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Labor Day 2022: What's open, what's closed
Video above: AAA on what travelers can expect as Labor Day weekend ends
Labor Day, which recognizes the many contributions workers have made to the prosperity of the United States, also marks the unofficial end of summer on the first Monday in September.
Many Americans across the country will be celebrating the long weekend, but it can be confusing to figure out what will be open and closed to observe the holiday on Monday, September 5.
Here are the businesses and institutions that will be open and closed.
Retailers
Most major retailers, including Walmart, Target, CVS and major grocery stores like Kroger and Trader Joe's will be open. Notably, wholesale retailer Costco will be closed Monday. Make sure to check in with local businesses to see if they'll be closed in observance of the holiday.
Government
Federal offices, government buildings and post offices will be closed Monday. State and local courts and DMV offices will not be operating.
Financial institutions
Labor Day is a bank holiday, so most banks will be closed — however, online banking and ATMs will be available for use. The stock market will not be trading — the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will be dark.
Post office
USPS will be closed on Monday. UPS also will not be operating, but its Express Critical services will be available. While most of FedEx's services will be closed, its Custom Critical service will also be operating. | 2022-09-04T20:33:48+00:00 | koat.com | https://www.koat.com/article/labor-day-2022-whats-open-and-whats-closed/41076040 |
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – It’s the time of year when everyone is making their New Year’s resolutions. For many, making health a priority is top of mind. Beyond weight loss and better eating – staying on top of health screenings should be at the top of your list.
It’s not something you look forward to, but it’s something that could save your life, colorectal cancer screenings. For African Americans the stakes are high.
“Just underwent my initial colonoscopy screen. I hesitated on sharing about it,” Jered Croom underwent his first screening this year and was moved to spread the word on social media to get more Black men and women thinking about colon cancer.
“This was my first colonoscopy. I have a history, unfortunately, of cancers in my family, including colon cancer. So, this is something that is really close to my heart. And at first it was a bit embarrassing to sort of reveal that part of your life that is very invasive, but I thought it was even more important to get the word out and decrease the stigma of this procedure, especially in the African American community,” said Croom.
Colorectal cancer disproportionately affects the Black community. According to the American Cancer Society, African Americans are about 20% more likely to get colorectal cancer, and 40% more likely to die from it, than most other groups.
The team at Gastrointestinal Associates is passionate about getting the word out that these screenings save lives. “We know that, especially in the United States that African Americans are screened at a less common rate than our other races, unfortunately, and…we do know problem exists and we’re trying our best to close that gap, if you will, and address the disparity,” said gastroenterologist, Dr. William Ergen.
A colonoscopy finds growths called polyps before they have a chance to turn into cancer.
“And the best part about a colonoscopy is that not only are we looking at the lining of the colon, but if we find a polyp, we can actually take and remove that part at that very instant,” said Ergen.
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If colorectal cancer is found early, it greatly increases your chance at survival.
“I think everyone deals with mortality in different ways. And you don’t want to know what you don’t know. And sometimes ignorance is bliss. But ignorance is also dangerous, and it’s the cost of ignorance. So, I want to banish my ignorance and pay the cost of knowledge. And with that came an understanding of what I need to do to be the most healthy me,” said Croom.
So, at age 45 it’s recommended that you put a colon screening on your health to-do list. If you are at a higher risk for colorectal cancer, talk to your doctor about when to start your regular screenings. The screenings are considered preventative care and generally are covered under the Affordable Care Act. | 2022-12-22T19:12:51+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/health-watch/the-importance-of-colorectal-cancer-screenings-especially-for-african-americans/ |
We are 48 hours from snow really getting going in Friday’s storm. We are at the point where we can start to believe in our best model and hone in on where the heaviest snow will fall, and how much.
With 48 hours to the first hours of a snowstorm we meteorologists use the global models. These global models forecast out so far into the future that they need all of the world weather data. The best global model in the European Center Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF). The National Weather Service has a global model we can use, but it usually comes around to the ECMWF.
Earlier today the ECMWF had many solutions for the snowfall forecast. Now the forecast is grouped into a tighter range of solutions. My experience says the ECMWF can be trusted now, and may be just 25 miles off. The ECMWF also is not good at targeting small heavy bands of snow.
The latest ECMWF forecasts show a storm center tracking from central Illinois to Toledo, Ohio. The heaviest snow band falls north and west of the storm track. This means right now southwest Lower Michigan, central Lower Michigan, the Saginaw Valley and northeast Lower Michigan are covered with the heaviest snow track.
This is a good place to start for a snow forecast. This is the ensemble mode of the ECMWF. It takes 31 slightly different starting points for the model and averages them. It gives a good feel for the heaviest snow area.
It’s a swath from southwest to northeast, including Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Bay City, possibly Kalamazoo, possibly Lansing, and possibly Flint.
This type of storm should produce 6 to 10 inches in the heaviest swath. There will likely be a lot of 7 to 8 inch recordings.
The problem with an ensemble forecast is it knocks down the very heaviest isolated snow amounts. It also does not depict the very quick gradient from moderate snow amounts to little or no snow over a short distance. So the 4, 5 and 6 inch snow forecast you see in the southeast corner of Lower Michigan is probably too high. This would include Jackson, Ann Arbor and the Detroit area. With a mix of rain and freezing rain in the snow, you’ll probably be in the 2 to 4 inch range across southeast Michigan.
For now I would expect a heavy snow in the area outlined above. The newest data shows the timeline I wrote about earlier is still on track.
Expect a winter storm watch to be issued late this evening or by sunrise Thursday. The winter storm watch counties will really show who can expect the heaviest snow.
Also remember that just south of the heavy snow will be a significant mix of snow, freezing rain and rain. This is what I’ve earlier described as the “gooey brownies” zone of weather. | 2023-03-01T23:24:04+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/weather/2023/03/heavy-snow-becoming-more-apparent-for-100-mile-swath-across-lower-michigan.html |
PHILIPPI, W.Va. (WBOY) — A tractor trailer driver was taken to the hospital Monday morning after he lost control of the truck and crashed into a tree.
According to a Facebook post by the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department, the wreck happened just before 8:30 a.m. on July 10 on Midway Road. It was called in as an accident with injuries and entrapment, the post said.
The male driver, who was taken to Broaddus Hospital for neck and back injuries, told law enforcement that the trailer had dropped off the roadway, causing him to overcorrect. The semi then went off the road, hit the guardrail and a tree and landed beside a creek.
The Belington and Philippi Fire Departments helped remove the driver from the vehicle, and then he was transported by the Belington Emergency Squad.
The driver is expected to make a full recovery, according to the sheriff’s department. | 2023-07-11T16:00:33+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/emergencies/driver-injured-in-barbour-county-tractor-trailer-crash/ |
Time's new list of the "World's Greatest Places" includes 50 cities. Five cities in the U.S. made the cut: San Francisco, Detroit, Miami, Park City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.
Detroit was singled out for its "newfound glory." Time says the city has a lot of new offerings nearly a decade after filing for bankruptcy. The article
specifically highlights Detroit's food scene.
Park City, Utah is described as a "year-round playground." It got high marks for offering winter and summer activities with a scenic backdrop.
Cities on virtually every other continent made the list, including Queenstown, New Zealand, València, Spain, Kigali, Rwanda, Bali, Indonesia, and São Paulo, Brazil.
There is one place on the list very few people have the opportunity to visit: The International Space Station. It got the nod because of the rise of space tourism.
Time said it came up with the list after soliciting nominations from its international network of correspondents and contributors. The publication said its goal was to highlight places that offer "new and exciting experiences." | 2022-07-13T21:37:25+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/news/national/time-releases-list-of-worlds-greatest-places-of-2022 |
LONGMONT, Colo. — Two small airplanes collided in midair near Denver on Saturday, killing three people, authorities said.
It wasn't known what might have caused the crash between the four-seater Cessna 172 and the Sonex Xenos, a light, aluminum, homebuilt aircraft that can seat two.
Nearby residents who heard the crash and rushed outside told CBS affiliate 9News in Denver they were surprised the planes could have struck each other on such a clear morning.
One of the planes crashed in a field, the other in a stand of trees, near Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, Colorado, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Denver. Two people were found dead in one wreckage, and one person in the other, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. The NTSB said a preliminary report would be released in about 15 days.
The collision happened just before 9 a.m. Saturday. The identities of the victims were not immediately released.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-09-18T16:21:27+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/npr-top-stories/2022-09-18/three-people-were-killed-after-two-small-planes-collided-in-the-sky-near-denver |
How to make your own chamoy pickles
Pickles are popular. There’s an entire TikTok channel with over 146 thousand followers devoted solely to pickled products. However, even more popular is something called a Chamoy Pickle Kit. A quick search on TikTok revealed the hashtag “chamoypickle” has over 240 million views.
Unfortunately, like every trend on TikTok, it exploded so fast that it obliterated inventory. It is not impossible to find these kits, but since demand is so fierce, we’ve seen them priced at $30 for a single pickle. If you and the family want to get in on the trend for under $100, your best bet is to make this tantalizingly flavorful treat yourself.
In this article: Van Holten’s Jumbo Dill Pickle-In-A-Pouch, El Chilerito Chamoy Sauce and Tajin Clasico Chile Lime Seasoning
What is chamoy sauce?
Chamoy sauce is a Mexican condiment believed to have been derived from umeboshi, which is pickled ume fruit with a salty, sour flavor. Chamoy sauce has a fiery red to brownish color and is made from dehydrated fruit, such as apricots, mangos or plums. It is flavored with salt, sugar, chili powder and citrus juice to create a fiesta of flavors in every bite.
Chamoy can be made at home or purchased. Depending on your preference, the texture may range from a sauce that you can drizzle on your favorite fruit to a thicker paste. When used on sweets, it is typically in powdered form.
What does chamoy sauce taste like?
Chamoy sauce has many flavor notes similar to a sweet and sour sauce, only more pronounced and more robust. Your first mouthful may be a little confusing because it can initially overwhelm your tongue with its barrage of sweet, sour, tart, salty and spicy flavors. However, once you get over your initial surprise, the flourish of flavor can be quite rewarding. This makes chamoy sauce highly versatile because it has elements that pair well with various foods.
Chamoy vs. Tajin
Because of its color, taste, packaging and other factors, Tajin can be confused with chamoy. However, the two are not the same at all. While both have a range of flavors, Chamoy is a fruit-based sauce and Tajin is a spice made with salt, chili powder and dehydrated lime. Tajin can be added to chamoy to intensify the flavor. Also, it is important to note that chamoy is a food, while Tajin is a brand name.
How to make your own chamoy sauce
Chamoy sauce is a balance of a full palette of flavors. It is made with only a few ingredients, and the recipe can (and should) be tweaked to satisfy your taste expectations since success is all about ratios.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup dried apricots (mangoes or peaches can work here, too)
1/2 cup plums
1/2 cup dried hibiscus flowers
3 cups water
6 tablespoons of Tajin
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1. In an appropriately sized saucepan, bring all the ingredients, except for the lime juice, to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
2. Add all the ingredients, including the lime juice, to a blender and blend to a paste. At this point, you can add a little more water to thin the consistency if desired.
3. When finished, add the chamoy to a glass jar and store it in the refrigerator. It should stay fresh for one to two months.
What else is in a Chamoy Pickle Kit?
While the chamoy sauce is what gives a chamoy pickle kit its name. This treat is all about customization. The best kits have additional chamoy sauces that come in tiny bottles, so you can add as you desire. Some have seasonings, such as Tajin or pica limon powder, that elevate the spicy aspect. Candy is essential. The best kits feature something chewy and sweet (and often sour, as well) to complete the experience. All of these additional elements combine to create that delightful assault of flavor on your tongue.
Items to make a Chamoy Pickle Kit
Fermentaholics Certified Organic Vinegar Pickling Kit
If you truly want to start from scratch, this home pickling kit provides everything you need to make your own pickles, except the cucumbers. Sold by Amazon
Van Holten’s Jumbo Dill Pickle-In-A-Pouch
You can’t have a chamoy pickle without the pickle. This popular pickle-in-a-pouch has been satisfying customers since 1939. Sold by Amazon
Van Holten’s Sour Sis Pickle-In-A-Pouch
If you’d like to start with a tart-and-tangy flavor base, this pickle-in-a-pouch is the way to go. Sold by Amazon
If you aren’t up for making your own chamoy sauce, you will need to buy some to flavor your pickle. This brand has a 20-year record of creating tasteful memories with its customers. Sold by Amazon
Some people like to add a pack of Kool-Aid to their pickle juice to infuse it with a different flavor. If you’d like to try this trend, you’ll need these packets. Sold by Amazon
This collection includes 14 items. You get a variety of Salsaghetti and other flavorful powders and toppings. Sold by Amazon
Las Posadas Mexican Candy Assortment
For people who want to try a little of everything, this comprehensive assortment has 50 offerings that you can shove into your pickle or sprinkle on top to make your own unique creations. Sold by Amazon
Some people like to roll their pickles in a sweet, fruity wrap. Fruit Roll-Ups are perfect for this task. Sold by Amazon
No one said you have to stick to traditional Mexican candy. After that first bite, you can fill your pickle with nearly anything. Fruit Gushers are a great option because they make your treat even more flavorful and messier. Sold by Amazon
Tajin Clasico Chile Lime Seasoning
When you want that classic chili-lime zing, a sprinkle of Tajin is what your chamoy pickle needs. There is no substitute for authenticity. Sold by Amazon
If you want your chamoy pickle to have an extra helping of crunch, as well as a bold, spicy flavor, consider inserting these Tikis Stix into your creation. You won’t be sorry unless you can’t handle the heat. Sold by Amazon
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Cheyenne Man’s Shooting Death ‘Still Being Actively Investigated’
Detectives with the Laramie County Sheriff's Office continue to investigate the details and circumstances surrounding last month's deadly shooting near Burns.
The incident took place on Monday, Oct. 24, at a home in the 4300 block of the East Interstate 80 Service Road, roughly three miles east of the TA Travel Center.
Captain Kevin James says deputies were called to the scene at 3:03 p.m and arrived to find 41-year-old Cheyenne resident Alexander Frederick Papin II suffering from a gunshot wound.
Papin was pronounced dead at the scene by medical responders.
The suspect was detained by law enforcement the same day of the shooting, but as of today, Nov. 10, no details about the gunman or their motives have been released.
"The case is still being actively investigated," James told KGAB Radio. "That’s all I can share at this time."
For more information about this case, check out our earlier posts:
- Victim Identified in Fatal Laramie County Shooting
- No Arrest After Deadly Shooting in Laramie County
- UPDATE: 1 Dead After Shooting in Laramie County, Suspect Detained | 2022-11-10T20:51:52+00:00 | k2radio.com | https://k2radio.com/cheyenne-mans-shooting-death-still-being-actively-investigated/ |
Preview of Bain & Company's 12th annual Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A Report reflects the continued resilience of the healthcare PE industry, with the second biggest year on record for dealmaking, only eclipsed by 2021's all-time high
BOSTON, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a tail of two halves, a near-record-setting pace of healthcare private equity dealmaking, in terms of both deal volume and value, continued last year on the heels of all-time highs registered in 2021, a preview of Bain & Company's 12th annual Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A Report reveals today.
The Bain & Company analysis highlights the resilience of the healthcare PE (HCPE) sector with strong deal flow persisting in 2022 and dealmaking set to register its second-biggest year on record. This comes even in the face of turbulence from geopolitical uncertainty and disruption from spiking global inflation and rising interest rates, leading to tighter credit and financing conditions and a resulting weakening of overall private equity markets from the third quarter.
Despite the more difficult conditions for deals flowing from these global conditions, HCPE remained on course for its second strongest year on record in disclosed deal value and deal count, the study reports. The overall number of HCPE deals in 2022 is expected to have fallen in final tallies by about 20% to 30% – from 2021's all-time high of 515 deals to around 400 deals, leaving the 2022 total still in line with 2020's levels.
The HCPE market saw multiple factors contribute to the second half of 2022's fall-off in deal totals from the record level recorded for 2021. A crucial factor came from tighter monetary policy in North America and Europe as the major central banks sought to curb rising inflation, triggering a tightening in credit markets and limiting the availability of large-check financing while raising finance costs.
Geopolitical uncertainties, fueled by the war in Ukraine following Russia's invasion, in tandem with the global inflationary pressures, changed the trajectory for the year with global HCPE deal volume falling from Q3. Nevertheless, investors have remained willing to lean into these tougher conditions given that strong HCPE assets have ended 2022 with a continued track record of positive deal exits.
"Despite numerous factors we saw a clear continuation of 2021's pace this year and 2022 will still be the second-biggest year on record for HCPE," said Kara Murphy, co-lead of Healthcare Private Equity at Bain & Company. "HCPE has proven resilient in prior downturns and remains an attractive investment area. No two cycles are the same, however building on what we've seen as resilient sectors and growing regions will help mitigate the new challenges investors will face."
HCPE activity by funds became more selective from Q2, with a shifting focus to seeking areas of opportunity in certain sub-sectors and geographies.
Reflecting the growing maturity of the market, Asia-Pacific saw a strong interest in large deals, with three deals valued at over $1 billion. Interest in healthcare information technology (HCIT) and life sciences also increased in 2022. Significant investor attraction to long-term HCIT opportunities was apparent during 2022, with interest in buyouts for businesses optimizing their operations in the light of escalating recession risks in key economies. Life sciences also continued to be attractive to investors with six of the top 10 deals in biopharma, life science tools, and related services.
Into 2023, Bain & Company's analysis expects that HCPE investors will confront continuing higher interest rates in major economies as central banks continue to combat inflationary pressures, rising labor costs, and a further tightening of credit conditions.
However, Bain's study also concludes that more positive trends from 2022 set to continue into the new year are ample 'dry powder' for investment and the strong track record of returns that ensured a strong year for HCPE investing in the previous year and which continues to attract healthcare-specific funds.
At the same time, with lower profitability and lower deal multiples having pushed public equity markets down globally in 2022, if this trend continues in 2023, the report envisages that this could lead to longer hold times for HCPE investment that will potentially limit deal activity. Going into 2023, the more difficult economic environment may also create opportunities for public-to-private deals, carve-outs, and opportunistic investments, Bain's analysis finds.
"As in all cycles, circumstances can quickly change in 2023 or 2024, and activity could rebound quickly," said Nirad Jain, co-lead of Healthcare Private Equity at Bain & Company. "Investors will be working hard to have their proactive strategies ready and connect with management teams so that they are in a position to act with speed and confidence."
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The first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million.
The last day of Abby Zwerner’s contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement. The district said that Zwerner notified human resources in March that she wouldn’t be returning next school year.
Zwerner, 25, was shot in the hand and chest as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade classroom on Jan. 6. She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital, has endured multiple surgeries and told NBC that she sometimes “ can’t get up out of bed.”
Zwerner filed her lawsuit in early April, alleging that school officials ignored multiple warnings that the boy had a gun and was in a violent mood that day.
The school board has pushed back, asking a judge to dismiss the case and arguing that Zwerner should get workers compensation instead.
WAVY-TV first reported that Zwerner no longer worked for the district on Tuesday. In an interview with the station, an attorney for Zwerner characterized her departure as a firing.
Lawyer Jeffrey Breit cited an email that school officials sent Zwerner in May, stating they had “processed a separation of employment for you effective the close of business 06/12/2023.”
Breit told WAVY: “I don’t’ think you can read this any other way than you’ve been fired. And that’s what she thinks. She doesn’t understand it; there’s no other communication.”
Newport News Public Schools refuted Breit’s claim in a statement Tuesday.
“Every employee who is separating from the school division receives a similar communication,” the district said.
The school system also provided emails between the district and Zwerner in which the teacher wrote: “I wish to resign. Thank you.”
Breit did not respond to an email and a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Zwerner’s resignation is yet another development in the aftermath of the shooting, which has reverberated through the shipbuilding city of about 180,000 people near the Atlantic coast.
The boy who shot Zwerner had used his mother’s gun. His mother, Deja Taylor, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to using marijuana while owning a firearm, which is illegal under U.S. law.
Taylor is facing charges on the state level of felony child neglect and reckless storage of a firearm. A trial for those counts is set for August.
Meanwhile, Zwerner’s $40 million lawsuit is pending.
Zwerner’s attorneys have said school officials knew the boy “had a history of random violence” at school and at home, including an episode the year before in which he “strangled and choked” his kindergarten teacher.
“Teachers’ concerns with John Doe’s behavior (were) regularly brought to the attention of Richneck Elementary School administration, and the concerns were always dismissed,” the lawsuit states.
In asking a judge to dismiss the case, the school board has argued that Zwerner’s injuries fall under the state’s workers compensation act.
The school board rejected Zwerner’s claim that she could reasonably expect to work with young children who pose no danger, pointing to numerous incidents of violence against teachers across the U.S. and in Newport News.
“While in an ideal world, young children would not pose any danger to others, including their teachers, this is sadly not reality,” the board stated.
The school board said Zwerner has refused to accept workers compensation. | 2023-06-14T12:04:18+00:00 | niagara-gazette.com | https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/teacher-who-was-shot-by-6-year-old-student-in-virginia-has-resigned-school-officials/article_ecaa5f4a-0a51-11ee-a2a0-b7ba2622e764.html |
Former NFL player tries to tackle Ted Cruz’s Senate seat
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Dallas area Rep. Colin Allred, D-TX, said he is not trying to turn Texas blue, he’s just trying to remove Ted Cruz from the Senate.
The Democrat pitches himself to voters as a lifelong Texan who is willing to work across the aisle. Allred said the skills he learned playing football for Baylor University and then in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans carry over into Congress.
“You get the sense that there’s something larger than yourself. You learn leadership skills, how to get along with others.”
Allred became a civil rights attorney in Dallas after his four-year career with the Titans before running for Congress, when he defeated longtime incumbent Republican Pete Sessions, who has since been elected to a different seat.
The Democrat pitches himself to voters as a lifelong Texan who is willing to work across the aisle.
“I want to be a pragmatic, honest, hardworking Senator for our state and represent all Texans,” Allred said.
Allred is already going negative against his opponent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, one of the biggest names in both Texas and national politics. Allred’s campaign videos point to Cruz going on vacation to Cancun during a power outage in Texas and his penchant for media appearances.
Allred said Cruz’s narrow 50.9-48.3 2018 victory over Beto O’Rourke shows there is an appetite for Texas to move in a different direction.
“We’ve tried to appeal broadly to independents or moderate Republicans, who feel like they don’t see themselves represented in this version of the Republican party.”
A May UT-Tyler poll of registered Texas voters shows Cruz holds 42-37 advantage over Allred in a potential matchup, with 14 percent marking “don’t know” and 7 percent choosing “someone else”
A spokesperson for the Cruz campaign sent the statement, “While Colin Allred continues to waste his breath shouting insults and advocating for an agenda that Texans have repeatedly rejected, Ted Cruz is focused on leading the fight on the most important battles in the U.S. Senate. From securing the border, to advocating for Texas’ oil and gas industry, to holding the Biden administration accountable, Cruz will continue to work tirelessly for Texans while his opponent works tirelessly to run a failed campaign.”
Copyright 2023 Gray DC. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-04T04:05:42+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2023/07/04/former-nfl-player-tries-tackle-ted-cruzs-senate-seat/ |
Winter is back in Wisconsin - at least temporarily. A strong low-pressure system is moving by the Badger State - bringing gusty winds & light snow to much of the region. A swath of heavier snow has been focused in the western part of the state Monday morning. This area of snow will gradually shift East - weakening with time. Light snow flurries are expected throughout the day as NW winds gust upwards of 30-40 mph. With high temperatures only nearing 40-degrees, wind chills may remain in the mid-20s.
Low pressure exits the state tonight - allowing the sky to clear. Lows drop into the lower 30s.
Sensitive plants should be kept indoors or covered tonight and again Wednesday morning!
Sunshine is back for Tuesday as highs climb back towards the lower 50s.
A more active pattern shapes up for the mid-late week period. A strong low-level jet will move into southern Wisconsin on Wednesday - sparking some afternoon showers and a few thunderstorms. Additional showers will continue overnight into Thursday. Isolated thunder cannot be ruled out. Highs will remain in the 50s & 60s during this time.
Clouds remain overhead next weekend with slight chances for rain.
MONDAY: Light Snow; BlusteryHigh: 40
Wind Chills: 20s
Wind: NW 15-20 G 40 mph
TONIGHT: Clearing Sky
Low: 31
Wind: NW 15-20 G 30 mph
TUESDAY: Sunny & Breezy
High: 52
Wind: NW 10-15 mph
WEDNESDAY: Chance Scattered Showers/Storms; Mostly Cloudy & Breezy
High: 53
THURSDAY: Chance Showers/Storms
High: 63
FRIDAY: Mostly Cloudy, Breezy
High: 55
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Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more. | 2023-04-17T13:32:23+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/weather/forecast/todays-forecast/southeast-wisconsin-weather-blustery-and-snowy-monday |
CA San Diego CA Zone Forecast for Monday, September 12, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Extreme Southwest California
National Weather Service San Diego CA
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
CAZ552-132145-
Orange County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Huntington Beach, Coasta Mesa,
Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s at the beaches to
80 farther inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 70s at the beaches to in the upper 70s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s at the beaches to in the upper 70s
farther inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s at the beaches to in the upper 70s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s at the beaches to
80 farther inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s at the beaches to in the upper 70s farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming sunny. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 70s at the beaches to in
the upper 70s farther inland and near higher coastal terrain.
$$
CAZ554-132145-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine,
Orange, Fullerton, and Mission Viego
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds
becoming southwest 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 80. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Highs around 80. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in
the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening...becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog overnight. Lows around 60.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming sunny. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
CAZ043-132145-
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas,
Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming cloudy. Lows
in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy. Highs
in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s near the coast to in the upper 70s inland.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s near the coast to
in the upper 70s inland.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
CAZ050-132145-
San Diego County Valleys-
Including the cities of Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa,
Santee, and Poway
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog this morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly cloudy.
Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs around 80. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs around 80. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in
the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs around 80.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Highs in the
upper 70s.
$$
CAZ048-132145-
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario,
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, and Corona
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid
80s. Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph
this afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the lower
60s. Areas of winds west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the
evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Light
winds becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Areas of
winds west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds
becoming southwest 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
CAZ057-132145-
Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 80s. Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog overnight. Lows around 60. Areas of winds southwest
15 mph in the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs around 80. Light winds
becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in
the upper 50s. Areas of winds west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in
the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Partly cloudy. Highs in
the upper 70s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
CAZ055-132145-
San Bernardino County Mountains-
Including the cities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear City,
Big Bear Lake, Running Springs, and Wrightwood
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
this afternoon. Warmer. Highs in the mid 60s above 6000 feet to
this mid 70s below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts to 30 mph this afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40
percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight.
Cooler. Lows in the upper 40s above 6000 feet to in the mid 50s
below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in
the evening. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s above 6000 feet
to in the mid 70s below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 to
20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Areas of
winds south 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s above 6000 feet
to in the mid 70s below 6000 feet. Light winds becoming south
15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s above 6000 feet to
in the mid 70s below 6000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s above 6000 feet
to in the upper 70s below 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s above 6000 feet to
in the lower 70s below 6000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s above 6000 feet to
in the lower 70s below 6000 feet.
$$
CAZ056-132145-
Riverside County Mountains-
Including the city of Idyllwild-Pine Cove
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly clear.
Cooler. Lows in the lower 50s. Areas of winds west 15 mph. Gusts
to 25 mph in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Areas of
winds west 15 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
CAZ058-132145-
San Diego County Mountains-
Including the cities of Julian and Pine Valley
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Areas of winds
west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Areas of
winds west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
CAZ060-132145-
Apple and Lucerne Valleys-
Including the cities of Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley,
and Lucerne Valley
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Areas of
winds west 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph this afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Areas of winds
west 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph...becoming 25 mph overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds
becoming southwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Areas of
winds west 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph...becoming 25 mph
overnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
CAZ065-132145-
San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s through the
pass to this lower 90s this northern Coachella Valley. Areas of
winds west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 40 mph this
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s through the pass to
in the lower 70s in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds
west 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s through the pass
to in the lower 90s in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of
winds west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 40 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Areas of
winds west 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s through the pass
to in the lower 90s in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of
winds west 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 25 mph...becoming 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s through the pass
to in the mid 90s in the northern Coachella Valley.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s through the pass
to in the mid 90s in the northern Coachella Valley.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s through the pass to
in the lower 90s in the northern Coachella Valley.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
CAZ061-132145-
Coachella Valley-
Including the cities of Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City,
Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, and Coachella
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 90s. Areas of winds northwest 15 mph with gusts
to 25 mph this morning becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Areas of winds
northwest 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 30 mph
overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Areas of winds
northwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the morning becoming
light.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Areas of
winds northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
CAZ062-132145-
San Diego County Deserts-
Including the city of Borrego Springs
216 AM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds becoming
west 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Areas of winds
west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 30 mph overnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds
becoming southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Areas of winds
west 15 to 25 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 30 mph overnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Light winds
becoming south 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
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Memorial Day Milwaukee shootings; teen boys among 5 wounded
MILWAUKEE - Memorial Day shootings in Milwaukee wounded five people Monday, May 29.
Police are investigating what led to each shooting, as well as where two of the shootings occurred.
5th and Rogers
A 21-year-old Milwaukee man was shot around 8:35 a.m. Police said he was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
92nd and Silver Spring
Just after 2 p.m., a 16-year-old Milwaukee boy was near 92nd and Swan Circle, just north of Silver Spring. Police said he was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-fatal injuries.
Shooting on W. Swan Circle, Milwaukee
Unknown location
A second 16-year-old Milwaukee boy was shot hours later, around 5 p.m, and showed up at a hospital. Police are looking into where it happened.
28th and North
Around 6 p.m., a 20-year-old Milwaukee woman was shot. Police said she was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Unknown location
A 35-year-old Milwaukee man was shot around 11:40 p.m. and showed up at a hospital for treatment. Police are looking into where it happened.
MPD investigates
Police are looking for the people responsible for the Memorial Day violence. Anyone with information is asked to call MPD at 414-935-7360; to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS or use the P3 tips app. | 2023-05-30T18:26:49+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-shootings-memorial-day-052923 |
The LIV Golf League promised to be "golf but louder," but TV ratings for its season opener in Mexico last weekend suggested few people were listening or watching.
The CW's inaugural live broadcast of the LIV Golf League drew an average of 289,000 viewers and a 0.18 household rating on Saturday and Sunday. The opening round on Friday was available to U.S. viewers on the CW app and the league's official website.
Speaking to reporters during an earnings call Tuesday, Perry Sook -- CEO of Nexstar, The CW's parent company -- said it was still a good start for the circuit, which is being financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and fronted by two-time Open Championship winner Greg Norman.
Sook told reporters that 1.4 million people watched at least a few minutes of the LIV Golf League tournament at Mayakoba, either across The CW broadcast network or on the CW app.
"Those numbers exceeded our expectations, and, most importantly, the affiliates as well as our own stations were thrilled," Sook said. "I know that our affiliates and CW affiliates in the top 10 markets generated about three times the amount of money that the network generated for this first outing, and so it's selling very well, and, you know, and I think will continue to grow as we get more into the season and more involved."
LIV Golf's ratings didn't come close to matching those of the PGA Tour's Honda Classic, which, for Saturday and Sunday, averaged about 593,000 viewers on the Golf Channel and about 2 million viewers on NBC.
With the Honda Classic sandwiched between four of the PGA Tour's biggest events, most of the tour's top stars didn't play in the tournament. In fact, none of the top 17 players in the world competed in the opening event of the tour's Florida swing, with most focusing on two upcoming designated events, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship. The Honda Classic's weak field was one of the reasons LIV Golf decided to stage its first event last week.
There at least was some drama in the Honda Classic: Chris Kirk defeated rookie Eric Cole in a playoff Sunday to win for the first time in nearly eight years.
There wasn't nearly as much intrigue in Mexico: Charles Howell III won the individual title by 4 strokes, and his Crushers GC squad won the team title by 9 shots.
Tiger Woods' return Feb. 16-19 at the Genesis, after a layoff of nearly seven months, averaged 3.12 million viewers on CBS on the weekend, a 32% increase from the same event in 2022. Final-round coverage drew a 2.1 rating and an average of 3.42 million viewers.
It is LIV Golf's second year of competition, and it has signed several former PGA Tour stars, including Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Cameron Smith. The inaugural season's events were broadcast on YouTube, the league's official website and streaming service DAZN.
Brandon Katz, an entertainment industry strategist with Parrot Analytics, said it's too early to know whether LIV Golf and The CW will be a successful partnership.
"This is The CW's first foray into live sports," Katz told ESPN. "They're doing it with an embryonic sports league. It takes a long time to shape and condition viewership behavior among audiences. People are not used to associating The CW with live sports, so there is going to be a runway, a transitional period, as they attempt to familiarize their audience and the audience they're hoping to reach with this new big offering. To compare them to PGA numbers at this earlier juncture is a tough swallow."
Katz said that linear sports continue to be the No. 1 gateway for linear TV and increasingly for streaming services and that sports are still bigger attractions than scripted series and other entertainment offerings.
"Obviously, this is an upstart league trying to take on an incumbent, and that's going to take time and money," Katz said. "We know they've got a big financial runway. I think what you want to see is growth over these events for the first year. You would definitely want to see tournament-over-tournament increases. I think it takes a long time to establish a new league and make sure that the audiences are aware and the right audiences you want to expand into are aware."
LIV Golf's next event is in Tucson, Arizona, March 17-19. It will go head-to-head against the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship, which is also a non-designated tournament. | 2023-02-28T23:37:27+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/35755003/liv-golf-cw-debut-scores-low-ratings-nexstar-ceo-bullish |
This country wants to tax farmers for cow burps, farts
Published: Oct. 12, 2022 at 7:18 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - New Zealand has issued a proposal to tax farmers for their livestock emissions.
They said cow burps or farts aren’t just smelly. They contribute to climate change.
They emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, when they pass gas and burp.
Farmers have raised concerns about the high cost of this plan. The country has about 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep.
The government says the revenue raised from the proposed tax will go back into the sector through technology, research and incentive payments.
The proposal is now in consultation. A final decision is expected at the end of November.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-12T13:21:50+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/10/12/this-country-wants-tax-farmers-cow-burps-farts/ |
PITTSBURGH — Former teammates and coaches bid farewell to Dwayne Haskins during an emotional memorial service on Friday, a little less than two weeks after the 24-year-old quarterback died after being struck while walking on a South Florida highway.
Tomlin, Haskins’ wife, Kalabrya, former NFL teammate Steven Sims, Haskins’ agent, Cedric Saunders, and longtime friends Mohamed Jabbie and Mykel Traylor-Bennett spoke during the service, which was closed to media outlets. Attendees were handed yellow roses after walking out the front of the church and three doves were released in tribute to Haskins.
The service is the first of three to honor the former Ohio State star and 2019 first-round pick of the Washington Commanders. Haskins joined the Steelers in January 2021 after being let go by Washington and signed a one-year contract to stay in Pittsburgh in March.
A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, near where Haskins was born. The Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, where Haskins played in high school before signing with Ohio State, is slated for one for Sunday evening.
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A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who police say traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm, authorities said Saturday.
Austin Lee Edwards, 28, drove across the country and on Nov. 25 killed the girl’s mother and grandparents and set fire to their home in Riverside, a city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles, authorities said.
That same day, Edwards died by suicide during a shootout with San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies. The teenage girl was rescued.
“Our detectives determined the gun used was Edwards’ department-issued semi-automatic service pistol,” sheriff’s spokeswoman Gloria Huerta said in a statement.
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The Riverside Police Department, which is investigating the deaths of the girl’s family members, has not said how they were killed.
Edwards, a resident of North Chesterfield, Virginia, appears to have posed online as a 17-year-old boy to engage in a romantic relationship with the girl and obtain her personal information by deceiving her with a false identity, known as “catfishing,” police said.
Authorities said the girl stopped communicating with him after he asked her to send him nude photos of herself.
Edwards was a former Virginia state trooper and was a sheriff’s deputy in Washington County, Virginia, at the time of the killings.
Both law enforcement agencies have said they found no warning signs about Edwards before he was hired. But a police report from the Abingdon Police Department in Virginia shows he was detained in 2016 for a psychiatric evaluation over threats to kill himself and his father, years before he joined law enforcement.
On Thursday — a day after the Los Angeles Times broke the news about the mental health episode — the Virginia State Police said a recently completed review showed “human error” resulted in an incomplete database query during the hiring process.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to calls seeking comment on the 2016 episode. | 2022-12-12T00:06:40+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/deputy-in-california-slayings-dies-in-apparent-suicide-with-service-gun/2928697/ |
(KTLA) – David Crosby, one of the most influential singers and songwriters of the 1960s and beyond, has died at the age of 81, his wife confirmed in a statement to multiple outlets Thursday.
“It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away,” the statement, shared with Variety, read. “He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django. Although he is no longer here with us, his humanity and kind soul will continue to guide and inspire us.”
Crosby was a founding member of two immensely popular rock bands, The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, which later became Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The California native is a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and, in recent years, had released three albums of original material.
“His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music,” his wife’s statement said. “Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched. We will miss him dearly. At this time, we respectfully and kindly ask for privacy as we grieve and try to deal with our profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers.”
Despite his success in the 1970s and 80s, Crosby’s “personal life was marred by heavy drug use,” Rolling Stones reports. He was arrested in Texas in 1982 on drug and weapons charges that led to a five-month prison stay in 1986, according to Variety. He would later undergo liver transplant surgery after years of drug and alcohol abuse.
Crosby was the focus of a documentary released in 2019, “David Crosby: Remember My Name,” which covered his prison time, liver transplant, and more, according to the New York Post.
“It’s about how I became who I am,” he told the outlet at the time. “And it isn’t all pretty.”
Crosby resumed touring in the 2000s. Last year, Crosby performed with The Lighthouse Band live at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.
Crosby is survived by his wife, Jan Dance, and his four children, Django, James Raymond, Erika, and Donovan. In 2000, Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, revealed that Crosby was the father of their two children by artificial insemination.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2023-01-19T23:47:55+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/david-crosby-founder-of-the-byrds-and-crosby-stills-nash-dies/ |
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers hope LeBron James will decide to continue his career after he recovers from the difficult end to their season.
James didn't meet with the media on the day after the top scorer in NBA history said he needed time to think about his basketball future following the Lakers' elimination from the Western Conference finals.
The 38-year-old James has skipped his team's postseason media exit interviews before, but his decision Tuesday left Lakers fans hanging about his intentions with his enigmatic comments following a four-game sweep by the Denver Nuggets.
General manager Rob Pelinka and head coach Darvin Ham said they'll speak with James soon about his future.
"We all know that (James) speaks for himself, and we'll look forward to those conversations when the time is right," Pelinka said. "LeBron has given as much to the game of basketball as anyone who has ever played. When you do that, you earn a right to decide whether you're going to give more. ... Obviously, our hope would be that his career continues, but we want to give him the time to have that inflection point and support him along the way."
Despite James' 40-point performance, including a career playoff-best 31 points in the first half, the seventh-seeded Lakers were swept by the top-seeded Nuggets with a 113-111 defeat in Game 4 on Monday night, ending James' attempt to win his fifth career championship in his 20th NBA season.
Ham joked: "Coming off a tough loss like that, the work we've put in this season, I think I was ready to retire after last night, too."
Pelinka and Ham declined to speculate on whether James' frustration stemmed from the urgency of his persistent foot injury, which could conceivably require surgery to correct fully. He missed a month of the regular season down the stretch, but returned to his usual heavy workload before the playoffs.
James had been largely healthy throughout his NBA career until he reached his mid-30s in Los Angeles, where he has missed significant chunks in four of his five seasons.
"When there's any injury, you seek multiple medical opinions, and there were some that doubted whether he could play again this season," Pelinka said. "For him to end the season playing virtually 48 minutes and posting a virtual 40-point triple-double as a player in the 20th year of his NBA career is staggering. ... Clearly he's got the right recipe, because to go from doctor opinions saying your season may be over to ending it the way he did last night is breathtaking."
Pelinka said he hopes to keep much of the Lakers' current core around James and Anthony Davis, calling roster continuity "a high priority" after several years of major annual changes. But the GM also reiterated that he considers James and Davis to be the pillars of his roster, and James' presence is vital to their hopes of continuing the progress they've made since February.
Los Angeles was one of the NBA's best teams after making several moves at the trade deadline, going 18-8 to end the regular season even without James. The Lakers then made an impressive run to the conference finals, knocking off second-seeded Memphis and defending champion Golden State, but ran out of steam against the powerhouse Nuggets.
"We ultimately got knocked out by a team that has great continuity," Pelinka said. "They've got a group of players that have been together for several seasons, and it shows in the way they play. We feel like we've got special players in the locker room that enjoy playing with each other. We know there's more growth and improvement in that group, especially if we get a training camp together."
The Lakers currently have five players under contract for next season, including James, but several key contributors to their playoff run are free agents. Los Angeles has the roster flexibility to make major moves, but Pelinka wants to keep this group together.
"I think there's proof in concept that this was a really good team," Pelinka said. "But we're not going to rest on our laurels. If there's opportunities to get even better, we're always looking to improve. But we have a core that's highly successful, and that's a good starting point."
Pelinka made it clear he intends to do everything possible to re-sign Austin Reaves, the undrafted second-year pro who seized a starting job and effectively became the Lakers' No. 3 offensive option.
Reaves and Rui Hachimura are restricted free agents, but Pelinka intends to retain both. The Lakers' most prominent unrestricted free agent is D'Angelo Russell, who had several outstanding performance after his trade-deadline return to Los Angeles, but struggled badly enough in the playoffs to lose his starting job in Game 4.
Dennis Schröder, the veteran point guard who filled multiple roles for Los Angeles and eventually replaced Russell, is also an unrestricted free agent along with big man Wenyen Gabriel. | 2023-05-23T21:03:54+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/lakers-hoping-lebron-james-continues-career-after-playoff-elimination/article_3658f170-f9a8-11ed-a8ba-1b7a6f63215a.html |
NEW YORK (AP) — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will get some high-powered help this week to reach its $18 billion goal to fund another three years to slow the spread of these diseases.
President Joe Biden will host The Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference, the public health partnership’s fundraising campaign, on Wednesday in New York. The start has been delayed by two days so that Biden, who has pledged $6 billion in U.S. government support for the fund, could attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Global Fund and the Clinton Global Initiative, which is holding its first gathering of political, business and philanthropic leaders since 2016 in New York this week, has also announced a new long-term partnership to drive donors of all sorts toward supporting The Global Fund’s work.
Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands told The Associated Press that fundraising through the Replenishment Conference is “always a bit of a rollercoaster.” However, he is hopeful that the fund will reach its goal by the end of the conference, even though he recognizes that donors, especially governments, face financial decisions complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
“Yes, there are many other demands and governments are facing lots of domestic political pressures around the cost of living, energy and all this kind of stuff,” Sands said. “But I think there’s also recognition that however tough things might be in some of the rich countries in the world, the way these things are translating in poorer, marginalized communities is a matter of life and death.”
He is encouraged by Japan and Germany pledging 30% increases in their donations to The Global Fund, as well as the United States’ increased participation.
If the Global Fund reaches its $18 billion goal, it hopes to use the donations to save 20 million lives and avert more than 450 million new infections of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Since The Global Fund was created in 2002, it has saved 50 million lives and reduced the combined death rate from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria by more than half in the countries where the Global Fund invests. That track record helps attract more investments.
“In a world where there’s so many demands, so many potential things that you could be putting money into, there’s a sudden attraction to putting money into things at work,” Sands said.
Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton said the foundation has worked with The Global Fund for nearly two decades to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, as well as build sustainable health systems in the countries the fund serves.
“CGI has always, by definition, been in the business of bringing together partners to not only tackle big problems together, but also define those challenges and prioritize what is most important within those challenges to get right first,” Clinton said. “That ethos is so fundamental to what has enabled The Global Fund to surpass what even its founders’ lofty hopes and goals were for it.”
In addition to public commitments from governments, The Global Fund also receives significant support from the private sector, including philanthropy. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has already donated $3 billion to the fund and expects to announce a new donation later this week.
“The Global Fund will go down in history as one of humanity’s biggest achievements,” Bill Gates said in a statement. “It’s also one of the kindest things people have ever done for each other. The Global Fund’s track record proves it is an excellent investment for our global health dollars.”
The Global Fund has modified its funding procedures to draw more donations from philanthropy, said Sands. Governments are not allowed to target their donations to specific projects or countries. However, philanthropic donations can be.
“That allows them to, in a sense, focus on particular things that are a priority to them, whether it’s geographies or particular areas of our work, Sands said.
Given all the health challenges the world is currently facing, The Global Fund is looking for all sources.
“We need all this energy,” Sands said. “The world is not exactly in a great place right now. When you look at the different concurrent crises, we need to unleash a lot more ideas, initiatives, actions. And it’s gonna happen.”
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DES PLAINES, Ill., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Americaneagle.com, a global digital agency and Sitecore Platinum partner, is thrilled to announce that it has received the Sitecore Partnering Excellence Award, which is designed to showcase top-performing Sitecore partners that have excelled in delivering customers exceptional digital experiences utilizing Sitecore solutions.
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FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — KJ Johnson scored 22 points to guide North Alabama to an 80-70 victory over Lipscomb on Saturday night.
Johnson was 7-of-15 shooting from the floor and 8 of 9 from the free-throw line for the Lions (16-11, 8-6 Atlantic Sun Conference). Jacari Lane added 19 points. Daniel Ortiz sank three 3-pointers and scored 17, adding five rebounds and three steals.
Jacob Ognacevic led the Bisons (16-11, 8-6) with 17 points. Trae Benham added 11 points, while Will Pruitt scored 10 with four assists.
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Both teams play again on Thursday. North Alabama visits Bellarmine and Lipscomb hosts North Florida.
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Ezekiel Elliott, the former Pro Bowl running back who was released by the Dallas Cowboys earlier this month, has narrowed down his choices of where he wants to play next year. And according to ESPN the Jets are on the list, along with the Bengals and Eagles.
Cincinnati and Philadelphia have been to the Super Bowl the last two years, so it’s no surprise seeing them on the list. The Jets are trying to make the playoffs for the first time in 12 years.
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But the Jets will almost certainly have Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback, and that has very suddenly made them a very popular landing spot. They’ve also been linked to Odell Beckham, Jr., who Rodgers put on a list of players he recommended to the Jets.
Hall is an intriguing option to join a running back room that has a lot of talent, but a lot of question marks.
Breece Hall was spectacular for the first six-plus games of his NFL career but he suffered a torn ACL in October against the Broncos. And Michael Carter had an impressive rookie year but took a big step back and struggled to get consistent reps in the rotation.
Elliott would give the Jets a reliable option to carry the ball early in the season when they’ll likely need someone to shoulder more of a load as Hall continues to recover from the injury and the team likely manages his load.
At 27, Eliott is no longer the force he was when he rushed for more than 1,400 yards in two of his first three seasons and went to the Pro Bowl in three of his first four. But he still had 876 yards on 231 yards last year, more than any Jets player since Chirs Ivory had 1,070 in 2015.
Elliott didn’t do much as a passing threat out of the backfield last year, with only seven catches for 92 yards. But it was the first time since 2017 he hasn’t had more than 45 receptions. So would definitely be a pass-catching threat out of the backfield.
No, he’s not the force of nature he once was but he could still be a very useful and important addition to the Jets.
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Andy Vasquez may be reached at avasquez@njadvancemedia.com. | 2023-03-23T20:52:29+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/jets/2023/03/ezekiel-elliott-considering-signing-with-jets-report-says-would-he-be-a-good-fit.html |
Here is the area high school athletic schedule for Dec. 20-26
Note: Since a number of area activities were postponed because of the weather last week, it's possible there may be other events rescheduled for this week. Here are the scheduled high school events as of Sunday, Dec. 18.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Clark-Willow Lake at Florence-Henry (Henry)
Redfield at Sisseton
Langford Area at Wilmot
Mobridge-Pollock at Aberdeen Christian
Sioux Valley at Bresford
Wolsey-Wessington at Faulkton Area
Leola-Frederick Area at Potter County (Hoven)
Ipswich at Waubay-Summit (Waubay)
Watertown at Pierre
Waverly-South Shore at Dell Rapids St. Mary
Groton Area at Aberdeen Roncalli
Elkton-Lake Benton at Baltic
Tri-State at Northern Cass (N.D.)
Linton/Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock at Ellendale (N.D.)
Oakes at South Border (N.D.)
Canby at Lakeview (Minn.)
Renville County West at Ortonville (Minn.)
Thursday, Dec. 22
Watertown at Mitchell
Aberdeen Central at Yankton
Britton-Hecla at Deuel
Lisbon (N.D.) at Sisseton
Colman-Egan at Arlington
Tiospa Zina at Webster Area
West Central at Sioux Valley
Faulkton Area at Highmore-Harrold
Hamlin at Milbank
Wilmot at Estelline-Hendricks (Hendricks, Minn.)
Canby at Lac qui Parle Valley (Minn.)
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton at Dawson-Boyd (Minn.)
Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier at Ellendale (N.D.)
Oakes at Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter (N.D.)
BOYS BASKETBALL
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Redfield at Sisseton
South Border (N.D.) at North Central (Eureka)
Wolsey-Wessington at Faulkton Area
Pierre at Watertown
Iroquois-Lake Preston at Estelline-Hendricks (Hendricks, Minn.)
Arlington at Oldham-Ramona-Rutland (Ramona)
Flandreau at Castlewood
Madison at Deubrook Area
Clark-Willow Lake at Florence-Henry (Henry)
Mobridge-Pollock at Aberdeen Christian
Leola-Frederick Area at Potter County (Hoven)
Langford Area at Wilmot
Sioux Valley at Beresford
Tri-State at Northern Cass (N.D.)
Oakes at Wyndmere-Lidgerwood (N.D.)
MACCRAY at Lac qui Parle Valley (Minn.)
Thursday, Dec. 22
Groton Area at Aberdeen Roncalli
Arlington at Colman-Egan
Mitchell at Watertown
Warner at Florence-Henry (Florence)
Yankton at Aberdeen Central
Britton-Hecla at Deuel
Tiospa Zina at Webster Area
West Central at Sioux Valley
Hamlin at Milbank
Oakes at Barnes County North (N.D.)
Murray County Central at Canby (Minn.)
Dawson-Boyd at Benson (Minn.)
WRESTLING
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Aberdeen Central at Huron
Thursday, Dec. 22
Webster Area, Groton Area at Redfield Triangular
GYMNASTICS
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Sisseton, Britton-Hecla at Aberdeen Central Triangular | 2022-12-20T15:48:32+00:00 | thepublicopinion.com | https://www.thepublicopinion.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/12/20/girls-and-boys-basketball-wrestling-and-gymnastics-events-scheduled/69739077007/ |
Alex Verdugo Player Prop Bets: Red Sox vs. Guardians - April 30
Published: Apr. 30, 2023 at 11:25 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
On Sunday, Alex Verdugo (batting .227 in his past 10 games) and the Boston Red Sox play the Cleveland Guardians, whose starting pitcher will be Logan Allen. First pitch is at 1:35 PM ET.
He had two hits (going 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI) in his most recent appearance against the Guardians.
Alex Verdugo Game Info & Props vs. the Guardians
- Game Day: Sunday, April 30, 2023
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
- Stadium: Fenway Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Guardians Starter: Logan Allen
- TV Channel: NESN
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -278)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +875)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +230)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Alex Verdugo At The Plate
- Verdugo leads Boston in slugging percentage (.451) thanks to 10 extra-base hits.
- Among the qualifying hitters in baseball, his batting average ranks 25th, his on-base percentage ranks 55th, and he is 66th in the league in slugging.
- In 78.6% of his games this season (22 of 28), Verdugo has picked up at least one hit, and in 10 of those games (35.7%) he recorded at least two.
- He has homered in three games this season (10.7%), homering in 2.4% of his chances at the plate.
- Verdugo has had an RBI in 11 games this year (39.3%), including three multi-RBI outings (10.7%).
- He has scored in 64.3% of his games this year, with more than one run scored in 10.7%.
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Alex Verdugo Home/Away Batting Splits
Guardians Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective 7.5 K/9, the second-worst in MLB.
- The Guardians have a 3.94 team ERA that ranks 12th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Guardians pitchers combine to give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (24 total, 0.9 per game).
- The Guardians are sending Allen (1-0) to the mound to make his second start of the season.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, the left-hander tossed six innings against the Miami Marlins, giving up one earned run while surrendering five hits.
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-30T16:56:11+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/sports/betting/2023/04/30/alex-verdugo-mlb-player-prop-bets/ |
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The threat of violent crime looms large for many young people around the world. New research finds that the stress from this threat puts female students at a long-term disadvantage in school and beyond.
The study — co-authored by Maria Padilla-Romo, assistant professor of economics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Haslam College of Business, and Eunsik Chang (HCB Ph.D., '21), assistant professor of economics at Mississippi State University — examines how violent crime in a student's local area affects high-stakes test scores and subsequent school placement.
The team focused on Mexico City, where violent crimes are commonplace, and the school system uses an annual exam called the COMIPEMS as its sole means of assigning middle school students to public high schools. The researchers looked at students' COMIPEMS scores and at homicide and firearms injury records in the area over a period of three and a half years.
The data revealed a significant gender gap in test results. Exposure to violent crime within 0.1 miles in the week before the exam lowers female students' test scores by approximately 11 percent compared to female students not exposed to such an environment. Similar exposure has no such effect on male students' test scores.
The disparity is even more pronounced when violent crimes occur in neighborhoods that are usually considered relatively safe, Padilla-Romo points out. "The detrimental effects on girls' test scores are larger in areas where they are not used to seeing shootings and homicides," she says. "It's more of a shock for them."
Lower COMIPEMS scores affect high school placement, putting girls who have been exposed to violent crime at a disadvantage. Approximately 19 percent of female students exposed to violent crime are subsequently assigned to less-preferred, lower-quality high schools than where they would have been assigned without that exposure.
Placement at less desirable high schools leads to further gender disparity in post-secondary education and career opportunities. Mexico City students at elite high schools enjoy privileges such as smaller class sizes, fewer students per computer and more college-educated teachers. Students at these schools also score better on a high-stakes graduation test. In the study, 3 percent of the female students who were exposed to violent crime before the COMIPEMS test lost the opportunity to be conditionally admitted to Mexico's most prestigious university, UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), because they were not accepted to high schools affiliated with UNAM.
Padilla-Romo says the study provides valuable evidence in ongoing education policy debates around high-stakes standardized tests. "Our results highlight the shortcomings of relying on entrance exams to make admission decisions," she says. "Something as random as being exposed to violence — a fairly common event in many cities — the week before taking an admission test has detrimental effects not only on the exam score but on the educational trajectory thereafter."
The study suggests that girls at economically-disadvantaged schools may experience a longer impact of crime-induced mental distress. Female students in high-poverty schools who are exposed to violent crimes two weeks before the test perform significantly worse than female students at the same poverty level who do not. Regardless of poverty levels, male students' exam scores do not suffer due to crime exposure.
In school systems where so much rides on standardized test scores, even short-term shocks can have long-lasting consequences for girls' futures, the researchers conclude.
"These shocks affect the test scores, which affect placements and education quality, which affect future education and future earnings, especially for girls who are already at a disadvantage when taking high-stakes exams," Padilla-Romo says. "We have to rethink how admission decisions are made in many parts of the world, as many of these exams put historically marginalized groups at a disadvantage."
"When Crime Comes to the Neighborhood: Short-Term Shocks to Student Cognition and Secondary Consequences" is forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics. The paper can be accessed online.
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(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Communications team at GoFundMe is closely monitoring the platform with its Trust & Safety team for fundraisers that have started following the deadly shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs.
“Our hearts are with the Colorado Springs community during this time. We hope you are safe and well,” stated Nathalie Granda, GoFundMe Communications Associate.
On Saturday, Nov. 19 just before Midnight, five people were killed and 18 others injured after a gunman opened fire inside the nightclub.
According to GoFundMe, as of Sunday, Nov. 20 there are two, verified GoFundMe fundraisers to help shooting victims. “We will continue to share verified fundraisers as we have them… We’re here to help,” stated Granda.
The following GoFundMe pages have been verified, and are safe to donate to, according to GoFundMe.
- Support for the Club Q Families and Survivors: Faith Haug of Good Judy Garage, a small business in Denver, launched a GoFundMe to raise funds for the families of the victims killed in the tragic shooting, as well as to help those injured with medical expenses.
- Victims of Club Q Colorado Springs Mass Shooting: Greg Resha of Colorado Springs is a former employee of Club Q. The fundraiser organizer launched a GoFundMe to help the families of the victims, as well as those who were injured.
GoFundMe will continue to send updates on verified fundraisers through its platform, and FOX21 News will update this article with more information once it becomes available. | 2022-11-21T13:32:28+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/club-q-donations-gofundme-verifies-fundraisers/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LUMIQ has raised Rs 44.1 crore or $5.5 million in its Series A round led by existing investor Info Edge Ventures. In 2022, this is the 1st round of investment for the Data and Analytics company which builds datastack products and solutions, with a pure Financial Services and Insurance (FSI) focus.
In this round, Info Edge Ventures spearheaded the round with Rs 23.41 crore while Season Two Ventures and RedStart Labs pumped in Rs 19.51 crore and Rs 1.2 crore respectively. This will be used to further develop LUMIQ's presence in international markets - US and SEA, and strengthen their FSI-focused product line.
The company has raised a total of $7.5 million to date including a $2 million seed round led by Info Edge Ventures in August last year. As per Fintrackr, LUMIQ has been valued around at Rs 320 crore or $40 million, post allotment.
Founded by data technologist Shoaib Mohammad, LUMIQ has developed cutting-edge data stack products and AI ML solutions - across DataOps, E2E Observability, ML Risk Governance, Self-service analytics - for the FSI space.
Speaking about the fund-raise, LUMIQ's CEO Shoaib Mohammad said, "Today we are seeing data manageability is a big challenge, with complex ad-hoc data stacks and solutions stitched together loosely. This weak data backbone can have a major impact in terms of data security, quality, auditability, and compliance. The way you manage, ready and leverage your enterprise data determines your organisation's overall profitability. We want to enable financial enterprises across the globe with best-in-class data engineering practices and data stacks built-for-scale."
LUMIQ's flagship product - empOWER FSI Data Platform - enables financial enterprises to manage, leverage, and monetize their data seamlessly. With over 70 ready-to-deploy AI ML data models already live for 20+ financial and insurance enterprises, the platform has so far analyzed over 1 billion customer interactions.
About LUMIQ
LUMIQ is a Data and Analytics company with proven credentials in the Indian FSI space driving large-scale data transformation initiatives for some of the largest financial enterprises across banking, insurance, NBFCs, AMCs in India. Since 2020, LUMIQ has grown 2X YoY recently doubling in headcount to ~350 data professionals, with new offices in Noida, Chennai, Pune, and New Jersey.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico state district court judge on Tuesday disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin from holding public office for engaging in insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The judgment from state District Court Judge Francis Mathew permanently bars Griffin from federal and local public office. It arrived amid a spate of lawsuits aimed at sidelining political candidates and elected officials linked to the Capitol riots.
Griffin was previously convicted in federal court of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, without going inside the building. He was sentenced to 14 days and given credit for time served.
The new ruling immediately removes Griffin from his position as a commissioner in Otero County in southern New Mexico. He also is barred from serving as a presidential elector.
“Mr. Griffin aided the insurrection even though he did not personally engage in violence,” Mathew wrote. “By joining the mob and trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds, Mr. Griffin contributed to delaying Congress’s election-certification proceedings.”
Griffin said he was notified of his removal from office by Otero County staff, who prevented him from accessing his work computer and office space at a county building in Alamogordo.
Griffin, who served as his own legal counsel at a two-day bench trial in August, called the ruling a “total disgrace” that disenfranchises his constituents in Otero County.
“The actions that are being taken are, I believe, perfect evidence of the tyranny that we’re right now living under,” Griffin said. “The left continues to speak about democracy being under attack, but is this democracy? Whenever you’re removed from office by the civil courts by the opinion of a liberal judge.”
A flurry of similar lawsuits around the country are seeking to punish politicians who took part in Jan. 6 under provisions of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which holds that anyone who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution can be barred from office for engaging in insurrection or rebellion.
The provisions were put in place shortly after the Civil War.
“It was written to deal with former Confederates … and it’s basically been dormant ever since with one or two odd exceptions,” said Gerard Magliocca, a professor at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. “There was nothing else that could be described as an insurrection against the Constitution until Jan. 6.”
At trial, Griffin invoked free speech guarantees in his defense and argued that removing him from office would cut against the will of the people and set a “dangerous precedent.” Elected in 2018, Griffin withstood a recall vote last year but isn’t running for reelection or other office in November.
Mathew wrote that Griffin’s arguments “disregard that the Constitution itself reflects the will of the people.”
Griffin “overlooks that his own insurrectionary conduct on January 6 sought to subvert the results of a free and fair election, which would have disenfranchised millions of voters.”
The lawsuit against Griffin was brought by three plaintiffs in New Mexico with assistance from the Washington-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Supportive briefs were filed by the NAACP and progressive watchdog group Common Cause. A federal court declined a recent request to take up the case.
Tuesday’s judgment is “a historic win for accountability for the January 6th insurrection and the efforts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power in the United States,” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics President Noah Bookbinder said in a statement.
Griffin, a Republican, forged a group of rodeo acquaintances in 2019 into the promotional group called Cowboys for Trump that staged horseback parades to spread President Donald Trump’s conservative message about gun rights, immigration controls and abortion restrictions.
This year, Griffin voted twice as a county commissioner against certifying New Mexico’s June 7 primary election, in a standoff over election integrity fueled by conspiracy theories about the security of voting equipment in the Republican-dominated county.
Two other commissioners eventually agreed to certify, but Griffin cast the lone dissenting vote while acknowledging that he had no specific basis for questioning the results of the election — attributing his decision to “my gut feeling and my own intuition.”
Griffin is among a dozen people charged in the Jan. 6 riot that had either held public office or ran for a government leadership post in the two and a half years before the attack. Of those, seven have been convicted of crimes for their participation.
Unlike Griffin, the members of Congress targeted for disqualification were neither charged nor convicted of crimes associated with the Capitol riot.
In Georgia, a federal judge allowed a 14th Amendment challenge against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green to advance, but a state administrative law judge found there wasn’t sufficient evidence to back voters’ claims that she had engaged in insurrection, and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Greene was qualified to run.
Greene won her primary, and the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the decision last week to leave her on the ballot. The federal appeal is pending.
In North Carolina, a federal judge blocked the state elections board from formally examining whether U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who spoke at the rally that preceded the riot, should remain on the state’s May 17 primary ballot.
Cawthorn narrowly lost that election, and later in May a federal appeals court reversed the lower court decision. The panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the trial judge got it wrong when he ruled that an 1872 law that removed office-holding disqualifications from most ex-Confederates also exempted current members of Congress like Cawthorn. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed as moot because Cawthorn isn’t on the November ballot.
Arizona state courts have kept U.S. Reps. Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs and a state legislator on the ballot amid efforts to disqualify them. A judge agreed in April with the lawmakers that Congress created no enforcement mechanism for the 14th Amendment, barring a criminal conviction.
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Gary D. Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina, Mark Sherman in Washington, and Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix contributed to this report.
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This story has been corrected to show that Mathew is a New Mexico state district judge, not a U.S. federal judge. | 2022-09-07T10:35:56+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-new-mexico-bars-commissioner-from-office-for-insurrection/ |
Grab a mallet and start pounding! By smashing pumpkins, you’ll help students in the Broad Ripple area get the tools and extracurricular programs they need — like robotics club, Lego club, science camps and arts programming.
Judy Weerts Hall of Broad Ripple Kiwanis Club joined us Friday on “Life.Style.Live!” to share more about this event.
The Pumpkin Smash is just part of the family-friendly fall festival hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Broad Ripple from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 23 at Half Liter Beer & BBQ Hall (5301 Winthrop Ave Suite B. Indianapolis, IN 46220).
The event will have free activities for kids including painting pumpkins and fun games. Everyone should also dress in their most creative outfit for the costume parade!
Half Liter Beer & BBQ Hall is donating a portion of sales from food to the Kiwanis Club of Broad Ripple. The club supports science, technology, engineering, arts and math projects at IPS 43, 48, 55, 59, 91, Shortridge and Purdue Polytechnic.
An online auction of premium items and experiences will raise additional funds so the club can expand the service it provides to the Broad Ripple community. Bidding opens October 16 on the club’s website, brkc.org. Bids are accepted until 11:59 p.m. on October 23.
For more information, click here. | 2022-10-21T20:07:53+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/lifestylelive/pumpkin-smash-to-benefit-broad-ripple-area-students/ |
Search continues for medical transport plane that crashed with 3 on board
HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - A sprawling search by air and sea is continuing Friday for a medical transport plane that crashed off Maui with three people onboard.
KHNL reports rescue crews have spotted oil sheen and recovered aircraft debris. But Coast Guard officials said it hasn’t been confirmed the debris is from the downed craft.
Global Medical Response owns the aircraft and confirmed the crew was headed to Hawaii Island to pick up a patient.
“We are doing everything we can to bring our team members home,” the company said.
The Coast Guard said multiple aircraft and vessels have joined the widening search.
Overnight, flight radar was reported as showing a Coast Guard airplane flying across the Alenuihaha Channel between Maui and Hawaii Island to search for the missing crew.
Amid the ongoing search, Coast Guard officials said their aircraft reported seeing a sheen in the search area and a patrol boat recovered some aircraft debris. But officials said it’s not known if they belong to the missing aircraft.
“It does correlate with the last known position of the plane, but we can’t for certain say that it’s from the same aircraft,” said Lt. Commander Andrew Williams, Coast Guard rescue mission coordinator.
Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board said it is responding to investigate the crash.
Officials have said it wasn’t immediately known what may have caused the plane to come down. The weather Thursday night was rainy and windy, and the channel where the plane came down is known for choppy ocean conditions.
“We’re praying that we find the people involved in this accident,” said Maui County Mayor Mike Victorino.
Meanwhile, Global Medical Response said it is currently reaching out to the families of the missing crew. Hawaii Life Flight has also paused its transport flights as the search continues.
“Our caregivers are delivering care to patients who need service the most,” said Speedy Bailey, of American Medical Response Hawaii. “The pause is a time to take care of our caregivers, so we’re doing that right now and we’re deeply concerned for all the family involved and the family of our caregivers.”
Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth released a statement, extending his support to the families of crew members aboard the plane.
“The service they provide to our community is truly invaluable, and we mahalo all who risk their lives daily to save the lives of others. Our administration remains hopeful in the Coast Guard’s search and eagerly awaits any sign of good news.”
The company has been operating in Hawaii since 2010, according to its website.
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KHARKIV, Ukraine >> As Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded a fast-track procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians today, another effort to strengthen Moscow’s influence over war-torn Ukraine.
Until recently, only residents of Ukraine’s separatist eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents of the southern Zaporizhzhia and the Kherson regions, large parts of which are now under Russian control, were eligible to apply for the simplified passport procedure.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Klueba said Putin’s signing of a passport decree, which also applies to stateless residents in Ukraine, was an example of his “predatory appetites.”
“Russia is using the simplified procedure for issuing passports to tighten the noose around the necks of residents of the temporarily occupied territories of our state, forcing them to participate in the criminal activities of the occupying administrations and the Russian army of aggression,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry added in a statement.
Between 2019, when the procedure was introduced for the residents of Donetsk and Luhansk, and this year, more than 720,000 people living in the rebel-held areas in the two regions — about 18% of the population — have received Russian passports.
In late May, three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the fast-track procedure was also offered to residents of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
The Russian passport move appears to be part of Putin’s political influence strategy, which has also involved introduction of the Russian ruble in occupied territory in Ukraine and could eventually result in the annexation of more Ukrainian territory into the Russian Federation. Russia already annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
The Russian president set the stage for such moves even before Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, writing an essay last summer claiming that Russians and Ukrainians are one people and attempting to diminish the legitimacy of Ukraine as an independent nation. Reports have surfaced of Russian authorities confiscating Ukrainian passports from some citizens.
The passport announcement came hours after Russian shelling of Ukraine’s second-largest city today killed at least six people and injured 31, prosecutors and local officials said. Russian troops launched three missile strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, in an attack one official described as “absolute terrorism.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry said the attacks struck at the points of deployment for Ukraine’s “nationalist battalions.” Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram that the shelling came from multiple rocket launchers, and those wounded and hospitalized included children aged 4 and 16.
“Only civilian structures — a shopping center and houses of peaceful Kharkiv residents — came under the fire of the Russians. Several shells hit the yards of private houses. Garages and cars were also destroyed. Several fires broke out,” Syniehubov wrote.
Earlier, he said one missile destroyed a school, another hit a residential building, while the third landed near warehouse facilities.
“All (three were launched) exclusively on civilian objects. This is absolute terrorism!” Syniehubov said.
Kharkiv resident Alexander Peresolin said the attacks came without warning, with a blast so fierce he lost consciousness. Neighbors carried him to the basement, where he regained consciousness.
“I was sitting and talking to my wife,” he said. “I didn’t understand what happened.”
The strikes came two days after a Russian rocket attack struck apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine. The death toll in that attack on the town of Chasiv Yar rose to 31 today. Nine people have been rescued from the rubble but more are still believed trapped, emergency officials said.
The attack late Saturday destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter used mostly by people who work in factories. Russia’s Defense Ministry insisted today that the Chasiv Yar target “was a Ukrainian territorial defense brigade, and that “more than 300 nationalists” were killed. The town is also the hometown of Ukraine’s president.
Russian attacks continued in eastern Ukraine, with Luhansk regional Gov. Serhiy Haidai saying today that Russian forces carried out five missile strikes and four rounds of shelling, hitting settlements on the border with the Donetsk region.
The Luhansk and Donetsk regions make up Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas, where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014. Earlier this month, Russia captured the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk, the city of Lysychansk.
Ukrainian forces continued attacks on what they said are Russian ammunition depots, in a prelude to a possible counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory.
Ukrainian officials said on social media late today that an ammunition depot in Novy Kakhovka, in the mostly Russia-occupied Kherson region, was destroyed.
Russia’s Tass news agency offered a different account, saying that the target was a mineral fertilizer storage facility that exploded and that a market, hospital and houses were damaged. Some of the ingredients in fertilizer can be used as ammunition.
Tass said there were casualties, without providing an estimate, and claimed the weapon used in the strike was fired from a U.S-supplied multiple-launch High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. Ukrainian officials didn’t comment on the type of weapon used.
Also today:
— The main Russian natural gas pipeline to Germany began a 10-day closure for maintenance, heightening European fears that Moscow may not turn the flow back on after its completion. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline runs under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany and is the latter’s main source of Russian gas. Gas is usually sent onward to other countries as well. It is scheduled to be out of action until July 21. German officials are suspicious about Russia’s intentions, particularly after Russia’s giant energy firm Gazprom last month reduced the gas flow through Nord Stream 1 by 60%. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address today, “There can be no doubt that Russia will try not just to limit as much as possible, but to completely shut down the supply of gas to Europe at the most acute moment. This is what we need to prepare for now, this is what is being provoked now.”
— Western nations pledged more support and military supplies to Ukraine. In Kyiv, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Zelenskyy that his country would supply self-propelled howitzers and artillery shellsn. Rutte also pledged financial support for Ukrainian teachers, doctors and retirees. Zelenskyy said he spoke with Rutte about the Netherlands’ potential role in the reconstruction of Ukraine.
— The White House today said it believes Russia is turning to Iran to provide hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles, including weapons-capable drones, for use in its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said it was unclear whether Iran had already provided the systems, but said the U.S. had “information” indicating Iran was preparing to train Russian forces to use them as soon as this month.
Jovana Gec in Belgrade, Serbia, contributed to this report. | 2022-07-12T00:07:55+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/07/11/breaking-news/putin-expands-fast-track-russian-citizenship-to-all-ukraine/ |
Which electric pole saws are best?
Using a chainsaw while climbing trees or balancing on a ladder is an easy way to risk serious injury. You can reduce the danger and make your tree cutting and trimming tasks go quicker and easier with a pole saw. And cordless electric pole saws make the task of trimming overhead limbs and branches easier than with gas-powered models because they weigh less, make less noise and don’t pollute.
What to consider before buying an electric pole saw
Pole saws are essentially small chainsaws that attach to extension handles to increase the saw’s reach, especially overhead. They have several points of differentiation.
Reach
The longer the pole, the higher up you can reach, but the heavier the saw becomes, the harder it is to maneuver. Look for poles that adjust quickly and easily.
Power
The more power you have driving the chain, the quicker you finish. Battery power is measured both in amperes and volts. Generally speaking, the larger the numbers, the greater the power — and the cost.
Automatic features
Automatic oilers make cutting easier and add to the life of your chains and motors. Automatic chain tension adjusters have the same benefits.
Best electric pole saws
Electric pole saws under $100
Sun Joe Electric Multi-Angle Pole Saw
What you need to know: This saw has a camo pattern popular with consumers.
What you’ll love: The cutting head on this saw adjusts at angles from 0 to 30 degrees so it can get in tight spaces larger saws can’t. The 8 amp motor drives a 10-inch saw to cut branches up to 9.5 inches thick.
What you should consider: Some customers say this saw is surprisingly heavy for its size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Greenworks 7 Amp 2-in-1 Cordless Electric Pole Saw
What you need to know: This saw easily changes from a pole saw into a chainsaw.
What you’ll love: You can reach up to 12 feet with this lightweight telescoping aluminum pole. The chain is lubricated automatically and the oil-level indicator keeps you informed about your oil usage. The chain tension adjusts easily with a turn of a knob and the 10-inch bar cuts branches and logs up to 8 inches in diameter.
What you should consider: Some reviewers say it’s top-heavy and hard to handle.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worx WG309 8 Amp Electric Pole Saw
What you need to know: At only 10 pounds, this saw is made to be easily maneuvered even when held up high.
What you’ll love: The automatic chain tension system prevents over-tightening so the chain runs smoothly around the bar, extending the motor’s life. An 8-foot extension pole provides a total of 10 feet of reach, and the rotating handle makes it easy to trim and prune.
What you should consider: Some users report needing to adjust the tension on their own.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Electric pole saws for $100-$200
Black and Decker 20-Volt Max XR Pole Saw
What you need to know: This pole saw’s lithium-ion battery retains its charge five times longer than nickel-cadmium batteries.
What you’ll love: It’s rated to make up to 100 cuts through 1.5- by 1.5-inch pine branches per charge. You can use it to reach 14 feet when you add the center extension. The 8-inch cutting bar cuts limbs up to 6 inches in diameter.
What you should consider: Some reviewers say the battery needs to be swapped out or recharged more frequently than is claimed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worx WG323 20-Volt Power Share Cordless Pole Saw
What you need to know: Weighing only 10 pounds, this works as a chainsaw when you detach the pole.
What you’ll love: The automatic no-tool chain tension system means you’ll always have the correct tension for the situation at hand. The automatic chain lubrication system delivers smoother cuts while extending the life of the chain and the motor.
What you should consider: Some customers say sawdust builds up inside, so you need to unclog it from time to time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Craftsman 20-Volt Cordless Pole Saw
What you need to know: The angled cutting head makes for better operator visibility and cleaner cuts.
What you’ll love: The handle has a soft grip for comfort and a built-in hook for hanging the saw on your garage wall, off the floor and out of your way. The extension handle lets you reach up to 14 feet overhead and you get up to 325 cuts per charge, tested on 2- by 2-inch pressure-treated pine.
What you should consider: You need to oil this saw’s chain manually.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Electric pole saws over $200
Greenworks Pro 80-Volt Brushless Cordless Pole Saw
What you need to know: This powerful saw is the choice of pros and serious amateur landscapers.
What you’ll love: This 12.8-pound saw has a brushless motor for lots of torque. The bar and chain oiler and the chain tensioner both operate automatically so you can keep on cutting without interruption. This saw is rated to make 83 cuts per charge on 4- by 4-inch pressure-treated wood.
What you should consider: Its reach is just 9 feet.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: You get up to 500 2- to 3-inch cuts from the 4.0 amperes per hour lithium-ion battery.
What you’ll love: The extendable shaft adjusts quickly and easily from 7 to 10 feet with a twist of the collar and is easily supported by the shoulder strap. This cutter weighs 13.5 pounds with its battery and is up to four times quieter than a gas saw. The battery-level indicator light lets you know how much power you have left.
What you should consider: Some customers wish the chain tension was easier to adjust.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
DeWalt 20-Volt Max XR Pole Saw
What you need to know: This 45-inch pole saw extends for a reach of up to 15 feet.
What you’ll love: The brushless electric motor is rated to make up to 96 cuts through 4- by 4-inch pressure-treated pine on a single charge. The limb hook makes it easy to remove pruned branches and the automatic oiler keeps your chain lubricated so you don’t have to.
What you should consider: There are some reports of this saw arriving with an overtightened chain.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Russian forces in Crimea brace for possible Ukraine assault
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Moscow-appointed leader of Crimea said Tuesday the region is on guard for what may be an impending Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Sergei Aksyonov told reporters that Russian forces in Crimea had built “modern, in-depth defenses” and had “more than enough” troops and equipment to repel a possible Ukrainian assault after 13 months of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
“We cannot underestimate the enemy, but we can definitely say that we are ready (for an attack) and that there will be no catastrophe,” he said.
His comments came days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reaffirmed Kyiv’s intention to take back the Black Sea peninsula that Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Aksyonov first announced the beginning of fortification works in Crimea in November, without giving details. In February, at a security meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said that the works were set to finish by April.
Satellite images published last week showed a complex web of trenches and other fortifications dug near Medvedivka, a small town near a crossing between Crimea and mainland Ukraine, suggesting Russian concerns about a possible Ukrainian attack there.
Military analysts expect Kyiv to take advantage of improving weather to seize the battlefield initiative with new batches of Western weapons, including scores of tanks, and fresh troops trained in the West.
Ukrainian forces could seek to break through the land corridor between Russia and Crimea, heading from Zaporizhzhia toward Melitopol and the Azov Sea. That might split the Russian forces in two.
Kyiv’s forces face a formidable challenge to dislodge Russian forces, however. Their armor likely will encounter minefields, anti-tank ditches and other obstacles, while extensive trench systems provide cover for Moscow’s troops.
The Kremlin wants Kyiv to acknowledge Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea and also recognize September’s annexation of the Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine has vowed to drive the Russians out of all occupied territories and has ruled out any talks with Moscow until it fully reclaims control of its land.
The Ukraine-held parts of the four provinces have felt the brunt of Russian bombardments in recent months, and seven civilians were wounded by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kherson on Monday and overnight, the presidential office reported Tuesday.
Russia on Tuesday also used Su-35 aircraft to launch strikes on two towns in the Zaporizhzhia region, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office said.
Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post that local authorities were assessing the damage in the towns of Orikhiv and Huliaipole, each of which had a pre-war population of just under 14,000.
Russian artillery also hit a church in Kherson, blowing out its windows and damaging its roof and walls, the Ukrainian regional military administration reported on Telegram. It said there had been no casualties.
___ Associated Press Writer Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report. ___ Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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BCG Survey of Nearly 4,700 Deskless Workers in France, Germany, US, and UK Finds Unmet Emotional Needs Are Driving Deskless Workers to Leave Jobs
BOSTON, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Approximately 70% to 80% of the world's labor force is made up of "deskless" workers: employees whose jobs are tied to a location or can't be done remotely. Industries such as health care, manufacturing, logistics, food production, hospitality, and retail rely heavily on deskless workers. With record sales forecast for holiday shopping this year, seasonal deskless workers such as cashiers and truck drivers will be vital to fill the surge of consumer demand. While many employers are still finding it difficult to fill vacant positions, 53% of deskless workers feel burned out at work, and more than four out of ten are at risk of quitting, according to a new study published today by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
The research, titled "Making Work Work Better for Deskless Workers," features findings from a survey of 4,668 deskless workers in France, Germany, the US, and the UK. Respondents were almost evenly split between men and women, and included a range of ages, levels of seniority, job experience, and employment status.
The portion of deskless workers at risk of quitting differs depending on geography and field. The UK has the largest portion of people in deskless jobs open to a new opportunity (49%) followed by Germany (44%), the US (43%), and France (37%).
Almost half of deskless workers in the retail industry (48%) are at risk of quitting, with 41% of employees passively looking and 7% actively looking. Other industries at high risk include transportation and warehousing, industrial goods, health care, and education.
While deskless workers cite pay and compensation as an important aspect of their jobs, eight of the top ten factors that motivate deskless workers to quit are emotional rather than functional, including feeling fairly treated and respected, feeling valued and appreciated, having work that's enjoyable, and maintaining a good relationship with a manager or boss.
"Deskless talent is a vital sector of the global workforce, yet more than half of this important group feel burned out, and 43% are at risk of quitting," said Debbie Lovich, BCG's global leader for the future of work. "Of course, compensation is table stakes, but the real drivers of whether a deskless worker intends to stay or leave an organization are emotional: does my leadership and manager respect, value, and care about me? To retain this subset of employees, companies need to understand and act on both the functional and emotional needs of their deskless workers."
According to the survey, younger employees are more likely to be looking for a job change. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of deskless workers aged 18 to 24 describe feeling burned out from work, and 55% are either actively looking for a new job or would consider switching if the right opportunity came along. By comparison, only 30% of deskless workers 55 and older, and just 38% aged 45 to 54, say they are job hunting.
The survey reveals that the trend of "quick quitting" – workers leaving a new job after a relatively short period of time – is most prevalent among deskless workers with the least amount of time on the job. Among all deskless workers, 52% of those whose tenure is less than 12 months are either actively or passively job hunting. This means that delivering emotional connections during recruitment and onboarding, as well as sustaining them for the long term, is critical.
The survey offers three key areas of focus for employers to ensure their deskless workers are not lured away:
- Find Out What Workers Want: Using surveys, focus groups, and one-on-one conversations, find out what deskless workers want in a job.
- Build Great Managers: BCG's research shows that deskless workers dissatisfied with their managers feel more burned out, are less likely to recommend their employer, and are twice as likely to leave. Organizations must build their managers' capabilities to deliver a positive work experience for deskless workers.
- Invest in Making Work Better: After identifying changes to improve work for deskless workers, companies must invest in the technology, upskilling opportunities, governance approaches, etc., to support the new practices; then make necessary adjustments before rolling out and scaling.
"Our data confirms that quick quitting is most widespread among deskless workers who have the least amount of time on the job, but this trend can be reversed if employees feel supported and that their emotional needs are being met," said Sebastian Ullrich, BCG managing director and partner and coauthor of the report. "With the right effort, organizations can identify employees passively job searching and make changes to prevent them from becoming active job seekers."
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Frances Tiafoe 2023 cinch Championships Odds
Frances Tiafoe enters the cinch Championships (in London, United Kingdom) off the back of winning the MercedesCup, defeating Jan-Lennard Struff in the final. Tiafoe's first opponent is Botic Van de Zandschulp (in the round of 32). Tiafoe currently has +1400 odds to win this tournament at The Queen's Club.
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Tiafoe at the 2023 cinch Championships
- Next Round: Round of 32
- Tournament Dates: June 16-25
- Venue: The Queen's Club
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Court Surface: Grass
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Tiafoe's Next Match
In the round of 32 of the cinch Championships, on Tuesday, June 20 (at 8:50 AM ET), Tiafoe will face Van de Zandschulp.
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Frances Tiafoe Grand Slam Odds
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- US Open odds to win: +2000
- cinch Championships odds to win: +1400
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Tiafoe Stats
- Tiafoe won his most recent match, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 over Struff in the finals of the MercedesCup on June 18, 2023.
- Tiafoe has won two of his 22 tournaments so far over the past 12 months, with an overall record of 44-20.
- On grass over the past year, Tiafoe has gone 7-2 and has won one title.
- Through 64 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces), Tiafoe has played 27.6 games per match. He won 53.1% of them.
- In his nine matches on a grass surface over the past 12 months, Tiafoe has averaged 34.3 games.
- Over the past year, Tiafoe has been victorious in 23.5% of his return games and 83.6% of his service games.
- Over the past 12 months, in terms of serve/return winning percentages on grass, Tiafoe has won 85.5% of his games on serve and 22.3% on return.
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The new Skyla name and tagline, "Believe in Better," represents the credit union's personalized banking experience that turns possibilities into reality
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Charlotte Metro Federal Credit Union (CMCU), a full-service, not-for-profit financial institution headquartered in Charlotte, today announced Skyla Credit Union as the new name for the institution. This rebrand is a result from Premier Federal Credit Union's (PFCU) 2021 merge into Charlotte Metro. The Skyla brand, with the tagline "Believe in Better," represents the personal, genuine way the friendly, neighborhood credit union puts your financial goals within reach.
"Following the merger of Charlotte Metro and Premier FCU, we knew we needed a brand that would embrace all of the communities we serve while symbolizing our mission to teach, guide, direct and educate our consumers so they may live a richer, more meaningful and expansive lifestyle," said Eric Gelly, President and CEO, Skyla Credit Union. "The new Skyla brand embodies our vision – building financial freedom for all – by providing the support and personalized banking experience to help you plan, implement, and actually achieve your goals. At Skyla, we are focused on meeting you wherever you are in your financial journey with the tools, guidance and resources that turn possibility into reality."
Skyla is the credit union's official name starting today. The new branding is now represented on the Skyla website (www.skylacu.com), online banking, mass media advertising and other member communications. Skyla will be transitioning signage for its 17 branch locations that were formerly known as Charlotte Metro and Premier FCU over the course of the next few weeks. Members will not need to take any action. Their existing account numbers, login credentials for online and mobile banking, credit cards, debit cards and checks will continue to work without any changes. Members will still encounter the same, great staff when visiting or contacting the credit union. For more details on the Skyla brand transition, visit: www.skylacu.com/new-name.
The new brand was created in partnership with the branding agency Tungsten based in Brevard, North Carolina.
Skyla is your friendly, neighborhood credit union – here to make things possible! The full-service financial institution headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. was formed from the 2021 merger of Charlotte Metro Credit Union and Premier Federal Credit Union (PFCU). With local roots in the Carolinas, the credit union has a membership of more than 93,000 with over $1 billion in assets and 17 branch locations throughout the region. As a not-for-profit cooperative, Skyla is wholly owned by its members. Learn more at www.skylacu.com.
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5 slain in Texas neighborhood identified; suspect charged
Published: Sep. 30, 2022 at 7:43 PM CDT|Updated: 24 minutes ago
McGREGOR, Texas (AP) — Officials have disclosed the identities of five people killed in a Central Texas neighborhood and the suspect in the slayings.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says 35-year-old Nicolas Jaimes-Hernandez of Mexico has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
He was shot and wounded Thursday in a gunfight with officers before they found five people dead at two houses in McGregor.
The DPS says he’s also suspected of killing 38-year-old Monica Delgado, 15-year-old Miguel Avila and 14-year-old Natallie Avila, along with next-door neighbors 47-year-old Lorena Aviles and her 20-year-old daughter, Natalie Aviles.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Joseph Ossai stood in front of his clean-out locker inside Arrowhead Stadium, while Bengals teammate B.J. Hill stood by for support, and lamented a mistake Sunday night that could easily haunt the defensive end for the rest of his career.
The Kansas City Chiefs were driving for a potential winning field goal in the AFC championship game when Ossai, a second-year pro, gave chase to scrambling Patrick Mahomes. Both were running at full speed when the All-Pro quarterback made it to the Cincinnati sideline, where Ossai gave a push from behind the sent Mahomes sprawling to the ground.
Penalty flags flew and Ossai knew immediately what he had done.
The 15-yard penalty for a late hit was enough to give Harrison Butker a field-goal chance, and the Chiefs’ big-legged kicker barely coaxed the ball over the crossbar, giving Kansas City a 23-20 victory and a berth in the Super Bowl.
“I was just in full chase mode and pushing to maybe get him going backwards, because I knew he was going for the sideline, so make him go backwards and get that clock running,” Ossai said. “I didn’t know how far out of bounds we were.”
It was enough that the flag was indisputable.
Making things worse, Ossai lay in a heap on the sideline as Mahomes trotted back to the field. He wound up hurting his right knee on the play, and an MRI exam is due Monday to determine the nature and extent of the injury.
“I’ve just got to learn from experience and know not to get close to that quarterback when he’s close to the sideline,” said Ossai, who had played well up to the last minute of the game, and bravely answered questions from reporters afterward.
“If there’s anything that could possibly cause a penalty in the dire situation like that,” he said, “I’ve got to do better.”
Not everyone on the Cincinnati sideline was supportive after Ossai’s mistake. TV cameras caught linebacker Germaine Pratt asking with an expletive why he was even near Mahomes at that point in the game. But most of the Bengals were ready to stand by Ossai’s side, even batting away questions that they didn’t like in the postgame locker room.
“There were a lot of other plays that could have turned the tide in that game in one second, so that’s not the only one,” said Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who was sacked five times and threw a pair of interceptions in the loss.
“This is emotional. We worked really hard to get here,” added Bengals coach Zac Taylor. “Any play that people feel like was left out there, you’re going to take it hard. We want guys like that, that this means a lot to. They care about it, care about their teammates. Joseph comes to work every day; he loves being a part of this team.”
Ossai’s career has been a hard one so far. He was a third-round pick of the Bengals out of Texas in 2021, but a meniscus injury in his second preseason game landed him on injured reserve for the season. The Nigeria native returned this season and appeared in 16 regular-season games, making just 17 tackles to go along with 3 1/2 sacks.
Yet by the way teammates gathered around him Sunday, it was clear his attitude and perseverance had won them over.
“We’re one big family. It’s not fake. When the going gets tough, we lift each other up,” he said. “I am just happy I’ve got these group of guys around me, supporting me right now, because it’s hard. There’s a bunch of guys in that room that I’m very thankful for, B.J. being one of them. A lot of older ones. They’ve done a good job taking us under their wings.”
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1149 PM MST Sun Aug 21 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of west central La Paz,
northwestern Yuma and Riverside Counties through 1230 AM MST/1230 AM
PDT/...
At 1149 PM MST/1149 PM PDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Midland to near Blythe
Airport to 6 miles southeast of Blythe to 11 miles south of
Quartzsite. Movement was southwest at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Blythe, Quartzsite, Nicholls Warm Springs, Midland, Blythe Airport,
Ripley, East Blythe and Ehrenberg.
This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 1 and 31.
CA Interstate 10 between mile markers 136 and 156.
US Highway 60 near mile marker 31.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3380 11494 3361 11489 3344 11462 3336 11425
3374 11395 3376 11436 3384 11456 3401 11474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 044DEG 29KT 3384 11480 3366 11468 3354 11451
3351 11429
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) – Thomas “Mykel” Gordon started his shift at Chick-fil-A like any normal Wednesday – the 26-year-old from Florida had no idea his decisive action later that day was about to go viral.
“I was getting some orders done, taken out on the POS and I just heard a call for help and all I could do is respond as fast as possible,” said Gordon.
The suspect, William Branch, is charged with threatening a military wife and young child with a sharpened plank to steal their car in the parking lot.
Gordon instantly ran to the commotion and pulled William Branch out of the car.
“As soon as I arrived, I saw him trying to get into the vehicle. I just pulled him out and I put him in a headlock,” said Gordon.
Gordon kept Branch on the ground until deputies arrived on the scene. Witnesses recorded the incident and the video quickly went viral across the nation.
Gordon said the tackle was the second run-in he had with Branch. A moment earlier, Gordon said he ran him off from trying to steal a woman’s keys in the drive-thru line.
Branch did get a swing on Gordon, hitting him on his chin. The day-shift manager was back at work the next day serving sandwiches with a smile.
Gordon honored for his actions
Sheriff Eric Aden stopped by Gordon’s Thursday shift to present a challenge coin and community service award.
“What we say a lot of times is service is in our DNA. That’s our mantra, that’s our motto,” said Sheriff Aden. “You clearly have service in your DNA from the job that you do here but you served and protected yesterday and that is what we do on a daily basis.”
While much of his Thursday shift was filled with media coverage, the community stopped by the drive-thru to tell Mykel thank you, giving cards and gifts to the young man.
“I joined this team 14 years ago, I never really saw this coming and never really expected that to ever happen,” said Gordon. “A very rare occasion.”
Suspect on a crime spree
It wasn’t the suspect’s only crime that day, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Office officials.
“The same suspect had burglarized a local home earlier the same day in the city of Fort Walton Beach, attempting to steal a purse before being confronted by the homeowner,” said Chief Deputy Ken LaPee.
Branch faces robbery with a firearm, robbery with carjacking and burglary charges.
Gordon has worked for Chick-fil-A for 14 years, and this is not his first time saving a life in the parking lot. Previously, he pulled two people from a car after a nearby crane collapsed on top.
“A vehicle that just came around this corner over here off of Beal Parkway. He hit the curve a little hard. It came down on top of a white sedan,” said Gordon. “The white sedan only had a few moments of just being able to stay on all four of the tires without them being compressed and compressed by the vehicle. So I was able to get her out and the other one out safely.”
OCSO offered Gordon a sponsored spot at cadet school if he wants to take his talents into law enforcement. Gordon however, sees his future working up the Chick-fil-A management ladder with the tagline “My Pleasure.” | 2022-09-17T00:57:14+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/chick-fil-a-employee-honored-for-saving-mother-child-from-carjacking-suspect/ |
History made: Van Meter becomes fourth team ever to win four straight state titles
History made: Van Meter becomes fourth team ever to win four straight state titles
POWERED BY CARL’S AUTO GROUP. THINK ABOUT IT. IT TAKES A PRETTY SPECIAL TEAM TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT TO GO UNDEFEATED AND WHEN A FOURTH STRAIGHT, THAT’S THE STUFF OF LEGENDS AND THAT’S WHAT VAN METER WAS TRYING TO DO AGAINST ELC IN THE 2A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN CAROL FIRST DIDN’T GET AN ARCHER RIPS IT AND JACK HEADED SCORES CARTER DURFLINGER SCORES. IT IS A DOUBLE FOR ARCHER AND THEY WERE NOT DONE. LET’S FAST FORWARD TO AGAIN AN ARCHER SHINING ON THE MOUND AND NOT ALLOW A SINGLE RUN AND THEN IT CAME DOWN TO THIS THE SIXTH INNING DALTON VAN PELT UP WITH THE BASES LOADED AND HAD HIS TROUBLE FOR ELC ALL THE WAY TO THE WALL. IT’S NOW NINE. NOTHING. EVERYBODY SCORES NEXT BATTER CASEY TRUDEAU IS GONNA HIT A SACK FLY TO PLATE VAN PELT HERE. IT IS IN THERE. THEY GO 10 NOTHING. RUN RULE BALL GAME OVER THE SECOND SEEDED ELC JUST THE FOURTH SCHOOL EVER TO WIN FOUR OR MORE CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS THE ALL-TIME RECORD BY THE WAY IS FIVE STRAIGHT VAN METER FINISHES 39-0 AND THEY ARE YOUR TWO A CHAMPS. THAT’S INCREDIBLE. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT FROM THE FIRST YEAR THE FOURTH ONE. WE’VE BEEN COMPETING AND COMPETING AND JUST GETTING PBETTER AND THE CLASS THAT I’M GRADUATING WITH HAS BEEN WAY BETTER WAY BETTER THAN WE I COULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT. IT’S IT’S INCREDIBLE.
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History made: Van Meter becomes fourth team ever to win four straight state titles
Van Meter has done it again!The Bulldogs blanked ELC 10-0 in 6 innings Friday to win the 2A State Championship at Merchants Park. Van Meter is now just the fourth team ever to win four straight state titles.KCCI's Scott Reister has the highlights in the video above:
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The Bulldogs blanked ELC 10-0 in 6 innings Friday to win the 2A State Championship at Merchants Park. Van Meter is now just the fourth team ever to win four straight state titles.
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One of the top teams in Class 11B continues to be the Velva-Garrison-Drake/Anamoose Aggies, who added more players to this year’s team via emergency co-op.
2014 is the last time a Velva football team missed the post season. The reason for this consistent success speaks to a strong bond between coaches and players.
We’ve had over the years, just a wealth of talent has come through our program. Secondly, the stability of our program, since I’ve been here for over 30 years now and the assistants I’ve had underneath me and just the coaching staff, I think that in itself provides just a consistent culture I believe,” Head Coach Larry Sandy said.
We work together well, we lost three guys from last year, I mean, we grew up with each other, played together all our lives. We trust each other to make the play when it needs to be made,” Senior Linebacker and Tight End Payton Bodine said.
The winning culture has helped the team establish a physical brand of football.
“We want to play hard, fast, competitive ball. You go out there and you hit a guy. As a lineman, that’s what we’re taught. There’s a guy three yards away from you, go smack him. You get that guy out of the way so your team can score,” Senior Offensive Guard and Defensive Tackle Gabe Lakoduk said.
Even with many pieces staying the same, the roster has seen major changes over the past two seasons, adding players from Garrison last year, and now Drake-Anamoose ahead of this season, both as emergency co-ops . Any Garrison player is eligible to play varsity this season along with one Drake-Anamoose senior joining the varsity squad.
I definitely think it adds a benefit to your program. It puts in a little bit of transition time for the kids and even for us as a coaching staff but it’s all very very positive,” Sandy said.
“Drake co-ops with us for track anyway, so we see familiar faces. Eric Martin, I was in track with him, Kyle Volson, we’re good friends already. Drake’s got some dogs they brought over. Great competition on the line, I mean, every practice is like a game for us,” Lakoduk said. | 2022-08-09T04:57:05+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/local-sports/football-velva-garrison-drake-anamoose-looks-to-continue-winning-culture/ |
Young women diagnosed with breast cancer often must delay pregnancy for years while they take hormone-blocking pills.
A reassuring new study finds they can take a two-year break from these drugs to get pregnant without raising their short-term risk of cancer coming back.
“This is really good news for young women and their doctors and their families,” said Dr. Ann Partridge of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, who led the study. Results were being discussed Thursday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Though more common in older women, breast cancer is increasingly diagnosed during childbearing years for reasons that aren’t clear.
For patients whose cancers are fueled by hormones, treatment involves surgery, then spending five to 10 years taking either a hormone-blocking drug that can cause birth defects or newer drugs called aromatase inhibitors and a monthly shot to shut down the ovaries.
Partridge estimates 6,000 U.S. women a year want to get pregnant but must take hormone-blocking drugs.
“They don’t want to hear from breast cancer again, but they also don’t want to put their lives on hold,” she said.
The study followed 516 women after surgery for early-stage cancer. All then spent at least 18 months taking hormone-blocking drugs. The women stopped hormone-blockers for up to two years to get pregnant, deliver and breastfeed. Then they restarted cancer therapy.
After three years, about 9% saw cancer come back, similar to the rate seen in a set of similar women in a separate study who stayed on hormone-blocking therapy. There were nine deaths, “below expected rates for this population,” Partridge said.
More than 300 babies were born to women in the study. Among them was Brayden, now 4, the son of Amy Bianchi.
“He’s perfect in every way,” Bianchi said. “I couldn’t imagine my life without him. We couldn’t imagine our family without him.”
Bianchi felt a lump, which turned out to be breast cancer, when her firstborn, Mia, was 18 months old. Doctors advised against another pregnancy, but she learned of the research and signed up.
“If I had listened to the first few doctors or oncologists that I spoke with, I would have lost all my hope,” said Bianchi, 42, of Niskayuna, New York. “I would have very quickly accepted that I would never have the family that I had envisioned.”
She was able to breastfeed her son for six months before resuming hormone-blocking therapy, which she’ll continue until 2026.
Researchers will follow Bianchi and the other study participants and report on the longer term safety.
“Will we see a difference at 10 years?” asked Dr. Hope Rugo of University of California, San Francisco who was not involved in the study. “For the moment, this is incredibly encouraging data. It should give practitioners and patients confidence” as they discuss ways to benefit from cancer therapy while starting a family. | 2022-12-08T18:48:17+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/pausing-breast-cancer-treatment-for-pregnancy-appears-safe-study-finds/ |
Pittsburgh Panthers (23-11, 14-6 ACC) vs. Iowa State Cyclones (19-13, 9-9 Big 12)
The Panthers are 14-6 against ACC opponents. Pittsburgh is fifth in the ACC scoring 75.6 points per game and is shooting 45.1%.
TOP PERFORMERS: Grill is averaging 9.5 points for the Cyclones. Jaren Holmes is averaging 12.9 points over the last 10 games for Iowa State.
Blake Hinson is averaging 15.5 points and 6.1 rebounds for the Panthers. Greg Elliott is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Pittsburgh.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cyclones: 3-7, averaging 63.4 points, 30.4 rebounds, 11.0 assists, 7.6 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.6 points per game.
Panthers: 6-4, averaging 78.2 points, 30.0 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 5.1 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.4 points.
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A group of people hang out while watching trains pass under the downtown Laramie footbridge while traveling on the Union Pacific Railroad during sunset.
The makeup of Laramie and Albany County’s local governments will look a bit different this year as newly elected officials begin their positions.
Tuesday was the first meeting for this term’s Laramie City Council and Albany County Board of Commissioners. The meetings served to orient new members and elect new leadership for each of the entities.
Harrington to serve as Laramie mayor
Laramie City Council unanimously elected Ward 1 representative Brian Harrington as mayor, without discussion or public comment. Harrington, who will take the place of former mayor Paul Weaver, has served on the city council for four years.
Fostering collaboration and connection between council members and among the greater community will be some of Harrigton’s main focuses as mayor, he told the Boomerang.
“Even when I have a difference in policy direction with a council member, I always come back to the same thing,” Harrington said. “They are there the same reason I am, which is because they love Laramie.”
Housing, economic development and environmental stewardship are some of the top policy areas where Harrington hopes to make progress with his remaining time on city council, he said.
Harrington will serve alongside Ward 2 representative Sharon Cumbie, who was unanimously elected as vice mayor. Cumbie has two years of experience on the city council.
The council also welcomed three new representatives. Micah Richardson took the place of Fred Schmechel representing Ward 1, Brandon Newman took the place of Paul Weaver representing Ward 2 and Joe Shumway took the place of Bryan Shuster representing Ward 3.
Along with some new faces, residents can also expect a shift in the operation of council meetings moving forward. The new council voted to rescind an ordinance requiring only a virtual meeting format in the city.
City counselors, staff and members of the public will now have the option to attend city council meetings in-person at City Hall or virtually.
Harrington said that as mayor, he plans to be easy to contact.
“I’m going to put extra energy into making sure I find new ways to engage with the community, and give folks more opportunities to directly address me,” he said.
The city council will continue to meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays for work sessions and at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays for regular meetings. All meetings are open to the public.
Gosar remains chair of county commission
The Albany County Board of Commissioners also had its first meeting Tuesday with newly elected commissioner Terri Jones. Jones had previously served on the board, and has now taken the place of fellow Republican Heber Richardson this term.
Jones joined Democratic commissioners Sue Ibarra and Pete Gosar, who was reelected for the position in 2022.
Gosar will continue to serve as chair of the board, being voted in by himself and Ibarra during Tuesday’s meeting.
City, county accepting community partner applications
Albany County and the city of Laramie are again inviting local nonprofits to apply for partnership funding.
Each budget session, the local governments chose a group of community organizations to allocate funding to for a range of purposes.
There are three types of organizations that can apply for the funding: recreational/arts and culture, social service and quasi-governmental. Some organizations that have partnered with the city and county in the past include Laramie Regional Airport, Downtown Clinic, Laramie Plains Museum, Albany County Public Library and Climb Wyoming.
Abby Vander Graaff is a writer for the Laramie Boomerang. She can be reached by email at avandergraaff@laramieboomerang.com. Follow her on Twitter @abbyvg_reporter. | 2023-01-09T23:39:54+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/government_and_politics/local-governments-update-leadership-begin-new-term/article_faa6d218-9071-11ed-9c6d-a75c1d7f71ac.html |
TORONTO, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Restaurant Brands International Inc. (TSX: QSR) (NYSE: QSR) (TSX: QSP) ("RBI") announced today that Josh Kobza, Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Bernstein Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on May 31st, 2023 at 9:00 am Eastern Time.
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Up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers are dying daily in the war with Russia, and only more advanced Western weaponry will reduce the casualties, turn back the Russian offensive and force Moscow to the negotiating table, an adviser to Ukraine's president said.
Mykhailo Podolyak told the BBC in an interview that aired Thursday the daily loss of between 100 and 200 Ukrainian fighters resulted from a "complete lack of parity" between Ukraine and Russia, which has "thrown pretty much everything non-nuclear" at the war's front in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week put his country's daily combat death toll at up to 100, but Podolyak said it had grown. Ukrainian officials have pointed at the mounting losses to emphasize their urgent requests for more Western weapons, which have been critical to the country's unexpected success in holding off Russia's larger and better-equipped forces.
After a bungled attempt to overrun Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, in the early days of the war, Russia shifted its focus to an eastern region of coal mines and factories known as the Donbas. But its progress there has been plodding.
Podolyak said the delivery of state-of-the-art artillery systems would not only diminish Ukrainian casualties, it would help its the nation's forces reclaim seized territory. The Ukrainian government also is seeking more multiple-rocket launchers.
"There's something really important...that our partners need to understand, and that's until Russia suffers a serious military defeat, no form of dialogue will be possible, and they will continue to be able to try and take parts of our country," he said.
Podolyak also addressed Western fears that Ukraine's forces would use Western-supplied rocket launchers to strike targets inside Russia and potentially escalate the conflict to a wider conflagration: "It won't happen," he said.
STREET BATTLES
Fighting in the Donbas has ground on for over two months, and the slog continued Friday. A provincial governor said Russian and Ukrainian forces battled "for every house and every street" in Sievierodonetsk, a city that recently has been under steady attack.
Sievierodonetsk is in the last pocket of Luhansk province that Russia or Moscow-backed separatists have not yet claimed.
Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai told The Associated Press that Ukrainian forces retain control of the industrial zone on the city's edge and some other sections amid the painstaking block-by-block fighting.
An envoy for the Luhansk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed separatist territory, reported Friday that some Ukrainian troops were trapped inside a chemical plant on the city's outskirts.
"All escape routes have been cut off," Rodion Miroshnik, Moscow ambassador for the unrecognized republic, wrote on social media.
"They are being told that no conditions will be accepted. Only the laying down of arms and surrender," he said.
Miroshnik echoed earlier claims by a Russian defense official that civilians remained on the plant's grounds. But he stopped short of reiterating allegations that Ukrainian forces were barring them from leaving.
As of Friday afternoon, there was no response from the Ukrainian side.
BRITAIN CALLS TRIAL OF ITS CITIZENS A 'SHAM'
The British government said Russia must take responsibility for the "sham trial" of two Britons and a Moroccan who were sentenced to death for fighting against Russian forces in Ukraine.
Britons Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun were convicted by a court run by pro-Moscow separatist authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, which is not recognized internationally.
Separatist authorities argued that the men were "mercenaries" not entitled to the usual protections accorded prisoners of war.
Aslin's and Pinner's families have said the two men were long-serving members of the Ukrainian military. Saadoun's father told a Moroccan online newspaper that his son is not a mercenary and holds Ukrainian citizenship.
British government minister Robin Walker said Friday that it was "an illegal court in a sham government" but that the U.K. would use "all diplomatic channels to make the case that these are prisoners of war who should be treated accordingly."
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will speak to her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, later Friday about the case. The U.K. has not announced any plans to talk to Russian officials. It does not recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic and will not officially contact the authorities there.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the ministry has so far not received any specific appeals about the men from Britain, and as such, "we can make an unambiguous conclusion that until now the fate of these citizens was not of interest to London."
Additional reporting by The Associated Press.
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How to choose the best affordable pool floats
A swimming pool can be a great place to get in a vigorous workout that gets your heart rate up, burns calories and helps keep you fit. But it can also be your sanctuary. Your backyard swimming pool can be a place to relax and forget the stresses, pressures and troubles of the day so you can just float.
A pool float is all you need to do that. The best news is they aren’t expensive. You can treat yourself to a luxury experience for less than $20.
Benefits of floating
In our fast-paced world, slowing down is often frowned upon. The truth is, without a balance, you can’t be your best. Those luxurious lazy days are essential. Floating, in particular, offers many benefits.
Improve sleep
Sleepless nights are often a result of underlying issues, such as the inability to relax and let things go. While you float, you can scrap your problems, so you have a more rewarding sleep.
Lower blood pressure
Besides helping you sleep, forgetting about everything can help you relax. When you relax and breathe, your blood pressure will lower.
Aid in recovery
If you are achy after a tough workout, a relaxing float in the pool can help you recover more quickly. If you are suffering from chronic pain, check with your doctor to see if floating can help. When you are in the water, it reduces the weight and pressure on your joints and may provide you with some blissful relief.
Jump-start your creativity
Some people need to get moving to think. Others find that relaxing in a meditative state opens the mind, so they are better equipped to solve problems and develop innovative ideas. Whether you are an artist or an architect, floating might help you excel in your work.
Not all pool floats are the same
Pool floats come in various shapes, sizes and styles. They can be basic, like a pool noodle, or offer a luxury experience, complete with a drink holder. Here are a few things to consider when shopping for a pool float:
Size
Some pool floats are tiny. You have to cling to them to keep your head above water. Others are large enough to let you stretch out and sleep on them, like a bed. Think about how you prefer to relax, and purchase accordingly.
Weight capacity
If you are too heavy for your pool float, you won’t have the best experience. Worse, the float could split along the seams. Make sure you verify the weight capacity before buying.
Age range
Age range is closely related to weight capacity. A float for a child might only be rated to support 100 pounds, which would make it unsafe for most adults. Also, it is important to remember that floats designed for kids may have elements that do not encourage relaxation. For instance, it is not uncommon for a children’s float to be something you sit on, not something you lie back on.
Ease of inflation
In the past, inflating a pool float often required a great deal of effort and a team of inflators. With modern designs, however, blowing up a float can be almost an effortless process. Nozzles feature one-way valves, so the air doesn’t keep leaking out while you struggle to inflate. Some manufacturers focus a great deal on the inflation process, adding helpers such as tiny fans that can reduce the effort involved. Of course, it is also possible to use an electric air pump to have your float fully inflated in seconds.
Comfort features
If you plan on relaxing, you’ll want some additional features. A good pillow is always a solid choice, as it supports your head and neck. If the float is upright, putting you in more of a sitting position, armrests and cup holders will be appreciated. For younger kids, consider a pool float with a tiny built-in canopy for shade.
Best pool floats under $20 for relaxing
Sportsstuff Strawberry Donut Pool Float
A huge pink-frosted donut with multi-colored sprinkles? We all know who would love this heavy-duty pool float. This large 48-inch model can support up to 200 pounds and is rugged enough to take out on a lake or river.
Sold by Kohl’s
Margaritaville Sit and Sip Pool Float
There’s a good reason why this large 60-inch inflatable pool float is called the “Margaritaville Sit and Sip.” Besides its palm tree graphics and “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere” quote, it has a built-in drink holder so you can nurse your favorite beverage while you float. All you need is a cheeseburger.
Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
For a simple yet versatile option, try this pack of four pool noodles. Each float is 48 inches long and features a relaxing pastel color.
Sold by Amazon
Poolmaster Neon Frost Swimming Pool Float Tube
These three classic donut-shaped floats come in neon colors, so you are easy to spot no matter where you are. Each float has a built-in perimeter rope that you can use for tethering as needed. The two-step valve allows for easy inflation and deflation.
Sold by Home Depot
The ingenious design makes this a must-have pool float. It is a large, 66-inch bed with a cooling mesh center and a Hyper-Flate valve that makes blowing up an effortless task. When not in use, this float quickly deflates and folds down to a small disk that can be slung over your shoulder for easy transport.
Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Intex 18-Pocket Suntanner Inflatable Lounge
When you think of a pool float, this is probably what you picture in your mind’s eye. It is an inflatable mat that is 74 inches long and 28 inches wide. Just climb on, stretch out and relax.
Sold by Amazon
Aqua 4-in-1 Original Monterey Hammock Pool Float
The modern hammock design makes it easy to get on and off this float because it rests in the water. With support under the neck and knees, it is best for people who are 4 to 6 feet tall.
Sold by Amazon
Wowmazing Bestway H2OGO Fantasy Unicorn Kids Ride-on Pool Float
This fun ride-on float is great for kids. The imaginative unicorn design and bright accent colors make it a winning choice for any child. The float can support up to 99 pounds.
Sold by Macy’s
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The World Health Organizationwill soon decide whether to include an obesity medication on the Essential Medicines List.
Liraglutide was originally developed to treat diabetes but has since been approved in the U.S. to treat obesity. Its makers claimed the drug caused at least a 5% reduction in body weight in 3 out of 5 patients.
A more powerful version of the drug, semaglutide, was approved in 2021 by the Food and Drug Administration for weight loss. In a large study, the FDA said participants lost an average of 12.4% of their initial body weight compared to those on placebo. The study consisted of adults without diabetes.
The FDA said the drugs work by targeting areas of the brain that regulate appetite and food intake.
SEE MORE: Eating disorder specialists 'horrified' by child obesity guidelines
“At present, there are no medications included in the EML that specifically target weight loss for the ongoing global burden of obesity,” researchers wrote. The WHO has described the global burden of obesity, and since 2016, 39% of adults over the age of 18 were overweight, with 13% of adults considered to be obese. Researchers added: “At this time, the EML includes mineral supplements for nutritional deficiencies yet it is also described that most of the population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. The WHO even state that obesity is preventable however the discrepancy is certainly highlighted when the EML does not include any medications to treat this chronic condition.”
The World Health Organization’s EML is updated every two years and includes 1,188 recommendations for 591 medicines and 124 therapeutic equivalents.
SEE MORE: Everything you need to know about new breakthrough weight loss drugs
“The eEML combines detailed medicine information data with comprehensive evaluation of benefits, harms and costs information,” the WHO said. “Most importantly, the eEML provides the data related to the status of a medicine as an essential medicine. Because of its well-defined scope, identifying those medicines that everyone should have access to at all times, and that all governments should ensure are available – and affordable – to their populations, the eEML provides a blueprint on which countries can base their own national lists. It is a key tool for achieving universal health coverage.”
The revised list will be considered April 24-28 at a conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva. | 2023-03-30T18:56:44+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/news/national/are-anti-obesity-drugs-essential-medicine-who-to-decide |
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Sustainable salads are for sure the way to go for a healthy lifestyle.
NYC-based fast-casual chain Just Salad has tossed its hat into the Orlando restaurant scene.
Just Salad is
officially opening two locations in the greater Orlando area this month. First up is a Winter Park location at
415 S. Orlando Ave. — grand opening this week — and a Winter Garden spot at
3119 Daniels Road — with a grand opening set for next week. Both restaurants were in soft opening mode for much of January.
This healthy chain is looking to sate your hunger in a (somewhat) sustainable way; t
heir Reusable Bowl Program encourages customers to purchase a reusable bowl for $1 and then bring that back to use during each successive visit (with the added incentive of a free salad topping each time you flash your bowl).
Both the Winter Park and Winter Garden locations are running a "$5 Meal Days" promo, where customers who order in-store can receive a discounted $5 meal. The $5 Meal days in Winter Park are Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 8-11, and Winter Garden's chance at that deal runs Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 15-18.
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Follow us: Google News | NewsBreak | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | 2023-02-08T09:11:04+00:00 | orlandoweekly.com | https://www.orlandoweekly.com/food-drink/fast-casual-chain-just-salad-opens-two-orlando-area-locations-this-month-33500361 |
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Two Nigerian women abducted as schoolgirls by a jihadi militant group nine years ago have been rescued, the West African nation’s military has said. One had a year-old baby while the second gave birth to her second child days after her freedom.
Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus were among 276 schoolgirls abducted in April 2014 from the Government Girls Secondary School in the village of Chibok by Boko Haram militants.
They were rescued in April by Nigerian soldiers and reunited with their families in the northeastern Borno state, according to Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Ali, who leads the Nigerian military operation against the extremist violence experienced in the northeast region for more than a decade.
Boko Haram fighters stormed the school in Borno nine years ago as the girls were preparing for exams. The mass kidnap sparked global outrage and led to the #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign. More than 20 of the girls have regained their freedom in the past year, but nearly 100 are still missing.
Maltha and Marcus, both 26, were forcibly married to extremists while in captivity, Ali told journalists in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, on Thursday. His comments echoed concerns of parents and activists about the maltreatment of the girls by Boko Haram, whose name in the local Hausa language means “Western education is forbidden.”
Both girls were married three times as one husband after another was killed during clashes with the Nigerian military.
“Hauwa was about eight months and two weeks pregnant during her rescue, delivered a bouncing baby boy on April 28 while undergoing thorough medical examination along with her baby Fatima,” said the military commander.
The girls’ return brought excitement to many in the Chibok community. “It has made the memories fresh for the parents that their children are still missing,” said Hassan Chibok, a local leader.
Several of the girls have returned home in recent months mostly after escaping the Sambisa Forest, a known hideout for the extremists. Most of those who returned had babies after either being forced into marriage or after losing hope that they would ever regain their freedom, their parents and the freed girls have said.
Since the abduction in 2014, Boko Haram has grown in reach and influence. Most of its members now operate as a more brutal faction backed by the Islamic State group. More than 35,000 people have died and over 2 million have been displaced by the extremist violence in Nigeria, according to the U.N. Development Program.
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Chinedu Asadu in Abuja, Nigeria, contributed. | 2023-05-06T11:07:09+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/international/kidnapped-nigerian-girls-freed-return-to-chibok-with-babies/ |
Weekly home sales: Spacious Taunton tenement home fully rented sells for $700K.
This week’s top-selling home in Taunton is an oversized multi-family home that sold for $700,000.
The 2,933-square-foot home situated at 7 Columbus Ave., is an investor's dream as all the units are fully rented to long-term tenants. Built in 1985, the tenement home was last sold in 2008 for $201,100.
Two units have three spacious bedrooms and one bathroom; one unit has two bedrooms and one bathroom, and all have ample living space. The property includes a cozy farmer’s porch, a small yard, and off-street parking.
Here are all of the residential property transfers recorded in the Greater Taunton area this week according to The Warren Group.
Berkley
11 Hillside Ave, $400,000
Barnes, Amanda J Gouveia, Samantha to Lawrence, Lyndsey
Dighton
741 Council Oak Way, $613,000
Smathers, Kelley Smathers, Edward to Garcia, Luis C Garcia, Shannon M
Taunton
42 Shores St, $400,000
Costa, Maria C Costa, Nuno to Almeida, Carlos M
215 Longmeadow Rd, $285,000
Longmeadow Development Rt Goldrick, Daniel E to Alungulesei, Carmen
2 Greystone Ave, $450,000
Hawthorne Development Inc to Alves, Alexandre Silva, Suzana M
172 Morrison Rd, $319,000
Adkins, Keith P Adkins, Michelle M to Betti, John M Betti, Lisa
305 Cohannet St, $385,000
Beland, Edwina M to Kelly, Kaitlynn E
96 Old Colony Ave, $225,000
Barrett, James M to Mcgill, Alexandra Smith, Cody
170 Highland St, $264,900
Ames, Paula J to Morse, Yvette
7 Columbus Ave, $700,000
Pimentel, Carlos L Pimentel, Susan M to Yazbeck, Randa
Copyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information, visit www.thewarrengroup.com. | 2023-07-10T13:41:28+00:00 | tauntongazette.com | https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/business/real-estate/2023/07/10/weekly-home-sales-taunton-sells-for-700000/70390847007/ |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s something the city and the county have discussed in the past: consolidating the Albuquerque City and Bernalillo County governments. Tuesday night, the Bernalillo County Commission took up that conversation again.
County Commissioner Eric Olivas asked the questions: is it efficient to have two departments competing for resources while covering the same constituents? And, is the system fair to everyone? The idea sparked lively debate in the commission meeting.
“My intent here is to bring this up to start that conversation about what this could look like. What should this look like if it was to move forward?” Olivas asked. The question on the table: what if the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County consolidated their government services.
“The five of us, the five commissioners up here, online, we represent all of the residents of Bernalillo County. Not just the residents of our unincorporated portions,” Olivas says. More than 560,000 people live in Albuquerque; around 113,000 live in unincorporated areas of the county; about a fifth of the city’s population. “We represent that 562,000 as well as the 113,000 that nine members of council do not represent those 113,” Olivas said.
He’s worried people living in the city aren’t getting the same level of services people in the county are getting. “These are residents of the city of Albuquerque, are paying county taxes but in some cases, they may not be receiving the same level of services as our more satisfied constituents in unincorporated areas…We have to ask ourselves the question: is this fair? And is it efficient? Is it efficient to have two parks departments with two different policies? Competing for resources, competing for labor. Is it efficient to have two police departments again, competing for labor?” Olivas said.
Commissioner Walt Benson spoke out against this change: “We’ve got five commissioners. There’s not one person who can veto the will of the five. So, we’ve got an equal representation of democracy…They’re saying no, let’s keep our strong mayor form of government and just consolidate it, to give a strong mayor, even more authority,” Benson said, “I don’t think that’s a good move.”
“I live in the county, outside of the City of Albuquerque. And I see the benefits of it. The residents that live outside of the city are the minority voice, and please don’t ignore the minority,” said Benson.
Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen weighed in as well, saying consolidation is a bad idea—at least right now. “Always having more officers, more deputies, or more law enforcement personnel is great but combining two agencies right now during a crime crisis I’m not for.”
“You’ll be sucked in to the city for the amount for calls for service. When you start doing that with the low people power that we have, you pull away from proactive policing,” Allen said.
“There’s too many different issues going on with both agencies and we’re both battling to get more people within each agency. I just don’t think it’s a good idea right now but it’s always something good to have open for conversation,” said Allen.
Commissioner Olivas said this may be up for discussion at Wednesday night’s City Council Meeting. City Councilors were already set to discuss a proposal to do away with the so-called ‘strong mayor’ system and adopt a city manager model, more like the County’s.
Commissioner Olivas said this is just an early discussion and the intent is to figure out how this consolidation would work; then, present that model to voters. | 2023-06-21T23:10:29+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/bernalillo-county-commission-begins-discussion-of-consolidating-with-the-city-of-albuquerque/ |
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s National EMS Week, which encourages community members to show their appreciation for the service of their local emergency medical services workers, including paramedics, EMTs and the entire EMS workforce.
A new EMT in Rockingham County shared why she decided to enter the field.
Six months ago, Lee Caulder started working as an EMT in Rockingham County, which is the place where she grew up.
She decided to work in EMS after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in May 2022.
“I have always been interested in the medical field … I realized I wanted to actually get my hands on and give back to my community,” Caulder said.
She commutes more than 30 minutes to the call center, showing her determination to help those who need emergency medical services.
“It’s very rewarding, just personally … being able to help these people,” she said.
At the 911 call center, dispatchers work quickly to ensure whoever is calling that help is on the way, beginning the process that connects EMS workers with patients.
“It’s a lot of people, and they put in a lot of work and effort … you don’t always see us. We’re usually your call on your worst day. But … we’re there. We’re always here to help,” Caulder said.
Staffing shortages have been a struggle for the last year and have made it harder for these workers to get a break and regroup after what they hear and see.
“We can run anywhere from six calls to ten calls to 11 calls a day in a 12-hour period,” Caulder said.
“There are conditions that they go in on a daily routine basis that they don’t unsee. They don’t put that on the back burner. And it’s in their minds at all times. So granted, they have a lot of training, a lot of expertise, and they are perfectionists at what they do,” said Rodney Cates, Rockingham County Emergency Services director.
National EMS Week raises public awareness about the critical role of EMS workers in the community.
“You can’t put a monetary value on the feeling you have when you save someone’s life,” Cates said.
In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to honor workers in the field for the service they provide in communities across our country. | 2023-05-25T00:17:52+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/rockingham-county-emt-calls-her-work-rewarding/ |
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam was back on top of an LPGA Tour leaderboard Wednesday, teaming with Madelene Sagstrom in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.
Sorenstam and Sagstrom shot a 5-under 65 in alternate-shot play at Midland Country Club for a share of the first-round lead with fellow late starters Pauline Roussin and Dewi Weber.
“It is different because it’s a team format,” Sorenstam said. “I have a great partner. I mean, I guess, I really don’t think about it, but it’s nice to see your name on the board somewhere. I just try to focus on my game and do what I can with the skill set I have today.”
The 51-year-old Sorenstam is making her second LPGA Tour start of the year and only her third since retiring after the 2008 season. The teams will play better ball Thursday and Saturday and alternate shot again Friday.
“It really was fun,” Sorenstam said. “I think we had really good chemistry. We had a good time. I was excited to be here and I told that to Madelene on the range. I was really kind of pumped and looking forward to playing.”
Sorenstam missed the cut in the U.S. Women’s Open last month, then tied for fourth last week in Nevada in the mostly male American Century Championship.
“I really didn’t feel any pressure from my partner,” Sorenstam said. “I just felt good about most of the shots. I mean, there were a few that obviously could have been a little better and maybe a little bit more aggressive on my putts, but overall, it was calm golf. It was fairways. It was greens.”
Sagstrom won the 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio for her lone tour title. They made the turn in 3 under, ran off three straight birdies on Nos. 12-14, and dropped a stroke on the par-4 16th with their lone bogey.
“I was, like, `This is too perfect,’” Sagstrom said. “It worked out so great. I hit some good drives too to give her some good opportunities. We just took advantage of some of the opportunities we had. We had plenty more, but it was overall just a really fun day.”
Weber and Roussin are both winless on the tour. They had a bogey-free round, finishing on the front nine just after Sorenstam and Sagstrom completed play on the back nine.
“We’re Team French Fry and Apple Pie,” Weber said.
Sorenstam and Sagstrom, played alongside Lexi Thompson and Brittany Altomare, with the Americans shooting 71 in the round delayed 2 hours, 40 minutes because of morning rain.
The teams of Jodi Ewart Shadoff-Emma Talley, Jillian Hollis-Lauren Stephenson and Pornanong Phatlum-Pavarisa Yoktuan shot 66. Allison Emrey and Katherine Perry-Hamski followed at 67.
Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas topped the group at 68. Sisters Nelly and Jessica Korda were at 69, with 47-year-old Karrie Webb and Marina Alex.
Defending champions Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn shot 73.
The tournament is scheduled to end Saturday so players can head to France next week for the fourth major of the year at the Evian Championship. That will start the European portion of the LPGA Tour schedule that includes the Women’s British Open at Muirfield. | 2022-07-14T15:50:56+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/sports/ap-sports/annika-sorenstam-back-on-top-of-lpga-tour-leaderboard/ |
WASHINGTON — Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified Pentagon document related to a potential attack on Iran, according to media reports.
CNN, which first reported on the tape, said Trump suggested on the recording that he wanted to share information from the document with others but that he knew there were limitations about his ability to declassify records after he left office.
The comments on the recording, made in July 2021 at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, would seem to undercut the former president's repeated claims that he declassified the documents he took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, after leaving office. The recording could also be a key aid for prosecutors looking to prove Trump knew his ability to possess classified documents was limited.
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The recording has been provided to special counsel Jack Smith, whose team of prosecutors have spent months investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and whether Trump or anyone else sought to criminally obstruct the probe. The investigation shows signs of being in its final stages, with prosecutors having interviewed a broad cross-section of witnesses before the grand jury.
No one has been criminally charged.
The criminal investigation began last year after the National Archives and Records Administration alerted the FBI to the presence of classified documents in 15 boxes of records sent back, belatedly, from Mar-a-Lago by Trump and his representatives. Investigators initially issued a subpoena for remaining classified records, but after they received only about three dozen during a June 2022 visit to Mar-a-Lago, returned with a search warrant two months later and recovered about 100 more documents marked as classified.
Smith, the special counsel, is also investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election — the subject of a similar, ongoing inquiry by prosecutors in Atlanta. New York prosecutors charged Trump earlier this year with falsifying business records.
According to the CNN report, the recording was made during a gathering at Bedminster with aides to Trump and two people who were working on the autobiography of Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
It said Meadows' autobiography includes a description of what appears to be the same meeting. A lawyer for Meadows declined to comment Wednesday when reached by The Associated Press.
CNN said witnesses including Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have been questioned about the episode. A spokesman for Milley declined to comment on reports that he had been interviewed.
A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.
A Trump spokesman said in a statement that the investigation was “meritless” and amounted to “continued interference in the presidential election.” | 2023-06-01T03:45:15+00:00 | wcfcourier.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/reports-prosecutors-have-tape-of-trump-discussing-holding-onto-classified-doc-after-leaving-office/article_21016bba-a589-53cb-bfec-a0e1fdbcfdf1.html |
Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence?
It’s a question the foundation’s CEO Mark Suzman raised in its annual letter released Tuesday that outlines the organization’s priorities and announces its budget for the coming year. With $8.3 billion to give away in 2023, the Gates Foundation is the largest private philanthropic donor. And with an endowment of more than $70 billion, its spending power is likely to continue for many decades.
When asked in an interview with The Associated Press what he thought the answer to that question was, Suzman said, “No.”
He said the Seattle-based foundation takes its direction from the Sustainable Development Goals, set by the United Nations and its member countries in 2015, and knows that with its great resources come great responsibility.
“We try to use our tools, our skills, our resources, sometimes our technical skills, sometimes our voice in advocacy to help advance and drive those forward,” Suzman said.
Others disagree, including researchers who have followed the foundation’s funding for education in the U.S., its weight in international global health organizations and its approach toward the agriculture of small-holder farmers around the world. The foundation works on a wide range of issues and employs 1,700 staff members, who are experts in those areas, and espouses a dream-big ethos of setting ambitious goals.
Bill Gates, in his most recent public letter in December, described the foundation’s mission as reducing inequity and helping “people in poor countries who shouldn’t die, not die. Especially children.” Suzman said its mission is to help “ensure that every person has the chance to lead a healthy, productive life.”
It has spent billions of dollars to vaccinate against polio, treat and prevent malaria and HIV and more recently advance vaccines for diseases like cholera and advocated for other donors, including countries, to join in these global public health efforts.
But some of its interventions have not achieved their goals, despite widespread adoption.
In one example, the foundation championed a theory of measuring teacher effectiveness in U.S. schools. Then, it commissioned research in 2018 that found the approach did little to consistently improve learning outcomes for students. It also advocated for curriculum standards called the Common Core that have been criticized as being too formulaic and are still in effect in some states.
The foundation announced in October a new education initiative funded by $1.1 billion over four years to try to improve math scores through developing new curricula and digital tools. For Alex Molnar, of the National Education Policy Center, the plan demonstrates the power billionaires like Bill Gates have — experimenting with the education of the poorest children, despite past missteps.
“It is so fundamentally misdirected and so obviously wrong, both in the moral sense and in the rational sense, that it is literally breathtaking,” Molnar said. “This very wealthy, very narrow man can continually, continually torment schoolchildren while all the while pretending that somehow he’s making the world better.”
The foundation, Suzman said, approaches its education work with humility and will develop curricula in partnership with teachers, students and schools. It does not impose its ideas from the top down, he said.
When asked about previous criticism that its education work had ignored issues that arise from poverty and that hurt learning, Suzman said he doesn’t see that as philanthropy’s role. He says it should support programs governments or business can’t or won’t fund.
“If we had great tools to address poverty, we would tackle it,” he said, of the foundation.
Molnar disagreed, saying that diminishing the number of poor people would mean stopping the wealthiest people from amassing their fortunes in the first place.
“It requires taking money from people like Mr. Gates — taxing the bejesus out of them,” he said. “Nobody should have that much money. Nobody should have that much influence.”
The Gates Foundation has recently taken steps to decentralize its decision-making. In the last two years, it expanded its top leadership, appointing five new members to its board of trustees, with 2023 marking the first time the larger board approved the foundation budget.
New members have already pushed the foundation to be more transparent, Suzman said. The board also recommended the foundation set aside some of the $20 billion that Bill Gates committed to the organization in 2022 for future work and gradually raise its annual budget to $9 billion by 2026.
That the new board members have deep experience in philanthropy “is a recognition that giving money away well is a sophisticated enterprise and something that takes experience and learning and expertise,” said Kathleen Enright, who leads the Council on Foundations.
Bill Gates has reiterated that all his wealth eventually will go to the foundation, which will close 20 years after he, Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett have all died. Buffett has entrusted the foundation with $36 billion from his fortune.
“It’s thankfully not a burning platform,” said Suzman.
In 2021, when Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates announced their divorce, they said she would evaluate her participation in the foundation after two years. She remains fully committed to the foundation’s work, Suzman said, when asked.
In 2021, in its first report on the inclusiveness and equity of its work, the foundation learned many of its grantees and partners wanted to be consulted more and have their input incorporated into the foundation’s strategy.
Suzman said every team at the foundation now has a mandate to deepen their relationships with partners and its entire leadership team is participating in a year-long inclusion training.
“In the end, money can buy you any form of short term success,” Suzman said. “But long term sustainability requires deep sustained local ownership and direction and ultimately resources.”
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BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) has released their list of 2022's Largest IT Staffing Firms, ranking Motion Recruitment #15 on the competitive list of IT staffing companies. This is Motion's debut on the list, propelled by its continued success and notable addition of industry leading IT Staffing & Consulting provider MATRIX Resources in 2021.
"We're excited to be ranked in the Top 15 of Largest IT Staffing firms. What really makes this special is the drive and teamwork that has been behind our incredible collective growth across both Motion and MATRIX," said Matt Milano, President of Motion Recruitment. "We have officially arrived with this industry recognition by SIA and will continue to evolve and innovate as an industry leader to serve our customers and communities."
SIA reported that IT temporary staffing was the largest revenue segment at 38% of the total staffing companies listed.
"While some industries experienced disruptions in 2021, this staffing industry instead flourished in an environment of record demand," said Timothy Landhuis, VP of Research at SIA. "We salute the hard work and resourcefulness of the staffing firms that appear on this year's list, that were able to deliver at record scale, and that altogether generated an extraordinary $135 billion in staffing revenue."
While this is Motion Recruitment's first time on SIA's Largest Staffing Firms list, the company has been a leader in tech specialty recruiting for more than three decades and received a number of industry awards, most recently winning Agile One's Innovator Award for Supplier Excellence in 2022.
Motion Recruitment offers IT Staffing & Consulting solutions across North America and also hosts 'Tech in Motion' a networking event and award series connecting tech enthusiasts to meet, learn, and innovate. Motion's highly specialized tech placement teams offer unparalleled consultation to clients and candidates in Cybersecurity, DataOp, Software Engineering, Web and Mobile Development, Cloud Engineering, Network Infrastructure & DevOps, Product & UX, and Functional/Project Management. Learn more at motionrecruitment.com.
Established in 1983, MATRIX provides IT Staffing & Professional Solutions across North America for Contracting and Direct Hire to include Telecom managed services and Agile & DevSecOps consulting services.
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At 12290 Highway 231-431 North, Suite J
MERIDIANVILLE, Ala., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Results Physiotherapy opened an outpatient clinic today at 12290 Highway 231-431 North, Suite J.
The clinic is open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. To make an appointment, call 256-562-8340 or visit resultspt.com.
The clinic specializes in manual therapy, injury prevention, return to performance, total joint replacement, dry needling, concussion management, headaches and vestibular rehabilitation.
The clinic director is Kewin Nielsen, who earned a doctor of physical therapy degree from Arkansas State University. He is certified in dry needling and experienced with orthopedic and neuromuscular conditions, sports injuries, vestibular rehabilitation and post-operative conditions.
Nielsen's clinical interests include advanced manual therapy, pain neuroscience education, geriatric fall prevention therapy, and return to sports for children and young adults.
Results has 11 clinics in North Alabama and 24 throughout the state. Overall, Results operates more than 200 clinics in a market that also includes Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Results is part of the Upstream Rehabilitation family of clinical care, which offers access to care within 24 hours and works with all insurance types.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Two Indianapolis families are mourning after a series of shootings over 4th of July weekend left two men dead.
Neighbors said the deadly shooting at a home on east 34th Street was caught on home surveillance cameras. Those cameras allegedly recorded two suspects ambushing the victim in front of his own home.
After seeing a black SUV circle the block for several minutes on east 34th Street Saturday night, witnesses described a pair of gunmen walking up to the victim’s home and exchanging gunfire with their neighbor. The shooting left the victim dead in his front yard.
The neighbors shared that video with police, although it has not been released to the media.
While it’s not clear what motivated the violence, those neighbors confirm what police said on scene: the attack appears to have been targeted.
“It doesn’t appear to be a random act of violence. It appears to be a focused incident where the public is not in danger at this point,” said IMPD commander Kerry Buckner.
City-County Councilman Duke Oliver lives directly across 34th Street from the scene of the homicide, but he didn’t want to talk about the death on camera Sunday.
Ten hours after that killing, early Sunday morning police were called to a second home on Bretton Wood Drive on the northwest side and found another man shot to death at his home.
“We’re here. We’re responsive. Every time you see me, you see a group of officers working extremely hard to bring these cases to a close,” said IMPD officer William Young.
Officer Young stressed Sunday that their officers can’t solve the two cases on their own.
There have now been 113 homicides in Indianapolis this year. That remains the second deadliest year on record to this date, trailing only 2021.
Police insist the public’s assistance in every case will send a message to those killers that they won’t get away with their crimes.
“We need to get that across to them. You’re going to be held responsible. We’re going to catch you. We’re going to get information so we can prosecute you,” said Young.
In addition to the two homicides, nearly a dozen other victims were wounded in a series of non-fatal shootings over the weekend.
Police have not announced an arrest in either of the weekend homicides.
Anyone with information about the East 34th Street incident should call detective Sergeant Scott Stauffer at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Scott.Stauffer@indy.gov
Anyone with information about the Bretton Wood Drive incident should call detective Brad Nuetzman at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Brad.Nuetzman@indy.gov | 2022-07-04T20:35:52+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/2-deadly-indianapolis-shootings-over-4th-of-july-weekend-1-caught-on-camera/ |
Rx Redefined, a tech-enabled healthcare company is reimagining the durable medical equipment and prosthetic delivery pathway for patients
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rx Redefined, a tech-enabled provider of medical supply services for group practices, announced it has raised $8M in Series A funding. The round was led by Crosscut Ventures Management, with participation from Tusk Venture Partners, Silverton Partners, Pisgah Fund and Jeff Immelt, former CEO of General Electric. The platform allows physicians to directly order and fulfill the supplies they believe are in the patient's best interest, thereby reducing handoffs and improving the patient experience.
Launched in 2018, Rx Redefined makes it easier for doctors to help patients obtain the right medical supplies efficiently. As a provider of integrated medical supply services for group practices, Rx Redefined has worked tirelessly to connect care gaps for chronic patients obtaining essential recurring medical supplies used at home. In addition, Rx Redefined oversees licensing, billing, and supply chain services for the physician group. To date, the platform has enabled physicians to distribute millions of medical products to their patients. In the last year, Rx Redefined grew 10x in booked sales and increased its physician population by 450%.
"Today, when a patient is prescribed recurring use of medical supplies, like a catheter to empty their bladder or a glucose monitor for diabetes, the purpose of this device is to support a failing organ," said Brandon Boots, CEO and Founder of Rx Redefined. "This is intimate and time-sensitive, yet the current standard of care is to fax a prescription off to a big box distributor in the hope that they will support the patient's insurance and fulfill the product timely. Unfortunately, the reality is unnecessary hoops, insurance complications, and product switching in the name of increased margin. Ultimately this delay leads to the patient suffering."
"Rx Redefined has built a tech-enabled platform to remove the middleman and drive efficiencies in healthcare," said Brett Brewer, co-founder of LA-based venture fund, Crosscut. "We are thrilled to back Brandon at Rx Redefined. He has spent over a decade working in the medical device industry, and his passion is notably improving the care experience for chronic patients."
Erik Smith, CTO and co-founder, and Jayme Hanson, CCO and co-founder, join Brandon Boots to round out the executive team. Brandon and Jayme bring a combined background of 20+ years in management and commercialization for medical supplies, and Erik has over 10+ years experience of creating B2B and B2C technical products. With the new funding, the company plans to invest in sales acceleration, increase operational efficiencies, and expand its product features.
Rx Redefined is a health tech company transforming the pathway from order to fulfillment for chronic patients obtaining essential medical supplies. Their patented technology platform creates a value-add service to cost-pressured medical practices, reduces patient care gaps, and has demonstrated a reduction in utilization compared to traditional delivery pathways.
Contact: Rachel Livingston, rachel@tusk.vc
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- Application volume dropped 1.2% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index.
- Since last year, homebuyers' demand for mortgages has fallen by nearly a third.
- Refinance demand also declined as rates surged on hawkish messages from the Federal Reserve.
Mortgage demand appears to have nowhere to go but down, as interest rates go up.
Application volume dropped 1.2% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index. The week's results include an adjustment for the observance of Labor Day. Since last year, homebuyers' demand for mortgages has fallen by nearly a third.
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Mortgage rates, which had been easing slightly through July and August, pushed higher yet again, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made it clear to investors that the central bank would stay tough on inflation, even if it caused consumers some pain.
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) increased to 6.01% from 5.94%, with points decreasing to 0.76 from 0.79 (including the origination fee) for loans with a 20% down payment.
"The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit the 6% mark for the first time since 2008 – rising to 6.01% – which is essentially double what it was a year ago," said Joel Kan, MBA's associate vice president of economic and industry forecasting.
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Refinance demand fell another 4% for the week and was 83% lower than the same week one year ago. With rates above 6%, only about 452,000 borrowers could benefit from a refinance, according to Black Knight, a mortgage technology and data provider. That is the lowest number on record. These few remaining candidates could only save about $315 per month per borrower.
Mortgage applications to purchase a home squeezed out a gain of 0.2% from the previous week, but were 29% lower than the same week one year ago. There was a bump up in demand for Veterans Affairs and USDA loans, which are favored by first-time buyers because they can offer low or no down payments.
"The spread between the conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate and both ARM and jumbo loans remained wide last week, at 118 and 45 basis points, respectively. The wide spread underscores the volatility in capital markets due to uncertainty about the Fed's next policy moves," Kan added.
Mortgage rates jumped significantly higher this week, after the monthly inflation number came in higher than expected. That had investors worried that the Federal Reserve would hike rates more than expected at its next meeting.
"It was one of the last shoes to drop before the Fed announcement on September 21st, and it arrived at a time where the market had fully priced in a 75bp hike, but was willing to consider something even higher if the data was convincing," wrote Matthew Graham, chief operating officer of Mortgage News Daily. "This was arguably convincing enough for the Fed to at least open the conversation." | 2022-09-14T11:52:50+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/business/money-report/mortgage-demand-from-homebuyers-falls-29-since-last-year-as-interest-rates-surge-past-6/2857758/ |
PHOENIX — Veterans of the war in Afghanistan say that without passage of the Afghan Adjustment Act, tens of thousands of people who helped U.S. forces during the 20-year war could be abandoned in Afghanistan, or even lose the right to stay if they're already in the U.S.
On Tuesday, Congress did propose to expand the number of Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans, but advocates say that program is not currently functioning, and the SIV program is still only open to Afghans who worked for Americans, not those who enlisted in their own armed forces.
Among those pushing to change that is Jack McCain, a Navy pilot who served in Afghanistan, and the son of the late Sen. John McCain of Arizona. The younger McCain tried to keep a low profile when he deployed to Afghanistan for one year in 2018.
"It became known to me about three quarters away through my deployment, that they knew exactly who I was," says McCain.
Any doubts disappeared when McCain took an emergency leave in August 2018 to attend his father's funeral in Arizona.
"If one of them had wanted to, or had a family member coerced, to make a high profile target out of me, they could have," says McCain. "It never happened, even when I was the lone air adviser in (Taliban-dominated) Helmand, where it would've been extremely easy.
"They protected me, or at least kept the secret. I can't overstate how important that is to me," says McCain.
Training the Afghan Eagles
As for the pilots he was training, McCain passed a key test for Afghans – courage under threat. Afghan Air Force Col. Salim Faqiri says he and McCain became friends after their first flight together ended with an emergency landing, miles outside their base in Kandahar.
"Not a safe area! I was worried about Jack and other advisers who were with me," Faqiri recalls. "But Jack was just relaxed. He was contacting other people on the ground, [saying], 'We need a helicopter. This aircraft will not fly.' And I said, OK, how brave he is!"
The Afghan pilots McCain helped train to fly American-made Black Hawk helicopters became known as the Afghan Eagles, and they played a key part in helping the Afghan government transport its elite special forces to different trouble spots around the vast country. Faqiri said McCain talked about inviting him to Arizona one day, but Faqiri wanted to stay and fight for his country's future.
"We were the victim of terrorists for many years, and that was the big reason for me and to stand up and fight," says Faqiri.
Kabul falls
Faqiri and the Afghan Eagles were still flying missions after Kabul fell in August 2021, and U.S. forces retreated to the Kabul airport. Faqiri tried ferrying supplies to a pocket of resistance in the Panjshir Mountains, but he soon realized it was over.
"The resistance forces cannot fight against the Taliban anymore. And they asked me to come to the Kabul airport," says Faqiri.
The concern was not only to save the lives of his pilots, but to keep the Black Hawk helicopters and the only Afghans who knew how to fly them out of Taliban hands. For Faqiri, the decision to flee was jarring, after spending his adult life fighting.
"We did it for 20 years and in 24 hours everything's opposite and instead of the helping to fight, everybody was getting out," he says.
Faqiri knows he was fortunate, though. By that time, the Afghan Eagles had some friends trying to help them in the United States. Maggie Feldman-Piltch, with the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington, teamed up with Jack McCain during the chaos of the Kabul Airlift.
"It was a lot of trial and error. It was not pretty," says Feldman-Piltch. "It happened because of luck and sustained effort."
Sustained effort, as in two weeks of calling every connection they could, enlisting help from friends and family, and sleeping very little.
"During the day I would work on the American side to try to help gin up support. And then at night, I would start messaging all the Afghan groups to try to move them or get them across the line," says McCain.
In one of the largest airlifts in history, U.S. forces rescued more than 120,000 people as the Americans withdrew and Afghanistan fell back into the hands of the Taliban. But the vast majority still don't have legal status in the United States, says Feldman-Piltch.
"If the Afghan Adjustment Act does not pass, by no fault of their own, despite that they have followed all the rules, they will suddenly be here illegally," she says.
Despite support from American generals and diplomats and bipartisan support in Congress, the bill appeared to have been stalled Tuesday, with proponents hoping for a long-shot floor amendment in the Senate.
Resettled
Faqiri and about 300 of the Afghan Eagles and their family members have been resettled in Arizona, where they're plugging away at the difficult work of being a refugee.
"I had a skill. I had a degree. But I lost it. It's become a zero here," says one of the Afghan pilots, Rashid Ahmad Muslim, 25.
His mother and sister are taking English classes. His younger brothers have already become near fluent.
"I would like them to graduate from the school, go to college, go to university for highest degree," Muslim says.
Muslim himself is working at a coffee company to support the family. His wife gave birth to their first child last year at a U.S. base in Germany. He and many of the Afghan Eagles have asylum applications, which should allow them to stay in the U.S. But he has ambitions beyond that. Rashid says he and all the other Afghan Eagles want to fly again.
"[We] have such good skill, so I hope to use it. They are brave pilots. They are smart pilots. If that's not possible, we will not give up. Even if I couldn't now, in future I can study privately," he says.
Even though the U.S. trained them to fly in combat, they can't be pilots in the United States without a permanent resident visa – even as the country faces a shortage of commercial pilots and U.S. military recruits.
Jack McCain says he shares their frustration. He says he saw the Afghans take risks worthy of the highest combat medals, and they did it rescuing both Afghan and American troops under fire.
"I lost several pilots while I was there, and so they are absolutely deserving of everything we can do for them. They fought on behalf of the United States," he says. "A huge number of these pilots would want to go back to flying, but they can't. And that's difficult for them to accept because the U.S. trained them."
McCain believes that without their honorable service, he might have never made it home.
They're earned the right to stay, he says, and to fly in the United States.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States.
Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed.
“Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open,” Djokovic wrote, wishing luck to his fellow players, and said he would “keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again.”
Play is scheduled to begin at Flushing Meadows on Monday.
Djokovic is a 35-year-old from Serbia who owns 21 major championships, one behind Rafael Nadal for the men’s record. Three of Djokovic’s Slam trophies came at the U.S. Open, in 2011, 2015 and 2018.
He also was the runner-up there a half-dozen times, including last season, when his pursuit of the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969 ended with a loss in the final to Daniil Medvedev.
Foreign citizens who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are currently unable to enter the U.S or Canada, and Djokovic has said he won’t get the shots, even if that prevents him from playing in certain tournaments.
The U.S. Tennis Association has said all along it will follow government rules about vaccination status for this year’s Open. There is no vaccine mandate at the tournament for players or their support teams — meaning that an unvaccinated American would be allowed to compete — and spectators will not be required to wear masks.
“Novak is a great champion and it is very unfortunate that he will be unable to compete at the 2022 U.S. Open, as he is unable to enter the country due to the federal government’s vaccination policy for non-U.S. citizens,” said Stacey Allaster, the U.S. Open tournament director. “We look forward to welcoming Novak back at the 2023 U.S. Open.”
Djokovic missed the Australian Open in January after a protracted legal saga ended with his deportation from that country because he isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. He also sat out four significant tournaments in North America in 2022, including in Montreal and Cincinnati recently.
He did play in the French Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Nadal, and at Wimbledon, where Djokovic won the title.
After beating Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon final on July 10, Djokovic said he “would love” to participate in the last Grand Slam tournament of the year at Flushing Meadows, but he also acknowledged, “I’m not planning to get vaccinated.”
About three weeks later, Djokovic posted on social media that he was holding out hope of getting the chance to play in the U.S. Open, writing: “I am preparing as if I will be allowed to compete, while I await to hear if there is any room for me to travel to US. Fingers crossed!”
Djokovic has spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone else in the history of the ATP rankings. He is No. 6 this week, in part because no rankings points were awarded at Wimbledon this year.
Among the other players who will not be at the U.S. Open for various reasons are No. 2-ranked Alexander Zverev, the 2020 runner-up in New York; 2016 champion Angelique Kerber; 2019 French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova; Gael Monfils and Reilly Opelka.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Teddy Bridgewater left Miami’s matchup against the New England Patriots with a right finger injury.
Bridgewater made the start Sunday in place of Tua Tagovailoa, who is in the concussion protocol for the second time this season.
Miami led 14-10 in the third quarter and faced third-and-15 when Bridgewater threw into traffic looking for receiver Trent Sherfield. New England safety Kyle Dugger intercepted it and returned it 39 yards for a touchdown. Kicker Nick Folk’s extra point banged off the upright, leaving the score at 16-14.
Bridgewater entered the medical tent for evaluation after the interception and was replaced by Skylar Thompson for Miami’s next series.
Bridgewater was 12 of 19 for 161 yards and a touchdown pass.
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PARIS (AP) _ Constellium NV (CSTM) on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss of $34.1 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Paris-based company said it had a loss of 26 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 56 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 44 cents per share.
The aluminum company posted revenue of $2.42 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.17 billion.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Billy Packer, an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died Thursday. He was 82.
Packer’s son, Mark, told The Associated Press that his father had been hospitalized in Charlotte for the past three weeks and had several medical issues, and ultimately succumbed to kidney failure.
Packer’s broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college basketball. He worked as analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008. He received a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio and Sports Analyst in 1993.
“He really enjoyed doing the Final Fours,” Mark Packer said. “He timed it right. Everything in life is about timing. The ability to get involved in something that, frankly, he was going to watch anyway, was a joy to him. And then college basketball just sort of took off with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and that became, I think, the catalyst for college basketball fans to just go crazy with March Madness.”
Packer played three seasons at Wake Forest, and helped lead the Demon Deacons to the Final Four in 1962, but it was his work as an analyst that brought him the most acclaim.
He joined NBC in 1974 and called his first Final Four in 1975. UCLA beat Kentucky in the title game that year in what was John Wooden’s final game as coach.
Packer was also part of the broadcast in 1979 with Dick Enberg and Al McGuire when Magic Johnson’s Michigan State team beat Larry Bird’s Indiana State squad in the title game. That remains highest-rated game in basketball history with a 24.1 Nielsen rating, which is an estimated 35.1 million viewers.
Packer went to CBS in the fall of 1981, when the network acquired the rights to the NCAA Tournament. He remained the network’s main analyst until the 2008 Final Four.
In 1996 at CBS, Packer was involved in controversy when he used the term “tough monkey″ to describe then-Georgetown star Allen Iverson during a game. Packer later said he “was not apologizing for what I said, because what I said has no implications in my mind whatsoever to do with Allen Iverson’s race.″
Sean McManus, the chairman of CBS Sports, said Packer was “synonymous with college basketball for more than three decades and set the standard of excellence as the voice of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.”
“He had a tremendous impact on the growth and popularity of the sport.” McManus said. “In true Billy fashion, he analyzed the game with his own unique style, perspective and opinions, yet always kept the focus on the game. As passionate as he was about basketball, at his heart Billy was a family man. He leaves part of his legacy at CBS Sports, across college basketball and, most importantly, as a beloved husband, father and grandfather. He will be deeply missed by all.”
Packer was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale took to Twitter as word of Packer’s death spread. “So sad to learn of the passing of Billy Packer who had such a passion for college basketball,” Vitale tweeted. “My (prayers) go out to Billy’s son Mark & the entire Packer family. Always had great RESPECT for Billy & his partners Dick Enberg & Al McGuire-they were super. May Billy RIP.”
College basketball analyst Fran Fraschilla tweeted: “We fell in love (with) college basketball because of you. Your voice will remain in my head forever.”
Packer was viewed as a controversial figure during his broadcasting days, often drawing the ire of college basketball fans, particularly on North Carolina’s “Tobacco Road.”
“As a kid, I was a big NC State fan growing up, and I would watch a game and the next day I’d be like, ‘Boy you sure have it out for NC State, don’t you?’ And he would just laugh,” Mark Packer said.
The younger Packer, who is the host of ACC PM on the ACC Network, said it didn’t matter what school — most fans felt the same way about his father.
“He would cover North Carolina game and Tar Heels fans would be like, ‘you hate North Carolina,’” Mark Packer said. “Wake (Forest) fans would be like, ‘you hate us.’ And Billy just sort of got a kick out of that.”
Mark Packer said that while most fans will remember his father as a broadcaster, he’ll remember him even more for his business acumen. He said his father was a big real estate investor, and also owned a vape company, among other ventures.
“Billy was always a bit of a hustler — he was always looking for that next business deal,” Packer said. | 2023-01-27T13:48:36+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/college-basketball-broadcaster-billy-packer-dies-at-82/ |
The Supreme Court’s June ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and left the question of abortion rights up to the states has produced ballot questions in a handful of states this fall.
Three states are asking voters some variation of whether they want to establish a right to abortion, while a single state is asking if its constitution should be changed to say there is no such right to abortion or for government funding.
Kansas voters resoundingly rejected a ballot measure that would have permitted lawmakers to tighten abortion laws or outlaw the procedure outright in August — the first such test since the high court’s ruling.
Let’s take a closer look at what voters will be deciding when voting concludes Nov. 8:
WHAT QUESTIONS ARE ON THE BALLOT AND WHERE?
California, Michigan and Vermont are all considering questions that would amend their state constitutions to establish some form of a right to abortion.
Kentucky is asking voters whether to amend the state constitution to say it doesn’t protect the right to an abortion.
Montana is asking voters whether to require medical care and treatment for infants born alive after an attempted abortion.
WHY THESE QUESTIONS AND WHY NOW?
The ballot measures come in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling in June that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t confer a right to abortion and “the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives.”
Vermont Gov. Phil, Scott suggested in a statement this summer that the question had taken on new urgency since the court’s ruling.
“It is more important than ever to make sure the women in our state have the right to make their own decisions about their health, bodies, and their futures,” he said.
Kentucky has moved to tighten restrictions to abortion since the GOP took control of the Legislature in 2016, and Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed the legislation referring the question to voters before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling this summer overturning Roe vs. Wade.
Kentucky’s Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case over the state’s near total abortion ban after the November election, but has kept that prohibition in effect while the case is pending.
Abortion is currently legal in Vermont, with no limit on when during a pregnancy it can be carried out. California and Michigan permit abortions before viability, usually defined as around 24 weeks. Montana restricts abortions after viability as well, but a court has put a hold on a measure that would bar the procedure after 20 weeks pending litigation.
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF ABORTION IN THE STATES CURRENTLY?
State legislatures and courts have shifted the status of abortion laws across the United States.
Bans are in place at all states of pregnancy in a dozen states.
In Wisconsin, clinics have stopped providing abortions though there’s dispute over whether a ban is in effect.
In Georgia, abortion is banned at the detection of cardiac activity — generally around six weeks and before women often know they’re pregnant.
Seven states, including the District of Columbia, don’t restrict abortion by gestational range at all.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker campaigns for the U.S. Senate as a champion of free enterprise and advocate for the mentally ill, felons and others at the margins of society. And the Georgia Republican has called for policies that blend those priorities.
“If someone comes out of prison, they should have incentives set up that the person has learned a trade, and you give an incentive for a company to hire him so he can make a living for himself,” Walker said Aug. 17 in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Walker, who founded Renaissance Man Food Services in 1999 as part of America’s sprawling food processing industry, then nodded to his business experience.
“It’s my responsibility now to help,” Walker declared.
Yet an Associated Press review of federal court cases, alongside other public records and statements, offers a more complicated reality. One instance at the heart of Walker’s business portfolio suggests he has benefited, through a firm he touts as a principal partner and supplier, from the unpaid labor of drug offenders routed from state courts to residential rehabilitation programs in lieu of prison.
Walker doesn’t acknowledge those details when he contrasts his work with Sen. Raphael Warnock, the Democrat whom Walker is trying to unseat in a midterm election matchup that could determine control of the Senate. A former college and professional football star, Walker instead styles himself as a skilled businessman, unapologetic Christian and someone who has overcome mental health challenges with others’ help.
“We have to become a society that want to help, not hurt anyone,” he said in Kennesaw.
It’s not possible to quantify any financial gains Walker might have gleaned over the years from undervalued labor. But some lawyers have derided the operation in question, Oklahoma-based Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery Inc., as a residential “work camp” that profits from a “vulnerable workforce under the guise of providing alcohol and drug counseling and rehabilitation services.”
CAAIR, as it is commonly known, began more than a decade ago sending residents to work at Simmons Foods Inc., a processing giant that Walker touts as a principal partner and supplier to his distributorship, Renaissance Man Food Services. State judges assigned convicted offenders to CAAIR, giving them a choice between the residential program and its requirements or serving time in conventional jails or prisons. Simmons would then contract with CAAIR for labor at its plants; CAAIR program participants were not paid.
U.S. courts have declared that type of arrangement legal, finding it akin to work programs for fully incarcerated inmates who fall outside the 13th Amendment’s ban on involuntary servitude “except as punishment for crime.” But many criminal justice experts are critical of such programs.
“Drug courts are typically a pretrial diversion program,” said Jillian Snider, a former New York City police officer and now policy director for the criminal justice and civil liberties program at R Street, a center-right, free-market think tank based in Washington.
Snider described the ideal design as “almost like an outpatient program” focused on professional counseling and skills training, with some job responsibilities that include wages. Programs based more on work than on rehabilitation and skills training, Snider said, are “unique mostly to Southern states. It’s just not something you see in the northeast and in the West.”
A federal lawsuit, still pending against CAAIR and Simmons, has detailed how some participants were allegedly pressured to work when injured, compelled to attend religious services, and threatened with imprisonment if their work was unsatisfactory.
CAAIR, participants alleged in court, did not always provide necessary rehabilitative or psychiatric treatment, the kind that Walker has emphasized when he shares his personal story and advocates for people suffering from mental illness. CAAIR described its services in court filings as “a combination of work therapy and spiritual and religious counseling.”
“If you’re working full-time in a chicken facility, you don’t have enough hours in the day to complete a full program,” said Snider, explaining that “talking to professional counselors” and “being set up with real educational advancement opportunities and skills training” must be included. “There’s a lot more components than working 12 hours a day cleaning chickens,” she said.
Nonetheless, a trial court judge in 2020 rejected participants’ assertions that the program violated federal labor law. CAAIR, the court ruled, remains a permissible component of the state criminal justice system. Participants’ appeal is pending.
CAAIR CEO and co-founder Janet Wilkerson told The Associated Press she “never had any dealings” with Walker. She declined to comment further, citing ongoing litigation.
Neither Walker nor Renaissance Man Food Services was named as a defendant in the original suit, and Walker’s campaign declined to comment on the matter, saying Simmons is not Walker’s company. A Simmons representative did not respond to inquiries.
Yet in Walker’s telling, Simmons is critical to his enterprise.
On the Renaissance website, Simmons is the only supplier or partner mentioned by name: “RMFS joins with Simmons Foods to bring quality poultry, pork and bakery products to the retail and food service marketplace.” The website highlights one of its locations as Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where Simmons is based. The relationship dates back as early as 2006, according to Walker’s previous statements to media.
Renaissance bills itself as a certified minority owned business — Walker is Black — that works with “supplier partners to meet the needs of our retail and food service customers.” That suggests a relationship in which Walker partners with food processing firms to act as distributor so that an end-line business is buying from a minority-owned firm. For example, Walker’s website denotes two “diversity supplier” awards from Marriott hotels.
Walker isn’t always clear about the size and scope of Renaissance. He’s said he employs hundreds of workers, with frequent mentions of a chicken-processing division in Arkansas. Further, he’s claimed as much as $80 million in gross sales. But when Renaissance filed federal paperwork to secure loans under the Paycheck Protection Program during the coronavirus pandemic, it reported eight employees. The company received about $182,000 under the program. In another court case, Walker gave far more modest revenue figures, indicating the company averaged about $1.5 million a year in profit from 2008 to 2017.
Walker’s exaggerations could simply involve conflating some of Simmons’ operations as his own.
His 2022 financial disclosure form submitted to the Senate list Renaissance as paying Walker a $214,062.50 salary. Another business, H Walker Enterprises, brought Walker a $3 million payout as sole shareholder. The website of H Walker Enterprises suggests Renaissance is a subsidiary. State records list the same corporate address in Dublin, Georgia, for both.
Wilkerson established CAAIR with her husband, Don, and others. It bills itself as a faith-based enterprise to rehabilitate addicts. Its programs launched in 2008 with six men, according to its website, and by 2015 housed 200 in three dorms.
Throughout the litigation, Simmons and CAAIR have forcefully defended their practices. But one thing has never been up for dispute: The men CAAIR sent to the chicken plants were not paid.
“CAAIR is a work-based program,” lawyers wrote in their defense. “Participants … are required to perform work without compensation at various nearby work-providers, including Simmons. This requirement is no secret.”
In court filings, Wilkerson described drug defendants as “clients” rather than employees, and she characterized them as having chosen the program voluntarily after being fully apprised of the parameters.
Participants signed documents stipulating that they “did not come to CAAIR, Inc., seeking work,” that CAAIR “did not offer (them) a job” and that they would “not receive wages” or other pay for “my stay at CAAIR, Inc.” There was one potential exception: They “may be offered a gift package” if they finished the program.
“Simmons is a work-provider for CAAIR,” Wilkerson wrote in her court filings. “Simmons pays CAAIR for the work performed by CAAIR participants at a rate well above minimum wage.”
Wilkerson described an “intensive interview process” for “clients” referred to her program by the courts: “Prospective clients are required to read and sign paperwork acknowledging their understanding of the program.”
The “Admission Agreement” promises a residential “program of recovery” including “individual and group counseling, nourishing foods (and) constructive physical activity which includes work training at a job site,” along with the requirement of “working at a designated job site.” The documents do not name any prospective companies, describe any training participants would receive or detail any labor they would perform.
The agreement included a behavioral code, with the threat of dismissal.
“Minor rules violations” included “failure to maintain a positive attitude,” “failure to do assigned chores,” “not shaving, showering and brushing your teeth every day,” “not being a team player” and “failure to attend … daily meetings,” including “Bible study … 12-step meetings … small group.”
Among the major violations: “theft,” “bringing or using drugs or alcohol,” “insubordination,” “having money or credit cards on the premises,” “failure to maintain your position at your assigned work provider,” “horseplay or wrestling at any time,” and “fraternizing with any females.”
Those lists, participants were warned, were “not comprehensive,” and that “other infractions” determined by staff “may also result in disciplinary procedures.” Further, participants agreed to attend church services off premises during their first 12 weeks in residence. That came with a separate code: “No sleeping in church. … Use the restroom before church services start. … Clients may not ride with family to/from church.”
Participants were “free to leave (the program) at any time,” the documents state. But participants signed on to the knowledge that such an action could result in “consequences from the criminal justice system for early departure,” and the documents make clear that “disciplinary procedures,” up to and including “dismissal from the program” was at CAAIR staff’s discretion.
In a separate federal case against another not-for-profit rehabilitation program, Simmons again defended its practices in a “friend of the court” brief submitted in 2020 to support DARP Inc.
Citing Simmons’ relationship with CAAIR, Simmons lawyers wrote that “CAAIR operates on the same basic model” as DARP to “provide vocational opportunities for those struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.” However, Simmons’ lawyers said, that’s not the same as an employee relationship requiring federal labor law protections — or even compensation.
“Plaintiffs participated in DARP for their own benefit and to achieve their own rehabilitation, not for the benefit of DARP” or any for-profit firm, the brief states. The lawyers said unpaid laborers receive a benefit beyond money: “a sense of self-worth and accomplishment.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that previously came up in a case involving former President Donald Trump.
Two years ago the Supreme Court dismissed a case over Trump’s efforts to block critics from his personal Twitter account. A lower court had said Trump violated the First Amendment whenever he blocked a critic to silence a viewpoint. But the Supreme Court said the case should be dismissed because there was nothing left to it after Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter and ended his presidential term. The Republican former president’s account has since been reinstated.
Now, the court has agreed to hear two cases involving much lower-profile figures. The first involves two elected members of a California school board, the Poway Unified School District Board of Trustees. The members, Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Zane, used Facebook and Twitter accounts to communicate with the public. Two parents, Christopher and Kimberly Garnier, left critical comments and replies to posts on the board members’ accounts and were blocked. An appeals court said the board members had violated their free speech rights by doing so.
The other case involves James Freed, who became the city manager of Port Huron, Michigan, in 2014. Freed, who was appointed to his position by the mayor and City Council, used a Facebook page to communicate with the public. In 2020, a resident, Kevin Lindke, used the page to comment several times from three Facebook profiles, including criticism of the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Freed blocked all three accounts and deleted Lindke’s comments. Lindke sued, but lower courts sided with Freed.
Katie Fallow, senior counsel at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which was involved in the Trump case, said that more and more public officials are using social media to communicate about official business.
“As many courts have held, it doesn’t matter whether it’s the president or a local city manager, government officials can’t block people from these forums simply because they don’t like what they’re saying,” Fallow said in a statement. “The Supreme Court should reaffirm that basic First Amendment principle.”
The Supreme Court will not hear the new cases before the fall. The justices this week are hearing their last scheduled arguments and will issue decisions in May and June before going on a summer break. The court will resume hearing arguments in October.
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County Commissioner for Precinct 1 Jesse Gonzalez will be hosting the sixth-annual Knock-Out Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence Awareness event Saturday, which consists of three courses promoting health. These include a Zumba class, a Kangoo jump class and a women's self-defense course.
According to Gonzalez's office, the aim of the free community event is to raise awareness for breast cancer and domestic violence while also providing women and young girls in the community with a way to feel strong and empowered.
“October is Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and I think it’s very important that we show support and involvement in these important causes,” Gonzalez said. “We need to keep educating our community on what services are out there. What better way to do this than by different fitness hands-on activities.”
The commissioner also stated that the event is important to “promote a healthier lifestyle and at the same time educate ourselves.”
Registration begins at 8 a.m., while the Cancer Knock-out begins 30 minutes later before the Knock-out Cancer pink celebration starts at 9. At 9:15, the Zumba class with Bany Vela will be held, while Kangoo Jumps with Suzuki Wah will be held at 10 for all those interested. The event concludes with a self-defense course with Pepito Espinoza at 11.
Some of the sponsors of the event include Pit Kings Laredo and the Laredo Cancer Society.
Knock-Out Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence Awareness is open and free to the public. It will be from 8 a.m. to noon at Slaughter Park, 202 N. Stone Ave.
More additional information about the event can be found by contacting Gonzalez's office at 956-523-4649 or at 956-267-6866.
jorge.vela@lmtonline.com | 2022-10-14T20:31:25+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/County-commissioner-to-host-6th-annual-breast-17510023.php |
Roanoke, Va. – William Fleming downed Patrick Henry by 3 in another installment of the Roanoke City rivalry. The Colonels move to 10-4 on the season, while PH falls to 14-2--with both losses coming at the hands of the Colonels.
Watch: William Fleming edges Patrick Henry in Roanoke City Rivalry, 62-59
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s 2021 voting law made changes that drew a firestorm of criticism — bans on giving water to people waiting to vote, a shorter period to request an absentee ballot and strict limits on ballot drop boxes.
But with early in-person voting opening Monday in most Georgia counties ahead of the June 21 primary runoff, the consequences of another change that got less attention are becoming fully apparent. Shortening the runoff period from nine weeks to four weeks means less time to vote early in person and tight windows to receive and return mail ballots.
Opponents of the law say the shorter runoff period keeps people from voting.
“All of these things are designed to construct additional hurdles to Georgians participating in our elections,” said Nse Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project, which seeks to mobilize nonwhite and young voters. “Individually, they are annoyances, inconveniences. Collectively, they make up a voter suppression scheme.”
Supporters of the law admit the four-week period is challenging for election officials, but say the voter suppression narrative is hogwash.
“What we’ve seen is just fewer issues and more voters turning out across the board, regardless of party, and regardless of method of voting. So I think it’s a real positive,” said former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who now leads Greater Georgia, a group which aims to mobilize conservative voters.
Georgia requires a runoff if a candidate doesn’t win a majority in the party primary or in the general election. The new law mandates only five weekdays of early in-person voting for runoffs, beginning Monday and ending Friday. Voters got three weeks of early voting before the May 24 primary, including two mandatory Saturdays for the first time.
The law says Georgia’s 159 counties can open early in-person runoff voting as soon as possible, but only 10 counties started before Monday. Seven counties — Clarke, Cobb, Fulton, Glynn, Gwinnett, Lowndes and Rockdale, provided Saturday voting. Only Fulton and Gwinnett, the state’s two most populous counties, provided Sunday voting.
Some counties decided against weekend voting because officials believed there would be little demand. Many Republican voters have no runoff to vote in, with all statewide races settled and few local GOP races requiring another round of voting.
But Ufot said it’s unfair to voters to let counties set their own schedules.
“They let them each determine when they want to do early voting and whether or not they want to make it easier for people?” Ufot asked.
Of the 71,000 people who requested absentee ballots by mail, records show more than 13,000 hadn’t been mailed by Saturday, raising questions about whether voters could receive and return them in time.
“That’s a legitimate concern,” Loeffler said. “At the county level, I think that’s something that they’re going to have to be watching.”
A number of election officials say another week before the runoff would improve things.
Deidre Holden, elections director in Atlanta’s suburban Paulding County, said her county has struggled to order ballots, prepare equipment and find poll workers.
“We are having trouble making sure we’re meeting deadlines,” Holden said. “It’s been something else, just trying to get the election turned back around. … Twenty-eight days is just not enough.”
Of nine states that conduct runoffs, only South Carolina, at two weeks, and Arkansas and Mississippi, at three weeks, have shorter periods.
Until 2013, Georgia runoffs were a three-week sprint, but a federal judge found military and overseas voters didn’t have enough time to return mail ballots, ordering nine weeks instead.
Lawmakers in 2021 solved that problem by adding ranked-choice ballots for overseas voters, letting them pick additional choices in the event of a runoff.
The law’s Republican authors said they wanted a shorter period because nine-week runoffs “were exhausting for candidates, donors and electors.” The last of those contests, of course, saw Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock defeat Republicans David Perdue and Loeffler in January 2021 to give Democrats control of the U.S. Senate.
“Having been a candidate in a nine-week runoff and talking to people across the state about what a protracted runoff means, I don’t know a lot of people that want to go back to a protracted runoff situation,” Loeffler said. “There’s voter fatigue; candidate resources get strained.”
Others suggest Republicans acted to make sure Democrats could never repeat that performance.
“I do think, maybe, that this is a backlash against what happened in January 2021,” said Sean Morales-Doyle, acting director for voting rights at the Brennan Center for Justice.
Morales-Doyle said turnout may be high in Georgia, but he cautions that measuring the impact of policy changes on turnout “is a very complicated thing to do,” noting high spending in governor and U.S. Senate races drove voting on May 24. But he said shortening the runoff period is limiting.
“There’s reason to think that cutting down severely on access to early voting and voting by mail is going to have a negative impact on turnout,” Morales-Doyle said. | 2022-06-13T19:52:53+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/shortened-georgia-runoff-poses-hurdles-for-voters-officials/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
A tweet has gone viral, claiming to show that fuel prices in the U.K. are significantly lower than they are in the U.S. The post from Jan. 21 shows a price sign reading 151.9 for regular unleaded fuel and 173.9 for regular diesel.
“Gas is only $1.51 a gallon in the UK. This is what Biden is hiding from you,” the tweet says.
As of Jan. 23, the tweet has been viewed more than 500,000 times.
THE QUESTION
Are gas prices $1.51 a gallon in the United Kingdom, as a viral tweet claims?
THE SOURCES
- Federal Reserve currency exchange rate for pound sterling to dollar
- AAA
- RAC Fuel Watch, a British auto service company
- Google Maps
THE ANSWER
No, gas prices aren’t $1.51 a gallon in the United Kingdom. This image shows the price of fuel in British pounds per liter, not dollars per gallon.
WHAT WE FOUND
The photo shows the prices at a BP station in London, England. VERIFY confirmed the location using Google Maps street view.
In London, fuel is sold by the liter and the currency is the pound sterling. So to translate that sign into dollars per gallon, we have to do some conversions.
First, there are 3.785 liters in one gallon.
Second, as of Jan. 20, one pound sterling equals $1.24.
The price seen in the photo shows £1.51 per liter. We’ll convert pounds to dollars -- £1.51 per liter is $1.87 per liter. We multiply that by 3.785 (the number of liters in a gallon) and we get $7.08 per gallon of regular unleaded.
According to AAA, the current average gas price in the U.S. is $3.42 per gallon of regular gas.
In the U.K., the current average as of Jan. 23 is £1.48 per liter, which would be $6.94 a gallon in the U.S. | 2023-01-24T06:02:41+00:00 | wfmynews2.com | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/verify/gas-prices-verify/no-gas-prices-arent-151-a-gallon-in-the-united-kingdom-fact-check/536-310c5500-ff5d-42d0-88ba-40254c30a279 |
The 52-year-old man who drowned in Upper Mystic Lake Monday is being remembered in a GoFundMe for always being willing to help people.
Alford “Erick” Garcia’s body was found shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday in Upper Mystic Lake after an almost two-day-long search by the Massachusetts State Police’s dive team, according to state police.
Garcia was seen drowning near Shannon Beach in Winchester after falling off of an inflatable float in an unsupervised area at approximately 5:50 p.m. on Monday, police said.
The GoFundMe page, created by Erika Garcia, stated her father had been enjoying the Fourth of July at the lake when their “family endured a horrible tragedy.”
The 52-year-old attempted to make it back to shore but, officials said, he became tired and began to struggle before going under the water. Witnesses attempted to rescue him but were unable to locate him, police said.
“He fought as long as he could but eventually drowned,” the GoFundMe states.
Garcia is remembered for being “genuine” and for always helping others.
“My Dad was the light of our lives and if you were lucky to know him you knew how genuine he was, he always helped others whenever he could and if he couldn’t, he would not stop until he figured out a solution to help,” the GoFundMe page states. “We are completely heartbroken.”
The goal of the GoFundMe is $100,000. Those donations, it states, will go towards funeral costs, bills and expenses for his children and wife.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Red Sox placed Kiké Hernández on the 10-day injured list with a right hip flexor strain, manager Alex Cora announced Wednesday prior to the third game of the team’s four-game series against the Angels.
“He’s been battling it throughout the season,” Cora said. “He’s been able to take care of it throughout but [Tuesday], he felt it grab. Hopefully it’s short.”
There wasn’t a specific play or at-bat during the season where Hernández initially felt the hip tweak. It was more so just the wear and tear of the season. Cora said that Hernández can play through injuries, but ultimately, Hernández intimated to the coaching staff and trainers that he could no longer battle through this injury.
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“Obviously this is a different role the last two years compared to [Hernández’s bench role] with the Dodgers,” Cora said. “But yesterday I saw him walking around the clubhouse with his head down.”
Hernández has yet to get hot at the plate. He came into Wednesday hitting .209/.273/.340 with four homers and a .613 OPS.
Despite that, though, Hernández has played well in center field.
Additionally, he’s proven himself to still be an impressive infielder. In Tuesday night’s game, for instance, when Hernández was playing shortstop in place of Xander Bogaerts, he made a stellar play up the middle for the final out of the game, sealing a 6-5 Red Sox win in 10 innings. Still, Cora noticed something was bothering Hernández.
“The first step wasn’t as explosive as it usually is,” Cora said. “It’s still a great play.”
Aráuz called up over Duran
To take Hernández’s spot on the roster, the Sox recalled infielder Jonathan Aráuz over outfielder Jarren Duran. The Sox feel like they are currently short in the infield and Aráuz could help to fill some holes while the team rests some players. Bogaerts has nursed a sore left shoulder, but played Wednesday. However, Bogaerts won’t play in Thursday’s series finale. Story will get a breather during the team’s Seattle series this coming weekend. Aráuz will fill their spots.
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Hansel Robles (back spasms) threw a bullpen Tuesday and is with the team despite not throwing in an actual rehab assignment game. The team is confident he will be fine and will be ready to be activated once eligible Thursday. “He’s a workaholic,” Cora said. “He knows what he’s doing.” . . . Chris Sale threw a bullpen Wednesday. He’ll throw another one Friday and should throw to hitters next week . . . Josh Taylor (back) threw a bullpen Wednesday and is scheduled to throw another bullpen Friday . . . James Paxton (Tommy John) might throw off a mound during the Seattle series. So far, he’s just been tossing on the field stretching out to as far as 150 feet, Cora said.
Julian McWilliams can be reached at julian.mcwilliams@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @byJulianMack. | 2022-06-09T01:50:54+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/08/sports/red-sox-place-kik-hernndez-10-day-injured-list-with-right-hip-flexor-strain/ |
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The CJ Cup is on the move again in America, this year shifting across the country from Las Vegas to South Carolina.
The PGA Tour said a limited-field CJ Cup, which left Jeju Island in South Korea when the COVID-19 pandemic restricted travel, will be played this year at Congaree Golf Club, about an hour inland from Hilton Head Island.
Congaree last year held the Palmetto Championship in place of the RBC Canadian Open, which was canceled because of travel restrictions. Garrick Higgo won his first PGA Tour event.
The CJ Cup in South Carolina is scheduled for Oct. 20-23. The event typically attracts one of the strongest fields of the fall schedule.
After three years in South Korea, the CJ Cup relocated in 2020 to Shadow Creek north of Las Vegas, part of a move that brought the tour’s two Asia-based events to the West Coast. The Zozo Championship (Japan) was shifted to California. Last year, the CJ Cup stayed in Las Vegas at the ultra private Summit Club, while the Zozo Championship returned to Japan.
South Korea-based CJ Group, unlike Zozo, has a marketing platform in the U.S. through its Bibigo food brand.
The CJ Cup in South Carolina will have a 78-man field that includes five players designated by the Korea PGA and the top three available Korean players from the world ranking. The majority of the field is based on the previous year’s FedEx Cup standings on the PGA Tour.
Rory McIlroy won the CJ Cup at The Summit Club last year.
The move again gives South Carolina two PGA Tour events, along with the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head Island a week after the Masters.
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NEW YORK, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HS Management Partners, LLC (HSMP), a boutique equity investment advisor, is proud to announce several milestones as we near completion of year 16 of our performance track record, ending March 31st, 2023 for its sole investment strategy, the HSMP Concentrated Quality Growth Equity portfolio.
The Firm, located at 640 Fifth Avenue in New York City, was established in 2007 and currently advises assets approaching $2.5 billion applying a focused, bottom-up fundamentals-first approach to portfolio construction.
Harry Segalas, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, remarks, "Since inception, our Composite has annualized compounded returns at a 11.4% annual post-fee rate (net-of-fees) (4/1/2007 through 12/31/2022). The power of this compounding shows that cumulative returns (net-of-fees) amounted to 448.3% in that period and that $1 million invested at our start (4/1/2007) is now worth $5,482,900 (see Performance table above). We believe this represents a strong track record during that period, even in the face of three Black Swan events in the past 15 years (the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, the Pandemic in 2020, and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022).
Continuing forward, we remain committed to our sole concentrated quality growth methodology. This includes a strong valuation discipline and active management. Undoubtedly, we will face many challenges but believe this approach will serve clients well in our drive toward absolute returns in the years ahead. Many thanks to the incredible HS Management Partners team that has been assembled over the years, and thanks most of all to our clients, entrusting us with the management of their valuable assets. It is a responsibility that we take with utmost seriousness."
Greg Nejmeh, Partner, President & Investment Strategist, adds, "The key to our future is the same as the key to our past – our culture. When asked by a client along the way what was the best decision we'd made, and after some reflection, I offered our best decision was to model HS Management Partners in a manner consistent with the criteria we prize among our portfolio holdings: a long-term market perspective, a highly focused approach, and a relentless emphasis on quality in people, processes, products, and services. We invested behind the core of our convictions, and that has made, and will continue to make, all the difference."
"As we move forward, we are proud of the inclusive and diverse team of professionals we have assembled, and we have continued to invest in our capabilities (investment, client, and operational) with an intent to grow Firm assets. We view ourselves as a "QARP" manager – quality at a reasonable price – and our benchmark agnostic approach has served clients well (see our latest Thought Piece, entitled "The Market Square…The HSMP Circle"). We are proud to have been recently recognized by Zephyr's PSN as a "Top Gun" in their latest quarterly rankings and having been identified by Nasdaq eVestment in recent quarters of their Brand Awareness Rankings. We hope to build on our internal initiatives and external recognition to grow the Firm while maintaining focus on our singular strategy."
With David Altman, Partner and Director of Research and Bart Buxbaum, Partner and Chief Administrative Officer, the four Partners have over 160 years of combined industry experience. In total, HSMP consists of 18 professionals with an average of 28 years of experience. The entire HSMP team is determined to continue to manage and service client assets with the same purpose, resolve and integrity that have served as the blueprint for past success.
For HSMP market commentary and quarterly updates, follow the HSMP LinkedIn page or #HSPerspectives. For additional information on HSMP, visit the Firm's website at www.hsmanage.com which includes a Firm video or contact Tom Bylaitis or Patti Norton at 212-888-0060 or info@hsmanage.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to deliver his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
The annual speech, delivered before a joint session of Congress, typically provides a president with his single largest audience of the year, usually in the tens of millions. An estimated 38.2 million TV viewers watched Biden’s first State of the Union address in 2022, according to Nielsen ratings.
A key difference between this year’s speech and last year’s is that Biden now faces a divided Congress for the final two years of his term. Republicans took back control of the House from Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections, while Democrats continue to hold the Senate.
Here’s what you need to know about watching Biden’s State of the Union address, scheduled for 9 p.m. EST.
WHERE DO I WATCH OR LISTEN?
Biden’s speech will be broadcast by the major television networks and cable news TV channels. The Associated Press will livestream the speech at APNews.com.
The White House plans to stream the speech on its website, www.whitehouse.gov/live and make it available on its YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages.
Live coverage will also be provided by C-SPAN, C-SPAN Radio and C-SPAN.org.
NPR is streaming the speech on its website, npr.org, and on its app, in addition to offering live coverage to its member radio stations.
Follow AP’s coverage of the State of the Union address at: https://apnews.com/hub/state-of-the-union-address | 2023-02-07T23:32:12+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-how-to-watch-president-bidens-state-of-the-union-address/ |
Scott McTominay scored deep into stoppage time to give Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Omonoia Nicosia in the Europa League on Thursday.
Ronaldo made a rare start for United as he is pressing his case to get more minutes in the Premier League after scoring the winner against Everton on Sunday for his first open-play goal of the season.
The Portugal forward has been marginalized since the hiring of manager Erik ten Hag, who seems to want more mobility and pressing from his strikers, meaning Ronaldo has mostly been used in Europe so far this season.
Despite dominating, United failed to find the back of the net until McTominay struck to ensure the victory a week after they had to come from behind to beat Omonia 2-1.
United improve to nine points, three behind leaders Real Sociedad who blanked 10-man Sheriff 3-0. Armel Zohouri was sent off in the 25th minute to his the second yellow card.
Bukayo Saka scored and Arsenal beat Bodø/Glimt 1-0 in Norway to stay perfect with its third straight Europa League victory.
Saka was fed by Sambi Lokonga to net the decider for the Premier League leaders in the 24th minute.
Arsenal is atop Group A with nine points from three games — with a match against PSV Eindhoven postponed after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
PSV was second after routing Zurich 5-0.
Freiburg made it four wins from four by routing Nantes 4-0 away to also stay perfect and cement the top spot in Group G with 12 points. Lukas Kübler, Wooyeong Jeong and substitute Michael Gregoritsch had a goal each for the Bundesliga club with Moses Simon adding an own goal.
Qarabağ trails Freiburg by five points in second after it was held 0-0 by Olympiacos, which earned the first point. Nantes remains on three.
Real Betis failed to stay perfect in Group C after it was held 1-1 at home by Roma. Andrea Belotti salvaged a point for Jose Mourinho’s team with a second-half equalizer after a deflected shot by Sergio Canales gave the hosts a first-half lead. The Spanish team dominates the group with 10 points. Roma is on four. Ludogorets beat HJK 2-0 to stay second on seven.
European competition newcomer Union St. Gilloise of Belgium drew 3-3 at home with Braga. Vitor Oliveira’s hat trick put Braga ahead 3-1 but the hosts came back with Victor Boniface’s second goal and another one from Dante Vanzeir. Union stays atop Group D with 10 points.
In a tightly contested Group F, Feyenoord was held 2-2 by Midtjylland while 10-man Lazio drew 2-2 with Sturm. All four teams are on five points.
Ciro Immobile converted a penalty in the final minute of the first half for Lazio before teammate Manuel Lazzari received the second yellow and was sent off still in stoppage time.
William Bøving equalized before Pedro Rodríguez restored Lazio’s lead but Bøving tied it at 2-2 with his second.
Fenerbahce won 2-1 at AEK Larnaca and Rennes beat Ukraine’s Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 in Krakow, Poland for a joint lead of Group B with 10 points.
EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE
In the third-tier Europa Conference League, West Ham beat Anderlecht 2-1 to extend its perfect start to four wins in Group B.
Said Benrahma netted from a free kick and Jarrod Bowen added another one from 15 meters (yards). Sebastiano Esposito scored a late penalty for the Belgian club.
West Ham won 1-0 at Anderlecht last week. The teams met in the 1976 final of the now-defunct European Cup Winners’ Cup, which Anderlecht won 4-2.
Also, Villarreal kept its 100% record after a 1-0 win at Austria Vienna. After Lech only played to a 1-1 draw at H. Beer-Sheva in another Group C match, the victory earned the Spaniards a spot in the round of 16 with two games to go.
In Group E, Apollon Limassol beat AZ Alkmaar 1-0 for its first win, handing the Dutch club its the first defeat after three wins.
İstanbul Başakşehir remained atop Group A with a 3-0 home win aver RFS. Fiorentina routed Scottish Hearts 5-1 to stay three points behind.
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AP World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/world-cup | 2022-10-13T23:43:46+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/arsenal-freiburg-record-away-wins-to-stay-perfect-in-el/2022/10/13/e58a5436-4b34-11ed-8153-96ee97b218d2_story.html |
BOSTON, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A scorecard released by the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets shows how 10 federal financial regulators have implemented over 100 actions since July 2022 addressing the financial risks of climate change. However, U.S. regulators have more work to do to address these risks with the same level of ambition and urgency as global counterparts.
The 2023 Climate Risk Scorecard: Assessing U.S. Financial Regulator Action on Climate Financial Risk found most assessed regulators have made strides in producing research and data on climate risk and incorporating climate risk into their supervision of regulated entities, however urgent action is required to improve climate-related disclosures, increase transparency in climate-related risk management practices, include climate risks within regulatory frameworks, implement climate-related scenario analysis, and assess climate risks on financially vulnerable communities.
Those assessed include the Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the National Credit Union Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Department of the Treasury.
"Climate-related financial risks have placed capital markets and financial institutions in an unparalleled state of vulnerability," said Steven M. Rothstein, Managing Director of the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets at Ceres. "The interconnectedness of the U.S. financial system means risk and climate events can trigger cascading crises that undermine the integrity of the entire economy. The sector needs to better integrate climate risk into its supervision of financial entities and put stronger practices in place to assess the consequences of the climate-related scenarios that will arise unless we make systemic changes."
Key findings include:
- More than 100 regulatory actions since July 2022 addressing climate-related financial risks, notably shifting beyond foundational actions toward implementing climate-related risk management practices in step with global counterparts.
- Nine regulators have publicly affirmed climate as a systemic risk to the financial system, signaling climate risk may adversely impact their regulated entities as well as the broader economy. The PCAOB stands alone in not making this affirmation yet.
- Six of 10 regulators have robust internal climate-related capacities, with additional progress this year from those still developing their staffing and technical expertise.
- All but two regulators improved transparency in measuring and managing climate-related financial risks at their regulated entities.
Media Contact: Diane May, dmay@ceres.org
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that an E. coli outbreak has sickened 29 people in Ohio and Michigan.
A food has not yet been identified as the source of the illness strain affecting 14 people in Ohio and 15 in Michigan and has led to nine hospitalizations but no deaths.
The true number of sick people in this outbreak is likely higher, the CDC said.
Public health departments in both states reported large increases in the number of E. coli infections and are working to determine how many are linked to the outbreak and are interviewing those sickened about which foods they ate in the week before they became ill.
Escherichia coli are bacteria found in the environment, foods and intestines of people and animals. Most strains of E. coli are harmless but others can make people sick.
Symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection vary, but often include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea (often bloody) and vomiting. Some people have a fever, but is typically less than 101 degrees. Most people get better within five to seven days. Some infections are mild, but others are severe or even life-threatening. Most people start feeling sick three to four days after eating or drinking something that contains the bacteria. However, illnesses can start anywhere from one to 10 days after exposure, according to the CDC.
Call your health care provider right away if you have severe E. coli symptoms.
If you have E. coli symptoms, to help public health officials solve the source of the outbreak, write don what you ate in the week before you got sick, report your illness to your local or state health department and answer public health officials’ questions about your illness.
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FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bahamian Government Officials and Carnival Cruise Line Executives gathered on Thursday, May 12, 2022 for the groundbreaking ceremony for Carnival's new $200 million cruise port in Freeport, Grand Bahama which officials anticipate will breathe new tourism life into the economy of the Bahamian nation's second city.
"With the start of this Carnival project, Grand Bahama is now on the better side of reaching its true economic potential," said the Hon. Philip Davis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, while speaking at the ceremony. "This investment will provide much needed jobs but will also signal new hope for the island's recovery."
The Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments & Aviation viewed the new project as a development that would soon be the norm on Grand Bahama Island. "We believe the excitement of what is happening on Grand Bahama will be contagious," he said. "The cruise port is an integral part of our plan to restore Grand Bahama to economic viability," said Minister Cooper. "Carnival will play a critical role in stimulating our economy and shining a light on Grand Bahama as a rejuvenated and premier destination in our country and the region."
Construction on Carnival's Grand Bahama Cruise Port is estimated to be completed November 2024. Once completed, the new cruise port will be able to accommodate the largest cruise ships in Carnival's fleet. The Excel class cruise ships such as Carnival's 5,282 passenger Mardi Gras vessel, Celebration which will set sail later this year and Jubilee which will make its inaugural voyage in 2023.
Others attending the groundbreaking included the Hon. Ginger Moxey, Minister for Grand Bahama Island and Sarah St. George, Acting Chairman, the Grand Bahama Port Authority.
Said Minister Moxey, "The Carnival groundbreaking is significant to the residents of Grand Bahama. This development signals opportunities for creatives, vendors, and small and medium sized businesses, and represents our commitment to collaboration with local and international partners for the betterment of our island."
This past March, Carnival marked 50 years of transporting guests to The Bahamas. This new venture, according to Christine Duffy, President, Carnival Cruise Line is yet another example of Carnival's enduring partnership with The Bahamas.
"As we celebrate our 50-year partnership with The Bahamas, today's groundbreaking on our incredible new Grand Bahama destination represents an opportunity to collaborate with the government and people of Grand Bahama – to contribute to the local economy through job and business opportunities, and further expand our experience offerings for our guests who will have a breathtaking new port of call to enjoy," said Duffy.
Presently, Carnival Corporation operates Princess Cays off Eleuthera Island and Half Moon Cay, in Little San Salvador.
Explore all the islands have to offer at www.bahamas.com or on Facebook YouTube or Instagram.
PRESS INQUIRIES
Anita Johnson-Patty
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation
ajohnson@bahamas.com
Weber Shandwick
Public Relations
Bahamas@webershandwick.com
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TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, July 21, 2022
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659 FPUS54 KLUB 211928
ZFPLUB
Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
TXZ035-220915-
Lubbock-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to around 10 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ026-220915-
Childress-
Including the cities of Childress and Kirkland
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to
5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to around 10 mph
after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ021-220915-
Parmer-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, and Farwell
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
$$
TXZ022-220915-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ023-220915-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ024-220915-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ025-220915-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming southeast
5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ027-220915-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly this evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to
20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ028-220915-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ029-220915-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ030-220915-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ031-220915-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ032-220915-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ033-220915-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly this evening. Lows around 70. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after
midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ034-220915-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ036-220915-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
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Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy this evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
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King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
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Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy this evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph,
diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
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Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy this evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to
10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 70. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
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Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
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Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
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TXZ043-220915-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy this evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
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Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
228 PM CDT Thu Jul 21 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy this evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs 100 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Perry, the best-selling crime novelist known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk detective series and for her own murderous past that inspired the movie “Heavenly Creatures,” has died at age 84.
Perry died Monday in Los Angeles from complications of a stroke and several heart attacks, according to her literary agent in North America, Donald Maass.
Perry published more than 100 books, often set in Victorian England, with notable works including the novels “Death of a Stranger,” “Buckingham Palace Gardens” and one scheduled for September, “The Traitor Among Us.” She sold millions of copies and received some of the top honors for crime writing, among them an Edgar Award for the short story “Heroes” and an Agatha Award for lifetime achievement.
But another story, one of lasting notoriety, came from her own life.
Born Juliet Hulme, she was a London native whose diagnosis for tuberculosis led her family to seek a warmer climate, eventually settling in New Zealand. In school, she formed an intense friendship with classmate Pauline Parker. But in her mid-teens, in 1954, her parents were divorcing and she was told she would be moving to South Africa.
The two girls were devastated: In their despair, they plotted against Parker’s mother, Honore Parker, who had refused to let Pauline join Juliet in South Africa. The girls conspired to go on a picnic with Honore, reached an isolated place in a Christchurch park and murdered her, beating her repeatedly with a rock.
Because they were minors, the girls were spared the death penalty and instead each served five years in prison. Perry would later explain she felt obligated to help her friend, whom she feared might take her own life.
“She threatened to kill herself if I didn’t help,” Perry told The Guardian in 2003. “She was vomiting after every meal and losing weight all the time. I am sure now she was bulimic. I really believed she would take her life and I couldn’t face it.”
Director Peter Jackson, a New Zealand native, would draw upon the murder for “Heavenly Creatures,” a 1994 release that starred Kate Winslet as Juliet and Melanie Lynskey as Pauline.
Perry would later call prison “the best thing that ever happened” to her, a time for her to confront and acknowledge her actions. She renamed herself Anne Perry, moved to Scotland, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and worked various jobs, including retail sales and as a flight attendant, before fulfilling a longtime dream and becoming a published writer.
Her first novel, “The Cater Street Hangman,” came out in 1979 and unveiled the husband-and-wife detective team of Thomas and Charlotte Pitt.
Years later, Perry began her Monk books with “The Face of a Stranger,” featuring the memory-impaired sleuth William Monk.
“I began the Monk series in order to explore a different, darker character, and to raise questions about responsibility, particularly that of a person for acts he cannot remember,” she wrote on her website. “How much of a person’s identity is bound up in memory? All our reactions, decisions, etc. spring from what we know, have experienced. We are in so many ways the sum of all we have been!”
Survivors include a brother, Jonathan Hulme. | 2023-04-14T12:58:35+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/anne-perry-crime-writer-with-a-murderous-past-dead-at-84/ |
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil great Pelé congratulated Lionel Messi and Argentina for winning the World Cup and Kylian Mbappé for his goal-scoring exploits in Sunday’s final.
Pelé, who won a record three World Cups as a player, has been in the hospital to treat a respiratory infection.
He posted his message on Instagram after Argentina beat defending champion France 4-2 in a penalty shootout following a 3-3 draw at Lusail Stadium in Qatar.
“Today, football continues to tell its story, as always, in an enthralling way,” Pelé wrote in his post. “Messi winning his first World Cup, as his trajectory deserved. My dear friend, Mbappé, scoring four goals in a final. What a gift it was to watch this spectacle to the future of our sport.”
Messi scored two goals in the match and finally won the lone trophy that had eluded him in his remarkable career. Mbappé, who scored in the 2018 title match when he was a teenager just as Pelé did in 1958, became only the second player in history to score a hat trick in the World Cup final.
Both Messi and Mbappé also scored in the penalty shootout.
Messi ended up winning the Golden Ball award as the best player of the tournament and Mbappé won the Golden Boot award as the top scorer with eight goals in seven matches.
Pelé also took time to mention Morocco for its history-making run as the first African team to reach the semifinals at the tournament.
“And I couldn’t fail to congratulate Morocco for the incredible campaign,” Pelé wrote. “It’s great to see Africa shine.”
Pelé ended his message by again lauding Argentina and mentioning the man most often associated with him as the greatest players the game has ever seen — Diego Maradona.
Maradona, who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title, died in 2020.
“Congratulations Argentina!” Pelé wrote. “Certainly Diego is smiling now.”
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AP World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/world-cup and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-12-19T07:08:00+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-pel%C3%A9-congratulates-messi-and-mbapp%C3%A9-after-world-cup-final/ |
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlueCargo, the logistics SaaS platform that optimizes the entire container workflow from port to warehouse, just announced it raised $11 million in new funding led by Soma Capital and Left Lane Capital, bringing the total amount raised to $15 million. This new round will allow the company to expand its geographic footprint in North America, invest in its core technology, and continue attracting top talent in the areas of product and engineering, industry experts and business leaders.
"Pre-covid, companies didn't have an appreciation of the detailed costs of drayage. This has changed as companies are looking to streamline their operations and want to know the true cost of drayage. BlueCargo is the only platform that can help monitor, forecast and mitigate accessorial fees: demurrage, detention, and per diem. In 2022 alone, we saved one of our customers Forrest Logistics, a freight brokerage, more than $5 million in fees," explained Alexandra Griffon, CEO of BlueCargo.
BlueCargo connects any importer, logistics provider, or drayage carrier on its platform to move cargo on time at the ports and decrease demurrage and per diem fees.
Instead of navigating multiple, scattered pieces of information, BlueCargo provides container level tracking, audit trail visibility and documentation, in one single window connected to all of North America's busiest container ports. BlueCargo's proprietary algorithms aggregate hundreds of different sources of information to only showcase the most reliable data and, for the first time, empower operators to adapt in real time. Containers flow from port to first-mile destination faster, more reliably, and cost-effectively.
Today, 1,200 drayage trucking companies are using BlueCargo to schedule their daily container pick ups and returns on its platform, making it the largest operational drayage carrier connected network in the United States.
The Los Angeles and New York-based startup was founded by two female entrepreneurs originally from France, Alexandra Griffon (Chief Executive Officer) and Laura Theveniau (Chief Product Officer) who graduated from the prestigious Silicon-Valley based accelerator Y Combinator, that previously backed Flexport, Convoy and Shipamax in the logistics space.
Laura and Alexandra met during their studies in data science, artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley in 2018, located close to the Port of Oakland. They discovered back then the painful lesson that everyone learned after Covid disruptions: ports are where all supply chains converge (around 90% of traded goods are carried over the waves), but they are also the biggest black box and bottleneck, resulting in safety stocks, frozen capital and billions of dollars lost on inefficiencies, detention and demurrage fees.
One year later, Alexandra and Laura decided to launch BlueCargo, drawing on their insider experiences working at various terminal operators and terminal operating systems in the United States and Europe. BlueCargo's vision is to shed light on the port terminal and drayage blackbox.
"The pandemic exposed significant deficiencies in global supply chains and inadequacies in the outdated manual systems used by shippers and carriers alike. Alexandra and Laura's experience as port terminal operators and data scientists uniquely positioned them to solve these pain points with an end-to-end SaaS solution" said Alicia Garabedian, Investor at Left Lane Capital. "We're excited to support BlueCargo's mission to empower logistics businesses of any size with the software and data to digitize global trade."
"Alexandra and Laura bring a unique innovative view on making an efficient port supply chain" said Mir Faiyaz, Partner at Soma Capital. "We're confident that the 'why now' has never been more apparent, with supply chains facing secular challenges around labor availability, and cascading blockages, which add to the need to develop systems that promote transparency and data availability. BlueCargo's mix of product expertise, and focus on customer experience, provide a compelling argument for them to capture the massive opportunity ahead. In two years, BlueCargo has grown from a 4 person to a 35 person team while revenue and users grew exponentially."
BlueCargo is up to no small task when the industry is lacking standards, data sharing and interoperability. Shippers can find out where their products were lost overboard days or weeks after an incident occurred, while dispatchers rely on phone calls and text messages to know the gate schedules and ask the terminals for exemptions.
This $11 million new funding round will be deployed to roll out the BlueCargo platform across any North American shipment, double its fully in-house US-based engineering team and continue building its core technology - BlueCargo Connect™.
The company is grateful to be on the journey with all its early customers and experienced business angels and investors such as Mike Roth, Left Lane Capital, Soma Capital, Cathexis Ventures, EXPA, SpringTime Ventures and HyperGuap, among others.
The coming years present new challenges and objectives such as preparing for growing trade volumes, reducing greenhouse emissions and change in regulation - starting with the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 and shippers being directly involved in accessorials billing processes. It is the right time for drayage and logistics companies, brokers, freight forwarders and shippers to ensure they have the right partners, technology and tools to adapt, like BlueCargo.
For more information, please visit www.bluecargo.io
About Soma Capital
Soma Capital was founded in early 2015 in San Francisco by Aneel Ranadive. Soma Capital invests in brilliant, fearless teams building Category Kings. They focus on software to automate the world, across any sector and geography that can touch billions of people and push humanity forward! Previous investments include Deel, r Ramp, Bolt, Rippling, Cruise, Razorpay, Rappi, Nowports and more. For more information, please visit https://somacap.com/.
About Left Lane Capital
Founded in 2019, Left Lane Capital is a New York-based global venture capital and growth equity firm investing in internet and technology companies with a consumer orientation. Left Lane's mission is to partner with extraordinary entrepreneurs who create category-defining companies across growth sectors of the economy, including software, healthcare, e-commerce, consumer, fintech, edtech, and other industries. Select investments include GoStudent, M1 Finance, Wayflyer, Bilt, Masterworks, Blank Street, Talkiatry, Tovala, EXO Freight and more. For more information, please visit www.leftlanecap.com.
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WASHINGTON, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis Andrucyk, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has announced his intent to retire after more than 36 years of federal service, including multiple leadership roles at NASA and as Goddard's director since January 2020.
Andrucyk will continue to serve as Goddard center director while NASA conducts a nationwide search and open competition for a new director. Once a new director is selected, and following a short transition period, Andrucyk will retire; at this time, there is no set date for his retirement.
"Dennis is an exceptional leader and a brilliant engineer who continues to serve NASA and our nation with honor and distinction," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "In my view, his crowning achievement at Goddard's helm has been overseeing the brilliant launch and awe-inspiring first images release of the James Webb Space Telescope, a mission that represents our vision at NASA to explore the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. I'm grateful for his decades of public service and continued dedication to Goddard, NASA, and our nation."
Among Goddard's accomplishments during Andrucyk's tenure to date are the successful launch and commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope, which already is transforming our view of the universe. Other accomplishments during his tenure at Goddard include the Landsat 9 launch, OSIRIS-REx collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu and beginning its return to Earth, Parker Solar Probe "touching" the Sun, championing NASA's next Venus mission – DAVINCI – ongoing development of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as well as the first Minotaur IV launch and multiple International Space Station cargo resupply missions from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallpos Island, Virginia.
In addition to several major mission milestones, Goddard also played a key role, under Dennis' leadership, in celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, 75th anniversary of Wallops, and 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. And all of this was done as Dennis led the center through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dennis joined the NASA family in 1988. Since then, he has been a recipient of the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Goddard Outstanding Leadership Honor Award, and Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award in Diversity and Equal Employment Opportunity. Dennis is also a two-time recipient of the Senior Executive Service Meritorious Presidential Rank Award.
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NFL Draft week is finally here. And the Jets have some important work to do to bolster their roster for what they hope will be a playoff run in 2023.
But it’s also a surreal week because the Jets, their fans (and even their players) aren’t focused on the Draft because of the college players their team might be adding. Everyone is wondering if this week will finally bring the right circumstances for the Jets and Packers to agree on a trade that lands Aaron Rodgers in Florham Park, more than a month after the future hall of famer declared his intent to play for the Jets this fall.
Will Rodgers watch finally (and mercifully) come to an end? We shall see. But no matter what happens, it will create a sense of drama when the Jets are on the clock at No. 13. And if the trade doesn’t happen during Thursday’s first round – which is certainly possible because the Jets don’t want to part with that pick – the anticipation will be even higher heading into Friday when the Jets have two picks early in the second round: No. 42 and 43.
Yes, it has the potential to be a hectic few days for GM Joe Douglas and coach Robert Saleh as they continue trying to build a winner and repeat the success of last year’s historic draft class that saw No. 4 pick Sauce Gardner and No. 10 pick Garret Williams win rookie of the year on their respective sides of the ball. It’s not going to be easy replicating that kind of success. Nor should it be expected. But the Jets do need to land some difference-makers who can contribute now if they hope to put last year’s rough finish and 12 straight years of missing the playoffs behind them.
So what will the Jets’ week look like if they do swing a mid-draft trade for Rodgers, and how many of their important needs?
Here’s our final Jets seven-round mock draft of 2023:
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Round 1, No. 13: OT Broderick Jones, Georgia
Ultimately, the Jets owe it to Rodgers and their quarterbacks of the future (whoever they might be) to finally get the offensive line sorted. And while they have two potential quality starting tackles on the roster in Duane Brown and Mekhi Becton, the Jets cannot afford to full bank on both (or either) of them staying healthy considering Brown will turn 38 a few days before the season and Becton has played less than a half of football in the two years since his rookie year. Jones is a raw talent, but his ceiling is the Pro Bowl or higher and he would have the chance to develop and learn while also providing valuable depth at a hugely important position for the Jets.
Round 2, No. 42. IOL Steve Avila, TCU
This will probably be the moment everyone is expecting the Jets to deal Rogers. But with Avila still on the board, they lock up their potential center (or left guard) for the future by taking the versatile blocker early in the second round. Avila bounced between center and guard his final two years of college and played both positions well. He’d fill a huge need for the Jets at center right away, where he’s good enough to start, and could potentially move to guard as Laken Tomlinson’s replacement in the years ahead. Avila and Jones would have a whole lot of work to do to match what happened the last time the Jets took offensive linemen with their first two picks: D’Brickahsaw Ferguson (No. 4 in 2006 and Nick Mangold No. 29. But they’d have the chance to make a similar impact.
TRADE: Jets send their second round pick, No. 43 overall and conditional 2024 and 2025 third-round picks to the Green Bay Packers for Aaron Rodgers. If Rodgers plays more than 50 percent of the snaps it’s a third-round pick. If Rodgers plays 66 percent of the snaps and the Jets make the playoffs it’s a second round pick. And if he plays more than 75 percent of the snaps and the Jets make the Super Bowl it’s a first-rounder. The Packers get a 2025 third-round pick if Rodgers plays 50 percent of the Jets’ snaps in 2024.
Round 4, No. 112 : DT Kobie Turner, Wake Forest
The Jets clearly got worse at defensive tackle this offseason two of their top run stoppers, Sheldon Rankins (Texans) and Nathan Shepherd (Saints) leaving in free agency. The good news is they still have Quinnen Williams, who established himself as one of the best interior defenders in the league last season. Don’t be surprised to see the Jets add another veteran (after signing Quinton Jefferson) but they still need to address this depth, especially for beyond this year. And that’s why Turner makes sense here. He plays relentlessly hard and will make an impact (on defense and special teams) right away.
Round 5, No. 143: S Marte Mapu, Sacramento State
He is projected by some to go as early as third in this year’s draft. But in our simulation (through PFF) he was still there and it wasn’t a tough choice. Mapu seems like a great fit for the Jets given his athleticism, size (6-foot-3) and his ability to cause problems at the line of scrimmage but also drop into coverage effectively. He could even play some snaps at linebacker in coverage, something the Jets had issues with last year.
Round 6, No. 207: QB Clayton Tune, Houston
The Jets quarterback room wasn’t good enough or deep enough last year to withstand poor play from their projected starter and injuries to Mike White. That’s why they had to trade for Rodgers. Picking Tune early in the sixth round won’t fix that problem right away. But picking up the young scraps on the waiver wire and the veterans at the back-end of free agency has not worked out. And it makes sense to take a flyer on talented college starter with a good arm and lots of experience, even if his upside isn’t the most exciting.
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Receives A+ for customer loyalty in separate IT Advisory Services report
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nordic Consulting, a global health and technology consulting company, today announced that the company has achieved two Best in KLAS designations in the 2023 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. For the second consecutive year, Nordic was recognized as Best in KLAS in the category of Overall IT Services firm, as well as in the category of HIT Core Clinical Implementation Leadership.
"These reports are vital, objective sources of performance data within the healthcare IT space and highly regarded throughout the industry. We're incredibly thankful for the time clients spend talking with KLAS about our collaboration with them, and it is gratifying to receive unequivocal confirmation that we earn their trust by delivering value," said Jeff Jackson, Senior Vice President of US Client Partnerships at Nordic. "This Best in KLAS achievement acknowledges the loyalty, operations, relationship, services, and value of the customer experience that sets us apart from other firms."
Within the 2023 Best in KLAS report, Nordic and its global companies achieved scores of more than 90 in five categories: HIT Core Clinical Implementation Leadership, HIT Advisory Services, Revenue Cycle Optimization, HIT Staffing, and Managed IT Services. This is the fifth year in a row that Nordic has achieved scores higher than 90 in five or more categories. Bails, a Nordic Global Company, was a top performer in ERP Implementation Leadership.
Nordic's Best in KLAS achievement follows an A+ rating from KLAS for customer loyalty in its latest IT Advisory Services report, which noted, "Clients highlight high performance, strong partnership, knowledgeable consultants and quick replacement when needed."
"Our Nordic team possesses an incredible level of expertise, and it's the breadth and depth of their knowledge that enable us to provide strategic insights for our clients," said Jim Costanzo, CEO at Nordic. "As the healthcare market evolves, we leverage industry best practices alongside highly customized guidance that fosters loyal client partnerships for their continued success."
For more than 13 years, Nordic has continued to grow and diversify its solutions to match the needs of today's healthcare ecosystem. Through rapid growth and acquisitions of industry leaders Bails, Healthtech, Hygeian Consulting, and S&P Consultants, and a cybersecurity partnership with Fortified Health Security, Nordic offers extensive global consulting services to help healthcare leaders manage change, pursue opportunity and harness the power of technology.
About Nordic Consulting
Nordic is an award-winning global health and technology consulting company that partners with health leaders around the world to create healthier systems, businesses, and people. Together, our global team of more than 2,000 professionals brings decades of experience across our key focus areas of strategic advisory, digital and cloud initiatives, implementation and support, and managed services. Nordic and its network of companies, including Bails, Healthtech, Hygeian Consulting, and S&P Consultants, support more than 700 clients in their efforts to harness the power of technology on a global scale. Learn more at NordicGlobal.com.
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Connor Wong Player Prop Bets: Red Sox vs. Braves - May 10
Published: May. 10, 2023 at 5:23 PM EDT|Updated: 44 minutes ago
Connor Wong and his .389 on-base percentage over his past 10 games (76 points higher than his season-long percentage), will be in action for the Boston Red Sox against the Atlanta Braves and Dylan Lee on May 10 at 7:20 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a hitless performance (0-for-3) against the Phillies.
Connor Wong Game Info & Props vs. the Braves
- Game Day: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
- Game Time: 7:20 PM ET
- Stadium: Truist Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Braves Starter: Dylan Lee
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -161)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +575)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +240)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +165)
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Connor Wong At The Plate
- Wong has six doubles, three home runs and five walks while batting .257.
- Wong has picked up a hit in 11 of 26 games this season, with multiple hits five times.
- He has hit a home run in two of 26 games played this year, and in 3.7% of his plate appearances.
- Wong has an RBI in five of 26 games this season, with multiple RBI in five of them.
- He has scored in 10 of 26 games (38.5%), including multiple runs twice.
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Braves Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Braves has a collective 9.6 K/9, the third-best in the league.
- The Braves have the sixth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.48).
- The Braves allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (30 total, 0.8 per game).
- Lee will start for the Braves, his first of the season.
- The 28-year-old southpaw has 17 appearances in relief this season.
- Opposing hitters have a collective batting average of just .211 against him this season. He has a 2.81 ERA and 10.7 strikeouts per nine innings over his 17 appearances.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top civil servant at the Dutch foreign ministry apologized Monday after an independent investigation found widespread racism at the government department in the Netherlands and at its diplomatic outposts around the world.
“Racism cannot and should not have a place in our organization,” the ministry’s secretary-general Paul Huijts said.
“We are sorry that we have apparently not been able to offer a work environment in which there is no place for this sort of occurrence,” he said. “For that I offer, on behalf of the management board, our apologies.”
Civil servants called in an independent research bureau to investigate racism at the ministry following Black Lives Matter protests across the world and in the Netherlands.
The bureau’s report said that racism at the ministry ranges “from aggressive, direct, overt and conscious to subtle, indirect, hidden, unintentional or unconscious — and that bicultural employees and locally hired employees of color experience various forms of racism.”
In a letter to lawmakers, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said it was “extra painful” to find racism at his ministry, “because every form of discrimination is prohibited and we advocate internationally for justice.” He said the ministry “will do everything we can to eliminate racism within our own organization.”
In 2020, amid the global reckoning with racism following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in the United States, Prime Minister Mark Rutte conceded that racism was a problem in the Netherlands, a nation that has long considered itself a bastion of tolerance.
“There are also people living in the Netherlands who in that regard feel that they don’t fully fit in, that they can’t play a full role in this society,” he said at the time. “That is also a Dutch problem. There is racism here, too. There is discrimination here, too.”
Hoekstra said his ministry would adopt recommendations laid out in the report to tackle racism and make it easier for staff to report incidents.
“We stand for a ministry in which every member of staff is respected and valued,” he wrote in his letter to parliament. | 2022-12-13T05:58:27+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/international/ap-report-uncovers-widespread-racism-at-dutch-foreign-ministry/ |
Report highlights the company's sustainability ambitions and its continued focus on people and community
BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), a global leader in innovative casual footwear, today published its 2021 Crocs Comfort Report. The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report reflects the year in review, detailing progress and the evolution of milestones surrounding the brand's commitment to becoming a more sustainable and equitable company.
As a brand that invites everyone to be comfortable in their own shoes, the Crocs 2021 Comfort Report demonstrates how Crocs has applied its values to turn its global "Come As You Are" mantra into an actionable, three-pillar approach to ESG: Comfort without Carbon, Comfort for Our Communities and Comfort for All People.
"In 2021, Crocs reported record annual revenue and achieved industry-leading operating margins. While we remain focused on delivering against a long-term strategy for sustainable, profitable growth, we equally recognize that we have a responsibility to steward meaningful change by taking action to create a more comfortable world," said Crocs CEO Andrew Rees. "This report is an important step on our journey to becoming a more sustainable and equitable company, setting forth our commitments and continuing to lay the groundwork for what's to come. We are pleased to share our progress and the plans that will pave the way forward."
The report highlights Crocs' commitment to become net zero by 2030 and outlines additional actions that Crocs will take in its journey to achieve its ambitious sustainability goals. This includes creating more sustainable footwear by incorporating bio-based Croslite™ material into its entire collection of molded footwear.
Bio-based Croslite™ material incorporates ECOLIBRIUM™ Technology, created in partnership with global materials science company Dow®, that transforms sustainably sourced plant-based waste and by-products into footwear that has all the comfort you expect from Crocs, but with less emissions. Crocs is currently producing and shipping its first shoes that include a percentage of bio-based material on a mass balance basis, with plans to increase over time. Crocs is proud to be the first footwear brand to go-to-market with this new material technology.
Well known as a brand that encourages everyone to be comfortable in their own shoes, the report also includes details about Crocs' commitment to enhanced diversity, equity and inclusion strategies, and the progress that has been and continues to be made to build an even more inclusive workplace where employees are seen, heard and valued. It also details how Crocs continues to provide comfort for our local and global communities by giving shoes, giving funds and giving time.
Crocs' ESG report is guided by key ESG frameworks, including the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
To read the 2021 Crocs Comfort Report and learn more about how the company is taking action to create a more comfortable world, visit investors.crocs.com/esg.
About Crocs, Inc.:
Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) is a world leader in innovative casual footwear for women, men, and children, combining comfort and style with a value that consumers know and love. The Company's brands include Crocs and HEYDUDE and its products are sold in more than 85 countries through wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels. For more information on Crocs, Inc. please visit investors.crocs.com. To learn more about our brands, please visit www.crocs.com or www.heydudeshoesusa.com or follow @Crocs or @heydudeshoes on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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WFO EUREKA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, November 20, 2022
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FROST ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
239 PM PST Sat Nov 19 2022
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost
formation.
* WHERE...Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt,
Mendocino Coast and Southwestern Mendocino Interior Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM PST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if
left uncovered.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are issued during the local
growing season as defined by climatology and local agriculture
experts. Once the growing season has ended these statements will
no longer be issued until the spring.
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How health leaders in Alabama are keeping and retaining nurses
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Right now, health leaders are looking at a multitude of ideas to keep and retain nurses.
According to the Alabama Board of Nursing, before the pandemic our state had over 90,000 licensed nurses.
Laura Hart, Executive Director of Alabama State Nurses’ Association said that as of today, we are down to 81,000.
“Who is in the hospital 24 hours a day? It’s not the doctor, it’s the nurse,” Hart said. “You need the nurse.”
Dr. Don Williamson with the Alabama Hospital Association said hospitals in Alabama have been stepping up to keep their current nurses.
“An increase in nursing salary. We’ve seen them provide retention bonuses, we’ve seen them pay off student loans,” Williamson said.
Now, how are hospitals recruiting new nurses to combat the shortage?
“We’ve got hospitals that have paired with two-year schools to provide them space for training, we’ve got hospitals that are providing nurses to be educators to train more nurses,” Williamson said.
Health leaders are also looking at safe staffing laws that will help the nursing profession and the overall health care system by eliminating unsafe nurse staffing practices and policies.
“The people who get those strong laws in place to protect nurses will have more nurses that want to work in their state,” Hart said.
As of right now, ANA is working towards getting a nurse staffing bill in the next legislative session.
Health leaders encourage the public to reach out to our state representatives and urge them to consider new laws to help keep and recruit more nurses for the future of our healthcare system.
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