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With a new school year underway, we're wondering what goals you have set for yourselves if you're a student or teacher.
NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander asks you to think with intention and write about one of your goals in the form of a poem.
It should be 10 lines or less. The first six to eight lines should be all the things you'll end up having to do this school year, and the last line or two should be that one goal that you want to work toward.
For inspiration, Kwame Alexander offers this excerpt from Maya Angelou's poem, Woman Work.
I've got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I've got shirts to press
The tots to dress
The can to be cut
I gotta clean up this hut
Then see about the sick
So what would you like to see accomplished this year? Set yourself a non-negotiable goal.
"Maybe you want to keep your classroom better organized, or perhaps you want to expose your students to poetry," Alexander says.
"Or you want to read one book or make one person smile each and every day," Morning Edition host Rachel Martin suggests.
Share your poem through the form below. Then Kwame Alexander will take lines from some of your pieces and create a community crowdsourced poem that will be read on-air and published online, where contributors will be credited.
This callout will close on Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. ET.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s government on Monday criticized U.S. controls on technology exports as a trade violation, after Japan and the Netherlands agreed to join Washington in limiting Beijing’s access to materials to make advanced processor chips they say can be used in weapons.
The Foreign Ministry didn’t mention the latest development but accused Washington of abusing export controls and organizing other governments to “maintain its hegemony” and contain China.
The United States is trying to block China from acquiring the most powerful processor chips and technology that would help its fledgling industry develop the ability to make them. Washington says they can be used to make weapons and to facilitate the ruling Communist Party’s surveillance and human rights abuses.
“This seriously violates market principles and international trade order,” said a ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning. She said it “undermines the stability of global industrial and supply chains.”
A person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Sunday that Japan and the Netherlands, important suppliers of technology and raw materials to make chips, agreed to join in U.S. controls.
Mao gave no indication how Beijing might respond to tighter export controls.
The Communist Party has invested billions of dollars to develop its own chip industry, but its vendors still need foreign manufacturing equipment, raw materials and other technology.
Industry experts say Chinese producers are improving but cannot make chips required for the most advanced smartphones and other products. | 2023-01-30T19:10:52+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-china-accuses-washington-of-abusing-export-controls/ |
Focus on learning loss distracts from the ills that beset the system before COVID
There has been much discussion about “learning loss” stemming from the pandemic (“Can they catch up?: Pandemic learning deficiencies could cost US students $1 trillion in future,” Page A1, Nov. 7). Likewise, there has been a lot of attention diverted to MCAS and National Assessment of Educational Progress scores showing these lows. While I will not disagree that the pandemic has had an outsize effect on education, especially for the most vulnerable students, I think that framing the conversation on what is lost distracts from the lessons we learned from the coronavirus pandemic — namely that our education system was not strong and not equitable to begin with.
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Let’s start with the fact that our state is still overwhelmingly beholden to a constructivist approach to learning — an ideology that does not focus on building foundational skills but rather assumes learning through osmosis. We see the damage caused, especially in vital areas such as reading instruction. Concrete knowledge is framed as the opposite of thought rather than the basis of it, and this idea is inherent in our education system, which is probably why so many students fall through the oft-mentioned cracks. Our system tends to skip ahead and assume that certain skills are natural when they are not.
This was true before the pandemic. The pandemic simply pulled the curtain back on issues that have been simmering for decades, many of which can be traced back to the disproven notion that young children can teach themselves.
Ben Tobin
Williamsburg
The writer is a reading interventionist with a focus on dyslexia.
If those who train teachers have no use for MCAS, there’s no hope for our students
I was shocked by the views of Lisa Fiore, chair of the education department at Lesley University, as reported in Kara Baskin’s interview (“How much should we really worry about MCAS scores?,” Parenting Unfiltered, Living/Arts, Nov. 4).
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In the same article, education researcher Thomas Kane says that the MCAS declines indicate that students in some districts, especially in poorer cities, have lost more than a year of reading and math achievement and that recovery just to 2019 levels will take years of intensive, extended instruction.
But Fiore, who trains teachers, says of students that MCAS scores have “no bearing on their lives.” She calls reading and math “very limited skill areas” and says children would be more “joyful” if they spent more time on creative writing and “human connection.”
If this is how today’s teachers are taught to think, there is no hope for the students who have fallen so far behind.
Bob Mathews
Jamaica Plain | 2022-11-12T08:06:40+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/12/opinion/students-have-fallen-behind-then-again-whats-baseline/ |
Which swamp cooler is best?
When summer breezes get hot, and there isn’t an air conditioner available, a swamp cooler can help. Swamp coolers don’t provide the frosty chill of air conditioning, but they can lower a room’s temperature 9 to 25 degrees. If you live in a dry area with intense hot spells, the best swamp cooler can help you stay cool in the heat.
For sitting in a cool breeze outside, the Honeywell Powerful Outdoor Portable Evaporative Cooler is great. It provides up to 600 square feet of chilly air, perfect for a peaceful evening on the patio in the summer.
What to know before you buy a swamp cooler
Direct vs. indirect swamp coolers
Evaporative coolers come in two basic types: direct and indirect.
- Direct: Direct swamp coolers push air through or over water-soaked padding or ice. This cools the air and adds humidity as it comes out of the cooler.
- Indirect: This two-stage method cools a secondary stream of air that is then combined with the primary stream coming through the fan. This type of color is best for temperatures over 100 degrees.
Area being cooled
If you are trying to save on electricity by using a swamp cooler and not installing a window unit air conditioner, it’s important to consider the area. If all you really need is personal cooling, consider a smaller appliance that drops the temperature around one person. Do you need to cool a whole room? Some evaporative coolers can chill up to 1,000 square feet at a time.
Indoor vs. outdoor
- Indoor: Indoor evaporative coolers are perfect for cooling down high inside temperatures. If designed specifically for use inside, they may not be able to handle temperature swings or bad weather.
- Outdoor: Outdoor swamp coolers are a good option for summertime meals and other gatherings outside.
What to look for in a quality swamp cooler
Automatic refills
If you are busy entertaining, it can be a challenge to remember to refill a water reservoir. You can also hook some swamp coolers to a hose for automatic refills.
Mold-free filters
A damp filter can lead to mold and bacteria. Cold air pushed through this filter releases problematic mold particles in the air. Rigid filter materials or filters treated with mold-killing or antibacterial products reduce the chances of this happening.
Easy care
Cleaning your evaporative cooler should not require too much time. Look for coolers that you can wipe down with a damp sponge and a filter that can be rinsed or washed with mild detergents.
How much you can expect to spend on a swamp cooler
The price varies depending on the size of the cooler and whether it’s designed to be used inside or out. Expect to spend $75 for a small personal cooler and up to $1,000 for larger models.
Swamp cooler FAQ
How do you get the best performance from your swamp cooler?
A. A few tips and tricks can help you get the best from your evaporative cooler.
- Crack a window to help your indoor cooler work more efficiently. For larger swamp coolers, experiment with which window makes your cooler work more efficiently.
- Use the vent- or fan-only option for circulating air without cooling when the weather is mild.
- Use rigid filters instead of fiber pads. This type of pad costs more but lasts longer and cools better. It is also less prone to mold.
- Clean your swamp cooler before the first use of the season. It’s also recommended that you clean it once a week with heavy use and before storing it for the winter.
Which size swamp cooler is best?
A. It really depends on your cooling needs. While a square footage number can be helpful, the most important number is your swamp cooler’s cubic feet per minute rating. This is how much air flows across the cooling media.
To calculate out your optimal CFM rating:
- Find the area of the room you want to cool by multiplying its length and width.
- Multiply the square feet by the ceiling height.
- Divide that number in two to get the CFM you need.
What’s the best swamp cooler to buy?
Top swamp cooler
Honeywell Powerful Outdoor Portable Evaporative Cooler
What you need to know: This large swamp cooler is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use but really shines outside.
What you’ll love: It cools over 600 square feet and has a CFM of up to 1,471. It has a separate ice compartment for even colder air. You can attach it to a hose for continuous, automatic refilling. A fan pushes cool air through a triple-sided honeycomb structure for better cooling.
What you should consider: It is louder than other models.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top swamp cooler for the money
Hessaire Portable Evaporative Cooler
What you need to know: Choose this for cooling small spaces in moderate heat.
What you’ll love: The CFM is up to 1.300, and it cools up to 500 square feet. Fill this cooler manually or by attaching it to a hose. Use the fan-only mode to circulate air without cooling.
What you should consider: This is not as effective in high-humidity climates, and you shouldn’t use it in extreme temperatures. You also may not be able to choose the color of your cooler.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Worth checking out
Evapolar EvaChill Personal Evaporative Air Cooler
What you need to know: This works best for cooling the air around one person.
What you’ll love: Direct cool air directly at a person. It cools 45 square feet for up to nine hours. Inorganic materials in its construction reduce the chance of mold and bacteria growth. It’s lightweight and quiet. It comes in three colors.
What you should consider: This is not as effective for cooling multiple people in a larger space. It’s best for a desk or when sleeping.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "All or Nothing Midday" game were:
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(The Hill) – Several Tesla owners filed a class action lawsuit against the electric car company on Friday, alleging that its automatic software updates have depleted their cars’ batteries or rendered them inoperable.
The owners of the Tesla Model S and Model X cars claim that the software updates have occurred “without warning” and reduced the driving range of the cars by at least 20 percent. In some cases, the batteries became completely unusable, the lawsuit alleges.
Some Tesla owners spent between $500 and $750 to reverse the update, while others needed to purchase a new battery for up to $15,000, according to the claim.
“When car owners purchase their vehicles, they reasonably expect that unforeseen events — like weather, accidents, or flat tires — may impact the performance of their vehicles and lead to costly repairs,” the lawsuit said.
“But no reasonable consumer would expect that the car manufacturer itself, through an automated system, would deliberately and significantly interfere with the car’s performance through software updates that reduce the operating capacity of the vehicles,” it added.
Tesla previously agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit with owners of its Model S electric sedans in 2021, after an update temporarily reduced the batteries’ charging speed, capacity and range, according to CNBC. | 2023-05-13T01:24:01+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/tesla-owners-sue-over-battery-software-update-impact/ |
POWELL, Ohio (AP) — Fran Quinn last played the U.S. Open eight years ago with his teenage son as his caddie. He thought they might have a moment even more special on Monday as both of them tried to get through the final stage of qualifying.
Only one of them made it. Quinn, the 57-year-old who played his first U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 1992 the year Tom Kite won, advanced in an 8-for-3 playoff in Purchase, New York. This came after Quinn failed to make it through qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open.
Owen Quinn, one shot behind his father after the first 18 holes, stumbled to a 74 and missed by six shots.
“My son was trying and I was like, ‘Hey, come on, let’s both try to get in the Open.’ He had a great opening round. I was fortunate to sneak in,” Quinn said. “I'm sure he's going to have an opportunity to play in a bunch of these.”
It was part of a long day of 36-hole final qualifying from California and Oregon across Ohio and from New York down to Florida. Up for grabs were 49 spots to fill the 156-man field for The Country Club on June 16-19 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Rickie Fowler went home to Florida to see if that could change his fortunes. He missed out for the second straight year, one shot behind. The Florida qualifier had to finish on Tuesday, and Fowler at least had a chance to get an alternate spot through a playoff.
Among the qualifiers out of Florida was Sean Jacklin, the son of former U.S. Open and British Open champion Tony Jacklin.
As usual, weather played a big role and the largest qualifier in Ohio went through two storm delays and was trying to finish in darkness. That was filled with mostly PGA Tour players who had just finished the Memorial, and two players turned their fortunes.
Davis Riley was poised for a top finish at the Memorial that might have been enough to crack the top 60 in the world ranking and make him exempt. He shot 75 and tied for 13th. And then the promising PGA Tour rookie had rounds of 69-63 and was among the leading qualifiers for the 13 available spots.
Hawaii-born Chan Kim finished the Memorial with an 83. His next round at Wedgewood was a 62, and he followed with a 69 at Kinsale to qualify for his fourth straight U.S. Open. He played the final hole in the dark, finishing with a birdie.
“I didn’t want to make the longest day in golf even longer,” Kim said.
Joining them will be Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett, who had a scare getting into his first U.S. Open. He was in good shape until the par-3 17th at Kinsale, 200 yards over water and into the wind. The horn to stop play sounded in the middle of his swing, and he put it in the water.
He returned to the tee after the delay, missed the green and scrambled for double bogey, then steadied himself at the end for a 66 and was safely inside the top 13.
The second site in Ohio at Springfield Country Club offered eight spots and a degree of familiarity. Brian Stuard, who missed the cut in his last three PGA Tour events, shared medalist honors. It was seventh time in nine tries at Springfield that he made it to the U.S. Open.
In other qualifiers:
— Three-time PGA Tour winner Jonas Blixt led three qualifiers at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club in Canada. Blixt returns to the U.S. Open for only the second time and first since Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014. The other qualifiers were Callum Tarren of England and Satoshi Kodaira of Japan.
— Oklahoma senior Chris Gotterup won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top NCAA player. He couldn't be in Ohio on Sunday to receive the award from Nicklaus because of U.S. Open qualifying. He shared medalist honors in New York.
— Joseph Bramlett, trying to return from back surgery that slowed his career, led four qualifiers in Maryland that included Kevin Chappell.
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More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-07T02:01:26+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Quinn-makes-US-Open-at-57-in-qualifying-for-young-17223751.php |
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Joe Lombardo on Thursday signed a bill permitting Nevada students to wear religious and cultural regalia for graduation ceremonies.
Students are entitled to express themselves at graduation through any unique cultural and religious identity, Lombardo said.
“This legislation will allow students to walk with pride and confidence at their graduation, and I’m grateful to all of the teachers, legislators, and students who worked to get it to my desk," he said in a statement.
Several lawmakers and students, most of them of Native American ancestry, attended the signing.
A similar measure passed in Oklahoma on Thursday when the Legislature overrode Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto. The bill allows students to wear Native American regalia during high school and college graduations. The state House and Senate easily cleared the two-thirds threshold needed to uphold the measure, which takes effect July 1.
It had strong support from many Oklahoma-based tribes and Native American citizens.
Conflict over proper graduation attire has resulted in laws in nearly a dozen states making it illegal to prohibit Native American students from donning regalia that reflects their heritage. | 2023-05-26T18:03:47+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/nevada-governor-signs-law-allowing-religious-18121318.php |
BERLIN (AP) — A German woman who took her young daughter to Syria, joined the Islamic State group there and allegedly took advantage of an enslaved Yazidi woman was convicted Wednesday of membership in a terrorist organization and other offenses.
The state court in Celle said the 34-year-old, who has been identified only as Romiena S. in line with German privacy rules, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison. She was also convicted of being an accessory to a crime against humanity, abducting a minor and breaching her duties of welfare and education.
Judges said that she traveled to Syria in 2014, taking her 4-year-old daughter against the wishes of the child’s father. She then successively married a number of IS members, enabling them to fight by running their households.
The defendant brought up her daughter and two Syria-born sons in line with IS ideology, taking the girl to the stoning of a woman when she was 6 and showing her execution videos, the court said. At one point, it added, she exploited an enslaved Yazidi woman at the home of a slave trader for a few days and guarded her as she went into town.
The defendant also posted messages on Twitter supporting extremist attacks in Nice, France, and Wuerzburg, Germany, in 2016.
She was arrested at Frankfurt airport when she arrived in October among a group of women and children repatriated from a camp in northeastern Syria where suspected IS members were held.
The court said the defendant largely admitted to the allegations against her and has now “distanced herself credibly” from IS. It said in a statement that judges also took into account the fact she wasn’t a “hard-liner” and that joining IS was in part “an escape from her previous life situation.” It didn’t elaborate. | 2022-06-01T12:53:06+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-international/german-court-convicts-is-returnee-who-took-daughter-to-syria/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:
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Georgia’s Stetson Bennett and TCU’s Max Duggan share similar stories as quarterbacks who needed to disprove doubters before finding starring roles for next Monday’s national championship game.
It’s no surprise Bennett says he immediately liked Duggan when the two spent time together at the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York last month.
“Max is an awesome dude,” Bennett said Tuesday.
“Whenever we were there, it was more like we were a bunch of dudes and we were all hanging out. … But he’s an A-plus dude. He works hard. All those things. But I think he’s the heart and soul of that team. … And there’s something to be said for both his story and my story and the fact that we’re here in the end.”
Duggan was the runner-up to USC quarterback Caleb Williams in the Heisman voting. Bennett finished fourth, behind Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud.
While Duggan lost his starting job at the start of the season, Bennett was a walk-on in 2017 before leaving Georgia and returning to land the starting job. Bennett led Georgia to its first national championship since 1980 last season.
HOBBLED MILLER
While TCU leading rusher Kendre Miller is feeling better, coach Sonny Dykes said Tuesday that the junior running back is still questionable for the title game.
Miller hurt his right knee in the first half of the 51-45 win over Michigan on Saturday. He got treatment at halftime, but had just one carry after the break before leaving the game for good.
“We’re hopeful to get Kendre back. As the week progresses, we’ll know a little bit more every single day,” Dykes said. “Right now, I would say he’s be questionable, and then we’ll kind of make a determination as we get through the week.”
Miller has 1,399 yards and 17 touchdowns rushing, the most yards in a season by a TCU running back since LaDainian Tomlinson led the nation with 2,158 yards in 2000.
He had eight carries for 57 yards against Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl, but didn’t score a rushing touchdown for the first time this season. It ended his streak of 14 consecutive games with a rushing TD, one short of Tomlinson’s school-record streak.
GOOD LUCK, FROGS
Among the people who called Dykes after TCU’s win in the Fiesta Bowl was Marshawn Lynch.
The former NFL running back played collegiately at California, a decade before Dykes was the coach of the Bears from 2013-16.
“That was cool to get to talk about to Marshawn. Marshawn and I got to be pretty close when I was in Cal. Love Marshawn, he’s got a great heart,” Dykes said. “It was great to catch up. I invited him to the (championship) game, but he told me he was going to Italy instead. Can’t blame him.”
Duggan said he has heard from several former TCU players, including quarterbacks Andy Dalton and Trevone Boykin.
“Andy’s been staying in contact with me. I think that’s kind of a huge thing,” Duggan said of Dalton, the current New Orleans Saints quarterback who led TCU to its 13-0 season in 2010 that ended with a Rose Bowl victory and No. 2 national ranking.
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AP Sports Writer Stephen Hawkins contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – Congressional Republicans want to pass a measure on Wednesday to block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan – however, the measure is unlikely to go anywhere in the Senate.
House Republicans say they’ve been working to block student loan forgiveness since the day President Biden announced his plans.
“This is a professional-class bail out,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said. “Student loan cancellation is regressive… it takes from those in the lower half and gives to the upper half. It redistributes wealth.”
Representative Bob Good (R-VA) added, “student loan cancellation doesn’t make the debt actually go away, it simply shifts the cost from the student loan borrower and transfers it to hard-working American taxpayers.”
But Democrats say Republicans are misrepresenting the plan to forgive up to $10,000 in debt for some borrowers and up to $20,0000 for those who received Pell grants.
California Democratic Representative Robert Garcia noted how the loan forgiveness could help people of color and people facing economic hardship.
“Billionaires are not burdened with student debt. Working class people are…student loan debt also disproportionately impacts people of color, low-income students,” Rep. Garcia said.
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) furthered, “ninety percent of the relief would go to borrowers earning less than $75,000 a year.”
The Biden administration says the program also helps more than just borrowers, as Under-Secretary of Education James Kvaal says the relief “will help strengthen the economy, encourage people to go to college, and have benefits for not just borrowers but also their families and communities.”
The Republican-led measure comes after the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that questions the legality of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan earlier in 2023. | 2023-05-24T21:17:55+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/washington-dc/republicans-vie-for-measure-blocking-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/ |
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. (NASDAQ: MNMD), (NEO: MMED), (the "Company" or "MindMed"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel products to treat brain health disorders, today announced that it has received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC advising the Company that it has regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price listing requirement. The Company has satisfied the terms for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market by complying with the minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), and all other criteria for continued listing. Accordingly, Nasdaq has advised that the matter is now closed.
The Company believes the completion of the reverse share split and subsequent attainment of compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements enables the Company to potentially achieve several important corporate objectives, including but not limited to, the ability to meet certain security eligibility criteria for consideration for inclusion into market-wide and healthcare sector indices, potentially augment MindMed's visibility within the investment community, increase the liquidity of its common shares and broaden its shareholder base.
MindMed is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel products to treat brain health disorders. Our mission is to be the global leader in the development and delivery of treatments that unlock new opportunities to improve patient outcomes. We are developing a pipeline of innovative drug candidates, with and without acute perceptual effects, targeting the serotonin, dopamine, and acetylcholine systems.
MindMed trades on NASDAQ under the symbol MNMD and on the Canadian NEO Exchange under the symbol MMED.
Certain statements in this news release related to the Company constitute "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws and are prospective in nature. Forward-looking information is not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and projections about future events and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "will", "may", "should", "could", "intend", "estimate", "plan", "anticipate", "expect", "believe", "potential" or "continue", or the negative thereof or similar variations. Forward-looking information in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's ability to continue to meet the listing standards on NASDAQ, to achieve anticipated upcoming milestones and corporate objectives, meet securities eligibility criteria for inclusion in market-wide and healthcare sector indices, increase liquidity for its common shares and broaden its shareholder base.. There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and the Company's plans and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking information, including history of negative cash flows; limited operating history; incurrence of future losses; availability of additional capital; lack of product revenue; compliance with laws and regulations; difficulty associated with research and development; risks associated with clinical trials or studies; heightened regulatory scrutiny; early stage product development; clinical trial risks; regulatory approval processes; novelty of the psychedelic inspired medicines industry; as well as those risk factors discussed or referred to herein and the risks described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2022 under headings such as "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements," and "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and other filings and furnishings made by the Company with the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces and territories of Canada which are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events, changes in expectations or otherwise.
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State roundup: Central Michigan football falls at home to South Alabama
MOUNT PLEASANT — Carter Bradley threw three first-half touchdown passes, La’Damian Webb added two rushing touchdowns, and South Alabama defeated Central Michigan 38-24 on Saturday.
The USA defense, which held Nicholls to 165 yards in a 48-7 victory last week, kept the Chippewas under 200 yards through three quarters. CMU (0-2) rallied with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and finished with 338 total yards. The Jaguars (2-0) have gone over 500 yards in both their games.
Bradley’s scores went 16 yards to Damarcus Thomas, 22 yards to Devin Voisin and 10 yards to Jalen Wayne. He completed 26 of 42 passes for 354 yards with the three touchdowns and one interception.
Webb had 20 carries for 91 yards and the two scores. His 30-yard run in the fourth quarter put USA up 38-10 before Central Michigan rallied with a 12-yard run by Marion Lukes and a 21-yard pass from Daniel Richardson to Joel Wilson.
Richardson was 23 of 47 passing for 257 yards with one touchdown.
GLIAC
Saginaw Valley State 40, Bowie State (Md.) 12: The host Cardinals (2-0) rushed for 323 yards and four touchdowns, two of which by Tyler Amos. Dante Barthwell had 98 yards rushing and a score. SVSU held Bowie State (1-1) to 47 yards rushing and Dion Golatt was 28-for-44 passing for 313 yards and two touchdowns.
St. Thomas (Minn.) 32, Michigan Tech 6: Shawn Shipman rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns for host St. Thomas (1-1). Drew Wyble kicked two field goals for the Huskies (1-1), who had just 150 yards of total offense. | 2022-09-10T22:04:02+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/10/mac-gliac-miaa-roundup-central-michigan-football/69482194007/ |
7-Eleven, Inc. plans to give away millions of Slurpee drinks across 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes stores
IRVING, Texas, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The coolest day of the year is just a sip away. Anything Flows™ this Slurpee Day and customers of 7-Eleven®, Speedway® and Stripes® stores are invited to celebrate with FREE Slurpee drinks. All customers who visit participating stores on July 11 (7-Eleven's birthday) will receive a FREE small Slurpee drink.*
New this year, customers have the chance to enjoy up to three FREE Slurpee drinks starting July 1 through Slurpee Day by doing any of the following:
- 7Rewards® and Speedy Rewards® loyalty members can get the party started early with exclusive access to an extra free small Slurpee drink from July 1 – July 10.**
- But it doesn't stop there. In addition, customers who order via 7NOW® Delivery can enjoy another FREE Slurpee drink on July 8***.
- And of course, anyone can get a free Slurpee drink in-stores on July 11, 7-Eleven's birthday.
7-Eleven knows a Slurpee drink goes best with a delicious snack. So starting July 1 through Slurpee Day, loyalty members can also enjoy $1 dollar food deals on a variety of treats including fan favorites like $1 Big Bite® Hot Dog, $1 Pizza Slice, the $1STUFDCAKE (is there any other way to eat a cupcake than outside-in?!) and more. New and existing loyalty members can take advantage of both Slurpee drink and dollar deal offers by downloading the 7-Eleven and Speedy Rewards apps from the App Store, Google Play, or by visiting 7Eleven.com or Speedway.com.
"To our awesome Slurpee drink fans: you asked, and we're delivering by giving even more ways to redeem free Slurpee drinks and irresistible food deals to celebrate our 96th birthday," said Marissa Jarratt, 7-Eleven Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Sustainability Officer. "This Slurpee Day we're multiplying the fun by giving our customers three opportunities to enjoy their favorite frozen drink for free. As a part of our summer-long 'Anything Flows' campaign, we invite everyone to celebrate the next generation of Slurpee with us. No matter what your flow is, we have a Slurpee flavor to match, so come enjoy yours this Slurpee Day."
This year's much awaited Slurpee cup features the new Slurpee logo and vibrant, bold colors. Anything Flows in this newly-designed cup, where customers can choose from fan-favorite flavors like Cherry and Coca-Cola or limited-edition flavors like Sprite® Lymonade Legacy, Summertime Citrus, Fanta® Dragon Fruit Zero Sugar, and Hibiscus Lemonade. With the abundance of mouthwatering Slurpee flavors available in the newly redesigned Slurpee cup, Slurpee Day promises to be just as bold as it is delicious.
Anything Flows during Brainfreeze Season™ and that includes free Slurpee drinks, so grab one (or three!) and come join the party!
*Valid only on 7/11/23. Available while supplies last. Offer good at participating 7-Eleven, Stripes and Speedway stores. ©2023 7-Eleven, Inc. All rights reserved.
**Valid 7/1/23–7/11/23. Available while supplies last. Offer good at participating 7-Eleven, Stripes and Speedway stores. ©2023 7-Eleven, Inc. All rights reserved.
***All 7NOW Offers: Item must be added to cart for discount to apply. While supplies last. A small basket fee may apply if minimum purchase is not met. Delivery charges may apply. 7-Eleven, Inc. reserves the right to modify, change, or cancel this offer at any time"
All 7REWARDS Offers: Available while supplies last. Offer good at participating U.S. 7-Eleven® stores, excludes Hawaii. Offer not valid with any other coupon or discount. No cash value. Consumer pays applicable fees and sales taxes. COPIES OR REPRODUCTION BY ANY MEANS IS PROHIBITED AND SHALL VOID THE COUPON. ©2023 7-Eleven, Inc. All rights reserved.
About 7-Eleven, Inc.
7-Eleven, Inc. is the premier name in the U.S. convenience-retailing industry. Based in Irving, Texas, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to 7-Eleven® stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. operates and franchises Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits locations. Known for its iconic brands such as Slurpee®, Big Bite® and Big Gulp®, 7-Eleven has expanded into high-quality sandwiches, salads, side dishes, cut fruit and protein boxes, as well as pizza, chicken wings and mini beef tacos. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products at an outstanding value. Customers can earn and redeem points on various items in stores nationwide through its 7Rewards® and Speedy Rewards® loyalty programs with more than 80 million members, place an order in the 7NOW® delivery app in over 95% of the convenience retailer's footprint, or rely on 7-Eleven for other convenient services. Find out more online at www.7-Eleven.com.
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s health authorities have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a 42-year-old man who frequently travels to Europe. Authorities said the man is stable and has been isolated at a special hospital.
Egypt is the latest in the Middle East to join countries with reported monkeypox cases; Israel and the United Arab Emirates identified their first cases of the viral disease in May and Lebanon did so in June.
The health ministry statement, which was released late on Wednesday, also said that the contacts of the patient, who holds EU residency, are being monitored according to international medical standards recommended by the World Health Organization.
The statement did not say where exactly the case was detected or elaborate further.
Last month, Iran also announced that a 34-year-old woman in the southwestern city of AhvazMay tested positive for the virus, becoming that country’s first case.
According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 56,000 cases have been detected in 102 countries around the globe so far.
Since monkeypox outbreaks in Europe and North America were identified in May, the World Health Organization and other health agencies have noted that its spread was mostly in men who have sex with men.
The virus originates in primates and other wild animals and causes fever, body aches, chills and fatigue in most patients. People with more serious illness can develop a rash and lesions on the face, hands and other parts of the body.
The smallpox-related disease is commonly found in parts of central and west Africa. 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. | 2022-09-09T11:17:32+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/health/ap-health/ap-egypt-latest-in-mideast-to-detect-1st-case-of-monkeypox/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can’t enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care.
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judge’s ruling temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the 2021 law. A trial is scheduled for October before the same judge on whether to permanently block the law.
Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban, which prohibits doctors from providing gender-confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under 18 years old, or from referring them to other providers for the treatment. There are no doctors who perform gender-affirming surgery on minors in the state.
“Because the minor’s sex at birth determines whether or not the minor can receive certain types of medical care under the law, Act 626 discriminates on the basis of sex,” the court’s ruling Thursday said.
The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the law on behalf of four transgender youth and their families, as well as two doctors who provide gender-confirming treatments.
“The Eighth Circuit was abundantly clear that the state’s ban on care does not advance any important governmental interest and the state’s defense of the law is lacking in legal or evidentiary support,” Chase Strangio, deputy director for Transgender Justice at the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, said in a statement. “The state has no business categorically singling out this care for prohibition.”
Arkansas argued that the restriction is within the state’s authority to regulate medical practices.
Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge will ask the full 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to review the ruling, said spokeswoman Amanda Priest, adding that Rutledge was “extremely disappointed in today’s dangerously wrong decision by the three-judge panel.”
The 8th Circuit covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and the Dakotas. The ruling on Arkansas’ law comes after the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals that covers Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia ruled last week that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Experts and advocates have said that decision could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care.
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson vetoed Arkansas’ ban last year, and GOP lawmakers overrode him. Pediatricians, social workers and the parents of transgender youth said the measure would harm a community already at risk for depression and suicide. Hutchinson has said he would signed such legislation if it only focused on gender-confirming surgery.
On Thursday, he called Arkansas’ ban the “most extreme law in the country” and urged lawmakers to scale it back next year “with a more narrow focus to protect our children.”
“No other state has passed such a law that interferes with a parent making health care decisions for minor children based upon a doctor’s recommendations when the recommendations are based upon generally accepted medical guidance,” Hutchinson, who leaves office in January, said in a statement.
Multiple medical groups, including the American Medical Association, oppose the ban and have said the care is safe if properly administered. The Justice Department has also opposed the ban as unconstitutional.
An attorney for the ACLU told the appeals panel in June that reinstating the restriction would create uncertainty for families.
A federal judge in May blocked a similar law in Alabama. A Tennessee ban that was enacted last year on transgender treatments for youth, which is limited to providing gender-confirming hormone treatment to prepubescent minors, remains in effect.
In Texas, child welfare officials have been blocked from investigating three families of transgender youth over gender-confirming care the minors have received. A state judge is considering whether to prevent additional investigations. | 2022-08-26T09:14:41+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-court-arkansas-cant-ban-treatment-of-transgender-kids/ |
US home sales fell in June as prices reach new heights
(AP) - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fifth consecutive month in June as higher mortgage rates and rising prices kept many home hunters on the sidelines.
Existing home sales fell 5.4% last month from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.12 million, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.
That’s lower than the 5.37 million home sales pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet. Sales fell 14.2% from June last year.
After climbing to a 6.49 million annual rate in January, sales have fallen to the slowest pace since June 2020, near the start of the pandemic, when they were running at an annualized rate of 4.77 million homes. Excluding the pandemic-related slowdown, sales in June were running at the slowest pace since January 2019.
Even as home sales slowed, home prices kept climbing in June. The national median home price jumped 13.4% in June from a year earlier to $416,000. That’s an all-time high according to data going back to 1999, NAR said. Despite the increase, home prices are not climbing as much as they were earlier this year.
“With each passing month it appears price appreciation is less strong than earlier months,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist.
The June’s sales report is the late evidence that the housing market, a key driver of economic growth, is slowing as homebuyers grapple with sharply higher mortgage rates than a year ago.
“A combination of higher prices and higher mortgage rates clearly has shifted the dynamics in the housing market,” Yun said. “Home sales will only begin to stabilize once mortgage rates begin to stabilize.”
The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan climbed to 5.51% last week, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. A year ago it averaged 2.88%.
Mortgage rates have been climbing in response to a sharp increase in 10-year Treasury yields, reflecting expectations of higher interest rates overall as the Federal Reserve raises its benchmark rate in a bid to quell the highest inflation in decades.
Even with higher mortgage rates straining affordability, homes that sold didn’t stay on the market for long. On average, homes sold in just 14 days of hitting the market last month, the fastest sales pace tracked by the NAR. It was 16 days in May. Before the pandemic, homes typically sold more than 30 days after being listed for sale.
House hunters able to navigate the impact of higher mortgage rates had a wider selection of homes to choose from last month, at least. The number of properties for sale jumped 9.6% from May to 1.26 million, and rose 2.4% from June last year — the first annual increase in three years, Yun said.
Still, at the current sales pace, the level of for-sale properties amounts to a 3-month supply, the NAR said. That’s up from 2.6 months in May, and 2.5 months a year ago. That’s still short of the 5- to 6-month supply that reflects a more balanced market between buyers and sellers.
Despite the still-tight supply of homes for sale, rising mortgage rates and prices, first-time buyers accounted for 30% of sales last month, NAR said. That’s up from 27% in May, but still low by historical standards, when first-time buyers made up as much as 40% or more of transactions.
Real estate investors and other buyers able to buy a home with just cash, sidestepping the need to rely on financing, accounted for 25% of all sales last month, NAR said.
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Here is a look at five stories from the weekend to catch you up on the news.
DAYTON EATS: DORA districts invite dining adventures
Credit: JIM NOELKER
Credit: JIM NOELKER
The first day of summer and the longest day of the year will happen this month with the summer solstice on June 21. Climatologists and meteorologists consider June 1 the official start of summer with the warmest temperatures of the year happening during the months of June, July and August.
Regardless of which date you choose, June is the start of the best times to enjoy food and drink outside. Coinciding with this timeframe, the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) in the Oregon District will likely be expanded to most of downtown Dayton in mid-June making it nine times the size that it is now and encompassing 80 food and beverage businesses. This means you will be able walk with a drink from the Oregon District to the see a Dragons Game at Day Air Ballpark or head from dinner to the Schuster Center and not have to rush to finish a beverage.
For me several of the dozen regional DORA districts that are exempt from open container laws are as much about the food as they are the drink. I love being able to walk and enjoy an appetizer at one spot and an entree at another and being able to take my drink with me when I am ready to go to the next spot and enjoy the stroll for a relaxing vacation vibe.
Dayton among top cities for dog attacks on postal workers
Credit: USPS
Credit: USPS
More than 5,300 postal workers were attacked by dogs while delivering mail last year, with six Ohio cities in the top 20, including Dayton.
The U.S. Postal Service released its national dog attack rankings head of National Bite Awareness Week, which starts Sunday and runs through June 10. This year’s theme is: “Even good dogs have bad days.”
“When our mail carriers are bitten, it is usually a ‘good dog’ that had not previously behaved in a menacing way,” said Linda DeCarlo, USPS occupational safety and health senior director. “In 2022, too many aggressive dogs impacted the lives of our employees while delivering the mail. Please help us reduce that number by being a responsible pet owner who secures their dog as we deliver the mail.”
MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Project READ wants your books!
Imagine not being able to the words on this page. Literacy remains an urgent, multigenerational need within the Dayton region.
The organization known as Project READ was formed in 1990 by a group of educators, business leaders, and philanthropists to pursue the mission of improving literacy in the Dayton area and Montgomery County and surrounding counties. The mission has always been to build skilled workers, strong families and healthy communities through lifelong literacy. That goal is accomplished through book collection and redistribution.
“Project READ addresses an issue often overlooked in the Dayton area, that of literacy and its link to poverty,” says Neta Potts, Donation Center Manager/Bookstore Manager. Potts serves this nonprofit organization full time as part of the national Americorps program designed specifically to fight poverty by fighting illiteracy. “National studies suggest that up to one-third of adults read at or below a sixth-grade level,” she says. “That may mean they aren’t able to read a job application or a prescription bottle.”
Gold Star family members honor lost loved ones
DAYTON — For Gold Star family members, speaking their lost loved one’s name aloud is not just a simple gesture of remembrance, but also a way to honor their sacrifice and the legacy they left behind.
“(Fallen service members) die two deaths: one when they leave this earth and a second time when no one will say their name,” said Leslie Groves, who lost her son, Army Chief Warrant Officer James Groves III, in a helicopter crash during Operation Enduring Freedom in March of 2013.
As Gold Star family members, Leslie and her husband, Jim, know firsthand the importance of keeping a fallen service member’s memory alive. For the past six years, the couple has played an integral part in planning an annual Gold Star Families Memorial Service to honor the lives lost and comfort loved ones.
Kettering man gets moving after weighing in at 310 pounds
Americans are too sedentary – sitting more, in fact, than any other time in history. State by state, Ohio ranks 37th in the nation – near the bottom – for physical inactivity. Blame it on sedentary jobs, unpleasant weather or simply stressful lifestyles with too much screen time; but regardless of the reason, about a quarter of Ohioans report doing no exercise outside of their regular jobs.
David Matevia of Kettering found himself gaining weight after returning to Ohio from California in 2001.
“I’m a transplant to Dayton,” Matevia said. “I was born in Troy and graduated from high school in Findlay.”
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Brett Favre denies wrongdoing in welfare scandal, demands jury trial in court filing
By Wes Bruer, CNN
Attorneys for Brett Favre on Friday filed a lengthy denial of allegations he used misappropriated state funds in Mississippi meant for needy families for the construction of a state-of-the-art volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi where his daughter played.
Eric Hirschmann, an attorney for the Hall of Fame quarterback, filed the denial of allegations in response to a civil complaint brought by the Mississippi Department of Human Services and asked that the court “deny the relief requested by MDHS” and dismiss the complaint in its entirety, as well as award Favre attorneys’ fees and costs.
Favre also requests a jury trial and contends that the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, would be the proper venue for a trial.
The answer to the complaint lays out 21 affirmative defenses, where Favre’s attorneys question the statutory basis against the allegations, otherwise claiming that Favre acted in good faith and that “If there was a civil conspiracy in MDHS complaint, MDHS was a co-conspirator.”
Favre’s lawyers cited the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and other Mississippi and federal laws for the legal use of temporary assistance for needy family funds and his denial of allegations brought by MDHS.
His response states that Favre “lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations” that he conspired to defraud MDHS.
Favre also denied that payments were “made with TANF funds,” claiming that because MDHS receives funding from other federal and state sources, “it is impossible to determine from the commingled funds” which money was used.
Favre did admit, in regard to the USM volleyball facility, that he donated autographed materials to be auctioned off, solicited third parties to help with the construction, and held meetings with former MDHS chief John Davis, ex-USM Athletic Director Jon Gilbert, and Mississippi Community Education Center founder Nancy New about the construction. He also claims that “John Davis suggested that MDHS could provide $4 million in funding” to build the facility.
Davis and New have pleaded guilty to charges related to the scandal.
Favre also admitted to being paid $1.1 million by MCEC in exchange for recording a radio advertisement and other services which he claims was repaid to the state.
CNN has reported that Favre returned $500,000 in May 2020 and repaid the remaining $600,000 in October 2021 for the public service ad campaign after the state auditor issued a demand letter for it, according to the auditor’s office. But the auditor’s office maintained in 2021 that Favre still owed $228,000 in interest.
As to his involvement with concussion drug company Prevacus, Favre admits to investing over $250,000 into the company and soliciting others to invest as well. The state has alleged in a civil lawsuit that Favre in 2018 encouraged the company’s CEO, Jacob VanLandingham, to “solicit (non-profit founder) Nancy New to use MDHS grant proceeds to invest in the stock of Prevacus.”
New was convicted in the scheme and has agreed to cooperate with authorities in ongoing investigations.
Favre is one of nearly three dozen people and entities named in the civil suit brought by the state to recover millions in misspent welfare funds. Favre has not been charged criminally in the welfare fraud scheme.
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PREIT (NYSE: PEI), a leading real estate investment trust focused on creating thoughtful, community-centric properties, today announced the opening of its shareholder Q&A platform for its upcoming third quarter earnings call on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 11:00 am EDT.
PREIT believes in the value of transparency with stakeholders. In order to expand engagement with shareholders, PREIT has partnered with Say Technologies, LLC, a Robinhood Markets company, that has built an innovative communication platform to make it easier for investors to exercise their ownership rights.
Beginning tomorrow, November 1, 2022 at 11:00 am EDT, retail and institutional shareholders will be able to submit and upvote questions to management. To submit questions ahead of the earnings call, qualified investors can submit questions by visiting this link. The Q&A platform will remain open until November 7, 2022 at 8:00 pm EDT.
The live webcast of the Q3 2022 earnings call will be available on PREIT's Investor Relations website at https://investors.preit.com/investors. Following the call, a replay of the call, as well as a transcript, will be available on the same website.
PREIT (NYSE:PEI) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and manages innovative properties developed to be thoughtful, community-centric hubs. PREIT's robust portfolio of carefully curated, ever-evolving properties generates success for its tenants and meaningful impact for the communities it serves by keenly focusing on five core areas of established and emerging opportunity: multi-family & hotel, health & tech, retail, essentials & grocery and experiential. Located primarily in densely-populated regions, PREIT is a top operator of high quality, purposeful places that serve as one-stop destinations for customers to shop, dine, play and stay. Additional information is available at www.preit.com or on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that can be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "may" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans, strategies, anticipated events, trends and other matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future events and conditions and are based on currently available financial, economic and competitive data and our current business plans. Actual results could vary materially depending on risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that may affect our operations, markets, services, prices and other factors as discussed in the Risk Factors section of our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While we believe our assumptions are reasonable, we caution you against relying on any forward-looking statements as it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and it is impossible for us to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the effectiveness of strategies we may employ to address our liquidity and capital resources in the future, our ability to achieve our forecasted revenue and pro forma leverage ratio and generate free cash flow to further reduce our indebtedness; our ability to manage our business through the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, a weakening of global economic and financial conditions, changes in governmental regulations and related compliance and litigation costs and the other factors listed in our SEC filings. Additionally, our business might be materially and adversely affected by changes in the retail and real estate industries, including bankruptcies, consolidation and store closings, particularly among anchor tenants; current economic conditions, including consumer confidence and spending levels and supply chain challenges and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health and governmental response as well as the corresponding effects on tenant business performance, prospects, solvency and leasing decisions; our inability to collect rent due to the bankruptcy or insolvency of tenants or otherwise; our ability to maintain and increase property occupancy, sales and rental rates; increases in operating costs that cannot be passed on to tenants; the effects of online shopping and other uses of technology on our retail tenants; risks related to our development and redevelopment activities, including delays, cost overruns and our inability to reach projected occupancy or rental rates; social unrest and acts of vandalism and violence at malls, including our properties, or at other similar spaces, and the potential effect on traffic and sales; the frequency, severity and impact of extreme weather events at or near our properties; our ability to sell properties that we seek to dispose of or our ability to obtain prices we seek; our substantial debt and the liquidation preference of our preferred shares and our high leverage ratio and our ability to remain in compliance with our financial covenants under our debt facilities; our ability to refinance our existing indebtedness when it matures, on favorable terms or at all; our ability to raise capital, including through sales of properties or interests in properties and through the issuance of equity or equity-related securities if market conditions are favorable; and potential dilution from any capital raising transactions or other equity issuances.
Additional factors that might cause future events, achievements or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements include those discussed herein, and in the sections entitled "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. We do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or otherwise.
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The year was 1993 — alternative and hip-hop were the mainstream, and glam and pure pop were out. On today's show, host Stephen Kallao takes us back to that musical moment with a mix of some of '93's best releases, including debuts from Radiohead, Counting Crows and Sheryl Crow, and seminal records from The Smashing Pumpkins, A Tribe Called Quest and Lenny Kravitz. Enjoy a complimentary 1993 playlist below.
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Many cities brace for rowdy celebrations after a major sports win. But in Philadelphia, one safety precaution has turned into something of a rallying cry - or a dare: greasing the poles.
For the uninitiated, that means using paint rollers to apply biodegradable gear oil to lamp posts and other structures, in order to keep fans from scaling them.
With the Eagles set to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, "Protocols for the upcoming game are being evaluated by the police department including the greasing of poles," City of Philadelphia spokesperson Joy Huertas tells NPR.
"For public safety reasons, the city is not disclosing if/when the poles will be greased," she continues.
Why the secrecy? Perhaps because calling attention to something the city does not want fans to do can have the opposite effect.
City of Philadelphia: “We’re going to grease the poles so don’t even try it after the game!”
— Mekka Don (@MekkaDonMusic) January 30, 2023
Eagles fans: “OK” pic.twitter.com/U1vWCyZACL
"When we hear they're greasing the poles, we hear that as a challenge, like 'Grease them jawns, we're going to come climb them,' " says 29-year-old Sean Hagan. A union carpenter by day, Hagan took a climb after the Philadelphia Phillies bested the San Diego Padres in the National League Championship Series last fall.
City workers concentrate their greasing efforts at major party intersections, like south Broad Street in Center City Philadelphia. This grand avenue runs the entire length of Philadelphia, interrupted only by the sculpted granite walls of City Hall.
When local sports teams win, Broad Street becomes the beating heart of victory celebrations.
Sports victories bring a tough city together in celebration
Last October, Hagan, who had been watching the game at a nearby sports bar, went to Broad Street.
He found a pole that was greased, but was able to scale it all the same, using a garbage can like a step-stool.
"I felt like Stone Cold Steve Austin," Hagan says, referencing the retired professional wrestler. "I'm sitting there slamming beers, had Broad Street cheering me on ... The crowd was raging, it was unforgettable," he says.
Philadelphia Police arrested Hagan after he climbed down, and collared a few others who took celebrating to new heights that night. A judge later dismissed the charges against him.
Hagan says celebrating a sports victory feels like a rare occasion for a city with serious problems - such as poverty and gun violence - to blow off steam.
"[It] seems like crime stops for the day. You know, everybody's tuning in and really tuning out all the negativity," he says.
With that in mind, Philadelphia officials try to tamp down the most destructive forms of celebration, without restricting all forms of mild lawlessness.
"Be safe. Just be safe. Just think about what you're doing, where you are, and don't get hurt," Mayor Jim Kenney told reporters before the NFC Championship in January.
For that match, the city also upped its preparations. It blocked off streets surrounding City Hall, and erected barricades to keep crowds in the street and away from buildings or lamp posts.
Temporary vehicle restrictions in place due to Eagles celebratory activity between 8th to 20th sts and Race to Lombard sts. Rolling road closures in effect in other locations in the city. Use caution traveling. pic.twitter.com/ATA8ONBsfK
— Philadelphia OEM (@PhilaOEM) January 29, 2023
The City of Philadelphia is expected to release its gameday preparations before Sunday
This cut down on pole-climbing, but did not eliminate it entirely.
Other forms of passionate celebration erupted. A seven-piece brass-heavy ensemble known as Snacktime blocked traffic to parade up Broad Street. There were large fireworks displays - which are not legal within the city limits - and widespread drinking in the streets, flouting the local open-container ordinance. A man surfed the crowd, shooting Jello shots from a slingshot.
Philly is very good at celebrating pic.twitter.com/k176DmDaQM
— Laura Benshoff (@LEBenshoff) January 29, 2023
While mostly safe, some Eagles fans were injured when a bus shelter they climbed on top of collapsed.
All of this was just a preamble for the Super Bowl. The City of Philadelphia is expected to release more information about its gameday preparations before Sunday.
But this big game isn't in Philly, it's in Glendale, Arizona, outside Phoenix. Local college student Grace Del Pizzo made a guide on TikTok for any Philadelphians who may be coming to the game and itching to get off the ground.
"You're not going to have much luck climbing a palm tree because those are massive. But because we live in the desert, that means every other tree is tiny. So if all the light poles are taken, they're available," she quips.
It's no Broad Street, says Del Pizzo in the video, but it'll do.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-02-10T11:06:44+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2023-02-10/philly-may-grease-poles-ahead-of-the-super-bowl-eagles-fans-dont-care |
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Ryan Armour shoots 2-under 68 in round three of the RBC Canadian Open
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Ryan Armour makes birdie on No. 6 at RBC Canadian
In the third round of the 2022 RBC Canadian Open, Ryan Armour makes birdie on the par-3 6th hole.
Ryan Armour hit 11 of 18 greens in regulation during his third round at the RBC Canadian Open, finishing at 4 under for the tournament. Armour finished his day tied for 19th at 4 under; Tony Finau and Rory McIlroy are tied for 1st at 11 under; Justin Thomas, Alex Smalley, Sam Burns, and Wyndham Clark are tied for 3rd at 9 under; and Austin Cook and Jim Knous are tied for 7th at 7 under.
On the 454-yard par-4 fifth, Armour had a bogey after hitting the green in 3 and two putting, moving Armour to 1 over for the round.
At the 146-yard par-3 sixth, Armour hit a tee shot 128 yards at the green, setting himself up for the 7-foot putt for birdie. This moved Armour to even for the round.
On the 538-yard par-5 ninth, Armour had a birdie after hitting the green in 2 and two putting. This moved Armour to 1 under for the round.
After a drive to the left side of the fairway on the 528-yard par-5 11th hole, Armour chipped in his fifth from 4 yards, scoring a par. This kept Armour at 1 under for the round.
After a drive to the right side of the fairway on the 394-yard par-4 12th hole, Armour had a 114 yard approach shot, setting himself up for the birdie. This moved Armour to 2 under for the round.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A nine-month pregnant woman was arrested over the weekend for child abuse after officers determined she was driving under the influence.
“It’s not uncommon to see a pregnant person go to jail,” said Sgt. Dillon Quirk of the Oklahoma City Police Department. “However, it is very disheartening when that is the case.”
OCPD pulled over Alexis Alexander around 1:45 a.m. Saturday morning for driving without lights and driving through a red light near South Meridian Ave. and West Reno Ave.
The arresting officer said Alexander was the sole occupant of the vehicle and had red, watery eyes, would “space out” while speaking, and self-admitted to smoking a blunt about two hours prior.
The police report said the officer could tell immediately she was pregnant and when he asked when her baby was due, she said “February 1st.”
The report said Alexander was taken to the hospital for medical clearance before being taken to jail.
Among the complaints filed against her by OCPD were driving under the influence and child abuse.
Criminal defense attorney James Wirth of Wirth Law Office explained to KFOR that since 2020, an Oklahoman woman can face abuse charges for taking drugs while pregnant.
“Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals decided in September of 2020 to interpret ‘child’ to include an unborn child,” he said.
“From the prosecutor’s point of view, they’re going to say that she intentionally took in that narcotic knowing that it would go through her system and be transferred to her unborn child,” he continued. “They’re saying that child is protected under child abuse law, even though it’s not born. So, it could be interpreted as the same as giving it to a born child.”
OCPD said the Oklahoma County district attorney’s office will ultimately determine what charges Alexander will face. | 2023-01-24T13:49:44+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/local/pregnant-woman-arrested-for-child-abuse-after-allegedly-driving-under-the-influence/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Americans traveling for Thanksgiving may have to deal with messy weather later this week.
While the weather looks to be largely calm across much of the U.S. through Wednesday, certain pockets of the country can expect rain (and perhaps snow) in the lead-up to, and after, Thanksgiving Day.
A cross-country storm is expected to move from the Pacific Northwest through the northern and central Plains, bringing wind, rain and snow to these parts of the country on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the latest short-range forecast from the National Weather Service.
Much of the snow possible in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies is expected for Tuesday and into Tuesday night, with the storm “spreading what’s left of its moisture over the Northern/Central Plains on Wednesday,” the NWS writes.
But on Thanksgiving — and in the days that follow — the weather is expected to get wetter in parts of the Plains, the South and along the East Coast.
In the South, storms are expected Thanksgiving Day, with heavy rains across portions of the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley beginning on Wednesday night and lasting into Thursday and Friday, according to the NWS. The NWS Weather Prediction Center also warns of rain and thunderstorms from Texas and Oklahoma to the Southeast.
Dave Longley, meteorologist with Nexstar’s WSYR, added that this moisture — which will be gathering across Texas — will result in “a wet Black Friday” across other areas, as well.
“That lingering moisture in the Southeast U.S. will team up with another bundle of energy coming out of Texas and into the Plains with an expanding area of rain over the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, the southeast U.S. and mid-Atlantic states Saturday,” Longley added.
Major flooding was said to be unlikely on Thanksgiving, though rains are expected in cities including Memphis, Tennessee; Jackson, Mississippi; and New Orleans during the holiday, AccuWeather reported.
On the East Coast, the NWS says “meaningful precipitation” is also expected near the end of the week and possibly beyond, making return travel especially wet for those driving in the Northeast and Southeast, specifically.
“Low clouds and fog could result in flight delays at the major airports of the Northeast,” Longley added. “Roads will be wet and the fog could be especially thick where there is snow on the ground.”
The good news? Langley says severe winter weather isn’t expected through the end of the weekend.
“Winter reared its head across much of the country last week, but by and large cold and snow are gone for this holiday travel weekend.”
Thanksgiving travel, meanwhile, is expected to near pre-pandemic levels, according to AAA. Just under 55 million Americans are said to be traveling this year, with around 49 million of those reaching their destination by car.
“Regardless of the mode of transportation you have chosen, expect crowds during your trip and at your destination. If your schedule is flexible, consider off-peak travel times during the holiday rush,” says Paula Twidale, AAA’s Senior Vice President of Travel.
More information on Thanksgiving weather, including both short- and long-range forecasts for the country, can be found at the National Weather Service. | 2022-11-23T17:01:25+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/weather/wet-weather-could-make-post-thanksgiving-travel-messy-in-parts-of-us/ |
CADILLAC — Being told no turned out OK for Nick Winkler
It wasn’t all that easy to hear but it all worked out eventually — and he thinks he’s a better coach because of it.
Pending school board approval at its Monday meeting, Winkler will be the next varsity football coach at Cadillac High School.
Winkler was a finalist for the job in 2022 before Shawn Jackson was chosen by school administration. Jackson abruptly departed as football coach and strength and conditioning teacher in early May to return to his hometown in Missouri after just one season in Cadillac.
Meanwhile, Winkler remained at his job as coach and special education teacher in Clintonville, Wisc., and didn’t hesitate when the job came open again this spring.
“If you’re not selected, you can be bitter about it or you can make the choice to get better,” Winkler said. “It was an opportunity for me to improve.
“There were some areas for me to improve myself and I think we did that. It was a great self-reflection time and I am grateful that it worked out this time around.
“Now, I’ve got the opportunity to come to Cadillac. It’s a place I am familiar with and I am excited about the opportunity. I’m thankful to the people who have given it to me and I am ready to get to work.”
While Winkler has spent the last handful of years in Clintonville — located just west of Green Bay — he has roots in Michigan and in Cadillac.
He was raised in Kingsford and played high school football for the Flivvers under longtime coach Chris Hofer. His grandfather was a dairy farmer in Wexford County and drove a school bus for Cadillac while his mother also went to school here.
Winkler spent time in the summer as a kid working on the farm and would often do the same as a student and football player at Saginaw Valley State University.
It was with Saginaw Valley and head coach Jim Collins that Winkler got his start as a coach. He spent time as a graduate assistant with the Cardinals before venturing out.
His first high school coaching stint took him to Alaska and then to New Mexico. As the COVID-19 pandemic set in, Winkler began working to get back to the upper Midwest.
“Taking a job in Alaska was a little different,” he joked. “It was a good experience but I needed to get back to the lower 48.
“After that, I got a job in New Mexico and had a good experience in the two years there. I wanted to work on getting back to the Midwest after the pandemic hit and that’s when I got the job in Clintonville.”
Clintonville hadn’t had much football success before Winkler arrived. The school made the Wisconsin state playoffs in 2020 when — similar to Michigan — everyone did because of the shortened season.
They followed that up with playoff berths in 2021 and 2022, as well.
“We were pretty successful in 2021 and the same thing this past season,” Winkler said. “We had one of the top quarterbacks in the state who was all-state, along with an all-state receiver.
“We kind of took a team that was struggling a bit and brought some positive things. I was proud of that…everybody involved really stepped up.”
The Truckers — with an enrollment of 403 students — went 6-4 this past season. Cadillac’s enrollment is set at 860 for the 2023-24 school year.
As far as what you’ll see on the field this fall, Winkler said that largely depends on what he finds when he arrives in Cadillac in the next week or so.
Instead of saying he’ll run spread or an I-formation or veer, Winkler prefers to be tailor what he does both offensively and defensively to the players he has.
“I want people to see a great team that wants to be together,” he said. “The biggest thing is to assess guys coming back from last year and dig into the roster.
“We’ll take the things they’ve done really well and find some things to continue to improve on. From what I’ve seen so far, there’s a bunch of really talented guys so the plan is how to do we get them where they want to go.”
Winkler has about six weeks to get acclimated with his players and coaches before the season officially begins with the first day of practice on Aug. 7.
Cadillac opens the 2023 season at home against Midland on Aug. 24. | 2023-06-09T06:25:21+00:00 | cadillacnews.com | https://www.cadillacnews.com/sports/cadillac-to-hire-winkler-as-football-coach/article_400194da-065e-11ee-a68e-db8cc915ff15.html |
Man survives 11 days floating on ocean in freezer
(CNN) - A Brazilian man floated in a freezer in the ocean for 11 days, surviving without food or water, before being rescued.
Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues told Record TV he was on a fishing trip in August when his boat sank off the coast of northern Brazil. As it went down, he saw the floating cooler and jumped inside.
“I was desperate. I thought my end was coming. But thanks God, God gave me one more chance,” he told Record TV.
Rodrigues said he had no food or water. At times, sharks surrounded him as he floated in the ocean.
But 11 days after his boat went down, a group of fishermen found Rodrigues off the coast of Suriname. He was treated at a hospital.
“I was born again. I thought I wouldn’t be telling this story, but I’m back here,” he said. “That freezer was God in my life. The only thing I had was the freezer. It was a miracle.”
Officials detained Rodrigues for a few days because he didn’t have proper documentation, but he is now back home with his family in Brazil.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-09-06T05:48:42+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2022/09/06/man-survives-11-days-floating-ocean-freezer/ |
South Africa counts damage, death by tanker truck explosion
By ANDREW MELDRUM
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is coming to grips with the full extent of the destruction and deaths caused by a Christmas Eve tanker truck explosion. Officials reported on Sunday that the death toll has risen to 15. The truck was carrying gas when it got stuck under a low-lying bridge in the town of Boksburg, on Saturday, sparking flames. Emergency services officials say the tanker exploded as firefighters worked to extinguish the fire. Authorities say a “fire bomb” from the explosion substantially damaged a hospital about 100 meters (110 yards) away. South Africa’s health minister says three hospital staff members were among those killed. More than 320 people were taken to the damaged hospital. | 2022-12-25T14:32:20+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/12/25/south-africa-counts-damage-death-by-tanker-truck-explosion/ |
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ronnie Gajownik spent her Saturday afternoon as the bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
It wasn’t until mid-game she realized that was quite remarkable.
“It was awesome,” Gajownik said later. “I didn’t realize how big of a moment it was until (pitching coach Brent Strom) told me in the fifth inning, he’s like, ‘They’re doing articles all over about you. You’re trending!’”
The split-squad Diamondbacks lost to San Diego 5-4.
The 29-year-old Gajownik was hired during the offseason as manager of the D-backs minor league affiliate Hillsboro Hops. She’ll be the first woman to manage a Class High-A team.
Gajownik and D-backs manager Torey Lovullo sat next to each other in chairs just outside the dugout, talking for the better part of three hours.
“I told her we were just going to sit down, talk baseball for nine innings and let’s have some fun with it,” Lovullo said before the game. “I said, ‘You think I’m going to be teaching you things, but you’re going to be teaching me things as well.’
“I’m just appreciating my time with her. She’s a spectacular teacher and can relate with the players very well,” he said.
Gajownik has been with the organization for a few years and said sitting with Lovullo and asking questions was an invaluable experience as she prepares for her first job as a manager in pro baseball.
“It’s cool to take a step back and realize how far women have come,” Gajownik said. “And then also, me personally as a coach, all the work I’ve put in myself and then all the work the Diamondbacks have put into me, my family, my friends, my wife. It’s just cool to see the culmination of everything coming together. It’s a cool moment.”
Gajownik said Saturday’s game conversation with Lovullo varied between mundane topics like who might pinch-hit the next inning, to broader topics, like caring about players on and off the field.
“Him and I think a little bit of the same way, in regards that you’ve really got to care for the person,” Gajownik said. “And just know that ‘Hey, I’ll have your back and where there are moments of the game where I need to fight for you, I’ll fight for you.’”
Rachel Balkovec became the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball team last year when she led the New York Yankees’ Class A Tampa Tarpons.
Gajownik was a two-year starter on South Florida’s softball team and also won a gold medal with the United States in the 2015 Pan American Games.
Gajownik served as video coordinator for the Hops in 2021. She was on the coaching staff of the Amarillo Sod Poodles, the D-backs’ Double-A affiliate, last season as the first base coach.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-03-05T06:41:07+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-female-minor-league-manager-gets-day-as-d-backs-bench-coach/ |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 3, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
518 PM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of north central Texas, including the following
county, Dallas.
* WHEN...Until 800 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain
due to thunderstorms. This will likely cause urban and small
stream flooding. Low lying and/or poor drainage areas will
experience minor flooding in the advisory area. Up to 1 inch
of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch
are possible.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Dallas, Garland, Irving, Grand Prairie, and surrounding
areas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-09-03T23:11:45+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-DALLAS-FT-WORTH-Warnings-Watches-and-17417873.php |
As the Supreme Court decides on what to do with President Joe Biden’s proposed student debt relief plan, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona suggested that student loan payments could soon resume.
During testimony given to the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Tuesday, Cardona was pressed by Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., on whether the administration would consider another pause to federal student loan payments.
“We communicated that after the Supreme Court decision is made, loan repayments will start within 60 days of the decision,” Cardona told the panel.
The ruling could come at any time between now and the summer, meaning borrowers should begin to prepare for monthly payments as soon as July.
President Biden's plan calls for borrowers with incomes of up to $125,000 to receive up to $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness. That amount increases to $20,000 for borrowers who received Pell Grants.
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In March 2020, the Trump administration placed a pause on mandatory federal student loan payments due to COVID-19. The Biden administration continued the pause. Payments were slated to resume in January, but the Biden administration extended the pause amid uncertainty over its debt forgiveness program.
When payments do resume,the Brookings Institution said millions will likely be unprepared to make payments.
"Regardless of one’s view on the merits of Biden's loan cancellation plan, it is dangerous to ignore the substantial likelihood that judicial rulings will end the payment pause, strike down cancellation, or both. Failing to prepare at-risk borrowers for these outcomes is irresponsible and may inflict more harm on those who have already spent years struggling with burdensome student debt," the group said.
Foxx called on Cardona and the Biden administration to not issue any more pauses.
“Six times, the Department extended its pause on student loan payments,” she said. “Each time, American families scrambled to prepare for the restart of loan payments while education bureaucrats left them in the dark until the 11th hour. The American taxpayer has paid $175 billion for the repayment moratorium. It must end.”
Foxx also objected to the Biden administration’s plan to change income-driven repayments. Those making under $30,600 annually would not be required to make payments. The administration said it also would cut monthly payments in half for most borrowers.
“This backdoor attempt to drive through the president’s free college agenda will cost the American people at least $230 billion over the next decade,” she said.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-05-17T14:24:02+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/education-secretary-answers-when-student-loan-payments-will-resume |
▶ Watch Video: Jan. 6 committee says Trump tweet incited Capitol attack President Donald Trump’s former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone was called to testify last week before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Cipollone was subpoenaed to testify last month, after former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson mentioned him multiple times during her testimony. Who is Pat Cipollone? Jan. 6 hearings Several witnesses have testified that Cipollone was one of the main White House officials who opposed attempts by Mr. Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Select Committee investigating the insurrection says there is evidence that Cipollone repeatedly raised legal and other concerns about Mr. Trump’s activities on Jan. 6 and the days leading up to it. Hutchinson testified that Cipollone strongly opposed Trump’s efforts to travel to the Capitol on January 6. “Please make sure we don’t go up to the Capitol, Cassidy,” she recalled him saying. “Keep in touch with me. We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen.” Hutchinson also said Cipollone and others in the White House counsel’s office were concerned about language Trump wanted in his speech at the Ellipse on Jan. 6. Cipollone did not want to include mentions of potential pardons for those involved in the January 6 Capitol assault. During Tuesday’s hearing, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Florida Democrat, said Cipollone and his deputy did not attend the speech at the Ellipse “and they were concerned that the statements in the speech about the election were false.” Part of Cipollone’s previous interview with the committee was also played during Tuesday’s hearing. He said he thought Pence did the right thing by allowing for the certification of the 2020 election results, and had no other choice. “I thought that the vice president did not have the authority to do what was being suggested under a proper reading of the law,” said Cipollone. “I conveyed that. I think I actually told somebody in the vice president’s — ‘Just blame me. I’m not a politician.’ I just said, ‘I’m a lawyer, this is my legal opinion.'” Role as White House counsel Cipollone was on the president’s legal team during his first impeachment trial before the Senate. During that trial, which began in 2020, Trump was charged with obstruction of justice and was acquitted. Cipollone worked alongside Longtime Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz and former independent counsel Ken Starr during that trial. Ahead of the president’s second impeachment trial, several lawyers, including Jay Sekulow and Cipollone, decided not to defend him. In that impeachment trial, the president was charged for inciting the insurrection and was again acquitted. A group of Republican senators called several White House officials, including Cipollone, after the insurrection, in an effort to convince them to stay on until Mr. Trump left office, according to an aide to Senator Mike Lee. Cipollone had threatened to resign as White House counsel in early 2021. At the time, Mr. Trump was trying to enlist the Justice Department to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election over baseless claims of election fraud. When Mr. Trump wanted to replace Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, Cipollone told Mr. Trump that his plans to fire Rosen and install Clark amounted to a “murder-suicide pact,” the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a report. Clark had pushed false claims about election irregularities in Georgia, according to the report. Law career Cipollone is a partner at Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP and is based in Washington, D.C. The firm’s site states that as counsel to Mr. Trump “he managed and led legal strategy on matters throughout the Administration and provided counsel on issues of highest national importance in the federal government.” He attended University of Chicago Law School, where he was managing editor of the Chicago Law Review, as well as Fordham University. He has worked for several legal firms and has served as counsel in many types of cases, including class actions, significant investigations, constitutional cases and campaign finance, according to the firm. | 2022-07-13T17:03:08+00:00 | wsgw.com | https://www.wsgw.com/who-is-pat-cipollone-former-trump-white-house-counsel-testified-before-jan-6-committee/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting aboard Air Force One last year, President Joe Biden was scanning the newspaper and spotted a ghostly photo of a child’s swing set engulfed in raw sewage.
He didn’t just sigh or shake his head. Upon landing back in Washington, he ordered longtime aide Steve Ricchetti to phone the White House infrastructure coordinator.
By August, Lowndes County, Alabama, had a $10 million grant to fix the problem with money from the 2021 infrastructure law. And administration officials told the community the money came at the president’s insistence.
But here’s the rub for Biden: A majority of voters in Alabama and across the U.S. don’t believe he cares about people like them. Nor do they trust his ability to manage a sprawling federal government that often moves at a sluggish pace.
This perception has made it harder for Biden to sell his plans for the economy and make his case to voters around the country that he deserves a second term in an all-but-declared reelection campaign.
“If you go and you walk in some of these folks’ yards, the kids are running outside and they’re running in sewage,” says Mitch Landrieu, the White House infrastructure coordinator. “These are the people that the president wants to touch.”
For all of that, however, 53% of voters in the midterm elections said Biden didn’t care about people like them, according to AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of the electorate. That belief about Biden — a president known to commiserate with grieving families and offer to phone children who want puppies — is a reflection of how people judge leaders through a rigidly partisan lens. About 9 in 10 Republicans say Biden is indifferent to them; roughly that many Democrats see him as empathetic.
“To Republicans, Biden has no redeeming traits,” said Stanford University professor Shanto Iyengar. “Not only are evaluations of incumbents completely polarized, cues like personal traits matter less.”
The broader public is also skeptical that Biden, at 80 years old, can oversee the $6 trillion enterprise that is the federal government. A January poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that a mere 23% of U.S. adults have “a great deal” of confidence in Biden to effectively manage the White House, down from 44% when he took office.
The president told PBS in a interview last week that he thinks polling is irrelevant. But for the next two years, he’s telling staffers and donors, voters need to get a fuller sense of everything his administration has done, from $35 price caps on insulin for older people to more than 20,000 infrastructure projects in the pipeline.
“It’s really important we let people know what we’ve done — let people know,” Biden recently told donors. They were gathered for a fundraiser in the living room of a posh New York City apartment, but his remarks focused more on the needs of blue collar workers.
Many voters want leaders who echo their frustration rather than provide policy fixes, said Shawn Parry-Giles, a professor of political communications at the University of Maryland. She noted that Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, won the presidency by expressing the rage that many felt.
“Candidates like Trump seemingly gain traction because they speak to such anger that makes people feel like he understands them,” she said. “Biden doesn’t tap into that anger, but he does try to make inroads through empathy.”
Trump also had the ability to take credit for any successes, claiming strong economic growth when the data suggested it had changed little from Barack Obama’s second term. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said Biden has not been “as adept at credit-taking” as was Trump.
“If his policies are benefiting the skeptical public, he ought to be able to show them proof of it and in the process increase their perception that he cares about them,” she said.
Plenty of presidents have aimed to show empathy for everyday Americans: Obama stressed the 10 letters he read every day from people around the country. George W. Bush offered himself as a “compassionate conservative.” Bill Clinton famously declared during the 1992 presidential campaign, “I feel your pain.”
Biden tries to put himself in the scuffed shoes of a worker and asks Ivy League educated aides to do the same. He repeatedly tells them that real people must be able to easily apply for the government resources being created for them.
When Gene Sperling took on the role of overseeing the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief programs in 2021, the president gave him direct instructions.
“When you are guiding implementation of these programs, I want you every time to imagine a couple of parents coming home from a 10 hour shift, trying to make dinner and help a child with homework,” Sperling said Biden told him.
That meant helping in personal ways as well as with broad steps. Sperling worked with Treasury and the IRS to ensure that the child tax credit’s monthly payments arrived on the same day each month. He told the team it was something of a victory if someone complained on Facebook or Twitter that their payment was late, since it meant people knew about the program and valued it.
Those now-lapsed payments pulled child poverty to its lowest level on record. And when some in Congress suggested the benefits should only be targeted to the poor, the president pushed back. In an Oval Office meeting, he told aides it also mattered for middle-class parents to have a sense of dignity, that they should be able to afford a prom dress or a Little League uniform for their kids.
Biden referenced the frustrations of his own father at tax time. Parents got an income-tax deduction for their children then. But if the parents’ income fell because of a layoff, the value of the deduction also fell.
The president remembered his father asking how it could be fair to give parents less when they were enduring a rough year and needed more help.
Aides tell stories of a president who has made snap decisions based on what he felt people needed, stressing that the government must act with ordinary Americans in mind and make it easier to receive benefits.
After Hurricane Ian struck Florida last year, Biden flew down to survey the damage. Homeowners were crowding “insurance villages” to apply for damages, something that Biden learned about during his flight. He ordered the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to send teams to expedite relief.
Julie Rodriguez, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, said the mandate from Biden was to deliver services and not “allow the guts of government to get in the way.”
In last week’s State of the Union address, Biden said the coronavirus emergency is ending, that “we have broken the COVID grip on us.”
But the pandemic still matters for the president. Each day, he continues to tuck a card into his suit jacket that lists the deaths and infections from COVID-19, according to aides. He references the numbers in meetings, knowing they represent people and families.
Even with abysmal approval ratings, the best strategy for Biden might be to simply keep doing what he’s doing, giving speeches about what he’s achieved, with lines that reporters might have heard before but that seem fresh to local audiences, said William Howell, a professor at the University of Chicago.
“The thing to do is what Biden is doing right now,” Howell said. “It’s really about repetition, not just him saying it over and over again, but his surrogates saying it, and have these messages break through.” | 2023-02-15T22:12:43+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/ap-bidens-empathy-shapes-policy-but-some-voters-dont-feel-it/ |
NEW YORK, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of Virtu Financial, Inc., (NASDAQ: VIRT) between March 1, 2019 and April 28, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important July 18, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Virtu securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Virtu class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16420 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 18, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Virtu maintained deficient policies and procedures with respect to its information access barriers; (2) accordingly, Virtu had overstated the Company's operational and technological efficacy as well as its capacity to block the exchange of confidential information between departments or individuals within the Company; (3) the foregoing deficiencies increased the likelihood that Virtu would be subject to enhanced regulatory scrutiny; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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Beyoncé is going on a world tour. Will Ticketmaster be able to handle it?
Good news: Beyoncé's Renaissance tour is happening. Bad news: Fans are already gearing up for a difficult time getting tickets, especially following Ticketmaster's botched ticket rollout for Taylor Swift's Eras tour.
Beyoncé announced the tour — which had been previously rumored — on Wednesday. In an Instagram post, the superstar posted simply "RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR 2023." Her website shows tour dates from May to September. Beyoncé will perform in cities around the world, making several stops in the United States. The site suggests tickets will be on sale soon.
Fans have been eagerly awaiting news of the tour, but many are already bracing themselves for a Ticketmaster disaster, following the recent Swift ticket debacle.
"Hey @Ticketmaster you better have you servers ready!!!" one person tweeted. "Don't screw this up," said another. On the Ticketmaster site, a search for Beyoncé tickets led to a page that says there are no upcoming events. Ticketmaster did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether it would be selling tickets or if it can handle demand.
The Swift concert drama started even before tickets officially went on sale. In mid-November, Ticketmaster's site overloaded when fans tried to purchase pre-sale tickets for just a handful of dates. Demand was so high that Ticketmaster ultimately canceled the public sale of the tickets. Swift was furious, calling the debacle "excruciating for me."
Ticketmaster had to contend with more than just the ire of Swift and her fans. The fiasco prompted a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, designed to examine the lack of competition in the ticketing industry (and give senators an opportunity to quote their favorite T-Swift song lyrics.) The hearing gave members of the committee and others a chance to call out Ticketmaster's power within the industry.
Over a decade ago, the company merged with Live Nation, despite fears that the conglomerate would create a monopoly in the ticketing sector. In 2010, a court filing that raised objections to the merger said that Ticketmaster had over 80% share among major venues. Ticketmaster disputes that market share estimate, and says it holds at most just over 30% of the concert market, according to CFO Joe Berchtold, who spoke about the business on NPR.
Today, it's widely criticized for holding too much power in the sector — effectively barring fans and artists from buying or selling tickets through a competitor.
Renaissance, which dropped this summer, has been widely acclaimed and was nominated for album of the year at the Grammys. | 2023-02-01T18:20:21+00:00 | wtae.com | https://www.wtae.com/article/beyonce-tour-ticketmaster/42734519 |
MCLEAN, Va., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) today announced that Jacqueline Yeaney has been elected to the Iridium Board of Directors, effective May 4, 2023. As a director on the Iridium Board, Yeaney will contribute to the strategic direction of Iridium's business alongside her fellow Board members.
Recently retired, Yeaney has extensive experience in the high-tech software and analytics industry, as well as in management consulting. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Tableau Software, a company specializing in data visualization, since August 2019. Prior to Tableau, she was Chief Marketing Officer of Ellucian, a privately held software and services company serving the education industry. She has served on the Board of Directors for other publicly traded companies, including Avaya Holdings Corp., and Promethean World PLC. Yeaney started her career as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
As a seasoned marketing and technology executive, Yeaney is bringing significant expertise to Iridium's Board of Directors, that will help the company continue its expansion into new and untapped markets.
"As Iridium continues our strong growth and increasing importance to consumers communicating off the grid, Jackie's marketing intuition and experience will be invaluable to our management team and board," said Matt Desch, CEO, Iridium. "I'm also looking forward to taking advantage of her technical and software experience as the company continues our push towards cloud-based offerings and network infrastructure."
Yeaney holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium® is the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe. Iridium enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ecosystem of partner companies, Iridium delivers an innovative and rich portfolio of reliable solutions for markets that require truly global communications. In 2019, the company completed a generational upgrade of its satellite network and launched its new specialty broadband service, Iridium Certus®. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Va., U.S.A., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol IRDM. For more information about Iridium products, services and partner solutions, visit www.iridium.com.
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Blueberries grow best when planted in early spring. These superfoods are easy to maintain and are packed with antioxidants. You’ll need the right mix of nutrients for a healthy blueberry bush with delicious fruits. Luckily, these berries don’t require much fertilization, so you won’t need to buy a large bag.
In this article: Down to Earth All-Natural Acid Mix Fertilizer, Espoma Organic Holly-Tone Plant Food and Whitetail Institute Laboratory Soil Test Kit
Blueberry nutrient requirements
- Phosphorus: You’ll want a fertilizer with moderate phosphorous levels to support your blueberries’ root development and fruit production. Using a fertilizer with the right amount of phosphorus ensures your berries’ roots are healthy, letting them absorb more water and nutrients from the soil.
- Potassium: Blueberries require potassium-heavy fertilizers to aid in photosynthesis and overall plant health.
- Be careful with nitrogen: Blueberries don’t process nitrogen like other plants. Avoid nitrate fertilizers and those high in nitrogen. You can use organic granular fertilizers that slowly release nitrogen or those containing urea. However, it’s important to note that urea is a synthetic compound.
- Micronutrients: Blueberries require micronutrients including calcium, magnesium, sulfur and iron.
Soil pH
Blueberries grow best in relatively acidic soil. A soil pH between 4.2 and 5 is ideal for maximizing growth. You can use a pH testing kit or electronic pH tester if you’re unsure about your soil’s pH. If your soil is too alkaline, you’ll want to consider an acid-boosting fertilizer.
Organic fertilizer vs. chemical fertilizer
Organic fertilizers, such as compost and manure, are becoming increasingly popular for blueberry growth. These fertilizers release nutrients slowly and can improve the health of your soil. These are ideal for providing nitrogen slowly, so you won’t have to worry about the fertilizer damaging your roots. Still, some may not offer the immediate boost of potassium your plants need.
Chemical fertilizers generally have a more controlled concentration of nutrients, making them ideal for those looking to fine-tune their blueberries’ growth. However, these release nutrients quickly and can burn up your plant’s roots if they have too much nitrogen.
Blueberry fertilizer FAQ
Q. When should you fertilize blueberries?
A. Early spring. These plants grow best when you use small amounts of fertilizer in one to three applications depending on their size and age. Fertilize your bushes before their leaves are fully developed and again six weeks later. Some gardeners recommend fertilizing once more after your first harvest.
Q. How much sunlight do blueberries need?
A. Around six to eight hours daily. They tolerate some shade but don’t need it unless it’s particularly hot outside. Additionally, proper sunlight and watering habits will reduce their need for fertilizer.
Q. How often should you water your blueberries?
A. Blueberries need around 1 inch of water weekly. If you live in a particularly rainy area, you won’t need to water your plants as often. Keep an eye on your area’s weekly rainfall and avoid root rot by not overwatering your plants.
Q. How do you know if your blueberries aren’t getting enough fertilizer?
A. Underfertilized blueberry bushes tend to have small leaves and reduced growth. If you’re worried about your soil’s nutrient content, there are affordable nutrient test kits.
Best blueberry fertilizers
Down to Earth All-Natural Acid Mix Fertilizer
This all-natural fertilizer is an excellent way to boost your soil’s acidity. The box is compostable and recyclable. Many reviewers said it helped revive their dying blueberry bushes.
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Espoma Organic Holly-Tone Plant Food
This organic fertilizer releases nutrients slowly, ensuring they won’t damage your blueberries’ roots. It’s an ideal solution for acid-loving plants, such as blueberries.
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This helps create the ideal pH level for blueberries. It comes with more than enough for several blueberry bushes.
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This gives your blueberries a small instant dose of nutrients, followed by a slow release of nutrients over time. It contains bone meal, alfalfa meal and other natural ingredients.
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Other products to help you grow blueberries
This doesn’t require batteries and provides fast, accurate results. It is user-friendly and can be used for indoor or outdoor gardening. It tests your plants’ lighting conditions as well as the soil pH and moisture.
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Whitetail Institute Laboratory Soil Test Kit
With this kit, you’ll collect a soil sample and send it to a lab for testing. It provides accurate results about your soil’s pH and available nutrients. It’s surprisingly affordable.
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This affordable meter is battery-free and easy to use. It can be used for an indoor or outdoor garden.
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This comes with two trowels, a weeder, a cultivator, a hand rake, pruning shears, gardening rope, a handheld sprayer, gloves, pruning snips and a cloth tote. The tools are rust-resistant and the gloves are durable.
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This is made with extra-thick memory foam to keep your knees from getting sore while you tend to your blueberry bushes. It resists moisture and folds in half. The handles make it easy to pack around.
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Picnic at Ascot Garden Tools With Tote
This is made of a durable canvas that’s ideal for outdoor use. It has pockets to keep your tools separated. The solid base prevents it from sagging when you carry it.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — The parking lot was full at the Springs Funeral Services Friday night, where a visitation was held for Daniel Aston, one of the victims of the Club Q shooting.
Friends from his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Colorado Springs talked about how he touched their lives so much that they have begun to connect with each other.
“Daniel brought people together and he loved people,” Jillian Culp, a friend of Aston’s from Colorado Springs, said.
“He inspired so many people to be themselves,” said Sammie Poole, a friend of Aston’s from Tulsa. “Like more than I knew about until now.”
Daniel Aston ‘was loved by so many’
Friends, family and the public were invited to gather and give their final respects. Aston’s impact on multiple communities was the focus for people who never met each other before Friday night.
“He was one of the most passionate people I’ve ever met for our community,” Culp said.
“He was loved by so many and he made a community in Colorado Springs and in Tulsa,” Poole said.
Friends said Aston was authentic and was an inspiration to others.
“He was out and proud and made sure everybody else felt comfortable enough to be out and proud themselves,” Tempest Cartwright, a friend of Aston’s from Tulsa, said.
“His smile was the best smile, it would just make every pain go away immediately,” Cartwright said.
Aston was a bond for these folks, one that endures past his own life cut too short.
“He was one of the best things to happen to both cities,” Poole said.
A memorial will be held for Aston at the Shove Chapel at Colorado College on Wednesday at 10 a.m. | 2022-12-03T04:52:41+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/local/club-q-victim-daniel-astons-visitation-unites-friends-across-cities/ |
Which products are best for enhancing your time at the beach
For many, a day at the beach is an ideal way to spend quality time with their family. Swimming, collecting shells and getting vitamin D are all great fun. Still, there are numerous things you can bring with you to take your beach day to the next level.
What to consider before going to the beach
- Keep your kids entertained in the car: If you’re traveling relatively far to get to the beach, you’ll want to keep your kids entertained along the way. Tablets and mobile-gaming consoles are great, but you don’t need a screen to entertain your child. Consider playing games like I Spy or Road Trip Bingo as you drive.
- Don’t forget sunscreen: According to the National Institutes of Health, sun rays have been known to cause skin damage since medieval times. Long-term or repeated exposure to sun rays can impact your skin’s elasticity or lead to skin cancer. Sunscreen can absorb, reflect or disperse the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays, keeping your skin safe and healthy.
- Consider wearing sunglasses: Your skin isn’t the only part of your body the sun can damage. It’s essential to protect your eyes. According to the NIH, large sunglasses with UVR protection are the most effective way to protect your eyes from the sun.
- Try to get there early: Getting to the beach early makes it less likely you’ll have to deal with extreme temperatures. Additionally, showing up earlier in the day lets you claim a great spot.
Types of beach products
- Comfort products: Some of the best beach products make your time in the sun more comfortable. You can use beach blankets, lounge chairs and inflatables to avoid laying directly in the sand.
- Safety products: Sunscreen and sunglasses protect your skin and eyes from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
- Beach toys: Beach toys are ideal for children and adults who want to have fun with their kids. Common toys include buckets, shovels and floating animal-themed toys.
- Storage products: These make it easier to transport and carry the other beach products you bring. Totes are popular, but many may need something larger, such as a beach cart.
- Coolers: Bringing cold water and food is essential when going to the beach. Coolers are an ideal way to keep your drinks and snacks fresh and cool.
Beach comfort products
What to consider when choosing a beach comfort product
When buying a lounge chair or inflatable, it’s crucial to choose one that’s durable. Durable chairs and inflatables enhance your safety since you won’t have to worry about them breaking while in use. It’s a good idea to buy beach comfort products that are compact and easy to carry, as large chairs and blankets can be cumbersome.
Best beach comfort products
Coleman Collapsible Chair With Built-In Four-Can Cooler
Although the armrests aren’t sturdy, the chair is. It’s comfortable, roomy and easy to fold down and carry. The built-in cooler makes it easy to keep your drinks cold, and the cup holder lets you keep sand out of your drinks.
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When folded down, it’s incredibly compact. The built-in shoulder strap makes it easy to carry to and from your vehicle. You can switch between a traditional headrest and an open-faced headrest, making it ideal for those who love to tan.
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Beach safety products
What to consider when choosing a beach safety product
It’s important to select beach safety products made by reputable brands. Untrustworthy brands may make false claims about how well their product works.
When buying sunscreen, the Food and Drug Administration recommends choosing a waterproof lotion offering broad-spectrum protection with a sun protection factor of 15 or higher.
When buying sunglasses, the National Eye Institute recommends selecting a pair that blocks at least 99% of UVA and UVB rays.
Best beach safety products
Supergoop SPF 40 Broad-Spectrum Face Sunscreen
Although it’s expensive, most people feel this sunscreen is worth it. Many didn’t even notice they were wearing it, but it provided adequate protection against the sun’s UV rays.
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Maui Jim Ho’okipa Rectangular Sunglasses
These offer UV protection and feature glare-free lenses. They’re relatively pricey and aren’t as durable as other brands. Still, most people felt they were far more comfortable and effective than other sunglasses they had tried.
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Beach toys
What to consider when choosing a beach toy
In some cases, your kids may not know how to swim or may prefer playing in the sand over playing in the water. Beach toys are an excellent way to give your children something fun to do at the beach.
When buying beach toys, it’s vital to consider your child’s age and interests and the toy’s durability.
Best beach toys
It’s made of durable plastic and features an adjustable strap for various hand sizes. It’s compact and has an interesting design. Some people felt it made a loud clicking noise when the jaws closed. Still, most parents said their children loved it.
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Create A Castle Sandcastle Kit
This set includes six pieces that you can use to create large, detailed sandcastles. Although it’s pricey, most were impressed with the results.
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Beach storage products
What to consider when choosing beach storage products
The best beach storage products are durable. When buying a tote, it’s essential to ensure it isn’t too large for you to carry comfortably. Additionally, it needs to have secure straps that won’t break.
Beach carts should have sturdy wheels that rotate easily in sandy conditions. Ensure it’s large enough to carry everything you want to bring.
Best beach storage products
Strolee Beach Compact Folding Cart
This cart is stable, and the oversized rear wheels keep it balanced in the sand. It features a beach umbrella holder and several storage compartments. It’s available in five colors and is easy to maneuver.
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It’s made from waterproof nylon, making it ideal for a day at the beach. It’s spacious, stylish and comes in 14 colors. Some felt the handle could have been sturdier, but most were impressed with its build quality.
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Beach coolers
What to consider when choosing a cooler for the beach
When buying a cooler for the beach, it’s important to consider its size, weight and how tight it seals. A larger cooler may make sense if you plan to spend all day at the beach. Still, you’ll want a cooler with wheels, so it isn’t challenging to pack from your car. In most cases, a more compact cooler is ideal.
Some high-end coolers feature air-tight seals that keep your drinks cold longer. These are ideal for long days at the beach but may not be necessary if you’ll only be there an hour or two.
Best cooler for the beach
Yeti Tundra Haul Portable Wheeled Cooler
Yeti is known for producing top-notch coolers that keep your drinks cold for extended periods. Although this cooler can be heavy when filled, the wheels make it easy to transport.
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It’s affordable and available in three colors including ocean blue, blue and red. It’s easy to carry and ideal for a short stay at the beach.
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SHENYANG, China, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- During the recent event of "Celebrating Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland" held at Victoria Park, Hong Kong, the "Shenhe Elements" of the cultural tourism industry of Shenhe District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, attracted significant attention.
From June 30 to July 2 this year, to celebrate the 26th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, Hong Kong Celebrations Association organized the event of Celebration at Victoria Park. During the event, intangible cultural heritage projects from Shenhe District, such as sugar figures, pyrography, and fruit pit carving, vividly showcased the distinguished characteristics of the "historic city with ancient charm" of Shenhe District. Local residents showed great affection and enthusiasm for the "Shenhe Elements", according to the Publicity Department of Shenhe District.
Shenhe District, located in the central area of Shenyang, stands out with its strong "soft" and "hard" power in the cultural tourism industry. It boasts cultural tourism development carriers such as the Shenyang Palace Museum, Shenyang Middle Street, and Shengjing Grand Theater, and serves as a concentration zone of historical and cultural heritage in Northeast China. Moreover, it functions as a regional cultural and creative center, a national cultural export base, and a comprehensive pilot zone for expanding the opening up of the national service industry.
In the future, Shenhe District will make every effort to promote Shenyang Middle Street as a hundred-billion-level business district, connecting surrounding streets and alleys, collaborating with top commercial real estate developers, introducing leading commercial complexes, and creating distinctive themed street blocks such as the Northeastern slow living and leisure district and the high-end luxury district with various treasures. By relying on open spaces and alleys and introducing immersive interactive experiences such as Han Chinese Clothing street snaps, themed performances, and cultural and creative markets, it aims to build a model for the revival of the ancient city and lead the development of the cultural tourism industry in Northeast China.
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Two Fulton County residents charged with insurance fraud
Published: Dec. 8, 2022 at 10:20 AM EST|Updated: 23 minutes ago
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Two Fulton County residents have been charged with insurance fraud.
Mercedes Madison and Roshad Lang are accused of filing a false stolen vehicle claim. The car was found by Cobb County police after Lang committed several traffic violations, leading to a car chase.
Warrants were issued for the pair Dec. 1. They are still at large.
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Updated April 26, 2023 at 5:00 PM ET
HELENA, Mont. – Republicans, who dominate the Montana House of Representatives, have voted Wednesday to formally punish Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr.
Zephyr, who is transgender, has been blocked from speaking since last week when she told supporters of a bill to ban gender-affirming care that when they bowed their heads in prayer, she hoped they would see "blood on [their] hands." She says was alluding to studies that show that transgender health care can reduce suicidality in youth.
The formal punishment decided Wednesday bans Zephyr from attending or speaking during floor sessions. She will only be allowed to vote remotely in the remaining days of the legislative session. It's a lesser punishment than expulsion, which was also on the table, according to House leadership.
"I have fielded calls from families in Montana, including one family whose trans teenager attempted to take her life while watching a hearing on one of the anti-trans bills," Zephyr said during the debate Wednesday. "So, when I rose up and said 'there is blood on your hands,' I was not being hyperbolic," she said.
"If you use decorum to silence people who hold you accountable, all you are doing is using decorum as a tool of oppression," Zephyr added.
Monday, seven people were arrested during a demonstration in the House gallery in protest of Zephyr being blocked from speaking for three consecutive days.
"Monday, this body witnessed one of its members participating in conduct that disrupted and disturbed the orderly proceedings of this body ... placing legislators, staff and even our pages at risk of harm," said Republican House Majority Leader Sue Vintin before the vote to punish Zephyr. Democrats have taken issue with the characterization that anything about the protesters' behavior Monday was unsafe.
The Montana controversy comes about three weeks after the Tennessee House voted to expel state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson for using a megaphone on the floor during a gun reform protest. Both Jones and Pearson were reinstated shortly after.
The background
The tension in the Montana House has been building for a while. Zephyr said she ran for office after Republican lawmakers passed legislation restricting the rights of transgender Montanans in 2021.
Now in office, she's taken a very strong stance against bills to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, to ban minors from attending drag shows and to define sex as binary in state code.
Monday, seven people were arrested during a demonstration in the House gallery in protest of Zephyr being blocked from speaking for three consecutive days.
Speaker of the House Matt Regier says Zephyr violated the rules of the chamber during the debate over a bill to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. He said she would be blocked from speaking on the floor unless she apologized.
Zephyr says she stands by her comments. In a notice, Republican leaders cited the section of the Montana Constitution that gives authority to the legislature to "expel or punish a member for good cause" with a two-thirds majority vote.
House Minority Leader Kim Abbott says her caucus will hold Republicans accountable for their "anti-democratic agenda." The public gallery was closed for Wednesday's proceedings.
Members are under a tight deadline in the coming days. Montana's Constitution says it must adjourn in a matter of days, and they've yet to finish piecing together a budget.
Copyright 2023 Montana Public Radio. To see more, visit Montana Public Radio. | 2023-04-26T21:21:02+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2023-04-26/montana-house-votes-to-formally-punish-transgender-lawmaker-rep-zooey-zephyr |
Southern Nevada hospitals with ‘superbug’ cases identified
Updated May 20, 2022 - 9:25 am
The state health department late Thursday identified the 19 hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities in Southern Nevada that have reported cases this year of a drug-resistant “superbug” that can result in serious illness and even death.
The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services did not specify which facilities had experienced outbreaks of the Candida auris fungus, nor did it specify how many cases had been identified at each facility.
“There are no determined outbreaks at any facility currently,” department representative Dawn Cribb said in an email on Friday.
The department also disclosed there have been 14 deaths in patients, “but it is unclear at this time if the deaths occurred due to the patient having a C. auris infection or other medical conditions,” Cribb said.
The health department launched an investigation of outbreaks of C. auris in mid-April. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed a team that is at health care facilities this week assisting with the investigation.
C. auris, which spreads easily through contact with contaminated surfaces, can cause bloodstream infections and even death, particularly in hospital and nursing home patients with serious medical problems. More than 1 in 3 patients die who have an invasive C. auris infection, such as one affecting the blood, heart or brain, according to the CDC.
Facilities
The state’s list of facilities, provided in response to requests from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, includes 10 acute-care hospitals: Centennial Hills; Desert Springs; Henderson; MountainView; St. Rose Dominican, San Martin campus; Spring Valley; Summerlin; Sunrise; University Medical Center; and Valley hospitals.
It identifies four specialty hospitals: Horizon Specialty-Henderson; Horizon Specialty-Las Vegas; Kindred Flamingo; and Kindred Sahara.
And it identifies five skilled nursing facilities: College Park Rehab; Kindred Flamingo; Silver Hills Healthcare Center; Silver Ridge Healthcare; and St. Joseph Rehab.
Reached late Thursday, a representative of the Valley Health System said the hospital group responded immediately to the threat of the fungus.
“As soon as we became aware of the presence of Candida auris (C. auris), we began taking immediate precautions with surveillance and/or culture testing, patient safety processes, and enhanced cleaning protocols,” representative Gretchen Papez said in an email. “The Valley Health System hospitals use enhanced cleaning protocols when a patient who was in isolation is discharged (i.e. patients with superbugs). Those rooms and equipment are disinfected using bleach and ultraviolet light technology.”
All six of the hospitals in the Valley Health System, the largest hospital group in Southern Nevada, are on the list.
St. Rose Dominican has identified only one case of C. auris, in March at its Siena, not San Martin, campus, representative Gordon Absher said Thursday night.
A representative of UMC said this week that the county hospital had identified a “cluster” of cases and that it was guiding its clinicians “through the necessary infection control procedures to maintain the health and safety of our patients and caregivers.”
A representative of the Sunrise Health System, whose Sunrise and MountainView hospitals have reported cases, said this week that the hospital group “continues to work with the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC on understanding and addressing this emerging disease across Las Vegas healthcare settings.”
Administrators with the speciality hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities could not be reached after hours.
From Jan. 3 to Monday, 73 clinical cases of C. auris were identified and 92 cases in which the individuals were “colonized” with the fungus but did not have an active infection, according to the state. Colonized individuals have no symptoms of infection but have the fungus somewhere on their bodies, allowing them to spread the disease.
In 2021, there were nearly 1,300 reported confirmed or probable cases of C. auris, according to CDC data, with cases in the low triple figures in California, Florida, Illinois and New York. Nevada had two reported cases last year.
Candida auris, first identified in Japan in 2009, is a serious global health threat, according to the CDC. Once rare, the infection has become more common and is often resistant to multiple drugs typically used to treat Candida infections. Some of its strains are resistant to all types of antifungals.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Contact Mary Hynes at mhynes@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0336. Follow @MaryHynes1 on Twitter. | 2022-05-20T16:40:57+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/southern-nevada-hospitals-with-superbug-cases-identified-2579572/ |
For the first time in program history, Utah State has captured a Mountain West Conference Volleyball Tournament title.
And with it is a ticket to the Big Dance.
The Aggies went to Fort Collins, Colorado, on a mission and will return with plenty of hardware. Fourth-seeded USU beat second-seeded San Jose State in the championship match Friday night in four sets, 24-26, 25-14, 25-17, 25-19. The win punches a ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the Aggies.
“We talked a lot about composure this week and resolve,” USU head coach Rob Neilson said in an interview with the MW Network. “... The players are the magic. These guys just did something magical. They are tough, and they are strong, and they are skilled and they are powerful, and they are just resilient. Now we are conference champions. It’s awesome.”
The Aggies (22-10) bused to Colorado earlier this week and certainly were ready to play after ending the regular season with two setbacks. They swept No. 5 New Mexico (25-22, 25-15, 25-16), then on Thanksgiving day took care of top-seeded UNLV in three sets (25-18, 25-23, 25-21), setting up the showdown with the Spartans.
“We knew before we stepped foot on the bus in Logan that this tournament was ours to win,” Aggie outside hitter Tatum Stall said in an interview with the MW Network. “We gave it our all. ... This is freaking amazing. I can’t wait to celebrate with these girls on a seven-hour bus ride home.”
This will be the first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2010.
“Let’s go dancing,” Neilson said.
Four Aggies made the all-tournament team in Stall, Shelby Capllonch, Adna Mehmedovic and Kennedi Boyd. Capllonch, an outside hitter, was named the MVP.
“It was amazing to get that trophy, but I couldn’t have done it without them (pointing to her teammates),” Capllonch said in an interview with the MW Network. “I love this team so much. I’ve never felt so happy before.”
Capllonch is a transfer from UNLV and has two rings from her playing days with the Rebels. She now has a third and said she is going after a fourth next year.
Dropping their first set of the tournament to begin the championship didn’t seem to phase the Aggies at all. They came roaring back in sets two and three. Set four was a battle, but USU finished strong to leave no doubt.
“That was a tough loss (in the first set),” Neilson said. “I have so much respect for San Jose State. We love playing against that team because they are a big challenge. We knew it was going to be tough. Our players were just amazing.”
Setter Leah Wilton-LaBoy had a dump kill, followed by back-to-back kills from Stall to finish off the Spartans.
“Our setters were putting us in great spots,” said Stall, who had 17 kills and hit .342 in the title match. “Our liberio was setting us up easy balls. That gave me the ability to see where I wanted to place my shots. I’m so proud of everyone.”
Mehmedovic also had a big match with 13 kills, hitting .348. Wilton-LaBoy had 21 assists and two timely kills, while fellow setter Beatriz Rodrigues had 18 assists and three service aces and was serving at the end of the final set. Libero Jordi Holdaway had 12 digs, while Stall finished with nine. Boyd and Kylee Stokes each had six block assists.
The Aggies hit .274 as a team, while the Spartans hit .106. | 2022-11-26T06:08:02+00:00 | hjnews.com | https://www.hjnews.com/sports/usu/usu-volleyball-aggies-are-going-dancing/article_82e69b92-6d43-11ed-94bb-335c88015031.html |
Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame quarterback and broadcaster Len Dawson:
"With wife Linda at his side, it is with much sadness that we inform you of the passing of our beloved Len Dawson. He was a wonderful husband, father, brother and friend. Len was always grateful and many times overwhelmed by the countless bonds he made during his football and broadcast careers. He loved Kansas City and no matter where his travels took him, he could not wait to return home.” — Dawson family statement.
“My family and I are heartbroken. Len Dawson is synonymous with the Kansas City Chiefs. Len embraced and came to embody Kansas City and the people that call it home. You would be hard-pressed to find a player who had a bigger impact in shaping the organization as we know it today than Len Dawson did. I admired Len my entire life — first as a Hall of Fame player on the field, and later as he transitioned into a successful broadcasting career. Throughout his remarkable career, Len made it a priority to give back to the community that he loved. The franchise has lost a true legend. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Linda and his family.” — Chiefs owner Clark Hunt.
“RIP to the legend Len Dawson. The legacy and impact you made on Kansas City will live on forever. Prayers to his family.” — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“Len grew up only a few miles from where the Pro Football Hall of Fame later was built, and fans in the area have always taken a special pride in seeing one of the greats from this region enshrined in Canton. Fans connected with Len’s story of perseverance, appreciating how he gave the game one more try after five nondescript seasons when many others would have quit. The American Football League, and Hall of Fame coach Hank Stram, gave Len a true opportunity, and he made the most of it, building the Chiefs into a Super Bowl contender, and eventually a world champion. Our thoughts and prayers extend to his wife, Linda, and to all of Len’s family and friends in Kansas City and in Alliance, Ohio. The flag at the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be flown at half-staff in his honor.” — Hall of Fame president Jim Porter.
“Len Dawson is an American legend, a Super Bowl champion, a world class broadcaster, and will forever be among the most important and beloved figures in our city’s history. The Royals send sympathy and support to the Chiefs and the Dawson family.” — Statement from the Kansas City Royals, whose stadium sits adjacent to Arrowhead Stadium.
“Rest in peace, Len Dawson. One of Kansas City’s greatest on the field, in broadcasting and in our community. My thoughts are with his wife, Linda, his family, and the many friends he made over a tremendous lifetime.” — Kansas City, Missouri mayor Quinton Lucas.
“My thoughts & prayers go out to the family and loved ones of legendary QB Len Dawson. Everyone that has ever been a part of Chiefs Kingdom knows his impact on the field and in the community. I’m thankful for the great memories I had with him during my time in KC. He’ll be missed.” — Former Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel.
“We lost a true legend and wonderful human being Chiefs nation with the passing of Len Dawson. HOF QB, broadcaster and all-around great guy. RIP brother!” — Former NFL quarterback and TV analyst Rich Gannon.
“So sad to hear of the passing of Len Dawson. Lenny was a fantastic QB! Also had a tremendous career as a broadcaster. Was a class act. Rest In Peace my friend.” — Former NFL quarterback and broadcaster Ron Jaworski.
“Kansas City lost a legend in Len Dawson. Whether it was on the football field, in broadcasting or in our communities, his impact on our city will be remembered forever. My prayers are with his family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time. May he rest in peace.” — U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
“RIP Len Dawson. An amazing person who also was a HOF quarterback and a HOF broadcaster. Love and prayers to his family and friends.” — Former Chiefs quarterback and CBS analyst Trent Green.
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It was the Champagne pop heard around the economy. One year ago this week, a fired Amazon warehouse worker turned labor activist sprayed Champagne and then drank from the bottle outside federal labor offices in New York City.
Swarmed by supporters and media, Chris Smalls toasted a victory: the first Amazon union in the U.S., led by Smalls and other workers at an 8,300-person warehouse on Staten Island, a feat few believed they could pull off.
Since then, though, the Amazon Labor Union has gained little ground. It has yet to win another union election. And Amazon still refuses to sit down for contract negotiations.
In fact, despite the buzz around what seemed like a labor resurgence — the historic win at Amazon, as well as spirited campaigns at Starbucks, on college campuses and retail stores across the country — the overall picture for unions remains bleak.
This week, we may get a window into why. On Wednesday, fresh from his third stint as Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz will head to Capitol Hill, where he'll face questions about everything Starbucks is doing to discourage its workers from joining unions.
Only about 1 in 10 U.S. workers is a union member
Just 10% of American workers belonged to a union in 2022, the lowest in Labor Department records going back to 1983, when the rate was 20%.
Never mind that 71% of Americans approve of unions, the highest in nearly six decades and up from 48% in 2009, a Gallup poll conducted last summer found.
The bottom line is that labor law itself is tilted in favor of employers, say researchers who study labor movements, often making corporate hostility toward unions too hard to overcome. The recent groundswell of public support is far from enough to spark a union comeback.
"Those of us who have been watching this stuff for many decades have actually been pleasantly surprised by the success that has occurred, but it's too modest in scope and too fiercely resisted by employers" to move the needle, says Ruth Milkman, a labor sociologist at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
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Since December 2021, nearly 300 Starbucks stores — less than 3% of its company-owned locations in the U.S. — have unionized, and not without a fierce fight.
Unfair labor practice charges against Starbucks are piling up at the National Labor Relations Board. The agency's regional offices have issued scores of formal complaints, and its administrative law judges have so far found that Starbucks violated labor law in eight separate cases across the country.
Starbucks denies engaging in unlawful activity. The enforcement actions taken by the National Labor Relations Board do not appear to be forcing a change of heart.
In fact, the law allows companies to engage in anti-union activities, including finding ways to slow down every stage of the organizing process, Milkman says.
One big weapon against unionization: delay, delay, delay
Starbucks, for example, insisted early on that individual stores, which often employ just 25 to 30 people, should not be allowed to hold union elections, but rather, all stores in a geographic region must vote together in one election, increasing the degree of difficulty for union organizers. Federal labor officials ruled against Starbucks, and elections proceeded at the store level, but not without significant delays.
Labor law also allows for a lengthy appeals process, which Amazon is using to great effect to delay collective bargaining at the Staten Island warehouse.
Following a marathon Zoom hearing last summer, federal labor officials found Amazon's objections to the Staten Island union election to be meritless and in January ordered the company to begin negotiations with the union.
But Amazon has since formally requested a review of that decision. If that review doesn't go in its favor, Amazon can still take its case to federal circuit court for another round.
Toothless penalties for violating labor law and a fix that's going nowhere
Unions have fought back, filing hundreds of unfair labor practice charges over anti-union activities, citing things like companies closing stores, cutting hours, and threatening and firing organizers at stores that had or were trying to unionize. (Companies have also filed unfair labor practice charges against unions, but far fewer.)
But even where the NLRB has found violations of workers' rights to organize, the board's decisions don't have much financial bite. The agency's administrative law judges can only impose what are called "make whole" remedies, things like back pay, reinstatement and reimbursement for financial harms suffered as a result of unlawful activities.
"It's a cost of doing business," AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in Senate testimony earlier this month.
"Right now, you actually get a bigger fine for violating fishing laws in many states than you do for busting unions."
President Biden and Democratic lawmakers have pushed for passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, known as the PRO Act, to fix some of the weaknesses of current labor law, starting with civil penalties of up to $50,000 for violating workers' rights.
But with a divided Congress, hopes for passage are slim. And without any change in the law, Milkman says it's hard to imagine a significant uptick in the unionization rate in the U.S.
A public shaming expected on Capitol Hill
With the PRO Act going nowhere, Sen. Bernie Sanders is turning to public shaming of those in power. Earlier this year, Sanders threatened to subpoena Schultz, calling on him to end the "relentless union-busting campaign" at Starbucks.
While Schultz's testimony this week may generate fireworks, it's unlikely to have much long-term impact.
Schultz is expected do what he's done proudly for decades, outlining the competitive wages and industry-leading benefits that Starbucks affords workers, including free college tuition and company stock, even for part-time employees.
He'll likely make the same case he's made for the past year and a half — that Starbucks employees don't need unions to fight on their behalf.
At a shareholder meeting last week, Starbucks' new CEO Laxman Narasimhan and other executives did not indicate any change in the company's feelings about unions, stressing the importance of maintaining a direct relationship with its employees.
There is some outside pressure for Starbucks to reconsider its anti-union stance. At that same meeting, shareholders voted on a proposal, brought by heavyweight investors including New York City's pension fund, for a third-party audit of the company's labor practices.
Results are expected this week, but even if the proposal wins a significant number of votes, it's unclear how much weight it would have. In encouraging shareholders to vote down the proposal, Starbucks said it had begun its own third-party human rights impact assessment.
Editor's note: Amazon is among NPR's financial supporters and pays to distribute some of our content.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-03-28T09:29:28+00:00 | kosu.org | https://www.kosu.org/top-stories-from-npr/2023-03-28/unions-are-having-a-moment-so-why-isnt-union-membership-booming |
LONDON (AP) — Members of the U.K. royal family appeared in public Thursday for the first time since the publication of Prince Harry’s explosive memoir, touring charities and a hospital as they got on with the task of being working royals.
Prince William and Kate seemed relaxed as they arrived at Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the home city of The Beatles, but they were confronted by a man outside the media area in blustery conditions who appeared to say: “Do you ever plan to comment on Harry’s book, sir?”
The couple ignored the question and soldiered on, touring the critical care ward, meeting nurses and posing for selfies.
King Charles III, meanwhile, traveled to Scotland to meet with local groups that help combat rural isolation. After “Scotland The Brave” rang out on the pipes, Charles toured the Mid-Deeside Community Shed, near Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, and watched craft skills including wood and stone carving in action.
Harry’s book, “Spare,” offers myriad revelations and accusations, many of which have been splashed across the global media for days. In the ghostwritten memoir Harry, 38, recounts his grief at the death of his mother, Princess Diana, a fight with brother Prince William and his unease with the role of royal “spare” in the shadow of his elder sibling, who is heir to the U.K. throne.
In a series of interviews, Harry repeatedly blamed the media for his troubles, saying that unfair and intrusive coverage contributed to the rift with William. He also accuses members of the royal family of leaking stories to the media to burnish their own reputations.
And people are snapping the memoir up.
Penguin Random House announced Wednesday that first-day sales topped 1.4 million copies. By contrast, Michelle Obama’s blockbuster, “Becoming,” needed a week to reach 1.4 million when it was released in 2018.
The sales figures for “Spare” include hardcover, audiobook and e-book editions sold in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. | 2023-01-13T12:11:02+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/ap-royals-appear-for-1st-time-after-publication-of-harrys-book/ |
Grandmother shares grief, anger after 1-year-old shot and killed
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WISN) - Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a 1-year-old girl in Milwaukee on Saturday.
A 27-year-old man is in custody.
The girl’s grandmother, Teri Brown, called the alleged shooter “a monster.”
“She had not had a chance to live. Her life was just beginning,” she said.
Brown said she was out of town when she first got word Saturday someone had shot her granddaughter, Zy’Aire Nevels.
“We didn’t know the severity of the situation so ... I’m thinking maybe arm, leg, something,” she said.
Brown said an argument broke out between Zy’Aire’s parents and someone they knew. That’s when Zy’Aire’s parents put her in a car with her 3-year-old sister and drove off.
She said the person they were arguing with followed them, shooting into their car multiple times, hitting little Zy’Aire.
Brown said she’s holding up “barely. My granddaughter was shot four times.”
Her parents drove her to a nearby fire station for help. The little girl later died at the hospital.
“She was going to be my next Einstein. That smile and that eyebrow. That look!” Brown said.
Milwaukee police said they knew who they were searching for and by Sunday got help from Kenosha County deputies.
Transportation cameras captured the moment law enforcement stopped a car on busy Interstate 94 near county Highway E and took a 27-year old man into custody in connection with Zy’Aire’s death.
Brown had a message for the man accused of taking her granddaughter’s life: “You’re a monster. To attack a vehicle with children in it? To attack a person, period. You’re a monster.”
Milwaukee police have not yet released the suspect’s identity.
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SHANGHAI, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM; HKEX: 9961) ("Trip.com Group" or the "Company"), a leading one-stop travel service provider for accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and corporate travel management, today announced that it is notifying holders of its 1.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2027 (CUSIP No. G9066FAA9) (the "Exchangeable Notes") that pursuant to the Indenture dated as of July 20, 2020 (the "Indenture") and the Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 15, 2020 (the "Supplemental Indenture," together with the Indenture, the "Indentures") relating to the Exchangeable Notes by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, each holder has the right, at the option of such holder, to require the Company to repurchase for cash on each of July 1, 2023 (the "2023 Repurchase Right") and July 1, 2025 all of such holder's Exchangeable Notes, or any portion thereof that is equal to US$200,000 or an integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof. Holders of the Exchangeable Notes may exercise the 2023 Repurchase Right from 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on Friday, May 26, 2023 to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
The 2023 Repurchase Right entitles each holder of the Exchangeable Notes to require the Company to repurchase for cash on July 1, 2023 all of such holder's Exchangeable Notes, or any portion thereof that is equal to US$200,000 or an integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof. The repurchase price for such Exchangeable Notes will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Exchangeable Notes to be repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, July 1, 2023, which is the date specified for repurchase in the Indentures (the "2023 Repurchase Date"), subject to the terms and conditions of the Indentures and the Exchangeable Notes. The 2023 Repurchase Date is an interest payment date under the terms of the Indentures and the Exchangeable Notes. Accordingly, on July 1, 2023, being the interest payment date, the Company will pay accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Exchangeable Notes through June 30, 2023, to all holders who are holders of record at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 15, 2023, regardless of whether the 2023 Repurchase Right is exercised with respect to such Exchangeable Notes. On the 2023 Repurchase Date, there will be no accrued and unpaid interest on the Exchangeable Notes. As July 1, 2023 is a Saturday, the Company will pay the repurchase price for the Exchangeable Notes tendered and the accrued interest on all of the Exchangeable Notes on Monday, July 3, 2023, the next succeeding business day following the 2023 Repurchase Date, pursuant to the Indentures. As of May 26, 2023, there was US$500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Exchangeable Notes outstanding. If all outstanding Exchangeable Notes are surrendered for repurchase through exercise of the 2023 Repurchase Right, the aggregate cash purchase price will be US$500,000,000.
The opportunity for holders of the Exchangeable Notes to exercise the 2023 Repurchase Right commences from 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on Friday, May 26, 2023, and will terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 29, 2023. In order to exercise the 2023 Repurchase Right, a holder must follow the transmittal procedures set forth in the Company's 2023 Repurchase Right Notice to holders (the "2023 Repurchase Right Notice"), which is available through the Depository Trust Company and The Bank of New York Mellon. Holders may withdraw any previously tendered Exchangeable Notes pursuant to the terms of the 2023 Repurchase Right at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, June 29, 2023, which is the second business day immediately preceding the 2023 Repurchase Date, or as otherwise provided by applicable law.
This press release is for information only and is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell the Exchangeable Notes or any other securities of the Company. The offer to purchase the Exchangeable Notes will be made only pursuant to, and the Exchangeable Notes may be tendered only in accordance with, the Company's 2023 Repurchase Right Notice dated May 26, 2023 and related documents. Holders of the Exchangeable Notes may request the Company's 2023 Repurchase Right Notice from the paying agent, The Bank of New York Mellon.
HOLDERS OF EXCHANGEABLE NOTES AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES ARE URGED TO READ THE COMPANY'S 2023 REPURCHASE RIGHT NOTICE AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRIP.COM GROUP LIMITED AND THE 2023 REPURCHASE RIGHT.
Materials filed or furnished with the SEC will be available electronically without charge at the SEC's website, http://www.sec.gov. Documents filed or furnished with the SEC may also be obtained without charge at the Company's website, http://investors.trip.com.
About Trip.com Group Limited
Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM; HKEX: 9961) is a leading global one-stop travel platform, integrating a comprehensive suite of travel products and services and differentiated travel content. It is the go-to destination for travelers in China, and increasingly for travelers around the world, to explore travel, get inspired, make informed and cost-effective travel bookings, enjoy hassle-free on-the-go support, and share travel experience. Founded in 1999 and listed on Nasdaq in 2003 and HKEX in 2021, the Company currently operates under a portfolio of brands, including Ctrip, Qunar, Trip.com, and Skyscanner, with the mission "to pursue the perfect trip for a better world."
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SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A couple in central Texas is suing the city of San Marcos over a century-old metal balcony on their home. On the balcony is the initial of a previous homeowner who had historical ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
The letter “Z” is at the center of the lawsuit. Kristy Money and her husband Rolf Straubhaar are taking on the City of San Marcos and its Director of Planning and Development Services.
“It doesn’t represent our family’s values,” Money said.
History of the “Z”
The metal decor sits on top of a balcony on their home in the Burleson Historic District. According to the lawsuit, previous homeowner Frank Zimmerman installed it.
He owned a local theatre known for hosting Ku Klux Klan Day in the 1920s.
Money said they didn’t know about that when buying the house.
“We felt a bit heartbroken. We wanted to do our best to, to be a force for good,” Money said. “Teach our kids anti-racism values. We weren’t going to ignore it.”
Applying for its removal
Because of a local ordinance, Money had to apply to get permission from the city’s Historic Preservation Commission to take the “Z” down.
At its May 4 meeting, the request was unanimously denied. Some of the commission members said it was a character defining element of the house.
“That’s the whole point of being in a historic district, you know, to kind of like respect the past,” said one commission member.
Money said she was left frustrated with the decision.
“This wasn’t my home, it felt like, like we were just guests here,” she said.
What the lawsuit is challenging
The family’s attorney is Chance Weldon, Director of Litigation at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Weldon said the lawsuit challenges the local ordinance that allows the commission to decide what a homeowner in the historic district can and can’t do with their property.
“We believe that both under the United States Constitution and the Texas Constitution when you regulate someone’s property, it has to be based in nuisance or harm, or something that actually falls within the general powers of government,” Weldon said.
Weldon said in the next month or so, the city will have to file a response. If they don’t reach an agreement, then it’ll go to the court for a decision.
The city’s response for comment
The City of San Marcos said it could not provide a statement on ongoing litigation.
KXAN reached out to members of the Historic Preservation Commission. One said they preferred not to comment.
Money said she just wants more freedom to do what she’d like with her house.
“Do what we think is best for for our forever home,” Money said. | 2023-07-02T00:11:58+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/texas-couple-sues-over-historical-balcony-tied-to-kkk/ |
SHENZHEN, China, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Absen, one of the world's leading LED display brands, held its Spring Launch Event 2023 on March 21st, showcasing the brand-new category brands and a range of new LED technologies, solutions, and products. Industry professionals and media representatives worldwide gathered to witness Absen's unveiling of its featured category brands - AbsenLive, Absenicon, and AbsenCP.
AbsenLive state-of-the-art LED for world-class stage
Empowering your stage, AbsenLive is a dedicated category brand of Absen focused on high-end rental & staging market and virtual production/xR stage. Built upon decades of LED display experiences, AbsenLive constitutes a prior choice for global companies that demand high image quality, extremely stable structure and superior colour reproduction. AbsenLive facilitates the fusion of virtual and real, bringing an immense experience to the audience and creating extraordinary customer value. Its latest Jupiter Pro series is designed specifically for outdoor, featuring a high transparency platform, high brightness LED, and precise curving capabilities, yet lightweight and durable. Meanwhile, the modular and hanging-stacking design makes installation fast and easy.
Absenicon intelligent interactive LED all-in-one machine
Absenicon intelligent screen, founded in 2018, is a high-end brand of Absenicon focusing on conference display and consumer display. It aims to promote the digital transformation of enterprises and upgrade the audio-visual experience of high-end consumer market with intelligent interactive LED all-in-one machine Absenicon intelligent screen is positioned as a large intelligent screen of more than 100 inches. It is an LED intelligent display terminal integrating document display, high-definition projection screen and remote video application. It is used in multiple application scenarios such as university lecture theaters, conference rooms, lecture halls, exhibitions and private theaters. X series, one of the two new LED display solutions, offers large formats (108"/136"/163") with improved clarity using flip-chip COB technology, easy-to-use controls, and 100% seamless displays. C Ultrawide series provides widescreen displays applicable to 21:9 content and 154"/181'/208" formats at 33% more visible area. They are designed to deliver exceptional visibility and impact for advertising and other digital signage applications.
AbsenCP ready-to-use LED, to fit your demands
Creativity with simplicity, AbsenCP is a dedicated category brand specially established by Absen for the global LED display channel market based on the development concept of 'Ready-to-use LED to fit your demands.' The new CP series feature high-resolution LED displays, minimal bezels, and advanced control features to meet commercial needs and is widely used in corporate, retail, theme parks, exhibitions, e-sports, entertainment bars, and other scenarios. The brand focuses on the commercial display market and comprises products combining creativity and simplicity.
New products bring innovations
In addition to the category brands, Absen launched several new products and solutions across multiple categories at the event. Their exceptional image quality, brightness, and color accuracy, made them ideal for indoor and outdoor applications.
Innovative products with MicroLED technology
CL V2 is a cutting-edge MicroLED product for indoor featuring a fine-pitch pixel configuration, high brightness and contrast, and advanced color accuracy. It's black coating, full flip chip, and HDR 10 technologies produce a non-reflective and highly reliable display with stunning visual results and capabilities.
KLCOB V2 is a revolutionary MicroLED product that is the wise choice for outdoor. Its display surface is designed with extraordinary deep blacks that create amazing black consistency and exhibit a deep and pure black, improving the visual performance to an unprecedented level and capturing all brilliance. Lightweight and ultra-thin, KLCOB V2 saves time and effort during installation.
The new flagship to Absen's DOOH and Sports
A new flexible LED display product, A27 V3 is lightweight, ultra-thin and bendable. With a 16:9 commercial display aspect ratio and premium color management technology, it offers a wide viewing angle suitable for all types of signage applications.
A new line of DOOH solutions highlights Absen's LED light box displays, providing exquisite picture quality using ultra-high-definition displays with a refresh rate of ≥3840Hz. Stable and reliable, the displays are convenient to install and maintain, and offer integrated solutions, cluster control and security guarantee.
Finally, a fresh line is devoted to sports and entertainment, the four key components being intelligent centralized multi-system management and control, a multi-functional system adjustable to various scenarios, simple and convenient installation, operation and maintenance, and energy-efficiency.
Channel Recruitment - Welcome to being a part of Absen
As part of its commitment to expanding its global network, the Absen Channel Recruitment Program was announced at the event. This program aims to attract new partners and resellers to the Absen network and give them access to the latest LED display products and solutions.
The Spring Launch Event 2023 concluded in a resounding success. With an array of new category brands and products, Absen is poised for continued excellence in the LED display industry and in serving the customers with the best solutions.
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PHILADELPHIA – A.J. Brown was ready to give the shirt off his back for Philadelphia Eagles fans.
Well, at the very least, his jersey off the rack for football fans at an official team merchandise store in New Jersey. The receiver made some fast fans before his first training camp with the Eagles since he was acquired from Tennessee in April.
Brown said Wednesday at the first day of training camp that he was in the area and popped in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, store to see if his No. 11 jersey was for sale.
It sure was. So Brown decided to buy his jerseys for everyone in the store, a cool savings considering the retail price is $129.99.
“I just wanted to show love,” Brown said. “I'm big on showing love. That's just who I am.”
Brown posted an Instagram video of smiling fans behind him all in No. 11 jerseys (of Brown's, of course, not for former, much-maligned QB Carson Wentz).
“We were in there and he said: ‘Hey, man. Go get a jersey on us.’ And to be honest, I didn’t think he was for real and then after, he really did. He bought us three jerseys," fan Shane Natanni told CBS Philly.
Brown was a 2020 Pro Bowl pick with the Titans who has 185 receptions for 2,995 yards and 24 touchdowns in three seasons. He can afford the jerseys, signing a $100 million, four-year contract with the Eagles, with $57 million guaranteed.
Brown spent time signing autographs for Eagles fans after the first day of practice.
“As soon as I came out here, I heard some cheers,” he said. “I definitely feel the love. Ever since I've been here in Philly, the city's been showing me love and I appreciate it wholeheartedly."
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-07-27T20:50:10+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/sports/2022/07/27/shirt-off-his-rack-eagles-brown-buys-fans-no-11-jerseys/ |
VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Imagine AR Inc. (CSE: IP) (OTCQB: IPNFF) ("ImagineAR" or "Company") an Augmented Reality Company that enables sports team, businesses, and organizations to dynamically create mobile phone AR campaigns without a technical background, is pleased to provide investors with its 2022 calendar year corporate update.
The Company has filed its audited 2022 financials and MD&A for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, on SEDAR.
Despite blackswan events such as the Ukraine war and 40 year high inflation challenging even the world's biggest companies - on both their operational and capital markets fronts - ImagineAR was able to deliver its best ever year in terms of client and partnership wins.
As an Augmented Reality leader that believes seeing is believing, we are happy to present the following 2022 Company highlight reel, followed by a written summary:
ImagineAR 2022 Augmented Reality Highlight Video
The NFL Baltimore Ravens integrated the ImagineAR SDK into their mobile app to deliver immersive fan experiences this season. Ravens in Reality has included a virtual championship ring, Super Bowl Trophy, and many Player Holograms including QB superstar Lamar Jackson.
To download and experience Ravens in Reality in the Baltimore Ravens App, please click on these respective links IOS / Android
Yinzcam, the global leader in professional sports mobile apps with over 150 clients, integrated the ImagineAR SDK into the Ravens mobile app. Though we have no definite agreements to report at this time, we believe that our success with the Ravens will provide ImagineAR meaningful opportunities with other professional sports teams served by Yinzcam in 2023.
On January 9, 2023 The College Football Playoff National Championship will take place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The CFP National Championship is a post-season college football bowl game, used to determine a national NCAA Division 1 champion.
Through our recent partnership with SIDEARM Sports, College football fans around the world can share in the celebration of the 2023 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship by taking photos and videos with the virtual CFP National Championship Trophy - and then instantly sharing them exclusively during the upcoming national championship weekends.
SIDEARM is the nation's leading digital provider for college athletics and trusted by some of the biggest brands in the industry, including the majority of NCAA programs and Power Five athletic departments.
As a leader in digital fan engagement, SIDEARM provides the industry-leading software and technology that powers websites, mobile applications, CTV, live stats, video streaming and more for over 1,500 partners.
Jeff Rubin, President and Founder of SIDEARM Sports stated "This partnership with ImagineAR is a great step forward in enhancing the fan experience while offering a terrific sponsorship activation opportunity for corporate partners."
This immersive experience was developed on behalf of College Football Playoff by Learfield/SideARM sports with ImagineAR. To download and experience the Virtual Championship Trophy Celebration in the College Football Playoffs App, click on the following links: IOS / Android
With over 70,000,000 followers on Instagram, 55,000,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000,000 followers on Twitter, Brazilian soccer icon Ronaldinho is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, including two FIFA World Player of the Year awards and a Ballon d'Or.
The R10 Lens, developed by Jet Media Network and powered by the technology of ImagineAR, allows Ronaldinho's fans to access Augmented Reality filters via the Brazilian star's official app and create shareable videos with their hero.
Jet Media CEO Robin Shelley stated "ImagineAR is recognized as the world-leading AR fan engagement platform. We look forward to integrating their technology and leveraging immersive holograms, initially this spring in our first mobile app."
Jet Media Network has announced they have contracted more than 25 icons for 2023 across sport, music, entertainment, and gaming, and will be launching apps built around their passions, interests and causes.
To download and experience the R10 lens in the Ronaldinho App, click on the following links IOS / Android
Our three-year partnership licensing agreement with Hip Hop Hall of Fame Inc. will provide a Custom Mobile App delivering Immersive AR Experiences. The mobile app will provide a safe community space and friendly eco-system for Hip Hop fans, artists, celebrities, and influencers to express their creativity and experience real life and virtual world live events and content. The app is expected to launch in early 2023.
McCormick & Company is a global leader in flavor. As a Fortune 500 company with over $6 billion in annual sales across 170 countries and territories, McCormick manufactures, markets, and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry
In celebration of the McCormick® Sunshine Seasoning by Tabitha Brown release, Tabitha's fans were able to cook 'side by side' with Tabitha in the comfort of their own kitchen through "Bring Tabitha Home," an augmented reality (AR) experience this past summer.
This immersive experience was developed by ArcTouch using the ImagineAR SDK.
Hype Sports Innovation GVA 3.0
The HYPE GVA 3.0 is a major fast-track for any sports tech startup who would like to explore opportunities to run pilots with the biggest brands in the Sports Tech industry.
Selected companies will participate in a virtual program which will focus on accelerating all aspects of their technology.
ImagineAR is actively participating in this new accelerator and is awaiting to confirm potential Proof of Concept projects from the participating partners in early 2023.
SD Ponferradina is using the ImagineAR mobile app to engage fans and sponsors. The team is launching an AR Scavenger Hunt for RED DEPORTIVA (Club for Sponsoring Companies) in early 2023.
Our outlook for 2023 begins with this recent and powerful quote from Apple CEO Tim Cook who said:
"In the future people will wonder how we lived without Augmented Reality. We are investing a ton in that space"
Moreover, according to a study published in June 2022 by Statista, there will be around 1.4 billion mobile augmented reality users worldwide by 2023, up 1 billion from with 0.44 million in 2019. By 2024, there will be an estimated 1.73 billion mobile AR users worldwide.
As such, given the Company's success in 2022 we are optimistic about our prospects in 2023 given the level of newly signed and exciting partnerships.
Nonetheless 2022 was challenging for the company given global macroeconomic factors impacting our primary target verticals including sports, entertainment, and retail. To manage the business through this period, ImagineAR has and will continue to rapidly decrease expenses while optimizing for SDK volume licensing flexibility as our top priority.
Company President and CEO Alen Paul Silverrstieen stated "The Company invested throughout this past year to significantly enhance and improve functions in our SDK global platform with multiple new releases delivered regularly to our global clientele.
While the existing environment has drawn our focus to the near-term, we have always had to traverse difficult periods and cycles on our way to fulfilling our mission as the global leader in sports fan engagement using our patented mobile AR platform. With the success of the NFL Baltimore Ravens and College Football Playoffs, ImagineAR is positioned to sign new clients in both professional and college sports this coming year.
Silverrstieen added "Running a tight ship is par for the course for both ImagineAR and all emerging tech companies that have to balance growth and their balance sheet on their way to full commercialization. As such, ImagineAR is pursuing multiple financing options which will increase our financial strength and resources necessary to capitalize on current and future opportunities as Augmented Reality enters its mass acceptance phase. While progress is rarely linear, ImagineAR is committed to further increasing shareholder value as it continues to aggressively pursue its business plan and growth strategy."
This News Release is available on the company's official Verified Discussion Forum On AGORACOM, a moderated social media platform that enables civilized discussion and Q&A between Management and Shareholders.
About ImagineAR
Imagine AR Inc. (CSE: IP) (OTC: IPNFF) has developed an "AR-as-a-Service" platform that enables sports teams and organizations of any size to create and implement their own AR campaigns with no programming or technology experience. Every organization, from professional sports franchises to small retailers, can develop interactive AR campaigns that blend the real and digital worlds using ImagineAR. Customers simply point their mobile device at logos, signs, buildings, products, landmarks and more to instantly engage with videos, information, advertisements, coupons, 3D holograms and any interactive content, all hosted in the cloud and managed using a menu-driven portal. Integrated real-time analytics means that all customer interaction is tracked and measured in real-time. The ImagineAR mobile app is available in the IOS and Android mobile app stores. The platform is available as a native mode SDK.
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Dennis Wang lost money on his first try, but then he learned from his mistakes.
On his second effort as an electric vehicle flipper, Wang made $4,000. On his third, he hit what he considered the sweet spot, a $7,000 profit. All the deals involved Teslas that Wang bought and resold, flipping them like tickets to a hot concert.
“I have a Model S currently that I’m probably going to sell within another three months, pending the market,” Wang said. “I also have another Model Y and a Model X on order.”
Buying and reselling stuff is as old as commerce itself, complete with cautionary tales and questionable legality. House flipping has become so alluring that multiple reality TV shows hype the process and personalities involved.
Now a new breed of flipper has emerged hoping zero emissions equal big profits. Helping them is an unusual confluence of factors plaguing EV manufacturers (supply chain problems, semiconductor shortages, unmet production goals, an emerging scarcity of lithium batteries) as well as car shoppers (record fuel prices, high used car prices, long waiting lists for electric vehicles).
Some like Wang, a 33-year-old automotive buff with mad spreadsheet skills, have learned that they can flip cars, with a recent emphasis on electric vehicles. Some EV flippers are finding buyers willing to pay sometimes exorbitant sums, tens of thousands more than the retail price, to acquire the vehicles.
Consider the person trying to sell a practically new 2022 Hummer EV1 for $220,000 on Facebook. It had been retailing for less than half of that, at $105,000.
Also on Facebook are two 2022 Rivian R1T electric adventure vehicles listed for $123,000 and $220,000. On the Rivian website, the same vehicle starts at $67,500. Buyers on Cars & Bids, an online auction site, could find them listed for $97,000 and $103,000. Although the more outrageous asks for double to triple the value of some EVs are either ignored or severely flamed online, some less lofty listings are having success.
Cars & Bids, for example, lists 14 recent sales of the R1T, between April 12 and June 28, for prices that ranged from $106,000 to $138,000.
In June, Tesla raised the price of its Model Y by 5%, to $65,990, but that hasn’t stopped the flippers. A Model Y with less than 2,800 miles was recently up for sale on Edmunds for $70,995. Edmunds considered that a “good price,” at $1,739 “below market,” as in what the market says such a car is worth.
Eddie Gribust, who makes a living outfitting Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans for off-grid use, recently unloaded the Tesla Model Y he’d used as the family car for nine months.
Gribust was so excited about the sale — the buyer flew from Las Vegas to Boise, Idaho, for the transaction — that he posted a YouTube video titled: “Flipping my Tesla for $5,000 profit! Here’s How.”
“Since my business is buying and selling these Sprinters, I’m aware of things like the microchip shortage,” Gribust said. “And everybody has been talking about how the secondary market especially has grown 20 to 30%.
“I was about to order a [Tesla] Model X and the Cyber Truck. The delivery times were nine months to a year, and that would obviously signal high demand, and therefore, low supply. From there, it was taking advantage of simple economics.”
Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Economist Larry Harris teaches that exact lesson to students at USC’s Marshall School of Business.
“When supply and demand are not in alignment, you get these opportunities where clever people can take advantage,” Harris said. “We’ve seen this in all kinds of markets. When prices change significantly for scarce goods, some buyers realize that the item has a greater value to others than it does to them, and they will sell to the people willing to pay more than they would, and profit from it.”
Or, as Gribust put it in his video, after expressing regret about giving up the Tesla, “I have a simple rule: If somebody places profit in your hand, all you have to do is close that hand and walk away.”
Recurrent, which tracks the used EV market and provides car shoppers with independent reports on EV performance and battery life, noted in its most recent market evaluation that 2021 used EVs “make up a surprising 17.5% of inventory.”
The Seattle startup found that used EVs had climbed 25% in price since March 2021. On average, it said, a 2021 Mustang Mach E was selling for 60% more than it was last year. Citing what it called “the new normal, inflated prices are here to stay,” Recurrent said that the used EV sales trend was skewed heavily toward the most recent model years available.
“Anecdotally, we’ve heard of many owners who sold pretty new cars to dealers and made back more than their purchase price, and the numbers show this makes sense,” Recurrent said. “Reselling a barely-owned car works differently for different cars. In terms of Teslas, the price of new vehicles increased so much last year, and waiting periods are so long for new vehicles, that the value of used cars skyrocketed.”
If you’ve got a relatively new EV, Recurrent’s advice is to jump into the game now.
“If you are an EV owner or a dealer, now is as good a time as any to list a used EV. Since we speculate that prices will not change much in the coming months, by holding on to your car, you risk higher inventory flooding the market.”
If you’re one of the many hoping to obtain an EV, “it may not pay to wait for prices to come down,” Recurrent said.
The restrictions on flipping an EV depend on where you live.
In France, where flippers have been reselling nearly new EVs for a profit of $10,000 or more, the government in June changed its energy code to prevent the immediate resale for profit of electric vehicles purchased using state incentives. EV owners must now keep their cars for a year before reselling.
Germany has a six-month hold on reselling EVs but is considering an increase to a yearlong wait starting in 2023.
In the U.S., several states limit how many cars — EV or not — a person can buy and resell in a year before needing a vehicle dealer license, which in California requires taking an online course, passing a DMV-administered test, paying fees and meeting other requirements. The states are trying to protect consumers from car thieves and unscrupulous sellers and protect auto dealers from street-level competition.
Most EV flippers can’t do high-volume sales because it takes too long to get the cars in the first place. In terms of enforcement, according to California DMV investigations offices, the agency’s main targets are those running volume sales without a license or a car-selling lot. Still, it will pay — no pun intended — to play by the rules; breaking them can result in fines and possible imprisonment, based on the severity of the case.
Los Angeles resident Wang, a digital marketing consultant for the automotive industry who said he is getting a license to sell, said he’s heard about several EV buyers on waiting lists already negotiating to sell them upon delivery. Some want an even quicker buck, he said.
“I’ve heard of some people transferring their reservation into your name for a price,” Wang said. “There’s ways to do it, but it’s like super hard.”
It’s also possible to aggravate the golden goose here. Wang recently posted a video on his YouTube channel citing examples of people who appeared to be banned from buying new Teslas because they were reselling them too soon and too often.
As far as cars are concerned, Wang is a love ’em and leave ’em kind of guy.
Although his recent focus is EVs, Wang has flipped several dozen cars over the years, at first buying them off Craigslist and doing minor upgrades before selling them. Of course, he remembers the first car he flipped — the car and the profit, exactly.
“It was a Lexus ES 300. I bought it for $3,000 and sold it for $4,000,” Wang said.
Wang insists he really doesn’t do it for the money; he just wants to drive as many cool cars as he can.
“Life is about experiences, right? I like cars. And so it just really fulfills my enjoyment of being able to drive a bunch of different kinds,” Wang said. “Before this, I used to work for BMW, and I had 20 BMWs at different times. So it’s the same thing I’m just doing with Tesla.”
Wang said his best customers are car dealers.
“I sold one to a private buyer, then I realized that dealerships would just cut you a check, and that’s even easier” than a private sale, Wang said.
His advice for would-be car flippers?
“Don’t pay for a lot of add-ons if it’s not a car you’re going to keep,” he said, “and don’t wait too long to sell it.” | 2022-07-04T16:31:03+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/ev-demand-is-so-hot-that-tesla-owners-are-flipping-their-cars-like-houses/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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A Kinston nonprofit is beginning to renovate the historic Paramount Theatre in the city's downtown.
The Smart Kinston Project Foundation is raising $500,000 so the Paramount Theatre on Queen Street can once again host movies, stage productions, and events.
The planned renovations are part of an effort to revitalize downtown.
The theatre first opened in 1915 as the Grand Theatre hosting vaudeville acts. Over its century long life, the building has served as a movie theater, a broadcast location for a Kinston TV station, and as a night club. | 2023-06-12T14:55:08+00:00 | publicradioeast.org | https://www.publicradioeast.org/2023-06-12/nonprofit-raising-money-to-revamp-historic-theater-in-downtown-kinston |
YONGIN, South Korea and AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 30 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GC Biopharma (006280.KS) and Speragen today announced that a joint Externally Led - Patient-Focused Drug Development (EL-PFDD) meeting hosted by SSADH Association and attended by the U.S. FDA and other stakeholders was held to address the patient experience with SSADHD (Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency), a disorder caused by mutations in the ALDH5A1 gene which is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.
The purpose of this meeting is for patients affected by SSADHD, and their families, to provide clear perspectives to researchers, academics, industry partners, and the FDA on living with their condition and what defines a meaningful treatment. In the meeting, a total of 113 participations including patients, families, KOLs, members of FDA, GC Biopharma and Speragen, were gathered from all over the world.
The participants were communicating to the FDA about the impacts of SSADHD on individuals' daily lives, what types of treatment benefits impact patients' lives, and perspectives on how well available therapies are working.
Based on the discussion, the SSADH Association will submit the Voice of the Patient report to the FDA by the end of this year. GC Biopharma and Speragen also plan to develop a clinical outcome assessment for developing ERT (Enzyme Replacement Therapy) for SSADHD to meet the patient's unmet needs.
"The meeting was a major step towards our ultimate goal of providing new treatment options to the patients and their families," said EC Huh, Ph. D., President of GC Biopharma. "We will continue our work to provide rare disease treatments and expand our R&D pipelines."
"We are so very proud of the patients and families for sharing their experiences and impacts from living with SSADHD. It took great vulnerability and courage to be so open about their struggles" said Alice McConnell, CEO of Speragen.
About SSADHD
Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (SSADHD) is a disorder that can cause a variety of neurological and neuromuscular problems. The signs and symptoms can be extremely variable among affected individuals and may include mild to severe intellectual disability; developmental delay (especially involving speech); hypotonia; sleep disturbances; difficulty coordinating movements (ataxia); and/or seizures. Some affected individuals may also have decreased reflexes (hyporeflexia); nystagmus; hyperactivity; and/or behavioral problems. SSADH deficiency is caused by mutations in the ALDH5A1 gene and is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Management is generally symptomatic and typically focuses on treating seizures and neurobehavioral issues. Like so many rare diseases, there is no treatment for SSADHD worldwide.
About GC Biopharma
GC Biopharma (formerly known as Green Cross Corporation) is a biopharmaceutical company that delivers life-saving and life-sustaining protein therapeutics and vaccines. Headquartered in Yongin, South Korea, GC Biopharma is one of the leading plasma protein and vaccine product manufacturers globally and has been dedicated to quality healthcare solutions for more than half a century.
About Speragen
Speragen was co-founded by a mother of two children who are affected with SSADHD. Speragen knows first-hand the challenges of navigating a life with a rare disease: from the daily challenges, the diagnostic odyssey, accepting the new reality post-diagnosis, finding a team of knowledgeable clinicians who can provide care, and finally to seeing the chasm between the current state of treatment and the possibility of a first-in-class drug becoming available. Speragen, comes from the Latin word "spera" meaning "hope". It was formed to help solve these issues more rapidly by bridging the gulf from hope to the realization of a therapy.
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BANGKOK (AP) — A group of German air force fighter jets neared Singapore on Tuesday in a marathon bid to fly them some 12,800 kilometers (8,000 miles) from their home base to Southeast Asia in just 24 hours.
The exercise comes at a time of heightened tensions between China and the U.S. and its allies over Taiwan and demonstrates the ability for a European nation to move air power quickly to the region.
The European Union unveiled a new strategy in September for boosting economic, political and defense ties in the Indo-Pacific. German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht told reporters that despite the war in Ukraine being a priority at the moment, the Eurofighter mission underscores that Asia has not been forgotten.
“We are at the side of all of those who stand for our values such as democracy, freedom and security, and are also willing to contribute,” she said as the aircraft took off from Neuburg, Germany, on Monday, the dpa news agency reported.
“Our focus at the moment is naturally on the eastern flank, for which Russia’s brutal war of aggression is to blame, but we also have to keep an eye on other regions.”
Part of the EU’s new strategy for the Asia-Pacific is focused on improving maritime security and ensuring safe passage through sea lanes, and several European nations have sent naval assets to the region for maneuvers this year.
As China has grown more assertive in the region, the United States, Britain and others have also made it increasingly a priority.
Germany sent the frigate Bayern to the region on a nearly seven-month deployment that wound up earlier this year, the first time a German warship had been in the Indo-Pacific for nearly two decades. It took part in joint exercises with allies including Australia, Singapore, Japan and the United States, and was denied a port call in China.
The six multirole Eurofighter jets involved in the current exercise were accompanied by four transport aircraft and three tankers. They were refueled in-air along the lengthy flight, and also made stops along the way for refueling, inspection and rotations of pilots.
During a stop at a base near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe, said that two of the Eurofighters were found to have technical problems. One was fixed on site but the other had a defect in its hydraulics system so was held back.
The Luftwaffe said personnel were sent from Germany to repair it further so that it would be available for upcoming exercises in Australia, where all the aircraft are heading after Singapore.
The so-called Pitch Black exercise is bringing together some 2,500 personnel and 100 aircraft from around the globe for three weeks in Australia’s Northern Territory.
In addition to Germany, European NATO members France, Britain and the Netherlands are participating, along with the United States, New Zealand, Korea, the UAE, India, Japan, Thailand and others.
The exercise is designed to test and improve multinational force integration, and “recognize Australia’s strong relationships and the high value we place on regional security and fostering closer ties throughout the Indo-Pacific region,” the Royal Australian Air Force said.
Following the Aug. 19-Sept. 8 exercise in Australia, the German jets are to stop in Japan and South Korea on their way back home.
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This story corrects the distance being traveled by the planes. | 2022-08-17T00:42:42+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/germany-flying-6-fighters-8k-miles-in-24-hours-to-singapore/ |
EDINBURG, Texas (AP)Marcus Carr scored 17 points and fourth-ranked Texas beat Northern Arizona 73-48 on Monday night in the first game the Longhorns have ever played in the Rio Grande Valley in far South Texas.
”Maybe as important as the game tonight was bringing Texas and our brand and our program down to the Valley, and I thought that was awesome,” Longhorns coach Chris Beard said.
Carr had 10 of his points when Texas (4-0) scored 17 in a row for a 41-11 lead late in the first half. Dylan Disu had an alley-oop dunk on a pass from Tyrese Hunter to start that five-minute stretch before Carr had back-to-back 3-pointers.
Texas played for the first time since its 93-74 dismantling at home last Wednesday over then-No. 2 Gonzaga. The Longhorns moved up seven spots in the new AP Top 25 earlier Monday, while the Bulldogs dropped four spots to sixth.
Arterio Morris added 11 points for Texas, which shot 50% (28 of 56). Hunter and Disu each had 10 points, while Timmy Allen had 10 rebounds.
Xavier Fuller had 15 points for Northern Arizona (2-4), which finished with more turnovers (21) than made field goals (17).
”I look at our players as a basketball family, and in the first half, I thought we got punked. I was honest, and we got after them at halftime,” Northern Arizona coach Shane Burcar said. ”The score is irrelevant to us, but I think they got the message. … We need a few more players to step up and be a little bit more edgy. They all got the message.”
The Longhorns led 50-22 at halftime, then shot only 29.2% (7 of 24) from the field while scoring only 23 points in the second half.
”We played really well in the first half, and in the second half, it was not our better 20 minutes,” Beard said. ”I was really impressed with Northern Arizona how they kept chipping away and basically played real basketball in the last 20 minutes. So lots to learn from for our guys and we’ll embrace that.”
The game was played in the home arena of the NBA G League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers, which is about 300 miles south of the Longhorns campus home in Austin, and not far from the U.S.-Mexico border.
HONORING COACH
The game was part of the Leon Black Classic honoring the former Longhorns player and coach who passed away last year at age 89.
”One of the all-time great coaches, great men, great former players, great assistant coaches and obviously great head coaches that our program’s ever had,” Beard said. ”And a trailblazer in our sport, gave so many opportunities, first black players to play at Texas. It’s just awesome to honor coach and his family.”
BIG PICTURE
Northern Arizona: The Lumberjacks of the Big Sky Conference led only once, when Fuller made a floater on the game’s first shot. That lead lasted 18 seconds before Texas scored eight points in a row.
Texas: Carr had 14 of his points by halftime, when Texas had more points off turnovers (24) than the Lumberjacks scored. The Longhorns made 14 of their first 18 shots, and were shooting 65.6% at the break (21 of 32), including 6 of 12 on 3-pointers.
UP NEXT
Northern Arizona plays in Edinburg again Tuesday, against hometown team UT Rio Grande Valley, which beat Western Illinois 78-77 on Ahren Freeman’s buzzer-beating layup in the first game of the doubleheader Monday.
Texas hosts UT Rio Grande Valley on Saturday on the Austin campus, but that game won’t be played at the new Moody Center. It will be at Gregory Gymnasium, where the Longhorns played home games until 1977, and their home when Black was head coach from 1967-76.
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. | 2022-11-22T16:31:23+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/no-4-texas-beats-n-arizona-73-48-in-rio-grande-valley/ |
BATA contributes to quality of life
Public transit organizations like Bay Area Transportation Authority provide a wide range of vital economic, environmental, and societal benefits to the communities they serve.
For instance, a BATA monthly pass costs $40 and $20 for seniors, veterans, active military personnel and people with disabilities. By comparison, the cost to own and operate a new vehicle, according to AAA, is nearly $900 per month.
BATA also helps address two of the most pressing challenges we face as a region: Reducing road congestion and freeing up parking. In addition, BATA’s services help ease labor shortages local employers grapple with by providing public transportation for the workforces of many local restaurants, small businesses, and hotels.
BATA also contributes to better environmental and health outcomes, reducing the number of missed medical appointments — a major contributor to poorer health outcomes and higher costs — reducing CO2 and other harmful emissions, and improving safety for both transit and non-transit commuters.
In 2022, BATA provided more than 350,000 rides to area residents and visitors.
Let’s not get bogged down in the politics. Instead, let’s celebrate this valuable regional resource and the many important contributions BATA makes to our community.
David Mengebier
Traverse City | 2023-04-02T16:35:54+00:00 | record-eagle.com | https://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-mengebier/article_a49ffffe-ca58-11ed-9d52-1fc8b8132b23.html |
Research Confirms Da Vinci Painted Earlier Version of Masterpiece
Preeminent Scientist and Art Historian Proves New Data Changing Perception of how Louvre Portrait is Viewed
ROME, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Lisa del Giocondo 'Mona Lisa' is the most famous painting in the world. In his new book; Is the Louvre Mona Lisa Leonardo's second version? («L'Erma» di Bretschneider – Roma), an in-depth analysis of the original documents, the historical sources and analytical data, Scientist and Art Historian Professor Salvatore Lorusso provides the evidence which settles a long-standing controversial issue: that the artist painted two versions of his immortal masterpiece - the first in c.1503-06 of a young Lisa and the second, the Louvre Mona Lisa, from c.1513 on.
"Given the execution of the documented original portrait of Lisa can now be reliably dated, any question of whether it is the Louvre portrait must be considered in the context of the chronology and evolution of Leonardo's work," said Salvatore Lorusso. "Unquestionable evidence shows Leonardo painted two distinct Mona Lisa paintings with different characteristics at different times: the first, an unfinished version and the second, a more finished version, stylistically and structurally different from the first."
Lorusso's research takes a critical analysis of numerous publications by Leonardo experts, a small number of whom, despite the evidence, still maintain that the Louvre Mona Lisa was started c.1503 and worked on until near the end of Leonardo's life in 1519, which is now proven to be an impossibility.
The historical documents analyzed by Lorusso - many of which have only been discovered recently – show the Louvre Mona Lisa could not have been the original portrait of Lisa del Giocondo started in Florence c. 1503, but instead was likely executed by Leonardo in Rome c.1513-16. Lorusso support this information through an in-depth analysis of the scientific data collected by the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF). Lorusso's findings prove that the original portrait of Lisa is another version by the great Master, confirming Leonardo painted two Mona Lisas.
Salvatore Lorusso was formerly a full professor at the University of Bologna, the world's oldest university, which boasts eminent alumni such as Albrecht Durer, Erasmus, Copernicus, Petrarch, Thomas Becket, Umberto Eco and no less than five popes. With a deep interest in both art and science, Lorusso was among the founders of the first Faculty of Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Italy and is editor-in-chief of the historical-technical Journal "Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage" where the human sciences and experimental sciences meet the arts. His deep experience and scholarship in both science and art is demonstrated in over 440 publications in national and international journals and 24 independent volumes. His expertise constitutes an ideal blend of both science and art with respect to the complex determination of authenticity and attribution in the field of old masters having recently authored a major publication on exactly that topic. In the last few years, he has become a notable expert on Leonardo's paintings with specific attention to Mona Lisa and is the author of several works on the subject. His biography appears in the 2016 Marquis Edition of Who's Who in the World.
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Ronald Acuña Jr. Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Athletics - May 31
Published: May. 31, 2023 at 7:24 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Ronald Acuna Jr. -- with an on-base percentage of .273 in his past 10 games, 133 points lower than his season-long percentage -- will be in action for the Atlanta Braves versus the Oakland Athletics, with James Kaprielian on the hill, on May 31 at 3:37 PM ET.
He had a hitless showing in his previous game (0-for-3) against the Athletics.
Ronald Acuña Jr. Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
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- Game Time: 3:37 PM ET
- Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
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- Athletics Starter: James Kaprielian
- TV Channel: NBCS-CA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +290)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +140)
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Ronald Acuña Jr. At The Plate
- Acuna leads Atlanta in OBP (.406), slugging percentage (.553) and total hits (70) this season.
- Among qualified batters in MLB, his batting average ranks fifth, his on-base percentage ranks seventh, and he is 10th in the league in slugging.
- Acuna has gotten a hit in 41 of 55 games this year (74.5%), with more than one hit on 21 occasions (38.2%).
- He has hit a long ball in 20.0% of his games in 2023, and 4.4% of his trips to the dish.
- Acuna has picked up an RBI in 36.4% of his games this season, with two or more RBI in 10.9% of his games. He has also produced three or more runs in four contests.
- He has scored in 32 games this season (58.2%), including multiple runs in 13 games.
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Athletics pitching staff ranks 27th in MLB with a collective 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Athletics have a 6.68 team ERA that ranks last among all league pitching staffs.
- Athletics pitchers combine to allow the most home runs in baseball (98 total, 1.7 per game).
- Kaprielian (0-5) takes the mound for the Athletics in his seventh start of the season. He has an 8.45 ERA in 33 2/3 innings pitched, with 34 strikeouts.
- The right-hander last appeared on Saturday against the Houston Astros, when he threw five innings, allowing four earned runs while giving up eight hits.
- The 29-year-old has an ERA of 8.45, with 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings, in nine games this season. Opponents are batting .308 against him.
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A Washington attorney with ties to the Democratic party goes on trial Monday for allegedly lying to the FBI weeks ahead of the 2016 election, in the first case from Trump-era special counsel John Durham to be heard by a jury.
Michael Sussmann faces a single count of making false statements to the FBI in a September 2016 meeting with the bureau's general counsel about potential ties between a Kremlin-tied bank and a computer server at the Trump Organization.
Tapped in 2019 by Trump Attorney General William Barr to examine the genesis of the FBI's Russia investigation, Durham has only brought legal action against three people so far. Sussmann's prosecution is the first to go trial, and it will serve as the special counsel's first test before a jury.
The case is rooted in the one-on-one meeting Sussmann had on Sept. 19, 2016 with then-FBI general counsel Jim Baker. When they met, Sussmann shared information gleaned from internet data about possible ties between Russia's Alfa Bank and a computer server at Trump's company.
According to the indictment, Sussmann told Baker that he wasn't passing the material along at the behest of any client. But prosecutors say that was a lie, and that Sussmann was in fact acting on behalf of a tech executive, Rodney Joffe, as well as Hilary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Durham's team says that alleged lie mattered because it misled the FBI about the political nature of Sussmann's work. The bureau would have treated the tip differently, prosecutors say, if it had known of his political affiliations, although the FBI did follow up on Sussmann's information and ultimately concluded there wasn't sufficient evidence of a secret communication channel.
In court, prosecutors have alleged that Sussmann was part of a "joint venture," something akin to a conspiracy, with Joffe, the Clinton campaign and others to gather derogatory information about Trump, get the FBI to investigate it and then leak that information to the media.
Sussmann's attorneys, Sean Berkowitz and Michael Bosworth, have called the case "baseless and politically-inspired." They also point out that Durham hasn't charged a conspiracy case; he's only charged Sussmann with a single false statements count about whether he was acting on behalf of a client.
The trial, which opens Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C. with jury selection, is expected to last two weeks.
Durham's team says it plans to call several current and former FBI officials, including Jim Baker as well as Bill Priestap, who was the FBI's assistant director for counterintelligence in 2016.
Sussmann's attorneys, meanwhile, have said they will likely call former New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau as well as Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, among others.
Lichtblau had conversations with Sussmann and Joffe about the internet data, while Horowitz received information from Sussmann, according to the defense team.
Durham's investigation has long been buffeted by the political winds of Washington. Trump and his allies have played up the probe, often suggesting it would dig up corruption and wrongdoing at the FBI that aimed to hamstring his administration.
Democrats, in contrast, have accused Durham of conducting a politically motivated investigation and seeking to discredit the original Russia investigation.
In addition to Sussmann, Durham's probe has brought criminal action against two other people. One was a former low-level FBI attorney who pleaded guilty to doctoring an email.
The other is Igor Danchenko, a primary source for the infamous Steele dossier about alleged ties between Trump and Russia. Danchenko was indicted last year on five counts of lying to the FBI. He has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go on trial in the fall.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-06-01T06:44:17+00:00 | mtpr.org | https://www.mtpr.org/2022-05-16/trump-era-special-counsel-faces-first-real-test-as-washington-attorney-goes-on-trial |
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
5-4-6-9
(five, four, six, nine)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
5-4-6-9
(five, four, six, nine) | 2022-10-26T19:14:39+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Midday-game-17536279.php |
At Broadband World Forum 2022, Fibocom launched 5G module FG370 based on MediaTek T830 platform, aiming to empower the deployment of 5G FWA for carriers and customers worldwide.
SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fibocom (Stock code: 300638), a global leading provider of IoT (Internet of Things) wireless solutions and wireless communication modules, announced the global launch of 5G module FG370 at Broadband World Forum 2022. Powered by the newly-launched MediaTek T830 platform, FG370 is set to bring enhanced mobile broadband, low latency, and ultra-reliable 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) connectivity solution for global operators.
Compliant with 3GPP Release 16 (R16) standards, the 5G Sub-6GHz module FG370 enables lightning-fast 5G speed experience with up to 7.01Gbps on the downlink and 2.5Gbps on the uplink theoretically. Coming with a quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 CPU, FG370 supports 4CC CA (Carrier Aggregation) and up to 300MHz of spectrum, as well as 2CC CA and up to 200MHz of spectrum, which improves the utilization of spectrum resources and ensures an extended 5G coverage. Supporting 5G standalone network (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) network architectures, the module is also backward compatible with LTE-TDD, LTE-FDD and WCDMA network standards.
In addition, FG370 supports 8RX (Receive Antennas), enhancing downlink speed, spectral efficiency and coverage quality. The module also supports Power Class 1.5 (PC1.5) High Power User Equipment (HPUE), which allows a maximum transmit power of up to 29dBm, 6dB higher than that of PC3, and 3dB higher than that of PC2, significantly increasing uplink speed and extending uplink coverage. With enhancements in terms of uplink and downlink speed and coverage, FG370 can provide a better user experience while offering seamless 5G connectivity for FWA.
It is worth noting that, FG370 can support enhanced connectivity solutions, including Dual-band 2×2 Wi-Fi 7 for MiFi (BE6500) and Tri-band 4×4 Wi-Fi 7 for CPE (BE19000). These solutions feature new Wi-Fi 7 capabilities such as 160MHz/ 320MHz bandwidth, 6GHz frequency band, 4096 QAM, as well as Multi-Link Operation (MLO). The module also supports wired network deployment, allowing maximum 10Gb Ethernet, satisfying different application requirements.
With a rich extension of interfaces including 10GbE USXGMII/ PCI-Express/ USB 3.2, plus PCM/SPI for connection to external SLIC for RJ11 phone ports, FG370 seamlessly enables a wide range of IoT applications, providing high-speed 5G experience for customers. The module also integrates MediaTek's 5G UltraSave technologies to optimize energy efficiency for 5G connections, especially 5G MiFi.
"Fibocom is pleased to work with MediaTek to contribute to the proliferation of 5G," said Simon Tao, General Manager of MBB Product Management Dept., Fibocom. "We're delighted to introduce the new generation of 5G module FG370 to the global FWA market, further boosting 5G commercialization with enhanced coverage, increasing throughput as well as optimized capacity."
About Fibocom
Fibocom is a leading global supplier of wireless communication modules and solutions in the sector of IoT, as well as the first wireless communication module producer listed on the A-share market in China (stock code: 300638). We provide end-to-end IoT wireless communication solutions for telecom operators, IoT equipment manufacturers, and IoT system integrators. With over two decades of engagement in M2M and IoT communication technology and extensive expertise, we are capable of independently developing high-performance wireless communication modules including 5G/ 4G high-speed cellular modules, LTE Cat 1/ 3G/ 2G/ NB-IoT/ LTE Cat M LPWA IoT cellular modules, Android smart modules and automotive communication modules for vehicle applications. Besides reliable, convenient, safe and intelligent IoT communication solutions for almost all vertical industries, we are also geared to customize the best and optimal IoT modules and solutions catering to your special requirements.
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Updated March 31, 2023 at 4:24 PM ET
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury for his role in covering up hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said it has contacted Trump's attorney "to coordinate his surrender" for arraignment.
Trump is now scheduled to appear in criminal court at 2:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday for the arraignment hearing, a spokesman for the New York office of court administration confirmed to NPR.
The grand jury's indictment — and Trump's charges — remain under seal.
Here are five things to know about the latest news.
1. The grand jury has been investigating Trump for months
Trump is likely to be charged with a violation of New York penal code 175.10, falsifying business records in the first degree, says Kim Wehle, a former U.S. attorney and now a law professor at the University of Baltimore.
"It's quite serious, even if the charge itself doesn't reach the heights that some people would expect from a former president," Wehle told NPR's Adrian Florido on All Things Considered.
Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen negotiated a deal with porn star Stormy Daniels, paying her $130,000 in exchange for keeping quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
Cohen transferred that money to Daniels less than two weeks before the election. And then after Trump won, Trump reimbursed Cohen, including with his own personal checks. Trump has denied having had an affair with Daniels, although he has admitted reimbursing Cohen for money paid to her.
The Trump Organization said that those reimbursement payments were for legal fees, which is not true. In New York, that's a felony if it was done to cover up another crime — in this case, probably the violation of campaign finance laws, Wehle says.
As a Class E felony, a conviction on falsifying business records could come with a prison sentence of up to four years, Wehle said.
2. Trump was asked to surrender — it's unclear if he will
A spokesperson for Bragg issued a statement Thursday evening saying the office had contacted Trump's attorney to "coordinate his surrender."
"Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected," the spokesperson added.
NPR hasn't been able to independently confirm whether Trump is still in Florida. Two reliable flight trackers have not registered movement on his private plane since the 757 flew to West Palm Beach five days ago.
But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, took to Twitter after the news of the DA's request for Trump to surrender to say that his state would not help arrest and extradite the former president, should it come to that.
The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 30, 2023
It is un-American.
The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law to downgrade felonies and to excuse criminal misconduct. Yet, now he is…
Though DeSantis has yet to announce his candidacy, he's widely considered to be a top 2024 Republican presidential contender — and a threat to Trump's bid for reelection.
Earlier this month, DeSantis told reporters he wouldn't get involved in the spectacle "in any way."
"I have no interest in getting involved in some type of manufactured circus by some Soros DA," he said, according to an account from POLITICO, making a reference to billionaire donor George Soros' campaign donations. "He's trying to do a political spectacle ... I've got real issues I've got to deal with here in the state of Florida."
3. Trump and the GOP say the indictment is political persecution
The former president dismissed the Manhattan grand jury's vote to indict him as "political persecution" and "election interference," in a statement on Thursday.
"The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to 'Get Trump,' but now they've done the unthinkable — indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference," the statement from his website reads.
Across the board, Republicans echoed this sentiment, adding fuel to Trump's campaign narrative of political martyrdom.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted that Bragg has "irreparably damaged our country in an attempt to interfere in our Presidential election." Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel called the probe a "blatant abuse of power from a DA focused on political vengeance."
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, issued a one-word statement: "Outrageous."
Earlier this month, Jordan, along with House Oversight Committee Chair Jim Comer, R-Ky., and House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., sent Bragg a letter demanding documents, communications and testimony related to his investigation of the former president.
Bragg's office responded by calling Republican requests for its documents and testimony "an unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution."
4. Democrats and those tied to the probe say it's about accountability
Democrats also rallied around a party message, but theirs was one of the need for blind justice, best summed up by the phrase "no one is above the law."
"No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence," said former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The Grand Jury has acted upon the facts and the law.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 31, 2023
No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence.
Hopefully, the former President will peacefully respect the system, which grants him that right.
"A nation of laws must hold the rich and powerful accountable, even when they hold high office. Especially when they do," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a former impeachment manager.
Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and a key witness in the case, also said the indictment shows that "no one is above the law," but took the moment to call for opinion on the matter to be decided in court.
"Now that the charges have been filed, it is better for the case to let the indictment speak for itself," Cohen said. "The two things I wish to say at this time is that accountability matters and I stand by my testimony and the evidence I have provided to [the New York district attorney]."
Clark Brewster, the lawyer for the adult film star whose story started it all, remarked on the indictment on Twitter, saying it "is no cause for joy."
"The hard work and conscientiousness of the grand jurors must be respected," he tweeted. "Now let truth and justice prevail."
Daniels herself responded with two words: "Thank you."
5. This could be just the beginning of Trump's legal woes
In light of the speed and significance of this news cycle, it's worth remembering that Trump also faces scrutiny in other investigations that could lead to charges of their own.
A case in Fulton County, Ga., centers on the pressure campaign employed by Trump and his allies in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election.
The Justice Department has interviewed numerous Trump allies and aides for an investigation into Trump's role in igniting the Jan. 6 attack.
And a trove of classified documents has sparked the Justice Department to open a second investigation into Trump.
Not much is known about when charges, if any, would come from these probes.
NPR's Jonathan Franklin, Becky Sullivan and Dana Farrington contributed reporting.
This story was taken from our live blog. Revisit how the news unfolded.
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Authorities: 9 hurt in shooting at club in South Carolina.
HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured. It was the second mass shooting in the state in as many days.
The State Law Enforcement Division said in an email there were no reported fatalities in the Easter morning shooting at the club in Hampton County. No information was immediately available on the severity of the injuries.
The SLED says it was asked to investigate by the Hampton County Sheriff’s Office. Hampton County is roughly 80 miles (about 129 kilometers) west of Charleston.
The shooting comes a day after gunfire erupted at a busy mall in the state capital of Columbia. Nine people were shot and five people were injured while trying to flee the scene at Columbiana Centre, Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said in a news release Saturday. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 73.
The Columbia Police Department announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jewayne M. Price, who was one of three people initially detained by law enforcement as a person of interest in the mall shooting. Price is scheduled to have a bond hearing at 2 p.m. Sunday on charges of unlawful carrying of a pistol. It is not immediately known if Price has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Police said the 73-year-old victim continues to receive medical treatment, but the other victims have been released from local hospitals or will be released shortly.
“We don’t believe this was random,” Holbrook said. “We believe they knew each other and something led to the gunfire.”
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What does Providence's Wilbury Theatre Group have on tap next season? Here's the lineup
After missing their audiences during the COVID-19 hiatus, the Wilbury Theatre Group was even more committed to connecting with the people seated in their performance space.
The “need to engage the audience in new ways” certainly drove the company's selection of plays for its 2022-2023 season, according to artistic director Josh Short.
“The idea of community is so much more important to our mission now,” he says. “The pause of the pandemic gave us a chance to reconnect with our mission, which is to inspire people through theater.”
Some of that inspiration in the upcoming season will come from the sheer freshness of the pieces, two of which are world premieres while the other three are making their Rhode Island debuts.
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'Silhouette of a Silhouette,' by Rose Weaver
The season opens in late September with the world premiere of “Silhouette of a Silhouette” by award-winning actress Rose Weaver, a former professor of Short’s at the University of Rhode Island.
“This is a beautiful, haunting piece about loss, redemption and hope. Through music, we witness her personal story of family tragedy and moving forward,” Short says of Weaver’s piece.
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Directed by Don Mays, the story addresses “things we’ve all dealt with — loss and heartbreak in our families — and lends itself to an immersive production style,” Short says.
'The Humans,' by Stephen Karam
In November, another family story will be examined in “The Humans,” by Stephen Karam, the 2016 winner of the Tony Award for best play. On a two-story set, the play centers on four generations of an Irish-American family gathered for Thanksgiving, with all the love, disappointment and anger that can stir.
“There’s a darkness to it as they deal with basic human fears, like aging, poverty and abandonment,” Short says.
'We're Gonna Die,' by Young Jean Lee
Young Jean Lee’s “We’re Gonna Die” will usher Wilbury into 2023 with a cabaret-style take on confronting one’s own mortality.
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“Young Jean Lee is one of my favorite playwrights, and this is the third piece we’ve done, after ‘Straight White Men’ and ‘Church,’” Short says. “There will be audience participation and, while the title seems dark, it’s a very uplifting play.”
'Indecent,' by Paula Vogel
“Indecent,” by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, will follow in March. Inspired by controversy surrounding the Broadway debut of “God of Vengeance” in 1923, the piece examines the artists who risked careers and lives to bring it to the stage.
“It’s a look at the role of the artist in society, the importance of art and the artist’s role in creating empathy and telling stories,” Short says. Wilbury's partnership with local Jewish organizations promises a “robust talk-back session” for the show, Short says.
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'Off With their Heads,' by Darcie Dennigan
The season wraps with May’s world premiere of “Off with Their Heads” by Wilbury playwright-in-residence Darcie Dennigan. The musical tells the story of baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi’s rape and quest for justice. Including doo-wop and classic rock, Short says, juxtaposes absurdity and farce with a serious situation.
“The music makes the entire story more lighthearted,” Short says.
Wilbury Theatre Group is at 475 Valley St., Providence. For more information about the upcoming season and memberships, go to thewilburygroup.org or call (401) 400-7100. | 2022-06-17T10:43:24+00:00 | providencejournal.com | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/entertainment/arts/2022/06/17/providence-wilbury-theatre-group-2022-2023-lineup-rose-weaver-paula-vogel/7596690001/ |
Take a bow Ryan Feltner, you are officially a slump buster.
The Rockies’ right-hander pitched a gem Thursday night and got an early boost from C.J. Cron in the Rockies’ 5-0 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The victory snapped Colorado’s eight-game losing skid, its longest losing streak since dropping nine straight from Aug. 27-Sept. 4, 2019.
Feltner has good stuff. The metrics say so, as do the Rockies, even though Feltner entered Thursday’s game 0-2 with an unsightly 8.78 ERA and a track record of going off the rails the second or third time through a lineup.
But the right-hander stayed solidly on track Thursday, pitching 5 2/3 scoreless innings and limiting the Phillies to three hits while fanning six and walking three.
“He’s really starting to understand what he needs to do to be successful,” manager Bud Black told AT&T SportsNet. “He’s pitched in games where — I don’t want to say ‘trying to survive’ — but he was just trying to hang in there. But now I think he totally grasped what this all means and he’s been a great student.”
Feltner pounded the zone with his fastball.
“The biggest thing for me is being able to stay ahead of hitters because that lets me use my secondary pitches,” Feltner told reporters in Philadelphia. “All of my pitches have been good all season, I just think that there were always a couple of moments in the game (that went wrong) — something I’ve discussed with Buddy — that I was able to get through tonight.”
Phillies left-hander Matt Strahm baffled the Rockies, hence his 11 strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings, but he couldn’t fool Cron with a 3-1 slider in the first inning. Cron crushed the pitch for a two-run, line-drive homer to left, scoring Jurickson Profar who led off the game with a walk. It was Cron’s fifth home run.
Colorado scored twice more in the sixth on singles by Ryan McMahon and Cron, and an RBI single by Elia Diaz off erratic reliever Andrew Bellatti, who also issued a bases-loaded walk to Alan Trejo to force in a run.
Rockies reliever Justin Lawrence pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings and fanned four, passing big tests in the sixth and seventh innings.
Philly loaded the bases in the sixth with a single by Kyle Schwarber and a walk by Brandon Marsh, leading Black to pull Feltner. Lawrence, the sidearmer right-hander, came in only to see J.T. Realmuto load the bases with an infield single that died between the mound and third base. That was no problem for Lawrence, who struck out Alex Bohm looking helpless as an 86.5 mph sweeper cut across the plate.
Philly put two men on in the seventh with a leadoff double by Trea Turner and a walk by Marsh but Lawrence struck out Bohm to end the inning. Lawrence, a bright spot early in Colorado’s difficult early season, has a 2.45 ERA.
Black didn’t plan to use Lawrence for as long as he did, but Lawrence was Colorado’s most-rested reliever and he told Black he could get the job done.
“He asked me in the dugout, ‘Are you good? Can you keep going?’ ” Lawrence told AT&T SportsNet. “I said, ‘Heck, yeah, let’s go.’ In that moment I didn’t want it to be over, so I said, ‘Let’s keep going.’ ”
Marquez update. Right-hander German Marquez, working through right forearm inflammation, threw a full bullpen session in Philadelphia on Thursday and reported no pain in his forearm. Marquez worked through his entire arsenal of pitches and is scheduled to throw another bullpen on Sunday. He could rejoin Colorado’s rotation next week.
Friday’s Pitching Matchup
Rockies RHP Noah Davis (0-0, 0.00 ERA) at Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (1-2, 5.91)
5:05 p.m. Friday, Citizens Bank Park
TV: ATTRM
Radio: 850 AM/94.1 FM
The Rockies’ starting pitching has been a piñata during their ugly start to the season, but Davis provided a reprieve. In his first big-league start (and just his second game) he pitched five scoreless innings at Seattle on Sunday, allowing three hits and three walks with five strikeouts in Colorado’s 1-0 loss. In three starts with Triple-A Albuquerque earlier this season, he was 0-0 with a 4.26 ERA, striking out six and walking seven.
Nola earned his first win on Sunday, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and three walks in six innings during the Phillies’ 14-3 victory over the Reds. He struck out four. Nola, who’s scheduled to become a free agent at the end of the season, has pitched well against the Rockies, going 4-1 with a 3.35 ERA in seven starts.
Pitching probables
Saturday: Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (2-1, 3.80) at Phillies LHP Cristopher Sánchez (2023 debut), 2:05 p.m., ATTRM
Sunday: Rockies RHP Jose Urena (0-3, 9.82) at Phillies RHP Zack Wheeler (1-1, 4.79), 10:05 a.m., ATTRM
Monday: Rockies LHP Austin Gomber (0-4, 12.12) at Guardians TBA, 4:10 p.m., ATTRM
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A building fire at American International College on Thursday evening caused about 80% of Courniotes Hall roof to collapse, according to Springfield Fire Captain Drew Piemonte.
At 5:30 p.m. on July 27, the department posted it was battling a blaze at the college, triggering at least two alarms, in the midst of a severe thunderstorm drenching the city. | 2023-07-28T17:58:06+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/07/80-of-roof-collapses-after-fire-at-american-international-college-captain-says.html |
Workers who picketed 19 major Southern California hotels over the long holiday weekend were back on the job Wednesday. But their union warned that more walkouts could come at any time.
No progress was reported in negotiations between employers and Unite Here Local 11, which represents bellhops, front desk agents, room attendants, cooks, servers and dishwashers.
Union members voted last month to strike at 60 hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties. They are demanding better wages, improved health care benefits, higher pension contributions and less strenuous workloads.
The soaring cost of living in greater Los Angeles is a significant problem for hotel workers, according to the union.
Unite Here Local 11 spokeswoman Maria Hernandez described this week’s walkouts as the “first wave” in an ongoing labor action that could soon bring picket lines to 41 other hotels.
“We went on strike to show these companies what we were willing to do to win a fair contract,” said Joy Johnson, a housekeeper at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown LA.
Contracts expired last Friday at hotels owned by major chains, including Hilton and Fairmont. The strike affects about half of the 32,000 hospitality workers the union represents across Southern California and Arizona.
Last week, a deal was reached with its biggest employer, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in downtown Los Angeles, which has more than 600 union workers. Union officials described the tentative agreement, which provides higher pay and increased staffing levels, as a major win for workers.
Talks with other hotels — including the Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons Regent Beverly Wilshire and Anaheim Hilton, near Disneyland — were at a stalemate. A coalition of more than 40 hotels involved in talks have accused union leaders of canceling meetings and refusing to come back to the table. The hotels have offered wage increases of $2.50 per hour in the first 12 months and $6.25 over four years, the group said.
“We welcome our employees back to work and the end of the work stoppage at those hotels,” the coalition said in a statement Wednesday. “If the Union takes employees out at other hotels, those hotels are well prepared to service guests.”
The walkout came amid holiday celebrations and a major anime convention in Los Angeles. Temporary employees were hired to cover for the striking workers, and it wasn’t immediately clear whether the strike resulted in guests checking out early or lacking services. | 2023-07-05T22:42:32+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/ap-california-hotel-workers-back-on-the-job-after-strike-but-union-warns-more-walkouts-possible/ |
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environment Protection Agency said Friday that advanced nuclear technology will be “critical” for both the United States and Japan as they step up cooperation to meet decarbonization goals.
Michael Regan, after holding talks with his Japanese counterpart Akihiro Nishimura in Tokyo, told a joint news conference that nuclear energy in their countries plays a role and “the opportunities for advanced nuclear technology will be critical if we’re going to meet our climate goals.”
“I think the science tells us that we have to respond to the climate crisis with a sense of urgency and nuclear energy and nuclear technology has and can have a role in continuing with a zero emissions contribution to the climate,” he said, showing support for Japan’s recent shift toward returning to nuclear energy.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said last week he instructed his government to consider developing safer, smaller nuclear reactors, in a renewed emphasis on nuclear energy years after many of the country’s plants were shut down.
Kishida said Japan needs to consider all options of energy mix, including nuclear, to bolster its “green transformation” effort to curb emissions of greenhouse gases and to secure stable energy supply. Japan has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
Anti-nuclear sentiment and safety concerns rose sharply in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdowns, but the government has been pushing for a return to nuclear energy amid worries of power shortage following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a global push to reduce greenhouse gases. Japan has faced criticism for saying it will phase out fossil fuel use by 2050 without showing clearer timeline.
While maintaining a 20%-22% target for nuclear energy as part of its energy mix for 2030, Japan’s government had previously insisted it was not considering building new plants or replacing aged reactors, apparently to avoid stoking criticism from a wary public. Kishida’s recent comment represents a sharp change from that stance.
Kishida asked a government panel to decide by the end of the year on its proposal for the development and construction of “new innovative reactors,” such as small modular reactors, while also considering extending operational lifespan of aging reactors.
President Joe Biden also believes that it is an “all hands on deck approach,” Regan said, adding that investments in nuclear technology and carbon capture will complement the big potential for renewable energy.
U.S. and Japanese environment heads also agreed to cooperate to speed up global effort to achieve decarbonization as well as curb ocean plastic pollution, chemicals and other environmental issues.
Biden last month signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act that includes energy provisions aimed at creating savings by providing tax credit for new purchases of some electric vehicles and for home owners who invest in energy-efficient equipment.
While costs of wind, solar and battery storage are coming down and will dominate the future market, existing technology will remain important for the zero emissions goal “if we want to respond to the climate crisis in a timely manner,” Regan said. | 2022-09-03T09:04:50+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/technology/ap-epa-head-advanced-nuke-tech-key-to-mitigate-climate-change/ |
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
12-19-24-27-45, Cash Ball: 2
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been charged with making racist and abusive threats against a judge, who sought a protective order after the man said he had staked out the Jackson County courthouse and followed people home, the Jackson County Prosecutor said Wednesday.
The 42-year-old defendant, of Independence, was charged Tuesday with tampering with a judicial officer and harassment. He was being held Wednesday without bond. Online court records do not name an attorney for him.
Michael Deblois, who is white, made 15 to 17 calls on Monday and Tuesday to the courthouse threatening the judge, who is Black, according to court affidavits. The judge, who works in the 16th Circuit Court in Jackson County, was not identified in the complaint.
According to the complaint, a woman who answered the phone at the judge’s office told authorities Deblois left his name and phone number, was “angry, hateful and harassing,” and used frequent profanity and racial slurs,
It was not clear exactly what Deblois was upset about but his messages cited in the affidavit mention a canceled court hearing, government corruption and having his home foreclosed by a “fraudulent” home owners association.
In one message, Deblois said “Eye for an eye. Makes you wonder what I have planned,” according to the complaint.
The judge requested a protective order on Tuesday, citing concern for the safety of his staff and family. | 2023-03-29T18:50:32+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/man-arrested-after-judge-receives-17867104.php |
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it has been awarded United States Patent Number D968,957 titled Tray for Transporting and Storing Electronic Components.
The tray was invented by Digi-Key engineers Shane Heinle and Reid Landsrud who set out to create a safer and more efficient way of transporting broken pack integrated circuits. The trays are a quarter of a size of the industry standard JEDEC trays allowing for a smaller packaging and shipping footprint for smaller quantity items, as well as a reduced environmental impact.
While innovative ideas are a constant at Digi-Key, this is the first patent awarded to Digi-Key. After inventing the tray, Digi-Key worked with fellow Minnesota companies Holland Molds of Wadena, Minn., RTP Company of Winona, Minn., and CCI of New Hope, Minn. to assist in commercial production of the tray.
"To me, everyone at Digi-Key is an engineer, and we have to make things work every single day," said Shane Heinle, senior supervisor, ESD program control for Digi-Key. "I'm glad to have had three Minnesota companies to work with for this project as this is truly a local product from idea to production that is having global implications for our customer base."
"It's amazing the amount of packaging we save by using this smaller tray which offers the exact same benefits as the standard larger tray, just right-sized for the number of components we ship often," said Reid Landsrud, supervisor, resident maintenance technician for Digi-Key. "We are able to send components in a smaller shipping box, with a smaller moisture barrier bag, a smaller amount of desiccant and a lower shipping cost; decreasing shipping and packaging prices and lessening the environmental impact."
Digi-Key is committed to continuous innovation and was named a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators earlier this year. The company has also been featured in the last few years for inventing an in-house system to disinfect warehouse totes at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This invention and patent exemplify the innovative spirit running throughout Digi-Key.
For more information, please visit the Digi-Key website.
Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. As the original pioneer in this space, Digi-Key provides more than 13.4 million components from over 2,300 quality name-brand manufacturers with an industry-leading breadth and depth of product in stock and available for immediate shipment. Beyond the products that drive technology innovation, Digi-Key also supports design engineers and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions and tools to make their jobs more efficient. Additional information can be found at digikey.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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ATLANTA — Atlanta Public Schools kindergartners will get $50 starter savings accounts as part of a financial literacy program, the school system announced this week.
An APS release said "hundreds of kindergarten students in Atlanta Public Schools will begin learning about the importance of financial literacy, thanks to a collaborative initiative between the district, Citibank, Operation HOPE and the City of Atlanta."
The program, called the HOPE Child Savings Accounts Program, will begin with one-time deposits of $50 in free savings accounts for the children.
The conditions for the savings account include:
- Family deposits and program initiatives help the money grow
- Funds cannot be withdrawn until graduation from an APS high school
- Upon graduation, student can use money to pay for tuition, books, and other educational expenses
- Financial literacy workshops will be available for students, parents, and caregivers
The launch of the program is scheduled for Monday, May 16 with a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. APS Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring will be on hand to deliver remarks. | 2022-05-14T19:15:44+00:00 | 11alive.com | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/education/atlanta-public-schools-financial-literacy-50-dollar-savings-accounts/85-64c2da82-1a8a-4da3-890b-41646d01d122 |
Southern Company reports third-quarter 2022 earnings Published: Oct. 27, 2022 at 5:46 AM CDT | Updated: 55 minutes ago
ATLANTA , Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today reported third-quarter earnings of $1.5 billion , or $1.36 per share, in 2022 compared with $1.1 billion , or $1.04 per share, in 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 , Southern Company reported earnings of $3.6 billion , or $3.38 per share, compared with $2.6 billion , or $2.46 per share, for the same period in 2021.
Southern Company (PRNewsFoto/Southern Company) (PRNewsfoto/Southern Company)(PRNewswire) Excluding the items described under "Net Income – Excluding Items" in the table below, Southern Company earned $1.4 billion , or $1.31 per share, during the third quarter of 2022, compared with $1.3 billion , or $1.23 per share, during the third quarter 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 , excluding these items, Southern Company earned $3.6 billion , or $3.35 per share, compared with $3.2 billion , or $3.05 per share, for the same period in 2021.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Three Months Ended September
Year-to-Date September
Net Income - Excluding Items (in millions)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Net Income - As Reported
$1,472
$1,101
$3,611
$2,608
Less:
Estimated Loss on Plants Under Construction
62
(271)
7
(779)
Tax Impact
(16)
69
(2)
198
Acquisition and Disposition Impacts
14
119
19
120
Tax Impact
-
(112)
(2)
(112)
Wholesale Gas Services
-
-
-
18
Tax Impact
-
1
-
(3)
Asset Impairments
-
(2)
-
(91)
Tax Impact
-
(7)
-
19
Net Income – Excluding Items
$1,412
$1,304
$3,589
$3,238
Average Shares Outstanding – (in millions)
1,082
1,061
1,070
1,060
Basic Earnings Per Share – Excluding Items
$1.31
$1.23
$3.35
$3.05
NOTE: For more information regarding these non-GAAP adjustments, see the footnotes accompanying the Financial Highlights page of the earnings package.
Adjusted earnings drivers for the third quarter 2022, as compared with the same period in 2021, were higher revenues associated with increased usage, rates and pricing at the company's regulated utilities, partially offset by higher non-fuel operations and maintenance costs, reflecting a rising cost environment and the company's long-term commitment to reliability and resilience, along with higher interest expense.
Third-quarter 2022 operating revenues were $8.4 billion , compared with $6.2 billion for the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 34.3 percent. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 , operating revenues were $22.2 billion , compared with $17.3 billion for the corresponding period in 2021, an increase of 28.2 percent. These increases were primarily due to higher fuel costs.
"Our premier, state-regulated electric and gas utilities continued to perform well during the third quarter," commented Chairman, President and CEO, Thomas A. Fanning . "The economies within our service territories remain strong, and customer growth outpaced our expectations."
Added Fanning, "At Plant Vogtle Unit 3, we successfully completed initial fuel load with the safe transfer of all 157 fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool to the reactor core. This historic milestone marks the completion of another critical step toward start-up and commercial operation of Unit 3."
Southern Company's third-quarter earnings slides with supplemental financial information, including earnings guidance, are available at http://investor.southerncompany.com .
Southern Company's financial analyst call will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern Time today, during which Fanning and Chief Financial Officer Daniel S. Tucker will discuss earnings and provide a general business update. Investors, media and the public may listen to a live webcast of the call and view associated slides at http://investor.southerncompany.com . A replay of the webcast will be available on the site for 12 months.
About Southern Company Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy company serving 9 million customers through its subsidiaries. The company provides clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy through electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company serving wholesale customers across America, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and affordable prices below the national average. For more than a century, we have been building the future of energy and developing the full portfolio of energy resources, including carbon-free nuclear, advanced carbon capture technologies, natural gas, renewables, energy efficiency and storage technology. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation and a low-carbon future, Southern Company and its subsidiaries develop the customized energy solutions our customers and communities require to drive growth and prosperity. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and govern our business to the benefit of our world. Our corporate culture and hiring practices have been recognized nationally by the U.S. Department of Defense, G.I. Jobs magazine, DiversityInc, Black Enterprise, Forbes and the Women's Choice Award. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .
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Southern Company
Financial Highlights
(In Millions of Dollars Except Earnings Per Share)
Three Months Ended September
Year-To-Date September
Net Income–As Reported (See Notes)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Traditional Electric Operating Companies
$ 1,445
$ 1,085
$ 3,256
$ 2,352
Southern Power
95
78
265
211
Southern Company Gas
83
56
516
389
Total
1,623
1,219
4,037
2,952
Parent Company and Other
(151)
(118)
(426)
(344)
Net Income–As Reported
$ 1,472
$ 1,101
$ 3,611
$ 2,608
Basic Earnings Per Share1
$ 1.36
$ 1.04
$ 3.38
$ 2.46
Average Shares Outstanding (in millions)
1,082
1,061
1,070
1,060
End of Period Shares Outstanding (in millions)
1,089
1,060
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Three Months Ended September
Year-To-Date September
Net Income–Excluding Items (See Notes)
2022
2021
2022
2021
Net Income–As Reported
$ 1,472
$ 1,101
$ 3,611
$ 2,608
Less:
Estimated Loss on Plants Under Construction2
62
(271)
7
(779)
Tax Impact
(16)
69
(2)
198
Acquisition and Disposition Impacts3
14
119
19
120
Tax Impact
—
(112)
(2)
(112)
Wholesale Gas Services4
—
—
—
18
Tax Impact
—
1
—
(3)
Asset Impairments5
—
(2)
—
(91)
Tax Impact
—
(7)
—
19
Net Income–Excluding Items
$ 1,412
$ 1,304
$ 3,589
$ 3,238
Basic Earnings Per Share–Excluding Items
$ 1.31
$ 1.23
$ 3.35
$ 3.05
- See Notes on the following page.
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Southern Company
Financial Highlights
Notes
(1)
Dilution is not material in any period presented. Diluted earnings per share was $1.35 and $3.36 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and was $1.03 and $2.44 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.
(2)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 include a net credit of $70 million pre tax ($52 million after tax) and $18 million pre tax ($13 million after tax), respectively, earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2021 include a charge of $264 million pre tax ($197 million after tax), and earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 include charges totaling $772 million pre tax ($576 million after tax) for estimated probable losses on Georgia Power Company's construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4. Further charges and credits may occur; however, the amount and timing are uncertain. Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 also include charges (net of salvage proceeds), associated legal expenses (net of insurance recoveries), and tax impacts related to Mississippi Power Company's integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility project in Kemper County, Mississippi. Mississippi Power Company expects to incur additional pre-tax period costs to complete dismantlement of the abandoned gasifier-related assets and site restoration activities, including related costs for compliance and safety, asset retirement obligation accretion, and property taxes, net of salvage, totaling $10 million to $20 million annually through 2025.
(3)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 include a $14 million pre-tax ($11 million after-tax) gain as a result of the early termination of the transition services agreement related to the 2019 sale of Gulf Power. Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include a preliminary $121 million pre-tax ($93 million after-tax) gain on the sale of Sequent, as well as $85 million in additional tax expense resulting from the sale. Further impacts may result from future acquisition and disposition activities; however, the amount and timing of any such impacts are uncertain.
(4)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include results of the Wholesale Gas Services business. Presenting earnings and earnings per share excluding Wholesale Gas Services provided an additional measure of operating performance that excluded the volatility resulting from mark-to-market and lower of weighted average cost or current market price accounting adjustments. Amounts subsequent to the July 1, 2021 sale of Sequent represent final income adjustments.
(5)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include pre-tax impairment charges of $2 million ($9 million after tax) and $84 million ($67 million after tax), respectively, related to Southern Company Gas' investment in the PennEast Pipeline project. Earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 also include a pre-tax impairment charge of $7 million ($6 million after tax) related to a leveraged lease investment. Southern Company Gas expects to record a pre-tax impairment charge totaling approximately $125 million ($95 million after tax) in the fourth quarter 2022 related to the pending sale of two natural gas storage facilities. Additional impairment charges may occur in the future; however, the amount and timing of any such charges are uncertain.
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Southern Company
Significant Factors Impacting EPS
Three Months Ended September
Year-To-Date September
2022
2021
Change
2022
2021
Change
Earnings Per Share–
As Reported1 (See Notes)
$ 1.36
$ 1.04
$ 0.32
$ 3.38
$ 2.46
$ 0.92
Significant Factors:
Traditional Electric Operating Companies
$ 0.34
$ 0.85
Southern Power
0.02
0.05
Southern Company Gas
0.03
0.12
Parent Company and Other
(0.04)
(0.07)
Increase in Shares
(0.03)
(0.03)
Total–As Reported
$ 0.32
$ 0.92
Three Months Ended September
Year-To-Date September
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
2022
2021
Change
2022
2021
Change
Earnings Per Share–
Excluding Items (See Notes)
$ 1.31
$ 1.23
$ 0.08
$ 3.35
$ 3.05
$ 0.30
Total–As Reported
$ 0.32
$ 0.92
Less:
Estimated Loss on Plants Under Construction2
0.23
0.56
Acquisition and Disposition Impacts3
—
0.01
Wholesale Gas Services4
—
(0.02)
Asset Impairments5
0.01
0.07
Total–Excluding Items
$ 0.08
$ 0.30
- See Notes on the following page.
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Southern Company
Significant Factors Impacting EPS
Notes
(1)
Dilution is not material in any period presented. Diluted earnings per share was $1.35 and $3.36 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and was $1.03 and $2.44 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.
(2)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 include a net credit of $70 million pre tax ($52 million after tax) and $18 million pre tax ($13 million after tax), respectively, earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2021 include a charge of $264 million pre tax ($197 million after tax), and earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 include charges totaling $772 million pre tax ($576 million after tax) for estimated probable losses on Georgia Power Company's construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4. Further charges and credits may occur; however, the amount and timing are uncertain. Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 also include charges (net of salvage proceeds), associated legal expenses (net of insurance recoveries), and tax impacts related to Mississippi Power Company's integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility project in Kemper County, Mississippi. Mississippi Power Company expects to incur additional pre-tax period costs to complete dismantlement of the abandoned gasifier-related assets and site restoration activities, including related costs for compliance and safety, asset retirement obligation accretion, and property taxes, net of salvage, totaling $10 million to $20 million annually through 2025.
(3)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 include a $14 million pre-tax ($11 million after-tax) gain as a result of the early termination of the transition services agreement related to the 2019 sale of Gulf Power. Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include a preliminary $121 million pre-tax ($93 million after-tax) gain on the sale of Sequent, as well as $85 million in additional tax expense resulting from the sale. Further impacts may result from future acquisition and disposition activities; however, the amount and timing of any such impacts are uncertain.
(4)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include results of the Wholesale Gas Services business. Presenting earnings and earnings per share excluding Wholesale Gas Services provided an additional measure of operating performance that excluded the volatility resulting from mark-to-market and lower of weighted average cost or current market price accounting adjustments. Amounts subsequent to the July 1, 2021 sale of Sequent represent final income adjustments.
(5)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include pre-tax impairment charges of $2 million ($9 million after tax) and $84 million ($67 million after tax), respectively, related to Southern Company Gas' investment in the PennEast Pipeline project. Earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 also include a pre-tax impairment charge of $7 million ($6 million after tax) related to a leveraged lease investment. Southern Company Gas expects to record a pre-tax impairment charge totaling approximately $125 million ($95 million after tax) in the fourth quarter 2022 related to the pending sale of two natural gas storage facilities. Additional impairment charges may occur in the future; however, the amount and timing of any such charges are uncertain.
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Southern Company
EPS Earnings Analysis
Description
Three Months Ended September 2022 vs. 2021
Year-To-Date September 2022 vs. 2021
Retail Sales
6¢
13¢
Retail Revenue Impacts
11
32
Weather
2
13
Wholesale & Other Operating Revenues
2
4
Non-Fuel O&M(*)
(5)
(19)
Depreciation and Amortization, Interest Expense, Other
(4)
(7)
Income Taxes
(1)
(6)
Total Traditional Electric Operating Companies
11¢
30¢
Southern Power
2
5
Southern Company Gas
2
7
Parent and Other
(4)
(9)
Increase in Shares
(3)
(3)
Total Change in EPS (Excluding Items)
8¢
30¢
Estimated Loss on Plants Under Construction1
23
56
Acquisition and Disposition Impacts2
—
1
Wholesale Gas Services3
—
(2)
Asset Impairments4
1
7
Total Change in EPS (As Reported)
32¢
92¢
(*) Includes non-service cost-related benefits income
- See additional Notes on the following page.
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Southern Company
EPS Earnings Analysis
Notes
(1)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 include a net credit of $70 million pre tax ($52 million after tax) and $18 million pre tax ($13 million after tax), respectively, earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2021 include a charge of $264 million pre tax ($197 million after tax), and earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 include charges totaling $772 million pre tax ($576 million after tax) for estimated probable losses on Georgia Power Company's construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4. Further charges and credits may occur; however, the amount and timing are uncertain. Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 also include charges (net of salvage proceeds), associated legal expenses (net of insurance recoveries), and tax impacts related to Mississippi Power Company's integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility project in Kemper County, Mississippi. Mississippi Power Company expects to incur additional pre-tax period costs to complete dismantlement of the abandoned gasifier-related assets and site restoration activities, including related costs for compliance and safety, asset retirement obligation accretion, and property taxes, net of salvage, totaling $10 million to $20 million annually through 2025.
(2)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 include a $14 million pre-tax ($11 million after-tax) gain as a result of the early termination of the transition services agreement related to the 2019 sale of Gulf Power. Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include a preliminary $121 million pre-tax ($93 million after-tax) gain on the sale of Sequent, as well as $85 million in additional tax expense resulting from the sale. Further impacts may result from future acquisition and disposition activities; however, the amount and timing of any such impacts are uncertain.
(3)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include results of the Wholesale Gas Services business. Presenting earnings and earnings per share excluding Wholesale Gas Services provided an additional measure of operating performance that excluded the volatility resulting from mark-to-market and lower of weighted average cost or current market price accounting adjustments. Amounts subsequent to the July 1, 2021 sale of Sequent represent final income adjustments.
(4)
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 include pre-tax impairment charges of $2 million ($9 million after tax) and $84 million ($67 million after tax), respectively, related to Southern Company Gas' investment in the PennEast Pipeline project. Earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 also include a pre-tax impairment charge of $7 million ($6 million after tax) related to a leveraged lease investment. Southern Company Gas expects to record a pre-tax impairment charge totaling approximately $125 million ($95 million after tax) in the fourth quarter 2022 related to the pending sale of two natural gas storage facilities. Additional impairment charges may occur in the future; however, the amount and timing of any such charges are uncertain.
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Southern Company
Consolidated Earnings
As Reported
(In Millions of Dollars)
Three Months Ended September
Year-To-Date September
2022
2021
Change
2022
2021
Change
Retail Electric Revenues-
Fuel
$ 2,320
$ 1,186
$ 1,134
$ 4,942
$ 2,899
$ 2,043
Non-Fuel
3,641
3,365
276
9,421
8,593
828
Wholesale Electric Revenues
1,197
731
466
2,798
1,822
976
Other Electric Revenues
185
179
6
554
525
29
Natural Gas Revenues
857
623
234
3,998
2,994
1,004
Other Revenues
178
154
24
519
513
6
Total Operating Revenues
8,378
6,238
2,140
22,232
17,346
4,886
Fuel and Purchased Power
3,068
1,522
1,546
6,534
3,642
2,892
Cost of Natural Gas
294
129
165
1,840
943
897
Cost of Other Sales
92
71
21
275
255
20
Non-Fuel O&M
1,547
1,446
101
4,621
4,257
364
Depreciation and Amortization
922
896
26
2,728
2,658
70
Taxes Other Than Income Taxes
352
312
40
1,073
969
104
Estimated Loss on Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4
(70)
264
(334)
(18)
772
(790)
Gain on Dispositions, net
(20)
(125)
105
(53)
(179)
126
Total Operating Expenses
6,185
4,515
1,670
17,000
13,317
3,683
Operating Income
2,193
1,723
470
5,232
4,029
1,203
Allowance for Equity Funds Used During Construction
59
49
10
163
140
23
Earnings from Equity Method Investments
28
30
(2)
109
35
74
Interest Expense, Net of Amounts Capitalized
511
451
60
1,461
1,352
109
Other Income (Expense), net
132
131
1
414
290
124
Income Taxes
414
372
42
891
550
341
Net Income
1,487
1,110
377
3,566
2,592
974
Dividends on Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries
3
4
(1)
10
11
(1)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
12
5
7
(55)
(27)
(28)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO SOUTHERN COMPANY
$ 1,472
$ 1,101
$ 371
$ 3,611
$ 2,608
$ 1,003
Notes
- Certain prior year data may have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation.
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Southern Company
Kilowatt-Hour Sales and Customers
(In Millions of KWHs)
Three Months Ended September
Year-To-Date September
2022
2021
Change
Weather Adjusted Change
2022
2021
Change
Weather Adjusted Change
Kilowatt-Hour Sales-
Total Sales
56,606
54,134
4.6 %
156,874
146,576
7.0 %
Total Retail Sales-
41,490
40,441
2.6 %
1.8 %
113,716
109,747
3.6 %
1.6 %
Residential
14,467
14,063
2.9 %
1.3 %
38,632
36,941
4.6 %
0.4 %
Commercial
13,827
13,458
2.7 %
2.0 %
37,060
35,701
3.8 %
2.0 %
Industrial
13,048
12,762
2.2 %
2.2 %
37,575
36,632
2.6 %
2.6 %
Other
148
158
(6.2) %
(6.3) %
449
473
(5.0) %
(5.0) %
Total Wholesale Sales
15,116
13,693
10.4 %
N/A
43,158
36,829
17.2 %
N/A
(In Thousands of Customers)
Period Ended September
2022
2021
Change
Regulated Utility Customers-
Total Utility Customers-
8,722
8,656
0.8 %
Total Traditional Electric
4,422
4,373
1.1 %
Southern Company Gas
4,300
4,283
0.4 %
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Southern Company
Financial Overview
As Reported
(In Millions of Dollars)
Three Months Ended September
Year-To-Date September
2022
2021
% Change
2022
2021
% Change
Southern Company –
Operating Revenues
$ 8,378
$ 6,238
34.3 %
$ 22,232
$ 17,346
28.2 %
Earnings Before Income Taxes
1,901
1,482
28.3 %
4,457
3,142
41.9 %
Net Income Available to Common
1,472
1,101
33.7 %
3,611
2,608
38.5 %
Alabama Power –
Operating Revenues
$ 2,444
$ 1,904
28.4 %
$ 6,023
$ 5,019
20.0 %
Earnings Before Income Taxes
694
655
6.0 %
1,660
1,566
6.0 %
Net Income Available to Common
525
499
5.2 %
1,256
1,189
5.6 %
Georgia Power –
Operating Revenues
$ 3,889
$ 2,856
36.2 %
$ 9,218
$ 7,050
30.8 %
Earnings Before Income Taxes
1,084
649
67.0 %
2,272
1,111
104.5 %
Net Income Available to Common
858
536
60.1 %
1,851
1,030
79.7 %
Mississippi Power –
Operating Revenues
$ 510
$ 378
34.9 %
$ 1,279
$ 988
29.5 %
Earnings Before Income Taxes
79
60
31.7 %
188
155
21.3 %
Net Income Available to Common
62
50
24.0 %
150
133
12.8 %
Southern Power –
Operating Revenues
$ 1,180
$ 679
73.8 %
$ 2,618
$ 1,610
62.6 %
Earnings Before Income Taxes
143
92
55.4 %
259
181
43.1 %
Net Income Available to Common
95
78
21.8 %
265
211
25.6 %
Southern Company Gas –
Operating Revenues
$ 857
$ 623
37.6 %
$ 3,998
$ 2,994
33.5 %
Earnings Before Income Taxes
110
189
(41.8) %
677
613
10.4 %
Net Income Available to Common
83
56
48.2 %
516
389
32.6 %
Notes
- See Financial Highlights pages for discussion of certain significant items occurring during the periods
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WEST LONG BRANCH N.J. (AP) — Marques DeShields had 234 yards of total offense with four touchdowns and Rhode Island made the only conversion in the seventh overtime, defeating Monmouth 48-46 on Saturday.
Rhode Island stopped a 2-point pass in the seventh overtime, then Ed Lee caught a pass from Kasim Hill to win it for the Rams.
DeShields had 161 yards rushing with two touchdowns and 73 yards receiving with two more touchdowns. His 73-yard catch-and-run tied it at 35 late in the fourth quarter and the score remained the same at the end of regulation.
Hill completed 14 of 24 passes for 352 yards with three touchdowns but was intercepted three times. Lee had four receptions for 120 yards for the Rams (5-2, 3-1 Colonial Athletic Association).
Monmouth's Tony Muskett was 18-of-29 passing for 249 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Jaden Shirden had 23 carries for 141 rushing yards with one touchdown for the Hawks (4-4, 2-3).
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
514 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
...HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...
The combination of warm temperatures and high dewpoints will
produce heat indices between 105 and 109 degrees today. Residents
with outdoor activities planned are urged to drink plenty of water,
wear light weight and light colored clothing and take frequent breaks
from the heat. Young children and pets should never be left
unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. This is especially
true during warm or hot weather when car interiors can reach lethal
temperatures in a matter of minutes.
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Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry holds many professional basketball records, including becoming the first player in NBA history to make 500 postseason three-point shots.
Curry is also famous for his warmup routine, which often includes him making long-range shots from all over the court. It might not be too difficult for some Warriors fans to believe the NBA great could make five full-court shots in a row, as shown in a viral video that was shared by Sports Illustrated’s Twitter account.
“Just finished a shoot with @stephencurry30, this dude just can’t miss,” Sports Illustrated wrote in its tweet sharing the video, which has nearly 30 million views and more than 120,000 likes.
Some people on Twitter have questioned whether the video of Curry, who is Sports Illustrated’s 2022 Sportsperson of the Year, is real or edited.
THE QUESTION
Is the viral video of Steph Curry making five full-court shots in a row real?
THE SOURCES
- Sports Illustrated
- Raymond Ridder, senior vice president of communications for the Golden State Warriors
- Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr
- Steph Curry
THE ANSWER
No, the viral video of Steph Curry making five full-court shots in a row isn’t real.
WHAT WE FOUND
Sports Illustrated writer Joseph Salvador acknowledged in an article published on Dec. 6 that the viral video of Curry making five full-court shots in a row is fake.
“Stephen Curry’s viral video of him heaving, and making, five near-full-court shots in a row has dominated debates online on whether the video was legit or edited,” Salvador wrote. “Sadly, the video is, in fact, not real.”
Raymond Ridder, senior vice president of communications for the Warriors, said Sports Illustrated also informed him that the video is “not real.”
“I knew it was fake when he made five in a row,” Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr said of the viral video during a pregame press conference on Dec. 5. “I thought three in a row, you know he could do that, but not five in a row.”
“I think just the fact that it’s Steph made people pause and wonder if it was real. So that’s all you need to know about Steph. Pretty remarkable,” he added.
In a postgame press conference on the same day, Curry said it’s “an ultimate compliment to probably be amazed by [the video] but not think it’s outlandish that it could be real.”
“I did make two of them, though, just in case anybody was wondering,” he added.
The viral video of Curry was shot by Ari Fararooy, as Sports Illustrated noted in its tweet, who has helped to create other edited videos featuring professional athletes. Fararooy was also credited with creating a video of NFL quarterback Tom Brady playing catch with only a football machine, which VERIFY debunked in January 2021.
Fararooy is a video director based out of Los Angeles, who produces “stylized work for brands, events and celebrities,” according to his website. He has worked with Brady on a handful of other projects, each containing different elements of CGI effects.
VERIFY reached out to Fararooy and Sports Illustrated for more information about how the video was shot and edited, but didn’t hear back at the time of publication. | 2022-12-07T22:13:39+00:00 | ktvb.com | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/verify/sports-verify/steph-curry-video-of-5-full-court-shots-in-a-row-is-fake-fact-check/536-9758f2a1-fa23-4c5a-965f-35a9912947e6 |
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Professor Amit Bhasin of the University of Texas at Austin about constructing roads and railways that can withstand extreme heat.
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast. | 2023-07-30T12:35:31+00:00 | kunm.org | https://www.kunm.org/npr-news/2023-07-30/battling-extreme-heat-isnt-just-personal-we-need-better-infrastructure-too |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
4-6-2-5, FIREBALL: 9
(four, six, two, five; FIREBALL: nine)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
4-6-2-5, FIREBALL: 9
(four, six, two, five; FIREBALL: nine) | 2022-06-28T16:11:03+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Morning-game-17271298.php |
Minnesota United offering tryouts during winter
(FOX 9) - Minnesota United is giving you, or them, a chance to put their money where their mouth is.
The club will host two combine-style tryouts at the National Sports Center Dome in Blaine, Minnesota.
The first will take place Dec. 15 and 16, for players residing in or near the Twin Cities or across Minnesota. A registration fee will cost $175.
Another is held on Jan. 4-6, for players outside of the Twin Cities and Minnesota. Registration is $205.
All applicants must be 16 years or older to tryout. | 2022-11-24T00:45:57+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/sports/minnesota-united-offering-tryouts-during-winter |
The Urban Community Education Network will be launching a new program to mentor youth.
The program is named We Are At Promise (W.R.A.P) and is the initiative of Answering our Clarion Call and the U.C.E.N.
“We wanted to focus on mentorship as a great opportunity to cultivate some relationships, to build some trust with as many youth in need as possible. And we came up with this comprehensive program, holistic program. That's what we're going to try,” Davis said.
The goal of the group is to guide African American males in the right direction. They’re particularly aiming the program toward males who are between the ages of 13 and 19 years old.
Organizers are looking to focus on youth in the areas of Roosevelt Gardens, Glenfield Apartments and St. Paul Apartments, all in Orangeburg, as well as teens in other areas of Orangeburg and Calhoun counties.
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For Davis, it is imperative to try to guide them in the right direction.
“Our young Black men, they are impacted, more so than white males, more than any other group,” Davis said. “They're impacted from the system, years of structural racism, systemic racist policy, oppression.
“They suffer the most from being in disadvantaged communities, being in single-parent homes, and they suffer the most from the education achievement gap.”
The group plans on having an introduction of the program on Sept. 29 in the Orangeburg County Library. The launching of W.R.A.P in the Orangeburg County Library will start at 5:30 p.m.
They’re planning on inducting 10 young males into the program as well as introducing them to their mentors. Their services will begin on Oct. 17.
The mentors will be both male and female.
All mentors have been trained and certified according to a statement released by the program. According to Davis, she picked people who have wisdom to mentor the teens in the program.
“They've been through similar things some of the young Black men face now in Orangeburg County and nationwide and they will serve as volunteer mentors,” Davis said.
As of 2021, African Americans make up 60 percent of people who are in prison, according to the S.C. Department of Corrections. Blacks make up 26.7 percent of the population in the state, according to the U.S. Census.
The number of Black male murder victims more than triple that of their counterparts in the state, according to the S.C. Law Enforcement Division.
“Be a part of history, be a part of change so that we can really start stemming the tide and really save our youth. This is how we can start moving in the right direction,” Davis said.
“There are a lot of organizations or individuals who are trying to bring awareness to some of the problems with our youth now, but my concern is that they’re trying to solve the problem when it culminates into the worst thing possible, which is gun homicide. I think we should start trying to approach this with strategies before youth even get involved with things of that nature,” Davis said.
Initial requirements for youth enrollment include the following:
• Intake application pre-screen – 20 minutes (phone only)
• Parent or guardian mandatory orientation – 2 hours, to be announced)
• Completed and signed W.R.A.P. program agreement
To volunteer or participate, please contact Urban Community Education Network, LLC or Dr. Celestial Davis, founder and director, at 803-378-6912 or email UrbanCommunitySPD@gmail.com. | 2022-09-17T16:50:48+00:00 | thetandd.com | https://thetandd.com/news/local/group-starting-new-mentoring-program-we-are-at-promise-an-effort-to-really-save-our/article_5c259462-2eaa-5a17-b42a-5d4b24767f8f.html |
Bills Damar Hamlin shares first photo from hospital bed, wishes team well
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on Sunday made his first social media post since suffering a cardiac arrest and collapsing on the field during Monday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
GAMETIME!!! @BuffaloBills 💙 pic.twitter.com/PQYClonUHb
— 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧 (@HamlinIsland) January 8, 2023
GameDay.. Nothing I Want More Than To Be Running Out That Tunnel With My Brothers. God Using Me In A Different Way Today. Tell Someone You Love Them Today! 🫶🏾3️⃣ let’s go @BuffaloBills ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/XgA7S3Bpvn
— 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧 (@HamlinIsland) January 8, 2023
Hamlin made tremendous progress in his recovery Friday when he was taken off a ventilator and showed an ability to speak.
The love is felt, & extremely real. No matter race or religion everybody coming together in prayer! 🙏❤️
— 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧 (@HamlinIsland) January 8, 2023
Putting love into the world comes back 3xs as much… thankful for everyone who has reached out and prayed. This will make me stronger on the road to recovery, keep praying for me! 🫶🏾3️⃣
— 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧 (@HamlinIsland) January 7, 2023
Copyright 2023 WANF. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-08T21:31:36+00:00 | atlantanewsfirst.com | https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/01/08/bills-damar-hamlin-shares-first-photo-hospital-bed-wishes-team-well/ |
Moscow, Idaho police still searching for fixed-blade knife after suspect Kohberger's arrest
MOSCOW, Idaho - Law enforcement are still searching for the murder weapon used in the slaying of four University of Idaho students.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody by local police and the FBI at 1:30 a.m. in eastern Pennsylvania on a warrant charging him with four counts of murder and burglary for the deaths of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Madison Mogen, 21.
Moscow Chief of Police James Fry sat down with Fox News Saturday to discuss developments and still-open questions in the case.
Asked about the weapon used in the crime, which has been determined to be a fixed-blade knife, Fry said police are still on the lookout.
"I think what we stated was, it was a fixed blade knife," Fry told Corbin. "And we've been looking for a fixed blade knife. Throughout this whole process, we're going to continue to look for a fixed-blade knife."
Police suspect a KaBar knife may have been used in slayings of four University Idaho students, inset. Caution tape surrounds the house near campus where the students were slaughtered. (Credit: Ka-Bar / Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
He added, "So, you know, our investigation may gather more information. We may get that one tip that gives us some more information. But until then, we know it's a fixed-blade knife."
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Asked by Fox News whether the police were considering the possibility of any accomplices, Fry responded, "We truly believe we have the individual that committed these crimes."
Questioned further on whether there was a clear connection between the suspect and the victims, Fry said that police were still fleshing out the crime's profile.
"You know, that's part of that investigation that we're still putting pieces together. We're still gathering information," Fry said. "That's why we've still asked people, you know, send us tips on the individual, send us any information you have, because that's all going to be part of that picture. Still, it's going to give us even more information."
The Ph.D. student, who is studying criminal justice, appeared before a judge Friday in Monroe County Court.
The mysterious killings initially baffled investigators and left the small college town of 25,000 deeply shaken.
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The four students were each stabbed multiple times in the torso and were likely ambushed in their sleep with a large fix-bladed knife between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, according to the coroner and police.
Two surviving female roommates, who lived on the basement level, appeared to have slept through the gruesome attack.
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Police responded to a 911 call reporting an unconscious person at 11:58 a.m. that originated from one of the surviving roommates' phones. The responding officers found the four victims on the second and third floors. | 2023-01-03T01:00:40+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/moscow-idaho-police-still-searching-for-fixed-blade-knife-after-suspect-kohbergers-arrest |
(NEXSTAR) – Starbucks boasts more than 170,000 ways for customers to tailor drink orders to get a preferred type of milk or that perfect sweetness level, but a new $1 charge is causing some confusion.
On Tuesday, the coffee chain announced that customers who request a Refresher with no water will have to pay a buck extra, “as this customization requires extra ingredients.”
Starbucks Refreshers are cold drinks that are made with various fruit juices and green coffee extract.
“This change allows us to provide a more consistent approach to customization, similar to other beverage customizations such as adding an espresso shot or syrup which incur an additional charge,” a Starbucks spokesperson told Nexstar in a statement.
News of the surcharge prompted confusion on social media, however. “Apparently starbucks will now charge you $1 extra if you ask for light ice,” one person tweeted.
A Reddit user posted an image purportedly showing a sign posted at a Starbucks announcing that Refreshers must come standard or with no ice for the $1 extra, and that light ice is no longer an option.
A Starbucks spokesperson confirmed to Nexstar that, despite the online rumors, Refreshers can still be customized with light ice or no ice free of charge, and the fee only applies to “no water” customizations.
Starbucks refreshers come in a number of flavors that include mango dragonfruit, pineapple passionfruit lemonade, strawberry acai lemonade and more. | 2023-05-11T00:19:57+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/starbucks-rolls-out-1-charge-for-certain-orders-causing-confusion/ |
Rare sedition charge: Trial to show Oath Keepers’ road to Jan. 6
September 24, 2022 - 7:36 pm
The voting was over and almost all ballots were counted. News outlets on Nov. 7, 2020, had called the presidential race for Joe Biden. But the leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group was just beginning to fight.
Convinced the White House had been stolen from Donald Trump, Stewart Rhodes exhorted his followers to action.
“We must now … refuse to accept it and march en-mass on the nation’s Capitol,” Rhodes declared.
Authorities allege Rhodes and his band of extremists, which was formed more than a decade earlier in Las Vegas, would spend the next several weeks after Election Day, Nov. 3, amassing weapons, organizing paramilitary training and readying armed teams with a singular goal: stopping Biden from becoming president.
Their plot would come to a head on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors say, when Oath Keepers in battle gear were captured on camera shouldering their way through the crowd of Trump supporters and storming the Capitol in military-style stack formation.
Court documents in the case against Rhodes and four co-defendants — whose trial opens Tuesday with jury selection in Washington’s federal court — paint a picture of a group so determined to overturn Biden’s victory that some members were prepared to lose their lives to do so.
It’s the biggest test for the Justice Department’s efforts to hold accountable those responsible for the Capitol attack. Rioters temporarily halted the certification of Biden’s victory by sheer force, pummeling police officers in hand-to-hand fighting as they rammed their way into the building, forcing Congress to adjourn as lawmakers and staff hid from the mob.
Despite nearly 900 arrests and hundreds of convictions in the riot, Rhodes and four Oath Keeper associates — Kelly Meggs, Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell — are the first to stand trial on the rare and difficult-to-prove charge of seditious conspiracy.
The Oath Keepers accuse prosecutors of twisting their words and insist there was never any plan to attack the Capitol. They say they were in Washington to provide security at events for figures such as Trump ally Roger Stone before Trump’s big outdoor rally near the White House on Jan. 6. Their preparations, training, gear and weapons were to protect themselves against potential violence from left-wing antifa activists or to be ready if Trump invoked the Insurrection Act to call up a militia.
Rhodes’ lawyers have signaled their defense will focus on his belief that Trump would take that action. But Trump never did, so Rhodes went home, his lawyers have said.
Call to Washington
On Nov. 9, 2020, less than a week after the election, Rhodes held a conference call and rallied the Oath Keepers to go to Washington and fight. He expressed hope that antifa (anti-fascist) activists would start clashes because that would give Trump the “reason and rationale for dropping the Insurrection Act.”
“You’ve got to go there and you’ve got to make sure that he knows that you are willing to die to fight for this country,” Rhodes told his people, according to a transcript filed in court.
By December, Rhodes and the Oath Keepers had set their sights on Congress’ certification of the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, prosecutors say.
On Dec. 23, he published an open letter on the Oath Keepers website declaring that “tens of thousands of patriot Americans, both veterans and nonveterans” would be in Washington. He warned they might have to “take to arms in defense of our God given liberty.”
As 2021 approached, Rhodes spent $7,000 on two night-vision devices and a weapon sight and sent them to someone outside Washington, authorities say. Over several days in early January, he would spend an additional $15,500 on guns, magazines, mounts, sights and other equipment, according to court documents.
‘Use lethal force if necessary’
Rhodes had instructed Oath Keepers to be ready, if asked, to secure the White House perimeter and “use lethal force if necessary” against anyone, including the National Guard, who might try to remove Trump from the White House, according to court documents.
On Jan. 5, Meggs and the Florida Oath Keepers brought gun boxes, rifle cases and suitcases filled with ammunition to the Virginia hotel where the “quick reaction force” teams would be on standby, according to prosecutors. A team from Arizona brought weapons, ammunition, and supplies to last 30 days, according to court papers. A team from North Carolina had rifles in a vehicle parked in the hotel lot, prosecutors have said.
At the Capitol, the Oath Keepers formed two teams, military “stacks,” prosecutors say.
Some members of the first stack headed toward the House in search of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., but couldn’t find her, according to court documents. Members of the second stack confronted officers inside the Capitol Rotunda, prosecutors allege.
Rhodes isn’t accused of going inside the Capitol but was seen huddled with members outside after the riot. Rhodes and others then walked to the nearby Phoenix Park Hotel, prosecutors say.
Call to Trump denied
In a private suite there, Rhodes called someone on the phone with an urgent message for Trump, according to an Oath Keeper who says he witnessed it. Rhodes repeatedly urged the person on the phone to tell Trump to call upon militia groups to fight to keep the president in power, court papers say. The person denied Rhodes’ request to speak directly to Trump.
“I just want to fight,” Rhodes said after hanging up, according to court papers. Authorities have not disclosed the name of the person they believe Rhodes was speaking to on the call.
That night, Rhodes and other Oath Keepers went to dinner in Virginia. In messages over the course of the evening, they indicated their fight was far from over.
“Patriots entering their own Capitol to send a message to the traitors is NOTHING compared to what’s coming,” Rhodes wrote.
Rhodes returned to Texas after the Jan. 6 attack and remained free for a year before his arrest in January 2022.
In interviews before he was jailed, he sought to distance himself from Oath Keepers who went inside the Capitol, saying that was a mistake. He also continued to push the lie the election was stolen and said the Jan. 6 investigation was politically motivated. | 2022-09-25T02:46:59+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/rare-sedition-charge-trial-to-show-oath-keepers-road-to-jan-6-2645822/ |
School nurse accused of having sex with student arrested
KENNETT, Mo. (KAIT/Gray News) - Authorities in Missouri say a school nurse is facing charges for having a sexual relationship with a student.
KAIT reports that 26-year-old Candice Elizabeth Johnson was arrested on Wednesday after police found evidence that she was having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student at her place of work.
According to the Kennett Police Department, it recently received information that Johnson, who was working as a nurse at Kennett High School, had been involved sexually with a student at the school.
Officers said the student told them that the relationship was happening since October 2022.
According to authorities, the 15-year-old said the two had 12 sexual encounters and exchanged explicit photos. The student added that several of the encounters happened in Johnson’s office.
The student did not officially confess to the relationship when questioned by the school principal and assistant principal because “he did not want to get Johnson into any trouble,” according to a probable cause affidavit.
Officers said the 15-year-old’s mother told them that the nurse and student had spoken about having a future together while they were hanging out.
Authorities said Johnson faces two counts of second-degree statutory rape and two counts of sexual contact with a student.
Copyright 2023 KAIT via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-04T23:40:15+00:00 | uppermichiganssource.com | https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/02/04/school-nurse-accused-having-sex-with-student-arrested/ |
Tuesday, February 14th 2023, 8:15 am
A man is in the hospital on Tuesday morning after a house fire broke out in Tulsa.
According to Tulsa Firefighters, the blaze broke out near South Madison Avenue and East 5th Street on Tuesday morning.
Crews say when they arrived on the scene, the house was fully engulfed in flames.
According to firefighters, a man was found inside the house while crews battled the blaze. Officials say they were able to rescue the man and pull him from the house through the back door.
Firefighters were able to able to extinguish the fire shortly after the rescue.
According to officials, the man who was recused was conscious and taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for injuries.
Currently, it is unclear how the fire broke out.
This is a developing story, stay with News On 6 for the latest updates.
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February 15th, 2023 | 2023-02-15T13:16:37+00:00 | newson6.com | https://www.newson6.com/story/63eb969d106c971995a7eeec/man-pulled-from-burning-home-by-tulsa-firefighters- |
The AL Central has a shot at making history — and not in a good way
With the Minnesota Twins 7-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday night, the American League Central-leading Twins climbed to 30-27 — still just 2½ games ahead of the Detroit Tigers (who are themselves two games under .500) and 4½ ahead of the Guardians.
It was only a small step in fending off ignominy for a division that has quickly gained a reputation as one of the worst in MLB’s divisional era (dating back to 1969).
The Twins are on pace for 85 wins, which would be tied for the seventh-fewest by a division champ over a 162-game season in MLB history. The division is even worse at the bottom: The Kansas City Royals are on pace for 49 wins, which would be the fourth-fewest in a 162-game season in the divisional era (behind only the 2019 Tigers’ 47, the 2018 Baltimore Orioles’ 47 and, of course, the 2003 Tigers’ 43).
MLB has only had one team reach the postseason with a losing record, by the way: The 1981 Royals, who were 50-53 overall during the strike-shortened season but went 30-23 following the strike to earn a AL West division series berth against the first-half-winning A’s. (They were swept in the best-of-five series.)
In all, the division features a combined 121-160 record — or a combined .431 win percentage. That’s not that far off its expected win percentage (calculated from runs scored and allowed) or .440, though the Tigers — of all teams — are actually outplaying their expected record of 21-33 by five games. (For comparison’s sake, the AL East’s combined record is 167-117, for a .588 win percentage, and the AL West is 138-143, a .484 win percentage, despite featuring the epically bad 12-46 Oakland Athletics.)
Here’s how the 2023 AL Central stacks up with some of baseball’s worst divisions over the past 54 seasons:
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1973 NL East: 470-500 (.485)
The champ: New York Mets, 82-79 (.509).
The chump: Philadelphia Phillies, 71-91 (.438).
The buzz: After three straight seasons with 83 wins apiece and no playoff berths, Yogi Berra’s squad got to 82 — thanks to nine wins in their final 11 — and took the division. The universe seemed stacked against them early on, though, with seven games in April and May rescheduled due to weather, plus two more rainouts in September that pushed their finale to Oct. 1. The Amazins went from fourth place, four games under .500 and 3½ games back of the Pittsburgh Pirates (and two back of fifth-year squad Montreal) on Sept. 16 to winning the division by 1½ games over the Cardinals, who had the best expected record of the group, at 86-76, but finished just 81-81. (The Mets’ expected record: 83-78.)
The playoffs: So, of course, the Mets stunned the West-champion Cincinnati Reds — who went 99-63 in the regular season — in five games, taking Games 2, 3 and 5 by a combined 21-4 score (with 2-1 losses in the other two games). The Mets went the distance in the World Series, too, grabbing a 3-1 lead over the defending champion Oakland Athletics. But the A’s came back at home with two straight wins, capped by a pair of two-run homers by Bert Campaneris and Reggie Jackson in the third inning of Game 7.
1984 AL West: 540-593 (.477)
The champ: Kansas City Royals, 84-78 (.519).
The chump: Texas Rangers, 69-92 (.429).
The buzz: While the Tigers had the AL East virtually wrapped up with their 35-5 start, the West was chaotic well into September. The Royals went from five games back of the Minnesota Twins on Aug. 25 to tied for the division just 11 days later, while only going from two games under .500 to one game over. The Royals and Twins jostled for the top spot throughout September; K.C.’s 8-6 record wasn’t especially impressive, but the baby Twins — their position players were nearly 1½ years younger than the next youngest team — collapsed down the stretch, with six losses to end the year.
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The playoffs: Game 1 delivered the expected blowout by the Tigers, who won 20 games more than the Royals, but Games 2 and 3 were nail biters — for Detroit, which prevailed in 11 innings in Game 2 and in a 1-0 squeaker (thanks to eight innings of two-hit ball from Milt Wilcox) in Game 3 for the ALCS sweep.
1997 NL Central: 380-430 (.469)
The champ: Houston Astros, 84-78 (.519).
The chump: Chicago Cubs, 68-94 (.420).
The buzz: After finishing second in the first three seasons of the NL Central’s existence, the Astros seemed destined for a title; they had at least a share of the lead for 154 days, never trailed by more than 1½ games and held at least a share of the lead every day from July 16 on. Still, their offense — led by future Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio (and, uh, future Tigers manager Brad Ausmus) — was spotty, and Houston lost nine of 11 games from Aug. 28-Sept. 7. Even as late as Sept. 17, the Astros were still just one game above .500 — though they still had a 3½ game lead in the then-five-team division. But seven wins in nine games against their division rivals got the Astros comfortably above .500, albeit nowhere close to their expected record of 93-69 (.574). Still, five of the 10 other teams in the NL finished with a better record than the Astros.
The playoffs: Houston’s first postseason series in more than a decade didn’t last long, as the Astros were swept in the best-of-three NLDS by the Atlanta Braves by a combined score of 17-5. A future Hall of Famer got the win in each game, with Greg Maddux prevailing in Game 1, Tom Glavine in Game 2 and John Smoltz in Game 3.
2006 NL Central: 453-518 (.467)
The champ: St. Louis Cardinals, 83-78 (.516).
The chump: Chicago Cubs, 66-96 (.407).
The buzz: The Cards jumped to a 42-26 record, building a 5½-game lead in mid-June, but lost nine of their final 10 games of that month to swoon back to a virtual tie with the Reds. Even so, St. Louis recovered and led the Central by seven games on Sept. 20 — and then dropped seven straight to plummet to half a game up, this time on the Astros, with three (or four) games to play. But the Cards took two of three from Milwaukee, while the ’Stros dropped two of three in Atlanta, to lock up the division without needing a 162nd game — or a Game 163.
The playoffs: Oh, what might have been for the Tigers with a couple more Cardinals losses. St. Louis held San Diego (which won five more games in the regular season) to just six runs in four NLDS games, the edged the 97-65 Mets in seven NLCS games, capped by a go-ahead Yadier Molina homer in the top of the ninth and a Carlos Beltrán strikeout with the bases loaded to end the game. The Tigers, meanwhile, had swept the ALCS and had to wait eight days to face the Cards in the World Series; St. Louis stormed past Detroit (literally, with a rainout pushing Game 4 back a day) in just five games. Detroit’s only win came in Game 2 behind a masterful — and controversial, thanks to a smudged hand — performance from Tigers lefty Kenny Rogers.
2008 NL West: 375-435 (.463)
The champ: Los Angeles Dodgers, 84-78 (.519).
The chump: San Diego Padres, 69-99 (.389).
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The buzz: Few teams have so clearly benefitted from their division (which had a .468 expected win percentage) as these Dodgers (with an expected win percentage of .537). Not only did they go 40-32 against their rivals and just 44-56 against the rest of the majors, but their eight-game losing streak in late August — four vs. the Phillies, three vs. the Nationals (who lost 102 games in 2008) and one to the Diamondbacks — to drop them to five games under .500 with 37 to play was immediately canceled out by an eight-game win streak vs. the West (part of a 14-2 run). That left the Dodgers seven games above .500 and 3½ games up on the D’backs with nine games left.
The playoffs: The Dodgers went 2-5 against the NL Central-champion Cubs during the regular season, then swept them in the best-of-three NLDS by a combined score of 20-6. BASEBALL! Sanity prevailed in the NLCS, however, as the Phillies needed just five games to wipe out the Dodgers in the best-of-seven series.
2005 NL West: 372-438 (.459)
The champ: San Diego Padres, 82-80 (.506).
The chump: Colorado Rockies, 67-95 (.414).
The buzz: The Pads had an outside shot at becoming MLB’s first division champ with a losing record, as their clincher put them right at .500 (79-79). But they closed the season with three wins in their final four — while scoring all of eight runs — to finish with a slight cushion. San Diego was even worse than that, however, as its expected record (based off runs scored and allowed) was 77-85. Still, that was three wins better than any other division rival’s expected record; the division was outscored as a whole en route to a .442 expected winning percentage.
The playoffs: Despite its division crown, San Diego had to play the squad with the NL’s best record — the St. Louis Cardinals — in the first round, as wild-card Houston (which won seven more games than the Padres, anyway) came from the Cards’ division, and MLB blocked first-round divisional rematches back then. Fittingly, the Padres were swept by the 100-game-winning Cards in the best-of-five series by a combined score of 21-11.
1994 AL West: 199-256 (.437)*
The champ*: Texas Rangers, 52-62 (.456).
The chump*: California Angels, 47-68 (.409).
*Season ended on Aug. 11 due to players’ strike.
The buzz: There weren’t many pluses from the 1994 strike, which wiped out the final 50 or so games of the season, but at least MLB avoided someone winning the “AL Worst” with the cancellation of the playoffs this season. How bad was it? Each of the 10 other AL teams had a better record at the time of the strike than the Rangers, who dropped their final six games. Texas was actually a little lucky, considering its expected record of 50-64, but the division as a whole underplayed its expected winning percentage of .444. On the other end of the division, the third-place Seattle Mariners were the hottest team in baseball, with nine wins in 10 August games to get within two games of first. Then again, the M’s would have faced a unique challenge the rest of the way; their finale on Aug. 11 was the 20th consecutive road game for the franchise after four concrete ceiling tiles fell from the Kingdome roof on July 19. (The stadium didn’t reopen until Nov. 4 for a Seattle Seahawks game.) | 2023-06-02T11:47:31+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2023/06/02/detroit-tigers-and-al-central-on-pace-for-an-epically-bad-season/70279141007/ |
LONDON (AP) — Mae Muller wrote a song. Only a few days later, Eurovision came calling.
“I Wrote a Song” is representing the U.K. at the Eurovision Song Contest, whose semifinals start in 50 days.
When she first came up with the song, she said she felt like she had “just written like a Eurovision bop.” So to have it compete in the real thing?
“So it definitely felt just like the stars were kind of aligning and it happened really organically and that it was just meant to be,” she recently told The Associated Press.
The 25 year-old, who had a global hit in 2021 with the Polo G and NEIKED collaboration “Better Days,” was so excited about the news that she struggled to keep it secret before the official announcement.
“I told my parents ’cause I just thought if I keep this a secret until announce day, they will literally kill me. They’ll never forgive me,” Muller says. “And I just had to, you know, you’ve got to tell someone. And I feel like I was like, don’t post on Facebook. No Facebook posting, especially my dad, bless him.”
“I Wrote a Song” is about taking the sad and angry energy from a breakup and using it for something more productive instead — like, say, writing a song.
Eurovision was always a constant in her house, growing up in north London. Then, over the last five years, Muller became truly hooked, calling herself a “huge fan.”
“I went to see ABBA Voyage twice, cried both times. Literally like a mess,” she said. “And then so I obviously knew how iconic it was, and you know, what it could do. And so it was, it’s always been a very iconic thing in my mind.”
ABBA won for Sweden with “Waterloo” back in 1974. Last year, the title was taken by Ukraine’s entry, Kalush Orchestra.
Normally that would mean Ukraine would be this year’s designated host country, but it was deemed too risky to have the contest there because of the ongoing Russian invasion.
Instead the U.K., who came second last year with Sam Ryder’s “SPACE MAN,” is staging the event in Liverpool on the winner’s behalf and plans to celebrate Ukraine’s creativity and culture.
“I just want to make sure that they feel celebrated on that night as well,” Muller says of Ukraine. “And I think that 3,000 Ukrainians have got tickets to come to Eurovision the final. So I think just that’s just going to make the night even more special.”
In 50 days’ time, all the contestants will be in Liverpool for two semifinals. With the Grand Final on May 13, there will be plenty of time for mingling with the other music artists. Muller can’t wait to meet soulful electronic duo Tvorchi, 2023’s Ukrainian entry.
Tvorchi are 19th on the running order, performing “Heart of Steel,” while Muller is 26th and closing the show.
She found out she would be the last performer from Twitter.
“So it took me a minute because I was like, I’m going to have to watch every single other amazing show and I’m going to be like freaking out,” she says. “And then I worked through that. I got over those emotions and then I realized just how much of like a blessing that really is.”
Maybe it was all in the stars: Muller admits she’s been obsessed with music since she was a toddler.
She even appeared, when she was nine, as the girl in a green dress in the music video for MIKA’s 2007 hit “Grace Kelly.”
“It could have either like scared me and maybe gone the other way and gone, ‘Oh no, too much for me,’ Muller recalls. “Obviously, I went the other way and I was like, ‘I love it!’” | 2023-03-20T17:37:52+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/mae-muller-wrote-a-song-now-represents-uk-at-eurovision/ |
ARLINGTON, Texas -- As he walked through a concourse in the outfield at Globe Life Field, high-fiving other fans and surrounded by a sea of cameras, it was almost as if Cory Youmans had hit a huge home run.
Instead, he had hit the jackpot.
Youmans made the catch of a lifetime Tuesday night, snagging the ball New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge launched for his American League-record 62nd homer.
The historic souvenir came sailing into the front row of Section 31 in left field, a drive Judge hit to lead off the second game of a day-night doubleheader against the Texas Rangers. Youmans snared it on the fly.
Youmans, from Dallas, works in the financial world, and there is no telling what the ball could be worth. With security personnel around him as he took the ball to be authenticated, Youmans was asked what he planned to do with the prize.
"Good question. I haven't thought about it," he said.
After the Yankees lost 3-2, Judge said he didn't have possession of the home run ball.
"I don't know where it's at," he said. "We'll see what happens with that. It would be great to get it back, but that's a souvenir for a fan. He made a great catch out there, and they've got every right to it."
Youmans was among the crowd of 38,832, the largest to watch a baseball game at the 3-year-old ballpark. | 2022-10-05T11:39:57+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34730623/dallas-fan-destiny-record-setting-aaron-judge-home-run-ball-good-question |
Dr. Orfali brings over 25 years of experience across biopharma clinical development and medical practice
Appointment comes at period of rapid growth as Harbinger prepares to complete enrollment for the CORE-HH clinical trial and meet other clinical and business milestones by end of 2023
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbinger Health, a biotechnology company pioneering the detection of early cancer, announced today the appointment of May Orfali, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Orfali will lead the Company's Cancer Origin Epigenetics – Harbinger Health (CORE-HH) clinical trial to advance clinical product development and evidence generation for Harbinger's novel platform technology. With more than 25 years of experience across the biopharma industry at companies such as Sigilon Therapeutics, Bioasis Technologies, and Pfizer, she will also charter Harbinger's clinical development program beyond CORE-HH and lay the foundations of commercial availability. Hutan Ashrafian, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., Harbinger's former Chief Medical Officer and current Chief Scientific Officer of Flagship Pioneering's Preemptive Medicine and Health Security Initiative, will continue to work closely with Dr. Orfali in a clinical advisory role.
"May brings a wealth of experience in clinical product development and oncological care that will be invaluable to the advancement of our cancer origin epigenetics clinical trials," said Stephen Hahn, M.D., CEO of Harbinger Health. "Harbinger is in a period of rapid growth, and we are on target for our planned clinical milestones, including completion of enrollment of our CORE-HH study by year end. May's expertise will lead us in our next critical steps toward key milestones, with the ultimate goal making early cancer detection easier and more accessible to every patient. I also want to thank Hutan for spearheading our clinical team for the past 18 months and look forward to working with him as Harbinger continues to advance cancer detection."
A hematology oncologist by training, Dr. Orfali most recently was the Chief Medical Officer at Sigilon Therapeutics. Prior to that, she was the Chief Medical Officer at CANbridge Life Sciences, where she led the clinical development and medical affairs group, focused on progressing Phase 1 and Phase II oncology assets in glioblastoma multiforme and esophageal cancer, and directed the medical review of business development opportunities in the rare disease space. Earlier in her career, Dr. Orfali held roles of increasing responsibility at Pfizer, including Executive Director, Global Product Development and Senior Director and Global Medical Lead/Medicines Development Group, Specialty Care Business Unit.
"I am excited to take on this role during such an exciting time in Harbinger's growth, and work together with Harbinger's executive team and talented clinical organization," said Dr. Orfali. "The company's technology has the potential to meet a global unmet need and revolutionize how we approach cancer diagnosis, treatment, and preventative care."
Dr. Orfali holds a medical degree from the University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, and a Pharmaceutical Master of Business Administration from Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. She completed her Fellowship in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Children's Hospital and practiced medicine and conducted clinical research in medical oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute.
About Harbinger Health
Harbinger Health is pioneering the detection of early cancer and enabling foundationally new approaches to cancer screening, diagnosis and management. The company combines advances in artificial intelligence with proprietary insights into the biology of the beginnings of cancer to identify cancer before it is visible or symptomatic with the aim of developing a low-cost, multi-cancer blood test. Harbinger envisions a future where, instead of keeping cancer from spreading, it could be kept from forming, making a cancer diagnosis a routine health problem to be addressed rather than a life-altering event to be feared with profound implications for people, healthcare systems and societies. Harbinger was founded by Flagship Pioneering after three years of foundational research in its Labs unit and launched in 2020. Learn more about Harbinger by visiting Harbinger-Health.com or following us on Twitter (@harbingerhlth) and LinkedIn.
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Survivors struggle to stay warm, fed in earthquake aftermath
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires in the bitter cold and clamored for food and water Thursday, three days after the temblor hit Turkey and Syria and killed more than 19,300.
Emergency crews used pick axes, shovels and jackhammers to dig through twisted metal and concrete — and occasionally still pulled out survivors. But in some places, their focus shifted to demolishing unsteady buildings.
While stories of miraculous rescues briefly buoyed spirits, the grim reality of the hardship facing survivors cast a pall over devastated communities. The number of deaths surpassed the toll of a 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami, killing more than 18,400 people.
In northwest Syria, the first U.N. aid trucks to enter the rebel-controlled area from Turkey since the quake arrived, underscoring the difficulty of getting help to people in the country riven by civil war. In the Turkish city of Antakya, dozens scrambled for aid in front of a truck distributing children’s coats and other supplies.
One survivor, Ahmet Tokgoz, called for the government to evacuate people from the region. Many of those who have lost their homes found shelter in tents, stadiums and other temporary accommodation, but others have slept outdoors.
“Especially in this cold, it is not possible to live here,” he said. “If people haven’t died from being stuck under the rubble, they’ll die from the cold.”
Winter weather and damage to roads and airports have hampered the response in both Turkey and Syria. Some in Turkey have complained the response was too slow — a perception that could hurt President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a time when he faces a tough battle for reelection in May.
In the Turkish town of Elbistan, rescuers stood atop the rubble from a collapsed home and pulled out an elderly woman.
Teams urged quiet in the hopes of hearing stifled pleas for help, and the Syrian paramedic group known as the White Helmets noted that “every second could mean saving a life.”
But more and more often, the teams pulled out dead bodies. In Antakya, over 100 bodies were awaiting identification in a makeshift morgue outside a hospital.
With the chances of finding people alive in the rubble dwindling, teams in some places began demolishing buildings.
In Adiyaman, Associated Press journalists saw a resident plead with rescuers to look through the rubble of a building where relatives were trapped. The crew refused, saying there was no one alive there, and they had to prioritize areas where there may be survivors.
A man, who gave only his name as Ahmet out of fear of government retribution, later asked the AP: “How can I go home and sleep? My brother is there. He may still be alive.”
In Nurdagi, throngs of onlookers — mostly family members of people trapped inside — watched as heavy machines ripped at one building that had collapsed, its six floors pancaked together.
Mehmet Yilmaz watched from a distance, estimating that around 80 people were still beneath the rubble but that it was unlikely any would be found alive.
“There’s no hope,” said Yilmaz, 67, who had six relatives, including a 3-month-old baby, trapped inside. “We can’t give up our hope in God, but they entered the building with listening devices and dogs, and there was nothing.”
Authorities called off search-and-rescue operations in the cities of Kilis and Sanliurfa, where destruction was not as severe as in other impacted regions.
Across the border in Syria, assistance trickled in. The U.N. is authorized to deliver aid through only one border crossing, and road damage has prevented that thus far. U.N. officials pleaded for humanitarian concerns to take precedence over wartime politics.
The scale of loss and suffering remained massive. Turkish authorities said Thursday that the death toll had risen to more than 16,100 in the country, with more than 64,000 injured. In Syria, which includes government-held and rebel-held areas, more than 3,100 have been reported dead and more than 5,000 injured.
It was not clear how many people were still unaccounted for in both countries.
Among the missing were members of a high-school volleyball team from northern Cyprus, as well as teachers and parents who had been staying in a hotel that collapsed, said Nazim Cavusoglu, the education minister in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north, on Turkey’s NTV television.
Turkey’s disaster-management agency said more than 110,000 rescue personnel were now taking part in the effort and more than 5,500 vehicles, including tractors, cranes, bulldozers and excavators had been shipped. The Foreign Ministry said 95 countries have offered help. More than half of that number have sent a total of nearly 6,500 rescuers. Another 2,400 more are still expected to arrive.
International aid for Syria was far more sparse. Efforts there have been hampered by the civil war and the isolation of the rebel-held region along the border that is surrounded by Russia-backed government forces. Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.
Erdogan, who continued touring devastated areas Thursday, has sought to deflect criticism of the response and said it was improving. He renewed a promise to quake survivors that destroyed homes would be rebuilt within a year. He has said the government will distribute 10,000 Turkish lira ($532) to affected families.
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Alsayed reported from Bab al-Hawa, Syria, and Bilginsoy from Istanbul. Associated Press journalists Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey; Emrah Gurel and Yakup Paksoy in Adiyaman, Turkey; Robert Badendieck in Istanbul; Bassem Mroue and Abby Sewell in Beirut; and David Rising in Bangkok contributed.
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