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ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday called for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’ countries of origin and transit as she convened a summit of some 20 nations, EU officials and international organizations aimed at stanching flows of illegal migration.
The one-day conference is a Meloni initiative that aims to make Italy a leader in resolving issues impacting Mediterranean nations. Chief among them is migration, as Italy sustains hundreds of new arrivals daily on Europe’s southern border, but also energy as Europe looks to Africa and the Middle East to permanently replace Russian supplies.
Human rights groups see the meeting, which includes nations from both northern and sub-Saharan Africa as well as the Middle East, as creating a future roadmap, and worry it will amount to anti-migrant policies that put the onus on Africa to keep Africans out of Europe.
Meloni told the opening meeting that Western arrogance had likely stood in the way of solutions to the migrant issue. She proposed four main prongs for future cooperation: fighting criminal organizations trafficking migrants, better managing flows of migrants, supporting refugees and helping countries of origin.
“The West too often has given the impression of being more interested in giving lessons rather than lending a hand,’’ Meloni said. “It is probably this diffidence that has made it difficult to make progress on solutions.”
She said if flows were better managed there would be more room for legal migration. In her closing press conference, Meloni emphasized that there were no legal means of entry for many people who might have a case for refugee status, because quotas are filled by those who arrive illegally.
“Until yesterday, we had the mentality that said migration cannot be limited, it is a right, borders don’t exist. That is not my approach because borders exist, migration must be managed,” Meloni said.
She said the participants welcomed the conference’s concrete, goal-oriented approach, and noted that the United Arab Emirates had pledged 100 million euros to help improve conditions in countries where poverty and a lack of services is pushing emigration.
“In an era where so much attention is given to the right to migrate, we are not paying sufficient attention to the right to not be forced to emigrate, to not be forced to flee their own homes, to not be forced to abandon their land and leave family members in search of a new life,” Meloni said during opening remarks.
The conference comes against the backdrop of migrants being pushed back from Tunisia into Libya, where they are stuck in the desert, many exposed to the harsh elements.
Pope Francis, in his traditional Sunday blessing, called on leaders in Europe and Africa to find a solution to the thousands of people who are blocked at borders in North Africa.
“Thousands of them have been experiencing indescribable suffering for weeks, and have been trapped and abandoned in deserts,” the pontiff said. “May the Mediterranean no longer be a theater of death and inhumanity,’’ the pope said, calling for a sense of “fraternity, solidarity and welcoming.”
The Rome summit comes a week after one of the key participants, Tunisian President Kais Saied, signed a memorandum of understanding for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” in a meeting that included Meloni and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Financial details weren’t released, but the EU has held out the promise of nearly 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to help restart Tunisia’s hobbled economy, and 100 million euros ($111 million) for border control as well as search and rescue missions at sea and repatriating immigrants without residence permits.
Saied told the conference said that Tunisia would not allow Europe-bound migrants to settle in the country and that Tunisia will not be a “corridor for outlaws.”
He called for the establishment of a new global financial institution to tackle the root causes of migration and create prosperity and hope in poor countries.
Migrants pay traffickers thousands to make the perilous journey across Africa’s deserts. Many report suffering torture and other abuse along the way. And hundreds drown each year at sea trying to reach Europe in fragile boats.
More than 1,900 migrants have died or gone missing and are presumed missing in the Mediterranean so far this year, bringing the total of dead and missing since 2014 to 27,675, according to the International Organization for Migration. A further 483 are dead or missing in Africa this year.
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Follow AP’s coverage of global migration and hub link at https://apnews.com/hub/migration. | 2023-07-24T04:02:18+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-international/ap-italys-meloni-opens-conference-that-aims-to-stanch-flows-of-migrants-to-europe-with-aid-to-africa/ |
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You’re probably recycling wrong. This quiz will help you sort it out.
What can go in my blue bin? The answer — and even the bin color — can be different from one neighborhood to the next, so we’ll try to help curb the confusion.
Most U.S. residents who have recycling at home can toss items such as cans, bottles, cardboard and old editions of The Washington Post together into one container.
That’s called single-stream recycling, and while it is convenient for us, it means all those different materials have to be trucked away and sorted before they can go to a paper mill, a plastics recycler and so on. So far, so good.
This is the basic sorting process at the Manassas, Va., materials recovery facility. The types of equipment and the arrangement of the machines may be different in other places.
Pile of
recyclables
Drum
feeder
Pre sort
At many points in the process, human sorters watch the line and pull out items that shouldn’t be there.
CARDBOARD
Cardboard
sorting
Paper, plastic and metal keeps going
Glass sorting
Glass
Paper
sorting
Ballistic
separator
A computerized optical sorter recognizes paper and blows it off the line.
Separates objects by shape and material in 2D and 3D.
Paper
Plastic
sorting
Magnetic
belt
Plastics
Nos. 1 and 2
Plastics
No. 5
Steel
Optical sorters use image-recognition and beams of light to detect different types of plastic.
Last
chance
Aluminum
sorting
Trash
People look for any remaining recyclables before the “residue” goes to the trash.
Aluminum
This is the basic sorting process at the Manassas, Va., materials recovery facility. The types of equipment and the arrangement of the machines may be different in other places.
Pile of
recyclables
Drum
feeder
CARDBOARD
Pre sort
Cardboard
sorting
At many points in the process, human sorters watch the line and pull out items that shouldn’t be there.
Paper, plastic and metal keeps going
Glass sorting
Glass
Paper
sorting
Ballistic
separator
Separates objects by shape and material in 2D and 3D.
A computerized optical sorter recognizes paper and blows it off the line.
Paper
Plastic
sorting
Magnetic
belt
Steel
Plastics
Nos. 1 and 2
Plastics
No. 5
Optical sorters use image-recognition and beams of light to detect different types of plastic.
Last
chance
Aluminum
sorting
Trash
People look for any remaining recyclables before the “residue” goes to the trash.
Aluminum
This is the basic sorting process at the Manassas, Va., materials recovery facility. The types of equipment and the arrangement of the machines may be different in other places.
Pre sort
At many points in the process, human sorters watch the line and pull out items that shouldn’t be there.
Pile of
recyclables
Drum
feeder
CARDBOARD
Cardboard
sorting
Paper
sorting
Paper, plastic and metal keeps going
Glass sorting
A computerized optical sorter recognizes paper and blows it off the line.
Paper
Glass
Aluminum
sorting
Ballistic
separator
Magnetic
belt
Plastic
sorting
Separates objects by shape and material in 2D and 3D.
Steel
Plastics
No. 5
Plastics
Nos. 1 and 2
Aluminum
Optical sorters use image-recognition and beams of light to detect different types of plastic.
Last
chance
Trash
People look for any remaining recyclables before the “residue” goes to the trash.
This is the basic sorting process at the Manassas, Va., materials recovery facility. The types of equipment and the arrangement of the machines may be different in other places.
Cardboard
sorting
CARDBOARD
Pile of
recyclables
Drum
feeder
Glass sorting
Pre sort
At many points in the process, human sorters watch the line and pull out items that shouldn’t be there.
Glass
Aluminum
sorting
Plastic
sorting
Magnetic
belt
Ballistic
separator
Paper
sorting
Separates objects by shape and material in 2D and 3D.
A computerized optical sorter recognizes paper and blows it off the line.
Aluminum
Plastics
No. 5
Plastics
Nos. 1 and 2
Steel
Last
chance
Optical sorters use image-recognition and beams of light to detect different types of plastic.
Paper
People look for any remaining recyclables before the “residue” goes to the trash.
Trash
The puzzling geographical differences between what can and can’t go into a bin arise because not all sorting technology is identical, and not all local markets for recycling materials are the same.
The result is that a lot of people mean well but recycle wrong.
Fortunately, if you know some key information, you can improve your recycling no matter where you live.
Question 1 of 8
Plastic bags are recyclable, so they just go in the bin, right?
Question 2 of 8
Do recyclables have to be totally clean and dry, or more like my-dog-licked-out-all-the-peanut-butter clean and dry?
Question 3 of 8
Okay, no bags in the bin. Can all other plastics go in?
Question 4 of 8
Plastic caps and bottles seem like different things, so should I leave the caps off?
Question 5 of 8
Do I need to remove tape from boxes, staples from catalogues and windows from envelopes?
Question 6 of 8
Cans and bottles get crushed anyway, so can I just do that myself to save space in my bin?
Question 7 of 8
What’s the worst thing I can put in my bin?
Question 8 of 8
Which handy slogan helps consumers know whether something should go in their recycling bin?
Ready to fill your bin?
Click on the items you’d put into your recycling bin, and we’ll tell you if you’re right according to what’s accepted in most places.
Paper envelopes
Plastic shampoo bottles
Styrofoam egg cartons
To-go paper coffee cups or lids
Packing peanuts
Foil
Loose shredded paper
Beverage cans
Clothing
Soup can lids
Plastic inflated packing bags and plastic envelopes
Creamer cups
Empty paper towel and TP rolls
Plastic takeout containers
Compostable utensils
Glass jars
Candy wrappers
Printer paper
Milk cartons
Milk jugs
Wood
Aerosol cans
Small electronics
Brown packing paper
Batteries
Ceramics
Wire hangers
Newspapers
Cereal boxes
Animal pelts | 2023-04-20T13:31:26+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2023/recycling-tips-mistakes-quiz/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is weighing whether Georgia law allows counties to offer early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which would be the only possibility for Saturday voting before next month’s Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.
Warnock’s campaign, along with the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, filed a lawsuit this week arguing that early voting should be allowed that day. It challenges guidance by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that says it would be illegal to hold early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26, the day after a state holiday.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox on Friday heard arguments on an emergency request for an order allowing counties to offer voting that day. He said he was aware that the issue is time sensitive and would rule “at the appropriate time.”
Uzoma Nkwonta, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, noted that last week both Raffensperger and one of his top deputies said on national television that early voting would be allowed that day. Then, Nkwonta said, the secretary of state issued guidance to counties a few days later saying it wouldn’t be allowed because the law doesn’t permit early voting the day after a state holiday. Thanksgiving and the following Friday are both state holidays.
Nkwonta argued at the hearing that the state holiday restriction applies only to primary and general elections, not to runoffs. Provisions in the law that directs the state’s 159 counties to open early in-person voting “as soon as possible” for a runoff, and no later than Monday, Nov. 28, reinforce the idea that counties can choose to offer early voting that Saturday, he said.
State lawmakers intentionally created a distinction between primary and general elections on one hand and runoff elections on the other, Nkwonta said. That makes sense, he reasoned, because of the condensed time period before a runoff.
“The legislature has provided voting opportunities that the state now seeks to withdraw,” Nkwonta said. “That is unlawful.”
Charlene McGowan, a lawyer for the state, rejected assertions that Raffensperger was cherry-picking parts of the law.
“This is a legal issue, it’s not a policy one,” she told the judge. “The issue is what does Georgia law require?”
McGowan argued that there are two types of elections in Georgia: primary elections and general elections. Runoffs are a continuation of one of those two types of election and, therefore, do not have different rules for allowing early voting after a holiday.
Warnock and Walker were forced into a Dec. 6 runoff because neither won a majority in the midterm election this month.
Under Georgia’s 2021 election law, there will be only four weeks between the general election and the runoff — with Thanksgiving in the middle. Many Georgians will be offered only five weekdays of early in-person voting beginning Nov. 28.
The lawsuit says the state’s interpretation of the law hurts Warnock in particular because Democrats tend to push early voting more than Republicans.
It’s not clear how many counties would scramble to offer Saturday voting if the plaintiffs win. Counties are supposed to give public notice seven days before starting early voting, meaning that barring a ruling on Friday, some counties could conclude they are barred from moving ahead even if the plaintiffs win. Vasu Abhiraman of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia argues that if the plaintiffs win a ruling, counties could go around that rule by arguing it was an emergency.
Counties may also not be interested in offering Saturday voting, or may not have enough time to organize and schedule poll workers. As of Thursday, only nine predominantly Democratic urban counties planned Sunday voting, according to Associated Press reporting. Six are in the Atlanta area and the others are home to some of the state’s other bigger cities.
Some counties plan to offer early voting Tuesday and Wednesday, while others have said they couldn’t mobilize in time to offer voting on those pre-Thanksgiving days. | 2022-11-18T20:56:41+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-judge-weighs-saturday-voting-legality-in-ga-runoff-election/ |
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP)Nelly Junior Joseph had 18 points in Iona’s 70-61 victory against Fairfield on Sunday.
Joseph added 16 rebounds for the Gaels (16-7, 9-3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Daniss Jenkins also scored 18 points, going 7 of 18 from the floor. Walter Clayton Jr. recorded 13 points.
Supreme Cook led the way for the Stags (10-13, 6-7) with 16 points and two blocks. Allan Jeanne-Rose added 10 points for Fairfield.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2023-02-06T22:53:43+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/josephs-18-lead-iona-past-fairfield-70-61/ |
NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Tuesday, November 29, 2022
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GALE WATCH
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New York NY
353 AM EST Tue Nov 29 2022
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas
3 to 6 feet expected on eastern Long Island Sound.
* WHERE...Long Island Sound, New York Harbor, Peconic and
Gardiners Bays, and South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through
Shinnecock Bay.
* WHEN...From noon Wednesday to midnight EST Wednesday night.
* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions.
Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the
vessel for severe conditions.
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and
seas 7 to 12 feet expected.
* WHERE...Sandy Hook NJ to Montauk Point NY out 20 nm.
* WHEN...From noon Wednesday to 6 AM EST Thursday.
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(NEXSTAR) – If someone is lucky enough to have all six numbers correct for Monday’s Powerball drawing, they’ll be walking home with one of the largest prizes in the lottery game’s 30-year history.
During Saturday’s drawing, three Powerball tickets – one each in New York, South Carolina, and Texas – matched five numbers, making them worth $1 million.
But, since no ticket matched all six numbers, the jackpot for Monday’s drawing reaches an estimated $610 million, a $292.6 million cash value. That’s the eighth-largest grand prize in the game’s history, according to Powerball.
The seventh-largest Powerball jackpot was won earlier this year in January. The prize, $632.6 million, was split by winners in California and Wisconsin.
Here are the 10 largest Powerball jackpots to date:
- $1.586 Billion: Jan. 13, 2016 (CA, FL, TN)
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- $758.7 Million: Aug. 23, 2017 (MA)
- $731.1 Million: Jan. 20, 2021 (MD)
- $699.8 Million: Oct. 4, 2021 (CA)
- $687.8 Million: Oct. 27, 2018 (IA, NY)
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- $587.5 Million: Nov. 28, 2012 (AZ, MO)
The current jackpot has been building since early August when a ticket in Pennsylvania landed a $206.9 million prize.
If you’re lucky enough to win the jackpot, you can receive your pot as an annuity (30 graduated payments over 29 years) or as a lump sum.
Your chances of winning, though? Your odds at a prize overall are 1 in 24.9, while your odds at the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
There are some numbers that are more frequently drawn for Powerball prizes. According to USA Mega, 39, 37, 63, 36, and 61 have been drawn the most often for the first five numbers, and 118, 4, 26, 5, and 7 have been drawn the most often as the Powerball number.
Powerball is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 per play, and drawings occur every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
In September, two Illinois winners claimed the historic $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn in July. It was the nation’s third-largest lottery prize. | 2022-10-23T19:31:57+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/powerball-jackpot-reaches-610m-one-of-the-largest-in-history-when-numbers-will-be-drawn/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers shooting guard Amir Coffey was arrested early Sunday on a firearms misdemeanor in Hollywood, authorities said.
Coffey, 26, was a passenger in a vehicle that police pulled over for speeding shortly before 2 a.m., according to Los Angeles Police Officer Tony Im, a department spokesperson.
Coffey was cited for carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle, Im said. He was released on his own recognizance from a county jail on $10,000 bail.
He is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 24, jail records show.
The driver was cited for speeding, and another passenger received a misdemeanor for possession of marijuana, Im said.
Coffey has been with the Clippers for four seasons.
“We're aware of a legal situation involving Amir Coffey and are looking into it,” the team said in a statement on Monday.
It’s possible that Coffey could face sanctions from the NBA. The league typically reviews all matters of personal and criminal conduct and can issue a fine or suspension when it deems appropriate.
The 6-foot-7 guard/forward has been primarily a bench player and is averaging 5.5 points per game.
He played in 50 games last season, including nine starts, and averaged 3.4 points per game. His best season came in 2021-22, when he played in 69 games with 30 starts and averaged 9.0 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. | 2023-07-31T23:35:15+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/clippers-amir-coffey-arrested-on-suspicion-of-carrying-a-concealed-firearm-in-a-vehicle-police-say/CNZJ2MH5NFGXHMFTV7AXAU6XZA/ |
ROCKFORD, MI — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell is urging the state of Michigan to reject footwear giant Wolverine Worldwide’s plan to clean up PFAS pollution under its former Rockford tannery.
In a Feb. 13 letter to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), Dingell called the company’s plan “insufficient to adequately clean-up this site and prevent the spread of these harmful chemicals into the Rogue River and surrounding environment.”
Dingell, who represents Ann Arbor, not Rockford, in Congress, sent the letter to Dan Eichinger, acting EGLE director who replaced former director Liesl Clark in December.
The letter follows the end of a public comment period on Wolverine’s plan in late January, in which local experts on a cleanup advisory panel criticized the proposed effort.
In December, Wolverine submitted a revised plan to stop the flow of pollutants entering the Rogue River and its tributary, Rum Creek, to the state.
The revision followed months of delay that earned Wolverine a rebuke in October from EGLE, which approved a system design last March and was expecting construction to begin in the fall on the long-delayed cleanup system.
In its latest plan, Wolverine wants to dig six high volume extraction wells at different depths and pump groundwater through 2,000 feet of shallow trenches filled with permeable soils. The pumps and trenches would feed an on-site granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration system that would discharge treated water to the river under a state permit.
Wolverine claims the plan would increase the pumping rate compared to the design which EGLE approved last spring, which involved 22 extraction wells and no trenches.
A local advisory board doesn’t like the plan.
In January, Rick Rediske, a Grand Valley State University environmental chemistry professor who co-chairs the Wolverine Community Advisory Group (CAG), asked EGLE to require more groundwater and surface water monitoring than Wolverine is proposing.
In the CAG’s formal comments, Rediske noted that Wolverine’s plan doesn’t actually proposed to measure its performance by changes in PFAS concentrations in groundwater. Wolverine also seeks to reduce the amount of required PFAS testing in Rum Creek and the Rogue River to once a year.
The CAG asked EGLE to ensure that Wolverine’s trenches are deep enough to capture all the contamination and placed close enough to the riverbank to capture high PFAS concentrations in the groundwater under the White Pine Trail.
“We are especially concerned” that the trench system is located 70 to 130 feet inward from the riverbank despite the highest PFAS levels being “near the shoreline,” Rediske wrote.
Dingell echoed those concerns in her letter.
“In addition to the inadequate measurement and monitoring in the plan, I am also concerned about the location and effectiveness of the interceptor system to prevent dangerous levels of PFAS from entering nearby water bodies,” she wrote. “EGLE must conduct a thorough technical review to determine if the distance to the Rogue River, and the effectiveness of the trench design, is actually effective at preventing further water contamination.”
Dingell also addressed the lengthy delay in launching cleanup at the tannery. Under terms in a 2020 consent decree, Wolverine was supposed to begin construction in September on a system to remove PFAS from the groundwater in downtown Rockford, where the company’s 100-year-old leather tannery was demolished in 2010 and 2011.
Wolverine used 3M Scotchgard at the tannery for decades to waterproof shoe leather. Tannery waste dumps polluted large swaths of northern Kent County. In Rockford, extremely high levels of PFAS remain in the groundwater; upwards of 500,000 parts-per-trillion (ppt) near outdoor chemical storage areas.
Plans have been in the works since early 2019 to extract PFAS from the groundwater and stop their bleed into the Rogue River, where they’re driving fish consumption advisories and causing toxic surface water foam at the Rockford Dam.
The Rogue River is a Grand River tributary and planners of the long-awaited $45 million rapids restoration and whitewater course in downtown Grand Rapids have previously acknowledge concern about the potential for PFAS in the river to create surface water foaming.
In Rockford, the original “tannery interceptor plan” would have sent treated groundwater to the North Kent Sewer System in Plainfield Township. Plans were redrafted during consent decree negotiations and the work was delayed by the onset of a separate 2019 tannery cleanup ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA-ordered work did not involve any PFAS cleanup. It was done to remove other hazardous contaminants such as chromium and mercury in shallow soil and sediments that posed a risk to Rogue River and White Pine Trail users.
“I share the concerns from the surrounding community and environmental advocates who are troubled by the delays that continue to stall clean-up solutions from being implemented,” Dingell wrote. “EGLE has a responsibility to help hold Wolverine World Wide, Inc. accountable and ensure that these contaminated locations are returned to the community in a timely manner for future productive uses that are safe for the environment and public health.”
Wolverine did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the letter.
On Feb. 16, EGLE issued a statement saying it hopes to complete a “thorough technical and legal review” of Wolverine’s latest plan “within the next month.”
“EGLE agrees with Congresswoman Dingell that the time for Wolverine to prove they are serious about meeting their obligations and doing the right thing is now,” wrote EGLE spokesperson Scott Dean. “It is in the best interest of all parties involved that a robust, measurable, and effective interceptor system is installed from the outset, rather than having to alter and update the system at a later date.”
Dean said EGLE received more than 200 public comments between Dec. 12 and Jan. 27. Dingell, whose district is in southeast Michigan, represents the only legislative or Congressional input on Wolverine’s plan, he said. Rockford is represented by U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten, a Democrat.
If EGLE does not approve Wolverine’s plan, it would not be the first time the agency rejected one of the company’s proposed cleanup plans. In 2021, EGLE soundly rejected Wolverine’s proposal to remediate its House Street dump in Belmont by planting 4,000 trees over the buried waste and letting their roots slowly suck the pollution out over many, many years.
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Cancer, ailments plague Wolverine dump neighbors | 2023-02-17T16:59:18+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/02/dingell-urges-rejection-of-wolverine-tannery-pfas-cleanup-plan.html |
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DC lobbying group calls on Iowa school district to stop teaching a social justice class
DC lobbying group calls on Iowa school district to stop teaching a social justice class
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DC lobbying group calls on Iowa school district to stop teaching a social justice class
A central Iowa school district is being singled out by a conservative Washington, D.C. nonprofit over its curriculum.The America First Policy Institute says a concerned Baxter parent wants the district to stop teaching a class called "Social Justice in Literature."The group says the class violates a 2021 Iowa law banning the teaching of so-called "Critical Race Theory," calling it "un-American indoctrination of our children."The AFPI is giving the district until June 28 to drop the class or it will explore "other legal avenues."The district told KCCI it's still reviewing the issue with its legal counsel.More news:
BAXTER, Iowa —
A central Iowa school district is being singled out by a conservative Washington, D.C. nonprofit over its curriculum.
The America First Policy Institute says a concerned Baxter parent wants the district to stop teaching a class called "Social Justice in Literature."
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The group says the class violates a 2021 Iowa law banning the teaching of so-called "Critical Race Theory," calling it "un-American indoctrination of our children."
The AFPI is giving the district until June 28 to drop the class or it will explore "other legal avenues."
The district told KCCI it's still reviewing the issue with its legal counsel.
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A woman is calling for accountability after she says Virginia police officers hit her head-on while she was stopped at a traffic light, even though she wasn't the suspect they were looking for.
In a video posted to Instagram on Saturday, Jamee Kimble can be heard berating officers with the Fairfax County Police Department after a police vehicle hit the silver sedan she, her two children and another adult had been traveling in.
"I'm sitting at the light, and he comes and hits me from the front!" Kimble yells in the video. "They stopped the wrong person."
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Kimble, who said she was on her way to Walmart to buy food for her kids, said in her social media post that the incident occurred just six days after she delivered her youngest child via C-section.
Officers drew their guns on her and handcuffed her, Kimble said, before releasing her and offering medical treatment.
Kimble can be heard in the video telling police that she couldn't be the suspect they were looking for because she had been in the hospital giving birth at the time of the earlier incident.
In a statement posted to its website, the Fairfax County Police Department said the car was connected to an incident in neighboring Arlington County and that the occupants were listed in a national database as armed and dangerous.
"During the stop, an officer's cruiser struck the front bumper of the wanted vehicle while traveling at an estimated speed under 10 mph. There was minimal damage to the car," the police statement said.
The department said it has opened an administrative review of the stop.
Speaking in an interview with News4 Washington, Kimble said she was shocked by the incident and wanted the police to apologize.
"I still am very angry and, more than anything, hurt because I teach my children that the police are supposed to protect us, and that if they need anything they can call them for help," she said.
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NFT grants line privileges and exclusive access at historic Tiburon restaurant
TIBURON, Calif., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sam's Anchor Cafe – open since 1920 on the San Francisco Bay – has completed a successful launch of its first NFT (non-fungible token) collection, raising more than $300,000 with a sellout of the limited-edition Sam's Bootleggers NFTs.
Inspired by the late Sam Vella, a notorious bootlegger who founded Sam's during Prohibition, Bootleggers NFTs will allow holders to skip the line and make reservations – a first in the Marin County restaurant's 102-year history. Other perks include gift cards, exclusive merchandise and special event access. San Francisco-based NFT developer ViciNFT worked with Sam's to produce 244 Bootleggers. Priced at $2,000 apiece, the collection sold out entirely through presale orders.
With artwork by San Francisco designer Anthony Laurino, the NFTs are caricature images of Vella with Hawaiian shirts and other traits that relate to the history of Sam's.
"Sam's is a 100-year-old restaurant," said owner Conor Flaherty, a Tiburon native who purchased Sam's in 2018. "We want it to be around for another 100 years. By investing in new technology and new ideas, we are confident we can keep Sam's durable for future generations."
Flaherty, 35, oversaw an approximately $2 million renovation of Sam's in 2019. The restaurant draws a 1-2 hour wait on most weekends and busy weekdays, with the line often stretching down the entirety of Tiburon's Main Street. Bootleggers will receive line-cutting privileges, the ability to call ahead for reservations, airdropped gift cards, access to customized merchandise and a private "Bootlegger's Lounge" overlooking Smuggler's Cove. Special event access will include VIP entry to Sam's annual DeckFest, a New Year's Eve dinner and more.
Flaherty and ViciNFT plan to release a Sam's NFT collection for kids next, allowing children to draw their own unique version of Vella. ViciNFT will turn the drawings into NFTs, which will be redeemable for one free kids' meal per month.
"Plus," Flaherty added, alluding to a long-time Sam's tradition: "The popcorn is always free."
About Sam's Anchor Cafe
Located in Marin County on San Francisco Bay in the charming town of Tiburon, Sam's Anchor Cafe offers breathtaking views of Angel Island, Alcatraz and the San Francisco skyline. 27 Main St., Tiburon, CA 94920; (415) 435-4527; https://samscafe.com/
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LAS VEGAS, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Joshua Sokol, a 29-year-old Scrabble influencer from Montréal, Canada, has just won $10,000 playing in NASPA's annual Scrabble Players Championship, held this year at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas. He defeated Joey Mallick, a 43-year-old health information technician from South Portland, ME, three games to two, in a best-of-5 finals.
Sokol played such unusual words as PATINAED (having a green film on bronze), FODGEL (plump), and LIGULA (a strap-shaped organ or part) on the way to winning his title. Mallick played words such as VERATRIN (a poisonous mixture of alkaloids), CROSTINO (a small piece of toast topped with a spread), and ALEXIA (a cerebral disorder marked by the loss of the ability to read) in his title attempt. 295 other players scored over 7 million points while trying to qualify for the finals.
Sokol said "I played in my first Nationals right here in Las Vegas ten years ago, and finished in fourth place in the second division. Joey, my finals opponent this year, played a ferocious game, and I'm elated that I've finally vanquished my personal demons and won the Championship."
In the International division, Wellington Jighere, a 40-year-old professional Scrabble player and 2015 World Champion from Nigeria, claimed a $4,000 top prize, also with a 3-2 record in a best-of-5 finals.
Competition resumes for 200 players from 32 countries on Friday with a one-day qualification event for the WESPA (World) Championship, which runs July 21-26, also featuring a $10,000 top prize.
Since 2009, NASPA has been the governing body for over 19,000 competitive Scrabble players in the United States and Canada.
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Introducing Whiskey JYPSI
Eric Church and partner Raj Alva collaborate with award-winning whiskey maker Ari Sussman to create a disruptive new brand for the "JYPSI spirit" in all of us
With a slogan of "Tradition Reimagined," Whiskey JYPSI leans forward through thoughtful innovation and a reconstruction of traditional practices… but with a contemporary twist… Creating unique whiskeys of stunning character, individuality, and pedigree.
It's more than Tradition Reimagined. It is the Whiskey JYPSI way…and that way is intrepid. - F. Paul Pacult
Judging Chairman & Co-Founder, Ultimate Spirits Challenge
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Outsiders Spirits unveiled its premiere release today—a bold, new best-in-class spirit that friends and company co-founders Eric Church and entrepreneur Raj Alva have named Whiskey JYPSI - a contemporary interpretation of the "JYPSI Spirit" in all of us that seeks adventure and deeper meaning.
The first release, Whiskey JYPSI's Legacy Batch 001, recently won the Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and is based on a traditional bourbon mash bill. However, instead of blending the grains before fermentation, or sourcing from the usual geographies, Whiskey JYPSI lived up to its name - sourcing individual aged whiskey components from various origins, then scientifically blending them to recreate the mash bill.
The Outsiders partners took a hands-on approach to every aspect of their new whiskey, creating and curating everything from inception to release - from taste, packaging and marketing to point of view. With Whiskey JYPSI, the brand has set out to not only create the finest whiskey, but also to inspire.
"Whiskey JYPSI celebrates doing things the unconventional way. It's the commitment to the creative spirit, the process and the journey that excite me the most" says Church. "It's meant to inspire others to take chances like we have – follow a different path and enjoy and experience life at its fullest."
Whiskey JYPSI has partnered with ReserveBar to make Legacy Batch 001 available in 38 states and with an SRP of $199.99. Due to state legalities, alcohol cannot be shipped to the following states: TN, AL, AK, GA, HI, KS, MA, MI, MS, OR, UT, VT. Retailers in TN will carry product while supplies last. For more information visit www.whiskeyjypsi.com.
As serious whiskey enthusiasts but not yet experts in making it, Outsiders sought the help of experienced masters in the art and science of the spirit who could reimagine the traditional whiskey industry conventions - and bring a series of rich, complex blends of whiskey and bourbon to life in a variety of releases over time. After meetings with various master distillers and blenders, they chose Ari Sussman for their first release.
"I was excited to work with these guys because it all centered on quality and creativity," Sussman notes.
"There were no rules or parameters. It just had to be the finest whiskey possible. Period."
Sussman is the former head of Spirits Development at the Artisan Distilling Program at Michigan State University, and an award-winning whiskey maker. He also has a bit of the JYPSI Spirit in him. Before he entered the whiskey world, Ari worked in the vineyards of Bordeaux, raised ostriches and grew almonds with Bedouin tribes, and lived in an Israeli kibbutz.
Recognizing that extraordinary whiskeys are created every day all over the world, Sussman took Church's lead in departing from industry conventions, with groundbreaking new processes destined to disrupt the category and lead to extraordinary whiskey experiences.
"Eric's music led the way to JYPSI's unique mix," says Sussman. "I immersed myself in Eric's music, thinking it just might influence my process," adds Sussman. "What I discovered was a rich, diverse blend of music and an artist who doesn't conform to the usual norms. That inspired me, so I took that road in creating the premiere batch of Whiskey JYPSI."
The rest of the Whiskey JYPSI team followed suit. From the patented bottle design inspired by traditional copper pot stills, to the untraditionally produced liquid itself – everything had to be best-of-breed. Whiskey JYPSI's Legacy 001 release promises to be just the first of many expressions at various price points.
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ABOUT OUTSIDERS SPIRITS
Outsiders Spirits, LLC was founded by CMA Entertainer of the Year and 10-time GRAMMY nominee Eric Church and entrepreneur Raj Alva in 2020 as a purpose-driven creative incubator for whiskey innovation. After two years of research and development into creating and curating the finest possible whiskey products, processes, team, and partnerships, the company officially launched its first whiskey release, Whiskey JYPSI's Legacy Batch 001, in May 2023. This whiskey recently received the coveted Double Gold Medal from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition – awarded to only the finest products in the world. Future products to follow at a variety of price points.
For more information, visit www.whiskeyjypsi.com and follow on Facebook and Instagram @WhiskeyJypsi. For all press inquiries: press@whiskeyjypsi.com.
ABOUT ERIC CHURCH
A seven-time ACM Award winner, four-time CMA Award winner (including the 2020 award for Entertainer of the Year) and 10-time GRAMMY nominee, Church has amassed a passionate fan base around the globe known as the Church Choir as well as a critically acclaimed catalog of music. His most recent critically acclaimed and chart-topping project, his Heart & Soul triple album, is available everywhere now and features the results of a marathon session during which he spent nearly a month writing and recording a song per day while sequestered in rural North Carolina. This follows his Gold-certified Desperate Man, which earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album (his third nod in the category). Prior releases include the Platinum-certified Sinners Like Me ("How 'Bout You," "Guys Like Me"), Carolina ("Smoke a Little Smoke," "Love Your Love the Most") and Mr. Misunderstood ("Record Year," "Round Here Buzz"), the Double-Platinum certified The Outsiders ("Like a Wrecking Ball," "Talladega") and the 3x Platinum-certified Chief ("Springsteen," "Drink In My Hand"), as well as 30 Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum certified songs. Just as unique as Church's approach to recording and releasing music is his tenacity on the road, with his upcoming Outsiders Revival Tour bringing a rotating lineup of emerging artists along for the first fully outdoor tour of his career. His prior outing, the 55-city The Gather Again Tour, offered fans an in-the-round show and earned the Billboard Music Award for Top Country Tour. Church also has his own SiriusXM music channel, "Eric Church Outsiders Radio," and will soon open Chief's, a six-story venue on Nashville's famed lower Broadway.
For more information, visit www.ericchurch.com and follow on Facebook and Twitter @ericchurch and Instagram @ericchurchmusic.
ABOUT RESERVEBAR
Founded in 2013, ReserveBar is the established e-commerce leader in rare, luxury, and ultra-premium spirits, specializing in customization, personalization, and innovative gifting.
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- Thermo Scientific™ TCAutomation™ Integral to Werfen's HemoCell® Specialized Lab Automation Workcell -
BEDFORD, Mass., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Werfen today announced they have signed a new long-term, exclusive partnership agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, for worldwide distribution of TCAutomation laboratory automation system, in the specialized field of Hemostasis Diagnostics. Following their previous exclusive agreement, signed in 2015, this allows Werfen to continue offering HemoCell Specialized Lab Automation, with the largest installed base of Hemostasis automation workcells globally.
HemoCell optimizes laboratory workflow, integrating all phases of testing. Comprised of Werfen's industry-leading ACL TOP® Family 50 Series Hemostasis Testing Systems and HemoHub™ Intelligent Data Manager, with Thermo Fisher's TCAutomation system, it standardizes sample processing, offering consistent turnaround times for routine and STAT samples. This allows increased walk-away time for laboratory staff, enhancing lab efficiency and quality. Ultimately, HemoCell helps improve the quality of care, while reducing costs.
"This significant continuation of our long-term distribution agreement is a testament to the strength of our partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific," said Remo Tazzi, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Service, Hemostasis and Acute Care Diagnostics at Werfen. "It also speaks volumes about the success of HemoCell, and the quality of Werfen's workflow experts, their innovative tools and processes, and the value they offer hospital laboratories around the world."
The ACL TOP Family 50 Series is the leading Hemostasis instrument family in the world, delivering efficiency, flexibility and superior performance. The systems offer assay-specific pre-analytical sample integrity checks, advanced quality management, lab accreditation tools, and maximum flexibility with track sampling and front-loading. For routine to specialty testing in mid-to-high volume labs, each model in this standardized platform provides the same quality results, same intuitive software and same features and usability.
HemoHub™ Intelligent Data Manager centralizes management of Hemostasis testing and intelligent sample routing with real-time adaptations and queue balancing. It provides access to Werfen testing systems for operational performance, quality management and clinical-decision support.
The most comprehensive panel of fully automated Hemostasis reagents, Werfen's HemosIL® assays include the broadest liquid, ready-to-use portfolio on the market. From routine to specialty testing, HemosIL assays are standardized and automated for enhanced efficiency and optimal disease state management
Designed to offer laboratories a truly efficient workflow through modularity, flexibility and connectivity, the TCAutomation laboratory automation system helps manage the increasing workloads and improve quality. Offering flexible and cost-effective solutions, the most labor-intensive pre- and post- analytical tasks are automated. Its open concept supports direct interfaces to a wide range of analyzers. Easily expandable with additional modules, the TCAutomation system helps laboratories meet future needs and requirements, and increase efficiency, productivity and safety.
About Werfen's Hemostasis Diagnostics Management Portfolio
The Werfen Hemostasis Diagnostics Management product portfolio is comprised of in vitro diagnostics systems, reagents and information technology solutions used to diagnose and guide treatment of thrombotic and bleeding disorders. ACL TOP Family 50 Series Hemostasis Testing Systems for routine and specialty testing, offers unprecedented pre-analytical quality assurance, risk-management, and laboratory accreditation benefits. The ACL AcuStar® is the first specialty testing analyzer to offer full automation of highly sensitive immunoassays, with no special training required. HemoCell Specialized Lab Automation, a unique Hemostasis workcell, allows Hemostasis labs to standardize their testing processes, while HemoHub Intelligent Data Manager centralizes oversight and access to Werfen testing systems for operational performance, quality management and clinical-decision support. The comprehensive and fully automated HemosIL assay portfolio, including routine and specialty testing, is designed for disease state management.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of over $40 billion. Thermo Fisher's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, Thermo Fisher is there to support them. Global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com
Thermo Scientific and TCAutomation are trademarks of Thermo Fisher Scientific and its subsidiaries.
Werfen (Werfen.com) founded in 1966, is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and distributor of specialized diagnostic instruments, related reagents, automation workcells, and data management solutions for use primarily in hospitals and independent clinical laboratories. The Company's business lines include Hemostasis, Acute Care, and Autoimmunity Diagnostics. Werfen's Hemostasis portfolio includes ACL TOP® Family 50 Series Hemostasis Testing Systems, ACL AcuStar® system, ACL Elite® systems, HemoCell® Specialized Lab Automation, HemoHub™ Intelligent Data Manager, along with the comprehensive line of HemosIL® assays. The Acute Care portfolio includes the GEM® Premier™ 5000 system with Intelligent Quality Management 2 (iQM®2), GEM Premier 3500 system, GEM Premier ChemSTAT® system, GEMweb® Plus Custom Connectivity, ROTEM® viscoelastic testing systems, Hemochron™ systems, VerifyNow™ platelet function testing system, and Avoximeter™ CO-Oximeters, with GEMweb® Plus 500 Custom Connectivity and GEMweb Live Data Viewer.
The Werfen logo is a trademark of Werfen. GEM, Premier, GEM Premier ChemSTAT, GEMweb, iQM, ChemSTAT, HemosIL, ACL, ACL TOP, ACL Elite, ACL AcuStar, ReadiPlasTin, RecombiPlasTin, SynthASil, SynthAFax, ROTEM, Hemochron, VerifyNow and Avoximeter are trademarks of Instrumentation Laboratory Company and/or one of its subsidiaries or parent companies and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other jurisdictions. All other product names, company names, marks, logos, and symbols are trademarks of their respective owners.
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BILKA, Ukraine — For Ukrainian farmer Anatolii Kulibaba, this year's planting season comes with anguish. Kulibaba is among many who were forced to flee their land as Russian forces moved in with their tanks.
In the first few days of the war, Russian soldiers delivered an even crueler blow: They killed Kulibaba's son, Oleksandr, as he was traveling to their village of Bilka, 25 miles from the Russian border.
"He was just 45. He had his whole life ahead of him," Kulibaba says.
Two months later, Kulibaba, 70, is still trying to work through the pain, but it's a struggle. He desperately misses his son, who also led most of the farm duties.
Kulibaba says he could really use Oleksandr's help right now, trying to restart production after Russian forces took over and destroyed parts of their farm.
Ukraine is one of the biggest producers of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, and the war has wreaked havoc on the so-called "breadbasket of Europe." Ukraine and Russia together account for over a quarter of the world's wheat exports. Ukraine's Ministry of Agriculture now says that 30% of the country's farmland is occupied or unsafe.
Kulibaba says Russian troops slept in his barn, slaughtered and cooked his pigs and parked their tanks in his cornfields.
"My fields were destroyed by the shelling," Kulibaba says.
By the time he returned to the farm in April, about four weeks after he fled, the Russians had used his tractors to dig trenches and ripped up much of his 494 acres with their heavy tanks. They stole more than 2,600 gallons of his fuel and grabbed the batteries from his combines.
He thinks maybe he can farm half of his land now, but he doesn't really know. There's no safe way for him to assess.
"We're afraid to go out there," he says. "We don't know where the mines are."
Ukraine's export routes are blocked
In Ukraine, it's not just those on the front line, like Kulibaba, who've been affected. Gas prices are surging and farmers are struggling to find fertilizer to grow new crops. And whatever they produce is going to be even harder to sell.
Ukrainian grains have been stuck in makeshift silos across the country and particularly by port cities like Odesa, along their main export route, the Black Sea. The Russians have blocked ships from departing, and — according to the Ukrainians — left naval mines for those that try to sneak past.
"This year, we're going to have much less harvest," says Sergii Leshchenko, a senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff. "But it's important to [have a harvest], at least to cover internal needs."
Leshchenko says the government is working to help with global needs. They've tried to expand new export routes to the west by train, and south via small ports along the Danube River. But he says it's far from sufficient.
"There is still [a] bottleneck for proper export of Ukrainian food," he says. "It's impossible without making the Odesa region work properly."
Experts warn of food shortages and price increases
The war's disruptions have led to surging prices and raised fears of food shortages in parts of the developing world. Kyiv-based trade analyst Elena Neroba warns the global impacts will be profound, as families in developing nations who relied on Ukrainian crops will struggle to afford more expensive wheat.
She points to places like Indonesia, which imports 28% of its wheat from Ukraine, and Bangladesh, which gets 21%. Egypt imports almost 80% of its wheat from Ukraine and Russia.
"The Russian invasion will lead not just to deaths in Ukraine," she warns. "But in a few months, people will start dying all over the world from hunger."
The war has set the Ukrainian agriculture sector back by years, especially after gains made in developing healthier and organic crops, according to Mariia Bogonos, the head of the Center for Food and Land Use at the Kyiv School of Economics.
She says it was hard enough trying to recover from the 2014 Russian invasion in the east.
"It's painful," Bogonos says. "How much effort was put into developing this sector. So, moving from [the] Soviet past to this market-oriented way of living. And now we have to stop all this and talk about food security in the country again."
While the United States does not import Ukrainian wheat, it will not be immune to the supply shock.
Joe Glauber, a former chief economist for the Department of Agriculture, says American consumers will likely see prices go up on wheat-based products, from bread to cereals to pizza.
"The loss of Ukraine right now, in the sense that no grain is moving out of their ports, has pushed up prices to 25% over price levels, which were already high and rising," says Glauber, a senior fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, referring to increases since the beginning of the war. "And that's critical to this story in the sense of markets were already tight with low inventories and very high prices, the highest prices we've seen in about 10 years for a lot of commodities, even prior to the Russian invasion."
Getting family farms back up and running will be arduous
Kulibaba's son-in-law, Valeria Kyselov, motions to the barn where the Russians spent most of their time while they occupied the family farm in Bilka. Spent munitions and discarded meal packs litter the ground under a rickety trailer.
Kyselov promises there are no mines inside and climbs to the second floor. The bales of hay upstairs still have impressions from where the Russians slept.
On the wall, a scratched-out message refers to NATO soldiers in a sexual act and insults the Pentagon.
It's been weeks since the farm produced any income, Kyselov says. The family is starting to worry about whether Kulibaba will be able to pay back loans he used to purchase his combine and other expensive equipment, some of which has been stolen.
"If you can plan, you can pay your loan," Kyselov said. "But the Russians took away the possibility to earn money."
He also worries how his father-in-law is dealing with the trauma of losing his son.
Kulibaba insists the farm will survive. It will take time to clear the mines, but he vows it will produce again.
What's harder, he says, is dealing with the loss of Oleksandr, and just trying to understand why all this had to happen.
"We are peaceful people," he says. "We did not attack anyone. We are on our own land."
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Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Friday's results
Winnipeg at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon 8 Spokane 5
Moose Jaw 6 Regina 2
Red Deer 6 Medicine Hat 4
Kelowna 6 Lethbridge 0
Swift Current 8 Edmonton 4
Kamloops 6 Prince George 5 (OT)
Victoria 7 Tri-City 6 (SO)
Seattle 4 Everett 1
Portland 2 Vancouver 1
Saturday's results
Saskatoon 6 Regina 1
Prince Albert 5 Spokane 3
Winnipeg 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Swift Current 4 Red Deer 1
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Portland 5 Vancouver 4 (OT)
Medicine Hat 4 Kelowna 1
Calgary 7 Lethbridge 2
Seattle 5 Everett 1
Victoria 6 Tri-City 5
Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Edmonton 0 | 2022-12-19T08:23:47+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17663419.php |
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chase Claypool doesn't need help finding motivation ahead of the 2023 season. Looking to rebound from his worst year as a pro while playing for a second contract provides plenty of drive for the Chicago Bears wide receiver.
"It's the biggest year of my life, and I understand that," Claypool said. "If anybody thinks my work ethic isn't matching that, they're deeply mistaken."
The Bears sent a second-round pick to Pittsburgh last November to acquire Claypool at the trade deadline in an effort to help quarterback Justin Fields' development. Upon arriving in Chicago, Claypool, a 2020 second-rounder, totaled 14 catches for 140 yards in seven games.
Claypool's lack of production and the pick sent to Pittsburgh -- which became the No. 32 selection the draft -- netted a poor initial return on investment for the Bears. A knee injury that cost Claypool two games and a sideline outburst in Detroit complicated matters as Chicago stumbled to a 3-14 finish.
Much of the conversation around the wide receiver this offseason has been his improvement behind the scenes, yet aside from Chicago's first week of OTAs, injuries forced Claypool to miss much of the offseason program. When he reported to Halas Hall for training camp, Claypool was placed on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list before being removed one day later.
The receiver has been informed by family members of what's being said about him "in the Twitterverse," and the public concerns raised about his durability and viability in the Bears' offense.
"I guess I get it," Claypool said. "Maybe people weren't happy with how I dealt with the offseason, but that's only the perception that was given to them and not the reality that's true. I remember almost blowing my knee out against the Packers and being done for the game and kind of pleading to be put back in, putting the knee brace back on, and went back in and tried to help my team win.
"So, if there's any questions on how much I'm willing to do to help this team win, there shouldn't be. You know? I think that I'm doing everything I can to be as healthy as possible and knowing in the game everyone gets injured."
Claypool participated during the Bears' first training camp practice Wednesday without limitations. The reasoning behind the receiver's short stint on the PUP list was needing "an extra day or two to get [right]," according to general manager Ryan Poles.
On report day, Fields noted that Claypool's knee began bothering him toward the end of their offseason workouts in Florida. According to Claypool, that's not the reason he was placed on PUP.
"That's not that," Claypool said. "It's not even my knee, either. It's not even that."
Throughout Claypool's 2022 struggles, coaches and teammates defended the receiver's steep learning curve.
"It's tough," Bears tight end Cole Kmet said. "When you move from one place to another and go into a brand-new offense and, quite frankly, an offense that we were all still getting comfortable with at the time, and to be thrown in the mix like that, it's tough. I think this offseason he has done a great job and he is around for the six weeks and throwing with Justin and the rest of the guys and getting work in there. So I know he's ready to go and looking forward to the season."
"Maybe people weren't happy with how I dealt with the offseason, but that's only the perception that was given to them and not the reality that's true. I remember almost blowing my knee out against the Packers and being done for the game and kind of pleading to be put back in, putting the knee brace back on, and went back in and tried to help my team win. So, if there's any questions on how much I'm willing to do to help this team win, there shouldn't be." Bears receiver Chase Claypool
Having a full offseason to master the Bears offense despite limited on-field activity is what Claypool believes will help him get back on track and cement himself as a target for Fields. The throwing sessions he was able to fit in with the QB are beneficial in building chemistry, but the playbook is where Claypool has devoted most of his time.
So, how has he done it?
"I make cue cards," Claypool said. "I think DJ (Moore) giggled at me when he came in and saw all my cue cards that I had. But I would basically just test myself, then if I got one wrong I would put it to the side, go through the ones I got wrong and do that every day until I didn't get one wrong."
He went on to describe the cue cards and their utility, saying, "It'd say the play on the front and then on the back it would have the actual drawing of it. So I'd just read the play. Then I'd set something up in the indoor where I'd have an AirPod in and I'd have the audio recording of me saying the play. Then I ran the play and the play would pop up after. So pretty intuitive stuff right there."
Claypool is one of three Bears players (along with Darnell Mooney and Jaylon Johnson) who hope to solidify their case for an extension after Kmet agreed to a four-year, $50 million deal on Wednesday.
With the aim of getting back to the type of production (873 yards, 9 TDs) he generated during a breakout rookie campaign, Claypool's mindset ahead of his first full season with the Bears has those around him confident in his ability to bounce back.
"I think he's in a good spot," coach Matt Eberflus said. "I have a lot of conversations with Clay, as we all do with our players. He feels like he's in a good spot. I think he's got a lot of confidence being the second year into it -- or going into the second part of it. I think he's in a real good spot." | 2023-07-26T22:44:00+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38076942/bears-chase-claypool-defends-work-ethic-ahead-biggest-year-my-life |
Laura Nack Named Chief Solutions Officer and Katie Adams Announced as Chief Delivery Officer, Workforce
HOUSTON, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Safal Partners ("Safal"), a mission-driven consulting firm focused on delivering better education and employment opportunities at scale, today announced that Laura C. Nack has joined the company as Chief Solutions Officer. Safal also announced the promotion of Katie Adams to Chief Delivery Officer, Workforce.
"As Safal, which means "good outcomes", continues to support our clients' missions and multiply our impact, we are thrilled to grow our leadership team with the strategic appointments of Laura Nack and Katie Adams," said Mukta Pandit, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Safal Partners. "Laura and Katie are values-driven leaders who bring a commitment to excellence and innovation that will be pivotal as we continue to partner with public agencies to deliver superior quality services and solutions at scale," she said.
A seasoned strategic and operational leader with 25 years of experience serving the federal government, Ms. Nack is an expert in delivering national technical assistance and training, as well as bringing new program improvement products to market to support Federal agencies, including across the U.S. Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services. As Chief Solutions Officer, Ms. Nack will be responsible for driving innovation and client satisfaction through the identification and development of solutions and services across the Safal client portfolio.
Ms. Nack previously was a Senior Fellow, Technical Assistance, at NORC at The University of Chicago, one of the largest independent social research organizations in the United States. Earlier in her career, she served as Senior Director, Technical Assistance, Manhattan Strategy Group and Division Director, Education Programs, at Kratos Learning. She began her career as a research analyst for both the Academy for Educational Development and the Charleston County School District.
"I am excited to join the Safal team," said Nack. "I look forward to continuing to build upon the firm's strong momentum, delivering innovative solutions and long-term strategies that drive value and impact for our current and future clients," she said.
Ms. Adams brings over 25 years of experience in strategic planning and program development for the federal government and private industry. As a nationally recognized authority on workforce development and apprenticeship, she has led large-scale, complex federal government technical assistance and industry engagement initiatives including for U.S. Department of Labor and the National Science Foundation (NSF). As Chief Delivery Officer, Workforce, Ms. Adams will be responsible for leading the firm's growing Workforce practice.
Prior to joining Safal, Ms. Adams was Founder and Principal Consultant of Apprenticeship Services Group, providing clients from federal government, industry, and higher education with technical assistance, training, program management and strategic communications leadership. Previously she led content and training development for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). She began her career at Fannie Mae.
"At Safal, we have created strong market momentum, and I'm thrilled to lead our team of trusted advisors in serving clients across federal agencies to build a strong, skilled American workforce," said Adams. "We are well positioned to grow the practice to the next level by designing and implementing powerful workforce strategies," she said.
About Safal Partners
Safal's mission is to revolutionize public sector programs and services to catalyze positive societal change at scale. A next-generation, asset-based, digital consulting firm, we partner with public agencies to enhance their impact through effective program management, technical assistance and training, and strategic communications. Safal's values-driven, collaborative, and diverse culture creates an agile, innovative, and customer focused small business that has already established a broad portfolio of successful federal work at the U.S. Departments of Labor, Education, and Defense. The result is the meaning of Safal: Good outcomes. For more information, please visit safalpartners.com.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PSM Partners, a Chicago-based Technology Consulting and Talent Sourcing firm, is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work®. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at PSM. 95% of employees said PSM is a great place to work compared to 57% of employees at the average U.S. company. Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.
"Great Place to Work Certification™ isn't something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience," said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place to Work. "It's the only official recognition determined by employees' real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that PSM Partners is one of the best companies to work for in the country."
"We spend a tremendous amount of time and energy to foster a company culture where people feel accepted, empowered and valued for their contributions to the team," said Dave Stolarek, Managing Partner at PSM. "Wanting those things to be true doesn't mean anything unless our employees provide the validation. We are beyond proud to be recognized amongst this year's Greatest Places to Work and we humbly dedicate ourselves to continuing down this critical path. To our team members: Thank you! You are what makes this place great," Stolarek concluded.
Cassidy Stolarek, Culture and Engagement Specialist at PSM, comments, "We pride ourselves on our "people-first" corporate culture. As our Culture and Engagement Specialist, I give my full-time attention to maintaining a positive employee experience for all. We host frequent lunches and happy hours to commemorate each quarter, along with consistent surveying and connection with employees to hear direct feedback. We want to create opportunities for our employees to get to know one another beyond their role in the business. We've placed a high value on being closely-knit and working together in everything we do because we believe the best investment we can make is in our people."
According to Great Place to Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work, and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company's profits, and have a fair chance at promotion.
Looking to grow your career at one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Chicago? Visit our careers page at: https://www.psmpartners.com/open-positions/
PSM specializes in helping small and medium-sized companies with an array of outsourced technology solutions and cloud strategies. The firm also helps its clients grow by leveraging a team of full desk recruiters to source top industry talent.
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Thursday morning top stories: Missing NM woman and infant possibly in Lubbock
Published: Aug. 11, 2022 at 7:21 AM CDT|Updated: 11 minutes ago
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On Daybreak Today,
New Mexico woman and one-year-old child believed to be in Lubbock
- The Lea County Sheriff’s Office in New Mexico is asking for the public’s help finding Gina Marie Dunn and her child Bella Sinnett
- Police say they may be in the Lubbock area
- Details: Missing New Mexico woman, infant possibly in Lubbock
3 arrested after attempted home invasion turns into shooting Monday afternoon
- 18-year-old Kesjon Reed and two juveniles tried to break into an apartment near 32nd and Salisbury
- Reed is accused of pulling a gun and shooting the resident in the stomach
- More here: 2 juveniles, 1 adult in custody, charged in Monday night shooting
Former Pres. Trump took 5th during deposition in New York
- The deposition is part of a civil probe into the Trump Organization
- It comes days after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an unrelated federal probe
- Follow the latest here: Trump says he took the Fifth Amendment in NY investigation
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ReabatesMe.com is finalist for two prestigious Golden Link awards
BEAVERTON, Ore., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RebatesMe.com, an e-commerce platform that helps shoppers all over the world earn cash back, is one of the top cash back sites offering coupons, discounts, and cash back from over 5,000 online stores.
RebatesMe.com is excited to announce that it has been nominated as a finalist in the 2022 Rakuten Advertising Golden Link Awards in two categories - Best Advertiser and Publisher Collaboration and the esteemed Publisher of the Year award.
The Best Advertiser and Publisher Collaboration category highlights a thriving partnership within Rakuten Advertising's Affiliate network, spotlighting RebatesMe.com's successful ongoing partnership with Macy's. The Publisher of the Year category features Publishers that have achieved tremendous growth in the affiliate network. Other notable nominees include Forbes, Capital One Shopping, and Afterpay.
The Rakuten Advertising Golden Link Awards bring together advertisers, publishers and agencies from across the United States to celebrate excellence and innovation in the performance marketing, retail and e-commerce industry.
"We are honored to be selected as a finalist for the Best Advertiser and Publisher Collaborator award and the Publisher of the Year award," says Rick Parada, President of RebatesMe.com. "Our goal is to provide the best experience for our customers by partnering with top merchants and offering the best cash back rates."
2022 marks a banner year for RebatesMe.com. They are projected to earn over a billion dollars in sales for their growing merchant base of over 5,000 merchants. As a leading e-commerce platform, RebatesMe.com is committed to providing members with a high-quality user experience - from sign up to cash out. They are focusing on enhancing their website with new features, expanding their e-gift card store, developing new merchant partnerships, and finding new and innovative ways to serve their members.
The Rakuten Advertising Golden Link Awards of 2022 will be presented in Austin, Texas on Monday, June 27. Advertisers, publishers, and agencies from all over the U.S. will get together to recognize achievements in the sector.
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Abandoned farmhouse catches fire due to lightning strike
Published: Jun. 26, 2022 at 4:32 PM CDT|Updated: 11 minutes ago
SUMNER COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - The Mulvane fire department confirms an early Sunday morning structure fire on 119th and Broadway.
Sumner County Fire 9, Sedgwick County Fire District 1, and Derby Fire and Rescue. 119th and Broadway. The fire is believed to be caused by a lightning strike around 2:30 am.
No one was injured in the incident.
Copyright 2022 KWCH. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-26T21:44:18+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/06/26/abandoned-farm-house-catches-fire-due-lightning-strike/ |
(WJW) – Fall Out Boy released a cover of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” Wednesday and the band is getting a lot of mixed feedback.
The music video opens by saying the band is, “Covering newsworthy items from 1989-2023.” Billy Joel’s original version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” was released in 1989 and the catchy, rapid-fire lyrics reference major political, cultural, scientific, and sports events dating back to 1949, the year Joel was born.
The song includes references to present-day sports, political figures, and celebrities, from LeBron James to Boris Johnson.
Fall Out Boy also makes mention of school shootings at Sandy Hook and Columbine, as well as the police killings of Tamir Rice, George Floyd and Sandra Bland.
Other topics mentioned in the new version include: “World Trade,” “deep fakes,” “Kanye West,” “Y2K,” “Boston bombing,” “Taylor Swift,” “Obama, “Twilight,” “Tiger King” and “Michael Jackson Dies.”
Fall Out Boy shared the news of their release on Instagram.
“I thought about this song a lot when I was younger,” Fall Out Boy said in the caption. “All these important people and events- some that disappeared into the sands of time- others that changed the world forever. So much has happened in the span of the last 34 years- we felt like a little system update might be fun. Hope you like our take on it…”
One thing commenters mentioned that they dislike about the song is that the band left out major headlines from that time period, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
“How’d you guys recreate We Didn’t Start The Fire and not mention the pandemic in the last few verses,” @bee_etta said on Instagram.
Another critique was that Fall Out Boy didn’t follow Joel’s chronological construction, which was likely harder to write but allowed the listener to zip through the years in order.
“Are you telling me Fall Out Boy made an updated We Didn’t Start The Fire except they missed the point about the events needing to be chronological and instead they just plugged in whatever rhymed,” @mcrmy119 wrote on Twitter.
Others loved the song saying “STOP NO SERIOUSLY THIS IS AMAZING,” @kenzie_shay_ commented.
Fall Out Boy is currently on its “So Much For (Tour) Dust” tour, with upcoming stops in California, Utah, Colorado, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, and more. | 2023-06-29T18:58:39+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/fall-out-boy-releases-cover-of-billy-joels-we-didnt-start-the-fire-to-mixed-reviews/ |
PMIEF (Project Management Institute Educational Foundation) Sponsors Best Application of Project Management Category at Awards
ISTANBUL, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The essential role that project management skills play in business was highlighted last week at the Gen-E event in Istanbul, Turkey, organized by JA Europe (Junior Achievement Europe), where teams from more than 43 countries gathered at the region's largest festival of young entrepreneurs.
Thousands of young entrepreneurs across Europe, either in secondary school or at university, participated in the event throughout the academic year by forming companies and developing products that were ready for sale or further development at the end of year. These companies were then put forward for judging by established figures in the industry, including Olivier Lazar, COO of PMIEF and VP of Social & Community Impact, PMI. A winner from each country was chosen, as were overall category winners, and the prizes were announced at a Gala Ceremony at the WOW Conference Centre, Istanbul, on Thursday, Jul 13.
In partnership with PMIEF, JA Europe presented the Best Application of Project Management Award to Sodehal from Slovakia, a team of five young men aged 17 and 18, who developed a virtual business card via an app to allow the easy and sustainable sharing of contact details.
Marcel Michaliak from Sodehal, said: "Project management skills are so important for young people to learn. It really helped us to develop and deliver our product, especially the time management and communication skills we learned. With these skills we were able to keep our plans on track and make sure everyone was working towards the same objective."
Olivier Lazar from PMIEF said: "It is such a privilege and honour to be part of an event like this. These young people are incredible and I am blown away by their skills and creativity. In ensuring we meet the difficult challenges our society faces it is more important now than ever that we can support and mentor such wonderful young people and provide them with the project management skills that will ensure their projects continue to be successful."
PMIEF has also partnered with JA Europe for a number of years to provide project management training to its team of skilled professionals. JA Worldwide has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 - the second nomination it has received.
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(AP) — Created in 1872 as the United States was recovering from the Civil War, Yellowstone was the first of the national parks that came to be referred to as America’s best idea. Now, the home to gushing geysers, thundering waterfalls and some of the country’s most plentiful and diverse wildlife is facing its biggest challenge in decades.
Floodwaters this week wiped out numerous bridges, washed out miles of roads and closed the park as it approached peak tourist season during its 150th anniversary celebration. Nearby communities were swamped and hundreds of homes flooded as the Yellowstone River and its tributaries raged.
The scope of the damage is still being tallied by Yellowstone officials, but based on other national park disasters, it could take years and cost upwards of $1 billion to rebuild in an environmentally sensitive landscape where construction season only runs from the spring thaw until the first snowfall.
Based on what park officials have revealed and Associated Press images and video taken from a helicopter, the greatest damage seemed to be to roads, particularly on the highway connecting the park’s north entrance in Gardiner, Montana, to the park’s offices in Mammoth Hot Springs. Large sections of the road were undercut and washed away as the Gardner River jumped its banks. Perhaps hundreds of footbridges on trails may have been damaged or destroyed.
“This is not going to be an easy rebuild,” Superintendent Cam Sholly said early in the week as he highlighted photos of massive gaps of roadway in the steep canyon. “I don’t think it’s going to be smart to invest potentially, you know, tens of millions of dollars, or however much it is, into repairing a road that may be subject to seeing a similar flooding event in the future.”
Re-establishing a human imprint in a national park is always a delicate operation, especially as a changing climate makes natural disasters more likely. Increasingly intense wildfires are occurring, including one last year that destroyed bridges, cabins and other infrastructure in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California.
Flooding has already done extensive damage in other parks and is a threat to virtually all the more-than 400 national parks, a report by The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization found in 2009.
Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state closed for six months after the worst flooding in its history in 2006. Damage to roads, trails, campgrounds and buildings was estimated at $36 million.
Yosemite Valley in California’s Yosemite National Park has flooded several times, but suffered its worst damage 25 years ago when heavy downpours on top of a large snowpack — a scenario similar to the Yellowstone flood — submerged campgrounds, flooded hotel rooms, washed out bridges and sections of road, and knocked out power and sewer lines. The park was closed for more than two months.
Congress allocated $178 million in emergency funds – a massive sum for park infrastructure at the time – and additional funding eventually surpassed $250 million, according to a 2013 report.
But the rebuilding effort once estimated to last four to five years dragged out for 15, due in part to environmental lawsuits over a protected river corridor and a long bureaucratic planning and review process.
It’s not clear if Yellowstone would face the same obstacles, though reconstructing the road that runs near Mammoth Hot Springs, where steaming water bubbles up over an otherworldly series of stone terraces, presents a challenge.
It’s created by a unique natural formation of underground tubes and vents that push the hot water to the surface, and would be just one of many natural wonders crews would have to be careful not to disturb, said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
Along with the formation itself, there are also microbes and insects that thrive in the environment found almost nowhere else. And the park will need to avoid damaging any archaeological or cultural artifacts in the area with a rich Native American history.
“They’ll have to look at all the resources the park is designed to protect, and try to do this project as carefully as possible, but they’re also going to try to go fairly quickly,” Hartl said.
Having to reroute the roadway that hugged the Gardner River could be an opportunity to better protect the waterway and the fish and other species that thrive there from oil and other microscopic pollution that comes from passing vehicles, Hartl said.
“The river will be healthier for it,” he said.
The Yosemite flood was seen by the park as an opportunity to rethink its planning and not necessarily rebuild in the same places, said Frank Dean, president and chief executive of the Yosemite Conservancy and a former park ranger.
Some facilities were relocated outside the flood plain and some campgrounds that had been submerged in the flood were never restored. At Yosemite Lodge, cabins that had been slated for removal in the 1980s were swamped and had to be removed.
“The flood took them all out like a precision strike,” Dean said. “I’m not going to say it’s a good thing, but providence came in and made the decision for them.”
Yellowstone’s recovery comes as a rapidly growing number of people line up to visit the country’s national parks, even as a backlog of deferred maintenance budget grows into tens of billions of dollars. The park was already due for funding from the Great American Outdoors Act, a 2020 law passed by Congress that authorizes nearly $3 billion for maintenance and other projects on public lands.
Now it will need another infusion of money for more pressing repairs that Emily Douce, director of operations and park funding at National Parks Conservation Association, estimated could hit at least $1 billion.
The southern half of the park is expected to reopen next week, allowing visitors to flock to Old Faithful, the rainbow colored Grand Prismatic Spring, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and its majestic waterfall.
But the flood-damaged northern end may not reopen this year, depriving visitors from seeing Tower Fall and Lamar Valley, one of the best places in the world to see wolves and grizzly bears. Some days during the high season, an animal sighting can lead to thousands of people parked on the side of the road hoping to catch a glimpse.
Whether some of these areas are reopened will depend on how quickly washed-out roads can be repaired, downed trees can be removed and mudslides cleared.
Maintaining the approximately 466 miles (750 kilometers) of roadway throughout the park is a major job. Much of the roadway originally was designed for stagecoaches, said Kristen Brengel, senior vice-president of public affairs for the National Parks Conservation Association.
“Part of the effort of the last couple of decades has been to stabilize the road to make it safe for heavier vehicles to travel on it,” she said.
Located at a high elevation where snow and cold weather is not uncommon eight months of the year and there are many tiny earthquakes, road surfaces don’t last as long and road crews have a short window to complete projects. One recently completed road job created closures for about two years.
“I think it’ll probably be several years before the park is totally back to normal,” Hartl said. | 2022-06-18T19:37:18+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/yellowstone-flooding-rebuild-could-take-years-cost-billions/ |
GREATER LAFAYETTE LOW THURSDAY MORNING: 66
GREATER LAFAYETTE HIGH THURSDAY: 90
VIEWING AREA LOWS THURSDAY MORNING: 64-67
VIEWING AREA HIGHS THURSDAY: 87-92 (HEAT INDICES 94-100)
Showers and t'storms are expected late this Wednesday night to Thursday morning as smoke will continue to decrease and push out. There is the risk of a couple isolated severe storms with mainly hail risk. | 2023-06-28T18:01:21+00:00 | wlfi.com | https://www.wlfi.com/weather/storm-team-18-forecast/article_b26543c2-15d7-11ee-aaec-7f20ad8c6bb4.html |
Rain and snow... yes snow, returns tonight & Tuesday
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Although we had our share of showers move through, the weekend wasn’t all that bad around Mid-Michigan, with plenty of dry time in between rounds of rain.
Our next round of rain is already starting to move in this afternoon and if it hasn’t moved into your area just yet, you will likely see showers move in later this evening. And as temperatures cool down tonight, don’t be surprised if you run into a few snowflakes mixing in with the rain, or rain showers just flat out turning to snow!
If that’s not what you wanted to hear, just sit tight! Weather that may be a bit more your style is on the way later this week.
This Evening & Overnight
Rain is the main type of precipitation around the TV5 viewing area as of 4:30 PM. However, northwest lower Michigan is starting to see snow mix in with the rain, along with snow showers, so as we cool down, that will eventually occur locally.
We’re not expecting any major travel impacts tonight, or any significant accumulation, but don’t be surprised if snow comes down hard enough to see some dustings/coatings on the grass or on cars, etc.
Temperatures will eventually land in the 30s for overnight lows, with a westerly to northwesterly wind remaining around 10 to 20 miles per hour overnight. That will likely drop wind chills into the 20s by tomorrow morning.
Tuesday
Showers will continue on Tuesday, but likely be more scattered than Monday night. And in between the showers, skies will be quite cloudy. Snow is most likely during the morning hours, but as we heat up (relatively speaking of course), we should see a transition back to rain and snow, or just rain showers.
Highs Tuesday will only warm into the 40s at best, with the lower and middle 40s the most likely landing spot. Those temperatures are cold enough by themselves, but add in the northwesterly winds around 10 to 20 miles per hour, we should see wind chills in the 20s and 30s most of the day. Gusts around or just over 30 miles per hour are expected.
Showers will remain possible into Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Lows will once again drop to the 30s, allowing a few snowflakes to continue mixing in with some of the showers.
Sick of this pattern? Be sure to check out your First Alert 7-Day Forecast for when this pattern finally breaks!
Copyright 2023 WNEM. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-01T22:40:02+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2023/05/01/rain-snow-yes-snow-returns-tonight-tuesday/ |
TAMPA, Fla. — There’s a new type of flower bed springing up in South Tampa and it doesn’t require any water, soil, or sunlight. That’s because it’s all made from recycled materials.
When most people finish their can of beans or soup, the tin can becomes trash, but not for artist Joe Bureker. Instead, he decided to turn tin cans into an innovative flower garden.
“Coffee cans, soda cans, dog food cans, all sorts of cans,” said Bureker. “Pretty much anything I can get my hands on, I try to turn into a flower.”
Just call Bureker the Tin Man of South Tampa.
First, he collects them, then he transforms them.
“So I kind of begin cutting them, and you can imagine each cut becomes its own separate petal basically,” said Bureker.
He’s always had a knack for turning the boring into the beautiful.
“I started at a pretty young age, my grandmother was an artist. She had her own art store, so I started out in diapers playing with paint, and I just kept going from there,” said Bureker.
Bureker was inspired by the support he gained from his neighbors, who leave cans, or in this case, supplies, outside their doors for him to pick up.
“It’s not what I was intending, but I just got such an outpouring of neighbors wanting to help me out it was great,” said Bureker. “It was kind of overwhelming at first, there were just so many things coming at me with cans.”
Now, this local artist is taking his creation to national fairs and expos.
“It was nice I got a lot of nice kind words and a lot of smiles, so it was really good that was probably my favorite part,” said Bureker.
Who knows, there could be a new trend when it comes to backyard flower gardens, all thanks to the South Tampa Tin Man.
“I’m your guy. I’m making metal ones, guaranteed to bloom,” said Bureker.
This article was written by Robert Boyd for WFTS. | 2022-09-20T17:15:57+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/news/national/tin-man-of-south-tampa-turns-old-cans-into-flowers |
An of counsel and three associates also join the team.
MIAMI, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Winston & Strawn LLP announced the addition of two partners to the firm's rapidly growing Miami office: Carl A. Fornaris, who joins the Transactions Department, and Jared R. Kessler, who joins the firm's Litigation Department.
Carl comes from the Miami office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he was co-chair of both the Financial Regulatory and Compliance Practice and the Blockchain and Digital Assets Group. Jared also comes from Greenberg's Miami office.
Accompanying these partners are Of Counsel Paul W. Jezierny, who joins the Transactions Department from Shutts & Bowen LLP's Miami office, and Associates Elisa H. Baca and Claudia Ojeda, who join the firm's Litigation Department from Greenberg's Miami office. Associate Gabriela A. Plasencia joined the Transactions Department earlier this month from Shutts & Bowen in Miami.
The lawyers' arrival closely follows that of the initial six partners who launched the firm's Miami office on May 19, 2022, and it comes soon after two corporate partners joined the office on June 16, 2022. It is expected that additional arrivals will be announced in the near future.
"Carl, who will co-chair Winston's Financial Services Regulatory/Compliance Practice and the firm's Digital Assets & Blockchain Technology group, brings nearly three decades of financial services experience, including in the banking, payments, fintech, and digital assets spaces. These and other facets of the financial services sector are of key importance to the Miami and international business communities," said Miami Office Managing Partner Enrique J. Martin. "Jared adds litigation bench strength to our office, and he brings the same entrepreneurial energy that fuels the industries we serve in South Florida and around the globe. Notably, these partners—and the additional lawyers joining them—come from the Miami legal community, which means they know the market and are ready to provide our domestic and international clients with practical legal and business solutions."
Carl represents clients on formation and licensing, capital-raising transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, USA PATRIOT Act/BSA/AML compliance and OFAC sanctions programs, cryptocurrency and digital assets regulation, payments, mobile money and fintech, federal and state agency enforcement proceedings, Dodd-Frank Act compliance, and the Corporate Transparency Act. Throughout his career, he has counseled clients in their dealings with the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, FinCEN, SEC, FINRA, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, New York Department of Financial Services, and other state supervisory authorities. Carl also represents lenders and credit parties in financing transactions, particularly credits to non-U.S. loan parties, asset-based credits, acquisition financing, and stand-by letters of credit. Previously, Carl served as head of legal and compliance for the Latin America region of Barclays Bank PLC, with responsibility for managing legal and compliance matters throughout the region.
Jared focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts and has litigated in jurisdictions around the country. He represents clients across a broad spectrum of industries in cases involving a diverse array of matters, including class action claims, business torts and contract disputes, corporate and partnership governance disputes, and real estate claims. Jared's class action work focuses on defending against consumer claims of false or misleading packaging and advertising and allegations of deceptive trade practices. For example, he has assisted in the defense of an international food manufacturer against false advertising claims seeking over $100 million in damages and an international hotel chain against claims of deceptive billing practices at several of its on-property restaurants.
Paul practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance, and corporate and securities law. He represents global financial institutions, funds, and operating companies in a variety of regulatory, transactional, enforcement, and corporate matters.
Gabriela represents financial institutions and other businesses in government investigations and enforcement actions, arbitrations, and civil litigations. She also advises clients on regulatory, licensing, corporate, and compliance issues in the fintech and blockchain technology space. Elisa focuses on complex commercial litigation and putative class action lawsuits filed in federal court, representing businesses in matters involving claims of consumer fraud, deceptive and unfair trade practices, mislabeling, and false or misleading advertising. Claudia handles civil litigation matters in both federal and state courts. She represents clients in matters involving breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and consumer class actions.
"The addition of these lawyers demonstrates Winston's ongoing commitment to serving the Miami market by recruiting the very best legal talent that market has to offer," said Winston Chairman Tom Fitzgerald. "Each lawyer brings critical experience, knowledge, and skills. Together, they help us round out both the transactional and litigation service offerings that South Florida's sophisticated business community requires."
About our Miami office
Winston & Strawn's Miami office leverages the area's status as a dynamic financial hub, an epicenter of business activity spanning numerous industries, and a critical nexus point for banking and international trade with Latin America and other parts of the world.
The office serves clients representing some of the global economy's strongest and fastest-growing sectors, including complex commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions, financial services, cryptocurrency and blockchain, real estate, energy and infrastructure, bankruptcy, and Latin America.
Winston & Strawn LLP is an international law firm with 16 offices in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe. More information about the firm is available at www.winston.com.
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Starling Marte was eligible to come off the injured list Thursday but the Mets are not ready to activate the right fielder. Marte is still dealing with migraine headaches and his child is due any day now, which has also complicated the matter.
“Not imminent,” manager Buck Showalter said Thursday at Citi Field ahead of the series opener against the Washington Nationals. “I know they’re talking about making sure they’ve got the right diagnosis with the migraines.”
Marte worked out at Citi Field over the weekend when the Mets were in Boston for a three-game series against the Red Sox. He was also with the team this week at Yankee Stadium for the Subway Series and was able to do baserunning drills ahead of Tuesday’s game in the Bronx. However, Marte has not been completely migraine-free. The 34-year-old has had more headaches this week but “on a lesser scale.”
The key concern is that the headaches are occurring so closely together. Marte has seen specialists and will seek a second opinion, but it’s not clear when or where that will occur. It will happen after his partner gives birth. No one has been able to determine what triggered a series of migraines over a two-week span.
Marte has long dealt with migraines, but the Mets are wondering whether or not a collision at third base in Los Angeles in April had something to do with it. Initially, the Mets said Marte did not have a concussion but have since admitted he might have been concussed. The outfielder dealt with neck stiffness following the injury.
However, it’s only speculation for now. Showalter has said the Mets will give Marte and his partner, Elianny Santana, the privacy they desire as they navigate childbirth. Marte’s wife, Noelia, passed away in 2020 of a heart attack, so the club is sympathetic toward any apprehension, anxiety or excitement surrounding the birth of the couple’s child.
“He’s got some other things going on in his life other than a headache,” Showalter said. “I’m just trying to be respectful.”
The Mets have been using DJ Stewart and Mark Canha in right field in Marte’s absence. Tommy Pham (groin) is set to return to left field Thursday against the Nationals. He was out of the lineup after DH’ing the night prior.
It’s been a tough year for Marte. Following offseason double-groin surgery, the Dominican outfielder struggled to get started at the plate and his defense suffered. His .640 OPS is well below his career average, but he is still a threat on the basepaths, having swiped 24 bags this season.
CAMPING OUT
In partnership with USA Baseball, the Mets are hosting their annual Junior Mets Youth Baseball Camp this week at Leavitts Park in Queens. Over the last week, kids received instruction from local coaches and also heard from former Mets catcher Todd Zeile and members of the baseball operations department. The event concludes Friday with an appearance from center fielder Brandon Nimmo.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Right-hander Sam Coonrod’s rehab is being transferred to Triple-A Syracuse. The reliever has not allowed an earned run in four innings of a rehab assignment with Low-A St. Lucie. He began the season on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain and was later transferred to the 60-day injured list.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit.
Lawyers for 84-year-old Muhammad Aziz filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn over Aziz’s wrongful conviction in the murder of Malcolm X, the civil rights leader who urged Black people to seek justice “by any means necessary.”
An additional complaint was filed on behalf of the estate of Khalil Islam, a second man who was wrongly convicted in the assassination.
Malcolm X was shot to death Feb. 21, 1965 at the Audubon Ballroom in upper Manhattan. Aziz and Islam, then known as Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson, and a third man were convicted of murder in March 1966 and sentenced to life in prison.
The third man, Mujahid Abdul Halim, admitted to shooting Malcolm X but said neither Aziz nor Islam was involved. Halim was paroled in 2010.
A Manhattan judge dismissed the convictions of Aziz and Islam in November 2021 after prosecutors said new evidence of witness intimidation and suppression of exculpatory evidence had undermined the case against them. Then-District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. apologized for law enforcement’s “serious, unacceptable violations of law and the public trust.”
Attorneys David Shanies and Deborah Francois said in complaints filed Thursday that both Aziz and Islam were at their homes in the Bronx when Malcolm X was killed.
They said Aziz “spent 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit and more than 55 years living with the hardship and indignity attendant to being unjustly branded as a convicted murderer of one of the most important civil rights leaders in history.”
Islam spent 22 years in prison and died still hoping to clear his name. “The damage done to Mr. Islam and his family was immense and irreparable,” the lawyers wrote.
A spokesperson for New York City’s law department referred a request for comment to Mayor Eric Adams, who said in a statement, “As someone who has fought for a fairer criminal justice system for my entire career, I believe the overturning of Mr. Aziz and Mr. Islam’s convictions was the just outcome. We are reviewing this lawsuit.” | 2022-07-15T22:13:02+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/man-exonerated-in-malcolm-x-killing-sues-nyc-for-40-million/ |
In Loving Memory Of Sueanna Schrader Jul 10, 1966 - Jan 29, 2022 Sueanna, not a day goes by when you are not loved and missed. Remembering you is easy, we do it every day, but there is an ache within our hearts that will never go away. It happened much too soon but goodbye is not forever. Goodbye is not the end. It simply means we'll miss you, until we meet again.
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KaarTech, a Digital Transformation Consulting company specializing in SAP and S/4 HANA implementation, has raised $30M from A91 Partners, a leading investment firm headquartered in Mumbai. Gautam Mago and Kaushik Anand from A91 Partners will join the Board of KaarTech.
This partnership aims to fuel KaarTech's organic and inorganic growth across existing markets in the Middle East, the European Union and North America. It marks the beginning of a new chapter in its growth journey, emphasizing a strong presence in North America.
Founded in 2006, KaarTech is a high-growth company specializing in IP & Digital Services in the SAP ecosystem with deep expertise in discrete manufacturing, professional services automation, process manufacturing and consumer packaged goods. With a team of over 2000 employees, KaarTech has doubled its revenue in the last 24 months.
"The partnership with A91 will catapult KaarTech into an unprecedented era of expansion, propelling us towards our aspiration of going public, despite our humble bootstrapped origins. This association will bolster our ability to expand geographically and augment our services portfolio in-organically. In doing so, we aspire to be the partner of choice for customers looking for Digital Transformation journeys in SAP, Cloud ecosystem customer experience, Process Automation and Data Analytics blended with KaarTech's core competence in Logistics, Supply Chain, Financial and Human Capital Management," said Mr. Maran Nagarajan, CEO of KaarTech.
"We are excited to be partnering with Kaar Technologies. Over the last decade, they have established themselves as one of the leading partners for Digital Transformation and SAP Consulting Services. We look forward to working closely with them in helping them expand their geographic presence in the US and Europe and in their journey towards becoming a publicly listed company," said Mr. Kaushik Anand, partner at A91.
Veda Corporate Advisors ("Veda") was the exclusive financial advisor to the Company and its promoters.
About KaarTech:
KaarTech, headquartered in Chennai, was started by four college friends from Tamil Nadu. Today, KaarTech's operations extend to 15+ global regions, having successfully executed over 2500 projects and several of them being for marquee customers like Aramco. KaarTech has won 23 Quality Awards and is poised to win many more. Prabhakar Prasad, who holds the position of President for North America, will spearhead regional expansion and support KaarTech's growth. With more than 25 years of invaluable expertise, Prabhakar Prasad will play a vital role in the growth of both new ventures and existing clients in North America.
For additional information, visit http://kaartech.com
About A91:
Founded in 2018, A91 Partners is an investment firm investing across India's Consumer, Technology, Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. A91 partners with entrepreneurs to build enduring businesses for tomorrow's India. Current investments include Digit General Insurance, Aye Finance, Sugar Cosmetics, etc.
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Inflation is cooling — but many items aren’t cheaper. Here’s why
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN
Inflation is lower than it was a year ago. But you may not be feeling any less frustrated when you pay your bills.
That’s because prices across all goods and services haven’t actually gone down. Instead, the pace of price increases slowed from a year ago. Overall, prices are still high by two key inflation measures.
But there’s even more to the inflation story.
Everyone feels the burden of inflation differently
Are you vegan or vegetarian? Do you drive to work every day or commute using mass transit? Do you have school-aged children? Your answers to those questions matter because they could cause you to experience more sticker shock.
Vegans aren’t impacted by egg prices, which are up 21% compared to last year, according to April’s Consumer Price Index. But they may be suffering from even bigger price increases for margarine, which was up 24%.
If you drive to work every day, you’re going to encounter price increases for just about everything having to do with your car, from insurance to repair and maintenance costs. You will get some relief at the gas pump with prices down 12% from last year. Meanwhile public transportation cost riders across the country 0.3% more than last year.
And while having a child never came without its costs, now is a particularly expensive time to have a school-aged child. Meals served at elementary and secondary schools are up almost 300% from a year ago. This comes after a pandemic-era government program designed to provide free or highly subsidized meals at schools expired last year.
Inflation disproportionately hurts low-income people
If you’re struggling to make ends meet, no matter what you buy, inflation will automatically hit you harder than someone who has a financial buffer to absorb some of the price increases.
“Inflation is generally a regressive tax,” Kroll Institute chief economist Megan Greene said. Poorer households spend a greater portion of their income on unavoidable expenses like food and gas, which makes them more vulnerable to price increases.
Not everything is responding well to interest rate hikes
The Federal Reserve spent the past year hiking interest rates in the interest of lowering inflation. When the Fed raises interest rates, it costs more for banks and other lenders to borrow money. They pass these costs on to consumers by charging higher interest rates on any debts they incur. The Fed’s hope is the added costs will cause a pullback in spending and cause businesses to rethink price increases.
The rate hikes worked for certain parts of the economy such as housing, where prices have sharply declined. But the service side of the economy isn’t responding to rate hikes.
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams highlighted this in a speech Tuesday, noting that it is the “most persistent area of inflation.”
“This is driven by a continued imbalance between overall supply and demand,” he said. “It’s going to take the longest to bring down.”
Part of the reason for the imbalance is consumer behavior still out of whack from the pandemic. When the US economy shut down, consumers weren’t spending money on many services. When it reopened, consumers jumped at the opportunity to finally enjoy services and experiences.
But, surprisingly, that trend hasn’t abated — people continue to shell out for services compared to goods, Williams said.
Service inflation is harder for the Fed to contain since the driving force is rising wages, said Greene, who is set to join the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee in July.
“It’s relatively easy to hike wages, but it’s almost impossible to cut them,” she told CNN. Some companies are still struggling to find skilled labor to fill vacancies and are having to raise wages as a result, she added.
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Amid the assortment of eccentric theme camps dotting Black Rock City, the temporary metropolis in the Nevada desert where Burning Man takes place, one sticks out like a fur jacket at a nudist resort. The instantly familiar red and blue Costco sign is jarring at a festival that lists decommodification among its 10 principles, but closer inspection of the sign reveals an intriguing subheading: Soulmate Trading Outlet.
“Costco is not a f—king dating service,” reads a sign in the entrance tent, where a handful of staff (camp volunteers) in red Costco polo shirts greet a stream of visitors. “If you can’t get laid without Costco, you won’t get laid with us.” I’m not discouraged (unlike many, I’m not feeling particularly libidinous while coated in days-thick layers of dust and sweat), but it’s good to see the camp’s intentions laid bare. Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet is about facilitating meaningful connections with strangers, not about hookups or romance. Both are possible, of course, but that’s not the objective here.
The camp was started in 1998 by a wry 40-something known on the “playa” (as Black Rock City is referred to affectionately) as Rico Thunder, along with his roommate Sean (playa name Lazarhed), making it one of the longest-running theme camps. Thunder, based in Santa Cruz, had been attending the festival for a few years prior and recalls he and Lazarhed were feeling shy and wanting to connect with people.
“Sure, you can set up a little bar and people might stop by and say hi, but we thought, well, if we’re feeling shy, maybe that’s true of other people,” Thunder said.
Rico Thunder was on the money. When it debuted on the playa in 1999, the camp was run by four members, but it has grown to a staff of 45 who serviced “well over a thousand” return customers and curious newcomers this year. The matchmaking process has been tweaked thoughtfully over the past 23 years.
Upon entering the waiting area at CSTO, customers are given a double-sided membership profile survey to fill out with questions about what they are most proud of, what habit they are trying to break, the last time they cried, etc. They’re also asked to plot themselves on a range of spectrums such as queer/straight, introvert/extrovert and kinky/vanilla. After submitting the form, they wait to meet with a staff member who conducts a more personalized assessment, gently interrogating their responses for about 10 minutes. They can grab a drink at the camp bar while waiting, typically for an hour or so, and chat with other customers (shout-out to smiley, bandana-wearing Stevie, recently out of a 10-year relationship and clearly hoping to meet his next partner).
After the follow-up interviews with staff members, customers are given a business card with a member code on it and told to return the following day to receive their matches. This gives CSTO time to process the information on the pencil-and-paper questionnaire, a cryptic procedure allegedly involving algorithms (“It was originally coded into the mainframe that is beamed off playa to the supercomputer to run at a server farm here in Santa Cruz, California,” Thunder said in a deadpan tone.)
Alongside Thunder, a number of staff have been volunteering at CSTO for 20 years or more. “The camp has a certain institutional memory,” Thunder said. “We have it set up in a comically hierarchical way, it’s kind of a parody of corporate life.” Rather than ascending to governing positions, camp elders such as Rico Thunder typically move onto peripheral roles after years of service. “You’re talking to someone who’s just a schmo at this point,” Thunder said. “I’m not managing any particular thing, I’m the guy who sits around and says, ‘Well in my day, this is how we used to do it.’”
In the earliest years of CSTO, they allegedly received a cease and desist from lawyers working for the actual Costco retail chain, but “they sent someone to the event who reported that what we were doing was awesome and so [they] gave their reluctant tacit approval,” Thunder said. “Plus, we gather that Costco Wholesale doesn’t suck as bad as many retailers. Full health care for part-time employees? That’s not sucking.”
After jokingly referring me to the HR department when asked about the hiring process, Thunder said a genuine desire to get to know and listen to others is crucial. “We’re not a bunch of extroverts, ironically. Sometimes introverts throw ourselves into a role because it gives us cover,” he said. “People who are drawn to Costco are like, ‘Wow, you guys are doing really hard, really serious work and I want to be a part of that.’”
“Duckie” has been an employee of CSTO four years running; this year he was made store manager. “I’ve seen a lot of the heartfelt connection that happens there,” he said. “And the importance that it has for people and the power that it has — there are numerous times where I've heard about it changing people's lives permanently.”
He talks about one year where the soulmate process inadvertently connected an ex-husband and wife, neither of whom knew their former spouse would be at Burning Man. They ended up getting back together.
Another customer saw Duckie wearing his Costco polo shirt in San Francisco and told him about how her soulmate was a jerk, but that she’d become best friends with her match’s girlfriend, whom she’d also met on the playa. The girlfriend ditched the jerk, and the two women relocated from Boston to San Francisco and moved in together.
“We hear on occasion that people got married to their soulmate and now have three kids or whatever,” Thunder said. “We don't know if there are a dozen of them over the years or whether it's the same person coming back to tell us that.”
Like everyone else who undergoes the matchmaking process, I end up with two soulmates: one person whose questionnaire and camp coordinates I am given so I may go and find them, and another who is given mine.
My first match is “Toast”, who works for CSTO. I approach a woman in Costco uniform and ask if she’s seen my soulmate. “I have,” she said with a laugh. “Toast is my husband.” I made it clear on my questionnaire that I’m not necessarily looking for a romantic connection, so I’m unsurprised to have been connected with a married monogamist. Toast’s wife sends him my way for a chat, and I can immediately see why we’ve been matched. He’s sweet, sensitive, introverted and unfazed when I suddenly start crying and confess to feeling lost (it’s around day five of the festival and at this point I mean it literally and figuratively).
My other match is a Lithuanian guy called Marius, who calls by my camp twice while I’m out before I go and find him on my last day. He is not quite soulmate material, but he’s nice enough. An introvert who came to Burning Man alone, he was hoping to make connections at CSTO. After a brief chat, I give him my social media details and say goodbye (Marius returned to my camp looking for me later that day, I’m told, but I’ve not heard from him since).
I might not have met my soulmate, but if I ever end up back at Burning Man, I’ll definitely be returning to CSTO. This Costco is the kind of place where you can walk out with a whole lot more than you bargained for.
Annabel Ross is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist who has written for the Guardian, The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Beast and Resident Advisor. She won The Drum award for Best Investigative Journalism in 2021 for her work on sexual assault in dance music for Mixmag.
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Tickets for ‘Eclipse Over Texas 2024: Live From Waco’ at McLane Stadium now on sale
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Tickets to “Eclipse Over Texas 2024: Live From Waco” on April 8, 2024, are now on sale to the public. The City of Waco said about 20,000 tickets to the event at Baylor University’s McLane Stadium will be available for purchase.
General admission tickets - not including booking fees - cost $10 for children and $20 for adults. VIP tickets cost $75, not including booking fees. Tickets for school groups will cost $5, not including booking fees. CLICK HERE for more ticket information.
City officials said Waco will be a prime location to experience the so-called “Great American Eclipse of 2024″ and the event at McLane Stadium will provide an enhanced experience for attendees.
The general admission ticket includes access to:
● Guided eclipse viewing by expert solar astronomers
● Telescopes for public viewing
● Science presentations and STEAM Zones (interactive activities for all ages)
● One pair of solar glasses (ISO certified) that may be used for viewing the Sun before and after it is totally eclipsed
● Memorabilia and souvenir vendors
● Food trucks
“The VIP experience provides a more comfortable and intimate total solar eclipse viewing opportunity,” the city said.
VIP experience includes:
● Dedicated telescopes for solar viewing
● Exclusive STEAM activities and science presentations for all ages in the VIP area
● Direct access to astronomers in the VIP area, and easy access from the main gate.
● VIP hospitality bag
● Access to shade tents and designated seating
● Food and refreshments
ECLIPSE OVER TEXAS 2024 WACO NEWS CONFERENCE:
“Eclipse Over Texas 2024: Live from Waco” will celebrate this event with a full day’s worth of activities on the grounds of McLane Stadium on April 8, 2024.
It will be the last total solar eclipse to cross the United States for the next 20 years, officials said. CLICK HERE to learn more about the eclipse.
In Waco, the celestial event will begin at 12:20 p.m. on that date when the Moon begins to gradually pass in front of the Sun.
Totality begins at 1:38 p.m. when the Moon obscures the entirety of the Sun’s disk, revealing the ethereal structure of the solar corona.
This sight is visible only during the brief period of totality, which in Waco will last for four minutes and 13 seconds, until 1:42 p.m.
“Waco is an ideal place to experience the 2024 total solar eclipse because it is among the first cities located near the centerline of the eclipse path after the shadow enters the United States,” the city wrote in a news release.
“This produces a relatively long period of totality visible from a location that is easily accessible and provides all the amenities that a city offers. In addition, historical climate data indicate that the eclipse path through Texas has the greatest likelihood for clear skies in April of 2024.”
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Puerto Rico and Florida this week to assess damage from separate hurricanes.
Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power days after Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida's southwestern coast and made its way up to the Carolinas.
Florida, with nearly four dozen reported dead, was hit hardest by the Category 4 hurricane, one of the strongest to make landfall in the United States. Flooded roadways and washed-out bridges to barrier islands left many people isolated, amid limited cellphone service and a lack of basic amenities such as water, electricity and the internet.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that multibillionaire businessman Elon Musk was providing some 120 Starlink satellites to “help bridge some of the communication issues.” Starlink, a satellite-based internet system created by Musk's SpaceX, will provide high-speed connectivity.
Florida utilities were working to restore power. As of Sunday morning, nearly 850,000 homes and businesses were still without electricity, down from a peak of 2.67 million.
The weakened storm had drifted north on Sunday and was expected to dump rain on parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and southern Pennsylvania, according to the National Hurricane Center, which has warned of the potential for flash flooding.
More than 1,000 people were rescued from flooded areas along Florida's southwestern coast alone, Daniel Hokanson, a four-star general and head of the National Guard, told The Associated Press while airborne to Florida.
The bridge to Pine Island, the largest barrier island off Florida’s Gulf Coast, was destroyed by the storm, leaving it accessible only by boat or air. The volunteer group Medic Corps, which responds to natural disasters worldwide with pilots, paramedics and doctors, went door-to-door asking residents if they wanted to be evacuated.
Some flew out by helicopter, and people described the horror of being trapped in their homes as water kept rising.
“The water just kept pounding the house and we watched, boats, houses — we watched everything just go flying by,” Joe Conforti said, fighting back tears. He said if it wasn’t for his wife, who suggested they get up on a table to avoid the rising water, he wouldn’t have made it: “I started to lose sensibility, because when the water’s at your door and it’s splashing on the door and you’re seeing how fast it’s moving, there’s no way you’re going to survive that.”
River flooding posed a major challenge at times to rescue and supply delivery efforts. The Myakka River washed over a stretch of Interstate 75, forcing a traffic-snarling highway closure for a while before officials said later Saturday that it could be reopened.
While swollen rivers have crested or are near cresting, the levels aren’t expected to drop significantly for days, National Weather Service meteorologist Tyler Fleming said.
Elsewhere, South Carolina's Pawleys Island, a beach community roughly 75 miles (115 kilometers) up the coast from Charleston, was also hit hard. Power remained knocked out to at least half the island Saturday.
Eddie Wilder, who has been coming to Pawleys Island for more than six decades, said it was “insane” to see waves as high as 25 feet (7.6 meters) wash away a landmark pier near his home.
“We watched it hit the pier and saw the pier disappear,” he said. “We watched it crumble and and watched it float by with an American flag.”
Wilder's house, located 30 feet (9 meters) above the shoreline, stayed dry inside.
In North Carolina, the storm downed trees and power lines. Two of the four deaths in the state were from storm-related vehicle crashes, and the others involved a man who drowned when his truck plunged into a swamp and another killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator in a garage.
Puerto Rico is still trying to recover after Hurricane Fiona hit the island on Sept. 16. More than 150,000 people remain without power in Puerto Rico. | 2022-10-02T15:06:43+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/national/floridas-death-toll-rises-amid-struggle-to-recover-from-ian |
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid uncertainty about how his loss may affect party unity.
The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito raised their combined share in the 248-seat chamber to 146 — far beyond the majority — in the elections for half of the seats in the less powerful upper house.
With the boost, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stands to rule without interruption until a scheduled election in 2025.
That would allow Kishida to work on long-term policies such as national security, his signature but still vague “new capitalism” economic policy, and his party’s long-cherished goal to amend the U.S.-drafted postwar pacifist constitution.
A charter change proposal is now a possibility. With the help of two opposition parties supportive of a charter change, the governing bloc now has two-thirds majority in the chamber needed to propose an amendment, making it a realistic possibility. The governing bloc already has secured support in the other chamber.
Kishida welcomed the major win but wasn’t smiling, given the loss of Abe and the hard task of unifying his party without him. In media interviews late Sunday, Kishida repeated: “Party unity is more important than anything else.”
He said responses to COVID-19, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising prices will be his priorities. He said he will also steadily push for reinforcing Japan’s national security as well a constitutional amendment.
Kishida and senior party lawmakers observed a moment of silence for Abe at the party election headquarters before placing on the whiteboard victory ribbons next to the names of candidates who secured their seats.
Abe, 67, was shot while giving a campaign speech in the western city of Nara on Friday and died of massive blood loss. He was Japan’s longest-serving political leader over two terms in office, and though he stepped down in 2020 was deeply influential in the LDP while heading its largest faction, Seiwakai.
“This could be a turning point” for the LDP over its divisive policies on gender equality, same-sex marriages and other issues that Abe-backed ultra-conservatives with paternalistic family values had resisted, said Mitsuru Fukuda, a crisis management professor at Nihon University.
Japan’s current diplomatic and security stance is unlikely to be swayed because fundamental changes had already been made by Abe. His ultra-nationalist views and pragmatic policies made him a divisive figure to many, including in the Koreas and China.
Following the assassination, Sunday’s vote took on new meaning, with all of Japan’s political leaders emphasizing the importance of free speech and defending democracy against acts of violence.
Abe’s killing may have resulted in sympathy votes. Turnout on Sunday was around 52%, up about 3 points from the previous 48.8% in 2019.
“It was extremely meaningful that we carried out the election,” Kishida said Sunday. “Our endeavor to protect democracy continues.”
On the final day of campaigning Saturday, party leaders avoided fist-bumps and other friendly gestures in close contact with the public — a sign of tightened security following Abe’s assassination during a campaign rally.
Abe’s body has been returned to his home in Tokyo’s upscale Shibuya, where many mourners, including Kishida and top party officials, paid tribute. His wake and funeral are expected in coming days.
On Sunday, the suspect accused of his murder was transferred to a local prosecutors’ office for further investigation, and a top regional police official acknowledged possible security lapses allowed the gunman to get close to Abe and fire his homemade gun at him.
The suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, told investigators he acted because of Abe’s rumored connection to an organization that he resented, police said, but had no problem with the former leader’s political views. The man hated a religious group that his mother was obsessed about and that bankrupted a family business, according to media reports, including some that identified the group as the Unification Church.
Nara prefectural police chief Tomoaki Onizuka said Saturday that problems with security were undeniable, that he took the shooting seriously and will review the security procedures.
Abe stepped down two years ago blaming a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis he’d had since he was a teenager. He said he regretted leave many of his goals unfinished, including revising Japan’s war-renouncing constitution. While some conservatives consider the post-World War II charter a humiliation, the public is more supportive of the document.
Abe was groomed to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. His political rhetoric often focused on making Japan a “normal” and “beautiful” nation with a stronger military through security alliance with the United States and bigger role in international affairs.
He became Japan’s youngest prime minister in 2006, at age 52. But his overly nationalistic first stint abruptly ended a year later, also because of his health, prompting six years of annual leadership change.
He returned to office in 2012, vowing to revitalize the nation and get its economy out of its deflationary doldrums with his “Abenomics” formula, which combines fiscal stimulus, monetary easing and structural reforms. He won six national elections and built a rock-solid grip on power.
Japan is known for its strict gun laws. With a population of 125 million, it had only 21 gun-related criminal cases in 2020, according to the latest government crime paper. Experts say, however, some recent attacks involved use of consumer items such as gasoline, suggesting increased risks for ordinary people to be embroiled in mass attacks.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-07-11T04:28:11+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/07/10/japan-ruling-party-wins-big-in-polls-in-wake-of-abes-death/ |
Cole Edward Kern
LA PORTE CITY-Cole was born on April 20, 1950 in Iowa. Parents were Edward and Maxine (Cole) Kern. He is survived by his wife Carol (Schmidt), son Christopher, daughter Tonya and grandsons Tyler and Hunter, two brothers Chris (Deb) and Craig (Cheryl). A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Memorials May be directed to the family. | 2022-05-29T06:31:28+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/cole-edward-kern/article_70250fc0-9d93-5c42-9438-4cff02b38fa0.html |
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (TMJ4)— Patti LaBelle's Christmas concert was abruptly halted after a bomb threat was made at The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
"Patti came on. She did about four songs," said Bennett Williamson, who was attending the concert.
Williamson said LaBelle appeared confused when security rushed the stage and escorted her away.
He said an announcement followed, and those in attendance were forced to evacuate.
After about a three-hour sweep of the iconic theater, police said they found no explosives.
The concert is expected to be rescheduled. Williamson said he plans on attending despite the scare.
"I’ll go. I want to see her again," he said. "I won’t let it rule my decisions. I won’t let it take over my life."
This story was originally reported on tmj4.com. | 2022-12-12T17:04:35+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/news/national/patti-labelle-rushed-off-stage-after-bomb-threat-at-milwaukee-theater |
ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani is not disputing that he made public comments falsely claiming two Georgia election workers committed ballot fraud during the 2020 presidential race but he argues that his words are constitutionally protected statements, according to a court filing.
That assertion by Giuliani, who as part of Donald Trump’s legal team tried to overturn results in battleground states, came Tuesday in a lawsuit by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. The December 2021 lawsuit accused the former New York City mayor of defaming them by falsely stating that they had engaged in election fraud while counting ballots at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
The lawsuit says Giuliani repeatedly pushed debunked claims that Freeman and Moss — mother and daughter — pulled out suitcases of illegal ballots and committed other acts of fraud to try to alter the outcome of the race.
Though Giuliani is not disputing that the statements were false, he does not concede that they caused any damage to Freeman or Moss. That distinction is important because plaintiffs in a defamation case must prove not only that a statement made about them was false but that it also resulted in actual damage.
Giuliani’s statement was attached to a filing arguing that he did not fail to produce evidence in the case and should not be sanctioned as Freeman and Moss had requested.
“While Giuliani does not admit to Plaintiffs’ allegations, he — for purposes of this litigation only — does not contest the factual allegations,” the filing said.
Giuliani political adviser Ted Goodman said in an email Wednesday that the filing was made “in order to move on to the portion of the case that will permit a motion to dismiss.”
Michael Gottlieb, a lawyer for Freeman and Moss, said in an emailed statement that Giuliani is conceding “what we have always known to be true — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss honorably performed their civic duties in the 2020 presidential election in full compliance with the law; and the allegations of election fraud he and former-President Trump made against them have been false since day one.”
Certain issues, including damages, still have to be decided by the court. Gottlieb said Freeman and Moss are “pleased with this major milestone in their fight for justice, and look forward to presenting what remains of this case at trial.”
Freeman and Moss filed a motion this month alleging that Giuliani had “failed to take any steps to preserve relevant electronic evidence.” They know such evidence exists because other people provided it to them, their filing says. They asked U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell to impose sanctions.
In the court filing, a lawyer for Giuliani argued that his client did not fail to preserve or destroy any electronic evidence “because all pertinent documents were seized by the government and were in their possession, custody, or control.”
The federal government had executed search warrants at Giuliani’s home and office in a separate case in New York and had seized his electronic devices.
The records that Moss and Freeman said were not produced “have not been in the possession of Giuliani since their seizure in April 2021,” according to the court filing, and therefore it is “physically impossible” for him to have destroyed the evidence.
Moss had worked for the Fulton County elections department since 2012 and supervised the absentee ballot operation during the 2020 election. Freeman was a temporary election worker, verifying signatures on absentee ballots and preparing them to be counted and processed.
Giuliani and others alleged during a Georgia legislative subcommittee hearing in December 2020 that surveillance video from State Farm Arena showed the election workers committing election fraud. As those allegations circulated online, the two women said, they suffered intense harassment, both in person and online. Moss detailed her experiences in emotional testimony before the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The committee also played video testimony from Freeman during the hearing in June 2022.
In a court filing that month, Giuliani asked the judge to toss the lawsuit, arguing the claims against him were barred by First Amendment protections for free speech. Howell rejected that request, allowing the lawsuit to proceed.
The defamation lawsuit originally named right-wing cable news channel One America News Network, its owners and its chief White House correspondent for also pushing the debunked claims. They were dismissed from the suit in May 2022 after reaching an undisclosed settlement with Moss and Freeman. | 2023-07-26T15:35:58+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/ap-rudy-giuliani-is-not-disputing-that-he-made-false-statements-about-georgia-election-workers/ |
ATLANTA, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle Merchant Partners, an Atlanta, Ga.-based private equity firm focused on lower middle market businesses, has invested in Puget Collision, which has 19 collision repair shops operating in the CARSTAR and Fix Auto franchise systems.
"I am proud and excited to have the support of Eagle, whose expertise, resources and access to capital will allow us to grow and lead the auto collision industry in the Pacific Northwest," said Puget Collision owner Joe Morella. "This transaction represents the culmination of our team's passionate and dedicated service to our customers and partners."
Morella and Eagle are actively seeking add-on acquisitions of other repair shops in the region.
"This is an excellent opportunity for Eagle to invest in a highly fragmented, stable, growing market with a clear path to rapid unit growth backing a proven operator in Joe Morella," said Zack Taylor of Eagle. "The collision market is a non-discretionary, recession resistant, growing market fueled by the consumer's desire to hold onto their cars longer."
Auto collision repair is a $40B market. Consolidation has taken place over the last 15-plus years, driven by large insurance providers choosing to work with fewer collision brands to deliver consistent and affordable services for their customers. Ninety percent of sales in the industry are from insurance direct repair programs.
Puget Collision is the eleventh franchise investment made by Eagle and its principals in both franchisees and franchisors, as well as numerous company-owned multi-unit operators.
Inc. magazine has named Eagle one of the best private equity firms for entrepreneurs and founders for several years running.
Eagle Merchant Partners is an Atlanta-based private equity firm focused on investments in founder-owned companies with unique growth opportunities. The partnership is one of the region's most experienced private equity investors, investing in seventeen companies with more than $1.5 billion in revenues. Eagle Merchant Partners is currently investing out of Fund I. For more information, visit eaglemerchantpartners.com.
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WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Eastern Washington and North Idaho
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
WAZ031-091200-
Northeast Blue Mountains-
Including the cities of Anatone and Peola
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the upper 20s to upper 30s. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 17 to 21.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 19 to 23.
.VETERANS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
30s to lower 40s. Lows 19 to 27.
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Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-
Including the cities of Moses Lake, Ephrata, Othello, Quincy,
Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, and Coulee City
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 17 to 25. North wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. North wind
5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 13 to 19. South wind 5 to
10 mph shifting to the northeast overnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 30s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 14 to 19. Northeast wind
5 to 10 mph.
.VETERANS DAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid
30s to lower 40s. Lows 14 to 20.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 17 to 22.
Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
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Okanogan Highlands-
Including the cities of Republic, Inchelium, and Wauconda
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 9 to 19.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 5 to 13.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 7 to 17.
.VETERANS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 30s.
Lows 12 to 22.
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Including the cities of Wenatchee, Chelan, Entiat, Cashmere,
Waterville, and Mansfield
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 16 to 22. North wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s, except
in the lower 30s on the Waterville Plateau. North wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the morning, becoming light and
variable.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 11 to 17.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 20s to upper 30s, except in
the mid to upper 20s on the Waterville Plateau.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 12 to 19.
.VETERANS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper
20s to upper 30s. Lows 13 to 23.
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Okanogan Valley-
Including the cities of Omak, Okanogan, Brewster, Bridgeport,
Oroville, and Nespelem
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 14 to 18. North wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 30s. Gusts up to 35 mph
decreasing to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 9 to 13.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 11 to 17.
.VETERANS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper
20s to upper 30s. Lows 12 to 21.
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Central Chelan County-
Including the cities of Leavenworth, Plain, and Lake Wenatchee
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 17 to 23.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 12 to 19.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 14 to 24.
.VETERANS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
30s to lower 40s. Lows 16 to 26.
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Western Chelan County-
Including the cities of Stevens Pass, Holden Village,
and Stehekin
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 17 to 23.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 13 to 18. Gusts up to
20 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 18 to 26.
.VETERANS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
30s to mid 40s. Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s.
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Western Okanogan County-
Including the cities of Mazama, Winthrop, Twisp, Methow,
and Conconully
1132 PM PST Tue Nov 8 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 7 to 17.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 6 to 15.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 20s to upper 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 9 to 18.
.VETERANS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 20s to mid 30s. Lows 11 to 21.
.SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s
to lower 40s. Lows 15 to 23.
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(The Hill) – Dozens of former Cabinet officials under former President Trump’s administration declined to publicly support the former president’s third bid for the White House, NBC News reported.
NBC News reached out to 44 people who previously served in Trump’s Cabinet during his four years in office to gauge whether they would support the former president during the 2024 presidential election. The outlet reported that most of the people declined to comment or ignored the requests and that only four said publicly they would support Trump for the presidency.
Trump’s Cabinet saw a higher rate of turnover compared with many of his predecessors, with many new officials rotating in and out of his administration over the four years. The only four former Cabinet members who NBC News reached out to who said they would support Trump are former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russell Vought and former acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell.
A spokesperson for Meadows told NBC News that he “fully” supports Trump. In May, Vought posted on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, that the former president is “the only person I trust to take a wrecking ball to the Deep State.”
Other former administration officials were reluctant to support Trump or have publicly said they will not support him. Former Attorney General Bill Barr told NBC News that he opposes Trump getting the 2024 GOP nomination but declined whether to say he would support him in the general election if pitted against President Biden.
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Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney also said that he does not want Trump to get the Republican nomination for president.
“I am working hard to make sure that someone else is the nominee,” Mulvaney told NBC News. “I think he’s the Republican who is most likely to lose in a general election, of all our leading candidates. If anyone can lose to Joe Biden, it would be him.”
Other former officials who have not endorsed Trump yet include former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, former chief of staff John Kelly and Joseph Maguire and Dan Coats, who each once served as director of national intelligence. Coats told NBC News that he would be supporting former Vice President Mike Pence for the GOP primary.
The Hill has reached out to Trump’s campaign for comment. | 2023-07-31T13:31:03+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/dozens-of-former-trump-cabinet-officials-wont-publicly-support-his-2024-bid/ |
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The second Bills playoff gameday is here and the Buffalo Kickoff Live crew is ready to get you ready with another playoff edition of the show.
You can watch on WIVB starting at 11 a.m., with the show running until 2 p.m. You can watch on this page starting at 1:30 p.m. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. on WIVB.
Who is on Buffalo Kickoff Live?
News 4’s Josh Reed and Heather Prusak anchor our coverage, along with Thad Brown from our sister station in Rochester, WROC. They’re joined by Sal Capaccio from WGR 550, Tim Graham from The Athletic and Matt Parrino from Syracuse.com.
What should I know about the Bengals?
The Bengals earned the No. 3 seed in the AFC with a final record of 12-4. Cincinnati advanced to this round via a 24-17 win against the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card round. However, the Bengals will be without two key offensive lineman as guard Alex Kappa (ankle) and tackle Jonah Williams (knee) have both been ruled out.
Kansas City advances
The Kansas City Chiefs already advanced to the AFC Championship Game with a 27-20 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday night. If the Bills win, the title game would be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta due to the teams having played an uneven number of games. That game would be played on January 29. | 2023-01-22T17:26:34+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/sports/buffalo-bills/watch-buffalo-kickoff-live-ahead-of-bills-bengals-playoff-game/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The proposed $24 million settlement between U.S. women soccer players and the sport’s American governing body was given preliminary approval Thursday by a federal judge, who scheduled a Dec. 5 hearing for final approval.
U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted the motion for approval filed by the players.
“Most significantly, the unopposed settlement agreement accomplishes the plaintiffs’ goal for litigation: equal pay,” he wrote. “The court is satisified that the settlement is a fair and reasonable resolution.”
Players, including Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Alex Morgan, filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April 2016. The players sued three years later, seeking damages under the federal Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
The sides settled the working conditions portion in December 2020, dealing with issues such as charter flights, accommodations and playing surfaces.
They agreed in February to settle the remainder for $22 million to be split into individual amounts proposed by the players. In addition, the settlement calls for the U.S. Soccer Federation to establish a fund with $2 million to benefit the players in their post-soccer careers and charitable efforts aimed at growing the sport for women.
Klausner wrote the parties agreed that settlement funds will be distributed to players based on playing time and their lawyers anticipated requesting “no more than approximately 30% of the common fund.”
The settlement was contingent on the USSF reaching collective bargaining agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally. The federation in May announced separate labor contracts through December 2028 with the unions for both national teams.
Klausner told the USSF to send the players’ lawyers a list of eligible players within 14 days and then gave the players’ lawyers 21 days after that to notify eligible players of the settlement.
Klausner set a Dec. 1 deadline for the filing of motions for attorneys’ fees and for final approval.
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https://apnews.com/article/us-soccer-equal-pay-65070ae0dfb82598b2815295039dfd2d | 2022-08-12T18:02:28+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/sports/ap-sports/equal-pay-deal-for-us-womens-soccer-approved-by-judge/ |
Though he is not in the courtroom, a New York jury is hearing from former President Donald Trump on the allegation he raped E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
In a video deposition played in the courtroom, Trump called Carroll a "nut job" who is "mentally sick." He repeated that Carroll was not his type and that his infamous comments about grabbing women on an Access Hollywood recording, which is allowed as evidence in the trial, were "locker room talk."
Although Trump's attorney initially said the former president wouldn't testify in the civil rape and defamation trial, that could change.
While traveling in Ireland Thursday, Trump hinted he would attend the trial, amid comments about Carroll and the judge.
"I'll be going back early because a woman made a claim that's totally false," he said. "It was fake. She's a fake. She wrote in her book she's a Democrat. We have a rough judge. We have a judge that doesn't like me very much, appointed by Bill Clinton."
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At the end of court proceedings Thursday, the judge said it was his duty to allow both sides to share their part of the story, even though Trump has waived his right to testify.
The judge gave Trump's attorney until 5 p.m. Sunday to file a motion to reopen the case to allow Trump to testify. But the judge was very specific about his terms and said he won't necessarily allow it, though he will consider it.
Carroll is seeking an unspecified amount of money and a retraction of statements Trump made that she alleges were defamatory, one of which is his claim that she fabricated the entire encounter. She has said she initially didn't report the attack to police because she blamed herself.
Carroll testified she told two friends about it shortly after it happened: Lisa Birnbach, who testified earlier this week, and Carol Martin, who testified Thursday.
Martin told jurors she believed Carroll then and she believes her now. She said she isn't proud that she told Carroll not to tell anyone back then because Trump had attorneys who would "bury her."
Both Trump's attorneys and Carroll's worked out a plan to do their closings and their rebuttals. They will each have two-and-a-half hours starting Monday at 10 a.m.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-05-05T01:47:33+00:00 | news5cleveland.com | https://www.news5cleveland.com/donald-trump-has-three-days-to-decide-if-he-ll-testify-at-rape-trial |
“Monster High” is coming back to Nickelodeon with a new show premiering Oct. 28th at 7 pm ET. The series follows the teenage children of famous monsters including Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura, Frankie Stein, and Deuce Gorgon as they discover who they are, embrace their differences, and learn to be fierce and fearless. The stars of the show, Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Courtney Lin, and Iris Menas joined Inside South Florida to tell us all about it.
“My character is half human and half werewolf,” says Green. “She goes to the school in hopes that she can learn how to properly be a monster because her whole life she's only known the human side.”
For Lin, the transition to playing Draculaura was easier than it might seem.
“I actually got really lucky because the way Draculaura was written was already really similar to myself, I found a lot of the same qualities,” says Lin. “I really wanted to draw upon my own experience, because I think it's something that Draculaura is going through as well.”
For Menas, playing Frankie Stein was a dream come true.
“I love Frankie so much they have such a zest for life. They were just made 15 days ago,” says Menas. “They're really discovering so many new things about themselves. So many parts that they didn't know were there. ‘Who am I made up of? What am I made up of?’ It's really fun to just see them express themselves and learn about themselves.”
You can catch the premiere of “Monster High” on October 28th at 7 pm on Nickelodeon.
This Inside South Florida Segment is paid for by PREMIERETV | 2022-10-27T19:48:23+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/inside-south-florida/the-new-show-monster-high-premieres-on-nickelodeon-on-october-28th |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a bill Wednesday that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed, but would not return the same rights that were in place under Roe v. Wade.
The move comes as a pending lawsuit supported by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers seeks to overturn the ban entirely. Evers soundly rejected the Republican proposal, “I won’t sign a bill that leaves Wisconsin women with fewer rights and freedoms than they had before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe.”
Republicans and their anti-abortion allies, who suffered a series of defeats in ballot questions in states across the political spectrum last year, are tackling the issue nationwide in a variety of ways, including seeking exemptions.
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that he hoped Democrats and Evers would be open to clarifying the health of the mother exception and creating rape and incest exceptions for up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy.
Evers said during his successful reelection campaign last year that he would veto any bill that does not do away with the ban entirely and return the law as it was before Roe v. Wade was overturned. Before then, Wisconsin law allowed for abortions for any reason at 20 or more weeks post-fertilization, or 22 weeks after the last menstrual cycle.
The Republican bill would only allow for abortions in the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy for victims of rape or incest. It does not put a time limit on ending pregnancies that would cause “a serious risk of death of the pregnant woman or of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the woman.”
“We are still proudly pro-life, but there are some things that are different than they were 175 years ago,” Vos told AP. “We wanted to put an idea forward that shows we are willing to be reasonable.”
Evers and Democrats in Wisconsin and across the country have successfully capitalized on the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June. Evers made abortion a central issue in his winning reelection campaign and it’s a key issue in a high stakes state Supreme Court race.
Vos said he asked Evers in December to be open to compromise on abortion to address concerns of doctors about what they can do under the current law to protect the health of a mother, but received no assurances.
But Evers Wisconsinites have been clear: we must restore #Roe and repeal Wisconsin’s 1849-era criminal abortion ban. Those are the freedoms Wisconsinites want, and those are the freedoms Wisconsinites deserve.
Evers has twice called special sessions of the Legislature seeking to repeal the ban and create a way to put the question before voters. Republicans rejected both proposals within seconds, without any debate.
The bill, which Republicans said was modeled after Wyoming law, would have to clear both the Assembly and Senate before it would get to Evers. Republican state Sen. Mary Felzkowski, who is cosponsoring the measure, said there were not yet enough Republican votes for it to pass the Senate. Vos said he was confident he would get support from 50 of the 64 Assembly Republicans.
Republicans are also bringing back a bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense birth control. Bill sponsor Rep. Joel Kitchens said he saw it as a way to prevent more unwanted pregnancies. The Assembly passed the proposal last session, but it died in the Senate.
Democrats have been united in calling for the state’s 174-year-old abortion ban to be repealed entirely.
Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed the lawsuit just days after Roe v. Wade was overturned. He argues that a 1985 law allowing abortions up to the point of a fetus’ viability supersedes Wisconsin’s 174-year-old ban on nearly all abortions. The point of viability is unclear; some physicians say it’s about 20 weeks, others around 28 weeks.
The lawsuit also argues that the ban is unenforceable because it has become obsolete. The ban was enacted before women had the right to vote and before the Civil War.
The winner of the state Supreme Court race on April 4 will determine majority control of the court that will likely decide the lawsuit. Democratic-backed candidate Janet Protasiewicz is running as a supporter of abortion rights. Her opponent, conservative Dan Kelly, is backed by the state’s three top anti-abortion groups, all of which support keeping the ban in place.
Polls have shown a wide majority of Wisconsin voters support keeping abortion legal and at the very least having rape and incest exceptions.
Milwaukee, Dane and Sheboygan counties were the only places in Wisconsin where abortions were taking place before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Clinics stopped scheduling abortions after the court’s ruling. | 2023-03-15T15:33:00+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/wisconsin-republicans-propose-abortion-ban-exceptions/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The move carries no immediate U.S. policy implications but lends weight to calls for such allegations to be prosecuted.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the determination less than a week after he returned from a visit to Ethiopia during which he met with Ethiopian government and Tigrayan officials as well as victims of the conflict, but said little about the U.S. view of prospects for accountability.
His determination covers members of the Ethiopian and Eritrean national armies as well as the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and forces aligned with the Amhara region. Blinken said those responsible for atrocities must be held accountable.
He said after “careful review of the law and facts” he had determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara forces committed war crimes during the conflict in northern Ethiopia.
Members of the Ethiopian, Eritrean and Amhara forces also committed crimes against humanity, “including murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence, and persecution,” Blinken said. “Members of the Amhara forces also committed the crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer and committed ethnic cleansing in western Tigray.”
Blinken announced the determination as he rolled out the State Department’s annual global human rights reports, which cover 2022 and also called out Afghanistan, China, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar and Nicaragua for abuses.
“I condemn the unspeakable violence against civilians and destruction that occurred in northern Ethiopia,” he said. “Recognizing the atrocities committed by all parties is an essential step to achieving a sustainable peace. Those most responsible for atrocities, including those in positions of command, must be held accountable.”
The formal determination is more measured than his assertion early in the two-year conflict that “ethnic cleansing” was taking place in parts of Tigray.
Last year, a United Nations commission of inquiry said it had turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military. But the commission also said Ethiopian forces had resorted to “starvation of civilians” as a tool of war and that Ethiopian and Eritrean forces were found to be responsible for “sexual slavery” — while Tigray forces were not.
The conflict, which ended with a peace deal in November, killed an estimated half-million civilians in Tigray alone, according to Ghent University researchers, a death toll echoed by U.S. officials.
Blinken called on all sides to respect the agreement and follow through on pledges “to implement an inclusive and comprehensive transitional justice process.”
He said Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, which took power after the U.S. withdrawal from the country two years ago, “relentlessly discriminates against and represses women and girls” and has taken action that threatens humanitarian assistance to all Afghans.
On China, Blinken said Beijing continues abuses, including genocide and crimes against humanity, against Uyghur Muslims in it western Xinjiang area. It also continues the repression of Tibetans and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, along with mainland Chinese citizens who have tried to exercise basic freedoms.
In Myanmar, also known as Burma, Blinken said human rights “have further eroded,” and in Nicaragua, he said “the authoritarian government continues to detain political prisoners and hold them in appalling prison conditions.”
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Cara Anna contributed from Nairobi. Kenya | 2023-03-20T19:24:21+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politics/us-war-crimes-on-all-sides-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict/ |
BASEL, Switzerland, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TargImmune Therapeutics AG, a privately owned Swiss-based biotechnology company dedicated to significantly improving the survival of cancer patients with their first-in-class Ta:RNA™ platform, today announced two major milestones - the appointment of Dr Marc Thommen as Head of Technical Development, and the successful completion of GLP/Tox studies.
Dr Thommen adds to an impressive senior management team at TargImmune, bringing more than 20 years of experience in biopharmaceutical drug development and scaling biotech manufacturing to clinical supply and commercial launch. His appointment comes at a pivotal time for the company, according to Peter Braun, CEO of TargImmune: "With TAR001, our first-in-class Targeted Apoptotic Immuno-Modulator (TAIM) having successfully completed GLP/Tox studies, we have a clear path forward into human studies with a good therapeutic window. Marc's strong history of building CMC organisations at this point in their development will give us the expertise we need to continue to progress the development of our Ta:RNA™ platform towards patients."
Dr Thommen joins TargImmune from Santhera, having previously worked at Polyphor. "I'm very excited to be taking on this new role at such an important time, thanks to the great efforts of the team who have made great progress in developing the technology to deliver on the potential of the Ta:RNA™ platform. I look forward to playing my part in the production of what promises to be an exciting new approach to cancer therapy."
TargImmune is dedicated to significantly improving the survival of cancer patients by developing novel targeted anti-cancer therapies which provide a multi-pronged attack against solid tumours. The company's novel Ta:RNA™ platform harnesses the body's own powerful antiviral defence responses to selectively target and destroy cancer cells.
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About TargImmune Therapeutics AG
TargImmune Therapeutics AG is a privately owned Swiss-based biotechnology company based in Basel and founded in 2016.
TargImmune is dedicated to significantly improving the survival of cancer patients by developing novel targeted anti-cancer therapeutics which provide a multi-pronged approach against solid tumours.
The company's novel Ta:RNA™ platform harnesses the body's powerful antiviral defence responses to selectively target and destroy cancer cells. Its apoptotic immunomodulating therapeutics are designed to be delivered systemically, allowing them to reach distant metastases, which are the leading cause of cancer death.
About Ta:RNA™
Ta:RNA™ is TargImmune's proprietary, first-in-class platform and is the only targeted nanoparticle to deliver synthetic double-stranded RNA to cancer cells. The Ta:RNA™ platform targets solid tumours through their over-expression of a specific receptor. By replacing only the targeting moiety, Ta:RNA™ can target different receptors and address a range of different solid tumours.
Mimicking the natural processes of viral infection and antiviral defence responses, Ta:RNA™ drives a potent combination of apoptosis (cell death) and immune modulation to target both primary and metastatic heterogeneous tumour cells. TargImmune's therapeutics are the first in a new class known as targeted apoptosis and immune modulators (TAIMs).
This unique technology and innovative therapeutic approach have the potential to transform outcomes for cancer patients, whether used alone or in combination with existing treatments.
About TAR001
TargImmune's lead drug candidate, TAR001, targets epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR). EGFR overexpression is prevalent in a significant proportion of solid cancers and is often associated with more aggressive disease. The company is on track to file an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) / Clinical Trial Application (CTA) in the near future with subsequent entry into man. As TargImmune's lead targeted apoptosis and immune modulator (TAIM) therapy, TAR001 has the potential to be applied to a wide range of cancers and change the lives of a large number of cancer patients.
The company's other Ta:RNA-based portfolio compounds, TAR002 and TAR003, are targeted at other over-expressed receptors on cancer cells, and are already in the early stages of formulation and development.
For more information, please visit www.targimmune.com.
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Mercedes-Benz and Rivian on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding for joint production of electric vans in Europe.
This is the first step toward a planned manufacturing joint venture that will produce “bespoke large electric vans” for both Mercedes and Rivian, the two companies said in a joint press release.
The agreement includes plans for a new European factory to build electric vans for both Mercedes and Rivian. The factory will be located on an existing Mercedes site in Central or Eastern Europe, but will produce EVs exclusively, the companies said.
The joint venture appears to be limited to manufacturing and not vehicle development, as the vans will use each company’s respective platform. One will be based on the Mercedes Van.EA platform due to launch in 2025, while the other will be based on the second-generation Rivian Light Van (RLV) platform. However, further collaboration will be explored, the companies noted. The joint venture will give Rivian its first manufacturing beachhead in Europe, something the company hinted at in 2021.
Mercedes currently sells electric versions of its existing vans in Europe, including the eSprinter, eVito Panel Van cargo van, and eVito Touring and EQV passenger vans. EQT and eCitan models are also in the pipeline, which will give Mercedes an electric version of each of its European van models.
Meanwhile, Rivian is working to deliver electric vans for Amazon, which is also an investor in the automaker. First shown in 2020, the van shares a platform with the Rivian R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV, with a body and other features designed with Amazon’s input. The e-commerce giant aims to put 100,000 electric delivery vans on the road by 2030.
Mercedes assembles vans for the U.S. market in South Carolina, but it’s never built electric models here. The automaker also recently slimmed down its U.S. van lineup by killing off the Metris. It’s unclear if this joint venture will produce vehicles for the U.S. market.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s weakened coalition government announced Monday that it would dissolve parliament and call new elections, setting the stage for the possible return to power of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or another period of prolonged political gridlock.
The election will be Israel’s fifth in three years, and it will put the polarizing Netanyahu, who has been the opposition leader for the past year, back at the center of the political universe.
“I think the winds have changed. I feel it,” Netanyahu declared.
The previous four elections, focused on Netanyahu’s fitness to rule while facing a corruption investigation, ended in deadlock. While opinion polls project Netanyahu, who is now on trial, as the front-runner, it is far from certain that his Likud party can secure the required parliamentary majority to form a new government.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a former ally and aide of Netanyahu, formed his government a year ago with the aim of halting the never-ending cycle of elections. But the fragile coalition government, which includes parties from across the political spectrum, lost its majority earlier this year and has faced rebellions from different lawmakers in recent weeks.
Announcing his plan to disband the government during a nationally televised news conference, Bennett said he had made “the right decision” in difficult circumstances.
“Together, we got Israel out of the pit. We accomplished many things in this year. First and foremost, we brought to center stage the values of fairness and trust,” Bennett said, standing alongside his main partner, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. “We shifted to a culture of ‘we,’ ‘together.’”
Under their coalition deal, Lapid, who heads the large centrist party Yesh Atid, now becomes the interim prime minister until the election, in which he is expected to be the main rival to Netanyahu.
Standing together with Bennett, he thanked his partner for his hard work and for putting the country ahead of his personal interests.
“Even if we’re going to elections in a few months, our challenges as a state cannot wait,” Lapid said. “What we need to do today is go back to the concept of Israeli unity. Not to let dark forces tear us apart from within.”
Bennett’s coalition included a diverse array of parties, from dovish factions that support an end to Israel’s occupation of lands captured in 1967 and claimed by the Palestinians, to hard-line parties that oppose Palestinian statehood.
Many of the parties had little in common beyond a shared animosity to Netanyahu. Often described as a political “experiment,” the coalition made history by becoming the first to include an Arab party.
Bennett listed his government’s accomplishments, including passing a national budget for the first time in three years and leading the country through two waves of the coronavirus without imposing a lockdown. Under his watch, Israel’s tense border with the Gaza Strip remained largely quiet, though tensions with the Palestinians escalated in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. His Arab partner, the Islamic Ra’am party, secured unprecedented budgets to fight poverty, neglect and discrimination in Israel’s Arab sector.
Despite its successes, the coalition eventually unraveled, in large part because several members of Bennett’s own hard-line party objected to what they felt were his pragmatism and moderation.
Netanyahu, meanwhile, whipped up the opposition by accusing Bennett of cooperating with “terror supporters” — a reference to his Arab partners in the coalition. A Netanyahu supporter was arrested last month on suspicion she sent death threats and bullets to Bennett’s family in the mail.
Palestinian citizens of Israel make up about 20% of the country’s population but are often seen as a fifth column and have never before been part of a coalition. Although Netanyahu himself had also courted the same Islamist party last year, the criticism appeared to make some of the hard-line members of Bennett’s coalition uncomfortable.
The final blow to the government was the looming expiration of a law that grant Israel’s West Bank settlers special legal status.
The law underpins separate legal systems for Jews and Palestinians in the West Bank, a situation that three prominent human rights groups say amounts to apartheid. Israel rejects that allegation as an attack on its legitimacy.
Parliament had been set to extend the law earlier this month, as it has done for the past 55 years. But the hard-line opposition, comprised heavily of settler supporters, paradoxically voted against the bill in order to embarrass Bennett. Dovish members of the coalition who normally oppose the settlements voted in favor in hopes of keeping the government afloat.
But a handful of coalition members, including Arab lawmakers as well as hard-line nationalists, either abstained or voted with the opposition to defeat the bill and cause the coalition to rip apart.
Bennett, a former settler leader, said there would have been “grave security perils and constitutional chaos” if he had allowed the law to expire at the end of the month. “I couldn’t let that happen,” he said.
Bennett and Lapid will now present a bill to dissolve parliament in the coming days. Once that passes, the country will head to an election, most likely in October.
The settler law remains in effect and will not expire if the government collapses.
Netanyahu described the imminent dissolution of parliament as “great tidings” for millions of Israelis, and he said he would form “a broad nationalist government headed by Likud” after the next election.
But he also vowed to try to form an alternative government before the parliamentary vote by trying to persuade some of his opponents to support him. The odds of that appeared slim, given their past never to serve under Netanyahu while he is on trial.
“There’s a need to rehabilitate the state of Israel, and we have the ability to do it,” Netanyahu said.
The dissolution threatened to overshadow a visit by President Joe Biden scheduled for next month. A statement issued by Biden’s National Security Council said he “looks forward to the visit.”
Israel held four inconclusive elections between 2019 and 2021 that were largely referendums about Netanyahu’s ability to rule while on trial for corruption. Netanyahu denies wrongdoing.
Opinion polls have forecast that Netanyahu’s hard-line Likud will once again emerge as the largest single party. But it remains unclear whether he would be able to muster the required support of a majority of lawmakers to form a new government.
Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, said Monday’s developments were “a clear indication that Israel’s worst political crisis did not end when this government was sworn into office.”
“While the Bennett- Lapid government undoubtedly played an important role by passing a budget and moving forward with other important legislation, this ongoing crisis will not come to an end until Israel’s leaders put their political differences aside and enact long-overdue electoral and constitutional reforms.”
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Associated Press Writer Ilan Ben Zion contributed to this report. | 2022-06-20T22:55:58+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-international/israel-coalition-agrees-to-dissolve-hold-new-elections/ |
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Expect some rainfall, and possibly thunderstorms, across the region as the weekend progresses, according to the National Weather Service.
The forecast for Friday is perfectly pleasant – sunny with a calm wind and temperatures in the low 80s. Conditions remain calm overnight, with temperatures dropping to the low 60s.
The chance of rain moves into the forecast Saturday, particularly after 3 p.m. Otherwise, expect sunny skies with high temperatures in the mid-80s. The chance of rain is around 20% during the day yet increases to 40% overnight.
Sunday’s forecast calls for partly sunny skies and high temps in the mid-80s again. After 3 p.m., showers and possibly thunderstorms are likely; the chance of precipitation is around 60%. Showers and thunderstorms linger overnight, particularly between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. Low temperatures are expected to hover around 70.
Work week forecast
There’s a chance of showers both Monday and Tuesday – 50% and 30%, respectively – but otherwise, sunny hot summer weather is forecasted. High temperatures are expected to be in the mid-80s Monday and will creep up to near 90 degrees Tuesday. | 2022-07-14T19:48:47+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/weather/2022/07/chance-of-rain-increases-as-weekend-goes-on-northeast-ohios-weekend-weather-forecast.html |
NEW YORK, June 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd (NYSE: JKS) resulting from allegations that JinkoSolar may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
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MARKHAM, ON, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Telexis Solutions (a division of Enghouse Transportation) and Transdev (one of the largest mobility companies in the Netherlands) have been rolling out contactless payments for the services operated by Connexxion in several regions of the Netherlands. One of Transdev's subsidiaries, Connexxion, has introduced this new payment method on all its vehicles in the Amstelland-Meerland and Haarlem-IJmond regions.
Telexis Solutions is making travel simpler and more accessible for Transdev's customers. Transdev's customers can now check in and out of vehicles using their contactless debit card, credit card or mobile phone, through Telexis's new seamless automated fare collection solution. This will be available to more than a million customers in the northern Netherlands.
Mark Thoma, Transdev's Commercial Manager, comments:
"Our automated fare collection solution makes it easier for customers to use public transport without the need to purchase a separate OV-chipkaart or ticket. Instead, customers can jump on and off vehicles as and when they need to. The customer's convenience is the prime focus of the new payment solution."
Easy payment is an essential pre-requisite for an efficient integrated transport system. The new fare collection solution is expected to increase the number of the occasional Connexxion customers in the Amstelland-Meerland and Haarlem-IJmond regions, as well as simplifying access for regular travellers. Foreign visitors are also likely to find the new fare system easier to use.
"Our successful partnership with Enghouse Transportation has enabled us to implement Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) payments in our sixth region," continues Transdev's Mark Thoma. "We are proud to be the front-runner in the national roll-out, which Enghouse's technology has made happen."
As a result of this implementation, customers have now a broader range of choices for paying for their travel fares. They can pay by contactless cards from ABN AMRO, ASN Bank, bunq, ING, Rabobank, RegioBank, SNS and ICS, as well as mobile phones and smartwatches paired to the corresponding debit/credit cards. Contactless payments from Maestro, VPAY, Mastercard and Visa cards are also accepted. For the customer's convenience, the existing OV-chipkaart and barcode payment methods will still be available.
Customers simply tap their contactless debit/credit card, mobile phone or smartwatch at the payment acceptance terminal (validator), with no need to enter any PIN code, and pay the same fare for the journey as that for the OV-chipkaart pay-as-you-go service. The total fare for all rides during the day is debited from the customer's bank account the following day. In the case of insufficient funds for paying the fare, access to the services will be denied until the customer has settled the travel debt. The corresponding payments are shown on the customer's bank statements, just like any other payment. To ensure the customer's privacy, the details of the journey are not revealed on the bank statement. Customers who wish to check their detailed travel history can do so online.
Toofan Otaredian, Managing Director at Enghouse Transportation, concludes:
"We are delighted to be among the pioneers in delivering EMV open-loop payments, both in the global market and within the Dutch transit vertical."
About Enghouse Transportation
Enghouse Transportation is an innovative provider of electronic ticketing technologies that allow transport operators to reduce costs while improving the customer experience. With a customer-focused approach, Enghouse Transportation delivers automated fare collections, sales and service, along with back-office solutions that are customized to the needs of each client.
Formed in 1999, Enghouse Transportation is a specialist unit of Enghouse Systems Limited of Markham, Ontario, Canada.
About Transdev Nederland
Transdev Nederland is one of the biggest mobility companies in the Netherlands. It is part of a large international organization with operations on five continents. With a workforce of over 80,000, it transports millions of people every day.
In the Netherlands, the company is known as Transdev. It operates under well-known brand names such as Connexxion, Hermes, Breng, Witte Kruis and Connexxion Taxi Services. From buses, trains and taxis to ambulances and autonomous shuttles, Transdev's vehicles can be found throughout the country. An increasing part of this fleet consists of Zero Emission (ZE) vehicles, which will ultimately become Transdev's fully emission-free bus and taxi fleet.
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'Innuendos and baseless allegations': Milwaukee claps back after Ron Johnson sows doubts about early voting in the city
As voters have already begun streaming to the polls, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson this week raised doubts about early in-person absentee voting in Milwaukee and suggested his supporters in the city hold off from casting their ballots until election day.
But Johnson, who faces Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in the Nov. 8 election, encouraged Republicans to vote early in other areas of the state.
"I would recommend early voting if you have a Republican election clerk," Johnson said during a tele-town hall Monday night in a clip tweeted by the advocacy group Heartland Signal.
"I'm not sure I would recommend a Republican go vote in Milwaukee," he added. "I don't know about the bipartisan observation of those early votes. It might be possible."
A spokeswoman for Johnson claimed the senator was joshing.
“Obviously the senator meant that as a tongue-in-cheek comment," Alexa Henning said. "The senator was just in Waukesha Tuesday where he encouraged early voting. We are confident we have Republican observers and poll workers in place, Wisconsinites should turn out and vote everywhere, including Milwaukee.”
A spokesman for Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson pushed back at the senator's comments.
“Milwaukee welcomes election observers — people who will see, first hand, that elections here are conducted with the highest integrity," Jeff Fleming said in a statement. "Innuendos and baseless allegations of election impropriety undermine the public’s confidence in our elections. They harm the most important foundation of our democracy. Let’s stick to the facts. There is no basis to suggest impropriety by Milwaukee’s election officials.”
During the town hall, Johnson emphasized what he called a "robust election integrity component" in his campaign, and said more than 5,000 Republicans have signed up to become poll workers with others filling more than 1,000 shifts as election observers.
"We are in contact with the Wisconsin Election Commission and their attorneys," he said. "They know we are watching them like a hawk."
The Johnson campaign has also set up a website to report alleged voter fraud.
"If you see something, say something," he said.
More:What poll watchers can and can't do at Wisconsin voting sites
Since President Donald Trump's false claims about losing Wisconsin in 2020, Republicans have focused efforts on overhauling the election system by putting new restrictions on voting. In 2020, Trump's attorneys unsuccessfully sought to throw out every early vote cast in the presidential election. Trump also paid for recounts in the Democratic strongholds of Madison and Milwaukee and President Joe Biden's victory was confirmed.
During this election cycle, Johnson hired the law firm that represented Trump in the state in 2020.
Prosecutors have charged two dozen cases of fraud as of March this year related to the 2020 presidential election out of more than 3.2 million votes cast. Wisconsin taxpayers footed a bill of more than $1 million for a review of the 2020 election that produced no tangible results. | 2022-10-28T00:04:55+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/27/ron-johnson-raises-doubts-about-early-voting-in-milwaukee-fall-election/69597452007/ |
(NewsNation) — A simple blood test can help screen for cancers, in most cases detecting the disease before any clear symptoms develop, according to a new study.
The results of the Pathfinder study from health care company GRAIL show the possibilities of what’s called multi-cancer early detection screening, which finds cancers in early stages.
“The PATHFINDER study is an exciting first step towards fundamental change in the approach to cancer screening. The study demonstrated the feasibility of this paradigm and solid test performance,” said Deb Schrag, MD, MPH, chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
“Although continued public health efforts to optimize adherence to existing screening strategies that have been proven effective are critical, this study provides a glimpse of what the future may hold — the opportunity for screening using blood tests to detect various types of cancers at their earliest and most treatable stages.”
The study included 6,662 participants aged 50 years or older whose blood was tested to look for what GRAIL calls cancer signals, which were found in 92 participants. Of those, 35 were diagnosed with 36 cancers. Cancer cells send out signals to regulate growth or initiate apoptosis (the death of cells), according to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
“When added to standard-of-care screening, MCED testing more than doubled the number of cancers detected compared to standard screening alone,” said Jeffrey Venstrom, MD, chief medical officer at GRAIL.
Known as the Galleri test, the blood draw has been hailed as a “game changer” by the National Health Service in England, which is conducting a trial of its own.
The blood test can also identify where in the body the cancer is likely to have originated, which can help doctors confirm a diagnosis more quickly. The Pathfinder study was the first time Galleri test results were returned to health care providers to help them with follow-up diagnostic work.
Among the confirmed cancers diagnosed in the study, 71% were cancer types that currently do not have a routine screening test, and nearly half were in either Stage I or Stage II. Less than 1% of study participants received a false positive.
The results of the study were presented this past weekend at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Paris. GRAIL is currently enrolling for its Pathfinder 2 study, which will follow participants over three years.
“This study was a prelude to a larger study. We needed to see how physicians would approach workup, what diagnostic odysseys we’d send patients down, and whether they’d be upset,” Schrag said at the Paris conference, as reported by Cancer Network. “People were a little anxious, but it was manageable, and it was transient. People understood the ramifications of this test, and they were a little anxious, but they managed very well.” | 2022-09-13T19:36:28+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/study-blood-test-can-id-cancers-without-clear-symptoms/ |
CGT Staffing empowers clients to control their hiring costs in order to drive consistent growth and sustainability.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As businesses continue to manage a tumultuous hiring market, cost management continues to be of paramount importance of organizations of every size. The impact of massive inflation, economic uncertainty, and new behavioral trends within a shrinking talent pool has necessarily threatened many businesses' ability to keep hiring costs in check. Failure to meet such a challenge with a mindful and systematic approach to hiring can render a business and its workforce vulnerable.
"Ultimately, we're in the business of saving our partners time and money," said Bill Welge, President and CEO of CGT Staffing. "That goes for our candidates and client partners alike. It takes time for a qualified candidate to find a best fit; it takes significant outlay for an organization to identify those individuals best suited to their company's unique dynamic and culture. Neither is an easy prospect. It's our job to make it a seamless as possible – it's how we measure success, and rightly so."
As businesses continue to grow more competitive in their hiring practices, the financial implications of acquiring and onboarding new talent has grown increasingly complex. A dearth of applicants, competing employers, unprecedented market shifts, and tighter timelines often result in inefficiencies that are a significant waste of resources for any company. CGT Staffing takes pride in reducing timelines and expenses for organizations of every scale and industry, from identification and qualification of talent to delays resulting from onboarding and payroll processes, and the cost of maintaining an internal recruiting team and the software, platforms, and that such an office often necessitates.
"Simply put, we are successful when our partners are successful," said Welge. "Our managed services and our staffing experience enable us to deliver a velocity of qualified professionals that might otherwise be unavailable to many organizations. We want our clients to lean on our industry knowledge – there's no greater compliment than trust earned through validation."
Founded in 2009, CGT Staffing is a national full-service staffing firm based in greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
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A travel nightmare is turned around with honesty after a woman is reunited with her purse, filled with $2,000 cash, that she left in a taxi.
The woman left her purse in the back of a taxi after getting a ride home from RSW. The taxi driver found the purse and turned it, and the cash, in to his boss.
The good deed touched her heart and helped her believe there are honest and caring people in the world.
“It was in 20s, so anyone could have taken it, and they wouldn’t have been traced,” said Pam Roecker, who lost her purse and $2,000 in cash.
If you found a purse full of cash, would you try to find who it belonged to, or would you take it and run.
Willie, an MBA Transportation taxi diver made the decision to return the purse full of cash.
It didn’t take long for Willie to make his decision. He immigrated to the United States from Haiti in 2006 and treasures his taxi driver job.
Sometimes, life’s pit stops put you to the test.
“I’ve got some people in my car. And they left some money inside,” said Willie.
Roecker had just arrived home from a trip to Canada when she met Willie. He drove her and her husband home from raw in the early morning hours of July 13.
“We were exhausted after twelve hours of flying,” said Roecker.
Something wasn’t quite right the next morning when she woke up. “The next morning, we got up, and I couldn’t find my purse. I had $2000 in it,” said Roecker.
Willie found her purse in his taxi. “It was right here!”
He saw all the cash and decided right then and there to do the right thing.
Willie brought the purse back to his manager’s office for pam to pick up.
He said he believes in karma and said this is good karma.
Willie and Pam didn’t know each other before this, and they may never meet again, but this small act of kindness will stick with Pam forever.
“There are a lot of good people out there. Don’t be discouraged. Be hopeful,” said Roecker.
Pam said she did give Willie a reward for returning her purse and the money but did not share how much she gave him. | 2022-07-20T23:47:54+00:00 | winknews.com | https://www.winknews.com/2022/07/20/taxi-driver-returns-swfl-womans-purse-filled-with-2000-after-she-leaves-it-behind/ |
Democratic congressman says he is ‘profoundly troubled’ by Biden document disclosures
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN
Democratic Rep. Jim Himes on Tuesday admitted that he is “profoundly troubled” by the discovery of additional classified documents at President Joe Biden‘s Delaware home but pushed back on any comparisons between the president and former President Donald Trump in regard to the handling of sensitive materials.
“Any time there are classified documents outside of a secure space, I am profoundly troubled, whether that space is owned by a Republican president or a Democratic president,” the Connecticut Democrat told “CNN This Morning,” adding that GOP members have behaved “in a radically different manner now that Biden has apparently done what Trump did, in retaining classified documents.”
“Any time, any one president or no president has classified documents out side of a classified space, it’s a big problem,” Himes said.
Himes’ comments, coming days after FBI investigators found additional classified material while conducting a search of Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, reflect the latest attempts by members of Biden’s own party to navigate a sensitive political matter as disclosures continue to unfold.
“If something is classified it is classified because the emergence of that information could damage national security,” said Himes, who drew a distinction between Biden’s response and that of Trump, who long refused to turn over classified documents upon repeated request.
“Biden has been cooperative and Trump was not cooperative,” Himes said. “So, at some point, when a moment comes to talk about whether one of them was obstructing or not, we will have that conversation.”
Several Democrats in recent days have publicly criticized Biden over the unfolding controversy.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin on Sunday conceded that Biden, who once said it was “totally irresponsible” when classified documents were found on Trump’s property, has “lost the high ground” on the issue.
“When that information is found, it diminishes the stature of any person who is in possession of it because it’s not supposed to happen,” Durbin said. “Whether it was the fault of a staffer or an attorney, it makes no difference. The elected official bears ultimate responsibility.”
And Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, “It’s unbelievable how this could happen. It’s totally irresponsible.”
Bob Bauer, the president’s personal attorney, said in a statement that during the search of Biden’s Wilmington home, which took place over nearly 13 hours Friday, “DOJ took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President. DOJ also took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years.”
Those six items are in addition to materials previously found at Biden’s Wilmington residence and in his private office.
The federal search of Biden’s home was voluntary but marked an escalation of the probe into the president’s handling of classified documents and drew comparisons to his predecessor — even if the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence was conducted under different circumstances.
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Dolly Parton, who is beloved not just for her legendary country music but for her compassion and generosity, has launched a pet clothing and accessories line that she says will help support an animal rescue organization.
The line, appropriately called Doggy Parton, features fringe-trimmed cowgirl dresses, rhinestone-bejeweled harnesses, gingham shirts and bandanas, concert T-shirts, toys and even a blond wig inspired by the singer.
Today my new @DoggyParton collection officially launches, and your pet can sparkle too! ✨ Part of the proceeds will support Willa B Farms, a rescue where animals in need fine never-ending love. 💕 pic.twitter.com/MkzbCaDZgK
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) August 31, 2022
"'Puppy Love' was my very first record, and six decades later, my love for pets is stronger than ever. This inspired me to start my own line of Doggy Parton apparel, accessories, toys and more with a little 'Dolly' flair," Parton said in a video statement on Twitter.
"Part of the proceeds will support Willa B. Farms, a rescue where animals in need find never-ending love. Don't we all need that?"
At the moment, the products are available only on Amazon. A message on DoggyParton.com says an online shop is in the works.
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WASHINGTON — Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning. a potential warning sign for a party that will need their strong backing heading into the 2024 presidential race.
Biden’s party nonetheless exceeded midterm expectations, holding the Senate and surrendering only a small Republican House majority. The president himself hailed young voter turnout as “historic.” Still, the trend line for younger voters may be an early indicator of the Democrats’ challenge to maintain the coalition of Black people, women, college-educated voters, city dwellers and suburbanites that has buoyed the party in the years since Trump won the White House.
Weakness in any part of that voting bloc could have implications during the next presidential race. Biden, who will be a few weeks shy of his 82nd birthday on Election Day 2024, says he intends to run again. Trump, 76, has already announced his candidacy.
“There might have been retrenchment in youth voters,” said Michael McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida and an expert on voting and data.
McDonald cautioned against reading too much into what could be an anomaly. But he said the shift may have been fueled by issues like high inflation, which has hit young people especially hard since their wages are less likely to increase fast enough to keep pace with rising prices.
“Youngest people also have the weakest partisan attachments, so they can be more susceptible to partisan swings nationally,” McDonald said. “There’s no reason why Republicans can’t rebound among younger people.”
Indeed, VoteCast shows only about a quarter of Democrats under 30 say being a Democrat is “extremely” or “very” important to them, compared with roughly a third of older Democrats.
The data showed that voters under 30 did not support Democrats decisively enough to sway key races nationally, but the news wasn’t all bad for the party. Midterm voters under 45 — an age bracket that includes Generation Z and millennials — backed Biden’s party at rates that exceeded his 2020 support in races for governor of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Kansas, as well as the race for Senate in Pennsylvania.
Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman beat Republican celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s Senate contest while getting 62% of the vote of those 18 to 44. That was slightly better than Biden’s 56% with such voters in 2020. In the Pennsylvania governor’s race, Democrat Josh Shapiro also won while outpacing Biden’s support in 2020, earning 64% of that age group.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly won a second term by modestly outperforming 2020 margins with voters under 45 in the red state, 52% to Biden’s 45%. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also commandingly secured reelection while garnering a somewhat larger percentage of the state’s voters under 45 in 2022, 61%, than Biden did in 2020, 54%.
Michigan allows people to register to vote on Election Day, which prompted such long lines on college campuses that the last ballot cast at the University of Michigan came at 2:05 a.m.
But states allowing last-minute registration didn’t lift Democrats everywhere. The party’s candidates underperformed Biden’s margins among voters under 45 in some key races, including in governors’ races in New Hampshire and Nevada, which both allow registration through Election Day.
In Nevada’s race for governor, Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak was defeated with support for his party among voters under 45 at 54%, somewhat lagging Biden’s 61% support in 2020. The same pattern occurred in New Hampshire: 43% for Democrat Tom Sherman vs. 59% for Biden. There, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu was easily reelected.
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, president of NextGen America, a progressive organization that works to mobilize young voters, said the group contacted 90% of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 35 in Pennsylvania, calling, texting or seeing them in person on college campuses. VoteCast showed that 34% of Pennsylvania voters ages 18 to 29 said they were exclusively contacted on behalf of the statewide Democratic candidates, more than older voters.
Tzintzún Ramirez said young voters reported being most concerned about the economy and racial justice, at least until after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in June. After that, she said, “Abortion surged to the front.”
VoteCast found that about half of young voters in some of the most competitive states said the Roe reversal had a major impact on their decision to turn out. In Michigan, where an amendment to constitutionally protect abortion rights in the state passed on Election Day, about half of voters under 45 said they were “angry” about Roe being overturned.
VoteCast found that 36% of all voters under 45 identify as progressive Democrats, compared with 20% of older voters. It also showed that younger voters — particularly those under 30 — were especially likely to say that immigrants help more than hurt the U.S. and that racism in the country is a very serious problem.
“For us, it’s not just about a politician or a party,” Tzintzún Ramirez said. “It’s about delivering on a vision for our country that is more just and that will reflect the realities of a generation that is facing a climate crisis, growing racial injustice, runaway inequality and a democracy in decline.”
Not being fully enamored with one party or the other also showed up in VoteCast results. Even in places where Democratic support among young voters was strong, voters 18 to 44 tended to be less enthusiastic about candidates they supported than older voters.
That was true in the swing states of Arizona, where Democrats won the Senate and governor’s race, and in Wisconsin, where the party won the governorship but Republican Sen. Ron Johnson was reelected. And in Georgia, where Republican Gov. Brian Kemp was reelected but Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock secured a second term in a runoff.
Santiago Mayer, a political science major at California State University, Long Beach who founded the student-led advocacy group Voters of Tomorrow, said those findings didn’t surprise him given that young voters tend to be independent. But he also said many are also deeply progressive, which means that currently, “Republicans have declared war against Generation Z.”
“Young voters are voting against Republicans, and Democrats are obviously the better option,” said Mayer, 20, whose group used volunteers nationwide to call and text Georgia voters ages 18 to 29 some 2.5 million times. “But eventually, when we’ll have two years when Republicans hopefully will transition back to sanity, the emphasis will be in getting elected officials that actually represent what Gen Z wants.”
Among Fetterman voters in Pennsylvania, 57% of those ages 45 and older said they supported the Democrat enthusiastically, but only 43% of younger voters did. Of those under 45, the same number, 43%, backed Fetterman with reservations and 12% did so as they opposed the other candidates.
Despite a seeming youth voter enthusiasm gap, David Jackson, a Bowling Green State University professor whose research focuses on links between entertainment and political preferences, said that it was “way too early to say we’ve moved on from celebrity politics.” He noted that “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance was elected to the Senate from Ohio last month.
According to VoteCast, the youngest Ohio voters — those ages 18 to 29 — split about evenly for Vance and Democrat Tim Ryan, whereas voters ages 30 to 44 were more likely to back Ryan, at 58%.
Still, Jackson added that, as politics has gotten increasingly confrontational, voters are showing they are less inclined to fall deeply in love with candidates and instead are casting ballots more “from a self-defense standpoint.”
“There’s always been the assumption that younger people are more likely to be moved by celebrities,” Jackson said. “But that’s not necessarily the case since the rise of Trump, since he’s been the ultimate celebrity candidate.”
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Coroner: Idaho students were stabbed to death in their beds
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a rental house last Sunday were stabbed to death in their beds and likely were asleep when the attacks occurred. That’s according to Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt. She also told NewsNation that each victim suffered multiple stab wounds from a “pretty large knife.” Efforts to reach Mabbutt by telephone on Friday were diverted to an Idaho State Police spokesman, who did not immediately return messages. Mabbutt’s comments expanded on the autopsy reports released on Thursday, which concluded the four students were murdered by being stabbed to death. The killings have shaken Moscow, an Idaho Panhandle town of 25,000 residents that last saw a homicide about five years ago. | 2022-11-18T20:25:13+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/18/coroner-idaho-students-were-stabbed-to-death-in-their-beds/ |
New fourth fare adds more flexibility and amplifies benefits of current fares
DALLAS, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today announces the launch of Wanna Get Away Plus™, a new fare product that adds more flexibility, options, and rewards to the carrier's fare lineup. Customers can now book a Wanna Get Away Plus fare for all travel on Southwest.com and the Southwest Airlines® app.
"As travelers increasingly return to the sky, we know that added flexibility and greater choice is more important to our Customers than ever before," said Jonathan Clarkson, Vice President of Marketing, Loyalty, & Products for Southwest Airlines. "With Wanna Get Away Plus, we're thrilled to offer a new low-fare product that enhances Southwest's fare lineup and provides more options for our Customers, while maintaining all of the benefits our Customers know and love about our existing fares, and even adding some new ones."
More Flexibility
In addition to the benefits offered on all Southwest fares, including two free checked bags1, no change fees2, and free TV/movies/messaging3, Wanna Get Away Plus offers transferable flight credit, a new benefit that enables Customers to transfer an eligible unused flight credit to another traveler for future use.4
Wanna Get Away Plus provides more flexibility through same-day confirmed change and same-day standby5, allowing Customers to make same-day changes to a flight with no price difference in the base fare. Additionally, Customers have more earning power than Wanna Get Away fares with 8X Rapid Rewards® points.
More Perks
Southwest is also enhancing benefits to its Anytime and Business Select® fares. These fares now have the same transferable flight credit benefit as Wanna Get Away Plus, and Anytime fares now gain EarlyBird Check-In6, Priority Lane7, and Express Lane8 benefits. Tier Members (A-List /A-List Preferred Customers) now receive same-day confirmed change in addition to same-day standby9.
And that's not all. Customers who previously purchased tickets for travel on or after May 17, 2022, experience the new benefits too. This means all Business Select and Anytime tickets automatically receive these perks, and Wanna Get Away® ticket holders can now upgrade to Wanna Get Away Plus10.
Check out Southwest's new fare lineup at Southwest.com/WannaGetAwayPlus.
- Weight and size limits apply
- Fare difference may apply
- (Available only on WiFi-enabled aircraft. Limited-time offer. Where available. Only allows access to iMessage and WhatsApp (must be downloaded before the flight. Due to licensing restrictions, on WiFi-enabled flights, Free Live TV and iHeartRadio may not be available for the full duration of the flight.)
- Both must be Rapid Rewards Members and only one transfer is permitted. The expiration date is up to12 months from the date the ticket was booked. For bookings made through a Southwest™ Business channel, there is a limitation to transfer only between employees within the organization.
- Same-day change/Same-day standby: For same-day changes, a confirmed seat, if there's an open seat on a different flight on the same day as your original flight and it's between the same cities, you can book a confirmed seat on the new flight free of airline charges. If there isn't an open seat, ask a Southwest Gate Agent to add you to the same-day standby list. If there are any government taxes and fees associated with these itinerary changes, you will be required to pay those. Your original boarding position is not guaranteed. For both the same-day change and same-day standby benefits, you must change your flight or request to be added to the same-day standby list at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled departure of your original flight or the no-show policy will apply.
- For Anytime fares purchased between 36 and 24 hours, the boarding position assignment process has begun so this may impact the boarding position assigned to you. Benefit not available if flight departure is within 24 hours of your flight's scheduled departure. In an irregular operation situation, the boarding position is not guaranteed.
- Where available.
- Where available
- If there's an open seat on a different flight that departs on the same calendar day as your original flight and it's between the same cities, you can get a seat on the new flight free of airline charges. If there isn't an open seat on this different flight, you can ask a Southwest Gate Agent to add you to the same-day standby list for a flight between the same city pairs that departs on the same calendar day prior to your originally scheduled flight, and you will receive a message if you are cleared on the flight. For both the same-day change and same-day standby benefits, you must change your flight or request to be added to the same-day standby list at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled departure of your original flight or the no show policy will apply. Based on the flight status contact preference selected during booking, the message regarding your standby status will be an email or text message with a link to access the boarding pass via the Southwest App, mobile web, or you can visit a Southwest Gate Agent to print off the boarding pass. If there are any government taxes and fees associated with these itinerary changes, you will be required to pay those. Your original boarding position is not guaranteed. Important: These benefits are available only by seeing a Southwest Gate Agent or calling 1-800-FLY-SWA. If you change your flight through any other channel or to a flight that does not meet the requirements outlined above, you will be responsible for the difference in price. If an A-List or A-List Preferred Member is traveling on a multiple-Passenger reservation, same-day standby and same-day change will not be provided for non-A-List or non-A-List Preferred Members in the same reservation. For A-List and A-List Preferred Members who have also qualified for a Companion Pass®, A-List and A-List Preferred benefits are not available to the Companion unless the Companion is also an A-List or A-List Preferred Member.
- A fare difference will apply.
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Southwest Airlines Co. operates one of the world's most admired and awarded airlines, offering its one-of-a-kind value and Hospitality at 121 airports across 11 countries. In its 50th Anniversary in 2021, Southwest took flight in 1971 to democratize the sky through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel and now carries more air travelers flying nonstop within the United States than any other airline1. Based in Dallas and famous for an Employee-first corporate Culture, Southwest maintains an unprecedented record of no involuntary furloughs or layoffs in its history. By empowering its nearly 59,000 2 People to deliver unparalleled Hospitality, the maverick airline cherishes a passionate loyalty among as many as 130 million Customers carried a year. That formula for success brought industry-leading prosperity and 47 consecutive years3 of profitability for Southwest Shareholders (NYSE: LUV). Southwest continues to develop tangible steps toward an environmental sustainability goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, including offering an opportunity for Customers to contribute toward helping Southwest offset its carbon emissions. For more information, please visit Southwest.com/wannaoffsetcarbon. Learn more at Southwest.com/citizenship about how Southwest Airlines leverages a unique legacy and mission to serve communities around the world.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco and severely beat her 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer early Friday while the Democratic lawmaker was in Washington.
Paul Pelosi had surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands, and his doctors expect a full recovery, the speaker’s office said.
David DePape, 42, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, elder abuse and burglary, police said.
“This was not a random act. This was intentional. And it’s wrong,” San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said.
The violence was the latest jolt to an increasingly splintered political system that is riven with extremism.
A look at what is known about the attack and the suspect:
WHAT HAPPENED?
An intruder wielding a hammer smashed his way through a rear door into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco shortly before 2:30 a.m. Friday. The man confronted Paul Pelosi and shouted, “Where is Nancy,” according to a person familiar with the situation who was granted anonymity to discuss it.
Paul Pelosi called 911 himself and when police arrived they found him struggling with the assailant. The man managed to strike Pelosi at least once with the hammer before he was tackled by officers and arrested, police said.
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington at the time of the attack.
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HOW’S PAUL PELOSI DOING?
He underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands, and his doctors expect a full recovery, the speaker’s office said Friday. There were no updates on his condition Saturday.
Nancy Pelosi arrived in San Francisco late Friday. Her motorcade was seen arriving at the hospital where her husband was being treated.
The couple has been married since 1963.
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WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS SAYING?
Scott, the San Francisco police chief, said the attack was not a random act. “This was intentional,” he said.
Police didn’t immediately confirm a motive, but three people with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that the assailant targeted Pelosi’s home.
The FBI and Capitol Police are also part of the joint investigation.
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WHO IS THE SUSPECT?
DePape was expected to be charged next week with attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and burglary. After his arrest, he was taken to a hospital, where he remained as of Friday evening.
DePape posted frequently on social media, often making racist and rambling comments that included questioning the results of the 2020 election, defending former President Donald Trump and echoing QAnon conspiracy theories.
A two-decade resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, he was known locally as a pro-nudity activist who had picketed naked at protests against laws requiring people to be clothed in public.
He grew up in Powell River, British Columbia, before following an older girlfriend to California. He has three children with two women. Stepfather Gene DePape said the suspect had lived with him in Canada until he was 14 and had been a quiet boy.
“He was reclusive,” said Gene DePape. “He was never violent.”
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HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BEEN THREATENED?
It’s been almost two years since the riot at the U.S. Capitol, when Trump supporters broke into the building and hunted for Pelosi and other members of Congress. Since then, threats to lawmakers and their families have increased sharply.
The U.S. Capitol Police investigated almost 10,000 threats to members last year, more than twice the number from four years earlier.
Lawmakers have pressed for better security, especially for their families and their homes outside of Washington. Security officials have promised to pay for upgrades to certain security systems and an increased Capitol Police presence outside Washington. But the vast majority of members are mostly on their own.
The attack on Paul Pelosi happened when Nancy Pelosi was out of town, which meant there was less of a security presence in their home. | 2022-10-29T23:45:33+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/politics/ap-what-to-know-about-the-attack-on-speaker-pelosis-husband/ |
InvestmentNews judges recognize her accomplishments, leadership and commitment to clients and the financial planning profession
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marianne Rodriguez, CFP®, Director and Wealth Advisor at Round Table Wealth Management (RTWM), an SEC Registered Investment Advisory firm, has been named to the InvestmentNews "40 Under 40" class of 2022. This annual list recognizes professionals under 40 years old who are impacting the financial planning / wealth management profession for the better.
Rich Policastro, President of RTWM, spoke about the recognition Rodriguez has earned from her peers saying: "We were so happy to learn that Marianne was selected for the InvestmentNews 40 Under 40 class of 2022. Marianne exhibits many qualities which make her such an integral part of our firm and the lives of the clients that she supports. Specifically, her passion to help others, strong work ethic, deep industry knowledge, and thirst to always learn more is an inspiration to all of us at Round Table Wealth Management."
With over 9 years of experience in the financial services world, Rodriguez joined the Boca Raton branch of RTWM as a Wealth Advisor in September 2020. Now working in the New York office, she continues her work developing and implementing complex financial planning strategies and managing high net worth clients' investments. RTWM has four branches: its headquarters in Westfield, NJ, and additional offices in New York City, Boca Raton, FL and Bend, Oregon.
This year's "40 Under 40" honorees were selected by a judging committee comprised of InvestmentNews staff members from more than 1,000 nominations based on their accomplishments, contributions to the financial services industry, leadership and future promise.
"I feel very thankful and honored to be recognized amongst this amazing group of professionals," said Rodriguez. "I hope my journey through the financial industry serves as evidence that being passionate about what you do can make a difference in other people's lives. "
Rodriguez received her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing and Human Resources from Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ marks in 2018 and is currently an active member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Rodriguez, who is fluent in four languages – English, Spanish, French and Portuguese – is passionate about cultural diversity and learning from people who come from different backgrounds. She has been serving the financial needs of the Southeast Florida market, coordinating all aspects of the investment management and financial advisory services for her relationships, assisting clients with personal and commercial banking solutions as well as insurance and investment guidance and advice. Her focus is to provide her clients with comprehensive planning tools and resources as they navigate life and seek to maximize the benefits of their investments and retirement planning.
Round Table Wealth Management (RTWM), an independent financial advisory firm established in 1999, is managed by four partners with over 100 years of industry experience. They, along with other members of the firm, form a dedicated team of highly-credentialed wealth advisors, financial planners, and investment management professionals.
Global in their investing and personalized in their service, the firm provides objective strategies designed to meet the far-reaching goals of each client in a personal and comprehensive manner. Those clients are comprised of high-net-worth individuals, families (national and global), business owners, professionals, and women investors seeking thoughtful financial advice and guidance to grow and preserve their wealth. Assisting cross-border clients and expats with multi-national interests and a high degree of tax complexity is a key area of focus. In addition, the firm specializes in working with families and individuals who have multi-generational wealth concerns.
With approximately $1.6B in assets under management (AUM) for its clients, RTWM offers personalized advisory services supported by institutional knowledge, deep experience, and skilled expertise. Their fiduciary approach involves a suite of holistic planning services including investment, philanthropy, retirement, insurance, cash flow and tax and estate counsel.
Learn more at www.RoundTableWealth.com.
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A Wall Street Journal reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia is appearing in court to appeal his extended detention.
U.S. citizen Evan Gershkovich, 31, was arrested in late March while on a reporting trip. A Moscow court agreed last month to keep him in custody until Aug. 30. Defense lawyers challenged the decision, and the Moscow City Court is scheduled to hear the appeal on Thursday.
Gershkovich and his employer have denied he spied in Russia. The U.S. government has declared him to be wrongfully detained and demanded his immediate release.
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His arrest in the city of Yekaterinburg rattled journalists in Russia, where authorities have not detailed what, if any, evidence they have gathered to support the espionage charges.
Gershkovich is being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which is notorious for its harsh conditions. U.S. Embassy officials were allowed to visit him once, but Russian authorities rejected two other requests to see him.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Thursday that the ministry is considering another visit request from the embassy. | 2023-06-22T10:09:19+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/us-journalist-evan-gershkovich-appears-in-court-to-appeal-extended-detention-in-russia/3166642/ |
READING, Pa., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Penske Logistics was named Partner of the Year by Nissan North America. Penske was honored in the Part Logistics U.S. Market category at Nissan's recent Annual Supplier Conference. The company was recognized for its lead logistics inbound parts flow operations that support Nissan car manufacturing operations in Smyrna, Tennessee, Canton, Mississippi, and Decherd, Tennessee.
"We appreciate that our hardworking associates were recognized by Nissan North America for their assistance to the customer during a unique time in our world's history," stated Marc Althen, Penske Logistics president.
Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company with operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Penske Logistics provides supply chain management and logistics services to leading companies around the world. Penske Logistics delivers value through its design, planning and execution in transportation, warehousing and freight management. To learn more visit: www.penskelogistics.com.
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Yusef Salaam, a key figure in the infamous "Central Park Five" case, has moved one step closer to securing a seat on the New York City Council.
In Tuesday's Democratic primary election, Salaam emerged victorious with more than half of the votes cast, according to the Associated Press.
Salaam, who is in his 40s, secured a victory with his vote tally barely exceeding 50% for the Central Harlem seat on the City Council, winning over two seasoned political veterans, New York Assembly members Inez Dickens, 73, and Al Taylor, 65.
"I am here because, Harlem, you believed in me," Salaam said in his victory speech Tuesday night. The general election for New York City Council will be held Nov. 7.
Salaam spent six years and eight months behind bars, becoming a symbol of one of the nation's most notorious cases of wrongful conviction.
In 1989, a 28-year-old female jogger was raped in New York City's Central Park. In the aftermath, Salaam, along with Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise, found themselves arrested and accused of the heinous crime. Despite being under the age of 17 at the time, all five teens were wrongfully convicted and endured years of unjust imprisonment before eventually being exonerated.
The teens, originally from Harlem, became known as the "Central Park Five."
SEE MORE: Central Park Five member on why youth are prone to false confessions
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DEWITT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Federal investigators blame pilot error and an overloaded aircraft for a 2019 plane crash near a Michigan airport that killed five Indiana men and seriously injured a sixth person aboard.
The National Transportation Safety Board said in its final report on the Oct. 3, 2019, crash that the pilot failed to maintain airspeed during his final approach to the Capital Region International Airport, near Lansing.
The report, issued Wednesday, said that at the time of the crash the single-engine Socata TBM 700 had slowed to just 74 knots, below the manufacturer’s specified approach speed of 85 knots.
Investigators also said the plane was more than 200 pounds (91 kilograms) overweight and its load was too far back in the aircraft, contributing to it being difficult to control.
“The altitude and airspeed trends during the final moments of the flight were consistent with the airplane entering an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude,” according to the NTSB’s report.
The pilot Joel Stewart Beavins, 48, and Timothy Joe Clark, 67, both of Franklin, Indiana; John Thomas Lowe, 51, of Greenwood, Indiana; Neil Alan Sego, 46, of Trafalgar, Indiana; and Zechariah Eugene Bennett, 27, of Plainfield, Indiana.
A sixth passenger, Aaron Levi Blackford, 42, of Frankton, Indiana, survived the crash but suffered severe injuries.
The plane had departed from Indy South Greenwood Airport near Indianapolis. It crashed in an open grass field about 0.3 miles (0.48 kilometers) from the Lansing-area airport.
Four of the six passengers were headed to work as contractors for the Lansing Board of Water & Light’s Delta Energy Park, a natural gas-fired power plant that began operating in March, the Lansing State Journal reported. | 2022-09-10T09:19:37+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/ap-pilot-error-overloading-caused-michigan-crash-that-killed-5/ |
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — No. 6 Texas took a key step toward moving past the Chris Beard era on Saturday.
Beard, who faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée, was fired Thursday. Texas said in a letter to his attorney that Beard was “unfit” for the position.
With interim coach Rodney Terry at the helm, the Longhorns focused on basketball. Marcus Carr scored 12 points in Texas’ 56-46 win over Oklahoma State, and Texas (13-2, 2-1 Big 12) improved to 6-1 under Terry.
“I’m proud of our guys,” Terry said. “And I said to them the other day, probably more than any team in the country, this group has really stuck together and persevered through some adversity and some challenges. … They’ve really focused on what they can control and I think just kind of locked in and enjoyed playing with each other and being around each other every day.”
Texas bounced back from Tuesday’s 116-103 loss to Kansas State, despite shooting just 31.5% from the field against Oklahoma State. The Longhorns held the Cowboys to 30.4% shooting.
“We said that we needed to have a gritty team today,” Terry said. “You know, the team that was going to come in and play their hardest today and really try to max out defensively was going to have a chance to win this game today.”
Kalib Boone had 16 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks for Oklahoma State (9-6, 1-2), which narrowly lost to now-No. 3 Kansas on Dec. 31 and had a solid win over West Virginia before Saturday’s loss.
Oklahoma State’s Moussa Cisse, the 7-foot-1 forward who leads the Big 12 with 9.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game, missed the game with an ankle injury.
“We missed him throughout the overall game, both offense and defense,” guard John-Michael Wright said. “He’s a big presence.”
Texas led 32-24 at halftime despite shooting 32.1% before the break. Eight Longhorns scored in the first half, but none posted more than five points. Texas held Oklahoma State to 33.3% shooting and outscored the Cowboys 12-7 from the free-throw line in the first 20 minutes.
An alley-oop dunk by Boone cut Texas’ lead to 43-41, and Caleb Asberry followed with a 3-pointer that finally gave the Cowboys a 44-43 lead with 8:20 remaining.
Oklahoma State didn’t make another field goal. A 3-pojnter by Texas’ Brock Cunningham with about two minutes remaining put the Longhorns up 53-46, the highlight of their 12-1 run over the final six minutes to end the game.
BIG PICTURE
Texas: It was a good defensive effort for the Longhorns coming off a game in which they gave up the most points they had ever allowed in a Big 12 game.
“We won this game on Thursday, not today on Saturday,” Terry said. “We won it back in Austin. You know, we came off a tough loss at home and we didn’t play very good defense in that ballgame and kind of got away from our identity.”
Oklahoma State: Even without one of their top players, the Cowboys hung tough against a top-10 team that had been averaging 84.1 points per game.
BLOCK PARTY
Even without Cisse, Oklahoma State blocked 12 shots. Boone’s six swats matched a career high and forward Tyreek Smith matched his career best with three.
UP NEXT
Texas: Hosts TCU on Wednesday.
Oklahoma State: Visits Kansas State on Tuesday.
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Expression Systems is a leading supplier of innovative cell culture media, baculovirus molecular reagents and cell lines used in advanced biological-based therapeutics
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. and DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ANGUS Chemical Company ("ANGUS" or "Company"), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of specialty ingredients for Life Sciences and Industrial markets, today announced it has acquired Expression Systems, LLC ("Expression Systems"), a leading global manufacturer of cell culture media and related products and services. ANGUS is a portfolio company of Ardian and Golden Gate Capital.
Founded in 1997, Expression Systems is dedicated to supplying and servicing the baculovirus expression platform with innovative cell culture media formulations, as well as cell lines, molecular tools, reagents and contract services. Expression Systems operates from a central headquarters in Davis, California, and is cGMP-compliant and ISO 13485 certified for its manufacturing and research activities.
"The acquisition of Expression Systems is an important step in expanding ANGUS' leadership position in Life Sciences beyond bio buffers into specialty cell culture media, a strategic adjacency with high customer overlap and complementary product and service offerings," said ANGUS President and Chief Executive Officer David Neuberger. "The combination of ANGUS and Expression Systems further strengthens our ability to deliver value through the consistent, high-quality ingredients and services essential to all phases of bioprocessing, from early-stage biologics development to full-scale commercial production."
Expression Systems is a well-recognized independent provider of specialized cell culture media and related products with a robust track record of product quality and innovation based on proprietary technology. The company specializes in baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) and has deep expertise across the process from gene optimization to protein purification. Expression Systems' products are utilized primarily by structural biology researchers and biologics manufacturers to produce certain drug candidates, protein-based therapies, vaccines and gene therapies efficiently and cost-effectively.
"For more than 20 years, our family and dedicated employees have built a strong reputation with its customers by leveraging our world-renowned technical expertise in media manufacturing and the baculovirus expression platform," said Expression Systems President and Chief Executive Officer David Hedin. "When we looked ahead to the future for our company, it was clear that ANGUS was in the best position to provide new opportunities to our current and new customers, as well as our employees. ANGUS will enhance our position as a dedicated, world-leading vendor focused on servicing the biologics industry segments employing the baculovirus expression platform."
Achelous Partners, LLC served as exclusive M&A advisor to Expression Systems, LLC on this transaction.
ANGUS is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of specialty ingredients and consumables for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, consumer and industrial applications. The Company innovates through its unique nitroalkane chemistries, including its flagship AMP™ (aminomethyl propanol) multifunctional additives and TRIS AMINO™ (tromethamine) buffers, which are produced at fully integrated, ISO 9001-certified manufacturing facilities in the United States and Germany. ANGUS serves its global customers through six regional Customer Application Centers located in Chicago, Illinois; Paris, France; São Paulo, Brazil; Singapore; Shanghai, China; and Mumbai, India. The Company is privately owned by Ardian and Golden Gate Capital, and is headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. For more information, visit angus.com.
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- On-demand consumption of soup ingredients up 187% yoy while gift boxes of tea leaves grew 369% year-on-year in Guangzhou.
- Hotpot ingredients sales saw surge of 86% yoy in Changsha.
- Children's Day boosted on-demand toy sales with 260% growth.
SHANGHAI, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JDDJ, China's leading on-demand retail platform operated by Dada Group (NASDAQ: DADA), together with Shop Now, an on-demand retail business jointly launched by Dada Group and JD.com, released recently a guide about on-demand consumption.
Based on data on JDDJ and Shop Now from June 1 to 13 during this year's 618 Grand Promotion, the guide provides a panoramic view, as well as interesting details, of the on-demand consumption landscape in China.
On-demand retail can satisfy consumers' increasing needs for timeliness in terms of deliveries. Thus, the on-demand retail is by its nature an ideal way to cater to those who cook at home or want to eat and drink nicely without going out – for instance, in Guangzhou, a city famous for its gourmand culture, sales of soup ingredients were seen up 187% year-on-year while gift boxes of tea leaves grew 369% year-on-year, between June 1 and 13. The guide also shows black tea, flower and fruit tea, and oolong are the three favorites of Guangzhou citizens.
While in the south-western city Changsha, where the spicy hotpot is a passion of many, JDDJ and Shop Now are much welcomed by citizens as various raw ingredients and the hot red chilies – a must for the dish – are deliverable to home within only one hour after the orders are placed through the platforms. During this year's 618 Grand Promotion, sales of hotpot base ingredients increased by 86% on a year-on-year basis.
The on-demand retail has become an important stock-up channel for the consumers who like to keep their fridges full. JDDJ and Shop Now provide "one-stop" buying experience for consumers with a wide coverage of product categories – the guide shows beef steaks, chicken wings and pork ribs are the best sellers in the fresh food category, and durian is the champion in fruits, with a sales surge of 203% year-on-year.
This year's 618 Grand Promotion coincides with Children's Day and Dragon Boat Festival in China. More and more people rely on on-demand retail platforms to buy presents on the day of each festival instead of preparing days before.
According to data from JDDJ and Shop Now, on Children's Day, the sales of toys increased by more than 260% year-on-year and the sales of baby toys increased by more than 190% year-on-year; while during the Dragon Boat Festival, the sales of Zongzi (a glutinous rice ball wrapped with bamboo leaves) increased by more than 3 times and gift boxes of Zongzi increased by more than 9 times.
Compared to frequently consumed products such as fresh food and FMCG, consumer electronics sees increasing sales on JDDJ and Shop Now as consumers become keener on "buy now, use now". Data shows from June 1 to 13, the sales of mobile phones, digital products and gaming laptops increased by 201%, 186% and more than 318%, respectively, on a year-on-year basis.
Other categories, such as sports and medications, also recorded high sales performance on JDDJ and Shop Now during the Grand Promotion. Data shows the sales of women's sports T-shirts and sports pants on the platforms increased by more than 10 times year-on-year. In terms of medications, the guide shows delivery fulfillment remains highly efficient for medication orders on JDDJ and Shop Now – the fastest delivery of all medication orders took only 5 minutes.
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Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans picks, predictions: Who wins NFL Week 1 game?
The Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans play Sunday in a Week 1 NFL game.
Which team will get the victory?
Check out these NFL Week 1 picks and predictions for the game, which can be seen at 10 a.m. MST on CBS.
The Colts are a 7.5-point favorite in the game.
NFL Week 1 picks, predictions:
- Bills vs. Rams | Saints vs. Falcons | Browns vs. Panthers
- 49ers vs. Bears | Steelers vs. Bengals | Eagles vs. Lions
- Colts vs. Texans | Patriots vs. Dolphins | Ravens vs. Jets
- Jags vs. Commanders | Giants vs. Titans | Chiefs vs. Cards
- Raiders vs. Chargers | Packers vs. Vikings | Bucs vs. Cowboys
- Broncos vs. Seahawks | The Republic's Week 1 NFL picks
CBS Sports: Colts 33, Texans 20
Tyler Sullivan writes: "The Colts are the biggest favorites in the opening slate at the moment and for good reason. They dramatically improved their quarterback situation by swapping out Carson Wentz for Matt Ryan and improved on a defense that already ranked No. 8 in DVOA last season. Ryan should come out of the gate hot against a still-rebuilding Texans club, especially with weapons like Jonathan Taylor and Michael Pittman."
Pro Football Network: Colts 31, Texans 19
Jason Katz writes: "A large part of why I’m fading the Titans is because I really believe in the Colts. Sometimes, you have to hold your nose and align with the public. I expect heavy action on the Colts, but I have to agree with it. Matt Ryan is well past his prime, but he’s still a sizable upgrade over Carson Wentz. Michael Pittman is set to become a star, and Jonathan Taylor will run all over the Texans. The Texans are giving Davis Mills a full-season tryout. It may work. It may not. Either way, they’re starting this season 0-1."
- Bills vs. Rams | Saints vs. Falcons | Browns vs. Panthers
- 49ers vs. Bears | Steelers vs. Bengals | Eagles vs. Lions
- Colts vs. Texans | Patriots vs. Dolphins | Ravens vs. Jets
- Jags vs. Commanders | Giants vs. Titans | Chiefs vs. Cards
- Raiders vs. Chargers | Packers vs. Vikings | Bucs vs. Cowboys
- Broncos vs. Seahawks | Spreads, lines, totals | Super Bowl
Bookies.com: Take the Colts to cover vs. Texans
Bill Speros writes: "This is the biggest line of Week 1 for a reason. The Colts could make a run at the AFC title. The Texans are on their way to the No. 1 pick in the draft. Matt Ryan makes his first start for the Colts against perhaps the worst team in the conference, if not the entire league. The Texans hired Lovie Smith to be their head coach after dumping David Culley. The Colts are primed to contend in the AFC South with Ryan under center. The Texans shipped QB Deshaun Watson to the Browns after a grand jury declined to indict Watson in relation to multiple civil sexual assault allegations. Second-year QB Davis Mills has emerged as the starter in Houston – for now."
Fansided: Colts 26, Texans 17
Matt Verderame predicts that Indianapolis will defeat Houston in the Week 1 NFL game.
More:When does the NFL season start? Here's the Week 1 schedule and how to watch games on TV
Walter Football: Go with the Texans to cover vs. Colts
It writes: "It's interesting that the Colts are getting the full touchdown, plus the hook. I don't think they're that good. Matt Ryan is past his prime; the offensive line has lost some key blockers lately; and the defense still has some concerns, particularly in the secondary. The Texans suck, but I would bet them to cover this large spread."
ESPN: Colts have a 74.2% chance to win
The site gives the Texans a 25.4% chance to pick up the victory in Week 1.
More:NFL power rankings before Week 1: Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills open NFL season at top
More:Super Bowl 57 odds: Preseason betting odds for every NFL team to win 2022-2023 Super Bowl
WSN: Take the Texans with the points vs. Colts
Mike Lukas writes: "The Indianapolis Colts have a new QB (again), this time veteran Matt Ryan who brings his fourteen years of NFL experience to a Colts team that seems ready to compete, their RB Jonathan Taylor a powerhouse out of the backfield who can also act as a check-down receiver, and DE Kwity Paye and DT DeForest Buckner are always hunting quarterbacks to sack. No doubt the Houston Texans are rebuilding, and HC Lovie Smith is right in the middle of it but QB Davis Mills showed some signs of being the man under center, this team now with five rookie starters including playmaking CB Derek Stingley Jr., a tough home game to start the season and with all those points the oddsmakers are handing out they could actually cover. The Colts should be able to take care of the Texans on the road, but Houston is the home team so take all those points and expect them to keep it close in front of their own fans."
NFL Spin Zone: Colts 31, Texas 14
Brendan Danaher writes: "Texans sophomore quarterback Davis Mills has too tough of a task for an inexperienced signal caller with an underwhelming offensive roster. Matt Ryan will be an upgrade for the Colts and provide more stability, leadership, and overall consistent play. The Texans are an excellent tune-up game for Ryan to get him into a groove with his new team. Colts with the win."
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Government advisers debated Tuesday if Americans should get a modified COVID-19 booster shot this fall — and exactly how best to update it to fight a virus that surely will change even more by then.
“That’s the problem — we’re being asked to more or less have a crystal ball today,” said Dr. Arnold Monto of the University of Michigan, who heads the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee.
Current COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives globally and those used in the U.S. still offer strong protection against hospitalization and death — especially after a booster dose. But their ability to block infection markedly dropped when the super-contagious omicron mutant emerged.
Pfizer and Moderna tested shots updated to better match the omicron that surged over the winter, but that first mutant has disappeared — replaced by its genetically distinct relatives. The two newest omicron cousins, called BA.4 and BA.5, now make up about half of U.S. cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That makes for a tough decision on how to tweak the shot recipe, and “our goal is to have the best possible match” to blunt an expected COVID-19 surge this fall and winter, FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said Tuesday.
While people vaccinated and boosted have good protection against COVID-19’s worst outcomes, it has slipped some, said CDC epidemiologist Heather Scobie, describing an increase in omicron-sparked hospitalizations among older adults.
Only about half of vaccinated Americans ever got that all-important booster. And while a second booster that’s recommended for people 50 and older again restores protection, only a quarter of those eligible have gotten one. Authorities hope an updated booster for fall might entice more interest.
So what’s the evidence for a recipe change? Among the evidence Tuesday:
— Both Moderna and Pfizer found what scientists call “bivalent” shots — a combination of the original vaccine plus omicron protection — substantially boosted levels of antibodies capable of fighting that variant, more than simply giving another regular dose. Many scientists favor the combination approach because it preserves the original vaccines’ proven benefits, which include some cross-protection against other mutants that have cropped up during the pandemic.
Both companies found the tweaked shots also boosted antibodies against BA.4 and BA.5 but not nearly as many.
— Pfizer and its partner BioNTech also are offering up an omicron-only shot. Also in animal testing is vaccine further tweaked to match BA.4 and BA.5.
— A third company, Novavax, is awaiting FDA authorization of a more traditional kind of COVID-19 vaccine, protein-based shots. It argued that a booster of its regular vaccine promises a good immune response against the new omicron mutants.
Another issue: Advisers to the World Health Organization recently said that omicron-tweaked shots may be beneficial as a booster rather than a replacement for first vaccinations — because they should increase the breadth of people’s protection against multiple variants.
“We don’t want the world to lose confidence in vaccines that are currently available,” said Dr. Kanta Subbarao, a virologist who chairs that WHO committee.
Story by Lauran Neegaard and Matthew Perrone | 2022-06-29T09:09:16+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/06/28/news/nation/fda-advisers-debate-updating-covid-booster-shots-for-fall/ |
THURSDAY - SATURDAY AUG. 11-13
Hot button issue
Join more than 400 button collectors this week at the National Button Society Convention at Madison Marriott West, 1313 John Q. Hammons Drive in Middleton. The showroom for “The Greatest Button Show on Earth” is open Thursday through Saturday. Whether you’re a society member or simply button-curious, the 2022 convention is the place to be. Cost for adult daily entrance is $5. Showroom times vary.
SATURDAY, AUG. 13
Sustain-a-beer
Soak up the August sun and grab a beer at Olbrich Biergarten’s Sips for Sustain Dane this Saturday. The event starts at noon and goes until 10 p.m., with the local environmental organization set to appear from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to discuss what’s new in the sustainability community. All ages are welcome to attend as long as minors are accompanied by an adult of drinking age. Proceeds from the event go to Sustain Dane.
SATURDAY, AUG. 13
Pride redux
Summer Pride celebrations continue this weekend at WOOF’s King Street Pride! Festivities begin at 4 p.m. on the 100 block of King Street and feature performances from Perfect Harmony Men's Chorus, Bottoms Up aerial burlesque and DJs Tim Walters and Tony Ritschard. Entrance is free.
SATURDAY, AUG. 13
Madison makers market
Shop very small this Saturday at the Madison Makers Fitchburg Mini Market, held at Delta Beer Lab, 167 E Badger Road. Pick up a succulent from Black Thumb Plants, some bath supplies from Madre Yerba, a print from Zip Dang and some cute swag from Bookish Stickers. Other vendors include Pb& Junk (ceramics), Little Sparks Candle Company, and several jewelers and confectioners, like Glori Bee Jewelry and Missy’s Sugar Shop. The event will run from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and is free to attend.
SUNDAY, AUG. 14
Cosplay your Sunday
Calling all super fans! Madison Comic-Con is back this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Monona Terrace Exhibit Hall, 1 John Nolen Drive. Check out over 250 vendor tables, games, art and toys at this Mighty Con. Special guests include John Jackson Miller and Balke Studios. Tickets are $8 for adults, free for kids 12 and under. Entry includes a free comic book. | 2022-08-10T19:38:15+00:00 | captimes.com | https://captimes.com/entertainment/things-to-do-in-madison-comic-con/article_6c8e9117-f5e2-5ad6-bbc6-3925bc9e7c21.html |
The heat of an early June day had receded, and the roar of the fans was merely a recent memory.
Another soccer season had come to an end, and a stadium that had crackled with energy less than 30 minutes earlier was quiet.
The only people remaining on the field at North Central College in Naperville on June 3 were a few Barrington players and a reporter. Those players had trouble holding back their emotions, although not because the Fillies had just lost to O’Fallon 1-0 in double overtime in the Class 3A state championship game.
Their tears came before and during the postgame ceremony, when Barrington was awarded a trophy for the sixth consecutive season and eighth in the past 10 seasons.
No, the tears were shed in appreciation of senior defender Ellie Sanchez, the North Dakota State recruit whose illustrious high school career had just ended with a loss at state. But just like she was on the field, Sanchez stayed composed when talking about her final season with the Fillies.
“I would just call it special,” Sanchez said. “Being able to go to state three times and come out with a trophy every time is not something a lot of people can say they did in their high school career.
“You have to appreciate that for what it is. Obviously, it’s not the result we wanted tonight. But it’s such an honor to play on this team, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world, even if I could get that trophy.”
A state championship is the only thing that eluded Sanchez and the Fillies, who went 63-7-4 in the three years since her freshman season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Four of those losses came at state. The Fillies finished fourth in 2021 and second last year, when they lost the final to Metea Valley 1-0 on penalty kicks.
The Fillies (23-1-2) graduate eight seniors, including stars like midfielder Brooke Brown, a Cornell recruit, and forward Kate Lubinsky. But Sanchez, a captain along with Brown, Lubinsky and backup goalkeeper Abby Raynor, stood out.
Even Barrington coach Ryan Stengren began choking up when talking about Sanchez.
“Don’t get me all started,” Stengren said. “Ellie’s grown up with me — or I’ve grown up with Ellie, whatever.
“My kids started day care when she was in day care. I’m going to miss her a lot.”
Role model
The reasons Stengren and the Fillies will miss Sanchez are numerous.
“She had great leadership that nobody else ever sees,” he said. “She has great character and personality, and she has this desire to just not get beat.
“She competes at everything she does, so I will miss that. Hopefully some of our younger kids got to see that.”
There is no doubt about that. Sophomore goalkeeper Megan Holland won a starting job in her first varsity season and thrived between the pipes, in part because she had a security blanket with Sanchez at left back.
“Of course, I never have to worry when Ellie’s over there on the ball,” Holland said. “She’s one of the biggest leaders we have on this field, whether it’s every single talk she gives us before a game or how much she boosts our confidence.
“She’s there for every single person on the team, and she’s made me feel a part of something so incredibly special this year. We’re really, really going to miss her next year while she kills it at NDSU.”
Sanchez didn’t just help her teammates on the field. She made sure the welcome mat was out off the field too.
Junior defender Roos Van Roekel emigrated from the Netherlands last August, not knowing what to expect from a new country, a new school and new teammates.
“She was the first one to welcome me in the whole team at the beginning of when I came here,” Van Roekel said. “I’m definitely going to miss her next year.
“It’s so special that such a person can change the whole mindset of how you think about America. Everybody is so positive.”
Van Roekel had heard Americans could be friendly to strangers, but now she knows for sure.
“That’s so true,” she said. “Especially coming here and seeing Ellie and the whole team welcoming me, that stereotype really is true.”
That’s one reason Sanchez became an effective leader. Another is the competitive drive that boils just underneath her sunny surface.
“Ellie just brings the mentality,” Holland said. “She’s fun, and she’ll have fun with everyone. But when it’s serious, you know it’s time to get to work and it’s time to get the job done.
“Ellie just brings that hustle play out of everyone. She is just a complete difference-maker on the field.”
Van Roekel saw the same thing.
“She really pushes you in every training with her focus and strength,” Van Roekel said. “She’s such a special person.”
Roots
Sanchez grew up in Barrington as the daughter of former college athletes.
Her father, Joe, and her mother, Wendy, starred in football and gymnastics, respectively, at Wheeling. Wendy Sanchez was a two-time state champion on balance beam and became an All-American at Illinois State. Joe Sanchez played football at North Central College.
Both parents teach at Barrington. Joe Sanchez has been the football coach for the past 21 seasons — he picked up his 150th win in the fall — and teaches social studies. Wendy Sanchez, a former girls gymnastics coach, teaches physical education.
“I love my parents,” Ellie Sanchez said. “I love seeing them every day in the hallways. ... It’s going to be sad to miss them, but it’s been a special ride these past four years just being able to go and have my parents there.”
Sanchez’s parents have been by her side throughout her athletic career, which started in grade school.
“Growing up, I played everything from gymnastics, softball, basketball, soccer,” she said. “You name it, I probably played it. So throughout that, they’ve always helped guide me to be the person with always a positive mindset, always that team-first mindset.
“Especially my mom being a great athlete, she has been through that mental (part), so she’s helped me get through that. My dad, obviously being a football coach, he’s the best person I go to for advice at any time. He’s absolutely the best.”
Sanchez did follow her mother into gymnastics and was good enough to reach Level 9, two rungs below the Elite level from which Olympic gymnasts are chosen. But she gave it up in eighth grade to focus on soccer.
The reason was simple.
“Just the team atmosphere,” Sanchez said. “Gymnastics is such an individual sport. I needed that team environment. The willingness to push for the people around you, I think that’s what made soccer my thing.
“The team pushes me, no matter what, especially this type of team. It’s the best team to ever play for, and I’ll always be grateful for that.”
While the Fillies have produced plenty of star attacking players over the years, Sanchez has been a standout on the back line, where she has brought the physical and mental toughness she learned in gymnastics to a vital but unglamorous position.
The left back is often tasked with defending the opposing team’s most dangerous offensive player. Sanchez, who is right-footed, came to play the position by chance.
“When I came in, they already had a right back, so left back was it for me, I guess,” she said. “Then I kind of got used to the left side and made it my thing.”
Sanchez’s skills meshed perfectly with Stengren’s preferred style of play.
“Playing for Stengren, it’s just that gritty, tough mentality, always getting to that ball, winning everything you can, winning your battles,” Sanchez said. “I like to grit it out, I like to tough it out, so that’s kind of my type of thing.
“But it’s an honor to play for him. Obviously, being thrown in on the left side wasn’t easy. I’m a right-footed player, so he’s coached me up so much through these past three years. I wouldn’t be the player that I am without him and this team.”
All about the team
The Fillies wouldn’t be quite the same team without Sanchez, according to her teammates.
“I never worry — ever — when I’m in the goal and I see Ellie on the ball or on a player,” Holland said. “Even if she’s (on) the best forward in the world, I trust Ellie Sanchez to have my back.”
Having her teammates’ backs was a trademark for Sanchez, who is quick to deflect credit to others and slow to promote herself.
She has a 4.2 GPA and intends to study sports marketing in college. It seems like an appropriate line of work for someone who is most proud of being a cheerleader for her peers.
“I was one of the presidents of Big Red, which is a spirit club at our school, so (we organize) student sections, all that,” Sanchez said. “That was kind of my thing. I loved creating that community. The Barrington community is such a great community.”
A community that has come to include Van Roekel, who was asked to describe what it was like playing in Sanchez’s final game.
“Very special,” Van Roekel said. “I never would have thought I would stand here with amazing people around me, pushing me further, giving your heart out for the team, especially the seniors. It’s incredible. It’s amazing.”
Sanchez said her high school career was amazing, too, even if her last game didn’t end the way she wanted.
“It’s like nothing you’ll ever experience again in your life,” she said. “It teaches you so much even beyond the soccer field.
“Coming in as a little freshman, I was eyes wide open, looking up to these girls. Now through my four years, I’ve learned so much, and I’ve grown so much not only as a player but as a person.”
Sanchez knows she didn’t do it alone.
“I just credit that all to my teammates and my coaches,” she said. “No matter who it was, they would push you to be the best version overall. My four years here, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
Matt Le Cren is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press. | 2023-06-08T18:07:52+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/barrington/sports/ct-bcr-gso-sanchez-tl-0615-20230608-krntt5e3ljbllhsbyvzcwnudam-story.html |
In the final weekend before Tuesday’s primary election, the disparity in campaigning between Republicans running for governor and the Democratic incumbent they hope to replace foreshadows a fall general election campaign in which culture wars will likely take center stage.
On Sunday, first-term Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other Democrats seeking statewide office joined in the celebration of Chicago’s Pride Parade and took the opportunity to warn that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning national abortion protections could extend to eliminating other rights.
Before stepping onto the parade route, Pritzker said he and supporters would be “marching for pride, marching for LGBTQ rights, for choice and for making sure that we’re fighting back against the Supreme Court that’s trying to take away people’s rights.”
“There’ll be some celebrating and, of course, some protests as a result of what happened on Friday,” the Democratic governor said of the parade.
Nearly 250 miles to the southwest in Quincy, state Sen. Darren Bailey of Xenia celebrated Saturday’s endorsement for the GOP nomination for governor from former President Donald Trump by saying he planned to visit a nearby church.
“We are astray and it’s because we’ve allowed career politicians to deceive us, to misguide us and to take us to places where we should never have gone,” Bailey told his followers on Facebook. “The people are just getting sick and tired of being burdened by a failed government, especially a woke liberal government, that seeks to just indoctrinate our children, that seeks to let criminals go scot-free, that seeks to just push people who dream and want to work hard in this state, push them out.”
Pritzker, his renomination as the Democratic nominee for governor virtually assured against nominal opposition, has made the court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade a top issue heading into the fall. It is also representative, he’s indicated, of the need for protections for LGBTQ people and other groups after Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion that the court should revisit same-sex marriage and contraception rights.
A leading national abortion rights advocate, Pritzker has moved to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in state law and end restrictions such as parental notification while vowing to do even more in a planned special legislative session next month as other GOP-controlled states look to quickly restrict access to abortion.
Bailey is the most conservative among six contenders for the Republican nomination for governor. He’s been endorsed by leading state organizations that oppose abortion rights. Bailey is opposed to abortion except to save the life of the mother and has said he would seek to roll back taxpayer-funded abortion for poor women and reinstate parental notification.
As a member of the legislature, Bailey also has opposed LGBTQ rights, most recently contending that teaching children about the role the community has played in history in state-approved textbooks is “sexualizing kids” and forces “schools to indoctrinate our kids with their far-left ideology.”
Bailey also has spoken in biblical terms of the decline of the family unit and the role of women and has called transgender rights “the moral rot that is destroying society.”
“God, in His creation, He intended, you know, the family unit to be headed by the dad. The dad is supposed to be out, you know, teaching his children hard work, ethics, honesty and integrity,” Bailey said in an April 4 interview on “Outside the Beltway.”
Running what began as an evangelical populist campaign based in the state’s rural, heavily Republican Downstate, Bailey has since seen his support rise across Illinois in line with an increasing rightward movement of GOP voters accelerated by their loyalty to Trump.
He has called Pritzker a “tyrant” for the governor’s pandemic mitigation orders and has seized on a long-standing political tactic of regionalism that relies on the stereotype that those outside Chicago are shortchanged compared with Chicago residents over how tax dollars are shared. That’s despite studies that have shown counties outside the Chicago region receive twice as much a return on state money as their residents pay in, largely at the expense of suburban taxpayers.
Bailey has even sponsored legislation calling for Chicago to be split from the rest of Illinois, arguing the state’s largest city and economic engine forces its liberal urban values on conservatives in rural Illinois. During recent debates, he repeatedly referred to Chicago as a “hellhole.”
Bailey’s road to potential victory was paved in part by tens of millions of dollars in advertising and mailers spent by Pritzker and the Democratic Governors Association because Bailey is viewed as an easier challenger for Pritzker to defeat in November. The ads have attacked rival Republican candidate Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin and portrayed Bailey as “too conservative for Illinois” — a backhanded way of encouraging Bailey support among the GOP base.
The Illinois Democratic Party has made a similar effort in recent days with mailers labeling Republican attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore of Sorrento as “too conservative.”
DeVore is in a contest with Deerfield attorney Steve Kim, part of a statewide candidate slate with Irvin. Orland Park attorney David Shestokas is also in the GOP contest. Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul faces no primary opposition.
DeVore is a Downstate ally of Bailey and served as Bailey’s lawyer in lawsuits — eventually unsuccessful — that sought to challenge Pritzker’s COVID-19 mitigation orders.
Bailey’s campaign also has benefited from ultraconservative billionaire megadonor Richard Uihlein, who has contributed $17 million to the candidate as well as an independent expenditure group allied with Bailey. But Bailey’s camp viewed Trump’s long-sought endorsement as a key to victory on Tuesday, a development that sent Bailey’s GOP rivals arguing the state senator will not be electable in the fall.
One candidate, venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan of Petersburg, said that “unfortunately, the endorsement that has mattered most in this primary has been J.B. Pritzker’s, with tens of millions of dollars spent to fool Republican voters and hand-pick the weakest opponent in November, Darren Bailey.”
Irvin, whose bid was backed by $50 million from hedge-fund CEO Ken Griffin, who announced last week he was moving his Citadel investment firm out of Chicago and to Miami, also contended Bailey could not defeat Pritzker in the fall.
“The only endorsement that’s important in this race is the endorsement of the residents of the state of Illinois,” Irvin said before stepping off at the Bourbonnais Friendship Festival parade.
“You’re going to need Republican votes. You’re going to need independent votes. And you’re going to need Democratic crossover votes out of Chicago” to win in the fall, he said. “The purpose of the Republican primary is to pick the Republican opponent that is capable enough, prepared enough, to actually beat” Pritzker.
Rival candidate Gary Rabine of Bull Valley said he was “disappointed” in Trump’s endorsement of Bailey. Rabine had hosted a fundraiser for Trump and cultivated ties with loyalists of the former president.
“Our state is in a crisis and nothing will change unless J.B. Pritzker loses in November,” Rabine said.
For his part, Pritzker said Bailey’s acceptance of Trump’s endorsement “seems to me an acknowledgment on his part that he’s willing to go down a terrible rabbit hole that will sink the Republican Party. All I can say is that Darren Bailey’s too conservative for Illinois and he proved it.”
The other two Republicans running for the nomination are former state Sen. Paul Schimpf of Waterloo and Hazel Crest attorney Max Solomon.
As candidates for federal, state and local nominations prepared their final day get-out-the-vote strategies, a late endorsement from President Joe Biden was announced in the new West Side and west suburban 7th Congressional District, with Biden backing veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, who is facing a challenge from progressive activist Kina Collins.
“Representative Danny Davis has always been an effective leader and lawmaker who is deeply rooted in his community. He serves with passion and integrity, and that’s why I’m endorsing him in his upcoming primary,” Biden said in a statement released by Davis’ campaign. “So much is at stake, and we have more work to do to bring costs down for families and keep our communities safe. I know Rep. Davis will continue to be an essential partner in getting it done.”
Davis said he was “grateful for President Biden’s support in this race and for his partnership in Washington, as we work to solve the pressing problems that families in Chicagoland face each and every day.”
But Collins said the endorsement was an example of Davis, who has served in Congress since 1997, “using his resources to call in favors to save himself” rather than assisting the district’s residents.
“He knows that voters are ready for a new generation of people-powered leadership, unbought by corporate PAC dollars, that will put our community above everything else. Time’s up on self-serving absentee leadership,” Collins said in a statement. | 2022-06-27T10:56:00+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-pride-parade-politics-20220627-7vurbc6f7vhtzacr67nnzj746e-story.html |
Part-time degree format will provide vital skills for career advancement in cardiac device interventional technologies
SEARCY, Ark., April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Harding University has announced it will offer a new degree format for its Master of Science in cardiac function and interventional technology tailored to working professionals in the industry starting this fall. The part-time, hybrid format is called the Master of Science in Cardiac Function and Interventional Technology - Professional Pathway, also known as CFIT-Pro. This intensive 38 credit hour program will be delivered primarily online with one in-person weekend per semester.
"We are proud to announce the launch of CFIT-Pro, which gives industry professionals the opportunity to further their education and leadership skills," said Dr. Mike Williams, president of Harding University. "Since launching the traditional program in 2022, we have received many requests for a part-time option, and we are pleased to be able to begin this offering in the fall."
CFIT-Pro is an online, part-time program for professionals wishing to advance in their careers in cardiac device companies or with cardiac patient care. The program will help professionals further their knowledge of and training in cardiac function and interventional technology, as well as management and leadership skills.
"The professional pathway is an ideal program for cardiac professionals who need the hybrid and part-time course schedule," said Kenneth Turley, Ph.D., FACSM, CFIT director and professor at Harding University's College of Allied Health. "This is an innovative pathway for individuals who want to further their knowledge in cardiac rhythm management and electrophysiology while working simultaneously in the field."
Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree and be currently employed in the fields of cardiac patient care or the cardiac device industry with two or more years of documented experience in their respective fields.
"Harding has built a program that is tailor-made for the future managers and leaders of cardiac devices and cardiac patient care," said Mark Sweesy, program consultant for Harding's CFIT program. "It's exciting to be a part of this successful and innovative program as it expands to provide opportunities for current cardiac device professionals, equipping them technically while developing the management and leadership skills needed to advance their careers."
The CFIT-Pro application deadline is July 1, 2023. Visit Harding.edu/CFIT to learn more.
About Harding University
Harding University is a private Christian, liberal arts university located in Searcy, Arkansas. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, it is the largest private university in the state. Harding's student body represents students from across the U.S. and more than 50 nations and territories. The University offers more than 110 undergraduate majors; 14 preprofessional programs; more than 40 graduate and professional programs; as well as numerous study abroad opportunities including locations in Australasia, Peru, England, Greece, Italy and Zambia. For more information, visit Harding.edu.
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By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant’s time in Brooklyn ended early Thursday when the Nets agreed to trade him to the Phoenix Suns, a person with knowledge of the details said.
The Suns will send Cam Johnson, Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and additional draft compensation to the Nets for the 13-time All-Star.
The Suns also receive forward T.J. Warren in the deal, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade is not yet official.
It was first reported by ESPN.
The 34-year-old Durant is still playing at an elite level, averaging nearly 30 points per game this season. He asked for a trade last summer and the Suns were interested, and finally got him before Thursday’s 3 p.m. EST trade deadline.
Durant was moved just days after the Nets traded Kyrie Irving from Dallas, a stunningly fast end to the superstar era in Brooklyn.
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AP Sports Writers David Brandt in Phoenix and Beth Harris in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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Kevin McCullar returning to Kansas Jayhawks for 2023-24 season
Kevin McCullar is coming back to Lawrence. The veteran wing announced Wednesday that he is ending his NBA draft process for this year and will return to the Kansas Jayhawks for his sixth season of college basketball and his second with KU.
“This is a big day for Kansas basketball,” Kansas coach Bill Self said in a statement from KU Athletics. “We’ve had a lot of good things happen through recruiting this offseason, but nothing that has transpired this offseason was bigger for KU basketball than having a seasoned veteran like Kevin McCullar return to our program.”
McCullar went through senior night festivities on Feb. 28 and until recently was expected to turn professional, with Self even discussing his pitch to keep the former Texas Tech Red Raiders transfer for another season back in April.
Now, after going through the NBA draft combine, McCullar will instead use his sixth and final year of collegiate eligibility.
“Kevin went through the pre-draft process, which is designed to do exactly what it did,” Self said in the statement. “Even though he has improved his status as an NBA prospect, there is still work to be done and he has informed us that he is going to return to Kansas for his last year of college.”
In his only year at Kansas so far, McCullar had one of the best statistical seasons of his college career. He set new career highs in points per game (10.7), rebounds per game (seven), steals per game (two) and free throw percentage (76.1)%. That production earned him third-team All-Big 12 honors and a spot on the defensive all-conference team.
“Kevin is not only a terrific player, but a terrific teammate,” Self said. “He fit in so well in year one and we’re excited about what he’ll do with our program from a leadership standpoint.”
McCullar opting to return to school is the latest move of a high-profile offseason for the Jayhawks. Entering Wednesday, the biggest headline of the spring for KU was receiving a transfer commitment from Hunter Dickinson, arguably the best player in the transfer portal this year. Kansas has also signed transfers Nick Timberlake, Arterio Morris and Parker Braun in the last two months.
KU has lost eight players to the transfer this spring as well while bringing back three players from last year’s roster: McCullar, senior guard Dajuan Harris and junior forward K.J. Adams. The Jayhawks will also be one of the older teams in the country in the 2023-24 season. McCullar, Harris, Timberlake and Braun are all entering their fifth or sixth seasons in college basketball, while Dickinson will be in his fourth season. | 2023-05-28T11:06:18+00:00 | 580wibw.com | https://www.580wibw.com/kevin-mccullar-returning-kansas-jayhawks-2023-24-season/ |
Hidden camera found inside porta-potty at Wisconsin beach
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (WISN) - A woman at a Wisconsin beach made a terrible discovery after she found a hidden camera underneath the toilet seat of a port-a-potty.
Police are trying to determine if it was the only camera and who put it there.
“That’s insane. Oh my gosh,” Chrissy Hartwig said.
On a beautiful day at Oconomowoc’s Bender Beach, the talk turns instead to something ugly after Hartwig and other beachgoers learn of a small digital camera hidden inside a porta-potty.
“That’s crazy and now that makes me think of all the other porta-potties that might have had something in it,” Hartwig said. “You don’t think about those things.”
Hartwig said she’s heard of people hiding cameras in dressing rooms and even vacation rentals, but never before in a porta-potty.
“I just, I mean, I’m mind blown. I’ve never considered it. I’ve never thought about it. I wouldn’t have thought about it, probably. People are creeps,” she said.
The camera was reportedly inside the toilet, positioned in a way that showed people entering and using the toilet.
Oconomowoc police, along with the public, have a lot of questions.
“It’s, you know, it’s very concerning because you know the little ones use the bathroom,” Lissa Hagen said. “Yeah, it’s concerning, you know, wondering who did it and why they would do something like that. It’s very gross too.”
Hagen’s daughter is a lifeguard at the beach and learned of the camera the day after it was found.
“I mean, it’s uncomfortable. It’s, you know, concerning. Yeah, so, I’m glad they found it at least before, you know, anything happened,” Hagen said.
Police have not shared how long they believe the camera was there and what if anything was on it.
Copyright 2023 WISN via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-29T17:25:40+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/07/29/hidden-camera-found-inside-porta-potty-wisconsin-beach/ |
The story of Twitter's blue checkmarks — a simple verification system that's come to be viewed as an elite status symbol — began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began taking off in 2008 and '09.
Celebrities who saw their likeness spoofed included Kanye West, now Ye, the basketball star Shaquille O’Neil and the actor Ewan McGregor, who was also impersonated on a wildly popular website called ... MySpace.
Then, in June 2009, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sued Twitter, claiming that a fake account, using his name to make light of drunken driving and two Cardinals pitchers who died, damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress.
LaRussa eventually dropped his lawsuit. But in June of that year, Twitter's then-CEO Biz Stone introduced a verification system to sort out authentic accounts from impostors. The benefit would be to the holders of the accounts, but also to everyone else on Twitter. They could be sure, if they saw the blue check next to a name, that what they were reading was authentic.
Fast-forward to 2022. Twitter's new owner and ruler, billionaire Elon Musk, wants to turn this verification system into a revenue source for the company he paid $44 billion to purchase. It's a 180-degree turn from the stance he took earlier this year, before his buyout closed, when he said he wanted to “verify all humans” on Twitter.
After floating the idea of charging users $20 a month for the “blue check” and some extra features, he appeared to quickly scale it back in a Twitter exchange with author Stephen King, who posted “If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.”
“We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?" Musk replied.
Whatever the price, the idea of a paid verification system is raising some complex questions and concerns — beyond the customary cheers and jeers that have accompanied Musk's every move since he took ownership of the social media company last week.
“Tapping into Twitter users to make more money may be the right strategy, but verification isn’t the right feature to charge for," said Insider Intelligence analyst Jasmine Enberg. “Verification is intended to ensure the integrity of accounts and conversations on the platform, rather than a premium feature meant to elevate the experience. There is a growing appetite among some social users to pay for features that add value to their experiences.”
Instead of charging for authentication, though, Enberg said Musk should be looking at adding features to Twitter that get people to use it more and help them grow their follower base and find a way to make money from those.
"Turning users into customers isn’t an easy sell, and the value exchange has to be right in order for it to pay off,” she said.
Twitter already has a subscription plan, Twitter Blue, that for $5 a month lets users access extra features, such as the ability to undo a tweet and read ad-free articles. Musk's plan, as it appears from his tweets, seems to be expanding it to charge more money for more features — including the verification badge — and spread it to more users.
“Of roughly 300,000 verified accounts on Twitter we would estimate only about 25% would go down this path ultimately and pay the $8 per month fee,” Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives said.
That would mean only $7.2 million a year in extra revenue for Twitter — not enough to move the dial for a company whose last reported quarterly revenue was $1.18 billion.
Ives expects Musk to first go after users who already have the check to charge them to keep it, then likely introduce other tiered pricing plans for other accounts.
“The problem is with many athletes and celebrities willing to lose their coveted blue check and refusing to pay the monthly fee it would be an ominous black eye moment for Musk on his first strategic move with Twitter,” he said.
While Musk’s exact plans are not clear, experts are raising concerns about the consequences of having a paid verification system that leaves anyone unwilling to pay vulnerable to impersonation — and anyone who does pay the ability to have their Twitter presence boosted by the platform’s algorithms.
While many verified users on Twitter are famous, there are also community activists, journalists at small newspapers and outlets inside and outside of the U.S. — and regular people who simply find themselves in the news. For this subset, $8 a month may not be worth it, no matter how many memes Musk posts about the cost of a cup of coffee.
The idea behind verification — which other social networks later copied — was to ensure that public figures, politicians and businesses were who they say they are. It began small at first, as things do when tech companies test out new features and functions.
“The experiment will begin with public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes, and other well known individuals at risk of impersonation,” Stone wrote in 2009. He suggested that those who can't be immediately verified put their official website in their Twitter bio to show that they are who they say they are.
Business accounts — such as brand pages for Coca-Cola or McDonald's — were not included in the initial verification system, nor were rank-and-file journalists. Those were added later, as misinformation from fake sites and accounts became a bigger problem on social media.
While the “blue check” (which is actually a white checkmark in a blue frame, or black checkmark in a white frame if you are using Twitter in dark mode) has come to be viewed in some circles as an elite status symbol for the rich and famous, its purpose has always been to ensure that the people and accounts tweeting are who they say they are. As such, it benefited Twitter as much — if not more — as it benefitted the accounts that were verified, by clamping down on impersonations.
Kelly McBride, an expert on journalism ethics for the Poynter Institute think tank, said she suspected the blue check would become less valuable if people know that it could be bought. Currently, it signifies a person with a particular position or public stature whose identity has been verified.
“Twitter may end up being a similar story,” she said. “It may become less valuable to journalists. And that wouldn’t be a bad thing.”
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Associated Media Writer David Bauder in New York contributed to this story.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of actor McGregor's first name. It's Ewan, not Evan. | 2022-11-03T18:40:48+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Twitter-s-blue-check-Vital-verification-or-17556005.php |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Chavis hit a tying home run in the eighth before pulling off a defensive gem and delivering a game-ending single in the 10th, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs 8-7 Thursday.
Chavis' solo homer made it 7-all after the Cubs scored five times in the top of the eighth.
In the 10th, Chavis charged a slow grounder by Jason Heyward toward first base and threw out Patrick Wisdom at the plate. The call stood after a Chicago challenge.
In the bottom half, Chavis blooped a single to right off Scott Effross (1-3) and automatic runner Ke'Bryan Hayes scored in a collision with catcher Wilson Contreras. Hayes remained down for a few moments before walking off under his own power.
Hayes homered earlier in the game.
Chris Stratton (4-3) pitched the 10th.
Alfonso Rivas capped Chicago's big eighth with a pinch-hit, two-run single up the middle that put the Cubs ahead 7-6. Wisdom had an RBI single and Nico Hoerner hit a grounder that deflected off shortstop Oneil Cruz for a two-run single.
Cruz, on the verge of a third straight strikeout with an 0-2 count, hit an RBI double in the sixth and later scored for a 6-2 lead.
Pirates starter José Quintana allowed two runs on six hits with six strikeouts in six innings.
Justin Steele gave up six runs and seven hits with eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings for the Cubs.
Bryan Reynolds put the Pirates ahead 1-0 in the first with his team-leading 12th home run.
Earlier in the inning, there was a six-minute delay after Cubs manager David Ross went from the dugout to speak with plate umpire Cory Blaser, halting play as trainers ran out to the Chicago bullpen. No update was provided.
Hayes hit his third homer of the season, a two-run shot that put gave Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead in the bottom half.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: RHP Ethan Roberts, who had been on a rehab assignment for right shoulder inflammation, will require Tommy John surgery. A date for the procedure has not been determined. … LHP Daniel Norris was placed on the 15-day injured list with left index finger strain. RHP Adrian Sampson was recalled from Triple-A Iowa in a corresponding move.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-6, 5.43) will start as Chicago heads to St. Louis on Friday for the first of a three-game series against the Cardinals. He gave up six runs in 4 1/3 innings his last outing, a 6-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
Pirates: RHP Mitch Keller (2-5, 4.72) will take the mound for the start of a three-game set on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. Keller has allowed seven runs (six earned) in 22 1/3 innings his past four starts.
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By MARK LONG
AP Pro Football Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s best play in his preseason debut with the Cleveland Browns came long before he took the field in Jacksonville.
Watson apologized Friday “to all the women I have impacted” after being accused by two dozen women of sexual misconduct during massage therapy sessions.
Potentially facing a year-long suspension, Watson publicly expressed remorse and contrition for the first time since he was accused of sexually harassing or assaulting the women during therapy sessions in 2020 and 2021.
He spoke before the team’s exhibition opener, a 24-13 victory against the Jaguars (0-2) in which Watson was roundly booed during three series of work. Fans in one end zone could be heard chanting vulgarities at Watson during his first drive.
The three-time Pro Bowler completed 1 of 5 passes for 7 yards in his first game action since Jan. 3, 2021, with Houston.
Watson managed no first downs and 7 yards while playing without receiver Amari Cooper, running backs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, and offensive linemen Joel Bitonio and Jack Conklin. Starting center Nick Harris, who is replacing NFLPA president and salary-cap casualty JC Tretter, went down on the second play with a right knee injury.
Cleveland trailed 13-0 when Watson’s night ended. He spent much of the second half sitting on a cooler on the sideline and chewing gum. If he made any strides, they came before kickoff.
“Look, I want to say that I’m truly sorry to all of the women that I have impacted in this situation,” Watson said in the pregame interview. “The decisions that I made in my life that put me in this position I would definitely like to have back, but I want to continue to move forward and grow and learn and show that I am a true person of character and I am going to keep pushing forward.”
Watson has denied any wrongdoing, and grand juries in two Texas counties declined to indict him on criminal complaints. He settled 23 of 24 civil lawsuits.
He’s still facing discipline from the league, which is appealing independent arbiter Sue L. Robinson’s six-game suspension. The retired federal judge concluded Watson violated the league’s personal conduct policy with “egregious” and “predatory” behavior. As part of her ruling, Robinson noted Watson’s lack of remorse.
The NFL is seeking a full-season ban along with a significant fine over $5 million and wants Watson to undergo evaluation and treatment before he could be reinstated. The appeal is now with Peter C. Harvey, a former New Jersey attorney general appointed by Commissioner Roger Goodell.
There’s no timetable on Harvey’s decision. It’s also possible the sides could work out a settlement.
Watson jogged into TIAA Bank Field with a security guard at his side and later stopped to sign autographs following warmups. No protests against Watson were found outside the stadium, although several cars could be seen sporting unsavory messages ripping the embattled quarterback.
BETTER JAGS
Jacksonville played most of its starters and looked considerably better than it did in the Hall of Fame game last week in Canton, Ohio.
Trevor Lawrence completed 6 of 12 passes for 95 yards and a touchdown, a 9-yarder to Evan Engram on a fourth-down play.
Running back Travis Etienne played for the first time since suffering a foot injury last preseason and ran for 23 yards. He also had a 10-yard reception that set up a field goal.
The Jaguars scored on each of their first three possessions, significant signs of progress as new coach Doug Pederson leads another rebuild in Jacksonville.
FORD SHINES
Browns rookie running back Jerome Ford, a fifth-round pick from Cincinnati, had a standout night. Ford ran for 57 yards and a touchdown and caught four passes for 46 yards and a score.
Brown is giving Cleveland another option in a crowded — and talented — backfield. Chubb and Hunt sat out, leaving D’Ernest Johnson to start. But Johnson fumbled on the second series, and Ford took over from there.
SOLID DOBBS
Josh Dobbs may have eased some concerns about whether he can be Jacoby Brissett’s backup with a solid performance, completing 10 of 13 passes for 108 yards and a touchdown. He directed three scoring drives as the Browns rallied.
Brissett, who is scheduled to start during Watson’s suspension, sat out the game as a precaution.
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After 17 years, Marcelo returned home with a hero's welcome, as more than 30,000 Fluminense fans attended his unveil at Maracana stadium on Friday night.
The former Real Madrid left-back has signed a two-year deal with Brazilian side after terminating his contract with Greece's Olympiacos.
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"It's the best moment of my life, I am coming home. Thank you all!", Marcelo said to the crown during his introduction
"I am very, very, very happy! It's a moment that I have always dreamed of, to be here with you. I have other dreams as well, which were to wear Fluminense's jersey again, feel like a warrior again and fight for all trophies. I am sure we will have a wonderful year."
Marcelo signed a contract until December 2024 with an option to extend until the end of 2025, Fluminense said.
He left Real Madrid last year as the club's most decorated player. In 15 years, he won 25 trophies, including five Champions Leagues and six La Ligas.
At Fluminense, Marcelo is expected to play as a midfielder at Fluminense and he will wear the number 12 shirt, the same one he wore in Madrid.
Information from The Associated Press was included in this report. | 2023-03-11T07:44:38+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/soccer/brazilian-campeonato-carioca/story/4897619/marcelo-introduced-by-fluminense-in-front-of-30,000-fans-at-maracana |
ALONG BAYOU POINTE-AU-CHIEN, La. (AP) — Driving through her village along a southeastern Louisiana bayou, tribal official Cherie Matherne points out the remnants of house after house — including her own — wrecked nine months ago when Hurricane Ida roared through the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe community.
Beige trailers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and travel campers sit next to pilings that elevated homes 14 feet (4.3 meters) off the ground to protect them from flooding. But it was the wind that got them this time. For hours, the Category 4 hurricane tore off roofs and siding, ripped out insulation and scattered treasured belongings. It destroyed shrimp boats and tossed crab traps.
“It’s going to take years before people can get back to their lives. The majority of people are still at a standstill,” said Matherne, the tribe’s cultural heritage and resiliency coordinator.
When Hurricane Ida barreled through southeast Louisiana on Aug. 29, it slammed into an area home to many Native American tribes, battering people already struggling to overcome decades of coastal erosion, the long shadow of discrimination and a more recent catastrophe — the pandemic.
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As a new hurricane season begins, the sounds of recovery — the pop of nail guns and whine of circular saws — are largely absent. And tribal officials worry an equally bad season could put their people in the crosshairs again.
“Ida was the worst storm we've ever had in our area," said August Creppel, chief of the United Houma Nation. The tribe’s roughly 19,000 members are spread across coastal Louisiana, about 11,000 of whom experienced some sort of damage from Ida, according to Creppel.
“Some of our people don’t even have a house to go back to," he said.
Other tribes in southeastern Louisiana also were hammered. Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe member Theresa Dardar said only about 12 homes in the lower part of the Pointe-Au-Chien community where many tribal members live actually survived the storm. Farther west, where many members of the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw live, Chief Shirell Parfait-Dardar said everyone had some sort of damage, with about 20% of homes a total loss, even her own.
Native Americans have lived in the southeastern Louisiana bayou regions that stretch toward the Gulf of Mexico since long before French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier reached the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1682 and claimed it for France — launching waves of colonization that would drastically alter the landscape and Native peoples' way of life.
After colonization, the bayous became a place of refuge to Native people pushed out of their homelands by violence or disease, said Liz Ellis, assistant professor of history at New York University. That trend accelerated after the American Revolution as more settlers moved into the region, she said.
Historically, the Native American people in these areas are intimately tied to the land and water. Many make their living shrimping or crabbing in the marshes and estuaries; their parents and grandparents before them also trapped muskrats or nutria.
But decades of development have eroded that land from under them. Levees built to prevent the Mississippi River from flooding have starved coastal Louisiana of the fresh sediment it needs to rebuild land; canals dug to facilitate oil and gas development or shipping have allowed saltwater to encroach farther inland.
That means the buffers of land, trees and marsh grass that once protected Native American communities from storms in the Gulf have dwindled even as climate change portends a future of stronger, wetter hurricanes that pack more storm surge and intensify more quickly.
Lester Naquin's father, a trapper, used to take his son crabbing and shrimping. Naquin remembers when there was so much land that his family raised cattle behind his house in Pointe-au-Chien. Now, he said, if you go past the levee to fish from a pirogue — a type of canoe traditionally used by many Native Americans in this region — you'll be catching speckled trout, a saltwater fish.
The 70-year-old Naquin loves the bayou. That's why he decided to come back even after Ida destroyed the home he used to share with his extended family. With FEMA money and materials and contractors paid for by a charity, he's been one of the few to rebuild in the region, although the home is significantly smaller than before. He's still living in a FEMA-supplied trailer while the interior of the house is finished.
But for a man who used to live with multiple generations, it's lonely in the trailer. And he's not sure how many of his family will move back. The shell of his nephew's home still stands next door. But this is where Naquin grew up, where his memories are. There are people, he said, who move from place to place. He's not one of them.
“As long as I can stay down here, I will,” he said.
Decades of discrimination against Native people in southeast Louisiana reverberate today in ways that affect their ability to prepare for and recover from hurricanes, tribal officials say.
Discrimination restricted where they could go to school, and when they were allowed to go to school, many faced harassment. Louise Billiot, a tribal official with the United Houma Nation who helps people get job training, said she can see the ripple effects of that lack of education among tribal elders who have difficulty using computers or cellphones to file hurricane claims or track their appeals.
The tribes most affected by Ida did not have federal recognition, although they're engaged in a lengthy, decadeslong process seeking it. Tribal officials say federal recognition would give them better access ahead of storms to funding for stronger, more hurricane-resistant homes and other programs to help improve their members lives.
After storms, federal recognition would allow them to negotiate directly with the federal government, tribal officials say. When the Seminole Tribe of Florida was hit by Hurricane Irma in 2017, the federally recognized tribe requested and received an emergency declaration from then-President Donald Trump to help address their needs.
In the aftermath of Ida, there was even confusion about whether some tribes were state recognized. A resolution that failed to make it out of the Legislature this session sought to reaffirm their state recognition, saying the lack of clarity “inhibited the delivery of life-saving aid during Hurricane Ida.”
As it is, tribal members are essentially acting on their own, applying for FEMA or other types of aid.
Parfait-Dardar said the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw is looking at ways residents can rebuild homes stronger than before. “We’re an adapting people, always have been,” she said.
But that takes more money than most people have, and she worries that tribal members who cannot afford to rebuild will be forced to move, with high housing prices pushing them farther and farther away. The tribe is exploring the possibility of resettling to another area, but that is also costly. And this is their home.
Rebuilding also can be an exhausting process, especially for older tribal members who might not be physically able to do the back-breaking work of gutting their house or who struggle to afford repairs on a fixed income. Tribal officials worry about the stress many of their members are experiencing.
Irene Verdin, a 67-year-old member of the United Houma Nation who lives in the Pointe-au-Chien area, is living in a FEMA trailer next to the remains of her house, where mementos and pieces of water-logged furniture still lie on the floor. Her roof is long gone — somewhere in the marshes behind her house. Showing the house to a reporter, she repeatedly apologizes for the mess.
She is the main caretaker for her bed-bound sister-in-law, who has had two strokes. And Verdin's 73-year-old husband, who used to work on boats, had a heart attack this year. In his younger years, when they needed money for something like a car or repairs to their house, he'd work a bit extra to cover it. But his health now makes that impossible. Since the storm, her own blood pressure is climbing.
Deciding what to do is almost paralyzing. She'd like to rebuild, but just getting an estimate from a contractor is difficult — let alone finding a way to pay for construction. Verdin said she sometimes feels like those living down the bayou are forgotten.
“It’s still up in the air in my head. It’s still up in the air as to what we’re going to do," she said. "It’s hard."
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American police see Uvalde as a lesson in what not to do. Trainers say police need to make sure they have the skills and emotional commitment to risk their lives to stop a killer.
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American police see Uvalde as a lesson in what not to do. Trainers say police need to make sure they have the skills and emotional commitment to risk their lives to stop a killer.
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DENVER (AP) — On Colorado’s northeastern plains, where the pencil-straight horizon divides golden fields and blue sky, a farmer named Danny Wood scrambles to plant and harvest proso millet, dryland corn and winter wheat in short, seasonal windows. That is until his high-tech Steiger 370 tractor conks out.
The tractor’s manufacturer doesn’t allow Wood to make certain fixes himself, and last spring his fertilizing operations were stalled for three days before the servicer arrived to add a few lines of missing computer code for $950.
“That’s where they have us over the barrel, it’s more like we are renting it than buying it,” said Wood, who spent $300,000 on the used tractor.
Wood’s plight, echoed by farmers across the country, has pushed lawmakers in Colorado and 10 other states to introduce bills that would force manufacturers to provide the tools, software, parts and manuals needed for farmers to do their own repairs — thereby avoiding steep labor costs and delays that imperil profits.
“The manufacturers and the dealers have a monopoly on that repair market because it’s lucrative,” said Rep. Brianna Titone, a Democrat and one of the bill’s sponsors. “(Farmers) just want to get their machine going again.”
In Colorado, the legislation is largely being pushed by Democrats while their Republican colleagues find themselves stuck in a tough spot: torn between right-leaning farming constituents asking to be able to repair their own machines and the manufacturing businesses that oppose the idea.
The manufacturers argue that changing the current practice with this type of legislation would force companies to expose trade secrets. They also say it would make it easier for farmers to tinker with the software and illegally crank up the horsepower and bypass the emissions controller — risking operators’ safety and the environment.
Similar arguments around intellectual property have been leveled against the broader campaign called ‘right to repair,’ which has picked up steam across the country — crusading for the right to fix everything from iPhones to hospital ventilators during the pandemic.
In 2011, Congress passed a law ensuring that car owners and independent mechanics — not just authorized dealerships — had access to the necessary tools and information to fix problems.
Ten years later, the Federal Trade Commission pledged to beef up its right to repair enforcement at the direction of President Joe Biden. And just last year, Titone sponsored and passed Colorado’s first right to repair law, empowering people who use wheelchairs with the tools and information to fix them.
For the right to repair farm equipment — from thin tractors used between grape vines to behemoth combines for harvesting grain that can cost over half a million dollars — Colorado is joined by 10 states including Florida, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas and Vermont.
Many of the bills are finding bipartisan support, said Nathan Proctor, who leads Public Interest Research Group’s national right to repair campaign. But in Colorado’s House committee on agriculture, Democrats pushed the bill forward in a 9-4 vote along party lines, with Republicans in opposition even though the bill’s second sponsor is Republican Rep. Ron Weinberg.
“That’s really surprising, and that upset me,” said the Republican Wood.
Wood’s tractor, which flies an American flag reading “Farmers First,” isn’t his only machine to break down. His grain harvesting combine was dropping into idle, but the servicer took five days to arrive on Wood’s farm — a setback that could mean a hail storm decimates a wheat field or the soil temperature moves beyond the Goldilocks zone for planting.
“Our crop is ready to harvest and we can’t wait five days, but there was nothing else to do,” said Wood. “When it’s broke down you just sit there and wait and that’s not acceptable. You can be losing $85,000 a day.”
Rep. Richard Holtorf, the Republican who represents Wood’s district and is a farmer himself, said he’s being pulled between his constituents and the dealerships in his district covering the largely rural northeast corner of the state. He voted against the measure because he believes it will financially impact local dealerships in rural areas and could jeopardize trade secrets.
“I do sympathize with my farmers,” said Holtorf, but he added, “I don’t think it’s the role of government to be forcing the sale of their intellectual property.”
At the packed hearing last week that spilled into a second room in Colorado’s Capitol, the core concerns raised in testimony were farmers illegally slipping around the emissions control and cranking up the horsepower.
“I know growers, if they can change horsepower and they can change emissions they are going to do it,” said Russ Ball, sales manager at 21st Century Equipment, a John Deere dealership in Western states.
The bill’s proponents acknowledged that the legislation could make it easier for operators to modify horsepower and emissions controls, but argued that farmers are already able to tinker with their machines and doing so would remain illegal.
This January, the Farm Bureau and the farm equipment manufacturer John Deere did sign a memorandum of understanding — a right to repair agreement made in the free market and without government intervention. The agreement stipulates that John Deere will share some parts, diagnostic and repair codes, and manuals to allow farmers to do their own fixes.
The Colorado bill’s detractors laud that agreement as a strong middle ground while Titone said it wasn’t enough, evidenced by six of Colorado’s biggest farmworker associations that support the bill.
Proctor, who is tracking 20 right to repair proposals in a number of industries across the country, said the memorandum of understanding has fallen far short.
“Farmers are saying no,” Proctor said. “We want the real thing.”
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Ukraine says animal eyes sent to some embassies, consulates
ROME - Ukrainian embassies and consulates in six European countries have received packages containing animals' eyes in recent days, a Ukrainian official said Friday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko wrote on Facebook that the "bloody parcels" were received by the Ukrainian embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia and Italy, as well as by consulates in Naples, Italy; Krakow, Poland and the Czech city of Brno. He said that "we are studying the meaning of this message."
"It’s a very strong signal," the Ukrainian consul in Naples, Maksym Kovalenko, said, confirming his office received two letters containing fish eyes at around 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Nikolenko said the parcels arrived after a package containing an explosive device sent to the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid ignited upon opening on Wednesday and injured an employee. That was one of multiple explosive parcels found in Spain this week.
Spain´s Interior Ministry said police evacuated the Madrid embassy on Friday after another suspect package was detected. The ministry said the parcel was posted from outside Spain and might be part of the chain of mail sent to other embassies in Europe. Police were investigating the contents and did not find any explosives, the ministry said.
Elsewhere, the entrance to the residence of the Ukrainian ambassador to the Vatican was vandalized and the Ukrainian Embassy in Kazakhstan was warned of an attack with explosives, though that wasn't confirmed, Nikolenko said.
In Poland, a spokesman for the police in Warsaw confirmed by email that a package arrived at the Ukrainian Consulate in the Polish capital on Thursday that "raised concern" from one of the employees. The police department for protecting diplomatic missions was notified and "we quickly eliminated the danger" spokesman Sylwester Marczak said. He provided no further details. Marczak said he was not aware of any such parcel arriving at the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw.
Police in Krakow, in southern Poland, did not confirm an incident at the consulate there but said a suspicious package was identified at a post office Thursday. Police said the contents were being examined but would not say to whom the package was addressed.
A Spanish policeman stands guard next to Ukraine's embassy in Madrid on December 2, 2022. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP via Getty Images)
In the Czech Republic, police said an X-ray scan found no explosives in a checked package, but they added later that animal tissue was found inside that has been submitted to laboratory tests.
Ukraine’s ambassador to the Vatican, Andrii Yurash, said the entrance to his Rome residence was vandalized Thursday afternoon with what he believed to be animal feces. The door to the apartment and the stairs and walls in the entryway were "smeared with a dirty substance with an unpleasant smell," he told The Associated Press. He said his wife and son were not home at the time, and police were called.
"And also the diplomatic mission in Italy received some letters also with some very unpleasant stuff inside, I mean some animal eyes. I don’t know exactly but it looks like eyes from fish or some other animals," Yurash said. "So it is hard to explain completely why, and what is the reason of this terrible message, but it is no doubt a systematic trend, a systematic attack on Ukrainian missions around Europe."
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In Croatia, police said the Ukrainian Embassy in Zagreb called to report that a suspicious package meant for the embassy arrived at the post office, but diplomatic personnel didn’t collect it following the warning from the Foreign Ministry.
Croatian police took custody of the package and are investigating where it was sent from and what it contained. No other details were revealed.
All Ukrainian embassies and consulates have stepped up security measures. Nikolenko quoted Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba as saying that "we have reason to believe that a well-planned campaign of terror and intimidation of Ukrainian embassies and consulates is taking place."
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Jovana Gec in Belgrade, Serbia, Monika Scislowska in Warsaw, Poland, Karel Janicek in Prague, and Ciaran Giles in Madrid contributed reporting. | 2022-12-02T22:00:14+00:00 | fox10phoenix.com | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/animal-eyes-sent-to-some-ukraine-embassies-consulates |
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paxos, the leading regulated blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform, received a Wells notice from the SEC on February 3, 2023. The Wells notice states that the staff of the SEC is considering recommending an action alleging that BUSD is a security and that Paxos should have registered the offering of BUSD under the federal securities laws. Paxos has issued the following statement:
Paxos categorically disagrees with the SEC staff because BUSD is not a security under the federal securities laws. This SEC Wells notice pertains only to BUSD. To be clear, there are unequivocally no other allegations against Paxos. Paxos has always prioritized the safety of its customers' assets. BUSD issued by Paxos is always backed 1:1 with US dollar-denominated reserves, fully segregated and held in bankruptcy remote accounts. We will engage with the SEC staff on this issue and are prepared to vigorously litigate if necessary.
To learn more about Paxos' commitment to transparency and regulation, visit our website.
About Paxos
Paxos is the leading regulated blockchain infrastructure platform. Its products are the foundation for a new, open financial system that can operate faster and more efficiently. Today, trillions of dollars are locked in inefficient, outdated financial plumbing that is inaccessible to millions of people. Paxos is replatforming the financial system to enable assets to instantaneously move anywhere in the world, at any time, in a trustworthy way.
Paxos uses technology to tokenize, custody, trade and settle assets. It builds enterprise blockchain solutions for institutions like PayPal, Interactive Brokers, Mastercard, MercadoLibre, Nubank, Bank of America, Credit Suisse and Societe Generale. Paxos is a top-funded fintech company with more than $540 million raised from leading investors including Oak HC/FT, Declaration Partners, Founders Fund, Mithril Capital and PayPal Ventures. With offices in New York, London and Singapore, Paxos takes a global approach to modernizing the financial system.
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BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, and said the “emergency peak” of its latest surge appears to have passed.
The toll included 5,503 deaths due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and 54,435 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19 since Dec. 8, the National Health Commission announced. It said those “deaths related to COVID” occurred in hospitals, which left open the possibility more people also might have died at home.
The report would more than double China’s official COVID-19 death toll to 10,775 since the disease was first detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019.
China stopped reporting data on COVID-19 deaths and infections after abruptly lifting anti-virus controls in early December despite a surge in infections that began in October and has filled hospitals with feverish, wheezing patients.
The World Health Organization and other governments appealed for information after reports by city and provincial governments suggest as many as hundreds of millions of people in China might have contracted the virus.
The peak of the latest infection wave appears to have passed based on the decline in the number of patients visiting fever clinics, said a National Health Commission official, Jiao Yahui.
The daily number of people going to those clinics peaked at 2.9 million on Dec. 23 and had fallen by 83% to to 477,000 on Thursday, according to Jiao.
“These data show the national emergency peak has passed,” Jiao said at a news conference.
The United States, South Korea and other governments have imposed virus-testing and other controls on people arriving from China. Beijing retaliated on Wednesday by suspending issuance of new visas to travelers from South Korea and Japan.
China kept its infection rate and deaths lower than those of the United States and some other countries at the height of the pandemic with a “zero-COVID” strategy that aimed to isolate every case. That shut down access to some cities, kept millions of people at home and sparked angry protests.
The average age of people who died since Dec. 8 is 80.3 years and 90.1% are aged 65 and above, according to the Health Commission. It said more than 90% of people who died had cancer, heart or lung diseases or kidney problems.
“The number of elderly patients dying from illness is relatively large, which suggests that we should pay more attention to elderly patients and try our best to save their lives,” said Jiao.
This month, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said agency officials met with Chinese officials to underline the importance of sharing more details about COVID-19 issues including hospitalization rates and genetic sequences. | 2023-01-14T12:00:51+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/china-reports-almost-60000-covid-related-deaths/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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