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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, Mexico’s veteran political chameleon who played a key role in the country’s democratic reforms, has died at age 89, his family announced Sunday.
His relatives did not give a cause of death, but he had been in ill health for some time.
Since entering politics in the 1970s, Muñoz Ledo was never far from the center of power, even if that meant changing parties.
Tributes poured in from most of Mexico’s political parties; he had belonged to most of them at some point. And many of the tributes began with phrases like “despite our differences,” because Muñoz Ledo eventually broke with all of them.
A brilliant strategist, Muñoz Ledo was able to conceive of many possible paths in Mexico’s long transition to democracy. But he was never able to imagine one without himself in a central role.
In a 2020 interview with The Associated Press, Muñoz Ledo joked about his own mortality. Asked if he represented the “living history” of Mexican politics, the husky-voiced political pro answered, “I’m about to become dead history.”
“I am dedicating all my experience and history to democratizing this country,” he said. “That is the last legacy I have.”
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote in his Twitter account, “I regret the passing of Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, who I agreed with for a long time. The recent disagreements don’t erase the long, good moments of friendship and comradery.”
On the other end of the political spectrum, former president Felipe Calderón — López Obrador’s arch-nemesis — wrote: “I heard about the death of P. Muñoz Ledo. Despite our differences, we worked together in the opposition” to pass electoral reforms.
Those reforms eventually made elections fair enough so that the opposition could unseat the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in 2000. The PRI, as the party is known, had held Mexico’s presidency for 70 uninterrupted years at that point.
Muñoz Ledo started his career in the PRI in the 1970s, but broke with the party in 1988 to support the presidential candidacy of leftist Cuauhtémoc Cardenas. Cardenas lost in a fraud-filled election.
Muñoz Ledo then became a leading member of Cardenas’ Democratic Revolution Party.
But in 2000, he ran for the presidency of the now-defunct Authentic Revolution Party.
In another switch, he abandoned his campaign midway in 2000 to endorse — and campaign for — ex-president Vicente Fox of the conservative National Action Party. Despite the ideological differences, Muñoz Ledo sensed that Fox’s plainspoken charisma could finally oust the PRI from power.
Despite working on government reform during the Fox administration, Muñoz Ledo — who had held diplomatic and Cabinet posts before, and would later go on to serve in Congress — quickly broke with Fox, too.
By 2008, he was in the Labor Party, but was already eyeing López Obrador as the next charismatic leader for Mexico.
It was with López Obrador’s Morena party that Muñoz Ledo played his last big political role, as leader of Morena in the lower house of Congress.
True to form, Muñoz Ledo broke with López Obrador in 2022.
“The current government is cheap populism, and violates the rule of law,” Muñoz Ledo said at the time.
No funeral plans have yet been announced. | 2023-07-09T21:45:41+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/ap-porfirio-munoz-ledo-mexicos-veteran-political-chameleon-has-died/ |
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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, September 9, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
432 AM PDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...A prolonged period of dangerously hot conditions with
record and near record temperatures of 105 to 110 degrees.
Limited overnight relief, especially in the foothills.
* WHERE...San Joaquin Valley, Coastal Range, Sierra Foothills,
Yosemite Valley, Kern River Valley, and Kern County Desert.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat and humidity will significantly
increase the potential for heat related illnesses,
particularly for those working or participating in outdoor
activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHAT...High temperatures 100 to 108 degrees.
* WHERE...Upper Sierra foothills.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three Los Angeles police officers were shot and wounded Wednesday evening in a confrontation with a wanted parolee who was found dead hours later after a standoff, police said.
The three officers, all senior officers and members of an Los Angeles Police Department’s K-9 dog-handling unit, were hospitalized in stable condition after the shooting that occurred in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood near downtown.
The three were alert and Mayor Karen Bass said she had a conversation with two of them at the hospital and they asked her about colleagues who were looking for the suspect.
“They weren’t concerned about themselves,” she said at a news conference.
“Our hearts go out to them for their speedy recovery and also for the trauma that their families are facing right now,” Bass said.
Officers were looking for a parolee at large at around 4 p.m. but when they found him he was barricaded in a shed and refused to obey commands to surrender, the department said.
K-9 officers were called in to help and the officers used what police described as a gas “chemical agent” in another effort to force the man to surrender.
“Unfortunately, that suspect responded to that chemical agent by opening the shed and opening fire on the officers,” hitting three of them, Los Angeles Police Cmdr. Stacy Spell said.
The police department issued a citywide tactical alert, meaning officers from across the city are available to respond to the scene if needed. Officers, including SWAT team members, flooded into the area and sealed it off.
SWAT robots were sent in to keep an eye on the suspect and one fired gas into the shed.
The situation ended shortly before 9 p.m. and police later said the suspect was found and pronounced dead at the scene.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether he was shot by police or killed himself.
The lengthy time of the standoff shows the officers were “taking their time to try to de-escalate this and more importantly, resolve this peacefully,” Los Angeles Police Assistant Chief Al Labrada said. “And unfortunately, behavior of this individual did not result in that. A very deadly situation.” | 2023-03-09T16:25:11+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-national-news/3-los-angeles-police-officers-shot-conditions-unknown/ |
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NEW YORK (AP) — For the uninitiated, outfitting a college dorm room can be a dizzying experience. Doing it at a time of high inflation can make it even more daunting.
The first step: Meticulously go over what the school allows and provides. If you want a microwave and minifridge, are the energy-saving combo models required? Do you need foam pool noodles to avoid hitting your head under an upper bunk, and if so, might the school provide them? Exactly how thick can a mattress topper be?
“You can see the look of terror on parents' faces,” said Marianne Szymanski, an independent product researcher who has sent two kids to college. “You know, did I get the right mattress pad? It's crazy.”
Etsy's trend expert, Dayna Isom Johnson, said self-expression is top of mind for dorm-bound kids in such things as faux headboards and unique dresser knobs.
“Two of my favorite dorm trends right now are mood-boosting hues that incorporate bright and energetic colors like neon tones, and heritage styles, a nostalgic trend that embodies the traditional collegiate look with items like plaid linens, wood-toned furniture and monograms," she said.
There's no end to help out there, from parents swapping tips in social media groups to seasoned college students offering hacks on TikTok.
Some suggestions:
LIGHTING & CHARGING
Dorm rooms have notoriously bad light, and notoriously few electrical outlets in convenient spots. Many schools don't allow extension cords. For power strips, which are almost always permitted, consider going vertical with a tower that offers surge protection, USB ports and outlets that can accommodate a range of differently shaped plugs.
It may be time to get a three-way charger. Storage carts, headboards and stands with charging capability are plentiful.
Use double-sided tape or hook-and-loop strips to fasten a power strip to the frame of an elevated bed for easy access.
For students so inclined, putting on makeup can be a problem that a lighted makeup mirror can solve. A desk or clip-on lamp is a must for studying. Consider a shared floor lamp. Neon signs are also popular as decorative lighting.
BEDDING & LAUNDRY
Think extra-long twin sheets, mattress protector and thick, cozy mattress pad, but do know some schools don't allow certain types of gel toppers, Szymanski said. As for all those throw pillows, where do they go when it's time to sleep? Usually on the perhaps-not-so-clean floor, so maybe buy fewer. Better yet, take along a body pillow.
Buying two or three sets of sheets does mean using up some already limited storage, but students not terribly laundry-responsible won't go into crisis when the dirties pile up. And if beds are elevated for storage, get curtains to cover the clutter.
What type of laundry hamper to get is a hot topic, and depends on how far from the room the washers and dryers live. There are rolling hampers, compact mesh hampers and all manner of bags. For trekking up and down stairs, huge laundry backpacks (some with padded shoulder straps) are perfect.
A hack: Invest in a clothing steamer or wrinkle release fabric spray rather than an iron.
SHELVING & HOOKS
Extending storage with shelving is a dorm-size jigsaw puzzle. Is there room for over-the-bed shelving? Does the school permit hutches on top of desks, or provide them?
Pro tip: Not a great idea to swap sturdy shelving for an over-the-toilet bathroom version that might not be able to handle something heavy, like a microwave. Also, if a bed will be elevated but not all the way up, a tall bedside stand with extra shelves or drawers might be useful.
Ask the school: Can shelving or stands of any kind be placed in front of windows?
And remember those locker shelves from high school? Use them to extend space in a nightstand or desk.
Those Command stick-on hooks? Bring oh so many, along with the removable poster strips made not to damage walls. Also pick up a couple of over-the-door hangers for bags, coats, robes and hoodies.
CLOSETS & OTHER STORAGE
For the closet, consider sturdy vertical hanger extenders and hanging shoe and clothing storage. Yes, such storage takes up space and adds weight. Can an extra rod be installed?
Storage cubes can triple as seating and step stool, as opposed to a decorative pouf that is simply pretty and comfy.
Under-bed or in-closet storage drawers are essential, along with extra baskets, or at least a bowl for random, easily lost smaller items. Medium plastic baskets for scarves, socks and the like can be used on the top closet shelf.
CLEANING & COOLING
Vacuum cleaners are often available, but they're usually heavy and must be lugged back and forth. Szymanski has a hack for that. Not your run-of-the-mill portable vacuum but an ultra-mini handheld and battery-operated version called the Ayla. It's tube-like and just 11 inches tall.
Some students recommend a duster with cling power, along with a dehumidifier or air purifier.
Portable fans are tiny but mighty. Woozoo, a cult favorite, makes oscillating and remote-controlled versions.
Another Szymanski hack: A roll of Rakot75 towels for cleaning. They're 100% bamboo, come in a 75-count roll, and each sheet can be reused up to six months. Just rinse and reuse.
Don't forget small trash cans for the bathroom and sleeping area, after coordinating with roommates, of course, on this and other shared items.
DECOR & STYLE
Style is everything for some dorm dwellers.
“People really take pride and they really strive for a sophisticated, grown-up space,” said Adar Kirkham, a DIY designer and star of the new digital series “Freestyled” on HGTV.com. “It's now considered cool to decorate your room.”
The pros are mixed on whether removable, peel-and-stick wallpaper is a good idea. Some schools may not allow it and it might not adhere to textured walls. Kirkham suggests using it to decorate desk drawers or other storage units.
Some kids bring along decorative mirrors to hang, rather than the usual all-body vertical kind, or they hang strings of twinkle lights.
The site Dormify.com is full of design inspiration and products. This year's freshmen are more confident than last year's about personalizing their dorm room, said Amanda Zuckerman, Dormify's co-founder and CEO.
“More saturation and color is really popular, so bringing in bright pink, bright orange, bright green and turquoise,” she said.
According to Pinterest, searches are up for hippy and preppy dorm styles.
“People are increasingly searching for things like funky mirror ideas, which have tripled since last year. Indoor plant styling is also on the rise. Searching for preppy dorm room has increased 80%. Pink and blue are some really strong colors for that preppy aesthetic,” said Pinterest's data insights lead Swasti Sarna.
BATHROOM & MISCELLANEOUS
Consider getting some scented Steripod toothbrush protectors. Dorms are dusty. Bathrooms get gross. Toothbrushes might have to be toted around. It should be changed every three months.
Bathrooms are often shared, and stuff gets mixed up. An organizer is essential. Pro tip from the trenches: Use an over-the-door organizer for bathroom stuff. Dormify sells one with a small face mirror built in.
Kirkham suggests a rolling bathroom caddy with just the essentials for quick trips in and out.
Minifridge tip: If allowed leeway on what kind to use, pick one with a separate freezer compartment. It might just guard against freezing food below. Some kids forgo the freezer completely to get more fridge space.
Kirkham, whose show premieres July 24, suggests a minifridge stand that elevates the unit and includes additional storage.
“Everything in a dorm room has to have multiple functions," she said.
A small, portable, battery-operated blender could be useful. It doesn’t take up a lot of space and it helps students eat healthy options stored in room fridges. Szymanski likes the Blendi.
A tool kit comes in handy, as does a first aid kit. To help elevate a bed, Szymanski said, bring along a rubber mallet.
And rather than a bedside canvas caddy, try an attachable bunk bed tray table. It can hold a drink, a phone and more.
Last but not least: a permanent marker good for labeling fabric as well as plastic.
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Follow Leanne Italie on Twitter at http://twitter.com/litalie | 2022-07-20T13:35:42+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/From-the-college-dorm-trenches-What-to-bring-17316757.php |
Current CEO Michael Garland to retire and Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer Hunter Armistead to become CEO effective January 1, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Energy) today announced that Hunter Armistead is to be appointed CEO of the company effective January 1, 2023, in succession to Michael Garland. Mr. Armistead is presently the company's Chief Development Officer. Mr. Garland will retire after his successful tenure as CEO of the company and its predecessor entities since 2009.
Mr. Armistead brings almost 30 years of diverse energy experience including various roles at Conoco-Phillips, Edison Mission Energy, and Babcock & Brown, previous to his time at Pattern.
"This is an extraordinary time for the renewable energy sector and the entire Pattern team is exceptionally well positioned to deliver on the opportunities ahead. Given his long history as a leader of this company, the strength of his commercial instincts, and his passion for Pattern's vision, I believe Hunter is uniquely capable of leading this company in a way that provides consistency, continuity and leadership across the business both internally and externally," said Mike Garland, current CEO of Pattern Energy.
"It has been a tremendous journey since we founded Pattern in 2009, and it is my honor and privilege to take on the CEO role. Pattern began with a modest pipeline, a few dedicated professionals, and a vision to accelerate the world's energy transition. To see Pattern and our industry evolve into what we have become has been a beautiful ride and is one that has only just begun. I am 100% committed to driving the next chapter in our growth in a manner that is consistent with our mission, our culture and our values," said incoming CEO Hunter Armistead.
Lord John Browne, Chairman of the Board, said "I have seen first-hand Mike Garland's exceptional leadership of the company since 2009. During his long service he has led Pattern through many successful phases of development. We are most grateful for all he has done. We conducted a thorough search for his successor and concluded that Hunter Armistead was the ideal candidate. He cares deeply for the company's culture and people and brings great experience and understanding of the company's business to the role."
Pattern Energy is one of the world's largest privately-owned developers and operators of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects. Its operational portfolio includes 35 renewable energy facilities that use proven, best-in-class technology with an operating capacity of nearly 6,000 MW in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Mexico. Pattern Energy is guided by a long-term commitment to serve customers, protect the environment, and strengthen communities. For more information, visit patternenergy.com.
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Pattern Energy
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SHELTON, Conn, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has again won the prestigious customer satisfaction award - Best in KLAS - with its radiology module for enterprise imaging, Sectra PACS. Honors earned include US Large PACS, US Small PACS, PACS Global (Canada), and PACS Global (Asia/Oceania). The awards are given by the healthcare IT data and insights company KLAS Research.
For ten straight years, US customers have ranked Sectra PACS (Large 300k+ studies) at the top. Additionally, it is the fourth consecutive win for Canada and the second for Asia/Oceania.
"I am incredibly proud that we have consistently maintained high customer satisfaction in numerous markets for so many years," says Marie Ekström Trägårdh, Executive Vice President Sectra AB and President Sectra Imaging IT Solutions.
She continues: "Our products and services are designed specifically to facilitate the important role of enterprise imaging within the health system. Receiving these awards is a clear indication that Sectra's motivated and highly skilled employees are doing the right things for our customers."
The first Sectra PACS installation was in Sweden in 1993, and now, the company has more than 2,000 sites worldwide. The radiology module is an integral part of Sectra's enterprise imaging solution, also comprising VNA and imaging modules for cardiology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, and digital pathology in one single system.
This is what the CEO of KLAS, Adam Gale, had to say about this year's winners:
"The 2023 Best in KLAS report highlights the top-performing healthcare IT solutions as determined by extensive evaluations and conversations with thousands of healthcare providers. These distinguished winners have demonstrated exceptional dedication to improving and innovating the industry, and their efforts are recognized through their inclusion in this report. Congratulations to all the winning vendors for setting the bar for excellence in healthcare IT! KLAS continues to be committed to creating transparency and helping providers make informed decisions through our accurate, honest, and impartial reporting."
To read additional details on Sectra's awards, please visit klasresearch.com.
About Sectra
With 30 years of innovation and more than 2,000 installations around the globe, Sectra is a leading imaging IT provider to health systems worldwide. Sectra offers a complete enterprise solution comprised of imaging modules (radiology, cardiology, pathology, orthopaedics, and ophthalmology), and a robust VNA. More information at Sectra's website.
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Turner, Blanche M.
Blanche M. Turner, age 91 of Sidney, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2023 at The Landings of Sidney. She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on February 20, 1931 the daughter of RV David & Cornelia (Defouw) Mitchell. She worked in the office at Chrysler Air Temp, Dayton for many years. She loved crafting, reading and collecting antiques. She is survived by her children Terry D. (Debbie) Turner of Sidney, Susan K. (Pete) Mazula of Lakewood, Colorado and Debroah A. Smith of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; 6 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Tracy D. Turner in 2009, sister Shirley Schroen and her son-in-law Royal Smith. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 12:00 pm at the Forest Hills Memorial Gardens, 11890 N. Dixie Dr., Tipp City. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Blanche's name to the American Heart Assn., 124 N. Jefferson St., Dayton, Ohio 45402. Services have been entrusted to the Zerkle Funeral Home, Tipp City. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.zerklefh.com.
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Zerkle Funeral Home - Tipp City | 2023-04-11T06:25:31+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/turner-blanche/L323VUQRA5C2JJ6TMLPL7GCAEY/ |
This past Sunday, The Last of Us aired its season finale. The HBO hit outperformed their latest show of a similar scale, House of the Dragon.
But like that Game of Thrones spin-off, The Last of Us also derives its storytelling from another medium — no, not a series of best-selling books, but a groundbreaking video game.
"It's like a family reunion I haven't heard for years. And now it's this worldwide phenomenon," says show executive producer Neil Druckmann. "I mean, the game was incredibly successful. But now it's on another level where I can't avoid it. It's everywhere. It's on commercials on TV, it's people talking about on the street"
Druckmann co-created the 2013 PlayStation game at studio Naughty Dog, and helped bring it to HBO with showrunner Craig Mazin (Chernobyl). Their job was made easier by having celebrated source material to work with.
The promise of video game storytelling
"Some of the greatest storytelling has been in video gaming" says Merle Dandridge, who played the resistance leader Marlene in both the game and the TV show.
Dandridge was among several actors from the original cast that took part in the TV rendition. She's had a long and storied career in video games, with roles that include the iconic Alyx Vance in 2004's Half Life 2. "Not only is [Alyx] a badass, not only is she smart, but she's also cool as hell — somebody I want to hang out with. Back in those days, I didn't know a ton about video game characters, but to have a Black and Asian character represented in the game world, I was like, they see me and they want to put that on the screen. They're interested in broadening the perspective of what is possible in games."
Half Life 2 came after a wave of more story-driven shooting titles that later informed The Last of Us, which also broke ground for representation in its nuanced portrayals of those in the LGBTQ community, as it features several gay love stories. But it took a long time for such cinematic narrative achievements to come to fruition.
Game acting grows up
When video games went mainstream in the 1980s and 90s, controllers only had so many buttons, and software could only carry so much data. That limited not only graphics, but also high-quality audio, let alone professional voice-over.
But as technology advanced and the game industry burgeoned, Hollywood sensed an opportunity. By the early 2000s, it had cashed in on movies based on Super Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider, which sometimes drew large audiences — but failed to capture critical acclaim.
Even as live action adaptations fell short, games themselves became more lifelike. Borrowing technology used in TV and film, digital impressions of real actors performing serious material became more and more common.
"Throughout the history of gaming, there have been wonderful performers," says Troy Baker, a voice actor veteran with over 300 credits, who played main character Joel in The Last of Us series. "I think that the writing has gotten better, and it's not just that we're getting these big Hollywood writers to come in and tell these great stories. It's at the understanding that the story and the game must sync up."
The Last of Us didn't just feature voices from the best in the business: actors also dressed up in high-tech motion capture suits and acted alongside each other.
"I found that on a motion capture stage, and even in a voice booth, that the joy of acting, and the immersive sense of it, could exist very fully in that world of imagination" says Jeffrey Pierce. He played Joel's brother Tommy in the original game, and then joined the show as Perry, a new role devised just for him.
"It's just like being a kid, that everything is in your imagination that they built this entire set out of boxes, and you have a toy gun or something and like you are absolutely in a state of play. Because everyone's in these ridiculous outfits, you just forget about it, and you just focus on the work."
From PlayStation to HBO
Neil Druckmann has said time and time again that the actors surprised him and changed how the characters were written. Over time, these characters ended up in other media, from a comic book, to a live theatrical performance! Now, it's succeeded as a TV adaptation, carried on by different actors.
"I'm hearing Pedro [Pascal] say lines that Troy improvised, and it's just kind of intermixed in [Joel]'s DNA," says Druckmann. "I find this really beautiful that it's like a mixture of Troy, a mixture of Pedro, a mixture of all this stuff that was built at Naughty Dog and rebuilt by this whole new crew, and an amazing cast under the HBO umbrella."
The show also expanded on the original game. In the final episode, we see Ellie's mother — now played by Ashley Johnson, the first actor to portray Ellie. Her performance deepens our knowledge of the setting, along with flashbacks across the world amid the zombie outbreak — scenes that are completely original to the adaptation.
The Last of Us on HBO wrapped up much like the first video game, leaving us to consider the morally questionable actions taken by the characters who manage to survive in their violent and virulent world.
As Druckmann puts it, "We're telling a story about love and loss, which is something that every single person that has lived long enough has experienced."
Hollywood finally seems able to do justice to such video games stories. The popularity of Netflix's Cyberpunk Edgerunners, and Arcane: League of Legends and, alongside The Last of Us, prove that game adaptations have widespread appeal.
James Perkins Mastromarino contributed to this story. contributed to this story
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LISLE, Ill., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) President and CEO Mathias Carlbaum signed a commitment to develop science-based targets aligned with Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) criteria and submit the targets for validation. That commitment has since been approved by the SBTi, a global entity that allows businesses to set emissions reductions targets in line with the latest climate science.
"In measuring our 2021 emissions, we found Navistar's total footprint was approximately 61 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent," said Carlbaum. "Submitting decarbonization targets to SBTi will aide in keeping us on track with our goals to continually push our corporate and manufacturing operations toward more sustainable benchmarks."
In 2022, Navistar completed a carbon footprint measurement, gauging all 2021 emissions. This includes emissions from the company's direct operations, upstream or downstream emissions that occur elsewhere related to Navistar's activities, emissions from the production of parts that Navistar uses to make its vehicles and the estimated lifetime emissions from Navistar's vehicles used by customers. By doing this research, Navistar can ensure hard data is available for a starting point when setting sustainability goals.
The SBTi requires that a company submit targets within 24 months of signing a commitment letter. The overall ambition of SBTi targets is to cut in half world emissions before 2030 and achieve net zero emission before 2050, in alignment with the Paris Climate Agreement.
"We are not waiting for SBTi target validation to be completed," said Tobias Glitterstam, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer. "We are introducing the International® S13 Integrated Powertrain, which offers up to a 15% gain in fuel efficiency *, marking a leap in the progress toward carbon neutral transport. We also continue to push the boundaries with our electric vehicle portfolio – the IC Bus ® Electric CE Series and the International ® eMV™ Series."
Near-term is generally a five-to-10-year target. As part of the target-setting, Navistar will be defining the exact period of the target in consultation with SBTi through the validation process. The near-term target will guide Navistar in decarbonization efforts over the coming years and show the overall initial slope of reductions necessary to achieve the Paris Agreement objectives.
Other brands within the TRATON GROUP, Scania CV AB and MAN Truck & Bus, also participate in the SBTi. This initiative aligns directly with Navistar's goal to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility and continue on a more sustainable path toward a zero emissions future.
To learn more about Navistar's commitments to sustainability, please visit www.navistar.com/sustainability/our-commitments.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Five men were turned over for trial Wednesday on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Michael Null, William Null, Eric Molitor and Shawn Fix, all from Michigan, are accused of providing material support for terrorist acts as well as a gun crime. Brian Higgins of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, was charged with providing material support for terrorist acts.
District Judge Michael Stepka ruled that evidence presented in a preliminary hearing justified a trial in Antrim County, where Whitmer’s Elk Rapids vacation home is located and prosecutors say the abduction was to happen. Prosecutors say four of the defendants scouted the house and surroundings, and there was talk of blowing up a bridge to keep police from responding.
“They knew what they were doing,” Stepka said as he summarized testimony and exhibits from the hearing. “They were all involved in the plot to kidnap the governor.”
He added later, “In my mind, there is clearly a criminal conspiracy here.”
After his ruling, Stepka entered not-guilty pleas on the defendants’ behalf. The trial will be conducted in circuit court. No date was set but a pretrial conference was scheduled for Dec. 19.
The judge’s decision “sends a clear message that acts of domestic terrorism will not be tolerated,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said. “Those who threaten our law enforcement agents and public officials endanger our entire state and must be held accountable.”
Fourteen people — six in federal court, eight in state courts — were arrested in October 2020 and charged with backing the scheme.
It’s a “version of anarchy,” FBI agent Hank Impola testified during the four-day hearing in August. He described some participants as members of self-styled militia groups favoring violent rebellion against the government known as the “boogaloo.”
Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr., described as ringleaders, were convicted of conspiracy in federal court on Aug. 23. Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks earlier pleaded guilty, while Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were acquitted at trial in April. In a related state case, Joe Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were found guilty in October of supplying material support for a terrorist act as members of a group known as the Wolverine Watchmen.
The Null brothers, Higgins and Molitor joined trips to inspect Whitmer’s house from outside, while Fix helped them find it, according to evidence presented at the state hearing.
All five joined meetings and paramilitary training sessions at which the plot was discussed, the Michigan attorney general’s office said in a court filing.
The conspiracy evolved from targeting law enforcement to “politicians in general, and lastly a plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer,” the brief said.
It said each defendant made statements recorded in audio, video or online chat conversations that had “the singular purpose of advocating the Boogaloo ideology with the goal of seeing civil war erupt in the United States and the overthrow of existing governments.”
Defense attorneys said during the hearing that some of the recordings came from third parties and couldn’t be trusted.
Whitmer has blamed then-President Donald Trump for stoking mistrust and fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn hate groups and right-wing extremists like those charged in the plot. Democrat Joe Biden sought to tie Trump to the plot as well, pointing to the president’s tweet earlier in 2020 to “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!”
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SB 930 Author Senator Wiener Continues to Push "Junk Science" Over Solid Peer-Reviewed Data to Support Alcohol Sales Between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcohol Justice and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) condemned a one-person majority vote of the California State Assembly Governmental Organization Committee (GO) yesterday to allow SB 930 to proceed. The "gut & amend" bill is Senator Scott Wiener's 4th attempt to disrupt the protections of uniform 2 a.m. last call in California by launching a 7-city pilot program to generate nightlife alcohol sales profits at the expense of public health and safety. All of his previous attempts have failed.
"In the face of 40 years of unimpeachable, compelling evidence and passionate opposition by some committee members that increasing hours of alcohol sales would increase harms, a one-vote majority of this committee negligently sided with the author, turning a blind eye to the reality of more early-morning alcohol-related violence, ER visits, impaired driving, and traffic chaos," stated Cruz Avila, Executive Director / CEO of Alcohol Justice.
The bill's author stumbled again through a predictable weak defense of his gift to late night alcohol-related businesses citing meaningless, cherry-picked, disparate, numbers, and a faulty theory that people make bad decisions all day long, and not just after leaving a bar in the middle of the night possibly fatigued and inebriated.
In reality, SB 930 will spread alcohol overconsumption, loss of life, injury, and nuisance across the state. Last call times—what the scientific literature calls "trading hours"—are a backbone of maintaining alcohol as a safe and legal product. The Community Guide, a CDC-led handbook of public health best practices compiled in part by experts at the University of California, Los Angeles, identifies maintaining existing last call times as one of the 10 key policies for reducing the harms from reckless drinking and from alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths.
According to the CDC, California currently suffers 11,000 alcohol-related deaths per year at a cost of $34 billion with direct government costs of $18 billion. The only benefit of selling alcohol between 2 and 4 a.m. will be greater profits to bar, restaurant, and club owners in the party zones the bill will create in 7 cities. While the public and all levels of government will be forced to continue to cover the costs of cleaning up the mess that follows.
In response to the author's continued mischaracterization of SB 930 as a 'local control' measure, there is consensus among opponents that there is no such thing as local control in alcohol policy and that the harm from one city's decision to change last-call times will "splash" over to every surrounding community.
The bill must now pass through the Assembly Appropriations Committee and then an Assembly floor vote, before it heads back to the California Senate for two committee hearings and a Senate floor vote. All of this must happen before the end of August. The legislature goes out for a summer break on July 1, returning August 1. Alcohol Justice and CAPA encourage the public to continue to oppose the bill.
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- The Late Night Threat: Science, Harms, and Costs of Extending Bar Service Hours
- The High Cost of the 4 A.M. Bar Bill: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Extended Alcohol Trading Hours in Los Angeles
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The new age of NFL broadcasting has arrived.
The NFL announced Monday that Peacock will become the home of the first-ever exclusive live streamed NFL playoff game when it presents a Wild Card matchup in 2024.
The game on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service, will be in primetime on Saturday, Jan. 13 following a Wild Card game that will air on NBC and Peacock at 4:30 p.m.
NBC is also scheduled to broadcast a primetime game on Jan. 14, meaning it will become the first network to present three NFL playoff games on the same weekend.
“We are excited to work with a great partner in Peacock to present the first-ever exclusively live streamed NFL playoff game this upcoming season,” said Hans Schroeder, NFL Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NFL Media.
“Expanding the digital distribution of NFL content while maintaining wide reach for our games continues to be a key priority for the League, and bringing the excitement of an NFL playoff game exclusively to Peacock’s streaming platform is the next step in that strategy.”
The addition of playoff games is the latest expansion of the steaming platform in the NFL space. Peacock will also broadcast a regular season game between the Bills and Chargers on Dec. 23.
“We are thrilled to partner with the NFL on this industry milestone, bringing to Peacock the first ever exclusively live streamed NFL Playoff game,” said Pete Bevacqua, Chairman, NBC Sports.
“With America’s No. 1 primetime show for a record 12 consecutive years, the terrific regular season SNF schedule revealed last week, and today’s announcement, we can’t wait for the 2023 season to kick off.”
Peacock’s sports offering also include the Olympics, Premier League, NASCAR, IndyCar, Notre Dame football and golf. Big Ten football will also be coming as part of a primetime package in September.
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OMAHA, Neb., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets For Less® (TFL), one of the fastest-growing event distribution companies in North America, is excited to announce its Omaha, Nebraska office has moved to a new location.
The updated space, located near Oak View Mall at 14543 W. Center Road, offers a more comfortable and productive work environment for TFL employees and is more easily accessible for customers.
TFL had worked out of its previous Nebraska office, located at 9001 Arbor St., since it acquired Ticket Express in 2022.
"After adding Ticket Express to the TFL team just over one year ago, we're thrilled to be moving into a new space," said Adam Rossbach, Chief Operating Officer at TFL. "Omaha has become a major destination for live events, and we're excited to continue empowering customers to create experiences in not only the local community, but throughout Nebraska."
To celebrate the move, TFL will hold a ribbon cutting on May 16 at 4 p.m. with refreshments, snacks and company swag available. Customers can also enter to win College World Series tickets at the new office from May 15-19.
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Founded in 2004, TFL has evolved from a secondary ticket resale platform to a leader in technology solutions and ticketing partnerships (www.tflgroup.com). As one of the fastest-growing event distribution companies in North America and the leading Midwest ticket marketplace for sports and entertainment, TFL offers technology solutions tied to its ticket inventory, helps rightsholders maximize revenue and connects fans to live events with no hidden service fees at checkout (www.ticketsforless.com).
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After a stalled bid to join Formula One, Porsche is getting into boats.
The German automaker announced that it would develop an electric speedboat with the Austrian shipbuilder Frauscher.
Set for delivery in 2024, the Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air is a 28-foot day cruiser based on the Frauscher 858 Fantom Air. Studio F.A. Porsche will design the helm stand and outfit the interior trimmings including seats and upholstery, while the boat will share its drive technology with the upcoming electric Porsche Macan. It will be built in the Frauscher Shipyard in Ohlsdorf, Austria.
The vessel isn’t Porsche’s first foray into watercraft.
In 2008, Porsche Design, the studio and brand Ferdinand Alexander Porsche founded in 1972, released the Porsche Fearless 28, a speedboat made to resemble the Porsche Carrera GT supercar. That one was powered by the same V-10 engine used in the Dodge Viper.
Volkswagen Group’s most profitable marque has also promoted a 22-foot boat made by Seven Seas Yachts called the Hermes Speedster, which was made to evoke the Porsche 356 vintage car. The company is now investigating further applications for its powertrain in other boat sizes.
Automotive brands from Aston Martin and Bugatti to Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati have collaborated on oceangoing crafts as well. Henrik Fisker, who developed the Fisker Karma EV, designed a $37 million superyacht with Benetti in 2016. Last year, Lamborghini created a $3.5 million yacht with Technomar. Those partnerships focused largely on combining aesthetics and branding.
Porsche is promising something different: a boat using electric technology designed for roadgoing vehicles. The Porsche Fantom Air, which is limited to 25, uses the same electric platform — what Porsche calls its Premium Platform Electric (PPE) — as the Macan EV due at dealerships in 2024; that includes a lithium-ion battery with a total capacity of around 100 kilowatt-hours, an electric motor and other related power electronics linked to the 800-volt technology. The Macan is Porsche North America’s most popular vehicle, selling 23,688 units last year, or 33% of total sales.
The boat will accommodate nine people, who can enjoy a swimming platform, sun lounge, premium sound system and refrigerator while on board. As with the future Macan EV, owners of the Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air can charge it at DC fast-charging stations or via AC charging.
Porsche declined to specify performance specifics including the cruising range and duration for charging. Max power and speed are also looming question marks, as most electric boats today are comparatively heavy and suited only for casual cruising. The Duffy 18 Snug Harbor, for instance, has a top speed of 6 mph. The Hinckley Dasher of 2017 used twin 80-horsepower motors powered by 40 kwh BMW i3 lithium-ion batteries; it has a range of about 40 miles at a cruising speed of 8 mph.
Still, it’s a lucrative market for electric boats emulating the “Tesla” of watercraft. Arc One, announced in 2022, boasts a 220 kwh battery size, nearly three times the capacity of a Tesla Model Y. That one can run for three to five hours on a single charge. A company called X Shore AB is raising funds to produce a net-zero emissions boat by 2030.
High-powered luxury electric boats are more rare: A 38-foot Electric Cigarette in 2013 used 12 Mercedes-AMG electric motors to achieve 2,251 horsepower and 2,213 pound-feet of torque. That was a one-off concept. By comparison, the original 858 Fantom Air boasts 430 cv (423 horsepower) on its V-8 engine and a cruising speed approaching 45 knots.
A Porsche spokesperson says the automaker’s boat will likely cost around $655,000. The Frauscher 858 Fantom Air on which it’s based starts at $250,000 new and costs around $300,000 on the used market. More information and images will be available in September, according to the spokesperson. While Porsche is accepting orders, the boat has not yet sold out. | 2023-06-29T22:11:04+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/porsche-moves-into-waterways-with-655000-electric-speedboat/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
9 Monkeypox cases reported in 7 states, CDC says
The U.S. has nine confirmed cases of monkeypox in seven states, according to the CDC.
As of Thursday, there was one case in California; two cases in Florida; one case in Massachusetts; one case in New York; two cases in Utah; one case in Virginia and one case in Washington. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said not everyone infected had traveled outside the U.S., which indicates community spread.
All of the U.S. cases so far have been in men who have sex with other men, Walensky said, but she warned that the virus is "not contained within social networks, and the risk of exposure is not limited to any one particular group."
As of Tuesday, there were more than 100 cases worldwide.
What is monkeypox?
Monkeypox is a virus that originates in wild animals like rodents and primates, and occasionally jumps to people. It belongs to the same virus family as smallpox.
Most human cases have been in central and west Africa and outbreaks have been relatively limited.
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The illness was first identified by scientists in 1958 when there were two outbreaks of a "pox-like" disease in research monkeys — thus the name monkeypox. The first known human infection was in 1970, in a young boy in a remote part of Congo.
What caused the latest monkeypox outbreak?
Electron microscope image of various virions (virus particles) of the monkeypox virus taken from human skin, 2003. Courtesy CDC/Goldsmith. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Health officials are still investigating, but a top adviser to the World Health Organization said this week that the leading theory is that monkeypox was likely spread after sexual activity at two recent raves in Europe.
Dr. David Heymann, who chairs WHO's expert advisory group on infectious hazards, said monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with someone already infected with the disease, and that "it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission."
Authorities in countries including Britain, Spain, Germany and Portugal say most of the known cases in Europe have been among men who have sex with men, but experts emphasize that anyone can be infected through close contact with a sick person, their clothing or bedsheets.
Scientists say it will be difficult to determine whether the spread is being driven by sex or merely close contact.
Why is it occurring more in men who have sex with men?
Close-up of a patient's hands, on black background, showing lesions from the monkeypox virus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997. Courtesy CDC/Mahey et al. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
It's unclear, but the disease is no more likely to infect gay and bisexual men than anyone else.
"This may just be unlucky that (monkeypox) happened to get into this one particular community first," said Dr. Jake Dunning, an infectious diseases researcher at the University of Oxford, who is also involved in treating cases in London. "It's just that they are a community and by having sex with each other, that is how it's spreading," he said.
Other experts warn the disease could spread more widely if measures aren't taken to stop the outbreak.
"Infectious diseases don’t care about borders or social networks. Some groups may have a greater chance of exposure right now, but by no means is the current risk of exposure to monkeypox" exclusive to men who have sex with men, said the CDC’s Dr. John Brooks.
What are the symptoms of monkeypox?
Most monkeypox patients experience only fever, body aches, chills and fatigue. People with more serious illness may develop a rash and lesions on the face and hands that can spread to other parts of the body.
Most people recover within about two to four weeks without needing to be hospitalized, monkeypox can be fatal for up to 6% of cases and is thought to be more severe in children.
Smallpox vaccines are effective against monkeypox and anti-viral drugs are also being developed.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended all suspected cases be isolated and that high-risk contacts be offered a smallpox vaccine. The U.K. is offering high-risk contacts the smallpox vaccine and recommending anyone who might be infected to isolate until they recover.
The U.S. has 1,000 doses of a vaccine approved for the prevention of monkeypox and smallpox, plus more than 100 million doses of an older-generation smallpox vaccine in a government stockpile, officials said.
How worrying is this outbreak?
Any outbreak of an emerging virus is concerning, but most of the cases have been mild and there have been no deaths so far.
Monkeypox also requires very close contact to spread, so it is not likely to prompt big waves of disease like COVID-19, which can be transmitted in the air by people with no symptoms.
Still, Britain’s Health Security Agency has said it expects to see new infections "on a daily basis" and WHO’s Europe director warned that the summer season of festivals and parties could spread the disease. Many of the cases being identified have no links to previous infections, suggesting the virus is already spreading widely.
On Tuesday, Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the outbreak "is not the beginning of a new pandemic" but needed to be contained quickly.
How many monkeypox cases are there typically?
The World Health Organization estimates there are thousands of monkeypox infections in about a dozen African countries every year. Most are in Congo, which reports about 6,000 cases annually, and Nigeria, with about 3,000 cases a year.
In the past, isolated cases of monkeypox have been spotted outside Africa, including in the U.S. and Britain. The cases were mostly linked to travel in Africa or contact with animals from areas where the disease is more common.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — In flood-stricken Pakistan where an unprecedented monsoon season has killed hundreds of people, the rains now threaten a famed archeological site dating back 4,500 years, the site’s chief official said Tuesday.
The ruins of Mohenjo Daro — located in southern Sindh province near the Indus River and a UNESCO World Heritage Site — are considered among the best preserved urban settlements in South Asia. They were discovered in 1922 and to this day, mystery surrounds the disappearance of its civilization, which coincided with those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
The swelling waters of the Indus, a major river in this part of the world, have wreaked havoc as heavy rains and massive flooding unleashed devastation across much of Pakistan. At least 1,325 people have been killed and millions have lost their homes in the surging waters, with many experts blaming the unusually heavy monsoon rains on climate change.
The flooding has not directly hit Mohenjo Daro but the record-breaking rains have inflicted damage on the ruins of the ancient city, said Ahsan Abbasi, the site's curator.
“Several big walls, which were built nearly 5,000 years ago, have collapsed because of the monsoon rains," Abbasi told The Associated Press.
He said dozens of construction workers under the supervision of archaeologists have started the repair work. Abbasi did not give an estimated cost of the damages at Mohenjo Daro.
The site's landmark “Buddhist stupa" — a large hemispherical structure associated with worship, meditation and burial — remains intact, Abbasi said. But the downpour has damaged some outer walls and also some larger walls separating individual rooms or chambers.
Abbasi said the civilization at Mohenjo Daro, also known as “Mound of the Dead" in the local Sindhi language, built an elaborate drainage system, which has been critical in flooding in the past.
Though the floods have touched all of Pakistan, the Sindh province has been among the worst hit.
On Monday, army engineers made a second cut into an embankment at Lake Manacher, Pakistan's largest freshwater lake, to release rising waters in hopes of saving the nearby city of Sehwan from major flooding.
The water from the lake has already inundated dozens of nearby villages, forcing hundreds of families to leave their mudbrick homes in a hurry, many fleeing in panic.
Meanwhile, rescue operations continued Tuesday with troops and volunteers using helicopters and boats to get those stranded out of the flooded areas and to nearest relief camps. Tens of thousands of people are already living in such camps, and thousands more have taken shelter on roadsides on higher ground.
Ghulam Sabir, 52, from the outskirts of Sehwan, said Tuesday that he left his home three days ago after authorities told them to evacuate.
“I took my family members with me and came to this ... safer place," said Sabir, staying by the roadside where he has set up camp. He echoed complaints of several other villagers — that no government help had reached them yet.
Sabir said he did not know whether his home had collapsed or not.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif urged Pakistanis in televised remarks Tuesday to generously donate to flood victims, most of whom are relying on government help to survive. Sharif has also repeatedly asked the international community to send more aid to the flood victims. He insisted that Pakistan is facing a climate-change-induced tragedy.
Multiple experts say that since 1959, Pakistan has emitted about 0.4% of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, compared to 21.5% by the United States and 16.4% by China. Last week, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also called on the world to stop “sleepwalking” through the crisis. He plans to visit flood-hit areas on Sept. 9.
According to Pakistani officials, Guterres will travel to Sindh but it's unclear whether he will visit the archaeological site. | 2022-09-06T12:24:00+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/In-flood-stricken-Pakistan-rains-damage-17421609.php |
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GENEVA (AP) — Elisabeth Kopp, an advocate of equal rights and the environment who was the first woman elected to Switzerland's seven-member executive branch, has died. She was 86.
Kopp died April 7 in the town of Zumikon, near Zurich, from complications related to an unspecified “long illness,” the federal chancellery said Friday.
Once one of Switzerland’s leading figure skaters, Kopp was inspired to work on behalf of refugees, human rights and democracy after seeing the Communist government of Hungary, a Warsaw Pact country, lead a violent repression against a popular uprising in 1956.
According to a database of Swiss elites hosted by the University of Lausanne, Elisabeth Kopp, née Iklé, was born in Zurich on Dec. 16, 1936.
After obtaining a law degree in Zurich, Kopp became a local councilor for a center-right party in Zumikon and won a seat in the lower house of parliament in 1979. She was re-elected four years later with one of the biggest vote tallies of any candidate running.
Koop made history on Oct. 2, 1984, when parliament chose her to succeed the outgoing justice minister on the seven-member Swiss executive branch, known as the Federal Council. It makes decisions by consensus, and the Swiss presidency rotates among its members every year.
Her election to the council, which is essentially a cabinet of ministers, came 13 years after all Swiss women gained the right to vote.
By December 1988, the overwhelmingly popular Kopp, as justice minister, was selected for the post of vice president — putting her on the cusp of becoming president herself two years later.
Scandal ended that prospect. A month later, she resigned after allegations surfaced that she had tipped off her husband, Hans Kopp, that one of his businesses was named in a probe into the laundering of drug money. A special prosecutor said she was suspected of violating government secrecy.
While she acknowledged political missteps, she always denied any legal or moral wrongdoing in connection with the case, and the federal court acquitted her the following year.
Kopp was known for taking strong stands in defense of women's rights and in favor of tighter anti-pollution measures in a country where damage to environment had become a dominant popular concern.
A funeral for Kopp was held on Friday among family members, the chancellery said, adding that a more public commemoration would be announced soon. | 2023-04-14T15:51:07+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/elisabeth-kopp-first-woman-in-swiss-cabinet-17897515.php |
Teachers are juggling so many hats in the classroom on a regular basis but now add in the effects of the pandemic on their students and it becomes even more of a balancing act.
Educators from Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties meeting to hear from Ruby Payne, a consultant and author that has spent countless hours studying the effects of emotion in the classroom. She says that students are coming back to the classroom about a year and a half emotionally behind from where they were before COVID. Mostly because they didn't get that interaction and development with other kids which can cause problems.
"So one of the things we know is that there are more emotional issues. Social isolation in the research makes people more aggressive. So one of the things we're looking at is how do we understand that so that it doesn't stop learning, how do we understand it so that we have more calmness in the classroom?" questioned Ruby Payne, author of Emotional Poverty.
"We all play a role in working with students. So the importance was to get educators, people working for schools, and so many of them as we could here today because we all have an impact on the youth that we serve each and every day," stated Craig Kupferberg, superintendent of Allen County Educational Services Center.
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By SUZAN FRASER and ANDREW WILKS
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called for Sweden and Finland to be accepted into NATO “as quickly as possible,” although his Turkish counterpart dismissed the possibility of any link between their accession and Turkey’s request for F-16 fighter jets.
Turkey has delayed the Nordic countries admission to the trans-Atlantic defense alliance, citing concerns over terrorism. Meanwhile, members of the U.S. Congress have tied approval of the F-16 deal to Ankara retracting its opposition to the NATO enlargement.
“We’re confident that NATO will formally welcome them in soon,” Blinken told a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara. “And when that happens, it will enhance the security of every NATO member, including the United States, including Turkey.”
Cavusoglu repeated Turkey’s position that it would be willing to approve Finland joining NATO before Sweden. Turkey has complained about what it sees as Stockholm’s tolerance of support for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has waged a 39-year insurgency against Ankara.
“Unfortunately PKK supporters are still present in Sweden,” he said. “They are recruiting people and they are financing terror acts and they are carrying out terror propaganda in Sweden … because they don’t want Sweden to become a NATO member.”
While acknowledging that Sweden had made constitutional changes in a bid to satisfy Turkey’s demands, he said that more needed to be done to “convince our parliament and people.”
Ankara has also been angered by Sweden allowing protests against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and not preventing an anti-Islam activist from burning the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in a separate, solitary protest.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Monday he remained “convinced that (Sweden and Finland) will join together.” He added: “Ultimately, it is a Turkish decision to decide on ratification, that has not changed.”
In Ankara, Cavusoglu made clear his country objects to the sale of F-16 jets being tied to ratifying the NATO membership of Sweden and Finland which must be agreed by all 30 members of the alliance. Only the parliaments of Turkey and Hungary have yet to give consent.
“It would not be right or fair to make two independent issues — the two countries’ NATO membership and the purchase of F-16s — conditional on each other,” Cavusoglu said.
“It would not be possible for us to purchase the F-16s under these conditions.”
Ankara has been seeking to upgrade its F-16 fleet after it was kicked off the project to develop the next-generation F-35 fighter following its acquisition of Russian air defense missiles.
Underlining the U.S. administration’s support for the F-16 deal, Blinken said it was “very important for ongoing NATO interoperability and in the national interest of the United States.”
Blinken also commented on reports that China is considering military support for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
“We are concerned that China is considering supporting Russia’s war effort in Ukraine with lethal assistance, something that we are watching very, very closely,” he said.
Reiterating that there would be “real consequences… were China to provide lethal assistance to Russia” or help Moscow evade sanctions in a “systematic way,” he said there was a “real concern that China is considering doing just that.”
While not explaining these consequences, Blinken added that other countries, not just the U.S., would take similar action.
Blinken was in Turkey for the first time since he was appointed two years ago. The trip comes after the country and neighboring Syria were hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on Feb. 6 that has left nearly 45,000 dead.
He met with U.S. and Turkish military personnel and aid workers at Incirlik Air Base near Adana on Sunday. They have been working to provide vital aid and assistance to the disaster zone. Blinken promised a further $100 million in aid to help Turkey and Syria on top of the $85 million that U.S. President Joe Biden announced for Turkey and Syria days after the earthquake.
The U.S. secretary of state said that Washington had acted “within hours” of the disaster and had so far sent hundreds of personnel and relief supplies.
But he said that ordinary Americans had also responded to “heartbreaking” images from the quake zone.
“We have nearly $80 million in donations from the private sector in the United States, (from) individuals. When I visited the Turkish Embassy in Washington, I almost couldn’t get in the front door because boxes were piled high throughout the driveway to the embassy,” Blinken said.
“Turkey faces a long road ahead to support those rendered homeless and to rebuild … and we’re committed to providing support.”
Cavusoglu welcomed U.S. support in the aftermath of the quake.
“I would like to thank them for not leaving us alone during these challenging times,” he said.
On Sunday, Blinken took a helicopter tour with Cavusoglu of Hatay, one of the provinces worst hit by the earthquake.
“It’s hard to put into words,” Blinken said Monday. “Countless buildings, communities, streets, damaged or fully destroyed.”
Incirlik, home to the U.S. Air Force’s 39th Air Base Wing, has been a crucial logistics center for aid distribution. Supplies from around the world have been flown into the base and sent by truck and helicopter to those in need, including in difficult to reach villages.
Describing his meeting with U.S. aid officials and military at the base, as well as search and rescue teams “from Los Angeles to Fairfax County in Virginia,” Blinken added: “All of them have seen the staggering toll of this catastrophe. All of them are committed to being there for our friends in this moment.”
Blinken also held a private meeting with President Erdogan before flying on to Athens late Monday. He had a brief meeting there with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and was to dine with him later. Blinken is due to meet with other officials in the Greek capital Tuesday.
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Andrew Wilks reported from Istanbul. Associated Press writer Jan M. Olsen contributed from Copenhagen, Denmark. | 2023-02-20T21:30:52+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/ap-news/2023/02/20/turkey-rejects-links-between-nato-expansion-f-16-deal/ |
G FUEL "Rage Drive" is Available for Pre-Order as a Collector's Box and Tub at GFUEL.com
NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- G FUEL, in partnership with Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., today announced its new "Rage Drive" flavor inspired by the TEKKEN series is now available for pre-order as a Collector's Box and Tub at GFUEL.com while supplies last!
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Gabriella Ross led with 19 points and seven rebounds as fourth-seeded Donovan Catholic won, 45-38, over eighth-seeded Lacey in the consolation semifinal of the Ray Cervino Bracket of the WOMB Classic at Toms River North.
Donovan Catholic (1-3) led 19-13 at halftime and finished with an 18-14 run in the fourth quarter to seal the win.
Lacey is now 2-4.
Donovan Catholic will play the winner of sixth-seeded Central Regional and seventh-seeded Toms River South in the consolation final in the Cervino Bracket on Thursday at Toms River North at 1:30 p.m.
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For the second straight year, Camilo Doval, the Giants’ young gunslinger, earned the highest monthly honor for a National League reliever for his work in the final month of the season.
Doval, 25, converted all nine of his save opportunities, struck out 16 batters and allowed two runs in 13 appearances (a 1.38 ERA), and on Monday was awarded NL reliever of the month.
Doval also earned the honor last September, when he didn’t allow a run over his final 15 appearances (12 in September) in the middle of the Giants’ race for the NL West title.
The Giants’ circumstances are different this season. Doval, though, has been just as dominant.
In a testament to his development this season, Doval isn’t the same pitcher this September as he was last year.
At midseason, Doval incorporated a high-90s sinker to accompany his triple-digit four-seamer (which also reached new heights last month, touching 104 mph twice) and wipeout slider. He begun experimenting with the new pitch during spring training but said he didn’t want to break it out until he knew he could use it to get batters out.
Despite Doval’s emergence last September, he only recorded two saves. Entering this spring, manager Gabe Kapler refused to name a closer. But as the year comes to a close, the role is undeniably Doval’s.
His progress has been one bright spot in an otherwise dreary season.
In 68 appearances (tied for third-most in the NL), Doval has a 2.53 ERA (best in the Giants’ bullpen), 27 saves (sixth in the NL), 80 strikeouts and 30 walks in 67⅔ innings.
On the checklist for next season: an enhanced entrance.
Doval cycled through two songs (one a Latin ballad, the other a remix of “Tequila!”) before landing on his current intro, “Los Aparatos” by El Alfa, Noriel & Trueno, accented by a burst of water from the fountains in right field.
A new intro was in the works this month, but Doval requested it to be shelved until next year. | 2022-10-03T21:27:19+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/10/03/sf-giants-camilo-doval-earns-league-wide-honor/ |
One arrested for grass fire near Cedar Crest in Topeka
Published: Feb. 6, 2023 at 2:50 PM CST|Updated: 3 hours ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - One person is in custody for a grass fire started near the Governor’s Mansion.
Crews worked to extinguish a grass fire near Cedar Crest at 6th and Fairlawn. A Topeka Fire Dept. Battalion Chief told 13 NEWS the fire started around 1 p.m. Monday. They put it out around 3:30 p.m., and will periodically monitor the area as it continues to smolder.
The battalion chief also told 13 NEWS one person was arrested for arson. Topeka Fire Dept. later identified the man as Pedro Michel-Mota Ruiz, 36, of Topeka.
The blaze was sparked near the Governor’s Mansion, Cedar Crest. It was not threatened, nor were any other structures.
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- Utility Scam Awareness Day, Nov. 16, stresses how customers can avoid being scam targets
- As scam tactics evolve, customers should remain vigilant
- Simple tips can help you protect your money and personal information
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It could be a phone call or a text. "This is Duke Energy, and we are on our way to disconnect your service unless you pay us right now." The type of communication or message may vary, but the intent is always the same – to scam customers out of their money or personal information.
If you receive a similar call or text, do not engage because Duke Energy never calls or text customers demanding immediate payment to avoid disconnections. Customers can verify their balance on Duke Energy's website, via our mobile app or by calling the customer service line.
As technology has advanced to help customers pay their bills, so have scam tactics geared toward preying on them and defrauding them of their money and personal information. That's why Duke Energy partners with utilities across North America to bring awareness on fraudulent activities during the seventh annual Utility Scam Awareness Day on Nov. 16.
The campaign focuses on utility impostor scam calls and the advanced tactics used to target customers. The day is also part of the weeklong International Scam Awareness Week, an advocacy and awareness campaign directed at educating customers and exposing the tactics used by scammers.
Recognized annually, Utility Scam Awareness Day was created by Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS), a consortium of more than 150 electric, water and natural gas companies and their respective trade associations.
"Scammer tactics are becoming increasingly sophisticated, but utility impostor scams are oftentimes as simple as a scammer posing as a customer's local utility, calling and threatening to shut off their service unless they provide payment," said Monica Martinez, executive director of UUAS. "Customers shouldn't be afraid to end a call that they suspect is a scam. You can always end the call and dial the number on your utility's bill or on the utility website to confirm."
Stop the scam
Over the last few years, particularly during the pandemic, Duke Energy and other UUAS member organizations have seen an increase in efforts to take advantage of utility customers and the financial challenges that many have faced.
So far in 2022, more than 150,000 scam attempts have been reported. This figure is a significant increase over 2021, which saw almost 17,000 reported scam attempts. Contributing to this rise is a combination of a rise in increased scam activity, increased reporting by scam-wary customers, and improved monitoring. Fortunately, less than 1% of individuals who reported a scam attempt fell for it – a tremendous decrease from the 9% victimization rate from when the company first started tracking data in 2015.
"While we are proud of the progress we've made, our goal is to reduce the number of our customers falling victim to these scams even further," said Tiffany Dennison, Duke Energy's vice president of revenue services and metering. "As scammers become more sophisticated, we've become more committed to curbing the problem through educating our customers, engaging with the telecom and technology industries to remove access to phone lines and fraudulent online advertising, and advocating for stronger policies to protect customers."
Know what to look for
- Threat to disconnect: Scammers often threaten immediate service disconnections. They ask for personal information or demand payment to prevent service interruptions.
- Request for immediate payment: Scammers may instruct customers to make payments via prepaid cards, digital payment apps, cryptocurrencies or direct transactions with banking institutions. Duke Energy does not accept payments through the Cash App, Venmo or Zelle apps. (Customers can make payments directly via Duke Energy's website, duke-energy.com, or mobile app.)
- Promise of a refund or discount: Scammers prey on households with tight budgets. They will inform customers of impending refunds due to overpaid utility bills; however, they need banking information to process the refund. They also may claim that immediate bill payment will result in a discount or that a charitable donation can be made in exchange for a lesser bill payment.
- Personal information: Scammers promise to mail refund checks for overpayments on a customer's account if they can confirm their personal data, including birthdays and, in some cases, Social Security numbers.
Protect yourself
Duke Energy will always offer a variety of ways to pay a bill, including online payments, phone payments, automatic bank drafts, mail or in person. Duke Energy will never:
- Specify how customers should make a bill payment.
- Threaten immediate service interruption. Customers with past-due accounts receive multiple advanced notices, typically by mail and in their regular monthly bill.
- Ask for personal information or credit or debit card numbers over the phone, by email or in person – either for a payment or a refund.
If customers suspect someone is trying to scam them, they should hang up, shut the door or delete the email or text. They also should contact the utility immediately at the number on the most recent monthly bill or on the utility's official website, not the phone number the scammer provides. If customers ever feel in physical danger, they should call 911.
More information is available at duke-energy.com/StopScams.
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Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050. The company has interim carbon emission targets of at least 50% reduction from electric generation by 2030, 50% for Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 upstream and downstream emissions by 2035, and 80% from electric generation by 2040. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "World's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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SANDVIKEN, Sweden, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As previously communicated, Sandvik paused its business activities in Russia on February 28 due to Russia's war in Ukraine. Since then, the company has continuously been assessing and adjusting to the situation, and has taken the decision to wind down operations in Russia.
As a consequence Sandvik will record a non-recurring charge of about SEK 1 billion in the second quarter operating results (EBITA), of which SEK 0.7 billion is a write-down and SEK 0.3 billion a provision mainly relating to personnel costs. These costs will be treated as items affecting comparability. Following the write-down, total remaining assets related to Russia, excluding cash, amounted to approximately SEK 0.7 billion on May 31, 2022.
The wind-down process is ongoing and progressing in a controlled way, where Sandvik seeks to act responsibly towards its employees, and follows applicable regulations and sanctions. Depending on the progress of the wind-down procedures, additional costs may be incurred in the coming quarters.
In 2021, about 3.6 percent of Sandvik Group revenues was from Russian customers.
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is facing stinging criticism for missing what observers say were clear signs that Silicon Valley Bank was at high risk of collapsing into the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history.
The Fed was the primary federal supervisor of the bank based in Santa Clara, California, that failed last week. The bank was also overseen by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
Critics point to many red flags surrounding Silicon Valley Bank, including its rapid growth since the pandemic, its unusually high level of uninsured deposits and its many investments in long-term government bonds and mortgage-backed securities, which tumbled in value as interest rates rose.
“It’s inexplicable how the Federal Reserve supervisors could not see this clear threat to the safety and soundness of banks and to financial stability,” said Dennis Kelleher, chief executive of Better Markets, an advocacy group.
Wall Street traders and industry analysts “have been publicly screaming about these very issues for many, many months going back to last fall," Kelleher added.
Now the consequences of the fall of Silicon Valley Bank, along with New York-based Signature Bank, which failed over the weekend, are complicating the Fed's upcoming decisions about how high to raise its benchmark interest rate in the fight against chronically high inflation.
Many economists say the central bank would likely have raised rates by an aggressive half-point next week at its meeting, which would amount to a step up in its inflation fight. The Fed implemented a quarter-point hike in February, to about 4.6%, the highest level in 15 years.
That move followed a half-point increase in December and four increases of three-quarters of a point before that.
Last week, many economists had suggested that Fed policymakers would raise their projection next week to 5.6%. Now it's suddenly unclear how many additional rate increases the Fed will forecast.
With the collapse of the two large banks fueling anxiety about other regional banks, the Fed may focus more on boosting confidence in the financial system than on its long-term drive to tame inflation.
The latest government report on inflation, released Tuesday, shows that price increases remain far higher than the Fed prefers, putting Chair Jerome Powell in a tougher spot. Core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs and are seen as a better gauge of longer-run inflation, jumped 0.5% from January to February — the most since September. That is far higher than is consistent with the Fed's 2% annual target.
“Absent the fallout from the bank failure, it may have been a close call, but I think it would have tipped them towards a half-point (rate hike) at this meeting,” said Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist at Nationwide.
On Monday, Powell announced that the Fed would review its supervision of Silicon Valley to understand how it might have better managed its regulation of the bank. The review will be conducted by Michael Barr, the Fed vice chair who oversees bank oversight, and will be publicly released May 1.
“We need to have humility,” Barr said, “and conduct a careful and thorough review of how we supervised and regulated this firm and what we should learn from this experience."
A Federal Reserve spokesperson declined to comment further. A call to the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation was not immediately returned.
By all accounts, Silicon Valley was an unusual bank. Its management took excessive risks by buying billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities and Treasury bonds when interest rates were low. As the Fed continually raised interest rates to fight inflation, leading to higher rates on Treasurys, the value of Silicon Valley's existing bonds steadily lost value.
Most banks would have sought to make other investments to offset that risk. The Fed could have also forced the bank to raise additional capital. | 2023-03-14T23:42:14+00:00 | niagara-gazette.com | https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/fed-criticized-for-missing-red-flags-before-bank-collapse/article_e4f35d1e-c2a4-11ed-bf56-43907ea651aa.html |
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
SYDNEY (AP) — Thirty minutes after Australia knocked off Canada in the preliminary round of the women’s basketball World Cup, Lauren Jackson was back on the court signing autographs and posing for selfies with hundreds of adoring fans.
They couldn’t get enough of the Australian star and she reciprocated the love, not wanting to leave even when a security guard tried to get her to go back to the locker room.
The 41-year-old mom has been soaking in every minute of her impressive comeback story that has Australia in the quarterfinals as the top seed and drawing over 9,000 fans to some of their games.
“It’s special. I really could never have imagined I got the reception I’ve had the past week,” Jackson said. “It’s been more special than anything to me. I couldn’t have ever imagined it. To be here and be a part of it. I’m still pinching myself. I still can’t believe I’m in the green and gold.”
Among the crowd were five fans wearing G.O.A.T. masks in honor of the greatest player in the history of Australia basketball.
“I don’t think she’s just one of the greatest international players, but one of the greatest ever in the history of the sport,” former WNBA President Val Ackerman said. “I recall her being among the first of the multi-dimensional post players. She’s 6-foot-5 but could handle the ball, pass and shoot the 3. It’s the first time I could recall seeing that in post players.”
Jackson has been a force everywhere she has played.
She averaged 18.9 points during her WNBA career with Seattle, where she won two championships. She also won league titles in Australia, Spain and Russia as well as three Olympic silver medals and one bronze. Jackson helped Australia win its lone gold medal in the 2006 World Championship.
She retired from playing in 2016 after knee injuries derailed her career. Jackson, who has two sons — Harry and Lenny — had hoped to compete in the Olympics in 2016 but an ACL injury ended that dream. She stopped playing in the WNBA in 2012, walking away as one of the best players in league history.
Jackson had no intentions of playing again competitively after having a partial replacement on her right knee and dealing with the ACL tear that was followed by a staph infection. The former WNBA MVP acknowledges she had become reliant on painkillers, anti-inflammatories, sleeping pills and anti-depressants at the end of her playing career.
Things started to change about 13 months. That’s when Jackson said she was part of a trial for medical cannabis and that seemed to help.
Jackson started working out again a few months later to get in basketball shape — she had gained nearly 50 pounds since retiring. She was working out with the coach of her hometown Australian Basketball league team.
Matt Paps, the coach of the Albury team, told Jackson that he’d love to have her comeback and play. Now with the comeback complete, she’s got the Opals two wins away from medaling at home.
“I don’t believe in fairy tales,” Jackson said. “I just don’t. But if it ends today, if it ends tomorrow, I don’t care.
“I’ve had the ride of my life.”
Jackson, who is wearing No. 25 to signify her 25 years with the Opals, is more of a role player now than she was earlier in her Hall of Fame career. She is averaging 5.8 points while playing a little more than eight minutes a game.
“Lauren’s not the Lauren of old now, but she’s still going to be there for us,” said Australia coach Sandy Brondello, who played with Jackson on the national team for many years.
Like Ackerman, the coach said her former teammate is one of the best to ever play.
“Without a doubt, she’s the top three in the whole world regardless of where she’s from,” Brondello said.
In her latest run with her mates, Jackson is providing valued leadership for the Opals. After an opening loss to France, she gave an impassioned speech to the team. They responded, winning the next four games to win their group.
“It was angry mom time,” Jackson said laughing. “I had some choice words. We know (what) it takes to win and to have this opportunity to play in front of a home crowd we have to play with pride and that’s what it took.”
Jackson said despite how much fun she is having, she doesn’t expect to compete for the Opals after this. She’ll be 43 when the Olympics are in Paris in two years.
“No way. No, Nothing can top this,” she said. “Honestly, nothing can top it. The fact we got through to the quarterfinals, this is the pool of death. People thought after Game 1 we might be on the way out. They are going to be moving forward. They got it. They know what it takes now. It’s pretty awesome I get to be a part of it.”
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi woman who says she was hit by a stray police bullet while lying in bed.
Latasha Smith, 49, was in bed on Dec. 11 when an officer from the state-run Capitol Police fired several bullets at a suspect running through her Jackson apartment complex, according to her federal complaint. A stray bullet entered Smith’s apartment and struck her arm. Smith, who said her teenage daughter was home during the episode, was taken to a hospital.
In April, Smith sued Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell and Capitol Police Chief Bo Luckey, arguing that police officers under their watch violated her constitutional rights by acting with “deliberate indifference” for her life. She also claimed that Tindell and Luckey failed to properly train officers.
In a Wednesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Tom Lee granted Tindell and Luckey’s request to dismiss the lawsuit, writing that they cannot be liable because they are not alleged to have participated in the shooting incident and because state officials cannot be sued for violations of state law in federal court.
NBC News obtained surveillance video from Smith’s apartment complex that appeared to show an officer firing on a man who was fleeing after jumping out of a suspected stolen car.
Tindell told the news outlet that the officer was initially placed on leave but later returned to active duty after an internal investigation determined the officer did not break any laws.
A spokesperson for Tindell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Smith’s attorney, Dennis Sweet IV, said in a phone interview that he and Smith are considering an appeal.
“We’re disappointed,” Sweet said. “The truth is they went into the community, there was a high-speed chase, a lady in bed got shot, and there is no recourse. And that’s going to be the new police force in Jackson.”
Officers from the Capitol Police have been patrolling around state government buildings in and near downtown, while the Jackson Police Department patrols the entire city. A new Mississippi law would expand the patrol territory of the Capitol Police department within Jackson. Critics say Capitol Police are aggressive and expanding the territory could endanger lives in the majority Black city.
Smith is Black. Her complaint said the Capitol Police use “disproportionate and unnecessary force against African American citizens.”
Members of the majority-white and Republican-controlled Legislature said they passed the law to improve safety in Jackson, which has had more than 100 homicides for each of the past three years. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has temporarily blocked the law from taking effect.
On Wednesday, the same day Lee dismissed Smith’s lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Justice said it was seeking to join a federal lawsuit the NAACP filed against the state to block the new law.
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Michael Goldberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mikergoldberg. | 2023-07-13T23:54:11+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/ap-stray-bullet-hits-a-woman-lying-in-bed-a-federal-judge-dismissed-her-lawsuit-against-police/ |
CAMDEN, Maine — One rowing team out of Camden is putting in the work to ensure everyone has a seat in the boat with its annual fundraiser, rowing the furthest they've ever gone.
Megunticook Rowing has been running a fundraiser for the past few years with a goal to row the coast of Maine, either on the water or by rowing machine, to raise money for their scholarship.
"So our goal is to get everyone on the water, no matter what their financial background, skill level or their age," head coach and executive director Olivia Goodwin-Cook said.
The scholarship fund goes to current and future rowers to assist with payment to join the team.
"It's a very great, very humbling feeling," rower Devin Guptill, who spent this past Sunday rowing for the teams "Erg-A-Thon," said.
From boat maintenance and regatta registration fees, rowing can at times be a very expensive sport. The team hopes the funds will allow everyone to have access to the benefits rowing has to offer.
"I'm currently on a scholarship," rower Ruth Weiss said. "So having all of my teammates here ... it's really great."
This year, the team surpassed their goal and rowed the equivalent of the entire coast of Maine, around 3,500 miles, as well as the coast of New Hampshire and 75% of the coast of Massachusetts.
In total, the group has rowed 7,496,926 meters, or around 4,300 miles, since the start of January.
"I'm impressed by Megunticook Rowing. I'm very proud of us," Goodwin-Cook said.
If you're interested in joining the team, you can find the club's programs and registration here. | 2023-05-09T17:14:20+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/megunticook-rowing-camden-maine-scholarship-erg-a-thon/97-8b82fc93-95ae-4ab0-a9c0-ad4952395c93 |
Amazon driver found dead in Missouri yard may have been killed by dogs, authorities say
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. - Authorities in rural northwest Missouri are investigating the death of an Amazon driver whose body was found in a yard of a home with injuries consistent with an animal attack.
Deputies were called on Monday evening to a home in Excelsior Springs after reports that an Amazon truck had been parked in the same spot for about two hours, with its lights on and motor running.
The driver's body was found in the yard in front of the home, Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers said. His name has not been released.
Childers said the man had injuries consistent with canine bites and two "aggressive" dogs — a German Shepherd and English Mastiff — were at the home. However, an autopsy will be conducted to determine if the dogs caused the driver's death, he said.
"We’re not saying the dogs were the cause of death. We don’t know that yet. We do know that they were aggressive though," Childers told FOX 4 in Kansas City.
At the time, the homeowners were out of town but the dogs were being cared for, the sheriff said.
A responding deputy shot and injured the mastiff because it was aggressive toward sheriff's deputies and medical responders on the scene, Childers said. The dogs then went back into the house, but the deputies could hear them barking and saw blood on the doggie door.
Childers said he and deputies then went into the home and shot and killed the dogs in order to protect deputies, medical personnel, and detectives at the scene.
Amazon said in a statement that it was "deeply saddened" by the driver's death and is helping law enforcement with the investigation.
Excelsior Springs is about 30 miles northeast of Kansas City.
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy policy and public interest press releases from PR Newswire, including firearms at airport checkpoints and a billion-dollar housing initiative.
NEW YORK, July 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the policy and public interest industries stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- TSA stopped 3,251 firearms at airport checkpoints nationwide during the first half of 2023
The total represents an average 18 firearms per day at TSA checkpoints of which more than 92% were loaded. This is an increase from the first half of 2022 when Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) stopped 3,053 firearms at security checkpoints of which more than 86% were loaded. - Anheuser-Busch Delivering More Than 75,000 Cans Of Emergency Drinking Water To Texas Fire Departments
Firefighters and first responders in our communities rely on clean drinking water to stay hydrated in times of need; yet volunteer fire departments often lack the budget and resources to supply. The water donations to Texas fire departments are designed to deliver on this critical need, as well as to support the communities where Anheuser Busch's customers and more than 1,000 employees live and work. - Actress Lucy Hale Teams with PetSmart to Champion Pet Adoption
"I want to encourage others to discover the power and joy of the human-animal bond. Shelters across the U.S. are at or beyond capacity and I'm encouraging people to open their hearts and homes to a new pet during PetSmart Charities National Adoption Week," Hale said. - New Study Finds High Home Prices Linked to Higher Homelessness Rates in U.S. Metros
Surprisingly, poverty rates are not a good indicator of homeless rates. New Orleans has the highest poverty rate (18.4%) of any city we examined but has a homeless rate half the national average (96 per 100,000 people). This may indicate that, because of a low cost of living, residents can better afford housing despite lower incomes. - American Student Assistance Launches Paid High School Internship Program
The program provides Boston-based teens with greater access to invaluable opportunities that enable them to gain real-world experiences that are aligned with their interests, earlier in their education to career journeys. - Empowering communities: Ally commits nearly $1 billion to housing initiatives
"Everyone deserves a safe place to live – yet home affordability is at its lowest point in history," said Ali Summerville, business administration executive at Ally and board chair of the Ally Charitable Foundation. "It's important we show up as an ally and support affordable housing and homeownership initiatives that create lasting, positive impact where we work, live and serve." - EdSource and Distributed Media Lab partner to create the California Education News Network with funding from Google News Initiative
By using the DML platform to distribute education journalism, the project seeks to expand the audience and impact of news organizations and empower local communities by providing trusted news, information and analysis with seamless syndication. - Consumer Safety Technology Announces New Partnership with Department of Defense
"We are honored to work with MSEP to support military spouses as part of our ongoing efforts to promote under-served segments of our communities," said Kathy Boden Holland, CEO, Consumer Safety Technology. "Our partnership with MSEP strongly aligns with our goals to drive a culture of diversity, inclusion and equity." - Enterprise Holdings ROAD Forward Grants Help Advance Social and Racial Equity in More Than 400 Communities
Enterprise Holdings Foundation President Carolyn Kindle said, "From supporting social and mental health within at-risk communities, to promoting equity and opportunity for minority business owners, to empowering students from low-income backgrounds to pursue higher education, we're proud to champion hundreds of exceptional organizations as they continue to grow their positive impact." - REI commits to putting everyone in America within 5 minutes of outdoor space
Whether you live in a neighborhood with limited access to parks and trails, one without adequate public transit to those places, or even a place with ample—but inequitable—access, there are challenges to recreating outside that every one of us can help address. - WITF and Steinman Communications Complete Transaction Gifting LNP | LancasterOnline to the Central PA Public Media Organization
While there have been a handful of other collaborations between public media organizations and for-profit media organizations in recent years, they have occurred in large metropolitan areas. The combination of WITF and LNP is the first in the nation in a region like Central Pennsylvania. - Elie Wiesel Foundation Announces Inaugural Grantees Dedicated to Uyghur Advocacy Efforts and Education
The grant-making initiative, launched in October of 2022, identifies and supports organizations whose efforts are grounded by Elie Wiesel's values and the Foundation's mission, and which align to portfolios reflecting Elie Wiesel's legacy: Educator, Activist, Journalist, Student, and Man of Faith.
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Mid-Century Modern Design, Exceptional Piano Action, Textured Key Surfaces and Immersive Piano Sound Take Playing Experience to Another Level
DOVER, N.J., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Casio America, Inc., the world's leading maker of powerful yet affordable electronic musical instruments, today added three premium-level models — the PX-S7000, PX-S6000, and PX-S5000 — to its award-winning Privia PX-S family of digital pianos.
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This new trifecta liberates the piano from its traditional confines against a wall with a crisp mid-century modern design and transparent music stand that invites gazes from every angle. Luxury appointments, including spruce key sides and new key-tops on every model, a sleek and sturdy minimalist stand, and contemporary colors with wood-grain accents communicate an aesthetic of understated elegance. But, of course, this beauty is far more than skin deep, with each model showcasing the Privia family's best acoustic piano sounds and remarkable feel that is sure to engage and delight the experienced player.
Since its debut in 2003, the Casio Privia has earned an enviable reputation for its fully immersive sound, exceptional touch, and alluring style, making it one of the top-selling digital pianos on the market. Innovation has remained at the heart of the line's evolution, proving that digital instruments can offer an elevated and truly professional playing experience without being bulky, heavy, or expensive. Today, Privia is the world's slimmest digital piano1 and won the 2021 Dealer's Choice Award in two categories — Home Digital Keyboard of the Year and Pro Digital Keyboard of the Year — from the highly respected musical instrument industry publication Musical Merchandise Review. The latest models build upon this storied legacy and render the zenith of Casio's technological achievement in a form factor that perfectly harmonizes today's lifestyles and living spaces.
The PX-S7000, the flagship in this new family of instruments, is simply the best-sounding, best-feeling, and best-looking Privia ever made.
With brilliant style to match its breathtaking sound and touch, the Privia PX-S7000 is a stunning musical centerpiece for any home. It sparks joy in any living space, with a striking modern design in three choices of finishes, including a new Harmonious Mustard color that evokes vintage musical gear and fine European furniture, yet blends remarkably well with any decor.
Place your hands on the PX-S7000, and it immediately transcends its size. The instrument's new Smart Hybrid Hammer Action keyboard and simulated ebony and ivory key-tops connects the player's fingers to the rich sound of three world-class concert grand pianos: Berlin, Hamburg, and New York. A new, improved Acoustic and Intelligent Resonator, derived from Casio's top-of-the-line Celviano Grand Hybrid pianos, accurately reproduces the physical resonances inherent in an acoustic piano's strings, soundboard, damper and other components. The improved key action provides a pleasingly quiet and smooth response, delivering the overall experience of playing a well-regulated concert grand.
The PX-S7000's 400 built-in Tones (including 50 electric piano Tones featuring inspiring tine, reed, and other classic instruments) are enhanced by brilliant DSP effects, and many are designed to cover the keyboard parts of timeless world-famous songs.
The top panel of the PX-S7000 is a shining example of elegance and simplicity. A touch ring that allows easy scrolling and directional input complements the easy-to-read backlit display, illuminated touch sensor controls and color-changing pitch bend wheel. Four multi-function, context-sensitive buttons let you quickly access your favorite sounds and settings. When not playing, you can protect your PX-S7000's beauty using the included matching fabric key cover.
The included wooden stand integrates a triple-pedal assembly that supports half-dampening and stays firmly in one place on the floor. The new 32-watt 4-way Spatial Sound System is driven by independent 8-watt amplifiers per speaker and is optimized to create the natural "bloom" of an acoustic piano, casting an immersive sound field that envelops the player and fills the room. In addition, the system can be adjusted for placement near a wall, away from walls, or on a tabletop.
The Privia PX-S6000 inherits many of the premium performance features found on the line's flagship model, including the Smart Hybrid Hammer Action, Acoustic and Intelligent Resonator, 4-way Spatial Sound System, touch ring, backlit display and key cover. Players are treated to a gorgeous German concert grand Tone courtesy of the Multi-Dimensional Morphing AiR Sound Source, while string and damper resonance, key action noise and damper noise heighten the realism and expression as they play.
The 350 editable Tones include an immaculately detailed Hamburg concert grand and 30 electric pianos, as well as many that cover the keyboard parts of timeless songs. The PX-S6000's panel comes with two assignable control knobs, while the optional CS-90P wooden stand and SP-34 triple pedal unit give the PX-S6000 all the presence and playability of its sibling, the PX-S7000.
The PX-S5000 brings Casio's Smart Hybrid Hammer Action Keyboard to the most portable and accessible model. Featuring 23 tones, including an immaculately detailed Hamburg concert grand and 4 electric piano Tones, the PX-S5000 is the perfect studio, stage, or home piano for anyone who needs to combine impeccable touch and sound with ultimate portability.
As on the other models, the illuminated touch-sensing controls are easy to see and use in any light. They add elegance while eliminating moving parts and vanish when the instrument is powered off, creating a seamless and beautiful surface.
All three models come with the WU-BT10 Bluetooth adaptor, which allows for streaming audio through the Privias' speakers from a device such as a smartphone, wireless MIDI communication with a computer, and connection to the Casio Music Space app. This do-it-all app for iOS and Android devices maximizes the Privia playing experience with score display, interactive game-like lessons, comprehensive graphical control over all settings, and much more. In addition, all models also feature a USB-B port for wired computer connection. For mobile music making, the PX-S7000 and PX-S6000 can run for up to four hours on eight AA batteries; the PX-S5000 uses six.
"These new models are the no-compromise musical instruments we always knew the Privia line could represent," says Stephen Schmidt, Vice President of Casio's Electronic Musical Instruments Division. "Their premium sound and keyboard feel will please the most demanding players, their ease of use and feature sets welcome musicians at any skill level, and their design turns heads whether they're onstage, in the studio, or your family room, yet they fit easily in a small apartment. We could not be prouder of how far Privia has come."
The new Casio Privia digital pianos will be available at music retailers nationwide and CasioMusicGear.com at the following manufacturers' suggested retail prices:
- PX-S5000: $1,799 MSRP, available in late October 2022
- PX-S6000: $2,399 MSRP, available in early November 2022
- PX-S7000 (Black/White): $3,199 MSRP, available in late October 2022
- PX-S7000 (Harmonious Mustard): $3,399 MSRP, available in late October 2022
To learn more about Casio's entire portfolio of electronic musical instruments, please visit www.CasioMusicGear.com.
*The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such marks by Casio Computer Co., Ltd. is under license.
1Among digital pianos with 88 hammer-action keys and built-in speakers, according to a Casio survey as of July 7, 2021.
Casio's Privia line of digital pianos redefines the digital piano category with unprecedented sound quality and performance features in stylish, elegant, supremely portable designs. Featuring superb grand piano sounds, a new Tri-Sensor 88 note scaled hammer action keyboard, and some models weighing only 25 lbs, Casio's Privia digital pianos are versatile enough for any home, studio, or stage. The award-winning grand piano sound in Privia has been dramatically improved and now utilizes more than three times the memory of the previous generation for a more natural piano tone. In addition, Casio's new proprietary sound source "AiR" (Acoustic and intelligent Resonator) provides unmatched realism, detail and seamless dynamics for a remarkably expressive and powerful performance. For additional information on Casio's Privia digital pianos, please visit www.CasioMusicGear.com
Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions. Established in 1957, Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, digital cameras, mobile presentation devices, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to fulfill its corporate creed of "creativity and contribution" through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information, visit www.casiousa.com.
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DULLES, Va., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Unison, a leading provider of software solutions and insights in government acquisitions, is proud to unveil its latest innovation: Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting (PBF). PBF is an unmatched federal budgeting solution tailored to manage, interpret, and apply complex budgetary data across federal agencies.
Unlike conventional offerings, PBF is designed specifically with federal budgeting intricacies in mind. By seamlessly integrating data silos, PBF provides secure and transparent information sharing. It empowers budgeteers to navigate high-pressure periods, including the President's Budget and the processing of full-year funds, with enhanced effectiveness. This ground-breaking tool ensures greater efficiency and accuracy while simultaneously overcoming the challenges of tracking, reporting, and managing appropriations, public laws, and metadata.
Furthermore, PBF includes a hallmark feature, the Execution Lifecycle. This module ensures the budget execution process is more streamlined and accountable, driving a heightened understanding of data and increased proficiency in decision-making across the totality of an agency's accounts.
Unique to Unison's PBF is its dual role: serving as a robust operational solution and a vital training platform. This aspect fosters the growth of new entrants in the federal workforce, transforming them from mere task-takers into strategic decision-makers.
"Capitalizing on Unison's 40-year legacy of serving the federal government and our reputation as an industry leader, we've designed PBF to address the unique needs of federal budgeting," said Andy Rider, Director of Federal Budget Practice. "PBF stands apart from traditional offerings by providing an integrated platform that tackles specific federal budgeting complexities. We are thrilled to showcase this innovation at the upcoming AGA Professional Development Training event in Orlando, Florida."
For more information about Unison's Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting (PBF) solution, please visit http://www.unisonglobal.com/pbf.
About Unison
Unison is committed to transforming the way governments work. As the leading provider of software and insights to government agencies, program offices, and contractors worldwide, Unison provides government professionals with the tools they need to make informed decisions, generating greater efficiency, transparency, and accountability. To learn more about Unison, please visit https://www.unisonglobal.com/
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JACKSON, N.J. (PIX11) — Move over Fright Fest, Six Flags Great Adventure is introducing a reimagined version for spring. It’s called “Scream break” and has the same haunts from the Halloween version, with some new additions.
They include “the spring break zombie scare zone,” a “Scream break dance party,” and “Scream photo ops.”
The transformed event starts on April 8 and runs through April 15 in Jackson, N.J. The park officially opens for the season on Saturday. | 2023-03-29T02:04:32+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-jersey/six-flags-great-adventure-reimagines-fright-fest-into-scream-break/ |
Adds Fourth National Culture Excellence Award in 2022
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced that its banking subsidiary, First National Bank, has been recognized with the Top Workplaces 2022 Culture Excellence award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Practices. The national award celebrates organizations that are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive place to work for all employees.
The Top Workplaces program is administered by leading third-party research firm Energage. With nearly 5,000 companies named Top Workplaces in the past year, FNB was one of the top ten large companies (with more than 2,500 employees) to win the DEI Practices award based on employee feedback and a Company-completed questionnaire. Earlier this year, FNB earned additional national culture excellence recognition as a winner of the Top Workplaces for Innovation, Top Workplaces for Leadership and Top Workplaces for Work-Life Flexibility awards.
"FNB's commitment to provide a positive and inclusive culture remains a top priority for our Company," said Vincent J. Delie, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of F.N.B. Corporation and First National Bank. "The diverse range of perspectives and experiences on our team inspire engagement and innovation that result in superior service for our clients and communities and better returns for our shareholders."
FNB also has been named a 2022 Top Workplace USA and Top Workplace for Financial Services for the second consecutive year, a Top Workplace in Northeast Ohio for the eighth consecutive year and a Top Workplace in Pittsburgh for the 12th consecutive year. The Company has earned more than 40 national and regional awards for its workplace experience.
The recent Top Workplaces awards add to the extensive recognition FNB has received for its differentiated culture, which focuses on doing what is right for all its stakeholders. In 2022, FNB received 17 Greenwich Excellence and Best Brand Awards, and again was named as one of America's Best Banks and one of the World's Best Banks by Forbes. As further evidence of its inclusive workplace experience, FNB also has been named a Women's Choice Award® Best Company to Work For winner for both Women and Millennial Women and a Professional Woman's Magazine Best of the Best Top Financial and Banking Company. For more information about FNB's third-party honors, visit the Awards and Recognition webpage at fnb-online.com.
About F.N.B. Corporation
F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a diversified financial services company operating in seven states and the District of Columbia. FNB's market coverage spans several major metropolitan areas, including: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and the Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point) in North Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina. The Company has total assets of nearly $43 billion and approximately 340 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and Virginia.
FNB provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking and wealth management solutions through its subsidiary network, which is led by its largest affiliate, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, founded in 1864. Commercial banking solutions include corporate banking, small business banking, investment real estate financing, government banking, business credit, capital markets and lease financing. The consumer banking segment provides a full line of consumer banking products and services, including deposit products, mortgage lending, consumer lending and a complete suite of mobile and online banking services. FNB's wealth management services include asset management, private banking and insurance.
The common stock of F.N.B. Corporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FNB" and is included in Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index with the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Regional Banks Sub-Industry Index. Customers, shareholders and investors can learn more about this regional financial institution by visiting the F.N.B. Corporation website at www.fnbcorporation.com.
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Matt Fitzpatrick shoots 4-under 66 in round two of the FedEx St. Jude Championship
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Matt Fitzpatrick converts 9-foot putt for birdie at FedEx St. Jude Champ
In the second round of the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship, Matt Fitzpatrick makes birdie on the par-4 15th hole.
Matt Fitzpatrick hit 13 of 18 greens in regulation during his second round at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, finishing at 6 under for the tournament. Fitzpatrick finished his day tied for 17th at 6 under; J.J. Spaun is in 1st at 11 under; Sepp Straka and Troy Merritt are tied for 2nd at 10 under; and Denny McCarthy is in 4th at 9 under.
After a drive to the left side of the fairway on the 434-yard par-4 first hole, Fitzpatrick had a 161 yard approach shot, setting himself up for the birdie. This moved Fitzpatrick to 1 under for the round.
On the 579-yard par-5 third hole, Fitzpatrick reached the green in 3 and sunk a 7-foot putt for birdie. This moved Fitzpatrick to 2 under for the round.
On the par-4 sixth, Fitzpatrick's 155 yard approach to 6 feet set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved Fitzpatrick to 3 under for the round.
At the 205-yard par-3 14th, Fitzpatrick hit a tee shot 204 yards at the green, setting himself up for the 6-foot putt for birdie. This moved Fitzpatrick to 4 under for the round.
After a drive to the left side of the fairway on the 395-yard par-4 15th hole, Fitzpatrick had a 102 yard approach shot, setting himself up for the birdie. This moved Fitzpatrick to 5 under for the round.
On the 530-yard par-5 16th, Fitzpatrick had a bogey after hitting the green in 4 and two putting. This moved Fitzpatrick to 4 under for the round.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is thrilled young aspiring football players all over the world will get to watch two Black quarterbacks face each other for the first time in the Super Bowl.
He’s also pleased they get to watch two really, really good quarterbacks.
“I’m really excited for both quarterbacks, what they can represent to a ton of kids,” Sirianni said at Monday’s Super Bowl media night. “Not only are they two African-American quarterbacks, but they’re the two best quarterbacks in the NFL this year. First-team All-Pro, second-team All-Pro.
“They both play at the highest level.”
There are many storylines for this Super Bowl, but the duel between Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts and Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes is right at the top of the list.
The significance of Sunday’s matchup in Glendale, Arizona, isn’t lost on Mahomes.
“I think about it a lot,” Mahomes said. “The quarterbacks that came before me — Shack Harris, Doug Williams — that laid the foundation for me to be in this position. It goes across all sports. If you think about Jackie Robinson and the people who broke the color barrier in baseball, I wouldn’t be standing here today if it wasn’t for them.
“To be lucky enough to be in this position — and play against another great guy like Jalen — it will be a special moment. I’m glad we’re here today, but how can we keep moving forward? How can we motivate kids who are younger, who want to follow their dreams to be a quarterback?”
It’s not just the quarterbacks who are relishing the groundbreaking matchup. Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon said players are well aware of what they’re witnessing.
“There’s history being made,” McKinnon said. “That’s a beautiful thing. Something I can look back and tell my kids that, ‘I was a part of that, I experienced that.’ So it’s a blessing. This whole experience is a blessing.
“To have that on top, just adds to it.”
In addition to being good, both quarterbacks are also tough.
Hurts missed two games late in the season with a shoulder injury that’s still bothering him. The Eagles haven’t had to lean on him in two lopsided playoff wins. He has 275 yards passing and two TDs along with 73 yards rushing and two scores, pedestrian numbers by his standards.
Mahomes hobbled around on a badly sprained ankle to help the Chiefs beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 and advance to their third Super Bowl appearance in four years.
“It’s amazing — especially being Black History Month as well,” Eagles cornerback Darius Slay said. “I’m thankful for this moment, to be a part of this. This is crazy with two Black quarterbacks in the Super Bowl, one of the biggest games in the world.”
Washington’s Doug Williams was the first Black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl following the 1987 season. That’s back when Black quarterbacks were fairly rare across the NFL.
This season — 35 years later — began with 11 Black QBs starting in Week 1 and now ends with a historic matchup.
Mahomes can become the first two-time winner if he leads the Chiefs to victory on Sunday. Hurts aims to become the fourth Black QB to win the Super Bowl, joining Williams, Mahomes and Russell Wilson.
Steve McNair, Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton and Wilson also started in a Super Bowl and lost.
Now it’s Hurts vs. Mahomes.
After McKinnon heard that Sirianni said the two quarterbacks were the top two in the league, he had a one-word response: “Facts.”
“It’s going to be a showdown — all four quarters,” McKinnon said. “It’s going to come down to the last second. Jalen Hurts is phenomenal, I’ve been watching him since college. The things he does and brings to the table are phenomenal.”
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AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi contributed to this story.
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Woman strapped for cash are falling for a new, sophisticated scam
By J.D. Miles
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DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — More and more North Texans in need of loans are instead finding themselves even more strapped for cash after falling victim to a new sophisticated scam.
It wasn’t a serious car wreck, but it was bad enough that Christy Conley found herself last month in a financial pinch.
“I needed some extra cash, so I filled out a form online and I did not know it was going to go to a million different people,” she said.
The Granbury nurse started the process of applying for a loan online with legitimate lenders.
But she didn’t know at the time that scammers quickly got wind of what she was looking for and contacted her claiming to be from the online loan companies.
“It seemed perfectly OK,” she said.
One of them told Conley to accept an $1,800 loan, then immediately pay it back to raise her credit score so she could get the full amount she needed.
“So, he would put that in my bank account, and I would go ahead and pay it back and that way it was a quick payback and it would make my credit go up and then I could borrow the amount that I wanted,” she said.
But it turned out to be part of scam that’s costing North Texans a lot of money according to the Better Business Bureau.
“We’re seeing it all over the place,” said Amy Rasor, BBB Fort Worth regional director. “We’re talking thousands and thousands of dollars. It’s becoming a big problem.”
In most cases, the fraudster’s initial loan is either the result of a fake check or they use the victim’s bank account information to dispute legitimate charges on their accounts and make it temporarily look like a deposit.
“They actually called and contested several of my transactions that equaled $1,867,” Conley said.
Conley fortunately got suspicious before transferring $1,800.
“I had this voice, and you know God was right there in my ear saying ‘Check this out,'” she said.
That voice might have saved her, but experts say doing research on lenders may save you as well by crossing checking contact info and verifying who you are dealing with.
The BBB advises you to be skeptical of social media ads for loans and read reviews.
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CAIRO — Foreign ministers from Arab League member states in Cairo were poised to vote Sunday on restoring Syria’s membership to the organization after it was suspended over a decade ago.
It also took place days after regional top diplomats met in Jordan to discuss a roadmap to return Syria to the Arab fold as the conflict continues to deescalate.
Syria’s membership in the Arab League was suspended 12 years ago early in the uprising-turned-conflict, which has killed nearly a half million people since March 2011 and displaced half of the country’s pre-war population of 23 million.
The body usually attempts to make decisions by consensus, but decisions otherwise could pass with a simple majority vote.
There is still no clear consensus among Arab countries about Syria’s return to the Arab League. Notably, Qatar, a key backer of opposition groups, is not onboard with normalization, and did not attend the Cairo meeting.
The Arab League has not issued a statement indicating the conditions for Syria’s return. However, experts have said that Saudi Arabia and the region have likely prioritized issues related to gridlocked United Nations-brokered political talks with opposition groups, illicit drug smuggling and refugees.
As President Bashar Assad regained control of most of the country with the help of key allies Russia and Iran, some of the Syria’s neighbors that hosted large refugee populations took steps towards reestablishing diplomatic ties with Damascus. Meanwhile, Gulf monarchies the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain reestablished ties.
The Feb. 6 earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria was a catalyst for further normalization across the Arab world, as well as regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran reestablishing ties in Beijing, which had backed opposing sides in the conflict.
Though once backing opposition groups to overthrow Assad, Saudi Arabia and Syria took steps towards restoring embassies and flights between the two countries, in what experts say was a major prelude towards reinstating Syria into the Arab League.
Jordan last week hosted regional talks that included envoys from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria. They agreed on a framework, dubbed the “Jordanian initiative,” that would slowly bring Damascus back into the Arab fold. Amman’s top diplomat said the meeting was the “beginning of an Arab-led political path” for a solution to the crisis.
The conflict in Sudan is also on the agenda, as Arab governments try to stabilize a shaky ceasefire in the ongoing fighting that has killed hundreds of people over the past few weeks.
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Chehayeb reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers Sam Magdy and Noha El Hennawy contributed from Cairo. | 2023-05-07T10:49:23+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/syria-arab-egypt-saudi-qatar-jordan/11db7996-ecb8-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html |
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There are many cool building kits and sets out there for kids. But there’s something extra fun about magnetic building tiles. Maybe it’s the way they snap together like magic or balance in all sorts of shapes. Whatever it is, kids seem to love them, including mine.
When I was researching magnetic tiles for our toddler a few years ago, I came across reviews that said the less expensive PicassoTiles were just as good as the popular Magna-Tiles brand.
And after several years of use, I agree with that review. Our PicassoTiles are still in regular rotation with both of my children. They’re colorful, fun and easy to use for building.
You can buy extra sets and add-on accessories to expand your building capabilities. And a bonus of these magnetic tiles is that they easier to clean up compared to Legos or wooden blocks since they stick together as you stack and put them away.
Clearly, I’m not the only one who’s a fan of PicassoTiles since the 100-piece set has more than 28,700 ratings on Amazon, with an average rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars. And the 100-piece PicassoTiles set is currently on sale for 20%, making a $47.99 set now $38.39 pre-tax.
“This magnet set is brilliant,” wrote Amazon reviewer Whitney Hansen. “All the panels are exactly the right size to fit together. The magnets are housed in such a way that you don’t have to figure out which way to point a piece for it to stick. The colors are bright. The pieces are sturdy and able to be built at least 5 pieces tall on edge. It’s a great toy all around.”
Teacher reviewer Cinncinatus said the magnetic tiles are educational as well as fun.
“I can demonstrate cross to cube, triangle to pyramid, and other Euclidean to fractal modalities,” the reviewer wrote. “It’s very easy to introduce these concepts to children so they can go from the one-dimensional consciousness of most people to seeing how things blend together and how simple systems give rise to complex results. Also of note, you can put together the primary colors in a pyramid and show children how these blend by turning them in the light! ”
PicassoTiles are solid plastic tiles of different shapes, sizes and colors with magnets inside. Unlike Magformers, which have holes in the middle of each piece, you can put things inside the PicassoTile cubes and pyramids that you build. For example, the other day my son presented me with a “candle” he said I had to be careful to not knock over since the top pyramid “flame” held several trinkets inside.
If you have other brands of magnetic tiles, PicassoTiles will work fine with them too, allowing for even larger building projects. You’ll want to pick this set up while it’s discounted!
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The 'Single Barrel Showdown: America's Choice' Public Vote Opens Today, With the Chance to Also Win a Two Night Trip to Tennessee
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the most-awarded Bourbon and American Whiskey of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, announced that it will begin distribution of its highly sought-after Single Barrel Whiskey this fall. The rollout will kick off with Uncle Nearest's 'Single Barrel Showdown: America's Choice,' an online public vote that puts the power in the hands of whiskey fans across the country to determine which five states will be the first to receive Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Whiskey on shelves. Currently, Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Whiskey is only available to purchase online and at Nearest Green Distillery in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
Voting for the 'Single Barrel Showdown: America's Choice' opens today, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the launch of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, and will take place through August 2nd. Those who cast their vote will automatically be entered to win a two night trip for two to Tennessee, complete with round trip transportation, a hotel stay in Nashville, and a tour and tasting at Nearest Green Distillery.
"The members of our Whiskey Family are some of the most devoted and dedicated fans of any spirit brand, and we know that they will show up in a big way for our 'Single Barrel Showdown,'" said Katharine Jerkens, Chief Business Officer for Uncle Nearest. "We would not be where we are today - which is the fastest-growing American whiskey brand in U.S. history - without their support, and we look forward to having them decide where these coveted Single Barrel bottles will hit shelves first."
Following the voting period, Uncle Nearest will announce the winning states as well as the winner of the contest in mid-August. The winning territories will see Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Whiskey barrels arrive to market first and just in time for September 5th – a significant date for the whiskey brand as it marks the same date as the opening of Nearest Green Distillery in 2019.
Uncle Nearest first debuted its Single Barrel Whiskey in November 2022 at Nearest Green Distillery before becoming available for home delivery on ReserveBar.com. Since then, the whiskey has been met with critical acclaim, having recently earned a double platinum medal at the 2023 Ascot Awards, a gold medal at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and a critic's score of 92 at the 2023 Ultimate Spirits Challenge. Each barrel used for Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Whiskey is hand-selected by Victoria Eady Butler, a four-time Master Blender of the Year, and the great-great-granddaughter of Nearest Green.
"The positive response to our Single Barrel Whiskey from both esteemed judges at spirits competitions and from those who have visited us at Nearest Green Distillery is overwhelming, and I know that we're making Nearest so proud with every bottle of this whiskey," said Victoria Eady Butler. "Our fans have been asking when we were finally going to bring it to shelves, and the wait is almost over. Like all of our other whiskeys, I have no doubt our partners will have a hard time keeping this Single Barrel in stock!"
All Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Whiskeys (SRP: $89.99) are bottled at barrel strength, allowing for a unique flavor profile that varies from batch to batch. Like all of its filtered whiskeys, Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Whiskey goes through the distillery's triple filtration process to remove any impurities, including the Lincoln County Process, the process of sugar maple filtration that Nearest Green is credited with helping to perfect.
For more information on Uncle Nearest 'Single Barrel Showdown: America's Choice,' and to vote for which five states should be first to receive Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Whiskey, visit www.unclenearest.com/singlebarrelshowdown. Votes are limited to one per person, and voters must be 21 or older. No purchase is necessary to enter.
About Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey honors the world's first-known African American master distiller, Nearest Green. It was the first spirits brand in the world to be named after a Black American. The portfolio is the Most Awarded Bourbon and American Whiskey of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, with over 800 awards and accolades since the brand's 2017 launch, including 527 Gold medals or higher, 92 Best in Class honors and an average critic's score of 92. Uncle Nearest is currently sold in all 50 states and 12 countries, and is sold in more than 25,000 stores, bars, hotels, and restaurants, as well as at its 432-acre Nearest Green Distillery in Shelbyville, Tenn. For more information, please visit the Uncle Nearest website, and follow on Instagram and Facebook @unclenearest.
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ST. LOUIS, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arch Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ARCH) ("Arch Resources" or "us") today announced that on May 18, 2022, it entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange agreements with a limited number of holders of its 5.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the "notes") to exchange (collectively, the "exchanges") approximately $125.2 million principal amount of notes for consideration consisting of an aggregate of approximately $130.1 million in cash and a number of shares of Arch Resources' common stock to be determined over a four consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, May 19, 2022. The exchanges are expected to be consummated on or about May 25, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. The notes being exchanged will be retired upon completion of the exchanges. Following the closing of the exchanges, Arch Resources expects that approximately $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of notes will remain outstanding with terms unchanged.
Arch Resources is undertaking these exchanges in keeping with its previously stated goal of enhancing and simplifying its capital structure, and is utilizing a substantial amount of cash in the settlement process in order to limit overall stock dilution, prevent potential future dilution stemming from expected future dividend payments, reduce overall indebtedness, and eliminate future annual interest payments.
The exchanges are being conducted as private placements, and any shares of common stock to be issued in the exchanges will be issued pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act in transactions not involving any public offering. This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities described above, nor will there be any offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
In connection with the exchanges, Arch Resources also intends to enter into certain capped call early unwind agreements (the "capped call early unwind agreements") with counterparties to Arch Resources' capped call transactions (the "capped call counterparties"), which were entered into in connection with the issuance of the notes, to terminate a portion of such capped call transactions in a notional amount corresponding to the amount of the notes exchanged (the "early unwinds"). We expect that the capped call counterparties will settle the early unwinds by delivering to Arch Resources a number of shares of Arch Resources' common stock corresponding to the consideration in respect of the early unwinds on or about May 26, 2022. In connection with such settlements, the capped call counterparties and/or their respective affiliates may buy shares of the Arch Resources' common stock in secondary market transactions.
Arch Resources is a premier producer of high-quality metallurgical products for the global steel industry. The company operates large, modern and highly efficient mines that consistently set the industry standard for both mine safety and environmental stewardship.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended—that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "should," "could," "appears," "estimates," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "may," "plans," "predicts," "projects," "believes," "seeks," or "will." Actual results may vary significantly from those anticipated due to many factors, including: impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; changes in coal prices, which may be caused by numerous factors beyond our control, including changes in the domestic and foreign supply of and demand for coal and the domestic and foreign demand for steel and electricity; volatile economic and market conditions; operating risks beyond our control, including risks related to mining conditions, mining, processing and plant equipment failures or maintenance problems, weather and natural disasters, the unavailability of raw materials, equipment or other critical supplies, mining accidents, and other inherent risks of coal mining that are beyond our control; loss of availability, reliability and cost-effectiveness of transportation facilities and fluctuations in transportation costs; inflationary pressures and availability and price of mining and other industrial supplies; the effects of foreign and domestic trade policies, actions or disputes on the level of trade among the countries and regions in which we operate, the competitiveness of our exports, or our ability to export; competition, both within our industry and with producers of competing energy sources, including the effects from any current or future legislation or regulations designed to support, promote or mandate renewable energy sources; alternative steel production technologies that may reduce demand for our coal; the loss of key personnel or the failure to attract additional qualified personnel and the availability of skilled employees and other workforce factors; our ability to secure new coal supply arrangements or to renew existing coal supply arrangements; the loss of, or significant reduction in, purchases by our largest customers; disruptions in the supply of coal from third parties; risks related to our international growth; our relationships with, and other conditions affecting, our customers and our ability to collect payments from our customers; the availability and cost of surety bonds, including potential collateral requirements; additional demands for credit support by third parties and decisions by banks, surety bond providers, or other counterparties to reduce or eliminate their exposure to the coal industry; inaccuracies in our estimates of our coal reserves; defects in title or the loss of a leasehold interest; losses as a result of certain marketing and asset optimization strategies; cyber-attacks or other security breaches that disrupt our operations, or that result in the unauthorized release of proprietary, confidential or personally identifiable information; our ability to acquire or develop coal reserves in an economically feasible manner; our ability to comply with the restrictions imposed by our term loan debt facility and other financing arrangements; our ability to service our outstanding indebtedness and raise funds necessary to repurchase notes for cash following a fundamental change or to pay any cash amounts due upon conversion; existing and future legislation and regulations affecting both our coal mining operations and our customers' coal usage; governmental policies and taxes, including those aimed at reducing emissions of elements such as mercury, sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter or greenhouse gases; increased pressure from political and regulatory authorities, along with environmental and climate change activist groups, and lending and investment policies adopted by financial institutions and insurance companies to address concerns about the environmental impacts of coal combustion; increased attention to environmental, social or governance matters; our ability to obtain and renew various permits necessary for our mining operations; risks related to regulatory agencies ordering certain of our mines to be temporarily or permanently closed under certain circumstances; risks related to extensive environmental regulations that impose significant costs on our mining operations, and could result in litigation or material liabilities; the accuracy of our estimates of reclamation and other mine closure obligations; the existence of hazardous substances or other environmental contamination on property owned or used by us; risks related to tax legislation and our ability to use net operating losses and certain tax credits; our ability to pay base or variable dividends in accordance with our announced capital return program, and other risks as disclosed in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent SEC filings. All forward-looking statements in this press release, as well as all other written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this section and elsewhere in this press release. These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could affect us. These risks and uncertainties, as well as other risks of which we are not aware or which we currently do not believe to be material, may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements were made, and we do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by the federal securities laws.
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Petra Kvitova 2023 Wimbledon Odds
Petra Kvitova will begin play in Wimbledon versus Jasmine Paolini in the round of 128. She defeated Donna Vekic in the final to take home Bett1open trophy in her last tournament. Kvitova is +1100 (fourth-best odds in the field) to win this tournament at AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground.
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Kvitova at 2023 Wimbledon
- Next Round: Round of 128
- Tournament Dates: June 25 - July 16
- Venue: AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground
- Court Surface: Grass
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Kvitova's Next Match
Kvitova will begin play at Wimbledon by facing Paolini in the round of 128 on Tuesday, July 4 (at 6:00 AM ET).
Kvitova has current moneyline odds of -1100 to win her next match against Paolini. Check out the latest odds for the entire field at BetMGM.
Petra Kvitova Grand Slam Odds
- Wimbeldon odds to win: +1100
- Wimbledon odds to win: +1100
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Kvitova Stats
- Kvitova won her most recent match, 6-2, 7-6 over Vekic in the finals of Bett1open on June 25, 2023.
- Kvitova has won two of her 15 tournaments so far over the past year, with an overall record of 31-13.
- On grass over the past 12 months, Kvitova has gone 5-1 and has won one title.
- Through 44 matches over the past year (across all court surfaces), Kvitova has played 21.4 games per match. She won 54.1% of them.
- On grass, Kvitova has played six matches over the past 12 months, and she has totaled 20.2 games per match while winning 60.3% of games.
- When it comes to serve/return winning percentages over the past year, Kvitova has won 76.3% of her games on serve, and 31.8% on return.
- Over the past year, in terms of serve/return winning percentages on grass, Kvitova has won 90.2% of her games on serve and 30% on return.
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LAS VEGAS — Tiffany Hayes had a season-high 31 points, Rhyne Howard scored 24 and the Atlanta Dream knocked off the Las Vegas Aces 92-76 on Tuesday night.
A’ja Wilson scored eight of her 22 points to get Las Vegas (18-8) within 58-52 at the 5:55 mark of the third quarter. Hayes, AD Durr and Aari McDonald buried 3-pointers from there and Atlanta took a 70-56 lead into the final period.
Hayes opened the fourth with two 3-pointers and a three-point play to push the lead to 79-56, and the Dream cruised to the finish.
Jackie Young had 18 points and Kelsey Plum scored 17 for the Aces. Wilson added 10 rebounds for a double-double.
Candace Parker had nine points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Dream. Hayes sank 11 of her 14 shots.
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Timberwolves vs. Nuggets Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - NBA Playoffs Game 3
Published: Apr. 21, 2023 at 2:54 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Denver Nuggets are 2-point favorites heading into Game 3 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center on Friday, starting at 9:30 PM ET on ESPN, BSN, and ALT. The Nuggets have a 2-0 series lead.
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Timberwolves vs. Nuggets Game Info & Odds
- Date: Friday, April 21, 2023
- Time: 9:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN, BSN, and ALT
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- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Venue: Target Center
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Timberwolves vs. Nuggets Score Prediction
- Prediction: Nuggets 115 - Timberwolves 114
Spread & Total Prediction for Timberwolves vs. Nuggets
- Pick ATS: Timberwolves (+ 2)
- Pick OU:
Over (222.5)
- The Nuggets have been more successful against the spread than the Timberwolves this season, putting up an ATS record of 44-36-2, compared to the 39-41-2 record of the T-Wolves.
- Minnesota covers the spread when it is a 2-point underdog or more 56.8% of the time. That's more often than Denver covers as a favorite of 2 or more (50.9%).
- Minnesota and its opponents have combined to go over the total in 45.1% of its games this season (37 of 82), the same percentage as Denver and its opponents (37 of 82).
- The Nuggets have a .705 winning percentage as a moneyline favorite (43-18) this season, better than the .488 winning percentage for the Timberwolves as a moneyline underdog (21-22).
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Timberwolves Performance Insights
- Offensively Minnesota is the 12th-ranked team in the NBA (115.8 points per game). Defensively it is 18th (115.8 points allowed per game).
- With 26.2 assists per game, the Timberwolves are eighth in the NBA.
- In 2022-23, the Timberwolves are 13th in the league in 3-point makes (12.2 per game) and 13th in 3-point percentage (36.5%).
- Minnesota attempts 38.1% percent of its shots from beyond the arc, and 61.9% percent from inside it. In terms of makes, 28.4% of Minnesota's buckets are 3-pointers, and 71.6% are 2-pointers.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian hospital announced Israeli forces killed a teenage girl during an army operation in the occupied West Bank early Monday.
Khalil Suleiman Government Hospital in the northern city of Jenin said Jana Zakaran, 16, was hit with a gunshot in the head and pronounced dead.
The official Palestinian news agency reported that Zakaran was on her house roof and found dead after the Israeli troops withdrew from Jenin.
The Israeli military said it was aware of the teenager’s death and that an investigation was underway.
It added that troops entered the city and arrested three Palestinians wanted on suspicion of attacks against Israelis. Clashes and heavy of exchange of fire erupted between soldiers and suspects, it said.
About 150 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, making it the deadliest year since 2006.
The Israeli army says most of the Palestinians killed have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting Israeli army incursions and others not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
Israel has been conducting daily arrest raids throughout the West Bank, in an operation prompted by a spate of Palestinian attacks against Israelis in the spring that killed 19 people.
The military says the raids are meant to dismantle militant networks and thwart future attacks, but the Palestinians say they entrench Israel’s open-ended occupation, now in its 56th year.
At least 31 people have died in Arab attacks in Israel and the occupied West Bank this year, according to Israeli figures. | 2022-12-12T02:55:26+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Palestinians-Israeli-army-kills-teen-girl-in-17647175.php |
GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- After two days of intense competition, an Aged Gouda has been named the 2023 United States Champion Cheese. The cheese, called Europa, is made by the team at Arethusa Farm Dairy in Bantam, Connecticut.
With an impressive score of 98.739 out of 100, Europa topped 2,249 entries from 197 dairy companies and cooperatives across 35 U.S. states in this year's United States Championship Cheese Contest® to win the coveted top prize.
First runner-up in the contest, with a score of 98.613, is Vintage Cupola American Original Cheese, a hard raw milk cheese made by Door Artisan Cheese Company of Egg Harbor, Wisconsin for Red Barn Family Farms in Appleton, Wisconsin. The second runner-up position was awarded to a Medium Cheddar made by Dillon Sylla for Associated Milk Producers Inc. of Blair, Wisconsin with a score of 98.554.
"The men and women of the U.S. dairy processing industry are exceptionally passionate and dedicated to crafting quality products, and that commitment shines through in the high caliber of this year's winners. We congratulate them on their hard-earned and well-deserved success," said John Umhoefer, Executive Director for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, which hosts the biennial competition.
A total of 35 states were represented in the 2023 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest, with entries submitted across 113 classes. With an impressive 54 Best of Class finishes, Wisconsin earned the highest number of gold medals. Dairy manufacturers from California took home nine golds, and Idaho finished third in the ranking with eight Best of Class awards.
Hosted by WCMA since 1981, the biennial United States Championship Cheese Contest® is the country's premier technical cheese, butter, yogurt, and whey competition. A team of 42 nationally renowned judges evaluated all entries over the two-day event, held February 21-22 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The top three finishers for each entry class were announced on Tuesday and Wednesday following preliminary judging rounds. The nation's Top 20 cheeses were released following Wednesday's Championship Round of judging. For more information on the Contest and complete results for all classes, please visit USChampionCheese.org.
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MELVILLE, N.Y., March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) cardiac anesthesiologist Varun Dixit, MD, accepted the 2023 Virginia Governor's Environmental Excellence Gold Medal Award in Sustainability on behalf of Henrico Doctors' Hospital, where he also serves as NAPA's Local Quality Site Director. The award ceremony was held March 28, 2023, at the Virginia Military Institute. The prestigious Gold Medal recognizes Sustainability in Healthcare: Recycling and Low Flow Anesthesia, a two-pronged eco-conscious initiative developed by Dr. Dixit for Henrico and its affiliated hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs).
The annual Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards are presented by Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in partnership with the Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) to honor successful and innovative efforts that improve the state's environment. Dr. Dixit, who is passionate about reducing waste in healthcare and combating climate change, was honored to accept the Gold Medal from Travis A. Voyles, VA Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources; DEQ Director Mike Rolband; and DCR Director Matthew Wells.
Gold awardee Henrico Doctors' Hospital has enthusiastically embraced Dr. Dixit's Sustainability in Healthcare initiatives. In 2018, he launched a pilot recycling program with a robust environmental education program for his NAPA anesthesia colleagues and hospital medical staff and administrators. With full staff participation, Henrico now recycles more than 12,500 pounds of waste every month, equivalent to approximately 6% of the facility's total waste. Expanding the program to two ASCs has enabled the health system to recycle 200,000 pounds of waste per year, reducing the negative impact of single-use plastics and waste in landfills.
As a NAPA partner, Henrico's anesthesia services are provided by a NAPA clinical team comprising 30 anesthesiologists and 80 certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). In 2021, Dr. Dixit embarked on a mission to reduce the total usage of inhaled anesthetic agents, which have potent greenhouse gas effects, by increasing the use of low flow anesthesia techniques at Henrico and its affiliated Forest, Parham, and Retreat hospital campuses. Following Dr. Dixit's extensive educational sessions about the environmental and clinical benefits of using less anesthetic gases and training his anesthesia colleagues, 100% of the team began using low flow and collecting comparative data. According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency statistics, the results they achieved in terms of environmental impact over a six-month period were equivalent to saving 200,000 driving miles per year.
Clavio Ascari, MD, NAPA Regional Vice President, Virginia, said: "We congratulate Dr. Dixit, Henrico Doctors' Hospital, and all our NAPA anesthesia clinicians serving Henrico and its partner facilities on this tremendous recognition. By adopting low flow technique, Dr. Dixit and the NAPA anesthesia team improved gas efficiency, saving the hospital thousands of dollars in pharmacy costs, while also doing better for patients: During surgery, low flow decreases their loss of body heat, as well as moisture from their airways. Building on the significant success of his hospital recycling program, Dr. Dixit demonstrated that transitioning to a low flow anesthesia approach is a win-win for patients, the environment, and healthcare facilities. His results have inspired NAPA to implement recycling and low flow anesthesia programs across our organization. We are proud to share these award-winning initiatives with our hospital and ASC partners, and we applaud Dr. Dixit and all our talented clinicians who add value to our clients with their commitment to improve clinical, financial, and operational outcomes."
Dr. Ascari added, "NAPA is grateful to the Virginia DEQ and DCR for honoring our partner, Henrico Doctors' Hospital, with the Virginia Governor's Environmental Excellence Award Gold Medal Award. We hope that in recognizing Dr. Dixit's program, this award will inspire other healthcare organizations to institute programs like recycling and low flow anesthesia that promote environmental sustainability."
About North American Partners in Anesthesia
As a clinician-led organization, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) is redefining healthcare, delivering unsurpassed excellence to its partners and patients every day. NAPA has grown to become the nation's leading single-specialty anesthesia and pain management company. Our nearly 6,000 clinicians serve more than 2 million patients annually at nearly 450 healthcare facilities in 21 states. For more information, please visit NAPAanesthesia.com.
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NFL suspends Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for 6 games, AP sources say
(AP) - Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended for six games Monday for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas, two people familiar with the decision said.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been publicly released. Watson, who played for four seasons with Houston before being traded to Cleveland in March, recently settled 23 of 24 lawsuits filed by women alleging sexual harassment and assault during massage therapy appointments in 2020 and 2021.
The NFL has three days to appeal the decision by disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson. The NFL Players’ association already stated it would abide by her ruling. If either side appeals, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell or someone he designates will make the decision, per terms of the collective bargaining agreement. The union then could try to challenge that ruling in federal court.
The league had pushed for an indefinite suspension of at least one year and at least a $5 million fine for the 26-year-old Watson during a three-day hearing before Robinson in June.
Watson can continue to practice and play in exhibition games before his suspension begins the first week of the regular season. He would be eligible to return on Oct. 23 when the Browns play at Baltimore.
After learning the ruling was imminent, the NFL Players Association issued a joint statement with Watson on Sunday night, saying they will not appeal Robinson’s ruling and urged the league to follow suit.
“Every player, owner, business partner and stakeholder deserves to know that our process is legitimate and will not be tarnished based on the whims of the League office” the union said in a statement.
As he awaited the ruling, Watson has been in training camp with the Browns. He has continued to take most of the reps with the first-team offense, which will be turned over to backup Jacoby Brissett while he’s sidelined.
While the NFL pushed for a severe penalty, the union had argued Watson shouldn’t be punished at all because he was not convicted of any crime.
Two grand juries in Texas declined to indict Watson on criminal complaints brought by 10 of the women.
This was the first case for Robinson, a former U.S. district judge who was jointly appointed by the NFL and the union to handle player misconduct — a role previously held by Goodell.
A three-time Pro Bowl pick with the Texans, Watson has seen his playing career stalled by the allegations that he acted inappropriately with the women during massage therapy sessions he scheduled via social media. He sat out the 2021 season.
In their lawsuits, the women accused Watson of exposing himself, touching them with his penis or kissing them against their will. One woman alleged Watson forced her to perform oral sex.
Watson has denied all wrongdoing, insisting any sexual activity with three of the women was consensual. He publicly insisted his goal was to clear his name before agreeing to confidential financial settlements with 20 of the women on June 21.
Watson’s high-profile case has renewed scrutiny of the league’s handling of player misbehavior, along with its support for women, and left the Browns wondering if they’ll ever find a franchise quarterback.
Since the trade, Watson has been on public display, with fans questioning whether the league had the authority to ban him from playing despite no criminal charges.
The league has been sensitive about its image and handing out the appropriate discipline for Watson after being criticized for its handling of previous sexual misconduct cases involving Baltimore running back Ray Rice, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and Cleveland running back Kareem Hunt among others.
For their part, the Browns were widely condemned for signing Watson. The team has been desperate to find a long-term answer at quarterback — they’ve had a league-high 32 starters since 1999 — and many questioned why the team would take on a player with so much baggage.
During his introductory news conference after he was traded to Cleveland, Watson was adamant about his innocence.
“I have never assaulted, disrespected or harassed any woman in my life,” he said at the dais, where he was joined by Browns general manager Andrew Berry and coach Kevin Stefanski. “I was raised differently. That is not my DNA. That is not my culture. That is not me as a person.”
He repeated those comments three months later during the Browns’ minicamp, insisting his only goal was to clear his name. However, a week later he settled 20 of the civil lawsuits. Any remaining lawsuits could still go to trial, but not until 2023 after both sides agreed to wait until after the upcoming season.
On July 15, 30 women settled lawsuits against the Texans after claiming the team ignored and enabled Watson as he harassed and assaulted them during the therapy sessions. Terms of the settlements were kept confidential.
Despite Watson’s legal entanglement, the Browns — along with several other teams — pursued Watson after the first grand jury declined to indict him.
Initially, Watson turned down the Browns. But Cleveland owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam enticed him with a fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract.
Watson had other offers but chose the Browns and waived his no-trade clause to join a team coming off a disappointing 8-9 season. Cleveland completed the deal on March 18 by agreeing to send Houston three first-round draft picks and six selections overall for Watson.
The Haslams said any concerns they had about his character or behavior were alleviated when they flew to Houston along with Berry and Stefanski and spent time talking to Watson.
An All-American at Clemson, Watson was drafted by the Texans with the No. 12 pick in 2017. He started six games as a rookie before passing for 4,165 yards and 26 touchdowns in his second year.
Watson has developed into one of the league’s elite QBs, throwing for 4,823 yards and 33 TDs in 2020 despite playing on a Texans team that went just 4-12.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A judge has sentenced a Wichita man to more than 22 years in prison in connection with the disappearance and death of a Sedgwick County woman in April 2020.
Last month, Robert Bruce Mans Jr., 50, entered a no-contest plea to one count of voluntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated battery in connection with the disappearance of 27-year-old Shalan Niccole Gannon.
Authorities allege Gannon was killed on or about April 8, 2020. She was reported missing on April 11, and her body was found in June 2020 in the Ninnescah River in rural Sumner County.
Mans was charged in October 2020.
According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, Senior Judge Mark Braun sentenced Mans to 228 months for voluntary manslaughter and 43 months for aggravated battery. In addition, the judge ordered that the sentences be served consecutively for 22.5 years in prison.
A second defendant associated with the case, Jack Kirkby, 39, of Wichita, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of criminal desecration and was sentenced to 12 months of supervised probation.
The case was investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Wichita Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the Marion Police Department, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office and the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office. | 2022-05-24T17:39:22+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/wichita-man-gets-22-years-for-missing-womans-death/ |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brandon Miller had 18 points and nine rebounds and No. 4 Alabama never trailed in posting a 72-49 victory over Mississippi State in the quarterfinals of the S outheastern Conference Tournament on Friday.
The top-seeded Crimson Tide (27-5) set the pace in the first half hitting eight-of-20 shots from long range. Charles Bediako and Noah Gurley added 11 points apiece for Alabama, and Jahvon Quinerly scored 10.
Alabama will play either No. 17 Tennessee or No. 25 Missouri in the semifinal on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (21-12) were scoreless in their first six possessions including a pair of turnovers. They hit 8 of 31 field goal attempts and missing all five of their shots from 3-point range.
Tolu Smith led Mississippi State with 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Dashawn Davis scored 13 points.
Alabama led 41-21 at halftime, too big an advantage for Mississippi State to overcome with the Crimson Tide opening up a 25-point lead with 1:14 left on a layup by Nimari Burnette on a fastbreak.
With 5:40 remaining, Mississippi State trimmed the Crimson Tide’s lead to 57-43 on a layup by D.J. Jeffries. The Bulldogs would not get any closer. BIG PICTURE Mississippi State shot 31% from the field and hit only one of 13 attempts from 3-point range.
Alabama and Miller, a hometown player, received their share of boos from the crowd. Miller allegedly brought a gun to Darius Miles who has been charged with capital murder of Jamea Harris near the Alabama campus. Miles was dismissed from the team. Miller has not missed a game, and he was picked to talk on TV after the game.
UP NEXT Mississippi State hopes to hear its name called Sunday as part of the NCAA Basketball Tournament field.
Alabama moves onto the semifinals Saturday. Tennessee beat Alabama 68-59 on Feb. 15 in Knoxville, while Missouri was routed on its own court by the Crimson TIde 85-64 on Jan. 21.
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Villa Grove showed its poise to outlast a game Tuscola squad for a 6-4 victory in Illinois high school softball action on April 25.
In recent action on April 18, Tuscola faced off against Teutopolis and Villa Grove took on Broadlands Heritage on April 19 at Broadlands Heritage High School.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — A state question to legalize recreational marijuana in Oklahoma overwhelmingly failed Tuesday in a low-turnout special election.
With more than 564,000 votes counted, State Question 820 was down by 23 percentage points, according to nearly complete results from the State Election Board.
While the vote was close in major metropolitan areas like Tulsa, Oklahoma and Cleveland counties, rural voters forcefully rejected SQ 820, which would have legalized recreational cannabis for people age 21 and older.
Members of the Yes on 820 campaign said this is just the start of efforts to implement large-scale criminal justice reforms to stop penalizing people for having small amounts of marijuana.
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SQ 820 would have allowed some nonviolent offenders to petition to have their marijuana convictions reversed and expunged from their records.
“This wasn’t about legalizing marijuana,” said Yes on 820 senior adviser Ryan Kiesel. “This was about keeping Oklahomans out of the criminal justice system.”
Tuesday’s election results may be a testament to the pervasiveness of cannabis already available across the state. After voters legalized medical marijuana in 2018, anyone who has a doctor’s recommendation and $100 for a medical cannabis card can get marijuana.
Roughly 10% of Oklahomans have a medical marijuana card, and Oklahoma has more dispensaries than any other state.
Although the campaign in support of SQ 820 was well-funded with about $5 million largely from national civil rights and criminal justice reform groups, opposition mounted in recent months.
Some law enforcement officers, educators, faith leaders and mental health professionals united to oppose recreational cannabis. The opposition campaign was led by former Republican Gov. Frank Keating. Their central message was that SQ 820 would be detrimental to children and youths despite age restrictions on recreational cannabis sales.
U.S. Sen. James Lankford, Gov. Kevin Stitt, Attorney General Gentner Drummond and many Republican members of the Oklahoma Legislature opposed the question.
Stitt said the rejection of SQ 820 was the best outcome for keeping kids safe.
“Oklahoma is a law and order state,” he said in a statement. “I remain committed to protecting Oklahomans and my administration will continue to hold bad actors accountable and crack down on illegal marijuana operations in our state.”
Pat McFerron of the No on 820 campaign said he was pleased with the election results.
“We think this sends a clear message that Oklahomans oppose the unfettered access to marijuana we have experienced under our so-called medical program,” McFerron said in a statement. “Voters clearly want to protect our children, crack down on organized crime, and improve the mental health of those in our state.”
Arkansas voters in November also rejected a ballot measure to legalize recreational cannabis there.
Oklahoma City resident Tevin McDaniel, 25, told himself on Election Day not to get his hopes up. The former dispensary owner and medical marijuana patient, who is Black, voted for SQ 820.
He expressed disappointment after the election was called, noting that Black people are disproportionately convicted for having small amounts of marijuana.
“We’re where progressive ideas go to die,” he said of Oklahoma. | 2023-03-08T04:49:07+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/marijuana/oklahoma-voters-reject-question-to-legalize-recreational-marijuana/article_a632732a-bcf6-11ed-9e76-f7ecf6a091f5.html |
Fallen power line disrupting traffic in Madison
Published: Dec. 14, 2022 at 11:59 AM CST|Updated: 55 minutes ago
MADISON, Ala. (WAFF) - A fallen power line is disrupting traffic on a portion of Madison Blvd.
The Madison Police Department issued a warning that says the powerline is on Madison Blvd. near Integraph Way.
Both eastbound and westbound lanes will be closed in the area while Huntsville Utilities works to repair the issue.
Drivers are urged to avoid the area at this time.
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MIAMI (AP) — Dr. Alfonso Sabater pulled up two photos of Antonio Vento Carvajal’s eyes. One showed cloudy scars covering both eyeballs. The other, taken after months of gene therapy given through eyedrops, revealed no scarring on either eye.
Antonio, who’s been legally blind for much of his 14 years, can see again.
The teen was born with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic condition that causes blisters all over his body and in his eyes. But his skin improved when he joined a clinical trial to test the world’s first topical gene therapy. That gave Sabater an idea: What if it could be adapted for Antonio’s eyes?
This insight not only helped Antonio, it also opened the door to similar therapies that could potentially treat millions of people with other eye diseases, including common ones.
Antonio’s mom, Yunielkys “Yuni” Carvajal, teared up thinking about what Sabater did for her son.
“He’s been there through everything,” she said in Spanish during a visit to the University of Miami Health System’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. “He’s not only a good doctor but such a good human being and provided us with hope. He never gave up.”
The family came to the U.S. from Cuba in 2012 on a special visa allowing Antonio to get treatment for his condition, which affects around 3,000 people worldwide. He had surgeries to remove scar tissue from his eyes, but it grew back. Antonio’s vision kept getting worse, eventually deteriorating so much that he didn’t feel safe walking around.
Sabater had no answers then, and tried to reassure the boy: “I’ll find a solution. I just need some time. I’m working on it.”
“‘Yeah, I know you’re going to do it,’” Sabater recalled Antonio saying. “That gave me the energy to continue.”
At one point, Carvajal told Sabater about the experimental gene therapy gel for Antonio’s skin lesions. He contacted drugmaker Krystal Biotech to see if it could be reformulated for the boy’s eyes.
Suma Krishnan, co-founder and president of research and development for the Pittsburgh-based company, said the idea made sense and “it didn’t hurt to try it.”
Antonio’s condition is caused by mutations in a gene that helps produce a protein called collagen 7, which holds together both skin and corneas. The treatment, called Vyjuvek, uses an inactivated herpes simplex virus to deliver working copies of that gene. The eyedrops use the same liquid as the skin version, just without the added gel.
After two years, which included testing the drug in mice, the team got “compassionate use” approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and permission from university and hospital review boards. Last August, Antonio had surgery on his right eye, after which Sabater started treating him with the eyedrops.
Krishnan said they were cautious, frequently watching to see that it was safe.
Antonio’s eye recovered from the surgery, the scarring didn’t return and there was significant improvement each month, Sabater said. Doctors recently measured the vision in Antoni’s right eye at a near-perfect 20/25.
This year, Sabater began treating Antonio’s left eye, which had even more scar tissue. That one is also steadily improving, measuring close to 20/50, which Sabater said “is pretty good vision.”
Antonio comes to the eye institute for checkups almost weekly and gets the drops once a month. During visits, Antonio must wear protective clothing covering his arms, hands, legs and feet. Like other kids with the condition — who are sometimes called “butterfly children” — his skin is so fragile that even a touch can wound him.
Antonio still uses the skin gel, which was approved by the FDA in May and can also be used off-label on eyes. It doesn’t modify DNA, so it’s not a one-time treatment like many gene therapies.
Sabater, director of the Corneal Innovation Lab at the eye institute, said gene therapy eyedrops could potentially be used for other diseases by changing the gene delivered by the virus. For example, a different gene could be used to treat Fuchs’ dystrophy, which affects 18 million people in the U.S. and accounts for about half the nation’s corneal transplants.
The prospect of treating more conditions this way is “exciting,” said Dr. Aimee Payne, a dermatology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who isn’t involved in the research. The approach “delivers gene therapy that really addresses the root cause of disease.”
With his vision restored, Antonio has enjoyed a typical teen pastime he’s wanted to do for quite a while: playing video games with his friends. And he finally feels safe walking around.
Sabater said the two-year journey seeking government and hospital approvals “was worth it. Just for Antonio, it was worth it … but also because it opens the space to treat other patients in the future.” | 2023-07-24T11:52:37+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/gene-therapy-eyedrops-restore-boys-sight-similar-treatments-could-help-millions/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Company announced plans Wednesday to expand its presence in Indiana with two new manufacturing sites in Boone County.
The pharmaceutical company plans to invest $2.1 billion to develop two facilities in the state’s proposed Boone County Innovation District and create up to 500 new jobs.
Lilly says the two sites will expand its manufacturing network for active ingredients and new therapeutic modalities, such as genetic medicines, and enable the company to strengthen its portfolio of available treatments.
In addition to the 500 full-time jobs Lilly expects to create, the company estimates it will need at least 1,500 construction workers to build the new facilities.
“More than 146 years after our founding, Lilly remains committed to investing and innovating in Indiana,” David A. Ricks, Lilly’s chair and CEO, said. “These new sites will add capacity in support
of our growing pipeline of innovative medicines, while also creating more high-tech jobs for Hoosiers.”
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb says Lilly “has been an anchor in Indiana’s economy for generations” and Wednesday’s announcement means the company will continue to be here long into the future.
“I am incredibly proud Lilly continues to make exciting investments in Indiana that will better the lives and opportunities of Hoosiers for decades to come,” Holcomb said. “And in turn, the very research and pharmaceutical manufacturing spearheaded here in our state will improve lives worldwide.”
The project must receive local zoning and annexation approvals before it can move forward. Those approvals will be considered this summer, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. | 2022-05-25T20:39:33+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/business/lilly-plans-2-1b-investment-in-two-new-boone-county-manufacturing-sites/ |
Which vitamin E supplements are best?
Vitamin E is a major antioxidant vitamin that neutralizes the damaging action of free radicals on healthy cells, an effect that may play a role in preventing and managing chronic conditions like osteoarthritis and diabetes.
If you’re looking to buy a vitamin E supplement and you are unsure of the right product to choose, a supplement like Garden of Life Vitamin Code Raw Vitamin E, which is made to meet the highest quality standards, can be an excellent option.
What to know before you buy a vitamin E supplement
Function
As an antioxidant, vitamin E protects the body from free radicals that enter the body due to pollution, sunlight and smoke, or are produced during normal body processes. These free radicals can trigger oxidative stress and cellular damage in the body, which usually occurs in cancer, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Vitamin E helps to clean up these agents by making them less reactive, limiting their harmful effects. This vitamin can also boost your skin health by reducing collagen breakdown and neutralizing the effect of free radical damage on the skin.
Natural vs. synthetic
The major difference between natural and synthetic forms of vitamin E is that natural comprises a full range of tocopherols, while synthetic contains only one tocopherol. Simply put, natural vitamin E is a complete form of vitamin E. The natural form of vitamin E is also better absorbed in the body and more effective than the synthetic option. If you want to know if the vitamin E supplement you’re buying is natural or synthetic, check the supplement label. If vitamin E is shown as d-alpha-tocopherol, it’s natural, and if it’s dl-alpha-tocopherol, then it’s synthetic.
Third-party testing
To address claims of effectiveness from brands, many reputable manufacturers utilize third-party testing to validate the quality and purity of their ingredients. If you want to buy a high-quality vitamin E supplement, check for labels like GMP and USP certifications. These indicate compliance with good manufacturing practices and that the product was made in a clean and controlled facility.
What to look for in a quality vitamin E supplement
Concentrated vs. multivitamin
The type of vitamin E supplement you take depends on the amount of vitamin E you need. You can take a multivitamin that contains vitamin E as a part of the formulation, or as a concentrated supplement, which usually contains a high dose of vitamin E. It’s worth noting that if you take more vitamin E than you need, it may lead to complications.
Form
There are several forms of vitamin E supplements available, including soft gel capsules that are easy to swallow. Some soft gel options also incorporate soy lecithin into the formulation — this means the supplement isn’t made with oil and you have to take it with a snack or food containing fat for better absorption. If you have trouble swallowing pills, choose a chewable tablet vitamin E supplement. There are also vitamin E supplements that come in liquid formulation, but these products are usually applied to the skin.
Deficiency
It’s critical to know when to take a vitamin E supplement. If you’re wondering how to determine if you have a vitamin E deficiency, some of the symptoms include muscle pain and weakness, difficulty walking and visual disturbances. Always speak to your doctor before taking any supplements.
How much you can expect to spend on a vitamin E supplement
The price of a vitamin E supplement depends on the dosage form, the type of vitamin E and the bottle size. On average, you can expect to pay $9-$100 for a bottle of vitamin E supplements.
Vitamin E supplement FAQ
How can I tell if I have a vitamin E deficiency?
A. A blood test is the best way to know if you have a vitamin E deficiency. Furthermore, if you have low levels of vitamin E, some of the symptoms you may feel include muscle weakness, walking difficulties, numbness, vision deterioration and immune system problems.
Are there medications I shouldn’t take with my vitamin E supplement?
A. Vitamin E has a blood-thinning effect. If you taking a blood thinner like warfarin, clopidogrel or aspirin, you shouldn’t take a vitamin E supplement.
What’s the best vitamin E supplement to buy?
Top vitamin E supplement
Garden of Life Vitamin Code Raw Vitamin E
What you need to know: This supplement is made with 22 organically grown fruits that provide a unique blend of essential vitamins and minerals, including vitamins E, A, D and K and selenium.
What you’ll love: It combines naturally occurring mixed tocopherols with selenium and fat-soluble vitamins A, D and K, providing extensive protection to your cells against oxidative stress. The capsules are easy to swallow and can also be opened up and mixed with juice or water.
What you should consider: It’s expensive when compared to other brands.
Where to buy: Sold by iHerb
Top vitamin E supplement for the money
What you need to know: If you’re looking for a moisturizing oil for your skin, this vitamin E oil is a great choice.
What you’ll love: It can be taken orally or you can apply it to skin as a moisturizer. It’s vegetarian-friendly and made with only plant-based ingredients.
What you should consider: It isn’t concentrated vitamin E oil — it contains other ingredients including soybean oil, corn oil and wheat germ oil.
Where to buy: Sold by iHerb
Worth checking out
Deva Vegan Vitamins Natural Vitamin E
What you need to know: This natural vitamin E supplement is designed to protect your cells from the damaging effects of free radicals.
What you’ll love: This liquid formula comes in a vegan-friendly capsule, which is easily absorbed by the body. You get 90 in a pack, which is a 3-month supply.
What you should consider: Some buyers said there was an aftertaste.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission.
In a public session on Monday, WHO’s Dr. Rosamund Lewis said it was critical to emphasize that the vast majority of cases being seen in dozens of countries globally are in gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men, so that scientists can further study the issue and for populations at risk to take precautions.
“It’s very important to describe this because it appears to be an increase in a mode of transmission that may have been under-recognized in the past,” said Lewis, WHO’s technical lead on monkeypox.
Still, she warned that anyone is at potential risk of the disease, regardless of their sexual orientation. Other experts have pointed out that it may be accidental that the disease was first picked up in gay and bisexual men, saying it could quickly spill over into other groups if it is not curbed. To date, WHO said 23 countries that haven’t previously had monkeypox have reported more than 250 cases.
Lewis said it’s unknown whether monkeypox is being transmitted by sex or just the close contact between people engaging in sexual activity and described the threat to the general population as “low.”
“It is not yet known whether this virus is exploiting a new mode of transmission, but what is clear is that it continues to exploit its well-known mode of transmission, which is close, physical contact,” Lewis said. Monkeypox is known to spread when there is close physical contact with an infected person or their clothing or bedsheets.
She also warned that among the current cases, there is a higher proportion of people with fewer lesions that are more concentrated in the genital region and sometimes nearly impossible to see.
“You may have these lesions for two to four weeks (and) they may not be visible to others, but you may still be infectious,” she said.
Last week, a top adviser to WHO said the outbreak in Europe, U.S., Israel, Australia and beyond was likely linked to sex at two recent raves in Spain and Belgium. That marks a significant departure from the disease’s typical pattern of spread in central and western Africa, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents and primates, and epidemics haven’t spilled across borders.
Most monkeypox patients experience only fever, body aches, chills and fatigue. People with more serious illness may develop a rash and lesions on the face and hands that can spread to other parts of the body. No deaths have been reported in the current outbreak.
WHO’s Lewis also said that while previous cases of monkeypox in central and western Africa have been relatively contained, it was not clear if people could spread monkeypox without symptoms or if the disease might be airborne, like measles or COVID-19.
Monkeypox is related to smallpox, but has milder symptoms. After smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, countries suspended their mass immunization programs, a move that some experts believe may be helping monkeypox spread, since there is now little widespread immunity to related diseases; smallpox vaccines are also protective against monkeypox.
Lewis said it would be “unfortunate” if monkeypox were able to “exploit the immunity gap” left by smallpox 40 years ago, saying that there was still a window of opportunity to close down the outbreak so that monkeypox would not become entrenched in new regions.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-30T13:17:06+00:00 | wagmtv.com | https://www.wagmtv.com/2022/05/30/who-monkeypox-wont-turn-into-pandemic-many-unknowns/ |
Red sox first. Jarren Duran walks. Rafael Devers called out on strikes. J.D. Martinez singles to right center field. Jarren Duran scores. Xander Bogaerts pops out to Jeimer Candelario. Alex Verdugo flies out to deep center field to Riley Greene.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Red sox 1, Tigers 0.
Tigers second. Javier Baez flies out to right field to Jackie Bradley Jr.. Riley Greene walks. Jeimer Candelario singles to shallow center field. Riley Greene to third. Spencer Torkelson out on a sacrifice fly to deep right center field to Jarren Duran. Riley Greene scores. Jonathan Schoop grounds out to second base, Trevor Story to Franchy Cordero.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Tigers 1, Red sox 1.
Red sox third. Jarren Duran doubles to deep right field. Rafael Devers doubles to deep right center field. Jarren Duran scores. J.D. Martinez lines out to center field to Riley Greene. Rafael Devers to third. Xander Bogaerts grounds out to shallow infield, Javier Baez to Spencer Torkelson. Alex Verdugo grounds out to second base, Jonathan Schoop to Spencer Torkelson.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Red sox 2, Tigers 1.
Red sox fourth. Trevor Story reaches on error to center field, advances to 2nd. Fielding error by Riley Greene. Franchy Cordero singles to shallow right field. Trevor Story to third. Christian Vazquez out on a sacrifice fly to left field to Robbie Grossman. Trevor Story scores. Jackie Bradley Jr. reaches on a fielder's choice to first base. Franchy Cordero out at second. Jarren Duran singles to shallow left field. Jackie Bradley Jr. to second. Rafael Devers walks. Jarren Duran to third. J.D. Martinez grounds out to second base, Jonathan Schoop to Spencer Torkelson.
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Red sox 3, Tigers 1.
Red sox fifth. Xander Bogaerts flies out to deep right field to Victor Reyes. Alex Verdugo singles to center field. Trevor Story doubles to left field. Alex Verdugo to third. Franchy Cordero singles to center field. Trevor Story scores. Alex Verdugo scores. Christian Vazquez strikes out on a foul tip. Jackie Bradley Jr. grounds out to first base to Spencer Torkelson.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Red sox 5, Tigers 1.
Tigers seventh. Riley Greene singles to left field. Jeimer Candelario grounds out to shortstop. Riley Greene out at second. Spencer Torkelson singles to center field. Jonathan Schoop doubles to deep right center field. Spencer Torkelson scores. Eric Haase pinch-hitting for Tucker Barnhart. Eric Haase lines out to left field to Alex Verdugo.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Red sox 5, Tigers 2. | 2022-06-21T02:36:30+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Detroit-Boston-Runs-17254260.php |
A Wisconsin man was identified from DNA pulled from a partially eaten burrito and arrested in the firebombing of an anti-abortion lobbying group’s office last year, prosecutors said.
The man, Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, Wisconsin, was arrested at Logan International Airport in Boston on Tuesday, according to the office of the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin in Madison.
He was charged with one felony count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive.
“According to the complaint, Roychowdhury used an incendiary device in violation of federal law in connection with his efforts to terrorize and intimidate a private organization,” Matthew Olsen, assistant attorney general of the national security division of the Justice Department, said in a statement.
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Brendan Kelley, a federal public defender for Roychowdhury, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.
The investigation stemmed from a fire that was reported about 6 a.m. May 8, 2022, at an office building in Madison. The blaze had been started by a Molotov cocktail.
Inside were the headquarters of Wisconsin Family Action, an anti-abortion group that appeared to be the target of the attack. Police said that they found graffiti spray-painted on the building’s exterior that read, “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either.”
No one from the group was in the building at the time of the attack, and no injuries were reported from the fire, which was extinguished by Madison firefighters.
The attack took place nearly a week after the leak of a draft ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that would have overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. The leak led to protests by abortion-rights supporters around the country. In June, the court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the decision led to celebrations by anti-abortion supporters.
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Wisconsin Family Action is a nonprofit political advocacy group that promotes conservative policies in the state on several issues, including abortion. The group’s president, Julaine K. Appling, declined to comment when reached by telephone Wednesday.
As part of the investigation, officers obtained DNA samples from three individuals, which had been gathered from evidence found at the scene, but the samples did not match any profiles in a federal database.
In January, officers who were monitoring the state Capitol in Madison for protests related to a police shooting saw several people spray-painting graffiti on the grounds, according to court documents. Some of the graffiti had similarities to the graffiti at the Wisconsin Family Action office.
Further review of footage from the protests showed two people leaving the area in a white pickup truck. Investigators traced the vehicle back to Roychowdhury’s residence in Madison, court documents said, and they began to follow him.
Earlier this month, officers observed him throwing a fast-food bag into a public trash can at a parking lot in Madison. The officers retrieved the bag, which included “a quarter portion of a partially eaten burrito wrapped in waxed paper,” according to court documents.
On March 17, a forensic biologist compared the DNA evidence recovered from the scene of the fire to the DNA collected from the food.
“The forensic biologist found the two samples matched and likely were the same individual,” according to prosecutors.
The U.S. attorney’s office said that Roychowdhury had traveled from Madison this month to Portland, Maine, and that he had a one-way ticket for a flight from Boston to Guatemala City that was scheduled to depart Tuesday morning, when he was arrested.
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Roychowdhury appeared in U.S. District Court in Boston on Tuesday and he was being held in custody for his detention hearing Thursday, said a spokesperson for the office of the U.S. attorney. A date had not been set for his appearance in federal court in Madison.
If convicted, Roychowdhury faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years, prosecutors said. | 2023-03-30T18:39:58+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/30/nation/dna-burrito-leads-arrest-firebombing-case/ |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A new Florida law preventing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy will remain in effect while a legal battle plays out.
Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper last week issued a temporary injunction to block the law, finding that it violated the Florida Constitution. But the state appealed, which, under court rules, triggered an automatic stay of the injunction.
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Cooper on Tuesday denied a request from abortion clinics and a physician to vacate the stay. That effectively means the injunction remains on hold and that the 15-week restriction will remain in effect at least until the 1st District Court of Appeal — or possibly the Florida Supreme Court — rules on the state’s appeal.
Cooper pointed to a “very high burden” that the 1st District Court of Appeal has set for vacating stays while appeals are pending. He wrote that “courts are obliged to follow binding precedent even if they might wish to decide the case differently” and pointed to direction from the appeals court that automatic stays may only be vacated “under the most compelling circumstances.”
In addition, Cooper’s order listed a series of cases in recent years, including a high-profile decision in May by a circuit judge to vacate an automatic stay in a congressional redistricting lawsuit. The Tallahassee-based appeals court quickly overturned that decision, putting the stay back into effect.
“The above cases regarding the automatic stay are included in this order to demonstrate the basis for this court’s conclusion that the First District has established a high barrier, based on the ‘most compelling circumstances’ doctrine, to a trial court issuing an order vacating an automatic stay,” he wrote.
The abortion clinics and physician filed the lawsuit June 1, arguing that the 15-week limit violated a privacy clause in the Florida Constitution that has long played a key role in bolstering abortion rights in the state. Cooper agreed with that argument in issuing the temporary injunction July 5.
After the state quickly appealed, triggering the automatic stay, the plaintiffs filed an emergency motion to vacate the stay.
“Every day that HB 5 (the law) remains in effect, Florida patients in desperate need of post-15-week abortion services are being turned away and forced to attempt to seek abortions out of state, if they are able to do so; to attempt abortions outside the medical system; or to continue pregnancies against their will,” the emergency motion said.
But Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office objected to vacating the stay, in part saying in a court filing that the plaintiffs had not “shown a likelihood of success on the merits” of their arguments in the case. Also, the filing cited the Florida Supreme Court’s “preference for preserving legislative enactments pending appeal even when a trial court has found them invalid.”
The plaintiffs could ask the appeals court to vacate the stay. It is not clear how long it could take for the appeals court to rule on the temporary injunction — or whether it will.
The state has asked that the case be fast-tracked to the Florida Supreme Court, bypassing a decision by the appeals court. The plaintiffs have objected to such a move.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | 2022-07-13T17:36:40+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2022/07/13/florida-abortion-law-to-remain-in-effect-amid-court-battle/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
6-8-0, Fireball: 9
(six, eight, zero; Fireball: nine)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
6-8-0, Fireball: 9
(six, eight, zero; Fireball: nine) | 2023-01-29T05:12:47+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/winning-numbers-drawn-in-pick-three-evening-game-17749144.php |
Man walks in on bank robbery, stops suspect with hug
WOODLAND, Calif. (KCRA) - Police say a customer at a California bank convinced a would-be robber to walk away. He didn’t use a weapon or physical restraint to do it – just empathy.
Michael Armus Sr. found himself at the center of a bank robbery while making a deposit about 11 a.m. Monday at a Bank of the West location in Woodland.
“I believe it was meant for me to be here that day,” he said.
The bank is one where Armus knows all the tellers, but instead of greeting him with the usual smiles, this time, he was met with looks of concern.
“I’m always joking around, and it wasn’t no jokes yesterday,” he said.
Armus then noticed a man in the bank who had his face covered with his shirt. Police say that man, later identified as 43-year-old Eduardo Plasencia, had passed a note to one of the tellers, claiming he had a gun, and was robbing the place.
“I seen that the way he was talking, he was getting irritated. He said, ‘I don’t want to hurt anybody,’” Armus said.
But Armus said he also saw something else in Plasencia that made him approach.
“He seemed to be depressed the way he was talking, so… I said, ‘What’s wrong? You don’t have a job?’ He said, ‘There’s nothing in this town for me. I just want to go to prison,’” Armus said.
Armus says he tried to comfort Plasencia and asked if they could step outside.
“So, I took him outside, and I give the man a hug right here at the doors. He started crying,” Armus said. “Then, I stepped away from him, and swoop, here come all the cops – no sirens, just lights everywhere, rifles out, ‘Get on the ground!’”
Video from a bystander shows police clearing out the bank.
“The ladies were all worried. The one teller was saying, ‘No, no, not the one in the black shirt,’” Armus said.
Police arrested Plasencia for attempted robbery. They say he was not armed like he had claimed.
Armus says he’s thinking of visiting Plasencia in jail, adding that he recognized the man as a friend of his daughter from decades ago.
“Love overcomes all things. People don’t realize that. Try to be kind to somebody. It makes a difference,” he said.
Copyright 2023 KCRA via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-29T08:22:05+00:00 | newschannel6now.com | https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/05/29/man-walks-bank-robbery-stops-suspect-with-hug/ |
GREAT FALLS – This year’s general rifle season opener in the Augusta area was met with wet, snowy, foggy and windy conditions, leading to below-average hunter participation and harvest success.
A total of 164 hunters passed through the Augusta check station over the two-day opening weekend – 28% below the 10-year average. Although inclement weather typically leads to favorable conditions for big game hunting, the combination of cool, wet weather and low visibility had many hunters content to remain at home and wait for better conditions in the weeks ahead.
Harvest success was also low with only 28 big game animals checked, which is 36% below the 10-year average. Mule and white-tailed deer harvest were approximately 5% and 39% below recent averages. Total deer harvest includes several deer that were brought to the check station by youth hunters during the two-day youth deer season on Thursday and Friday prior to the general opening day. Elk harvest amounted to just under half of a normal opening weekend. In addition to the deer and elk, one black bear and a variety of game birds were also checked.
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FWP game wardens also reported contacting a fewer than average number of hunters, although hunter activity seemed to increase slightly on Sunday and Monday after the rain and snowy weather ended. Wardens urge hunters to respect private property access and be especially cautious of damaging roads while they are wet and muddy.
The general deer and elk seasons run through Nov. 27. The check station operated by FWP along Main Street in Augusta is the only biological check station in Region 4 and operates seven days a week from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and 10 p.m. on weekends.
Hunters are reminded they must stop at any check station they pass while hunting, whether or not they have harvested game. Biological check stations are intended primarily for biologists to gather trends and statistical information about animals and hunters. | 2022-10-25T18:45:07+00:00 | billingsgazette.com | https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/deer-elk-harvest-down-in-region-4-bad-weather-blamed-for-poor-turnout/article_6ccc8d4c-5490-11ed-bf92-97e3fefbe003.html |
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center has earned national certification for mechanical thrombectomy, a minimally invasive surgical treatment for stroke that studies show can improve outcomes for many patients.
Shady Grove Medical Center attained Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center (TSC) Certification from The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the American Heart Association/American Stoke Association. To earn the certification, Shady Grove met high standards for providing thrombectomy and caring for patients after the procedure.
Thrombectomy is used to treat ischemic stroke, in which a clot blocks an artery to the brain. A skilled endovascular neurosurgeon navigates wires and catheters from the femoral artery, which is in the thigh, through the vessels of the neck and brain to the location of the clot. With the help of a stent, the surgeon removes the clot, allowing the brain to again get the oxygen and nutrients it needs.
Shady Grove added sophisticated biplane imaging equipment and skilled neurosurgeons for thrombectomy in 2019, expanding access to the treatment for residents of Montgomery County, Maryland. Shady Grove is the only hospital outside of the Baltimore area designated as a thrombectomy-capable primary stroke center by the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Service Systems.
Mechanical thrombectomy can extend the time window to treat some strokes. Patients brought to a hospital within 4 hours, 30 minutes after their first stroke symptoms might be candidates for the clot-busting medication tPA, or tissue plasminogen activator. Shady Grove's stroke team has earned national recognition for its speed in giving tPA. However, not all stroke patients qualify for tPA, and some patients miss the window to receive it. Mechanical thrombectomy can be an option for certain patients up to 24 hours after stroke symptoms.
"Shady Grove is really excited to be able to offer thrombectomies to the people of Montgomery County," said Perry Smith, MD, Medical Director of Shady Grove's stroke program. "It's definitely a great way to treat strokes, and this certification says that we're good at doing it."
The certification adds to the national recognition for Shady Grove's stroke program. Earlier in 2022, Shady Grove received the American Stroke Association's Get with The Guidelines® Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Elite Plus Honor Roll for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center is a not-for-profit, 443-bed hospital in Rockville, Maryland, with nationally recognized heart and stroke care, surgical programs, maternity services, cancer care and mental health services. Shady Grove is the largest hospital in the Adventist HealthCare system, with a mission to extend God's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.
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Students in Minnesota schools will no longer have to worry about having money to pay for a meal.
The state passed a law that will provide free breakfast and lunch to all students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
“As a former teacher, I know that providing free breakfast and lunch for our students is one of the best investments we can make to lower costs, support Minnesota’s working families, and care for our young learners and the future of our state,” said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who signed the bill into law.
State funds will be used to supplement federal funds to provide the free meals to students, regardless of their family's income.
“By providing free breakfast and lunch to all students, we are removing stigma in the lunchroom, helping family pocketbooks, investing in the health and well-being of our children, and ensuring that no student goes hungry for any reason," said Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.
Minnesota became the fourth state in the country to pass a free school meal program. California, Colorado and Maine also have laws on the books to offer free meals to students.
New Mexico lawmakers passed a similar bill this year. The governor is expected to sign it in the coming weeks.
Children in other states can apply for free or reduced lunch through the federal program. According to the Department of Agriculture, a family of four qualifies for reduced lunch if their household income is below $51,338 a year. Families of four making less than $36,075 qualify for free lunch. | 2023-03-20T20:02:57+00:00 | ktvh.com | https://www.ktvh.com/news/national/minnesota-becomes-4th-state-to-offer-free-school-meals |
WACO, Texas — For the second time in less than a week, officials at a central Texas zoo are mourning the death of a Masai giraffe.
Zuri, a giraffe calf born on June 23, died Saturday at the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, KWTX-TV reported. The calf died three days after its mother, 10-year-old Penelope, died at the facility, according to the television station.
“The Zoo began hand-rearing Zuri and transitioned her to a milk formula along with having her connect with the other female giraffe Jenny, a reticulated giraffe,” zoo officials wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. “The veterinarian and staff had been monitoring her development, but unfortunately, she passed this morning.”
A necropsy was performed to determine the animal’s cause of death, and zoo officials said an independent review will be conducted, according to KWTX.
According to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, there are only 45,000 Masai giraffes remaining in the wild. The animal is native to central and southern Kenya and throughout Tanzania.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the global authority on the conservation status of wild animals and plants, said that Masai giraffes are an endangered species, KXXV-TV reported. The species has had its numbers reduced by poachers and habitat fragmentation, according to the television station.
“The Cameron Park Zoo staff are deeply saddened by the loss of Zuri,” zoo officials wrote on Facebook. “They appreciate the continued support of the community in this difficult time.” | 2023-07-23T00:39:44+00:00 | whio.com | https://www.whio.com/news/trending/masai-giraffe-calf-dies-texas-zoo-days-after-mothers-death/5YDLKHNGVJF65EZNMWEQ7ER4DU/ |
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Bebble Rock virtuoso Kabaka Pyramid released his sophomore album, 'The Kalling,' produced by Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley. The fifteen-track masterpiece features some of the reggae icon's most frequent collaborators like Damian Marley, Protoje, Black Am I, Jesse Royal, and new collaborators like Buju Banton and Stephen Marley. This second installment in Kabaka's album discography is a symphony of songs that make a musical statement about the evolution of his craft.
The name "Kabaka" is Ugandan for "King." The long-lasting survival of the Pyramids of ancient Africa represent his desire for longevity in music and deep connection to Kemetic roots; leaving messages for generations to come. He is known for songs like Warrior, Well Done which focused keenly on local systemic issues and Reggae Music that took on a life of its own. His debut album Kontraband was met with critical acclaim, containing hits such as Kontraband featuring Damian Marley and Kaught Up with a popular music video that debuted on BET.
His recent singles: Make Things Work and Red, Gold and Green, featuring Damian Marley, Grateful, featuring Jemere Morgan, and the title track The Kalling, featuring Stephen Marley, were the four leads for this new album.
The album features production from Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Young Pow and Kabaka Pyramid, another tradition carried over from the previous album. Providing a sufficient platform for Kabaka to update listeners about his growth since his first album. The production highlights the richness of Reggae music, from the keen perfection of percussion and bass to the sampling of iconic songs of Junior Byles in Faded Away, featuring Buju Banton; Peter Tosh in Mystic Man; or Eddie Fitzroy in EZ Ride.
"The Kalling is really about my journey in music being for a higher purpose, not just to get rich or popular, but to inspire a higher vibration in whoever listens" says Kabaka Pyramid. "While the majority seek pleasure and sense gratification, there are a few who the Most High kall [sic] upon to keep the balance inna [sic] earth. Music is what I use to answer the kall and you can feel it throughout this album."
Stream album: https://onerpm.link/thekalling-album
Following the release of "The Kalling," Kabaka will embark on U.S. tour with supporting acts Nattali Rize and Jordan T. Tickets are on sale now: www.kabakapmusic.com/tour.
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World-renowned tool manufacturer breaks new ground with construction job site teams.
SPARKS, Md., Feb. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction trade professionals are in for a hard-hitting series of engaging and informative tool demonstrations from Crescent's new IMPACT team. The newly-formed Crescent Tools job site tool specialists have been hand-selected to share their expertise with today's tool users to help them get the job done.
"Crescent Tools is proud to announce its latest job site tool specialists—the IMPACT team," said Allison Kinsey, Senior Manager, End User Conversion Sales. "The team puts us face to face with construction trade professionals on a daily basis, allowing us to share the Crescent Brand, its full line of innovative tools, and continue to gain real-world feedback on our products—helping us better meet the needs of our customers."
The IMPACT team will work to convert end-users and bring awareness to the Crescent brand and its full line-up of professional tools from in-store and customer demonstrations. These demonstrations will certainly reinforce Crescent Tools as today's industry leader.
Crescent Tools' powerful lineup of products in action features trade favorites such as the NailSlicer Framing Saw Blade, Shockforce G2 Measuring Tape, and Drop Point Pocket Knife. The team of 25 is expected to spread a wealth of tips, tricks, and more across 4 states in the southeastern United States, with plans for further team expansion in the future—visit www.crescenttool.com to learn more.
About Crescent®
Crescent is a premier brand from Apex Tool Group, one of the largest hand tool manufacturers in the world. The product line includes Crescent® adjustable wrenches, mechanics hand tools, and power tool accessories, Crescent Wiss® snips, scissors, shears, knives and trade tools, Crescent Lufkin® measuring tapes, rules, wheels and chalk reels, Crescent Nicholson® files and saws, Crescent H.K. Porter® heavy-duty cutting products, and Crescent JOBOX® on-site, flammable liquid and truck storage products. Visit www.crescenttool.com.
About Apex Tool Group
Apex Tool Group, LLC is one of the largest worldwide producers of hand and power tools, tool storage, drill chucks, chain, and electronic soldering products. Apex serves a multitude of global markets, including automotive, aerospace, electronics, energy, hardware, industrial, and consumer retail. For more information, visit www.apextoolgroup.com.
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Diamond Drill Program
VANCOUVER, BC, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Defense Metals Corp. ("Defense Metals" or the "Company") (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE: 35D) is pleased to announce the commencement of diamond drilling at its Wicheeda Rare Earth Element (REE) deposit. The Company plans to complete up to 5,000 metres of diamond drilling designed to further delineate existing resources, assess near deposit exploration targets, collect geotechnical and hydrogeological drilling for the purpose of optimization of open pit slope design, and generate additional REE mineralized material for continued metallurgical testwork.
The 2022 Wicheeda REE diamond drill campaign is expected to include up to 1,500 metres of pit geotechnical and hydrogeological drilling, 1,500 metres of further resource delineation and near resource exploration drilling, and up to 2,000 metres of 8.5 cm diameter PQ core for continued metallurgical testing (Figure 1).
The 2022 drill program has commenced from existing drill pads prepared during 2021 in the northern area of the Wicheeda REE Deposit that returned some of the highest grade x width intercepts of the 2021 drilling (Figure 2). Drill holes WI21-33 and WI21-40 yielded 3.79% TREO over 150 metres; including 4.77% TREO over 60 metres1 that extends 80 metres beyond the current mineral resource and 40 metres beyond the constraining pit shell. This higher-grade interval includes 12 metres averaging 8.06% TREO1 from 84 to 96 metres downhole, which contained the highest single (3 metre) combined neodymium-praseodymium (Nd-Pr) oxide assay value to date on the Wicheeda Project of 1.41% Nd-Pr Oxide at 10% TREO2.
North area drilling will be followed by near resource exploration drilling immediately west of the Wicheeda Deposit targeting combined REE in soil geochemical and radiometric anomalies in the vicinity of historical 2009 exploration holes that revealed visual indication of potential REE mineralization when recently reviewed by the Defense Metals technical team.
As previously announced the Company has retained SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. ("SRK") to assist with planning and executing geotechnical drilling investigations (see the Defense Metals News Release dated May 24, 2022). Senior SRK engineering personnel are expected to conduct a two-day field site visit to Wicheeda to conduct bedrock and structural mapping, view drill core, and establish geotechnical data collection protocols, testing, and instrumentation installation procedures.
Luisa Moreno, President, and Director of Defense Metals commented: "Defense Meal is excited to once again get back to drilling at Wicheeda. Given the success of last years 5,349 metre diamond drill program, we look forward to continuing to define the Wicheeda Deposit, in particular the high grade north area, testing near resource exploration targets, and commencing our pre-feasibility level geotechnical studies. As announced last week, metallurgical optimizations continue at pace at the SGS Lakefield site, and we look forward to releasing results of that testwork as information becomes available."
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The 100% owned 2,008-hectare Wicheeda REE Property, located approximately 80 km northeast of the city of Prince George, British Columbia, is readily accessible by all-weather gravel roads and is near infrastructure, including power transmission lines, the CN railway, and major highways.
The Wicheeda REE Project yielded a robust 2021 PEA that demonstrated an after-tax net present value (NPV@8%) of $517 million, and 18% IRR3. A unique advantage of the Wicheeda REE Project is the production of a saleable high-grade flotation-concentrate. The PEA contemplates a 1.8 Mtpa (million tonnes per year) mill throughput open pit mining operation with 1.75:1 (waste:mill feed) strip ratio over a 19 year mine (project) life producing and average of 25,423 tonnes REO annually. A Phase 1 initial pit strip ratio of 0.63:1 (waste:mill feed) would yield rapid access to higher grade surface mineralization in year 1 and payback of $440 million initial capital within 5 years.
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The scientific and technical information contained in this news release as it relates to the Wicheeda REE Project has been reviewed and approved by Kristopher J. Raffle, P.Geo. (BC) Principal and Consultant of APEX Geoscience Ltd. of Edmonton, AB, a director of Defense Metals and a "Qualified Person" as defined in NI 43-101. Mr. Raffle verified the data disclosed which includes a review of the sampling, analytical and test data underlying the information and opinions contained therein.
Defense Metals Corp. is a mineral exploration and development company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral deposits containing metals and elements commonly used in the electric power market, defense industry, national security sector and in the production of green energy technologies, such as, rare earths magnets used in wind turbines and in permanent magnet motors for electric vehicles. Defense Metals owns 100% of the Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Property located near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Defense Metals Corp. trades in Canada under the symbol "DEFN" on the TSX Venture Exchange, in the United States, under "DFMTF" on the OTCQB and in Germany on the Frankfurt Exchange under "35D".
For further information, please contact:
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Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
This news release contains "forward‐looking information or statements" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, which may include, without limitation, statements relating to advancing the Wicheeda REE Project, drill results including anticipated timeline of such results/assays, the Company's plans for its Wicheeda REE Project, expanded resource and scale of expanded resource, expected results and outcomes, completion of metallurgical optimizations and the results of that testwork, the technical, financial and business prospects of the Company, its project and other matters. All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future, including the price of rare earth elements, the anticipated costs and expenditures, the ability to achieve its goals, that general business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse manner, that financing will be available if and when needed and on reasonable terms. Such forward-looking information reflects the Company's views with respect to future events and is subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and uncertainties relating to the interpretation of exploration results, risks related to the inherent uncertainty of exploration and cost estimates, the potential for unexpected costs and expenses and those other risks filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. While such estimates and assumptions are considered reasonable by the management of the Company, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and regulatory uncertainties and risks. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions, adverse weather and climate conditions, failure to maintain or obtain all necessary government permits, approvals and authorizations, failure to maintain community acceptance (including First Nations), risks relating to unanticipated operational difficulties (including failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations, cost escalation, unavailability of personnel, materials and equipment, government action or delays in the receipt of government approvals, industrial disturbances or other job action, and unanticipated events related to health, safety and environmental matters), risks relating to inaccurate geological and engineering assumptions, decrease in the price of rare earth elements, the impact of Covid-19 or other viruses and diseases on the Company's ability to operate, an inability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19 on the business of the Company, including but not limited to, the effects of COVID-19 on the price of commodities, capital market conditions, restriction on labour and international travel and supply chains, loss of key employees, consultants, or directors, increase in costs, delayed drilling results, litigation, and failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations. The Company does not undertake to update forward‐looking statements or forward‐looking information, except as required by law.
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BANGOR, Maine — A Mattawamkeag man faces more than four years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine to locations between Bangor and Houlton.
Bruce McAlpine, 33, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor on Friday "for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance," according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine.
McAlpine reportedly faces 58 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Between May and July 2018, court records said McAlpine agreed to use his home as storage to assist methamphetamine distribution efforts while a coconspirator was "obtaining large quantities of methamphetamine from Florida and distributing to locations between Bangor and Houlton," according to the release.
More than 1,000 grams of methamphetamine and several firearms were reportedly obtained from McAlpine's residence after a search was conducted by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in July 2018.
"The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency investigated the case," the release said.
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(NEXSTAR) – They sure don’t bake ‘em like they used to.
Dunkin’ Donuts has introduced — and discontinued — a wide variety of doughnuts since its first shop opened in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1950. But some customers might be old enough to remember one particularly innovative doughnut that has since gone the way of the dodo: the signature “Dunkin’ Donut,” which included an edible handle.
The original idea for the “Dunkin’ Donut” came about back in the 1950s, according to “Time to Make the Donuts,” a book co-written by Dunkin’ founder Bill Rosenberg. As the story goes, Rosenberg approached his top “donut man” Johnny Spartos with the idea, telling him that a doughnut with a handle would be easier for patrons to dunk in coffee.
“He said, ‘Oh no, no, no Bill. You can’t do that,’” recounted Rosenberg, who claimed that Spartos was worried the doughnuts wouldn’t cook correctly if they weren’t ring-shaped.
“I persisted, of course,” Rosenberg remembered. Sure enough, Spartos relented, and the “Dunkin’ Donut” was added to the menu.
Despite being only arguably better for dunking than a ring-shaped doughnut — and likely not as functional for dunking as a stick-shaped doughnut — the handle-inclusive Dunkin’ Donut remained on the menu in at last some locations through 2003, when it was discontinued nationwide, a representative for Dunkin’ told Nexstar.
“It was unique and fun. It stood out in the back case,” said Ken Kimmel, an executive for Dunkin’s then-parent company in a statement obtained by the Houston Chronicle in 2003. “But over time, with all the different varieties of doughnuts we’ve introduced, it wasn’t as popular as it had been.”
Brand Eating further reported that Dunkin’ phased out its Dunkin’ Donut because they needed to be cut by hand with a special tool, and couldn’t easily be replicated by an automated machine.
Whatever the case, Dunkin’ nixed the Dunkin’ Donut in 2003 and introduced the Old Fashioned Dunkin’ doughnut — which, as Kimmel told the Houston Chronicle, was nearly the same thing without the handle.
Still, Dunkin’ fans have been sharing fond memories of the discontinued doughnut on Twitter as recently as this week, with one calling it a “real treat.” Emily Post, on the other hand, would probably have been happy to see the demise of the Dunkin’ Donut, as she once went on-record with how much she despised the practice of dunking.
“Dipping a great round object into a coffee or teacup and then biting into this sopping object is about as bad an example of table behavior as could be found,” Post wrote in a 1941 newspaper column. “But I can say to those who evidently think a doughnut sopped in coffee tastes better than a dry doughnut, that you could drop a mouthful at a time into the coffee and then lift it to your mouth with the spoon.” | 2022-07-23T14:10:14+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/the-original-dunkin-donut-used-to-have-a-handle-for-dunking/ |
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s far-right government on Monday approved plans to build thousands of new homes in the occupied West Bank — a move that threatened to worsen increasingly strained relations with the United States.
The decision defied growing U.S. criticism of Israel’s settlement policies in occupied lands. It also raised tensions with the Palestinians at a time of rising violence in the occupied territory.
Multiple Israeli media outlets said the Defense Ministry planning committee that oversees settlement construction approved over 5,000 new settlement homes. The units are at various stages of planning, and it was not immediately clear when construction would begin. The ministry did not immediately comment.
The international community, along with the Palestinians, considers settlement construction illegal or illegitimate and obstacles to peace. Over 700,000 Israelis now live in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem – territories captured by Israel in 1967 and sought by the Palestinians for a future state.
Israel’s government, which took office in late December, is dominated by religious and ultranationalist politicians with close ties to the settlement movement.
The Biden Administration has been increasingly outspoken in its criticism of Israel’s settlement policies and has repeatedly called on Israel to halt the building. Despite the criticism, the U.S. has taken little action against its close ally. | 2023-06-27T12:06:34+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/israel-oks-plans-for-thousands-of-new-settlement-homes-move-defies-white-house-calls-for-restraint/ |
A summer tradition returned to northwest Grand Rapids Tuesday and Wednesday.
It’s the two days each year when Mark Augustyn’s home on 2212 Meadowdale Ave., appears like something from the set of Field of Dreams. Or is it The Sandlot? Maybe The Natural?
How about all three?
Augustyn and his family built a wiffleball field in their backyard and put down bases, raised a scoreboard and built an outfield wall with sponsors splashed across it.
And kids across Grand Rapids continue to come summer after summer, ready to crush home runs over that outfield wall that would make Roy Hobbs proud.
“My wife and l love kids. We love to see them having fun and playing,” Augustyn said. “Some of them are like our own kids. We leave the bats and balls out all year round and they play here every day.”
The tournament also serves as a fundraiser. The Augustyns adopted their youngest child, Grady, 15, from a Haitian orphanage, and in past years, tournament participants were asked to donate their used baseball equipment, which would then be shipped to Haiti. The COVID-19 pandemic has made that a challenge, so the Augustyns have instead donated funds that were raised through area sponsors.
MLive.com stopped by Wednesday to check out the action and take some photographs. Learn more about this year’s tournament ‘By the Numbers’ style below, and be sure to scroll through the above photo gallery.
0. That’s how much it cost players to participate.
2. The Augustyns have a pair of pet goats – Babe and Ruth - who live in a pen located beyond the leftfield wall. Any player who homered into the goat pen received a Baby Ruth candy bar.
7. This year’s tournament was the seventh annual event.
40 teams participated in the two-day tournament, which featured a division for third-through-sixth graders and a second class for seventh-through-12th graders.
71 games were played over the two days.
200 players participated in the tournament.
600 pounds of ice was used for the snow cones.
1,000 hot dogs were ready be served up for players and spectators. July 20 is National Hot Dog Day, and the Augustyns were ready.
$20,000 was raised for the tournament’s partners in Haiti through a series of sponsorships.
“We couldn’t do it without our neighbors, sponsors and volunteers. They allow for all of this,” Augustyn said. | 2022-07-21T00:33:50+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/sports/2022/07/backyard-wiffleball-returns-with-200-players-1000-hotdogs-snow-cones-galore.html |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kurt Busch, still trying to work his way through the concussion he suffered three months ago and advised by doctors to get out of a race car, will not compete full-time in 2023.
The 44-year-old NASCAR champion made his announcement Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his home track and where he launched his career on the bullring as a child. He choked up when he said doctors told him “it is best for me to ‘shut it down.’”
“I know I am not 100% in my ability to go out and race at the top level in the NASCAR Cup Series,” Busch said. “These are the best of the best drivers, and lately, I haven’t felt my best. My long-term health is priority number one and I don’t feel committing at this point to compete for a championship next year is in my best interest or the best interest of the team.”
Tyler Reddick will replace Busch in the No. 45 Toyota at 23XI Racing next season. Reddick was signed to the team for 2024 but is no longer needed to complete his contract at Richard Childress Racing because RCR signed Kyle Busch, Kurt’s younger brother and a two-time Cup champion, for next season.
“I will get back to 100%, I promise,” Busch said. “If I’m cleared, maybe you’ll see me at a few select races” next season.
Reddick said the circumstances surrounding his early release from RCR aren’t ideal but is pleased to get started with his new team. Reddick will be teammates with Bubba Wallace.
“Racing is a huge challenge, being competitive is a challenge,” Reddick said. “I would have accepted it and taken any challenge that comes my way. But for me, I’m really glad to start the journey with (23XI) one year early and we can get to work.”
Busch was injured in a routine crash in July that exposed a design flaw in NASCAR’s new Next Gen car. He’s so far missed 13 consecutive races. Alex Bowman, who was also injured last month, has missed two straight with a concussion and said this week he’ll be out at least three more races.
Busch is the last active driver who competed in a Cup race against the late Dale Earnhardt, and the last driver who was part of the inaugural 10-driver Chase for the Cup in 2004, the year he upset the Hendrick Motorsports juggernaut and won his only title.
Busch’s retirement leaves Kevin Harvick as the last active driver who raced when NASCAR’s top series was called the Winston Cup Series.
23XI praised Busch’s contributions to the second-year team.
“We knew he was going to elevate our organization in many ways,” the team said. “From earning 23XI our first playoff berth with his commanding win at Kansas Speedway to numerous hours spent off the track helping to grow our program, Kurt has made us better.
“This season took an unexpected turn with his injury. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, Kurt has not stopped being a true professional and a trusted teammate. We fully support Kurt’s decision to focus on his health and are grateful for his guidance as our team builds a strong foundation for the future.”
He’s in his second season with 23XI Racing and team co-owner Denny Hamlin said the organization and Toyota want Busch to remain part of the team. He’s under contract through next season to 23XI.
“Unfortunate circumstances led Kurt to a difficult decision, but we know that he will continue to contribute to the entire program at Toyota, TRD and 23XI Racing,” said David Wilson, president of Toyota Racing Development. “He brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and firsthand championship experience to his team and fellow Toyota competitors. We’re here to support Kurt in this next chapter of his career and look forward to continuing to work alongside him.”
Busch made his Cup debut in 2000 with Roush Racing in a Ford, then ran the full season as a rookie in 2001. He was fired after five tumultuous seasons with Roush — a stint that included his 2004 title — and moved to Team Penske to drive a Dodge in 2006.
His Penske relationship also ended poorly after the 2011 season and Busch moved to Phoenix Racing to drive a Chevrolet for James Finch for one season, then went to Furniture Row Racing in 2013 where he revitalized his career — and began to show maturity on and off the track with his notorious temper.
Busch moved to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014 and was suspended by NASCAR for the first three races of 2015 for domestic violence allegations made by an ex-girlfriend. He later landed with Chip Ganassi Racing and finally 23XI to drive a Toyota in 2021.
He is one of the rare drivers to compete for and win for all of NASCAR’s manufacturers. Busch and his brother join Bobby and Terry Labonte as the only siblings to win Cup titles.
“For spending 23 years in this sport and he’s had a phenomenal career, and to not be able to come back full time is obviously doctors’ orders, hoping he can still make peace with it all and be happy with whatever he’s going to do going forward,” Kyle Busch said. “He’s healthy, he’ll be able to be normal, as normal as the Busches are, for the rest of his life and that’s good.”
Kurt Busch won 34 races in 776 starts over 23 years, including the Daytona 500 in 2017 with SHR and sponsor Monster, which has remained with him to this day. He said he’ll remain a Monster ambassador and has approached Fox Sports about doing television work moving forward.
“For more than two decades, we have been privileged to watch Kurt Busch compete. He has proven himself a champion on the racetrack, but perhaps just as importantly, he has grown to become a true ambassador for the sport,” NASCAR President Steve Phelps said. “Kurt’s drive to improve the future of motorsports has set him apart. We are thrilled that he’ll remain in our sport as a leader and trusted resource. Kurt’s unparalleled passion for racing gives us hope that we will see him in a race car again.”
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More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-10-16T12:27:54+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/ap-concussed-nascar-champion-kurt-busch-to-step-away-from-sport/ |
2 charged after missing person case turns into homicide investigation, deputies say
2 charged after missing person case turns into homicide investigation, deputies say
BUT FIRST, WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF HENDERSON COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE AFTER A REPORT OF A MISSING PERSON. THEY SAID SHANE WATERS AND CECILIA GOODMAN, PICTURED HERE, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES, THE VICTIM WAS REPORTED MISSING ON TUESDAY. THAT VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME, BUT WATERS IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE HOMICIDE. AND GOODMAN IS CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. WE WILL KEEP Y
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2 charged after missing person case turns into homicide investigation, deputies say
Two people have been charged in the death of a person who was first considered a missing person, according to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office. Authorities say they started an investigation into a missing person on Nov. 29. They said the investigation led to two people being charged. Investigators say Shane Archie Waters, of Saluda, is charged with second-degree homicide, and Cecelia Ann Goodman, of Saluda, is charged with accessory after the fact. Authorities have not released the name of the victim in this case or the circumstances surrounding their death. Waters is being held in the Henderson County Detention Facility under no bond, and Goodman is being held in the Henderson County Detention Facility under a $107,750 secured bond.
HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. —
Two people have been charged in the death of a person who was first considered a missing person, according to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities say they started an investigation into a missing person on Nov. 29.
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They said the investigation led to two people being charged.
Investigators say Shane Archie Waters, of Saluda, is charged with second-degree homicide, and Cecelia Ann Goodman, of Saluda, is charged with accessory after the fact.
Authorities have not released the name of the victim in this case or the circumstances surrounding their death.
Waters is being held in the Henderson County Detention Facility under no bond, and Goodman is being held in the Henderson County Detention Facility under a $107,750 secured bond. | 2022-12-02T17:58:05+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/north-carolina-2-charged-homicide-investigation/42133257 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy for 2023, citing a long list of threats that include Russia’s war against Ukraine, chronic inflation pressures, punishing interest rates and the lingering consequences of the global pandemic.
The 190-country lending agency forecast Tuesday that the global economy would eke out growth of just 2.7% next year, down from the 2.9% it had estimated in July. The IMF left unchanged its forecast for international growth this year — a modest 3.2%, a sharp deceleration from last year’s 6% expansion.
“The worst is yet to come,” said IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas. Three major economies — the United States, China and Europe — are stalling. Countries accounting for a third of global economic output will contract next year, suggesting that 2023 “will feel like a recession” to many people around the world, he said Tuesday.
In its latest estimates, the IMF slashed its outlook for growth in the United States to 1.6% this year, down from a July forecast of 2.3%. It expects meager 1% U.S. growth next year.
The fund foresees China’s economy growing just 3.2% this year, down drastically from 8.1% last year. Beijing has instituted draconian zero-COVID policy and has cracked down on excessive real estate lending, disrupting business activity. China’s growth is forecast to accelerate to 4.4% next year, still tepid by Chinese standards.
In the IMF’s view, the collective economy of the 19 European countries that share the euro currency, reeling from crushingly high energy prices caused by Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Western sanctions against Moscow, will grow just 0.5% in 2023.
The world economy has endured a wild ride since COVID-19 hit in early 2020. First, the pandemic and the lockdowns it generated brought the world economy to a standstill in the spring of 2020. Then, vast infusions of government spending and ultra-low borrowing rates engineered by the Federal Reserve and other central banks fueled an unexpectedly strong and speedy recovery from the pandemic recession.
But the stimulus came at a high cost. Factories, ports and freight yards were overwhelmed by powerful consumer demand for manufactured goods, especially in the United States, resulting in delays, shortages and higher prices. (The IMF expects worldwide consumer prices to rise 8.8% this year, up from 4.7% in 2021.)
In response, the Fed and other central banks have reversed course and begun raising rates dramatically, risking a sharp slowdown and potentially a recession. The Fed has raised its benchmark short-term rate five times this year. Higher rates in the United States have lured investment away from other countries and strengthened the value of the dollar against other currencies.
Outside the United States, the higher dollar makes imports that are sold in the American currency, including oil, more expensive and therefore heightens global inflationary pressures. It also forces foreign countries to raise their own rates — and burden their economies with higher borrowing costs — to defend their currencies.
Maurice Obstfeld, a former IMF chief economist who now teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, has warned that an overly aggressive Fed could “drive the world economy into an unnecessarily harsh contraction.’’ | 2022-10-12T00:49:03+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/ap-imf-dims-outlook-for-2023-global-economy-amid-ukraine-war/ |
WASHINGTON — The IRS said on Monday that Black taxpayers have been far more likely to be audited than others and that it is considering changes to its case selection process to address discrimination in how the tax code is enforced.
The acknowledgment came after the publication of research this year showing that Black taxpayers were disproportionately audited, prompting calls from members of Congress for a review into the methodology and algorithms that help determine who is selected. The tax collection agency, which received an $80 billion infusion in funding last year as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, has said it would work to make the system more equitable.
“While there is a need for further research, our initial findings support the conclusion that Black taxpayers may be audited at higher rates than would be expected given their share of the population,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel wrote in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the chair of the Senate Finance Committee.
Werfel said the IRS had dedicated “significant resources” to determine the reasons for the disparity and evaluate the data that is available to the agency when deciding who to audit and its automated processes. He suggested that the IRS could consider basing audits on “broader tax issues” rather than focusing on people who might be improperly claiming earned-income tax credits.
The research found that Black taxpayers were three to five times more likely than taxpayers who are not Black to be audited. It noted that the IRS disproportionately flagged tax returns with potential errors in the claiming of certain credits, such as the earned-income tax credit, which supplements low-income workers’ incomes in an effort to alleviate poverty.
The IRS does not collect information about race as part of the tax-filing process, and Werfel did not say whether he believed that should change.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said last month that the IRS should collect racial data in a way that allows the agency to guard against racial bias.
Wyden said on Monday that it was “shameful” that racial bias in algorithms used by the IRS had been guiding the audit selection process. He urged Werfel to correct that with the next filing system.
“You cannot have equality in society if algorithms and other automated systems that affect people’s lives treat them differently based on the color of their skin,” Wyden said.
Werfel said he intended to use some of the $80 billion that has been dedicated to modernizing the IRS for improving outreach to underserved communities and helping those taxpayers claim credits that are available to them. He added that the agency would also be working to reduce disparities in tax enforcement on the basis of gender, geography and ethnicity.
“The IRS is committed to enforcing tax laws in a manner that is fair and impartial,” Werfel said. “When evidence of unfair treatment is presented, we must take immediate actions to address it.” | 2023-05-15T21:01:41+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/irs-acknowledges-black-americans-face-more-audit-scrutiny/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
While Prince Harry will be in attendance at King Charles III's historic coronation, it's unlikely he'll be playing much of a role in his father's big day.
ET recently spoke with royal expert Eloise Parker, who shared some insights on what will likely go down between Harry and Charles during the grand ceremony on May 6.
"I fully expect Prince Harry to be very much on the sidelines during this ceremony," Parker shared. "This ceremony is all about King Charles III and the Queen Consort, so I would expect even the Duke and Duchess of Wales, William and Kate, will also be at the sidelines for this [event]."
It was recently revealed that Harry will be attending the coronation alone -- while his wife, Meghan Markle, and their two children -- Prince Archie, 3, and Princess Lilibet, 1 -- will remain at home in California.
"[There was] some surprise that Harry is going alone, [but] not so much when you realize that it's his son Archie's birthday the very same day," Parker explained. "So Meghan is in fact going to be staying home in California to celebrate that birthday, which is perhaps quite convenient given the tensions between the two families right now."
While Harry will be there solo -- and likely will be mostly out of the spotlight -- Parker said it is "impossible to believe there's not gonna be some amount of tension, given just how intimate Harry's revelations were for the entire family in his book, Spare."
"I think this is the first time they're gonna be in person since the launch of that book," Parker added.
However, for Harry, the amount of fanfare and celebration being paid to his father at the coronation will likely allow him a bit of relief from the pressure of attention.
"There's going to be thousands of people around, all needing attention, Charles is gonna be very much at the center of that, so hopefully for Harry that's gonna take the emphasis off him," Parker shared. "I think most people are hoping that the father-son relationship will heal over time unfortunately, I just don't think the coronation is gonna be the event for that to happen."
"There's just gonna be too many people, too much pressure, and far too much going on," she said, adding that any eventual reconciliation is almost certainly going to come after the highly public royal event.
King Charles III's historic, star-studded coronation ceremony is set to commence May 6. Check out the video below for more on the grand event.
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Quest to acquire Northern Light Health's outreach laboratory business and professionally manage nine of its hospital laboratories
SECAUCUS, N.J. and BREWER, Maine, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, and Northern Light Health, a large integrated healthcare system in Maine, today announced a strategic laboratory collaboration designed to broaden access to innovative, quality and cost-effective laboratory services powering affordable care for communities in Maine.
Under a definitive agreement, Quest will acquire select assets of Northern Light Health's outreach laboratory services business, named Northern Light Laboratory, in an all-cash transaction. Quest will also provide professional laboratory management services for nine of Northern Light Health's hospital laboratories, along with its cancer center laboratory at Northern Light Cancer Care in Brewer, Maine.
Northern Light Health selected Quest Diagnostics following a competitive bid. The parties expect to complete the transaction in the first quarter of 2023. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Assuming the transaction's completion, the collaboration will enable physicians and patients throughout Maine to benefit from access to Quest's industry-leading and highly innovative test menu, network of patient access sites throughout the state, broad health plan coverage, and lower out-of-pocket costs for many services. Quest's state-of-the-art laboratory in Marlborough, Mass. will provide non-urgent advanced and routine clinical testing for physicians and patients now serviced by Northern Light Laboratory. A Quest rapid response lab in the Bangor, Maine area and select Northern Light Health hospital labs will perform tests requiring rapid results.
"Diagnostic testing is a highly specialized and rapidly evolving area of medicine. By collaborating with Quest Diagnostics, the industry leader, Northern Light Health positions itself to deliver the highest level of diagnostic innovation, service and affordability while energizing our core focus on patient care," said Timothy J. Dentry, president and CEO of Northern Light Health.
"Diagnostic insights are the bedrock of quality, high-value healthcare. Through our clinical expertise, technological innovation and national scale, Quest enables top health systems like Northern Light Health to optimize their laboratory services for clinical value and patient affordability," said James E. Davis, CEO and President of Quest Diagnostics. "Our collaboration with Northern Light Health reflects our goal to broaden access to these critical diagnostic insights, so more people and families in Maine can lead healthier lives."
Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our nearly 50,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. www.QuestDiagnostics.com.
At Northern Light Health, we're building a better approach to healthcare because we believe people deserve access to care that works for them. As an integrated health delivery system serving Maine, we're raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. Our team members—in our hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, long-term and home healthcare, and ground and air medical transport and emergency care—are committed to making healthcare work for you: our patients, communities, and employees. To learn more about Northern Light Health and our locations across Maine, visit www.northernlighthealth.org.
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NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT), the Answers Company, today announced that its first quarter fiscal year 2023 results will be released on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, after the close of the market. The company will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. (ET) / 1:30 p.m. (PT) to discuss its financial results with the investment community.
A live webcast of the event will be available on the Yext Investor Relations website at http://investors.yext.com. A live dial-in is available domestically at (877) 883-0383 and internationally at (412) 902-6506, passcode 3151785.
A replay will be available domestically at (877) 344-7529 or internationally at (412) 317-0088, passcode 1685973, until midnight (ET) June 15, 2022.
About Yext
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the Answers Company and is on a mission to empower every company in the world to provide authoritative answers to every question about their organization. Yext leverages AI to collect and organize a company's information and deliver it — in the form of answers — to customers, employees, and partners. Yext's Answers Platform works by pulling in information, organizing it into a Knowledge Graph and then delivering it via a set of platform services, including Listings, Search, Pages & Reviews. Brands like Verizon, Subway, and Marriott — as well as organizations like the U.S. State Department — trust Yext to radically improve their business and deliver perfect answers everywhere.
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Nov. 20, 1922: The Colorado river treaty of seven states — the “Treaty of Bishop’s Lodge,” as it may be called — will probably be finished by tonight and signed tomorrow.
This is the prediction of close observers who are enjoying the air and food at Bishop’s Lodge and watchfully waiting for the announcement of the big impending event.
Nov. 20, 1947: LONDON, Nov. 20 — Princess Elizabeth and her prince were married today in Westminster Abbey, rode back to Buckingham palace through streets jammed with more than a million cheering Britons and departed tonight for their honeymoon in southern England.
Before only 3,000 kings, queens and commoners but with the world listening in, the heiress to the throne moved regally down the nave of the ancient cathedral on the arm of King George VI and became the bride of Lt. Philip Mountbatten, newly knighted and proclaimed Duke of Edinburgh in a ceremony completed by the Archbishop of Canterbury at 11:45 a.m.
Nov. 20, 1972: WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Supreme Court today directed a lower court to determine whether New Mexico environmentalists challenging a $3.8 million segment of Elk Mountain Road in the Santa Fe National Forest have a live issue to litigate.
The court accepted review of the case last May 22 and was prepared to hear arguments during the current term. Meantime the government’s council on environmental quality issued guide lines to all federal agencies.
Nov. 20, 1997: Newly confirmed Bureau of Indian Affairs head Kevin Gover urged Indian leaders Wednesday to battle alcoholism on Indian lands. His message was made more personal because he is a recovering alcoholic.
“What I’m going to ask you to do is join me in a crusade to end alcohol and drug abuse,” Gover told an overflowing audience at the 54th annual National Congress of American Indians, held this year at Sweeney Convention Center. | 2022-11-20T07:28:23+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/past_100_years/the-past-100-years-nov-20-2022/article_0268f6de-66bf-11ed-81dd-eff92f814605.html |
Traffic stop in Paris leads to drug possession charge
Published: Apr. 14, 2023 at 1:45 PM CDT|Updated: 21 minutes ago
PARIS, Texas (KXII) - A man was charged with possession of marijuana after a traffic stop in Paris.
Paris Police said Ladarrius Gordon was pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt, and officers smelled marijuana.
Police said Gordon admitted to having a large quantity of marijuana as well as paraphernalia indicating intent to sell the product.
Gordon was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana over 4 ounces but under 5 pounds.
Police said the drugs and paraphernalia as well as a substantial amount of cash, and the vehicle were also taken into evidence.
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A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card sold for $12.6 million at auction on Sunday, marking the most expensive sports card ever sold.
The card, which was recently graded in mint condition, sold for $6 million more than a Honus Wagner card last year. It is also considered the most expensive sports collectible ever sold, beating out a jersey worn by Diego Maradona that sold for $9.3 million.
"An eight-figure auction result in the sports market was the stuff of fantasy just a decade ago," says Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage. "We always knew this card would shatter records and expectations. But that doesn't make it any less of a thrill to be part of an auction during which a single item breaks the eight-figure threshold for the first time.”
The card was owned by Anthony Giordano who purchased it for $50,000 in 1991. The card was previously purchased in the 80s by Alan Rosen as he found the card among thousands of 1952 Topps cards he bought.
While there are other Mantle rookie cards out there, this one remains in a nearly pristine condition almost seven decades later.
"It bears the finest qualities any 1952 Topps can possess: perfect centering, registration and four sharp corners," Ivy said. "That this Mantle rookie card remained in this condition for 70 years is a true miracle." | 2022-09-09T06:37:29+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/news/national/baseball-card-sets-record-sold-at-auction-for-over-12-million |
PINE BLUFF, Ark., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Wade, EVP and assistant general legal counsel for Simmons Bank was nationally recognized by the American Bankers Association Foundation for his work on the SAFER AR ACT with a 2022 ABA Foundation Community Commitment Award. The award was given to Wade for his efforts in the Protecting Older Americans category and will be presented during ABA's Annual Convention on Oct. 4 in Austin, Texas.
Wade played a lead role on the task force of lawmakers and banking professionals to collaborate, research and draft HB 1391 which was signed into law by Governor Asa Hutchinson and became law on July 1, 2021. The SAFER AR Act puts a spotlight on financial exploitation and helping the elderly and people with disabilities in Arkansas.
Entries were submitted in seven categories including affordable housing, community and economic development, financial education, economic inclusion, protecting older Americans, supporting military families and volunteerism. Award winners were chosen by a field of nationally-recognized experts.
The selection committee chose the winning banks based on the creativity and thoughtfulness of programs — traditional or innovative in nature and structure — that embody the ideals of corporate social responsibility and demonstrate success in measurable terms.
"We received many strong entries this year but Simmons Bank and its work with the SAFER ACT put them out among the pack," said Lindsay Torrico, executive director, ABA Foundation. "It's wonderful to see an organization identify a need within its community and immediately get to work. We applaud Simmons Bank for its unwavering commitment to community and hope others throughout the industry will be inspired to give back and drive community change."
"Simmons Bank and our employees are always working to find new and innovative ways to make a difference in our community," said Steve Wade, EVP and assistant general legal counsel for Simmons Bank. "We are honored and grateful to accept this award for our efforts."
To learn more about the ABA Foundation Community Commitment Awards, visit aba.com/awards.
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About Simmons Bank
Simmons Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ: SFNC), a Mid-South based financial holding company that has paid cash dividends for 113 consecutive years. Simmons Bank operates more than 230 branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Founded in 1903, Simmons Bank offers comprehensive financial solutions delivered with a client-centric approach. Simmons Bank was named to Forbes list of "America's Best Banks" for the second consecutive year and was recently named to Forbes list of "World's Best Banks" for the third consecutive year. Additional information about Simmons Bank can be found on our website at simmonsbank.com, by following @Simmons_Bank on Twitter or by visiting our newsroom.
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Oscar Predictions: Will 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' take everything?
Video above: Class of 2023 gather for Oscar luncheon
Ahead of the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle share their predictions for a ceremony with some sure things and some major question marks.
Best picture
Nominees: "All Quiet on the Western Front"; "Avatar: The Way of Water"; "The Banshees of Inisherin"; "Elvis"; "Everything Everywhere All at Once"; "The Fabelmans"; "Tár"; "Top Gun: Maverick"; "Triangle of Sadness"; "Women Talking."
COYLE: I can't help feeling like this best picture field reflects our strange, jumbled movie world. Big-budget blockbusters, indie hits, acclaimed arthouse contenders mostly watched on video on demand, a German Netflix film and whatever it is, exactly, that you call "Elvis." Little in this race has gone as expected. Many of the once-presumed favorites — "Bardo," "Empire of Light," "White Noise" — fizzled. Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans" had the air of a sure-thing, but audiences didn't show up — a strike against any contender but a fatal blow for a Spielberg movie. Academy members, seemingly, have developed less of a taste for Oscar bait and instead thrown their support behind a movie that never had any designs on the Academy Awards: "Everything Everywhere All at Once." In an odd, mixed-up year, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's blissfully chaotic film has turned into an improbable Oscar runaway, cleaning up at all the predictive guild awards. This year, the road to best picture is paved with googly eyes.
BAHR: I usually wish for chaos when a best picture winner is locked – but "Everything Everywhere" is about as chaotic (and inspired) a best picture winner as you can get. This would also make two years in a row that best picture went to films that premiered outside of the Cannes/Fall Festival stranglehold ("EEAAO" debuted at SXSW, "CODA" at Sundance). If anything is going to shake up the industry and the awards industrial complex, it's something like this (and Andrea Riseborough).
Best actress
Nominees: Ana de Armas, "Blonde"; Cate Blanchett, "Tár"; Andrea Riseborough, "To Leslie"; Michelle Williams, "The Fabelmans"; Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
BAHR: So, it's down to Lydia Tár and Evelyn Wang. This has been a race between Blanchett and Yeoh for most of the season. Both were commanding and dynamic in their roles — Blanchett as the genius conductor whose high-flying status in the classical music world begins to unravel around her and Yeoh as the Chinese American laundromat owner who has to save the multiverse, inhabiting different possible versions of herself from movie star to rock along the way. And both have been well decorated and celebrated this season. That their full character names are fully part of the cultural consciousness already speaks volumes. After the Screen Actors Guild Awards, it seems Yeoh is the likely victor, which will be a historic win with wide-ranging significance.
COYLE: This is indeed between Yeoh and Blanchett. And as much as I thought of Blanchett's performance and as much as I'm kinda scared of what Lydia Tár might do to me for saying this, this is Yeoh's year. For both her cosmic but grounded performance and for her butt-kicking career, Yeoh is more than deserved and will triumph.
Best actor
Nominees: Brendan Fraser, "The Whale"; Colin Farrell, "The Banshees of Inisherin"; Austin Butler, "Elvis"; Bill Nighy, "Living"; Paul Mescal, "Aftersun."
COYLE: The only thing I feel sure of in this category is that I've started to feel a little bad for Austin Butler. All the he's-still-talking-like-Elvis jokes were fun at first, but now I'm worried an appealing young actor is going to get permanently typecast. Butler could very well win, though. And Farrell might even be able to pull off an upset with the much-loved "The Banshees of Inisherin." But I'm leaning toward Fraser here, after his SAG win. He has two powerful Oscar narratives going for him : a comeback story and a massive physical transformation. Wait, didn't I say Oscar bait was out this year? Oh, well. I'm still glad to see Mescal in this mix for the staggering "Aftersun."
BAHR: Austin Butler will be just fine (I still think of him as Tex anyway) and who knows what voice he'll break out for "Dune 2." After SAG, it seemed clearer that this year the industry is looking to honor the journeymen over the relative newcomers. And you're right, Fraser fits the narrative — a perfect comeback story hobbled only by the divisiveness of the movie itself (another reason why it could still be Farrell's). Then again, Nighy could also be this year's Anthony Hopkins.
Best supporting actress
Nominees: Angela Bassett, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"; Hong Chau, "The Whale"; Kerry Condon, "The Banshees of Inisherin"; Stephanie Hsu, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"; Jamie Lee Curtis, "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
BAHR: Angela Bassett seemed set to "do the thing," with Kerry Condon in the wings as a possible sub, and probably still will. But then Jamie Lee Curtis had to go and make things more interesting when she won at the Screen Actors Guild (and gave a great speech).
COYLE: This had been Bassett's all the way before Curtis, Nepo baby supreme, had her magnificent moment at the SAGs. But I'm going to stick with Bassett. It could be that academy members just can't bring themselves to vote for a Marvel movie role. But Bassett gave such a powerhouse performance in "Wakanda Forever" and is overdue for her Oscar moment.
Best supporting actor
Nominees: Brian Tyree Henry, "Causeway"; Judd Hirsch, "The Fabelmans"; Brendan Gleeson, "Banshees of Inisherin"; Barry Keoghan, "Banshees of Inisherin"; Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
COYLE: Finally, an acting lock. Quan is assured of taking this, and it should be one of the most stirring moments of the ceremony. It's been literally decades since the former child actor of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Goonies" had a notable role in a movie. The film industry should probably be asking itself some hard questions about how that could happen for an actor as endearing as Quan. But as far as absolution goes, you could do a lot worse than hand Quan an Academy Award.
BAHR: The big question is what Hollywood will do with Quan after the win. The industry has a way of patting itself on the back for feel-good moments like this and Troy Kotsur's last year and then moving on. Let's hope Quan's inbox is already flooded with scripts and offers.
Best director
Nominees: "Martin McDonagh, "The Banshees of Inisherin"; Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"; Steven Spielberg, "The Fabelmans"; Todd Field, "Tár"; Ruben Östlund, "Triangle of Sadness."
BAHR: Awards history would suggest that The Daniels, Kwan and Scheinert, have this one locked after the Directors Guild win. At this point they're the safe bet. But that's not to deny the fact that their win would also be an exciting choice for the industry to celebrate the two 35-year-olds' second film with their branch's highest honor. It would be a win for original storytelling, diverse voices and just a case for just taking big, weird swings. Still, there's a voice in my head saying that Spielberg, who has somehow only won best director twice, could be a wild card.
COYLE: This had once seemed a certainty for Spielberg who, after one of the most celebrated careers in movie history, finally phoned home with "The Fabelmans." And unlike some previous years, he's worked the campaign trail, too. But I think the Daniels — each of whom are less than half the age of Spielberg — have emerged as the likely winners. They would be only the third directing duo to win, following Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise for "West Side Story" and Joel and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men."
Best documentary
Nominees: "All That Breathes'; "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"; "Fire of Love"; "A House Made of Splinters"; "Navalny."
COYLE: I'm still smarting a little that Margaret Brown's "Descendant," a living oral history of a documentary, didn't make it into this field. But it's a strong group, including the tenderly lyrical "All That Breathes" and the smoldering romance of "Fire of Love." But I think the most likely to win films are Daniel Roher's "Navalny," about the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and Laura Poitras' "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," about the groundbreaking photographer Nan Goldin and her crusade against the Sackler pharma family. I give the slight edge to "Navalny," a film with obvious political poignance.
BAHR: Finally, some minor disagreement! I'm placing my bet on the Poitras. It won the Golden Lion over "Tár" and "The Banshees of Inisherin" at the Venice Film Festival, where the academy had a major presence. Poitras' film, both intimate and epic in weaving together Goldin's life, art and activism, is on another level. And she's won before.
Best international film
Nominees: "All Quiet on the Western Front" (Germany); "Argentina, 1985" (Argentina); "Close" (Belgium); "EO" (Poland); "The Quiet Girl" (Ireland)."
BAHR: There's not a bad choice in the lot (and so many great ones that didn't make the cut...looking at you "Saint Omer" ), but while there's a lot of late-game love for Ireland's small, heart-wrenching "The Quiet Girl," Germany's visceral war epic "All Quiet on the Western Front" has probably had this category in the bag for some time. Edward Berger's film, the first ever German-language adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel, hit a nerve and transcended the international category.
COYLE: "All Quiet on the Western Front" is a lock. With a commanding nine nominations, it's maybe even a dark horse for best picture. But the international film award will be a bit anticlimactic. Some of the best movies of the year — Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Leave," Alice Diop's "Saint Omer" and, above all, " No Bears" by the recently imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panahi — ought to have been in this bunch.
Best animated feature
Nominees: "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio"; "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On"; "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish"; "The Sea Beast"; "Turning Red."
COYLE: This is one of the easiest categories to call. "Guillermo del Toro's "Pinocchio" — not, repeat not Robert Zemeckis' "Pinocchio" — will take this easily. For me, the film's fascist allegory was far too forced. But it's a beautifully textured creation, and affection for del Toro among academy voters couldn't run deeper. A shame, though, for Marcel. But as the mollusk would say, "You miss a hundred percent of the shots you don't take."
BAHR: It's del Toro's for sure. And it's ok: However cliche, it really seems like the Marcel team is having a great time just being nominated. | 2023-03-03T04:48:40+00:00 | kcci.com | https://www.kcci.com/article/oscar-predictions-2023/43164770 |
Milwaukee Finishing Complex will be essential in the continued growth of Signicast and the Milwaukee community
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Signicast, a Form Technologies company, will officially celebrate the opening of its doors at its latest investment casting facility on October 19, 2022. Milwaukee Finishing Complex (MFC) will round out the family of Signicast locations in the Milwaukee area, expanding secondary operations and other finishing services while acting as an extension of the Hartford and Brown Deer facilities.
Located at 1241 W. Canal Street in the heart of the Menomonee Valley, the new facility already created 60 new jobs at a 12,000-square-foot facility—with hopes of hiring 20 more employees by the end of the year. The facility was previously home to Nova Technology International.
At a time when industry-leading manufacturing customers are demanding precision components to higher quality standards and tighter timeframes, the addition of MFC will enable Signicast to better support its growing customer base with the highest quality precision cast components in the market.
MFC hopes to not only serve customers but become a pivotal part of the center-city Milwaukee community.
Championing the addition of the urban facility, Marc Riquelme, President, Signicast and OptiMIM said, "Consistent with the continued vision of Signicast, the addition of MFC is critical to serving customers at the highest level. The new location will allow for increased capacity and sustained growth, working in conjunction with our more established Hartford and Brown Deer facilities. Expanding to downtown Milwaukee was the obvious choice and best decision for our company, employees, and customers."
Like many other US-based manufacturers, adding facilities in more populous areas additionally helps combat the nationwide labor shortage. Signicast, too, is no stranger to feeling the effects of finding talent. After thinking through many viable options, the solution was easy—bring the work to the talent. MFC, while smaller than other Signicast locations, offers employees entry into a global organization with huge growth potential.
Ted Kraus, General Manger, Signicast Brown Deer and Hutchins said, "Our most recent attempt to combat the labor shortage was opening the brand-new finishing complex in downtown [Milwaukee] to be in a more accessible location and proximity to available labor. The expansion to the Menomonee Valley has been a success. The area is thriving with new business, and we are proud to be a part of the continued growth."
MFC will round out Signicast's US locations, bringing the count to ten. Investment casting operations also extend into the Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
Media outlets are invited to attend the ceremony. If you are interested in attending the MFC Ribbon Cutting, please email Danielle Sedory, Marketing Manager, directly at dsedory@formtechnologies.com. Details will be sent out to confirm your spot.
Signicast is the world's most advanced investment casting specialist, bringing together in-depth precision engineering knowhow and unprecedented automation to solve our customers most critical component manufacturing challenges. With world-leading experts, rapid prototyping and delivery, and the most advanced investment casting facilities in the world, Signicast is redefining how today's manufacturers create, refine, and deliver products. Learn more about Signicast at www.signicast.com/about-us/why-signicast.
Today, Form Technologies combines three world-leading precision component manufacturers in their respective end-markets. Dynacast delivers precision-engineered die cast components, Signicast delivers investment cast and prototype components, and OptiMIM delivers metal injection molding components. Form Technologies operates 28 manufacturing facilities in 19 countries, with additional sales offices and over 8,800 employees.
CONTACT: Danielle Sedory, Marketing Manager, Form Technologies
980.201.5392
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political future Wednesday, after two of his top Cabinet ministers walked out of their jobs and a string of more junior ministers resigned following months of political chaos.
Many opponents, including those within his own Conservative Party, have openly called for Johnson to go. But he has shown no sign of quitting, and it may be up to a small but powerful Conservative group known as the 1922 Committee to oust him before the next general election.
Here’s a look at how that could happen:
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CAN A NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE TAKE PLACE?
Technically, not for another 11 months.
A no-confidence vote is triggered if 15% of Conservative lawmakers — currently 54 — write to Graham Brady, head of the 1922 Committee, to request it.
Johnson survived a confidence vote on Jun. 6, though the scale of the revolt — 41% of his own lawmakers voted against him — left his future in doubt.
Under current party rules, a year must pass before another formal leadership challenge can take place.
But the 1922 Committee has the power to change the rules to allow a fresh confidence vote sooner.
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WHAT IS THE 1922 COMMITTEE?
The 1922 Committee is a group of about a dozen Conservative backbenchers — legislators who hold no government office — who meet regularly to discuss party matters. It meets with the party leader monthly to represent the views of the rank and file within the party.
Crucially, the group determines the rules under which a sitting leader can be challenged.
The committee was named because a group of lawmakers elected in 1922 formed it — albeit in 1923.
Its members are elected by all Conservative backbenchers, and the committee is due to elect a new executive committee within coming weeks.
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HOW LIKELY WILL THE RULES CHANGE?
That's up to the 1922 Committee executive. Some news reports suggest a decision could even come later Wednesday, when the executive meets.
Or the committee may wait a few weeks until after its new executive is elected. Several Conservative lawmakers have said they will stand for the committee and vote for a rule change if elected.
Bob Blackman, the committee’s joint executive secretary, said Wednesday he believed a “very high threshold” needs to be reached to warrant a confidence vote so soon after last month’s ballot.
“What we have to do is certainly have calm heads here, because one of the other suggestions being made … is that you’d reduce the timeframe to six months. Six months takes you to the beginning of December,” he told TalkTV.
“In my view, you’d have to have a very high threshold indeed to warrant confidence votes very soon after a previous confidence vote,” he said.
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WHAT IF JOHNSON LOSES A CONFIDENCE VOTE?
Johnson will need 180 out of 359 Conservative lawmakers to back him if a confidence vote takes place.
If he loses, he would resign and a party leadership contest would be held in which he would be barred from running. He would remain party leader and prime minister until a replacement is chosen.
Any Conservative legislator is eligible to run to replace Johnson as party leader. The winner of the leadership race becomes Conservative Party leader and prime minister, without the need for a national election.
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Follow all of AP’s coverage of Prime Minister Boris Johnson at https://apnews.com/hub/boris-johnson | 2022-07-06T14:02:33+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-How-UK-Conservatives-can-change-their-17287186.php |
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Madison Chock and Evan Bates have conceptualized their free dance this season as fire and air — the first cannot survive without the second. And, it's fitting because the duo has fueled U.S. ice dancing over the past decade.
Chock and Bates defended their ice dancing title Saturday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, scoring 137.85 in the free dance for a top total score of 229.75.
The recently engaged couple has medaled at nationals in every season since 2013. That's 11 straight years, which matches former training mates Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue (2012-22) for the most consecutive years on the U.S. ice dance podium.
In a sport typically dominated by younger athletes, the 30-year-old Chock and 33-year-old Bates have shown a remarkable ability to endure.
“It's a great honor to be one of the teams with the longest longevity in the sport," Chock said. “It's something that we really pride ourselves on because we're very motivated people. That’s something that drives us through our career, and we’ve had a lot of success because of that.”
Trailing the champions by more than 22 points in the total score, Caroline Green and Michael Parsons earned the silver medal with a free dance score of 126.06 for their program set to “Rhapsody in Blue,” while Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, who were fourth after the short program, scored 121.08 and moved up a spot to take the bronze. Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik continued a strong debut season as partners, finishing fourth with a 119.95.
In a free dance inspired by the relationship between the elements of fire and air that was both languid and sizzling, Chock and Bates earned near-perfect scores on their program components, which account for skating skills and artistry.
“We’re very happy with the way that the program has developed since the beginning of the season, and it’s found its groove," Chock said. “We’ve let the program speak to us, and we’ve evolved with it. We’ve not been afraid to adapt and work with our new material and keep pushing ourselves to create something that we feel is really special.”
Chock and Bates, Hubbell and Donohue, and Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker have occupied the top three spots on the podium for the past four years. But Hubbell and Donohue retired and Hawayek and Baker withdrew from nationals to prioritize their physical and mental health.
Ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani, along with U.S. Figure Skating Foundation president and trustee Paul E. George, were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame during the event.
The Shibutani siblings are two-time national champions and three-time world medalists, and hold the distinction of being the first athletes of Asian descent to medal in Olympic ice dance when they took the bronze in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
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AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-01-30T06:38:42+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/sports/2023/01/28/chock-and-bates-defend-title-win-4th-us-ice-dance-gold/ |
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Last Thursday, Larry Householder, former Ohio House Speaker, was justifiably given the max 20 year sentence for steering the $60 million FirstEnergy bribery scheme to pass HB6, the bailout of the Akron based utilities nuclear power plants.
Householder also earned the verbal castigation U.S. District Judge Timothy Black delivered:
“A bully with a lust for power” Whose scheme was an “assault on democracy. The betrayal of everyone in Ohio,” Judge Black said of Householder as he handed down his sentence.
Householders attorneys had sought a sentence of just a year to a year and a half. It wasn’t surprising that he instead got the max because Householder not only showed no contrition, was un-remorseful, un-repentant, he continued to be deceitful in his trial.
His actions and attitude were reminiscent of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, convicted on corruption charges and getting a long sentence for the same reasons Householder did.
Dimora, like Householder, showed no remorse as his former corruption compatriot the late Frank Russo had, for which he received a lighter sentence than Dimora.
Showing contrition helped Matt Borges get a 5 year sentence when prosecutors sought 5 to 8 years after Borges was convicted along with Householder in the same FirstEnergy bribery scheme.
“Nothing makes it feel more stark than knowing I could have walked away from this at the very beginning,” Borges told Judge Black, who still admonished him:
“Larry Householder was a crook and you knew it. ‘An unholy alliance’ is what you called it. You didn’t care that you were aiding an Ohio House speaker to undermine the very foundation of our democracy. You just saw everyone else getting fat and rich, and you wanted a piece of it”
At 64, the 20 years Householder got amounts to a likely life sentence. Being a former two-time Ohio House Speaker with state employee benefits, Householder could have instead easily been enjoying a nice retirement on his southern Ohio farm and at his Florida home.
He may be hoping for a pardon or early release from a re-elected President Trump, but chances are just as good that they end up as cellmates. | 2023-07-06T12:08:19+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/darcy/2023/07/householder-sentence-darcy-cartoon.html |
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 27-year-old woman from Montreal, Quebec has been sentenced to time served and one year supervised release for trafficking in protected wildlife.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York announced Thursday that Vanessa Rondeau will also have to "pay restitution totaling $1,364 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and a $40,000 criminal fine."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, said that Rondeau agreed to sell a polar bear skull to an undercover U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Special Agent in January 2020 for $780. The sale was made online.
On Jan. 24, 2020, Rondeau entered the U.S. at Champlain with a polar bear skull, which is in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Rondeau then shipped the skull to the agent in Amherst, who received it in early February.
A few days after Rondeau shipped the first skull, she contacted the agent to see if he would like to buy another polar bear skull for $584.11. The second skull received by the agent was a Canada Post package labeled "1 cadre," which is French for "frame."
Prosecutors say Rondeau also trafficked other protected wildlife by shipping and/or bringing them from Canada to the U.S. without declaring it to the Fish and Wildlife Service. It's estimated that Rondeau brought in approximately $37,024 worth of illegally trafficked wildlife. | 2022-06-23T16:48:25+00:00 | wgrz.com | https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/crime/quebec-woman-sentenced-for-selling-protected-wildlife-skulls/71-827f9d67-6e05-4312-bd0d-a393a1af3368 |
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Jermarl Baker Jr., scored 20 points as Fresno State beat Wyoming 58-53 in a Mountain West Conference opener on Wednesday.
Baker was 8 of 15 shooting, including 4 for 7 from distance for the Bulldogs (5-7). Isaih Moore was 6 of 7 shooting to add 14 points and he had nine rebounds. Leo Colimerio had eight points and nine rebounds.
The Cowboys (5-8) were led in scoring by Noah Reynolds, who finished with 16 points. Hunter Maldonado added 13 points.
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Both teams next play Saturday. Wyoming hosts New Mexico while Fresno State goes to Utah State. | 2022-12-29T07:18:54+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Baker-scores-20-Fresno-State-tops-Wyoming-58-53-17682676.php |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Julia bore down on Nicaragua's central Caribbean coast early Sunday after lashing Colombia's San Andres island in a close pass-by hours earlier.
Julia started Saturday as a tropical storm, but gained power most of the day and became a Category 1 hurricane shortly before it veered slightly south of San Andres island in the early evening.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Julia's maximum sustained winds had stabilized around 75 mph (120 kph) late Saturday. It was centered about 80 miles (130 kilometers) east-northeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, and was moving west at 16 mph (26 kph), with landfall on the Nicaraguan coast expected before dawn.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro had declared a “maximum alert” on San Andres as well as Providencia island to the north and asked hotels to prepare space to shelter the vulnerable population. Officials on San Andres imposed a curfew for residents at 6 a.m. Saturday to limit people in the streets. Air operations to the islands were suspended.
There were no early reports on what effects the storm had in San Andres.
In Nicaragua, authorities issued an alert for all types of vessels to seek safe harbor as the hurricane followed a general path toward the area of Bluefields and Laguna de Perlas.
Guillermo González, director of Nicaragua’s Disaster Response System, told official media that people at high risk had been evacuated from coastal areas by noon Saturday. The army said it delivered humanitarian supplies to Bluefields and Laguna de Perlas for distribution to 118 temporary shelters.
In Bluefields, however, life appeared little changed Saturday night, and people expressed reluctance to leave their homes.
Forecasters said a greater threat than Julia’s winds were rains of 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) — up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) in isolated areas — that the storm was expected to dump across Central America.
“This rainfall may cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides through this weekend," the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The storm's remnants were forecast to sweep across Nicaragua and then skirt along the Pacific coasts of El Salvador and Guatemala, a region already saturated by weeks of heavy rains.
In Guatemala, officials said Julia could drench 10 departments in the east, center and west of the country — an area that has been most affected by this rainy season and where the poorest people are concentrated.
From May to September, storms have caused 49 confirmed deaths and six people are missing. Roads and hundreds of homes have been damaged, Guatemalan officials say.
In El Salvador, where 19 people have died this rainy season, the worst rainfall is expected Monday and Tuesday, said Fernando López, the minister of environmenta and natural resources. Officials said they had opened 61 shelters with the capacity to house more than 3,000 people. | 2022-10-09T05:03:42+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/hurricane-julia-bears-down-on-nicaraguas-caribbean-coast/2H323LFW7FCNRARXV3VBHTGSAQ/ |
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — This Valentine’s Day didn’t show love to those who experienced the early stages of the world wide web.
As of Tuesday, Microsoft has officially disabled Internet Explorer for desktops, the tech company announced.
The browser was originally launched in 1995 for Windows devices. Internet Explorer had a total of 11 versions, with the last one being released in 2013.
But after nearly three decades, the web browser has grown outdated, which led to Microsoft taking action to remove it.
In 2015, Microsoft announced that it would be replacing it with Microsoft Edge as the default browser for Windows 10.
Microsoft acknowledged the retirement of Internet Explorer in June last year, but it wasn’t until the update Tuesday that users on Windows 10 were prevented from accessing the web browser.
“The change to use Microsoft Edge update to disable IE is intended to provide a better user experience and help organizations transition their last remaining IE11 (Internet Explorer 11) users to Microsoft Edge,” Microsoft said.
All devices that attempt to open Internet Explorer will now redirect to the Microsoft Edge web browser instead.
Microsoft also intends to remove visual references, such as the Internet Explorer taskbar icon, in an update later this year. The update is currently scheduled for June 13.
Today, the Chrome browser dominates with roughly a 65% share of the worldwide browser market, followed by Apple’s Safari with 19%, according to internet analytics company Statcounter. Internet Explorer’s heir, Edge, lags with about 4%, just ahead of Firefox.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2023-02-14T23:15:42+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/end-of-an-era-microsoft-officially-retires-internet-explorer/ |
WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 10, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Jeff Davis County in southwestern Texas...
South Central Reeves County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 418 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fort Davis, Davis Mountains State Park, McDonald Observatory, Star
Mountain, Buffalo Trail Scout Camp, Black Mountain, Fort Davis
National Historical Site and Indian Lodge.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Horse Thief Creek, Cienega Creek, Sandia Creek, Cherry Creek, Big
Aguja Canyon, North Fork Cienega Creek, Limpia Creek, Madera
Canyon, Cook Creek, Horse Thief Canyon, Barrilla Draw and Musquiz
Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
At 419 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Central Pecos County
Independence Creek, Sixshooter Draw, Nineteen Draw, Big Canyon,
North Fork Independence Creek, Fourmile Draw and Harral Draw.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-07-10T22:42:06+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-MIDLAND-ODESSA-Warnings-Watches-and-17295838.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — Maxi Jazz, a DJ and singer who fronted the eclectic British dance band Faithless known for such hits as “Insomnia” and “We Come 1,” has died. He was 65.
Faithless announced his death on social media Saturday, saying he “died peacefully in his sleep last night.”
“He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. He gave proper meaning and a message to our music. He was a lovely human being with time for everyone and wisdom that was both profound and accessible,” the band’s statement reads.
Additional details about his death were not immediately available.
Born Maxwell Fraser in London, Maxi Jazz emerged in the British club scene in the 1980s as a DJ on pirate radio and founder of the Soul Food Cafe System. He later formed Faithless along with producer-instrumentalist-DJ Rollo Armstrong, keyboardist-DJ Sister Bliss and singer-songwriter Jamie Cotto. They drew upon such a wide range of influences that their record company described their debut album “Reverence,” released in 1996, as “folk-house-hip-hop-blues-ambience-jazz-rap for the dance floor and sofa.”
“Reverence” did not catch on initially, but eventually gained a wide following; the band went on to global popularity through its dynamic stage performances and albums including “Outrospective” and the greatest hits collection “Forever Faithless.”
Faithless broke up in 2011, but reunited recently, without Jazz, who had since formed Maxi Jazz & The E-Type Boys. | 2022-12-25T06:01:03+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-maxi-jazz-front-man-for-british-band-faithless-dead-at-65/ |
9 teenagers injured in a Texas prom after-party shooting
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nine teenagers were found shot in an east Texas residence early Sunday at a prom after-party attended by hundreds, local officials said a statement.
Just after midnight, deputies responded to shots fired at a private residence in Jasper County where the party was held and found nine victims with gunshot wounds, according to a statement by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. According to Jasper County officials, the injuries are expected to be non-life threatening.
About 250 people are estimated to have been present at the time of the shooting, according to a statement from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office.
Eight victims were taken in personal vehicles to Jasper Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Texas, and “at least one” of those were transferred to Christus Southeast Texas-St. Elizabeth Hospital in nearby Beaumont, Texas for further treatment, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Karli Cherry said. One person did not go to the hospital, she said.
A second shooting within the city limits of Jasper, Texas occurred shortly after the first, the statement said. There were no injuries in the second shooting, but a connection between the two incidents is being investigated due to a “common vehicle at both locations,” the statement said.
According to the statement, “people of interest are being questioned” and the investigation is ongoing.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-23T21:45:29+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2023/04/23/9-teenagers-injured-texas-prom-after-party-shooting/ |
Australian Government employees and guests can now securely access MURAL and LUMA Workplace to enhance their collaboration within GovTEAMS OFFICIAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MURAL, a collaborative intelligence company, has teamed up with GovTEAMS, the Australian Government's digital collaboration platform, to give federal and state government employees access to the MURAL Collaborative Intelligence System™.
GovTEAMS is a comprehensive digital collaboration service built for the Australian Public Service (APS) to provide secure communication and collaboration between departments and with external parties. It's powered by Microsoft 365 and currently has over 40K active members. GovTEAMS includes Microsoft Teams for team collaboration, video conferencing, and instant messaging; SharePoint to store, organize, share, and access information; as well as additional Microsoft 365 apps.
The MURAL Collaborative Intelligence System in GovTEAMS offers government agencies a secure collaboration space where everyone can work together in real-time or asynchronously, as well as access to an ever-growing toolkit of workflows and guided methods to enhance effective ideation, alignment, team building, and innovation. MURAL digital whiteboards can be shared by sending links in Microsoft Teams chat messages, channel posts, or email.
In addition to a powerful collaboration space, Australian Government employees have access to human-centered design training in LUMA Workplace, which is provided by the LUMA Institute, a MURAL affiliate. LUMA Workplace is an on-demand platform offering resources, classes, and videos to learn and apply guided methods to uncover new opportunities, understand business problems, and brainstorm creative solutions.
GovTEAMS security assessed both the MURAL platform and LUMA Workplace, which were deemed OFFICIAL: Sensitive, and are subscribed to MURAL's Enterprise plan. This news comes on the heels of MURAL achieving "In Process" designation last week for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) through sponsorship by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs. Together, GovTEAMS and FedRAMP signal that the MURAL Collaborative Intelligence System has the security and enterprise-grade capabilities to be trusted at the highest level.
Until June 30, 2023, GovTEAMS is offering a free trial of the MURAL Collaborative Intelligence System and LUMA Workplace. Following the free trial, GovTEAMS users will have the option to purchase an ongoing license to the MURAL platform and LUMA Workplace in GovTEAMS. For more information, visit https://www.govteams.gov.au/mural.
MURAL is a collaborative intelligence company. We connect teams to unlock their potential, increasing the innovation capacity of the enterprise. MURAL creates a culture of effective collaboration — where everyone is connected, contributing, and empowered to deliver business-driving outcomes. Try MURAL for free www.mural.co.
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TOKYO (AP) — The United States hopes to deepen trade ties with Japan as it fortifies cooperation on economic security with its Asian allies and partners, the top U.S. trade envoy said Thursday.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s visit to Tokyo, her fourth since she was appointed, follows a trip to the Philippine capital, Manila, to help fortify trade relations among the three countries as they build both economic and defense ties.
Speaking Thursday at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, Tai pointed to a new trade partnership that she said has brought “tangible results for our workers, small businesses, and producers on both sides of the Pacific.”
That includes an agreement to lift limits on U.S. exports of beef to Japan and a new biofuels policy to facilitate exports of more ethanol to Japan. On Wednesday, Tai met with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to discuss making supply chains more resilient and secure, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Tai also reviewed the status of negotiations on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, or IPEF, a new trade pact proposed by Washington, emphasizing the importance of cooperation with Japan, the ministry said.
The framework has 13 members, including the U.S., that account for 40% of global gross domestic product: Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Hayashi responded by welcoming more U.S. engagement in the regional economy, saying Japan will proactively discuss the plan with other partners.
Japan and the United States have been promoting multilateral cooperation, most recently with the Philippines as they share common concern over China’s growing influence and assertiveness in both security and economic activities.
The U.S. has stepped up diplomacy across the region, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken stopping over the weekend in Vietnam, which Washington sees as a key component of its strategy for the region given the country’s traditional rivalry with its much larger neighbor China.
Tai also met Wednesday with Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura. The trade ministry said the two discussed strengthening supply chains — an issue that gained urgency amid shortages of computer chips and other goods during the pandemic. They also discussed ways to cooperate in the protection of human rights in business, the ministry said.
Japan and the United States have set up a taskforce that aims to eliminate human rights violations in international supply chains and to ban use of materials from suppliers that subject their workers to inhumane conditions.
To highlight such efforts, Tai toured an outlet of outdoor equipment and clothing retailer Patagonia in Tokyo’s popular Shibuya shopping and business district. | 2023-04-20T09:29:10+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/business/us-trade-rep-seeks-close-economic-security-ties-in-asia/ |
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