler Linderbaum C 59
Mark Andrews TE 54
Ronnie Stanley T 51
Patrick Ricard FB 45
Demarcus Robinson WR 45
Devin Duvernay WR 40
Patrick Mekari T 37
Kenyan Drake RB 34
Morgan Moses T 30
Josh Oliver TE 21
J.K. Dobbins RB 16
Tylan Wallace WR 13
Isaiah Likely TE 13
Nick Boyle TE 5
Mike Davis RB 5
James Proche WR 4
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Chuck Clark SS 65
Marlon Humphrey CB 65
Marcus Peters CB 59
Patrick Queen LB 55
Geno Stone SS 49
Jason Pierre-Paul LB 47
Justin Madubuike DT 45
Calais Campbell DT 43
Josh Bynes LB 40
Travis Jones DT 38
Odafe Oweh LB 37
Malik Harrison LB 36
Kyle Hamilton FS 29
Broderick Washington DT 26
Brent Urban DE 24
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Damarion Williams DB 16
Ar’Darius Washington FS 12
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The R01 Grant from the National Institute of Health, consisting of $3.8M in funding to UT Austin's Institute for Mental Health Research, was recently approved with a kickoff date of September 1st
NEW YORK, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcade Therapeutics, a leading developer of game-based therapies for mental health, and University of Texas Austin's Institute for Mental Health Research, a leading research center in the field of depression, jointly announced the closing of a $3.8M grant from the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) to support clinical investigation and validation of ABM-02 as a game-based treatment for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
Specifically, the funds will be used to support UT Austin's large confirmatory efficacy trial assessing Arcade's proprietary, game-based approach to the cognitive training technique Attention Bias Modification (ABM) in comparison to traditional ABM and a gold-standard ABM placebo sham. The study will assess 600 participants suffering from depression across these three, randomly-assigned arms, and will be the largest and most rigorous test of ABM for depression ever completed.
Arcade intends to use findings from this ambitious clinical study to support their FDA submission of ABM-02 as the first game-based treatment for Major Depressive Disorder. This news follows the recent success of a clinical trial investigating Arcade's flagship therapeutic game, StarStarter Rx (aka ABM-01) as the first game-based treatment for the most prevalent anxiety condition, Social Anxiety Disorder.
Christopher Beevers PhD, Wayne H. Holtzman Regents Chair in Psychology, Professor, and Director of UT Austin's Institute for Mental Health Research, will be the Principal Investigator of the remotely administered trial. Dr. Beevers commented, "We've known for decades that the tendency to focus too much on sad or dysphoric information drives and exacerbates symptoms of MDD. Game-based ABM has the potential to effectively reduce this tendency, and thus MDD symptom severity, while also being highly accessible, scalable, and engaging to its users as a non-pharmacologic treatment option."
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Arcade Therapeutics, Tracy Dennis-Tiwary PhD added, "Only half of those suffering from depression seek and receive treatment. Along with accessibility, one of the biggest barriers to receiving mental health treatment is stigma. By taking a clinically validated, game-based approach, ABM-02 not only radically improves accessibility, but reduces the stigma of seeking treatment for mental illness and meets patients where they are."
ABOUT ARCADE THERAPEUTICS INC.:
Arcade Therapeutics is a science-first game studio dedicated to treating mental illness by combining the most cutting edge cognitive neuroscience with engaging games. Arcade's mission is to radically transform the mental health journey through highly accessible, clinically validated therapeutic games that are as fun as they are effective. Our NYC-based team includes leaders in clinical research, consumer products, game development, and healthcare strategy. Arcade is the winner of the 2022 Rising Star Award by the prestigious Digital Health Hub Foundation in the Mental and Behavioral Health Category and named a Top 10 Startup to Watch in 2023 by Digital Health NY.
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RESTON, Va., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SOSi, a leader in delivering transformational, mission-critical technology solutions to the U.S. government, has named Kyle Fox as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Fox will be responsible for developing and implementing SOSi's internal and external corporate technology strategy to support a diverse business portfolio in the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and Federal Civilian agencies. His focus will be on strengthening SOSi's own cybersecurity posture and ensuring SOSi's competitive differentiation in the government technology market.
SOSi specializes in digital transformation, cyber, and C4ISR. It is widely recognized for its support to the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM), Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and U.S. Air Force Mission Partner Capability Office (MPCO). The company implements local, cloud-based and hybrid Zero Trust communication networks and recently established a modern DevSecOps capability for the development of secure multi-cloud data fabric solutions in support of global DoD network architecture requirements.
Prior to joining SOSi, Kyle was the Chief Software Officer (CSO) for the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center ICBM modernization program where he led the hardware/software technology development for the latest hypersonics, supply chain security, secure computing, power grid resiliency, quantum resistant encryption, Cloud, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. Kyle also served as the Chief Software Engineer for the $96B U.S. Air Force Sentinel (GBSD) ICBM modernization program, where he was responsible for more than 1000 software engineers and spearheaded the development of the first cloud native nuclear weapon system program and the first major weapon system in the DoD to leverage a complete DevSecOps delivery methodology.
"Kyle's experience leading many of DoD's largest and most critical technology R&D and modernization programs, together with his cyber expertise, are going to help us deliver cutting edge products and solutions that make us more competitive," said SOSi CEO, Julian Setian. "I look forward to pushing the boundaries of technology to drive dynamic growth for the company."
SOSi is a leading, privately owned technology and services integrator. Founded in 1989, SOSi provides mission-critical engineering, intelligence and logistics solutions to the U.S. government and commercial customers. We rise to every challenge, managing many of our nation's most critical programs around the globe. Visit sosi.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for news and updates.
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TSA finds gun hidden inside raw chicken
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CNN) – A gun was found inside a raw chicken at an airport security checkpoint in Florida.
“We hate to beak it to you here, but stuffing a firearm in your holiday bird for travel is just a baste of time,” Transportation Security Administration officials said in a post on Instagram.
TSA officials said the passenger was reportedly headed to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
A record number of more than 700 guns have been discovered at Florida airport checkpoints so far this year.
The fine for getting caught with a gun at an airport can be costly even if the passenger is not arrested. TSA said civil penalties can reach nearly $14,000.
The agency said firearms must be packed in checked luggage.
“Feather you like it or not, there are rules for traveling with guns and ammunition. So, don’t wing it; roost over the proper packaging info,” TSA said in its post.
TSA outlines specific rules related to guns and ammunition on its website.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-10T13:42:14+00:00 | foxcarolina.com | https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/11/10/tsa-finds-gun-hidden-inside-raw-chicken/ |
FORT COLLINS, Colo., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Numerica Corporation, a provider of advanced air and missile defense solutions, announced it has been selected by L3Harris Technologies for the delivery of constellation-wide sensor data fusion and associated support for its Tranche 1 Tracking Layer contract with the Space Development Agency (SDA).
SDA selected L3Harris as a prime for its Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellite program as part of the initial Missile Warning/Missile Tracking warfighting capability of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The Tranche 1 Tracking Layer will provide limited global indications, warnings and tracking of conventional and advanced missile threats, including hypersonic missile systems.
"We're really excited to support L3Harris on this critical Space Development Agency effort that highlights the growing reach and capability of our sensor fusion offerings," said Nate Knight, Numerica vice president for air and missile defense. "This award demonstrates Numerica's continued leadership in sensor fusion technologies for the Department of Defense and the power of investment from the nation's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program."
Developed to support a wide variety of air and missile defense applications, Numerica's unique distributed sensor fusion and target tracking technology provides customers across the Department of Defense (DoD) with the capability to extract critical precision targeting information from sensor networks. Numerica will deliver a version of this technology optimized for application in the L3Harris Tranche 1 Tracking Layer constellation. Numerica's highly scalable edge processing solution for sensor fusion will help to enable SDA's vision for a proliferated, resilient sensor constellation.
About Numerica: Founded in 1996, Numerica creates innovative solutions to the most pressing technical challenges faced by customers in the areas of air defense and missile defense. Headquartered in Fort Collins, Colo., Numerica's growing team of talented research scientists and engineers tackle data science problems by developing advanced algorithms to power mission-critical national security software. With over 25 years of developing state-of-the-art technologies, Numerica's innovations have been deployed around the world to integrate networks, fuse data, precisely track targets and quantify uncertainty. Learn more at www.numerica.us.
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Publicis Sapient, Rackspace, Lytics, and Devoteam Partner With C2C Global to Engage with Google Cloud Customers
CHICAGO, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- C2C Global, the largest worldwide community of Google Cloud users, announced today that it has entered new partnerships with four leading technology companies: digital business transformation company Publicis Sapient, Google Cloud Platform managed services provider Rackspace, customer data platform Lytics, and Google Cloud Managed Services provider Devoteam.
"The C2C community is continually evolving, and by adding these new strategic partners we are able to provide even more ways in which Google Cloud users can boost connectivity and access best-in-class ways to harness the power of the cloud," said C2C President Josh Berman. "These four partners represent some of the most innovative companies working within the cloud today and we look forward to working closely with them to benefit the thousands of members of the C2C community."
While each of the four new partners have different remits and specialties, they all recognize the C2C community as the most sought after space for Google Cloud customers to find connections, generate leads, and expand their relationships with customers and Googlers. Each company will be able to immerse themselves in the C2C community to help increase their brand visibility and highlight their messaging and successful customer stories through a host of ways, including event participation, hosting, and sponsorships, content creation, and thought leadership opportunities.
About the new C2C Partners
Publicis Sapient is a digital business transformation company. We partner with global organizations to help them create and sustain competitive advantage in an increasingly digital world. We operate through our expert SPEED capabilities: Strategy, Product, Experience, Engineering, and Data & AI, which, combined with our culture of curiosity and deep industry knowledge, enables us to deliver meaningful impact to our clients' businesses through reimagining the products and experiences their customers truly value. Our agile, data-driven approach equips our clients' businesses for change, making digital the core of how they think and what they do. Publicis Sapient is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, with more than 20,000 people and over 50 offices worldwide. For more information, visit publicissapient.com.
As Google's first managed services partner for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Rackspace Technology helps organizations of all sizes plan, architect and operate projects at scale by leveraging its 400+ GCP-certified experts. Whether you're already a Google customer or simply getting started in the public cloud, Rackspace Technology can help you accelerate innovation and cost savings within your organization by taking over the intensive day-to-day operations of your cloud. Rackspace Technology manages and optimizes the performance of your applications in the cloud so that you can focus internal IT resources on achieving your core business objectives.
Lytics is the premier customer data platform for Google Cloud customers and the only 100% Google Cloud-native CDP.
Lytics CDP offers a composable and modern architecture that fits with and accelerates your cloud data strategy. Integrated with existing cloud data warehouses, Lytics helps companies build a unified first-party data foundation, resolving identities to construct and maintain comprehensive profiles that are compliant, extensible and accessible. Lytics connects to a robust ecosystem for third-party enrichment and activation using reverse ETL, generative AI, and the most comprehensive set of real-time connections into DSPs and action systems in the industry.
Lytics unique approach enables brands to work without silos from a reliable source of truth, reimagining how they leverage their own customer data to increase customer engagement and boost ROI, empowering business users with the insights and tools they need to drive action while enabling compliance with global consumer data residency and privacy regulations.
Devoteam G Cloud is a Google Cloud Premier Partner for over a decade and a Google Cloud Managed Services Provider. Our team of 500+ Google experts with 8 Google Cloud Specialisations helped hundreds of organizations grow with Google Cloud, and moved over 1 million users to Google Workspace. In 2022 Devoteam was named Google Cloud Reseller Partner of the Year (EMEA) for the third time in a row.
About C2C
At C2C Global, our mission is to bring together people from every corner of the Google Cloud universe to connect, learn, and shape the future of the cloud. We provide a place for Google Cloud users to start collaborating in real-time with other cloud-minded, future-focused peers from across the globe. Our community members can tap into insights from leading experts in the field and learn from each other on the topics that matter most to them through articles, webinars and in-person events.
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) – The drivers involved in a two-vehicle accident were moved to the hospital after one vehicle rear-ended the other near Belington Friday.
According to a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post, the accident took place at the Belington exit of US 33 /48 at the US 250 intersect. The first vehicle, a 2021 Chevrolet Equinox, reportedly rear-ended the second vehicle, a 2016 Freightliner dump truck, that was stopped at a red light.
According to the post, “there were no skid marks or evidence that the driver of the Equinox attempted to stop before the collision.”
Randolph County EMS transported the drivers to Davis Medical Center for treatment.
The Coalton and Elkins Fire Departments, alongside WV Public Service Commission Captain E. George, assisted. The crash is still under investigation.
Stick with 12 News for future updates. | 2023-03-04T20:00:18+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/emergencies/two-drivers-transported-to-hospital-after-crash-on-belington-exit/ |
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Whether it’s on Friday or Sunday, Tiger Woods will cross over the Swilcan Bridge for the final time in the British Open at St. Andrews.
He just doesn’t know if that means this year or forever.
“Who knows?” Woods said Tuesday, unwilling to contemplate a future in golf he knows so little about. The Open isn’t likely to return to the Old Course for at least four years, probably a bit longer. Woods is 46 and with what he described as “a lot of hardware” in his right leg that was pieced back together following his February 2021 car crash.
“I don’t know — if it is that long — whether I will be able to physically compete at this level by then,” Woods said. “It’s also one of the reasons why I wanted to play in this championship. I don’t know what my career is going to be like. I’m not going to play a full schedule ever again. My body just won’t allow me to do that that.
“I don’t know how many Open Championships I have left here at St. Andrews, but I wanted this one,” he said. “It started here for me in ’95, and if it ends here in ’22, it does. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. If I get the chance to play one more, it would be great. But there’s no guarantee.”
And he is leaving nothing to chance.
In the other two majors he played this year, at the Masters and PGA Championship, Woods played only 27 holes of practice ahead of the opening round.
He played Ballybunion in Ireland last week with Rory McIlroy. He walked 18 holes with a wedge and a putter on Saturday evening at St. Andrews. He played 18 holes on Sunday, and then nine holes each of the last two days. Throw in the four-hole exhibition and that’s more than his previous two majors combined.
Woods wasn’t kidding when he said he wasn’t about to miss this Open at St. Andrews, the 150th edition of golf’s oldest championship. He won two of his three Opens on the Old Course.
“Yesterday for those four holes, he was moving better than I’d seen him move in a while,” said McIlroy, who played the “Celebration of Champions” with Woods over the four-hole loop on Monday. “That was really good to see. And his swing … hitting the golf ball and swinging the club aren’t the issue. It’s the walking part of it that’s the struggle. But he seemed to be moving well.”
The conditions have been so dry that Woods says the fairways are running faster than the greens. The wind was at its worst on Tuesday, maybe the strongest it will be all week, and the air can be heavier that it seems.
“So trying to get my mind right for that,” Woods said. “I’ve been trying to do that, but the only way you can truly do it actually is to get out here and experience it.”
This week is all about the experience, and no one does history quite like the R&A with a “150” logo imprinted everywhere, even on the blue seats in the grandstands.
Still, it’s the Old Course that is the star no matter what edition of The Open it might be.
“This is unlike any other tournament really, The Open at St Andrews,” Jordan Spieth said. “It certainly hasn’t disappointed being on the grounds this week. The course is incredibly firm. The greens are flawless, and the setting as you come in — these closing holes — is even more grand than it was seven years ago.
“If you’re not getting amped up to play in this Open, I’m not sure this is the right sport for you.”
Spieth had as much attention on him as anyone the last time at St. Andrews in 2015 when he arrived having won the Masters and U.S. Open — only Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Woods had ever done that — and had won the John Deere Classic the week before.
He missed the playoff, won by Zach Johnson, by one shot.
McIlroy wasn’t even around in 2015. He was the defending champion who decided to play soccer during his break before the Open, injured his knee and had to sit out. McIlroy now has gone eight years since last winning a major, and he is taking a measured approach.
His game is in good shape, having won the Canadian Open last month. He also joins Will Zalatoris as the only players to have finished in the top 10 at every major this year. And this is the last one.
McIlroy’s lone appearance at St. Andrews for the Open was in 2010. He missed a 3-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, birdied the last and tied the major championship record of 63 at the time. And then the wind arrived the following day and he shot 80.
“My confidence in my game is as high as it’s been in quite a while,” McIlroy said. “I can’t go in here thinking that this might be my time. I just have to go out and play a really good tournament. I’ve got to string four good rounds together, and hopefully at the end of the week, that’s good enough to win.”
As for Woods, it starts with walking. And it starts with being sharp. He says his leg is stronger than it was when he made it through all four rounds at Augusta National with a pronounced limp. Then again, Thursday afternoon will be only his eighth competitive round of the year.
But his spirits were high. He’s at the Old Course. Whether he returns to play at a high level is not on his mind at the moment.
“This whole year has been something that I’m very proud of that I’m able to have gotten to this point with my team to where I’ve been able to play in these tournaments when it looked like I would never have this opportunity ever again,” he said.
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-07-13T02:06:23+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/sports/ap-sports/tiger-woods-unsure-how-many-opens-he-has-left-at-st-andrews/ |
By The Associated Press
DAKAR, Senegal — Ukraine’s foreign minister has promised that his embattled country will do all it can to send more grain to Africa.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba began a tour of the continent this week in Senegal. He met with Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, who is the current chairman of the African Union, on Monday.
Ukraine will be sending “boats full of seeds for Africa,” Kuleba said said at a joint press briefing with his Senegalese counterpart, Aissata Tall Sall. “We will do our best until the last breath to continue exporting Ukrainian grain to Africa and the world for food security.”
Many African countries depend heavily on grain imports from Russia and Ukraine. Amid market shortages, Russia has sought to portray the West as the villain, blaming it for rising food prices.
Western leaders, meanwhile, have accused the Kremlin of cynically using food as a weapon and waging an imperial-style war of conquest.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
— International experts guess at Putin’s nuclear plans
— Russian losses evident in city liberated by Ukraine
— The AP Interview: Ukraine aims to restart occupied reactors
— Frustration with retreat reaches Kremlin-friendly television
— 10 torture sites in 1 town: Russia sowed pain, fear in Izium
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
Russia’s defense chief says the country’s military has recruited over 200,000 reservists as part of a partial mobilization launched two weeks ago.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday that that the recruits were undergoing training at 80 firing ranges before being deployed to the front lines in Ukraine, where Russian forces are on the retreat in some areas.
President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization on Sept. 21 to beef up his troops in Ukraine.
Shoigu previously said that up to 300,000 reservists were to be called up for service, but Putin’s order left open the possibility of an even larger recruitment effort. Some Russian media have speculated that the military plans to call up 1 million reservists or more.
The mobilization sparked protests in many areas across Russia and drove tens of thousands of men to flee Russia.
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KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the company operating Europe’s largest nuclear plant says Ukraine is considering restarting the Russian-occupied facility to ensure its safety as winter approaches.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Energoatom President Petro Kotin said the company could restart two of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant’s reactors in a matter of days.
“If you have low temperature, you will just freeze everything inside. The safety equipment will be damaged,” he said.
Fears that the war in Ukraine could cause a radiation leak at the Zaporizhzhia plant prompted the shutdown of its remaining reactors. The plant has been damaged by shelling, prompting international alarm over the potential for a disaster.
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BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated that, in his view, “the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine are inviolable.”
“The sham referendums and the Russian initiative to annex parts of Ukraine are in breach of international law and without value. They are null and void for us,” he said during a Tuesday news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Scholz said Germany and the Netherlands will continue to stand by and support Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression.
He said both countries are training Ukrainian mine removal teams and will continue to work closely to provide weapons to Ukraine, as they have already done with howitzers.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally ruled out talks with Russia following its illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories.
Zelenskyy’s decree released Tuesday declares that holding negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin has become impossible after his decision to annex four regions of Ukraine. The decree enacted a decision by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council to bolster Ukrainian defenses and seek more weapons from the country’s Western allies in response to Moscow’s move.
Russia’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday ratified the treaties that make the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine part of Russia. Putin is expected to sign their official adhesion later in the day, completing the annexation.
The Kremlin responded to Zelenskyy by saying that it will wait for Ukraine to sit down for talks on ending the conflict, noting that it may not happen until a new Ukrainian president takes office.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Perebyinis has called for the deployment of more weapons from Western allies to Ukraine following the partial mobilization of reserve troops announcement by Russia.
In a video address to a conference in Turkey’s capital on Russia’s war against Ukraine on Tuesday, Perebyinis said the additional weapons would not lead to an escalation but help to end the war sooner.
“We need additional long-range artillery and ammunition, combat aircrafts, and armed vehicles to continue the liberation of the occupied territories,” the deputy minister said. “We need anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense systems to secure our civilians and critical infrastructure from the terrorist attacks on the Russian forces.”
Perebyinis said: “such assistance doesn’t lead to escalation; it will only bring the end of the war closer. The sooner Ukraine receives weapons, the sooner the war will be over and more lives of Ukrainians will be saved.”
Western weapons have helped Ukraine launch a counterattack that has forced a Russian retreat from some previously conquered terrain.
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KYIV, Ukraine — The city council of Kyiv says it is providing evacuation centers with potassium iodine pills in preparation for a possible nuclear strike on the capital, Ukraine’s largest city.
Potassium iodine pills can help block the absorption of harmful radiation by the thyroid gland if taken just before or immediately after exposure to nuclear radiation.
The pills will be distributed to residents in areas contaminated by nuclear radiation if there is a need to evacuate, the city council said in a statement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he would “use all the means at our disposal” to win the war while his ground forces retreat from a Ukrainian counterattack.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has proposed his own peace plan for Ukraine that would include a redo of referendums in Russian-occupied regions, triggering a wave of criticism from Ukrainians including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Musk argued Monday that Russia should be allowed to keep Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula that it annexed in 2014 and that Ukraine adopt a neutral status, dropping its bid to join NATO. The tech billionaire also argued that the four Ukrainian regions that Russia has just moved to annex following Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” denounced by the West as a sham should hold repeat votes organized by the United Nations.
Musk launched a Twitter poll to ask whether those regions should remain part of Ukraine or become part of Russia.
In a sarcastic response, Zelenskyy suggested a Twitter poll of his own: “Which Elon Musk do you like more? “One who supports Ukraine” or “One who supports Russia.”
And Andrii Melnyk, the outgoing Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, responded to Musk’s proposal with a four-letter word.
Musk replied to Zelenskyy that “I still very much support Ukraine, but am convinced that massive escalation of the war will cause great harm to Ukraine and possibly the world.”
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WASHINGTON — Ukrainian troops are making “substantial gains” in both the east and south of the country, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War says.
In the east, the institute said, Ukrainian forces pushing from Lyman in the Donetsk region may have gone as far as the border of neighboring Luhansk as they advance eastward toward the city of Kreminna.
The gains in the east and on the southern front around Kherson are noteworthy because Russian troops there “were previously considered to be among Russia’s premier conventional fighting forces,” the institute said.
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MOSCOW — The upper house of the Russian parliament has ratified the treaties with four Ukrainian regions to absorb them into Russia.
The Federation Council voted quickly Tuesday to endorse the treaties making the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions part of Russia. The vote came a day after the lower house endorsed the pacts following the Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” in the four regions that Ukraine and the West have rejected as a sham.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is now expected to quickly sign the ratification treaties to complete the process of absorbing the regions even as intense fighting is raging in those areas.
The move by Russia is seen as an escalation of its war effort since it could interpret attacks by Ukrainian forces in those areas as aggressions on its own territory.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s presidential office says at least five civilians have been killed and another 10 have been wounded in the latest Russian shelling.
It said Tuesday that one person was killed when Russian missiles struck Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. A doctor was killed and two nurses were also wounded when Russian shelling hit a hospital in the Kharkiv region.
The southern city of Nikopol across the Dnieper River from the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant came under intense shelling that damaged more than 30 houses, a school and several stores. The shelling interrupted water supplies and led to partial blackouts.
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SHANGHAI, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CARsgen Therapeutics Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 2171.HK), a company focused on innovative CAR T-cell therapies for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, announced that AB011 in combination with atezolizumab monoclonal antibody, Roche's PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor, along with chemotherapy (capecitabine and oxaliplatin) achieved IND clearance from the CDE for first-line treatment Claudin18.2 (CLDN18.2) positive unresectable locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic gastric cancer/gastroesophageal junction cancer.
About AB011
AB011 is a humanized CLDN18.2 monoclonal antibody (mAb) product that has received an investigational new drug (IND) approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the treatment of CLDN18.2 positive solid tumors. CARsgen is conducting a Phase I clinical trial of AB011 for the treatment of CLDN18.2 positive solid tumors in China to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of AB011 infusion. The company has completed the Phase I monotherapy and combination with chemotherapy cohorts enrollment. Data updates from the Phase Ib study (AB011-ST-01, NCT04400383) were reported as a poster presentation at the 2023 ASCO Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium in January 2023.
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America’s career military members spend decades working their way up the ranks. And while they can retire after just 20 years, some end up looking to peddle their experience abroad with permission from the State Department and the Pentagon. The Washington Post spent two years working to obtain records for more than 500 of these retired soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines. It found that some of America’s top former military leaders, including a former defense secretary, are helping anti-democratic countries with a history of human rights abuses, such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Aid workers prepared hot food, wheelchairs and toys Tuesday for civilians slowly making their way to relative safety from the pulverized remnants of a steel plant in the city of Mariupol, besieged for months by Russian forces.
The plant is the last holdout of Ukrainian resistance in a city that is otherwise controlled by Moscow's forces and key to their campaign in Ukraine's east. A senior U.S. official warned that Russia is planning to annex much of the country's east later this month.
At a reception center, stretchers and wheelchairs were lined up, tiny children’s shoes dangled from a shopping cart and a pile of toys waited for the first convoy of civilians whose evacuation is being overseen by the United Nations and Red Cross.
Their arrival would represent a rare glimmer of good news in the nearly 10-week war sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that has killed thousands, forced millions to flee the country, laid waste to towns and cities, and shifted the post-Cold War balance of power in eastern Europe.
More than 100 people — including elderly women and mothers with small children — left Mariupol’s rubble-strewn Azovstal steelworks over the weekend and set out in buses and ambulances.
At least some were apparently taken to a village controlled by Russia-backed separatists. The Russian military said some chose to stay in separatist areas. In the past, Ukraine has accused Moscow’s troops of taking civilians against their will to Russia or Russian-controlled areas — something the Kremlin has denied.
Others left for the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, some 140 miles (230 kilometers) northwest of Mariupol. It was not clear why the evacuees' journey was taking so long, but the convoy likely had to pass through heavily contested areas and many checkpoints.
Mariupol has come to symbolize the human misery inflicted by the war. A Russian siege has trapped civilians with little access to food, water and electricity, as Moscow's forces pounded the city to rubble. The plant — where about 1,000 civilians sought shelter along with some 2,000 fighters who have refused to surrender — has particularly transfixed the outside world.
Mariupol Deputy Mayor Sergei Orlov told the BBC that high-level negotiations were underway among Ukraine, Russia and international organizations on evacuating more people. But Russia resumed its bombardment of the sprawling plant by air, tank and ship after the partial evacuation, Ukraine’s Azov Battalion, whose fighters are holed up in the mill, said Monday on the Telegram messaging app.
After failing to take Kyiv in the early weeks of the war, Russia withdrew some of its forces and switched its focus to Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of the Donbas. Mariupol lies in the region, and its capture would deprive Ukraine of a vital port, allow Russia to establish a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, and free up troops for fighting elsewhere in the Donbas.
Michael Carpenter, U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said Monday that the U.S. believes the Kremlin plans to annex much of eastern Ukraine and recognize the southern city of Kherson as an independent republic. Neither move would be recognized by the United States or its allies, he said.
Russia is planning to hold sham referendums in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the Donbas that would “try to add a veneer of democratic or electoral legitimacy” and attach the entities to Russia, Carpenter said. He also said there were signs that Russia would engineer an independence vote in Kherson.
Mayors and local legislators there have been abducted, internet and cellphone service has been severed and a Russian school curriculum will soon be imposed, Carpenter said. Ukraine’s government says Russia has introduced its ruble as currency there.
Getting a full picture of the unfolding battle in the east has been difficult because airstrikes and artillery barrages have made it extremely dangerous for reporters to move around. Both Ukraine and the Moscow-backed rebels fighting in the east have introduced tight restrictions on reporting.
But so far, Russia’s troops and their allied separatist forces appear to have made only minor gains, taking several small towns as they try to advance in relatively small groups against staunch Ukrainian resistance.
In its daily Twitter statement on the war, the British military said Tuesday it believes the Russian military is now “significantly weaker” after suffering losses in its war on Ukraine.
"Recovery from this will be exacerbated by sanctions,” the ministry said. “Failures both in strategic planning and operational execution have left it unable to translate numerical strength into decisive advantage.”
Ukraine's resistance has been significantly bolstered by Western arms and other aid, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to announce hundreds of millions of pounds in new military support to Kyiv in a speech to Ukraine's parliament Tuesday.
In the remote address, he is expected to echo the words of Britain's World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill by calling Ukraine's defiant response to the Russian invasion the country's “finest hour.”
On Monday, Ukraine said Russia struck a strategic road and rail bridge west of Odesa, a major Black Sea port. The bridge was heavily damaged in previous Russian strikes, and its destruction would cut a supply route for weapons and other cargo from neighboring Romania.
A satellite image captured by Planet Labs PBC and analyzed by The Associated Press showed the bridge still standing as of noon Monday.
Another image, taken Monday, showed nearly 50 Russian military helicopters at Stary Oskol, a Russian base close to the Ukrainian border and some 175 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
Highlighting the toll of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that at least 220 Ukrainian children have been killed by the Russian army since the war began, and 1,570 educational institutions have been destroyed or damaged. He also noted that some people trying to escape the fighting are afraid they'll be taken to Russia or Russian-controlled areas.
More than 1 million people, including nearly 200,000 children, have been taken from Ukraine to Russia, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday, according to state-owned news agency TASS. Defense Ministry official Mikhail Mizintsev said that number included 11,550 people in the previous 24 hours, “without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities.”
Zelenskyy said that the U.N. assured him people fleeing Mariupol would be allowed to go to areas his government controls.
Separate from the official evacuations, some Mariupol residents left on their own, often in damaged private cars.
As sunset approached Monday, Mariupol resident Yaroslav Dmytryshyn rattled up to a reception center in Zaporizhzhia in a car with a back seat full of youngsters and two signs taped to the back window: “Children” and “Little ones.”
“I can’t believe we survived,” he said, looking worn but in good spirits after two days on the road.
“There is no Mariupol whatsoever,″ he said. “Someone needs to rebuild it, and it will take millions of tons of gold.”
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Associated Press journalists Inna Varenytsia and David Keyton in Kyiv, Jon Gambrell and Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Mstyslav Chernov in Kharkiv, and AP staff around the world contributed to this report.
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In a warehouse outside of Chicago, Ida Melbye and a member of her team sort through hundreds of donations of products that not many people like to talk about.
"Period poverty was an issue that I had never had to deal with personally, but when I learned about it, it was just something that I couldn't stop thinking about," she said.
Fighting period poverty is the issue her nonprofit of seven years, The Period Collective, is on a mission to wipe out.
What is period poverty exactly? According to a 2021 survey from U By Kotex, two in five women struggle to buy period products, and this can lead to using substitute products, like socks, stretching products past when they're no longer safe or hygienic to use them, and missing school or work.
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According to the National Organization for Women, the average person who has their period spends $20 per month on supplies.
"It's really hard to live day to day when you don't have the product you need," said Melbye.
Lacey Gero is the manager of state policy at the Alliance for Period Supplies, a national network of non-profits that work to end period poverty.
A big piece of their work is advocating for removing taxes on period products. She says that over the last year, they've seen a big spike in bills, advocating for that as well as more free period products in public places.
"We're seeing a lot more bipartisan support for this issue, and really in a lot of red states," Gero said.
Right now there are 128 pieces of active menstrual equity legislation pending across the country, many of which, especially when it comes to repealing taxes on period products, are in conservative states.
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"We're definitely seeing that there is a more awareness about supporting women and families right now," she said.
Advocates believe that the overturning of abortion rights by the Supreme Court has put a new spotlight on women's issues overall.
"We are excited to see this, the reasons might be, vague and, controversial. but for us, this is an exciting uptick to see that women who are struggling to afford products will finally have some support from their state and government," said Gero.
While product support is good news for people like Melbye and Gero, there is some pushback from local lawmakers who do not believe government dollars should be spent in this way.
Regardless of whether or not these bills are passed, Melbye says she and others like her will continue to be a monthly safety net for women who need help.
"The more lawmakers talk about it, the more influencers talk about it, the more anybody talks about it, the better," she said. | 2023-03-24T21:12:45+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/news/national/advocates-continue-the-push-to-end-period-poverty |
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Fantasy Fest is kicking off in Key West, Florida, on Friday with a full slate of events for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started more than two years ago.
The annual 10-day-long party runs through Oct. 30.
“Due to the COVID pandemic, this will be the first full Fantasy Fest since 2019,” Fantasy Fest board chair Steve Robbins said. “So I know our guests and staff are excited about getting back to the real Fantasy Fest.”
Dozens of themed events are set for the festival, including a nighttime parade featuring floats and elaborately costumed marching groups on Oct. 29. Participants are encouraged to draw costume ideas from the festival theme, “Cult Classics & Cartoon Chaos,” portraying characters inspired by favorite cartoons and television or film productions with a cult following.
Events begin Friday with a Royal Coronation Ball to crown the festival king and queen, following a campaign that awards royalty to the two individuals who raise the most money for AH Monroe, a Keys-based organization providing care, housing and education for HIV patients.
Key West’s Caribbean roots are celebrated this weekend with a Goombay street party in historic Bahama Village. Thousands of locals, costumed as zombies, are to participate in Sunday’s Zombie Bike Ride.
Other highlights are Wednesday’s Pet Masquerade; a Thursday night toga party at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, a watering hole frequented by Ernest Hemingway; next Friday’s Masquerade March; and a flamboyant Headdress Ball.
Initiated in 1979 as a way to bolster tourism revenues during a typically slow fall, Fantasy Fest accounts for some $40 million in economic impact, according to Keys tourism officials.
“Having a full-fledged Fantasy Fest also supports many not-for-profit organizations,” Robbins said. “But it’s certainly a boost to our hospitality industry.”
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As the 17.5-foot 5,855-lb Lincoln Navigator cruised up I-94 at 80 mph, both my hands were firmly affixed to the McDonald’s cheeseburger. Moments later, cheeseburger consumed, I asked my buddy Mark to pass me my fries. I was living my best American life in the leather- and wood-lined luxury liner, letting it cruise confidently while I paid less than strict attention.
Welcome to the future of driving.
The refreshed 2022 Lincoln Navigator is the automaker’s first model to receive its Level 2 hands-free driver assist system dubbed Activeglide It’s a rebranded version of Ford Bluecruise.
After spending a week cruising around town and road-tripping with family and friends, it’s clear Activeglide is in its infancy, and that will require updates to keep up with the competition.
What is Lincoln Activeglide?
The Activeglide system delivers on Lincoln’s promise of hands-free driving, but it’s an assist system for someone who is in the driver’s seat and bears the responsibility—French fries or no. The system takes over control of the throttle, brake, and steering inputs at speeds of up to 80 mph. In theory it could, or should, be able to aim the vehicle down the road for hours at a time both in traffic and while in the middle of nowhere. But it does not make the Navigator a self-driving car.
Today, the system works on 130,000 miles of divided highways that have been mapped via radar. It shouldn’t be used in construction zones. It won’t work when there’s cross-traffic or undefined exits. And it’s supposed to request assistance when it deems a curve in the road to be too much for it to handle safely.
It’s watching you vigilantly
Just like GM’s Super Cruise system, Activeglide has a driver attention monitoring device. An infrared camera system is mounted to the steering column and watches the driver’s eyes to ensure full attention is being paid to the road.
During multiple testing sessions it was clear Lincoln (and subsequently Ford) set an extremely short leash with a mere 4-second allowance before the system demands your eyes are back on the road. In the early days of Super Cruise the leash was about the same length, but GM’s eased up through multiple system updates now allowing eyes to wander for well over double that time period.
The hardware
Bluntly: Lincoln’s (and Ford’s) system is much simpler than that of General Motors and lacks a lot of what makes GM’s system so impressive.
Activeglide relies on the forward-facing camera mounted at the top of the windshield, five radar units around the exterior of the vehicle, a GPS receiver (not a high-definition GPS unit, a key detail), the vehicle’s control systems (though none specifically dedicated to Activeglide), the electric power steering system, a 4G modem, and a driver-facing camera.
There is no redundancy built into the hardware. The reason? Activeglide Chief Engineer Chris Billman told Motor Authority it’s not required because the driver is the fallback, and as such is expected to be ready to take over the vehicle at all times.
The system relies on radar map data that is downloaded to the vehicles once a quarter in totality (GM has over 200,000 miles and that’s about to double to 400,000 miles of mapped roads). The entire set of data lives on the vehicle at all times in its entirety and isn’t fed to the system live tile-by-tile like GM’s Super Cruise.
Seamless to use
Lincoln has set up Activeglide to be possibly one of the most seamless and easiest-to-use systems on the market. First, ensure adaptive cruise control and lane centering with hands-free systems are turned on in the Driver Assistance settings on the 13.2-inch touchscreen infotainment system.
Then, upon merging onto a freeway or entering a mapped zone, an alert will pop-up in the 12.0-inch digital gauge cluster alerting you that the vehicle’s in an Activeglide zone. Hit the cruise control button and the system will take a moment to read the road, understand its surroundings, and then the gauge cluster goes blue with a Navigator image in the center and a constant pulse of dots flowing out from it. A graphic of a steering wheel appears on the left and indicates the vehicle is now in hands-free mode.
Limitations
Activeglide and the Navigator can’t accurately determine which lane the vehicle is located in during certain situations. Without an HD GPS receiver the hardware can’t pinpoint the vehicle down to the specific lane on the road. Relying on the cameras to place the vehicle on the road can only work when the cameras can see the road. Cameras can’t see through metal and cars, so when the Navigator’s in the middle lane and there are vehicles on either side of it, seemingly it doesn’t actually know it’s in the middle lane of the road. This presented a challenge in certain situations as the Navigator attempted to read the lane markings at 70-plus-mph to keep the three-row SUV centered and in its lane consistently.
Like GM’s Super Cruise system, Lincoln Activeglide isn’t meant to work in construction zones. Though, unlike the GM system it doesn’t seem to actually know where active construction zones are. No alerts pop up, and the system didn’t disengage itself immediately. I manually turned it off for safety reasons.
Speeding is allowed with Activeglide, but I was told the system shuts off at over 80 mph. I was able to get the system working at 81 mph, but only twice despite my best efforts. It wouldn’t work at 82 mph. Super Cruise will go to 85 mph and even maintain steering duties, though it hands back control of the throttle and brake, up to 92 mph.
It also won’t work in tunnels. While GM’s Super Cruise system works in tunnels thanks to some fancy use of old-school technology Lincoln’s system says no. It will hand control back to the driver based upon map data and vehicle sensors readings upon entering the tunnel, though it will offer to take back control upon exiting the tunnel.
Currently the system will not execute a lane change automatically, but that functionality is “coming very soon” according to Billman. Super Cruise gained this feature earlier in the year.
Towing won’t work either, a new feature GM’s enabled with its system as it moves from cars into trucks. Lincoln’s system says no. Once a trailer’s hooked up and plugged into the Navigator, Activeglide is disabled and won’t come back online until the trailer’s unhooked from the vehicle. Billman wouldn’t comment on whether hands-free towing will come with a future update to Activeglide.
Real-world differences vs. Super Cruise
When Activeglide works it’s good. But the system falls short of greatness.
A key difference between Activeglide and its crosstown rival Super Cruise is how smooth the GM system is and how far out it’s reading the situation.
Activeglide can’t seem to pick a virtual center line and keep the vehicle on it 100% of the time. There’s slight sway back and forth with the steering wheel making constant corrections even when on a straight road.
The system also doesn’t seem to sense traffic building ahead as quickly as Super Cruise, nor does it apply the brake and throttle as smoothly in stop-and-go traffic. The latter was confirmed multiple times by my wife and daughter who are subject to motion sickness and consistently inform me (loudly) about when active safety systems aren’t acting in a smooth manner.
All of these issues stem from the Navigator trying to process a lot of its surroundings in real time while heavily relying on the camera systems. The throttle and braking issues could be corrected with an updated calibration should Lincoln choose in the future.
Stuck in the attention loop
The attention monitor’s short leash of a consistent 4.0 seconds makes it one of the most vigilant on the market in terms of ensuring the driver is paying attention to the road. The infrared cameras were able to read my eyes through polarized Ray-Ban sunglasses in most situations while cruising endlessly hands-free, until the sun began to set and the system started having issues detecting my eyes through my sunglasses.
At the time it seemed like the angle of the sun mixed with the reflection of the light on my sunglasses caused an issue for the camera system to see my eyes. Billman later told me that it’s human nature to unknowingly start to squint as direct sunlight at certain angles hits the eye regardless of sunglasses. The body partially shuts the eyelids to protect the eyes from the sun, and when this takes place the camera can’t see your eyes. Then the kickdown within the system begins.
The system threw a warning on the gauge cluster that I needed to pay attention. But I was paying attention. It started flashing a red warning in the gauge cluster demanding I pay attention. Then at over 70 mph the system started hitting the brakes intermittently to grab my attention, which it already had. Tugging at the steering wheel did nothing to tell the system I was indeed alert and paying attention. Turning off the system by disengaging cruise control seemingly was the only way to stop this loop.
After waiting a few moments I reengaged the system, but minutes later this entire process started again. I gave up as our exit from the mapped highway was only a few miles away. We had made it most of the way.
Billman told me that had the escalation continued the system would have completely stopped the Navigator on the highway, but in its current state it wouldn’t turn on the hazard lights or call 911.
Second place
Lincoln comes in second place, for now.
Activeglide is only the second truly hands-free driver-assist system on sale in the U.S. that works at highway speeds. It’s good, and fully capable under the right conditions of going for long periods of time without the driver needing to take over the steering wheel. The system’s at its best in the middle of nowhere on the open road.
But there are so many conditions it simply isn’t prepared for yet, like certain curves, tunnels, while towing, and simply the ability to know precisely where the vehicle is in regards to its surroundings on the road.
While Activeglide’s a full step behind GM’s fantastic Super Cruise system in the Escalade, it’s providing a glimpse into the serene future that will enable hands-free driving down the road in a leather-lined luxury liner where fast food can be eaten with both hands, at full speed.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio trio Girl Named Tom took the stage on the Season 22 finale of “The Voice” nearly one year to the date of winning the competition.
On Tuesday, siblings Bekah, Caleb, and Joshua Liechty sang “One More Christmas” as a way to honor their father who died shortly after they clinched “The Voice” crown last year. The song is from the group’s new Christmas album of the same name, which was announced in November on social media.
“At long last we have NEW MUSIC for you beautiful & faithful people!!,” the post read. “We are so proud of ‘One More Christmas’ – we can’t wait to see how these tunes find their way into your special holiday traditions. Out on 11/11✨”
A follow-up social media post included additional details about the recordings.
“Our new EP, One More Christmas is finally released TO THE WORLD!!,” the group wrote. “We poured our hearts and souls into this magical album. Listen to 4 well-known standards and 4 original songs 🎄 We hope you love this brand new Christmas classic as much as we do! 💫”
Last January on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” the three shared the extraordinary experience of celebrating their “Voice” victory with their father who was battling cancer at the time.
“Oh yeah, I mean, not even 24 hours after we won ‘The Voice’ on that stage, we got to be in the hospital room with our dad, all of our family together and that was very, like, surreal, just to share that moment with them,” Bekah told DeGeneres.
In February, they revealed the death of their father, Chris Liechty, in an emotional Instagram post that featured two throwback photos and a touching statement.
“Everywhere we go, Dad will have a front row seat,” the post read in part. “When the magic happens, he’s there. When we break down in the green room, he’s there. We are not leaving him behind, we are taking him with us. It is an honor to carry on his legacy.”
The Pettisville, Ohio natives have had a busy year, touring around the country non-stop except for a short break due to COVID-19, which canceled some performances in Ohio. They performed “America the Beautiful” at this year’s Indianapolis 500, and in October, they made their debut at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Currently, they are opening for Pentatonix on the a cappella group’s “A Christmas Spectacular” tour.
Girl Named Tom made history on Season 21 of “The Voice” in December 2021 as the first group to ever win the competition. | 2022-12-15T05:06:51+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ohios-girl-named-tom-honors-father-with-the-voice-performance/ |
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The University of Arizona announced Thursday that its Center for Creative Photography will host the North American premiere next year of “The Linda McCartney Retrospective,” celebrating her 30-year career as a photographer.
The exhibition will run from Feb. 24 until Aug. 5 and be free to the public, school officials said. They added that the retrospective on McCartney’s career will also highlight her many ties to Tucson, where she died in 1998 from breast cancer at age 56.
McCartney took up photography as a hobby while attending the University of Arizona in the early 1960s, and many of her earliest photos have Tucson’s Sonoran Desert as a backdrop.
She and her famous musician husband bought a 151-acre (61-hectare) ranch on Tucson’s northeast side in 1979, a decade after getting married in London.
“Linda carried a camera with her most of the time capturing images in an instinctive way which left her subjects feeling totally comfortable with the process,” Paul McCartney said in a statement. “She loved to explore and found ways to make her art joyous and innovative at the same time.”
University officials said the exhibition will include nearly 200 pieces, divided into three broad groupings.
One grouping called “Artists” will include a wide range of portraits that Linda McCartney took of cultural and musical icons including The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin and Eric Clapton.
Another grouping, “Family,” will feature images documenting her view of domestic life after moving to England with her family, while “Photographic Exploration” will showcase McCartney’s experiments with photographic processes, including never-before-exhibited screen prints and a wall of Polaroid prints. | 2022-10-20T20:24:31+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/entertainment-news-news/ap-university-of-arizona-to-exhibit-linda-mccartney-photographs/ |
- Women MAKE Awards recognize women in science, technology, engineering and production careers who exemplify leadership within their companies
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner's Carol Cai, Engineering Director, was honored as a 2023 Women MAKE Award recipient for her outstanding contributions to the manufacturing industry. The Women MAKE Awards, formerly known as the STEP Ahead Awards, recognize women in science, technology, engineering and production careers who exemplify leadership within their companies. Cai joins the ranks of 130 exemplary women who were honored by The Manufacturing Institute (MI) and is the seventh consecutive BorgWarner employee to receive the award.
"Carol is incredibly deserving of this award; she is the definition of a true leader and mentor to women across BorgWarner and the industry," said Tania Wingfield, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, BorgWarner Inc., who won the award herself in 2022. "Often regarded as a technical expert, Carol's vast knowledge base and stewardship are qualities that make her a mentor to others. Her dedication to helping other engineers receive cross-functional experience and reach their goals is commendable and we are proud to have her as a member of our team."
Cai began her career with BorgWarner as a simulation supervisor before working her way up to her current position as the company's engineering director in China, a position in which she oversees more than 90 engineers. In this role, she has created and established a turbo research and development team from the ground up. She also had a critical role in launching an organically developed and produced advanced technology that aids with cabin and battery temperature regulation.
A large supporter and proponent of female empowerment and development across the company, Cai makes it a point to carve time out of her busy day to serve as a mentor to young, female engineers. She routinely spends quality one-on-one time with each mentee to help them identify ways in which they can achieve and succeed their goals.
Additionally, Cai volunteers as a company sponsor that aims to recruit and build the talent pool at BorgWarner. She spends countless hours in her community engaging with young graduates who are looking toward a career in engineering by offering guidance and advice. Cai also supports the BorgWarner China Graduate and Internship Program as well as the BorgWarner Employee Overseas Exchange Program, in which she regularly participates as a mentor and speaker.
Recognized as an outstanding female talent herself, she was selected to participate in the BorgWarner Women's Forum, a high honor for exceptional company leaders that provides access to exclusive training sessions and high-level speakers.
Award recipients were recognized during a ceremony on April 20 in Washington, D.C.
About BorgWarner
For more than 130 years, BorgWarner has been a transformative global product leader bringing successful mobility innovation to market. Today, we're accelerating the world's transition to eMobility — to help build a cleaner, healthier, safer future for all.
About The Manufacturing Institute
The Manufacturing Institute (MI) grows and supports the manufacturing industry's skilled workers for the advancement of modern manufacturing. The MI's diverse initiatives support all workers in America, including women, veterans and students, through skills training programs, community building and the advancement of their career in manufacturing. As the workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, the MI is a trusted adviser to manufacturers, equipping them with resources necessary to solve the industry's toughest challenges. For more information, please visit www.themanufacturinginstitute.org.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
1-1-2, Fireball: 8
(one, one, two; Fireball: eight)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
1-1-2, Fireball: 8
(one, one, two; Fireball: eight) | 2022-05-21T03:27:18+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Three-Evening-game-17188546.php |
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP)Austin Crowley had 24 points and Southern Mississippi rolled to a 95-59 victory over Lamar on Saturday.
Crowley added five rebounds, seven assists, and four steals for the Golden Eagles (9-1). Donovan Ivory scored 16 points and added three steals. Felipe Haase shot 5 for 6, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points.
Chris Pryor finished with 17 points and two steals for the Cardinals (4-6). Trey Harris added 13 points for Lamar. Cody Pennebaker also had eight points.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two weeks after the rousing entrance of Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Eminem and Lionel Richie and many others into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles will air on HBO at 8 p.m. on Saturday night, when it can also be seen streaming on HBO Max. If past telecasts are any indication, the 6 1/2-hour will be cut roughly in half for the television audience. Here are a few memorable moments from the show, that might get short shrift on TV.
A MOMENT FOR METAL
Many of this year's Hall inductees had more fame than Judas Priest. None had more rock ‘n’ roll. The heavy metal mainstays delighted a room full of pop-minded Lionel Richie fans and Duran Duran stans who may well have shunned them in their 1980s heyday.
Judas Priest showed they could still bang their graying heads as they lit up the Microsoft Theater on Nov. 5 with a set that included “Breaking the Law” and “Living After Midnight," bringing back former members including original guitarist K.K. Downing and ex-drummer Les Binks.
The Priest acceptances speeches that followed made metal feel warm and fuzzy, especially that the face and frontman of the band, Rob Halford, who went last.
“Hello, I’m the gay guy in the group,” Halford began, bringing cheers. He broke ground when he came out in 1998.
“We call ourselves the heavy metal community which is all-inclusive, no matter what your sexual identity is, what you look like, or what you believe in or don’t believe in," he said. “Everybody’s welcome.”
Halford later thrilled the crowd again by singing part of a verse during the evening-ending all-star jam on Parton's song “Jolene,” the kind of bizarre pairing these moments at the Hall are made for.
Or maybe on this night it wasn't so odd. Parton, who temporarily turned down the honor thinking it should go to a more rocking artist, played up her new status, emerging for her performance in as much black leather as the guys in Judas Priest.
MELLENCAMPING ON THE MIC
Newly minted members whose careers came behind the scenes rarely make Rock Hall headlines or get major minutes on TV. But sometimes those doing the inducting give them a big boost, as three Hall of Famers did this year.
Janet Jackson (class of 2018), dressed as she did on the cover of her breakthrough 1986 album "Control" to pay tribute to the men who helped her make it and were her career's key collaborators, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Bruce Springsteen (class of 1999) sang the praises of Jimmy Iovine, who rose from a mere studio engineer on his 1975 album “Born to Run” to become one of the most important music executives of the past 30 years as founder of Interscope Records. “Congratulations little brother!” Springsteen shouted as he invited Iovine to the stage.
And John Mellencamp (class of 2018) made maybe the night's most memorable speech, a long, sprawling, occasionally awkward but always heartfelt tribute to, of all things, a lawyer.
He inducted Allen Grubman, a co-founder of the Rock Hall and attorney to many current and future members.
“Allen is Jewish, and I bring that up for one reason," Mellencamp said. “I’m a gentile, and my life has been enriched by countless Jewish people.”
Mellencamp made the menace of antisemitism his theme, and while he never mentioned the recent comments of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, he definitely brought them to mind.
“I urge you to speak out, if you’re an artist, against antisemitism, against all forms of bigotry, all forms of hatred," he said.
He added, “I don’t care if you’re Jewish, Black, white, tutti-frutti. I don’t care. Here’s the trick. Silence is complicity. Can I say that again? Silence is complicity.”
“I knew he was going to make me cry," Grubman said when Mellencamp finally brought him to the stage.
Springsteen and Mellencamp couldn't resist getting in on the music, too, taking the stage to close the show with a medley of hits by Jerry Lee Lewis (class of 1986) eight days after his death. “For the killer!" Springsteen said.
A DURAN DURAN DO-OVER DO-VER
In its earliest days, before it was televised, when it was inducting people like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the Rock Hall ceremony was a loose and messy affair. It’s now run with the neat efficiency of a sitcom set.
Which made it all the more exciting when Duran Duran opened the night with a big tech glitch. After a spirited induction from Robert Downey Jr., they took the stage and broke into 1981′s “Girls on Film." Sort of. They were inaudible but for singer Simon Le Bon's voice. They stopped and started over.
“We just had to prove to you that we weren’t lip-synching,” Le Bon said.
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Did you lose money on investments in Outset Medical? If so, please visit Outset Medical, Inc. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com to discuss your rights.
NEW YORK, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the common stock of Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset Medical" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OM) between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Outset Medical is a medical technology company focused on kidney dialysis, the primary treatment for acute and chronic kidney failure. The Company's flagship product is the Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"). Tablo is a dialysis machine that purifies tap water and then artificially purifies and removes toxins from the blood of patients suffering from kidney failure.
Throughout the Class Period, Outset Medical touted that Tablo can "serve as a dialysis clinic on wheels" and had been "cleared by the [U.S.] Food and Drug Administration [(the "FDA")] for use in the hospital, clinic or home setting." Outset Medical contended it was "well-positioned" to "help accelerate th[e] shift to home-based hemodialysis therapy" prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, patient preferences, government initiatives, and reimbursement changes.
However, devices like Tablo that are used by non-professionals outside of a clinical setting and can present serious health consequences are subject to heightened scrutiny by the FDA, including post-market surveillance studies. Thus, though cleared by the FDA for sale, Tablo was subject to additional studies for use in the home setting, the results of which could require additional applications for clearance and approvals.
While performing further regulatory studies during the Class Period, the Company assured investors that it was conducting the studies "in accordance with the FDA approved protocol," which required an appropriate demonstration of "real-world" human testing given that the device would be used at home by non-professionals.
Undisclosed to investors, and as Defendants have now admitted, Outset Medical "continuously" made significant changes to Tablo for use in the home setting. The nature of these undisclosed changes: (1) made it likely that the FDA would order the Company to cease all marketing and selling of Tablo for use in the home pending additional applications and approvals; and (2) prevented the Company from performing the requisite "real-world" human testing on a device cleared for sale, contrary to representations to investors.
Investors began to learn the truth after the markets closed on May 4, 2022, when the Company announced disappointing results for the first quarter of 2022, which analysts attributed, inter alia, to the untested nature of Tablo in the home setting. In response to this disclosure, and as the market digested this news, the price of Outset Medical common stock declined more than 40% over the three trading days that followed, from a closing price of $39.94 per share on May 4, 2022, to a closing price of $23.06 per share on May 9, 2022.
Then, after the markets closed on June 13, 2022, Outset Medical announced that the FDA had forced the Company to hold all shipments of Tablo for use in the home until Tablo received proper regulatory clearance. During an "FDA Review Call" held that day with analysts, Company Chief Executive Officer Leslie Trigg acknowledged the "ship hold" had already been in place for weeks before investors were provided this material information. Trigg also disclosed for the first time that, rather than conducting studies using "real-world data" gathered in the "home environment", as the Company previously stated was required by the FDA, Outset Medical had "run with a protocol that involves a simulated use environment at a human factors lab." During the same call, it was also announced the Company was "suspending our prior full-year and long-term guidance."
On this news, the Company's stock price fell over 34%, to close at $13.46 per share on June 14, 2022.
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TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 30, 2022
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Taylor-
Including the city of Abilene
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100.
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70s. Highs around 100.
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Tom Green-
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328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
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in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
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Lows in the lower 70s.
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Brown-
Including the cities of Brownwood and Indian Creek
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
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15 mph.
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mid 70s. Highs around 100.
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in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
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Nolan-
Including the city of Sweetwater
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100.
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Highs in the upper 90s.
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Highs in the upper 90s.
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Kimble-
Including the cities of Cleo, Junction, London, Roosevelt,
Segovia, and Telegraph
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
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in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain
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McCulloch-
Including the cities of Brady, Fife, Lohn, Rochelle, and Voca
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
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15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100.
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mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
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Haskell-
Including the cities of Irby and Haskell
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
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15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
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in the upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105.
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Including the cities of Throckmorton and Woodson
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
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5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
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upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105.
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upper 70s. Highs around 100.
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mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
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Fisher-
Including the cities of Rotan and Roby
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
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upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105.
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in the upper 70s. Highs around 100.
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Jones-
Including the cities of Stamford, Stith, Anson, Funston, Truby,
Tuxedo, and Hamlin
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105.
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the upper 70s. Highs around 100.
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Shackelford-
Including the city of Albany
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
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15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
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5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
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upper 70s. Highs around 100.
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Callahan-
Including the cities of Clyde, Eula, Dudley, Baird,
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328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
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15 mph.
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10 to 15 mph.
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15 mph.
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upper 70s. Highs around 100.
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mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
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Sterling-
Including the cities of Broome and Sterling City
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs
around 100. Lows in the mid 70s.
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Lows in the lower 70s.
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Coke-
Including the cities of Robert Lee, Sanco, Silver, Bronte,
and Tennyson
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
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mid 70s. Highs 100 to 105.
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in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
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Including the cities of Ballinger, Benoit, Hatchel, Rowena,
Crews, Winters, and Pumphrey
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
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TXZ139-312030-
Coleman-
Including the cities of Coleman, Echo, Fisk, Valera, Voss,
and Trickham
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ071-312030-
Irion-
Including the cities of Barnhart, Arden, Mertzon, and Sherwood
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ073-312030-
Concho-
Including the cities of Eden, Live Oak, and Lowake
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ155-312030-
San Saba-
Including the cities of Chappel, Cherokee, Harkeyville,
and San Saba
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
$$
TXZ076-312030-
Crockett-
Including the city of Ozona
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ077-312030-
Schleicher-
Including the city of Eldorado
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ168-312030-
Menard-
Including the cities of Erna, Fort Mckavett, Hext, and Menard
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
$$
TXZ170-312030-
Mason-
Including the cities of Fredonia, Katemcy, Koockville,
Loyal Valley, Mason, Pontotoc, and Streeter
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
$$
TXZ078-312030-
Sutton-
Including the city of Sonora
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 31 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
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Actor Julian Sands missing in Southern California mountains
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) — Actor Julian Sands, star of several Oscar-nominated films including “A Room With a View,” has been missing for five days in the Southern California mountains, where he was hiking, authorities said Wednesday.
Sands, 65, was reported missing Friday on a trail on Mt. Baldy, San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Gloria Huerta said.
Search and rescue crews looked for Sands in the area of the San Gabriel Mountains, about 40 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, but had to suspend the ground search on Saturday because of trail conditions and avalanche risks, and have not been able to resume since, Huerta said.
They are searching for Sands as weather allows with helicopters and drones, and will resume the ground search when it’s safe, authorities said.
The latest in a series of storms that have created dangerous mountain conditions swept into Southern California on Friday and lasted through the weekend. Two other hikers have recently died in the area.
Representatives for Sands, an English-born actor who now lives in North Hollywood, did not immediately reply to emails seeking comment or further details.
Sands starred opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the 1985 British romance from director James Ivory, “A Room With a View.”
He also had major roles in in 1989′s “Warlock,” 1990′s “Arachnophobia,” 1991′s “Naked Lunch,” 1993′s “Boxing Helena,” and 1995′s “Leaving Las Vegas.”
Sands has worked consistently in the decades since with smaller roles in film and television.
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NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesmerize (www.mesmerize.com), a prominent media company specializing in patient education at the point of care, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Pursuant Health. The Pursuant Health kiosk is a free health resource that provides biometric screenings (weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure, and heart rate) and clinically-valid, user-friendly health assessments to over 1.6 million users every month in major retail locations nationwide.
The partnership will present new and existing Mesmerize clients with a unique ability to reach consumers at scale while they are in a health-focused environment and making their purchasing decisions. Pursuant Health kiosks are widely used by individuals who have an interest in improving their health, providing an optimal advertising environment for products such as healthy foods, OTC and pharmaceuticals, and supplements. Digital and static opportunities expose shoppers to branded messaging while they are filling prescriptions, browsing for health products, walking by the pharmacy area, or using the Pursuant Health kiosk.
"Pursuant Health shares Mesmerize's mission to make healthcare accessible to all by bringing free health screenings to one of the most widely accessible and frequently visited destinations: the retail store," said Craig Mait, Mesmerize President & Chief Revenue Officer. "Mesmerize is excited to collaborate with Pursuant Health to offer advertisers another means of reaching health-conscious individuals along their healthcare journey."
"Pursuant Health is thrilled to partner with Mesmerize and leverage their existing relationships with pharmaceutical, OTC, and CPG clients to ensure the most relevant messages are being delivered to Pursuant Health Kiosk users," said Jody Mitchell, Senior Vice President at Pursuant Health.
Mesmerize specializes in patient education at the point of care. Mesmerize provides targeted educational materials including digital and static wallboards, literature distribution, and branded medical essentials to patients and caregivers in waiting rooms, exam rooms, and other high traffic areas of doctors' offices, community-based organizations, AIDS service organizations, and independent and chain pharmacies.
Pursuant Health operates a network of over 4,600 health kiosks located in high-traffic retail pharmacies throughout the country, enabling people to regularly check in with their health when it is convenient for them. Pursuant Health kiosks are HIPAA-Compliant, FDA-Cleared Class II Medical Devices that provide free biometric screenings and clinically-valid health assessments to help people understand personal health risks and track metrics over time.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California man who pleaded guilty to plotting to firebomb the state Democratic Party’s headquarters and other buildings in Northern California must undergo a psychiatric examination, a judge said.
The court wants more information about the mental state of Ian Benjamin Rogers before he is sentenced, Senior U.S. District Judge Charles E. Breyer wrote in an order filed in San Francisco on Friday.
Prosecutors said Rogers and another man conspired to attack targets they associated with Democrats after former President Donald Trump’s defeat in the November 2020 presidential election, including the California governor’s mansion and buildings for social media companies Facebook and Twitter.
Breyer on Friday ordered sentencing documents turned over to a psychiatrist to “assess the defendant’s mental condition, recommend an appropriate course of treatment, if any, and assess the defendant’s dangerousness,” according to the order cited Monday by the Sacramento Bee.
A report is due within 60 days. Rogers’ Oct. 27 sentencing date was postponed.
Rogers, of Napa, pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to destroy the building in Sacramento by fire or explosives, possessing an explosive device and possessing a machine gun as part of an agreement that could bring him seven to nine years in federal prison.
But three weeks ago, Breyer rejected the proposed plea agreement, saying he was concerned that Rogers hadn’t shown any remorse for his actions and had told probation officials for a pre-sentencing report that he only felt bad for putting himself in a situation ”that allowed the government to destroy my life.”
The judge said: “I have to say in … 23 years I’ve never seen that type of statement. I’ve never seen a defendant come in and simply say I regret I was caught.”
A co-defendant, Jarrod Copeland, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy and destruction of records. He also was scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 27. | 2022-10-18T21:40:35+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-man-who-wanted-to-blow-up-democratic-hq-must-have-psych-exam/ |
GENEVA, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Canada, a business unit of Pratt & Whitney, today announced that its new PW545D engine will power the Cessna Citation Ascend, the latest addition to Textron Aviation's business jet family. The engine was designed and enhanced for Textron Aviation to deliver improved specific fuel consumption (SFC), thrust and time between overhauls (TBO).
"The PW500 turbofan family has established itself as the engine of choice for light to mid-size business jets thanks to its proven safety, reliability and durability, attractive operating economics and comprehensive maintenance plans," stated Nicholas Kanellias, vice president, General Aviation. "The PW545D is the latest engine in this family. We injected all we've learned from the more than 4,600 PW500 engines produced to-date, which have accumulated over 22 million flying hours. This new engine is even more fuel-efficient, offers greater thrust and an increased TBO of up to 6,000 hours for eligible customers."
Building on the success of the PW545C, the PW545D incorporates new materials and technology. These include:
- A more efficient high-pressure compressor for increased flow,
- An enhanced single-stage, high-pressure turbine module, and
- An advanced exhaust mixer to reduce fuel consumption and noise.
The new engine is also equipped with Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) technology, which is included with many PW500 models. This enables the Citation Ascend to integrate new auto-throttle technology that simplifies control, maximizes efficiency and reduces pilot workload.
The engine supports digitally driven advanced health monitoring and diagnostics, in combination with the FAST™ (Flight, Acquisition, Storage and Transmission) system. With FAST™, the engine's full-flight data is downloaded, stored and analyzed by experts, enabling deep insights and predictive diagnostics to optimize engine performance and maintenance requirements. Customers with FAST™ installed who are enrolled in Pratt & Whitney's Eagle Service™ Plan (ESP™) pay-per-hour maintenance program may take advantage of the 6,000-hour TBO option.
The PW545D engine will help provide Citation Ascend operators with the flexibility to accomplish a variety of missions, including charter services, personal transportation and corporate flights. It also delivers the impressive reliability for which the PW500 has become known over the decades, with an excellent track record of dispatch availability and reliability, complemented by our comprehensive plans that lock in maintenance costs.
Along with other members of the PW500 family, the PW545D features a compact, accessible design that facilitates installation and on-wing maintenance. It is supported by Pratt & Whitney's industry-leading global service network. This includes over 50 Pratt & Whitney -owned and -designated facilities, more than 100 Field Support Managers on all major continents, a 24/7 Customer First Centre for rapid expert support and the largest pool of Pratt & Whitney Canada rental and exchange engines on the market.
The PW545D can operate on blends of up to 50% SAF with conventional Jet A kerosene. This is part of Pratt & Whitney Canada's ongoing efforts – in collaboration with public and private parties – to lead the way in developing sustainable solutions that will help the industry reach its target of net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
This year, Pratt & Whitney Canada is celebrating 1 billion hours of flight for its entire engine fleet. for which 350 million flying hours can be attributed to powering Textron Aviation's fleet of aircraft.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music as a genre has always been a melting pot of influences and cultures, often shifting and morphing to reflect popular sounds and trends. BRELAND’s debut full-length album “Cross Country” builds on that history, interpolating and sampling older songs and bringing in his background in gospel, R&B and hip-hop under the expansive umbrella of country music.
“I’ve gone on and on about cross country being the intersection of country and all these other genres,” said the 27-year-old New Jersey native. “But when you zoom out from that definition a little bit, and in practice, in reality, cross country is a movement.”
Since his breakout viral hit, “My Truck,” landed in 2019, BRELAND has quickly immersed himself in Nashville’s songwriting rooms, taking over as the king of country collabs. He’s had songs with Keith Urban, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, Jimmie Allen, Dierks Bentley, Tennille Townes, Lauren Alaina and Chase Rice, just to name a few. With each co-writing session, he’s building on his brand of a more fluid and inclusive genre.
“We live in a world where there are a lot of different divisions,” said BRELAND. “They pop up everywhere, whether it’s political or not, people don’t really agree on a lot. And music is one of the unifiers that we have. It’s one of the only things that we have that really brings people together.”
The Georgetown University grad grew up in a very musical family, which he jokingly referred to as the Von Trapps. His parents met in a gospel choir and they have continued their musical ministry. After singing in a cappella in college, BRELAND moved to Atlanta to write songs for other artists. But his goal has always been to be a singer, and after seeing positive reaction on social media to a demo for “My Truck,” he took the leap.
He got early support from Urban, a similarly minded country artist who brought him into the studio to work on tracks for Urban’s 2020 record “Speed of Now, Pt. 1.” Since then, BRELAND has been hopping from one collaboration to the next. Those collabs also led to his first CMA nomination for musical event of the year on the Bentley No. 1 song “Beers on Me” with HARDY.
“When I’m in those types of rooms, I’m not really worried about what the outcome is going to be. I just want to try to make the best song possible,” said BRELAND. “I think musically I bring so many different sounds and possibilities on a record that if I’m on a more country-leaning song, I might be the hip-hop element as a feature. If I’m on a more hip hop-leaning song, I might be the country element.”
His album has even more features with other artists: a country trap song anchored by Urban’s banjo and vocals, a poppy duet with Ingrid Andress, a slow jam drinking song with country group Lady A and the title track with Mickey Guyton.
Together with his producers Sam Sumser and Sean Snell, BRELAND also reinterprets samples and interpolations of older country songs to bridge his music to country’s past, most notably songs by female artists. In a homage to Shania Twain, BRELAND’s “Natural” mimics the distinctive guitar riffs from “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” while the song “County Line” uses the jingly keyboard from the No. 1 crossover hit “Nobody” by Sylvia, which came out in 1982.
Co-written with Hunt and country singer-songwriter Ernest, BRELAND raps about small town characters with tongue-in-cheek lyrics over a beat built over the distinctive ’80s sounding “Nobody” melody. Ernest said that Sumser brought them the sample, and the writers immediately started vibing on its throwback sound.
“Trends come back around,” Ernest said of reworking the song. “I think we’re just all tipping our hat and paying homage to the stuff that had the sauce before us.”
BRELAND said, “Both of those songs can exist under the umbrella of historical country music.”
Given that gospel was his family’s cornerstone, BRELAND said his parents ideally would have wanted him to continue that path of religious music. But he found a different way to preach a unifying message.
“Whether or not it’s a directly religious message, I do think that there is a God message in the music, which is being positive,” said BRELAND. “I want people to feel good. I want people to be positive. I want people to love each other.”
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Online: https://www.brelandmusic.com/
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Courthouse evacuated ahead of hearing for militia leader
By MARY HUDETZ
Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A detention hearing for the leader of an armed group that stopped asylum-seeking families near the U.S.-Mexico border was delayed Monday after the federal courthouse was abruptly evacuated.
The U.S. Marshals Service said it could not immediately provide information on why the courthouse was cleared, but the morning hearing for Larry Mitchell Hopkins was expected to resume after 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Attorneys and court officials exited and gathered in front of the courthouse in Albuquerque, as several Homeland Security vehicles arrived at the courthouse with lights flashing. At least one of the SUVs was marked for transporting a K-9.
Hopkins, the armed group's leader who has been indicted on a weapons charge, was escorted out of the courtroom where he had been waiting to appear before a magistrate judge for a hearing his attorney expected would last about 10 minutes.
The charge stems from a 2017 visit by an FBI agent to his home in northern New Mexico. An indictment cites previous criminal convictions against the 69-year-old resident of Flora Vista for impersonation of a police officer and repeated firearms violations.
He was arrested April 20 in Sunland Park, New Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. Defense attorney Kelly O'Connell said Mitchell would dispute the charge, as he questioned the motivation and timing of his client's arrest.
O'Connell also said he planned to argue for Mitchell to be released as he awaited trial, saying he didn't pose a threat.
"If he's so dangerous, why didn't that (indictment) come two years ago," O'Connell said.
The indictment against Hopkins, made public on Friday, offers no new details about his involvement with an armed group called the United Constitutional Patriots, who say they want to draw attention to immigration violations and help federal law enforcement in patrolling the border.
The FBI has declined to comment on why it waited to bring charges against Hopkins following a search at his home in 2017. His arrest follows widespread criticism after videos surfaced of members of the United Constitutional Patriots carrying firearms and detaining groups of immigrants crossing the border.
In 2017, Hopkins allegedly invited an FBI agent into his home and showed him at least nine weapons and ammunition. According to the complaint, he first told the agent that the weapons belonged to his live-in girlfriend, but he then referred to one of the weapons as his.
An earlier complaint filed in U.S. District Court maintains that Hopkins told members of the Patriots in 2017 that they "were training to assassinate George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama, because of these individuals support of Antifa," or anti-fascists.
If convicted on the charge in the indictment, Hopkins faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Armed civilian groups have been a fixture on the border for years, especially when large numbers of migrants arrive. Amid the current rise in people seeking asylum, a larger portion of migrants are children.
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Associated Press writer Morgan Lee contributed to this report from Santa Fe.
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Which ‘Rainbow High’ dolls are best?
It seems like every other day there’s a new type of doll that’s all the rage. It’s not Barbies, Cabbage Patch Kids or Bratz anymore. Among the most popular dolls currently are “Rainbow High” ones, which made their debut in mid-2020. These dolls represent the colors of the rainbow, which gives them their name. There’s even a TV series about them on Netflix.
Even though these dolls are still fairly new, there are already dozens of them to collect — not to mention the range of accessories and playsets you can get for them.
What to know before you buy a ‘Rainbow High’ doll
Collections
“Rainbow High” dolls are available in several lines, including the main “Rainbow High” line and the Shadow High line. Most of these lines have seen multiple waves of dolls released, called series. On top of these are limited, special and collector’s editions separate from other lines and series.
There are currently four series of the main “Rainbow High” line; multiple limited, special and collector’s edition dolls; six themed lines such as “winter break” or “cheerleader squad” and two series of the “Shadow High” spinoff line.
Cost
A doll on its own typically costs $15 to $25. Packages with more than one doll or with a range of accessories can cost up to $100.
What are the best ‘Rainbow High’ dolls to buy?
“Rainbow High” Karma Nichols Doll Set
This series two line Karma doll set has a collection of clothes including two tank tops, two skirts, two sets of shoes and a jacket. There are two hangers to keep the clothes organized and a stand to display it.
Sold by Amazon
“Rainbow High” Lila Yamamoto Doll Set
This series four line Lila doll set has a collection of clothes, such as two pairs of shoes and accessories such as a pair of earrings and a comb. There’s also a stand to display it.
Sold by Amazon
“Rainbow High” My Runway Friend Amaya Raine Doll Set
This My Runway Friends series one Amaya doll set is 2 feet tall and comes with an accessory set that includes bracelets and a ring that can be worn by your child.
Sold by Amazon
“Rainbow High” Mila Berrymore Doll Set
This series four Mila doll set includes two outfits you can mix and match with, two sets of shoes, a pair of earrings, a comb and a stand to display it.
Sold by Amazon
“Rainbow High” Amaya Raine Doll Set
This Junior High series two Amaya doll set is slightly shorter than the main line of dolls, representing her younger age. The set includes several pieces of clothing and accessories such as a backpack.
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“Rainbow High” Bella Parker Doll Set
This Junior High series two Bella doll set includes a backpack and a comb to keep her hair looking perfect. The set also includes several pieces of clothing, such as socks and shoes.
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“Rainbow High” Jewel Richie Doll Set
This series four Jewel doll set includes many accessories such as multiple bracelets, a choker and a pair of earrings. It also bundles in two complete outfits and a stand for displaying it.
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“Rainbow High” Skyler Bradshaw Doll Set
This Winter Break series one Skylar doll set includes everything needed to stay warm and have fun on the ski slopes, including jackets and a snowboard. There are also some stylish clothes for a night out at the lodge.
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“Rainbow High” Meena Fleur Doll Set
This series four Meena doll set is vibrantly orange and gold, making it a perfect gift for a child who loves those colors. Two complete outfits and a range of accessories such as six bracelets round out the set.
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“Rainbow High” Sabrina St. Cloud Doll Set
This Rainbow Vision series one Sabrina doll set includes everything needed to make Sabrina a star, including a microphone and all the makeup-related accessories a doll could ever need.
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“Rainbow High” Heather Grayson Doll Set
This “Shadow High” series one Heather doll set breaks the “Rainbow High” mold by going grayscale rather than colorful. It still includes two outfits and a stand like most “Rainbow High” doll sets.
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“Rainbow High” Natasha Zima Doll Set
This “Shadow High” series one Natasha doll set is made of nothing but white, in sharp contrast to almost every other “Rainbow High” doll set of any line or series.
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“Rainbow High” Delilah Fields Doll Set
This series four Delilah doll set comes with her hair pre-styled with the use of gel. Just wash it carefully and you can then use the included comb to style it as you wish.
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“Rainbow High” Nicole Steel Doll Set
This “Shadow High” series one Nicole doll set includes more individual pieces of clothing than most “Rainbow High” doll sets, including a pair of socks and two jackets. It has a stand for displaying it.
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“Rainbow High” Special-Edition Storm Twins Doll Set
This “Shadow High” special edition includes two dolls — Naomi and Veronica Storm — instead of the usual one and includes multiple pieces of clothing and accessories, plus stands to display both dolls.
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“Rainbow High” Uma Vanhoose Doll Set
This “Shadow High” Rainbow Vision series one Uma doll set is ready to shred, thanks to the included guitar and guitar case. It also has several pieces of clothing and accessories, plus a display stand.
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“Rainbow High” Shanelle Onyx Doll Set
This “Shadow High” series one Shanelle doll set is almost entirely black, save for the grayscale skirt. There are several accessories, including two onyx teardrop-shaped earrings, and a display stand.
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“Rainbow High” Fashion Studio With Avery Styles Doll Set
This collector’s edition Avery doll set includes enough clothes and two colored wigs to make more than 300 unique outfits. Avery is exclusive to this set.
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“Rainbow High” Krystal Bailey Doll Set
This Junior High series two Krystal doll set is ready for school thanks to its backpack and comb. The pleasant purple colors of her clothes and accessories help her stand out from the crowd.
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(Our Auto Expert) – Over the last decade, Subaru has proven its dedication to preserving America’s National Parks through substantial contributions. With over $55 million in donations to date, Subaru has recently been recognized as the National Park Foundation’s largest corporate sponsor. This achievement highlights the company’s commitment to protecting and conserving the natural wonders that define our nation.
It comes as no surprise that Subaru and its customers have a deep appreciation for the great outdoors. Almost every vehicle manufactured by Subaru is equipped with their legendary Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, making them ideal for adventures off the beaten path. Subaru has established a strong connection between its vehicles and the great outdoors, encouraging its customers to explore America’s vast beauty.
Continuing its legacy of rugged versatility, the Subaru Crosstrek has undergone a complete redesign for 2024, marking the start of its highly anticipated third generation. With the ability to conquer challenging terrains, the Crosstrek surpasses its competitors with a remarkable ground clearance of at least 8.7 inches. The Wilderness trim offers an impressive 9.3 inches of ground clearance, accompanied by aggressive all-terrain tires and a fittingly sharp and rugged exterior design for off-road enthusiasts seeking an even more capable ride.
Why is Subaru committed to preserving America’s National Parks? The answer lies in their desire to empower their customers to embark on unforgettable adventures in vehicles like the all-new 2024 Subaru Crosstrek. Subaru aims to raise public awareness and engagement regarding the importance of preserving these natural treasures for future generations.
Subaru’s substantial financial support has kick-started various programs focused on recycling, composting, and waste reduction to achieve this goal. These initiatives have removed over 19 million pounds of waste from iconic national parks, including Denali, Grand Teton, and Yosemite.
Subaru plans to continue its unwavering support for the National Park Foundation through its annual Share the Love event. By participating in this initiative, Subaru protects wildlife and parklands throughout America and fosters a deep sense of environmental stewardship among its customers.
Starting this spring, the highly anticipated 2024 Subaru Crosstrek will be available at $24,995. As Subaru enthusiasts eagerly await its arrival, the all-new Crosstrek promises to be the perfect companion for those seeking thrilling outdoor adventures.
With Subaru’s commitment to preserving America’s National Parks and introducing the all-new 2024 Subaru Crosstrek, the future looks brighter for both nature enthusiasts and adventure-seekers alike. | 2023-05-22T22:04:45+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/automotive/subaru-becomes-top-national-park-foundation-corporate-sponsor-after-passing-55m-in-donations/ |
The Glitz and Glamour Foundation is hosting an event this weekend to benefit breast cancer survivors and raise awareness.
Denise Sanders, president/founder of Glitz and Glamour Foundation, and Dawn Hughes, breast cancer survivor and ambassador of Glitz and Glamour Foundation, joined us Thursday on “Life.Style.Live!” to share what you can expect from the event.
It’s happening on Sunday, October 16 at Biltwell Event Center (950 S White River Pkwy.)
For more information, click here and visit:
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