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Man accused of killing, dismembering roommate with chainsaw
PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO) - After a man’s body was found dismembered in his Phoenix home, police arrested his roommate, who is now facing multiple felonies in connection to his death.
WARNING: This story contains graphic details that may be disturbing to some readers.
Police in Phoenix conducted a welfare check at the home of a man who hadn’t talked to his family for about a month. With the help of firefighters, they forced their way into the home. Officers said it smelled really bad, so they searched the home and found two black trash bags in the bedroom.
Investigators say the bags contained the man’s body parts.
The victim has not been identified, but neighbors told Arizona’s Family he was an Air Force veteran in his 80s.
The day after the victim’s body was found, homicide investigators found blood on the living room ceiling, several walls and furniture. It appeared someone had tried to clean up the blood on the floor.
Police say detectives searched a pile of linens and discovered a human head attached to his upper body that was cut off, which belonged to the victim.
Investigators discovered the man’s car was missing and tracked it to a motel down the street. That’s where they found the victim’s roommate, Thomas Wallace, and Romana Gonzalez, who lived off and on with the victim, according to court records.
Both were taken into custody Thursday.
Wallace was booked into jail on one count of first-degree murder, one count of theft of means of transportation, two counts of trafficking stolen property and one count of concealing a dead body.
Gonzalez was booked into jail on fraud and theft charges.
Wallace requested a lawyer, but Gonzalez spoke with police. She said she wasn’t staying with the victim recently because of Wallace’s behavior.
The timeline of the victim’s death is unclear, according to court records, but Gonzalez said she and a friend went to his home on Sept. 30 and saw blood on the front living room floor. They later found the man’s body inside the house.
Police say Wallace and Gonzalez pawned some of the victim’s items last week for $50, including a camera bag with a camera and a 10-inch chainsaw hedger with a pole attachment. Detectives later learned the bag had a portfolio with the victim’s business card, according to court paperwork.
When investigators confiscated and processed the chainsaw, they could smell decomposition on it and saw pieces of flesh and torn ligaments on the blade, police said.
Neighbors, like Ruby Lowry, were stunned to hear something so violent happened there. She has known the victim since they moved onto the same street back in the 1970s.
“He was a very good neighbor. He would help anybody. It’s a sad thing to happen to him. He didn’t deserve that,” she said.
Lowry says the victim was the neighborhood handyman. She noticed people were coming and going pretty often from the home but never expected any of those people would be accused murderers.
“I hope they get what they deserve because he would help anybody. That’s probably why he had them over there,” she said.
Copyright 2022 KTVK/KPHO via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-07T07:31:21+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/11/07/man-accused-killing-dismembering-roommate-with-chainsaw/ |
Rad Power Bikes has asked some customers to stop riding over safety concerns with its tires.
The Seattle-based electric bike company sent a notice to owners of the RadWagon 4, its latest cargo electric bike that has been on the market since May 2020. Some bikes may have a defect that causes the tires to pop and, in turn, could cause the rider to lose control and fall.
“We are so sorry to interrupt your ride, but we have an important update about your ebike,” the company wrote in the notice sent earlier this month. “Your RadWagon 4 may require replacement parts before it is safe to ride the bike again.”
The RadWagon 4 features “never before seen” tires that are smaller and wider and built specifically for this model of cargo bike. Rad Power recommends customers don’t replace the tires with any third-party product. The company is offering complimentary parts and services, but it expects it may take two to three months to produce, inspect and ship new tires.
“We understand that you may rely on your RadWagon 4 for transportation and are sorry for this inconvenience,” the company wrote to customers.
Rad Power Bikes declined to answer questions about how many customers are affected by the notice.
This is the second time the company has recently alerted customers to safety concerns with the tires on the RadWagon 4.
In August, it asked any customers who had purchased that model after June 1 to stop riding. At that time, the company said, it was investigating a potential assembly issue that could cause damage to the tires. Any issues would likely occur in the first 60 days of riding the bike.
Earlier this month, Rad Power Bikes expanded the scope of the warning and asked all riders using the RadWagon 4 to check their tires. “After further investigation, we identified another tire quality issue,” the company wrote.
Bikes with smooth tires are not affected by the notice but riders using bikes with ribbed tires should stop riding immediately, the company said this month.
The company’s other bike models and earlier versions of the RadWagon are not affected by this notice. The RadWagon 4 costs $1,599.
Rad Power Bikes announced a $154 million funding round in October, bringing its total funding since it was founded in 2007 to more than $329 million.
“Replacing cars requires innovative solutions,” founder and CEO Mike Radenbaugh said in a statement announcing the new investment. “We obsess over our customers and how our bikes and accessories can best fit into their daily lives.” | 2022-09-23T13:52:42+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/rad-power-bikes-puts-the-brakes-on-radwagon-4-over-safety-concerns/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
Alabama begins a special session to consider a new congressional voting map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state's current map likely diluted the power of Black voters in Alabama.
Copyright 2023 NPR
Alabama begins a special session to consider a new congressional voting map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state's current map likely diluted the power of Black voters in Alabama.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-07-17T10:52:16+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/politics/politics/2023-07-17/alabama-to-consider-new-congressional-voting-map-following-supreme-court-decision |
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be an intelligent system that automatically recognizes and protect a forgotten animal or child against excessive interior temperatures in a parked car," said an inventor, from Sugar Land, Texas, "so I invented the CHILD/ PET CAR SAVER. My design ensures that the vehicle interior is at a comfortable temperature."
The patent-pending invention provides added protection for a child or pet left behind in a parked vehicle. In doing so, it helps to prevent heat- or cold-related injuries. As a result, it enhances safety and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features an automatic design that is easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle owners, parents with young children, pet owners, etc.
The original design was submitted to the Houston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-HOF-341, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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In 1948, the late Ivoirian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré had a vision that would change his life. On his way to work as a civil servant in the colonial navy in Dakar, then the capital of French West Africa, he said he saw "seven colored suns" creating a "circle of beauty around their 'mother-sun.' "
The experience, he said, inspired him to begin making art as a way to document the lives of his Bété people, an ethnic group in the Ivory Coast known for being fierce hunters and warriors. More than 1,000 of his writings and drawings are on display until August 13 as part of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: World Unbound, an exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It is MoMA's first solo exhibition of an artist from West Africa.
Bouabré, who died in 2014 at the age of 90, used crayons, ballpoint pen and colored pencil to make simple and colorful illustrations on materials such as discarded cardboard and hair product packaging. He drew everyday objects from his Bété culture like pots, animals and cigarettes; pictographs for the Bété language, which did not have a writing system; and images gleaned from his spiritual visions.
Despite his visionary inspiration, Bouabré says he was merely drawing the world as he saw it. "I do not work from my imagination," Bouabré once said. "I observe, and what I see delights me."
NPR talks to Smooth Nzewi, the curator of the exhibit at MoMA, about Bouabré's life and work. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Bouabré said when he experienced that vision in 1948, his name would also be changed to "Cheik Nadro, the Revealer" — which he said means "the one who never forgets." Did he see himself as a supernatural being?
He saw himself as more of a single artistic genius. In 1991, he drew a self-portrait called Mythologie Bété "Génie Guié Guié Guié" "Génie Couvert D'Yeux." In this work, he describes himself as Génie Guié Guié Guié, a fabled character found in Bété folktales. In Bouabre's drawing, the Genie's physical manifestation is covered entirely in eyes, symbolizing this figure is all-seeing, all-knowing.
This is a self-mythologizing character he devised used as a visual manifesto for his work. He was going to be encyclopedic, addressing every single subject under the sun.
So Bouabré is describing himself as an observer and collector of knowledge. What kind of information was he gathering?
He wanted to collect from his culture, the Bété people of Côte d'Ivoire. The Bété have an oral-based culture and at the time didn't have a written language. So one way he wanted to preserve Bété culture was by creating a writing system for them in 1957-58. He created pictographs representing phonetic syllables in the Bété language.
Was his language adopted by the Bété people?
Unfortunately, no. In the 1970s he lobbied the Ivoirian government to adopt the language, but at that point he was just a lonely little government worker serving in the French colonial government. They never adopted it.
But what is quite interesting is we found a Bété-to-French dictionary published in the 1970s by the Ivoirian Ministry of Education that used images created by Bouabré as a reference for some annotations of the Bété language. So in some ways, Bouabré became a reference to illustrate the Ivoirian dictionary, even though that wasn't what he imagined was going to happen.
Did Bouabré ever try to incorporate this written language into his artwork?
Yes. You can see this manifested in his signature piece called Alphabet Bété. It's composed of 449 drawings made between 1990 and 1991. Each drawing is paired with a character from the written language he created. Even though it is hundreds of drawings, it is considered one work. The drawings match the pictographs he created to human activities such as farming, eating, lovemaking.
Throughout his artwork, Bouabré maintains this unique, almost child-like way of drawing. Tell me more about his artistic style.
Bouabré was self-taught. But when you look at his drawings, they are sophisticated; they are not really amateurish. He says that when he creates art, he sees, he observes and he imitates. He studies the subject matter of his artwork. His drawings [like Civilisation Bété, a series of 27 drawings depicting Bété domestic tools and instruments such as woven baskets and drums] codify information about the immediate world.
Early in his career, Bouabré wasn't taken seriously as an artist because he had no formal training. How did he get to the level of recognition he has today?
Bouabré was someone who didn't just live in the art world. He also interacted with scholars, anthropologists and technologists through his civil service [as a government worker], which informed his approach to [making art and] bringing together his text and illustrations.
What inspired you to make a show around Bouabré's work?
African artists are often not thought of as contributors to global art history. There's a big appetite from the art world to correct these narratives. And as someone who is African-born, I have a very personal stake in that as well.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-08-09T20:48:15+00:00 | wyomingpublicmedia.org | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-08-09/a-vision-of-7-suns-led-a-self-taught-ivoirian-artist-to-draw-the-everyday-and-the-holy |
This man is taking technology into his own hands – literally
DETROIT, Mich. (WXYZ) – A man in Michigan is using implanted chips in his hand to start his car and unlock his home.
In the near future, he’ll use them to replace his wallet.
“It’s not just a Tesla key, you are able to have it be a secure crypto storage wallet,” Brandon Dalaly said. “I can at some point in the future do credit card transactions of it at some point in time.”
The 41-year-old has a microchip about the size of a small paper clip implanted sub-dermally in his right hand.
A piercer implanted the chip for $100, which, according to Dalaly, doesn’t impact his day-to-day activities and most people don’t even notice it.
This wasn’t Dalaly’s first implant. He has one in each hand. One starts his car, while the other opens the door to his home and can pull up his medical records when needed.
His goal is to lead a life without having to carry keys and a wallet.
“This is something I’m doing for me. It doesn’t affect anybody else,” Dalaly said. “I’m not saying this technology is for everybody. I’m saying in the future, you might start to see more of these things. It could possibly save someone’s life.”
Dalaly is planning a third implant to monitor his vitals, like his body temperature.
Copyright 2022 WXYZ via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-05T14:37:56+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2022/09/05/this-man-is-taking-technology-into-his-own-hands-literally/ |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s health department is investigating whether a hospital violated federal health care rules in denying a woman an emergency abortion, an agency spokeswoman confirmed Monday.
Missouri Health and Senior Services spokeswoman Lisa Cox in a statement said the agency launched an investigation into southern Missouri’s Freeman Health System’s treatment of Mylissa Farmer.
Farmer, who is from Joplin, told The Associated Press that she went to the system’s local emergency room when her water broke months early on Aug. 2. She said tests showed that she had lost all of her amniotic fluid because of a pregnancy complication and doctors told her the fetus was not expected to survive.
Doctors also told Farmer that “awaiting a medical emergency may put her at further risk for maternal mortality” or the removal of her uterus, medical records show.
But because her fetus still had a heartbeat and her condition wasn’t considered a life-threatening medical emergency at that moment, they couldn’t terminate the pregnancy in Missouri, they told her. She eventually got an abortion in Illinois.
Records from that visit say doctors told Farmer that the law supersedes their medical judgment and “contrary to the most appropriate management based (on) my medical opinion, due to the legal language of MO law, we are unable to offer induction of labor at this time.”
“They were telling me to basically get out of the state to get the care that I needed,” the 41-year-old told AP.
Farmer criticized Missouri’s abortion ban in a campaign ad for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Trudy Busch Valentine, who is running against Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt.
Missouri’s abortion ban includes exceptions for medical emergencies, although doctors and hospitals have said they’re unsure exactly what that covers.
Hospital spokeswoman Liz Syer said it’s their practice not to comment on patient care. She did not immediately return a request for comment Monday regarding the investigation.
Missouri’s health department investigation centers on a federal law requiring medical facilities to determine whether a person seeking treatment may be in labor or whether they face an emergency health situation — or one that could develop into an emergency — and to provide treatment.
In July, soon after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra wrote in an email to health care providers that the federal EMTALA statute “protects your clinical judgment and the action that you take to provide stabilizing medical treatment to your pregnant patients, regardless of the restrictions in the state where you practice.”
Becerra wrote that a hospital violating any provision of EMTALA “may be subject to termination of its Medicare provider agreement and/or the imposition of civil monetary penalties. Civil monetary penalties may also be imposed against individual physicians for EMTALA violations. Additionally, physicians may also be subject to exclusion from the Medicare and State health care programs.”
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Associated Press writer Jim Salter contributed to this report from O’Fallon, Missouri. Ungar reported from Louisville, Kentucky. | 2022-11-01T21:47:05+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/ap-missouri-investigates-hospital-denial-of-emergency-abortion/ |
By MATT OTT
AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates were back up this week, just as the latest government data shows inflation has not slowed, meaning the Federal Reserve is almost certain to raise its benchmark borrowing rate later this month.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate rose to 5.51% from 5.30% last week. One year ago the average 30-year rate was 2.88%.
The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages, popular among those refinancing their homes, rose to 4.67% from 4.45% last week. A year ago, the rate was 2.22%.
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by a half-point in May and another three-quarters of a point last month, the biggest single hike since 1994. Fed policymakers have signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to reign in persistent, four-decade high inflation. Most economists expect the Federal Reserve to jack up its borrowing rate another half-to-three-quarters of a point when it meets later this month.
Fed officials acknowledge that their rate hikes could weaken the economy, but suggested that such steps were necessary to slow price increases back to the Fed’s 2% annual target.
The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its consumer price index soared 9.1% over the past year, the biggest yearly increase since 1981. On Thursday, Labor released data showing that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — rose by 11.3% in June compared with a year earlier.
The Fed’s benchmark short-term rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, will now be pegged to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% — and Fed policymakers forecast a doubling of that range by year’s end.
Higher borrowing rates have discouraged house hunters and cooled what was a red-hot housing market, one of the most important sectors of the economy. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fourth consecutive month in May.
Home prices kept climbing in May, even as sales slowed. The national median home price jumped 14.8% in May from a year earlier to $407,600 — an all-time high according to NAR data going back to 1999.
Mortgage applications have declined 14% from last year and refinancings are down 80%, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this week. Those numbers could retreat further with more Fed rate increases a near certainty.
Layoffs in the housing and lending sectors have already begun. On Tuesday, the online mortgage company loanDepot said it was cutting 2,000 jobs.
Last month, the online real estate broker Redfin said it was laying off 8% of its workers and Compass said it was letting go of 450 employees.
The nation’s largest bank by assets, JPMorgan Chase, is laying off hundreds from its mortgage unit and has reassigned hundreds of others to jobs elsewhere in the firm.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-07-14T17:43:10+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/ap-news/2022/07/14/average-long-term-us-mortgage-rates-bounce-back-up-to-5-51-3/ |
CA San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA Zone Forecast for Saturday, April 22, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for Interior Central California
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA
1100 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for tonight, Sunday, Sunday night, and Monday.
CAZ300-231100-
West Side Mountains north of 198-
Including the city of San Luis Reservoir
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy late in the
evening then becoming mostly clear. Lows 52 to 58. West winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 70 to 78. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 48 to 54. West winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 79. West winds 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 47 to 53. West winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 74 to 80. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 86.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
Highs 80 to 90.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 54 to 60. Highs 78 to
86.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Luis Reservoir 56 76 51 77 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ301-231100-
Los Banos - Dos Palos-
Including the city of Los Banos
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy late in the
evening then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
in the upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Los Banos 55 80 51 79 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ302-231100-
Merced - Madera - Mendota-
Including the cities of Merced, Madera, and Atwater
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy late in the
evening then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in
the upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Livingston 53 81 50 80 / 0 0 0 0
Merced 53 81 51 80 / 0 0 0 0
Chowchilla 53 81 51 80 / 0 0 0 0
Madera 53 81 50 81 / 0 0 0 0
Firebaugh 53 82 50 82 / 0 0 0 0
Mendota 54 82 51 82 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ303-231100-
Planada - Le Grand - Snelling-
Including the cities of Planada, Lake Mcclure, and Le Grand
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy late in the
evening then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs around 80. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
in the mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Planada 54 81 51 79 / 0 0 0 0
Le Grand 54 81 51 79 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ304-231100-
Coalinga - Avenal-
Including the cities of Avenal and Coalinga
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Coalinga 57 83 55 84 / 0 0 0 0
Avenal 58 82 55 83 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ305-231100-
West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties-
Including the cities of Lemoore Station, Five Points,
and Kettleman City
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
around 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Huron 56 84 53 84 / 0 0 0 0
Five Points 55 83 53 84 / 0 0 0 0
NAS Lemoore 55 83 53 84 / 0 0 0 0
Kettleman City 57 84 55 84 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ306-231100-
Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma-
Including the cities of Selma, Sanger, Parlier, Kingsburg,
and Kerman
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
around 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Selma 56 83 54 83 / 0 0 0 0
Kingsburg 56 83 54 83 / 0 0 0 0
Sanger 56 82 54 82 / 0 0 0 0
Kerman 54 82 51 82 / 0 0 0 0
Caruthers 56 83 53 83 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ307-231100-
Fresno-Clovis-
Including the city of Fresno
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
in the upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Clovis 56 82 55 82 / 0 0 0 0
Fresno 58 83 55 82 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ308-231100-
West Side Mountains South of 198-
Including the cities of Blackwells Corner and McKittrick
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 53 to 59. North winds 5 to 15 mph
shifting to the west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 83. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 83. South winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 74 to 82. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 80 to 88.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
60. Highs 82 to 91.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 80 to 88.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Livingston 53 81 50 80 / 0 0 0 0
Merced 53 81 51 80 / 0 0 0 0
Chowchilla 53 81 51 80 / 0 0 0 0
Madera 53 81 50 81 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ309-231100-
Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5-
Including the cities of Lost Hills and Buttonwillow
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds up to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
60. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lost Hills 55 84 53 84 / 0 0 0 0
Buttonwillow 56 85 55 84 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ310-231100-
Delano-Wasco-Shafter-
Including the cities of Delano, Wasco, Alpaugh, and Shafter
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds up to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds up to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Alpaugh 53 83 51 84 / 0 0 0 0
Allensworth 53 83 52 84 / 0 0 0 0
Wasco 55 83 54 83 / 0 0 0 0
Delano 53 83 53 83 / 0 0 0 0
McFarland 54 83 53 82 / 0 0 0 0
Shafter 56 83 55 83 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ311-231100-
Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore-
Including the cities of Hanford, Lemoore, and Corcoran
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lemoore 55 83 52 83 / 0 0 0 0
Hanford 56 84 53 84 / 0 0 0 0
Corcoran 53 84 52 84 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ312-231100-
Visalia - Porterville - Reedley-
Including the cities of Goshen, Visalia, Tulare, and Porterville
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds up
to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds up to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds up to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Reedley 56 82 54 82 / 0 0 0 0
Dinuba 56 82 54 82 / 0 0 0 0
Visalia 55 83 53 83 / 0 0 0 0
Exeter 56 83 55 82 / 0 0 0 0
Tulare 55 83 54 84 / 0 0 0 0
Lindsay 55 82 54 82 / 0 0 0 0
Porterville 56 82 55 82 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ313-231100-
Buena Vista-
Including the city of Taft
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 84. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 84. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph
shifting to the north 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 84.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs 85 to 91.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs 85 to 94.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Taft 60 82 58 82 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ314-231100-
Bakersfield-
Including the city of Bakersfield
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds
up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds up to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds up to
5 mph increasing to northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bakersfield 58 83 58 82 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ315-231100-
Southeast San Joaquin Valley-
Including the city of Richgrove
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. North
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds up to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the northwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs around 80. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around
60. Highs around 90.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Richgrove 54 81 53 81 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ316-231100-
South End San Joaquin Valley-
Including the cities of Lamont and Arvin
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 84. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph shifting to the west 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 84. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph
shifting to the northwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 83.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 85 to 94. Lows
in the lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Arvin 58 82 56 81 / 0 0 0 0
Lamont 57 83 57 82 / 0 0 0 0
Mettler 57 82 57 81 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ317-231100-
Mariposa Madera Foothills-
Including the cities of El Portal and Mariposa
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy late in the
evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. North
winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds up to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds up to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds up to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 70s. Lows in
the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
Highs in the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
in the lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mariposa 53 71 52 71 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ318-231100-
Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra-
Including the cities of Bass Lake, Coarsegold, Fish Camp,
Oakhurst, and North Fork
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy late in the
evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 47 to 53. North winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74. South winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 52. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 65 to 73. Northeast winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 44 to 50. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 66 to 74. Lows 47 to
53.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 51 to
58. Highs 74 to 84.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 80.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Oakhurst 48 74 47 74 / 0 0 0 0
Bass Lake 46 69 44 69 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ319-231100-
Fresno-Tulare Foothills-
Including the city of Millerton Lake
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. North
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 74 to 80. South winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds up
to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 74 to 80. Southeast winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 74 to 80. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 87.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs 83 to 90.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 87.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Millerton Lake 56 78 54 78 / 0 0 0 0
Three Rivers 56 80 54 79 / 0 0 0 0
Springville 53 74 51 74 / 0 0 0 0
Tule River Reservation 58 78 56 77 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ320-231100-
Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra-
Including the city of Auberry
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 48 to 56. North winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 74. South winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 47 to 55. North winds up to
10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 63 to 73. East winds up to 5 mph shifting
to the west in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 54. Northwest winds up
to 10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 70 to 83. Lows
52 to 61.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Auberry 56 72 54 72 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ321-231100-
South End Sierra Foothills-
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. North
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds up to
10 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. North winds up to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows
in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
CAZ322-231100-
South End of the Lower Sierra-
Including the city of Camp Nelson
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 49 to 55. North winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 72. West winds up to 15 mph. Gusts
up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 47 to 53. North winds up to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 63 to 71. Northwest winds up to 5 mph with
gusts to around 20 mph shifting to the west 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 52. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight. Gusts up to
30 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 64 to 72. Lows
50 to 56.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 71 to 83. Lows
53 to 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Camp Nelson 45 60 45 61 / 0 10 0 0
$$
CAZ323-231100-
Yosemite NP outside of the valley-
Including the cities of Tuolumne Meadows and Wawona
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 27 to 39. North winds up to 10 mph shifting to the
southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 40 to 56. West winds up to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 26 to 38. North winds up to
10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 57. Northeast winds up to 10 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph shifting to the west with gusts to
around 40 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 25 to 37. West winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph shifting to the northeast 5 to
10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 44 to 65. Lows
26 to 43.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Tuolumne Meadows 30 50 28 51 / 0 10 0 0
Wawona 43 68 40 70 / 10 10 0 0
Hetch Hetchy 44 67 42 68 / 10 10 0 0
$$
CAZ324-231100-
Yosemite Valley-
Including the city of Yosemite Valley
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 42 to 48. Northeast winds up to 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 69. Northeast winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 47. Northeast winds up
to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 69. Northeast winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 40 to 46. West winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 63 to 73. Lows 42 to
48.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 77. Lows
45 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Yosemite 43 71 40 71 / 10 10 0 0
$$
CAZ325-231100-
San Joaquin River Canyon-
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy until early morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 41 to 51. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 58 to 68. Northwest winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 49. North winds up to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 69. Northeast winds up to 5 mph
shifting to the southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 49. West winds up to
10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 61 to 77. Lows
40 to 54.
$$
CAZ326-231100-
Upper San Joaquin River-
Including the cities of Devils Postpile, Florence Lake,
and Lake Thomas Edison
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy until early morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 25 to 37. Northwest winds up to 10 mph shifting to
the southwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 39 to 53. West winds up to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 24 to 36. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 40 to 54. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up
to 25 mph increasing to 40 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 23 to 35. West winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the evening.
.TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 42 to 61. Lows
24 to 41.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Devils Postpile 31 49 29 50 / 10 10 0 0
$$
CAZ327-231100-
Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge-
Including the cities of Lake Wishon, Huntington Lake,
and Shaver Lake
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy until early morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 29 to 39. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 43 to 57. West winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 27 to 37. North winds up to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 45 to 57. North winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the west with gusts to around 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 28 to 38. West winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph shifting to the northeast
after midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 47 to 66. Lows
29 to 43.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Huntington Lake 36 52 35 53 / 0 10 0 0
Shaver Lake 41 60 40 61 / 0 10 0 0
Lake Wishon 38 57 35 58 / 0 10 0 0
$$
CAZ328-231100-
Kings Canyon NP-
Including the city of Cedar Grove
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy in the late
evening and early morning then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 21 to
33. Northwest winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 34 to 50. West winds up to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 21 to 33. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 36 to 50. West winds 5 to 10 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph increasing to 10 to 25 mph with gusts
to around 50 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 20 to 32. West winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph decreasing to 35 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 38 to 57. Lows
21 to 37.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Cedar Grove 40 67 40 68 / 10 10 0 0
$$
CAZ329-231100-
Grant Grove Area-
Including the cities of Grant Grove and Hume Lake
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy in the late
evening and early morning then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 36 to
48. East winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 48 to 62. West winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 35 to 47. Northeast winds up
to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 50 to 64. Northeast winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 34 to 46. West winds up to
10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 51 to 71. Lows
36 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Grant Grove 42 54 42 56 / 10 10 0 0
$$
CAZ330-231100-
Sequoia NP-
Including the cities of Giant Forest and Lodgepole
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Colder. Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy in
the late evening and early morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 22 to 42. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 38 to 56. Northwest winds up to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Colder. Mostly clear. Lows 22 to 42. North winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 39 to 57. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph increasing to west 15 to
25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Colder. Mostly clear. Lows 21 to 41. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph decreasing to 30 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 40 to 64. Lows
22 to 46.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lodgepole 36 56 35 58 / 10 10 0 0
$$
CAZ331-231100-
South End of the Upper Sierra-
Including the city of Johnsondale
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 33 to 47. Northwest
winds up to 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 50 to 64. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up
to 25 mph increasing to 45 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 46. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph decreasing to 40 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 51 to 65. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph shifting to the west 10 to
25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear. Lows 31 to 45. West winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 60 mph shifting to the
northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 50 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Highs 52 to 68. Lows 32 to
48.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 34 to 51.
Highs 57 to 72.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Johnsondale 39 67 38 68 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ332-231100-
Kern River Valley-
Including the cities of Lake Isabella and Kernville
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West
winds up to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 70 to 76. West winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 71 to 77. West winds 5 to 15 mph
increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy, clear. Lows around 50. West winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph shifting to the northwest
10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Highs 73 to 83. Lows in the
lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Alta Sierra 44 57 43 58 / 0 0 0 0
Kernville 51 77 49 77 / 0 0 0 0
Lake Isabella 53 75 52 76 / 0 0 0 0
Weldon 51 75 50 76 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ333-231100-
Piute Walker Basin-
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 44 to 54. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 59 to 71. West winds 5 to 15 mph
increasing to 10 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 53. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
Gusts up to 40 mph.
.MONDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 61 to 71. West winds 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph increasing to 10 to 25 mph with gusts
to around 40 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 51. West winds
15 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Gusts up
to 50 mph.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 63 to 73. Lows 44 to
54.
.WEDNESDAY...Warmer, sunny. Highs 67 to 79.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 47 to 59.
Highs 69 to 81.
$$
CAZ334-231100-
Tehachapi-
Including the city of Tehachapi
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 47 to 55. West winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 62 to 72. West winds 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph shifting to the northwest 10 to
25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 54. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
.MONDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs 61 to 71. West winds 10 to 15 mph
shifting to the northwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up
to 45 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Lows 44 to 52. West winds
15 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph decreasing to 45 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 46 to 54.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 70 to 83. Lows
50 to 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bear Valley Springs 48 64 47 63 / 0 0 0 0
Tehachapi 47 68 46 66 / 0 0 0 0
Twin Oaks 53 71 52 71 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ335-231100-
Grapevine-
Including the cities of Grapevine and Lebec
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 72. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 64 to
72. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 65 to
73.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 73 to 83. Lows
in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 71 to 81. Lows in
the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Grapevine 53 75 52 74 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ336-231100-
Frazier Mountain Communities-
Including the city of Frazier Park
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy after
midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 45 to 57. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 75. North winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 55. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 63 to
75. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 53. Northwest winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph decreasing to 30 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 63 to
75.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 55.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 85. Lows
48 to 61.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pine Mountain Club 45 62 44 64 / 0 0 0 0
Frazier Park 43 69 42 70 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ337-231100-
Indian Wells Valley-
Including the cities of Inyokern and Ridgecrest
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 87. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph
shifting to the west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West
winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph decreasing to
10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 83 to 89. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph decreasing to
15 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 80 to 86.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs 81 to 87.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
Highs 86 to 93.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Inyokern 56 85 56 87 / 0 0 0 0
Ridgecrest 55 86 54 89 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ338-231100-
Mojave Desert Slopes-
Including the city of Mojave
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY...
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows 51 to 57. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Windy, sunny. Highs 68 to 80. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph shifting to the west 20 to
30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust.
Lows 51 to 57. Northwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to around
60 mph.
.MONDAY...Windy, sunny. Highs 68 to 82. Northwest winds 15 to
30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Mostly clear. Lows 49 to 55. West
winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph decreasing to
15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Highs 70 to 83. Lows 51 to
57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 54 to 61.
Highs 75 to 88.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mojave 56 78 56 79 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ339-231100-
Mojave Desert-
Including the cities of Rosamond, California City, Randsburg,
and Edwards AFB
1101 PM PDT Sat Apr 22 2023
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy until early morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 35 mph.
.SUNDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph
with gusts to around 40 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West
winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 55 mph.
.MONDAY...Breezy, sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds 10 to
15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to
40 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West
winds 20 to 35 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows
50 to 56.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 52 to 58.
Highs in the upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Randsburg 58 78 56 81 / 0 0 0 0
California City 52 82 53 83 / 0 0 0 0
Edwards AFB 52 83 53 84 / 0 0 0 0
Rosamond 53 82 53 82 / 0 0 0 0
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Copyright 2023 AccuWeather | 2023-04-23T06:52:47+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/weather/article/ca-san-joaquin-valley-hanford-ca-zone-forecast-17913215.php |
PITTSBURGH — Josh Naylor homered twice, including a three-run shot that keyed a five-run first inning against All-Star Mitch Keller, and drove in six runs and the Cleveland Guardians rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.
“It’s good to set the tone,” Naylor said. “Our offense was great all day today.”
In the ninth, Naylor connected again for a two-run blast, his 15th of the season, off Yohan Ramirez. In 22 games since June 18, the 26-year-old Naylor is hitting .396 with seven homers and 25 RBIs in 22 games and seems to be emerging as a star after going deep 20 times last season.
“I think we always hoped he’d be a middle-of-the-order bat,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. “When you start to see it, it’s exciting.”
Steven Kwan led off the game with a double and scored on Amed Rosario’s single. After Jose Ramirez singled, Naylor hit his blast to right-center.
Myles Straw capped the first-inning outburst with an RBI single. The Guardians have won the first two games of the series by a combined score of 21-1 after being swept in three games at AL West-leading Texas over the weekend.
Rookie left-hander Logan Allen (4-2) pitched five scoreless innings of one-hit ball after being recalled from Triple-A Columbus prior to the game. The lone hit was a one-out single in the fifth inning by Jared Triolo, who extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
“I was just attacking guys, trusting more of my stuff on the plate,” Allen said. “I was able to land some off-speed (pitches) and think that really helped because I started getting ahead of guys a little bit better. We got the big lead and I just wanted to get our guys back in the dugout to try to score some more runs.”
Allen struck out eight and walked one.
Keller (9-5) was tagged for eight runs and 10 hits in six innings.
“Every once in a while, something like that happens,” Francona said. “He didn’t get a chance to settle in. He’s good and he will continue to be good, and he stayed out there for a long time and sucked up some innings for them.”
Pirates manager Derek Shelton agreed when he was asked if Keller got ambushed.
“Yeah, I think that’s a good word,” Shelton said. “They came out really aggressive and he didn’t come out extremely sharp and left some balls right in the middle of the plate, and they didn’t miss them.”
Josh Bell hit a two-run homer in the third, his 10th of the year. Naylor drove in another run with a ground out in the fourth to push the lead to 8-0.
Andres Gimenez had three of the Guardians’ 13 hits. Cleveland began the night in second place in the AL Central, 1 ½ games behind Minnesota.
Connor Joe’s solo homer in the sixth inning off Eli Morgan accounted for the Pirates’ lone run. Pittsburgh has lost five straight games since the All-Star break and is 2-12 in July.
TOP PICK SKENES SIGNS
Right-hander Paul Skenes, taken by Pittsburgh with the first pick in this month’s amateur draft, agreed Tuesday to a contract that includes a $9.2 million signing bonus.
The amount is the highest for a drafted player, topping the $8,416,300 Detroit agreed to with first baseman Spencer Torkelson, the top pick in 2021.
Skenes helped LSU to this year’s NCAA title after transferring from Air Force. He was selected Most Outstanding Player of the College World Series after going 12-2 with a 1.69 ERA and 0.75 WHIP in 19 starts with 209 strikeouts in 122 2/3 innings.
ROSTER MOVE
The Guardians optioned right-hander Cody Morris to Columbus as the corresponding move for Allen’s call up. Morris has made four relief appearances for Cleveland this season and allowed four runs in four innings.
UP NEXT
The three-game series concludes Wednesday with Guardians RHP Aaron Civale (3-2 2.65 ERA) facing LHP Rich Hill (7-9, 4.76). Civale is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in three starts in July. Hill is 1-4 with a 5.97 ERA in his last six starts.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-07-19T03:04:15+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mlb/2023/07/18/guardians-pirates-josh-naylor/ea6ef2ce-25d4-11ee-9201-826e5bb78fa1_story.html |
(KTLA) – A homicide suspect and his 15-year-old daughter, who he was accused of abducting, were shot and killed by law enforcement during a pursuit and gunfight along a California highway on Tuesday.
Earlier this week, authorities said Anthony John Graziano, 45, allegedly killed his estranged wife, Tracy Martinez, 45, during a domestic dispute. The couple was in the process of getting a divorce, police said.
Within a few hours of the Monday morning shooting, police issued an Amber Alert for the couple’s daughter, Savanna Graziano. She had last been seen with her father near Fontana, 50 miles east of Los Angeles.
Tuesday morning, amid the ongoing manhunt, a resident reported seeing Graziano and the truck the Amber Alert said he was driving.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies located the vehicle and gave chase. At one point, the driver, later determined to be Graziano, opened fire on officers from his rear window, Sheriff Shannon Dicus said during a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
Numerous patrol vehicles were shot, and one became disabled. A deputy was also hit in the face with shrapnel, Dicus said.
The pursuit continued through Hesperia, northeast of Los Angeles, before Graziano eventually went off the road. A shootout then ensued.
Sky5 the helicopter for Nexstar’s KTLA, showed the suspect’s riddled truck on the side of the road with multiple flat tires and shattered windows.
At some point, a passenger wearing tactical gear exited the truck while, ran toward deputies and went down “during the gunfire,” Dicus explained.
After the shooting stopped and the truck was cleared, authorities realized the person wearing the tactical gear was Graziano’s daughter. The girl was immediately transported to a local hospital, but later died.
Graziano was found in the driver’s seat and pronounced dead at the scene.
Dicus said it is unclear if the teen was armed when she ran toward deputies, or if she fired at deputies at any time during the dangerous pursuit. Only one weapon, a rifle, was recovered from the scene.
He added that the information shared Tuesday is preliminary and coroner’s office needs to positively identify both people killed in the gun battle.
Dicus called the investigation “complex,” and indicated his department will be looking at any video taken during the chaos.
Following the incident, CHP canceled its Amber Alert. Dicus said it could take another day before more information becomes available. | 2022-09-28T20:13:49+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/crime/homicide-suspect-daughter-killed-in-shootout-with-california-law-enforcement/ |
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Loretta Lynn, the country music icon who brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting — and taught those who came after her to speak their minds, too – died today at her home in Tennessee. She was 90 years old.
"Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, in her sleep at home at her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills," her family said in a statement.
"The story of Loretta Lynn's life is unlike any other, yet she drew from that story a body of work that resonates with people who might never fully understand her bleak and remote childhood, her hardscrabble early days, or her adventures as a famous and beloved celebrity," Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, said in a statement. "In a music business that is often concerned with aspiration and fantasy, Loretta insisted on sharing her own brash and brave truth."
Born Loretta Webb, the singer was raised in a remote coal mining community in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. One of the biggest songs of her career, "Coal Miner's Daughter," proudly recounted her hardscrabble background.
Lynn was barely a teenager when she started a family of her own with a 21-year-old former soldier, Oliver Lynn, better known as "Mooney" or "Doolittle." They wasted no time having the first four of their six children, and migrated to Washington State. It was there that her husband heard her bedtime lullabies and pushed her to start performing publicly. In a 2010 interview with Fresh Air, she insisted she wouldn't have done it otherwise: "I wouldn't get out in front of people. I was really bashful and I would have never sang in front of anybody."
Once her husband started scrounging up paying gigs for her, Lynn taught herself to write songs, says country music historian and journalist Robert Oermann.
"She got a copy of Country Song Roundup," Oermann says – a magazine that printed country lyrics and stories about the musicians. "She would read the country lyrics in the magazine, and she'd go, 'Well that's nothing. I can do that.' And she could, and had been."
Lynn and her husband drove around to radio stations, where she would introduce herself to the DJs and try to charm them into spinning her record. These efforts had begun to get Lynn noticed when the couple landed in Nashville in 1960. Artists like Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline — who became Lynn's mentor — were having a lot of success with a lush, pop-sweetened production style known as the Nashville Sound. Lynn worked with Cline's producer, Owen Bradley, but hung onto her unsoftened twang.
Country songs had often portrayed hardship from male perspectives, but Lynn wasn't afraid to spell out the indignities endured in her marriage, or the double standards she saw other women facing when it came to divorce, pregnancy and birth control. She found that Nashville wasn't accustomed to that kind of frankness.
Fellow eastern Kentucky songwriter Angaleena Presley was raised on her mother's Loretta Lynn records, and recognizes what they must have meant to women of earlier generations.
"I'm positive that there probably were many, many women in that time, especially in the country," she says, "who thought, 'I'm not really allowed to say anything if my husband wants to drink. He works all day. He deserves to drink at night and come home and do what he wants. And I'll clean the house and raise the kids.' And [Lynn] said, 'Nope. It's not OK, and it's OK for you to say it's not OK.' "
Presley says Lynn's perspective "contributed a lot to the feminist movement," especially in rural parts of the country. "I feel like she was the voice," Presley says, "even if she never spoke out actively as a feminist, her songs certainly did."
No less than 51 of those songs became top 10 country hits on the Billboard charts. In 1972, Loretta Lynn was the first woman named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. She would later be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, in 1988, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. She was also recognized with Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
Though their relationship was complicated, Lynn and Doolittle remained married up until his death in 1996. (Lynn also made sure fans knew that her long-lasting musical partnership with Conway Twitty was all business.) Lynn continued performing and recording into the new millennium, attracting younger audiences through her collaboration with Jack White.
But it was essential to Lynn's enduring appeal that she never lost touch with her identity as a simultaneously modern and down-to-earth country woman who could communicate that to crowds throughout her career.
"This idea that I might be up here on stage singing this song, but I'm not better than you. I am you," journalist Oermann says. "That's kind of the message. That kind of humility is a really powerful and good thing."
That approach always informed her songwriting; Lynn's gutsiness comes through just as clearly today in the music she left behind.
"I like real life, because that's what we're doing today," Lynn told All Things Considered in 2004. "And I think that's why people bought my records, because they're living in this world. And so am I. So I see what's going on, and I grab it."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-10-04T17:21:02+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-10-04/loretta-lynn-country-music-icon-has-died-at-90 |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Freedom Caucus, made of Republican lawmakers, is echoing Republican Julie Frye-Mueller’s point about not receiving a written complaint.
The Freedom Caucus issued a statement Saturday night calling for Frye-Mueller to have her legislative duties restored until the Senate takes action on the matter.
The Freedom Caucus says Frye-Mueller has not received due process and that her constituents have been deprived of their rightful and chosen representation.
The Freedom Caucus says the group doesn’t know whether Frye-Mueller is guilty or innocent, but says no evidence of wrongdoing has been publicly made available. | 2023-01-29T18:43:36+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/freedom-caucus-issues-statement-on-frye-mueller/ |
Dear Annie: I am a 68-year-old Grammy, and I love to do things with my grandchildren. Unfortunately, as we age, our immunity lowers, and we can become sick more easily.
We can expose whooping cough to our grandbabies by just holding them. Pneumonia can be deadly, too, along with COVID-19 or the flu.
So, as we become older, we have to take care of ourselves so we can enjoy our grandchildren, which we have been blessed with. I have six, from the ages of 19 to 1. -- Oregon and Idaho Grammy
Dear Grammy: Your words of caution are well-founded, and your grandchildren are lucky to have such a conscientious and loving grandmother.
Independent woman
Dear Annie: As someone who lived in an environment similar to the Cinderella who wrote to you, I wanted to say that I thought your response was a good one, except for finding Prince Charming. NO ONE can save us but ourselves. Before looking for Prince Charming, Cinderella needs to learn to love herself. This can be tough with her background, but it is doable.
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Cinderella might want to emotionally step outside of herself and talk to her "better emotionally healthy self." She can do this with or without a therapist. The answers she will receive will be so much better than looking for a Prince Charming to save her or to complete her.
The purpose of finding a mate is neither to be saved nor to live happily ever after. The mate should help Cinderella be the best possible version of herself, but Cinderella can become her best version with or without the prince. -- A 72-Year-Old Cinderella Who Is Still Finding Herself and Enjoying the Journey
Dear Cinderella: Thank you for sharing your letter. You are correct that one of the most important love affairs to have is loving yourself. But finding a Prince Charming is icing on the cake. There are many wonderful cakes without icing, but there are also many wonderful cakes with icing.
Concerned friend
Dear Annie: My friend and I have been friends for 30 years. We met when we were little kids, and now we are both 37.
She has two beautiful daughters by different men. The father of one of her daughters is her current boyfriend, and they have no plans to get married. The way I see them parenting, it is as if they are playing house.
I asked my friend if she wants him to marry her, and she said yes, but he sees no reason to because, he says, "it is just a piece of paper."
My biggest concern is that he dotes on the daughter they have together, age 2, and he virtually ignores her other daughter, who is 8. What makes me most upset is that she has started calling him "Daddy." I told my friend that she should correct the older daughter, or one day, when she is grown up, she will want to know who her real dad is.
What should I do? -- Concerned Friend
Dear Concerned Friend: You should mind your own business. You are concerning yourself with some pretty personal details of your friend's life. It is her choice as to what she is comfortable with in the relationship. Just focus on your friendship and enjoying your friend. If your friend is concerned for her daughter's feelings, she will step in herself. The only way it would be appropriate is if she were to confide in you that she herself is worried. | 2022-09-07T08:08:09+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/dear-annie/article_2d796bb8-2e40-11ed-876b-6b82394222fd.html |
How to Watch the Bucks vs. Heat: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NBA Playoffs Game 2
Published: Apr. 19, 2023 at 3:31 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat are meeting in the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, with Game 2 coming up.
Keep reading for everything you need to know about this matchup between the Bucks and Heat, including how to catch the action live with a free trial to Fubo.
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Bucks vs. Heat Game Info
- When: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 9:00 PM ET
- Where: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- TV: NBA TV
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Bucks Stats Insights
- This season, the Bucks have a 47.3% shooting percentage from the field, which is 0.9% lower than the 48.2% of shots the Heat's opponents have hit.
- In games Milwaukee shoots higher than 48.2% from the field, it is 26-4 overall.
- The Heat are the 27th-ranked rebounding team in the league, the Bucks sit at first.
- The 116.9 points per game the Bucks average are 7.1 more points than the Heat give up (109.8).
- Milwaukee has a 47-8 record when scoring more than 109.8 points.
Heat Stats Insights
- The Heat's 46% shooting percentage from the field this season is 0.4 percentage points higher than the Bucks have allowed to their opponents (45.6%).
- This season, Miami has a 29-14 record in games the team collectively shoots higher than 45.6% from the field.
- The Heat are the 27th-ranked rebounding team in the league, the Bucks sit at 11th.
- The Heat score just 3.8 fewer points per game (109.5) than the Bucks allow their opponents to score (113.3).
- Miami is 19-6 when it scores more than 113.3 points.
Bucks Home & Away Comparison
- Offensively the Bucks have played better in home games this year, scoring 118.8 points per game, compared to 115 per game when playing on the road.
- Defensively Milwaukee has been better at home this year, allowing 112.5 points per game, compared to 114.1 on the road.
- At home, the Bucks are making 0.1 more threes per game (14.9) than when playing on the road (14.8). They also own a better three-point percentage at home (37.5%) compared to in away games (36.2%).
Heat Home & Away Comparison
- At home the Heat put up 111.4 points per game, 3.9 more than away (107.5). Defensively they allow 110.2 points per game at home, 0.9 more than away (109.3).
- At home Miami is giving up 110.2 points per game, 0.9 more than it is on the road (109.3).
- The Heat collect 0.1 more assists per game at home (23.9) than on the road (23.8).
Bucks Injuries
Heat Injuries
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‘Scrabble variants’ now cause the majority of new Covid-19 infections in the US
By Brenda Goodman, CNN
The Omicron BA.5 subvariant is no longer the dominant cause of Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to estimates released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Instead, a host of new sublineages — offshoots of BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5 — are now responsible for the majority of new infections in this country. Dr. Peter Hotez, director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, calls these many new lineages “Scrabble variants” because they contain letters like X and Q that get high scores in the game.
The new variants descend from slightly different branches of the Omicron family tree, but they have evolved to share some of the same changes in their genomes that help them slip past our immunity against the virus.
The gaggle of new variants have been gaining ground against BA.5, which has dominated Covid-19 infections in the United States since July. BA.5 now accounts for 49.6% of new infections in this country.
Two variants, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, have been growing especially fast. At the beginning of October, each one accounted for about 1% of new infections in the United States, but they have been roughly doubling in prevalence each week. Together, they now account for more than 1 in 4 new Covid-19 infections nationwide, according to CDC data.
BQ.1 is causing about 14% of new infections; BQ.1.1. is causing 13% of new infections. BA.4.6 is causing another 10%. BF.7 accounts for 7.5% of newly diagnosed Covid-19. A slew of other new variants accounts for smaller pieces of the Covid-19 pie.
These variants are not evenly distributed across the US. BQ.1.1 is now causing about 1 in 5 new Covid-19 infections in the Northeast, where cases and hospitalizations are rising. But that strain is causing just 3% of new Covid-19 infections in the Pacific Northwest.
These variants are slightly different from each other, but they all carry some of the same key mutations that help them skirt immunity from vaccines and past infections. This makes them more likely to lead to breakthrough infections and reinfections.
In a statement released Friday, the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution said the most mutated families of the rising subvariants — XBB and BQ.1 — aren’t different enough from Omicron to be considered separate variants of concern.
XBB was detected in the United States in September, but it is not causing a significant number of cases in this country. It is particularly widespread in Singapore, where it is now the dominant circulating strain.
“The two sublineages remain part of Omicron, which continues to be a variant of concern,” the group said in a statement.
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — At least 25 African migrants died and 15 are missing after a boat carrying them toward Europe sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia this week, Tunisian authorities said.
The Tunisian coast guard on Thursday recovered the bodies of 15 people trapped under the boat near the coast of Sfax, a port in east-central Tunisia, Sfax Prosecutor Faouzi Masmoudi told the Associated Press.
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On Wednesday, the coast guard recovered 10 other bodies and rescued 72 migrants from the sunken vessel he said. The prosecutor estimated that 15 to 20 others who had been on the boat are still missing, based on survivors' accounts.
Nearly all those who died or were rescued were from sub-Saharan Africa, Masmoudi said.
Attempts at illegal migration have increased in recent weeks from the Tunisian coast towards the nearby Italian coast, leaving dozens dead and many missing. The central Mediterranean is the most dangerous migration route in the world, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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European countries rely on countries in North Africa to police migration, and Italy on Thursday pledged Tunisia a host of investments and help negotiating an International Monetary Fund bailout as the Italian government seeks to stem the number of migrant arrivals.
Tensions around migration have risen in Tunisia this year after President Kaïs Saied ordered a crackdown on sub-Saharan African migrants and lashed out at a perceived plot to erase Tunisia's identity. The comments fanned racist abuse target Black people in Tunisia, and prompted international criticism and concern. | 2023-04-13T20:58:32+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/25-europe-bound-migrants-dead-in-boat-sinking-off-17896070.php |
TX El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM Zone Forecast for Monday, March 27, 2023
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048 FPUS54 KEPZ 281046
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Zone Forecast Product for New Mexico
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
446 AM MDT Tue Mar 28 2023
TXZ418-290000-
Western El Paso County-
Including the cities of Downtown El Paso, West El Paso,
and Upper Valley
446 AM MDT Tue Mar 28 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Windy with
highs in the lower 60s. East winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the lower 40s. East
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest 10 to
15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Areas of
blowing dust in the afternoon. Very windy with highs in the upper
70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 30 to 40 mph in
the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Areas of blowing dust in the evening. Mostly
clear. Very windy with lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the upper 40s.
$$
TXZ419-290000-
Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Including the cities of East and Northeast El Paso, Socorro,
and Fort Bliss
446 AM MDT Tue Mar 28 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Windy with
highs around 60. East winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Areas of
blowing dust in the afternoon. Very windy with highs in the upper
70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 25 to 35 mph in
the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Areas of blowing dust in the evening. Mostly
clear. Very windy with lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 40s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows around 50.
$$
TXZ420-290000-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-
Including the cities of Hueco Tanks and Loma Linda
446 AM MDT Tue Mar 28 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Very windy
and cooler with highs in the mid 50s. East winds 25 to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the upper 30s. East
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of blowing dust in the
afternoon. Very windy with highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph, increasing to 25 to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Areas of blowing dust in the evening. Mostly
clear. Very windy with lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, windy, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs in the upper 70s.
Lows in the upper 40s.
$$
TXZ423-290000-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of Fabens, Fort Hancock, and Tornillo
446 AM MDT Tue Mar 28 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy and windy, cooler with highs in the lower
60s. East winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds around 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of blowing dust in the
afternoon. Windy with highs in the lower 80s. South winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to
40 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Areas of blowing dust in the evening. Mostly
clear. Very windy with lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 40s. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ421-290000-
Salt Basin-
Including the cities of Cornudas, Dell City, and Salt Flat
446 AM MDT Tue Mar 28 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
mid 50s. East winds 20 to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. East winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
mid 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of blowing dust in the
afternoon. Windy with highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph
in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Areas of blowing dust in the evening. Very windy with lows in the
lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, breezy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the upper 40s.
$$
TXZ422-290000-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the city of Sierra Blanca
446 AM MDT Tue Mar 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Very windy and much cooler with highs in the lower 50s. East
winds 25 to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower
70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of blowing dust in the
afternoon. Very windy with highs in the upper 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph, increasing to southwest 25 to 35 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Areas of blowing dust in the evening. Very windy with lows in the
lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs
in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ424-290000-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the city of Indian Hot Springs
446 AM MDT Tue Mar 28 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Windy and much cooler with highs around 60. East winds 20 to
30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds 15 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper
70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Areas of blowing dust in the
afternoon. Windy with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to
20 mph, becoming southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph
in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Areas of blowing dust in the evening. Windy with lows in the mid
40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Highs in
the upper 80s.
$$
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GUIYANG, China, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. ("FTA" or the "Company") (NYSE: YMM), a leading digital freight platform, today announced that the Company facilitated 33.5 million fulfilled orders with Gross Transaction Value ("GTV") of RMB69.6 billion in the third quarter ended September 30, 2022, representing 5.4% year-over-year decrease and 3.5% year-over-year increase, respectively.
About Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd.
Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YMM) is a leading digital freight platform connecting shippers with truckers to facilitate shipments across distance ranges, cargo weights and types. The Company provides a range of freight matching services, including freight listing, freight brokerage and online transaction services. The Company also provides a range of value-added services that cater to the various needs of shippers and truckers, such as financial institutions, highway authorities, and gas station operators. With a mission to make logistics smarter, the Company is shaping the future of logistics with technology and aspires to revolutionize logistics, improve efficiency across the value chain and reduce its carbon footprint for our planet. For more information, please visit ir.fulltruckalliance.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements, which are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to," and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs, plans, and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: FTA's goal and strategies; FTA's expansion plans; FTA's future business development, financial condition and results of operations; expected changes in FTA's revenues, costs or expenses; industry landscape of, and trends in, China's road transportation market; competition in FTA's industry; FTA's expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, its services; FTA's expectations regarding its relationships with shippers, truckers and other ecosystem participants; FTA's ability to protect is systems and infrastructures from cyber-attacks; PRC laws, regulations, and policies relating to the road transportation market, as well as general regulatory environment in which FTA operates in China; the results of regulatory review and the duration and impact of any regulatory action taken against FTA; the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather conditions and production constraints brought by electricity rationing measures; general economic and business condition; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd.
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E-mail: IR@amh-group.com
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Emilie Wu
Tel: +86-21-6039-8363
E-mail: FTA@thepiacentegroup.com
In the United States:
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: FTA@thepiacentegroup.com
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(NewsNation) — Idaho killing suspect Bryan Kohberger was allegedly fired from his position as a teaching assistant at Washington State University, and a termination letter provided to NewsNation may give new insight into the university’s decision.
Kohberger, 28, a criminal justice graduate student at Washington State University, is accused of killing four undergraduate students of the nearby University of Idaho in their off-campus rental home in Moscow, Idaho, in Nov. 2022.
The termination letter, obtained exclusively by NewsNation’s “Banfield,” was dated Dec. 19 — or more than a month after the killings of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle on Nov. 13. But the letter references a Sept. 2022 “altercation” between Kohberger and the professor he was supporting as a teaching assistant, as well as the university’s subsequent “improvement plan” for Kohberger.
“Mr. Kohberger, I am writing this letter to formally inform you of the termination of your teaching assistantship with the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology effective December 31st, 2022,” reads the letter. “In keeping with the WSU graduate student handbook chapters 9G2 and 12E3, below is the list of events that led to you being deficient on the following contingency clause of your funding: ‘Maintaining satisfactory progress in fulfilling assistantship service requirements and duties.'”
The complete list of events, as described by WSU, reads as follows:
- On September 23rd, 2022, you had an altercation with the faculty you support as a TA, professor Snyder. I met with you on October 3rd to discuss norms of professional behavior.
- On October 21st, professor Snyder emailed you about the ways in which you had failed to meet your expectations as a TA thus far in the semester
- As a result, on November 2nd, Graduate Director Willits and I met with you to discuss an improvement plan, which you agreed to and I shared with you in an email dated November 3rd.
- We met again on December 7th, this time with professor Snyder as well as Dr. Willits and I, to discuss your progress on the improvement plan. While not perfect, we agreed that there was progress.
- On December 9th, there was another altercation with professor Snyder, in which it became apparent that you had not made progress regarding professionalism and about which I wrote to you on December 11th requesting a meeting.
- We met on December 19th when I informed you of your termination as a TA for spring semester.
Speaking with Ashleigh Banfield, former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer said the details outlined in the letter indicate that Kohberger had known something “could be going awry with his position” in the months leading up to the night of Nov. 13.
“It would not answer why” a suspect might commit a crime, Coffindaffer said, “but it would explain why he chose the time to do this.”
“Losing a job, potentially losing your income, the embarrassment of losing your position. Maybe even having your dream of being a Ph.D. in jeopardy. These would all be triggering factors to propel you into doing something this heinous, combined with his true reasoning from deep inside himself,” Coffindaffer said of the alleged suspect’s possible motives. | 2023-02-11T16:17:18+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/bryan-kohbergers-termination-letter-from-wsu-mentions-altercation-with-professor-lack-of-professionalism/ |
US economy grew at a faster 2.4% rate in April-June quarter despite Fed rate hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy accelerated unexpectedly to a 2.4% annual growth rate from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of steadily higher interest rates resulting from the Federal Reserve’s 16-month-long fight against inflation.
Thursday’s estimate from the Commerce Department indicated that the gross domestic product — the economy’s total output of goods and services — picked up from the 2% growth rate in the January-March quarter.
Consumer spending slowed to a 1.6% annual rate, from 4.2% in the first quarter of the year, a likely consequence of higher borrowing costs. But business investment and state and local government spending grew faster.
In fighting inflation, which last year hit a four-decade high, the Fed has raised its benchmark rate 11 times since March 2022, most recently on Wednesday. The resulting higher costs for a broad range of loans — from mortgages and credit cards to auto loans and business borrowing — have taken a toll on growth.
Still, they have yet to tip the United States into a widely forecast recession. Optimism has been growing that a recession isn’t coming after all, that the Fed can engineer a so-called “soft-landing” — slowing the economy enough to bring inflation down to its 2% annual target without wrecking an expansion of surprising durability.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most aggressive streak of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes in 40 years has slowed the U.S. economy. But to the surprise of many, it hasn’t derailed it.
The economy’s resilience has been on display for months, and on Thursday the government could provide another encouraging snapshot: Its first estimate of growth in the April-June quarter is expected to show that the gross domestic product — the economy’s total output of goods and services — expanded at a modest 1.5% annual rate, according to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet.
A pace of roughly that size would reflect a continuing slowdown from a 2% growth rate in the January-March quarter, 2.6% for the October-December period and 3.2% for July through September of last year. But it would still point to consistent growth.
In fighting inflation, which last year hit a four-decade high, the Fed has raised its benchmark rate 11 times in 17 months, most recently on Wednesday. The resulting higher borrowing costs for a broad range of loans — from mortgages and credit cards to auto loans and business borrowing — have taken a toll on growth. But they have yet to tip the United States into a widely forecast recession.
Optimism has been growing that a recession isn’t coming after all, that the Fed can engineer a so-called “soft-landing” — slowing the economy enough to bring inflation down to its 2% annual target without wrecking an expansion of surprising durability.
This week, the International Monetary Fund upgraded its forecast for U.S. economic growth for all of 2023 to 1.8%. Though that would be down from 2.1% growth for 2022, it marked an increase from the 1.6% growth that the IMF had predicted for 2023 back in April.
At a news conference Wednesday after the Fed announced its latest quarter-point rate hike, Chair Jerome Powell revealed that the central bank’s staff economists no longer foresee a recession in the United States. In April, the minutes of the central bank’s March meeting had revealed that the Fed’s staff economists envisioned a “mild” recession later this year.
In his remarks, Powell noted that the economy has proved resilient despite the Fed’s rapid rate hikes. And he said he still thinks a soft landing remains possible.
“My base case is that we will be able to achieve inflation moving back down to our target without the kind of really significant downturn that results in high levels of job losses,” the Fed chair said.
By any measure, the American job market has shown itself to be remarkably strong. At 3.6% in June, the unemployment rate hovers just above a five-decade low. A surge in retirements after COVID-19 hit in early 2020 has contributed to a shortage of workers across the country, forcing many companies to raise wages to attract or keep staffers.
Higher pay and job security are giving Americans the confidence and financial wherewithal to keep shopping. Indeed, consumer spending, which drives about 70% of economic activity, rose at a 4.2% annual rate from January through March, the fastest quarterly pace in nearly two years. Americans have kept spending — crowding airplanes, traveling overseas and flocking to concerts and movie theaters.
And the Conference Board, a business research group, reported Tuesday that Americans this month are in their sunniest mood in two years, based on the board’s reading of consumer confidence.
Indeed, many consumers are finally enjoying some relief from spiking prices: Year-over-year inflation, which peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, has eased consistently ever since. Inflation-adjusted hourly pay rose 1.4% in June from a year earlier, the sharpest such gain since early 2021.
Still, the risk remains that the weight of ever-higher interest rates will eventually slow borrowing so much — for homes, cars, renovations, business expansions and other costly expenses — as to pull the economy into recession.
“Consumers are still willing to spend, but they have become increasingly cautious and selective,” said Gregory Daco, chief economist at the accounting and consulting firm EY.
Daco said he expects consumer spending to slow sharply and for annual growth in the April-June quarter to come in at 1.7%. He pegs the likelihood of a recession at 50%.
Among the economy’s weakest links has been the housing market. In June, sales of previously occupied homes sank to their slowest pace since January. The problem is that a near-historic low number of homes for sale and higher mortgage rates kept many would-be homebuyers on the sidelines. Sales fell 19% compared with June 2022 and were down 23% through the first half of the year.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-27T13:12:42+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2023/07/27/us-economy-grew-faster-24-rate-april-june-quarter-despite-fed-rate-hikes/ |
Former President Trump’s digital trading cards have sold out less than 24 hours after he first announced they were available.
As of Friday morning, the site selling the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) says they are sold out, and links to purchase the digital cards are no longer available.
OpenSea Data, which tracks the sales and markets for NFTs, indicated there were 45,000 of the Trump cards initially made available for purchase for $99 each. The Trump digital cards were the top trending item on the site as of Friday morning.
Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday that he would be making a “major announcement” without providing any details. Some had speculated the announcement would be related to the Speaker race playing out among House Republicans or Trump’s largely inactive 2024 presidential campaign.
Instead, Trump revealed a line of digital trading cards that could be purchased with cryptocurrency or a credit card. Proceeds from the cards — which, among other looks, depict the former president as an astronaut and a cowboy — will not go to Trump’s campaign but to Trump himself through a licensing deal.
The announcement drew mockery and disbelief from liberals and some conservatives.
President Biden tweeted that he had some “major announcements” of his own, listing off a series of policy wins in recent weeks. Stephen Bannon, a former Trump White House and campaign official, appeared exasperated by the announcement during his radio show on Thursday and suggested whoever was involved with the effort should be fired. | 2022-12-16T18:31:43+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/hill-politics/trumps-digital-cards-sell-out-within-a-day/ |
NY Buffalo NY Zone Forecast for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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601 FPUS51 KBUF 150741
ZFPBUF
Zone Forecasts for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
NYZ001-152115-
Niagara-
Including the city of Niagara Falls
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph this morning, becoming west.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers overnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers, breezy with highs in the upper 40s. South winds
10 to 20 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of
rain near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Windy with lows in the upper 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Windy with highs in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Windy with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 40.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ010-152115-
Northern Erie-
Including the city of Buffalo
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming west.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers overnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers, breezy with highs in the upper 40s. South winds
10 to 20 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Windy with lows in the upper 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Windy with highs in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Windy with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ002-152115-
Orleans-
Including the city of Medina
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph this morning, becoming west.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers overnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south 10 mph or less. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers. Highs in the upper 40s. South winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near
100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Windy
with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Windy with highs in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Windy with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs around 40.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ011-152115-
Genesee-
Including the city of Batavia
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny and not as cold with highs in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers overnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers. Highs around 50. South winds 10 to 20 mph,
becoming southwest with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near
100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Windy with lows in the upper 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Windy with highs in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Windy with lows around 20.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs around 40.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ085-152115-
Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Orchard Park and Springville
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 30s inland to the mid
30s along the Lake Erie shore. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming west.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows ranging from the mid 20s inland to the upper 20s along the Lake
Erie shore. West winds 10 mph or less, becoming southwest.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny and not as cold with highs in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers overnight. Not as cold with lows in the upper 30s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers, breezy with highs ranging from the mid 40s on the
hilltops to around 50 across the lower elevations. South winds 10 to
20 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Windy with lows in the upper 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Windy with highs around 30.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Windy with lows 20 to 25.
Chance of snow 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely. Highs around 30. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 20 to 25.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ012-152115-
Wyoming-
Including the city of Warsaw
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 30s on the
hilltops to the mid 30s across the lower elevations. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest.
.THURSDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Not as cold with highs ranging
from the lower 40s on the hilltops to the mid 40s across the lower
elevations. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers overnight. Not as cold with lows in the mid 30s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers, breezy with highs ranging from the mid 40s on the
hilltops to the upper 40s across the lower elevations. South winds
10 to 20 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Windy with lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Windy with highs around 30.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Windy with lows 15 to 20.
Chance of snow 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely. Highs in the upper 20s. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ019-152115-
Chautauqua-
Including the city of Jamestown
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Sunny, cold with highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows ranging from around 20 in interior valleys to the upper 20s
along the Lake Erie shore. West winds 10 mph or less, becoming
southwest 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny and not as cold with highs in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers. Not as cold with lows in the mid 30s.
South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers, breezy with highs in the upper 40s. South winds
15 to 20 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of
rain near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Windy with lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Snow showers likely. Windy with highs around 30. Chance
of snow 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Windy with lows 15 to 20.
Chance of snow 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely. Highs in the upper 20s. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ020-152115-
Cattaraugus-
Including the city of Olean
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 20 to 25. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest.
.THURSDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Not as cold with highs in the
mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers overnight. Not as cold with lows in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers, breezy with highs in the upper 40s. South winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming southwest. Chance of
rain near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Snow showers likely. Highs around 30. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Lows 15 to 20. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely. Highs in the upper 20s. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows 20 to 25.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ021-152115-
Allegany-
Including the city of Wellsville
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy early, then becoming mostly sunny. Cold with
highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Not as cold with highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers overnight. Not as cold with lows in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers. Highs ranging from the mid 40s on the
hilltops to the upper 40s across the lower elevations. South winds
10 to 20 mph, becoming southwest with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the upper 20s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 40.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ013-152115-
Livingston-
Including the city of Geneseo
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Becoming mostly sunny. Highs ranging from the lower 30s on
the hilltops to the mid 30s across the lower elevations. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Not as cold with highs ranging from the mid 40s on the
hilltops to the upper 40s across the lower elevations. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening, then
showers likely overnight. Not as cold with lows in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers. Highs around 50. South winds 10 to 20 mph,
becoming southwest with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Lows in
the upper 20s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows around 20.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 20 to 25.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
NYZ014-152115-
Ontario-
Including the city of Canandaigua
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers early, then sunny
from late morning on. Highs ranging from the lower 30s on the
hilltops to the mid 30s across the lower elevations. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Not as cold with highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely overnight. Not as
cold with lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
south. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers, breezy with highs ranging from the mid 40s on the
hilltops to around 50 across the lower elevations. South winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Lows in
the upper 20s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 20 to 25.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
$$
NYZ003-152115-
Monroe-
Including the city of Rochester
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Not as cold with highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Showers likely overnight. Lows in the mid
30s. Southwest winds 10 mph or less, becoming south. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers. Highs in the upper 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Lows in
the upper 20s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Windy with highs in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Windy with lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ004-152115-
Wayne-
Including the city of Newark
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers this morning,
then sunny this afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10
to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
30 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely overnight. Lows
in the mid 30s. South winds 10 mph or less. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers. Highs in the upper 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Lows
around 30. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of snow showers. Highs in the
lower 40s. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ005-152115-
Northern Cayuga-
Including the city of Fair Haven
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with snow likely early, then sunny this afternoon.
Little or no additional accumulation. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow 60
percent.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows ranging from the lower 20s inland to the upper 20s along the
Lake Ontario shore. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds, becoming southwest around
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Rain showers likely overnight. Not as cold
with lows in the mid 30s. South winds 10 mph or less. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers. Highs in the upper 40s. South winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Lows around 30.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs around 40.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
NYZ006-152115-
Oswego-
Including the city of Oswego
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with snow likely early, then mostly sunny this
afternoon. Additional accumulation ranging from little or nothing
across the lower elevations to an inch or less on the Tug Hill. Highs
ranging from around 30 on the Tug Hill to the mid 30s across the
lower elevations. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30
mph this morning. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows ranging from around 20 across the Tug Hill to the mid 20s along
the Lake Ontario shore. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
light.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs ranging from the upper 30s on the Tug Hill to the
lower 40s across the lower elevations. Southwest winds 10 mph or
less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain and snow showers
overnight. Not as cold with lows in the lower 30s. Light winds.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers. Highs in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 10 mph
or less, increasing to 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near
100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain showers with a chance of snow showers. Lows in
the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs in
the mid 30s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely. Highs around 30. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows 20 to 25.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
NYZ007-152115-
Jefferson-
Including the city of Watertown
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with scattered snow showers this morning, then
mostly sunny this afternoon. Highs ranging from the lower 30s on the
Tug Hill to the mid 30s across the lower elevations. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows ranging from 15 to 20 across the Tug Hill to the mid 20s along
the Lake Ontario shore. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to
15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Not as cold with lows in the mid 30s. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers. Highs in the mid 40s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near
100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely with a chance of snow showers.
Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Lows 15 to 20. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely. Highs around 30. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
NYZ008-152115-
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
341 AM EDT Wed Mar 15 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy through early afternoon, then becoming partly sunny.
Snow likely early, then scattered snow showers through early
afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or less. Highs ranging
from the upper 20s on the hilltops to the lower 30s across the lower
elevations. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph
this morning. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west 10 mph or
less.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of snow showers in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 10 mph or
less, becoming west. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain and
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Forbes Human Resources Council is an Invitation-Only Community for HR Executives Across All Industries
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cally Stanphill, Director of Talent Acquisition at PainTEQ, has been accepted into Forbes Human Resources Council, an invitation-only community for HR executives across all industries.
Cally Stanphill was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of her experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as personal and professional achievements and honors.
Fully embodying Forbes Human Resources Council criteria, Cally has a successful track record in revolutionizing recruitment strategies. In her current role, she has aided in creating the groundwork for PainTEQ's growth as they scale to achieve its mission to pioneer world-class data-driven medical solutions.
She has spearheaded wellness initiatives and a nationwide volunteer time off program, but her greatest success has been creating an engaging environment and an award-winning culture for all PainTEQ teammates.
Cally has a bachelor's in international business and is certified in diversity, equity, and inclusion from USF.
"We are honored to welcome Cally Stanphill into the community," said Scott Gerber, founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Human Resources Council. "Our mission with Forbes Councils is to bring together proven leaders from every industry, creating a curated, social capital-driven network that helps every member grow professionally and make an even greater impact on the business world."
As an accepted member of the Council, Cally Stanphill has access to a variety of exclusive opportunities designed to help her reach peak professional influence. She will connect and collaborate with other respected local leaders in a private forum. Cally will also be invited to work with a professional editorial team to share her expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com and to contribute to published Q&A panels alongside other experts.
Finally, Cally will benefit from exclusive access to vetted business service partners, membership-branded marketing collateral, and the high-touch support of the Forbes Councils' member concierge team.
"I am humbled and elated to be welcomed into the Forbes Human Resources Council," Cally stated. "Serving as a Forbes HR Council Member will allow me an opportunity to share my Talent Acquisition expertise with HR leaders on a global scale, while simultaneously networking with like-minded professionals. I am thankful to PainTEQ's Executive team for encouraging me to embark on this challenge, and for trusting me to continuously build and shape our people operations."
Forbes Councils is a collective of invitation-only communities created in partnership with Forbes and the expert community builders who founded Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC). In Forbes Councils, exceptional business owners and leaders come together with the people and resources that can help them thrive.
For more information about Forbes Human Resources Council, visit forbeshrcouncil.com. To learn more about Forbes Councils, visit forbescouncils.com.
About PainTEQ: PainTEQ was built to bring interventional procedures to the market. Working with pain management specialists to help reduce and eliminate SI joint dysfunction, PainTEQ's LinQ implant aims to immediately provide clinical benefits to individuals living with incapacitating lower back pain through a minimally invasive outpatient procedure. For more information, visit www.painteq.com.
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Browns' Deshaun Watson scheduled to give deposition in civil lawsuit for sexual misconduct
As Deshaun Watson prepares for his second season with Cleveland, his legal troubles in Houston linger.
The Browns quarterback is scheduled to give a deposition on Monday in one of the two remaining civil lawsuits filed against him for sexual misconduct.
According to court documents filed in Harris County, Texas, Watson was asked to provide records of any communication between him and the plaintiff — identified as “Jane Doe” — from December 2020 to January 2021.
Watson previously settled lawsuits with two dozen women who accused him of being sexually inappropriate during massage therapy sessions while he played for the Texans. Two separate grand juries in Texas declined to indict Watson on criminal charges last year.
In the lawsuit in which Watson is being deposed, the woman alleges the quarterback pressured her into oral sex.
The NFL suspended Watson for 11 games last season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. The Browns traded for the three-time Pro Bowler in March 2022 despite his legal entanglement, getting him to change his mind and agree to join Cleveland after they offered him a fully guaranteed $230 million contract.
Watson went 3-3 and showed signs of rust in his six starts last season after the suspension ended. He's been working out near his home in Houston during this offseason.
The Browns begin their offseason program on April 17. | 2023-04-09T18:46:51+00:00 | wxii12.com | https://www.wxii12.com/article/browns-deshaun-watson-to-give-deposition-in-civil-lawsuit/43547258 |
PARIS (AP) — The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024, less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials said Monday.
The cathedral’s iconic spire, which collapsed in the blaze, will gradually start reappearing above the monument this year in a powerful signal of its revival, the army general in charge of the colossal project, Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin, said.
“The return of the spire in Paris’ sky will in my opinion be the symbol that we are winning the battle of Notre Dame,” he told the Associated Press.
The reconstruction itself started last year, after more than two years of work to make the monument stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it.
Authorities have made the choice to rebuild the 12th century monument, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, the way it was before. That includes recreating the 93-meter-high (315 ft) spire added in the 19th century by architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc.
Meanwhile, an exhibition called “Notre-Dame de Paris: at the heart of the construction site” is to open to visitors on Tuesday in an underground facility in front of the cathedral. Accessible for free, it highlights ongoing operations on the site and the expertise and skills of workers. It also features some remains from the fire and works of art from the cathedral.
Gen. Georgelin said the cathedral will reopen in December 2024, in line with the goal set by President Emmanuel Macron just after the fire — yet it will be too late for the Paris Olympic Games scheduled in summer next year.
“My job is to be ready to open this cathedral in 2024. And we will do it,” Gen. Georgelin said. “We are fighting every day for that and we are on a good path.”
This “means that the archbishop of the capital will be in a capacity again to celebrate the Catholic liturgy in his cathedral” and the monument will also “be open for tourists to visit,” he said.
Culture Minister Rima Abdul-Malak told the AP that this doesn’t mean all the renovation will be finished then. “There will still be some renovation work going on in 2025,” she stressed.
Meanwhile, the new exhibition near the cathedral will allow visitors, including those coming for the Olympics, “to live what could be this experience of visiting Notre-Dame in a brand new way,” she said. In addition to the free visit, a virtual reality show will allow paying visitors to dive into the history of the cathedral. “That will help also tourism in Paris,” she added.
Everyday in the capital and across the country, about 1,000 people work to rebuild Notre Dame, Gen. Georgelin said.
“The biggest challenge is to comply precisely every day to the planning we have done,” he stressed. “We have a lot of different works to achieve: the framework, the painting, the stones, the vault, the organ, the stained glass and so on.”
Philippe Jost, managing director of the government agency overseeing the reconstruction, noted that the result “will be faithful to the original architecture” both because “we are sticking to the vanished shapes of the cathedral” and because ”we are also sticking to the materials and construction methods” of medieval times.
“We don’t do concrete vaults that look like stone, we do stone vaults that we rebuild as they were built in the Middle Ages,” Jost said, adding that the roof framework will also be made from oak like it initially was.
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AP journalist Alexander Turnbull contributed to the story. | 2023-03-06T21:10:41+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/latest/paris-notre-dame-cathedral-set-to-reopen-in-december-2024/ |
Plus-size shoppers often struggle to find thrift stores that cater to them. A new pop-up flea market in Los Angeles aims to change that. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on June 25, 2023.)
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Plus-size shoppers often struggle to find thrift stores that cater to them. A new pop-up flea market in Los Angeles aims to change that. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on June 25, 2023.)
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American Heritage senior David Vadala, the reigning Sun Sentinel Broward 2M-1M football defensive player of the year, enjoyed another highlight in his athletic career at the FHSAA boys weightlifting state championship.
Vadala placed fourth in the inaugural Class 2A Olympic event and finished eighth in the traditional category in the 199-pound weight class at RP Funding Center in Lakeland on Saturday.
Vadala previously captured the Class 2A Olympic district and regional championship. In the Olympic state competition, he registered a 285 in the clean-and-jerk and 225 in the snatch for a 510 total. He recorded a 590 total in the traditional event.
Vadala competed in his first weightlifting season since his freshman year and excelled under the direction of coach Travis Spiva.
“I honestly was looking at the numbers last year and I was motivated to compete at a high level after football and try to win a state championship in weightlifting,” Vadala said. “It was not my best performance and I felt I could have placed higher. It was a learning experience. It was definitely a fun and enjoyable season.”
Vadala said he learned the snatch for the first time during the last three months.
“I started to get more comfortable with my technique in the snatch during the last month,” he said. “It was good to be surrounded by lifters and compete at a high level at states. It was a good experience.”
Vadala, who was a standout linebacker at American Heritage, trains at American Top Team and competes in wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu. He has trained in Mixed martial arts the last two years and is preparing to enter competitions. Vadala will attend Florida Atlantic University.
Forest Hill delivered a strong effort in the Class 3A Olympic competition. Christian Giles (154) finished third after he recorded 255 in the clean-and-jerk and 210 in the snatch for a 465 total. Jamarcus Emerson (139) placed fifth and Aiden Vargas (169) finished 10th.
Olympic Heights had several top performers in Class 3A. Isaque Costa (183) placed fourth in the Olympic category with a 520 total and also finished 10th in traditional. Sean Lutin (139) placed eighth in the Olympic event and finished 10th in traditional. Vasyl Latyk (154) earned sixth in the Olympic category and Jayden Bernstein (129) finished 10th. Boynton Beach had a strong performance in Class 2A events. Ridjy Hilaire (219) placed fourth with a 615 total in traditional. Bobby T. Smith (199) earned fifth after lifting a 610 total in traditional. Josiah Jones (169) placed eighth in the Olympic category and Jean Claude-Dimansky (169) finished 10th in traditional.
Park Vista’s Gabriel Rait (154) placed fifth in the Class 3A traditional competition and 10th in the Olympic category. Sean Silva (219) finished eighth in the Olympic event.Wellington’s John Swiderski (199) placed eighth in the Class 3A Olympic event while Palm Beach Central’s Colin Romano (199) earned ninth in traditional. Cardinal Newman’s Samuel Almazon (139) finished seventh in the Class 1A Olympic competition while American Heritage-Delray’s Dat Nguyen (Unlimited) placed ninth.
Spruce Creek captured both the Class 3A Olympic and traditional championship. Leesburg and Fleming Island tied for first for the Class 2A Olympic title while Fleming Island and Choctawhatchee tied for first in traditional. Suwannee won the Class 1A Olympic title while Keystone Heights captured the traditional championship. | 2023-05-08T04:23:50+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/04/16/american-heritage-football-star-vadala-stellar-at-state-boys-weightlifting-palm-beach-lifters-also-have-fine-finishes/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A top Texas Republican who will oversee Attorney General Ken Paxton ‘s impeachment trial issued a sweeping gag order Monday that scolded “inflammatory” public comments made by lawyers on both sides ahead of the historic September proceedings.
The order by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful leader of the state Senate, underscored how Paxton’s fight for his political survival over accusations of abuse of office has drawn some of Texas’ brashest and highest-profile legal figures.
The impact was swift: Houston attorney Tony Buzbee, Paxton’s lead attorney, canceled a news conference scheduled for Tuesday after the order was issued. The news conference had been announced in a statement that accused a “kangaroo court” in the Texas House of driving the impeachment.
“The court finds that individuals involved in the trial of impeachment will likely continue to make public prejudicial and inflammatory statements unless this order is issued,” Patrick wrote.
State senators who will serve as Paxton’s jury once his trial begins Sept. 5 were already barred from speaking publicly about the case under rules issued earlier this summer. But Patrick, a former Houston broadcaster and conservative talk radio host who will serve as the trial’s presiding officer, is now reining in attorneys on both sides.
The trial has no shortage of Texas legal star power. On one side is Buzbee, whose past clients include former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and women who accused NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual harassment and assault. On the other side is Dick DeGuerin and Rusty Hardin, who will present the case to impeach Paxton and combined have represented a long roster of celebrities and famous figures.
Paxton has been under FBI investigation for years over accusations by members of his own staff that he used his office to help a donor. He was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, though he has yet to stand trial. | 2023-07-18T14:36:02+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/political-news/ap-politics/ap-gag-order-issued-ahead-of-texas-ag-ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-after-inflammatory-remarks/ |
NORFOLK, Va., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CemAI announces its entry into artificial intelligence solutions for cement plant operations. CemAI offers a predictive maintenance solution, that combines a proprietary licensed software with a continuous monitoring and incident resolution service for cement manufacturing lines around the world.
CemAI's solution complements the expertise of local plant maintenance teams by adding the dimension of predictive analytics, bringing cement plant maintenance into the digital age of AI. CemAI leverages machine learning technology that processes in real-time the operating data of entire cement plants, generating alerts that are analyzed by a team of experts with years of experience in cement operations, working in close collaboration with the plant's teams, to resolve issues before they affect operations.
"Industry 4.0 connects the physical worker with technology. CemAI's solution has already proven that the power of digital solutions, coupled with human expertise, can achieve world-class reliability in cement plants," says Scott Ziegler, Chief Executive Officer for CemAI. "Our artificial intelligence tools, and the deep cement manufacturing experience of our experts that have been using the tool to its maximum potential, change the dynamics of plant maintenance from preventive actions to predictive solutions."
The CemAI system is currently installed at several cement plants in Europe, North America, and Africa. "The savings in avoided shutdowns and equipment loss or expensive unplanned maintenance has been truly impressive in our experience," says Cesar Constantino, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for CemAI.
CemAI works through multiple remote monitoring centers with fully staffed maintenance experts that collect and analyze the data stream from plant sensors. The solution runs 24/7 with KPI tracking and reporting for continuous system improvements. More information can be obtained by contacting CemAI at info@cemai.com or www.cemai.com.
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Nevada Republican Jim Marchant insisted there hadn’t been a legitimate election in his state in more than a decade. All of Nevada’s election winners since 2006, he said on a recent podcast, were “installed by the deep-state cabal.”
But when Marchant won the Republican nomination for Nevada secretary of state this week, he immediately celebrated the victory as legitimate.
“I am beyond humbled by the overwhelming support of our campaign. Nevadans made their voices heard,” Marchant declared on social media.
Such inconsistency has become a hallmark of election deniers in Republican primary contests across the U.S. in this year’s midterms. Dozens of GOP candidates who sought former President Donald Trump’s backing in Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere have spent months parroting his baseless claims of 2020 election fraud but then declared victory without raising such concerns in their own elections.
Amid such seeming hypocrisy, many Republican candidates are still vowing to pursue a series of election reforms that could make it more difficult to vote — particularly for those who traditionally support Democrats — in the name of election integrity.
Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison warned that “MAGA Republicans will do anything in their desperate chase for power.”
“From undermining our democracy by spreading Trump’s Big Lie, to laying the groundwork to try to cancel votes when they don’t agree with the outcome, but falling silent if they win, this is today’s Republican Party,” Harrison told The Associated Press.
In Nevada on Tuesday, Marchant was among a slate of election deniers who secured their places on the November ballot without questioning the legitimacy of the results. The group included candidates for Senate, state treasurer and a Las Vegas-area congressional seat. That’s even as the majority of counties relied upon Dominion voting machines, which continue to be the target of conspiracy theories by Trump and his allies.
The phenomenon extends well beyond Nevada.
In Pennsylvania, Republican nominee for governor Doug Mastriano spearheaded a state Senate hearing in which witnesses — including former Trump campaign attorneys Jenna Ellis and Rudy Giuliani — aired false claims about mass voter fraud. Mastriano also was outside the U.S. Capitol when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building during the deadly 2021 insurrection. And he later tried to bring a partisan election audit to Pennsylvania before he was stripped of his committee chairmanship by his own party.
Mastriano made no mention of voter fraud as he declared victory in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for governor last month.
“God is good,” a smiling Mastriano told cheering supporters.
The Mastriano campaign declined to respond to a question about the apparent double standard.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also ignored questions about his contradictory positions on voter fraud.
Paxton won his fiercely contested primary last month after spending much of the last year championing Trump’s bogus claims of election fraud. In the aftermath of Joe Biden’s presidential win, Paxton filed a legal challenge to the election results in four battleground states. He asked the U.S. Supreme Court to set them aside and allow the Republican-controlled state legislatures to determine the winner.
Seventeen other Republican state attorneys general supported the effort.
The high court rejected the challenge three days after the lawsuit was filed, finding Texas did not have standing to sue other states over how they conduct their elections. And the state bar moved to discipline Paxton just days after his primary win, claiming his leading role in petitioning the Supreme Court to block Biden’s victory was “dishonest.”
State and federal election officials across the country and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud also were roundly rejected by courts, including by judges he appointed.
But after nearly two years of Trump’s constant claims that the election was “stolen,” which have been embraced by hundreds of Republican candidates across the U.S. seeking his support, an extraordinary number of Americans have lost faith in the U.S. election system.
Only 45% of U.S. adults said they have significant confidence that votes in the 2022 midterm election will be counted accurately, and 30% have some confidence, according to a February AP-NORC poll. Democrats were much more likely than Republicans to be very confident, 66% vs. 24%.
Polling continues to show most Republicans have doubts about the 2020 presidential election. In July 2021, 68% of adults — but only 33% of Republicans — said Biden was legitimately elected president, according to an AP-NORC poll. Sixty-six percent of Republicans said he was not legitimately elected.
In addition to key state officials, several Trump-backed Senate candidates promoted the specter of election fraud over and over — except when delivering their primary victory speeches in recent weeks.
Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker repeatedly claimed Biden’s victory was tainted by fraud over the last year and even called for seven swing states Trump lost to vote again. Ohio GOP Senate candidate J.D. Vance claimed the 2020 election was “rigged” or “stolen.” North Carolina Senate nominee Ted Budd, a Republican congressman, refused on the day of his May primary victory to say that Biden won the 2020 presidential election. And Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Senate Mehmet Oz said there was “definitely” widespread fraud in his state, even as the evidence says otherwise.
None raised similar claims about their own primary victories.
In Nevada, state GOP Chair Michael McDonald said Marchant acknowledging his primary win wasn’t hypocritical because he continued to have questions about vote-counting in the Las Vegas area.
“He was questioning the results last night, even though he was winning, which I found admirable,” McDonald said, recounting a 1:30 a.m. phone call with Marchant.
Marchant did not respond to requests for comment, but his campaign consultant Rory McShane said he continued to have questions about voting in Clark County, which leans Democratic and is where the vast majority of the state’s population lives, despite the race being called for him.
There may be no more vocal proponent of Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud falsehoods than Marchant, a 66-year-old former failed congressional candidate.
Marchant was present in Carson City when the party sent a dueling slate of electoral votes to Congress in December 2020. Throughout the primary, he was a fixture at rural county commission meetings during discussions about Dominion voting machines and potentially switching to hand-counting ballots. And he has toured the country with other 2020 election denialists, using phrases and terminology associated with QAnon conspiracy theorists.
Cisco Aguilar, the Democrat running against Marchant, described the Republican’s statements about the 2020 election, voting machines and mail-in ballots as out of touch with reality.
In an interview, Aguilar said he feels immense responsibility after Marchant’s victory and said he’s now weighing questions he hadn’t anticipated when he entered the race, such as whether agreeing to a debate would be giving a conspiracy theorist a platform.
“He’s created a massive fear among a subgroup of individuals here in Nevada,” Aguilar said. “I don’t even know if you can have a debate with someone who is unwilling to listen.”
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Peoples reported from New York and Metz reported from Salt Lake City. Associated Press writers Hannah Fingerhut in Washington, Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Paul Weber in Austin, Texas, contributed to this report. | 2022-06-16T16:03:13+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/election-deniers-quiet-on-fraud-claims-after-primary-wins/ |
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were:
2-5-5, WB: 4
(two, five, five; WB: four)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were:
2-5-5, WB: 4
(two, five, five; WB: four) | 2022-08-26T18:48:30+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Day-game-17400658.php |
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn’t seem like “a great option.”
He also offered a message to people enraged by the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that ended a constitutional right to abortion and who have been demonstrating across the country: “Keep protesting. Keep making your point. It’s critically important.”
The president, in remarks to reporters during a stop on a bike ride near his family’s Delaware beach house, said he lacks the power to force the dozen-plus states with strict restrictions or outright bans on abortion to allow the procedure.
“I don’t have the authority to say that we’re going to reinstate Roe v. Wade as the law of the land,” he said, referring to the Supreme Court’s decision from 1973 that had established a national right to abortion. Biden said Congress would have to codify that right and for that to have a better chance in the future, voters would have to elect more lawmakers who support abortion access.
Biden said his administration is trying to do a “lot of things to accommodate the rights of women” after the ruling, including considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources. Such a move has been pushed by advocates, but White House officials have questioned both its legality and effectiveness, and noted it would almost certainly face legal challenges.
The president said he has asked officials “to look at whether I have the authority to do that and what impact that would have.”
On Friday, Jen Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council, said it “didn’t seem like a great option.”
“When we looked at the public health emergency, we learned a couple things: One is that it doesn’t free very many resources,” she told reporters. “It’s what’s in the public health emergency fund, and there’s very little money — tens of thousands of dollars in it. So that didn’t seem like a great option. And it also doesn’t release a significant amount of legal authority. And so that’s why we haven’t taken that action yet.”
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Associated Press writer Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report. | 2022-07-11T04:04:55+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/biden-says-hes-mulling-health-emergency-for-abortion-access/ |
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus Corporation, a global medical technology company committed to making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling, announced market availability of its newest electrosurgical generator for use in the treatment of bladder cancer and enlarged prostate.
The ESG-410 Electrosurgical Generator supports options and efficiencies in the treatment of NMIBC (non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate, by providing an array of resection loops, band electrodes and vaporization buttons and needles.
Compared to its predecessor the ESG-400, the ESG-410 is designed with larger capacitors that allow for better plasma stability during ignition. The generator requires less energy for ignition than its predecessor1 and offers enhanced procedural efficiency in BPH resections due to faster tissue removal because of reliable ignition of larger resection loops.2
Other features of the ESG-410 include:
- Faster ignition and improved plasma stability without tissue contact with large, medium and band loops and oval button compared to the ESG-400.3
- A larger 8.4" LCD touch screen than the ESG-400.
- Wireless foot pedals. Wired options are available.
The ESG-410 Electrosurgical Generator, with its accessories and ancillary equipment, is intended for cutting and coagulation of tissue in open, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery and should only be used by a qualified physician in an adequate medical environment. Improper use or use of incompatible equipment with this electrosurgical generator can lead to excessive or incorrect HF and cause thermal or other injuries for the patient and/or operator.
All plugs must be securely inserted into the corresponding sockets for proper use. Be aware that if the mains plug is accidentally disconnected during a procedure, the electrosurgical generator immediately turns off and this can result in complications for the patient. Please refer to the instructions for use prior to usage.
May marked Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Cancer Society estimates that more than 82,000 cases of bladder cancer will be diagnosed this year with an estimated 16,700 deaths from the disease.4 Studies have shown the improved diagnostic accuracy along with greater surgical efficiency and faster recovery from treatment when physicians combine the use of Narrow Band Imaging™ (NBI™) technology and bipolar plasma vaporization to treat bladder cancer.5 NBI is not intended to replace histopathological sampling as a means of diagnosis.
BPH is a common problem as it will affect 50% of men between the ages of 51 and 60 and up to 90% of men over the age of 80.6 Plasma therapy is one of several treatment options for BPH by which plasma energy is used to vaporize enlarged prostate tissue. Plasma therapy may cause blood in the urine, irritation of the bladder, irritation of the urethra or retrograde ejaculation. When considering treatment, individuals are encouraged to speak with their healthcare provider to identify options that are best for them.
Visit bphtherapy.com for more information about BPH and treatment options or visit the Olympus urology page for more information on the complete urology portfolio.
At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world. For more information, visit medical.olympusamerica.com.
1 Data on file with Olympus TREP_100-181-562
2 Data on file with Olympus TREP_100-181-562 DVERP_100-165-551
3 Data on file with Olympus as of 04/2021
4 American Cancer Society, "Key Statistics for Bladder Cancer." Rev. Jan. 13, 2023
5 Stănescu, F.; Geavlete, B; Georgescu, D; et al. JML, "NBI - plasma vaporization hybrid approach in bladder cancer endoscopic management." Pub. June 2014
6 American Urological Association, Urologyhealth.org, "Urology A-Z: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia." Updated Sept. 2021
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Mesmerizing 'light pillars' illuminate the night sky in Minnesota
Light pillars are created when lights on the Earth's surface reflect off six-sided ice crystals in the frozen clouds above.
GRACEVILLE, Minn. – A phenomenon known as "light pillars" illuminated the night sky above Graceville, Minnesota, and put on a spectacular show early Thursday morning.
Carol Bauer captured the serene sight and posted videos and photos of the dazzling show on Twitter.
What are 'light pillars'?
Light pillars are created when lights on the Earth's surface reflect off six-sided ice crystals in the frozen clouds above.
"So it's kind of like a dinner plate," said Michael Kavulich, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. "And if there are very calm conditions, they'll settle in a horizontal orientation, and they can essentially act like mirrors."
The lights will bounce off each ice crystal, creating a dazzling display above.
"When you see light pillars at night, that's due to actually lights at ground level reflecting off these horizontal kinds of (ice) mirror crystals," Kavulich said.
ICE CRYSTALS MAKE FOR SURREAL DISPLAY OF LIGHT PILLARS
What are 'sun pillars'?
Light pillars don't just occur at night, however.
There have been plenty of sun pillars reported, too.
Sun pillars are formed the same way ice pillars are created.
They can occur at sunrise or sunset when the sunlight passes through a layer of flat ice crystals in the clouds.
"Imagine thousands of little mirrors in between you and the sun, and they're all facing horizontally at different heights," Kavulich said. "So just a tiny little image of the sun is being reflected off of each one of these tiny mirrors, and it ends up forming this horizontal column that we call a pillar."
Kavulich said calmer conditions found in lower altitudes are crucial to aligning the crystals.
According to the Atmospheric Optics site, pillars from artificial light can stretch taller than natural light pillars because the "rays from the lights are not parallel and plate crystals with small tilts can still reflect (the light) downwards."
The crystals have to be about halfway between you and the light source for the pillar to form. The Optics site says if it's a freezing night and ice crystals surround you, even lights nearby, like streetlights, can give off pillars. | 2023-01-05T20:00:05+00:00 | foxweather.com | https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/light-pillars-illuminate-night-sky-minnesota |
HAVANA — Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and potentially “historic” levels of rain.
Forecasters said the downpour was expected to produce landslides and heavy flooding, with up to 25 inches possible in isolated areas.
“It’s time to take action and be concerned,” said Nino Correa, Puerto Rico’s emergency management commissioner.
Fiona was centered 50 miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Sunday morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and was moving west-northwest at 8 mph.
Anxiety ran high across the island with Fiona due just two days before the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a devastating Category 4 storm that hit on Sept. 20, 2017, destroying the island’s power grid and causing nearly 3,000 deaths.
More than 3,000 homes still have only a blue tarp as a roof, and infrastructure remains weak.
“I think all of us Puerto Ricans who lived through Maria have that post-traumatic stress of, ‘What is going to happen, how long is it going to last and what needs might we face?'” said Danny Hernández, who works in the capital of San Juan but planned to weather the storm with his parents and family in the western town of Mayaguez.
He said the atmosphere was gloomy at the supermarket as he and others stocked up before the storm hit.
“After Maria, we all experienced scarcity to some extent,” he said.
The storm was forecast to pummel cities and towns along Puerto Rico’s southern coast that have not yet fully recovered from a string of strong earthquakes that hit the region starting in late 2019.
Officials reported several road closures across the island as trees and small landslides blocked access.
More than 640 people with some 70 pets had sought shelter across the island by Saturday night, the majority of them in the southern coast.
Many Puerto Ricans also were concerned about blackouts. Luma, the company that operates power transmission and distribution, warned of “widespread service interruptions.” As of Sunday morning more than 450,000 customers were without power.
Puerto Rico’s power grid was razed by Hurricane Maria and remains frail, with reconstruction starting only recently. Outages are a daily occurrence.
In the southwest town of El Combate, which is in the storm’s path, hotel co-owner Tomás Rivera said he was prepared but worried about the “enormous” amount of rain he expected. He noted that a nearby wildlife refuge was eerily quiet.
“There are thousands of birds here, and they are nowhere to be seen,” he said. “Even the birds have realized what is coming, and they’re preparing.”
Rivera said his employees brought bedridden family members to the hotel, where he has stocked up on diesel, gasoline, food, water and ice, given how slowly the government responded after Hurricane Maria.
“What we’ve done is prepared ourselves to depend as little as possible on the central government,” he said.
It’s a sentiment shared by 70-year-old Ana Cordova, who arrived Saturday at a shelter in the north coastal town of Loiza after buying loads of food and water.
“I don’t trust them,” she said, referring to the government. “I lost trust after what happened after Hurricane Maria.”
Puerto Rico’s governor, Pedro Pierluisi, said he was ready to declare a state of emergency if needed and activated the National Guard as the Atlantic hurricane season’s sixth named storm approached.
“What worries me most is the rain,” said forecaster Ernesto Morales with the National Weather Service in San Juan.
Fiona was predicted to drop 12 to 16 inches of rain over eastern and southern Puerto Rico, with as much as 25 inches in isolated spots. Morales noted that Hurricane Maria in 2017 had unleashed 40 inches.
The National Weather Service warned late Saturday that the Blanco River in the southeast coastal town of Naguabo had already surpassed its banks and urged people living nearby to move immediately.
Pierluisi announced Sunday that public schools and government agencies would remain closed on Monday.
Fiona was forecast to swipe the Dominican Republic on Monday and then northern Haiti and the Turks and Caicos Islands with the threat of heavy rain. It could threaten the far southern end of the Bahamas on Tuesday.
A hurricane warning was posted for the Dominican Republic’s eastern coast from Cabo Caucedo to Cabo Frances Viejo.
Fiona previously battered the eastern Caribbean, killing one man in the French territory of Guadeloupe when floods washed his home away, officials said. The storm also damaged roads, uprooted trees and destroyed at least one bridge.
St. Kitts and Nevis also reported flooding and downed trees, but announced its international airport would reopen on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of customers were still without power or water, according to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.
In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Madeline was forecast to cause heavy rains and flooding across parts of southwestern Mexico. The storm was centered about 155 miles south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes Sunday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. | 2022-09-19T09:34:56+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/09/18/news/nation/hurrican-fiona-puerto-rico/ |
(KTLA) — The Board of Supervisors is demanding changes at the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control after a 3-month-old puppy was mistakenly euthanized.
The death of Bowie the puppy at the Baldwin Park Animal Center earlier this month has sparked outrage.
“All of the circumstances surrounding Bowie’s euthanasia is being looked at very carefully,” said Maria Rosales, manager of the Animal Care Center, adding that shelter officials “deeply regret” the puppy’s death. “The department takes its life-saving mission very seriously. It’s not taken lightly at all.”
Underdog Heroes Rescue said they were committed to saving Bowie, but when they followed up with the shelter, they were told the dog had been put down.
The rescue’s president, Shoshi Gamliel, told KTLA that she’s not sure how this happened and that there was nothing wrong with Bowie.
“Evidently, they go through an entire process to even decide which dogs are approved to be euthanized,” she indicated.
On Tuesday, supervisors unanimously approved a motion to reduce the rate of euthanized animals in the care of Animal Care and Control.
During the meeting, Supervisor Hilda Solis, who co-wrote the motion, called the incident “heartbreaking.”
“We’ve found more and more cases where this has happened before,” she said. “Many people in the community have reached out to my office and they want to see a change.”
The motion calls for a “full accounting” of what led to Bowie being put down and a plan to prevent similar incidents.
Officials are to report back to the Board of Supervisors in 90 days with a five-year plan to decrease the number and percentage of animals that are euthanized.
Between July and November of this year, nearly 4,000 out of roughly 12,000 animals in the county’s care were euthanized, officials highlighted. By comparison, the city of Los Angeles has a saving rate of about 87% at local shelters. | 2022-12-22T20:14:18+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national-news/officials-in-california-demand-answers-after-puppy-mistakenly-euthanized/ |
NHTSA calls rising US roadway deaths a “crisis”
DETROIT (AP) — The number of people killed on U.S. roadways continued to rise in the first half of 2022, but the government’s highway safety agency says they declined from April through June.
Still, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration called highway deaths a national crisis.
The agency said Monday that early estimates show that 20,175 people died in crashes from January through June, an increase of 0.5% over the same period last year. But from April through June, the agency reported the first quarterly decline after seven-straight quarters of increases that started in 2020.
The drop may signal that traffic deaths are finally dropping after an increase fueled by more dangerous driving that happened as roads were clear of traffic during lockdowns early in the pandemic.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-19T14:48:24+00:00 | wfsb.com | https://www.wfsb.com/2022/09/19/nhtsa-calls-rising-us-roadway-deaths-crisis/ |
Tech track team cleans up in Mountain Region awards
Wes Kittley was named the men's and women's coach of the year, two of the seven Mountain Region awards Texas Tech was accorded from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Tech sprinter Terrence Jones was named the Mountain Region men's track athlete of the year, pole vaulter Zach Bradford was named the men's field athlete of the year and Zach Glavash was honored as the men's assistant coach of the year.
Tech hurdler Demisha Roswell was named the women's track athlete of the year, and jumper Anne-Suzanna Fosther-Katta was honored as the women's field athlete of the year.
The Tech men won the Big 12 indoor team title for the third time in six years and finished fifth at the NCAA indoor championships. Jones was the 60 meters in both meets. Bradford was the Big 12 champion in the pole vault and finished second at the NCAA indoor.
Roswell won the Big 12 title in the women's 60-meter hurdles and took fifth at the NCAA meet. Fosther-Katta also was the Big 12 champion in the women's triple jump and fifth at the NCAA indoor.
Glavash coached Jones to the 60 meters title and helped him record three top-10 times in collegiate history. His athletes contributed 87 of the Tech men's 159 points in the Big 12 championships.
The Red Raiders start the outdoor season Friday and Saturday at the Wes Kittley Invitational hosted by Abilene Christian University, the Tech coach's previous school.
Women's tennis
Texas Tech starts Big 12 play on the road this weekend with matches scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday at No. 22 Oklahoma and 1 p.m. Sunday at No. 17 Oklahoma State.
Tech is 10-4. Oklahoma is 10-6, including 1-1 in the Big 12. Oklahoma State is 9-4 and 2-0 in the Big 12.
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko leads the Red Raiders with 18 singles victories. She and Arina Oreschchenkova co-lead the team with eight wins in dual-match singles. In doubles, Cristina Tiglea and Metka Komac pace Tech with 20 total victories. Tiglea and Olivia Peet have seven doubles triumphs in dual matches.
Softball
Texas Tech will look to extend a seven-game win streak when the Red Raiders compete this weekend in Maryland's Capital City Classic in College Park, Maryland.
On Friday, Tech (22-7) plays Rider (4-10) at 10 a.m. CDT and No. 22 Maryland (19-4) at 6 p.m. On Saturday, the Red Raiders face North Dakota (2-22) at 3:30 p.m. and Maryland at 6 p.m. Tech concludes with a game at 10 a.m. Sunday against Bucknell (7-13).
The Red Raiders swept all five of their games last weekend in the Texas Tech Invitational, then swept a doubleheader Tuesday at No. 25 Texas State. | 2023-03-16T23:16:03+00:00 | lubbockonline.com | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2023/03/16/texas-tech-sports-roundup-track-team-cleans-up-in-mountain-region-awards/70016907007/ |
Amy Bauernschmidt is the rarest of the rare.
The 51-year-old is in a select group of United States Navy officers: The commanders of the 11 aircraft carriers in the U.S. fleet.
Capt. Bauernschmidt is the only woman in that group. In fact, she's the only woman ever to command a U.S. aircraft carrier, the largest and among the most powerful warships afloat.
"(It's) easily one of the most incredible jobs in the world," she told CNN.
Most people would consider that an understatement.
Bauernschmidt commands the USS Abraham Lincoln, a 97,000-ton, 1,092-foot Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. With around 5,000 people aboard, it's the equivalent of a small city at sea.
It's also one of the centerpieces of U.S. military might. More than 60 aircraft are aboard the Lincoln, including F-35C stealth fighters, the most advanced warplanes in naval aviation.
U.S. aircraft carriers "are ready to control the sea, conduct strikes, and maneuver across the electromagnetic spectrum and cyberspace. No other naval force fields a commensurate range and depth of combat capabilities," a U.S. Navy fact sheet says.
"In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask is: 'Where are the carriers?'" the fact sheet says.
Bauernschmidt says answering that call is a privilege.
"There's absolutely no more humbling sense of responsibility than to know that I was selected to lead the men and women that have chosen (to) defend our nation," she told reporters on a recent visit to the warship during maneuvers off Japan.
Growing up in Milwaukee, Bauernschmidt knew she had an affinity for the sea. "I have always loved the water, and swam and rowed competitively," she says. But joining the Navy was more practicality than ambition.
"I came upon my service in a roundabout way." she says. "I knew I would be paying for my college education and I wanted to find a major I was not only interested in pursuing but would allow me to find a job to repay student loans."
With a strong interest in math and science, and that love of the water, she settled on a major in ocean engineering.
Only a handful of colleges offered it, the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland being one. With tuition paid, it was the choice for Bauernschmidt.
But when she arrived at the campus in Annapolis, the thought of being the first woman to command an aircraft carrier wasn't even something she thought possible.
"Absolutely not. I didn't even understand this was an option when I first started on this adventure," Bauernschmidt says.
When she entered the Naval Academy, it wasn't an option.
It was only in November of 1993 -- six months before Bauernschmidt's graduation from that Naval Academy -- that Congress passed legislation allowing women to serve on U.S. Navy combatant ships.
That "changed almost everything about women's service in the Navy," Bauernschmidt says.
A few months before graduation, Naval Academy midshipmen are allowed to request their first assignments. Bauernschmidt chose aviation and began the path to her current command.
She learned to fly helicopters, became a flight instructor, deployed on destroyers and aircraft carriers and eventually commanded a helicopter strike squadron.
She then attended the Naval War College, earning a Masters degree in strategic studies before serving in the U.S. Secretary of State's Office of Global Women's Issues.
After that Bauernschmidt attended the Navy's Nuclear Power School, learning the science and engineering behind naval nuclear power plants in what Naval Sea Systems Command calls "the most demanding academic program in the U.S. military."
She'd need that knowledge aboard the Lincoln, which is powered by two nuclear reactors, as she became the executive officer, the second in command, in 2016.
Almost five years later, after a stint commanding the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego, Bauernschmidt took command of the Abraham Lincoln.
"Each new job and opportunity strengthened my leadership, and challenged me to be the best version of myself," Bauernschmidt says.
"I've had a phenomenal career where I've been given incredible opportunities."
Even jobs she didn't really want were opportunities, she says.
"Sometimes you will learn the most and grow the most in a situation or job you did not want to be in or to do.
"Not every job I've done in the Navy is a job I wanted, but I learned and took everything out of every job I could," Bauernschmidt says.
Even though she's risen to a powerful position, Bauernschmidt acknowledges the many challenges still faced by women in the Navy.
As of December 31, only 20% of the Navy's active duty force of 342,000 personnel are women, according to the service's demographic data.
As a Department of the Navy gender relations survey from February relates, "social media is filled with anecdotes and shared experiences about instances of sexism, discrimination, accessing help, and reporting and seeking justice for sexual harassment and sexual assault. It's clear there are challenges that must be overcome for meaningful change."
"These are challenges bigger than the military," Bauernschmidt says. "We constantly work to improve the environment and sailor programs to support our most important resource -- our people during their careers."
At Bauernschmidt's rank of captain and above, the Navy's gender gap is even more stark. Only 13% of those 3,075 officers are women, Navy data shows.
So Bauernschmidt does feel an extra sense of responsibility as the first woman to command an aircraft carrier, but she seems to see it as evolutionary, not revolutionary.
"While women have accomplished a lot, I look forward to the day we don't have to celebrate firsts," she says.
Bauernschmidt says support she's had from the entire Navy community was crucial in getting her to that bridge on one of the biggest warships in the world. And she says she's still learning now.
"Overcoming any challenge for me starts with ownership -- know your job and do your job to the utmost of your ability every day. It is hard to argue with someone doing exceptional work supporting the mission and the team," she says.
The thousands of sailors she leads challenge her and keep her growing, she says.
"Leadership is hard," Bauernschmidt says.
"To effectively lead a team, department, or command, you have to understand the organization and yourself. You have to meet them where they need a leader and you have to know yourself well enough to know how to meet them where they are," she says.
Her advice to those under her command, and to anyone with aspirations: follow through on a daily basis.
"I try not to just complete a task, but own the outcome of my work," she says.
For inspiration herself, she quotes an NFL superstar, Arizona Cardinals defensive end JJ Watt: "Success isn't owned, it's leased and rent is due every day!"
Pay that rent, and you might find yourself with one of the rarest jobs in the world: commander of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
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What we know about the fake shooting threats that sent police to Delaware schools Thursday
Fake school shooting threats made to police departments statewide led to the increased presence of law enforcement at schools Thursday across Delaware.
As school continues Friday, here's what we know about some of the biggest questions people had about the incidents.
Was anyone hurt?
No, the threats were all false. Some schools went into lockdown or "soft lockdown," in which classes continue, but there was no actual shooter.
Why did someone make the threats?
State police said the shooting threats were a form of "swatting," a crime in which someone makes a prank call to emergency responders to generate a large police or EMS response in a certain area.
MORE:Schools across Delaware, elsewhere nationwide report hoax shooting threats Thursday
Who did it?
State police said on Thursday afternoon that they are still investigating and are offering a $5,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest.
Anyone with information about the shooting threats is encouraged to contact Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-3333.
What Delaware schools were impacted?
Messages about increased police presence were sent out by school districts across the state.
These included Appoquinimink, Red Clay, Consolidated Colonial, Christina and Indian River School Districts, as well as the Bancroft School in Wilmington.
Was this just in Delaware?
No. State police confirmed that similar threats were made toward schools nationwide on Thursday.
Are schools in Delaware safe?
All public and charter schools in the First State are required by law to have a school safety plan. They work with the Comprehensive School Safety Program to develop emergency courses of action and practice drills with students and staff. The law also requires schools to have two lockdown drills and one "table top exercise" about responding to an intruder every year.
Will there be more police in schools going forward?
While Thursday saw increased police presence at schools, a Delaware State Police spokesperson said Thursday evening that there are no plans for additional police in the following days unless there is an emergency.
Many public schools already have school resource officers stationed there.
Send story tips or ideas to Hannah Edelman at hedelman@delawareonline.com. For more reporting, follow them on Twitter at @h_edelman. | 2023-03-03T11:55:14+00:00 | delawareonline.com | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2023/03/03/delaware-schools-what-know-fake-shooting-threats-reward-schools-safe/69964387007/ |
STONY BROOK, N.Y. and DENVER, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Softheon, a leading cloud-based eligibility, enrollment, and billing provider for health plans and government agencies, has acquired NextHealth Technologies, an AI-powered SaaS-based healthcare analytics platform. With the acquisition, Softheon will be better able to help health plans sell and deliver efficient, high-quality care through synergies in the companies' respective products and solutions. Health plans cans save tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars on medical and operational costs through Softheon's growing suite of solutions.
The acquisition significantly enhances Softheon's talent density, enhancing go-to-market strategies, engineering processes, and leadership. The overall speed and capability of NextHealth's AI solutions will increase through Softheon's propriety technology.
Softheon CEO, Eugene Sayan, will continue to lead the company. Eric Grossman, NextHealth's founder, has become the combined organization's Chief Commercial Officer, supporting Sayan's vision and the company's growth objectives.
Sayan shared, "Artificial Intelligence in healthcare is here, and we are seeing the incredible impact it can have on both members and carriers. Our goal has been to make healthcare more affordable, accessible, and plentiful, and we see AI as a clear path forward to bring efficiencies to our carrier partners. This acquisition is a testament to Softheon's commitment to helping health plans tackle some of their biggest challenges, such as population health and the movement toward consumerism in healthcare."
NextHealth Technologies, founded in 2013, offers a cloud-based platform that utilizes rigorous methodologies and standardized processes to enable health plan customers to identify impactable populations, measure which clinical initiatives work best for whom, and integrate data-driven decisions into the workflow in real-time to derive the highest ROI from their analytics investments.
"We are thrilled to be part of Softheon's continued growth and expansion," shared Grossman, "This is an incredible opportunity for our respective teams. NextHealth's technical and service staff will continue to build and support cutting-edge applications of AI for carrier member populations with the support and resources of a larger company. We see a bright future for our health plan partners as we bring those tools to bear to deliver significant value and reduced costs."
Softheon's purchase of NextHealth is expected to bring economies of scale and operating leverage to the combined company. NextHealth investors, Norwest Venture Partners and TT Capital Partners, will become investors in Softheon and expressed excitement on the prospects of the transaction.
"Together, NextHealth and Softheon can provide better care at lower medical and administrative costs while advancing the application of AI in healthcare." said Casper de Clercq, General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners.
"The acquisition of NextHealth will enhance Softheon's AI capabilities for health plans," said Ryan Engle, partner at TT Capital Partners, "Member data spanning shopping and enrollment through claims creates opportunities for proprietary methodologies to shape member behavior and create value for plans."
Softheon has continued its growth and expansion, having completed more than 20 million enrollments since the inception of the Affordable Care Act, through public and private exchange technology. The acquisition comes after the company introduced its first foray into AI by creating a machine learning algorithm that predicts which members are at risk of letting their insurance coverage lapse, as featured in Bloomberg Law.
Founded in 2000, Softheon's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Business Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS) solutions solve complex challenges for health plans and government health agencies. Currently, Softheon's solutions serve 8 State agencies and over 90 health plans. Issuers and consumers utilizing Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA Marketplace benefit from Softheon's innovative technology that reduces administrative overhead and enhances user-experiences. Softheon is an Agent, Broker, and Merchant of Record that facilitates health insurance enrollment, administration, and renewal.
NextHealth Technologies, based in Denver, is an AI-powered analytics platform that rapidly optimizes the effectiveness of health plans' cost, quality, and service enhancement initiatives resulting in significantly reduced costs and improved outcomes. Its cloud-based solution utilizes scientifically rigorous methodologies and standardized processes, enabling and promoting a culture of measurement. The platform is HITRUST-certified, scalable, and is deployed with expert services to ensure client adoption and success. Know what works™ and make it better.
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US inflation report may show further slowing of price spikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-profile report on inflation to be released Tuesday morning could show another month of cooling prices and add to evidence that the pressures on American households are gradually easing.
A milder inflation report would also encourage optimism that the Federal Reserve will suspend its interest rate hikes sometime early next year.
Economists have forecast that consumer prices rose 7.3% in November compared with a year ago, according to the data provider FactSet. Though still uncomfortably high, that would fall well below a recent peak of 9.1% in June and would amount to the fifth straight year-over-year slowdown in inflation.
Gas prices have dropped from their mid-summer highs and are lower than they were a year ago. Many supply chains have unsnarled, helping lower the costs of imported goods and parts. Prices for lumber, copper, wheat and other commodities have also fallen.
Fed officials and economists will focus more on Tuesday’s month-to-month inflation figures for a better read on where prices might be headed. Prices are expected to have risen 0.3% from October to November, which would extend a streak of slowdowns. Measured month to month, inflation had soared 1% in May and 1.3% in June but has averaged just 0.2% over the past four months.
To some economists and Fed officials, such figures are a sign of improvement, even though inflation remains far above the central bank’s annual 2% target and might not reach it until 2024.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said he is tracking price trends in three different categories to best understand the likely path of inflation: Goods, excluding volatile food and energy costs; housing, which includes rents and the cost of homeownership; and services excluding housing, such as auto insurance, pet services and education.
In a speech two weeks ago in Washington, Powell noted that there had been some progress in easing inflation in goods and housing but not so in most services. Physical goods like used cars, furniture, clothing and appliances have become steadily less expensive since the summer.
Used car prices, which had skyrocketed 45% in June 2021 compared with a year earlier, have fallen for most of this year. In October, their year-over-year price increase was just 2%.
Housing costs, which make up nearly a third of the consumer price index, are still rising. But real-time measures of apartment rents and home prices are starting to drop after having posted sizzling price acceleration at the height of the pandemic. Powell said those declines will likely emerge in government data next year and should help reduce overall inflation.
Still, services costs are likely to stay persistently high, Powell suggested. In part, that’s because sharp increases in wages are becoming a key contributor to inflation. Services companies, like hotels and restaurants, are particularly labor-intensive. And with average wages growing at a brisk 5%-6% a year, price pressures keep building in that sector of the economy.
Services businesses tend to pass on some of their higher labor costs to their customers by charging more, thereby perpetuating inflation. Higher pay also fuels more consumer spending, which allows companies to raise prices.
“We want wages to go up strongly,” Powell said, “but they’ve got to go up at a level that is consistent with 2% inflation over time.”
On Wednesday, the Fed will likely raise rates for a seventh time this year, a move that will further increase borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. Still, the central bank is expected to raise its key short-term rate by a smaller half-point, after four straight three-quarter-point increases. That would leave its benchmark rate in a range of 3.75% to 4%, its highest level in 15 years.
Economists expect the Fed to further slow its rate hikes next year, with quarter-point increases in February and March if inflation remains relatively subdued.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-13T12:14:03+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/12/13/us-inflation-report-may-show-further-slowing-price-spikes/ |
The St. Charles Public Library will present a program called “Basic Backyard Chicken Keeping” at 6 p.m. Jan. 25 in the Huntley Community Room at the library, 1 S. Sixth Ave. in St. Charles.
The class is designed for people who are considering getting chickens, as well as for those who already have their own birds.
Participants will learn how to find local laws, choose and raise chickens and care for adult birds, organizers said.
The program will be presented by Jennifer Murtoff of Home to Roost LLC. Home to Roost provides consulting and emergency care for backyard chickens in the Chicago area.
For more information or to register for the program, go to scpld.org or call 630-584-0076.
Vaccine clinic for seniors set in Aurora
Aurora Senior Services is working with Osco pharmacy to offer free shingles shots and other vaccinations to seniors 65 years old and older.
The clinic will be held at the Aurora Senior Services office at 2111 Plum St. in Aurora from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 3.
All seniors with Medicare or Medicaid are eligible to receive vaccinations at the event, but must bring their insurance cards with them.
COVID-19 booster shots will be available, and hepatitis, flu and pneumonia shots will also be given that day at no charge, according to officials.
Seniors must call the Aurora office at 630-897-4035 to register for the event and specify the type of shots they want to receive.
Geneva Wine, Cheese and Trees fundraiser planned
Geneva’s Wine, Cheese & Trees fundraiser will feature a new location and partner in 2023, but the overall goal to raise money to plant more trees in the community remains the same, organizers said.
The city’s Natural Resources Committee and Geneva Park District Foundation have welcomed the addition of the Geneva Library Foundation to sponsor Wine, Cheese and Trees. The 12th annual event will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Geneva Public Library, 227 S. Seventh St. in Geneva.
Six wines and craft beer will be paired with cheese, appetizers and desserts from local merchants at the event. The evening also will feature live music, a silent auction, raffles, a “wine wall,” and live auction. Some of the live auction items up for bid will include an “instant” wine cellar, a Kohler getaway, an e-bike, a one-week stay at a Shells vacation resort and more.
Tickets can be purchased for $35 per person or four tickets for $120 at Geneva Wine Cellars and Tasting Room or the Uncommon Find, both located at 227 S. Third St. in Geneva, or online at squareup.com/store/WCT.
The Natural Resources Committee has pledged to use its fundraiser money toward bolstering the city’s parkway tree canopy. To date, the committee has funded the planting of more than 200 trees, including in downtown Geneva, at City Hall and each of the schools in Geneva School District 304, event organizers said.
The Park District Foundation will use event proceeds to purchase new trees throughout the district, continue supporting the district’s Oaktober planting program, install ADA swings for children and restore amenities at Sandholm West park. To date, Wine, Cheese and Trees has helped fund the planting of 250 trees on park property, officials said.
The Library Foundation will use its funds to support programming and to enhance the library grounds with plantings, art and other educational features, according to officials.
The groups are hoping to raise $50,000 at the Feb. 25 event.
For more information about Wine, Cheese and Trees, contact Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jay Womack at 630-299-9945 or email him at jay.womack@gza.com. | 2023-01-20T17:29:55+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-town-briefs-st-0122-20230120-kyttsq6uhvhabn4vm342sp6hk4-story.html |
Republican abortion debate inches toward resolution in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Abortion access would be almost entirely banned after about six weeks of pregnancy under a bill being debated Tuesday in the South Carolina House after the state Senate recently rejected a proposal to nearly outlaw the procedure that House leaders had long demanded.
The two GOP-dominated chambers’ disagreement epitomizes the intra-Republican debates over how far to restrict access that have developed nationwide since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last year and allowed states to set their own policies on abortion.
“It became like we were playing with live ammunition,” said South Carolina Republican Sen. Tom Davis, who helped block the near-total ban but supports other limits. “It was like this is for real now and everything that we debate and pass is going to be law.”
The end of federal abortion protections has forced politicians to acknowledge nuances in opinion that public polling has long shown, said Alesha Doan, a University of Kansas professor who studies public policy and gender. The conflict within the Republican Party arises from officials’ attempts to flesh out their positions on an issue where they are out of step with most Americans, she said.
“Once you get what you want, the real work begins,” Doan said. “What are the on-the-ground implications for pregnant people’s healthcare? What are the legal implications, the public health implications, the political implications?”
The impasse in South Carolina dates back to a special session last fall when House lawmakers insisting on a near-total ban did not meet to negotiate with their Senate counterparts pushing for a ban around six weeks.
The stalemate persisted even after the state Supreme Court struck down a previous law banning abortions once cardiac activity is detected.
That January decision left abortion legal through 22 weeks of pregnancy, and a sharp increase in abortions since then has rankled Republicans. Provisional state health department data show South Carolina reported nearly 1,000 abortions in each of the first three months this year, after totaling just over 200 in the one full month the previous ban took effect.
The House is now weighing a Senate bill similar to the one they didn’t consider, without any real discussion, last year. The measure would ban abortion when an ultrasound detects cardiac activity, around six weeks and before most people know they are pregnant.
Senators believe the new version contains tweaks that will overcome anticipated legal challenges this time around.
Opponents say a ban around six weeks is essentially an outright abortion ban. South Carolinians oppose such restrictions “because it pushes health care further out of reach for the vulnerable, and makes pregnancy more dangerous for everyone,” Ann Warner, the CEO of Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network, said last week in written testimony.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Larry Grooms said the majority party’s “troubles” began last year when some House lawmakers “wanted to be more pro-life” by insisting on a near-total ban that lacked the necessary support in the Senate.
“For those folks, the politics were more important than the policy,” said Grooms, whose biography lists awards from anti-abortion and conservative Christian groups.
This session, the House could have passed the Senate bill without amendments and it would have reached the governor’s desk to become law. But a House committee last week approved changes to mandate child support starting at conception and require a judge sign-off on any minor’s request for an abortion.
The focus is on which changes make the final House version. Davis said the Senate’s ability to end debate and pass the bill would be jeopardized if it contains language that moves toward granting full legal rights to fertilized eggs.
A late night is expected even after Republicans invoked rules to limit debate. House Speaker Murrell Smith has said the chamber will not adjourn until the measure gets approval. Democrats began slowing the process Tuesday by speaking for all three allotted minutes on each of their hundreds of amendments and forcing other procedural votes.
“We are going to make it hurt if they’re going to force this on us,” Democratic Rep. Beth Bernstein said at a Tuesday press conference, flanked by dozens of supporters with signs reading “BANS OFF OUR BODIES.”
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch salvage company has reached agreement with the United Nations to pump oil from a rusting tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen in a move hailed as a “critical milestone” in moves to avert a possible environmental disaster, its parent company announced Thursday.
Boskalis said that its Smit Salvage subsidiary has reached agreement with the U.N. Development Program to transfer more than one million barrels of oil from the decaying tanker FSO Safer. A specialist support ship, the Ndeavor, is setting sail Friday to the east African nation of Djibouti to prepare for the mission, the company said.
The announcement came just over a month after the U.N. said it had signed an agreement to buy a very large vessel that can hold oil pumped off the Safer.
The Japanese-made Safer was built in the 1970s and sold to the Yemeni government in the 1980s to store up to 3 million barrels of oil pumped from fields in Marib, a province in eastern Yemen. With the impoverished Arab Peninsula country engulfed for years in civil war, no annual maintenance has been carried out on the ship, which is is 360 meters (1,181 feet) long with 34 storage tanks, since 2015.
In 2020, internal documents obtained by The Associated Press showed that seawater has entered Safer’s engine compartment, causing damage to pipes and increasing the risk of sinking. Rust has covered parts of the tanker and the inert gas that prevents the tanks from gathering inflammable gases has leaked out.
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner called the agreement with Boskalis “another critical milestone of the ‘Stop Red Sea Spill’ operation to transfer oil” from the FSO Safer.
“We look forward to be working with Boskalis and other leading experts to prevent a humanitarian, environmental and economic disaster,” he added, while appealing to governments and businesses to help raise the remaining $29 million needed to fund the operation.
“An enormous oil disaster is looming, which could have serious humanitarian, environmental and economic implications. But we now have a chance to prevent that disaster,” Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Liesje Schreinemacher said in a statement. The Dutch government worked with the UNDP to raise funds for the mission. | 2023-04-20T23:20:18+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/international/ap-international/dutch-salvage-team-set-to-pump-oil-off-rusting-yemen-tanker/ |
Joint collaboration increases voting efficiency and corporate governance for global investment in French market
LONDON and PARIS, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Extending their joint strategic commitment to modernise and enhance shareholder voting in the French market, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) and SLIB, a leading software editor for electronic voting and securities services based in France, today announced the go-live of their joint end-to-end global voting solution.
"Broadridge remains firmly committed to enabling greater levels of shareholder engagement across markets globally," said Demi Derem, General Manager of Broadridge's International Investor Communication Solutions. "Together with our partners at SLIB, we have delivered an advanced voting and communications solution that makes it easier than ever for all investors, both those in France and in other markets, to seamlessly cast their votes in the companies they own."
The announcement represents a significant addition to the cross-border proxy voting service for France-based investors that hold international shares, launched by Broadridge and SLIB in December 2021.
Firms using the solution will benefit from a highly efficient, streamlined process throughout the vote processing lifecycle - from the capture and distribution of golden copy issuer meeting announcements to vote execution and confirmation of votes cast. This highly automated, digital approach reduces exposure to operational and regulatory risk.
"In order to attract foreign investment, and in response to regulatory pressures and the requirement for robust ESG policies, there is a foundational need to demonstrate strong corporate governance practices through the provision of efficient vote communications," said Philippe Cognet, CEO of SLIB. "With Broadridge, the leading global proxy voting provider, as our strategic partner, we can now offer intermediaries a comprehensive and efficient ecosystem, that combines support for international investors in French listed companies, and for French investors in foreign companies."
SLIB is the leading software vendor in register management & electronic voting, risk and post-trade markets. SLIB supports the evolution of the securities market in France and abroad, by envisioning and releasing innovative software solutions enabling financial institution to streamline their processes, while mastering the risks associated to their activities. SLIB is also Votaccess Operator, the cornerstone of Electronic Voting for Paris Stockexchange issuers and Account Keepers, delivering General Meetings notifications and collecting Digital Votes. Furthermore, as innovation is of paramount importance and to underpin any new software initiative SLIB relies on The LAB aiming to be SLIB spearhead in cutting edge technologies such as Blockchain and AI.
For more information about SLIB please visit www.slib.com.
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader with more than $5 billion in revenues, provides the critical infrastructure that powers investing, corporate governance and communications to enable better financial lives. We deliver technology-driven solutions that drive business transformation for banks, broker-dealers, asset and wealth managers and public companies. Broadridge's infrastructure serves as a global communications hub enabling corporate governance by linking thousands of public companies and mutual funds to tens of millions of individual and institutional investors around the world. Our technology and operations platforms underpin the daily trading of more than U.S. $9 trillion of equities, fixed income and other securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 14,000 associates in 21 countries.
For more information about us and what we can do for you, please visit www.broadridge.com.
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ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orsini Specialty Pharmacy, a leader in rare diseases and gene therapies, was chosen by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals as a specialty pharmacy partner for AMVUTTRATM (vutrisiran). AMVUTTRA is indicated to treat the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults.
A rare, rapidly progressive, and often fatal disease, hATTR amyloidosis affects approximately 50,000 patients worldwide. A variant in the transthyretin (TTR) gene causes amyloid deposits to build up in various parts of the body, resulting in polyneuropathy, or nerve damage that can affect sensation, movement, strength, and the digestive system and other bodily functions.
In the pivotal clinical study, patients with hATTR amyloidosis treated with AMVUTTRA showed significant improvement in nerve function and quality of life. The drug is an RNAi therapeutic, which works to reduce the production of the transthyretin (TTR) protein in the liver, thereby reducing the levels of TTR in the body and preventing amyloid build-up and organ damage.
Orsini Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mike Fieri said, "We are honored to work with Alnylam in providing access to this important treatment option or medication for adults with polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis. Our dedicated Care Team will ensure patients and their caregivers receive AMVUTTRA utilizing the full breadth of Orsini's specialty pharmacy services, which encompass distribution, education, monitoring, benefits assistance, and experienced, compassionate support."
About Orsini Specialty Pharmacy
Providing patients with comprehensive and compassionate care since 1987, Orsini is a leading, independent specialty pharmacy focused on rare and ultra-rare diseases and gene therapies. Orsini's high-touch care model is centered around experienced, therapy-specific care teams who provide personalized care to patients based on their specific condition and treatment. The company's comprehensive solutions include medication adherence programs, data analytics, customized manufacturer programs, and nationwide nursing coverage for convenient in-home infusion services. Headquartered in Elk Grove Village, IL, Orsini Specialty Pharmacy holds accreditations with the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), ACHC's Distinction in Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs, The Joint Commission, URAC, and NABP.
AMVUTTRA is an RNAi therapeutic indicated for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults. The drug is available in 25mg/0.5mL strength as a clear, colorless-to-yellow solution in a single-dose prefilled syringe for subcutaneous administration once every three months. AMVUTTRA should be administered by a healthcare professional.
Important Safety Information
Reduced Serum Vitamin A Levels and Recommended Supplementation
AMVUTTRA treatment leads to a decrease in serum vitamin A levels.
Supplementation at the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of vitamin A is advised for patients taking AMVUTTRA. Higher doses than the RDA should not be given to try to achieve normal serum vitamin A levels during treatment with AMVUTTRA, as serum vitamin A levels do not reflect the total vitamin A in the body.
Patients should be referred to an ophthalmologist if they develop ocular symptoms suggestive of vitamin A deficiency (e.g., night blindness).
Adverse Reactions
The most common adverse reactions that occurred in patients treated with AMVUTTRA were arthralgia (11%), dyspnea (7%), and vitamin A decreased (7%).
For additional information about AMVUTTRA, please see the full Prescribing Information, available at https://www.amvuttra.com/.
For more information about Orsini's specialty pharmacy services, contact us at 847-734-7373 ext. 532, e-mail us at orsini@orsinihc.com, or visit https://www.orsinispecialtypharmacy.com/.
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Get ready for more hot sunshine to start the new week. Wichita tied the record high yesterday and reached 100. We will get close to today’s record high of 101.
A southerly breeze will continue to pump high heat into the area Tuesday. A front will start to move in Tuesday evening to the northwest. High temperatures will range from the 60s to the 80s by Thursday once the front clears the area.
This next front will also bring a chance of rain. It will start to the northwest late Tuesday night and into Wednesday. Even though a rumble of thunder is possible, severe weather is not expected.
As the front swings through a chance of showers and storms will mainly reside along and north of I-70 mid-week. Areas south may not stay completely dry but the better chance will be to the north.
A few raindrops will linger through the latter half of the work week. You will notice warmth creeping back into the area into the weekend but another front will reset temperatures again by Sunday.
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Meteorologist Ronelle Williams:
Wichita:
Today: Mostly sunny, breezy. Hi: 99 Wind: SW/S 10-20
Tonight: Mostly clear. Lo: 73 Wind: S 8-18
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, breezy. Hi: 99 Wind: S 10-20
Tomorrow Night: Mostly clear. Lo: 73 Wind: S 5-15
Wichita Weekly
Wed: Hi: 94 Lo: 63 Mostly sunny, windy.
Thu: Hi: 84 Lo: 60 Partly cloudy, breezy.
Fri: Hi: 89 Lo: 64 Partly cloudy, breezy.
Sat: Hi: 91 Lo: 59 Mostly sunny
Sun: Hi: 84 Lo: 57 Mostly sunny, breezy.
Mon: Hi: 85 Lo: 57 Mostly sunny. | 2022-09-19T14:17:03+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/top-stories/hot-sunshine-dominates-until-next-front-moves-in/ |
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Matteo Berrettini missed what should have been a simple backhand on match point against Andy Murray in the first round of the Australian Open last week, the crowd inside Rod Laver Arena let out a collective gasp of disbelief.
As Murray moved in the wrong direction, leaving the court wide open, Berrettini dumped the ball halfway down the net. At the most important moment of his day, the Italian — talented enough to be the Wimbledon runner-up in 2021 — was unable to hit a shot he might make the other 999 times out of 1,000.
In tennis parlance, he “choked.”
Berrettini smiled right after that blunder but never recovered; Murray went on to win in a fifth-set tiebreaker.
“He had a pretty bad shot on the match point,” Murray said. “I was lucky there, for sure.”
Singles tennis is an individual sport, of course, so there are no teammates to cover for mistakes or provide help at key junctures. The attention falls on one athlete, which translates to plenty of praise for winners and, in certain circumstances, accusations of “choking” lobbed at losers — fair or not.
It’s a versatile term, too. Sometimes, as with Berrettini, it is bandied about when a player flubs what appears to be a gimme shot on a crucial point. It also gets used when a high-ranked player is defeated by someone who is much lower-ranked. Or when someone throws away a big lead, such as when a man takes the first two sets of a best-of-five match at a Grand Slam tournament yet loses — which happened seven times in the first two rounds in Australia. Or when someone is quite close to ending things but fails to seal the deal.
The word “choke” popped up all over Twitter on Monday after No. 9 Holger Rune, a 19-year-old from Denmark, gave away a lead of 5-2 in the fifth set, then leads of 5-0 and 7-2 in the first-to-10 tiebreaker that capped the match, in what became a loss to No. 5 Andrey Rublev.
Famously, Jana Novotna double-faulted when serving at 4-1, 40-30, against Steffi Graf in the third set of the 1993 Wimbledon final and never won another game. Gabriela Sabatini blew a 6-1, 5-1 lead against Mary Joe Fernandez at the French Open in the same year. In the 2004 men’s final at Roland Garros, Guillermo Coria was serving while ahead 6-0, 6-3, 4-4, 40-love, let that huge edge disappear and wasted two match points in the fifth set before Gaston Gaudio took the championship.
“The basic definition of ‘choking’ is the feeling of overwhelming anxiety that the athlete is unable to manage with his or her current defenses,” sports psychologist Tom Ferraro said.
Digging deeper, Ferraro said this sort of thing can occur “when an athlete unconsciously decides to stop focusing and eases up. This may be due to conflicts with aggression, guilt, fears of separating, shame or a repetition compulsion.”
Not surprisingly, many tennis players don’t like to hear about “choking.”
“It’s a harsh word,” said Jessica Pegula, an American who is ranked No. 3 and made it to the Australian Open quarterfinals in singles before losing Tuesday night.
“I think everyone kind of does it to some extent. I think it’s just because you get nervous. Some days there’s no rhyme or reason,” she said. “Some days, you can feel like you’re a little tense and, for some reason, you can feel like maybe the momentum is shifting in a match and you’re just putting a lot of pressure on yourself to do the right thing. I think maybe instead of thinking clearly, you’re panicking a little bit.”
Another point made by Pegula, whose parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, is that there is a big difference between being in the arena and rendering judgment from afar.
“Sitting and watching, it’s very easy to say, ‘Oh, they’re choking. They’re choking,’” Pegula said.
No. 8 seed Daria Kasatkina lost 6-1, 6-1 to 97th-ranked Varvara Gracheva in the first round in Melbourne, then said she “lost my mental battle with myself” after waiting around through two days of rain delays.
Kasatkina said that, in general, she doesn’t like the term.
“It depends how and when you use it, of course,” she said. ”But when it’s people on the internet, after the bad matches, they say, ‘Ah, you choked’ — it’s really bad.”
Mark Petchey, a former player who has coached Murray, was a TV announcer for the Murray-Berrettini match when that crucial backhand error arrived.
“It’s hard to believe he has missed that,” Petchey said on air. “He just needed to get it over the net.”
Petchey said in an interview later that “choking” is a “complex subject, there’s no question about that, because it’s not just about mental frailty. It’s also about your technique.”
Looking at Berrettini’s miscue, Petchey noted that what it might have exposed more than anything are “flaws in his backhand.”
Pivotal lapses can also snowball, resulting in poorer play as a match progresses, because, Petchey said, “you want it too much.”
“Once you see the momentum get away from you,” he said, “it takes a very strong mind to get out of it.”
Players who let an advantage disappear often talk about how their arm felt like it was twice its normal weight or their legs weren’t effective anymore.
“Definitely, when you’re nervous, you freeze up,” Pegula said. “You don’t want to move your feet. You get a little tense on your serve.”
Petchey said the circumstances, the occasion and the opponent should also be taken into account.
“It’s always easy to say that they ‘choke,’” he said. “But if you force them to hit their worst shot, is that really ‘choking’? Or is that good play from the opponent on the other side that they force you to actually have to beat them with your least favorite shot?”
Berrettini, for his part, put what transpired simply.
“I had a match point. I missed. … That sums up the match,” he said.
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AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-01-25T09:13:06+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/ap-are-bad-shots-blown-leads-at-australian-open-choking/ |
Justice officials arrested four more people in Texas for the deaths of migrants last year after smugglers abandoned them in a tractor trailer without a working air conditioner in San Antonio.
Copyright 2023 Texas Public Radio
Justice officials arrested four more people in Texas for the deaths of migrants last year after smugglers abandoned them in a tractor trailer without a working air conditioner in San Antonio.
Copyright 2023 Texas Public Radio | 2023-06-28T12:33:03+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/2023-06-28/4-more-arrests-are-made-a-year-after-53-migrants-died-in-a-sweltering-tractor-trailer |
If you’ve ever wandered around a hot parking lot searching for your car, you’ll love me for this tip.
Next time you park, open Google Maps, tap the blue dot that shows your location, and select Set as parking location. Easy, right?
These little tech tricks might make you think, “Why didn’t someone tell me that sooner?” I did!
In the spirit of living a better digital life, here are five smart ways you can use your gadgets to cure some of life’s little annoyances. These are also fun to share with friends and family. Just imagine how impressed they’ll be.
Problem: You’re sick of notifications but don’t want to miss what matters
If you have mobile notifications on for every email you receive, you know how distracting all the buzzing and beeping can be. Maybe you switched yours off altogether.
Did you know you can turn on alerts and sounds for only important emails? I’ll show you how, using Gmail as an example.
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Follow these steps on your iPhone, iPad, or Android:
First, open the Gmail app.
Tap the three-line menu, then scroll down to Settings.
Select your account.
Then, tap Email notifications. Select High priority only.
How does Gmail decide what’s high priority? It makes its best guess based on your behavior. You can help the AI to make this more accurate.
On mobile:
Open an email in the Gmail app. Tap the three-dot menu in the upper right corner.
Tap Mark important.
On desktop:
Open Gmail. In your inbox, you will see a small arrow next to each email. If you don’t see the arrow, you will see a star. Click the arrow or star to turn it yellow. This indicates the email is important.
Alternatively, if the arrow or star is yellow on an unimportant email, click the arrow to show Gmail you don’t see the email as a high priority.
Problem: You can’t find your favorite vacation shots
We’ve all been there. You’re scrolling too long looking for a photo you know is on your phone. Facial recognition, scene and object detection, and artificial intelligence make finding what you want just a search away.
On an iPhone:
Open the Photos app and tap on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right-hand corner.
Enter the name of a place, a person (if you’ve assigned them in the Photos app), or search term. You can also search by month or year, category, or business name.
Take the same steps in the Android photo app. Again, play around with different names, places, events, and things.
Open the Gallery app, then tap the magnifying glass icon near the top.
Enter your search term to display matches.
If you use Google Photos, its search features are powerful, too.
Open the Google Photos app.
Choose a person or pet, see places or things, or even browse by category, like screenshots, selfies, and videos.
To look for something specific, type it in the search bar at the top of the page. Results will pop up, probably before you even finish typing.
Problem: You dig out your phone, only to see it’s another scammer
I love this tip. I set this up myself recently to see who is calling without taking my phone out of my pocket, no smartwatch required.
You know that you can assign ringtones to specific contacts, but you can also set unique vibration patterns. That means you’ll be able to tell who’s calling just by the buzzing pattern.
On an iPhone:
Launch your Phone app and tap Contacts. Then, select a contact from the list.
In the top-right corner of the screen, tap Edit.
Hit Ringtone if you want the phone to vibrate or Text Tone if you want vibrations for texts.
Next, tap Vibration. Under the Standard list, select a vibration.
To go back, tap Ringtone or Text Tone.
Tap Done twice to finish up.
If you have an Android, you’ll need a third-party app to get this done. Buzzkill is highly reviewed, but it does cost $2.49. On the bright side, it doesn’t connect to the internet, so your data doesn’t leave your device.
Another handy feature: You can set up Buzzkill to notify you only once when someone texts you several times in a row. Cool.
Problem: You hung yet another frame crooked on the wall
If you need to hang a picture, you don’t need to grab a level — your phone can do it for you.
On an iPhone:
Open the Measure app, then tap Level on the bottom right.
The level will appear on the screen and is ready to use.
On an Android:
Open the Google app or your browser and search for “bubble level.”
Use it just like you would a normal level, placing it on a surface.
Problem: You waste time typing in handwritten notes
Sometimes it’s just easier writing something by hand — but it’s a pain to type everything in once you want to edit or send it digitally. Here’s an easier way: Use the free Google Lens app.
It turns your handwriting into text right before your eyes. Google Lens is pretty amazing.
If you don’t like using Google products, check out the Evernote app or Microsoft’s OneNote. Both let you take a picture of your writing so you can edit it all.
The caveat, of course: If your handwriting isn’t fairly legible, the apps won’t work well. If you have chicken-scratch writing, voice dictation will save you from typing, too. | 2022-05-15T05:16:24+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/business/kim-komando-major-tech-annoyances-and-how-to-fix-them/article_5699dc4e-cefa-11ec-ad05-eb383805a97a.html |
Transformative combination creates a new leader to accelerate the mainstream adoption of digital accessibility
ARLINGTON, Va. and TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Level Access—the trusted provider of enterprise digital accessibility solutions and eSSENTIAL Accessibility—the pioneer of Accessibility-as-a-Service—jointly announced today the completion of their merger. The two companies will combine to create a premier platform for end-to-end digital accessibility management, transforming the industry and accelerating the adoption of digital accessibility.
"We're thrilled to join forces with eSSENTIAL Accessibility and define the future of digital accessibility as it becomes a mainstream priority for more organizations," said Tim Springer, Founder and CEO of Level Access, named CEO of the combined company. "With this merger, we will accelerate our pace of innovation, delivering a powerful new solution that will help organizations achieve and maintain digital accessibility, and will scale with them over time."
"In our digitally driven world, online engagement is more important than ever, making equal access to digital experiences a fundamental human right," said Mark Steele, Co-Founder and CEO of eSSENTIAL Accessibility. Steele has been named President of the combined company. "For this reason, more organizations are committing to, and investing in digital accessibility. And whether they've never prioritized it, or have struggled with sustainable results, our combined company will provide the premier solution to support a long-term accessibility program."
People with disabilities make up the world's largest minority group, representing more than one billion people globally. Digital accessibility supports an organization's commitment to inclusion, as well as its compliance with anti-discrimination laws. Globally, an increasing number of laws and regulations have been enacted or applied to the enforcement of digital accessibility. In the United States the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is often applied to websites, mobile apps, and other digital experiences. An ever-increasing number of lawsuits and ADA legal demand letters are being sent to organizations that do not comply.
For these reasons, enterprises are now incorporating digital accessibility as part of their Governance, Reporting and Compliance (GRC) initiatives and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments. The newly combined company will be perfectly positioned to support this shift in prioritization.
"Changing market trends have driven digital accessibility to the mainstream. Our investment in the combined Level Access and eSSENTIAL Accessibility is based on this sector's strong growth prospects and the opportunity we believe this talented team has to meet customer demand through an enterprise-grade solution," said Ben Pederson, Director on the technology growth team at KKR, the lead investor in the merged organization.
eSSENTIAL Accessibility's and Level Access's largest outside investors KKR and JMI Equity, respectively, will continue to support the growth of the combined company. KKR's investment is through its technology growth fund.
To read more about the strategic merger, visit https://www.levelaccess.com/essential-accessibility-and-level-access-finalize-merger and https://www.essentialaccessibility.com/blog/essential-accessibility-and-level-access-finalize-merger.
Level Access has an unparalleled history in helping customers achieve and maintain compliance with the full scope of accessible technology regulations and standards including the ADA, WCAG, CVAA, AODA, EU directives on digital accessibility, and Section 508. Delivered through a comprehensive suite of software, consulting services, and training solutions, the company's solutions ensure customer's web, desktop, mobile, and electronic document systems are accessible to everyone. Level Access is endorsed by the American Banking Association, is a multi-year repeat winner on the Inc. 5000 list of fast-growing companies and is the only available FedRAMP authorized accessibility management platform. CEO Tim Springer was named a White House "Champion of Change" in 2014. Learn more at www.levelaccess.com.
eSSENTIAL Accessibility is the smarter way to digital accessibility and legal compliance. As the leading Accessibility-as-a-Service platform, it enables brands to empower people by helping them deliver inclusive web, mobile, and product experiences that comply with global regulations and ensure that people of all abilities have equal access. Learn more at www.essentialaccessibility.com.
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR's insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR's investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR's website at www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.
JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. Founded in 1992, JMI has invested in over 170 businesses in its target markets, successfully completed over 110 exits, and raised more than $6 billion of committed capital. JMI partners with exceptional management teams to help build their companies into industry leaders. For more information, visit www.jmi.com.
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ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) _ Albany International Corp. (AIN) on Monday reported third-quarter profit of $10.7 million.
On a per-share basis, the Rochester, New Hampshire-based company said it had net income of 34 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.15 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 84 cents per share.
The textile and composite maker posted revenue of $260.6 million in the period.
Albany International expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.50 to $3.80 per share, with revenue in the range of $990 million to $1.01 billion.
Albany International shares have declined 0.5% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $88, a rise of 8.5% in the last 12 months.
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The Biden administration is making a big push to re-engage with Africa after the tumult of the Trump years. At the same time, Africa is also being wooed by China and Russia.
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The Biden administration is making a big push to re-engage with Africa after the tumult of the Trump years. At the same time, Africa is also being wooed by China and Russia.
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(JNS) You shouldn’t judge Soviet Jewish homes by their book covers, yet their bookshelves often contained the only clues that they were Jewish homes.
The overwhelming majority of post-World War II Soviet Jews were not observant and lacked access to religious objects, like mezuzahs, that mark Jewish spaces. So books — often secular ones — identified homes as Jewish, according to Marat Grinberg, professor of Russian and humanities, and comparative literature chair at Reed College in Portland, Ore.
“Certain books in their bookcases were codes and secret language which Soviet Jews shared with one another,” Grinberg told JNS. “While this is different from the American Jewish experience, there are certain books that are also central to American Jewish identity and how American Jews think — or at least used to think — of themselves.”
Grinberg is the author of the newly published book The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf: Jewish Culture and Identity Between the Lines.
Growing up in Ukraine, Grinberg was already “quite obsessed with everything Jewish” at age 12 or 13, he told JNS. It was a time when Jewish centers of learning were re-emerging, and he began learning Hebrew and reading on Jewish history, religion, philosophy, literature, politics and Zionism “voraciously.” He read many 20th-century classics of Jewish thought in Russian translation.
In 1993, when Grinberg was 16, his family emigrated to the United States. Their bookshelves were packed “into a few tight boxes and bundles,” he recalled. “When we came to the States, I desperately wanted more Jewish education.”
He studied in the joint Columbia University-Jewish Theological Seminary program, where he was surprised to learn Jewish classmates and German professors alike knew nothing about German Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, whom Soviet Jews lionized.
That planted the seed for the book about Soviet Jewish bookshelves, which “reveal that Soviet Jewishness was much more than an empty sign or only the sign of victimhood and persecution,” Grinberg wrote in the book. (He earned a doctorate at the University of Chicago, where he wrote on Jewishness in Russian poetry.)
The book about Soviet Jewish bookshelves “is both an intellectual and academic project I’ve been working on for years and an outgrowth of my previous studies on Jewishness in Russian and Soviet literary contexts and the many meanings of Jewish literature,” he told JNS.
So what does a scholar who studies other people’s bookshelves have lining his own walls? Some “contain the ingredients of the Soviet Jewish bookshelf,” replied Grinberg. Others have Russian classics, 20th-century Russian and German poetry, Holocaust literature, Hebrew and Yiddish Jewish books, and volumes on cinema and scripture.
As Grinberg is working on a new book about Jewishness and the Holocaust in Soviet and Eastern European science fiction, many of his shelves are packed with books by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky —Soviet brothers who wrote science fiction — by the Polish sci-fi writer Stanislaw Lem and by U.S. science-fiction writer Philip Kindred Dick, or PKD.
It’s not only about books, for Grinberg, but about approaches to reading.
“We could learn something from it”
The key idea of the book is borrowed from the German-American Jewish thinker Leo Strauss, who wrote about “reading between the lines,” Ginberg told JNS. That kind of inventive and sophisticated reading was “necessitated by living in a totalitarian or authoritarian society like the Soviet Union,” said Grinberg.
Soviet Jewish bookshelves had explicitly Jewish books, such as commentaries on Sholem Aleichem or Feuchtwanger novels, while other volumes approached Judaism from an atheistic, anti-Zionist or antisemitic perspective.
“These required crossing out many lines and reading between the lines,” said Grinberg. That sort of reading, he writes in his book, at times “presented a subversive intellectual game and a hunt for knowledge. Some writers wanted to be read between the lines, and others might have resisted it.”
An example in his book of Soviet readers gleaning valuable information from anti-Jewish books is also a personal memory. In fifth or sixth grade, a Jewish classmate and friend showed him “in secret a slim paperback he found hidden in the bookcase at home.” The volume was a copy of Trofim Kychko’s 1963 book Judaism Unadorned. (It is sometimes referred to as Judaism Without Embellishment.)
Kychko was alleged to be a Nazi collaborator, and the book, published by the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, was antisemitic and anti-Zionist.
The friend loaned Grinberg the book, and from the start, he was “genuinely repulsed” by what he read.
“From what I recall, I did not question the accuracy of Kychko’s sources — what seemed to be bizarre Talmudic titles and Hebrew terms — but the hateful suppositions he drew from them,” he wrote in the book.
Grinberg tore it up and threw it out — ”the only time in my life I have ever done anything like that with a book,” he wrote. When his friend asked for the book back, he told him what he had done, and the friend asked him in disbelief how he could have done such a thing. “It was still a Jewish book! We could learn something from it,” the friend said.
Indeed, the book had a map of biblical Israel and stories about “good” Jews like Spinoza and certain Yiddish writers, he realized.
“Kychko proclaimed, ‘Scientific criticism has long debunked the indisputability of the truths of Torah and Talmud. Yet, throughout centuries, religious Jews were educated according to Torah and Talmud, seeing in them the main sources of wisdom … all knowledge about the world and the main laws of living,’ " Grinberg wrote in the book.
“Cross out the first sentence and what remains is a statement on the pivotal role of the written and oral Torah in Jewish history,” he added. “Thus, it is futile to appreciate my friend’s reaction outside of the context of Soviet Jewish paradoxes, when any printed material that had the word Jewish in it was not to be bypassed, at times guiltily, ironically or indignantly by the Jewish reader.”
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Soviet Jews brought caution and inventiveness to the ways that they educated themselves as Jews, Grinberg told JNS: “It is these skills that they brought to the page as readers.”
In the book, Grinberg describes Soviet Jewish readers seizing upon any printed material with the word “Jewish,” with certain volumes only available on the black market or in specialty stores. There were even “book rations” that one could acquire with enough special tickets, which one would get, say, for turning paper goods in for recycling.
As a professor, Grinberg is aware of the ways the younger generation often responds differently to physical books and can prefer reading on mobile devices, which don’t tend to line bookshelves.
He writes in the book that his memories, “palpable and tactile, filled with the smells and textures of book spines and covers, shelves, bed stands, and suitcases that would be packed to the brim with the books during emigration,” inform the volume.
That, of course, is lost with the advent of e-readers.
“At this point, however, for me, it’s not crucial,” Grinberg told JNS. “As long as my students read, I don’t care if it’s an actual book or an e-one.”
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A month after state tax revenues cratered, Massachusetts officials said they collected hundreds of millions more in May than a year ago, topping their own projections for the month and narrowing a potential budget gap with weeks left in the fiscal year.
The $2.7 billion the state collected last month actually beat projections by about $169 million, state revenue officials said, and topped collections from May 2022 by roughly $230 million.
Even with the better-than-expected month, the state is still lagging its year-to-date tax revenue projections by at least $583 million, according to state data — a far cry from the multibillion-dollar surplus it enjoyed just a year ago.
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But the May figures were a welcome sight on Beacon Hill after revenues plummeted in April and sparked questions about whether officials could still afford to pursue a wide-ranging tax relief package that has been wending through the Legislature for months.
With the new figures in hand, Senate President Karen E. Spilka said Monday that her chamber is “proceeding with a tax relief package” after the House passed its own in April, an indication the Senate’s version could emerge in the coming weeks. The chambers will have to reconcile any differences before sending a final bill to Governor Maura Healey, who has made retooling the state’s tax code an early focus of her agenda.
“Soon,” Spilka said of the timing of the Senate tax bill. “Stay tuned.”
State officials said collections in May were up across a variety of buckets, including sales and incomes taxes. Collections from a category of “other taxes” also beat projections, in part because of revenue from the state’s estate tax, a category that officials say tends to fluctuate.
It’s a rebound from April — typically the strongest month — when collections fell nearly $2.2 billion below what the state collected a year earlier, when it was in the midst of a record-breaking budget surplus. The state’s fiscal year ends June 30.
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Lawmakers and budget officials have long braced for a slowdown, but the extent of the drop in April caught some by surprise. Collections were more than $1.6 billion short of what officials originally projected for the month, and the news landed at a critical time.
The House had recently passed both a $56.2 billion budget plan for next year, and a tax relief bill that, ultimately, could cost the state $1.1 billion a year. The Senate has since passed its own budget proposal, but has yet to offer its own ideas on tax relief.
A month ago, Healey’s administration argued the state could still afford to pursue a wide-ranging tax plan, saying the primary reason she filed it — “affordability and competitiveness” — were still relevant. Healey applauded May’s figures as she left a news conference at the State House on Monday.
“Those were good,” she said before ducking through a door into her office. “Above benchmark.”
The shifting revenue picture has raised the potential that state officials may have to plug a year-end hole in the $52 billion state budget. One option includes tapping a $1.7 billion escrow account it built using surplus money from a year ago; the state also has nearly $7.2 billion in the emergency savings account known as the Rainy Day Fund.
Should the state have to balance its budget with a year-end infusion, it could impact its ability to cover another potential, and unexpected, expense: reimbursing the federal government for money the state wrongly used to fund billions of dollars in jobless benefits.
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The state is in discussions with the US Department of Labor after a routine audit found that Massachusetts used $2.5 billion in federal money — when it should have used state funds — to pay benefits dating back to 2020 during former governor Charlie Baker’s administration.
Healey has said she is hoping Massachusetts can avoid having to reimburse the feds and “resolve it without any impact to the Commonwealth or to employers.” But it’s unclear whether the state will avoid such a fate.
State officials were reluctant Monday to say from where they could draw the repayment funds, if needed.
“We’re in the fact-finding stage right now,” Spilka said, “trying to figure out what happened and what we may owe or not owe.”
Matt Stout can be reached at matt.stout@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @mattpstout. | 2023-06-05T22:06:25+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/05/metro/state-tax-revenue-rebounds-may-state-still-lagging-projections-by-roughly-600-million/ |
- Every 2024 model-year Mitsubishi Motors vehicle will include two years of limited maintenance
- 2024 Outlander and Outlander Plug-in Hybrid to offer Platinum Editions
- Refreshed Outlander SEL Black Edition introduces blacked-out exterior and interior trim, including black dynamic shield, window trim, roof rails, and semi-aniline leather seating.
- SEL Black Edition will be offered on Outlander Plug-in Hybrid for the first time
- Honoring off-road heritage, MMNA debuts Trail Edition for Outlander Sport
FRANKLIN, Tenn., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a long-running commitment to deliver high quality, top value, leading-edge technology vehicles in the U.S., Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) today announced its 2024 model year lineup. In addition to a host of model updates and special editions, every 2024 Mitsubishi Motors vehicle sold in America will include two years of limited maintenance. Other changes include the addition of a Platinum Edition for Outlander and Outlander Plug-in Hybrid, enhancement of Outlander SEL Black Edition, and an all-new Trail Edition for the Outlander Sport. Outlander Plug-in Hybrid will also offer the SEL Black Edition trim for the first time.
TWO YEARS LIMITED MAINTENANCE INCLUDED
Building on Mitsubishi Motors' industry-leading warranty program – including a 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty and five-year/60,000-mile limited warranty, all backed up by a five-year/unlimited-mile roadside assistance program – and the type of customer care that earned the brand the number-one ranking among mass-market brands in J.D. Power's 2023 Customer Service Index (CSI) study, MMNA is providing two years of limited maintenance on every 2024 Mitsubishi Motors vehicle sold in the United States. The two-year/30,000-mile maintenance program covers three oil and filter changes, three tire rotations, and one cabin air filter replacement.1
2024 OUTLANDER PLUG-IN HYBRID
As the world's first plug-in hybrid electric SUV, and the world's best-selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicle2, the 2024 Outlander Plug-in Hybrid boasts the same bold, award-winning styling, advanced vehicle architecture, and premium interior finishes of the internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered Outlander, which has set sales record after sales record, garnering praise from consumers and accolades and awards across the industry.
Designated a 2023 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for vehicles built after May 2023, the new Outlander Plug-in Hybrid adds an award-winning mix of confident, quiet, eco-friendly motoring. Featuring powerful front and rear motors and a 20-kWh drive battery, every 2024 Outlander Plug-in Hybrid features Mitsubishi Motors' Super-All Wheel Control3 twin-motor 4WD system. EPA-rated for 38 miles of all-electric driving range, the 2024 Outlander Plug-in Hybrid also boasts 420 miles of overall driving range, when combining electricity and gasoline.
For 2024, Outlander Plug-in Hybrid introduces an all-new Platinum Edition featuring a special Black Diamond paint with an Alloy Silver roof color combination. Full specifications and pricing for the 2024 Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Platinum Edition will be announced at a later time.
Outlander and Outlander Plug-in Hybrid will both continue to offer the popular Black Edition for 2024, available based on either the SE or SEL trim, with SEL Black Edition featuring all equipment offered with Outlander SE Black Edition and adding all-new black semi-aniline premium leather-appointed seating surfaces, a black dynamic shield, black chrome window trim, and black roof rails for the ultimate blacked-out Outlander.
2024 OUTLANDER
Building on the overwhelming success of Outlander since the launch of the new-generation model in 2021 as a 2022 model year, the 2024 Outlander looks to continue the model's award-winning ways and record-setting sales pace. In addition to ES, SE, SE and SEL Black Edition, RALLIART, and SEL trims, the Outlander family will expand to include a Platinum Edition boasting a special Black Diamond paint with Alloy Silver roof color combination, Light Grey interior, Satin hood emblem, silver gauge trim, and more.
Outlander will offer the same Black Edition updates as described in Outlander Plug-in Hybrid.
Having earned IIHS' Top Safety Pick+ designation upon its introduction in 2022, pricing for the three-row, seven-passenger 2024 Outlander will be released later this year.
2024 ECLIPSE CROSS
The 2024 Eclipse Cross retains its predecessor's chiseled front and rear design enhancements while adding a new hands-free electronic tailgate with kick-motion sensor as standard to Eclipse Cross SE and SEL. For 2024, Adaptive Cruise Control, a rear USB port, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel are now offered as standard equipment on SE, and Mitsubishi Connect with a two-year trial and FAST-Key entry system are now standard on LE. A Special Edition, featuring rugged off-road-inspired styling enhancements, will be announced later this year.
Every 2024 Eclipse Cross is outfitted with Mitsubishi Motors' signature motorsport-derived S-AWC all-wheel drive system as standard equipment, which helps to enhance driving confidence in various weather conditions and types of road surfaces.
2024 OUTLANDER SPORT
Long one of MMNA's best-selling models, the Outlander Sport combines an adventurous spirit with great value in an award-winning package. Like Eclipse Cross, every Outlander Sport is fully adventure-ready with Mitsubishi's All-Wheel Control (AWC) included as standard equipment4.
To honor Mitsubishi's off-road heritage, 2024 Outlander Sport will add a Trail Edition featuring black hood graphics, TRAIL front and rear effects, black side and fender moldings, black hood protector and tailgate trim, black inner door handle protectors, mud flaps, and all-weather floor mats as standard. For 2024, the GT trim will be rebadged as the SEL trim.
All 2024 Outlander Sport models feature All-Wheel Control as standard.
2024 MIRAGE and MIRAGE G4
As America's most fuel-efficient non-hybrid, gasoline-fueled vehicle5, Mirage offers surprising versatility, huge value, and one of the industry's best warranties, all in a compact package that cannot be matched. For 2024, LE trims of Mirage and Mirage G4 will feature a driver seat armrest, automatic headlights and rain-sensing wipers as standard equipment. Graphite Gray and Jet Black are added as two new colors, replacing Mercury Gray and Mystic Black.
WARRANTY
Every Mitsubishi Motors vehicle is delivered with peace of mind through the brand's 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty. Also standard on every model is a five-year/60,000-mile limited warranty, a seven-year/100,000-mile corrosion/perforation warranty, five-year/unlimited-mile roadside assistance, and a 2-year/30,000-mile maintenance program.6
For more information on the full lineup of Mitsubishi vehicles, visit MitsubishiCars.com.
For more information on MMNA, visit media.mitsubishicars.com.
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- Included on 2024 model-year Mitsubishi Motors vehicles sold in the United States. Includes the following services and parts: 1st service (12-months/12,000 miles) – oil and filter changes, tire rotation, and multi-point inspection; 2nd service (24-months/30,000 miles) - oil and filter changes, tire rotation, cabin air filter change, and multi-point inspection; 3rd service (24-months/30,000 miles) - oil and filter changes, tire rotation, and multi-point inspection. Mitsubishi Motors genuine oil and parts only. Services and parts not specified herein are excluded. Valid only for original owner of new, retailed 2024 model-year Mitsubishi Motors vehicle purchased from an authorized Mitsubishi Motors dealer in the United States, and not transferrable to any subsequent owner. Service not redeemed within specified time/mileage window is forfeited.
- Based on IHS Markit New Registrations of plug-in hybrid and all SUV body styles for Jan 2012 – Oct 2021 compiled from governments & other sources (where available). Captures 95% of global new vehicle volumes in more than 80 countries.
- Super All-Wheel Control (S-AWC) incorporates Active Yaw Control (AYC) to realize the AWC concept at a very high level. This Integrated Vehicle Dynamics Control System manages the driving forces and braking forces of the four wheels to help realize vehicle behavior that is faithful to the operation by the driver under a variety of driving conditions. S-AWC is not a substitute for safe and careful driving.
- All-Wheel Control (AWC) is an Integrated Vehicle Dynamics Control System that manages the driving forces and braking forces of the four wheels to help realize vehicle behavior that is faithful to the operation by the driver under a variety of driving conditions. AWC is not a substitute for safe and careful driving.
- 2023 EPA Fuel Economy Estimates 36 City/43 Highway/39 Combined for Mirage ES, LE, SE 2WD. Actual mileage may vary with driving conditions. Use for comparison only Based on EPA estimated mileage ratings from www.fueleconomy.gov.
- All coverage terms are from the original in-service dates and are applicable only to the original owner of new, retailed models purchased from an authorized Mitsubishi dealer. Subsequent owners receive the balance of the New Vehicle Limited Warranty of 5 years/60,000 miles. See retailer for limited warranty and roadside assistance terms and conditions.
ABOUT MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Through a network of approximately 330 dealer partners across the United States, Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is responsible for the sales, marketing and customer service of Mitsubishi Motors vehicles in the U.S. In its recently announced Midterm Plan – "Challenge 2025" – MMNA's parent company Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has committed to accelerating its efforts toward a sustainable carbon-neutral future, setting goals of 40 percent reduction in vehicle CO2 emissions and 50 percent reduction in operational CO2 emissions by 2030. Additionally, MMC has set targets for global sales of electrified vehicles at 50 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2035, leveraging a blend of plug-in hybrids (PHEV), hybrids (HEV) and pure electrics (BEV).
MMNA has its headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as corporate operations in California, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, and Florida.
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The Electronic Registration Information Center — a multistate effort to fight voter fraud — was a rare bipartisan success story, until it was targeted by a far-right campaign to dismantle it.
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The Electronic Registration Information Center — a multistate effort to fight voter fraud — was a rare bipartisan success story, until it was targeted by a far-right campaign to dismantle it.
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-06-05T10:03:44+00:00 | publicradioeast.org | https://www.publicradioeast.org/2023-06-05/examining-how-the-far-right-tore-apart-one-of-the-best-tools-to-fight-voter-fraud |
WAYNE, W.Va. (AP) — A portion of a press box floor collapsed at a middle school softball tournament in West Virginia on Saturday, injuring nine people, school officials said.
Five people were inside the press box at Wayne County High School when the floor gave way while several other people were beneath it, the county school district said in a statement.
Six students and three adults were taken to a hospital. The extent of their injuries was not known.
The cause of the collapse remains under investigation, the school district said.
Wayne is in southwestern West Virginia about 163 miles (262 kilometers) southeast of Cincinnati. | 2023-04-30T01:16:23+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/press-box-collapse-at-west-virginia-softball-game-injures-9/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Montana becomes 1st state to ban TikTok; law likely to be challenged
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the first state in the U.S. to enact a complete ban on TikTok on Wednesday when Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a measure that’s more sweeping than any other state’s attempts to curtail the social media app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company.
The measure, which is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned.
“Today, Montana takes the most decisive action of any state to protect Montanans’ private data and sensitive personal information from being harvested by the Chinese Communist Party,” Gianforte said in a statement.
TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter argued that the law infringes on people’s First Amendment rights and is unlawful. She declined to say whether the company will file a lawsuit.
“We want to reassure Montanans that they can continue using TikTok to express themselves, earn a living, and find community as we continue working to defend the rights of our users inside and outside of Montana,” Oberwetter said in a statement.
Keegan Medrano, policy director for the ACLU of Montana, said the Legislature “trampled on the free speech of hundreds of thousands of Montanans who use the app to express themselves, gather information and run their small business in the name of anti-Chinese sentiment.”
Some lawmakers, the FBI and officials at other agencies are concerned the video-sharing app, owned by ByteDance, could be used to allow the Chinese government to access information on American citizens or push pro-Beijing misinformation that could influence the public. TikTok says none of this has ever happened.
When Montana banned the app on government-owned devices in late December, Gianforte said TikTok posed a “significant risk” to sensitive state data. More than half of U.S. states and the federal government have a similar ban.
On Wednesday, Gianforte also announced he was prohibiting the use of all social media applications tied to foreign adversaries on state equipment and for state businesses in Montana effective on June 1. Among the apps he listed are WeChat, whose parent company is headquartered in China; and Telegram Messenger, which was founded in Russia.
The legislation, drafted by the attorney general’s office, easily passed through Montana’s GOP-controlled Legislature.
Gianforte had wanted to expand the TikTok bill to include apps tied to foreign adversaries, but the legislature did not send the bill to him until after the session ended, preventing him from offering any amendments.
Montana’s new law prohibits downloads of TikTok in the state and would fine any “entity” — an app store or TikTok — $10,000 per day for each time someone “is offered the ability” to access the social media platform or download the app. The penalties would not apply to users.
Opponents consider the measure to be government overreach and say Montana residents could easily circumvent the ban by using a virtual private network, a service that shields internet users by encrypting their data traffic, preventing others from observing their web browsing. Montana state officials say geofencing technology is used with online sports gambling apps, which are deactivated in states where online gambling is illegal.
TikTok, which has said it has a plan to protect U.S. users, has vowed to fight back against the ban, along with small business owners who said they use the app for advertising to help grow their businesses and reach more customers.
The app’s fun, goofy videos and ease of use has made it immensely popular, and U.S. tech giants like Snapchat and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, see it as a competitive threat.
Though many lawmakers in Montana have been enthusiastic about a ban, experts who followed the bill closely said the state will likely have to defend the legislation in court.
NetChoice, a trade group that counts Google and TikTok as its members, called the bill unconstitutional.
“This is a clear violation of the Constitution, which prohibits the government from blocking Americans from accessing constitutionally-protected speech online via websites or apps,” Carl Szabo, who serves as the group’s vice president and general counsel, said in a statement.
Officials are also bound to receive criticism from advocacy groups and TikTok users who don’t want their favorite app to be taken away. TikTok has been recruiting so-called influencers and small businesses who use the platform to push back on a ban. But others who haven’t been part of an official campaign coordinated by the company are also worried about what lawmakers are doing.
Adam Botkin, a former football player and recent graduate at the University of Montana, said it was a scary time for him as a content creator in Montana. The 22-year-old has nearly 170,000 followers on TikTok, where he mostly posts short videos of himself performing football kicks.
He says he sometimes makes “tens of thousands” of dollars per month from brands looking to market their products on his social media accounts, including Instagram, where he has roughly 44,000 followers.
Botkin says most of his income comes from Instagram, which is believed to be more lucrative for content creators. But he has to grow his following on that platform — and others — to have the same level of popularity that he does on TikTok. He says he’s trying to do that, and won’t try to circumvent the TikTok ban by using a VPN.
“You got to adapt and evolve with how things move,” Botkin said. “So, if I have to adapt and move, I’ll adapt.”
Chatter about a TikTok ban has been around since 2020, when then-President Donald Trump attempted to bar the company from operating in the U.S. through an executive order that was halted in federal courts. President Joe Biden’s administration initially shelved those plans, but more recently threatened to ban the app if the company’s Chinese owners don’t sell their stakes.
TikTok doesn’t want either option and has been clamoring to prove it’s free of any Chinese government interference. It’s also touting a data safety plan it calls “Project Texas” to assuage bipartisan concerns in Washington.
At the same time, some lawmakers have emerged as allies, arguing efforts to restrict data harvesting practices need to include all social media companies, not just one. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky blocked a bill in March that would ban TikTok nationally, saying such a move would violate the Constitution and anger the millions of voters who use the app.
Montana’s TikTok ban also comes amid a growing movement to limit social media use among kids and teens and, in some cases, impose bans. Several bills circulating in Congress aim to get at the issue, including one that would prohibit all children under the age of 13 from using social media and require permission from a guardian for users under 18 to create an account.
Some states, like Utah and Arkansas, have already enacted laws that would hinge social media use on parental consent and similar bills are in the works in other states. Last year, California enacted a law that would require companies to beef up data protection practices for children and offer them the highest privacy settings.
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Hadero reported from New York.
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- Honeywell Forge for Buildings features software, hardware and services to help building owners and operators achieve outcome-focused results
- Launches enhancements to sustainability-focused cloud-native software that leverages machine learning to help customers in their efforts to achieve both energy savings and air quality goals
ATLANTA, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) recently announced the launch of Honeywell Forge for Buildings, a comprehensive approach to building systems operations and management that can be used at a single site or with an entire portfolio. Unveiled at Honeywell Connect 2023, Honeywell Forge for Buildings features software, hardware and services that deliver on key outcomes to help building owners and operators achieve sustainability, operational efficiency, occupant experience, compliance, safety and security, and resilience goals.
"Building operations is evolving at a rapid pace as many customers work to digitalize their facilities. This means they need better integration and enablement capabilities of their smart building applications and solutions," said Kevin Dehoff, president and chief executive officer, Honeywell Connected Enterprise. "We are integrating our purpose-built products that support multiple assets in a building with the SaaS capabilities of Honeywell Forge to create a singular approach to building operations. The goal is to make it simpler for our customers to address business-critical outcomes."
One key outcome building owners and operators are looking to address is sustainability. Featured in the launch are expanded capabilities of the Honeywell Forge Sustainability+ for Buildings | Carbon and Energy Management application.
Building Health or Energy Efficiency? Choose Both
Building owners and managers face increasing pressure to accelerate their digital sustainability transformation plans as well as improve indoor air quality (IAQ). Data from the World Economic Forum suggests that approximately 80% of today's buildings will still be standing in 2050i – which means the challenge of controlling escalating energy use, particularly in older buildings, to meet carbon reduction targets will only increase.
Carbon and Energy Management is a ready-now, cloud-based application. It helps assist building owners and operators optimize IAQ, help reduce energy use and support their carbon reduction goals. The Carbon and Energy Management Optimize package enables zone-specific optimization of energy consumption and IAQ parameters based on real-time occupancy levels and space use. It uses sensor data and ML algorithms to continuously monitor and automatically adjust building controls at the zone level.
The vendor-agnostic solution connects to a building management system (BMS) and can work across many types of assets, such as HVAC and lighting operations, to help building owners to continuously optimize operations and reduce energy consumption. It adjusts the setpoints in near real-time based on actual demand, occupancy, time and weather to determine the most optimal energy savings strategy without impacting the comfort of the building occupants.
"Carbon and Energy Management effectively disproves the misconception that improved indoor air quality has to come at the expense of energy efficiency," said Billal Hammoud, president and chief executive officer of Honeywell Building Technologies. "Our solution will enable building owners and facility managers to support their occupants' well-being while also managing energy costs and carbon impact. They no longer need to operate on the assumption that these two imperatives are mutually exclusive."
About Honeywell
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) delivers industry specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable.
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i World Economic Forum, To create net-zero cities, we need to look hard at our older buildings, Guy Grainger, November 8, 2022. [Accessed April 17, 2023]
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NMU Loses Heartbreaker to GVSU in GLIAC Championship
The Lakers controlled play for much of the first half, taking a 1-0 lead into halftime.
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - The Northern Michigan University women’s soccer team fell just short in the GLIAC Tournament Championship on Sunday despite an incredible second-half effort, losing to the Grand Valley State Lakers 2-1. The Lakers controlled play for much of the first half, taking a 1-0 lead into halftime. After making it 2-0 in the 50th minute, the Wildcats were in a deep hole. However, NMU had no quit, as Molly Pistorius made it 2-1 just four minutes later as the Wildcats dominated the rest of the second half. Despite several chances and attacks to the net down the stretch, NMU couldn’t find the equalizer and dropped a heartbreaker, 2-1. Brooke Pietila, Gwen Kiilunen, and Molly Pistorius were selected to the GLIAC All-Tournament team following the match.
After a modest start to the game that took nearly five minutes for each side to settle in, GVSU pegged the first shot on goal in the 6th minute, seeing a Shenae Kreps save. NMU saw the first corner opportunity in the 13th minute and Maria Storm was able to get a foot on it for a hook-around shot, but it sailed wide. GVSU came back with a corner kick of their own minutes later, but a header attempt from GVSU’s Kennedy Bearden pushed above the woodwork. Nearing the halfway point of the half, Brooke Pietila saw the best opportunity to date, firing a shot that was redirected by the keeper as she got to the ground for the save.
A string of bad luck hit the Wildcats in the 22nd minute, as a kick bounced up into the hands of an NMU defender in the defensive box, leading to the Lakers converting on a penalty kick from Brooke Russell for a 1-0 lead. The Lakers continued to apply their top-level attack to the NMU defense, spending much of the half in their middle and attacking thirds. The Wildcats struggled to string together passes to push their attack. With 20+ mph gusts at their backs, timing on passes was an issue to get the ball from one NMU foot to another. GVSU led in total shots in the first half 7-5 and shots on goal 2-1. Each side had a pair of corner kicks.
The first five minutes of the half was all Wildcats, including a great left-footed look from Brenna Musser that was pushed wide. As seen in sports time and time again, the Lakers came down the other way and got a lead-cushioning goal from Taylor Reid in the 50th minute. Soon after in the 54th minute, Brooke Pietila fired a shot on goal that the keeper had trouble with and Molly Pistorius attacked the net and pushed the ball to the back of the net to pull NMU back within a goal. NMU controlled the next ten minutes of play, finding several chances in the attacking third but unable to finish it off for a tying goal.
GVSU nearly got their two-goal lead back by coming back the other way in the 67th minute, but the open net was missed as the ball ricocheted off the crossbar. NMU put forth passion and incredible effort down the stretch but were unable to find the equalizer falling just short to the Lakers, 2-1.
The Wildcats will await to see if their name is called for the NCAA Tournament in the NCAA Selection Show that will air Monday, November 7th at 7 p.m. ET on NCAA.com A link to the show will be on the front page of NCAA.com
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American held in Iran launches hunger strike and writes to Biden asking him to do more for detainees
An American wrongfully detained in Iran is calling on President Joe Biden to take notice of U.S. detainees there, launching a hunger strike Monday to mark seven years since he was left behind in a prisoner swap that brought other Americans home.
In a letter to Biden, Siamak Namazi called on the U.S. president to think of him every day for the seven days he intends to carry out the hunger strike commemorating the grim milestone.
"In the past I implored you to reach for your moral compass and find the resolve to bring the U.S. hostages in Iran home. To no avail. Not only do we remain Iran's prisoners, but you have not so much as granted our families a meeting," wrote Namazi, who is one of three Americans who remain wrongfully detained in Iran. Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz have also been imprisoned there for years.
"All I want sir, is one minute of your days' time for the next seven days devoted to thinking about the tribulations of the U.S. hostages in Iran," Namazi wrote to Biden. "Just a single minute of your time for each year of my life that I lost in Evin prison after the U.S. Government could have saved me but didn't. That is all."
"Alas, given I am in this cage all I have to offer you in return is my additional suffering. Therefore, I will deny myself food for the same seven days, in the hope that by doing so you won't deny me this small request," he said.
Namazi was blocked from leaving Iran after visiting in July 2015 and underwent months of interrogations before being arrested in October 2015. He was not included in the prisoner swap with Iran in January 2016 that led to the release of Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, Marine veteran Amir Hekmati and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini. A fifth American was also separately released at that time.
"When the Obama Administration unconscionably left me in peril and freed the other American citizens Iran held hostage on January 16, 2016, the U.S. Government promised my family to have me safely home within weeks," Namazi wrote in his letter Monday. "Yet seven years and two presidents later, I remain caged in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, holding that long overdue IOU along with the unenviable title of the longest held Iranian-American hostage in history."
A National Security Council spokesperson said the Biden administration remains "committed to securing the freedom of Siamak Namazi and we are working tirelessly to bring him home along with all US citizens who are wrongfully detained in Iran, including Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz."
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The spokesperson added that it is "outrageous" for Iran to detain U.S. citizens for political leverage.
"Our priority is bringing all our wrongfully detained citizens home safely and as soon as possible and resolving the cases of missing and abducted US citizens," the spokesperson said.
The U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with the Iranian regime, though it has called on the government there to release the detained Americans. Tensions between Tehran and the West have further ratcheted in the wake of brutal crackdowns against protests in Iran and the executions of protesters. Over the weekend, Western governments condemned the execution of Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen who was hanged after being accused of espionage and corruption.
Namazi's brother, Babak Namazi, told CNN that this week is especially painful for his family every year.
"It's just a horrific week, as to think that seven years, seven whole years have gone by, which could have been avoided if at that time Siamak would have been included with the five other Americans," Babak said.
In February 2016, Namazi's father Baquer was lured to Iran under the false premise that he would be able to see his son. He was instead immediately taken into custody at that time. Siamak and Baquer Namazi were sentenced to 10 years in prison in October 2016. Baquer was released from Iran after more than six years in October 2022. That same month, Siamak was granted furlough from Evin Prison, but was forced to return a short time later.
Babak said his "family is of course gravely concerned for Siamak's health and distraught that he has resorted to such desperate measures" as a hunger strike."
"President Biden, Siamak is begging you, my family is imploring you. Please, please, take what it takes to make those courageous decisions that we know you are capable of," Babak told CNN. | 2023-01-16T16:50:47+00:00 | kcra.com | https://www.kcra.com/article/american-held-in-iran-launches-hunger-strike/42515670 |
As much as we love the South’s quintessential clapboard churches and stately mansions, our appreciation of Southern architecture extends beyond the classics. We‘ve combed the region for noteworthy structures, from historical masterpieces like Thomas Jefferson‘s Palladian Monticello to modern marvels like the breezy, zero-energy McDonald‘s Florida flagship (yes, McDonald’s). Our final list includes small-city cathedrals whose beauty rivals those in Europe, as well as one of the largest Hindu temples in the United States, sitting like a filigreed cake in suburban Atlanta. You‘ll find distinctly Southern creations that embrace the bayous and forests around them and memorials that acknowledge the region‘s fraught past, like the somber steel pillars of Alabama‘s National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Go forth and experience as many of these exquisitely designed wonders as you can.
Hale County Animal Shelter
GREENSBORO, ALABAMA
Yes, even a humble animal shelter can be spectacular. This one by Rural Studio (Auburn University School of Architecture’s design/build program serving Alabama’s rural poor) was built in 2006 at the county’s request for a cost of $100,000 in donations. Four students constructed the modern hangar-like structure with a lamella roof—lumber crisscrossed to create an arched network—clad in aluminum and plexiglass. The open design allows for airflow and light, and radiant-heated concrete floors keep animals warm in winter.
Music City Center
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
For a structure so enormous (1.2 million square feet, six city blocks wide), Nashville’s decade-old downtown convention center manages a site-sensitive design on all five sides, right up to the green roof. With surprising curves and huge swaths of glass, the building (by TVS Design with local partners) interacts with each street side, creating energy where there could be a void. Inside, wood architectural details and undulating lines give the feeling of being inside an instrument.
The Hunter Museum of American Art
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
With mind-bending flow and tension, 100 years of architecture marry at this museum atop a limestone bluff 80 feet over the Tennessee River. First came the 1905 Georgian mansion by architect Abram Garfield, taking cues from the likes of Mount Vernon and the White House. The east wing, a 1970s brutalist block of rough concrete, rises alongside the mansion like an extension of the cliff. Completing the surprising medley: The 2005 galvanized-steel west wing, with angles askew, is cantilevered over the river like “Umbrella Rock” on nearby Lookout Mountain.
Mirror Cabins at Bolt Tree Farmhouse
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
So-called “mirror houses” don’t blur the lines between outdoors and in—they all but eliminate them. Popularized in Europe as an immersion in nature, the two-way glass-walled cabins have started appearing in the United States, including these five tiny but luxe prefab resort cabins by Estonia-based ÖÖD Hötels. Inside, they provide unobstructed floor-to-ceiling views of the forested cliffs of Whitwell Mountain, and from the outside, they reflect it, leaving little visual footprint on the landscape.
Parthenon
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
A plaster model of the Parthenon was erected for the 1896 Centennial Exposition, but it crumbled in 1920. Nashvillians lobbied to build a permanent replica of the Greek temple on the site, now a public park. Classical local architect Russell E. Hart spent 11 years crafting a full-scale reproduction right down to the imperceptible lean of the massive Doric columns. Marble would have been prohibitively expensive; concrete with an aggregate river gravel gives it the same muddled, oxidized finish.
Main Street Station
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Built as a depot and railroad office at the turn of the 20th century, the French Renaissance building, now an Amtrak station and city symbol, is easily recognizable by its Pompeian red brick, steeply pitched terracotta roof, and handsome six-story clock tower. Fanciful details like Corinthian columns and arches carved with roses stand in stark contrast to the steel-truss platform shed alongside it, still sitting on its original trestles and a marvel in its own right.
Palace of Gold
MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
The gold-domed, lavishly detailed shrine is the last thing you’d expect to see on this rural West Virginia hilltop, but the area was once home to the country’s largest Hare Krishna community. From 1973 to 1979, the sect—without building experience or even blueprints— worked devotedly to create a home for their guru. When he died during construction, it became a memorial teeming with marble and onyx, carved teak, hand-stained glass, precious jewels, and painted murals. It’s now open to visitors.
Washington Dulles International Airport
DULLES, VIRGINIA
As flying became more accessible in the mid-20th century—and more luxurious—Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen redefined the modern airport when he designed Dulles (completed in 1962). The graceful soaring roof evokes flight atop 65-foot, boldly tilted piers, sending a Cold War–era statement of dynamism and confidence. Inside, a groundbreaking open concept and Eames furniture created a sleek and swanky vibe. Space Age–style “mobile lounges” originally delivered passengers to planes—though that idea didn’t take off.
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Visitor Center
CLERMONT, KENTUCKY
This elegant but simple grid of glass and warm woods frames the forested landscape, yet also feels enveloped by it, expanding outward with pergolas that invite climbing vines and a green roof on top, like an enchanted treehouse. Designed by environmental architect William McDonough, the 2005 LEED Platinum building incorporates native, recycled woods (some from Kentucky bourbon barrels) and fly ash (waste residue from local coal production).
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA
In the oldest permanent settlement in the state, dating to 1714, stands this distinctly modernist interpretation of its surroundings. New Orleans–based Trahan Architects devised computer-milled, undulating cast-stone panels that lock together like a 3-D sculpture, leading visitors through its exhibits like a meandering bayou river. Copper louvers create a ventilated box around the exterior, reminiscent of historic porches.
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
Dedicated to George Ohr, the early 20th-century “mad potter of Biloxi,” this museum complex is one of legendary architect Frank Gehry’s only designs in the South. The six buildings’ twisted and folded lines (constructed of Gehry’s signature stainless-steel panels) mimic the shapes of Ohr’s ceramics and glitter alongside the Gulf Coast, “dancing” with the live oaks around them.
Longwood
NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
Also known as Nutt’s Folly, Longwood is considered the largest and most elaborate octagonal house in America—although it was never finished. Work began in 1861, commissioned by cotton planter Haller Nutt, with a largely enslaved or Northern- based workforce. The brick exterior, with its ornate cypress columns and trim along with the grand, Moorish-inspired cupola, was completed, but the Civil War caused workers to lay down their tools inside, where they remain preserved today.
New River Gorge Bridge
FAYETTEVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
The longest steel arch bridge in the country spans more than 3,000 feet across a rugged canyon, its elegant, russet corten-steel frame blending into the deeply forested terrain. The bridge took Michael Baker International 10 years to build and was finally completed in 1977. Deemed “exceptionally important” for its engineering and transportation significance, the bridge landed on the National Register for Historic Places 14 years before hitting the customary 50-year eligibility mark.
Monticello
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
There had never been a grand neoclassical building in America until Thomas Jefferson designed his perfectly symmetrical Palladian plantation home. A self-taught architect, he remodeled and tweaked his abode from the 1760s until his death in 1826, topping it with its signature octagonal dome. Built by both paid laborers and enslaved people (Jefferson owned 200), the house is a study of the inner workings of the former president’s mind, featuring innovative details ahead of his time like alcoved beds, indoor privies, and skylights.
Duke University Chapel
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
The English Gothic tower, designed in 1930 by African American architect Julian Abele of Horace Trumbauer in Philadelphia, rises 210 feet—a dramatic height for a structure only 38 feet square. A railroad spur was built to carry the bluestone from a quarry 12 miles outside Durham. Seventy-seven stained-glass windows bathe the long, cavernous nave in a colorful glow.
National Memorial for Peace and Justice
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
At this sobering memorial by the Equal Justice Institute, 800 massive corten-steel pillars hang like bodies suspended in a pavilion, representing the 800 counties where thousands were killed by lynching between 1877 and 1950. The structure, designed by MASS Design Group and erected in 2018, insists that we confront the country’s tragic and brutal legacy of slavery, segregation, and racial terror.
St. Philip’s Church
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
The 1838 church, ornamented with three pedimented Tuscan porticoes outside and high Corinthian arcades inside, extends into the center of Church Street. (This forces the road to wrap around it, as was common for English churches of the time.) If the 200-foot octagonal steeple, with its circular windows that once served as a lighthouse, looks a tad off-kilter, that’s because it is, owing to the earthquake of 1886, one of the most damaging to ever hit the East Coast.
St. Louis Cathedral
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
The steep triple-spired cathedral facing Jackson Square has welcomed travelers to New Orleans since steamboat days. The 1851 design by French architect J.N.B. de Pouilly is the cathedral’s third (and current) iteration, with only the lower facade remaining from the second, dating to 1794. (The original 1727 church burned in 1788, and the second was mostly demolished by an expansion.) Its towering verticality and stark white exterior, combined with moldings, arches, and pedimented windows in low relief, make the church appear curiously two-dimensional, like an elevation drawing.
Drayton Hall
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Considered the earliest and finest example of Palladian architecture in the United States, Drayton Hall was constructed between 1738 and 1742 as a commercial building for South Carolina Governor John Drayton’s more than 100 plantations. The Georgian mansion, with its cubic proportions and hand-carved plaster ceilings, was stabilized in its 1974 state when it was purchased by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and it is considered unrestored, showcasing layers of history. Twice-daily talks educate visitors about the lives of the family and the enslaved people who built Drayton Hall and labored on Drayton land.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rosenbaum House
FLORENCE, ALABAMA
This low-slung cypress-and-brick beauty, with its horizontal lines, cantilevered roofs, and copious use of glass, may be one of the purest examples of Wright’s Usonian style. Commissioned by the Rosenbaum family in 1939, the home (now a museum) maintains original details like built-ins for 5,000 books, iconic Cherokee-red concrete floors, and Wright’s custom wood furniture.
Reynolds Building/Kimpton Cardinal Hotel
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
An inspiration for the Empire State Building, this 22-story art deco building was designed by New York architects Shreve & Lamb and completed in 1929, two years before the firm embarked on the famed skyscraper. Constructed as the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company headquarters, it climbs straight up until jogging in a ziggurat shape at the top. Now home to the Kimpton Cardinal Hotel, the building maintains glamorous deco details, like the lobby’s gold-and silver-leaf ceiling and gleaming brass accents, including stylized tobacco leaves.
Biltmore
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
The largest private home ever built in the United States, George Vanderbilt’s country estate is a study in grandiose Gilded Age excess. Completed in 1895 and open to the public since 1930, the chateau-esque mansion by Richard Morris Hunt takes its cues from the French castles of the Loire Valley. The limestone facade, topped with a dramatically pitched slate roof, drips with spires, gargoyles, finials, and pinnacles. The 250 rooms, including a grand banquet hall, library, and tapestry gallery, recall a bygone opulent lifestyle. Mountain vistas beckon from the sublime landscapes of Frederick Law Olmsted.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS
Built atop a creek in a forested ravine, these arched timber-and-glass art pavilions serve as dams that form two spring-fed ponds, reflecting the Ozark landscape all around. Roam 120 acres of sculpture gardens and trails, and stumble upon a 50-foot dome by none other than Buckminster Fuller. The museum, commissioned by Walmart heiress Alice Walton and designed by Moshe Safdie, is currently undergoing a major expansion, scheduled for completion in 2024.
Pérez Art Museum
MIAMI, FLORIDA
An extension of the newly redeveloped waterfront park around it, the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) was designed by Christine Binswanger of Herzog & de Meuron for openness and connection—philosophically and structurally. Extensive canopies and tropical vegetation create shade, protection for the international contemporary art collection, and organically blurred lines between indoors and out. Abundant timber and glass bring warmth and light to the rough concrete frame, which elevates the exhibition spaces above storm-surge height.
McDonald’s Global Flagship at Walt Disney World
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
Fast-food drive-thrus are notorious energy hogs—but not this one. In 2020, Ross-Barney Architects devised a McDonald’s flagship that would embrace the Florida sun and heat, consuming net-zero energy. Natural ventilation through louvered walls and windows creates an indoor/outdoor environment reminiscent of Old Florida architecture and lanais, while a huge canopy of photovoltaic panels plants this building firmly in the future.
High Museum of Art
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
The High’s three-story, light-filled atrium designed by Richard Meier in 1983 is a postmodern triumph, with its curvaceous white-enamel facade and coiling interior ramp inspired by the Guggenheim. The 2005 additions by Renzo Piano (with Lord Aeck Sargent) include three new buildings illuminated by sculptural skylights (“light scoops”) and a central piazza that prompts pedestrians to linger.
Flagler College Ponce de Leon Hall
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
Built in 1887 by industrialist Henry M. Flagler as the opulent Ponce de Leon Hotel, the red-roofed campus centerpiece epitomizes Spanish Revival style. Now a dormitory open for tours, this Gilded Age masterpiece by famed architects Carrère and Hastings employs Moorish elements like sculpted crenellations and a central dome. It brims with ornate mosaics, gold-leafed murals, and Tiffany stained glass.
Fontainebleau
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
One of the most architecturally significant hotels in the world, Fontainebleau is considered an icon of Miami modernism. It’s also a beacon of fun and experimentation, with its groundbreaking sweeping curve setting the scene for hedonist style. (The lobby’s “staircase to nowhere” was created explicitly for fashionable guests to strut.) Designed by Morris Lapidus in 1954, it remains a landmark of beachfront glamour.
Thorncrown Chapel
EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
With its towering open trusses, glass walls, and bouncing light and shadows, this simple sanctuary in the woods (open to the public daily, plus Sunday services) is transcendent. Architect E. Fay Jones was inspired by Sainte-Chapelle, the luminous 13th-century Paris cathedral. Jones dubbed the style “Ozark Gothic” for its dramatic proportions (24 feet wide and 48 feet tall with 425 windows) and Arkansas vernacular, such as the native flagstone floors and local pine trusses that mimic the forest.
The Dalí Museum
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
This stoic concrete “box” appears to ooze with two glittering, undulating glass domes—a push-pull dynamic between reason and surprise, a perpetual theme of Salvador Dalí’s work. Designed by HOK in 2011, the building and grounds overlooking Tampa Bay embrace the theatrics of the Spanish surrealist, featuring a dramatic concrete helical staircase (he loved spirals), a mathematical garden (think labyrinths), and more than 2,000 of his works.
Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Churchill Downs’ iconic twin spires came about as an exuberant afterthought. Joseph Dominic Baldez, just 24 when he designed the storied racing complex in 1895, added the hexagonal towers atop his original stately design, believing at the last minute it needed something dramatic and grand. Sitting like fanciful church steeples above the long, slate-roofed grandstand with graceful Italianate arches, the spires have served as symbols of Louisville for more than 100 years, despite being dwarfed by more recent additions and expansions to the famed sporting venue.
Pasaquan
BUENA VISTA, GEORGIA
Fortune teller and renegade folk artist St. EOM, born as Eddie Owens Martin, worked on this, his spiritual utopia, for 30 years. Beginning in the 1950s, he created a wildly colorful artscape inspired by the sacred art of Buddhism, Hinduism, and several African, Polynesian, and American Indian cultures. Six major structures and 900 feet of intricate masonry wall depict a menagerie of mandalas, faces, and patterns from nature. St. EOM created his own religion, Pasaquoyanism, before dying by suicide in 1986; his site is now maintained by Columbus State University.
Ark Encounter
WILLIAMSTOWN, KENTUCKY
Said to be the largest timber-framed structure in the world, the jaw-dropping 2016 replica of Noah’s ark was built according to the dimensions in the Bible: 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet tall. Designed by Amish architect LeRoy Troyer as the primary attraction at the Creationist amusement park, the unseaworthy ship is an engineering marvel in a labyrinth of wood—four-foot-wide Engelmann spruce logs, 20-inch-square Douglas fir posts, and smooth Accoya pine cladding.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
LILBURN, GEORGIA
More than 34,000 blocks of Turkish limestone, Italian marble, and Indian pink sandstone were pre-cut and carved in India before being shipped to Georgia to be assembled—by barcode and written instruction— into one of the largest Hindu temples in the United States. Like a lacy, filigreed cake, the awe-inspiring mandir features five pinnacles and 116 arches with dainty etched rosettes, feathers, and leaves. Completed in 2007, it has been ensnared in labor disputes over workers from India for more than a decade.
St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
COVINGTON, KENTUCKY
St. Mary’s might be technically unfinished, but it doesn’t feel like you’re missing anything. Begun in 1892 by Detroit architect Leon Coquard, the interior was inspired by Paris’s Saint-Denis, with an expansive nave and ribbed vaults in ornate plaster. The exterior bears more than a passing resemblance to Notre Dame, featuring flying buttresses and chilling gargoyles. Sparkling stained-glass windows, handmade in Germany, abound—including the largest found in any church in the world (67 by 27 feet). St. Mary’s was never finished due
to cost, so it stands without the dramatic towers called for in the original design.
William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Evoking a bridge across the Arkansas River—and Clinton’s “bridge to the 21st century” campaign—the 420-foot-long cantilevered box has been criticized for resembling a shipping container or a mobile home. But for Ennead Architects, the accessibility symbolizes democracy. Clad in glass and aluminum, the sleek LEED Platinum building engages with the site’s old railroad trestle, now a pedestrian bridge to North Little Rock.
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This article appears in the Spring/Summer 2023 issue of Southbound. | 2023-04-11T20:31:04+00:00 | atlantamagazine.com | https://www.atlantamagazine.com/southbound-articles/by-design-36-of-the-souths-architectural-wonders/ |
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a wind generator capable of generating electricity even during a slight breeze," said an inventor, from Lancaster, Ohio, "so I invented the EFFICIENT WIND GENERATORS. My design would offer an efficient alternative to traditional wind generators."
The invention provides an improved way to generate AC or DC electrical power with a wind generator. In doing so, it enables power to be generated even in light wind conditions. As a result, it increases efficiency and it could help to yield lower overall costs. The invention features an effective design that is easy to operate so it is ideal for electric utility companies. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Columbus sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CLM-560, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tomas Philipson, a former head of the White House Economic Advisers Council, about the risks of JPMorgan Chase becoming even bigger after it took over First Republic Bank.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tomas Philipson, a former head of the White House Economic Advisers Council, about the risks of JPMorgan Chase becoming even bigger after it took over First Republic Bank.
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Lawmakers from Britain's Conservative party have selected the final two candidates in the race to become the U.K.'s next prime minister, in a voting process that now pits former finance minister Rishi Sunak against current foreign minister Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson.
Former defense minister Penny Mordaunt was eliminated with just 105 votes, while Sunak received 137 votes from Conservative parliamentarians. Truss received 113 votes.
In a tweet soon after the announcement on Wednesday afternoon, Truss thanked parliamentary supporters for putting their trust in her and promised to "hit the ground from day one," while Mordaunt said the party would "go forward together." Sunak tweeted that he was grateful to colleagues and would "work night and day to deliver our message around the country."
Legislators will start their summer recess tomorrow, and over the coming weeks, Sunak and Truss will travel the country putting their case for party leadership to grassroots Conservative members. They will make a series of stump speeches, followed by question and answer sessions, which are known as "hustings."
The process is expected to end in early September following a ballot of the party members, at which point Johnson would formally leave his post as caretaker prime minister and depart from Downing Street, and his selected successor would step into the role.
There are estimated to be up to 200,000 members of the Conservative party in Britain, and because of the way the U.K. parliamentary system is set up, the resignation of Johnson did not automatically trigger fresh national elections.
Sunak, the country's former finance minister, resigned from that role earlier this month following Johnson's shifting narrative about a colleague accused of sexual improprieties. His departure helped precipitate Johnson's own downfall. A former investment banker, he was first elected as a lawmaker in 2015.
His popularity with the British public as a top Cabinet member soared during the coronavirus pandemic, when his treasury department announced a series of policies that provided many citizens with financial support.
Sunak soon became a favorite to replace Johnson, but a controversy over his wealthy wife's tax affairs and a criminal fine for breaching lockdown rules dented his reputation as a competent operator. He has also said repeatedly that the country's currently high taxes are necessary for Britain to balance its books without excessive borrowing.
Truss, the U.K.'s current foreign minister, has remained far more loyal to Johnson, and has enjoyed support among legislators from the right wing of the party, with a series of recent informal polls among grassroots activists also indicating that she is their preferred candidate for the premiership.
Prior to her career in Parliament, she worked as an accountant, and was elected to her constituency about 90 miles northeast of London back in 2010. She initially opposed Brexit, but has in recent years taken an increasingly hard-line approach to British relations with the European Union, and has regularly threatened to breach the current trade agreement between the U.K. and EU nations. She has promised to cut taxes if she is selected as the next prime minister.
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HARRISBURG, N.C., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KEYper Systems, an ASSA ABLOY Company and global provider of innovative key and asset control management solutions, launches its new mobile app, KEYper GO. KEYper GO will take the automotive industry-leading key management system KEYper MX to the next level. KEYper Systems' soft launch of KEYper GO at the National Automotive Dealers Association (NADA) Show 2023 was well received by car dealers.
With KEYper GO, your managers and sales team can conveniently and efficiently access the keys they require daily. KEYper GO brings all the powerful tools needed by users and administrators of your KEYper system right to their smart device. Your staff will no longer need to return to the cabinet to know if a key or dealer plate is available. They can identify who has an item checked out, contact them at the press of a button, and even transfer ownership of an asset in the field. With KEYper GO, administrators can manage users and inventory with ease, check system and asset statuses, view transaction histories, reserve keys and dealer plates, and much more.
KEYper GO harnesses the power of KEYper Scan to allow you to take inventory of your lot with your device's camera or a compatible Bluetooth scanner. KEYper GO will increase efficiency in your service department by allowing you to scan, edit, and attach fobs to your car keys as the vehicles come in off the truck.
"To me, one of the most exciting things about KEYper GO is that it frees you from the cabinet. When you're in the middle of a conversation with a customer, you don't want to have to walk away to go get a key, if you can avoid it. You can now walk up to a car, scan its label with your device, and not only find out where the key is, but also request that it be transferred to you – without ever touching the cabinet. KEYper GO is designed to maintain the audit trail for every asset without disrupting your busy workflow." – Steve Baucom, President of KEYper Systems
For more information, contact:
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KEYper® Systems, based in Harrisburg, N.C., is a global provider of innovative key and asset control solutions. We offer a range of affordable security methods, from mechanical boards to state-of-the-art electronic cabinets. KEYper Systems has been the standard for key and asset management since 1992. We are committed to providing the best and most efficient method of controlling your day-to-day operations with solutions to your key and asset control issues. We offer key and asset solutions for almost any number of keys/assets and serve any industry seeking to improve their key and asset management, from car dealers to high-security government agencies.
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Underage drinking is the cause of 3,900 youth deaths each year, with Texas regularly ranked as state with highest number of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities
AUSTIN, Texas, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the school year at a close and summer underway, Texans for State and Drug-Free Youth, the state's leading advocacy organization working to end underage drinking, urged increased awareness on specific risks faced by recent graduates.
The CDC recognizes underage drinking as a significant public health problem, responsible for more than 3,900 deaths and 225,000 years of potential life lost among people under age 21 each year. Because the brain continues developing until the mid-20s, alcohol has drastically more serious impact on younger users. Studies show drinking at a young age can lead to lifelong damage in brain function, memory, and coordination, and makes it more likely youth will develop addiction or substance abuse problems later in life. When surveyed, fear of youth addiction and underage alcohol-related car crashes were among Texan's highest concerns.
Recent high school graduates are among the highest at-risk: By far, the greatest percentage of high school drinking occurs in the 12th grade. According to state data, nearly half (47%) of Texas high schoolers who reported drinking within 30 days of being surveyed were seniors.
One of the greatest challenges to solving this issue is how incredibly prevalent alcohol is – 65 percent of high school seniors say it's easy to access and they also report that they mostly get it socially. With underage youth out of school and attending summer celebrations, alcohol access, likely use and associated risks and consequences all significantly increase. It is imperative adults take action to protect youth. Under no circumstances – adults present or not – is underage drinking safe.
"There is an important difference between a celebratory milestone and a developmental one," said Nicole Holt, CEO of Texans for Safe and Drug-Free Youth. "The fact of the matter is, a graduation does not transform our kids into adults overnight. We must be sure that as adults, we are doing everything possible to catapult them forward to their amazing futures – and nothing at all to hold them back."
As families and communities reflect on all that lies ahead for graduates, every single adult must be united in reducing underage drinking. Lifelong health problems, reduced brain development, poor cognitive functions, drunk driving injury or death – are all preventable.
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Explosion kills 2 at Miami-area industrial complex
MEDLEY, Fla. (AP) — An explosion and fire at an industrial complex in suburban Miami killed two people and left three others injured Tuesday morning, officials said.
The explosion in the small city of Medley shot a large fireball into the sky and left several trucks and other vehicles in flames, video from a neighboring business and TV news helicopters showed.
Miami-Dade police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta said two people were pronounced dead at the scene. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said two others suffered traumatic injuries and were taken to a hospital, while a third was treated at the scene.
Fire officials said it took about 90 minutes to extinguish the flames and that the cause is under investigation.
A truck-cleaning company and welding shops are listed as operating at the address of the explosion.
Medley, located about 12 miles northwest of downtown Miami, is mostly industrial and commercial complexes.
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According to the company, the addition of Steris Corp. as a supplemental sterilization provider will increase sterile product capacity by up to five times for the Boston area-based manufacturer.
AVON, Mass., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ranfac Corporation has announced the completion of a successful validation of Steris Corporation as an additional source for Ethelyn Oxide (EO) sterilization services. According to Barry Zimble, Chief Operating Officer at Ranfac, "Having multiple sources of sterilization will add a level of control and an increased sense of reliability." The company claims this was an essential investment during a time of unprecedented supply chain interruptions while also providing adequate capacity to meet emerging demand for sterile packaged goods.
"What we don't want are bottlenecks, points of slowed movement, in our supply chain," stated Michael Faradie, Ranfac Director of Manufacturing. "This partnership will allow us to produce finished goods at a higher rate, speeding up the entire process and making life easier for everyone."
According to Eric Kreuz, Ranfac Vice President of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Assurance, this validation will positively affect risk management at the company. "This could prove to increase the output by four or five times, meaning that we would no longer have to worry about storage space of unsterilized items," said Kreuz. "Our risk management profile will be improved, directly benefiting our customers."
Ranfac has already begun the process of having products sterilized at Steris' Northborough, MA facility.
An ISO 13485:2016 certified medical device company, Ranfac offers integrated solutions for product design & development, manufacturing process development, regulatory approval, and single source manufacturing of single use devices for specialized applications.
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Sir Rod Stewart hopes his activism in increasing awareness about menopause will encourage more husbands to step up.
Speaking to Sunday Times, the hitmaker spoke about his experience watching his wife of 15-years, Penny Lancaster, go through menopause — something he admittedly didn’t know much about because his prior marriages “didn’t last that long.”
Said Stewart, “I hadn’t seen [the menopause] before because my marriages didn’t last that long [Alana Stewart was 39 and Rachel Hunter 37 when they and Stewart got divorced], so Penny was the first, but she would get into blinding fits of rage.”
“One night she threw utensils, so me and the boys gave her a hug and since then she’s worked to let people know what it is. And men have to understand and not just go down the pub,” the singer continued of his 51-year-old wife.
He said that the experience inspired him to support Lancaster’s Menopause Mandate awareness campaign and learn more about hormone therapy, known as HRT.
Stewart, who is 77, backed Lancaster’s Menopause Mandate in April, which aims to eradicate “scaremongering” by increasing education on menopause, and improve women’s health options by expanding access to affordable treatment and helping them understand the signs and symptoms of menopause.
Elsewhere in the interview, Sir Stewart teased he’ll make a biopic one day. “I keep getting offers,” he said, adding, “But I’ll be the last to do it — even f***ing Robbie Williams has one now.”
The singer admits he won’t shy away from anything in the inevitable documentary and proclaimed, “Yeah, I have no skeletons in the closet, as far as I know. I just wish someone would make one before I kick the bucket.”
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) on Monday reported first-quarter net income of $19.6 million.
On a per-share basis, the The Woodlands, Texas-based company said it had net income of 64 cents.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 56 cents per share.
The civil construction company posted revenue of $403.6 million in the period.
Sterling Infrastructure expects full-year earnings to be $3.33 to $3.53 per share, with revenue in the range of $1.9 billion to $2 billion.
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Senate OKs enhanced benefits for vets exposed to burn pits
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved a sweeping expansion of health care and disability benefits for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in response to concerns about their exposure to toxic burn pits.
Passage of the bill by a vote of 84-14 sets a course that could help millions who served after Sept. 11, 2001, and caps years of advocacy work by veterans groups and others who liken burn pits to the Agent Orange herbicide that Vietnam era veterans were exposed to in Southeast Asia.
The bill is projected to increase federal spending by about $283 billion over 10 years and does not include offsetting spending cuts or tax increases to help pay for it. The House in March approved similar legislation that would have cost more than $320 billion over 10 years.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said after Senate passage that the House would “move swiftly” to take up the legislation and send it to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Biden has encouraged the effort. In a statement after the vote, Biden said the bill “makes good on our sacred obligation to care for veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors.” He urged the House to act quickly “so I can sign it into law right away.”
The military routinely used open burn pits set ablaze with jet fuel to dispose of tires, batteries, medical waste and other materials during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill would expand military veterans’ eligibility for medical care through the Department of Veterans Affairs by extending coverage for 10 years after discharge instead of the current five years.
The legislation would also presume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure, allowing the veterans to obtain disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to prove the illness was a result of their service. Currently, more than 70% of disability claims related to burn pit exposure are denied by the VA due to lack of evidence, scientific data and information from the Defense Department.
The legislation would also benefit many Vietnam War-era veterans by including high blood pressure in the list of conditions presumed to have been caused by exposure to Agent Orange. And, it would extend Agent Orange presumptions to veterans who served in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam and American Samoa.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., described the bill as “the greatest advance in veterans health care in decades.” He said scores of America’s veterans went off to serve their country in perfect health only to come back and get sick from toxic exposure, and, when they applied for disability benefits, oftentimes found out they didn’t qualify.
“It’s a confounding indignity for our nation’s heroes to sacrifice everything for our country only to come home, get sick and discover the VA is not there for them,” Schumer said.
A 2020 study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found that health studies provided insufficient evidence to determine whether exposure to burn pit emissions is linked to 27 adverse respiratory conditions such as asthma, chronic bronchitis and lung cancer. The authors of the study said the uncertainty doesn’t mean that there is no association – only that there was insufficient data to draw definitive conclusions.
But lawmakers said that stories from constituents tell a different and more definitive tale, and they are reluctant to wait for an irrefutable link between veterans’ maladies and their exposure to toxic burn pits.
“Whenever you have to make that connection airtight, that’s difficult on many things,” said Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind. “In this case, I think the evidence is such that there’s some causal relationship. I hear from so many that were over there and got the symptoms fairly close after their service was over. That’s not now and then. You hear it fairly often.”
Most Republicans vote for the bill, but some opposed it because of fiscal concerns.
“That’s way too much money,” said Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., of the projected $283 billion price tag.
An expansion of health care and disability benefits could also tax an already stressed VA system, which lawmakers sought to address by authorizing 31 new medical clinics in 19 states and boosting investments in computer systems for the processing of disability claims.
Most Republicans in the House voted against that chamber’s version of the legislation. The Senate version trimmed some of the costs early on by phasing in certain benefit enhancements. Sen. Jon Tester, the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said the bill was “about righting a wrong that has been ignored too damn long.”
“There’s always cost of war,” Tester said, “and that cost is never fully paid when the war ends.” | 2022-06-17T13:22:01+00:00 | yorkdispatch.com | https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2022/06/16/senate-oks-enhanced-benefits-vets-exposed-burn-pits/50380505/ |
LAS VEGAS, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) ("MGM Resorts" or the "Company") has been named one of the Best Companies for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) in 2023 by Black Enterprise, a leading media company dedicated to Black business and economic empowerment. This distinction highlights MGM Resorts' dedication to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity and provides equitable opportunities for its employees.
MGM Resorts is among 60 other organizations and the sole gaming company featured on this year's list. The businesses selected have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to creating dynamic workforces, diverse corporate governance, expansive supply chains and inclusive management.
"MGM Resorts is honored to receive this recognition by Black Enterprise, which serves as a testament to our ongoing efforts in fostering an inclusive environment that encourages innovation, embraces diverse perspectives and champions equality for all," says Jyoti Chopra, Chief People, Inclusion and Sustainability Officer at MGM Resorts. "As a leader in our community, we strive to create a positive impact by addressing social and economic disparities to drive sustainable change."
MGM Resorts' commitment to DEI is reflected in its comprehensive initiatives and programs. This includes actively recruiting and investing in a diverse workforce, maintaining a robust supplier diversity program, its expansive Employee Network Groups and engaging diverse communities through philanthropic efforts, education programs and partnerships with local organizations.
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global entertainment company with national and international locations featuring best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses 31 unique hotel and gaming destinations globally, including some of the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. The Company's 50/50 venture, BetMGM, LLC, offers U.S. sports betting and online gaming through market-leading brands, including BetMGM and partypoker, and the Company's subsidiary LeoVegas AB offers sports betting and online gaming through market-leading brands in several jurisdictions throughout Europe. The Company is currently pursuing targeted expansion in Asia through the integrated resort opportunity in Japan. Through its "Focused on What Matters: Embracing Humanity and Protecting the Planet" philosophy, MGM Resorts commits to creating a more sustainable future, while striving to make a bigger difference in the lives of its employees, guests, and in the communities where it operates. The global employees of MGM Resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies®. For more information, please visit us at www.mgmresorts.com. Please also connect with us @MGMResortsIntl on Twitter as well as Facebook and Instagram.
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After two editions much diminished by the pandemic, the 47th Toronto International Film Festival is set to roar back to life beginning Thursday with a lineup crowded with much-anticipated titles, including Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King,” starring Viola Davis.
After two lean and largely virtual pandemic festivals, this year’s TIFF will again be a full-scaled omnibus of upcoming fall movies. Some kinks are still being worked out; digital ticketing woes have plagued festival-goers in the days leading up to TIFF, the largest film gathering in North America. But for some, returning to the teeming theaters of Toronto will be as cozy and warm as putting on a cherished cable-knit sweater.
“Oh, I can’t wait to sit down in that theater,” says Rian Johnson, whose “Glass Onion” will premiere, like “Knives Out,” at the Princess of Wales Theatre. “Above everything else, the movie is designed to be a good time with a crowd in a theater. September 10th can’t get here soon enough.”
While the top European festivals like Venice and Cannes derive much of their glow from their otherworldly glamour, Toronto — where the public can actually get tickets — finds considerable power in the buzz generated from the critics, journalists and moviegoers attending. In the cacophony of the rapid-fire fall-festival circuit that goes from Venice to Telluride to Toronto, responses from TIFF audiences often speak loudest.
Toronto’s top award isn’t a juried prize but an audience award as voted on by attendees. Past winners (“Belfast,” “Nomadland,” “JoJo Rabbit”) nearly always go on to be nominated for best-picture at the Oscars, if not win it. This year, several past winners will be returning, including Peter Farrelly, who’ll premiere his Vietnam War tale “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” four years after “Green Book” was a surprise smash at TIFF; Martin McDonagh, back with the friendship-fallout “The Banshees of Inisherin” following 2017’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ”; and “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle, who will be in Toronto to talk about (but not screen) his upcoming Hollywood tale “Babylon.”
Tyler Perry has been to Toronto once before — to help promote another TIFF award-winner, “Precious,” in 2009. But he’ll be coming for the first time as a director, premiering his “A Jazzman’s Blues,” a decades-spanning drama about a young Black jazz singer. It comes from the first screenplay Perry wrote 26 years ago.
“This is a totally new situation for me. I feel incredibly honored,” says Perry. “’Diary of a Mad Woman,’ my first film, I didn’t direct because I didn’t know how. It took all of these films and all of these television episodes to really understand filmmaking.”
Perry’s film is for Netflix, as is Johnson’s after it paid $450 million for the rights to two “Knives Out” sequels. A number of the premieres at TIFF come from streaming services, including Amazon Prime Video’s “My Policeman” (the fall’s other Harry Styles film, about a gay romance in 1950s England); Apple TV+’s “Causeway,” starring Jennifer Lawrence as a rehabbing soldier; Netflix’s “The Good Nurse,” with Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain; and “Wendell & Wild,” Henry Selick’s stop-motion animation that reteams Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key, also for Netflix.
But a lot of the top premieres make compelling cases for the theatrical experience. Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” is based on his own coming of age as a filmmaker. Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light,” with Olivia Colman and Colin Firth, is an homage to cinemas set in a 1980s British movie palace.
Nicholas Stoller’s “Bros,” starring and co-written by Billy Eichner, is in a different conversation with the movies, but one no less passionate about them. The first major studio gay rom-com, Universal Pictures’ “Bros” is filled with jokes and commentary about Hollywood’s poor LGBTQ history of inclusion and depiction. It’s also an increasingly rare thing: a comedy for the big screen.
“For some reason, everyone just decided one day that comedy didn’t work in theaters anymore. But it’s not true. Or I don’t think it’s true,” says Stoller. “If a comedy works, if it’s really funny, it works in theaters. People want to go. Universal gets this. They’re not doing this out of charity. They are excited that it’s good for the LGBTQ community but they’re like, ‘We can make money on this. This is a genre that works in movie theaters, we just have to make them.’”
“People want to go to the movies to experience a party of some kind,” adds Stoller.
And, with some 200 features from 63 countries on tap, TIFF is set to once again be a party. For some films, it may also be something of a wake. “Sidney,” Reginald Hudlin’s Apple TV+ Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary about Sidney Poitier, will debut eight months after t he trailblazing actor’s death in January at age 94.
“I’ve watched people watch the trailer and some people cry — from a trailer,” says Hudlin. “What I hope people respond to is that they feel inspired. Sidney’s a life that you think you know, because he’s been a part of our lives our whole life, but when you reveal the details of his life, it’s give you a new perspective. By taking him of the pedestal, you actually admire him even more.”
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Uber is working with unnamed automakers to design EVs customized for its ride-hailing and delivery services, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi confirmed the project last week at an event hosted by the paper, but declined to say which automakers the company was working with.
Ride-hailing could have seats that allow passengers to face each other, while two- or three-wheeled vehicles are being considered for delivery services owing to their smaller footprint, the Uber CEO said.
All vehicles would be optimized for city use, meaning lower speeds than conventional cars. Higher top speeds aren’t necessary in urban environments, Khosrowshahi said, adding that designing for a lower top speed could lower costs.
Uber was previously working with U.K.-based Arrival, coming up with a great-looking, futuristic people-mover, but later last year Arrival reportedly dropped the project, in favor of a focus on electric vans, which the startup had been aiming to build before the Uber tie-in.
Efforts to acquire customized EVs feed into Uber’s targeting of a “zero-emission platform” by 2040, with a goal to be all-electric by 2030—but only in some markets. In the meantime, Uber drivers are eligible to rent Tesla EVs for shorter terms, all-inclusive, through Hertz. The rental giant wants to make ride-hailing drivers a big share of customers for the EV fleet it’s rolling out nationwide.
By California standards, that’s not above and beyond but just complying. In 2021 the state approved an EV mandate for Uber and Lyft that will make larger fleet and ride-hailing companies go all-electric by 2030.
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- Lightyear 0 solar EV nixed, as company pivots to Lightyear 2 | 2023-01-26T16:17:24+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/automotive/internet-brands/report-uber-working-on-evs-for-ride-hailing-deliveries/ |
MANILA – At least 21 people died and 40 others were rescued after a Philippine passenger boat overturned Thursday when it was lashed by strong winds in Laguna Lake southeast of Manila, police said.
Police said rescue operations were continuing, but did not immediately provide figures for the total number of people on board the MBCA Aya when it capsized in Rizal province.
The boat capsized when its passengers moved to one side of the boat in panic when it was battered by fierce winds about 46 meters (about 150 feet) from Kalinawan village in Binangonan town, the coast guard said.
The Rizal provincial police said it immediately launched a search and rescue operation with the help of the coast guard and other local authorities and at that least 40 people were saved but 21 others drowned.
“The operation is still ongoing for the possible rescue of other passengers,” the Rizal police said in a statement. It did not provide other details like how many passengers and crewmembers were onboard the boat when it overturned, but police promised to provide updates.
Typhoon Doksuri moved away Thursday after battering the northern Philippines and enhancing seasonal monsoon rains in a large swath of the archipelago.
The boat sinking brought the death toll from stormy weather to at least 30. At least nine people were reported killed earlier, mostly due to landslides, flooding and toppled trees and thousands were displaced, disaster response officials said.
Sea travel was suspended in many ports during Doksuri's onslaught from Tuesday to Wednesday, stranding thousands of passengers and cargo trucks. The no-sail orders were gradually lifted Thursday as weather improved in many areas.
Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said the passenger boat had been cleared to sail from Binangonan town to nearby Talim island because the typhoon had blown out of the country.
At least four northern provinces remained under cyclone wind alert, banning fishing boats and smaller vessels from venturing out to sea. Rains, however, continued to swamp several towns and cities farther south, including in the densely populated capital region, metropolitan Manila, which lies to the west of Rizal province.
Sea accidents are common in the Philippine archipelago because of frequent storms, badly maintained boats, overcrowding and weak enforcement of safety regulations. In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster. | 2023-07-27T13:47:12+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/news/world/2023/07/27/wind-tossed-boat-with-dozens-of-people-aboard-overturns-in-philippines-search-and-rescue-underway/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — New York officials will be able to issue licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries in some parts of the state after an appeals court on Tuesday narrowed the scope of a temporary injunction that had halted them because of a legal challenge.
The ruling from the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals allows the state to hand out licenses in Brooklyn, central New York, the mid-Hudson region and western New York, while upholding the block on them in the Finger Lakes region while a lawsuit continues.
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A federal judge in Albany, New York, in November issued a temporary injunction against the licenses being handed out in those areas, after a lawsuit filed by Variscite NY One. The company, owned by a Michigan resident, is challenging how New York is issuing its licenses.
In designing the New York market, legislators intentionally looked for the first round of licenses to go to those who had pot convictions in their pasts or their relatives, in an attempt to make sure those directly impacted by drug law enforcement had access to the new opportunities.
Variscite's lawsuit, which is ongoing, says that is a violation of constitutional interstate commerce protections.
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In a statement, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was pleased by the decision and “for the first time, New Yorkers in nearly every region of the state will have access to safer, high-quality, adult-use cannabis products.”
The issuing of licenses in nine other regions of the state, including the rest of New York City, were not impacted by the lawsuit or the injunction. | 2023-03-29T02:19:28+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/ruling-allows-some-pot-dispensary-licenses-in-ny-17865685.php |
DULUTH, Ga., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SIS, leading implementer of ERP|CRM|BI solutions for construction and other project and service-based companies, built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, announces:
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By VESELIN TOSHKOV
Associated Press
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — An exit poll in Bulgaria suggested Sunday that the center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov, a party blamed for presiding over years of corruption, is the likely winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election.
The exit poll conducted by the Gallup International pollster showed the GERB party earning 24.6% support, apparently edging out the reformist We Continue the Change pro-Western party of former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, which is expected to capture 18.9%.
It could take days before the final official results are announced. If they confirm the exit poll, Borisov will be handed a mandate to form his fourth cabinet. It will be an uphill task for him to produce a stable governing coalition, however, since most political groups have in advance rejected any cooperation with his GERB party.
The early election came after a fragile coalition led Petkov lost a no-confidence vote in June. He claimed afterward that Moscow had used “hybrid war” tactics to bring his government down after it refused to pay gas bills in rubles and ordered an expulsion of Russian diplomats from Bulgaria.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Voter apathy dominated Bulgaria’s early election on Sunday, raising the prospect of yet another fractured parliament that will struggle to form a viable governing coalition.
The European Union nation’s fourth election in 18 months was marked by a raging war nearby, political instability and economic hardships in the bloc’s poorest member.
Some 6.6 million people were eligible to cast ballots for 240 lawmakers in the parliament. Voter turnout was nearly 30% by 5 p.m., less than in previous elections. Analysts attributed that to voter fatigue and disillusionment with politicians unable to cobble together a viable government coalition.
Surveys before the vote suggest that up to eight parties could muster the 4% threshold to enter a fragmented parliament where populist and pro-Russia groups could increase their representation.
This early election comes after a fragile coalition led by pro-Western Prime Minister Kiril Petkov lost a no-confidence vote in June. He claimed afterward that Moscow had used “hybrid war” tactics to bring his government down after it refused to pay gas bills in rubles and ordered an expulsion of Russian diplomats from Bulgaria.
A low turnout favors three-time former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s GERB party, which is likeliest to finish first because it can still count on a loyal base.
After casting his vote on Sunday, Borissov told reporters that Bulgaria needs to clearly position itself on Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
“With this, aggression, with this war with a clear aggressor in the face of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin – (I have) nothing against the Russian people — with this farce with the referendums, Bulgaria must be very clear, categorical, and precise about its place in the European Union and NATO,” he said, adding that Bulgaria’s entry into Europe’s 19-nation shared currency eurozone should be its first, most important task.
Still, the predicted percentage won’t be enough for Borissov’s party to form a one-party government, and the chances for a GERB-led coalition are slim as it is blamed for presiding over years of corruption by most opponents.
Petkov rejected recent polls as questionable and voiced confidence that the vote will yield positive results for his party.
“Today’s election is very important. The choice is between going back to the years of transition or to break with this period once and for all and heading to a new prosperous and reformed Bulgaria,” he said after casting his ballot.
Petkov ran on promises to cobble together a coalition and continue with his efforts to eradicate corruption but painful reforms may be hard to swallow amid a European energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Many Bulgarians share pro-Russia sentiments, which provides fertile soil for aggressive Kremlin propaganda in the Balkan country.
The pro-Russia party Vazrazhdane, riding on those feelings, is attracting many voters. The latest opinion polls predict it will capture 12.8% of the vote, up from 4.9% in the previous election.
“After these elections Bulgaria will have two options for the future — it will either radically change its path of development and will have a chance for survival, or ‘God save Bulgaria,’” party leader Kostadin Kostadinov said Sunday.
Unlike the stance taken by the EU, Kostadinov has urged “full neutrality” for Bulgaria in the war in Ukraine.
First exit poll results will be announced after polls close at 8 p.m. and preliminary results are expected on Monday.
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SANTA CRUZ — What started as a years-long grassroots community effort to renovate the Santa Cruz Library where it stands, and preserve the historic location of the farmers market, snowballed into a heated battle between a ballot measure’s proponents, the city of Santa Cruz and real estate developers.
In June, the county clerk certified a petition created by the organization, Our Downtown, Our Future, for a ballot measure, later known as Measure O. The group gathered 4,912 valid signatures, more than the 3,048 required to place it on the November ballot.
“We are energized by the public’s response to our efforts and those of our volunteers who collected more than enough signatures to move forward,” said Our Downtown, Our Future member Lisa Ekstrom in June. “I have met and had conversations with so many amazing people in the community and for that alone I’m grateful.”
In addition to halting the Downtown Library and Affordable Housing Project, which has cost the city approximately $2.5 million during the planning process and counting, the ballot measure would have established Lot 4 as a permanent home of the farmers market. The measure would have also required the development of affordable housing on downtown city-owned parking lots, and designated a surplus revenue gathered by the city’s parking program to finance affordable housing projects and alternative transportation programs for people working Downtown.
When word of the measure began to spread, opponents from the real estate and developer communities dumped large sums of money into the campaign that opposed the measure, known as Santa Cruz for Real Library and Housing Solutions, which raised about $117,000 by the end of their campaign compared to Measure O proponents raising about $37,000.
Of the approximately 30 donations made during the disclosure period to the opponents of the measure, the largest donation of $10,000 was made by Santa Cruz-based real estate firm Redtree Partners and the second largest donation of $5,000 came from SCFS Ventures LLC, which is an applicant in the Cruz Hotel project.
However, the Measure O story actually starts in 2016 with the passage of Measure S, which earmarked $67 million to modernize, upgrade and repair local libraries in Santa Cruz County. The language on the ballot stated that the Measure S funds would be used to replace failing roofs, outdated bathrooms, electrical systems, structurally damaged facilities; support growing use by children, seniors, veterans and others; expand access to modern technology; and construct or expand facilities where necessary.
In 2016, the city created a Downtown Library Advisory Committee to examine the best way to use the Measure S funds, whether it was a partial or full renovation of the existing library, a new library on the existing lot or the construction of a mixed-use building on Lot 4. The advisory committee concluded that the mixed-use building, which did not contain a housing aspect at that time, was the best way forward. The City Council then voted to move forward with the library and parking garage mixed-use building.
However, due to pushback from the community, the project was put on hold in May 2019 by order of the City Council and another subcommittee was established, which consisted of Councilmembers Justin Cummings, Sandy Brown and Donna Meyers to again find the best use of the Measure S funds.
After about a year, the City Council subcommittee concluded that the mixed-use parking structure building was the best option, but to shrink the parking structure from 600 to 400 spaces and add an affordable housing element.
The council voted to move forward with that recommendation at the June 23, 2020, City Council meeting despite continued public opposition. Many of the leaders of the opposition to the parking garage and mixed-use building went on to form the organization Our Downtown, Our Future, which authored Measure O.
Of the 10 branch libraries in the Santa Cruz Public Library system, all have completed construction and renovations using the Measure S funding except for the downtown Santa Cruz branch. The last update given by the city on the mixed-use building and parking structure meant to house a new downtown library was in regards to the removal of the heritage trees in Lot 4, but no building permits have been granted for the project and no timeline has been established for the building’s construction.
For the opponents of the measure, such as the campaign’s spokesperson, Don Lane, the failure of Measure O at the polls will pave the way for a livelier and more affordable downtown Santa Cruz.
“We’re very grateful that so many voters have embraced the opportunity we have to create affordable homes, a great new library, and a more vibrant Downtown Santa Cruz,” said Lane after the results of the election were announced in November. | 2022-12-30T03:29:43+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/12/29/newsmaker-2022-measure-o-decided-fate-of-santa-cruz-library-project/ |
Integrated solution prefills NAICS codes — enabling fast, accurate underwriting and quoting
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuralMetrics, which enables actionable risk-assessment intelligence for P&C insurers, brokers, and agents, announced today it has partnered with Duck Creek Technologies (NASDAQ: DCT), the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) insurance, to offer carriers API access to critical NAICS code prefill for risk assessment. The partnership provides property/casualty insurers the ability to underwrite commercial lines policies quickly and accurately. Codes and data for additional lines of business, such as workers' compensation and commercial umbrella, can easily be enabled via the partnership's API integration.
With the push of a button, insurers using Duck Creek Policy can now prefill essential underwriting information for quote generation, including account name, address, and NAICS 6-digit codes. The NeuralMetrics solution uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to provide accurate, transparent data for evaluating risk eligibility, enabling straight-through processing, and reducing the time required to complete policy underwriting, quote, and binding.
"Our company's mission is to provide a better experience for the underwriting teams of commercial lines insurers and their policyholders," said Prakash Vasant, CEO, NeuralMetrics. "Partnering with Duck Creek gives insurers fast, easy access to imperative risk-evaluation data, results in efficient and reliable underwriting, and drives higher satisfaction and service for agents/brokers and insureds. In addition to speed and accuracy, NeuralMetrics harnesses intelligent technology to make the data sources transparent, so insurers can make quality underwriting decisions with confidence about regulatory compliance."
Addressing the challenges of proficient underwriting, NeuralMetrics automatically discovers and answers fundamental risk evaluation questions for commercial lines of business. The solution allows insurers access to a range of structured and unstructured data, significantly enhancing legacy and manual underwriting processes.
"Duck Creek is eager to continue enhancing its partner ecosystem with technology that equips commercial lines underwriters with instantaneous data to accelerate their speed to market and helps facilitate their growth," said Robert Fletcher, Sr. Partner Manager, Duck Creek Technologies. "Our partnership with NeuralMetrics gives our customers a more personalized experience that is tailored to carrier-specific underwriting guidelines, questions, and strategies."
About NeuralMetrics
NeuralMetrics facilitates accurate, contextual commercial lines underwriting and comprehensive lead management for property/casualty insurance organizations. The company's easy-to-deploy data-aggregation platform is powered by AI and natural language processing to extract industry-compliant, actionable risk-assessment intelligence instantaneously and transparently from dynamic, public sources of information. As a domain-expert partner to insurers, NeuralMetrics enables reliable rating classification, incisive underwriting, and precise policy pricing, as well as lead sourcing and qualification. For more information, visit www.neuralmetrics.ai
About Duck Creek Technologies
Duck Creek Technologies (NASDAQ: DCT) is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. Visit www.duckcreek.com to learn more. Follow Duck Creek on our social channels for the latest information – LinkedIn and Twitter.
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SPRINGVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A new water line will deliver something that residents of a rural Pennsylvania community have gone without for the last 14 years — a clean, reliable supply of drinking water — after a public utility on Tuesday released the first details of a plan to mitigate the damage that a gas driller is charged with causing.
The tiny crossroads in northeastern Pennsylvania, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the New York state line, drew national notoriety after residents were filmed lighting their tap water on fire in the Emmy Award-winning 2010 documentary “Gasland.”
Pennsylvania American Water said it plans to drill two wells — what it calls a “public groundwater system” — and build a treatment plant that will remove any contaminants from the water before piping it to about 20 homes in Dimock, site of one of the most notorious pollution cases ever to emerge from the U.S. drilling and fracking boom.
“Pennsylvania American Water is pleased it had the opportunity to partner with the Attorney General’s office to develop a safe drinking water solution for the residents of Dimock, who like all of us, deserve access to clean, safe, reliable, and affordable drinking water,” Dan Rickard, the utility’s engineering manager, said in a statement.
Dimock residents were briefed on the plan Monday night at a meeting with Pennsylvania American Water and high-level officials in the state attorney general’s office, which is pursuing criminal charges against the drilling company blamed for polluting Dimock’s aquifer.
Residents declined comment Monday night as they left the meeting at a high school near Dimock, saying they’d been instructed by a prosecutor not to talk.
“Our office remains laser focused on using our limited tools to restore clean drinking water for the residents of Dimock,” Jacklin Rhoads, a spokesperson in the attorney general’s office, said in a statement Tuesday. “Yesterday, our attorneys along with Pennsylvania American Water updated the impacted residents on the status of the case and the extensive independent research done with one goal — how best to provide clean water to their homes.”
Further details of the water line plan, including its cost and whether the driller, Coterra Energy Inc., will bear the financial burden as part of any settlement of the criminal case, were not publicly released Tuesday.
Residents of Dimock have used bottled water, bulk water purchased commercially, and even water drawn from creeks and artesian wells, saying they don’t trust the water coming from their wells.
The state attorney general’s office got involved in June 2020, filing criminal charges against the former Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. after a grand jury investigation found the company had failed to fix its faulty gas wells, which leaked flammable methane into residential water supplies in Dimock and surrounding communities.
Cabot, which recently merged with Denver-based Cimarex Energy Co. to form a new company, Coterra Energy Inc., has long maintained the gas in residents’ water was naturally occurring. It faces a total of 15 criminal counts, most of them felonies, including illegal discharge of industrial wastes and unlawful conduct under the state’s Clean Streams Law.
The company — the most prolific driller in the nation’s No. 2 natural gas-producing state — said Tuesday that it is working to resolve the criminal charges.
“Coterra remains committed to achieving an amicable resolution with the Office of the Attorney General. We continue to work towards a resolution that is productive and beneficial to the community and landowners,” said George Stark, a company spokesperson.
Pennsylvania American, meanwhile, was involved in the state’s aborted 2010 effort to connect the residents of Dimock to an existing municipal water system about 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) away.
A dozen years ago, state environmental regulators secured nearly $12 million in financing for the project — and pledged to sue Cabot to recoup the money — but were forced to back down under legal threat from the company and local officials, who called it a boondoggle. Instead, Cabot agreed to pay residents a total of $4.1 million and install individual water treatment systems.
But some residents say the systems never worked properly, forcing them to purchase bottled water for drinking and cooking and get larger deliveries of water for showering, washing dishes and flushing toilets. Those same residents flatly rejected a proposal by the attorney general’s office last December that Cabot pay for the installation of new treatment systems.
Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro won the state’s gubernatorial election this month and will take office in January. | 2022-11-23T20:24:36+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/ap-public-utility-to-pipe-water-to-residents-of-gasland-town/ |
(The Hill) – U.S. airline passenger complaints doubled in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, according to a Department of Transportation (DOT) report published this month.
Passengers filed nearly 16,000 complaints with the DOT against U.S. airlines from January to June. That’s more than double the 6,827 complaints filed in first half of 2021.
American Airlines recorded the most complaints in the first half of 2022, with 3,186 filed against the Fort Worth, Texas-based company on everything from flight problems, refunds, fares, refunds, baggage and accessibility issues.
United Airlines recorded 2,391 complaints from January to June of this year, while passengers filed 1,909 complaints against Spirit Airlines.
Ranking fourth was Frontier Airlines, at 1,750 filed complaints. In fifth place was Jetblue Airways, with 1,676 filed complaints.
Airlines have struggled to meet high consumer demand this year as travelers emerged from the pandemic’s peak waves and shutdowns, leaving many flights canceled and delayed, to the frustration of the public.
Companies have blamed everything from a pilot shortage to high fuel costs and extreme weather for the mass cancellations and delayed flights.
The travel disruptions have angered the Biden administration and congressional lawmakers, especially as thousands of flights were canceled over holiday travel weekends, including for the Fourth of July and Juneteenth.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with airline executives in June and House Democrats introduced a bill this month that would force companies to give up cash refunds to passengers if a flight is canceled or significantly delayed.
The DOT’s latest Air Travel Consumer Report, filed by The Office of Aviation Consumer Protection, also breaks down the number of flight cancellations recorded in the first half of the year.
More than 106,000 flights were canceled from January to June. In the same period last year, just over 41,000 flights were canceled.
Southwest Airlines canceled the most flights, with 16,321 of them scrubbed in the first half of 2022.
The Dallas, Texas-based company has faced some scrutiny for its canceled and delayed flights. The airline has canceled up to 40 percent of its flights on some peak travel days.
According to the DOT report, American Airlines canceled the second most, at 16,288 from January to June. Republic Airways cut 10,270 flights in the first half of 2022, ranking third. | 2022-09-01T13:42:26+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/u-s-airline-passenger-complaints-soared-in-first-half-of-2022/ |
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Senate unanimously approved key components of the $18 billion dollar property tax relief package on Wednesday, making the anticipated deal one step closer to hitting the governor’s desk, as it is expected to pass in the House Thursday.
Senators stood and cheered after unanimously passing Senate Bill 2, the property tax relief piece, and Senate Bill 3, a franchise tax cut piece.
The upper chamber’s property tax aficionado — Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston — lauded the bill as a win for taxpayers.
“That’s what we do in Texas, is come up with Texas-sized solutions to Texas challenges,” he said on the Senate floor. “And there’s nothing better to be able to say, for every taxpayer in the state, their property tax rate is coming down substantially for every home state and the state.”
Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin, also had high praise for the historic package, but raised concerns about one of its key components and its impact on school districts in the long run. Part of the proposal includes allocating $12 billion for school districts so they in turn can lower their local tax rates.
$12 billion for school districts to lower their tax rates
Local property taxpayers will see a reduction through rate compression, which is when the state gives more money to school districts so they in turn can lower their tax rates. Rate compression does not give districts additional funding, but merely redistributes the obligation for public school funding to fall more heavily on the state rather than local taxpayers.
“The property tax benefit of this bill will be erased, erased if we don’t continue to make state investment in public education, so that we do not have to rely on local property taxes to make up the delta,” Eckhardt said. “I vote for this in hopes that the state continues — even after this one time surplus — to pay its fair share with regard to public education, so that we don’t go back to a past where we allowed the local property taxes to increase so that we could fail to meet our obligation at the state level.”
In a Tuesday one-on-one interview with Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Nexstar asked him to respond to concerns that compression is not sustainable. Prior to the House and Senate striking a deal, Patrick had been less supportive of the compression plan than the House and Gov. Greg Abbott.
“I’ve said this over and over in the last couple of months that compression is not a guarantee,” Patrick said. “So could you have, you know, an adjustment in any given year…yes, you could. But over time, we will continue to grow.”
At a conservative think-tank event last month, Abbott said that tax cuts via compression are sustainable, noting the state is receiving increasing amounts of revenue from sales and franchise taxes due to population and business growth.
But public education advocates worry about this model in the future, once the $12B for districts dries out and if there’s another major economic downturn.
Mark Wiggins, a senior lobbyist with the Association of Texas Professional Educators, points out that over the years the state has decreased its contribution to public school funding, meaning school districts have had to rely on local property taxes to fund the majority of their budgets. He expressed concern that in future sessions, Texas might not be able to maintain paying for the lion’s share of districts’ funding if the state budget decreases dramatically.
“It is just changing the ratio between the state and the local share of funding. It is not increasing the total level of funding,” he said. “Most of the school districts that are having problems right now that are unable to keep staff, that are unable to provide pay increases in order to attract and retain staff — they’re still in that same boat. This is not going to help those districts.”
Teacher bonuses stripped from deal
At the end of June, senators amended the tax relief bills to include a $3.2 billion supplemental pay package for teachers to receive bonuses, however, that was ultimately removed from the final deal.
The plan would have provided a $2,000 check for full-time classroom teachers in districts with more than 20,000 students and a $6,000 check for teachers in districts with fewer than 20,000 students.
Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, proposed the teacher amendment in June. On the Senate floor Wednesday, he asked Bettencourt if it was House Speaker Dade Phelan or Rep. Will Metcalf, who worked on the property tax deal, who decided to ultimately remove teacher bonuses from the final package.
“I just want to know which one of those two people decided to abandon the teachers of Texas and not give them a pay raise?” Gutierrez asked.
“Without speaking for them, I think the intent is clear that they wish that that issue to be brought up in the next special session with education,” Bettencourt replied.
The lieutenant governor told Nexstar he expects Abbott to call lawmakers back in October for a third special session related to creating a school voucher program and that they’ll also seek to address teacher pay raises then — despite opponents’ criticism of tying the two together.
“We already have 5 billion set aside in the budget and part of that is for teacher pay raises. So I believe we’ll get to them in October when we address the other education issues,” Patrick said.
Texas school districts have to finalize their budgets for the 2023-24 school year before students and staff return. | 2023-07-13T16:45:24+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/texas-politics/how-will-texas-property-tax-relief-plan-affect-school-budgets/ |
MILL VALLEY, Calif., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Keen Research, a leading provider of on-device speech recognition solutions, is pleased to announce the release of KeenASR SDK for Web. This innovative JavaScript library enables developers to integrate on-device speech recognition capabilities into web applications, unlocking a new level of interactivity and user experience.
Empowering EdTech Web Apps:
KeenASR SDK for Web provides EdTech developers with a powerful tool to voice-enable their web applications. By integrating on-device speech recognition, developers can provide young learners with engaging educational and entertainment content. This transformative interactivity creates a sense of magic and excitement as children see their words transformed into actions or responses within immersive experiences.
Enabling Hands-Free Experiences in Enterprise Web Apps:
KeenASR SDK for Web introduces a new level of interactivity to enterprise web applications by allowing hands-free experiences. On-device speech recognition enables frontline workers to navigate, search, and perform tasks seamlessly, boosting efficiency and safety and allowing them to focus on core responsibilities.
Advantages of On-device Approach vs. Cloud-Based Solutions:
KeenASR SDK for Web, which runs completely on-device ("offline"), provides several advantages over cloud-based speech recognition solutions:
Privacy and Security: Sensitive information remains on the user's device, addressing privacy and security concerns.
Seamless User Experience: On-device processing in real-time eliminates the dependence on unreliable internet connectivity. Users can enjoy responsive and uninterrupted interactions.
Cost-Effective Scalability: On-device processing eliminates the need for continuous backend scaling or usage-based fees typical for cloud solutions, resulting in predictable expenses that are highly cost-effective at scale. This scalability ensures that the products can grow effortlessly alongside the increasing user base.
In the words of Ognjen Todic, CEO of Keen Research:
"Education is at the core of societal progress, and we are committed to leveraging technology to support companies building innovative mobile and web products. The recent NAEP report highlighting the decline in scores for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics underscores the importance of innovative solutions in the EdTech sector. With KeenASR SDK for Web, we aim to empower EdTech developers to create engaging and interactive learning experiences, ultimately improving educational outcomes for students worldwide."
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3 bald eagles die, 10 sick after eating euthanized animals
At least 13 bald eagles were likely poisoned by scavenging the carcasses of euthanized animals that were improperly dumped at a Minnesota landfill, and three of the majestic birds have died.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that state and federal wildlife officials are investigating after the eagles were found this month near the Pine Bend Landfill in the Minneapolis suburb of Inver Grove Heights.
Ten of the birds are in intensive care at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center. The center's executive director Victoria Hall said she is optimistic those birds will recover.
Hall said when the eagles were found some of them were lying motionless, face down in the snow, and Raptor Center workers weren't sure if they were still alive. Veterinarians suspect that the eagles that died had eaten part of a carcass of an animal that had been euthanized with pentobarbital, and investigators confirmed that some euthanized animals had been brought to the landfill on Dec. 2.
Hall said animals that have been chemically euthanized are supposed to be disposed of in such a manner that other animals can't scavenge on them.
Of the 11 eagles that were brought to The Raptor Center, three also had lead poisoning and one eagle that was found to have bird flu died. Two other eagles were found dead near the landfill.
A fund has been set up to help pay for the eagles' care. | 2022-12-12T00:40:01+00:00 | 4029tv.com | https://www.4029tv.com/article/bald-eagles-die-after-eating-euthanized-animals/42209936 |
Fill the Gap provides meals for students over spring break
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Food Bank is helping fill the gap to make sure students don’t go hungry over spring break.
“With the recent cuts in SNAP (food stamp) benefits and food cost inflation, we know families, especially those with young children will need additional meal assistance,” said Brian Walker, President & CEO of the Kansas Food Bank. “We are happy to work with the six community partners to distribute meal kits for kids over Spring Break across Wichita and the surrounding area when the school meals children rely on are not available to them.”
On Monday, March 13, will provide five days’ worth of “grab and go” breakfast and lunch meals to all students ages 18 and under. The meals will be available for pickup at six locations between noon and 1 p.m. Children must be present to pick up the meals, no advance registration is needed.
South/Southeast
- Colvin Neighborhood Resource Center – 2820 S Roosevelt
- Word of Life South – 2020 E Blake St
North/Northwest
· Evergreen Neighborhood Resource Center – Parking lot of 2700 N Woodland
North/Northeast
- HealthCore Clinic – 2707 E 21st St N
Oaklawn
- Oaklawn Activity Center – 4904 S Clifton
Haysville
- Haysville United Methodist Church – 601 E Grand
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D. H. Conley High School - Landon Elks
WITN Class of 2023
BIOGRAPHY:
Landon Elks, son of Ashley and Kami Elks, is a senior at D.H. Conley High School in Greenville, NC. At Conley, he serves as Student Body president, founder and president of the Outdoor Stewards Club, and president of the DECA Marketing Club. Landon will be attending NC State University as a part of the Park Scholarship Program to pursue a degree in Business Administration. Outside of school, he enjoys playing baseball and spending time in the outdoors.
School: D.H. Conley High School
Name: Landon Elks
Age: 17
Plans for next year: I will attend NC State University as a part of the Park Scholarship Program to pursue a degree in Business Administration.
What is the most challenging task as a senior: The most challenging part of senior year is navigating the college application process.
What advice do you have for underclassmen: I would advise underclassmen to get involved with clubs, organizations, and activities they are passionate about (as soon as possible!). It is also important for them to think big, explore their passions, and take advantage of their high school years.
What has been the highlight of your senior year: Outside of sporting events, the highlight of my senior year has been hearing back about scholarships.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years: Although I am unsure what the future holds, in 10 years, I see myself as a real estate developer and investor waiting for the right time to launch my campaign for public office.
Who is the most influential person in your life and why: The most influential person in my life is my father. He is who I inherited much of my ambition and passion for business from.
I am most unique because: What makes me unique is that I am constantly analyzing my surroundings, discovering opportunities, and then taking initiative to capitalize on those opportunities. I also naturally look for ways to share positivity and make other folks smile.
What is the one quote you live by: “If your presence doesn’t make an impact, your absence won’t make a difference.” -T. Smith
What are 5 things you value most important at this point in your life: God, family, education, fitness, and friends.
If you could move anywhere in the world, where would it be and why: I would move to Costa Rica. They have beaches, mountains, and some of the best fishing—what more could you ask for?
What is the one thing your classmates still don’t know about you after all this time: I’m a huge coffee fan.
Which year of high school was your favorite: Junior year was probably my favorite year of high school. Despite being super busy, I was able to take advantage of some really incredible opportunities and experiences.
If you were stranded on a deserted island and could only take one item with you, what would it be: I would take a box of matches.
Copyright 2023 WITN. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-28T13:07:00+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/04/28/d-h-conley-high-school-landon-elks/ |
Two drones were brought down outside Moscow as they approached the warehouses of a local military unit, Moscow region Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said Wednesday, in what could be the latest attempt by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia during the early stages of Kyiv’s most recent counteroffensive.
The wreckage of a third drone was found about 20 kilometers (12 miles) away from the site of the crash, Russian media reported. No damage or casualties were reported.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed it was “an unsuccessful attempt at a terrorist attack” by “the Kyiv regime” on its facilities in the Moscow region, adding in a statement that all three drones were brought down by radio-electronic means.
Ukraine, which usually doesn’t confirm attacks on Russian soil, made no immediate comment about the downed drones. Previously, Ukrainian officials have emphasized the country’s right to strike any target in response to Russia’s invasion and war that started in February 2022.
In December, Moscow claimed it had shot down drones that targeted military air bases in the Saratov and Ryazan regions in western Russia.
Other drones have reportedly flown deep into Russia multiple times. Since February, when a UJ-22 crashed 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Moscow, Ukrainian drones have repeatedly approached the Russian capital.
Last month, a drone attack jolted the Russian capital, though it caused only slight damage, in what appeared to be one of Kyiv’s deepest and most daring strikes into Russia. It was the second reported strike on Moscow that month after Russian authorities said two drones targeted the Kremlin.
At that time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow’s air defense “worked in a satisfactory way,” but added it was “clear what we need to do to plug the gaps” in the system.
Meanwhile, train traffic was disrupted on the Crimean Peninsula on Wednesday, according to its Russian-installed governor Sergei Aksyonov.
Aksyonov didn’t say what caused the disruption, but some Russian media outlets reported that the rail lines were blown up overnight in apparent sabotage operations.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world considers illegal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his country aims to reclaim the peninsula in a counteroffensive that began in recent weeks.
In response to Ukraine’s military threat using advanced weapons supplied by Western allies, Russia has in recent weeks expended “significant effort” on assembling “elaborate” defensive lines on the approaches to Crimea, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry.
For the Kremlin, ensuring control of Crimea is “a top political priority,” the ministry said in a tweet Wednesday. There is “intense fighting” in parts of southern Ukraine where Kyiv’s forces are testing Russian defenses, it added.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-06-21T10:17:26+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/russia-says-it-downed-3-drones-outside-moscow-suspects-it-was-attack-by-ukraine/ |
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones that were dug up from three sites in the United States and assembled into a single skeleton sold Tuesday at an auction in Switzerland for 4.8 million francs ($5.3 million), below the expected price.
Crafted into an open-mouth pose, the T. rex skeleton measuring 11.6 meters long (38 feet long) and 3.9 meters high (12.8 feet) high came in under the anticipated range of 5 million to 8 million francs when it went under the hammer at the Koller auction house in Zurich.
Koller had said Tuesday’s sale would be the first time such a T. rex skeleton would go up for auction in Europe. The composite skeleton, featuring 293 bones, was a showpiece of an auction that featured some 70 lots, and the skull was set up next to the auctioneer’s podium throughout.
“It could be that it was a composite — that could be why the purists didn’t go for it,” Karl Green, the auction house’s marketing director, said by phone. “It’s a fair price for the dino. I hope it’s going to be shown somewhere in public.”
Green did not identify the buyer, but said it was a “European private collector.” Including the “buyer’s premium” and fees, the sale came to 5.5 million Swiss francs (about $6.1 million), Koller said.
Promoters said the composite T. rex, dubbed “Trinity,” was built from specimens retrieved from three sites in the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations of Montana and Wyoming between 2008 and 2013.
Koller said “original bone material” comprised more than half of the restored skeleton. The auction house said the skull was particularly rare and also remarkably well-preserved.
“When dinosaurs died in the Jurassic or Cretaceous periods, they often lost their heads during deposition (of the remains into rocks). In fact, most dinosaurs are found without their skulls,” said Nils Knoetschke, a scientific adviser who was quoted in the auction catalog. “But here we have truly original Tyrannosaurus skull bones that all originate from the same specimen.”
T. rex roamed the Earth between 65 million and 67 million years ago. A study published two years ago in the journal Science estimated that about 2.5 billion of the dinosaurs ever lived. Hollywood movies such as the blockbuster “Jurassic Park” franchise have added to the public fascination with the carnivorous creature.
The two areas the bones for Trinity came from were also the source of other T. rex skeletons that were auctioned off, according to Koller: Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History bought “Sue” for $8.4 million over a quarter-century ago, and “Stan” sold for nearly $32 million three years ago.
Two years ago, a triceratops skeleton that the Guinness World Records declared as the world’s biggest, known as “Big John,” was sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.2 million) to a private collector at a Paris auction. | 2023-04-20T03:32:08+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/t-rex-skeleton-sells-for-more-than-5m-at-zurich-auction-less-than-expected/ |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president says it’s time to clearly demonstrate strong international resolve to deter North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, and he plans to discuss how to cope with the North’s expanding weapons arsenal with NATO leaders this week.
Yoon Suk Yeol will attend the annual NATO summit being held this year in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a two-nation trip that includes a stop in Poland.
“Now is the time to clearly demonstrate that the international community’s determination to deter North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is stronger than North Korea’s desire to develop nuclear weapons,” he said.
It’s the second consecutive year that Yoon will take part in the summit, underscoring his push to deepen ties with the world’s biggest military alliance. South Korea faces a mix of security challenges, including North Korea’s nuclear program and the U.S.-China strategic rivalry. Last year, he became the first South Korean leader to attend a NATO summit when he took part in Spain.
In written responses to questions from The Associated Press ahead of his departure, Yoon said South Korea will stress at the NATO meeting the importance of international cooperation against “North Korea’s illegal acts.” He also said a new NATO-South Korean document will take effect at the summit to institutionalize cooperation in 11 areas, including non-proliferation and cybersecurity.
North Korea’s headlong pursuit of reliable nuclear weapons has taken on new urgency after it test flew more than 100 missiles and openly threatened to use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States since the start of last year.
Whether North Korea possesses functioning nuclear missiles is still a source of debate. But according to a South Korean government estimate in 2018, North Korea already had up to 60 nuclear warheads. Experts say North Korea is able to add six to 18 new warheads every year.
In response to North Korea’s missile tests, Yoon, a conservative who took office in 2022, took steps to beef up his country’s own missile capability and expand military drills with the United States. Yoon and President Joe Biden in April announced plans to reinforce their countries’ deterrence capabilities, such as the periodic docking of a U.S. nuclear-armed submarine in South Korea and the establishment of a new bilateral nuclear consultative group, whose inaugural meeting is slated for next week in Seoul.
In its typical, fiery rhetoric, North Korea’s Defense Ministry warned Monday the deployment of the U.S. submarine may incite “the worst crisis of nuclear conflict in practice.” It also threatened to shoot down U.S. spy planes. South Korea’s military countered it maintains a readiness to repel potential North Korean provocations.
Yoon’s discussion of North Korea with NATO leaders could trigger a backlash from North Korea, which has called increasing cooperation between NATO and U.S. allies in Asia a process to create an “Asian version of NATO” that it said will raise regional animosities.
North Korea argues its weapons testing spree was meant to issue a warning over the expanded South Korean-U.S. military drills that it views as invasion rehearsals. Yoon says he wants to opt for peace through strength, though he remains open to dialogue with North Korea.
“Peace is never as certain and reliable as when it is backed by powerful force and deterrence,” Yoon added. “Strong international sanctions against North Korea have the effect of preventing the advancement of its nuclear and missile capabilities.”
In Vilnius, Yoon said that there will be “several opportunities” for him to speak with Biden over a range of topics, such as the strengthening of the U.S. security commitment and the expansion of trilateral security cooperation between Seoul, Washington and Tokyo.
Yoon said he and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also plan to hold a bilateral meeting there. He said he and Kishida will be able to discuss the advancement of bilateral relations but also ways to expand mutual solidarity and international cooperation.
Relations between South Korea and Japan have improved significantly in recent months, with Yoon taking a major step toward resolving a thorny dispute over Japan’s colonial-era mobilization of forced Korean laborers. The Yoon-Kishida meeting in Vilnius is expected to touch upon Japan’s contentious plan to release treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was recently approved by the U.N. nuclear watchdog but is still opposed by many in neighboring countries.
During the summit in Vilnius, NATO leaders are expected to offer more help in modernizing Ukraine’s armed forces as the Russian invasion of the country continues with no end in sight. They are also expected to create a high-level forum for consultations and reaffirm that Ukraine will join their alliance one day.
Yoon said South Korea has provided humanitarian and financial support to Ukraine in a variety of forms and that supplies of de-mining equipment, ambulances and other materials “are in the works” following a request from Ukraine. He said South Korea has also already provided support to repair the damaged Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine.
South Korea, a growing arms exporter, has avoided directly providing arms to Ukraine in line with its long-standing policy of not supplying weapons to countries actively engaged in conflict. Leaked U.S. intelligence documents posted online earlier this year indicated that South Korea’s National Security Council “grappled” with the U.S. in March over an American request to provide artillery ammunition to Ukraine.
“The Korean government will continue to fulfill its necessary role in tandem with the international community in order to safeguard the freedom of Ukraine,” Yoon said. “On top of this, we will work out multipronged support measures needed for the prompt post-war restoration of peace in Ukraine and its reconstruction.”
Yoon is invited to the NATO summit along with the leaders of Japan, Australia and New Zealand, a sign of strengthening ties between NATO and nations in the Asia-Pacific region. The four countries were invited to last year’s summit as well.
“Just as incidents in Europe can have a substantial and consequential impact on the Indo-Pacific region, Indo-Pacific events can have immense ramifications for countries in Europe,” Yoon said. “In particular, the war in Ukraine has reminded us all that a security crisis in one particular region can have a global impact.” | 2023-07-10T23:08:08+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-south-koreas-yoon-pushes-for-strong-resolve-against-norths-nuclear-ambitions-at-nato-summit/ |
The stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 and is presumed dead was sent to prison for at least a year and a half Friday after pleading guilty to perjury charges.
Kayla Montgomery, 32, pleaded guilty to two charges alleging that she lied to a grand jury about working at a doughnut shop on Nov. 30, 2019, the day she said she last saw Harmony Montgomery. She also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors who have charged her estranged husband with second-degree murder in the child’s death.
In exchange, prosecutors dropped charges that Montgomery lied to state health officials about having the child in her care in order to collect welfare benefits and that she received stolen firearms.
She did not speak at her hearing in Hillsborough County Superior Court other than to indicate that she understood the details of the plea agreement. She was sentenced to 3½ to seven years in prison, with 1½ years of the minimum suspended and given credit for time already served.
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Cheers, fear as federal judge strikes down US transit mask mandate
A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The major airlines and many of the busiest airports rushed to drop their requirements on Monday after the Transportation Security Administration announced it wouldn’t enforce a January 2021 security directive that applied to airplanes, airports, taxis and other mass transit.
But the ruling still gave those entities the option to keep their mask rules in place, resulting in directives that could vary from city to city.
Passengers on a United Airlines flight from Houston to New York, for instance, could ditch their masks at their departing airport and on the plane but have to put them back on once they land at Kennedy Airport or take a subway.
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In a 59-page lawsuit ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority in issuing the original health order on which the TSA directive was based. She also said the order was fatally flawed because the CDC didn't follow proper rulemaking procedures.
Mizelle, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, said the only remedy was to throw out the mandate for the entire country because it would be impossible to end it only for the people who objected in the lawsuit.
The White House said the mask order "is not in effect at this time" and called the court decision disappointing.
The Justice Department declined to comment on whether it would seek an emergency stay to block the judge’s order. The CDC also declined to comment.
United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Alaska Airlines all quickly announced they were yanking the mask requirement for domestic and some international flights. So did American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
Sleepy passengers on a Delta flight between Atlanta and Barcelona, Spain, cheered, whistled and applauded when a flight attendant announced the news mid-flight over the ocean.
"No one’s any happier than we are," the attendant says in a video posted by Dillon Thomas, a CBS Denver reporter, who was on the flight. She added that people who wanted to keep on their masks were encouraged to do so.
"But we’re ready to give ém up," she added. "So thank you and happy unmasking day!"
Travelers departing from the International arrivals exit of Miami International Airport (MIA) in Miami, Florida, U.S., on April 18, 2022. Photographer: Saul Martinez/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Major airports dropped their requirements but sided with the CDC in recommending that people be voluntarily masked. They included Los Angeles International Airport, the world’s fifth-busiest by passenger volume, and Salt Lake City International Airport, which announced it would hand out masks to anyone requesting them.
New York City’s public transit system planned to keep its mask requirement in place. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said it would make masks optional for riders on its buses and trains.
The websites of ride-sharing companies Lyft and Uber as of Monday evening still said masks were required.
The CDC had recently extended the mask mandate, which was set to expire Monday, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S. But the court ruling puts that decision on hold.
Since the pandemic began two years ago, many state or local governments had issued various orders requiring masks to be worn inside schools, restaurants, stores or elsewhere. The rules were largely rolled back as the deadliest, most infectious months of the pandemic eased.
But the national rule for travelers remained and was arguably the most widespread, visible and irksome measure of its kind.
The wearing of masks aboard airplanes sparked online flame throwing between those who felt they were crucial to protecting people and those who saw it as an unnecessary inconvenience or even government overkill.
Some flight attendants found themselves cursed and even attacked by passengers who refused to comply.
The lawsuit was filed in July 2021 by two plaintiffs and the Health Freedom Defense Fund, described in the judge’s order as a nonprofit group that "opposes laws and regulations that force individuals to submit to the administration of medical products, procedures and devices against their will."
Republicans in Congress waged a running battle to kill the mandate.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was not directly involved in the case but has battled against many government coronavirus requirements, praised the ruling.
"Both airline employees and passengers deserve to have this misery end," DeSantis tweeted.
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WALTERBORO – The disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murdering his wife and son.
His defense lawyers and prosecutors agreed to keep the evidence secret amid media attention. His defense asked the judge to deny him bond, saying he can’t afford to post it anyway and wants a speedy trial because he feels the killer or killers are still at loose.
The prosecution denied that, telling the judge that all the evidence points to his guilt in the shootings of his wife and son.
Circuit Judge Clifton Newman had previously denied Murdaugh bond after he was charged with stealing money from clients. A different judge later set bond at $7 million but Murdaugh was unable to pay and has remained in jail since October.
His lawyers have complained several times that the bond was set too high, and said that because of lawsuits and frozen assets Murdaugh couldn’t even afford to buy underwear from the jail store.
Murdaugh, 54, was indicted on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, at the family’s Colleton County hunting estate in June 2021. He also faces more than 80 other charges, including stealing money from clients; running a money laundering and drug ring; and trying to arrange his own death so that his surviving son could receive a $10 million life insurance payout. | 2022-07-20T15:49:03+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/national/2022/07/20/murdaugh-pleads-not-guilty-to-murdering-wife-and-son/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — Come Monday, there is going to be a little more room in big league bullpens, from Seattle to Tampa Bay, and plenty of places in between.
Major League Baseball is moving forward with its oft-delayed plan for a 13-pitcher limit on active rosters. The move could affect the game in a variety of ways, from more position players taking the mound to a few more trips to the minors for pitchers with options.
“I don’t know that I understand it. And it is OK because we follow the rules,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. “But it’s just one of those where it is a little hard when they’re telling you how to compete. I feel like sometimes, especially with our doubleheaders coming up, I think it can put teams at a disadvantage.”
The 13-pitcher limit originally was announced by MLB before the 2020 season, one of several changes that included expanding active rosters by one to 26 and requiring pitchers to face at least three batters or finish a half-inning. But the limit has been pushed back repeatedly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
MLB and the union said March 31 that a 13-pitcher limit would be enforced starting May 2, then on April 16 announced the date had been pushed back to May 30. They said last month that the change would go into effect June 20, and MLB sent out a reminder last week.
It’s happening.
“For us, I was hoping that they didn’t do it,” Washington manager Dave Martinez said with a chuckle. “I could sit here and lie to you, but it would be nice if we could keep that extra pitcher.”
Washington is last in the NL East and had all sorts of pitching problems – in part because two starters, Stephen Strasburg and Joe Ross, have made a combined one start in 2022 because to injuries. There have been injuries to the bullpen, too, along with plenty of ineffective outings, leading to a roster churn among relievers this season.
“Honestly, it’s not just us, either,” Martinez said. “You look around baseball at what’s going on, I think having an extra pitcher would definitely help – at least the rest of this year.”
Washington was one of 18 teams with at least 14 pitchers on the active roster after Saturday’s games, according to Sportradar. Seattle had a major league-high 15, and the group also included division leaders Minnesota, the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers, along with reigning World Series champion Atlanta.
MLB is hoping the 13-pitcher limit will help hitters and the pace of play. Today’s bullpens are deeper than ever before, featuring a stream of hard-throwing pitchers. Having one less option in the bullpen likely will mean fewer pitching changes that can bog down a game.
“I think they’re doing that to, in theory, keep the starters in the game, not run to so many matchups,” Chicago Cubs manager David Ross said Sunday. “You know they did that with the three-batter minimum, so I think in their mind it’s for the betterment of the game. We’ll see how it plays out.”
Roster flexibility likely will take on added importance with the limit in place. The more pitchers with minor league options, the more possibilities for a team looking for a fresh arm for a tired staff.
The change also could lead to more position players taking the mound at a time when baseball has faced renewed questions about the practice — and what it says about the health of the game.
Cubs first baseman Frank Schwindel surrendered a homer to New York Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka on a 35.1 mph pitch on June 12 — the slowest hit for a homer since Statcast began tracking in 2015. The play caught the attention of Stephen Colbert, who poked fun at Schwindel’s pitch during his late-night TV show.
Detroit used three position players to finish a 13-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, a performance that Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said was embarrassing.
Through Saturday’s games, 31 position players had taken the mound a total of 42 times, according to Sportradar. The numbers are nearly identical to last year, when 34 position players had taken the mound a total of 42 times through June 18.
“You’re not going to waste pitching,” Ross said. “You’re going to try to go after the games you can win and the ones that you might be out of it, you’re definitely going to move on to the next day.”
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AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum and AP Sports Writers Joe Reedy and Howard Fendrich contributed to this report.
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Jay Cohen can be reached at https://twitter.com/jcohenap
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