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Emma Frommeyer and her family traveled to Los Angeles for a Hollywood concert experience and their first-ever visit to the ocean, courtesy of Mercury Cares
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercury Insurance has been helping people through the most difficult of times for more than 60 years. Mercury's unwavering commitment to its customers hasn't changed since it first opened its doors in 1962, and over the years that promise to do the right thing has expanded to include a variety of programs through the company's Mercury Cares initiative.
Mercury Cares was developed to support causes, organizations and individuals that go above and beyond to serve their communities. This desire to help and support everyday heroes led Mercury Cares to The Bear Fund and Cancer Support Community, who introduced us to an incredible young woman who is the personification of hope, determination and the power of positivity – Emma Frommeyer.
Emma is, in many ways, a typical teenager. She loves music, makeup and hanging out with friends, but there is one thing that sets her apart from most teenagers – Emma has a brain tumor and is fighting for her life.
"Since being diagnosed with cancer, Emma hasn't had the chance to do the things a 13-year-old should be able to do," said Trista Conner, Emma's aunt. "The Bear Fund has really been there for Emma and the family, providing gas cards to help get Emma to treatment, which is an hour and a half each way. And Mercury showed how much they care when they gifted a dream to trip to Los Angeles so Emma could see one of her favorite music artists and enjoy some beach time with her family. We are so thankful for the joy that it's brought the family."
Mercury produced a series of videos sharing Emma and her family's story. These inspirational videos will allow viewers to get to know this amazing young lady and watch her journey, as she and her family show the world what it means to look on the bright side of life, even when it seems like the odds are against you.
"Mercury Cares partners with like-minded organizations that are committed to providing valuable services to the customers and communities we help protect," said Erik Thompson, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Mercury Insurance. "We're proud we can partner with the Bear Fund to help celebrate and support cancer patients like Emma and her family."
The Bear Fund was founded after Heather and Nick Baker's youngest child, Barrett ("Bear"), was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer. During that time, Heather and Nick began to notice the economic challenges some families on the hospital floors were facing. They decided they wanted to help, so they established The Bear Fund, in partnership with the Cancer Support Community, a 40 year old 501c3 charity, to provide financial support and navigation services to families with children diagnosed with cancer.
"We walked by rooms to see children having to go through treatment or recover from surgery alone and we realized there's got to be something we can do to help," said Heather Baker. "Parents shouldn't have to worry about missing work one day so they can be with their kids during treatment. We wanted to do what we could with the help of amazing donors to make this tough journey just a little bit easier."
Inspired by Emma's experience, Mercury Insurance is committed to bringing more awareness to The Bear Fund by giving away tickets to a Live Nation VIP Nation concert. For a limited time, all donors to The Bear Fund will be entered into a drawing to win two Live Nation VIP Nation 2023 concert experiences. Four lucky winners will be chosen. No purchase is necessary to enter to win and the contest is open to U.S. residents 18 years of age and older. Official rules and how to enter can be found at https://bit.ly/DonateToBeABear.
Mercury Insurance (NYSE: MCY) is a multiple-line insurance carrier offering personal auto, homeowners, and renters insurance directly to consumers and through a network of independent agents in Arizona, California, Illinois, Georgia, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, as well as auto insurance in Florida. Mercury also writes business owners, business auto, landlord, commercial multi-peril and mechanical protection insurance in various states.
Since 1962, Mercury has provided customers with tremendous value for their insurance dollar by pairing ultracompetitive rates with excellent customer service. Mercury has earned "A" ratings from A.M. Best and Fitch, as well as "Best Auto Insurance Company" designations from Forbes and Insure.com. For more information visit www.MercuryInsurance.com or follow the company on Twitter or Facebook.
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it’s probably the most efficient route.
That’s because she’s been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system’s pervasive security cameras with facial recognition. She says police would tell her the cameras “reacted” to her — although they often seemed not to understand why, and would let her go after a few hours.
“It seems like I’m in some kind of a database,” says Maksimova, who was previously arrested twice: in 2019 after taking part in a demonstration in Moscow and in 2020 over her environmental activism.
For many Russians like her, it has become increasingly hard to evade the scrutiny of the authorities, with the government actively monitoring social media accounts and using surveillance cameras against activists.
Even an online platform once praised by users for easily navigating bureaucratic tasks is being used as a tool of control: Authorities plan to use it to serve military summonses, thus thwarting a popular tactic by draft evaders of avoiding being handed the military recruitment paperwork in person.
Rights advocates say that Russia under President Vladimir Putin has harnessed digital technology to track, censor and control the population, building what some call a “cyber gulag” — a dark reference to the labor camps that held political prisoners in Soviet times.
It’s new territory, even for a nation with a long history of spying on its citizens.
“The Kremlin has indeed become the beneficiary of digitalization and is using all opportunities for state propaganda, for surveilling people, for de-anonymizing internet users,” said Sarkis Darbinyan, head of legal practice at Roskomsvoboda, a Russian internet freedom group the Kremlin deems a “foreign agent.”
RISING ONLINE CENSORSHIP AND PROSECUTIONS
The Kremlin’s seeming indifference about digital monitoring appeared to change after 2011-12 mass protests were coordinated online, prompting authorities to tighten internet controls.
Some regulations allowed them to block websites; others mandated that cellphone operators and internet providers store call records and messages, sharing the information with security services if needed. Authorities pressured companies like Google, Apple and Facebook to store user data on Russian servers, to no avail, and announced plans to build a “sovereign internet” that could be cut off from the rest of the world.
Many experts initially dismissed these efforts as futile, and some still seem ineffective. Russia’s measures might amount to a picket fence compared to China’s Great Firewall, but the Kremlin online crackdown has gained momentum.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, online censorship and prosecutions for social media posts and comments spiked so much that it broke all existing records.
According to Net Freedoms, a prominent internet rights group, more than 610,000 web pages were blocked or removed by authorities in 2022 -– the highest annual total in 15 years — and 779 people faced criminal charges over online comments and posts, also a record.
A major factor was a law, adopted a week after the invasion, that effectively criminalizes antiwar sentiment, said Net Freedoms head Damir Gainutdinov. It outlaws “spreading false information” about or “discrediting” the army.
Human Rights Watch cited another 2022 law allowing authorities “to extrajudicially close mass media outlets and block online content for disseminating ‘false information’ about the conduct of Russian Armed Forces or other state bodies abroad or for disseminating calls for sanctions on Russia.”
SOCIAL MEDIA USERS ‘SHOULDN’T FEEL SAFE’
Harsher anti-extremism laws adopted in 2014 targeted social media users and online speech, leading to hundreds of criminal cases over posts, likes and shares. Most involved users of the popular Russian social media platform VKontakte, which reportedly cooperates with authorities.
As the crackdown widened, authorities also targeted Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Telegram. About a week after the invasion, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter were blocked in Russia, but users of the platforms were still prosecuted.
Marina Novikova, 65, was convicted this month in the Siberian city of Seversk of “spreading false information” about the army for antiwar Telegram posts, fining her the equivalent of over $12,400. A Moscow court last week sentenced opposition activist Mikhail Kriger to seven years in prison for Facebook comments in which he expressed a desire “to hang” Putin. Famous blogger Nika Belotserkovskaya, who lives in France, received a nine-year prison term in absentia for Instagram posts about the war that the authorities claimed spread “fakes” about the army.
“Users of any social media platform shouldn’t feel safe,” Gainutdinov said.
Rights advocates worry that online censorship is about to expand drastically via artificial intelligence systems to monitor social media and websites for content deemed illicit.
In February, the government’s media regulator Roskomnadzor said it was launching Oculus — an AI system that looks for banned content in online photos and videos, and can analyze more than 200,000 images a day, compared with about 200 a day by humans. Two other AI systems in the works will search text materials.
In February, the newspaper Vedomosti quoted an unidentified Roskomnadzor official as lamenting the “unprecedented amounts and speed of spreading of fakes” about the war. The official also cited extremist remarks, calls for protests and “LGBT propaganda” to be among banned content the new systems will identify.
Activists say it’s hard to know if the new systems are operating and their effectiveness. Darbinyan, of the internet freedom group, describes it as “horrible stuff,” leading to “more censorship,” amid a total lack of transparency as to how the systems would work and be regulated.
Authorities could also be working on a system of bots that collect information from social media pages, messenger apps and closed online communities, according to the Belarusian hacktivist group Cyberpartisans, which obtained documents of a subsidiary of Roskomnadzor.
Cyberpartisans coordinator Yuliana Shametavets told AP the bots are expected to infiltrate Russian-language social media groups for surveillance and propaganda.
“Now it’s common to laugh at the Russians, to say that they have old weapons and don’t know how to fight, but the Kremlin is great at disinformation campaigns and there are high-class IT experts who create extremely effective and very dangerous products,” she said.
Government regulator Roskomnadzor did not respond to a request for comment.
EYES ON — AND UNDER — THE STREETS
In 2017-18, Moscow authorities rolled out street cameras enabled by facial recognition technology.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities were able to trace and fine those violating lockdowns.
Vedomosti reported in 2020 that schools would get cameras linked to a facial recognition system dubbed “Orwell,” for the British writer of the dystopian novel “1984,” with his all-seeing character, “Big Brother.”
When protests over the imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny erupted in 2021, the system was used to find and detain those attending demonstrations, sometimes weeks later. After Putin announced a partial mobilization for Ukraine last year, it apparently helped officials round up draft evaders.
A man who was stopped on the Moscow subway after failing to comply with a mobilization summons said police told him the facial recognition system tracked him down, according to his wife, who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because she feared retaliation.
In 2022, “Russian authorities expanded their control over people’s biometric data, including by collecting such data from banks, and using facial recognition technology to surveil and persecute activists,” Human Rights Watch reported this year.
Maksimova, the activist who repeatedly gets stopped on the subway, filed a lawsuit contesting the detentions, but lost. Authorities argued that because she had prior arrests, police had the right to detain her for a “cautionary conversation” — in which officers explain a citizen’s “moral and legal responsibilities.”
Maksimova says officials refused to explain why she was in their surveillance databases, calling it a state secret. She and her lawyer are appealing the court ruling.
There are 250,000 surveillance cameras in Moscow enabled by the software — at entrances to residential buildings, in public transportation and on the streets, Darbinyan said. Similar systems are in St. Petersburg and other large cities, like Novosibirsk and Kazan, he said.
He believed the authorities want to build “a web of cameras around the entire country. It sounds like a daunting task, but there are possibilities and funds there to do it.”
‘TOTAL DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE’
Russia’s efforts often draw comparisons with China, where authorities use digital surveillance on a vast scale. Chinese cities are blanketed by millions of cameras that recognize faces, body shapes and how people walk to identify them. Sensitive individuals are routinely tracked, either by cameras or via their cellphones, email and social media accounts to stifle any dissent.
The Kremlin seems to want to pursue a similar path. In November, Putin ordered the government to create an online register of those eligible for military service after efforts to mobilize 300,000 men to fight in Ukraine revealed that enlistment records were in serious disarray.
The register, promised to be ready by fall, will collect all kinds of data, “from outpatient clinics to courts to tax offices and election commissions,” political analyst Tatyana Stanovaya said in a commentary for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
That will let authorities serve draft summonses electronically via a government website used to apply for official documents, like passports or deeds. Once a summons appears online, recipients cannot leave Russia. Other restrictions -– like suspension of a driver’s license or a ban on buying and selling property -– are imposed if they don’t comply with the summons within 20 days, whether they saw it or not.
Stanovaya believes these restrictions could spread to other aspects of Russian life, with the government “building a state system of total digital surveillance, coercion and punishment.” A December law mandates that taxi companies share their databases with the successor agency of the Soviet KGB, giving it access to travelers’ dates, destinations and payment.
“The cyber gulag, which was actively talked about during the pandemic, is now taking its real shape,” Stanovaya wrote.
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Associated Press writers Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia, and Joe McDonald and Beijing contributed. | 2023-05-23T15:26:36+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-the-cyber-gulag-how-russia-tracks-censors-and-controls-its-citizens/ |
477 whales die in ‘heartbreaking’ New Zealand strandings
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say.
None of the stranded whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized in a “heartbreaking” loss, said Daren Grover, the general manager of Project Jonah, a nonprofit group which helps rescue whales.
The whales beached themselves on the Chatham Islands, which are home to about 600 people and located about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of New Zealand’s main islands.
The Department of Conservation said 232 whales stranded themselves Friday at Tupuangi Beach and another 245 at Waihere Bay on Monday.
The deaths come two weeks after about 200 pilot whales died in Australia after stranding themselves on a remote Tasmanian beach.
“These events are tough, challenging situations,” the Department of Conservation wrote in a Facebook post. “Although they are natural occurrences, they are still sad and difficult for those helping.”
Grover said the remote location and presence of sharks in the surrounding waters meant they couldn’t mobilize volunteers to try to refloat the whales as they have in past stranding events.
“We do not actively refloat whales on the Chatham Islands due to the risk of shark attack to humans and the whales themselves, so euthanasia was the kindest option,” said Dave Lundquist, a technical marine advisor for the conservation department.
Mass strandings of pilot whales are reasonably common in New Zealand, especially during the summer months. Scientists don’t know exactly what causes the whales to strand, although it appears their location systems can get confused by gently sloping sandy beaches.
Grover said there is a lot of food for the whales around the Chatham Islands, and as they swim closer to land, they would quickly find themselves going from very deep to shallow water.
“They rely on their echolocation and yet it doesn’t tell them that they are running out of water,” Grover said. “They come closer and closer to shore and become disoriented. The tide can then drop from below them and before they know it, they’re stranded on the beach.”
Because of the remote location of the beaches, the whale carcasses won’t be buried or towed out to sea, as is often the case, but instead will be left to decompose, Grover said.
“Nature is a great recycler and all the energy stored within the bodies of all the whales will be returned to nature quite quickly,” he said.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-12T07:43:27+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/10/12/477-whales-die-heartbreaking-new-zealand-strandings/ |
(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. Open Beer competition is a heady brew of the sudsy and the silly.
The U.S. Open Beer Championships announced the winners of its annual competition earlier this week, recognizing some of the best ales, IPAs and porters from brewers across the nation. Medalists were awarded in over 150 categories, including best American ale, best Belgian blonde and best cocoa/chocolate beer, to name just a few — and there was even a category for the “Top 10 Beer Names” of the year, based on the “laughter volume” of attendees.
But perhaps the highest honor of the competition is the title of Grand National Champion: a distinction bestowed upon the brewery that earns the most medals of the annual event.
This year, that honor went to Sun King Brewing of Indianapolis, which also took the title in 2019.
“Congratulations to our hardworking crew and congratulations to our fellow breweries,” a representative for Sun King wrote on Instagram following the brewery’s win. “We are beyond honored.”
Sun King wasn’t the only brewery to win big at the 2022 championship. The top 10 breweries of 2022, as determined by the U.S. Open Beer judging panel, are as follows:
1. Sun King Brewery — Indiana
2. Shoe Tree Brewing — Nevada
3. Third Eye Brewing — Ohio
4. Monday Night Brewing — Georgia
5. Pilot Brewing — North Carolina
6. Vallensons’ Brewing — Texas
7. Moonraker Brewing Company — California
8. Bonds Brewing — Wyoming
9. DC Brau Brewing — Washington, DC
10. Forgotten Star Brewing — Minnesota
10. Primeval Brewing — Indiana
On a little bit of a sillier note, the event’s attendees helped determine the “Top 10 Beer Names” among this year’s submissions, presented below in no particular order:
· Still Not as Bitter as Your Ex, from N.E.W. Ales Brewing — Ohio
· Up Schitt’s Kriek, from Lost Province Brewing — North Carolina
· It Gose in Your Moutha, from Spider Bite Beer Co. — New York
· Kolsch Me if You Can, from Pilot Brewing — North Carolina
· Who’s A Good Beer? from Streetside Brewery — Ohio
· I Need More Cowbelgian from The Common Beer Company — Ohio
· It’s Pronounced “Phrankensteen” IPA, from Listermann Brewing — Ohio
· There Gose My Pickle, from Cueni Brewing Co. — Florida
· Tastes Like Flannel, from Red Bear Brewing — Washington, D.C.
· Julius Squeezer IPA, from Elmhurst Brewing Company — Illinois.
A complete list of medal winners from all 150-plus categories can be found at the U.S. Open Beer website.
The U.S. Open Beer Championships, established in 2009, is the only major beer-judging event to allow professional breweries against homebrewers: specifically, the medalists from 2021’s American Homebrew Association’s National Homebrew Competition are invited to enter. In 2022, more than 9,000 individual beers were entered into the competition. | 2022-07-13T21:20:17+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national-news/us-open-beer-championship-names-best-breweries-funniest-beer-names-of-2022/ |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz asked for the judge in his murder case to remove herself on Friday, two days after she scolded them when they abruptly rested their case after calling only a fraction of their expected witnesses.
The Broward Public Defender’s Office said in a motion that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer held a longstanding animosity toward lead defense lawyer Melisa McNeill.
The motion cited Florida’s Judicial Code of Conduct that states a judge shall disqualify himself or herself if the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including but not limited to instances where the judge has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party or a party’s lawyer. Defense attorneys said Scherer’s repeated improper and unjustified attacks on the defense counsel undermine the public’s confidence in the judicial system and have also caused Cruz to fear that he will not receive a fair trial.
Prosecutors said in a response that Scherer has been respectful to both sides.
Cruz’s attorneys had told the judge and prosecutors they would be calling 80 witnesses but surprisingly rested at the start of Wednesday’s court session after calling only about 25 of them.
There were 11 days of defense testimony overall, the last two spotlighting experts about how his birth mother’s heavy use of alcohol during pregnancy might have affected his brain’s development and led to his murdering 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago.
The sudden announcement by lead attorney McNeill led to a heated exchange between her and Scherer, who called the decision without warning to her or the prosecution “the most uncalled for, unprofessional way to try a case.”
The 12-member jury and 10 alternates were not present but were lining up outside the courtroom to enter. The sudden announcement also meant prosecutors weren’t ready to start their rebuttal case.
Scherer then accused Cruz’s attorneys of being inconsiderate to all involved, but especially the jurors for wasting their trip to court.
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to murdering 14 Stoneman Douglas students and three staff members on Feb. 14, 2018. His trial, now ending its second month, is only to determine whether he is to be sentenced to death or life without parole. For a death sentence, the jury must be unanimous.
After his attorneys rested, Cruz told Scherer he agreed with the decision.
Prosecutors said they will need more than a week to prepare their rebuttal case. The trial is now tentatively scheduled to resume Sept. 27 and conclude the week of Oct. 10.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-09-17T03:51:22+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/09/16/defense-seeks-judges-removal-in-florida-school-shooter-case/ |
HOLYOKE — Funds from the Hampden district attorney’s office drug forfeiture fund helped top off an extensive renovation of the gymnasium at the Greater Holyoke Boys & Girls Club with a pair of scoreboards.
District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni on Monday visited the facility in downtown Holyoke which serves hundreds of small children and teens alike with daily sports, schooling, mentoring and leadership programs.
His office awarded the club $8,000 in competitive grant money for a pair of new scoreboards to replace an ailing one that, well, didn’t even properly keep score, according to club President Eileen Cavanaugh. | 2022-07-18T22:11:59+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/07/score-holyoke-boys-girls-club-rounds-off-gym-makeover-with-grant-from-hampden-district-attorneys-office.html |
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The World Economic Forum says billionaire Elon Musk wasn't on the guest list for the annual meeting of business executives, global leaders and cultural trend-setters in Davos, Switzerland — despite what the Twitter owner claims.
Notables from European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen to actor Idris Elba are gathering in the ritzy Alpine town this week to talk about global issues ranging from war to climate change and technology's effects on security.
Musk wasn't there, though he says he was invited. Forum spokesman Yann Zopf knocked that down Tuesday, saying the last time the Tesla CEO got an invitation was “not this year and not recently — last time in 2015.”
Musk said in a tweet Dec. 22: "My reason for declining the Davos invitation was not because I thought they were engaged in diabolical scheming, but because it sounded boring af lol."
He didn’t specify when he got the invitation, but the tweet's timing suggested it was for this year. Musk did not immediately respond to requests from The Associated Press for comment Tuesday.
Organizers did extend invitations to Musk, as the boss of Tesla, to join a few times in the 2010s — the last being in 2015 — but he never registered or attended the annual meeting, Zopf said.
The gathering has been criticized for a lack of concrete action that emerges after a series of sessions and speeches, while the forum itself has been the target of online conspiracy theories from those who believe the meeting involves a group of elites manipulating global events for their own benefit.
Multibillionaire Musk, one of the world’s richest people, can certainly afford to attend Davos.
Forum members pay between 120,000 to 850,000 Swiss francs ($130,000 to $921,000) for annual memberships depending on the level of affiliation they want.
Many executives trek to Davos to ride the coattails of the meeting and hobnob with corporate executives who flock to town, at times taking potshots at the forum from the sidelines. For example, Richard Branson, the British tycoon behind Virgin, has reputedly come to town several times without attending the meeting itself.
Musk might be a bit busy to be palling around with the powerful in snowy Switzerland anyway.
While still grappling with the fallout from buying Twitter last year for $44 billion, Musk is facing trial over his tweet about taking Tesla private in 2018.
Jury selection begins this week and he'll have to explain his actions under oath in court in San Francisco after tweeting that he had lined up the financing to pay for a $72 billion buyout of the electric carmaker, which never happened. It culminated in a $40 million settlement with U.S. securities regulators that also required him to step down as the company’s chairman.
He's also planning to step down as CEO but remain owner of Twitter, which he succeeded in taking private last summer but has alienated some users and advertisers with chaotic job cuts and changes to content moderation policies.
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Follow AP's coverage of the World Economic Forum meeting at https://apnews.com/hub/world-economic-forum.
Credit: Markus Schreiber
Credit: Markus Schreiber | 2023-01-17T20:19:02+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/davos-organizers-musk-wasnt-invited-despite-what-he-says/IPKHPHKHBRCWPIXSOCYVK74NMQ/ |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
0-2-3
(zero, two, three)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
0-2-3
(zero, two, three) | 2022-11-27T19:52:04+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-3-game-17613852.php |
Those that forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Hitler occupied the Sudetenland, and the world let him get away with it. Putin occupied part of Georgia, and the world let him get away with it.
Hitler took over Czechoslovakia. The world fussed at him, but he got to keep it. Putin took over Crimea. The world slapped a few sanctions on him, but he got to keep it.
Hitler falsely claimed he had to defend Germany from Polish attacks. He then attacked Poland and started the European part of World War II. Putin falsely claimed he had to defend Russia from Ukrainian attacks. He has attacked Ukraine and started ???
Many in the U.S. don't see the war in Ukraine as being important to us. They couldn't be more wrong. When it comes to being a megalomaniac, Putin learned from the best. Unless Putin is stopped, and I mean stopped hard, he will start WWIII.
It's not every day that I agree with President Biden. However, sending military equipment to support Ukraine's defense is the best money ever spent if it stops WWIII from happening. However, we should be sending longer-range missiles so the Ukrainians have a chance at winning. Economic sanctions won't do the trick.
Putin has already made territorial claims on other countries, like Latvia. Latvia is part of NATO. If Putin invades a NATO country, that is the start of WWIII. Putin needs to understand that he won't get away with it if he tries. Like Hitler, it seems the only thing Putin understands is force. The Ukrainians are willing to apply that force. Let's help them do that. | 2022-10-01T12:37:42+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/to-prevent-wwiii-we-must-help-ukraine-push-back-putins-advances/article_0ade7e8c-40f5-11ed-bf91-c77291ddb49b.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday defended its response to a toxic freight train derailment in Ohio two weeks ago, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done.
The Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, left toxic chemicals spilled or burned off, prompting evacuations and fears of contamination by wary residents distrustful of the state and federal response.
The White House said it has "mobilized a robust, multi-agency effort to support the people of East Palestine, Ohio,'' and noted that officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies were at the rural site near the Pennsylvania line within hours of the derailment of the Norfolk Southern train carrying vinyl chloride and other toxic substances.
“When these incidents happen, you need to let the emergency response take place,'' White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday. “We did take action and folks were on the ground.''
EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited the site Thursday, walking along a creek that still reeks of chemicals as he sought to reassure skeptical residents that the water is fit for drinking and the air safe to breathe.
“I’m asking they trust the government,” Regan said. “I know that’s hard. We know there’s a lack of trust.” Officials are “testing for everything that was on that train,” he said.
No other Cabinet member has visited the rural village, where about 5,000 people live, including many who were evacuated as crews conducted a controlled burn of toxic chemicals from five derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding.
Administration officials insisted their response has been immediate and effective.
“We’ve been on the ground since February 4 ... and we are committed to supporting the people of East Palestine every step of the way,'' Jean-Pierre said.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has faced criticism from lawmakers and the mayor of East Palestine for not visiting the site, said the Ohio disaster was just one of many derailments that occur each year. A train hauling hazardous materials derailed Thursday near Detroit, but none spilled, officials said.
"There's clearly more that needs to be done, because while this horrible situation has gotten a particularly high amount of attention, there are roughly 1,000 cases a year of a train derailment,'' Buttigieg told Yahoo Finance.
He tweeted Friday that his department “will hold Norfolk Southern accountable for any safety violations found to have contributed to the disaster” and will be guided by the findings of the transportation safety board's independent investigation.
President Joe Biden has offered federal assistance to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been coordinating with the state emergency operations center and other partners, the White House said.
In response to a request from DeWine and Ohio's congressional delegation, the Health and Human Services Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are sending a team of medical personnel and toxicologists to Ohio to conduct public health testing and assessments.
The team will support federal, state and local officials already on the ground to evaluate people who were exposed or potentially exposed to chemicals, officials said.
Since the derailment, residents have complained about headaches and irritated eyes and finding their cars and lawns covered in soot. The hazardous chemicals that spilled from the train killed thousands of fish, and residents have talked about finding dying or sick pets and wildlife.
Residents also are frustrated by what they say is incomplete and vague information about the lasting effects from the disaster, which prompted evacuations.
Regan said Thursday that anyone who is fearful of being in their home should seek testing from the government.
“People have been unnerved," he said. “They’ve been asked to leave their homes.” He said that if he lived there, he would be willing to move his family back into the area as long as testing shows it’s safe.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he was glad that Regan visited the site, but called it "unacceptable that it took nearly two weeks for a senior administration official to show up'' in Ohio.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who toured the crash site with Regan on Thursday, said he spoke with Biden on Friday and was assured that any assistance the state needs will be given.
“The president is all in on getting FEMA" to provide direct assistance and is "all-in on holding Norfolk Southern accountable,'' Brown told an online news conference.
Ohio state Sen. Michael Rulli, a Republican whose district includes East Palestine, said Buttigieg should resign over the Transportation Department’s inaction. “He has not even come close to being near ground zero and he should be ashamed,” Rulli said.
Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, who toured the site with Regan and Brown on Thursday, has generally supported the federal response but joined other Ohio officials in calling for more help from FEMA. Johnson sent a letter Friday asking EPA to provide detailed information about the derailment, including the controlled burn conducted last week and testing plans for air and water quality.
“The community must be able to trust their air, water, and soil is not a threat to their health following this train derailment," Johnson said.
David Masur, executive director of PennEnvironment, said there's been a "breach of public trust” in the wake of the disaster, stemming from lax oversight of freight rail and weak notification requirements for hazardous cargo, as well as lingering uncertainties about air and water quality and whether evacuated residents were allowed to return home too soon.
"Because there have been so many missteps, you can understand that the public is skeptical,'' said Masur, who co-authored a report that detailed risks that trains carrying explosive and toxic materials pose to nearby communities. The report came after a 2015 CSX oil train disaster near Mount Carbon, West Virginia. A train derailed, exploded and burned for days, contaminating the Kanawha River.
While Regan’s visit was helpful, officials need to offer more than words or sympathy — and instead implement policies to protect the public health and prevent this from happening again, he said.
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Associated Press writer Patrick Orsagos in East Palestine, Ohio, contributed to this story.
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Study shows convalescent plasma works for immune-compromised COVID-19 patients, but it can be hard to find
Convalescent plasma – a once-celebrated treatment for COVID-19 that has largely fallen out of favor – does work well for people who are immune-compromised, according to a study published Thursday.
The report in the journal JAMA Network Open analyzed the results of nine studies and found that immune-compromised COVID-19 patients were 37% less likely to die if they got convalescent plasma, an antibody-rich blood product from people who’d recovered from the virus.
Although it’s legal to use convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients who are immune-compromised, as inpatients or outpatients, government guidelines are neutral about whether the treatment works, so some hospitals offer it but others do not.
“Our concern is that many patients who need [convalescent plasma] are not getting it,” said Dr. Arturo Casadevall, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University and a co-author of the new study. “This is really important because these people can be treated, and they could have better outcomes with this material if we can just get the word out.”
He said it’s to everyone’s advantage to treat immune-compromised patients quickly.
Immune-compromised people sometimes have “smoldering COVID” for months because they lack the antibodies to fight it off, which gives the virus plenty of opportunities to mutate in the person’s body.
“These immune-compromised patients are essentially variant factories,” said Dr. Michael Joyner, an anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic and another study co-author. “And you do not want a bunch of people running around out there making weird variants.”
There are about 7 million immune-compromised people in the U.S., and treating them if they contract COVID-19 has proved challenging.
Many of them can’t take the antiviral drug Paxlovid because it interferes with other medicines they take.
Monoclonal antibodies, once popular for prevention and treatment for this group, aren’t used anymore because coronavirus variants have changed over time. One of the advantages of convalescent plasma is that as long as it’s been donated recently, there’s a high likelihood it will have antibodies to currently circulating variants, according to advocates for the treatment.
But the National Institutes of Health’s COVID-19 treatment guidelines say there’s not enough evidence to recommend either for or against the use of convalescent plasma in people with compromised immune systems.
Three times last year – in May, August and December – Casadevall, Joyner and dozens of other doctors from Harvard, Stanford, Mayo, Columbia and other academic medical centers wrote emails to scientists at the National Institutes of Health, sending them research materials and urging them to revise the guidelines. They say they have not received a response.
Joyner said he’s “frustrated” with the NIH’s “bureaucratic rope-a-dope,” calling the agency’s guidelines a “wet blanket” that discourages doctors from trying convalescent plasma on these people.
Some patient advocates say they’re angry.
“This lack of response to the researchers is infuriating,” said Janet Handal, co-founder of the Transplant Recipient and Immunocompromised Patient Advocacy Group.
Several large randomized clinical trials on the general population, including one in India and one in the UK, have found that convalescent plasma did not reduce COVID-19 deaths or prevent severe illness, and the treatment is no longer authorized in the U.S. for people who have healthy immune systems.
The nine studies analyzed in the new report are much smaller and looked only at immune-compromised patients.
Dr. Peter Horby, a professor at the University of Oxford and the co-principal investigator of the large UK study, said that a large randomized clinical trial should be done on immune-compromised patients before clinical practice guidelines for this group are changed.
He said that support for convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 has been based on “an emotional feeling that something had to be done.”
“We’ve seen time and again that people’s beliefs and emotions about what works can be wildly wrong, and so the best thing to do is to evaluate these things properly in trials,” he said.
Winding history of convalescent plasma for COVID-19
At the beginning of the pandemic, there was great enthusiasm for convalescent plasma as COVID-19 survivors sought to save lives, donating antibodies against the virus to people who were sometimes at death’s door.
In August 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the treatment, but some questioned whether it was politically motivated and whether the data really showed that it worked.
Then, the large clinical trials suggested convalescent plasma didn’t work.
“We didn’t see a benefit,” said Horby, director of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute.
But there was one exception.
Horby said his study did find “some evidence of some benefit” in COVID-19 patients who had not developed antibodies against the virus. This would most likely include immune-compromised patients because their faulty immune systems don’t always generate antibodies the way they should, even after infection.
When this group of patients received convalescent plasma, Horby said, they had a slightly shortened hospital stay and a slightly lower risk of ending up on a ventilator compared with similar patients who did not receive convalescent plasma.
Joyner and Casadevall, the Mayo and Hopkins doctors, point to that finding – and a similar one in a large trial in Australia, Canada, the UK and the U.S., as well as results of smaller studies – as an indication that convalescent plasma is worth trying in immune-compromised patients.
‘I felt like half a person’
Immune-compromised patients who catch Covid-19 can get convalescent plasma relatively easily if they’re patients at Hopkins, Mayo or several other medical centers.
But many other people might have a difficult time accessing it.
It took Bernadette Kay of Manhattan Beach, California, months to get it, and she had to be “relentless” and call in the help of several “angels” in New York, Maryland, Minnesota and California to finally make it work.
Kay, 64, who has a compromised immune system because of a drug she takes for rheumatoid arthritis, got COVID-19 in July. She took two monoclonal antibodies, as well as remdesivir and Paxlovid – twice. But she still tested positive on and off for months and had fatigue, congestion and headaches.
“I felt like half a person,” she said. “I was not an able-bodied person. I was disabled because of lack of energy. It feels dark – a heavy feeling in your forehead and your face.”
Kay said she saw several doctors and none of them suggested convalescent plasma. That’s where her first angel came in: her daughter, who had signed her up for the Transplant Recipient and Immunocompromised Patient Advocacy Group.
That group, as well as the CLL Society, an advocacy organization for cancer patients, have been helping immune-compromised people when they get infected with COVID-19, connecting them with experts and offering guidance on how to arrange to have the plasma ordered.
Kay says Handal, the co-founder of the immune-compromised patients’ group, was her second angel, because she pointed her to angels No. 3 and 4: Joyner, the Mayo doctor, and Dr. Shmuel Shoham, an infectious disease expert at Hopkins.
Joyner and Shoham pointed Kay to her fifth angel: Chaim Lebovits, a businessman, leader in the New York’s Hasidic Jewish community and co-founder of the COVID Plasma Initiative.
Lebovits reached out to a hospital and blood bank near Kay that could procure the plasma once a doctor ordered it. Kay then reached out to six local doctors, most of them infectious disease experts, inquiring about convalescent plasma, but she didn’t make any progress.
“I think they thought it was quack medicine,” she said.
By this time, it was November, four months after she initially tested positive for COVID. She sought out a seventh doctor, sending him information from plasma experts, including a slide presentation by Joyner and Casdevall. She said that doctor, after conferring with someone at the blood bank that Libovits had suggested, agreed to order the plasma.
That’s where her sixth angel came in: Robert Simpson, vice president for hospital services at the San Diego Blood Bank, who arranged to have the blood flown in from Stanford University Medical Center.
“Robert watched the flight on Flight Tracker and had a courier waiting to bring it to the hospital,” Kay said, adding that she calls her angels collectively her “circle of love.”
Two to three weeks after her infusion, she began to feel better. She tested negative on Jan. 4 and has continued to feel well and test negative since then.
“My energy level is back to normal. I don’t feel like half a person,” she said.
She said she’ll never know for sure exactly what spurred her recovery, but “I think it was plasma that made the difference, because in six months, nothing else made a difference.”
Kay, who works in health care, said most other people wouldn’t have known how to navigate the system like she did or might have given up in frustration.
“With the help of Janet [Handal] and her team of scientists, I’ve been able to get where I am today,” she said. “But it was not easy. This was driven by my bullheaded advocacy, because that’s who I am. I think I’m a total anomaly. No one has the persistence that I have.”
‘We’ve encountered many roadblocks’
Joyner said that while he and his colleagues wait for a response from their emails to the NIH, they’ve formed the National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project, and they have a phone meeting every Thursday night to discuss their progress.
“We’ve encountered many roadblocks,” said Dr. Liise-anne Pirofski, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “It’s just not viewed as part of the COVID-19 treatment armamentarium, and it should be.”
Pirofski, Joyner and Casadevall say they receive no financial benefit from convalescent plasma. They think one reason convalescent plasma isn’t more widely used is that there isn’t a pharmaceutical company spending money to advocate for it.
Handal, who runs the Facebook group for people who are immune-compromised, said that after she sent several emails to the NIH, agency scientists wrote back, inviting her and other leaders of her group to a meeting next week.
She plans to tell them that they need to review their COVID-19 plasma guidelines and fund more research on the coronavirus and the immune-compromised, as they have few treatment options and so often isolate at home with their families to avoid the virus.
“It is unconscionable that the NIH has let stand for months its guideline on COVID convalescent plasma, which says there is not enough information to make a recommendation, while we who are immune-compromised see our treatments dwindle,” she said. “The NIH needs to speak to the clinician researchers who are experts, prioritize the immune-compromised and fund the research needed to keep us safe.” | 2023-01-15T06:56:35+00:00 | 4029tv.com | https://www.4029tv.com/article/convalescent-plasma-works-for-immune-compromised-covid-19-patients-but-it-can-be-hard-to-find/42508234 |
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — At least 25 people were abducted during a week of attacks by armed men in western Cameroon, local officials said Thursday.
The kidnappings by gang members took place in several villages in Ako district along the Nigerian border, Patrick Kernyuy Tah, the top official in Ako, said.
“Several hundred people fled the attacks by unidentified gunmen in Abafum, Akwancha and Abutu villages," he said. The government has deployed the military to rescue those abducted and help the injured, he said.
Local residents have been calling on Cameroon authorities to increase security in the area, as armed gangs operate on both sides of the border. While it's unclear who is responsible for the abductions, officials believe it could be ethnic Fulani herders from Nigeria, a largely Muslim semi-nomadic group who regularly cross into Cameroon with their cattle and clash with farmers.
The Central African nation has been plagued by fighting since English-speaking separatists launched a rebellion in 2017, with the stated goal of breaking away from the area dominated by the French-speaking majority country and setting up an independent, English-speaking state. The government has accused the separatists of committing atrocities against civilians. The conflict has killed more than 3,300 people and displaced more than 750,000 others, according to the U.N.
Ako, where the abductions took place, hasn't been prone to attacks and many people fleeing the separatist violence have sought refuge there.
Those who fled the fighting, which began last week, said people were tortured if they refused to give the attackers money, while many were taken away from their families.
“I am not very concerned about the several bags of rice which were looted from my shop. My main worry is the whereabouts of my two children," said Cyprain Meme. "I do not know if they are hiding in the bush or if they were abducted.” | 2023-04-06T16:38:40+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/world/article/at-least-25-people-abducted-by-gunmen-in-western-17882473.php |
Chief Executive Officer, Mahbod Nia, to Present on Wednesday, June 7th at 12:30 p.m. ET
JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Veris Residential, Inc. (NYSE: VRE), a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops Class A multifamily properties, today announced that it will be participating in "Nareit's REITweek: 2023 Investor Conference" to be held June 6th to 8th in New York.
Veris Residential's management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Mahbod Nia, will present an overview of the business and operations at this important point in the Company's transformation, followed by a question and answer session.
The Company's presentation, which will be held on Wednesday, June 7th at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, will be available live via webcast, which may be accessed at https://video.ibm.com/embed/25045925. A replay of the webcast will also be made available. Investor materials for the conference may be accessed on Veris Residential's website at http://investors.verisresidential.com/corporate-overview.
About Veris Residential, Inc.
Veris Residential, Inc. is a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops holistically-inspired, Class A multifamily properties that meet the sustainability-conscious lifestyle needs of today's residents, while seeking to positively impact the communities it serves and the planet at large. The Company is guided by an experienced management team and Board of Directors and is underpinned by leading corporate governance principles, a best-in-class and sustainable approach to operations, and an inclusive culture based on equality and meritocratic empowerment. For additional information on Veris Residential, Inc. and our properties available for lease, please visit http://www.verisresidential.com/.
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We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are below.
She keeps tabs on our commuting schedules and starts texting if we’re 10 minutes late getting home. I hate that she thinks I should report in to her if I decide to go shopping after work. She doesn’t need to know where I am 24/7! She literally called the police on the day after the Fourth of July because we didn’t respond to her 6 a.m. (!) texts. We’d been at a party on the Fourth, which she knew about, and decided to stay over at our friends'. And yes, we had told her we might stay over.
Okay, something terrible did happen to her — she lost both parents in a car accident, but that was over 20 years ago. Time to let it go. Since I’m resisting her control, she accuses me of being cold and standoffish and blames my parents. It’s true that my parents are very hands-off and raised me to be independent, but that’s a good thing, not like she thinks.
My husband is sick of her, too, but he always ends up caving when she starts crying. I can’t live like this for the rest of my life. My MIL can be very sweet, generous and loving, but we definitely need to establish some boundaries; even my husband is in favor of that. He says we have to start small, though — any idea on how we do that?
— Frustrated
Frustrated: Your mother-in-law has terrible boundaries, and it’s time for a sit-down discussion with her. But first, you and your husband have to be on the same page. Your husband may benefit from the book “Codependent No More” by Melody Beattie. I also recommend you and your husband connect with a therapist for support and guidance.
Let her know you love her and understand why she worries, but her level of worry is excessive and it’s impacting your relationship with her. Remind her you are adults and that, as husband and wife, you look out for each other. Tell her that you need to set some boundaries and ask her to respect them. She will most likely push back, but be firm and stick to your guns.
If she cries, give her a tissue. If she says, “You don’t love me,” say, “It must be hard to feel that way.” If possible, encourage her to see a therapist. But, let her know that this is what you need, and if she can’t respect your boundaries, you will have to block her number (or turn off your phones).
It may be helpful to tell her what she can do, how often (e.g., text once a day, call two times a week), and at what time of day. Be very clear about what is and isn’t acceptable, and then be prepared to follow through. If she texts multiple times, give a gentle reminder (“Hey, Mom, we asked that you text once a day.”). If she persists, then let her know what’s happening (“Mom, I’m turning my phone off now. I’ll turn it back on tomorrow.”). She’s going to be upset, but ignore as much as you can and stick with it. Hopefully, with time and consistent boundary-setting, she’ll catch on. Oh, and move out as soon as you can.
— Heather
Frustrated: I suggest that you and your husband arrange to have a discussion with your in-laws and state that you (both) will no longer respond to any texts asking where you are, unless relevant to some prearranged meeting.
State that you will no longer respond to texts from siblings asking the same. Explain that you find it invasive, and that you’ve decided as a couple that this is how it’s going to be handled from now on. Perhaps offer one daily text in the morning or at night saying hello and checking in, and that’s it.
Stop telling her details of your schedule that are not relevant to her. Offer no negotiation or backpedaling on this point. Reiterate that you value the relationship and are happy to continue to spend time with her, but that the texting and monitoring has to stop. Then, and this is key … both you and your husband must HOLD THE LINE.
Although there will likely be a period of tension and histrionics, I believe if she sees that those methods are ineffective she will eventually, even if grudgingly, respect your boundaries in the interest of keeping an otherwise pleasant relationship. Hopefully your relationship will be able to continue with more normal boundaries established moving forward. You don’t say where your father-in-law is in all this, but perhaps you can recruit him to be your ally in this plan and to help your mother-in-law refrain from some of her more intense reactions — such as calling the police.
You can’t control her relationship with the other siblings, or how they respond to her invasive behavior, but you can set boundaries in your own life. Hopefully, as the other siblings are younger, this may serve as a model for them moving forward. Although the above suggestion is geared toward your independence and peace of mind as a couple, with time perhaps you can help her find treatment for anxiety, as it seems she’s still suffering from a traumatic past.
— G.
Frustrated: I’m so sorry for you, your husband and your mother-in-law that you’re all navigating these rough waters. It sounds like a challenging, and frankly exhausting, situation for all involved.
I don’t know your mother-in-law, but I’ve been through the death of a parent and am sharing with you from that perspective. My dad died nine years ago, when I was a little ways into adulthood but still leaned on my parents for regular advice and support. After his unexpected death, my brain became deeply insecure about the safety of those I love who are still alive. This manifested in ways such as worrying about my mother if I couldn’t get a hold of her, even going so far as checking her phone location one time to make sure there was a reason she hadn’t returned my call promptly.
I’ve been fortunate that therapy, medication and some wonderful books on anxiety have helped me immensely. I’m now able to recognize and resist the anxious urge to check on the well-being of close family and friends when my brain is in high-stress times, as it is when I’m low on sleep or around anniversaries like my dad’s birthday. I cannot, of course, know whether your mother-in-law has any specific mental health challenges from your letter, and I’d certainly be unqualified to diagnose anyone. I simply want to share that grief is deeply complicated, lasting way longer than we’d ever hope or wish for; the urge to push others to “let it go” can be strong when we’re faced with its unpleasant tentacles in the brains of our loved ones, but even the healthiest of grief often lasts a lifetime.
Consider how you might raise the impact of her behavior to your mother-in-law in a loving way. My grief journey inevitably impacted those around me. I would have appreciated anyone taking on this level of exhaustion to check in with me at a time when I was feeling calm and secure, expressing their need to balance my fear and need for perceived control with their boundaries and care for their own well-being. Specific strategies that provide her with a clear sense of what to expect may help, like perhaps you check in twice every day at a prescribed time, then once every day, then every other day. If you’re struggling to find the words, a counselor with training in grief or anxiety may be able to provide some perspective.
— Wishing You Well
Every week, we ask readers to answer a question submitted to Carolyn Hax’s live chat or email. Read last week’s installment here. New questions are typically posted on Fridays, with a Monday deadline for submissions. Responses are anonymous, unless you choose to identify yourself, and are edited for length and clarity. | 2022-04-20T19:29:54+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/advice/2022/04/20/carolyn-hax-mother-in-law-control-freak/ |
WALNUT, Calif., Jan. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Uncle Arnie's, California's best-selling high-dose cannabis beverage brand, is revolutionizing the way people consume and enjoy cannabis. The company's mission is to create the world's most approachable, accessible, and iconic cannabis beverages. And now, they have launched a Regulation CF equity crowdfund to allow the brand loyalists and the public to purchase shares in the company.
The Reg CF campaign was launched on SeedInvest on December 12th, 2022, and will be live until January 27th, 2023. SeedInvest is an equity crowdfunding platform with over 600k investors in their network. They have raised over $350M for startups since their launch in 2013. The strict criteria SeedInvest adheres to in deciding which companies make it on its platform helps establish trust, which results in successful fundraising and positive results for businesses and investors alike.
"We are the most highly-vetted platform. We are very particular who we work with," said SeedInvest CEO Ryan Feit. "We don't fund ideas and we don't fund projects. We have raised from a half-million dollars to over $20 million, supporting everything from Seed through Series C."
The cannabis beverage market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 54.31% to reach $7.9 billion in 2026. According to Headset, Uncle Arnie's currently has a 30%+ estimated market share in the California high-dose cannabis beverage category.
Uncle Arnie's was founded with the goal of creating an accessible and delicious cannabis beverage brand that appeals to a broad audience.
"We are excited about the growth potential for the cannabis beverage industry and the role that Uncle Arnie's is playing in it," said Theo Terris, CEO of Uncle Arnie's. "With our strong brand identity and focus on innovation, we are well positioned to take advantage of this growth and become a major player in the cannabis beverage industry."
Since its launch in May 2020, Uncle Arnie's has sold over 1,000,000 units. On top of that, in the past year revenue grew by over 200% year-over-year, and is expected to continue growing by 100% in 2022.
Uncle Arnie's controls four of the top five best-selling cannabis beverages in California, according to data from Headset. The company has also seen significant demand in the past month, with over 400 orders from top retailers in California and Oregon, including MedMen, Cookies, Stiiizy, Eaze, andUrbn Leaf.
In Q4 2022, Uncle Arnie's expanded to Oregon and has signed expansion deals for Michigan (Q1 2023) and Nevada (Q2 2023). The company is also in negotiations for expansion in CO, AZ, and NM in H2 2023.
As cannabis becomes more socially normalized and legal across the United States, Uncle Arnie's is well-positioned to be a leading national brand in the space. Learn more about their investment opportunity at SeedInvest.
For more information, visit www.unclearniesinvestor.com or https://www.seedinvest.com/uncle.arnies/seed.
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ROANOKE, Va. – Good news for people all around the Roanoke Valley — the iconic Mill Mountain Star is here to stay.
“The Star, the Mill Mountain Star is sound,” Roanoke City Manager Bob Cowell said. “We are not taking steps to replace the star.”
Two years ago, an engineering company inspected the star’s structure and made some recommendations on what parts may need fixing or improvement in the next few years.
City Manager Bob Cowell says the star was only meant to stand up for a year — it’s now been on top of the mountain for close to 75 years.
Some of the improvements at the top of the to-do list include deciding on whether to keep the neon lights or to change them to more modern LED lights and considering removing the paint that coats the star, which Cowell says is likely lead-based paint.
Improvements are expected to cost around $2 million. The city’s Parks and Recreation advisory board will take up the discussion next week. | 2023-05-18T22:48:24+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/18/roanoke-leaders-to-consider-refurbishment-plan-for-mill-mountain-star/ |
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
MOVIES
— In “Nope,” Jordan Peele has once again made a rarity in Hollywood: a wholly original film that was also a box-office hit. In his third film as writer-director, following “Get Out” and “Us,” Peele extends his darkly unsettling oeuvre into science fiction. The film, arrives Friday on Peacock after a theatrical run this summer in theaters, is about a mysterious alien force that hovers in the clouds above a California ranch. The film reteams Peele with “Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya, whose character maintains a family horse wrangling business with his sister (Keke Palmer). In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr said “Nope” “offers a lot to chew on, which is more than most big summer spectacles can promise.”
— Family films have been few and far between in theaters lately, but they’re proliferating on streaming services. One of Netflix’s biggest forays into the field yet is “Slumberland,” a $90-million fantasy adventure by “Hunger Games” director Francis Lawrence. The film, which debuts Friday on Netflix, is about a young girl (Marlow Barkley) who enters the dreamworld of Slumberland, where a rogue named Flip (Jason Momoa) helps her try to find her late father. It’s loosely based on Winsor McCay’s early 20th century comic stream, “Little Nemo in Slumberland.”
— The holiday movies are also already merrily making their way onto home screens. “Spirited,” a riff on “A Christmas Carol” starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds, debuts Friday on Apple TV+. A lavish song-and-dance musical that transfers Charles Dickens’ classic to modern day and reimagines it from the ghosts’ perspectives. (Ferrell plays “Present”.) In her more measured than humbug review, Bahr said “Spirited” “comes up short as a musical,” but “is still pretty enjoyable.”
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
MUSIC
— Neil Young & Crazy Horse have a new 11-track studio album, “World Record,” produced by Rick Rubin and Young. The first track, “Love Earth,” is a relaxed love ballad to the planet, with the lyrics “Love Earth, such an easy thing to do/Love Earth, ‘till the water and the air is pure” and a video of a barefoot Young walking in the wilderness. The new album examines the state of Earth, its uncertain future, and even Young’s relationship with cars (on “Chevrolet”). The AP’s Scott Bauer in his review called it an “optimistic exhortation.” Neil Young & Crazy Horse have had a prolific couple of years: In 2019, they issued “Colorado,” followed by “Barn” in 2021.
— Scotty McCreery fans have reason to smile: A small truckload of new songs from his 2021 “Same Truck” album recording sessions. “Same Truck: The Deluxe Album” is out Friday. “Nothin’ Right” is one of six new tracks featured on the deluxe album. “We had more songs I loved ready for the original release of ‘Same Truck’ than we could put on that album, so I am pumped that Triple Tigers asked me to do a deluxe edition where I could add six more songs,” said McCreery. “On It” reunites McCreery, Jessi Alexander, Jonathan Singleton and Frank Rogers — the writing team responsible for his 2020 No. 1 hit “In Between.”
— Broadway stars and husband and wife Colin Donnell and Patti Murin release their first joint album, “Something Stupid,” on Friday. The couple tackle 12 tracks by Bruce Springsteen, Sara Bareilles, Jason Robert Brown, Paul Simon and more. Murin played Princess Anna in Disney’s “Frozen” on Broadway and has been a recurring character on NBC’s “Chicago Med,” a show that has also starred Donnell. His Broadway credits include “Violet,” “Anything Goes” and “Jersey Boys.”
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— Chris Hemsworth, aka “Thor,” puts himself to the test in National Geographic’s “Limitless,” part of an effort to discover the human body’s durability and how best to confront aging. Accompanied by friends and presumably nervous family members, Hemsworth undertakes challenges including swimming across an almost-freezing Arctic fjord, climbing a 100-foot rope suspended over a canyon and living with a simulation of what his body might be like at nearly 90 years of age. Created by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, the six-part series debuts Wednesday on Disney+.
— He was born Steamboat Willie in a 1928 animated short, but like a lot of older stars he rebranded with a catchier name. He’s finally getting the documentary treatment with “Mickey: The Story of a Mouse,” debuting Friday on, natch, Disney+. The product of Walt Disney’s fertile imagination, Mickey became beloved by children and adults and a cash mouse for Disney’s growing entertainment empire. The chipper Mickey also proved an adaptable icon, as detailed in the film from director Jeff Malmberg and producer Morgan Neville (both of whom worked on the Fred Rogers documentary, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”).
— Fox Nation’s four-part series marking the 150-year history of magnificent Yellowstone National Park has the appropriate host in Kevin Costner, star of the Paramount+ drama “Yellowstone.” In “Yellowstone: One-Fifty, ” debuting Sunday, Costner follows the path of an 1870s geological expedition in the western region that later became the first U.S. national park; visits Yellowstone during an inhospitable winter with minus-40 degree temperatures, and explores the park’s thousands of years of human history.
— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
VIDEO GAMES
— “Pentiment” is one of the fall’s more intriguing experiments. It’s a murder mystery set in 16th century Bavaria. Its art is inspired by the illuminated manuscripts and woodcut prints of the era. And there’s no voice acting — instead, the dialog is presented in medieval typefaces, with fonts and colors changing according to the status of the speaker. It’s a tightly focused labor of love from Obsidian Entertainment director Josh Sawyer, best known for sprawling role-playing epics like “Fallout: New Vegas” and “Pillars of Eternity.” This trip back in time launches Tuesday for the Xbox X/S, Xbox One and PC.
— Longtime Pokémon players know they can depend on Nintendo to regularly introduce new batches of the combative critters. Meet Sprigatito, a mesmerizing grass cat; Fuecoco, an excitable fire croc; and Quaxly, a duck with a nasty kick. They’re the starting characters in “Pokémon Scarlet” and “Pokémon Violet.” Nintendo says trainers will be able to freely explore a more expansive open world, a shift away from the linear storylines of previous games. Fans can resume the eternal effort to catch ’em all on Friday on the Nintendo Switch.
— Lou Kesten
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The Walt Disney Company has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, claiming the company is the victim of what it calls a targeted campaign of government retaliation. It's the latest punch thrown in what has become a very public battle between the state of Florida and one of the most powerful companies in the world, let alone the state. Brooks Barnes of The New York Times has been following this story, and he joins us to talk more about Disney's influence and where this feud is heading. Brooks, thanks for being with us.
BROOKS BARNES: Of course. Thank you.
BLOCK: Why don't you catch us up first with how this all started.
BARNES: It started about a year ago, when Florida was finalizing the education law that opponents called Don't Say Gay. It prohibits classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity for young students. Something like 200 companies came out against that law, but Disney was notably silent. And so advocacy groups were really pounding on Disney to speak up. Employees started to revolt. So Disney reversed, rather aggressively denounced the education bill and halted political donations. DeSantis and his allies seized on this as a political opportunity, right? He started to fundraise by promising to show, quote, "woke Disney" who's boss and sort of setting off a string of actions that reverberates all the way to this week, when Disney filed this lawsuit.
BLOCK: And in response, what happened was that the Florida legislature, at the urging of Governor DeSantis, revoked what had been, for a long time, the Disney company's self-governing status, which is a big deal in Florida.
BARNES: It's a big deal for Disney for sure because they've had this ability for 56 years - ever since the company first bought land. First, they said, we're going to take away this right. No company should have this kind of power. Then they realized there were all sorts of problems with taking it away, and so they amended it - the legislature. Now the privileges still stood, but the governor could control the board. Previously, Disney controlled the board.
BLOCK: What are the implications of that? What impact could that have?
BARNES: It's easiest to think about this tax district as its own county. It basically has allowed Disney to control government services - waste management, development, building permitting. The threat is that the governor's appointees could basically throw a wrench in all of those things.
BLOCK: You cover the entertainment industry for The New York Times. You're very familiar with Disney and how it operates.
BARNES: Sure.
BLOCK: Do you think they have the resources to outmaneuver Governor DeSantis? Did DeSantis overestimate his own power here?
BARNES: Look, Mickey is a hard-willed mouse, right?
(LAUGHTER)
BLOCK: He seems so friendly.
BARNES: He seems so friendly. I know they have a 500-person media relations department worldwide - so if that tells you anything about the heft. Their theme park unit alone generated 8 billion in profit last year, 26 billion in revenue. They have enormous resources. They also have, what legal experts have told me, a pretty solid ground to sue, at least on the First Amendment side of things because the rhetoric from DeSantis and his allies in the legislature has been very clear - we're doing this as payback. They've sort of framed it, especially recently, as no company should be able to have these rights - these self-governing rights.
BLOCK: That Disney just had too much power.
BARNES: Right. Pretty much from the beginning, the '60s, Disney has kind of gotten whatever it wants in Florida. It has sloshed political donations around. It has a really big lobbying arm there. And most importantly, it has enormous, enormous economic muscle in the state.
BLOCK: And part of what makes this whole feud so interesting is that, for so long, the state of Florida and Disney have had this intensely symbiotic relationship, right?
BARNES: Intense is a good word. Yes. They employ 75,000 people, which is the nation's largest single-site employer. It generates - oh, I don't know - more than a billion dollars in tax income a year, and Disney World attracts 50 million visitors. And so that really powers the entire tourism economy of central Florida.
BLOCK: That's Brooks Barnes with The New York Times. Thanks very much.
BARNES: Thank you.
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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) — A man who recently purchased a home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, found the decomposing body of the previous homeowner in the basement, representatives for the city confirmed this week.
Police and firefighters were called to the home on Tuesday just after 11:40 a.m., when the new owner discovered the body.
The office of the city’s medical examiner later identified the deceased as 71-year-old Nina Fielden, who was listed as the owner of the same property, according to Cuyahoga County records.
The new owner told detectives he discovered Fielden’s body while checking on the property, which he had recently purchased through a foreclosure sale.
There were “no signs of trauma” to the body, according to the medical examiner. The incident is currently under investigation. | 2022-12-01T20:01:22+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/man-finds-decomposing-body-of-previous-homeowner-in-basement-of-new-house/ |
New Construction of Gilbert, AZ medical facility will host much-needed graduate medical education program in the East Valley.
GILBERT, Ariz., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The first frame panels for the third Mercy Gilbert Medical Office Building have been lifted into place, keeping the project on schedule for its planned March 2023 completion.
At the time of tilt, this facility has been fully leased and programmed with Dignity Health's East Valley's graduate medical education program and supporting medical imaging services via Arizona Diagnostic Radiology.
"This is an important milestone for the Mercy Gilbert 3 Medical Office Building because it reflects the hard work and collaboration put forth by the tenants, contractor, and developer," said Jake Dinnen, Partner | Executive Vice President, Development of PMB. "I can't express enough praise and gratitude to all those involved for keeping the project on schedule and on budget in today's challenging delivery environment."
The Mercy Gilbert Medical Center Medical Office Building III is a new, two-story 45,000 SF facility located at 3477 South Mercy Road Gilbert, AZ. The project is the third medical office building at the Mercy Medical Commons, built in partnership with Dignity Health and Pacific Medical Buildings, utilizing Venn Construction as the General Contractor.
"We're grateful for the hard work and constant communication between our project teams and local subcontractors to keep this project moving according to schedule," said Nick Veldman, Owner of Venn Construction. "Our earthwork and concrete partners have played a critical role in the building taking shape on schedule and within budget."
Venn Construction, PMB, and local trade partners have successfully navigated rapidly increasing construction costs and increasing interest rates to maintain project feasibility and start construction quickly to meet critical deadline requirements.
The architect for the project is Phoenix, Arizona-based Orcutt-Winslow. The project is estimated to be completed in March 2023.
PMB is a purpose-driven healthcare real estate developer with a mission to improve healthcare delivery, effect change, and positively impact communities. Our company is 100 percent focused on healthcare real estate across the continuum of care including behavioral health, life sciences, ambulatory care centers, medical office buildings, inpatient hospitals, post-acute hospitals, senior living facilities, and parking structures. PMB has developed over 115 facilities to date representing approximately 6 million square feet. The firm owns and manages 70 medical facilities comprising over 5.2 million square feet. For more information, please visit our website at www.pmbllc.com or our blog at https://pmbllc.com/new-45000-sf-medical-office-building-takes-shape-at-mercy-medical-commons/.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Law enforcement responded to gunshots being fired in the Old City area early Sunday morning.
Knoxville Police Department spokesperson Scott Erland said officers responded to a call about a shooting on E. Jackson Avenue, near Morgan Street around 4 a.m. When they responded, officers “recovered numerous shell casings from a parking lot on E. Jackson Avenue.”
Two vehicles were hit by the gunshots, but there were no victims found, according to Erland.
It is unknown about any suspects at this time.
Knoxville Police are currently investigating. | 2023-07-02T15:16:17+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/knox-county-news/shots-fired-in-north-knoxville-on-jackson-ave/ |
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A Las Vegas mother with seven DUIs on her record said she hoped her latest arrest sticks and admitted the best thing for her is prison.
Marion Reyes, 35, spoke from jail.
“I feel like this time is different because I’m actually being punished,” Reyes said. “I was not thinking. I was not thinking of my own family. I could have left my mother childless; I could have left my children motherless.”
Reyes, a mother of four, first appeared in Henderson Justice Court on Oct. 18 for what records show was her seventh DUI charge since 2007. Five days earlier, on Thursday, Oct. 13, Henderson police arrested Reyes after officers said she stopped her car in the middle of two travel lanes, documents said.
It was not until Monday, Nov. 21, several weeks after her Oct. 13 arrest, that Judge Stephen George, who took over the case, set bail at $5,000. Prosecutors argued Reyes be held on $50,000 bail, citing her previous arrests.
The Nevada DMV revoked her license most recently in June 2022. In August, Clark County School District police had arrested Reyes on a DUI charge hours after Reyes was in court closing out a separate DUI case, records showed.
Reyes was previously arrested on DUI charges in April 2007, September 2010, April 2019, February 2020, and July 2020, totaling seven, documents said. Reyes refuted the number, saying it is six arrests.
“Unfortunately, I made the mistake of turning to alcohol and thinking that, you know, I could have made it home,” Reyes said about repeatedly drinking and driving.
Reyes agreed to a plea deal earlier this year, which dropped two of three-recent DUI charges and forced her into a treatment program. Reyes said conditions of living at the sober house included not seeing her four children and wearing an alcohol-monitoring bracelet.
As part of the terms of her plea deal, if she received a new DUI charge, Reyes would be sent to prison, records said.
The sober facility cited Reyes for two infractions, sending her to see a judge who then put Reyes in jail for two days, Reyes said. At the jail, a corrections officer removed her court-issued alcohol-monitoring bracelet, Reyes said. When the jail released her, the bracelet was not returned to her ankle, Reyes said.
A police spokesperson said the jail was looking into Reyes’ claim.
Reyes missed a court appearance on May 4 and a judge issued a bench warrant for her arrest. Police then issued an alert last Thursday for Reyes’ arrest.
“I never cut it off!” a Facebook account with Reyes’ name and photo replied in the comments on a Facebook post about the arrest from KLAS. “An officer cut it off when I turned myself in. They continued to release me.”
“They did remove it. It never died,” she said from jail. “That’s false. It never died.”
Moving forward, Reyes said she hoped the judge would send her to prison.
“I wanted to go to prison,” she said. “I wanted to get this done and over with.”
Reyes admits she could have killed someone when she drank and drove. She added she turned to alcohol to cope with a custody battle.
“It’s just the bad judgment and the thinking that you’re ‘just going down the street,’” Reyes said.
Reyes said she hopes to complete a not-yet-implemented prison sentence and then move. She said she hopes to stay sober for her family.
“Las Vegas obviously is just not the place for me,” she said. “I am remorseful and … I am sorry … I am thankful every single day that this turned out the way it did, and it didn’t turn out with somebody’s loved one or myself being six feet under.”
Reyes was due to return to court on May 23. | 2023-05-18T21:08:47+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/woman-with-7-dui-arrests-wants-to-go-to-prison-says-las-vegas-is-not-the-place-for-her/ |
AUSTIN, Minn., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a global branded food company, will be participating at the 2022 Deutsche Bank dbAccess Global Consumer Conference in Paris, France. Jim Snee, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer, and Swen Neufeldt, group vice president and president of Hormel Foods International Corporation, will discuss the company's long-term strategy, ESG initiatives and plans to aggressively develop its global presence.
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TULSA, Okla. — A locally-owned Tulsa business has been targeted again in a series of burglaries.
Yum Eats and Sweets has dealt with three break-ins within a span of three months. Tracy Ogg owns the candy shop/cafe off 81st Street and Yale.
She says within three months, her store has been burglarized three times. The third time was this past Saturday. Ogg says the break-ins are taking a toll on her business.
“We absorb all the cost. I mean the insurance company pays for part of it. But there are still deductibles and stuff that they don’t pay for,” Ogg said.
Tulsa Police Lt. Tim Means's burglary unit says the suspect who has broken in those three times, is also a suspect in other burglaries.
“We’ve tied him to probably six different cases at this time. We are going to consider him a serial burglar who is basically terrorizing these local businesses,” Means said.
Ogg fears he will keep coming back if the suspect isn’t caught. That’s why the Tulsa Police Department is asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS.
“We are trying to get the citizens of Tulsa and anybody that’s in the surrounding area that may know who this person is, or may recognize the car,” Means said.
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Racing slate looks a bit different this weekend
The biggest of all sprint car races, the Knoxville Nationals takes place this week out in Iowa. Action runs most of the week, with the main event on Saturday evening. As always, several top drivers from the local circuit will take part in the event.
With Knoxville on the agenda this weekend, the local racing slate takes on a different look. Williams Grove and Port Royal will both take the weekend off, so their racers who wish to participate at Knoxville can do so without losing out in the point chases at those speedways.
With the Grove and Port both taking the weekend off, it allows some other area tracks to feature 410 sprint cars. Both Big Diamond Speedway in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, and Clinton County Raceway will take advantage. The 410 sprints will join in Friday’s program at Big Diamond. Saturday, Clinton County will go up against Lincoln with 410 sprint cars on the racing program.
While mentioning these races, I should add that the rained out 410 sprint program at the Kutztown Fairgrounds Action Track has been reset for next Sunday, Aug. 21.
Other racing: With the mixed up sprint car schedule, there is also plenty of other racing in the local area as well this weekend. Both Bedford and Path Valley offer the super late models on Friday, with the ULMS sanctioning the Path Valley event.
The late models also have two big shows on Saturday, as Selinsgrove will offer super late models along with 305 sprints, limited late models and roadrunners.
Hagerstown hosts the super late models Saturday in the Nathan Durboraw Memorial Race. A race honoring the Hagerstown driver, who won so many late model events around the area. The late model sportsman, pure stocks and hobby stocks also compete.
Path Valley’s Saturday slate will include the 305 sprints and the modifieds.
YCRC NEWS
The York County Racing Club will take part in Motorsports Night at the York Revolution on Wednesday, Aug. 17. A number of local race cars will be on display at that Revolution game, and the YCRC will be on hand as well.
In fact, the YCRC is selling tickets to the game through their members and the website (YCRC.org). Cost is $10, and a portion of the YCRC sales will go to the club.
EMMR
Make your plans now for the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing/Williams Grove Oldtimers Convention coming up Aug. 26-28 at the Latimore Valley Fairgrounds in Adams County. This event, started back in the 1970s by Williams Grove promoter Jack Gunn, was taken over by the EMMR group after Gunn’s passing.
It is a gathering of old racers and vintage race cars with track time for those older race cars.
This year’s convention is held in memorial to one of the EMMR’s biggest supporters, Stan Lobitz. Lobitz was a collector of vintage race cars and equipment who ran a catering hall in Hazelton, Luzerne County. His support of the EMMR is almost as legendary as his exploits in the racing community. A truly great man who is greatly missed.
The grand marshal for the event is another legendary local figure, Ken Brenn Sr. Over the many years of his career, the 90-plus-year-old gentleman fielded some of the best race cars. His midgets won numerous ARDC championships and several — believe it or not — road races. Indy winners such as Rodger Ward and Mark Donahue won for Brenn, as did Indy driver Wally Dallenbach. Brenn also fielded modifieds for his sons Ken Jr. and Jimmy. Brenn even fielded an IndyCar for several races.
The EMMR/WGOT Convention will open at the museum on Friday, Aug. 26, to be followed by track time at Williams Grove that night.
Saturday will be a full day at the fairgrounds, with afternoon track time, a cruise in for all cars and trucks. That night, the vintage race cars will get track time at Lincoln.
Sunday includes the annual membership meeting in the morning, followed by afternoon track time at the fairgrounds. | 2022-08-08T18:56:18+00:00 | yorkdispatch.com | https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/sports/2022/08/08/racing-slate-looks-bit-different-weekend/10266731002/ |
Three men died over three days in Vermont after falling through the ice over Lake Champlain in Vermont, according to state police.
On Thursday, Wayne Alexander a 62-year-old ice fisherman, left his home to go fishing at around noon. He was expected to be home around 6 p.m., but when he did not show up, a relative went looking for him and found his truck at Grand Isle State Park and called authorities at about 8:30 p.m., police said.
Local and state police found him in the water at about 9:30 p.m. The man was wearing a flotation device and was pulled ashore and sent to the hospital. However, he was later pronounced dead, police said.
On Saturday, two brothers, John Fleury, 71, and Wayne Fleury, 88, were in their utility terrain vehicle at about 7:10 a.m. when the vehicle went through the ice. Wayne Fleury was rescued by a diver and pronounced dead on the scene, while John Fleury was pulled from the water, given medical care and sent to the hospital. He died that day, police said.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife urged people in the area to stay off the ice over the weekend.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-02-13T10:30:35+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2023-02-13/3-men-in-3-days-fell-through-the-ice-over-a-lake-in-vermont |
HUNTINGTON, Ind., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc., (OTCQB: NIDB), the parent company of First Federal Savings Bank, have both been recognized for their performance.
First Federal Savings Bank (FFSB) has been named to American Banker Magazine's Top 200 Community Banks for the 11th consecutive year for 2021. The magazine qualifies banks for this listing if they have less than $2 billion in total assets and are publicly traded. FFSB came in at #62 on this year's list of the top 200 publicly traded community banks. This is a 16-spot improvement from #78 in 2020. The magazine ranked the institutions based on the profitability metric, Return on Average Equity, over a 3-year period. Only 12 banks from the state of Indiana made this elite list and First Federal Savings Bank ranked 4th in the State.
Michael Zahn, President and CEO of First Federal Savings Bank, states, "It is an honor to be recognized by American Banker Magazine for the 11th year in row. Embracing our role as a community bank while providing exceptional customer service from our dedicated team has led to our financial success."
In addition, Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for First Federal Savings Bank, maintained its position on the Dividend Champions List. To achieve Champion status, a company must increase its dividend payments to its shareholders for 25 consecutive years. Northeast Indiana Bancorp is one of 141 companies in the United States to achieve this status and one of four companies from Indiana. Currently Northeast Indiana Bancorp has increased dividends 27 years in a row.
Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered at 648 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, Indiana. The company offers a full array of banking and financial brokerage services to its customers through its main office in Huntington and six full-service Indiana offices in Huntington (2), Warsaw (2) and Fort Wayne (2). The Company is traded on the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (www.otcmarkets.com) utilizing the OTCQB platform under the symbol "NIDB". Our web site address is www.firstfedindiana.bank.
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SOURCE Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc. | 2022-05-27T15:53:11+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/05/27/northeast-indiana-bancorp-inc-first-federal-savings-bank-recognized/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week as the U.S. job market remains robust despite four-decade high inflation and a myriad of other economic pressures.
Applications for jobless aid for the week ending June 18 fell to 229,000, a decline of 2,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally mirror the number of layoffs.
The four-week average for claims, which smooths out some of the week-to-week volatility, rose by 4,500 from the previous week, to 223,500.
The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending June 11 was 1,315,000, up by 5,000 from the previous week. That figure has hovered near 50-year lows for months.
Much of the recent job security and wage gains that Americans have enjoyed recently has been offset by inflation levels not seen in four decades.
Earlier in June, the Labor Department reported that consumer prices surged 8.6% last month — even more than in April — from a year earlier. The Federal Reserve responded last week by raising its main borrowing rate — its main tool for fighting rising prices — by three-quarters of a point. That increase is on top of a half-point increase in early May.
Three weeks ago the government reported that U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs in May, extending a streak of solid hiring that has bolstered an economy under pressure. Though the job growth in May was healthy, it was the lowest monthly gain in a year and there have been signs that more layoffs could be coming, at least in some sectors.
Jobless claims applications the past few weeks, though still relatively low, have been the highest since the first weeks of 2022.
Online automotive retailer Carvana said last month that it’s letting about 2,500 workers go, roughly 12% of its workforce. Online real estate broker Redfin, under pressure from a housing market that’s cooled due to higher interest rates, said last week that it was laying off 8% of its workers.
Those cuts have extended to companies in the cryptocurrency sector with prices for bitcoin and other digital assets cratering in recent months.
Crypto trading platform Coinbase Global said last week it planned to cut about 1,100 jobs, or approximately 18% of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring in order to help manage its operating expenses in response to current market conditions. | 2022-06-23T14:18:43+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Fewer-Americans-file-for-jobless-aid-17260310.php |
INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a pedestrian was hit by a car and died just east of downtown Indianapolis Monday morning.
Around 5:30 a.m. on July 10, officers responded to the 1200 block of East Washington Street, just east of Southeastern Avenue, for a report of a pedestrian struck.
Officers located a male who had apparently been hit by a car. He was taken in critical condition to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No car was at the scene when officers arrived, and police have not spoken with any witnesses to the crash.
IMPD crash investigators responded to the scene to begin their investigation.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates. | 2023-07-10T13:14:18+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/impd-pedestrian-critically-injured-near-east-side-hit-and-run-crash/531-609fd719-324f-4acb-bb47-e1779b95f75a |
There's plenty of one-size-fits-all nutrition advice. But there's mounting evidence that people respond differently to food, given differences in biology, lifestyle and gut microbiomes.
The National Institutes of Health wants to learn more about these individual responses through a Nutrition for Precision Health study, and this week researchers began enrolling participants to take part in the study at 14 sites across the U.S.
It's part of the All of Us research initiative that aims to use data from a million participants to understand how differences in our biology, lifestyle and environment can affect our health.
Holly Nicastro of the NIH Office of Nutrition Research says the goal of the precision nutrition study is to help develop tailored approaches for people. "We'll use machine learning and artificial intelligence to develop algorithms that can predict how individuals will respond to a given food or dietary pattern," Nicastro says.
The study will take into account a person's genetics, gut microbes, and other lifestyle, environmental and social factors "to help each individual develop eating recommendations that improve overall health," Nicastro says.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are helpful in setting overall recommendations for healthy eating, yet Nicastro points to studies that show how much variation there can be in how individuals respond to specific foods or diets. For instance, a published study showed that even when people eat identical meals, their levels of triglycerides, glucose and insulin response can vary.
As part of the study, some participants will live in a dormitory-style setting for two-week stretches where they will rotate through three different types of diets. Researchers will measure body weight and vital signs, including blood pressure, and body composition. Blood, urine, saliva and stool samples will be collected, and researchers will assess microbiomes. Continuous glucose monitors can track changes in blood sugar.
At a time when diet related disease is a leading cause of premature death, the goal is to help people live healthier lives. Nutrition plays an integral role in human development and in the prevention of and treatment of disease.
Each year more than a million Americans die from diet-related diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain forms of cancer, according to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. And people living at a lower socioeconomic level are disproportionately affected by diet-related chronic disease. The NIH aims to recruit people from a range of diverse backgrounds to participate in the study.
There is a growing movement to integrate food and nutrition into health care and mounting evidence that providing prescriptions for fruit and vegetables can spur people to eat better and manage weight and blood sugar.
Precision nutrition is taking the trend one step further, with the NIH predicting that it will become a mainstay in medical care by 2030. The taxpayer funded study is estimated to cost about $170 million over the next five years.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-05-19T14:40:28+00:00 | lakeshorepublicmedia.org | https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-05-19/our-bodies-respond-differently-to-food-a-new-study-aims-to-find-out-how |
Facebook's parent company Meta announced Thursday that they'd removed many accounts affiliated with a far-right extremist group.
The Associated Press reported that around 480 Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages, and groups associated with the Proud Boys, which the social media company banned in 2018.
The company said this year they've removed about 750 accounts linked to the Proud Boys, the news outlet reported.
Back in March, the Justice Department announced Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was charged with conspiracy for his alleged role in planning the attack on the U.S. Capital on Jan. 6.
Tarrio and four other members of the group were federally charged with seditious conspiracy in June, the Associated Press reported.
According to the news outlet, the trial is slated to begin on Dec. 12. | 2022-08-26T19:52:17+00:00 | wrtv.com | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/meta-removes-hundreds-of-facebook-instagram-accounts-linked-to-proud-boys |
AILSA CHANG, HOST:
When inflation started getting bad, there were concerns that workers would create a wage-price spiral by asking for pay raises. Sarah Gonzalez with our Planet Money podcast says there are now concerns about a totally different kind of spiral.
SARAH GONZALEZ, BYLINE: There is a formula for what causes inflation, and it's very simple. It is costs plus corporate profits. That's how you get inflation. If costs increase for a company because workers want higher wages or because the cost of raw materials go up, you can get inflation. If corporate profits go up, you can get inflation. Now, you may remember a lot of economists last year saying that corporations or corporate greed was not driving inflation, but corporate profits could be a driver of inflation. It's right there in the inflation formula, says Andrew Glover at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
So you're an economist at the Fed.
ANDREW GLOVER: Yes.
GONZALEZ: Kind of fancy.
(LAUGHTER)
GLOVER: I guess. But it's Kansas City, so it's a less fancy city.
GONZALEZ: Andrew at the not-quite-fancy Kansas City Fed wanted to assign how much costs contributed to inflation at the beginning of inflation and how much profits contributed. To do this, he had to look at basically every type of good or service sold in the U.S.
GLOVER: So, you know, McDonald's would be in here. Walmart would be in here. Ford would be in here.
GONZALEZ: Pepsi.
GLOVER: Yeah.
GONZALEZ: Coca-Cola.
GLOVER: Yeah.
GONZALEZ: Ketchup makers, whatever.
GLOVER: Yes. Yes.
GONZALEZ: Normally, Andrew says, profits contribute less than a third to inflation. He found that in 2021, corporate profits could account for about double that, nearly 60% of inflation, meaning it was not costs driving inflation. It was corporate profits. Now, some economists hear this and think this is proof that companies were just using inflation as an excuse to gouge customers. Andrew does not think this. He thinks companies likely raised prices not because their costs went up in 2021 - because they did not, really - but because they were anticipating that their costs would go up a lot in 2022. And by the way, costs did end up going up in 2022, although companies still made record profits.
So they overanticipated how much costs would go up. They, like, overshot it.
GLOVER: Let me see. It is possible that firms, by anticipating higher costs, contributed to the inflationary pressures that actually led to higher costs.
GONZALEZ: Yeah, corporations anticipating higher inflation could have been why we got higher inflation. And Andrew says this could spiral.
GLOVER: If we were to get in a situation where not only in 2021 did firms expect higher inflation but in 2022, they expected it, 2023, they expected it, then we very well could end up in a world where profits are always a major contributing force to inflation.
GONZALEZ: This is why one of the Fed's goals is to keep inflation expectations anchored around 2%.
GLOVER: One of the outcomes of that would be that we don't see a profit-price spiral.
GONZALEZ: A profit-price spiral or a price-price spiral. This is a new phrase. Usually the worry around inflation is a wage-price spiral, where workers keep asking for pay raises and corporations keep raising prices to afford the raises, and it spirals. A price-price spiral is when corporations raise prices by more than the increase in their costs in a way that perpetuates inflation. Sarah Gonzalez, NPR News.
(SOUNDBITE OF MEAT PUPPETS SONG, "I'M A MINDLESS IDIOT") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-06-07T06:12:45+00:00 | kclu.org | https://www.kclu.org/economy/economy/2023-05-19/economists-are-reconsidering-how-much-corporate-profits-drive-inflation |
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405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
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405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
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Northwest winds around 5 mph.
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Bandera-
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405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
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405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
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405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
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Caldwell-
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Dimmit-
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then cloudy with
a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
60s.
$$
TXZ184-032315-
Edwards-
Including the city of Rocksprings
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ209-032315-
Fayette-
Including the city of La Grange
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Lows around 50. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance
of showers. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ219-032315-
Frio-
Including the city of Pearsall
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid
50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper
40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ188-032315-
Gillespie-
Including the city of Fredericksburg
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. West winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Gusts up to 30 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ223-032315-
Gonzales-
Including the city of Gonzales
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance
of showers. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ207-032315-
Guadalupe-
Including the city of Seguin
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance
of showers. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ191-032315-
Hays-
Including the city of San Marcos
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ222-032315-
Karnes-
Including the city of Karnes City
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows around 50. Highs in the
upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance
of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ189-032315-
Kendall-
Including the city of Boerne
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ186-032315-
Kerr-
Including the city of Kerrville
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ202-032315-
Kinney-
Including the city of Brackettville
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Cooler with
highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows
around 50.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ225-032315-
Lavaca-
Including the city of Hallettsville
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West
winds around 5 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance
of showers. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ194-032315-
Lee-
Including the city of Giddings
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs around
70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance
of showers. Highs around 60. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ171-032315-
Llano-
Including the city of Llano
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Cooler with highs around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows around 40.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ217-032315-
Maverick-
Including the city of Eagle Pass
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs in the mid 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance
of showers. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ204-032315-
Medina-
Including the city of Hondo
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ185-032315-
Real-
Including the city of Leakey
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in
the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ203-032315-
Uvalde-
Including the city of Uvalde
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows
around 50.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ173-032315-
Williamson-
Including the city of Georgetown
405 AM CST Tue Jan 3 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds
15 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in
the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of
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Coco Gauff has been staying at home with Mom and Dad and her brothers while getting ready for the U.S. team’s Billie Jean King Cup qualifier against Austria that begins Friday in Delray Beach, Florida.
That’s the case for the American team as a whole, which includes players Jessica Pegula, Sofia Kenin, Danielle Collins and Caty McNally, along with captain Kathy Rinaldi — who was born about an hour’s drive north from the outdoor hard courts of the Delray Beach Tennis Center. Pegula, like the 19-year-old Gauff, has been at her Florida house this week, when rain limited practice time.
“It means a lot to compete here,” said Gauff, who figured she was 12, or maybe even younger, the last time she played in an event that counted in her hometown. “I’m super excited to compete in front of my family and friends — probably one of the few opportunities they get to see me play.”
There are nine best-of-five-match qualifiers scheduled for Friday and Saturday around the world, with each winner advancing to the finals on Nov. 7-12 at a site yet to be announced, along with reigning champion Switzerland, 2022 runner-up Australia and one wild-card recipient.
The other matchups are: France at Britain, Czech Republic against Ukraine in Turkey, Mexico at Spain, Belgium at Canada, Brazil at Germany, Italy at Slovakia, Poland at Kazakhstan, and Romania at Slovenia.
Among the top players on rosters are 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova for the Czech Republic and Caroline Garcia for France. Among the missing is top-ranked Iga Swiatek, sidelined since last month with a rib injury.
A glance at the WTA rankings would seem to make the U.S. a big favorite against Austria.
The Americans, whose record 18th and most recent championship in this event came in 2017, are led by Pegula, who is No. 3 in singles and No. 4 in doubles, and Gauff, who is No. 6 in singles and No. 3 in doubles. Rinaldi’s roster also includes a Grand Slam singles champion in Kenin, and a major finalist in Collins.
“We go in confident, yes, but we don’t expect anything to be easy. The moment you take your opponent for granted is the moment you lost the match,” Gauff said. “So we’re going to step in preparing for the match like we’re playing the No. 1 team in the world.”
Austria, which has never won the title at this women’s tennis team competition, has only one player ranked inside the top 150 in singles — No. 78 Julia Grabher — and no one ranked higher than 379th in doubles.
“We’re not going to go in there and underestimate our opponents. With Billie Jean King Cup, players tend to play their best — and that’s what we’re expecting. When you’re playing for a team and for your country, it’s pretty powerful,” Rinaldi said. “Everybody respects our opponents and we’re still preparing as we would for any other tie.”
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-04-12T23:43:19+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tennis/2023/04/12/billie-jean-king-cup-coco-gauff/bdd1d7cc-d985-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html |
Less than one week after a deadly fire at a New York City electric bike shop, the city is now getting $25 million to help prevent future disasters.
Officials announced Sunday that the emergency grant from the federal government would fund a swath of new e-bike outdoor charging stations across the city. Mayor Eric Adams said the initiative will provide safer ways to recharge the lithium batteries that have been linked to hundreds of fires.
"This means that residents will no longer need to charge the e-bikes in their apartments — what we find to be extremely dangerous, particularly when you charge them overnight," Adams said at a press conference alongside New York's two U.S. senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who helped secure the funding from the Department of Transportation.
"This money will save lives and protect New Yorkers," Schumer added.
SEE MORE: E-bikes take the work out of biking, but are they worth the cost?
The announcement comes after at least four people were killed and two others critically injured when a fire erupted last week inside an electric bike repair shop in New York City. Fire officials said the blaze broke out just after midnight on the first floor of a six-story building on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
The lithium-ion batteries that power these devices have been blamed for a rash of fires in recent years. The New York City Fire Department said at least 200 fires and six deaths were caused by lithium batteries on electric bikes last year. The bikes are often used by food delivery workers to zip around the city.
City officials who manage public housing had initially proposed banning e-bikes because of incidents like these, but later reversed course amid backlash from low-income residents who rely on the transportation for their livelihoods.
Gillibrand said she and Schumer were working on legislation that would establish new safety standards for batteries and would take "improperly manufactured batteries off the market."
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-06-26T17:14:03+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/nyc-receiving-25m-for-e-bike-charging-stations-following-deadly-fires |
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts for ex-House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, the former head of the Republican Party. But the state’s attorney general said it’s “only the beginning of accountability” for the now-tainted $1 billion bailout of two aging nuclear power plants.
Householder, 63, and Borges, 50, could spend up to 20 years in prison for their racketeering conspiracy convictions. The jury agreed with prosecutors that Householder orchestrated a $60 million bribery scheme, secretly funded by Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp., to secure his power, elect his allies and pass the bailout bill — and that Borges took part in a dirty-tricks campaign to protect the bailout law from referendum.
The investigation remains open, and additional lawsuits and regulatory actions remain unresolved. Here’s a look at where things stand:
COULD THE SENTENCES BE APPEALED?
It’s likely. Householder and Borges are out on bond. They have until next Thursday to file any motions, including for a new trial. They’ll be sentenced once those motions are resolved and the probation office’s pre-sentence investigation is complete, which could take weeks. They will then have 14 days to appeal their sentence to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
These were the last of the parties arrested in July 2020. Political strategist Jeffrey Longstreth, who worked on Householder’s election campaign, and lobbyist Juan Cespedes pleaded guilty and testified in the seven-week trial. The government will likely recommend reduced sentences for them.
Generation Now, a “dark money” group that was used to funnel FirstEnergy’s millions to Longstreth, Householder and others, also pleaded guilty for its role. A fifth individual charged, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Neil Clark, died by suicide in March 2021.
WHO ELSE MIGHT BE CHARGED?
As the government’s investigation continues, a number of other names have surfaced.
In a deal to avoid prosecution, FirstEnergy admitted paying a $4.3 million bribe for favorable treatment to Sam Randazzo, the state’s former top utility regulator, who had ties to the company. Randazzo resigned a day after the FBI searched his home. Randazzo has denied wrongdoing and hasn’t been charged.
There also have been no charges against the FirstEnergy executives fired after Householder and others were arrested. Those executives include former CEO Chuck Jones and former Vice President for External Affairs Michael Dowling, whose texts, emails and travel itineraries factored heavily into the case against Householder.
Prosecutors say the executives met with Householder to hatch the scheme over a fancy dinner in Washington — which Householder refuted on the stand. Jones says neither he nor any other FirstEnergy employee engaged in “unlawful activities in their dealings with government officials,” speaking through a New York-based public relations firm.
Individuals with ties to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine have also come up through investigations or lawsuits.
Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was considered an ally by the FirstEnergy executives in their fight for the bailout bill.
Dan McCarthy was a former FirstEnergy lobbyist and Husted confidante who formed another dark money group involved, then worked as a lobbyist on the governor’s behalf.
Mike Dawson was a onetime consultant to FirstEnergy. His wife Laurel Dawson was the governor’s chief of staff, and she helped vet Randazzo for the utility regulator chairmanship and approved sending a state plane to pick up lawmakers for the bailout vote. The flight ultimately never happened.
The governor’s office says all its employees’ actions were above board — and notes that no staff have been questioned.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE OTHER LAWSUITS?
Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost asked a Franklin County judge last week to lift the stay on discovery in the state’s separate civil racketeering case. That would let him continue collecting documents and deposing witnesses, which he said could “reveal an expanded number of defendants.”
One group of lawsuits by FirstEnergy shareholders was settled last year. A deal required the company to reform its corporate governance, transparency and ethics. However, a shareholder wants the settlement reconsidered, and that’s still pending. Additional corporate governance requirements were included in FirstEnergy’s prosecution deferral agreement. To avoid prosecution, the company must satisfy those requirements by July 2024.
FirstEnergy still faces shareholder lawsuits alleging the company committed securities violations. Defendants include both Jones and his successor, former CEO and President Steven Strah, who abruptly retired in September. A class certification hearing is scheduled before a federal judge in that case on Friday.
WHAT REGULATORY ACTIONS ARE POSSIBLE?
FirstEnergy has faced scrutiny from state and federal utility regulators as well as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Four investigations by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio were paused last week for an additional six months, as the federal probe continues. Those efforts target FirstEnergy’s political and charitable contributions, its compliance with corporate separation laws, and whether details brought to light by the Householder case were properly disclosed as the company sought past rate and capital recovery adjustments.
The Ohio Consumers’ Counsel, which represents residential utility customers, was subpoenaing documents and deposing witnesses when the reviews were halted.
Meanwhile, FirstEnergy “fully resolved” matters with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a consent agreement signed in January. The regulatory commission found FirstEnergy failed to disclose nearly $94 million in lobbying for the bailout bill. It was fined $3.9 million. The SEC’s review continues.
WHAT STATEHOUSE SOLUTIONS ARE PROPOSED?
Legislation containing the bailout gave FirstEnergy a guaranteed-profit subsidy, but that was nixed by a settlement agreement last year. The nuclear bailout provisions of the bill also were repealed. Some lawmakers are fighting to repeal other energy subsidies included in the sweeping measure, which ratepayers are still paying for.
Different groups of House Republicans and Democrats introduced anticorruption legislation this session. They say the proposed laws could address gaps in campaign finance law highlighted by the case — gaps that allow uncontrolled raising and spending of money through dark money groups.
Others are calling for more transparency under Ohio’s lobbying laws, which required few to no details be made public about the plane trips, wining and dining, sports tickets and other perks Householder testified to receiving.
Those bills’ prospects are unclear. | 2023-03-14T23:57:55+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/ap-news/2023/03/14/whats-next-in-ohio-corruption-probe-after-guilty-verdicts/ |
NEW YORK, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stax LLC, a global strategy consulting firm specializing in commercial due diligence, value creation, and exit planning for private equity firms, PE-backed companies, hedge funds, and investment banks, has announced its Board of Managers unanimously agreed to appoint Jayson Traxler as CEO, effective immediately. Traxler joined Stax in 2021 as Chief Operating Officer after the strategic platform investment from Blue Point Capital Partners and named President in 2022. Through his instrumental role in spearheading the development and execution of critical growth initiatives, Stax has witnessed a remarkable transformation. From scaling operations and nurturing talent to optimizing client-delivery platforms, Traxler has established a solid foundation for the success of the firm.
"Jayson's appointment as CEO is a testament to the importance of trust, stewardship, and shared ethos. As the founder, having led the firm for nearly three decades, finding the right person with a compelling vision and hands-on execution capabilities was paramount," said Rafi Musher, Chairman of the Board of Stax. "Having known Jayson for over a decade and having collaborated closely, his extensive knowledge, valuable relationships, and continuous learning have been truly inspiring. In the past year and a half, we have achieved significant milestones: expanding to Europe, rapidly growing the NYC office, elevating our value creation and sell-side capabilities, all while leading with tech-enablement. Jayson has also delivered on an important mandate to nurture an environment that empowers the next generation to assume greater responsibilities and actively participate in the firm's growth. I couldn't be more thrilled for Jayson, Stax, and the promising future that lies ahead."
"Over the last 18 months, we've worked towards building a durable and sustainable organization that generates long-term value and creates exceptional opportunities for our employees," said Traxler. "Stax is strategically mapping its path towards several key priorities that will shape our future success. Our recent GTM strategy rollout is a transformative milestone that sets the stage for cultivating deeper client relationships and propels Stax towards a trajectory of accelerated growth. We are also prioritizing focused hiring at the senior level, ensuring we assemble a diverse team of exceptional talent. Additionally, our focus on the development of unique product offerings and exploration of new markets promises to unlock exciting opportunities for Stax."
About Stax LLC
Stax LLC is a global management consulting firm serving corporate and private equity clients across a broad range of industries including software/technology, healthcare, business services, industrial, consumer/retail, and education. The firm partners with clients to provide data-driven, actionable insights designed to drive growth, enhance profits, increase value, and make better investment decisions. Please visit www.stax.com and follow Stax on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With deepening reform and an improving business environment, Qianhai has once again attracted the attention of global businesses and investors. At the 2022 Qianhai Global Investment Promotion Conference held on the afternoon of November 8, a number of Fortune 500 companies, Hong Kong businesses, state-owned enterprises, and other industrial bellwethers signed agreements to set up offices in Qianhai. The expected total investment exceeded 120 billion yuan, according to the Authority of Qianhai. This has fully demonstrated the conference theme "Invest in Qianhai, Building a Winning Future", along with the economic vitality, policy appeal, and driving forces of innovation in Qianhai.
After continuous institutional innovations, the business environment in Qianhai has been acknowledged by business entities worldwide. "Qianhai not only possesses a superior talent pool, but also provides companies with comprehensive support," said Zhang Yangqing, General Manager of Merchants Union Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. "There's no better place than Qianhai with regards to Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation," stated Dr. Sunny Siu, a Hong Kong entrepreneur and founder of Jaguar Micro.
Alvin Zhong, Managing Director of Colliers Shenzhen, commented in an interview, "Qianhai has one of the top business environments around the globe. Qianhai's policies, services, market, and prospects are meaningful to companies' future business plans."
According to the Institutional Innovation Index for China Pilot Free Trade Zones released by Sun Yat-sen University, Qianhai ranks first in the country in terms of system innovation. Furthermore, a third-party assessment by Deloitte also shows that Qianhai is a global leader in such parameters as starting a business and access to electricity.
As a reform pioneer, Qianhai has never stopped making progress. At the conference, the Qianhai Global Service Providers (QGSP) Program was launched to actively attract and cultivate national top 20 or global top 50 businesses in eight fields, including modern finance, business & trade, logistics, information services, etc. The goal of the program is to build a cluster of global service providers with the world's top 500 headquarters companies as the pillars and SME industry leaders in specialized fields as the main body.
Qianhai vows to render these businesses an industrial support fund of no less than one billion yuan and an industrial space of over 200,000 square kilometers every year. Its goal is to introduce or foster more than 300 modern service providers from around the world and achieve an added value of over 100 billion yuan in the modern service sector by 2025. Qianhai will make every effort to build a core engine for the modern service industry in the Greater Bay Area and become an important producer service center in the Asia-Pacific region.
At the conference, Qianhai extended its invitation to global service providers in eight fields with business team incentives of tens of millions of yuan and an appealing 15% corporate income tax rate.
Companies in Qianhai have already felt the zone's passion for promoting investment. "This year, we officially moved our office back to Qianhai," said Zhou Xiangdong, Chief Financial Officer and Board Director of Shenzhen Hive Box Technology Co., Ltd. "On the basis of what Shenzhen provides, Qianhai offers more support for businesses in terms of finance, taxation, and administrative approval."
Wang Peiying, founder of DVF Private Equity Fund Management Co. Ltd., stated, "Seeing that a number of international financial companies are thriving in Qianhai, DVF also intends to settle here as soon as possible."
According to its plan, Qianhai will also create a series of clusters, featuring venture capital investment, natural gas trading, cross-border e-commerce, and tax services.
"Qianhai is wide open, equipped with a global platform that facilitates insight and information exchange. It will become a hub for specialized service industries in the future," Alvin Zhong added. "Qianhai is undoubtedly a desirable destination for doing business."
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Diesel students at six UTI campuses eligible to apply
PHOENIX, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Technical Institute (UTI), a division of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (NYSE: UTI) and a leading workforce solutions provider of skilled trades education programs, is announcing another Early Employment Program partner, RDO Equipment Co. (RDO), a diesel equipment dealer with more than 75 stores across the U.S.
RDO also offers parts, service, and full support, which is where UTI diesel students are needed. Students enrolled in the diesel program at six UTI campuses, including Avondale, Ariz., Long Beach, Rancho Cucamonga and Sacramento, Calif., and Austin and Dallas, Texas, are eligible to apply for the program.
RDO has committed to offering the Early Employment Program students they hire up to $32,000, which includes tuition reimbursement over four years, a company-paid tool program, and a $5,000 bonus when hired upon graduation.
As the demand for skilled technicians continues to rise, a growing number of employers across the country are joining UTI's Early Employment Program. Participating employers offer paid work experience, and consideration for full-time employment and reimbursement for education-related expenses after graduation. [1]
"We're proud of the success of our Early Employment Program and are excited to see it growing, giving students more opportunities to gain real-world experience while helping them pay for their education," said Vice President of Student Success, Melanie Scheet. "This initiative helps UTI continue to offer students technical training in the transportation industry, while some of the biggest names in the industry are finding qualified employees who can hit the ground running on day one."
RDO's goals for its Early Employment Program students include hiring students in a variety of positions to give them the opportunity to learn the organization's culture and provide them with advancement opportunities, mentor them while they progress through the program, and hire successful students for full-time positions once they graduate.
"The demand for highly-skilled diesel technicians has never been greater for us, and Universal Technical Institute has designed a curriculum to help students acquire the skills they need to succeed," said Jeff Spake, RDO recruiting program manager. "By working with employers and industry leaders like RDO Equipment Co., UTI offers programs that strengthen technical and professional skills in preparation for long-term, rewarding careers."
For more information on UTI's Early Employment Program, visit uti.edu/support-services/employment-assistance/early-employment.
Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (NYSE: UTI) (the "Company") was founded in 1965 and is a leading workforce solutions provider of transportation, skilled trades and healthcare education programs, whose mission is to serve students, partners, and communities by providing quality education and support services for in-demand careers across a number of highly-skilled fields. The Company is comprised of two divisions: Universal Technical Institute ("UTI") and Concorde Career Colleges ("Concorde"). UTI operates 16 campuses located in 9 states and offers a wide range of transportation and skilled trades technical training programs under brands such as UTI, MIAT College of Technology, Motorcycle Mechanics Institute, Marine Mechanics Institute and NASCAR Technical Institute. Concorde operates across 17 campuses in 8 states, offering programs in the Allied Health, Dental, Nursing, Patient Care and Diagnostic fields. For more information, visit www.uti.edu or www.concorde.edu, or visit us on LinkedIn at @UniversalTechnicalInstitute and @Concorde Career Colleges or on Twitter @news_UTI or @ConcordeCareer.
Founded in 1968, RDO Equipment Co. sells and supports agriculture, construction, environmental, irrigation, positioning, and surveying equipment from leading manufacturers including John Deere, Vermeer, and Topcon. With more than 75 locations across the United States, and partnerships in Africa, Australia, Mexico, RDO Equipment Co. is a total solutions provider. https://www.rdoequipment.com/
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge denied bail Tuesday for a Minnesota man authorities say was amassing an arsenal of guns to use against police before his arrest, and had idolized the person who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado last month.
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright ruled that no restrictions were sufficient to ensure that River William Smith, 20, would not pose a danger to public safety as he awaits trial on weapons charges.
Smith did not speak or enter a plea during his detention hearing.
“Law enforcement took him down before he could execute his plan,” federal prosecutor Manda Sertich told the court.
Defense attorney Jordan Kushner argued that there was no evidence that Smith actually intended to hurt anyone, or that his “inflammatory” comments about Blacks, Jews and gays in social media exchanges with an FBI informant constituted threats against any specific individuals.
“There’s a big difference between threats and thoughts and doing things,” Kushner argued.
Smith is charged with possession of a machine gun — specifically devices to convert guns to fully automatic fire — and attempting to possess unregistered hand grenades. He paid a second FBI informant $690 for four “auto sear” devices and three dummy grenades shortly before his arrest last Wednesday, prosecutors allege.
FBI Special Agent Mark Etheridge testified that when Smith was arrested he had a loaded Glock 17 semiautomatic handgun, with three full magazines for a total of 52 rounds of ammunition, including the bullet in the chamber. He was wearing soft body armor designed to stop handgun rounds. A search of his car turned up an “AR-style” rifle and two other handguns, as well as a “drum magazine” for the rifle that held 100 rounds.
Smith lived with his grandparents in the Minneapolis suburb of Savage. Four people who acknowledged they were family members attended the hearing, including his grandmother, Roberta McCue, and a woman the grandmother identified as Smith’s mother, but they all declined to comment on the case. Kushner also declined to comment afterward.
According to the charging documents and Etheridge’s testimony, Smith had expressed interest in joining neo-Nazi paramilitary groups; called the Colorado nightclub killer a “hero;” expressed sympathy for the shooter who killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018; described Black people as “agents of Satan” and expressed hatred of Jews. He said he carried a note cursing police inside his body armor so that police could find it after his death.
The agent also went over a 2019 incident — described earlier in charging documents — inside Smith’s grandparents house, when he was 17, in which he fired three rounds from an AK-47-style assault rifle. His grandmother suffered a minor hand injury in the process. Under a probation agreement, Smith was barred from using or possessing firearms until he turned 19.
But the documents allege that McCue bought her grandson around 1,000 rounds of ammunition this fall. Minnesota law prohibits people under age 21 from buying handgun ammunition.
Under questioning from Kushner, Etheridge acknowledged that Smith did not resist arrest last week. But Sertich presented a partial transcript of a recent phone call from jail between Smith and his grandmother in which he said: “Maybe I should have. I didn’t even have the option to do anything bad.”
According to the transcript, Smith described the officers who arrested him to her as “15 guys fully drawn.” She told Smith she had never trusted the informant, it said.
Authorities began investigating after getting a call in September from a retired police officer who was working at a gun range that Smith frequented. He told them he was concerned because of how Smith practiced shooting from behind barriers while wearing heavy body armor designed to stop rifle bullets, and conducting rapid reloading drills.
On Nov. 11, FBI agents observed his grandmother driving him to another range and waiting in the parking lot. A surveillance photo shows him wearing a “Punisher” face mask, a symbol used by some right-wing extremist groups. On a Nov. 16 visit to the club, he told the informant he was “dedicated to dying in the fight with the police,” the documents say.
Prosecutors charged Smith via a complaint, a document they sometimes use when they’re in a hurry to arrest someone. The case is now expected to go to a federal grand jury for the formal indictment necessary to bring him to trial.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NRO) (the "Fund") has announced a distribution declaration of $0.0312 per share of common stock. The distribution announced today is payable on November 30, 2022, has a record date of November 15, 2022 and has an ex-date of November 14, 2022.
Under its level distribution policy, the Fund anticipates that it will make regular monthly distributions, subject to market conditions, of $0.0312 per share of common stock, unless further action is taken to determine another amount. There is no assurance that the Fund will always be able to pay a distribution of any particular amount, or that a distribution will consist of only net investment income. The Fund's ability to maintain its current distribution rate will depend on a number of factors, including the amount and stability of income received from its investments, availability of capital gains, the amount of leverage employed by the Fund, the cost of leverage and the level of other Fund fees and expenses.
The distribution announced today, as well as future distributions, may consist of net investment income, net realized capital gains and return of capital. In compliance with Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, a notice would be provided for any distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income. The notice would be for informational purposes and not for tax reporting purposes, and would disclose, among other things, estimated portions of the distribution, if any, consisting of net investment income, capital gains and return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions paid in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
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McConnell ‘fine’ after freezing during news conference
(CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that he’s “fine,” after freezing during a news conference on Wednesday.
McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, stopped speaking in the middle of remarks at his regularly scheduled weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. After a 30-second pause, his colleagues crowded around to see if he was OK and asked him how he felt. GOP Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming was seen gripping McConnell’s arm and whispered to him, “Hey Mitch, anything else you want to say? Or should we just go back to your office? Do you want to say anything else to the press?”
He said nothing, and was led away from the press conference and towards his office by an aide. He returned to the news conference a few minutes later.
McConnell, asked by CNN what happened and if it is related to his fall earlier this year, said “No, I’m fine,” and then moved on to other reporters.
A McConnell aide said that the senator “felt light headed and stepped away for a moment.”
“He came back to handle Q and A, which as everyone observed was sharp,” the aide said.
McConnell, 81, has faced questions over his health after suffering a concussion and broken ribs from a fall he endured earlier this year. He was hospitalized and forced to go to rehab for several weeks before returning to the Senate in the spring. | 2023-07-26T19:11:39+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/politics/mcconnell-fine-after-freezing-during-news-conference/ |
A South Carolina man serving as a medic in the Ukrainian military was identified by his commanding officer over the weekend as one of two Americans killed in action last week.
Luke “Skywalker” Lucyszyn, a 31-year-old Myrtle Beach resident, died on July 18 in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine after he was knocked unconscious by an artillery strike and fatally shot by a Russian tank, his commander, Ruslan Miroshnichenko, wrote on Facebook.
The State Department confirmed the deaths of two Americans in Ukraine on Friday but did not release their names or further details. Family and friends have confirmed reports that Lucyszyn was one of the men who died.
Miroshnichenko identified the other American as Bryan Young. Other information about Young wasn’t immediately available Monday.
Thousands of foreign fighters, including many Americans, have joined Ukrainian forces battling Russia since it invaded on Feb. 24. Some of the volunteers are hardened veterans from other wars; others have little to no military experience.
Lucyszyn’s longtime friend Trey Kober, of North Myrtle Beach, said Lucyszyn left for Ukraine in early April after telling close friends he felt a responsibility to defend his late grandmother’s homeland.
Lucyszyn volunteered to take the place of another man who needed to be with his family, Kober said.
“I was proud of him,” Kober said in an interview Monday. “He relieved the man, and he immediately started teaching others because some of these guys had never held guns before, had never loaded ammunition into magazines.”
Kober, 40, befriended Lucyszyn on a North Carolina paintball course 12 years ago and took on “an older brother role” for the young paintball instructor. The two spent their weekends camping in the woods and playing multiday paintball matches with friends. Lucyszyn later worked as a police officer and was the father of two children.
Two weeks before his death, Lucyszyn said goodbye to Kober in an emotional Facebook message after he learned that his platoon would soon be sent to the more dangerous Donbas region, where Russia has focused most of its firepower, bombarding cities and towns, in its assault on Ukraine.
“He was pretty confident he wouldn’t be coming back,” Kober said. “He sent us a serious message that said he was being sent to the frontlines to relieve a platoon that had been there for a long time, and he basically just told us, ‘I’m not coming back from this. This is it.’”
Though Kober knew his friend might die in battle, he said nothing could have prepared him for the shock he felt when he learned the news.
Lucyszyn’s parents, Kathryn and George Lucyszyn, said the State Department informed them of their son’s death on a phone call Tuesday. The Calabash, North Carolina, residents said they tried to dissuade their son from serving abroad, but he insisted it was his calling.
“He didn’t go there to be a hero,” Lucyszyn’s mother said Saturday in an interview with NBC News. “He went there because he wanted to help people.”
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Schoenbaum reported from Raleigh, North Carolina. Associated Press writers Julia Rubin in New York and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on trampolines.
Feld Entertainment, which owns the “Greatest Show on Earth,” revealed to The Associated Press what audiences can expect during the show’s upcoming 2023 North American tour kicking off this fall.
The 75 performers from 18 countries will include performers on a triangular high wire 25 feet off the ground, crisscrossing flying trapeze artists, a spinning double wheel powered by acrobats and BMX trail bikes, unicycle riders and skateboarders doing flips and tricks.
The tour kicks off in Bossier City, Louisiana, from Sept 29-Oct. 1 and then goes to Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana and ends the year in Oklahoma. It restarts in 2024 in Florida, home to Feld Entertainment.
The show is a complete rethink of a modern circus. Feld Entertainment has been working on everything from how to integrate clowns, the branding and the merchandise over the past four years.
“We knew we were going to come back. We didn’t know exactly how,” says Kenneth Feld, chair and chief executive officer of Feld Entertainment. “It took us a long time to really delve in and take a look at Ringling in different ways. It became a re-imagination, a rethinking of how we were going to do it.”
The circus took down its tents after years of declining ticket sales as customers became conflicted about the treatment of circus animals. Costly court battles led to the end of elephant acts in 2016. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals have praised the “animal-free revamp.”
The rebirth extends the circus’ long run that dates back to a time before automobiles, airplanes or movies, when Ulysses S. Grant was president and minstrel shows were popular entertainment.
“There is no substitute for live entertainment. You cannot get an emotional response from people looking at a two-dimensional screen as you can when they are experiencing ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ or any kind of live entertainment,” says Feld.
The new production design includes moveable staircases and two main stages. Audiences will have a 360-degree view with live camera feeds and virtual reality, and lighting and sound design that tracks the performer.
“The technology in the show is about enhancing experience, not just technology,” said Juliette Feld Grossman, chief operating officer of Feld Entertainment. “We have so much activity and action so we want to make sure that we never miss the biggest moments in the show.”
Grossman said that when she and her team were rethinking what the circus could be, they landed on the concept of fun and a sense of play being critical. She promises to “give the audience something that they haven’t seen or that they didn’t even know to anticipate.”
The Feld family, which bought the circus in 1967, has branched out, buying and creating other large-scale touring shows, such as Disney on Ice, Marvel Live and Monster Jam. Feld said that there is something about the circus that people hold dear.
“Why there is a circus and a form of circus literally every place on the planet is that people emotionally are basically the same,” he said.
“When you’re on a high wire and you’re doing a backward somersault on the wire or you’re doing something really extraordinary, I don’t care where you are. You appreciate that. You understand the danger of it, the thrill of it.” | 2023-03-21T18:56:55+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/ringling-bros-circus-to-tour-again-minus-animals/ |
By BEN FINLEY
Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Phillip Slaughter left the Army after 18 years and found a job similar to one he had in uniform: behind the wheel of a truck. Instead of towing food and bullets through war zones, he hauled packages for FedEx.
It wasn’t what he wanted to do. The work aggravated his post-traumatic stress disorder. It would be three years and several jobs before he landed his ideal position as a sourcing recruiter for a tech company.
“I think it’s the first job that I’ve worked 10 consecutive months without quitting,” said Slaughter, 41, who lives in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Slaughter is a U.S. military veteran who found a job he loves at a time when the nation is experiencing some of its lowest monthly veteran unemployment on record. But the rate — 2.7% in October — can mask the difficulty of a transition that sometimes takes years of working unfulfilling jobs, while forging a new identity and a new purpose beyond serving one’s country.
“Even though (veteran unemployment) is low, I’m interested to see a survey on how many people are happy in the position they’re in,” said Slaughter, who also runs his own consulting firm for fellow vets.
Veterans account for about 7% of the civilian population, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their jobless rate can help gauge the nation’s efforts to assist former service members, experts say. It can also reflect on the military and how it prepares departing personnel. High veteran unemployment is not good for recruiting.
For this Veterans Day, a handful of former service members talked about their experiences looking for work at a time when the veteran jobless rate is so low. For some, it was easy — but others have struggled.
Pierson Gest, a former Army infantryman, landed his first post-military job in August as a hydropower system designer in California.
Gest joined up during the Great Recession, knowing he’d eventually go to school on the GI Bill. Starting college in 2017 was tough at first as he developed study habits. But he got the hang of it, earning his engineering degree in June.
“I was lucky enough to negotiate a six-figure salary,” said Gest, 37, who lives outside San Francisco. “And I definitely used and leveraged my experience in the Army to negotiate that wage on top of my college degree.”
Across the country in Florida, Thomas Holmes is still searching for his ideal job.
Holmes, 46, left the Air Force in 2012 after 17 years, during which he maintained parachute systems for various types of aircraft, from F-15 fighter jets to U-2 spy planes.
He said the one full-time job he’s worked, in the billing and claims department of a warehouse office, was toxic. He quit after about 18 months.
Holmes used the GI Bill to earn three degrees, including a master’s in sports management. He found part-time work in the industry, but rising gas prices and the lure of more consistent hours prompted him to work at a nearby UPS store.
“I’ve applied for many jobs — county jobs, state jobs, all sorts of things,” said Holmes, who lives outside Tampa. “And then all I get is: ‘Well, thanks for your service.’”
Jayla Hair’s transition from Navy to civilian paralegal wasn’t easy, despite a bachelor’s degree in the field and skills that would seem transferable.
Hair, 30, said she applied to about 300 jobs over eight months. After seeking help from a Navy program and friends, Hair overhauled her resume and job interviews eventually came her way. But potential employers cited her lack of experience with state laws and civilian courts.
Hair took temporary jobs in the legal field and recently landed a full-time position as a paralegal for a Fortune 500 company in the Chicago area.
“Just having my military experience was not enough,” said Hair, who plans to pursue a law degree in the future. “If it wasn’t for me having these temporary jobs to build my civilian resume, I don’t know where I’d be right now.”
Hair landed her job at a time when veteran unemployment has been mostly dropping. The annual veteran jobless rate fell steadily from 8.7% in 2010 to 3.1% in 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last year, after a spike fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, the annual rate was 4.4%. But the seasonally adjusted monthly percentage in March was 2.4, hailed by President Joe Biden as tied for the lowest rate on record. August also hit that mark.
The tight labor market and demand for workers after the coronavirus pandemic is likely one factor for the low veteran jobless rates, said Jeffrey B. Wenger, a senior policy researcher at the Rand Corp. But so are significant efforts in recent years by the U.S. military, Department of Veterans Affairs and veteran service organizations to provide assistance to outgoing service members.
Training such as resume-writing is now mandatory and American companies have launched initiatives to hire hundreds of thousands of vets.
Many of those undertakings grew from the Great Recession and the abundance of stressed-out service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, which “brought the veteran employment crisis to a head,” Wenger said.
“And over the last 10 to 15 years, people have been putting in more and more resources and have become more and more dedicated to fixing that problem,” Wenger said.
Among them is Transition Overwatch, a firm that runs career apprenticeship programs across the country. CEO Sean Ofeldt said the company zeroes in on what active service members want to do as civilians, not what they’re doing or the skills they’ve learned in the military.
“A lot of military members don’t want to keep doing what they did,” said Ofeldt, a former Navy SEAL. “We train them up while they’re still on active duty and then launch them into an actual career with all the support they need for that first 12 months.”
But the formula for supporting veterans has to encompass more than just employment. It needs to focus on social challenges as well, said Karl Hamner, a University of Alabama education professor.
Veterans can feel isolated after losing their tribe of fellow service members. Hamner said new data indicates that loss can be especially acute for women because they formed strong bonds with one another as they navigated a male-dominated military.
In a soon-to-be released national survey of 4,700 female veterans conducted by Hamner and his colleagues, 70% said adjusting to civilian life was difficult; 71% said they needed more time to figure out what they wanted to do.
“They had to prove themselves in a valued, highly regarded profession,” Hamner said. “And now they’re back to trying to figure out what it means to be a civilian woman and deal with all the standard discriminatory stuff.”
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The Federal Reserve’s runway for raising interest rates to tackle the worst inflation in 40 years just got a little bit longer after a Labor Department report Friday showed unemployment remained near generational lows in June.
As the latest report showed, predictions of the economy’s imminent demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Despite surging borrowing costs as a result of the Fed’s policies, nonfarm payrolls rose 372,000 last month, beating expectations and keeping unemployment at 3.6%, just a hair above the pre-pandemic low of 3.5%. Average hourly earnings remained fairly strong, climbing 0.3% from a month earlier as the previous month’s figure was revised up slightly. The three-month trend indicates wages are growing at a roughly 4.2% annualized pace, not quite enough to keep up with consumer prices but clearly above the level that the Fed will deem consistent with its 2% inflation target.
The report also came just days after another one showed there were still nearly two job openings for every unemployed person, and workers continue to quit their jobs at accelerated rates. Those features of the unusual post-pandemic economy have been a source of repeated concern for Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who is trying to avoid a situation in which wage pressure forces companies to raise the prices of goods even more to offset costs. Members of the Federal Open Market Committee that votes on monetary police have said they hope that they can cut openings without hurting employment too much, as they noted in the minutes of their June 14-15 meeting published this week:
In light of the very high level of job vacancies, a number of participants judged that the expected moderation in labor demand relative to supply might primarily affect vacancies and have a less significant effect on the unemployment rate.
Of course, it’s never quite that easy, and the picture for workers wasn’t all sunshine and roses. The jobs report includes a survey of work establishments as well as a household survey, which incorporates other workers including the self-employed, and the household measure showed a decline in jobs. As Bleakley Financial Group Chief Investment Officer Peter Boockvar noted, the unemployment rate stayed steady only because the denominator — the number of people who say they’re working or looking for work — also fell by a similar amount.
Overall, it’s no mirage that the economy is slowing, as recent manufacturing and personal spending data have suggested. That’s a feature, not a bug, of the Fed’s policies. Ideally, the Fed would love to slow the economy to a pace consistent with more stable prices without sending it into recession, but that’s a trick central bankers have rarely been able to pull off.
The unemployment rate may be one of the last places that economic trouble becomes evident, creating some peril if the Fed overemphasizes it in calibrating monetary policy. But its own projections show that unemployment will probably rise above 4%, which some economists view as a healthy and necessary part of the disinflationary process.
The upshot? Two-year Treasury yields were surging Friday as the market rushes to reverse the rally of the last couple of weeks. Market doves who thought the Fed would blink at the first sign of trouble were always misguided. Powell has made clear that he sees inflation as his primary concern and that he’s willing to cause some economic pain to rein it in. For all the caveats in Friday’s report, the fact that unemployment hasn’t even budged during the Fed’s interest rate campaign suggests that its runway may be even longer than previously expected.
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• US Labor Market Shows No Signs of Imminent Recession: Conor Sen
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The GOP-controlled North Carolina General Assembly on Tuesday evening overrode a veto from the governor on a bill that prohibits abortions after 12 weeks and imposes more restrictions on providers and patients.
The lower chamber’s vote came after the state Senate voted to override the veto earlier Tuesday. Gov. Roy Cooper (D) had vetoed the bill over the weekend, lambasting Republicans for including “medically unnecessary obstacles and restrictions.”
North Carolina had allowed for abortions up to 20 weeks, but that time frame is now reduced to 12 weeks as the bill becomes law.
The 12-week ban is set to go into effect immediately. Some provisions will go into effect later this year, such as heightened restrictions on administering medical abortions and licensing requirements for new abortion facilities.
However, N.C. Democratic lawmakers have argued the law actually limits abortions to a shorter time frame, owing to how it reduces when medical abortions can be performed to 10 weeks. Medical abortions account for more than half of all abortions in the U.S.
Abortion clinics are now vulnerable to losing their licensing with the enactment of this bill as it allows the North Carolina Medical Care Commission to “adopt, amend and appeal” the rules applied to such facilities.
Republicans in the state have framed this bill as a compromise or middle ground, arguing that a 12-week limit does not go as far as other abortion bills passed in GOP-led states and have also pointed to the provisions that incentivize health care, child care and provide free contraception.
The vote was not unexpected, with the North Carolina GOP having a veto-proof majority in the legislature after state Rep. Tricia Cotham switched over to the Republicans Party a few months following her election.
Cooper had appealed to constituents in districts represented by GOP lawmakers, urging them to call on their representatives to vote against the bill, but no legislators came forward before it was overridden.
Democrats in North Carolina have few options in fighting this vote. While they may be able to delay its enactment through lower courts for a short time, conservative justices have had a supermajority in the state’s supreme court ever since November when two Republicans claimed seats on the bench.
In the long term, North Carolina Democrats plan to use this vote to bring about a referendum at the ballots in 2024, possibly taking down the conservative supermajority.
“I think that this will fuel everything going into 2024,” Anderson Clayton, chairperson of the North Carolina Democratic Party, said. “This is a health care decision for women and for people who have babies. And I think that there’s a lack of willingness to believe that people across North Carolina are going to stand up in 2024 against this, but I fully expect them to.” | 2023-05-17T03:41:49+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hill-politics/north-carolina-gop-overrides-abortion-veto-putting-12-week-ban-into-effect/ |
Bangor City Council candidates generally agreed on the most pressing issues facing the city, but offered subtly different solutions when it came to solving them at a candidate forum on Thursday night.
The five candidates running for three council seats in the Nov. 8 election agreed that a lack of housing, homelessness and economic growth were the most pressing issues facing Bangor in interviews with the Bangor Daily News last month. They reiterated those positions at a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Maine and the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor that took place at Bangor City Hall, while also touching on varying ideas when it came to other issues like supporting artists in the downtown district.
Bangor currently faces a housing shortage for both renters and prospective homebuyers, as well as a growing homeless population. A recent BDN series highlighted the city’s lack of a strategy to address the issue, and explored what cities with similar populations and climates to Bangor have done to reduce homelessness in their areas.
Incumbent councilors Rick Fournier and Dan Tremble, who are running to be reelected for three-year terms, touted their years of experience on the council at the forum, while pointing to recent inroads the city had made when it came to encouraging housing development. They highlighted a burgeoning partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the use of state grants to fund agencies that work with low- and moderate-income residents.
Cara Pelletier, who is running for her first term, said if elected she would propose using federal funding to build more transitional housing. Another newcomer, Rebecca Schwartz-Mette, said she would propose repurposing underutilized buildings like the Bangor Mall for housing.
Donald McCann, also a new challenger, said he would establish a housing coalition made of city agencies, faith-based organizations, nonprofits and local businesses to share ideas about how to tackle the housing crisis and homelessness, like rolling back onerous zoning regulations.
The candidates also offered diverse solutions for how to keep Bangor affordable for artists as the downtown district has become more expensive and competition for a tight supply of commercial space has surged.
“We have to keep our cultural resources at the center of any kind of development plan that we would move forward with, and that involves protecting those spaces as affordable spaces so that artists and other community members can continue to contribute to the vibrant cultural scene that we have going on in Bangor,” Schwartz-Mette said.
The city is working with MaineHousing to secure $500,000 to support low-income residents, including artists, to pay for security deposits and monthly rent, Fournier said.
Pelletier said she would support establishing an artists’ residency program and drafting a commercial rent ordinance similar to the tenants’ rights ordinance the City Council is considering. She also stressed that the city needed to find ways to make renovating older buildings less expensive for all residents.
“There are folks who would like to open small businesses downtown but the cost of renovating the space in order to make it workable and livable for them is cost prohibitive,” Pelletier said.
McCann said he would take an incremental approach to building and encourage denser development in the downtown district.
“The more of a supply that we have in the area, the less the rents would be,” he said.
Tremble proposed repurposing buildings for shared artists’ studios, like the commercial kitchen that the city is building on the site of the former officers’ club at Dow Air Force Base.
“I think there’s something we can do where people can have some shared space, and the city can be proud of that,” he said. | 2022-10-07T06:49:46+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/10/06/news/bangor/bangor-city-council-forum/ |
As a result of the more contagious BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants, Chicago's top doctor revealed that in the past few months, COVID's incubation period had changed.
During a Facebook Live in August, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady reported that studies have shown the incubation period for COVID has dropped to three days with recent variants.
"So if you go back to like alpha variant, beta, delta - early on, it was about a five-day incubation period on average. So, if you were exposed to COVID, on average we were seeing people take about five days for someone to end up testing positive - and remember that went from four to five, out to 10, out to 14," she said. "The reason ... we only use 10 days now, it is because that timing has shortened. And so, more recently with BA.4, BA.5, that's all the way down to about three days now. So on average, people are testing positive about 3 days after, but you can have someone positive up to 10 days."
Arwady said most elements of COVID are moving faster with the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.
"That is excellent news from a control perspective and because one of the biggest challenges of COVID is that... when the incubation period is long, you can get infected with COVID, potentially have a long time before you have significant symptoms and it'll be spreading it," she said. "So it's good news to see that incubation period getting shorter."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, someone with COVID-19 is "considered infectious starting two days before they develop symptoms, or two days before the date of their positive test if they do not have symptoms."
Regardless of symptoms, those who test positive are advised to take specific precautions for at least 10 days.
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So, if you recently came into contact with someone who has COVID-19 or believe you may be infected, what should you do?
Do you need to quarantine?
The CDC previously said that if people who are not up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations come into close contact with a person who tests positive, they should stay home for at least five days. Now the agency says quarantining at home is not necessary, but it urges those people to wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested after five.
When do you need to isolate?
According to the CDC, regardless of vaccination status, you should isolate from others when you have COVID-19. You should also isolate if you are sick or suspect that you have COVID-19 but are waiting on test results.
It's important to note that if you were exposed to COVID-19, the Food and Drug Administration now recommends you take three home tests instead of two to make sure you’re not infected.
The new guidance applies to people without symptoms who think they may have been exposed.
Previously, the FDA had advised taking two rapid antigen tests over two or three days to rule out infection. But the agency says new studies suggest that protocol can miss too many infections, and could result in people spreading the coronavirus to others, especially if they don't develop symptoms.
How long should you isolate?
If you test positive for COVID-19, the guidance states that you should stay home for at least five days and isolate from others in your home. You are likely most infectious during these first five days.
When you end isolation, you should still avoid being around people who are most at-risk until at least day 11.
After you have ended isolation, you'll also need to wear a mask through day 10, per the guidelines. The CDC also notes, however, that if you have access to antigen tests, "you should consider using them."
"With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, you may remove your mask sooner than day 10," the guidance states, adding that if your antigen test results are positive, "you may still be infectious."
Those who continue to test positive should continue masking.
"You should continue wearing a mask and wait at least 48 hours before taking another test," the CDC recommends. "Continue taking antigen tests at least 48 hours apart until you have two sequential negative results. This may mean you need to continue wearing a mask and testing beyond day 10."
If your symptoms worsen or return after you end isolation, you'll need to restart your isolation at day 0, per the guidelines.
How do you calculate isolation time?
The CDC states that isolation for those who have COVID is counted in days, but it depends on if you have symptoms.
If you have no symptoms:
- Day 0 is the day you were tested (not the day you received your positive test result)
- Day 1 is the first full day following the day you were tested
- If you develop symptoms within 10 days of when you were tested, the clock restarts at day 0 on the day of symptom onset
If you have symptoms:
- Day 0 of isolation is the day of symptom onset, regardless of when you tested positive
- Day 1 is the first full day after the day your symptoms started
What does isolation include?
- Wear a high-quality mask if you must be around others at home and in public.
- Do not go places where you are unable to wear a mask.
- Do not travel.
- Stay home and separate from others as much as possible.
- Use a separate bathroom, if possible.
- Take steps to improve ventilation at home, if possible.
- Don’t share personal household items, like cups, towels, and utensils.
- Monitor your symptoms. If you have an emergency warning sign (like trouble breathing), seek emergency medical care immediately.
What do you need to do to end isolation?
If you had no symptoms, you can end isolation after day 5, according to the CDC.
If you had symptoms, however, you can only end isolation after day 5 if:
- You are fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication)
- Your symptoms are improving
If you still have a fever or your other symptoms have not improved, continue to isolate until they improve, the guidelines state.
How severe your symptoms are can also play a role.
If you had moderate illness - such as shortness of breath or difficulty breathing - or severe illness, including hospitalization due to COVID-19, or if you have a weakened immune system, you need to isolate through day 10.
If you had severe illness or have a weakened immune system, you'll want to consult your doctor before ending isolation as you may need a viral test to do so. | 2022-10-04T01:13:54+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/covid-incubation-period-how-long-youre-contagious-quarantine-guidance-and-more/2957327/ |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis police supervisor on scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to fire him, according to documents filed to revoke his law enforcement certification.
Lt. DeWayne Smith was identified Friday in records obtained by media outlets as the officer that officials said earlier this month had retired before his termination hearing.
Some Memphis City Council members were upset an officer was allowed to retire before steps could be taken to fire them, including the council’s vice-chairman JB Smiley Jr., who said it didn’t seem fair that the then-unidentified officer could keep pension and other benefits.
“I just don’t like the fact that his parents are paying this officer to go on and live and that’s troubling,” Smiley said.
The attorney for Nichols’ family said the department should not have let Smith “cowardly sidestep the consequences of his actions” and retire after 25 years.
“We call for Memphis police and officials to do everything in their power to hold Lt. Smith and all of those involved fully accountable,” attorney Ben Crump said.
Seven other Memphis officers were fired after Nichols died following a traffic stop on Jan. 7 and five of them are charged with second-degree murder. Smith is not charged in Nichols’ death.
Nichols, 29, was pulled roughly from his car as an officer threatened to shock him with a Taser. He ran, but was chased down. Video showed five officers held him down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother.
The decertification documents against Lt. Smith reveal additional details about his actions that night.
Smith heard Nichols say “I can’t breathe” as he was propped up against a squad car, but failed to get him medical care or remove his handcuffs, according to the report.
Smith also didn’t get reports from other officers about using force and told Nichols’ family he was driving under the influence even though there was no information to support a charge, the documents said. Investigators said Smith decided without evidence that Nichols was on drugs or drunk and video captured him telling Nichols “you done took something” when he arrived at the scene.
Additionally, Smith did not wear his body camera — violating police department policy. His actions were captured on the body cameras of other officers, documents said.
The U.S. Department of Justice is currently reviewing the Memphis Police Department policies on the use of force, de-escalation strategies and specialized units in response to Nichols’ death. | 2023-03-19T16:11:34+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/latest/supervisor-in-tyre-nichols-death-retired-before-firing/ |
(WSVN) - Delta announced they are dropping a pandemic policy.
The airline’s CEO announced that employees who refuse to be vaccinated will no longer be charged a $200 monthly surcharge on their health insurance plans.
Delta first implemented the measure back in November citing “financial risk” for the company.
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MARQUETTE and SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peninsula Fiber Network, LLC (PFN), a provider of fiber optic-based telecommunications and Next Generation 911 services throughout Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and 123NET, a provider of fiber internet, colocation, and voice services in Michigan, today announced their partnership on the middle mile fiber-optic network from Bay City to Southfield. This privately funded, multi-million-dollar project spans approximately 130 miles adding much needed middle-mile capacity to Michigan's telecommunications infrastructure.
"This additional 130-mile Bay City to Southfield route creates easy and affordable connection opportunities for municipalities and businesses in that region that want the benefits offered by advanced fiber service," said Dan Irvin, President and CEO at 123NET. "We're pleased to develop this network with partners like PFN who share our commitment to Michigan's overall connectivity and to providing exceptional service to each customer along the way."
While PFN has its roots in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and 123NET is based in Metro-Detroit, the new north-south fiber route will have immediate benefits to the local communities along the route. It will also provide overall connectivity between SE Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, extending into Wisconsin and Minnesota. This partnership further supports 123NET's mission of building network to make Michigan the best connected.
Scott Randall, General Manager of Peninsula Fiber Network, stated "Partnering with 123NET offers a win-win for both companies and perhaps more importantly for the businesses and consumers in the state. We hope this joint investment is the first of many between our companies, as we work to increase broadband capacity and available broadband service in the State of Michigan."
Construction on the network has begun and will be completed in sections over 18 months. The new high-capacity fiber is being installed along the I-75 corridor bringing state-of-the-art fiber connectivity into communities including, Southfield, Beverly Hills, Birmingham, Bloomfield, Pontiac, Waterford, Clarkston, Davisburg, Holly, Fenton, Grand Blanc, Flint, Clio, Birch Run, Bridgeport, Saginaw, and Bay City.
"Michigan's economic development runs on high-speed fiber broadband lines. This joint broadband investment adds undisputed value to our region as we look to attract businesses and employees. PFN's and 123NET's middle mile investment is a welcome addition to our region and a positive point of collaboration with our neighboring counties." Senator Ken Horn, Michigan's 32nd Senate District; Chair, Senate Economic and Small Business Development Committee.
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4 killed after 2 small planes crash mid-air at North Las Vegas Airport
LAS VEGAS (FOX5/Gray News) – Four people were killed Sunday afternoon after two planes crashed into each other at North Las Vegas Airport.
According to KVVU, the single-engine planes crashed mid-air during landing above the airport and landed in different areas – one upside down on a runway and the other in flames near an airport fence.
According to registration information with the Federal Aviation Administration, one plane, a Cessna 172, was registered to Binner Enterprises.
Matthew Binner is the president of the flight school Airwork Las Vegas. Its website shows it offers that make and model plane to rent.
“[Sunday] was a very sad day for the Airwork family,” Binner wrote on Facebook on Monday. “Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us yesterday and today. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those involved in yesterday’s terrible accident. This world lost some great people and aviators.”
Binner noted that they are cooperating with the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board in their investigation.
The second plane was a Piper PA 46-350P registered to Gold Aero Aviation LLC. The company, though out of Florida, appears to have a Las Vegas mailing address.
The administration categorized the collision as an accident. The NTSB is still investigating what led to the crash.
Copyright 2022 KVVU via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-19T19:04:59+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2022/07/19/4-killed-after-2-small-planes-crash-mid-air-north-las-vegas-airport/ |
- Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancer with a 5-year survival rate of 6.8% and an average length of survival of only 8 months [1]
- FDA ODD designation bolsters NeoImmuneTech's determination to accelerate the clinical development of NT-I7 as a potential new therapy for this difficult-to-treat cancer
ROCKVILLE, Md, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoImmuneTech, Inc. (NIT), a T cell-focused therapeutics company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa) (rhIL-7-hyFc) Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme.
Despite decades of research, GBM remains one of the deadliest and hardest-to-treat cancers. More than 13,000 Americans are expected to be diagnosed with GBM in 2022.1 Standard treatments using surgery, radiation, TMZ and TTFs have failed to date to greatly improve survival, and there is no standard treatment for recurrence, which is inevitable. Also, among the multiple factors impacting the survival of GBM patients, the current treatment options expose patients to a severe and prolonged systemic lymphopenic state known as "treatment-related lymphopenia" (TRL). TRL is associated with shorter survival both in GBM and other solid tumors. With its potential to restore lymphocyte levels and subsequently reverse systemic lymphopenia, NT-I7 may offer promising ways to effectively treat GBM, if confirmed by its development program.
Dr Se Hwan Yang, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of NeoImmuneTech, Inc. said: "We are excited that the FDA granted NT–I7 an ODD in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. This decision adds further credibility to our existing clinical evidence that NT-I7 has the potential to bring a new essential therapy option to people with advanced/metastatic GBM who have undergone prior chemo-radiation therapy. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with FDA, as we explore the benefits of NT-I7 in treating people with GBM in combination with other anti-cancer treatments, including immunotherapies".
NT-I7 has been studied in several robust phase I and II clinical trials and has demonstrated the potential to amplify T cells across the subsets, boost the immune system, and prolong the anti-tumor response in people with GBM and other solid tumors.[2] Current studies in GBM include study NIT-107 in newly diagnosed GBM patients and study NIT-120 in recurrent GBM patients. Preliminary data from study NIT-107 presented at Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Annual Meeting (SITC), in November 2021, showed favorable trends of progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in NT-I7 treated high-grade gliomas (HGG) patients after chemoradiotherapy.[3]
The FDA grants ODD status to medicines intended for the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of rare diseases or disorders that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the US. Receiving ODD may help to expedite and reduce the cost of development, approval, and commercialization of a therapeutic agent (FDA filing fee waive, guaranteed sales period after approval, etc).
About Glioblastoma Multiforme
Glioblastoma multiforme, also referred to as a grade IV astrocytoma, is a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor, which accounts for 49.1% of all primary malignant brain tumors.
Each year, an estimate of more than 10,000 individuals in the United States succumb to GBM. Due to its characteristics of being difficult to treat and treatment-resistant cancer, the survival rates and mortality statistics or GBM have been virtually unchanged for decades. In addition to being life-threatening, the treatment is known to be harsh, inflicting devastating results to the brain, which controls cognition, mood, behavior and every function of every organ and body parts. It leaves many patients with inability to work, drive and host of other functions that contribute to one's sense of self and independence.1
About NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa) (rhIL-7-hyFc)
NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa) is the only clinical-stage long-acting human IL-7, and is being developed in oncologic and immunologic indications, where T cell amplification and increased functionality may provide clinical benefit. IL-7 is a fundamental cytokine for naïve and memory T cell development and for sustaining immune response to chronic antigens (as in cancer) or foreign antigens (as in infectious diseases). NT-I7 exhibits favorable PK/PD and safety profiles, making it an ideal combination partner. NT-I7 is being studied in multiple clinical trials in solid tumors and as vaccine adjuvant. Studies are being planned for testing in hematologic malignancies, additional solid tumors and other immunology-focused indications.
About NeoImmuneTech, Inc.
NeoImmuneTech, Inc. (NIT) is a clinical-stage T cell-focused biopharmaceutical company, dedicated to expanding the horizon of immuno-oncology and enhancing immunity to infectious diseases. NIT is led by the scientific founder and inventor of NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa) and has a strong executive team with rich industry experience. NIT is expanding rapidly in personnel and operations, as well as partnering with industry and academic leaders to investigate NT-I7 as monotherapy and in combination with various immunotherapeutics. For more information, please visit www.neoimmunetech.com.
Forward-looking Statements
The statements contained herein may contain certain forward-looking statements relating to NeoImmuneTech, Inc. (the "Company") that are based on its beliefs and expectations about the future. These forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions about the future, some of which are beyond the Company's control and are not a guarantee of future performance or developments. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise after the date of these documents. Accordingly, you should not place reliance on any forward-looking information or statements contained herein.
Some of the data contained in these documents were obtained from various external sources, and the Company has not independently verified such data. Accordingly, the Company makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of the data, and such data involves risks and uncertainties, and is subject to change based on various factors.
[1] National Brain Tumor Society 'Glioblastoma Facts and Figures' About GBM - GBM Awareness Day | National Brain Tumor Society Last accessed: June 2022
[2] Naing A, Kim R, Barve M, et all. Preliminary biomarker and clinical data of a phase 2a study of NT-I7, a long-acting interleukin-7, plus pembrolizumab: cohort of subjects with checkpoint inhibitor-naïve advanced pancreatic cancer Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2021;9:
[3] Zhou, Alice, et al. NT-I7, a long-acting interleukin-7, promotes expansion of CD8 T cells and NK cells and immune activation in patients with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas after chemoradiation. J Immunother Cancer 2021;9(Suppl 2):A428
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae's (OTCQB: FNMA) September 2022 Monthly Summary is now available. The monthly summary report contains information about Fannie Mae's monthly and year-to-date activities for our gross mortgage portfolio, mortgage-backed securities and other guarantees, interest rate risk measures, and serious delinquency rates.
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SOURCE Fannie Mae | 2022-10-31T21:22:53+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2022/10/31/fannie-mae-releases-september-2022-monthly-summary/ |
Nell Hill’s designer Anne and her family have lived in their Prairie Village, Kansas, home for almost four years. When the Epsteins purchased their nearly century-old home in the suburbs of Kansas, they knew it needed an update. Many big and little projects needed to get done. The ceilings were vaulted, kitchen entirely remodeled, even the location of the stairs to the basement were moved.
While Anne may tell you the house is still a work in progress, as any design is ever-evolving, I love that it is a true expression of her personal style. I positively pounced on the opportunity to bring you inside for a guided tour of her gorgeous home.
At the far end of the sprawling ranch-style home lies a bright and airy kitchen, outfitted with a sleek built-in refrigerator and six-burner stovetop perfect for whipping up meals for her busy family of five. Beautiful muted vintage rugs anchor the space; the runner was recently purchased from a vintage rug vendor on a buying trip to High Point Market for the shop. The stools are non-custom pieces that were reimagined with a beautiful Schumacher fabric and a breathtaking navy double-welt edge.
The kitchen
Anne lives for preppy chinoiserie, so a burnt orange vase makes perfect sense as the focal point of her kitchen island. Above it, she added brushed brass pendant lights. To the right of the pantry is a rustic vintage-inspired buffet layered with everyday pieces and stacks of dainty dishes.
The sitting room
A sitting room is tucked off the side of the dining space, a favorite spot for the family to curl up and watch television at the end of the day. The walls are dressed in a rich navy that complements the buttery velvet ottoman in the middle of the room and sets the tone for a bold and vibrant space that still brings an air of relaxation. Black-and-white buffalo check curtains add a preppy detail and lend to the casual elegance of the design.
The back cushions of this down-stuffed ticking stripe sectional sofa is a favorite napping spot of Anne’s pup, Oliver. She loves the luxurious feeling that down offers but may warn you before selecting it for a high-traffic lounge spot if you aren’t prepared to deal with the maintenance it takes to keep it performing its best. (This does include regular cushion rotation!)
A monogrammed pillow made by Anne’s daughter brings out the lush pink tones in the matching tiger pillows custom-made from a famous fabric house. Carrying the preppy pink tones to the ottoman is a chinoise planter housing a blooming orchid. Her artwork, curated over time, is a beautiful combination of elements. The trays add texture, while the porcelain plates add dimension against the striking navy wall.
The dining room
Upon entering the home, you’re greeted immediately by the open and welcoming dining room. Bamboo Chippendale chairs are pulled up to an expansive table, twin upholstered chairs in a coral colorway flank either side in a popular otomi pattern. Anne likes this fabric so much she’s actually used it several places in her home. The couch in the nearby living room features a pillow of the same fabric in green!
A Derby Day table is set with beautiful dishes Anne has collected over the years. On the mantel she’s tied in serveware as decor and incorporated New Traditional accents like laurel wreaths, slipcovered books, and blooms at varying heights. The vignette reads casual but elegant, perfect for an evening of entertaining family friends.
The powder room
To the left of the hall on the way to the bedrooms is the guest powder room. The walls are covered in a faux grasscloth material that feels as luxe as it looks. The vanity, a chinoise-inspired piece with bamboo detailing, commands the space. The light fixtures, a preppy and chic Kate Spade design, bring the deep hues of the vanity up to your eyeline.
Earthy artwork complements the warm tone of the walls and furthers the juxtaposition of the inky black statement pieces. A decorative tissue holder and matching tray add a welcome pop of New Traditional blue
The living room
The home opens up to the living room, where a bold expression of texture and color greet you at the door. The room is an absolutely lovely combination of preppy and New Traditional elements that are perfect for Anne. The walls are dressed up with a botanical-inspired Schumacher wallpaper in a cool and casual colorway. The artwork adds in a dash of prep to the space. The rug’s blues and greens are well at home in this vibrant space. In fact, Anne has been known to bring a lucky client or two over to see it before ordering it for their homes.
Twin chairs sit opposite the couch, green gimp and nailhead trim adding a stately detail to the delicate pair. A pair of pillows complement them, their flange tying into the little pops of pink that are found throughout the space. The coffee table and buffet add in rich warm tones that mix with with the bright upholstery in a bright and cheery way. Tucked under the console are a pair of ottomans covered in a dazzling green animal print, the legs painted navy for an extra layer of customization that makes them stand out. Not only do they add a fun detail to the space, they’re easily accessible for additional seating if needed.
The console is topped with traditional elements; a collection of blue chinoiserie taking center stage, including a tiny delicate tea set that has been in her family for years. The scene is flanked by a pair of lamps that feature a dazzling collection of insects and vintage-inspired concrete statues.
I hope you enjoyed this lovely amble through Anne’s happy and stylish home. To me, her house is a testament to the fact that what you like is always in style. I hope it inspired you to think outside your comfort zone and not be afraid to inject your personality into your spaces. | 2023-06-22T16:25:34+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/at-home/preppy-style-is-a-sweet-mix-of-dainty-pieces-and-vintage-decor/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Penguins keep pace in playoff chase with 4-1 win over Wild
Tristan Jarry stopped 27 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins kept pace in the race for one of the two wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference with a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.
The Penguins bounced back from a miserable performance in a loss to New Jersey on Tuesday by putting together three complete periods, a rarity for most of the last three months.
Kris Letang beat Fleury, a good friend who won three Stanley Cups in Pittsburgh before leaving in the 2017 expansion draft, over the glove in the first period for his 11th goal of the season. Rickard Rakell, Jason Zucker and Jeff Carter also scored for the Penguins, who are trying to extend their playoff streak to 17 straight years.
Fleury is already assured of a 17th consecutive trip to the postseason after the Wild wrapped up a spot earlier this week. Minnesota's bid to chase down first-place Colorado in the Central Division took a hit when the Wild struggled to generate much in traffic in front of Jarry until they fell too far behind. Fleury stopped 27 shots while falling to 4-4 all-time against the team for which he played from 2003-17.
Marcus Johansson scored on the two-man advantage midway through the third period to spoil Jarry's bid for a shutout, but couldn't stop Minnesota from losing in regulation for just the third time in its last 24 games.
Jarry's season has mirrored that of the Penguins. When he has been good, Pittsburgh has been good. When he's not, the Penguins often look lost. The problem hasn't been ability but health and consistency. Jarry entered Thursday just 7-9-3 in his last 22 appearances with a save percentage (.892) well below his career average (.913) while dealing with a handful of injuries.
The two-time All-Star insists he's healthy at the moment and Pittsburgh's best chance to slip past either the Florida Panthers or New York Islanders (or both) for a wild card is to replicate what they did against the Wild. The Penguins controlled play early and kept the momentum going, something that's been an issue for most of the last three months.
Fleury's return to a city where he's still beloved isn't the same emotional reunion it was five years ago. He's moved on. Minnesota is his third stop since leaving the Penguins yet he remains sharp nearly two decades into his career.
The Wild are heading to the postseason thanks to a second-half turnaround largely sparked by the play of part of Fleury and fellow goaltender Filip Gustavsson.
Fleury was crisp early as Pittsburgh pressed, with Letang breaking through 15:02 into the first when he rifled a wrist shot from the short side over Fleury's glove. Rickard Rakell doubled the lead just past the game's midway point with a one-timer from the left circle.
Pittsburgh's beleaguered penalty kill turned away three Minnesota power plays and when Zucker fired a shot off the rush that beat Fleury, Pittsburgh was up three and still in the thick of the postseason chase.
UP NEXT
Wild: Host St. Louis on Saturday.
Penguins: Visit Detroit on Saturday. The Red Wings blew out Pittsburgh 7-4 last week.
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AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-04-07T02:23:48+00:00 | wtae.com | https://www.wtae.com/article/penguins-wild-4-1-playoff-wild-card/43535429 |
Milwaukee 10-year-old accused of killing mom held on $50K
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee 10-year-old boy accused of shooting and killing his mother is charged as an adult.
It's because of state statutes. There are three crimes that apply, meaning if a kid 10 years old or older is charged by prosecutors with any one of them, the original court is adult court, but some defense experts say the law should be changed.
A 10-year-old boy appeared before a children's court judge Wednesday.
Prosecutors say the boy shot and killed his mother at their home near 87th and Hemlock Nov. 21. He was initially placed with family after the incident, but they called police the next day with concerns about the story and say that he has rage issues. Police say the boy later told them his mom wouldn't let him have a virtual reality headset and that he retrieved the gun because he was mad at her, and he ordered the headset the day after his mom's death.
The boy is charged as an adult, but the judge has ordered identifying information kept from the public for the time being. FOX6 is not naming the boy because of his age.
"Ten-year-old children don’t understand legal proceedings. Full stop. Period," said Jessa Nicholson, criminal defense attorney.
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Nicholson said attorneys should try and have the boy's case brought back into juvenile court. Cases against kids 10 years old or older can start out in adult court if they're charged with three crimes: First-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide and second-degree intentional homicide.
"I think this mandatory waiver really starts us off contrary to the goals of the juvenile justice system," said Nicholson.
The laws were changed in the mid-90s, moving away from rehabilitation and towards punishment, something Nicholson said lawmakers must take a look at changing considering what we know now about how kids' brains develop and the ability to understand legal matters that are even complicated for adults.
"You’re dealing with complicated, challenging legal concepts and punishments and consequences that are lifelong for children that can’t see next summer in a clear way," said Nicholson.
The boy is set to make an initial appearance before the children's court presiding judge next week. His defense attorney is also asking for a hearing to discuss bail. He's currently being held in secure custody on $50,000. | 2022-12-08T00:39:36+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-10-year-old-accused-killing-mom |
(The Hill) – Canadians will no longer be able to share news content on Facebook and Instagram after its legislature passed a law requiring the social media platforms to pay news outlets to share their stories.
Meta, the parent company of the platforms, announced on Thursday that it would follow through on plans to block the platforms.
“We have repeatedly shared that in order to comply with Bill C-18, passed today in Parliament, content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters, will no longer be available to people accessing our platforms in Canada,” Meta leaders said in a statement reviewed by The Washington Post.
The Online News Act is part of a package of measures by the Canadian government to rein in American tech giants.
Legacy media outlets have praised the bill, saying it takes away the dominance of Big Tech, such as Meta and Google, in the news distribution industry. The tech companies are not required to comply with the new law for six months.
The Canadian law is modeled after a 2021 Australian regulation. California is considering similar legislation.
Meta leveled similar threats at the Australian government, but later relented.
“The fact that these internet giants would rather cut off Canadians’ access to local news than pay their fair share is a real problem,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this month. “It’s not going to work.”
Tech companies will now have to negotiate distribution deals with local media to link their content in the apps’ news feeds — or the companies can go to arbitration.
Google spokeswoman Jenn Crider called the law “unworkable” on Tuesday.
“Every step of the way, we’re proposed thoughtful and pragmatic solutions that would have improved the bill and cleared the path for us to increase our already significant investments in the Canadian news ecosystem,” Crider said.
“So far, none of our concerns have been addressed,” she added. | 2023-06-23T23:15:05+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/meta-to-follow-through-on-facebook-instagram-block-in-canada-after-payment-bill-advances/ |
Poll: Satisfaction in US healthcare drops among adults
Published: Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:39 AM CST|Updated: 2 hours ago
(CNN) - According to a recent poll, nearly half of U.S. adults said the nation’s health care system has “major problems.”
The latest Gallup report released Thursday said that, for the first time in a 20-year trend, the number of adults who rated the system as “poor” has jumped above 20%.
Those who rated the quality of the U.S. health care system as “excellent” or “good” dropped below 50%.
Satisfaction has remained high among adults ages 55 and older but declined among young and middle-aged adults.
That may be a reflection of views on abortion access and other changes that happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Gallup.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-19T15:15:33+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2023/01/19/poll-satisfaction-us-healthcare-drops-among-adults/ |
Record Growth as Businesses Continue to Prioritize Digital Infrastructure Despite Macroeconomic Conditions
Published: Jul. 27, 2022 at 3:05 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Quarterly revenues increased 10% on both an as-reported and normalized and constant currency basis over the same quarter last year to $1.8 billion, representing the company's 78th consecutive quarter of revenue growth—the longest streak of any S&P 500 company
Delivered record quarterly gross and net bookings led by the Americas and EMEA regions— sizably surpassing the prior peak
Achieved record channel bookings in Q2, accounting for more than 35% of total bookings
Exceeded 435,000 interconnections in Q2, highlighting the company's critical role in the digital infrastructure of today's businesses
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure companyTM, today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Equinix uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, which are described further below and reconciled to the most comparable GAAP financial measures after the presentation of our GAAP financial statements. All per share results are presented on a fully diluted basis.
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Equinix does not provide forward-looking guidance for certain financial data, such as depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation, net income (loss) from operations, cash generated from operating activities and cash used in investing activities, and as a result, is not able to provide a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures for forward-looking data without unreasonable effort. The impact of such adjustments could be significant.
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Charles Meyers, President and CEO, Equinix:
"With record Q2 gross bookings that sizably surpassed the prior peak, Equinix had an outstanding first half of 2022, and our business continued to deliver strong and consistent results. The demand environment and our pipeline remain robust despite a complex global macroeconomic and political landscape, as we continue to enable digital leaders on their transformation journey."
Business Highlights
As customers continue to embrace Equinix as the best manifestation of the interconnected digital edge, the company continues to invest in the expansion of its global platform:
Equinix continued to strengthen its leadership position in the cloud ecosystem through the company's xScaleTM program, which experienced strong leasing activity from top hyperscalers in Q2. The xScale portfolio has now leased more than 170 megawatts globally, with 11 xScale builds currently under development, of which more than 80% is pre-leased.
Equinix's Future First sustainability strategy was recently recognized by Sustainalytics as among the best large-cap REITs for ESG. Equinix was also ranked seventh on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Top 100 list of the largest green power users.
Equinix continued the growth of its indirect selling initiatives, with channel sales delivering a fifth consecutive quarter of record bookings, accounting for over 35% of Q2 bookings and nearly 60% of new logos in the quarter. Wins were across a wide range of industry verticals and use cases, with continued strength from strategic partners including AT&T, Cisco, Dell, Google, Microsoft and Orange Business Services. In Q2, Equinix was recognized as HPE GreenLake's Momentum Partner of the Year for 2022 as the two companies work together to deliver a consistent hybrid multicloud experience for joint customers.
Business Outlook
For the third quarter of 2022, the Company expects revenues to range between $1.827 and $1.847 billion, a 1 - 2% increase over the prior quarter on both an as-reported and normalized and constant currency basis. This guidance includes a negative $12 million foreign currency impact when compared to the average FX rates in Q2 2022. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to range between $831 and $851 million. Adjusted EBITDA includes a negative $5 million foreign currency impact when compared to the average FX rates in Q2 2022 and $9 million of integration costs from acquisitions. Recurring capital expenditures are expected to range between $42 and $52 million.
For the full year of 2022, total revenues are expected to range between $7.259 and $7.299 billion, a 9 - 10% increase over the previous year, or a normalized and constant currency increase of 10 - 11%. This updated full-year guidance includes an underlying raise of $35 million from better-than-expected business performance, $30 million from the Entel Chile Acquisition and a negative $102 million foreign currency impact when compared to the prior guidance rates. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to range between $3.323 and $3.353 billion, an adjusted EBITDA margin of 46%. This updated full-year guidance includes an underlying raise of $25 million from better-than-expected business performance excluding integration costs, $18 million from the Entel Chile Acquisition, offset by $10 million due to a lease accounting classification change and a negative $49 million foreign currency impact when compared to the prior guidance rates. For the year, the Company now expects to incur $30 million in integration costs related to acquisitions. AFFO is expected to range between $2.636 and $2.666 billion, an increase of 8 - 9% over the previous year, or a normalized and constant currency increase of 8 - 10%. This updated AFFO guidance excluding integration costs includes an underlying raise of $17 million, a $3 million net benefit due to a lease accounting classification change, $13 million from the Entel Chile Acquisition and a negative $42 million foreign currency impact when compared to the prior guidance rates. AFFO per share is expected to range between $28.77 and $29.10, an increase of 6 - 7% over the previous year on an as-reported basis, or 8 - 9% on a normalized and constant currency basis. Total capital expenditures are expected to range between $2.313 and $2.563 billion. Non-recurring capital expenditures, including xScale-related capital expenditures, are expected to range between $2.133 and $2.373 billion, and recurring capital expenditures are expected to range between $180 and $190 million. xScale-related on-balance sheet capital expenditures are expected to range between $85 and $135 million, which we anticipate will be reimbursed to Equinix from both the current and future xScale JVs.
The U.S. dollar exchange rates used for 2022 guidance, taking into consideration the impact of our current foreign currency hedges, have been updated to $1.14 to the Euro, $1.31 to the Pound, S$1.39 to the U.S. Dollar, ¥136 to the U.S. Dollar, A$1.45 to the U.S. Dollar, HK$7.85 to the U.S. Dollar, R$5.20 to the U.S. Dollar and C$1.29 to the U.S. Dollar. The Q2 2022 global revenue breakdown by currency for the Euro, British Pound, Singapore Dollar, Japanese Yen, Australian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, Brazilian Real and Canadian Dollar is 19%, 9%, 8%, 6%, 4%, 3%, 3% and 3%, respectively.
The adjusted EBITDA guidance is based on the revenue guidance less our expectations of cash cost of revenues and cash operating expenses. The AFFO guidance is based on the adjusted EBITDA guidance less our expectations of net interest expense, an installation revenue adjustment, a straight-line rent expense adjustment, a contract cost adjustment, amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts and premiums, income tax expense, an income tax expense adjustment, recurring capital expenditures, other income (expense), (gains) losses on disposition of real estate property, and adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures' and non-controlling interests' share of these items.
Q2 2022 Results Conference Call and Replay Information
Equinix will discuss its quarterly results for the period ended June 30, 2022, along with its future outlook, in its quarterly conference call on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. PT). A simultaneous live webcast of the call will be available on the company's Investor Relations website at www.equinix.com/investors. To hear the conference call live, please dial 1-517-308-9482 (domestic and international) and reference the passcode EQIX.
A replay of the call will be available one hour after the call through Wednesday, October 26, 2022, by dialing 1-866-363-4001 and referencing the passcode 2022. In addition, the webcast will be available at www.equinix.com/investors (no password required).
Investor Presentation and Supplemental Financial Information
Equinix has made available on its website a presentation designed to accompany the discussion of Equinix's results and future outlook, along with certain supplemental financial information and other data. Interested parties may access this information through the Equinix Investor Relations website at www.equinix.com/investors.
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Equinix provides all information required in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), but it believes that evaluating its ongoing operating results may be difficult if limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Accordingly, Equinix uses non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its operations.
Equinix provides normalized and constant currency growth rates, which are calculated to adjust for acquisitions, dispositions, integration costs, changes in accounting principles and foreign currency.
Equinix presents adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted EBITDA represents net income excluding income tax expense, interest income, interest expense, other income or expense, gain or loss on debt extinguishment, depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring charges, impairment charges, transaction costs and gain or loss on asset sales.
In presenting non-GAAP financial measures, such as adjusted EBITDA, cash cost of revenues, cash gross margins, cash operating expenses (also known as cash selling, general and administrative expenses or cash SG&A), adjusted EBITDA margins, free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow, Equinix excludes certain items that it believes are not good indicators of Equinix's current or future operating performance. These items are depreciation, amortization, accretion of asset retirement obligations and accrued restructuring charges, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, impairment charges, transaction costs and gain or loss on asset sales. Equinix excludes these items in order for its lenders, investors and the industry analysts who review and report on Equinix to better evaluate Equinix's operating performance and cash spending levels relative to its industry sector and competitors.
Equinix excludes depreciation expense as these charges primarily relate to the initial construction costs of a data center, and do not reflect its current or future cash spending levels to support its business. Its data centers are long-lived assets, and have an economic life greater than 10 years. The construction costs of a data center do not recur with respect to such data center, although Equinix may incur initial construction costs in future periods with respect to additional data centers, and future capital expenditures remain minor relative to the initial investment. This is a trend it expects to continue. In addition, depreciation is also based on the estimated useful lives of the data centers. These estimates could vary from actual performance of the asset, are based on historic costs incurred to build out our data centers and are not indicative of current or expected future capital expenditures. Therefore, Equinix excludes depreciation from its operating results when evaluating its operations.
In addition, in presenting the non-GAAP financial measures, Equinix also excludes amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets. Amortization expense is significantly affected by the timing and magnitude of acquisitions, and these charges may vary in amount from period to period. We exclude amortization expense to facilitate a more meaningful evaluation of our current operating performance and comparisons to our prior periods. Equinix excludes accretion expense, both as it relates to its asset retirement obligations as well as its accrued restructuring charges, as these expenses represent costs which Equinix also believes are not meaningful in evaluating Equinix's current operations. Equinix excludes stock-based compensation expense, as it can vary significantly from period to period based on share price and the timing, size and nature of equity awards. As such, Equinix and many investors and analysts exclude stock-based compensation expense to compare its operating results with those of other companies. Equinix excludes restructuring charges from its non-GAAP financial measures. The restructuring charges relate to Equinix's decision to exit leases for excess space adjacent to several of its IBX® data centers, which it did not intend to build out, or its decision to reverse such restructuring charges. Equinix also excludes impairment charges generally related to certain long-lived assets. The impairment charges are related to expense recognized whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets are not recoverable. Equinix also excludes gain or loss on asset sales as it represents profit or loss that is not meaningful in evaluating the current or future operating performance. Finally, Equinix excludes transaction costs from its non-GAAP financial measures to allow more comparable comparisons of the financial results to the historical operations. The transaction costs relate to costs Equinix incurs in connection with business combinations and formation of joint ventures, including advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees. Such charges generally are not relevant to assessing the long-term performance of Equinix. In addition, the frequency and amount of such charges vary significantly based on the size and timing of the transactions. Management believes items such as restructuring charges, impairment charges, transaction costs and gain or loss on asset sales are non-core transactions; however, these types of costs may occur in future periods.
Equinix also presents funds from operations ("FFO") and adjusted funds from operations ("AFFO"), both commonly used in the REIT industry, as supplemental performance measures. Additionally, Equinix presents AFFO per share, which is also commonly used in the REIT industry. AFFO per share offers investors and industry analysts a perspective of Equinix's underlying operating performance when compared to other REIT companies. FFO is calculated in accordance with the definition established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). FFO represents net income or loss, excluding gain or loss from the disposition of real estate assets, depreciation and amortization on real estate assets and adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures' and non-controlling interests' share of these items. AFFO represents FFO, excluding depreciation and amortization expense on non-real estate assets, accretion, stock-based compensation, stock-based charitable contributions, restructuring charges, impairment charges, transaction costs, an installation revenue adjustment, a straight-line rent expense adjustment, a contract cost adjustment, amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts and premiums, gain or loss on debt extinguishment, an income tax expense adjustment, recurring capital expenditures, net income or loss from discontinued operations, net of tax and adjustments from FFO to AFFO for unconsolidated joint ventures' and non-controlling interests' share of these items. Equinix excludes depreciation expense, amortization expense, accretion, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, impairment charges and transaction costs for the same reasons that they are excluded from the other non-GAAP financial measures mentioned above.
Equinix includes an adjustment for revenues from installation fees, since installation fees are deferred and recognized ratably over the period of contract term, although the fees are generally paid in a lump sum upon installation. Equinix includes an adjustment for straight-line rent expense on its operating leases, since the total minimum lease payments are recognized ratably over the lease term, although the lease payments generally increase over the lease term. Equinix also includes an adjustment to contract costs incurred to obtain contracts, since contract costs are capitalized and amortized over the estimated period of benefit on a straight-line basis, although costs of obtaining contracts are generally incurred and paid during the period of obtaining the contracts. The adjustments for installation revenues, straight-line rent expense and contract costs are intended to isolate the cash activity included within the straight-lined or amortized results in the consolidated statement of operations. Equinix excludes the amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts and premiums as these expenses relate to the initial costs incurred in connection with its debt financings that have no current or future cash obligations. Equinix excludes gain or loss on debt extinguishment since it represents a cost that is not a good indicator of Equinix's current or future operating performance. Equinix includes an income tax expense adjustment, which represents the non-cash tax impact due to changes in valuation allowances and uncertain tax positions that do not relate to the current period's operations. Equinix excludes recurring capital expenditures, which represent expenditures to extend the useful life of its IBX and xScale data centers or other assets that are required to support current revenues. Equinix also excludes net income or loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, which represents results that are not a good indicator of our current or future operating performance.
Equinix presents constant currency results of operations, which is a non-GAAP financial measure and is not meant to be considered in isolation or as an alternative to GAAP results of operations. However, Equinix has presented this non-GAAP financial measure to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate its operating results without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, thereby facilitating period-to-period comparisons of Equinix's business performance. To present this information, Equinix's current and comparative prior period revenues and certain operating expenses from entities with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted into U.S. dollars at a consistent exchange rate for purposes of each result being compared.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation, but should be considered together with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Equinix presents such non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate its operating results in a manner that focuses on what management believes to be its core, ongoing business operations. Management believes that the inclusion of these non-GAAP financial measures provides consistency and comparability with past reports and provides a better understanding of the overall performance of the business and its ability to perform in subsequent periods. Equinix believes that if it did not provide such non-GAAP financial information, investors would not have all the necessary data to analyze Equinix effectively.
Investors should note that the non-GAAP financial measures used by Equinix may not be the same non-GAAP financial measures, and may not be calculated in the same manner, as those of other companies. Investors should, therefore, exercise caution when comparing non-GAAP financial measures used by us to similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures of other companies. Equinix does not provide forward-looking guidance for certain financial data, such as depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation, net income or loss from operations, cash generated from operating activities and cash used in investing activities, and as a result, is not able to provide a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures for forward-looking data without unreasonable effort. The impact of such adjustments could be significant. Equinix intends to calculate the various non-GAAP financial measures in future periods consistent with how they were calculated for the periods presented within this press release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, risks to our business and operating results related to the COVID-19 pandemic; the current inflationary environment; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; increased costs to procure power and the general volatility in the global energy market; the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX and xScale data centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products and solutions; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; risks related to our taxation as a REIT and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent and upcoming Equinix quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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Edinburg, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Edinburg Police Department is looking for a pair of suspects accused of holding up three businesses in a string of a few hours.
According to a news release, police say the first armed robbery happened at a business in the 500 block of East University Dr.
A surveillance video shows the suspects pull out a black handgun and a duffle bag. They fled the store with an undisclosed amount of money and merchandise.
Two hours later, police say two men robbed another business in the 8300 block of North Interstate 69. They also had a black handgun and demanded cash from the clerk.
While police looked into these robberies, deputies with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office responded to a robbery in the 6700 block of East Highway 107.
Investigators say the suspects in all three robberies matched each other. The gunman is described as 5’10”, weighing 170 pounds. He wore a black hoodie a large ring on his left pinky finger.
The second suspect is about 6′ tall and weighs 230 pounds. He was wearing a red hoodie with the words Sharyland on the front.
Anyone who can identify the men should call Edinburg Police Department at (956) 289-7700 or Edinburg Crime Stoppers at (956) 383-TIPS. | 2022-06-17T18:51:29+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/armed-suspects-wanted-in-string-of-edinburg-robberies/ |
Apple is expected to unveil sleek headset aimed at thrusting the masses into alternate realities
(AP) - Apple appears poised to unveil a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s imagination.
After years of speculation, the stage is set for the widely anticipated announcement to be made Monday at Apple’s annual developers conference in a Cupertino, California, theater named after the company’s late co-founder Steve Jobs. Apple is also likely to use the event to show off its latest Mac computer, preview the next operating system for the iPhone and discuss its strategy for artificial intelligence.
But the star of the show is expected to be a pair of goggles — perhaps called “Reality Pro,” according to media leaks — that could become another milestone in Apple’s lore of releasing game-changing technology, even though the company hasn’t always been the first to try its hand at making a particular device.
Apple’s lineage of breakthroughs date back to a bow-tied Jobs peddling the first Mac in 1984 —a tradition that continued with the iPod in 2001, the iPhone in 2007, the iPad in 2010, the Apple Watch in 2014 and its AirPods in 2016.
But with a hefty price tag that could be in the $3,000 range, Apple’s new headset may also be greeted with a lukewarm reception from all but affluent technophiles.
If the new device turns out to be a niche product, it would leave Apple in the same bind as other major tech companies and startups that have tried selling headsets or glasses equipped with technology that either thrusts people into artificial worlds or projects digital images with scenery and things that are actually in front of them — a format known as “augmented reality.”
Apple’s goggles are expected be sleekly designed and capable of toggling between totally virtual or augmented options, a blend sometimes known as “mixed reality.” That flexibility also is sometimes called external reality, or XR for shorthand.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been describing these alternate three-dimensional realities as the “metaverse.” It’s a geeky concept that he tried to push into the mainstream by changing the name of his social networking company to Meta Platforms in 2021 and then pouring billions of dollars into improving the virtual technology.
But the metaverse largely remains a digital ghost town, although Meta’s virtual reality headset, the Quest, remains the top-selling device in a category that so far has mostly appealed to video game players looking for even more immersive experiences.
Apple executives seem likely to avoid referring to the metaverse, given the skepticism that has quickly developed around that term, when they discuss the potential of the company’s new headset.
In recent years, Apple CEO Tim Cook has periodically touted augmented reality as technology’s next quantum leap, while not setting a specific timeline for when it will gain mass appeal.
“If you look back in a point in time, you know, zoom out to the future and look back, you’ll wonder how you led your life without augmented reality,” Cook, who is 62, said last September while speaking to an audience of students in Italy. “Just like today you wonder how did people like me grow up without the internet. You know, so I think it could be that profound. And it’s not going to be profound overnight.”
The response to virtual, augmented and mixed reality has been decidedly ho-hum so far. Some of the gadgets deploying the technology have even been derisively mocked, with the most notable example being Google’s internet-connected glasses released more than a decade ago.
After Google co-founder Sergey Brin initially drummed up excitement about the device by demonstrating an early model’s potential “wow factor” with a skydiving stunt staged during a San Francisco tech conference, consumers quickly became turned off to a product that allowed its users to surreptitiously take pictures and video. The backlash became so intense that people who wore the gear became known as “Glassholes,” leading Google to withdraw the product a few years after its debut.
Microsoft also has had limited success with HoloLens, a mixed-reality headset released in 2016, although the software maker earlier this year insisted it remains committed to the technology.
Magic Leap, a startup that stirred excitement with previews of a mixed-reality technology that could conjure the spectacle of a whale breaching through a gymnasium floor, had so much trouble marketing its first headset to consumers in 2018 that it has since shifted its focus to industrial, healthcare and emergency uses.
Daniel Diez, Magic Leap’s chief transformation officer, said there are four major questions Apple’s goggles will have to answer: “What can people do with it? What does this thing look and feel like? Is it comfortable to wear? And how much is it going to cost?”
The anticipation that Apple’s goggles are going to sell for several thousand dollars already has dampened expectations for the product. Although he expects Apple’s goggles to boast “jaw dropping” technology, Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said he expects the company to sell just 150,000 units during the device’s first year on the market — a mere speck in the company’s portfolio. By comparison, Apple sells more than 200 million iPhones, its marquee product a year. But the iPhone wasn’t an immediate sensation, with sales of fewer than 12 million units in its first full year on the market.
In a move apparently aimed at magnifying the expected price of Apple’s goggles, Zuckerberg made a point of saying last week that the next Quest headset will sell for $500, an announcement made four months before Meta Platform plans to showcase the latest device at its tech conference.
Since 2016, the average annual shipments of virtual- and augmented-reality devices have averaged 8.6 million units, according to the research firm CCS Insight. The firm expects sales to remain sluggish this year, with a sales projection of about 11 million of the devices before gradually climbing to 67 million in 2026.
But those forecasts were obviously made before it’s known whether Apple might be releasing a product that alters the landscape.
“I would never count out Apple, especially with the consumer market and especially when it comes to finding those killer applications and solutions,” Magic Leap’s Diez said. “If someone is going to crack the consumer market early, I wouldn’t be surprised it would be Apple.”
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OXFORD, England, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultromics, a leading health technology company advancing a novel approach for detecting heart failure and its phenotypes, announced today the assignment of a new outpatient code by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for its flagship product, EchoGo® Heart Failure.
CMS established a new HCPCS code (C9786) in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for Ultromics' technology with the following descriptor "Echocardiography image post processing for computer aided detection of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, including interpretation and report," designated for Medicare beneficiaries receiving the service in the hospital outpatient setting. The new HCPCS code went into effect on July 1st, 2023.
EchoGo® Heart Failure is the first US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared platform for detecting Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), using a single view of an echocardiogram. The platform has the potential to catch disease earlier and get more patients on the pathway to treatment.
CMS's position is supported by clinical evidence presented at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2023 Scientific Sessions, demonstrating the effectiveness of EchoGo® Heart Failure for the detection of HFpEF. Combined with clearance and Breakthrough Device Designation by the FDA, providers can have trust and confidence in Ultromics' ability to deliver effective and innovative solutions for heart failure care.
"This is a major milestone and will enable hospitals to accelerate the adoption of EchoGo® Heart Failure, to improve detection of HFpEF within their systems" said Dr. Ross Upton, CEO and Founder of Ultromics. "Given the prevalence of HFpEF, this is a significant development toward recognizing and detecting a heavily underdiagnosed condition."
As many as 50 percent of heart failure cases in the United States are HFpEF.1 Patients with HFpEF are difficult to identify, and greater awareness of the condition and clearer diagnostic pathways are needed.2 According to a JACC Scientific Statement on HFpEF, up to 64% of patients go undiagnosed.2
EchoGo® Heart Failure is an AI-enabled device that automatically analyses patient scans from a minimally invasive echocardiogram. It contains an AI algorithm, that once activated, screens for HFpEF. The technology can automate the detection process for a complex clinical syndrome where diagnosis is often uncertain, resulting in more patients getting a correct and expeditious diagnosis.
The assigned HCPCS code (C9786) brings Ultromics one step closer to transforming cardiovascular care and solidifying its position as a leader in the field. With these codes in place, it opens the door for the adoption of EchoGo® Heart Failure to empower healthcare providers with cutting-edge technology and the potential to improve patient outcomes.
EchoGo® Heart Failure received FDA clearance in the USA in December 2022. The device is available in the United States.
Providers interested in using EchoGo® Heart Failure may register their interest using on the Ultromics website at https://www.ultromics.com/products/echogo-heart-failure.
For more information, including the code's official long descriptor and status indicator, click here (Table 8).
About Ultromics:
Ultromics is a leading technology company in the healthcare industry, specializing in the development of innovative solutions for cardiovascular care. Their flagship product, EchoGo® Heart Failure, leverages artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms to provide accurate and efficient analysis of echocardiograms, aiding in the diagnosis and management of heart failure.
References:
1 - A. Oktay,et al. The Emerging Epidemic of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2013 Dec; 10(4): 10.1007/s11897-013-0155-7.
2 - Barry A. Borlaug, et al. Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: JACC Scientific Statement. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 May, 81 (18) 1810–1834
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PHOENIX (AP) — Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt remembers the halcyon days of Philadelphia sports in the early 1980s when, during a span of consecutive seasons, the city’s four professional sports teams all played for championships.
The Flyers lost to the Islanders in the Stanley Cup Final. The 76ers fell to the Lakers in the NBA Finals. The Eagles were blown out by the Raiders in the Super Bowl. Only the Phillies — Schmidt and those fabulous Phillies — were successful, beating the Kansas City Royals in six games to win the World Series.
Schmidt called 1980 a “year that I’ll never forget,” not only for that championship but for the start of his long friendship with Royals third baseman George Brett, one that endures to this day but will be put to the test on Sunday.
Schmidt is pulling for the Eagles in the Super Bowl. Brett, quite naturally, is all-in on the Chiefs.
“He and I made a bet,” Schmidt said. “Just $20, but the bragging rights are worth millions.”
There really is no loser in Philadelphia or Kansas City these days.
The Phillies are coming off another World Series appearance, and another defeat, this time to the Astros, while the Eagles are trying to avoid a similar fate Sunday night. The Sixers are soaring in the Eastern Conference with Joel Embiid and James Harden, Villanova is coming off a Final Four appearance and the Union played for the Major League Soccer title.
Even Temple beat Houston a few weeks ago in men’s basketball, the third win over a No. 1 team in program history.
“I live in Atlanta,” said hoops Hall of Famer Julius Erving, who was a big part of the Sixers’ early 1980s success, “so when I turn the radio on, all I hear about is Atlanta sports. So it’s so nice to come back to Philadelphia and know that buzz is here.
“The town is crazy,” Dr. J added. “Everybody’s feeling themselves.”
They’re feeling warm and fuzzy in Kansas City, too.
The city straddling the Kansas-Missouri state line long ago shed its old cow-town image, turning into a hipster paradise on the plains.
And the dizzying amount of sports on tap in Kansas City, coupled with the success of Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs over the years, have only heightened the sense of civic pride that people are feeling these days.
“I think the fanbase is unbelievable,” Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said. “I want to be in a place where I can play ball, show my personality and just win man, so yeah. This has been it.”
The Chiefs are playing in their third Super Bowl in four years and trying to bring home a second Lombardi Trophy in that span.
And just across the parking lot, within the past decade, the long-suffering Royals won two American League pennants and a World Series — though they are now in the midst of a massive rebuilding effort.
Not that they’ve become irrelevant. They’re in the planning stages to replace the aging jewel of Kauffman Stadium with a new downtown stadium, which promises to be the centerpiece of a ballpark village and entertainment complex.
There’s another stadium under construction, too, for the Kansas City Current of the National Women’s Soccer League — the team lost the NWSL title game to the Portland Thorns in late October. Mahomes owns a stake in that club, along with pieces of the Royals and MLS club Sporting Kansas City.
Next month, the NCAA Tournament is bringing a regional final to T-Mobile Center, and there’s a chance Kansas will be there trying to defend its men’s basketball national championship. Then in April, the NFL brings its draft circus to town with a sprawling setup centered on the historic Union Station downtown.
“How can it be better?” asked Kathy Nelson, the chief executive of the Kansas City Sports Commission, who grew up with Brett and the Royals and now is helping to organize the draft and other events in the city.
“I remember celebrating championships,” she said, “but I don’t remember a time when we were this stacked.”
Most cities have a golden era in sports. Some more than one. And they can sometimes last decades, such as the one in Boston, where over a nearly two-decade span its four pro teams won a combined 12 championships: six Lombardi Trophies for the Patriots, four World Series crowns for the Red Sox, and titles each for the Bruins and Celtics.
Philadelphia and Kansas City are basking in the glow of one right now.
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Gelston reported from Philadelphia.
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Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry has reached an agreement to sell his stake in the NBA franchise to Jimmy and Dee Haslam, owners of the Cleveland Browns, for a near-record valuation of $3.5 billion, according to reports from ESPN and the Athletic.
Lasry and fellow hedge fund billionaire Wesley Edens paid a reported $550 million for the Bucks in 2014, and NBA franchise values have skyrocketed since then. Before the Suns deal, the record price was the $2.3 billion Joe Tsai paid for the Brooklyn Nets in 2019. In 2017, Tilman Fertitta, who has made a bid for the Washington Commanders, spent $2.2 billion to land the Houston Rockets, and in 2014 Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion.
This is a developing story and will be updated. | 2023-02-27T15:43:33+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/02/27/marc-lasry-sells-bucks-to-jimmy-haslam/ |
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A pair of ravens rests on the Rimrocks overlooking downtown Billings as the temperature rises to 79 degrees on Tuesday.
A pair of ravens rests on the Rimrocks overlooking downtown Billings as the temperature rises to 79 degrees on Tuesday.
Several of the tanker cars ruptured on impact sending molten sulfur and asphalt into the river.
Samantha May Hance, 22, pleaded guilty in Yellowstone County District Court to one count of criminal child endangerment.
Those affected by the layoffs were encouraged to apply for one of the more than 200 positions currently open at the Clinic.
The car slid back into the roadway and then rolled three times become coming to rest on its roof.
Sixteen train cars derailed, including 10 that dropped into the river. Six of the cars in the river were carrying liquid asphalt, three were c…
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According to the global IT research and advisory firm, strategic portfolio management has evolved from various other capabilities and vendor solutions but is often misunderstood, which can make efficient adoption of the right portfolio management approach challenging.
TORONTO, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Streamlining business processes and aligning organizational goals have become increasingly critical amid unstable economic times. IT leaders are being relied upon to steer the realization of business strategy through wise investments in strategic portfolio management (SPM). SPM can span different business units, work styles, and roles, which makes obtaining stakeholder buy-in as well as achieving alignment and adoption more precarious than when implementing other types of solutions. To help IT leaders unpack what strategic portfolio management is and what makes it distinct from similar capabilities, such as project portfolio management (PPM), Info-Tech Research Group has released its new data-driven blueprint, Make Sense of Strategic Portfolio Management.
"While the market is eager to get users into what they're calling 'strategic portfolio management,' there's a lot of uncertainty out there about what this market is and how it's different from other, more established portfolio disciplines – most significantly, project portfolio management," says Travis Duncan, research director of PPM and CIO Strategy at Info-Tech Research Group.
In the blueprint, the firm highlights that organizations that have identified the need to step away from PPM and move toward SPM may require a strategic portfolio management tool.
"For organizations curious about these types of applications, it is important that they first engage key stakeholders and clarify the portfolio KPIs and outcomes those individuals are after," adds Duncan. "This will go a long way in helping to determine whether the organization requires a unique tool specific to strategic portfolio management, or whether they simply need to practice traditional approaches to project portfolio management more strategically."
A list of standard features to seek in SPM tools is included in the resource, as outlined below:
- Analytics and reporting: SPM should provide access to real-time dashboards and data interpretation, which can be exported as reports in a range of formats.
- Strategy mapping and road mapping: The right tool will support access to up-to-date timeline views of strategies and initiatives, including the ability to map such things as dependencies, market needs, funding, priorities, governance, and accountabilities.
- Value tracking and measurement: The adoption of an SPM tool should lead to the ability to forecast, track, and measure return on investment for strategic investments. This includes accommodations for various paradigms of value delivery, such as traditional value delivery and measurement, value mapping, and value streams.
- Ideation and innovation: SPM should offer the ability to facilitate innovation management processes across the organization. This includes the ability to support stage gates from ideation through to approval; articulate, socialize, and test ideas; perform impact assessments; create value canvas and maps; and prioritize.
- Multi-portfolio management: When an SPM tool is implemented, it should provide the ability to perform various modalities of portfolio management and portfolio optimization, including project portfolio management, applications portfolio management, and asset portfolio management.
- Interoperability: An SPM tool that is a good organizational fit will enable seamless integration with other applications for data interoperability.
Info-Tech Research Group has also included a list of advanced features for SPM in the new resource that IT leaders can use in their decision-making process. The firm further advises that the distinction between PPM and SPM is not necessarily as black and white as it may seem, but that it can be helpful to think in binaries when trying to distinguish the two capabilities. SPM broadens its scope to target more executive and business users and functions best when it's speaking at a higher level to a business audience.
To access the full resource, including an assessment tool for organizations to determine their unique SPM needs, download Make Sense of Strategic Portfolio Management.
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Clorox recalls some Pine-Sol products over possible bacterial contamination
(Gray News) - Clorox is recalling several scented multi-surface cleaners marketed under the Pine-Sol brand because they may be contaminated with a bacteria that may be harmful to those with weakened immune systems.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the recall involves Pine-Sol Scented Multi-Surface Cleaners in Lavender Clean, Sparkling Wave, and Lemon Fresh scents, CloroxPro Pine-Sol All Purpose Cleaners in Lavender Clean, Sparkling Wave, Lemon Fresh, and Orange Energy scents, and Clorox Professional Pine-Sol Lemon Fresh Cleaners.
The company notes that its original Pine-Sol product with a pine scent is not included in the recall.
All of the affected products have a date code that starts with “A4,” followed by a five digit number less than 22249. This means they were made before September 2022.
Consumers are asked to take a photo of the UPC code and date codes on the products and then throw them away. They can then contact Clorox for a refund. They can call Pine-Sol toll-free at (855) 378-4982, email at PineSolRecalls@inmar.com, or visit pinesolrecall.com
No illnesses have been reported.
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Monday, May 16, 2022 | 12:57 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservative majority sided Monday with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and struck down a provision of federal campaign finance law, a ruling that a dissenting justice said runs the risk of causing “further disrepute” to American politics.
The court, by a 6-3 vote, said the provision Cruz challenged limiting the repayment of personal loans from candidates to their campaigns violates the Constitution. The decision comes just as campaigning for the 2022 midterm elections is intensifying.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority that the provision “burdens core political speech without proper justification.”
The Biden administration had defended it as an anti-corruption measure, but Roberts wrote the government had not been able to show that the provision “furthers a permissible anticorruption goal, rather than the impermissible objective of simply limiting the amount of money in politics.”
Justice Elena Kagan disagreed, writing that for two decades the provision checked “crooked exchanges.” Kagan said in a dissent for herself and the court's two other liberals that the majority, in striking down the provision, "greenlights all the sordid bargains Congress thought right to stop.” She said the decision “can only bring this country’s political system into further disrepute.”
In an emailed statement, Cruz's attorney, Charles Cooper, said the ruling: “is a victory for the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech in the political process.”
The case involved a section of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, commonly referred to as the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law. The provision said that if a candidate lends his or her campaign money before an election, the campaign cannot repay the candidate more than $250,000 using money raised after Election Day. The provision said loans could still be repaid with money raised before the election.
Cruz, who has served in the Senate since 2013 and ran unsuccessfully for president in 2016, loaned his campaign $260,000 the day before the 2018 general election for the purpose of challenging the law.
Cruz's spokesman, Steve Guest, said in an emailed statement that the senator was “gratified” by the decision, which Guest said would "help invigorate our democratic process by making it easier for challengers to take on and defeat career politicians.”
The decision is the latest since Roberts became chief justice in 2005 in which conservatives have struck down congressionally enacted limits on raising and spending money to influence elections. That includes the 2010 Citizens United decision, which opened the door to unlimited independent spending in federal elections.
Kagan, in her dissent, described one result now that the most recent provision has been struck down. A candidate could lend his or her campaign $500,000 and, after winning, use donor money to pay that back in full, she said. The grateful politician might then respond to donors' money with "favorable legislation, maybe prized appointments, maybe lucrative contracts," she wrote. “The politician is happy; the donors are happy. The only loser is the public. It inevitably suffers from government corruption."
At another point she said: "It takes no political genius to see the heightened risk of corruption — the danger of ‘I’ll make you richer and you’ll make me richer’ arrangements between donors and officeholders."
Roberts, however, noted in his majority opinion that individual contributions to candidates for federal office, including those made after the candidate has won the election, are capped at $2,900 per election.
"The dissent’s dire predictions about the impact of today’s decision elide the fact that the contributions at issue remain subject to these requirements," he wrote. He pointed out that most states "do not impose a limit on the use of post-election contributions to repay candidate loans."
Cruz had argued that the provision made candidates think twice about lending money because it substantially increased the risk that any candidate loan will never be fully repaid. A lower court had agreed the provision was unconstitutional.
The case may be most directly important to candidates for federal office who want to make large loans to their campaigns. But the administration, which declined a request for comment following the ruling, has also said that in the past the great majority of candidate loans were for less than $250,000 and therefore the provision Cruz challenged did not apply.
The government has said that in the five election cycles before 2020, candidates for Senate made 588 loans to their campaigns, about 80% of them under $250,000. Candidates for the House of Representatives made 3,444 loans, nearly 90 percent under $250,000.
The case is Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 21-12. | 2022-05-17T00:26:27+00:00 | lasvegassun.com | https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/may/16/supreme-court-rules-for-sen-cruz-in-campaign-finan/ |
After scouring over prospect lists, CHSAANow all-state teams and 2021 stats, The Denver Post compiled a list of some of Colorado’s top high school football talents. Players are listed in alphabetical order and cover all of the 11-man football classifications.*
Ray Aragon (Pueblo South), WR/DB, sr. — A retooled Colts program that’s been a consistent 3A power will lean on the two-way talents of Aragon, who’s a game-changer at receiver (28 receptions, 435 yards) and defensive back (five interceptions).
Brett Alvey (Pine Creek), MLB/FB, sr. — A championship powerlifter, the 6-foot-1, 210-pound all-conference returnee was a defensive menace for the 4A semifinalists (102 tackles, 13.0 for loss with 10.0 sacks in 13 games), and will be counted on to be so again with the Eagles moving up to 5A.
Evan Atkin (Moffat County), RB/ILB, sr. — Nobody found the end zone more frequently than Atkin last fall, with 32 TDs in just 10 games. A running (179 carries, 1,341 yards) and receiving (17 catches, 336 yards) threat on offense, and disruptive playmaker on defense (58 tackles, two interceptions, one fumble recovery), there isn’t much the 6-foot, 180-pound senior doesn’t do.
Joshua Ayres (Lutheran), MLB/WR, sr. — The Lions defense should be formidable once again this season with the return of the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Ayres (19.0 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and five forced fumbles in ’21) a primary reason.
Blake Barnett (Erie), QB, jr. — Coming off an epic run to the 4A title game, the 6-2, 215-pound Barnett is one of Colorado’s top-rated Class of 2024 prospects. CU, CSU, Kansas State and Washington all have offers on the table. A state champion sprinter with a cannon arm (2,560 pass/1,049 rush yards in ‘21), Barnett is sure to see more offers come his way.
Joshua Bates (Durango), OL, sr. — The son of Justin Bates, an all-Big 12 O-lineman at CU, the 6-4, 290-pound three-star recruit is Oklahoma-bound next fall. He’ll once again anchor a Demons line that paved the way for 258.7 rush yards per game last season.
Matthew Baudendistel (Resurrection Christian), OL, sr. — The Cougars’ rise to the 3A ranks coincides with the loss of several key contributors, but the return of Baudendistel, an all-state offensive lineman, should make the transition a little smoother.
Sam Beers (Air Academy), RB, sr. — A two-time all-state selection, the 5-10, 200-pound Beers could reach the 5,000-yard career rushing plateau this fall after putting up 3,443 yards, 50 TDs and 17 games of 100-plus rushing yards over his first three varsity seasons.
Alex Birch (Horizon), QB, so. — Thrown into the varsity fire as a freshman, Birch proved more than capable of leading an offense with 2,130 yards, 16 TDs and just five interceptions on 61.6% passing. What will he do for an encore in Year 2?
Chase Brackney (Cherry Creek), DE/OLB, sr. — The presence of the 6-foot-4, 245-pound Iowa commit (4.0 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles in ‘21) means opposing offenses can’t throw all of their attention at Blake Purchase on the opposite end.
Deven Brady (Centauri), RB/LB, jr. — A two-way playmaker on the Falcons’ 1A state title team last fall (890 total yards, 15 TDs on offense; 66 tackles, three interceptions on defense), the returning all-state selection should only see his role expand this season.
Logan Brantley (Cherry Creek), LB, sr. — Committed to Kansas, the 6-1, 205-pound outside linebacker is coming off a junior campaign that saw him rack up 61 tackles, seven pass deflections and one forced fumble for the 5A state champs.
AJ Burton (Cherry Creek), OT, jr. — The Bruins’ junior class of offensive linemen is an embarrassment of riches, with the 6-5, 280-pound Burton one of three to receive offers from CU. Like the rest, the Buffs are just one potential destination for Burton, who’s also got CSU, Indiana and Iowa State after him.
Mac Busteed (Fossil Ridge), WR/TE, sr. — Long, rangy and tough to tackle in the open field, the 6-foot-5 Busteed is a man for all seasons. In the fall, he caught 77 balls for 1,154 yards and 11 TDs. In the winter, he appeared in 27 of 28 games for the 5A state runner-up basketball team. And in the spring, he placed third in the 5A shot put at state.
Dominic Butts (Severance), DE/OT, sr. — A dominant Silver Knights defense returns many of its impact players as they move up to the 3A level, highlighted by Butts, a 6-5, 235-pound all-state pick who racked up 25.0 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and a blocked field goal last fall.
Rashad Caldwell (Denver South), WR, sr. — The state’s top returning receiver in terms of production (59 receptions, 1,193 yards, 15 TDs) is both a star on the field (4A all-state pick) and in the classroom (4.6 GPA). Wyoming and UNC have made offers, but the Ivy League (Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale) is also calling.
Brady Campbell (Rock Canyon), OLB, jr. — The 6-foot, 190-pound edge rusher set the bar high in his first varsity season, compiling 10.0 sacks with three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries as a sophomore.
Haden Camp (Buena Vista), QB/FS, sr. — One of two returning first-team 1A all-state picks for the Demons — senior lineman Elijah Evans is the other — Camp punishes defenses with both his arm and legs (2,155 total yards, 23 TDs) as the hub of the BV offense.
Carson Caplan (Pine Creek), OL, jr. — An impact player at left guard as a sophomore last fall, the 6-2, 275-pound three-star prospect showed he has the agility to pull out to the edge and the power to drive blockers to the turf.
Joseph Capra (Denver South), QB, sr. — A breakout junior year — 2,464 yards, 33 TDs on 66.1% passing, plus 710 yards and eight TDs on the ground — will be hard to top. But with favorite target Rashad Caldwell also back, expect fireworks at All City Stadium.
Exander Carroll (Regis Jesuit), QB, sr. — The engine that powered the Raiders’ shotgun spread attack with 2,148 total yards (1,482 passing/666 rushing) and 22 TDs (14/8) last season, the third-year starting quarterback is poised to lead Regis on another deep playoff run.
Diego Cearns (Eaglecrest), RB/WR, sr. — One of the bright spots in an otherwise down season for the Raptors last fall, Cearns can make noise as both a runner (175 carries, 1176 yards) and receiver (38 receptions, 339 yards) out of the backfield.
Trey Ciccio (Lutheran), WR/OLB, sr. — The 6-foot, 175-pound Ciccio is getting looks for track and football, including from Army, due to his game-breaking talents on defense (37 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, three interceptions, one forced fumble).
Ismael Cisse (Cherry Creek), WR, sr. — Colorado’s top-rated Class of 2023 receiver, the physical 6-1, 180-pound Cisse caught 39 passes for 652 yards and six TDs as a junior. Cal, CU, CSU and USC are among the schools who took notice.
Jeremy Claycamp (Valor Christian), K, sr. — The 5A all-state selection has a booming leg who regularly boots touchbacks (21 last season), but it’s his consistency on extra points (51 of 51) and field goals (6 of 6) that’s the real head-turner.
Ethan Cook (Arvada West), QB, sr. — A-West’s return to prominence last fall started with Cook, a 6-3 all-5A Jeffco pick who threw for 1,857 yards and 20 TDs before an injury robbed him of postseason play. Back and healthy, he will have the Wildcats contending once again.
Jackson Cowgill (Erie), OLB/DE, jr. — At 6-5, 250 pounds with sub 4.8-second speed in the 40-yard dash, Cowgill has all the tools to cause problems off the edge, as his sophomore year numbers (46 tackles, 10.0 sacks, 5.0 tackles for loss) can attest.
Cai’reis Curby (Aurora Central), RB, sr. — In the slot, in the backfield, off the edge — no matter where Curby lines up, there’s a good chance he’s about to produce something explosive (1,952 total yards, 25 TDs and a 13.4 yards/carry average in ’21).
Carter Daniels (Mountain Vista), MLB/RB, so. — After registering 106 tackles (6.0 for loss) and two interceptions as a freshman middle linebacker — not to mention 511 yards on 73 offensive touches — it’s clear Daniels is a future star for the Golden Eagles.
Zach Dibella (Mead), OL, sr. — Big and athletic at 6-4, 270 pounds, the three-year starter and former soccer player is the cornerstone of an offensive line that makes the Mavericks’ unconventional ground-and-pound attack possible.
Brayden Dorman (Vista Ridge), QB, sr. — Rated the nation’s 20th-best quarterback prospect in the Class of 2023, the four-star Arizona commit enters his fourth and final varsity season with 6,502 yards and 67 TDs passing to his name. Make another postseason push, and his name will be all over the CHSAA record books.
Isaac Engle (Highlands Ranch), LB, sr. — The 6-2, 200-pound middle linebacker is a disruptive force for the Falcons defense who racked up a team-high 140 tackles (14.0 for loss) and seven forced fumbles in just 10 games last year.
Silas Evans III (George Washington), WR/FS, sr. — No doubt the Patriots will make it a priority to get Evans the ball. A year ago, he scored eight touchdowns on just 16 receptions with a 29.3 yards/catch average. Imagine what the CSU commit could do with a few more touches.
Tai Faavae (Fountain-Fort Carson), LB/FB, sr. — With a long mane of curly hair spilling out the back of his helmet, the 6-foot, 205-pound Faavae is hard to miss. But it’s mostly because of the Washington State commit’s unrelenting production (126 tackles, two forced fumbles, one INT, one blocked punt last fall).
Kafui Fiadonu (D’Evelyn), DT/RB, so. — After a monster freshman season that saw him rack up 50 tackles (20.0 for loss), seven sacks and one fumble recovery, the 6-3, 230-pound Fiadonu has established himself as both the Jaguars’ present and future.
Drew Foley (Loveland), RB/OLB, sr. — One of two returning 1,000-yard runners for the Red Wolves last fall — QB Garrett Harstad is the other — Foley came on strong toward the end of his junior year with 589 yards and nine TDs in the five games prior to the team’s 3A quarterfinal loss.
Ron Gallegos III (Kennedy), WR/CB, sr. — There are few passing combinations at the 3A level more dynamic than Isaac Sisneros to Ron Gallegos — a connection that returns for one more year after hooking up for 1,163 yards and 19 touchdowns on 44 completions last fall.
Logan Gilmore (Erie), OL/DL, sr. — A second-team all-state pick for last fall’s 4A runners-up, the 6-1, 250-pound senior is a force in the interior on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.
Gage Ginther (Fossil Ridge), OL, jr. — The 6-6, 260-pound Ginther is a key cog on a SaberCats offensive line looking to do big things this fall. With offers from Colorado, Colorado State and Indiana, he’s one of the top Class of 2024 prospects in the state.
Isacc Gomez (Thornton), WR/DB, sr. — An all-state pick in 2020, the two-way standout enters his final varsity season with 99 career receptions for 1,371 yards. Last season, he showed off his ball skills on defense with seven interceptions and one forced fumble.
Zach Haber (Durango), RB, sr. — With nearly all of the playmakers from the 2020 state title team gone, the second team 3A all-state pick filled the void with 1,696 total yards and 20 TDs last year. Between Haber and junior QB Tyler Harms, the Demons have the weapons to contend for another state crown.
Nathan Hallmark (Fossil Ridge), DE/LB, sr. — A one-man wrecking crew for the SaberCats last season with 19.0 sacks, 81 tackles (29.0 for loss), five forced fumbles and one blocked punt, the 6-3, 221-pound 5A all-state pick is the kind of player who can flip the field.
Dimitri Haralambopoulos (Thomas Jefferson), RB, jr. — After a sophomore year in which he ran for 728 yards and 15 touchdowns and picked off two passes on defense, the Spartans star will be a key figure in the program’s rise to the 4A level.
Garrett Harstad (Loveland), QB, sr. — The Red Wolves senior may not throw it often, but he’s efficient (594 yards, 11 TDs on 78.3% passing in first 11 games) when he does. The more significant damage, of course, is what he does with his legs (126 carries, 1,245 yards and 17 TDs).
Bronco Hartson (Roosevelt), QB/DE, jr. — After seeing limited time under center for last year’s 3A semifinal squad, Hartson is the next man up at QB for the Roughriders. But what he does on the other side of the ball (17.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks in ’21) speaks to his all-around physical tools.
Zachary Henning (Grandview), OT, sr. — Armed with a basketball player’s athleticism and offensive lineman’s power, the 6-6, 255-pound three-star recruit is off to Washington next fall. Until then, he will anchor a Wolves offensive line fresh off a trip to the 5A state semifinals.
Derek Hester (Palmer Ridge), QB, jr. — If his first varsity season taking snaps is any indication (2,345 yards, 25 TDs on 67.1% passing), the 6-1, 165-pound Hester is ready to do big things for a Bears program ready to take the next step at the 4A level.
Brandon Hills (Vista Ridge), WR, sr. — With a 4A state long jump title and 1,000-yard receiving season already under his belt, the all-state pick has the credentials to match his Washington State commitment. More accolades are likely on the way with four-star QB Brayden Dorman targeting him this fall.
Marcellus Honeycutt Jr. (George Washington), RB/DB, sr. — A 3A all-state returnee, Honeycutt did it all for the Patriots last fall, whether it was as a bell cow back on offense (1,612 total yards, 22 TDs), game-breaking returner on special teams (three return TDs) or turnover-producing machine on defense (seven interceptions).
Dre’monti Jackson (Far Northeast), WR/RB, sr. — Tony Lindsay’s coaching staff did everything possible to take advantage of Jackson’s versatile skill set last fall, lining him up out wide, in the backfield and in the return game. The result: 1,697 all-purpose yards and 10 TDs.
Eli Keith (Ralston Valley), MLB, sr. — The Mustangs lost the program’s first, and only, head coach with Matt Loyd’s departure for Frederick this offseason, but with Keith (82 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks) and several other impact players back from last year’s 5A state quarterfinal team, don’t expect a big step back.
David Keller (Fort Morgan), OLB/RB, sr. — The leader of the Mustangs’ 3A state title-winning defense last fall with 93 tackles (6.0 for loss), 3.0 sacks and one interception, Keller will be counted on to deliver once again as a retooled offense finds its footing early on in the season.
Cole Kerr (Wiggins), QB, sr. — The numbers Kerr put up in just 10 games for the Tigers last fall speak for themselves. On offense: 2,120 yards passing with 27 TDs, to go along with 1,129 yards on the ground and 15 TDs. On defense: 76 tackles with three interceptions.
Aiden Knapke (Cherry Creek), S, so. — It takes a special freshman to crack the varsity lineup at Creek, and an even more special player to make an instant impact, which the 5-11, 185-pound Knapke did for the 5A champs with a team-high five interceptions last season.
Tyler Kubat (Fossil Ridge), QB, sr. — The maestro of the SaberCats’ prolific aerial attack, the 6-5 Kubat has the arm to make all the throws and instincts to improvise when needed. After piling up 3,116 yards and 27 TDs on 57.5% passing last fall, the sky’s the limit.
Cole LaCrue (Broomfield), QB, sr. — Entering his third year under center, the 6-2, 190-pound dual-threat QB is both dynamic and efficient, as his production through his first 17 varsity games (3,382 yards, 31 TDs on 63.5% passing; 725 yards rushing, 13 TDs) proves. Central Michigan, South Dakota and UNC have all made pitches.
Cody Lanier (Pueblo County), RB/MLB, sr. — The Hornets’ first 3A state playoff berth in six seasons was powered by the always churning legs of Lanier — a physical, tackle-busting back who ground out 1,242 yards and 12 touchdowns in just 10 games.
Dmarian Lopez (Montrose), DL/OL, sr. — The Red Hawks dominated the line of scrimmage throughout their run to the 4A semifinals last fall, and the 5-11, 270-pound Lopez was one of the primary instigators with 15.0 tackles for loss as part of an all-state campaign.
Drew Martinez (Arvada West), WR, sr. — Everybody gets to eat in A-West’s wide-open attack, but nobody finds the end zone quite like Martinez, who hauled in 12 touchdown grabs as part of a 38-reception, 709-yard junior year that ended with honorable mention all-state honors.
D’Quan McClennon (Vista Peak Prep), RB/DB, sr. — A new addition to the Bison from Denver East, McClennon has strong cover corner skills and breakaway talent out of the backfield.
Andrew Metzger (Regis Jesuit), TE/DE, sr. — The 6-5, 235-pound Metzger is committed to CU as a three-star tight end, but his impact on the defensive side of the ball for the Raiders (9.0 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks in ‘21) cannot be ignored.
Austyn Modrzewski (Mountain Vista), QB, so. — Dedicated to the QB craft since grade school, the 6-4, 185-pound pocket passer is as polished as any sophomore passer can be. After throwing for 1,079 yards and 13 TDs in his last four games as a freshman, Modrzewski is prepared for takeoff.
Hayden Moore (Regis Jesuit), OLB/WR, sr. — Whether it’s in the three-point stance at the line of scrimmage, or standing up at the second level, the 6-3, 210-pound Nebraska commit has a nose for getting in an opponent’s backfield (111 total tackles, 11.0 for loss in ’21).
Tanner Morley (Valor Christian), OT, sr. — The first in-state commit for CSU out of the Class of 2023, the 6-5, 295-pound Morley was a pile-driving force at right guard for a dominant Eagles rushing attack last season that chewed up 243 yards per game.
Anthony Munoz (Roosevelt), OL/DL, sr. — An honorable mention all-state defensive lineman as a sophomore, and all-state offensive lineman as a junior, Munoz gets it done in the trenches on both sides of the ball for a program that’s lost only twice in its last 21 games.
Brock Narva (Chatfield), RB/WR/DB, so. — The Chargers’ 4A title run likely does not happen without Narva, a versatile 5-10, 175-pound athlete who piled up 328 yards and four TDs over the team’s final three playoff wins to go along with one interception and one fumble recovery.
Chase Nelson (Douglas County), WR/DB, sr. — A burner with 4.40-second speed in the 40-yard dash, Nelson can bust loose at a moment’s notice (1,039 total yards, 10 TDs in ’21). With four picks in 16 varsity games, he must be accounted for in the secondary as well.
Bryce Olson (Fossil Ridge), K/P, sr. — Committed to kick for Air Force, Olson is an automatic touchback off the tee (37 touchbacks) and field-shifting punter (39.3-yard average, nine punts inside the 20) who also knocked in 5 of 6 field goal attempts last season.
Dominick Ontiveros (Brush), DT/OT, sr. — A leader at the line of scrimmage for the Beetdiggers on offensive and defense, the 2A all-state pick gobbled up 45 tackles (6.0 for loss) with one forced fumble en route to the state championship game last season.
Armani Patterson (Rangeview), RB/OLB, sr. — The two-time all-conference pick has the speed to burst outside, and a blend of power and wiggle to do serious damage between the tackles (177 carries, 1,188 yards, nine TDs in nine games last fall).
Tucker Peterson (Roosevelt), WR/LB, sr. — A returning 3A all-state selection, Peterson is a chunk play waiting to happen on the perimeter. With 2,042 yards and 37 TDs on 96 receptions over 32 games, the 6-3, 190-pound pass catcher is a mismatch no matter where he lines up.
Angelo Petrides (Cherry Creek), MLB, jr. — The 5-11, 215-pound Petrides established himself as a leader on the Creek defense during a breakout sophomore year that saw him rack up a team-high 151 tackles and five interceptions. His first college offer? The CU Buffs.
Blake Purchase (Cherry Creek), LB, jr. — The state’s top-rated recruit, the 6-2, 240-pound Purchase can all-but pick his college landing spot after registering 21.0 tackles for loss (13.0 sacks) in two varsity seasons. Will he follow older brother Myles to Iowa State?
Alonzo Ramirez (Arapahoe), CB/WR, sr. — Attrition hit the Warriors hard, from the coaching ranks to their two all-state defensive linemen, but the secondary will be in good hands with Ramirez, an honorable mention all-state pick, providing blanket coverage.
Jordan Rechel (Fairview), WR, so. — Thanks to a head-turning freshman season that saw him reel in 57 passes for 845 yards and 10 TDs, Rechel already has an offer from CU. Even with QB Bekkem Kritza, the other half of the Knights’ Class of 2025 connection, off to California, the 5-10, 165-pound receiver should continue to produce.
Jazel Riley IV (Golden), QB, sr. — The Demons put up points in bunches last season thanks to the prodigious talents of their three-star QB Riley, one of just three players in the state to surpass 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 rushing last fall. His final tally: 3,127 total yards and 42 TDs.
Ethan Rodriguez (Ponderosa), LB/RB, sr. — A high-energy linebacker with uncanny timing off the edge, the 6-foot, 180-pound senior is the top returning playmaker (97 tackles, 15.0 tackles for loss, six forced fumbles) for a defense that came into its own by the end of last season.
Jack Rons (Dakota Ridge), OL/DL, sr. — A first-team 4A all-state pick last fall, the 6-4, 280-pound Rons anchors a Dakota Ridge offensive line looking to push the Eagles past the state quarterfinals for the third time in four years.
Pepper Rusher (Wiggins), DE, sr. — Sometimes, a name just fits. Such is the case with Wiggins’ 6-2, 195-pound defensive end, who’s made a habit of terrorizing quarterbacks over his prep career with 16.0 sacks. A two-time state placer on the wrestling mat, he also had 108 tackles last season.
Gabe Sawchuk (Valor Christian), RB, jr. — With older brother Gavin off to Oklahoma, Gabe’s time has arrived at Valor. After running for 797 yards and 12 TDs as the No. 2 to big bro last season, the three-star recruit already has offers from CU, USC, Arizona State and UNC.
Gabe Schubarth (Limon), RB/LB, sr. — The Badgers fell a win shy of a 1A state title four-peat last year, but should be right back in the mix with Schubarth in the backfield (117 carries, 1,231 yards in ’21) and fellow all-state returnee Kaden Becker opening up holes up front.
Rocky Shields (Columbine), DE, sr. — Laterally quick and powerful enough to fight through multiple blockers, the 6-3, 250-pound Shields was a 5A all-state pick in his first varsity season (5.0 sacks, 5.0 tackles for loss, one forced fumble) and now has offers from Air Force, Army, Georgetown and New Mexico.
Kaden Shouse (ThunderRidge), DE, sr. — The Grizzlies lost a lot of offensive production from last year’s 9-3 squad, but the defense is loaded with returning playmakers. And that starts with Shouse, an all-state talent who had 62 tackles (15.0 for loss), five sacks and two forced fumbles last fall.
Jackson St. Aubyn (Palmer Ridge), OL, sr. — More than half of the Ivy League courted St. Aubyn, not to mention San Diego State, New Mexico and Wyoming in the Mountain West, before the 6-6, 271-pound three-star offensive lineman ultimately landed on Yale.
Parker Steckel (Northridge), MLB/TE/OL, sr. — A high-energy middle linebacker who flies to the football (119 tackles, 9.0 for loss), the 5-11, 205-pound all-state returnee is part of a strong senior class for the Grizzlies looking to build on last year’s 3A state playoff appearance.
Trey Stott (Valor Christian), WR/S, sr. — Valor has plenty of holes to fill from a defense that lost seven of its top eight tacklers to graduation. But with Stott back at safety (63 tackles, two interceptions, one forced fumble in ’21), the Eagles should be just fine in the secondary.
Wyatt Sprague (Holyoke), QB/S, jr. — A dual threat under center on one side of the ball (1,823 pass/rush yards, 22 TDs) and ball-hawking safety on the other (102 tackles, three interceptions, one forced fumble), the 6-foot-2, 185-pounder does a whole lot of everything for the Dragons.
Liam Szarka (Grandview), QB, jr. — With Szarka operating the controls of the Wolves attack, defenses can no longer sell out against the run. As the second-year starter proved his last fall (2,430 total yards, and 24 TDs passing/running), the whole field must be accounted for.
Gavin Taylor (Legend), DE/DT, sr. — The Titans must reload with all but two starters from last fall no longer in the building. That makes the varsity experience of the 6-3, 250-pound Taylor (10 tackles for loss, five sacks in 21 games) all the more valuable as Legend looks to continue the momentum from back-to-back 5A state semifinal trips.
Ethan Thomason (Rocky Mountain), OT, sr. — There isn’t an offensive lineman in the state that can match the size of Thomason, a 6-8, 315-pound offensive tackle with scholarship offers from the likes of BYU, Stanford, Utah, Nebraska and Oklahoma State.
Hayden Treter (Cherry Creek), OT, jr. — A mauler on the left side of the Creek offensive line who put in time at both tackle and guard, the 6-6, 300-pound Treter has the attention of CU, CSU, Iowa State and Washington State.
Noah Triplett (Dakota Ridge), RB/KR, sr. — Shifty and quick with breakaway speed, the 5-9, 185-pound all-state pick is a nightmare in the open field, be it as a runner (214 carries, 1,551 yards, 28 TDs), receiver (29 receptions, 372 yards, three TDs) or kick returner (6 returns, 208 yards, one TD).
Tell Wade (Wray), DE/OT, sr. — A future Wyoming Cowboy, the 6-3, 235-pound Wade has been a menace in the trenches since his freshman year, compiling 35.5 tackles for loss, 20.0 sacks, five forced fumbles and three blocked punts. Between him and fellow senior Brady Collins (23.0 TFLs in ’21), opposing offenses will have their hands full.
Rhett Ward (Palisade), MLB/RB, sr. — An honorable mention 3A all-state returnee, the 5-10, 180-pound Ward’s impact on the game is constant as both a reliable tackler in the middle of the defense (135 tackles) and hard-nosed runner out of the backfield (130 carries, 836 yards, eight TDs).
Kael Weatherby (Eaglecrest), OL, jr. — Another year, another three-star Weatherby slots in on the Raptors offensive line. Older brother Kaden is off to Texas Tech. No doubt little bro — if you can call 6-4, 297 pounds “little” — will find a landing spot of his own in two years.
Asher Weiner (Valor Christian), QB, jr. — The son of Todd Weiner, an All-American offensive tackle at Kansas State who started 116 NFL games, the 6-5 junior should take snaps for a Valor offense well-stocked with weapons. Even with just one varsity pass attempt on his resume, Arkansas and Kansas State have made offers.
Hayden Woodruff (Mullen), OL, sr. — A shift away from the rugged 5A Jeffco League could lead to big things for Mullen — especially with the 6-4, 300-pound Woodruff, a second-team all-state pick and team captain, back in the fold up front and leading passer Blake Palladino taking snaps for the third straight season.
Russ Woodward (Evergreen), DE/OT, sr. — The Cougars bring back a majority of their biggest contributors from last year’s 8-3 playoff team, led by the 6-6, 230-pound Woodward, who’s coming off a 3A all-state campaign with 70 tackles (9.5 for loss) and two forced fumbles.
Cruz Zamudio (Frederick), RB, sr. — While there are several holes to fill from last year’s 9-3 squad, the cupboard is far from bare for new head coach Matt Loyd, with Zamudio (121 carries, 1,016 yards, 10 TDs) and fellow senior River Lakey (70-711-6) headlining an electric backfield.
Hank Zilinskas (Cherry Creek), OL, sr. — The Zilinskas family tradition of FBS offensive linemen continues with the 6-3, 260-pound all-state guard, who will follow in the footsteps of older brother Gus (Rutgers) and father, John (UCLA), when he suits up for CU next fall.
*Note: All statistics taken from maxpreps.com, and all star ratings are from 247Sports.com.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Suffering from liver and bile duct cancer, Mike Bowden couldn’t attend Russell County High School’s Class of 2022 ceremony to see his son Michael graduate. But thanks to the extra effort from his family and school administrators, a special ceremony was conducted in Bowden’s east Alabama home, where father and son celebrated the milestone together.
Mike died two weeks later — and two weeks before the official graduation ceremony. In emailed interviews with the Ledger-Enquirer, Jessie Bowden, the mother of Michael and the wife of Mike, shared this story, along with school principal Tonya Keene.
While talking with her sister, Jackie Sharpe, Jessie lamented Mike wasn’t healthy enough to attend graduation. Sharpe suggested contacting a school administrator to find out what could be done to accommodate the family’s situation.
Jessie emailed assistant principal Christopher Baker and asked whether she could borrow a cap and gown to conduct their own ceremony at home. “And to push my luck,” Jessie said, “would he consider handing a fake diploma to Michael in front of his dad?”
Baker called Jessie the next day to give her the good news: The administration agreed to fulfill her request — and make it a surprise. “It was a team idea to try and do more,” Keene said.
On April 25, cars started lining up in front of the Bowden family’s house in the east Alabama community of Seale. Mike was lying in a portable bed in the den, where a sign declares, “Bless this home with love and laughter.”
Jessie brought out the balloons she had hidden. Keene, assistant principals Baker, Nisa Guice and Samantha Shoup, senior counselor Akeisha Valrie and Michael’s automotive shop class teacher, Mark Saxon — all wearing graduation robes — marched in while a recording of “Pomp and Circumstance” was played.
“My husband was in complete awe,” Jessie said. Jessie told him: “Mike Bowden, you are invited to the graduation of Michael David Bowden Jr.” Tears welled up in Mike’s eyes.
“He didn’t know what to say,” Jessie said, “but the look on his face was priceless.” Keene presented Michael with his real diploma in front of Mike.
“I started crying and felt so humbled that we were invited into such a private yet important moment in the family home,” she said.
Michael declined to share his thoughts about the ceremony, but Jessie spoke for the family when she said: “The team that came to our home couldn’t have made it any more special.”
Keene explained why they did it.
“It was the right thing to do,” she said. “All of our kids work hard to meet the milestone of graduation, and our parents/families are incredibly supportive, and they deserve to be able to celebrate with us.”
Keene also saw the ceremony as a boost for the school’s administration.
“So often we get caught up in the daily stress of the job or how admin and teachers are attacked via social media and society,” she said, “… and it made all of that melt away. This, THIS, is why we do this. It centered all of us to our purpose and mission field.”
Seeing his son graduate motivated Mike to keep fighting to live, Jessie said.
“My heart was about to bust with pride, happiness and sorrow, knowing this was the one thing keeping my husband here,” she said.
Mike died May 9 at home. He was 64. After working for 25 years as a carpenter, Mike worked his last 12 years as a machine technician at Campbell Snacks.
“We were together 21 years total,” said Jessie, who works part-time as an assistant at Elizabeth Robinson Surgical Clinic. “He truly was my soul mate. My heart will never be the same. He suffered a long time. He was terrified of leaving us. He wasn’t ready to die. Cancer stole him from us.”
This special graduation ceremony, however, shone light amid the family’s darkness.
“I know he died a very proud daddy,” she said. | 2022-06-27T17:10:04+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/dying-alabama-man-experiences-sons-high-school-graduation/ |
Brittney Griner arrived in court Thursday for closing arguments in her cannabis possession trial, nearly six months after the American basketball star was arrested at a Moscow airport in a case that has reached the highest levels of U.S.-Russia diplomacy.
Griner faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Although a conviction appears almost certain, given that Russian courts rarely acquit defendants and Griner has acknowledged having vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her luggage, judges have considerable latitude on sentencing.
Lawyers for the Phoenix Mercury center and two-time Olympic gold medalist have pursued strategies to bolster Griner's contention that she had no criminal intent and that the canisters ended up in her luggage due to hasty packing. They have presented character witnesses from the Russian team that she plays for in the WNBA off-season and written testimony from a doctor who said he prescribed her cannabis for pain treatment.
It's not clear when the verdict will be announced. If she does not go free, attention will turn to the high-stakes possibility of a prisoner swap.
Before her trial began in July, the State Department designated her as “wrongfully detained,” moving her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator.
Then last week, in an extraordinary move, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, urging him to accept a deal under which Griner and Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia on an espionage conviction, would go free.
The Lavrov-Blinken call marked the highest-level known contact between Washington and Moscow since Russia sent troops into Ukraine more than five months ago. The direct outreach over Griner is at odds with U.S. efforts to isolate the Kremlin.
People familiar with the proposal say it envisions trading Griner and Whelan for the notorious arms trader Viktor Bout. It underlines the public pressure that the White House has faced to get Griner released.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday that Russia has made a “bad faith” response to the U.S. government’s offer, a counteroffer that American officials don’t regard as serious. She declined to elaborate.
Russian officials have scoffed at U.S. statements about the case, saying they show a disrespect for Russian law. They remained poker-faced, urging Washington to discuss the issue through “quiet diplomacy without releases of speculative information.” | 2022-08-04T12:13:18+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/closing-arguments-in-brittney-griners-drug-case-in-russia-as-us-awaits-for-response |
GÖTEBORG, Sweden, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 scholarship from Håkan Frisinger's Foundation for Transport Research is awarded to Simon Matti, Professor at Luleå University of Technology. The Foundation has also decided to grant SEK 500 000 SEK for the VREF Visiting Researcher Programme 2022 to Chalmers University of Technology.
Simon Matti is awarded the scholarship of SEK 300,000 for his extensive research work, while the grant of SEK 500,000 for the VREF (Volvo Research and Educational Foundations) Visiting Researcher Program is given to Chalmers University of Technology which hosts the award-winning guest researcher.
"Simon Matti's research concerns strategy and policy for climate and the environment, which is very relevant for the field of transport research. Prof. Matti focuses on general political attitudes, political legitimacy and political behavior, and also has well-documented experience of interdisciplinary research. His strong scientific track record is combined with a strong teaching and supervision record at various levels (bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctoral degree), and he has shown the ability to research communication and implement research results that lead to societal impact," says the Board of Håkan Frisinger's Foundation in their motivation.
The proposed program at Chalmers University of Technology will provide good opportunities for fruitful interdisciplinary collaboration. Matti's experience of general political attitudes and behavioral economics will contribute to research on transport and mobility, especially in terms of consumption patterns and adjustment.
The Håkan Frisinger Foundation was initiated by AB Volvo and has independently issued annual scholarships in means of transport research in Sweden since 2000, and from 2021 in the Nordic countries. The aim of the award is to promote and support research and development in the field of transport, for the benefit of academia, industry and society in general.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
1-8-0
(one, eight, zero)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
1-8-0
(one, eight, zero) | 2022-07-19T04:24:23+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Game-game-17313667.php |
Investigators visit father’s home in search for missing S.C. 5-year-old
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - Investigators on Thursday visited the home of the father of a missing five-year-old girl in South Carolina.
New details in the case are emerging after a press conference Wednesday evening and an autopsy report said Aspen Jeter’s mother was shot.
A tip from a viewer led a WIS reporter to what neighbors say is the home of Antar Jeter on Hulon Lane in West Columbia near the Lexington Medical Center.
During the press conference on Wednesday, Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said he knew nothing about Jeter’s residence in Lexington. A neighbor told WIS she’s tried repeatedly to speak with law enforcement, but never heard back from investigators.
That changed Wednesday evening when the woman said law enforcement reached out and told her deputies would investigate the home. At least one deputy from Orangeburg County was seen knocking on the doors Thursday.
Neighbors who spoke with WIS said they believe Aspen is not in danger if she’s with her father, who they described as a dedicated caregiver.
They also said that he’d lost his job caring for her. Aspen is wheelchair-bound and cannot walk or talk. Neighbors said they were often spotted taking strolls through the neighborhood. After losing his job, Jeter allegedly would often ask for money to help feed her.
The neighbor described the relationship between Antar and Aspen’s mother, Crystal Jumper.
“She used to live here with him years ago. I know that they split up she moved out and she moved back, now we know, to Orangeburg, but from my understanding, she spent a few nights with him here a few weeks ago in October and she was, you know, here and there, but mainly it was just him and his daughter,” the neighbor said.
The last time the neighbor saw him at the home in Lexington was the week of Thanksgiving before Jumper’s body was discovered in Orangeburg.
The current timeline of events in the case:
- Nov 1. : The last time Jumper was seen alive
- Nov. 24: During a welfare check deputies discovered Jumper’s body inside of her home in Orangeburg County. Aspen was not inside.
- Nov. 25: The public was asked to assist in locating Aspen.
- Nov. 28: An incident report revealed Jumper and Jeter were living together and did not get along. The report also said she’d been shot.
- Nov. 30. Officials identify Antar Jeter as the one believed to be with Aspen.
Copyright 2022 WIS via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-02T01:04:34+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/12/01/investigators-visit-fathers-home-search-missing-sc-5-year-old/ |
Tesla, the first high-volume EV maker, was early to promise a zero-emission pickup, but it was Rivian, an American startup, that delivered the first mass-production EV truck. With impressive range, dazzling performance and innovative features, the R1T has attracted both conventional truck shoppers and early adopters.
Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning, was the second EV pickup to arrive this year. It achieves competitive range and power, while packaging clever features in a traditional full-size pickup body. Which truck is the better buy? Edmunds’ experts compared them to find out.
POWERTRAINS AND RANGE
Rivian is currently delivering the R1T as a four-electric-motor model only. There’s a motor at each wheel to give the truck all-wheel drive as well as a staggering combined output of 835 horsepower. That’s enough for the R1T to dash from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds in Edmunds’ testing. The R1T’s so-called Large battery pack is good for an EPA-estimated 314 miles on a full charge. In Edmunds’ real-world range test, the R1T slightly beat that estimate, going 317 miles.
The F-150 Lightning is equipped with two electric motors and all-wheel drive as standard. Customers can choose from two levels of output and range: The standard-battery model produces 452 horsepower and an EPA-estimated 230 miles of range, while the extended-range battery jumps to 580 horsepower and up to 320 miles of range. Edmunds tested a Lightning in the Platinum trim, which has the big battery and 300 miles of range. It was slightly slower than the R1T, needing 4 seconds to get to 60 mph, but went 332 miles in Edmunds’ range test.
Both trucks are impressively rapid and have enough range to make long-distance driving realistic. The R1T’s quicker acceleration helps it eke out a win here.
Winner: R1T
UTILITY AND TOWING
The R1T is smaller than the F-150 but cleverly designed. It has a large front trunk, a tunnel-like storage area between the cabin and bed, and an additional storage area in the bed’s floor. The R1T packs useful goodies, too. A built-in air compressor comes in handy and a camera monitoring system keeps valuables secure. Towing is rated at 11,000 pounds.
The F-150 Lightning features its own enormous front trunk and a longer bed — 5.5 feet compared to the R1T’s 4.5 feet. Ford also engineered its EV pickup to allow owners to use the battery to power tools, appliances and even a house in case of emergency. Properly equipped, the Lightning has a maximum towing capacity of 10,000 pounds.
The R1T and Lightning trade blows here. While the R1T offers greater towing capacity and some trick storage areas, the Lightning boasts a bigger bed and a more robust system for supplying power.
Winner: tie
STYLING AND COMFORT
Rivian aimed for the right-size pickup with just enough standout style to intrigue but not overwhelm. The result is a modern exterior and an upscale interior. Many of the R1T’s controls are housed in its central touchscreen, which can be distracting while driving. The R1T is quiet, but its ride quality is firmer than some other trucks.
Ford wanted few visual distinctions between its gas-powered F-150 and its all-electric model, so the Lightning looks slick and tough. Inside, the layout feels familiar to truck buyers, while a 15.5-inch vertical infotainment adds a splash of innovation. An independent rear suspension delivers a smoother ride than a regular F-150. The Lightning’s larger size affords greater interior volume and its ride quality is more supple than the R1T’s.
Winner: F-150 Lightning
VALUE AND WARRANTY
The configuration that Rivian is taking reservations for now is the $88,500 quad-motor Adventure trim with the large battery pack and a delivery timeframe of late 2023. It comes well equipped with vegan leather seats, a height-adjustable air suspension and a 16-inch center touchscreen. It’s backed by a five-year/60,000-mile basic warranty and an eight-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty.
Ford is taking orders for the 2023 Lightning, though you may find some 2022s on dealer lots. For the 2023 truck, there’s the stripped-down Pro grade starting at $54,269 including destination. The loaded-up Platinum sits at the top of the range, at $98,219. Ford’s bumper-to-bumper warranty of three years/36,000 miles trails the R1T’s, but its battery warranty equals Rivian’s.
The R1T carries a higher starting price but includes many desirable features as standard. The Lightning can be cheaper but gets similarly pricey with options.
Winner: tie
EDMUNDS SAYS:
This contest comes down to what kind of electric pickup you want. The Rivian R1T is an incredible first effort from a startup and stands out with its distinctive styling, clever storage and muscular power. Ford’s F-150 Lightning is the more conservative choice but gives buyers more flexibility in its available acessories and the reassurance that comes from an established brand.
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This story was provided to The Associated Press by the automotive website Edmunds.
Miles Branman is a contributor at Edmunds. Twitter | 2022-10-26T14:45:12+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-edmunds-ford-lightning-vs-rivian-r1t/ |
PARMA -- Pay no attention to Lumen Christi’s record.
Western certainly isn’t.
Through three games the Titans have three losses, but those were all by a possession or less to some of the top teams Lumen Christi could find; a 14-7 loss to New Lothrop, a 42-35 loss to Traverse City St. Francis and a 24-21 loss to Hastings.
“I know that they’re going to give us their best effort. I know they’re going to be laser-focused on us,” Western coach Nick Rulewicz said. “They’re very hungry, I’m sure, for their first win and they’re not going to be looking past us what-so-ever. They’re a very strong program. They’re probably the best 0-3 program in the state right now, because that’s not an 0-3 program.”
This is also very unfamiliar territory for the Titans, who have not been 0-3 since 1970. But coach Herb Brogan knew going into the season that this stretch, including the Week 4 trip to Western, was going to be tough.
“We’re focused, we just haven’t put a 48-minute game together yet,” Brogan said. “We played three really good football teams, been in the ballgame and had a chance to win every one, but haven’t gotten it done. We’ve just got to get ourselves ready to play 48 minutes, and if we do that we’re going to be fine.”
They were all losses, but all three were close, with Lumen Christi leading the Week 3 game with Hastings late in the second quarter following a Joe Lathers touchdown and again taking the lead in the third quarter off a 40-yard Derrick Walker score.
Western has not beaten Lumen Christi on the field since 1976. Western won the 2020 matchup via forfeit.
So something, either Lumen Christi’s losing streak or its winning streak in games against the Panthers, has to give on Friday.
Western comes into the game having beaten Pennfield in resounding fashion 64-0 in Week 3. In that game, the Western defense came up with a safety from Landon Heavy and an interception returned for a touchdown by Gibson French while never allowing Pennfield to get within 49 yards of the Western goalline.
That defense is the next test for a Titans offense which scored just once against New Lothrop but has turned things around since.
“I think our offense has been pretty consistent, starting with Week 2,” Brogan said. “We moved the ball fairly well. I think we’re going to present them with some challenges, but they’re big and physical up front. They’ve got a lot of good athletes at the second and third levels. We’ve just got to execute our offense.”
Heading into Week 4, Rulewicz is very pleased with what he’s seen in practice.
“I feel like guys have really focused,” he said. “I feel like the effort has been there. We’ve had positive attitudes. We’ve worked hard. Hopefully we continue that and play our best and see how things fall.”
Western’s offense was able to use the strong Week 3 showing to get the ball into the hands of plenty of different players. The Panthers had 15 different players with at least one carry in Week 3, with no one taking on more of the workload than Hunter Fullerton’s seven carries and no one gaining more yards than the 65 Mitchell Williams picked up on three carries.
One of the last Panthers to get a touch was Owen St. Andre, who went 36 yards for a touchdown on one of his two carries.
“It goes back to one of our core values of next-man-up,” Rulewicz said. “You never know when your number is going to be called, so be prepared.”
But that offense is now faced with a defense which shut Western out last year and even this fall limited all three opponents to their lowest point totals of the season.
Rulewicz said the key to moving the ball against the Titans will be to ”be physical at the line of scrimmage, keep re-establishing the line of scrimmage. I feel like if we’re able to get them in uncomfortable situations with some of our personnel and some of our sets, I feel like we can move the ball.” | 2022-09-15T17:19:17+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/sports/jackson/2022/09/western-lumen-christi-prepare-for-key-interstate-8-showdown.html |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts missed his second straight game with a sprained right shoulder, forcing the Philadelphia Eagles to turn to backup quarterback Gardner Minshew on Sunday to try to clinch the No. 1 seed in the NFC with a win against New Orleans.
Hurts was listed as doubtful on the injury report headed into the game, and the Eagles (13-2) decided not to risk his health with the team already in the playoffs. Hurts was injured two weeks ago on a hard tackle in a win against the Bears.
Minshew threw for 355 yards and two touchdowns but also committed three of the Eagles’ four costly turnovers, with a pair of picks and a fumble in last week’s loss at Dallas.
The Eagles would clinch the division and the No. 1 seed with a win over the Saints (6-9) this week or a victory next week against the New York Giants (8-6-1).
Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson also was inactive with a groin injury.
Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore was active after he missed 10 straight games because of an abdominal injury.
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Credit: Tony Gutierrez | 2023-01-01T16:58:01+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/eagle-hurts-misses-2nd-straight-game-with-sprained-shoulder/3N5MSOSFPREOVOFXEAGBO5ZZTM/ |
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am going to visit my 28-year-old daughter and meet her new boyfriend, who is 41 and a Marine. I have invited them to lunch at an appropriate restaurant, and I intend to get the check.
I suspect the boyfriend will be a gentleman and insist on paying. As the person who issued the invitation, should I insist? Or, as a lady, can I accept his gracious offer? It is very important to me that I make a proper impression.
GENTLE READER: As, one hopes, it will be for him.
You are correct that, as the person who issued the invitation, you should pay. However, if the gentleman insists, it will be better not to make a fuss and instead, graciously say, “Thank you. I hope that this is the first of many such occasions and that you will let us be the hosts next time.”
That is, Miss Manners warns, if he does indeed make that proper impression -- and your daughter concurs.
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(NerdWallet) – Beth Bourdon, an assistant public defender at the Orange County Public Defender’s Office in Orlando, Florida, was used to her student loans not qualifying for relief that other federal loans did.
She had Family Federal Education Loan Program, or FFEL, loans. They’re an older type of federal student loan that may be owned by the federal government or a private company. This type of loan generally doesn’t qualify for the benefits that come with federal direct loans. Those benefits include income-driven repayment, loan forgiveness or, most recently, the federal student loan payment pause.
“When everyone else’s student loan payments were paused for COVID, mine weren’t paused. I paid every month,” says Bourdon. “When everyone else’s interest rate dropped down to zero, mine didn’t drop down.”
She finally caught a break with the help of a temporary waiver for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The waiver, which includes FFEL loans, counts past payments toward the total needed for debt discharge that otherwise would have been ineligible.
Through the waiver, Bourdon saw her remaining $57,000 in law school debt wiped away.
A debt discharge program with a dismal success rate
For years, most borrowers who applied for Public Service Loan Forgiveness were rejected. The approval rate since the program’s inception in 2007 hovered around 2.4%.
Full debt discharge requires 120 qualifying payments made while working full time for an eligible employer such as a public school, public hospital, qualified nonprofit or the government. But most borrowers had floundered, sometimes for years, in their attempts to advocate for payments to be counted toward forgiveness.
As a result of public criticism, the Biden administration made temporary changes to rectify some of the flaws in the program’s execution. Hence, the PSLF waiver, which offers borrowers the opportunity to receive credit for past payments that didn’t meet the program’s stringent rules. Since the waiver was implemented in October 2021, federal data shows PSLF approvals through June 2022 have climbed to nearly 10%.
A short window of forgiveness
Bourdon had about $75,000 in student loans, including $20,000 in undergraduate debt she used to attend the University of Central Florida. She’d already repaid her undergraduate debt when she learned about the PSLF waiver. That left only her law school debt — originally about $55,000 — which she had held since 2004 when she earned her Juris Doctor degree at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida.
Bourdon says she posted on Twitter last fall about how she didn’t qualify for forgiveness due to the type of federal loans she carried. In response, she received a direct message about the waiver from a member of the Debt Collective, a membership-based debtors’ union and advocacy nonprofit. Finding out that she might see her debt erased prompted her to apply, though not without some apprehension.
“I was really scared that I was going to screw something up,” says Bourdon. “But I told myself ‘This is the only chance I have and it’s only an open window for a year.’ I didn’t know how long the process was going to take.”
She doesn’t recommend applying for PSLF while also working a first-degree murder trial in a different county, as she did. But, the more typical aspect of her application process went like this:
First, Bourdon used the federal government’s employer search tool for PSLF, a database of all employers that qualify for the benefit. But the PSLF help tool proved to be finicky and less user-friendly to Bourdon, so she abandoned it.
Next, Bourdon applied for consolidation, a necessary step for borrowers who don’t have direct loans. However, she says she was afraid of consolidating her debt due to the stringent rules of Public Service Loan Forgiveness and income-driven repayment forgiveness — if you consolidate, your countdown to forgiveness resets as zero.
Bourdon took the plunge in good faith. In the process, she chose to have her loans serviced by the only student loan servicer that manages debt for borrowers seeking PSLF (at the time, it was FedLoan Servicing, but those loans are in the process of moving to MOHELA by year’s end).
Finally, she submitted the combined PSLF/Employer Certification Form. She initially had two separate waiver forms because of a break in employment. But the human resources department at her employer sent back a single form and told her even if she had split periods of work, the federal student aid office would process it on one form.
This turned out to be a mistake.
Bourdon submitted the single application in November 2021. However, by early January 2022, she received a letter that stated she only had one qualifying payment according to the waiver and still had to make 119 more payments.
“I started freaking out,” Bourdon says. She received advice from the Debt Collective to submit two forms to certify her employment that accurately showed the separate periods of public service employment in her history.
Then, she waited and checked her account every single day.
“Nothing seemed to be changing. I was getting antsy,” says Bourdon. Then she saw an anticlimactic $1,000 decline in her total balance. “It was like, ‘Oh, thanks a lot,'” she says.
On Feb. 15, Bourdon logged in to her account and saw her debt was at zero. But, instead of instant relief, she says she was filled with doubt.
“For a second, I was like, ‘this is a trick,'” says Bourdon.
But two days later, she had a message in her account, a letter from her servicer confirming the discharge of her debt.
How to get the PSLF waiver
More than 146,000 borrowers have seen a collective $9 billion in loan debt forgiven through the temporary waiver, federal data from June shows. The average balance discharged through the waiver is $61,408. If your employer qualifies you for PSLF, you should apply even if past payments have been denied.
The PSLF waiver counts past payments that previously didn’t qualify including:
- Late payments.
- Payments equaling less than the full amount due.
- Payments made on the incorrect repayment plan.
- Payments made on loans that previously did not qualify, such as FFEL loans or Perkins loans.
- Payments not made during forbearance periods of 12 consecutive months or greater.
- Months spent in deferment, other than in-school deferment, before 2013.
Use the PSLF Help Tool to search for a qualifying employer and generate a form. It has been updated to align with the waiver.
To qualify, borrowers must already have direct loans or consolidate their federal debt into a new direct loan. The consolidation step is critical: Borrowers can submit a combined PSLF/Employer Certification form before consolidating, but they must consolidate to be eligible for forgiveness.
To find out if you qualify for additional payments and learn more about the waiver, log in to the federal student aid website. Make sure to submit it before the waiver expires on Oct. 31. | 2022-09-22T21:34:13+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/how-i-got-my-student-loans-forgiven-public-defender-in-florida/ |
(KTLA) – The rise in catalytic converter thefts in America has been a nuisance for law enforcement agencies and car owners for the past several years. Now new data from Carfax shows just how bad the problem has gotten.
The vehicle data company, known for tracking repairs and accidents on vehicles across the country, looked at catalytic converter replacements from millions of service records to come up with an estimated number of thefts in 2022: 153,000 — a 2% increase from the year prior.
The number is pretty alarming, and Carfax suggests the problem has been underreported in the past.
Whereas most reports regarding the total number of catalytic converters look at only insurance claims, Carfax says its data scientists looked at all replacements, taking into account ones that were replaced due to deterioration, defectivity or recalls, and came up with the 153,000 figure.
Carfax said it believes theft numbers reported to media outlets are vastly underestimating the full scope of the problem, because many car owners don’t file insurance claims. The possible explanation for that is because some drivers don’t have full coverage on older vehicles or some don’t have insurance at all.
For those that don’t have the full coverage to get their catalytic converters replaced, they could be looking at a repair cost of around $2,000 or $3,000 — possibly even more.
The critical piece of automobile tech is used to filter out harmful byproducts from your car’s exhaust. They use precious metals like platinum, palladium and rhodium to accomplish this. Those metals can sell for hundreds to thousands of dollars per ounce.
A catalytic converter can be sold for anywhere from $25 to $300 for an average vehicle, Carfax says, and up to $1,400 for hybrid vehicles.
Catalytic converters in hybrids tend to have more precious metals than the standard vehicle, which is why hybrids are some of the most-targeted vehicles for catalytic converter thefts. The most targeted vehicle for these thefts in California is the most popular hybrid on the road: the Toyota Prius.
Law enforcement officials say you can greatly reduce your chances of having your catalytic converter stolen by following some simple tips, including parking in well-lit areas or inside covered garages, keeping tabs on where your vehicle is parked, installing an aftermarket security device or have a local dealer etch your VIN number on the vehicle part.
If your converter is stolen, you’ll notice right away. Your vehicle will be loud, sluggish and smelly and the check engine light will likely come on. If that happens, call local authorities and check with your insurance provider to see if replacement is covered.
Some vehicles are more likely to fall victim to thieves and Carfax has compiled a list of which vehicles are targeted most frequently.
Ford F-Series pickups were the most targeted vehicles in the nation, as well as in the Midwest and across the South. The Prius was the big victim in the west, and the Honda CRV was the No. 1 target in New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.
For a complete list of targeted cars, click here. | 2023-03-17T11:55:15+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/more-than-150000-catalytic-converters-were-stolen-in-2022-and-the-problem-may-be-underreported-data-suggests/ |
Woman tracks down AirPods apparently stolen after flight
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) - A Washington state woman tracked down her AirPods using a mobile app after they appeared to have been stolen from her jacket following her flight.
Alisabeth Hayden took a connecting flight through the San Francisco International Airport in early March after visiting her husband, who serves in the military on the island of Guam. She says she was getting off her plane when she suddenly remembered she left her jacket, which had her Apple AirPods inside, on her seat.
Airline staff assured Hayden someone would get the jacket for her, and she went to catch her last flight to Seattle.
During that part of her journey, Hayden decided she was going to try and get some sleep.
“‘OK, I’ll just put in my AirPods, and I’ll be fine. I can sleep for a couple of hours to Seattle.’ Well, that was when I realized they were gone,” she said.
Thanks to the “Find My” app on her phone, Hayden realized her AirPods had been stolen out of her jacket. While still in the air, she was able to track the headphones and take screenshots as they made their way around the airport.
Hayden says she immediately began reaching out to various United Airlines employees and police departments, trying to get her stolen property back. The AirPods are Hayden’s link to her husband, who calls her from his deployment on such a bad line she needs them to hear him.
After nearly two weeks of little to no assistance, Hayden was able to get the AirPods back thanks to a detective working at the San Francisco airport. She says when they were sent back to her, they arrived damaged.
The headphones were allegedly taken by a contractor who loaded food onto the plane.
A statement from United says the company holds its vendors “to the highest standards,” and it is working with authorities in their investigation.
The statement is little comfort to Hayden.
“As far as I’m concerned, if United has trusted that employee on the airplane to do a job for them, then they’re responsible,” she said.
In apology to Hayden, United has agreed to pay for a new pair of AirPods and to give her 5,000 airline miles.
Hayden says her tenacity served her well in regard to the incident, and she hopes this can be a lesson for others to never give up hope.
“When you look at things and you look at something that’s right and you look at something wrong and then you ask yourself: ‘Is this something that’s happening to other people as well?’” she said.
The theft is now being handled by the San Francisco Airport Police Department, which plans to submit the case to the San Mateo District Attorney’s Office.
Copyright 2023 KGO via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-26T11:06:32+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2023/03/26/woman-tracks-down-airpods-apparently-stolen-after-flight/ |
Denver restaurant serves up Thai ‘flu shot soup’ remedy this season
By MEKIALAYA WHITE
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DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — A surge of sickness continues as reports of families getting the flu and COVID are on the rise nationwide and in Colorado. Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called this flu season the worst in a decade. One Colorado restaurant says it has the remedy.
For decades, family-owned restaurant Taste of Thailand off South Broadway has cooked up “Flu Shot Soup” using a specially developed recipe. The homegrown herbs and spices, Noy Farrell says, are the perfect concoction to help boost your immune system and cure those winter blues.
Farrell gave CBS News Colorado’s Mekialaya White a look at how the savory soup is made. “Lemongrass ginger, Thai chili, more lemongrass, fried garlic, onion, black pepper, lots of cilantro, bok choy, celery, carrots,” Noy detailed the ingredients. “And this is a wonton in here with chicken garlic ginger, black pepper, then we grind and wrap it in the wonton paper.”
“It all goes into a boiling pot. We simmer all day, so if you come at 8 o’clock, it’s very spicy,” said Farrell.
She says it’s all based on traditional medicine in Thailand, which she and her husband Rick wanted to introduce in Denver. “(Our restaurant) used to be in front of Swedish Hospital. And one year, we had bad cold over the country… So, my sister we came up with making some spicy soup, add this and that.”
The recipe is now going strong, 20 years later. If you’d like to try to the soup for yourself, stop by Taste of Thailand through April. Farrell will serve up the soup with a smile. You can also try to make a similar soup yourself:
Ingredients:
6 cups good-quality chicken or vegetable stock 1-2 chicken breasts, sliced or tofu cut into cubes 1 lemongrass stalk or 3 Tbsp. frozen prepared lemongrass 4 kaffir limes leaves (fresh or frozen) 1 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced 1 thumb-size piece ginger, grated 1-3 fresh red chilies, minced (to taste), or substitute 1/2 to 3/4 tsp. dried crushed chili 1/2 can good-quality coconut milk 2 tbsp. lime juice
Preparation:
1. Slice and mince the lower portion of the lemongrass stalk. Retain the upper stalk for the soup pot. 2. Place chicken broth in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. 3. Add chicken and mushrooms. Also add the prepared lemongrass (including upper stalk pieces), plus kaffir lime leaves and fresh chili. Boil 5 to 8 minutes, or until chicken is cooked. 4. Turn heat down to medium. ginger, 1/2 can coconut milk, Simmer gently 1 to 2 minutes. 5. Turn heat down to minimum. Add lime juice and stir. 6. If desired, you can also add vegetables such as broccoli.
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CLEVELAND (WJW) — The impact of the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade continues to have an effect. A northeast Ohio woman was forced to travel out of state for an abortion that she says saved her life.
“We were on such a high with the pregnancy. We were buying clothes, we had the name picked out, we were planning a baby shower, parties and stuff,” said Justin George of Brook Park, referring to his wife, Tara’s, pregnancy.
However, their world came crashing down at Tara George’s 20-week ultrasound appointment.
“Our doctor did her own scan to look at everything, and she pretty much was like, ‘We need to have a serious conversation. We are noticing things with the baby that are extremely dangerous for him and for you,'” said Tara George.
Her OB-GYN said their baby would not likely survive once he was born, so they were left with two options.
“We could see if he could make it to a point to even have him at all and not have anything dangerous happen to me as far as my health since I have a blood clotting disorder,” she said. “Or the only other option would be to go through and terminate early.”
A difficult decision was made even more so by Ohio’s Heartbeat Bill, which bans abortions after six weeks of gestation.
Tara George said the Cleveland hospital told them they couldn’t terminate the pregnancy because she was past that time.
“Knowing Tara’s health was on the line and the baby’s chance of survival was slim, I really thought that in Ohio, everyone said that they were gonna do anything to protect the mother. I honestly never even thought twice that they would say no to us, and then when they did, we had to start finding other options,” said Justin George.
The couple contacted doctors in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Maryland before deciding on a hospital in Michigan.
“We got a call shortly after saying unfortunately they weren’t going to be able to help me. The next
morning, thankfully, they called back and said they worked it out,” said Tara George. “They were able to take us as long as we could get there by a certain time, which ended up happening.”
She is still recovering both mentally and physically, but she said there are other women going through similar situations.
“With everything going on in Ohio, unfortunately, there are a lot of women that are feeling very scared and very nervous to even try to have their own family because heaven forbid something happens to them,” she said.
The Georges want to try to get pregnant again but say they are hesitant due to talk of Republican leaders looking to further restrict access to abortion, including banning travel across state lines for the procedure. | 2022-08-31T17:43:30+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/extremely-dangerous-woman-forced-out-of-state-for-life-saving-abortion/ |
Retro-inspired flavor rolls out just in time for summer alongside new TV spots and fresh packaging
CHICAGO, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vizzy Hard Seltzer is bringing the heat this summer, and most certainly the vibes, with a new limited-edition summer flavor: Vizzy Orange Cream Pop Hard Seltzer and the debut of "Flavor For Every Vibe," a fresh advertising campaign featuring bold, never-before-seen TV ads and a nationwide packaging glow-up.
Vizzy is tapping into a nostalgic vibe this summer with a limited-release Orange Cream Pop flavor that reimagines the classic orange cream soda, but in hard seltzer form. Vizzy Orange Cream Pop Hard Seltzer will be available nationwide for a limited time this summer, starting in mid-May.
The vibes don't stop there — just in time for summer, Vizzy Hard Seltzer's new "Flavor For Every Vibe" campaign celebrates the brand's vibrant, dual-flavor combinations and how Vizzy brings the good vibes no matter the occasion, whether that's a beach party, brunch or night out with friends. The captivating creative shows that Vizzy Hard Seltzer has a flavor for every vibe — no matter what can or variety pack you choose.
"Our new campaign embodies everything drinkers love about Vizzy — we bring bold flavor for every vibe and turn up the volume, no matter the occasion," said Joy Ghosh, vice president of above premium flavor at Molson Coors. "From the cool flavor and nostalgic vibe of Orange Cream Pop Hard Seltzer to our bold new ads and refreshed packs, this will be Vizzy's biggest summer yet."
The bold and captivating "Flavor For Every Vibe" campaign, produced by Rethink, will show up everywhere Vizzy does in its 360° marketing plan — including in brand-new television creative, out-of-home advertising, packaging, social media content, on-site event activations and through its partnership with the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA). National media support will run across TV, OLV, social, OOH and radio following the television commercial (TVC) debut on April 21 during the PPA Tour's Newport Beach Double Shootout on CBS and a premium placement during the 2023 NFL Draft on April 29.
There's more. Vizzy Hard Seltzer is bringing "Flavor For Every Vibe" to shelves everywhere with a packaging refresh that highlights the bold flavor and distinct vibe of each of the brand's vibrant, dual-flavor variety packs:
- Vibrantly Tropical: Papaya Passionfruit, Pineapple Mango, Blueberry Pomegranate, Strawberry Kiwi
- Refreshingly Berry: Blackberry Lemon, Blackberry Lime, Watermelon Strawberry, Raspberry Tangerine
- Sparkling Mimosa: Strawberry Orange, Pineapple Orange, Pomegranate Orange, Peach Orange
- Tangy Lemonade: Raspberry Lemonade, Watermelon Lemonade, Peach Lemonade, Strawberry Lemonade
Go to vizzyhardseltzer.com for more information on the new look of Vizzy Hard Seltzer, and find Vizzy Orange Cream Pop Hard Seltzer near you by visiting our product locator (We know you want to). Also, you should probably follow us on Instagram and Facebook @vizzyhardseltzer and on Twitter @vizzyseltzer.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A couple that runs a Bismarck spa have been charged with promoting prostitution.
The Bismarck Tribune reported Monday that David Coble and Yanhong Liu Coble each face up to five years in prison if convicted.
According to court documents, police began investigating Cherry Blossom Spa in 2021 after a man reported he’d been inappropriately touched there. Three men told investigators that they paid cash for sex acts.
Police used bank records and records from the secretary of state's office to verify that David Coble was once the registered agent for the spa but Yanhong Liu Coble is now the owner. David Coble’s attorney said David Coble denies the charge. Court records didn’t list an attorney for Yanhong Liu Coble. | 2022-06-07T15:41:57+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Couple-faces-prostitution-charges-at-massage-17224703.php |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes were days away from hosting an NHL Stadium Series outdoor game and Don Waddell was feeling the stress of hoping that everything goes smoothly and the thrill of the opportunity ahead.
It’s the same mix of emotions for NHL organizers, too.
“It’s very exciting because we’re going to expose the game of hockey to a lot of people in the region here that have never been exposed to our game,” said Waddell, Carolina’s president and general manager.
The Hurricanes face the Washington Capitals in Saturday night’s game at Carter-Finley Stadium, home to North Carolina State’s college football team and just across the street from their home ice at PNC Arena. The game, delayed two years because of COVID-19 attendance restrictions, is set to draw a sellout crowd of roughly 57,000.
Beyond Saturday, there is additional significance: It marks another season that the league known for its “Original Six” roots in cities like New York, Chicago and Toronto is holding marquee outdoor events in a so-called “nontraditional” market within its southern footprint.
Three years ago was Dallas. Last year was Nashville. Now it’s North Carolina’s capital city grabbing a spotlight for professional hockey in a region long associated with college football.
“This city has embraced us,” said Steve Mayer, the NHL’s chief content officer and event producer. “I think one of the things we’ve noticed being here is just the talk everywhere we go. We’re in a restaurant and the waiter or waitress comes up and they’re talking about the game, an Uber driver talking about the game, at our hotel. The buzz is really out there.”
Sean Henry, president and chief executive of the Nashville Predators, understands that feeling.
The Predators hosted last year’s Stadium Series game at the home of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans. Nashville had previously hosted the 2016 All-Star game and reached the Stanley Cup Final a year later. And this summer, the Predators will host the NHL draft, 20 years after first hosting the event.
Meanwhile, the NHL brought its All-Star game earlier this month to the Sunrise, home of the Florida Panthers and held one in Tampa in 2018.
“We’re kind of the go-to markets now, which is really nice,” Henry said.
“It allows you to elevate conversations,” he said. “It’s like a stamp of approval … It’s that statement of, everything’s happening in the right way. It’s like winning that blue ribbon, if you will. And you get to talk about it for years and years to come.”
At the minimum, it represents another highlight for the former Hartford Whalers franchise since relocating to North Carolina for the 1997-98 season.
The Hurricanes have hosted two Stanley Cup Final series, winning in 2006. They hosted the 2004 draft and 2011 All-Star Weekend. And after a nine-year playoff drought, they have reached four consecutive postseasons with two division titles under coach and 2006 captain Rod Brind’Amour.
They also have a devoted fan base known for rarely passing up the opportunity to tailgate or create the roaring, festive environments now common at Carolina’s home playoff games.
“I think they deserve it,” Brind’Amour said. “We’ve got a great fan base down there. We know about it. I’m there every day with them and they pack the place and they’re loud and they support the team in a small market as well as any in the NHL.”
It also marks one of the handful of outdoor games to be held in a college venue rather than a professional stadium. There was an existing partnership between the Hurricanes and N.C. State considering the Wolfpack’s men’s basketball program shares PNC Arena, so athletics director Boo Corrigan said officials there jumped to join schools like Air Force (2020), Notre Dame (2019), Navy (2018), Minnesota (2016) and Michigan (2014) in getting exposure that comes with being an outdoor-game host.
“When it first came up, we were all like, ‘Yeah, let’s do this,’” Corrigan said.
The NHL needed more convincing.
Tom Dundon became majority owner in 2018 near the end of the playoff drought and started pushing to host an outdoor game, but Waddell said league officials were “a little concerned” by the team’s attendance dip at the time.
And now?
“The game sold out really quickly,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said at All-Star Weekend. “I was surprised at how quickly — one of the fastest sellouts.”
There are numerous events scheduled around the game, including a pregame fan event with live music as well as a Hurricanes alumni game followed by a club-hockey matchup for rival colleges N.C. State and North Carolina on Monday.
Mayer said the NHL even plans to go “all-in on N.C. State” on Saturday night, referencing the marching band and other elements typical for Wolfpack home games.
The way he sees it, this is all part of one wide-ranging showcase: for the NHL, the Hurricanes, N.C. State and Raleigh.
“People are intoxicated by the fact that we’re here and they love the fact we’re here,” Mayer said. “Let’s play some hockey.”
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AP Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno in Washington; and AP Sports Writer Teresa M. Walker in Nashville, Tennessee; contributed to this report.
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MARANA, Ariz. -- Marc Leishman holed a series of long birdie putts and even a few big putts for par to post a 6-under 65 for a one-shot lead Friday in the LIV Golf League in the high desert of Arizona.
The second LIV Golf event of the season is at The Gallery north of Tucson, where the former Match Play Championship was held for two years.
For stroke play, the undulated greens and pins tucked on crowns made it difficult in spots to find birdies. That wasn't an issue for Leishman. The Australian made from 20 feet on the 14th, from the same range on the 16th and then rolled in a 40-foot putt on No. 3.
He also made a 12-footer for par on No. 4. With only one bogey on his card, he led by one shot over Abraham Ancer, Louis Oosthuizen and Matthew Wolff.
Charles Howell III, who opened LIV's second season with a win at Mayakoba three weeks ago, had one of the best turnarounds. He opened with a double bogey and was 3 over after four holes, only to answer with four straight birdies. He finished with a 69.
"I hung in there nicely," Howell said. "You're in altitude, the pins are on the edges of slopes, it's hard to get the ball close. Birdies aren't easy."
Howell is among eight players who previously played The Gallery when it was a World Golf Championship event in 2007 and 2008. Henrik Stenson won in 2007 and lost in semifinals to Tiger Woods the following year before it moved to a different course on Dove Mountain.
Stroke play wasn't as kind to Stenson. He was 4 over after seven holes and had to rally with four birdies the rest of the way for a 73.
Dustin Johnson also got off to a rough start with a tee shot into the desert for double bogey on No. 2, his starting hole in the shotgun start, and another double bogey on No. 7. He finished with three straight birdies from short range for a 73.
Joaquin Niemann, Peter Uihlein and David Puig, who signed with LIV Golf out of Arizona State, each were at 67. The group at 68 included Sergio Garcia and Pat Perez.
Niemann and Puig each play for Torque, which had a one-shot lead in the team competition over Smash and Iron Heads.
Cameron Smith, at No. 5 in the world the highest-ranked player with LIV Golf, struggled with his tee shots in the high desert. He rallied with three straight birdies late in his round, only to hit another wild drive on the 18th hole for bogey and a 71.
Thirty of the 48 players in the field broke par. That included Phil Mickelson (70) and Laurie Canter (70), who again filled in for Martin Kaymer as the German recovers from injury. | 2023-03-17T23:59:02+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/35883103/marc-leishman-fires-65-1-shot-lead-liv-golf-arizona |
(NerdWallet) – At the beginning of the year, many people have their eyes set on goals. Some of these goals may include increasing your income, starting a dream business, or both if you’re reaching for the stars. Before you get your hands dirty in the sometimes chaotic combination of formal employment and entrepreneurship, here are a few pitfalls to avoid.
Not having a plan for your side hustle income
People get side hustles for different reasons. It could be to help make ends meet, save toward a dream vacation or grow your business to a point where you can quit your job. Catching up on my retirement savings is one reason I decided to start a side hustle.
But you need a plan for that motivation to help make your side gig worthwhile. Think about having goals for your income and a strategy in place to help you achieve those goals.
For instance, you could divert funds from your side hustle into retirement savings accounts like an IRA. This is a way to put away more for retirement, and you could reduce your taxable income, depending on how much you make, because contributions may be tax-deductible.
The plan I conjured up thanks to my side gig income is increasing my 401(k) contributions at my full-time job so I’m on track to max out that account this year. I also opened a SEP IRA, a simplified employee pension plan, for 2023 to put more money away for retirement and potentially reduce my taxable income.
Eric Nisall, an accountant in Coral Springs, Florida, suggests having what he calls a “failure fund” if your goal is to eventually transition into full-time entrepreneurship. It’s something he developed when he began the journey of full-time employment and building a business.
“When at my last two CPA firms, I was working at building my own business at the same time. I realized, if I’m going to do this, I need to start putting money away so that if I don’t grow, I [won’t] suffer,” he says.
Nisall put money he saved from coupons and any extra bucks he made from a raise or overtime into that fund.
Not being aware of tax implications
Oftentimes, people think having a side hustle means they can make extra money without reporting it, says Atiya Brown, a certified public accountant and certified financial education instructor in Dallas.
“I think that people need to realize all of their income is going to be taxed,” she says. “So, if they’re starting a side hustle, they need to get organized so that they don’t miss any income that needs to be reported, because then the interest and penalties are going to pile on.”
The IRS says anyone who earns $400 or more from self-employment must file a tax return.
I was not organized and didn’t have a solid plan for paying taxes when I first started. When I realized I owed the IRS almost $15,000 in both taxes and penalties, I clutched my pearls. I thought I would need to save and pay my taxes in one large sum. Now, I know there are multiple ways to pay self-employment taxes.
“Because the government is an earn and pay system, you can choose.” says Brown.
These choices include estimated quarterly tax payments, changing your W-4 withholdings so it covers your self-employed taxes, or paying in one lump sum, she explains.
Brown adds that the IRS has penalties for underpaying on your taxes. To help avoid this, you can use the IRS withholding calculator to see how much you should withhold to cover your side hustle taxes. Depending on how much freelance money you made, you might have several new tax forms to fill out, so if you aren’t sure what the best option is, consider talking to a tax professional.
Putting your main source of income in jeopardy
Having a 9-to-5 job and a side hustle means you’re choosing to work during your free time. For this reason, you want to make sure your side gig is worth your time financially and healthwise. I remember taking on too much freelance work and having to chip away at the work on evenings and weekends. By the time I sat down to calculate my per-hour earnings, I realized I was underpaid. I went back and did research on market rates and was intentional about saying yes only to higher-paid jobs. This meant I didn’t need to do as many side gigs and could earn more money than before.
Overworking can also affect your health, which can put your main source of income at risk, says Nisall.
“You gotta make sure that you’re eating, sleeping, taking care of your body and your mind,” he says. “Your mental and physical health are going to play a big part in this whole thing, especially if you’re trying to balance your 9-to-5 and growing a business.”
Speaking of putting your main job at risk, consider asking your employer what its policies are around side gigs. When I joined my current place of employment, I was transparent about the side gigs I had. My employer shared rules around the type of side work I could do without violating company policy. If I wasn’t aware of the policies, I could have mistakenly breached them and risked the income that pays my bills. | 2023-03-25T19:19:11+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/have-a-job-and-a-side-gig-watch-for-these-missteps/ |
As Thursday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:
Ukraine won back control over Snake Island, which Russia occupied in February. Ukrainian officials said Russian troops evacuated after Ukraine's overnight bombardment. Russia said it left the island as a "goodwill gesture" for Ukraine's grain exports. The strategic outpost in the Black Sea is where Ukrainian soldiers famously refused to surrender to the Russian warship Moskva.
President Biden said the U.S. would provide $800 million more in security assistance for Ukraine. Speaking at the close of a NATO summit, Biden said the war "will not end with Russia defeating Ukraine" and that allies would support Ukraine "as long as it takes." Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier said his country had no "problem" with Finland and Sweden joining NATO but would have to respond if the alliance built up a military presence along its northern borders.
Amnesty International said the Mariupol theater bombing was a clear war crime. A new report by the human rights organization concluded that the attack "was almost certainly carried out by Russian fighter aircraft." Hundreds of civilians sheltered in the building during the March siege of the southern port city that Russian troops now occupy.
The European Court of Human Rights told Russia to ensure two British captives don't get the death penalty. In early June, a court in a Russian-backed separatist part of Ukraine sentenced Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin to death. Russia's government, which pulled out of the European rights jurisdiction after invading Ukraine, said it no longer complies with the European court's orders.
Ukraine said it broke ties with Syria for recognizing the independence of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk regions at Russia's request. Ukraine's foreign ministry said in recent years it had already ordered the closure of its and Syria's embassies over crimes of the Syrian regime, which is friendly with the Kremlin. Kyiv said it will now also impose a trade embargo and other sanctions against Syria.
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The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found.
The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a single experimental dose in people who previously had gotten little relief from standard antidepressants.
The study is part of a resurgence of research into potential medical uses of hallucinogenic drugs, and the results echo findings in smaller studies of the mushroom compound psilocybin. The researchers said larger and longer studies are needed to determine the effectiveness and safety of using psilocybin for depression. Their results were published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
“The findings are both intriguing and sobering,’’ said Bertha Madras, a psychobiology professor and researcher at Harvard Medical School.
Commenting in a journal editorial, Madras said the study is the most rigorous study to date evaluating psilocybin for treating depression. She was not involved in the research.
Researchers tested the chemical in 233 adults in the U.S., Europe and Canada. Each swallowed capsules containing one of three doses of psilocybin during a 6-to 8-hour session. Two mental health specialists guided them through hallucinatory experiences.
Results for the highest and medium-strength doses were compared with those in the very low dose control group. There was no comparison with an inactive dummy drug or with conventional antidepressants, and there were other limitations.
Depression symptoms declined in all three groups, with the greatest initial improvement in the highest-dose group. At three weeks, 37% of high-dose recipients had substantially improved. But those effects weren’t as good as seen in studies of standard antidepressant drugs, and the results waned in the following weeks.
At three months, 20% in the high-dose group still saw substantial improvement.
Compass Pathways, a London-based firm developing psilocybin for commercial use, paid for and helped conduct the study. It recently announced it is launching a larger, more rigorous study.
Side effects, including headaches and nausea, were common in all three study groups. Serious side effects were uncommon but they included suicidal thoughts and self-injury — mostly in participants with a history of suicidal thoughts.
Dr. David Hellerstein, a co-author and Columbia University research psychiatrist, said those side effects are not surprising given the intensity of the psychedelic experience from the drug. But he said they underscore the importance of using psilocybin in a medical setting.
“This is not a home run, but it’s very encouraging,’’ Hellerstein said, noting that improvement was seen after just one dose.
However, he said it’s likely that additional doses would be needed to achieve long-lasting results. That could make use costly, given the need for several hours of medically supervised treatment.
More than 180 studies of psilocybin and other psychedelics for use in depression, PTSD and other mental conditions are listed on a National Library of Medicine website.
The U.S. government still classifies the chemical as a controlled substance, with no accepted medical use. Several cities have already decriminalized magic mushrooms and Oregon is the first state to approve medical use.
Philip Corlett, an associate psychiatry professor at Yale University, said many important challenges remain, including determining whether psilocybin has any real effect on reducing depression.
One theory is that it stimulates portions of the brain that control levels of the mood-influencing chemical serotonin. It also may reconnect brain circuits — but both theories remain to be proven.
“I think we should be taking our foot off the gas a little bit and figure out exactly how they (psychedelics) work in order to optimize it,’’ Corlett said. “They don’t work for everybody.’’
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – PNM and the Avangrid Foundation are combing to donate $100,000 to the All Together New Mexico Fund.
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$50,000 from PNM will go to a variety of wildfire relief efforts. $50,000 from the Avangrid foundation will specifically be used to pay for food distribution. To donate to the All Together NM Fund visit their website. | 2022-05-16T19:39:42+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/pnm-and-avangrid-foundation-donating-to-wildfire-victims/ |
Explosion at Ohio metals plant kills 1 worker, injures 13
OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a maintenance worker was killed in explosion at an Ohio metals plant that sparked a large fire and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, with at least two in critical condition. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office says 46-year-old Steven Mullins, of North Ridgeville, died from injuries suffered in Monday’s blast at the I. Schumann & Co. copper alloy company in the Cleveland suburb of Oakwood Village. Thirteen people were being treated at hospitals, mostly for burns and related injuries. The cause of the explosion remained under investigation Tuesday. The blast shook the ground and scattered debris for a couple of hundred yards. | 2023-02-21T16:52:32+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/02/21/explosion-at-ohio-metals-plant-kills-1-worker-injures-13/ |
The Massachusetts child protection system failed to prioritize the needs of a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl who vanished in 2019after her father was awarded custody, according to a much-anticipated independent review released Wednesday.
Harmony Montgomery suffered from a ripple effect of “miscalculations of risk and unequal weight placed on parents’ rights versus a child’s wellbeing,” said Maria Mossaides, head of Massachusetts’ Office of the Child Advocate.
“We do not know Harmony Montgomery’s ultimate fate, and unfortunately, we may never,” Mossaides said at a news conference. “But we do know that this beautiful young child experienced many tragedies in her short life, and that by not putting her and her needs first, our system ultimately failed her.”
The review was promised earlier this year, not long after police in Manchester, New Hampshire, learned the child had been missing for two years and began a massive investigation. She is still considered a missing person.
Her father Adam Montgomery said he brought Harmony to be with her mother in Massachusetts around Thanksgiving in 2019, but her mother hadn’t seen her since a video conversation that Easter. Adam Montgomery and her stepmother, Kayla Montgomery, pleaded not guilty on charges related to her wellbeing. They remain in jail. A message seeking comment on the report was left with Adam Montgomery’s lawyer.
Investigators have narrowed the window for her disappearance to 13 days in late 2019, coinciding with the eviction of her father and stepmother and witness accounts of the family living in cars.
Harmony Montgomery was born in Massachusetts in 2014 to unmarried parents who were no longer together and had a history of substance abuse, according to the report by the independent agency. Her father was in prison when she was born.
She is blind in one eye and has behavioral needs, and was in the custody of child protective services in Massachusetts since she was 2 months old. She was moved between the homes of her mother and her foster parents multiple times, the report said, causing “significant trauma and harm.”
Harmony wasn’t made a priority in her own legal case, the report said, with neither the judge nor the attorneys putting her medical, behavioral and educational needs or safety at the forefront of custody discussions. The report also said they did not enforce requirements that govern the placement of children from one state into another.
With the exception of the attorneys for Massachusetts’ child services, all of the other attorneys in the case did not object to Harmony being returned to her father without a home study and didn’t have objections to the fact that he “had never had an overnight visit with her that we are aware of,” Mossaides said. She said the child services’ attorney did not make a strong enough case, though, and was hampered by the inability to effectively assess Montgomery.
Massachusetts’ Department of Children and Families released a statement Wednesday saying it “remains deeply concerned” about Harmony’s disappearance and agrees with the child advocate office that children’s safety should be the “priority not only of DCF but of all the participants in our child protection system.”
“As the OCA report states, the Department continues to make meaningful and lasting reforms,” the statement said.
According to the report, Massachusetts’ child services department had focused primarily on Harmony’s mother, Crystal Sorey. Harmony was removed from her care several times and sent to live with a foster family. The report said that although Adam Montgomery was “non-responsive for long periods of time, during the times when he appeared to be in communication with the DCF case management team, they were not able to engage him, except to facilitate his supervised visits with Harmony.”
Sorey’s lawyer, Rus Rilee, said in a statement Wednesday that despite the admitted failures in the Massachusetts report, the ultimate responsibility for Harmony’s disappearance falls on New Hampshire’s Division for Children, Youth and Families “for failing to remove Harmony from her father’s care and custody after reports that he physically abused her, for which he has been arrested.” | 2022-05-05T05:40:50+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/advocate-massachusetts-system-failed-missing-girl-harmony/ |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A transgender girl in Mississippi is not participating in her high school graduation ceremony because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not block the officials' decision, an attorney for the girl's family said Saturday.
Linda Morris, staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union's Women’s Rights Project, said the ruling handed down late Friday by U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel in Gulfport, Mississippi, “is as disappointing as it is absurd.”
“Our client is being shamed and humiliated for explicitly discriminatory reasons, and her family is being denied a once-in-a-lifetime milestone in their daughter’s life,” Morris said. "No one should be forced to miss their graduation because of their gender.”
The ACLU confirmed that the 17-year-old girl — listed in court papers only by her initials L.B. — would skip the Saturday ceremony for Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Jackson.
The student “has met the qualifications to receive a diploma," according to Wynn Clark, attorney for the Harrison County School District.
The ACLU sued the district Thursday on behalf of the student and her parents after Harrison Central principal Kelly Fuller and school district superintendent Mitchell King told L.B. that she must follow the boys' clothing rules. Graduating boys are expected to wear white shirts and black slacks, while girls are expected to wear white dresses.
L.B. had selected a dress to wear with her cap and gown. The lawsuit said L.B. had worn dresses to classes and extracurricular events throughout high school, including to a prom last year, and she should not face discriminatory treatment during graduation.
King told L.B.'s mother that the teenager could not participate in the graduation ceremony unless L.B. wears "'pants, socks, and shoes, like a boy,'” according to the lawsuit.
Clark wrote in court papers Friday that taking part in a graduation ceremony is voluntary and not a constitutionally protected right for any student. | 2023-05-21T00:13:06+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-news/trans-girl-misses-mississippi-graduation-after-being-told-to-dress-like-boy |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman who was extradited from South Korea this week after the bodies of her two children were found in abandoned suitcases made her first court appearance in New Zealand on Wednesday.
The 42-year-old woman has been charged with two counts of murder. She was not required to enter a plea during the brief procedural hearing at the Manukau District Court.
The judge imposed a temporary order that keeps many details of the case secret, including the names of the woman and the victims. The judge allowed it to be reported that the suspect was the children’s mother, according to The New Zealand Herald.
If found guilty, the woman would face a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, although she would become eligible for parole after a minimum of 10 years.
In court, the woman wore a tan jacket over a black T-shirt. According to the Herald, the woman, through an interpreter, asked the judge if she could speak with him, before the woman’s lawyer stepped in to say it would be better if she didn’t, with which the judge agreed.
The woman left the courtroom after less than five minutes and will remain jailed until her next court appearance on Dec. 14.
The case horrified many people in New Zealand after the children’s bodies were discovered in August when an Auckland family bought abandoned goods, including two suitcases, from a storage unit in an online auction.
The children were between 5 and 10 years old, had been dead for years, and the suitcases had been in storage in Auckland for at least three or four years, according to New Zealand police.
South Korean police say the woman was born in South Korea and later moved to New Zealand, where she gained citizenship. Immigration records show she returned to South Korea in 2018.
South Korean police first arrested the woman at a southern port city in September. The Seoul High Court then granted approval of her extradition after she expressed her consent in writing to be sent back to New Zealand. Earlier this month, South Korean Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon issued an order for the woman to be extradited.
The woman was handed over to three New Zealand police officers Monday evening at the Incheon International Airport near Seoul. South Korea’s Justice Ministry said it also provided New Zealand with unspecified “important evidence” in the case.
“With the extradition, we hope that the truth of the case, which has garnered worldwide attention, will be revealed through the fair and strict judicial process of New Zealand,” the ministry said in a statement.
South Korean police had said it was suspected the woman could be the mother of the two victims, as her past address in New Zealand was registered to the storage unit where the suitcases were kept.
New Zealand authorities said the family that ended up purchasing the suitcases and other abandoned storage items had nothing to do with the case. | 2022-11-30T17:41:46+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-bodies-in-suitcases-suspect-appears-in-new-zealand-court/ |
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The NFL suspended three players indefinitely Thursday for violating the league's gambling policy and a fourth was sidelined for six games.
Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry of the Indianapolis Colts along with free agent Demetrius Taylor received indefinite suspensions through at least this season for betting on NFL games in 2022. They won't be able to seek reinstatement until the 2023 season ends.
Tennessee Titans right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere was suspended for the first six games of the 2023 season for betting on non-NFL sports at the team's facility. He is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason activities, including preseason games.
“We believe in Nick and know that he has deep respect for the integrity of the game and our organization,” the Titans said in a statement. "We will continue to emphasize to our players the importance of understanding and adhering to league rules and policies.”
The NFL’s gambling policy bars players, coaches and league and team officials from betting on NFL games, placing bets at team facilities or team hotels or having someone else place a bet for them, among other restrictions.
With many states legalizing sports books specifically and gambling in general, leagues such as the NFL must increasingly contend with gambling infractions.
In April, the NFL suspended five players, four of them with the Detroit Lions, for gambling infractions.
The Lions released three players — receivers Quintez Cephus and Stanley Berryhill and safety C.J. Moore. Cephus and Moore were suspended indefinitely for betting on NFL games while Berryhill and receiver Jameson Williams each drew six-game suspensions for betting on non-NFL games.
Williams, the No. 12 overall pick in the 2022 draft, remains on Detroit’s roster.
Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka Toney also received an indefinite suspension in April for betting on NFL games, and in 2022 the NFL gave then-Atlanta Falcons receiver Calvin Ridley a season-long suspension for betting. He was reinstated in March and now plays for Jacksonville.
Losing Rodgers is a big blow to a Colts secondary already under reconstruction. He was projected to be a starter this season, his fourth in the NFL, and the former UMass star was expected to add a veteran voice in a young position room.
The loss of Petit-Frere even for six games hurts the Titans. He was the only starter returning from last year’s starting offensive line at the same position.
Petit-Frere released a statement to ESPN that he shared on social media and apologized to the Titans and his family. He also made clear his betting did not involve the NFL and was legal under Tennessee law.
“It is only being sanctioned because it occurred at the Titans facility ...," Petit-Frere said in his statement. "I have always strived in every stage of my life to follow the rules. Even after attending a league presentation, I was unaware about the specifics around placing bets from a team facility.”
The 6-foot-5, 315-pound Petit-Frere was Tennessee’s third-round pick last year out of Ohio State, and he beat out Dillon Radunz for the starting job at right tackle. Petit-Frere started all 16 games as a rookie, helping block for the NFL’s second-leading rusher in Derrick Henry.
New general manager Ran Carthon rebuilt the offensive line this offseason, signing Andre Dillard from Philadelphia as hopefully the Titans’ new left tackle and Daniel Brunskill from the 49ers to be the right guard. He drafted Peter Skoronski with their first-round pick, and he’s likely starting at left guard. | 2023-06-29T19:59:48+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/nfl-suspends-players-violating-gambling-policy/507-c00475d0-bb34-438b-8268-b077269ecea5 |
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