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One of Virginia's fastest growing companies will support over 2,000 geographically dispersed users of the NESDIS Integrated Information Services II contract
VIENNA, Va., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Omega Integration has been selected by NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) to support the requirements of the Integrated Information Services, and ensure a cohesive, scalable, and cost-effective delivery of IT services. Our services will help NESDIS provide secure, timely access to global environmental data to promote and protect the nation's security, environment, economy, and quality of life.
"Alpha Omega is honored to play a role in supporting NOAA's mission which is rightfully prioritized at the top of our national agenda as demonstrated via the meaningful investments contained in the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act," said Gautam Ijoor, Alpha Omega Integration's President and CEO. "Our partnership with NESDIS via the NIIS program reflects Alpha Omega's commitment to supporting climate science and having a profound, lasting impact on future generations. We are pleased to have started this important work after unexpected delays."
The Alpha Omega solutions and service offerings include system administration, networking, help desk infrastructure, information security, database management, and web development across multiple NOAA and NASA IT systems. Our IT Service Management offerings will provide cradle to grave insights into performance, security, network connectivity, and procurements, as well as details for Active Directory user registry by site, documentation, and ticketing status. The Alpha Omega team will also ensure ongoing continuous implementation and maintenance of the service value chain.
"We are very excited to expand our relationship with NOAA," said Sridhar Rajagopalan Senior Vice President, Client Services. "Alpha Omega brings a deep understanding of the NESDIS systems and infrastructure, and this relationship will help us lower risk and accelerate critical services."
For more on this award, visit the Alpha Omega website.
Alpha Omega provides high quality, collaborative IT and business consulting services, with the expertise and capabilities to serve customers. We are committed to quality and continuous process improvement, demonstrated by our Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level-5 (ML-5) for Development and Services, as well as ISO/IEC registration for 20000-1:2018, 27001:2013, and 9001:2015. It is our commitment to customers to integrate best practices and standardization in the areas of quality, service management, and security into everyday operations. Alpha Omega is a mission-focused, client-centric, results-driven organization. For more information visit www.alphaomegaintegration.com
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, December 31, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
Flood Watch
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
310 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.Light to moderate rain will continue to saturate soils across the
region today, ahead of a strong Pacific storm tonight through
Saturday. Moderate to heavy rain will develop late this afternoon
and evening across North Bay before spreading south and east during
the late night and early morning hours on Saturday. Therefore,
increased runoff will result in rapid rises and flooding of area
rivers, streams, and creeks.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...A portion of northern California, including the following
areas, Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore,
Marin Coastal Range, North Bay Interior Mountains, North Bay
Interior Valleys and Sonoma Coastal Range.
* WHEN...From this afternoon through Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be
flooded.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A number of forecast points on North Bay rivers and streams
are already forecast to rise above monitor stage and
potentially above flood stage.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...
* WHERE...Portions of central California, northern California and
western California, including the following areas, in central
California, Mountains of San Benito County And Interior Monterey
County including Pinnacles National Park, Northern Salinas
Valley/Hollister Valley and Carmel Valley, Santa Lucia Mountains
and Los Padres National Forest, Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur
Coast and Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San
Antonio. In northern California, East Bay Hills, East Bay Interior
Valleys, Eastern Santa Clara Hills, Northern Monterey Bay, San
Francisco Bay Shoreline, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Santa
Clara Valley Including San Jose and Santa Cruz Mountains. In
western California, San Francisco.
* WHEN...From this evening through Saturday evening.
flooded. Storm drains and ditches may become clogged with debris.
- A number of forecast points on East and South Bay streams and
creeks are already forecast to rise above monitor stage and
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San Diego State vs. Furman: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - NCAA Tournament Second Round
The No. 5 seed San Diego State Aztecs (28-6) take to the court against the No. 13 seed Furman Paladins (28-7) with a Sweet 16 spot in the South Region of the bracket up for grabs on Saturday at Amway Center.
You can see odds, spreads, over/unders and more across multiple sportsbooks for the San Diego State vs. Furman matchup in this article.
San Diego State vs. Furman Game Info
- When: Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 12:10 PM ET
- Where: Amway Center in Orlando, Florida
- How to Watch on TV: CBS
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San Diego State vs. Furman Odds, Spread, Over/Under
Take a look at the odds, spread and over/under for this matchup listed on multiple sportsbooks.
San Diego State vs. Furman Betting Trends
- San Diego State has covered 16 times in 33 games with a spread this season.
- A total of 14 out of the Aztecs' 33 games this season have gone over the point total.
- Furman has put together a 19-13-0 record against the spread this year.
- Paladins games have hit the over 18 out of 32 times this year.
San Diego State Futures Odds
- Odds to win the national championship: +3500
- Sportsbooks rate San Diego State lower (15th-best in the country) than the computer rankings do (12th-best).
- The Aztecs have experienced the 69th-biggest change in terms of their national championship odds, improving from +6000 at the start of the season to +3500.
- With odds of +3500, San Diego State has been given a 2.8% chance of winning the national championship.
Furman Futures Odds
- Odds to win the national championship: +60000
- Based on its moneyline odds, Furman has a 0.2% chance of winning the national championship.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) _ Axon Enterprise Inc. (AXON) on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings of $12.1 million.
The Scottsdale, Arizona-based company said it had profit of 17 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 60 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 46 cents per share.
The maker of stun guns and body cameras posted revenue of $311.8 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $277 million.
For the current quarter ending in December, Axon said it expects revenue in the range of $300 million to $310 million.
The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.15 billion to $1.16 billion.
Axon shares have decreased 4.5% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $150, a drop of 15% in the last 12 months.
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Zein El-Amine’s story, as recounted in the April 29 Metro article “For adjuncts, subject is economics,” resonated with me. My first experience as an adjunct professor came during the late 1970s when I was enrolled in my second doctoral program and also serving as a graduate teaching assistant. My assumption was that having a lot of hands-on experience would help me find a tenure-track faculty position. I had a couple of perfunctory interviews, but I found that then, as now, schools were laying off faculty members because of decreasing numbers of students.
I faced reality and found employment in the private sector. However, I did not give up on finding a teaching position. Over the next 25 years while working for various employers, I served as an adjunct for six universities, two colleges and two community colleges. I taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels, on campus and off campus, online and on cable television networks. I also taught for two prominent national seminar providers. I wrote and published material. Some of the 10 schools for which I taught employed me for as long as seven years, and I carried a teaching load as large as that of a tenure-track faculty member. But I found myself stuck in the world of adjuncts with a small paycheck, no office, no secretarial help and no job security. Again, I was told the problem was that student enrollments were down, which meant that I couldn’t be brought on board.
Eventually, I got the message, abandoned teaching and moved on to government contracting.
Gaylord Reagan, Alexandria
The April 29 Metro article “For adjuncts, subject is economics” succinctly demonstrated the plight that many adjuncts face, even in a region awash in institutions of higher education and the seeming job opportunities they should present for highly qualified people.
There are other types of “contingent” faculty in addition to adjuncts, called “term faculty.” These faculty are considered “full time” and get paid somewhat better than adjuncts, but there is no tenure track for them, their pay is nowhere near as high as that of tenured faculty, and they typically work on short-term contracts of just one to three years, so there is no job security. I have colleagues who have worked as college professors for 20 or 30 years on year-to-year contracts.
Though unionization efforts are extremely important to improving this situation for all contingent faculty, this solution is not available for everyone. Virginia, for example, is a so-called right-to-work state that prohibits by law its faculty at public institutions from unionizing. This is unlikely to change with the current administration in Richmond.
Ironically, though adjuncts and term faculty barely make a living wage, students are going into debt to take their classes, especially at expensive private schools. Who is getting all this money? While the factors driving college costs are complex, top administrators and business and engineering faculty making six-figure salaries certainly must add to the problem.
If higher education wants to retain talented teachers who have the mental and emotional energy it takes to deliver quality education to students, it must begin to pay them fairly and give them job security.
Lori Rottenberg, Arlington | 2022-05-06T19:29:50+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/06/hard-life-an-adjunct-professor/ |
Summer like temperatures continue this week
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Good morning and happy Tuesday, Siouxland! We are starting off with clear skies across the region, with temperatures in the 50s across the area. The wind is out of the southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Even though we are seeing clear skies, the smoke from the wildfires in Canada is giving us hazy conditions this morning.
Today we are forecasting another warm and sunny day with highs in the 80s across the region and wind out of the south up to 15 miles per hour. Even though our humidity will be on the lower end, it will feel like summer with the warmer highs. Also, we will see hazy conditions today as the wildfire smoke from Canada continues to move through the area.
Tonight you can expect a mild and quiet night with a few clouds possible, lows in the 50s and 60s, and wind out of the southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. We will also continue to see some hazy skies.
The rest of our work week will be warm and sunny, with highs in the mid- to low-80s. Throughout the week, we should also see the wildfire smoke move out of the region. Then this weekend we will see a chance of an isolated shower or even a thunderstorm.
I have all the details in the attached video, and the latest details will be on News 4 at Noon.
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BIDDEFORD, Maine — At one time, it was one of the most important trees in American culture. Still, after being wiped out by a fungal blithe at the turn of the 20th century, the American chestnut tree has essentially gone extinct.
But inside a greenhouse in Biddeford, Maine, efforts are underway to bring back this tree which once covered 200 million acres of forest across the Eastern half of the United States.
"It was really the most important lumber tree in the 1800s," explained Thomas Klak, a professor at the University of New England.
There were once more than 4 billion American chestnuts in this country. Now they're essentially nonexistent.
For years, Klak and his students have been working to genetically modify saplings to be resistant to that devastating blight that came over from Europe. More than a decade of research is finally starting to pay off as the American chestnut is staging a comeback.
"All evidence suggests we’re on our way," Klak said.
A large part of what they’re doing here is centered around pollen. No place else in the world has this much American chestnut tree pollen stored. The hope is that once they get approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this team will be able to send genetically modified pollen across the country to repopulate these trees.
An approval would be great news for the environment at a time when climate change is only getting worse.
"They’re a really good carbon sequestration tree. They can take a lot of carbon out of the air in a short time," Klak said.
There are larger implications for all of this research. Klak believes the success they’ve seen here in genetically modifying the American chestnut tree could serve as a roadmap to save other trees, like ash trees currently being devastated by the emerald ash borer.
"We have a lot of negative environmental news. If we can have positive news, that’s exciting to be part of," Klak said. | 2022-12-26T17:42:52+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/news/national/the-efforts-underway-to-bring-the-american-chestnut-tree-back-from-extinction |
The European Union's decision to include natural gas in a list of activities considered sustainable could derail its progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions at a time when climate scientists are calling for dramatic reductions to planet-warming releases.
The decision, reached Wednesday, will allow investment in natural gas infrastructure such as natural gas power plants and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals to be considered green investments under certain conditions. Natural gas is a fossil fuel that causes warming of the Earth when it is burned and even more warming when it leaks out unburned.
The decision comes at a time when the continent is struggling to maintain a reliable gas supply and consumers are suffering from painfully high energy prices. Russia, which supplied about 40% of Europe's gas before it invaded Ukraine, has reduced the flow of gas to Europe and could make even more draconian cuts, and nations throughout Europe have been scrambling for alternatives to Russian energy.
“This ruling makes sense only as a death knell for coal,” said Rob Jackson, professor of earth system science at Stanford University. “Otherwise, it’s baffling. We’re approaching 8 billion tons of carbon dioxide pollution a year from gas use alone, and that can’t continue.”
The European Union has a binding commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and to reach climate neutrality by 2050. And while Europe is working on transitioning to renewable sources such as wind and solar, it doesn't have enough power lines in place to carry electricity from sunny solar farms and wind-fired turbines.
Natural gas has been promoted as a “bridge fuel” because in a side-by-side comparison of power plants, natural gas produces less carbon dioxide when burned than coal. But that's not the way climate experts see it.
“We no longer have the luxury of using gas as a clean fuel,” Jackson said. “It’s cleaner than coal, but dirtier than most everything else we use today.”
Meanwhile, European politicians are doing what they can to ensure people can keep the lights on and continue to pay energy bills without going broke.
The decision was welcomed by BDI, Germany’s industrial lobby group, which called for more investments in gas infrastructure including LNG import terminals.
To get more natural gas, Europe is looking to boost imports of LNG from countries such as the U.S., which has ramped up its exports to the continent but can't produce more LNG without significant, costly expansion of its LNG terminals. And the process of making LNG is energy-intensive: Emissions of carbon dioxide equivalent from the LNG export terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast were on par with the country of Costa Rica in 2020, according to the Global Carbon Project.
In addition to those emissions, there are massive leaks of methane, a gas with far more damaging climate-warming potential than carbon dioxide, along the natural gas supply chain. For example, in New Mexico's Permian Basin, the methane leaking into the atmosphere was equivalent to 9% of the gas production for the region, according to a recent study.
“This is an extreme bald-face attempt to greenwash,” said John Sterman, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Sustainability Initiative.
As part of the rule, gas-fired power plants would have to switch to lower-carbon fuels by 2035. But “the language that says it will only be considered green if it can convert to hydrogen or a renewable source of combustible gas by 2035 doesn’t excuse it,” Sterman said. "That’s 13 years from now. And in the meantime, such plants would be producing significant greenhouse gases, and worsening climate change.”
Building new infrastructure for natural gas could increase the severity of climate change long term, since infrastructure is built to last 30 or 40 years, which means the possibility of burning fossil fuels well beyond the point that climate experts recommend.
Nor does building such infrastructure happen overnight. It takes about four years to build a new LNG terminal, so the approach does not address the needs of Europeans who need to heat homes this coming winter.
Even so, burning natural gas is preferable to burning alternatives such as coal, petroleum or tires, all of which is done in Europe, said Julio Friedmann, fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.
“Europe is going through a very difficult moment and going through an energy transition at the same time,” Friedmann said. “For now, natural gas is cleaner than many options.”
There are also quicker solutions than building new land-based LNG facilities on the continent.
For example, Germany is planning to bring in several floating LNG terminals. That would help the nation have access to more natural gas, without creating a permanent investment.
“They need the supplies but they want to avoid lock-in,” Friedmann said. “That’s reasonable.”
There are also efforts to get more pipeline gas from neighbors. Europe has been pleading with Norway, which delivers 20 to 25% of Europe's gas, as well as Qatar and Algeria, to provide more natural gas.
The need for natural gas extends beyond providing electricity and heating homes. It's also essential as a feedstock for fertilizer and in producing steel and concrete, Friedmann said. Those are needs that renewable energy can't fulfill today.
“There are strong limits today on European transmission capabilities,” Friedmann said. “There are strong limits today on the area in which renewables can be built on land.”
There are also many things that can be done to lower the climate impact, such as installing carbon capture and storage technology on new natural gas infrastructure, Friedmann said.
But money would be better spent working to replace home natural gas systems with heat pumps or investing in making homes more energy-efficient to dramatically reduce demand, Sterman said.
“Nobody wants tons of coal or cubic meters of natural gas," Sterman said. “What people want and need is to be warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and the lights on when they flip the switch...Efficiency is the fastest, safest and cheapest way to provide those wants and needs, with very little in the way of unintended harmful cons, if any.”
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Associated Press writer Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this story. | 2022-07-07T17:41:55+00:00 | wsls.com | https://www.wsls.com/business/2022/07/07/eu-decision-on-natural-gas-could-threaten-climate-progress/ |
WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
1150 PM PDT Mon Oct 31 2022
...First Significant Storm of the Wet Season Early This Week...
A strong storm system will move out of the Gulf of Alaska Monday
and move into the Pacific Northwest on Monday night. We are
expecting a strong cold front to move across the region on
Tuesday night. Snow is expected to increase Tuesday afternoon
with the potential heavy snow on Tuesday night. The front will
push south into the Kern county area on Wednesday and provide
lighter amounts.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO
11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8
inches above 6000 feet. Snow level lowering to 5000 feet
Tuesday night with 3 to 6 inches of snow. Winds gusting as
high as 45 mph.
* WHERE...Yosemite NP outside of the valley, Upper San Joaquin
River and Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge.
* WHEN...From 1 PM Tuesday to 11 PM PDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult with high country
road closures. The hazardous conditions could impact hikers
and campers in the National Parks.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.
The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can
be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
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Humidifiers come in many sizes and styles, but their primary purpose is to add moisture to the air in your home or a specific room. Without enough moisture, dry air can cause cracked skin and lips, and it can make it harder for people with respiratory conditions.
There are many humidifier manufacturers, but three stand out for their breadth of choices, overall quality and customer service: California-based Pure Enrichment, Arkansas-based Aircare and California-headquartered but Chinese-made Levoit all have humidifiers that can meet your home and health care needs.
In this article: Pure Enrichment Hume Max Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier, Aircare Ultrasonic Cool and Warm Air Humidifier and Levoit 6-Liter Cool and Warm Mist Humidifier.
What are humidifiers used for
The moisture humidifiers place in the air is helpful for preventing dry skin and lips, bloody noses and throat irritation for some people. It also can help people with asthma or allergies, or who may be battling a winter cold.
What are the different types of humidifiers
Humidifiers come in different sizes and styles. There are small, portable humidifiers for moisturizing one room. Medium-sized humidifiers can cover up to 1,000 square feet. And there are large humidifiers designed for your entire house or apartment.
The main styles of humidifiers are:
- Ultrasonic. They are the quietest humidifiers and come in both cool and warm mist.
- Cool mist. They dispense a mist over a large area that is room temperature. They are energy efficient.
- Warm mist. They release a heated mist into the air that is soothing to some users, but they require more electricity for the heating element.
- Steam. These humidifiers boil water to release steam into the air. Many steam humidifiers have an essential-oil tray.
What are the risks in using a humidifier?
The most important aspect of caring for a humidifier is keeping it clean. If water is left to stand too long or the humidifier is not cleaned properly, it can release bacteria or mold into the air, which could exacerbate the allergy, asthma or cold it is supposed to be helping.
Steam and warm mist humidifiers should be kept out of children’s reach to prevent burns from the heating element.
Best Pure Enrichment humidifiers
Pure Enrichment Hume Max Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier
This quiet ultrasonic room humidifier generates 10 ounces of mist per hour. It has three mist settings, timer controls, and the top fill design lets you fill the tank without removing it. This humidifier has a five-year warranty.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Pure Enrichment MistAire Travel
This portable humidifier uses a water bottle to add moisture to a hotel room or office space. It has an adjustable mist control knob and automatic shut-off feature when the bottle is empty. It comes in an easy-to-pack storage bag.
Sold by Amazon
Pure Enrichment Pure Baby Cloud Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier
This creatively designed humidifier is quiet and adds moisture in your child’s nursery or bedroom for up to 24 hours. It includes a soft glow night light with eight color choices to help your child sleep.
Sold by Amazon
Pure Enrichment Hume XL Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier
This stylish humidifier has a 5-liter tank and rotating 360-degree mist nozzles. It provides up to 50 hours of moisture on the low setting and up to 16 hours on high. The LED control panel can be dimmed at night.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Best Aircare humidifiers
Aircare Ultrasonic Cool and Warm Mist Humidifier
Wrapped in an attractive brown wood grain, this humidifier can cover 750 square feet with warm or cool mist. It has a remote control, LED night light and automatic shut-off feature. The water tank removes easily for refilling.
Sold by Amazon
Aircare Space Saver Whole House 6-Gallon Humidifier
This large-capacity humidifier covers up to 2,700 square feet. It has an adjustable humidistat, three fan speeds and digital console. The 6-gallon tank has casters for easy transport even when full.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
This innovatively designed humidifier has a 2-gallon water tank and moisturizes up to 1,000 square feet. It has four speeds and an automatic humidistat. The refill tank is easily removable and filled at a standard sink.
Sold by Amazon
Aircare D-Series Small Home/Large Room Humidifier
This compact humidifier can cover up to 1,250 square feet with a daily output just under four gallons. It weighs under 7 pounds and can be easily moved. It has four speeds, automatic humidistat and a two-year limited warranty.
Sold by Amazon
Best Levoit humidifiers
Levoit 6-Liter Cool and Warm Mist Humidifier
This ultra-quiet whole-house humidifier provides up to 50 hours of coverage and raises relative-humidity levels by 10% in just 20 minutes. It has a built-in sensor and automatic shut-off. It includes an aroma box for essential oils.
Sold by Amazon
Levoit Smart Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier
This easy-to-clean small-room humidifier runs up to 24 hours and includes a smartphone app for controlling it while away. It is ideal for offices and bedrooms.
Sold by Amazon
Levoit 60-Hour Top-Fill Humidifier
With a convenient top-fill design, this ultra-quiet humidifier can cover 500 square feet and run up to 60 hours. It has a control dial for rotating the nozzle and built-in handles for transporting.
Sold by Amazon
Levoit OasisMist Smart Cool and Warm Mist Humidifier
Using VortexMist technology, this bedroom humidifier can increase relative humidity by 10% in 15 minutes. It runs up to 45 hours and covers 430 square feet. The VeSync app lets you control it from anywhere.
Sold by Amazon
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve foiled an elderly businessman’s plan to escape a Florida jail and return to France where he had previously fled in an attempt to avoid child pornography charges.
A tip from outside the jail sparked a two-month investigation of John Manchec, 78, and people he had enlisted in his escape plan, Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said Monday during a news conference.
“Essentially, the plan comes down to this,” Sheriff Flowers said. “These folks that are on the outside are going to wait until Manchec has a doctor’s visit, and they are going to take out our corrections staff while he’s out at the medical facility.”
The plan called for Manchec’s employees to pepper-spray prison guards and take him to his private plane in nearby Fort Pierce, so that he could fly to France, Flowers said.
Manchec is a multimillionaire with dual U.S. and French citizenship, Flowers said.
Manchec was arrested in 2014 on 49 child pornography charges. Flowers said he left the country to avoid prosecution after posting a nearly $500,000 bond, and moved to his medieval estate in southern France, the Chateau Pechrigal.
France denied U.S. attempts to extradite him, but he was eventually arrested in the Dominican Republic in 2020, and returned to Florida, according to the sheriff.
Manchec requested permission to leave jail in January, saying he suffered from chronic medical conditions, and because he broke his hip and wrist late last year, the sheriff said. The request was denied.
The escape plot centered on an April 12 medical appointment, Flowers said. But at least one of the people involved tipped off law enforcement, allowing investigators to unravel the plot.
An examination of Manchec’s jail phone records discovered he used the code words “paint job” while talking with his employees about the plot.
They were to prepare his plane, his 140-foot (42-meter) yacht, a black utility van and other vehicles purchased just for the escape attempt, Flowers said. Manchec even paid the bail for a cellmate, and then allowed them to live in his home. That person helped prepare for the escape, down to packing a suitcase and his favorite liquor, the sheriff said.
Flowers said the plan was to go “back to his castle in France” and never have to face the charges.
Manchec remains in the Indian River County Jail, with additional charges related to the escape. Two inmates and two employees were also arrested and charged with conspiracy in the escape plot. A lawyer listed on Manchec’s court records did not immediately return an email seeking comment on the new charges.
Manchec was originally arrested in December 2014, following a child pornography investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. | 2023-05-24T16:11:51+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/millionaire-planned-to-escape-florida-jail-fly-private-jet-to-french-castle/ |
Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.), Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Fla.) are emerging as the new champions of conservative populism at a time when many Republicans think former President Trump’s grip on the party is slipping.
All three GOP senators voted with almost the entire Senate Democratic caucus to give seven days of paid sick leave to 115,000 rail workers who threatened to go on strike because of an impasse in labor negotiations.
Trump touted a new brand of Republican populism that brought many first-time voters to the polls for the 2016 presidential election and helped him stun political experts and handicappers by defeating Hillary Clinton.
While Trump’s popularity among Republican voters may be slipping, this group of Senate conservatives, who are thought to harbor their own presidential ambitions, are embracing the populism that worked so well for him in 2016.
Hawley has been at the front of the push to remake the GOP from the party of corporate executives to the party of the working man and woman.
“GOP wants to be a working class party, or should want to. We’re about to have our first test vote — with the workers or with Biden,” Hawley tweeted shortly before the Senate voted on giving workers sick leave.
It’s not the first time Hawley has called on his party to remake itself into one that appeals more directly to workers.
He redoubled that effort by calling for a change in party leadership and voting against Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) serving another term as Senate Republican leader.
“The old Republican Party is dead,” Hawley declared in a Washington Post op-ed published after Republicans fell short of expectations of recapturing control of the Senate in the Nov. 8 midterm election.
He argued that it’s time for Republicans to “forge something new — a party that truly represents the cultural backbone of this nation: America’s working people.”
Cruz walked over to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the Senate floor Thursday and gave his liberal colleague a fist bump after voting for the sick leave measure, which Sanders had introduced.
“I think one of the most consequential political shifts of the last decade is that Republicans have become a blue collar party. We are the party of working men and women. We are the party of truck drivers and steel workers. And we’re the party of the railroad union workers,” Cruz said on his podcast, “Verdict.”
Rubio also announced his solidarity with rail workers early last week, taking a shot at the freight rail industry’s focus on profits instead of workers.
“I will not vote for any deal that does not have the support of the rail workers,” he declared on Tuesday, adding, “Wall Street’s drive for efficiency has turned rail workers into little more than line items on a spreadsheet.”
The proposal to give workers more paid sick days ended up falling eight votes short of passing — 52 to 43. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), who plans to run for governor of Indiana, and Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close Trump ally, also voted for it.
Steven S. Smith, a professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis, said the vote gave potential White House hopefuls a perfect opportunity to grab the spotlight.
“When the outcome is really fully known in advance, that’s when you get lots of posturing. And it’s more about the rhetoric than how you voted,” he said. “It basically was a free vote, at least for a handful of Republicans.”
The Senate was largely expected to vote to impose a labor deal on railway workers to avoid a nationwide strike after the House voted overwhelmingly for the measure, 290 to 137, on Wednesday. And it did, passing the measure 80-15.
The companion provision to give workers sick leave was expected to fail, as it gained only three Republican votes in the House and didn’t appear to have much traction in the Senate GOP conference before Thursday’s Senate vote.
Rubio later criticized colleagues who voted overwhelming to force railway workers to accept a tentative labor deal brokered by the Biden administration that four unions had rejected.
“This is hard work. So we’re going to make life even more unpleasant? We’re going to send a message that once again that hardworking people that work with their hands in difficult conditions are going to get screwed?” he said.
This type of rhetoric would have been hard to imagine coming from a Republican senator before Trump stormed onto the national political scene seven years ago.
But rising conservative stars see it as the future of the Republican Party at a time when more and more working-class voters are casting ballots for GOP candidates and more college-educated voters vote for Democrats.
“The Democratic Party has become the party of the rich,” said one Senate GOP strategist who is pushing candidates he advises in a more populist direction.
Exit polls from this month’s midterm election showed that 54 percent of college graduates voted for Democrats while 55 percent of voters without college degrees voted for Republicans.
However, 58 percent of voters who reported more than $200,000 in family income said they voted for Republicans, compared to 41 percent who said they voted for Democrats.
Even so, there appears to be growing conviction among ambitious Senate Republicans with an eye on higher office that appealing more broadly to working-class voters is a recipe for future success.
“Donald Trump has made populism popular among Republicans. It worked for Trump and I suspect those conservative Republicans with presidential aspiration has come to conclusion that a populistic tint is politically useful,” said Ross K. Baker, a professor of political science at Rutgers University who has served several stints as a Senate fellow.
Recent polls show Trump’s popularity waning among Republican voters, especially since the disappointing midterm election when candidates he embraced or endorsed failed to win races in key states.
A Club for Growth Action poll of likely Republican voters conducted from Nov. 11-13 showed Trump losing ground to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in Iowa and New Hampshire, which traditionally hold the first two contests of the GOP presidential nominating calendar.
A nationwide Pew Research Center poll of 5,098 adults conducted from Oct. 10-16 showed Trump’s popularity among Republicans significantly lower compared to April of 2020 and July of 2021.
Support for the former president fell most dramatically among college-educated Republican or Republican-leaning voters, dropping from 63 percent who said they felt warmly about him in July of 2021 to 49 percent who said they felt that way last month.
Trump’s decline in popularity among voters without college degrees was much smaller, dipping from 69 percent who felt warmly about him in July of 2021 to 65 percent who said they felt that way in October.
Hawley, however, told The Hill that he has pushed working-class issues since coming to the Senate in 2019.
“I’ve been at work on this since I came to the Senate. This is one of the reasons I proposed my blue-collar bonus,” he said, referring to the legislation he introduced last year to issue automatic, advanceable tax credits to workers who earn below the median wage.
Hawley also joined Sanders last year in promoting a plan to tax big companies who don’t pay their workers at least $15 an hour.
He and Sanders teamed up in December of 2020 to push for a second round of $1,200 federal stimulus checks.
Rubio, meanwhile, introduced a pro-worker labor reform bill in February. It would provide authority for employers and employees to establish voluntary employee involvement organizations to discuss workplace issues.
It would also authorize these employee involvement organization to elect representatives to serve as nonvoting board members in companies with more than $1 billion in annual gross revenues.
So far, only Trump has formally announced his plan to run for the presidency in 2024, but senators on both sides of the aisle think there’s a good chance Cruz decides to jump in the race.
Both Cruz and Rubio challenged Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
Hawley has said he’s not interested in running for president, but he may decide to throw his hat in the ring if Trump stumbles or to boost his national name identification, even if Trump stays in and locks up the status of frontrunner.
“The assumption was that populism was simply a Trump phenomenon but I think people who have looked into it more closely, those Republicans with presidential ambitions, realize that it’s very much at the heart of Trump’s appeal. If Trump is out of the picture, somebody has got to occupy that turf?” Baker said. | 2022-12-05T13:44:03+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/hill-politics/hawley-cruz-rubio-emerge-as-champions-of-gop-populism-amid-trumps-decline/ |
WASHINGTON — Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria on Wednesday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers, the Air Force said.
U.S. Air Forces Central released a video of the encounter, showing a Russian SU-35 fighter closing in on a Reaper, and later showed a number of the so-called parachute flares moving into the drone's flight path. The flares are attached to parachutes.
Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, commander of 9th Air Force in the Middle East, said three of the U.S. drones were operating over Syria after 10:30 a.m. local time, on a mission against the Islamic State group which was not detailed, when three of the Russian aircraft “began harassing the drones.”
In a statement, Grynkewich said one of the Russian pilots moved their aircraft in front of a drone and engaged the SU-35's afterburner, which greatly increases its speed and air pressure. The jet blast from the afterburner can potentially damage the Reaper's electronics, and Grynkewich said it reduced the drone operator's ability to safely operate the aircraft.
“Russian military aircraft engaged in unsafe and unprofessional behavior while interacting with U.S. aircraft in Syria,” he said, adding that the actions threaten the safety of the U.S. and Russian forces. "We urge Russian forces in Syria to cease this reckless behavior and adhere to the standards of behavior expected of a professional air force so we can resume our focus on the enduring defeat of ISIS.”
Army Gen. Erik Kurilla, head of U.S. Central Command, said in a statement that Russia's violation of ongoing efforts to clear the airspace over Syria "increases the risk of escalation or miscalculation.”
About 900 U.S. forces are deployed to Syria to work with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces battling the Islamic State militants there. No other details about the drone operation were provided, and it's not clear where over Syria the incidents took place. | 2023-07-06T14:48:14+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/russian-fighter-jets-harassing-us-drones-syria/507-2d49d0c8-dd27-40cf-9814-01ddc5d4a5af |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Former Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark competed last week and had a goal of raising $1 million at the 2022 VinFast Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.
Clark, 43, finished the two-day triathlon with a final time of 13 hours, 15 minutes, and 40 seconds.
During the race, Clark swam a total of 2.4 miles, biked 112 miles and ran another 26.2 miles all to raise money for the Indianapolis-based Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital and University of Iowa Stead Children’s Hospital.
Clark provided News 8 sports director Anthony Calhoun with video of kids greeting the Super Bowl champion player crossing the finish line. | 2022-10-12T02:52:27+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/sports/indianapolis-colts/dallas-clark-raises-1m-for-peyton-manning-childrens-hospital/ |
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Federal authorities confirmed Friday they are investigating how three firefighters battling the largest blaze burning in the U.S. were injured — one of them seriously — when a helicopter dropped part of a load of water on them.
It happened last weekend in northern New Mexico as a team of firefighters was working along the fire's perimeter. They were among the more than 3,000 people assigned to the fire, which has been burning for nearly two months.
An initial report from the Bureau of Land Management stated that the hotshot crew was holding a section of fire line around 10:30 a.m. in the Pecos Wilderness last Sunday as helicopters dropped water on the fire’s edge.
“When a helicopter missed the identified drop area, the last of the load was delivered on top of several crew members,” the report states.
Two received minor injuries and the third underwent several surgeries at an Albuquerque hospital to repair skull fractures and a broken kneecap.
The Bureau of Land Management confirmed Friday that an investigation was underway but declined to release any other information.
The blaze was the result of two government planned burns aimed at clearing the forest of overgrown and dead vegetation. It destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate from numerous rural villages in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains east of Santa Fe.
President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration last month and plans to visit the state next week, but the fire still has fueled much criticism from residents and top elected officials in New Mexico.
The U.S. Forest Service vowed to conduct its own investigation and has since halted prescribed fire operations on all national forest lands while the agency conducts a review of protocols, decision-making tools and practices ahead of planned operations this fall.
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández on Friday called for an independent investigation by the Government Accountability Office of the process used when conducting prescribed fires. She said she's hopeful that recommendations will be made to improve community involvement when it comes to forest management.
Leger Fernández said she wants to ensure that no other community in the U.S. suffers the destruction that her constituents have seen.
“Clearly, (the U.S. Forest Service) needs to enact substantive reforms to ensure accountability and restore trust in their use of prescribed burns to protect our forests,” she said in a statement. | 2022-06-03T23:30:55+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Water-drop-on-fire-crew-in-New-Mexico-prompts-17218681.php |
NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset Medical" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OM) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Outset Medical investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
OM investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and /or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Outset Medical during the relevant time frame, you have until September 6, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Electric trams are running again in Kyiv, and electric scooters dot the sidewalks. With curfew extended to midnight, the streets are bright and buzzing. Portable generators, nearly impossible to find as they flew off the shelves in December, are being sold at half price.
The Kremlin’s campaign to break the Ukrainian will to fight by turning winter into a weapon and knocking out power ultimately failed — but there were moments when it seemed that all might be lost.
The darkest week in a long, cold season came in mid-November, when Russian missiles streaked in from three directions, bearing down on Ukrainian power plants.
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Energy officials, gathered in a secret bunker in Kyiv, watched alarms flash on the large screens mapping the country’s energy grid as critical substations, thermal power plants, and hydroelectric facilities all went dark. Then something happened they had never seen before over weeks of bombardment: All of the nation’s nuclear power plants were thrown into blackout.
Within seconds, control rods positioned above reactors at Ukraine’s three working plants dropped into cores to absorb neutrons and stop the chain reaction that could lead to a meltdown. The reactors, which provide 50 percent of the country’s energy, went offline.
At the same time, Russian missiles and drones severed Ukraine’s connection to the European grid, a critical source of energy that has helped Ukraine prevent collapse in its own grid.
On a continent of light, Ukraine was an island of darkness. Millions had no heat. Toilets did not flush. Lines formed at old wells as people lugged jugs of water to pitch-dark apartments in Kyiv. Internet service went down for many. Officials discussed mass evacuation plans.
“These were some of the most difficult days,” Ukraine’s energy minister, Herman Galushchenko, said in an interview.
Given the depth of the crisis — outlined in more than a dozen interviews with senior energy officials, utility workers, government officials, and military intelligence — it is all the more remarkable that as winter has released its icy grip, Ukraine’s power grid not only survives but was even able, in early March, to produce surplus energy for the first time in months.
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Major challenges to the power supply, however, may still loom.
Staving off the relentless bombardments has dramatically depleted Ukraine’s air defenses, newly leaked Pentagon documents show, and there is concern that Russian bombers may soon be able to prowl the skies of Ukraine’s cities unscathed.
But for now, rather than break Ukrainian spirit, the bombardments have only made Ukrainians more determined.
Some 97 percent of Ukrainians surveyed now say they believe they will win the war, and 74 percent predict that Ukraine will retain all the territory within the borders internationally recognized in 1991. The national survey, released in March, was conducted by the National Rating Group, the largest independent research organization in Ukraine.
Still, there remains much work to be done. The Russian assaults destroyed or damaged more than 40 percent of the nation’s energy infrastructure, and it will cost billions of dollars to repair, according to a new report by the World Bank.
It was not just missiles.
In the towns and cities where Russian forces were forced to withdraw, infrastructure was deliberately destroyed as the invaders fled. They littered the ground with thousands of mines, making repair work slow and treacherous. And all along the front, ruined towns and villages were without power for months.
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The first wave of missiles left Ukrainian power workers stunned.
“Everyone had big eyes,” said Ihor, the chief engineer at a critical substation.
But after two to three weeks, he said, the pattern of Russian airstrikes became clear, and utility workers learned measures to protect some of the most vital equipment.
“The next attacks were scary, but we already knew what to do,” Ihor said. “We felt much more confident.”
The New York Times was allowed to visit several substations that had come under repeated attack on the condition that it not reveal their locations or the full names of employees, for safety reasons.
At the heart of every power substation are hulking, high-power autotransformers. These are used to convert electricity from high voltage during transmission to low voltage for distribution to consumers.
Ukrainian officials suspect that Russian missileers, assisted by electrical engineers and detailed maps of the Ukrainian grid, knew precisely what to target. New transformers cost about $2 million and weigh hundreds of tons, and Russia destroyed dozens of them.
But Russia’s grid attacks also backfired somewhat, prompting Ukraine’s supporters to speed up delivery of the air defense systems that Kyiv had wanted since the first days of the war.
But it was while visiting one of those plants a few months later that Galushchenko, the energy minister, became convinced Ukraine would weather the winter. Repair work that might have been expected to take 260 days of work, he found, had been completed in just 40.
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For millions of Ukrainians, the battle over energy could be felt every time their lights went out.
“It was a crazy time,” said Julia Shpyg, the manager at the Electric Cinema amphitheater. “I woke up one day and had no power. I went to work, thinking there would be power here and it was also out. That is when I knew how bad it was.”
“Going to the movies is like a vacation, a few hours to forget about the war,” Shpyg said. Now that was being put in doubt.
But the theater, like many businesses, found a way to stay open, using generators to offer limited showings.
Now, it no longer needs the generators, and the only interruption audiences have to deal with are the near-daily air alarms, a reminder that Russia has not given up trying to batter Ukraine into submission.
“Hopefully, we will never have to go through another winter like the one we just lived through,” Shpyg said. | 2023-04-11T23:43:19+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/11/world/how-ukraine-won-war-keep-lights/ |
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The Biden administration sued to block JetBlue Airways' $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines, saying Tuesday that the deal would reduce competition and drive up air fares for consumers.
The Justice Department said the tie-up would especially hurt cost-conscious travelers who depend on Spirit to find cheaper options than they can find on JetBlue and other airlines.
Attorney General Merrick Garland held a news conference to announce the antitrust lawsuit — a sign of the importance that the administration places on stopping further consolidation in the airline industry.
"If allowed to proceed, this merger will limit choices and drive up ticket prices for passengers across the country" and "eliminate Spirit's unique and disruptive role in the industry," he said.
The Justice Department lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Boston, stressed that the deal would mean the end of the nation's biggest "ultra-low-cost carrier." Those are airlines that generally provide the cheapest fares but also tend to charge more fees.
The Justice Department lawyers said Spirit's demise would eliminate about half of all ultra-low-cost seats in the market.
New York, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia joined the lawsuit. JetBlue and Spirit vowed to continue fighting to salvage their agreement.
JetBlue and Spirit have anticipated a legal challenge for weeks. The Justice Department had previously requested additional documents and depositions about JetBlue's proposal to buy Spirit, the nation's biggest budget airline. Negotiations over a possible settlement failed.
As signals grew that the government would challenge the tie-up, JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes and other company executives launched a pre-emptive campaign to make their argument that the deal would help consumers by creating a stronger competitor to the four carriers that control about 80% of the domestic air-travel market.
Hayes said Tuesday that he was disappointed but not surprised at the lawsuit.
"We said when we got the offer approved by the Spirit shareholders last year that we didn't think we would close until the first half of 2024, expecting a trial," he said on "CBS Mornings."
The lawsuit is the latest by the Biden administration to seek to block mergers in industries including video gaming, publishing and sugar refining.
In the JetBlue case, the Justice Department was under pressure from Democratic lawmakers and consumer advocates who have complained about a wave of earlier mergers that left fewer airlines holding a greater share of the market.
The administration's concern about airline consolidation surfaced in 2021, when the Justice Department sued to kill a limited partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines in the Northeast. A federal judge in Boston is expected to issue a ruling soon, after a non-jury trial last fall.
JetBlue held on to hope that the administration would come around to its argument that the combination with Spirit would be far smaller than other deals and would help consumers by putting pressure on the bigger airlines.
JetBlue and Spirit together would control a little over 9% of the domestic air-travel market, far smaller than American, Delta, United and Southwest. JetBlue executives repeatedly said their deal was not like Pepsi buying Coca-Cola — a line that Hayes repeated Tuesday.
They said the Justice Department created the environment of four airlines dominating the market, and JetBlue merely wanted a better chance at competing with the giants — all of whom grew through mergers and acquisitions between 2008 and 2013.
The Justice Department sued to block the last megadeal, American's merger with US Airways, then reached a settlement that required the carriers to give up some gates and takeoff and landing slots at several major airports. Before that, the government allowed Delta to buy Northwest, United to merge with Continental, and it later let Southwest buy AirTran.
Last year, JetBlue torpedoed a deal between Spirit and Frontier Airlines, then beat Frontier in a bidding war. Frontier CEO Barry Biffle argued that regulators would block a JetBlue-Spirit deal but not a tie-up with his airline, a similar discount carrier.
The largest union for flight attendants, the Association of Flight Attendants, reiterated its support for the merger Tuesday, which it said would lift pay and benefits for Spirit crews that it represents.
But the American Economic Liberties Project, which opposes corporate consolidation, praised the Justice Department for seeking to block the deal, saying it would let JetBlue "gobble up a low-cost competitor" and boost prices.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-03-07T20:15:50+00:00 | mainepublic.org | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2023-03-07/doj-sues-to-block-jetblue-from-buying-spirit-airlines-saying-it-will-curb-competition |
Police investigate shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured after leaving Detroit nightclub
State police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and another critically injured after leaving Annex Nightclub in downtown Detroit.
A female victim, 27, and a male victim, 30, and two others left the night club at around 12:30 a.m. on Monday.
Michigan State Police said, based on interviews with the survivors, that someone shot at the victims as they entered Interstate 75 from Brush Street.
The two victims shooting victims were in the back seat of the vehicle. The woman was killed. The man is hospitalized in critical condition.
The driver of the vehicle transported the victims to the hospital and was unharmed, along with the front seat passenger.
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State police are investigating the killing of the female victim as a homicide.
“We know that this was not a random incident and was targeted towards one of the people in the car. Now we need to determine who it was and why,” Lt. Mike Shaw of Michigan State Police wrote in a statement. “This will lead us to our suspect(s).”
Monday’s shooting follows a string of shootings downtown in the last month, and a push by Detroit police to deter gun violence downtown by implementing a 12-point safety plan that emphasizes crowd control tactics and cracking down on curfew violations, illegal weapon possession and public intoxication.
Part of that plan includes increased police presence and surveillance, undercover officers, a video wall, road closures, medical detectors and more.
Andrea Sahouri covers criminal justice for the Detroit Free Press. She can be contacted at 313-264-0442, asahouri@freepress.com or on Twitter @andreamsahouri. | 2023-05-01T19:04:53+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2023/05/01/annex-nightclub-shooting-downtown-detroit-nightclub/70170431007/ |
Using special technology, researchers in England have discovered the name of a woman, along with doodles, in the margins of an English medieval religious text.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Lisa Murkowski wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Alaska.
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- Nixon dedicates season to former legendary coach Groogan | 2022-11-24T02:00:56+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Alert-Republican-Lisa-Murkowski-wins-reelection-17607772.php |
Lionel Messi arrived two years ago wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with ”Ici C’est Paris” (This Is Paris) — a favorite cry among Paris Saint-Germain fans — and to chants of “Messi! Messi! Messi!”
The soccer superstar will leave the team on Saturday not quite so revered.
The cheers have been replaced by jeers and boos in recent weeks at the Parc des Princes, where the World Cup winner will play his final game for the French league champion.
Christophe Galtier confirmed on Thursday that the looming end of the season is also the end of Messi’s time at PSG.
Messi will bow out in their league finale against Clermont on Saturday. His contract expires at the end of June.
“I had the privilege of coaching the best player in the history of soccer,” Galtier said. “This will be his last match at the Parc des Princes, and I hope that he will receive the warmest of welcomes.”
PSG recruited Messi in August 2021 with the ambition to finally win the Champions League. The team is still waiting.
Although PSG won its record-extending 11th French league title last weekend, it exited Europe’s top tournament in the round of 16 for the second straight season.
Messi’s adventure in France has been bittersweet. In spite of pretty good statistics, he has been embodying the team’s shortcomings in the view of many PSG fans who have repeatedly whistled his name sarcastically in recent weeks.
After struggling to adapt to the French league — the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner scored only six league goals in his first 26 games — Messi improved this season as he developed an efficient understanding with forward Kylian Mbappe.
Following a good start to the current campaign, Messi however failed to replicate that form since returning from the World Cup that he won with Argentina.
Still, in 31 league matches, the 35-year-old Messi has scored 16 goals and delivered as many assists. In all competitions, Messi netted 21 times and had 20 assists for PSG.
“This year, he has been an important part of the team, always available, always committed during training sessions,” Galtier said. “I don’t think any of the comments or criticisms are justified.”
Despite Galtier’s support, PSG’s appreciation of Messi has not always been so positive.
Last month, the club suspended him following an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia. Messi has a commercial contract with Saudi Arabia to promote tourism and has been linked with a lucrative move there at the end of the season.
There has also been talk of a return to Barcelona, where he spent the majority of his career, or to the United States to play in MLS.
Messi arrived at Barcelona at age 13 and left having won 35 titles. He helped the club win the four Champions Leagues, 10 Spanish leagues, and seven Copa del Reys.
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Now, recent advertisements claim President Joe Biden’s administration is proposing cuts to Medicare Advantage, sometimes called “Part C.” One of the ads shared via Twitter alleges that the cuts would take away benefits for individual members.
Many VERIFY readers have also asked if it’s true that the Biden administration is proposing cuts to Medicare Advantage.
THE QUESTION
Is the Biden administration proposing cuts to Medicare Advantage plan benefits?
THE SOURCES
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Ph.D., associate director of the Program on Medicare Policy at Kaiser Family Foundation
- Robert Berenson, M.D., fellow at the Urban Institute specializing in health care policy and Medicare
ANSWER
No, the Biden administration is not proposing cuts to Medicare Advantage plan benefits.
The federal government has proposed changes to how insurance companies that offer Medicare Advantage are paid, but those changes don’t require benefits cuts for enrollees.
WHAT WE FOUND
Medicare is federal health insurance for anyone age 65 and older, and some people under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions. It’s made up of four parts: A, B, C and D.
Traditional Medicare offered by the federal government includes Part A hospital insurance and Part B medical insurance.
Medicare Advantage plans, sometimes called Part C, are offered by private companies approved by Medicare, rather than the federal government. Those plans will provide your Part A and Part B coverage.
Most Medicare Advantage plans also include Part D prescription drug coverage, and may provide extra benefits such as vision, hearing and dental coverage that aren’t included as part of traditional Medicare.
Some of the recent advertisements claim the Biden administration is proposing “massive cuts” to Medicare Advantage that could reduce benefits by hundreds of dollars per retiree. At least one of those ads is funded by the American Action Network, a conservative issue advocacy group.
Two recent announcements from the Biden administration are likely behind the claims about cuts to Medicare Advantage benefits.
One is a rule change that would allow the federal government to recover past overpayments to Medicare Advantage insurers and is set to take effect in April 2023. Second, the federal government recently announced a proposed update to how Medicare Advantage insurers will be paid starting in 2024.
But the Biden administration isn’t proposing cuts to Medicare Advantage benefits for seniors, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Medicare experts say.
Here’s a breakdown of those proposed changes.
Rule change
The rule change is set to take effect on April 3, 2023. It will modify the federal government’s process of auditing Medicare Advantage insurers, allowing it to recoup overpayments.
Studies and federal government audits “have shown that private insurance companies have charged billions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans” for diagnoses that were not supported by a patient’s medical record, according to HHS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
CMS is required by law to “ensure accurate payments and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.” Audits, which are part of that process, are “unequivocally not cuts,” according to HHS.
Other proposed changes would modify how Medicare Advantage insurers are paid
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shared an advance notice in early February outlining the federal government’s proposals for paying Medicare Advantage plans in 2024.
While some of the changes in the proposal will reduce payments to Medicare Advantage insurers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that the total effect of proposed policies and other changes will be a 1% increase in payments to insurers per enrollee in 2024.
Because of this increase, HHS asserts that the Biden administration “is not reducing payments to Medicare Advantage.”
So what do these proposed changes do?
Some would impact the risk adjustment model for Medicare Advantage, which essentially determines how much the federal government pays insurers based on patient diagnoses.
The proposed changes would make the risk adjustment model “less generous to the plans,” Robert Berenson, M.D., a Medicare expert with the Urban Institute who has expressed support for the proposed changes, said.
But the risk adjustment changes don’t amount to a cut in benefits for enrollees, according to Berenson.
“There will be less payments going to the health plans, but there’s no requirement that beneficiaries lose anything,” he said.
That will be up to the insurance companies.
Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, associate director of the Program on Medicare Policy at Kaiser Family Foundation, said it’s more accurate to consider the changes as those that are “improving the accuracy of the payments to Medicare Advantage plans,” rather than cuts.
Some industry stakeholders, such as the Better Medicare Alliance, claim that these changes will lead insurers to cut benefits or increase premiums for Medicare Advantage enrollees. But Fuglesten Biniek said she thinks that outcome is unlikely.
“These plans have generous payments right now from the federal government. They have a good amount of cushion,” she said. “In addition, they compete by offering plans with zero supplemental premiums [and] plans that have robust extra benefits. This is an attractive market for them to participate in.”
Insurers can lower administrative costs, reduce their marketing expenses or cut some of their profits before cutting benefits, which are how they remain competitive in the market, she added. | 2023-03-13T23:37:30+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/verify/medicare-verify/biden-not-proposing-medicare-advantage-benefit-cuts-fact-check/536-6a759b14-6fd2-4270-b1c9-37b916015fd7 |
DALLAS, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TIAA and the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks are teaming up for the 2022 Dunks for Equity, a program supporting educational and professional equity for all.
For every Dunk scored this season, TIAA will donate $50 to the Mavs Foundation to be granted to two organizations: Year Up, which works to ensure access to economic opportunity, education, and justice for all young adults, and Dress for Success Dallas, which helps move women closer to gainful employment and economic independence.
This season-long program tipped off Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Mavericks' season opener. "As part of TIAA's Be The Change platform, we advocate for transformational change in the continuing work of social equity," said Laura Turner, TIAA Head of Corporate Social Responsibility. "We are proud to work with the Mavericks to bring change to our community. From eliminating racial divides through THE HUDDLE to teaching financial education at GEM events, we are honored to continue the work of social justice and equity."
"The Mavericks are proud to partner with TIAA to make a real difference," said Katie Edwards, Chief Impact Officer and President of Mavs Foundation. "This year, more dunks mean more equitable futures. We hope this gives MFFLs even more reasons to cheer, knowing that together we are making the DFW community stronger."
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
02-08-09-11-37
(two, eight, nine, eleven, thirty-seven)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
02-08-09-11-37
(two, eight, nine, eleven, thirty-seven) | 2022-05-26T04:00:41+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17199711.php |
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), a non-profit research organization committed to advancing the science, practice, and use of value assessment in health care, today announced the appointment of Jason Spangler, MD, MPH, FACPM as the Innovation and Value Initiative's next Chief Executive Officer.
"It has been a tremendous honor to serve as IVI's CEO since 2018 and I am proud of everything our team, and our growing community of members and partners, has accomplished together," stated Jennifer Bright, IVI CEO. "In living our long-established principles of patient-centricity, transparency, and equity, we have contributed meaningful progress toward improving value assessment processes, testing modern methods, and demonstrating how open-source model development can improve trust and accelerate learning in this field. With Jason's leadership, I look forward to the next chapter of IVI's growth and impact," she concluded.
Gregory Daniel, IVI Board President stated, "The Board and I are confident that Jason is the right person to lead IVI in its next stage, building on tremendous momentum the organization has had so far. He is a seasoned leader with significant experience working in the health technology assessment environment, taking projects to scale, and delivering value to stakeholders. We are lucky to have him as our next CEO."
For nearly two decades Dr. Spangler has worked in the professional health policy and public health sector with pharmaceutical and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Spangler joins IVI from his most recent role as Executive Medical Director and Head of Global HTA Policy Strategy & Engagement for Amgen, Inc.
Dr. Spangler earned his MD at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1998 and his Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2002. His commitment to public health, preventive medicine, and health equity date back to his medical school residency, during which he served as a medical team leader for free clinics in Costa Rica, a resident coordinator for free clinics for homeless around UPMC, and a clinical educator in the International Medical Corps in Kosovo.
After serving one year as Chief Resident, Dr. Spangler joined Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals as a Public Health and Health Policy Consultant. He remained in this role for three year and then moved on to the Partnership for Prevention, where he started as a Managing Senior Fellow and was promoted to Chief Medical Officer until he was recruited to Amgen.
"I know that I speak for everyone at IVI in thanking Jennifer Bright for her leadership and tireless dedication. I am incredibly excited to start this new role and for the future of the organization," noted Dr. Spangler. "We have an exceptionally talented team at IVI that is focused on decisive action to transform health technology assessment – in practice and policy – through our sustained action, innovation, and collaboration. I believe we are taking the right steps to move IVI forward."
Jennifer Bright, IVI's current CEO, will work with Dr. Spangler to ensure a smooth transition before moving into her new role as Chief Engagement and Strategy Officer where she will continue to support and strengthen IVI's partnerships and convening activities.
Dr. Spangler will take office on July 25, 2022 and be based in the Washington DC area.
Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) is a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt non-profit research organization dedicated to advancing the science and improving the practice of value assessment through development of novel methods and the creation and application of enhanced value assessment models to support local decision-making needs in healthcare.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming.
The court’s ruling could complicate the administration’s plans to combat climate change. Its proposal to regulate power plant emissions is expected by the end of the year.
President Joe Biden aims to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and to have an emissions-free power sector by 2035. Power plants account for roughly 30% of carbon dioxide output.
“Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his opinion for the court.
But Roberts wrote that the Clean Air Act doesn’t give EPA the authority to do so and that Congress must speak clearly on this subject.
“A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body,” he wrote.
In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the decision strips the EPA of the power Congress gave it to respond to “the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.”
Kagan said the stakes in the case are high. She said, “The Court appoints itself—instead of Congress or the expert agency—the decisionmaker on climate policy. I cannot think of many things more frightening.”
The justices heard arguments in the case on the same day that a United Nations panel’s report warned that the effects of climate change are about to get much worse, likely making the world sicker, hungrier, poorer and more dangerous in the coming years.
The power plant case has a long and complicated history that begins with the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. That plan would have required states to reduce emissions from the generation of electricity, mainly by shifting away from coal-fired plants.
But that plan never took effect. Acting in a lawsuit filed by West Virginia and others, the Supreme Court blocked it in 2016 by a 5-4 vote, with conservatives in the majority.
With the plan on hold, the legal fight over it continued. But after President Donald Trump took office, the EPA repealed the Obama-era plan. The agency argued that its authority to reduce carbon emissions was limited and it devised a new plan that sharply reduced the federal government’s role in the issue.
New York, 21 other mainly Democratic states, the District of Columbia and some of the nation’s largest cities sued over the Trump plan. The federal appeals court in Washington ruled against both the repeal and the new plan, and its decision left nothing in effect while the new administration drafted a new policy.
Adding to the unusual nature of the high court’s involvement, the reductions sought in the Obama plan by 2030 already have been achieved through the market-driven closure of hundreds of coal plants.
Power plant operators serving 40 million people called on the court to preserve the companies’ flexibility to reduce emissions while maintaining reliable service. Prominent businesses that include Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Tesla also backed the administration.
Nineteen mostly Republican-led states and coal companies led the fight at the Supreme Court against broad EPA authority to regulate carbon output.
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Associated Press writers Matthew Daly and Cathy Bussewitz in New York contributed to this report. | 2022-06-30T15:10:57+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/supreme-court-limits-epa-in-regulating-power-plant-emissions/ |
BEIJING, Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With the arrival of the Chinese New Year 2023, the 13th Spring Festival Book Exposition organized by CHINA NATIONAL PUBLISHTIONS IMPORT&EXPORT(GROUP) CO.,LTD. has already launched in 25 countries and regions including the United States, Canada, France, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, etc. The event provides overseas Chinese and foreign readers with the latest Chinese books in a wide range of categories.
The exposition has been actively participated by 36 renowned domestic publishing houses such as the People's Publishing House, the Central Party Literature Press, the Foreign Languages Press, the China Science and Technology Press, the Peking University Press, etc., which greatly broadened the content scope and variety of books.
For the past few years, Chinese-themed publications became the focus of attention. As new themes of "going global" continued to emerge, particularly books that reflect the development of contemporary China and those that tell Chinese stories have attracted more and more attention from foreign readers and overseas Chinese readers. As the worldwide popularity of the Chinese language grew, language textbooks have been well-received by Chinese language bookstores in all participating countries, which provided great convenience for foreign Chinese learners and children of overseas Chinese.
Furthermore, this year's exposition also includes traditional Chinese cultural activities such as making dumplings, Peking Opera flipping cards, pitch-pot, etc. to enrich the diversity of activities and create a joyous atmosphere for the Chinese New Year. The CNPIEC also donates cultural and creative products to participating overseas Chinese bookstores such as calendars, festive couplets, Fu (auspicious) characters, Chinese knots, etc. to attract more foreign readers. These cultural and creative products have also been well-received by overseas Chinese bookstores.
Participating bookstores in U.S.A, Canada, and Nepal:
XINHUA BOOK STORE
101-10190 152A Street Surrey, BC
V3R 1J SURREY
Canada
XIN HUA BOOKSTORE INC
7373A Convoy CT. San Diego
CA92111 USA
NIMING BOOKS INC
12417.Elliott Ave, El Monte.
Los Angeles,CA91732.
U.S.A. (US948)
Tel: (213)-249-2671
Enlighten Enterprise
1015 S. Nogales St., Ste # 133
Rowland Heights, CA 91748
Tel: 626-913-2481
CHINA BOOKSTORE
Bouddha, Kathmandu,
Metropolitan City, Ward-6.
Kathmandu District. Nepal
Tel: (0977)9808226000
BhrikutiPustak
New Plaza, Kathmandu. Nepal
Tel: (0977)9818746259
Mandala
Pokhara, Kathmandu. Nepal
Tel: (0977)9885632149
If you're a Chinese bookstore and want to participate in the exposition or a reader who's hoping to buy Chinese books, please contact:
content@cnpiec.com.cn
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WEDNESDAY'S FORECAST
Widespread rain and freezing rain will continue in rounds through lunchtime. It would be best to avoid any travel this morning, but if you have to get out, drive carefully! If you can, avoid bridges and overpasses. These are likely glazed over by ice.
By the afternoon, our airmass will thaw out. This will turn rainfall into a liquid, effectively ending our winter weather threat. Only our western counties should worry about additional ice accumulations Thursday afternoon and evening. Temperatures will hover in the mid-30s.
TONIGHT:
By tonight, anything falling in East Texas will be liquid and unable to freeze. This will help wash away any ice accumulations from earlier in the day. Widespread rain will continue across the region as we sleep. Temperatures are expected to hover between 33 and 35 degrees.
Read more of this week's forecast from our news and weather partners at CBS19. | 2023-02-01T17:46:03+00:00 | tylerpaper.com | https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/wednesdays-forecast-wintry-mix-to-slowly-become-cold-rain-throughout-the-day/article_984b4ef4-a242-11ed-af7a-efdc0d22989e.html |
Excessive heat warnings remain in many areas of US through Monday
(AP) - Excessive heat warnings remain in place in many areas across the U.S. and are expected to last at least through Monday.
In Arizona’s largest metro area, Phoenix and surrounding communities flirted with a high of 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsuis) on Sunday.
The National Weather Service in Phoenix is forecasting 116 degrees for Monday, just two degrees off the record high for that date set in 1907, before temperatures drop a few degrees for the next three days.
In Nevada, the first excessive heat warning of the summer runs through Monday evening for the Las Vegas metro area. Daytime cooling centers are open across the region.
It was 102 degrees Friday at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, ending a 294-day stretch of temperatures staying below 100.
The high in central Las Vegas was near 112 degrees Sunday, with 113 predicted for Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
A heat wave baking much of interior California was expected to push the mercury past 105 degrees (40 Celsius) across the agricultural heart of the state.
A record of 111 degrees (44 Celsius) was marked Saturday in Paso Robles, surpassing a high of 107 (41 Celsius) set in 2013.
In Southern California, excessive heat warnings and advisories were extended through Monday for inland areas east of Los Angeles.
Elsewhere, the heat and severe weather remained a concern throughout the U.S. southeast.
Heat advisories remained in effect throughout the southeast Sunday while a severe thunderstorm watch was in effect until 8 p.m. for parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Thunderstorm warnings were issued throughout the region on Sunday afternoon.
Authorities said 31 cows died in the northern Alabama town of Berlin during Saturday’s severe weather when lightning struck the tree they were hiding under.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-02T22:41:20+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/2023/07/02/excessive-heat-warnings-remain-many-areas-us-through-monday/ |
Former president Donald Trump and his advisers repeatedly failed to turn over highly classified government documents even after receiving a subpoena and pledging that a “diligent search” had been conducted, leading to an FBI raid of his Florida home that found more than 100 additional classified items, according to a blistering court filing by federal prosecutors late Tuesday.
Trump's legal team fired back Wednesday night, saying prosecutors "significantly mischaracterized" some of their interactions with Trump's representatives, without elaborating. In their 19-page filing, Trump's lawyers argue that special care must be taken by the courts in this matter because it involves a "legally unsupported raid" on someone who is "possibly a candidate against the current chief executive in 2024."
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The Justice Department filing describtraces repeated efforts by government officials to recover sensitive national security papers from Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence and club. Their quest centered on a storage room where prosecutors came to suspect that "government records were likely concealed and removed . . . and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government's investigation."
The agents also came to doubt claims by Trump's team that the storage room was the only place where such documents might be found.
When agents conducted their court-ordered search on Aug. 8, they found material so sensitive that "even the FBI counterintelligence personnel and DOJ attorneys conducting the review required additional clearances before they were permitted to review certain documents," the filing says.
Among the most potentially incriminating details in the government filing is a photograph, showing a number of files labeled "Top Secret" with bright red or yellow cover sheets, spread out over a carpet. Those files were found inside a container in Trump's office, according to the court filing. A close examination of one of the cover sheets in the photo shows a marking for "HCS," a government abbreviation for systems used to protect intelligence gathered from secret human sources.
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The 36-page filing also reveals, for the first time, the text of a written assurance given to the Justice Department by Trump's "custodian of records" on June 3. It says Trump's team had done a thorough search for any classified material in response to a subpoena and had turned over any relevant documents.
Trump and his representatives gave the Justice Department 38 classified documents that day, the filing says, in addition to 184 others that were discovered in boxes sent to the National Archives earlier in the year.
The filing says Trump's lawyer told Justice Department officials that all White House records that remained at Mar-a-Lago nearly 17 months after Trump left office were contained in the storage room, and that all boxes in the room had been searched.
Yet when FBI agents raided the Trump property in August, they found more than 100 additional classified papers, a discovery that "calls into serious question the representations made in the June 3 certification and casts doubt on the extent of cooperation in this matter," prosecutors wrote.
The filing offers the most detailed account to date of the interactions between Trump's team and government officials, who over the course of many months became increasingly desperate to find and contain all of the classified material stashed at Mar-a-Lago.
In parts of the filing, using only their job descriptions, prosecutors paint Trump's lawyer, Evan Corcoran, and custodian of records, Christina Bobb, as so uncooperative that agents suspected the Trump team might be obstructing the investigation.
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The filing, for instance, says that when FBI agents and Jay Bratt, the chief of the counterintelligence and export control section at the Justice Department, met with Trump's two representatives in early June, "the former President's counsel explicitly prohibited government personnel from opening or looking inside any of the boxes that remained in the storage room, giving no opportunity for the government to confirm that no documents with classification markings remained."
Yet, earlier this month, Bobb told The Washington Post that the lawyers showed the federal officials the boxes and that Bratt and others spent some time looking through the material.
Trump made similar claims on social media after the raid, saying that his lawyers and representatives "were cooperating fully, and very good relationships had been established." He added, "The government could have had whatever they wanted, if we had it."
As part of the filing, prosecutors included a copy of the May 11 subpoena issued to Trump. It demanded "all documents or writings in the custody or control of Donald J. Trump and/or the Office of Donald J. Trump bearing classification markings," including a host of different types of secret documents. Among them was S/FRD, a category of information about nuclear weapons. The Washington Post has previously reported that classified documents about nuclear weapons were among the items being sought by FBI agents in the investigation.
Trump has publicly complained that agents confiscated his current and former passports in the search, suggesting those seizures were a sign of the capricious and unfair nature of the raid. But prosecutors noted in the new filing that the passports were found in "a desk drawer that contained classified documents and government records." In a footnote, prosecutors argued that Trump's passport being intermingled with classified documents is relevant evidence in their investigation into who may have mishandled national defense information.
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The filing does not specify precisely how FBI agents came to suspect there were still classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after Trump's team responded to the subpoena, but officials previously have indicated they have talked to a significant number of individuals who provided relevant information. One person with knowledge of the process told The Washington Post that FBI agents questioned some Trump advisers this spring, asking where classified documents could be found and how boxes of documents were packed.
In the course of those interviews, the FBI learned there were documents at multiple locations in Mar-a-Lago, this person said, and that Trump advisers were instructed by some on his legal team not to help pack the boxes because doing so could create legal issues for themselves.
The FBI also heard from at least one source that Trump did not hand over all the classified documents in his possession, and that he planned to keep many of them, according to a different person with direct knowledge of the matter. One individual who was questioned by the FBI in recent months said the investigators' focus appeared to be on "whether or not there was a big coverup here," though this person added that they did not have specific knowledge of many of the documents or Trump's intentions.
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Another person questioned by the FBI said agents asked if documents had been moved, if they knew of all the rooms where Trump kept them, if they were aware of any documents remaining at Mar-a-Lago, if they knew of any efforts to destroy documents and if they knew of Trump's procedures for handling them after he left office. This person said at least four of their colleagues were also contacted by the FBI.
The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details of the investigation.
The Justice Department filing also takes aim at Trump's defenders who said he had declassified the seized material while he was still president or who suggested it might somehow be covered by executive privilege. At that same June 3 meeting, the filing states, "neither counsel nor the custodian asserted that the former President had declassified the documents or asserted any claim of executive privilege."
The dueling court filings between prosecutors and Trump's lawyers come ahead of a hearing scheduled Thursday before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on a request by Trump's lawyers to have a special master appointed to review the files seized by the FBI.
The Justice Department notified the court Monday that a "filter team" of law enforcement officials had already finished its examination of any possibly privileged documents.
In Wednesday night's reply, Corcoran and fellow Trump lawyers Lindsey Halligan and James Trusty said none of the prosecutors' claims should prevent the appointment of a special master. They concluded their filing by criticizing Attorney General Merrick Garland's handling of the case, particularly for public comments he made explaining his rationale for pursuing the classified documents investigation.
Trump's legal team also criticized the Justice Department for "gratuitously" including the photograph of classified materials, which they described as "pulled from a container and spread across the floor for dramatic effect. The Government pretends these are not historically important moments."
The defense lawyers insisted Trump had a right to keep presidential documents in his possession. They contended that much of the seized material contained presidential communications and was therefore shielded by executive privilege. Executive privilege is usually invoked to shield communications from Congress or the courts, not another department of the executive government such as the Justice Department.
In their filing Tuesday night, federal prosecutors pushed back against what they called "the wide-ranging meritless accusations leveled against the government" by Trump's lawyers. The request for a special master was pointless, the government reasoned, because its review of the documents was already complete. The judge should reject Trump's demands to get the documents back "because those records do not belong to him," but are rather the property of the government, the filing said.
Although Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump in 2020, said on Saturday that she was inclined to appoint a special master, she also said her order "should not be construed as a final determination on Plaintiff's Motion."
FBI agents who conducted the search took 33 items of evidence, most of them boxes, according to the new filing, which said 13 of the boxes contained classified documents, some categorized as top secret. Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, told lawmakers Friday that U.S. intelligence analysts will conduct a review of the classified materials to determine the potential risk to national security if their contents were disclosed.
According to a partially redacted affidavit unsealed Friday, the agents who conducted the search of Mar-a-Lago were seeking all "physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation" of three federal laws, including a part of the Espionage Act outlawing gathering, transmitting or losing national defense information. The warrant also cites laws on destruction of records and concealment or mutilation of government material.
The search is part of a criminal investigation into whether Trump and his aides took secret government papers and did not return all of them, despite demands from senior officials, and whether anyone obstructed government efforts to recover all of the classified material.- - - | 2022-09-01T03:12:29+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/31/nation/trump-team-may-have-hidden-moved-classified-papers-justice-department-says/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — Immanuel Quickley scored 39 points, one shy of his career high, and Quentin Grimes had a career-high 36 in the New York Knicks’ 138-129 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.
It was Robinson’s game that most impressed Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau.
“Mitch had a monster game,” Thibodeau said. “The rebounding with Mitchell was unbelievable.”
Thibodeau said this was likely Grimes’ best game of the season.
“He’s shooting the ball with a lot of confidence,” Thibodeau said. “He’s flying around the the floor, guarding people.. His confidence is growing game by game. They are rhythm shots and that’s what I like about the way we are playing right now. We are creating rhythm for each other. When you play like that good things will come from that.”
Jalen Smith scored 19 points for Indiana, T.J. McConnell had 18 and Bennedict Mathurin 17. McConnell had 12 assists.
The Knicks had a 52-37 rebounding edge.
The game went back and forth for much of the fourth quarter. With it tied at 120, Toppin started a 7-0 run with two dunks and Grimes added a 3-pointer.
“Obi ran the floor well and got us some easy buckets,” Thibodeau said. “He’s hard to match up with what he can do. He continued to play to his strengths and his teammates’ strengths.”
With New York leading 97-91 in the third quarter, the Knicks used a 8-0 run, helped by a flagrant foul call, to take a 105-91 lead. The Pacers ended the third quarter with a 7-0 spurt.
The Knicks shot nearly 52% to take a 70-67 lead at halftime. Toppin scored 19 of his points in the first half. Indiana shot 50% in the first half.
After the Pacers took a 7-4 lead, the Knicks reeled off 17 unanswered point to grab control. The Pacers tied it twice late in the second quarter.
“We were down 14 points after five minutes,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “The second unit did a good job getting us back into the game. This is a great experience for the young guys that started. We got to learn from it as a group.”
McConnnell’s play coming off the bench helped the Pacers to get back in the game. “I run out of adjectives to describe his competitive excellence,” Carlisle said.
The Pacers and Knicks close the regular season in New York on Sunday. The Knicks have won the first three meetings between the two teams.
“We have to look to New Orleans now,” Thibodeau said of Friday night game. “We want to play our best going into the postseason.”
TIP-INS
Knicks: With the No. 5 seed playoff spot clinched, Jalen Brunson sat out to rest his right hand. RJ Barrett missed his second consecutive game with an illness. … Julian Randle, who leads the Knicks with 25.1 points per game, continued to sit out with a left ankle sprain injury. Randle injured his angle March 29 and it’s uncertain whether he will be ready to play when playoff series with No. 4 seed Cleveland begins.
Pacers: With the Pacers’ slim playoff hopes ending Sunday, Indiana leaned heavily on its younger players and reserves. Tyrese Haliburton missed his fifth consecutive game with an ankle injury. Myles Turner missed his sixth game in a row with left ankle and lower backs soreness. … Gabe York made his first appearance of the season for the Pacers. York, who signed a two-way contract last week was called up from the Fort Wayne Ants. York scored nine points.
UP NEXT
Knicks: At New Orleans on Friday night.
Pacers: Hosts Detroit on Friday night.
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WESTFIELD, Ind. (The Reporter) — The City of Westfield has received seven bids for the purchase of Grand Park. All seven were received ahead of Monday’s deadline.
According to our news-gathering partners at WISH-TV, a total of 16 entities met an April deadline to submit an intent to bid on Grand Park. Only seven followed through.
Last week the city released two property appraisals for the Grand Park Sports Campus. The minimum price for Grand Park is the average of the two appraisals, which is $85 million.
The bid review committee has not yet convened. | 2022-08-11T12:20:05+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/westfield-receives-seven-grand-park-bids/ |
Millions of American households will see a sharp cut in SNAP benefits as the government winds down its pandemic assistance. Some experts say the country is about to fall off a "hunger cliff."
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Millions of American households will see a sharp cut in SNAP benefits as the government winds down its pandemic assistance. Some experts say the country is about to fall off a "hunger cliff."
Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-03-10T00:16:50+00:00 | delawarepublic.org | https://www.delawarepublic.org/2023-03-09/snap-benefits-will-drop-for-millions-of-americans-as-pandemic-aid-winds-down |
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese panda fans bid teary farewells to their idols Xiang Xiang, “super papa” Eimei and his twin daughters who were sent to China on Tuesday to swap their home at the zoo for a protected facility in Sichuan province.
Hundreds of people who waited outside Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo took photos, wiped tears with handkerchiefs and waved at a white truck carrying Xiang Xiang as it slowly drove past them on its way to the airport. Others trooped to Narita International Airport to wave their last goodbyes as a plane carrying Xiang Xiang took off.
The last public viewing of Xiang Xiang on Sunday was limited to 2,600 lucky ones who won their tickets in an extremely competitive lottery of more than half a million applicants.
Xiang Xiang was escorted by two zoo staff on the flight to Chengdu. She was in good health and relaxed during her departure proceedings at the airport, where she ate her favorite snacks of bamboo shoots and apples, the Ueno Zoo tweeted.
Ueno Zoo Director Yutaka Fukuda said he will miss her as he had seen her grow since her birth in 2017. “I want to thank her for making so many people happy,” he said. “I hope she will contribute to panda conservation research after safely completing her journey.”
Xiang Xiang, the first naturally conceived panda at the zoo, was originally set to be returned to China in December 2020, but her trip was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
China sends pandas abroad as a sign of goodwill but maintains ownership over the animals and any cubs they produce. The animals are native to southwestern China and are an unofficial national mascot.
At the Adventure World, another zoo in a central Japanese coastal town of Shirahama, three other pandas appeared before the public for the last time on Tuesday, one day before they head back to China. They are elderly male Eimei, who was sent from China in 1994 and has since fathered 16 cubs, earning him the nickname “super papa,” as well as two of his Japanese-born daughters Ouhin and Touhin.
The reproductive-age twin sisters will move to Sichuan to find suitable partners. They did not show interest in males at the Japanese zoo. Four other female pandas will stay behind, and the park is seeking a male panda for them to be sent from China.
Visitors signed messages for their favorite pandas. “Thank you Eimei, stay health and live long!” one of them said. Local media carried their profiles and history along with their cuddly photos of them growing up.
Despite strained political ties between Japan and China, pandas have connected people in both countries and contributed to the friendship, Japanese fans say. The Chinese Embassy called them “the cutest messengers of friendship” who have bonded people’s hearts in both countries, and said it hopes that Japanese will continue to follow their progress after their return to China.
Pandas, which reproduce rarely in the wild and rely on a diet of bamboo, remain among the world’s most threatened species. An estimated 1,800 pandas live in the wild, while another 500 are in zoos or reserves, mostly in Sichuan. | 2023-02-21T19:25:48+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/science/ap-japan-bids-teary-farewell-to-pandas-sent-to-reserve-in-china/ |
The Washington County Sheriff's Office in Maryland is responding to a shooting with "multiple victims."
According to CNN and WRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C., the shooting occurred at a manufacturing facility in Smithsburg
Thursday afternoon. Smithsburg is about 70 miles from Baltimore.
The sheriff's office says the suspect is "no longer a threat to the community."
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | 2022-06-09T20:45:11+00:00 | krtv.com | https://www.krtv.com/news/national/maryland-authorities-responding-to-shooting-with-multiple-victims |
Dawn Zimmer was the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey in 2012, during Sandy, and the city experienced flooding from storm surge.
She joins Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee to talk about the recovery effort and how the city and region has worked to become more resilient since.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-10-28T18:46:35+00:00 | nprillinois.org | https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-10-28/10-years-after-superstorm-sandy-caused-more-that-70-billion-in-damages-and-killed-more-than-200 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Lawyers Association (CLA) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the test that applies to communications between lawyers and their clients involving both legal and nonlegal purposes, known as dual-purpose communications, and when those communications are protected by the attorney-client privilege. CLA supports adoption of the test that provides the most protection to the attorney-client privilege.
In an amicus brief filed June 1, CLA urges the Supreme Court to grant a petition for certiorari to review a Ninth Circuit decision, In re Grand Jury, 23 F.4th 1088 (9th Cir. 2022), which created a three-way split among the Circuit Courts on the issue of attorney-client privilege and dual-purpose communications.
The Ninth Circuit held that a dual-purpose communication is only privileged when the most significant purpose is legal. This test requires courts to evaluate and balance all the purposes for the communication. The decision conflicts with the D.C. Circuit, which found that a dual-purpose communication is privileged when it has a significant legal purpose. In the Seventh Circuit, a dual-purpose communication is never privileged.
CLA argues that the attorney-client privilege needs to be clearly defined so attorneys know the boundaries of the privilege and clients know when they can communicate freely and candidly with their counsel to ensure they are receiving competent and informed legal advice. CLA endorses the D.C. Circuit's test.
"CLA urges this Court to grant certiorari to protect this sacrosanct tenant of the legal profession and resolve the conflict in the circuit courts," the amicus brief says. "CLA has an interest in ensuring there are uniform and clear rules regarding whether a communication is privileged, especially when those rules substantially affect a broad spectrum of attorneys in many practice disciplines."
Adria Price and Laura L. Buckley of CLA's Taxation Section authored the brief, with editing and technical appellate assistance from H. Thomas Watson of CLA's Amicus Committee.
"We appreciate the work of these dedicated volunteers who are helping to bring attention to an issue with nationwide significance for lawyers and their clients across the country," CLA President Jeremy M. Evans said.
"This amicus brief highlights CLA's invaluable role in advocating on issues of interest to our members and the legal profession as a whole," CEO and Executive Director Oyango A. Snell said.
Established in 2018, CLA is the bar association for all California attorneys. CLA's mission is to promote excellence, diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and fairness in the administration of justice and the rule of law.
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Two popular proprietary cannabis brands – Modern Flower and Roll One – will launch statewide
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) ("Trulieve '' or "the Company''), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, today announced the February launch of two of its proprietary brands in Massachusetts, Roll One on February 3 and Modern Flower on February 10.
"It's an exciting time for Massachusetts' cannabis market as we continue to expand our offerings and introduce proprietary brands in this growing state," said Kim Rivers, CEO of Trulieve. "Trulieve continues to focus on providing high-quality cannabis and offering a wide variety of innovative products that fit our customer's needs and budget."
The two new product introductions in Massachusetts are:
- Roll One – Launching statewide on February 3, this is quality cannabis at an everyday value. The brand's indoor-grown flower is expertly tended to by industry-leading cultivators at local state-of-the-art facilities. Flower options will feature classic, quality strains available in a variety of increments including 7g ground flower, 3.5g whole flower, and 1g pre-rolls. Roll One is also introducing a new product to the Massachusetts market with a pre-roll 4-pack.
- Modern Flower – Launching statewide on February 10, Modern Flower focuses on accessibility, quality, and reliability. Created for modern cannabis consumers with everyday use in mind, these popular indoor-grown strains and innovative products are created with cutting-edge technologies. These options are a combination of modern potencies and affordability, with a diverse set of offerings - so everyone can enjoy a new and Modern approach to cannabis. Available on launch day will be whole flower, 1g pre-rolls, and more coming soon.
Roll One is also available at Trulieve locations in Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia (starting February 3). Modern Flower is available at Trulieve locations in Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia (starting February 10). Both Roll One and Modern Flower are also available at Trulieve's partner dispensaries in the Northeast.
Trulieve dispensaries in Massachusetts are located in Framingham, Northampton and Worcester. For more information on store activations, promotions and locations, please visit trulieve.com/dispensaries/massachusetts.
About Trulieve
Trulieve is an industry leading, vertically integrated cannabis company and multi-state operator in the U.S., with established hubs in the Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest, anchored by leading market positions in Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Trulieve is poised for accelerated growth and expansion, building scale in retail and distribution in new and existing markets through its hub strategy. By providing innovative, high-quality products across its brand portfolio, Trulieve delivers optimal customer experiences and increases access to cannabis, helping patients and customers to live without limits. Trulieve is listed on the CSE under the symbol TRUL and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol TCNNF. For more information, please visit Trulieve.com.
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School-worthy essentials for every student
Back-to-school shopping can be challenging. From clothing to classroom supplies and backpacks for carrying gear to and from school, there are numerous items that students need to get the new school year off to a successful start. To help you shop for this busy time of year, we’ve put together a guide that’s packed with the essentials.
Whether you need crayons for a preschooler or a mini fridge for dorm life, our product list has something for students of all ages. What’s more, we’ve organized our favorite products into easy-to-follow categories to simplify your back-to-school shopping goals.
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This backpack has everything a student needs to tote their belongings to and from school — spacious pockets, a laptop sleeve, and comfortable straps. Dual side pockets come in handy for carrying water bottles. It’s also durable and available in several stylish patterns.
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Dorm dwellers have limited options for preparing meals, but the Duo Plus significantly increases the possibilities. It’s a multicooker that has nine functions in one appliance. It’s available in several sizes, but the 3-quart model is ideal for students with limited space.
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Black and Decker Compact Refrigerator
A mini fridge is a must-have for dorm life. This compact model doesn’t take up much space but has enough interior room for a small stash of groceries. The door can fit tall bottles and the interior shelves are removable to maximize space. It also has a small top freezer compartment.
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If your college student’s dorm is extremely small, that doesn’t mean they have to give up on having a fridge. The Cooluli mini model offers just enough space for a few beverages, leftovers, or skin care products. It can be powered with the included standard or USB cords.
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Elegant Comfort Four-Piece Bed Sheet Set
These sheets are available in twin and twin XL sizes that are suitable for most dorm beds. They resist fading and wrinkling, so they are easy to launder. You can choose from a large selection of attractive colors.
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Many college students need coffee in the morning, and whenever they require an energy boost for late-night studying. A French press brews quickly and has a compact design, which are great features for busy scholars. This popular model also keeps coffee warm for as long as an hour, and is available in a choice of several fun colors.
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Clothing and shoes
Hanes Boys’ Eco Smart Pullover Hoodie
This kid-safe hoodie is cord-free but still blocks the wind on cooler days. It’s made of a cotton/polyester blend, with 5% of the polyester coming from recycled bottles. The fabric also features a high-stitch density for improved durability and pilling resistance.
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Crocs Unisex Child Classic Clogs
These versatile, comfy shoes are perfect for school because kids can quickly get them on and off. They’re also flexible, so they let your child move freely. Best of all, they’re available in more than 20 colors to please any kid.
These soft, lightweight jeggings pair well with tees, sweaters, and more. They have a slim fit from the hip to the ankle and feature a comfortable elastic waistband. They also have five pockets to give your child plenty of room to keep their essentials.
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Barbie ’90s Barbie Logo Graphic T-shirt
Thanks to the new Barbie movie, clothing with the popular character is trending. This classic T-shirt offers the best of both worlds — a fun vintage design with the timeless Barbie logo. It’s available in five attractive colors and in sizes for women, men and kids.
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Hey Dude Girls’ Wendy Youth Linen Shoes
These sharp-looking linen shoes are comfortable enough for a full day at school. They have a rounded toe and a flexible design that allows the feet to move freely. They also feature elastic laces, making it easy for kids to slip them on and off.
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Wonder Nation Heart and Unicorn Dresses, 2-Pack
From the first day of school to picture day, there are certain times that students want to wear a dress when heading to classes. Not only is this duo fashionable, but it’s also ideal for budget-minded shoppers since you get two attractive dresses for a reasonable price. You can choose from sizes 4 to 16.
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Other clothing and shoe deals worth checking out
- The Amazon Essentials Zip-Up Hoodie is perfect for layering and features a well-sized kangaroo pocket, so kids can carry small must-have items.
- These Champion Woven Shorts work well for those early back-to-school days when the weather is still hot.
- These Nautica Twill Pants are a dressed-up alternative to jeans. The fabric has some stretch to make them more comfortable for school.
- These Paw Patrol Sneakers are a must-have for fans of the heroic canine characters.
- A comfortable stretch denim jacket by Levi’s can help ward off the fall chill as kids head back to school.
- With a three-button collar and dyed-to-match buttons, this Dickies Polo Shirt gives kids a more polished look for school.
- “Star Wars” fans will appreciate this Amazon Essentials Fleece Pullover Hoodie with Darth Vader artwork.
- Hanes Cotton Briefs are available in affordable multipacks.
- These comfy Epic Threads Skinny Jeans have enough stretch to let kids move easily at school.
- This simple T-shirt with the classic Levi’s logo pairs well with jeans, leggings, and more.
- A pair of comfortable Fila Jogger-Style Sweatpants is perfect for gym days or other events when kids will be active at school.
- If your child’s school requires uniforms, this classic Tommy Hilfiger Sleeveless Jumper is comfortable and stylish.
- These Sperry Washable Sneakers have breathable uppers to keep feet cool and are easy to clean if your kids put them through the wringer.
- Kids can wear these DKNY Leggings on their own with tunic-style tops or under skirts or shorts for extra coverage.
- This classic oxford collar button-down shirt by Tommy Hilfiger is a perfect base piece for a school uniform.
- A comfortable Polo Ralph Lauren Cable-Knit Cardigan can layer well over T-shirts, button-downs, and more.
- Stock up now on Nike Ankle Socks and you’ll have plenty for your youngster when classes begin.
- A pair of soft, stretchy straight-leg jeans by The Children’s Place is a school wardrobe staple that kids can wear with T-shirts, hoodies, and sweaters.
- These classic Timberland Boots are ideal for wet, muddy school days.
- These super-soft Hanes Long-Sleeve T-shirts make excellent transition pieces as the weather cools at the start of the school year.
College and dorm life
Most college dorms have twin XL beds, so it can be trickier to find bedding in the correct size. This comforter set comes in twin XL and features a comforter and matching pillow sham. It’s available in 24 colors, including gray and aqua.
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Coffee-loving students will appreciate having a quick way to make coffee so they don’t have to pick some up before class. Since the K-Mini is a pod coffee maker, there’s no hot plate, so it’s allowed in most dorms.
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Dorm rooms can sometimes be stuffy or musty, but an air purifier improves air quality, making them more pleasant places to spend time. This model is also great for filtering out airborne allergens. It’s energy-efficient and quiet, so you can run it all night.
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Highland Dunes Pettis Rattan Accent Chair
This chair doesn’t take up a lot of space, which makes it a good option for a dorm dweller. But don’t let the size fool you, as it has a thick cushion that’s soft and comfortable. The stylish round design is available in 18 colors.
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Bose Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones 700
One of the latest versions of over-the-ear headphones by Bose, the 700 wireless model stands out for offering 11 noise canceling settings so you can block out sounds in noisy areas. The trim design is lightweight and comfortable to wear. Another feature busy students love is the battery life, which lasts as long as 35 hours with each full charge.
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Other college and dorm life deals worth checking out
- A Black and Decker Dustbuster Handheld Vacuum is perfect for cleaning up small messes and keeping your dorm room clean and tidy.
- Attmu Mesh Shower Caddies are perfect for toting toiletries into shared bathrooms and storing them between uses.
- Large laundry hampers by HomeHacks feature reinforced handles for holding dirty clothes and transporting them to the laundry room.
- This digital alarm clock by Jall will help you get to class on time, even if your phone dies during the night.
- A Hydro Flask Reusable Water Bottle with an integrated straw makes it easy to stay hydrated in your dorm room, in class and when you’re out and about.
- Simple Houseware Over-Door Pocket Organizers help make the most of the limited space available in dorm rooms.
- A compact fabric steamer by Conair easily removes wrinkles from creased clothing without the need to find space for a bulky ironing board.
- Silver Buffalo Ramen Bowl and Chopstick Sets with “The Mandalorian,” “Star Wars” and Marvel designs to make eating instant noodles more of an event
- Dash Miniature Waffle Makers not only cook waffles but also hash browns, quesadillas, cookies and more.
- A set of Ailtec Glass Food Storage Containers will keep food fresh in the fridge and come in handy for packing lunches.
- This Goodfill Silicone Microwave Popcorn Maker is great for quick healthy snacking and spicing up movie night with roommates and neighbors.
- Quick-drying Shower Shoez will help dorm dwellers avoid getting foot fungus or stepping on something nasty in shared shower blocks.
- The JBL Flip Bluetooth Speaker is an excellent device for listening to music in your dorm or out on the lawn around campus.
- A Goodful Travel Mug makes it possible to pour yourself a coffee and head straight out of the door if you’re running late for class.
- The American Soft Linen Towel Set contains bath sheets, hand towels and washcloths to cover all your bases.
- This organic cotton Lane Linen Twin XL Sheet Set includes bedding essentials that are breathable, comfortable, and wash well.
- A quality Nest Reed Diffuser will come in handy since scented candles aren’t allowed in most dorms
School supplies
The Happy Planner 18-Month Daily Planner
Keeping track of assignment due dates and after-school activities is easy with a daily planner. This one is designed for 18 months and has ample space to fill in and organize daily activities on each date. It also has an appealing pattern.
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Samsill Earth’s D-ring View Binder, Four-pack
Kids always need binders for projects, assignments, and other important documents. Each of the binders in this pack of four has the capacity for 350 sheets of paper. They’re made of recycled and renewable materials, which makes them a good choice for eco-conscious students.
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BentoHeaven Premium Bento Lunch Box
With multiple compartments in one convenient unit, this bento lunch box makes it possible to pack a nutritious lunch with several courses. The lids feature silicone seals to prevent leaks. It includes a compartment for storing utensils.
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HP DeskJet 2755e Wireless All-in-One Printer
Students who like the convenience of being able to print their assignments at home will appreciate the features that this versatile printer has to offer. It’s compact, affordable, and has built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile printing. It’s able to print in black and white and color, and it comes with a six-month subscription of Instant Ink to support these capabilities while saving money.
Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Graphics Calculator
When it comes to classes such as algebra, geometry, and statistics, a standard calculator just won’t do. The TI-84 graphics calculator is packed with features for solving complicated equations. Its impressive features include a lightweight build, a large and vivid screen, a rechargeable battery and a choice of several colors.
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Other school supply deals worth checking out
- Bostich Twist-n-Sharp Pencil Sharpeners are perfect for keeping pencil tips sharp and ready to work.
- Classic Paper Mate EverStrong Number 2 Pencils come in handy for numerous types of schoolwork
- A SanDisk Ultra Flair Flash Drive is what you need for saving important assignments and working on them on school and home computers
- Kinia Hand Sanitizer comes in fun keychain holders and keeps germs at bay.
- A cloud-driven model, the Rocketbook Reusable Notebook features pages that wipe clean with ease.
- Hammermill Printer Paper is a top-quality option for printing important assignments from a home printer.
- The Bentgo Classic Bento Box has numerous compartments for keeping food items separated until lunchtime.
- A Trapper Keeper has lots of space for assignments and a cool throwback design.
- Multiple Five Star Spiral Notebooks are great for students who need one for each class for taking notes, writing assignments, and more.
- These Crayola Washable Paints are made for art class.
- Small packets of Lesbin Tissues are simple to stash in bags, backpacks or pockets.
- A budget-friendly pack of 40 Bic Mechanical Pencils is likely to last all school year.
- Emoji erasers by Mr. Pen are great for kids to use, share and collect
- The Five Star Zippered Binder provides extra protection for important assignments and paperwork.
- Bulk Crayola Crayons are perfect for kindergartners and young art students.
- A set of Learning Resources Calculators will inspire kids to learn math.
- AdTech Dot Glue Runner Tape is effective and easy to use when adhesive is required for class projects
Computers and tech
Apple 12.6-Inch iPad Pro, 6th Gen
An iPad is a versatile tablet computer that’s great for creative individuals. A student can use one for writing papers, taking notes, keeping track of assignments, doing research, and more. However, they’re also excellent tools that allow a student to flex their creative muscles when it comes to making art, movies, and musical compositions. If you are going to invest in one, we recommend the latest 6th generation model that has the fast iPadOS with an M2 chip, a gorgeous display and secure Face ID.
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The Galaxy Tab S8 is a popular Samsung tablet that features Microsoft 365 integration, which lets your student work on Excel, PowerPoint, and Word files. The all-day battery means the student won’t have to worry about running out of power halfway through the day, and the S pen is the company’s fastest, most responsive model to date.
Apple AirPods Pro Wireless Earbuds
Wireless earbuds that have active noise cancellation, like the Apple AirPods Pro, are great for a student. They can block out environmental noise and allow them to focus on their studies. Additionally, they can be used to listen to educational podcasts or instructional videos. If the student needs to hear what’s going on around them, they can switch to transparency mode. What’s more, the second-generation AirPods Pro have been revamped to deliver even better sound than the previous generation.
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A quality webcam is essential for remote learning and study groups that can’t meet up in the same physical space. This model lets you remove, blur, or replace your background without a green screen. It offers 1080p video calling and records at 30 fps. The camera also has HD lighting adjustment and autofocus, so you always look your best, even in low-light settings.
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Other computer and tech deals worth checking out
- This award-winning Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is ultra-thin yet impact-resistant, making it great for the on-the-go life of a student.
- An Apple iPad mini is the perfect size for carrying to class, so you’re always prepared for learning.
- When you need to quickly and securely back up your work, the SanDisk iXpand Flash Drive is an excellent option.
- For the student who only wants the very best, the Apple MacBook Pro is the only way to go.
- When it comes time to charge your MacBook Pro, only the MacBook Pro Charger can accomplish the task.
- The Asus Chrome Book Flip is a capable machine that offers four convenient viewing modes: tablet, tent, stand, and laptop.
- An ergonomic Amazon Basics Wireless PC Mouse can help protect a student’s hands when they’re engaged in long hours of work.
- The Logitech Wave is an ergonomic keyboard can help keep a student focused on assignments without worrying about developing aches and pains in the hand and wrist.
- The Fire 7 Kids tablet is a great way to jump-start that thirst of curiosity and love of learning at an early age.
- Believe it or not, an Echo Dot is an extraordinary educational tool that can function as a tutor who’s available whenever you call their name
- The HP Pavilion Plus Laptop is a speedy device with ample storage.
- For the ultimate in durability and portability, consider a waterproof, foldable silicone keyboard like this model by Sungwoo.
- Lenovo’s Chromebook S330 Laptop is a choice option for students on a tight budget.
- Students who learn better by listening will love this remarkable Scanmarker Handheld Scanner that can scan and read pages of text to make learning more natural.
Backpacks and storage
Since it’s designed with premium vegan leather on the bottom and trims, those searching for an eco-friendly option will appreciate this backpack. A 15-inch padded pocket secures and protects a laptop, while the flap pocket is helpful for organizing cords and other electronic accessories.
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Fjallraven Kanken Classic Backpack
With over 35 color combinations and a trendy silhouette, students can finally get a backpack that expresses their style. At 16 liters, it has enough room for every product on the back-to-school checklist. Plus, it features a two-way zipper for functionality and a rain flap for protection.
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The North Face Borealis School Laptop Backpack
From school to sports practice to commuting, this backpack features the brand’s flex vent technology to ensure breathability and support. Fill it to the brim with art supplies, tech, or clothing, thanks to its 28-liter capacity and durable padded pockets. You can choose from a nice selection of colors and patterns to suit any student.
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Herschel Heritage Classic 21.5-Liter Backpack
This backpack is lined with Herschel Supply’s signature red and white striped polyester for a flashy surprise. With a classic silhouette and diamond details, it won’t ever go out of style. It also features an interior sleeve pocket and a media pocket with a headphone port.
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Other backpack and storage deals worth checking out
- A padded Puma Backpack with adjustable straps will stay comfortable, even when carrying must-have supplies from morning to night.
- For a lightweight and compact option, the HotStyle Backpack has an 18-liter capacity.
- Some students may prefer the style of this Sweetbriar Classic Vintage Canvas Messenger Bag for its versatility and spacious main compartment.
- This Dakine 25-Liter Backpack has a large enough capacity to carry textbooks for a full day of classes or traveling between multiple campuses.
- The HP Renew Backpack is designed from recycled plastic bottles and is built to protect must-have electronics.
- Get the style of this 100% leather messenger bag by Oak Leathers with three pockets to organize electronics and other accessories.
- The High Sierra Loop Backpack is stylish and packed with pockets.
- A Nike Backpack that puts a new twist on a classic favorite with additional features and pockets
- A mini version of the trendy and durable Fjallraven Kanken is ideal for young children or those seeking a compact alternative.
- This leather, waterproof, and scratch-resistant Egoelife Canvas Messenger Bag has convenient adjustable and detachable shoulder straps.
- Simple Modern Kids Backpacks come in an abundance of fun designs including unicorns, bold color patterns and Disney themes.
- Styles always come back around, and this Vans Old Skool backpack is one that never stops being trendy.
- A totepack modeled after the popular Fjallraven Kanken backpack that can be worn as a backpack or carried over the shoulder.
- This Timbuk2 Classic Messenger Bag makes it easy to do just about anything, including commuting or rushing in between classes.
- This Patagonia Tote Pack is made of water-repellent fabric that shields textbooks, laptops, and tablets from the elements.
- A waterproof and stylish travel school backpack by Himawari is made of eco-friendly canvas.
- This tech-friendly laptop backpack by Matein is made with an external USB port, padded pocket and anti-theft back pocket for valuables.
- This Dakine Backpack is both affordable and practical.
- A durable and water-repellent Carhartt Backpack is tough enough to last through just about anything
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Coloradans are probably wondering what to make of the Inflation Reduction Act. Is it a reckless tax and spend scheme that includes teeth in the form of 86,000 new IRS agents, or is it a fiscally responsible way to save us from the worsening global warming crisis?
First, yes, the title is ridiculous — it isn’t likely to reduce inflation by any significant measure, although it will reduce health insurance costs for those buying their plans on the ACA marketplace with a continuation of increased subsidies.
A far more accurate title would be the Renewable Energy Incentives and Tax Reform Bill.
The bottom line is that the legislation will do some demonstrable good in helping the U.S. transition away from fossil fuels, and we don’t think you have to worry too much about the additional funding to the IRS … unless there’s something big in your tax record that you’d rather the IRS not know about, you scofflaws.
Also, the bill is paid for with a much-needed 15% minimum corporate tax on companies with more than $1 billion in profit. What that means is even if some of America’s largest corporations have found clever ways to reduce their tax bill far below the 21% rate, they will still pay a minimum of 15% (with a few caveats and deductions).
The bill net reduces the annual deficit (how much our $30.6 trillion national debt increases by each year) by around $300 billion. A good chunk of that reduction comes from Medicare finally being empowered to negotiate drug prices, so it’s a theoretical savings for now.
Compare that reduction, however, to the 2017 reconciliation bill, Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and almost immediately caused a huge increase — from 3% of GDP in 2016 to 4.6% in 2019 — in the federal deficit, long before COVID wreaked havoc on our economy and federal spending. Today our deficit sits at an unhealthy 12.1% of GDP, higher even than the last economic crisis spending.
The bill attempts to reduce carbon emissions to slow global warming with a three-pronged approach: incentives for manufacturers of solar panels, wind turbines, and other green technologies; incentives for families to reduce their carbon footprints; and an excise tax (read penalty or fine) on methane emissions which are 25 times more heat-trapping in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide.
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, who helped keep the lines of negotiation open with the needed Democrat hold-out vote, Sen. Joe Manchin, says the bill will be a turning point.
“The goal of this bill was to use the power of the market to drive a transition. We are going to call this someday the great transition, and we are going to look back on 2021-2022 as the tipping point,” Hickenlooper said in a meeting with The Denver Post on Wednesday. “We are going to scale when you look at $100 billion as incentives for wind and solar. We’re going to attract large investment companies. We’re talking about huge amounts of clean energy at a lower cost.”
Hickenlooper’s optimism is contagious. He talks about a revival of bipartisanship in the Senate with such hope — Sen. Mitt Romney came to his rescue when he and his wife, Robin Pringle, needed a place to quarantine during their bout with COVID. Manchin’s requirements for the bill were quite reasonable, as Hickenlooper tells it, including common sense measures like putting an income cap on tax incentives for electric vehicles and home efficiency improvements.
However, while we would like to trust that the $100 billion offered to green energy manufacturing efforts will be put to effective use by corporate America, we’ve seen too much fraud and graft with corporate incentives to celebrate too enthusiastically. We still remember Obama’s $80 billion green energy investment, which suffered so many failures, including the collapse of Solyndra after it received a $500 million loan guarantee, that it eclipsed any successful ventures.
Whether or not the bill is a colossal waste of taxpayer money or if it ushers in a new green economy will depend in large part on who gets the incentives, how honest they are, and how successful their enterprise is in bringing down the cost and improving the technology of green energy.
We also recognize, however, that Congress had to do something, and doing something has not been Congress’ strong point of late.
Hickenlooper did well to keep the ball moving forward, and perhaps corporate America will rise to the task of using our taxpayer dollars wisely and effectively. We are hopeful because there is no alternative to hope.
In the end, we hope Coloradans view the bill as a fiscally responsible step in the right direction for a government that hasn’t been able to take a step in many years.
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Rebels add first high school recruit for 2023
UNLV men’s basketball has added a second recruit to its 2023 class.
Brooklyn Hicks, a 6-foot-3-inch guard from Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, committed to the Rebels on Wednesday, sources close to the team confirmed. He chose UNLV over offers from Cincinnati, Oregon State, Washington State, Saint Mary’s, UNR and Rice.
Hicks averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior at Timberline, just northeast of Olympia, Washington. He spent the past summer playing with Seattle Rotary EYBL, one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier AAU programs.
First-year UNLV assistant Jamaal Williams spent five seasons coaching Seattle Rotary before making the jump to collegiate basketball in 2021.
The guard’s commitment comes after UNLV landed 2023 junior college forward Robert Whaley from the College of Southern Idaho on Monday. Hicks is the first high school commit for the Rebels’ 2023 class.
Contact reporter Andy Yamashita at ayamashita@reviewjournal.com. Follow @ANYamashita on Twitter. | 2022-10-20T01:25:33+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-basketball/rebels-add-first-high-school-recruit-for-2023-2660642/ |
The Lima Youth Orchestra took to the stage for their final concert for this season. The Youth Orchestra is made up from students in the Lima area that had to audition to be part of the group. For 53 years, the group has helped provide additional music education for young musicians outside of their school district. For their final concert, the students took on symphonic classics like “The Entertainer” and “The 1812 Overture’. This is the first season back since the pandemic put a halt on performances. So, for the seniors, they only had one or two years with the group, but they have memories that will stay with them for a lifetime.
“We really bounced back this year and I feel like we have a really, really, really good group of people, they are amazing,” says Mattie Huber, a Trumpet player from Cory-Rawson School District. “I love it. Dr. (Sarah) Waters and Mr. (Joseph) MacBenn are amazing. For the children’s concert, we would go and talk to kids, and we would play our instruments in the audience. It was really, really cool and I just really loved it.”
“I have to say we are united. Because whenever we are at rehearsal or anything, it feels like we are all together, we know what we are doing, and we sound great. I just feel like it’s been a great time,” adds Nate Hall, Percussionist from Ada High School.
Even though this was their last concert for the year, the Lima Youth Orchestra is not taking a break for long. They have already started student tryouts for next season.
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FELTHAM, Britain (AP) — FELTHAM, Britain (AP) — Nomad Foods Ltd. (NOMD) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $37.9 million.
On a per-share basis, the Feltham, Britain-based company said it had profit of 21 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 34 cents per share.
The frozen foods company posted revenue of $766 million in the period.
Nomad Foods expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.53 to $1.58 per share.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It’s been 90 years, but socialism is back in the Wisconsin Legislature.
After taking their oaths of office Tuesday, two freshman Assembly members made it their first order of business to revive a socialist caucus that has been dormant since the 1930s.
As self-identified democratic socialists — a movement that has been regaining popularity in the U.S. with the help of young Democrats — Reps. Ryan Clancy and Darrin Madison plan to hold their own meetings to advance their policy goals while also caucusing with Assembly Democrats.
In the Republican-controlled Legislature, however, the socialist caucus is a minority within a minority. It’s highly unlikely that either Democrats or the new caucus will have their way on most issues.
Clancy, a Milwaukee County supervisor, was still optimistic about bringing to the Assembly ideas he has successfully pushed for at the local level, such as guaranteed counsel for tenants facing eviction.
“The things that we can get done are things which are common sense and have not been looked at as bipartisan fights,” he said.
But Republicans, predictably, don’t see it that way.
“Socialism has failed everywhere in the world that it has been tried,” Republican Majority Leader Rep. Tyler August said. “It is not what makes our country great.”
Clancy and Madison both hail from districts in Milwaukee, a city with a storied past as home to one of the most prominent socialist movements in the nation’s history.
In 1910, during socialism’s heyday in the United States, Milwaukee sent the first socialist to Congress and was the first major American city to elect a socialist mayor. Two years later, it took Democrats and Republicans joining forces behind a single candidate to oust Mayor Emil Seidel, who went on to run for vice president on a socialist ticket.
“Cities from Reading, Pennsylvania, to cities on the West Coast had prominent socialist politicians, but even in that landscape, Milwaukee stood out,” said Philip Rocco, a professor of political science at Marquette University in Milwaukee.
Socialist politicians sat in the Wisconsin Legislature as early as 1878, according to the Legislative Reference Bureau, but most socialist state lawmakers held office between 1917 and 1935, when the first socialist caucus appeared.
Even after socialism fell under the same McCarthy-era stigma as communism during the 1950s, its visibility persisted in Milwaukee. Mayor Daniel Hoan, the city’s second socialist mayor, held the position for 24 years after taking office in 1916. The city’s third and final socialist mayor, Frank Zeidler, left office in 1960 after serving three terms that overlapped with Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s notorious anticommunist campaign.
The unique, pragmatic approach to socialism that made Milwaukee’s socialist mayors so popular with voters also caused friction with the Socialist Party of America, which had more ideological, revolutionary aims, Rocco said. Milwaukee socialists earned the nickname “sewer socialists” for their practical focus on infrastructure projects and improving public health.
It’s a history Madison and Clancy have embraced, identifying as sewer socialists in their campaigns and touting endorsements from the Milwaukee chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
“We want to continue this legacy and redefine what it means to be a socialist in the state of Wisconsin,” Madison said.
That means, in Clancy’s words, focusing on “unsexy” policy as the socialist lawmakers of the early 1900s did. At the top of the fledgling caucus’s list of priorities are addressing issues with youth prisons and the prison system, improving access to child care and pushing to make utilities public resources.
August said most of those issues would be “nonstarters” for Assembly Republicans but that his caucus was open to working with lawmakers on the left.
Branding themselves as socialists hasn’t always been easy, Madison and Clancy said, especially on the campaign trail where socialism has become a dirty word. Even in the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee, where Clancy ran unopposed and Madison’s only challenger was in a partisan primary, the socialist label was often a tough sell to voters.
“There were folks who were really close to me and cared about me who knew that carrying this label would put a target on my back,” Madison said. “They heavily encouraged me, ‘Don’t do it. Be a socialist internally, but don’t push that out into the world.’”
Madison and Clancy’s victories mirror a national resurgence in democratic socialism’s popularity over the past decade, with longtime stalwarts of the movement like Sen. Bernie Sanders joining U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a younger generation drawn to socialist ideals under Trump-era immigration and economic policies.
But Rocco said Milwaukee is once again uniquely fertile ground for the ideology.
“This was where this form of municipal socialism kind of proved itself not just as a possible model of government, but as a model of government that earned the city the moniker of one of the best-run cities in the United States,” he said.
The leaders of the Milwaukee chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America report that their membership has grown steadily since re-founding the chapter in 2016. And for an ideology that hasn’t been represented by so much as a single lawmaker at the state level since some 30 years ago, the opportunity to propose legislation, even if it is quickly dismissed by Republicans, is a big one.
“Just the very fact that we can introduce legislation now and propose ideas can move the conversation,” said Alex Brower, the group’s co-chair. “Those things can be really significant.”
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New Machines Optimized with Wi-Fi and Expanded Titles Are Now Available for Pre-Order
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House lawmakers are prepping a bipartisan resolution to condemn China after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the weekend, which ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Though Republicans have sharply criticized the Biden administration for waiting for days as the balloon traveled across the continental U.S. to South Carolina before shooting it down, the resolution is not expected to focus blame on President Biden.
“We want it to be a bipartisan resolution about China, not about us fighting each other,” Rep. Mike McCaul, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told reporters Monday night. “Because it’s too important of an issue, you know. We want to stand strong together against China instead of having our internal fights.”
McCaul said he sent a draft resolution to Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the panel, who has “made his comments.” The two were set to meet Monday evening to “hash it out,” according to McCaul.
He said the resolution could be released as soon as this week.
“Clearly, we’re focused on condemning China for sending a spy balloon into United States territory. Obviously, we have a lot more questions about what happened, and when the administration knew it,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Monday.
“Those are separate questions going on, and we need to have a briefing on it. But in the meantime, we’re trying to get an agreement with” the committees working on the proposal, he added.
Talk of a resolution comes the same week Biden is set to deliver the State of the Union address. McCaul said that event factored into his thinking about whether to write the resolution with a partisan edge.
“My strong recommendation was to make it bipartisan because with the State of the Union, I just think it’s important that we focus on our adversary China, rather than our internal politics or divisions,” he said.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he will get a “gang of eight” intelligence briefing — alongside bipartisan congressional leaders as well as the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence committees — on the Chinese balloon sometime this week. He is pushing for a briefing open to all House members.
McCarthy said his questions will include why the U.S. did not shoot down the balloon earlier, when it was detected, and inquiries about other balloons detected in the past that were only assessed to be balloons later.
Gen. Glen VanHerck, the head of U.S. Northern Command, said Monday that the Defense Department assessed the presence of previous balloons in or near U.S. airspace during the Trump administration after the fact through other means of information collection.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that Biden had authorized the military to take down the balloon last Wednesday, and officials waited to shoot it down over water so the debris would not harm any Americans.
McCarthy was not convinced that there was not a safe way to take down the balloon earlier.
“If you allow them to enter a sovereign nation of America in the airspace, what does that say? I would send a very clear message that you’re never going to enter,” McCarthy said.
“You could do it over Alaska without any problem. You could have done it over northern Idaho. You could have done it in Montana. These are not high populated areas that gave you a lot of opportunity.”
China last week denied that the balloon was spying on the U.S., claiming it was a weather balloon that went off course. | 2023-02-07T02:56:13+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/house-lawmakers-draft-resolution-to-condemn-chinese-spy-balloon/ |
Jonas Brothers have released a new single and revealed an upcoming album and plans to hit Broadway for five shows next month.
Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas announced Friday they’ll use each night at the Marquis Theatre to focus on a different album, including “Jonas Brothers,” “A Little Bit Longer,” “Lines, Vines and Trying Times,” “Happiness Begins” and their upcoming collection due in May, simply called “The Album.” They are scheduled to be on Broadway from March 14-18.
The brothers released the song “Wings” from “The Album,” which is being executive produced by Jon Bellion.
Nick Jonas is no stranger to Broadway, having starred in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” in 2012, as well as roles in “Annie Get Your Gun,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Les Misérables.” He and his wife, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, helped produce the short-lived 2021 play “Chicken & Biscuits.” | 2023-02-25T03:44:19+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/ap-jonas-brothers-announce-new-album-broadway-shows-in-march/ |
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Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. You can still get hot dogs and peanuts at the ballpark, but vendors are also serving up wilder fare. That's true at the University of Miami's home stadium, where your milkshake dreams - or maybe your nightmares - can come true this weekend. How about a buffalo wing shake? It's a vanilla milkshake loaded with chunks of spicy chicken, celery, carrots and hot sauce. And you get to choose to have your milkshake special topped with ranch or blue cheese. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2022-06-13T05:48:06+00:00 | wyomingpublicmedia.org | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-06-03/ballpark-vendors-are-serving-up-wilder-fare-how-about-a-buffalo-wing-shake |
The speaker is usually the person running things in the House of Representatives.
But in the absence of a speaker, that job has fallen to House Clerk Cheryl Johnson.
Johnson has calmly guided proceedings, including doing the time-consuming and repetitive work of calling on lawmakers to make nomination speeches and cast their votes — and announcing the results.
She also reminded them on Thursday to maintain decorum and order, including by refraining "from engaging in personalities toward other members-elect," in brief remarks that were met with a massive round of applause.
Johnson has drawn praise from both sides of the aisle this week for making sure the voting process remains respectful and orderly — despite the fact that the House hasn't even been able to pass rules for its newest session.
When Arkansas Rep. French Hill rose on Thursday to nominate Rep. Kevin McCarthy, he began his speech by thanking Johnson.
"First let me express my deep appreciation, and appreciation of everybody in this room, for the work you're doing, Madame Clerk," he said, prompting a standing ovation from many lawmakers and at least one cry of "Johnson for speaker!"
What is the role of the House clerk?
The Office of the House Clerk says it is responsible for performing administrative functions for the House.
Those include creating and retaining the House Journal, calling new members to order, tracking questions of order and managing the offices of retired or deceased representatives.
Lawmakers vote to elect a House clerk — and other House officers — when a new Congress gathers every two years. That usually happens right after the speaker election — meaning even once the House chooses its speaker, it may go on to nominate and potentially elect a different clerk.
Who is Cheryl Johnson?
Johnson has held the role since 2019, serving in both the 116th and 117th Congress.
The New Orleans native studied journalism and communications at the University of Iowa, holds a law degree from Howard University and completed the senior management program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
She worked in the House for nearly 20 years — serving as counsel for its committee on education and the workforce as well as its subcommittee on libraries and memorials — before spending a decade at the Smithsonian Institution, most recently as the director of the Smithsonian's Office of Government Relations.
Johnson is the fourth woman and second Black person to hold the role of House clerk.
And she's seen plenty of historic moments in her role over the last four years, including two presidential impeachments (she hand-delivered articles of impeachment against former President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2021) and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
What are people saying about Johnson?
Lawmakers have praised Johnson for her steady leadership this week.
"Our clerk has stepped up and reflects our House's best tradition of preparation and dedication to this institution, and we're grateful," Hill said at the beginning of his nomination speech on Thursday.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., also sang Johnson's praises in a tweet on Wednesday.
"Cheryl Johnson, the clerk of the House, for Speaker?" Khanna wrote. "She's been extraordinary without any rules passed and in having some sense of fairness and order."
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader and nominee for speaker, gave Johnson credit at a press conference Thursday.
He called her "a historic figure in her own right" and said she "is doing a very good job under difficult circumstances."
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A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection to a mass shooting in Baltimore.
The shooting happened at a block party on July 2. Police said 30 people were shot. Two of the victims, an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old, died. Those wounded range in age from 13 to 32.
Detectives said they followed up on a lead in the case and executed a search warrant at the 17-year-old's home Friday morning.
He was arrested and initially charged with being a minor in possession of a firearm, possessing an assault weapon and reckless endangerment.
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The July 2 shooting was the worst mass shooting in Baltimore since the riots of the Civil War.
"This was the reckless, cowardly act that happened here and that has permanently altered many lives and cost two people their lives," Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said following the shooting.
Police said on Friday that three of the victims remain in the hospital. They are listed in fair condition.
Investigators believe more people were likely involved in the shooting. There is a reward of up to $28,000 for any information that leads to an arrest and charges. Tipsters who would like to remain anonymous can provide information on the Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland website.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 5:32 a.m. EST Monday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website will provide live coverage of the spacecraft's approach beginning at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9. Cygnus is scheduled to arrive at the space station around 5:05 a.m. Installation coverage will resume at 7:15 a.m. Watch all events at:
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann will use the space station's robotic Canadarm2 to capture Cygnus upon its arrival, while NASA astronaut Josh Cassada monitors telemetry during rendezvous, capture, and installation on the Earth-facing port of the Unity module.
Northrop Grumman's 18th cargo flight to the space station is the seventh under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA. The Cygnus spacecraft, which Northrop Grumman dubbed 'S.S. Sally Ride' after late NASA astronaut, physicist, and first American woman to fly in space, Sally Ride, launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad 0A at Wallops.
The resupply mission will support dozens of the more than 250 investigations that will be conducted during Expedition 68. Included in the scientific investigations are:
The BioFabrication Facility successfully printed a partial human knee meniscus and a large volume of human heart cells during its first trip to space in 2019. Now the facility is returning to the microgravity laboratory with new capabilities to further human tissue printing research. The 3D bioprinter tests whether microgravity enables the printing of tissue samples of higher quality than those printed on the ground. These technologies could be used to help alleviate organ shortages for patients in need of transplants.
Plants exposed to spaceflight undergo changes that involve the addition of extra information to their DNA, which regulates how genes turn on or off but does not change the sequence of the DNA itself. This process is known as epigenetic change. Plant Habitat-03 assesses whether such adaptations in one generation of plants grown in space can transfer to the next generation. The research could inform the development of plants better suited for use on future missions to provide food and other services. Results also could help develop or adapt crops and other economically important plants to grow in marginal and reclaimed habitats on Earth.
Catastrophic mudflows after wildfires can carry heavy boulders and debris downhill, which is dangerous to humans and causes significant damage to infrastructure and watersheds. Post-Wildfire Mudflow Micro-Structure evaluates the composition of these mudflows, which include sand, water, and trapped air. Results could improve understanding of the fundamental mechanisms that govern post-wildfire debris movement, including how mudflows trap air bubbles and carry heavy boulders. This investigation also could help develop and validate models to predict the spread and velocity of debris flows and their effect on houses, other infrastructure, and natural obstacles.
Sponsored by NASA and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and coordinated by ASI, the Modulation of Granulosa and Theca Cells Activity in Microgravity: Consequences for Human Health and Reproduction (OVOSPACE) investigation examines the effect of microgravity on bovine cell cultures, as living for prolonged times in the reduced microgravity environment could impair fertility. OVOSPACE results could improve fertility treatments on Earth and help prepare for future human settlement in space.
The Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Project-5 (BIRDS-5) is a constellation of three CubeSats to be deployed after arrival at the space station: PEARLAFRICASAT-1, the first satellite developed by Uganda; ZIMSAT-1, Zimbabwe's first satellite; and TAKA from Japan. BIRDS-5 performs multispectral observations of Earth using a commercial off-the-shelf camera and demonstrates a high-energy electronic measuring instrument. The statistical data collected could help distinguish bare ground from forest and farmland and possibly indicate the quality of agricultural growth. A cross-border university project, BIRDS provides students from developing nations with hands-on satellite development opportunities, laying a foundation for similar space technology projects in their home countries that ultimately could lead to sustainable space programs there.
These are just a sample of the hundreds of investigations currently conducted aboard the orbiting laboratory in the areas of biology and biotechnology, physical sciences, and Earth and space science. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency's Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.
Cygnus also will deliver a new mounting bracket that astronauts will attach to the starboard side of the station's truss assembly during a spacewalk planned for Tuesday, Nov. 15. The mounting bracket will enable the installation of one of the next pair of new solar arrays later this year.
The spacecraft will remain at the space station until January before it disposes of several thousand pounds of trash through its destructive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
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(ISeeCars) – Pickup trucks have surged in popularity thanks to their capability and versatility. Once perceived as strictly work vehicles, modern-day pickup trucks have evolved to become functional family haulers thanks to improvements in comfort and safety. In fact, the top three most popular cars are pickup trucks, proving that they appeal to drivers hauling families, heavy loads, and everything in between.
Pickup trucks account for 16.6 percent of all vehicles on the road, though they are far more popular in some states than others. Here is a ranking of states by their share of light-duty pickup trucks:
- Wyoming is the state with the most pickup trucks and has 2.3 more pickup trucks on the road than the average state. Known as “the Cowboy State,” Wyoming is a Western Rocky Mountain state that requires off-road and all-weather capability thanks to unpaved roads, rugged terrain, and harsh winters.
- Texas, which leads the nation in pickup truck sales volume, ranks 25th in the nation for the state’s total vehicle share.
- The top 10 states with the highest share of pickup trucks are all mountainous states.
- New Jersey has the lowest share of pickup trucks at 8.0 percent, which is half the national average.
- Florida, Illinois, and Delaware, some of the flattest states in the country, are among the states with the lowest share of pickup trucks.
- With the exception of Illinois, the 10 states with the lowest shares of pickup trucks are all coastal states.
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iSeeCars.com analyzed over 1.9 million used car sales from June 2021 through May 2022. The shares of light-duty pickup trucks within each US state were calculated and used as ranking metrics across states.
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Pioneer in Yoga Expanding Mission Through Increased Accessibility and Focus on Community
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, North America's leading yoga retreat center and educational non-profit, is celebrating its 50th year serving people and communities to realize their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga.
Founded in 1972 based on the core teachings of Swami Kripalu, writer, teacher and inspirational speaker, Kripalu – which means compassion – has played a leading role in driving the evolution of yoga in the West. Originally based in Pennsylvania, Kripalu relocated to its permanent location in the Berkshires in 1983 on a 125-acre property in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Today, Kripalu serves thousands of guests each year through in person retreats, programs, and trainings at its Center as well as online through live and on demand programs.
As Kripalu celebrates its past and looks ahead to the future, the organization will host a series of "Summer Wisdom Chats" to engage current and future guests with its mission and vision. These free online conversations will each feature former and current Kripalu faculty, who will discuss Kripalu's milestones of the last 50 years. Dates, topics, and guests will include:
- June 26 at 7PM ET: "Pilgrim on the Path of Love" featuring Stephen Cope, Kripalu Scholar Emeritus and best-selling author well known for making the practice of yoga accessible to the mainstream reader, and Kevin "Moose" Foran who has been with Kripalu since its inception and will discuss Swami Kripalu's legacy of love.
- July 31 at 7PM ET: "In Service to the Collective" featuring Legacy Faculty Member Aruni Nan Futuronsky and Dr. Rasmani Orth who will speak about Kripalu's legacy of service and community and what the next 50 years of service looks like for the organization.
- August 28 at 7PM ET: "Living From the Wisdom of Silence" featuring Kripalu faculty members Edi Pasalis and Jess Frey who facilitate the popular Kripalu Silent Retreat will speak about the power of silence and how it deepens our awareness and opens us to the fullness of life.
Then, on September 17th, Kripalu will commemorate its 50th anniversary with a live streamed panel discussion from its beloved Main Hall on campus. This discussion will be hosted by Kripalu CEO Robert Mulhall and feature Scholar Emeritus Stephen Cope, Lead Faculty Member Monique Schubert and other leaders in yoga and mindfulness to discuss Kripalu's focus on personal and societal transformation and vision for the future.
Learn more about Kripalu's 50th anniversary, history, timeline, and upcoming events at Kripalu.org/50.
"For 50 years, Kripalu has been a beacon of love and community for those who have sought healing and transformation," said Robert Mulhall, CEO, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. "As we look ahead, we are committed to increasing the accessibility and reach of the practices of yoga. Together we will move closer toward our vision of a world united in service to well-being, justice, and peace."
Kripalu's leadership team and Board of Trustees developed a new strategic plan for the organization in 2020. As part of Kripalu's new purpose – to ignite personal and societal transformation – the organization is championing several new initiatives focused on accessibility, equity, and social impact.
Toward the goal of expanding access to its mission and practices, in 2021 Kripalu engaged members of its faculty with many of the world's yoga luminaries, thought leaders and wellness experts to create Kripalu Online Live and On-Demand Programs. These programs focused on topics including yoga, mindfulness, cooking, wellness, and social justice. Today, Kripalu Online Programs engage people across the U.S. and in 50+ countries. Additionally, Kripalu introduced a tiered based pricing model for many of its online programs allowing those who may be experiencing financial difficulties access to these workshops.
As Kripalu looks to the future, it is committed to upholding its new equity statement to reaffirm its commitment to inclusivity and accessibility world-wide. The intention behind Kripalu's equity work is to ensure that anyone who wants access to what Kripalu has to offer is able to obtain it, feel like they belong as part of our community, are seen in their fullness, and that their personal growth process is supported.
An example of this practice of equity in action was Kripalu's leadership of the free online series, "Amplify the Voices of the Global Majority." Donor-funded, this powerful series of programs brought together changemakers from around the globe focused on dismantling inequity and harm, stewarding the planet, and prioritizing the collective well-being.
In 2017, Kripalu introduced RISE™, a social-impact program to bring stress-resilience training to frontline providers and leadership in some of the most critical social institutions in North America: human services organizations, K–12 schools, correctional facilities, law enforcement, and healthcare.
Looking to the future, Kripalu is expanding its RISE program to extend its impact on workplace productivity, charities, and social change agents:
- Non-Profits: Kripalu's new "Non-Profit Leadership Program" supports the inner and outer leadership development of nonprofit leaders. Additionally, with support from the Yawkey Foundation, Kripalu has partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Boston to offer RISE to staff and children.
- Social Activists: Kripalu is hosting "Activists-in-Residence" retreats for people working for change to societal issues to help them care for themselves and return to work with fresh clarity and energy.
Kripalu has served 25,000 guests since re-opening its campus in August 2021.
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to serving people and communities in realizing their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga. Founded in 1972 and located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Kripalu is the leading yoga retreat center in North America. As the field leader in whole-person education for body, mind, heart, and spirit, Kripalu offers onsite and online programs and retreats across a wide range of topics including yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, cooking, outdoor mindfulness, social, and environmental justice. For more information, visit www.kripalu.org.
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Americans increase spending modestly in June as inflation eases and the job market remains strong
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans increased their spending last month as inflation eased in many areas and the job market remained remarkably strong.
Retail sales rose 0.2% from May to June, following a revised 0.5% increase the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
While the headline number of 0.2% was a bit weaker than expected, economists on Tuesday were focused on the number that excludes volatile autos, gas, building materials and food services, which rose a solid 0.6% in June. That 0.6% figure is what is fed into the government’s measure of economic growth, and it’s a fairly strong spending number.
Sales at grocery stores fell 0.7%, while business at clothing stores rose 0.6%. At restaurants, sales rose 0.1%. Online sales rose 1.9%. Sales at electronics stores and at furniture and home furnishings stores registered surprisingly solid gains after a recent pullback.
The uptick in sales follows an increase in May that pointed to an economy that remains resilient despite rising prices. Yet spending has been volatile this year after surging nearly 3% in January. Sales tumbled in February and March before recovering in April and May.
“While they continue to spend, the June retail sales report suggests that consumers are becoming more thoughtful with their purchases,” wrote Oren Klachkin, U.S economist at Oxford Economics. He pointed to the labor market losing some momentum, declining savings, and interest rates that have made borrowing money or using credit cards more expensive.
There is already early evidence of a pushback from consumers that is being reflected in financial reports from some of the country’s biggest food producers.
Consumers, whose spending accounts for about 70% of all U.S. economic activity, have been the engine behind the economic recovery from a slowdown during the pandemic. Government relief checks, the suspension of student loan payments and super-low interest rates helped.
Demand outpaced what factories could produce and what ports and freight yards could handle, leading to shortages, delays – and skyrocketing prices.
That gave companies “abnormal power to push up prices’' and pass higher costs along to consumers – clout they hadn’t had for decades, Simon MacAdam, senior global economist at Capital Economics, wrote last month.
That dynamic has shifted, however.
Low interest rates are long gone: The Federal Reserve began aggressively hiking rates in March 2022. The student loan moratorium – which allowed Americans to divert money that used to go to loan payments to dinners out and new furniture – ends later this year.
And the savings that Americans had stashed away at the peak of the pandemic — when they were receiving government relief checks and saving money while hunkered down at home — are vanishing. Fed researchers have reported that consumers depleted their excess’ savings in the first three months of 2023.
All of which means that consumers may no longer be willing – or able – to tolerate elevated prices as overall inflation dips.
U.S. data on prices, the most recent arriving last week, showed that consumer inflation reached its lowest point since early 2021 last month. Prices rose just 0.2% from May to June thanks to easing costs for gasoline, airline fares, used cars and groceries. Inflation is just up 3% over the last 12 months. But Americans still face surging prices for some goods and services as well, like auto insurance.
Ryan Dixon, who recently moved from Florida to a farm in Hillsboro, Tennessee, said he didn’t notice prices increasing as much in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 relief payments he was getting from the government. But as that money ran low, it became clear that he needed to find new ways to cut spending.
Now, he keeps track of the coupons in the Target and Walmart apps, scours the grocery aisles for deals on meat and buys store-brand canned goods.
“I’m not buying Del Monte and Green Giant anymore. I’m buying the Walmart brand,” he said.
There are a handful of brands he loves and won’t substitute, like his Mountain Dew sodas. But he is looking for cheaper alternates almost everywhere else.
“I never thought I would shop like my mother,” Dixon said. “But if I don’t have a coupon for it, I don’t get it.”
Those kinds of every day decisions are beginning to show up in the financial performance of major food producers.
Conagra Brands, which makes Slim Jim beef jerky and Duncan Hines cake mix and more, said during a fourth-quarter earnings call last week that smaller price increases have not translated to higher sales volume. That is a quick turn from the third quarter when price increases __ which topped 15% that quarter __ did not dent demand.
“It’s not a trade down within individual categories to lower-priced alternatives. It looks, optically, more like a cutting back and what I call hunkering down,” Conagra CEO Sean Connolly told analysts. “And one thing I know for sure, people aren’t eating less. So they’re making choices to manage their budget.”
PepsiCo, which makes Ryan Dixon’s MountainDew, said last week that higher prices lifted the company’s revenue in the second quarter but consumer demand has faded. The company said that price increases could start to moderate in the second half of this year.
Stew Leonard Jr., president and CEO of Stew Leonard’s, a supermarket chain that operates stores in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, said that he’s told the big consumer product companies that he wouldn’t accept any more price increases because he believes customers have reached a tipping point.
“Enough is enough,” said Leonard, who said he’s being a little more flexible with beef and chicken suppliers, which are typically family owned.
The chain has been expanding its private label business to offer more affordable choices to shoppers, including ice cream, tortilla chips and potato chips.
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AP Economics Writer Wiseman reported from Washington. AP Economics Writer Chris Rugaber contributed to this story.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-18T14:23:39+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/07/18/americans-increase-spending-modestly-june-inflation-eases-job-market-remains-strong/ |
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Wegmans grocery chain issued a voluntary recall on a list of products Tuesday due to potential Salmonella contamination.
The products include Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Micro Greens, Wegmans Organic Baby Kale & Baby Spinach with Sweet Pea Leaves, and Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Cat Grass. A full list of products impacted by the recall can be found here.
According to Wegmans, the voluntary recall is being issued as a precaution after some of the soil they were grown in tested positive for Salmonella. That soil was provided by one of Wegmans’ organic farms in Ithaca, New York and was tested by the supplier.
Customers can return the items for a full refund.
Anyone who bought the products using a Shopper’s Club card will be alerted about the recall by phone. Those with questions can call 1-855-934-3663. | 2022-12-28T18:06:55+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/health-2/wegmans-recalls-greens-over-salmonella-risk/ |
Initiative Provides Families the Most-Needed Information, Resources Before, During & After Pregnancy
Kick-off event "It Starts With Mom Live" to feature Kelly Rowland as Keynote Speaker
ARLINGTON, Va., May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- March of Dimes, the leading organization fighting for the health of all moms and babies, today announced its third annual It Starts With Mom campaign with a series of activities beginning May 5 and continuing throughout the year, including its signature event, It Starts With Mom Live. Alongside singer, actor, producer and author Kelly Rowland and participating speakers and partners, It Starts With Mom Live will bring together moms, families, leading health experts and celebrities to discuss issues important to moms today.
It Starts With Mom, which is nationally sponsored by Clearblue, The Honest Company and EMD Serono, serves as an education opportunity to provide the latest maternal health information and resources for moms at each stage of pregnancy and new motherhood at ItsStartsWithMom.org. In a new survey commissioned by March of Dimes, and conducted by Harris Poll, 6 out of 10 women 18-years or older said they have little to no knowledge of mental health issues women face during pregnancy and childbirth. Similarly, 60% of women were unaware of the problems new moms face with postpartum care and support. These insights helped guide the development of health education materials for It Starts with Mom around mental health, birth trauma/healing, sex after pregnancy, and finances and work, as 9 out of 10 people believe March of Dimes can make a difference in health problems that are risks to moms during pregnancy and childbirth.
The theme for It Starts With Mom 2022 is "Mom's Firsts – Celebrating Parental Milestones." Parental milestones are not always recognized as much as milestones in childhood, but every milestone a child achieves starts with mom. It Starts With Mom will flip the script and instead celebrate the importance of parental milestones, from the first birthing class to the first diaper change.
"We all love our babies and while it's natural to focus on celebrating them, it's important for us to also celebrate moms. The fact is that childbirth and childrearing in the United States can be tremendously challenging, and we want to make sure parents know that we're here to support them over the course of their pregnancy journey," said Stacey D. Stewart, President and CEO of March of Dimes. "Whether a mom is expecting her first or fourth child, It Starts With Mom will celebrate, educate and support moms every step of the way."
The third annual It Starts With Mom Live will premiere on May 5 at 11 a.m. ET. The virtual event, which will be streamed across March of Dimes YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitch and Twitter channels, will feature a fireside chat between Rowland and moderator and podcast host Kanika Chadda-Gupta, who will discuss the everyday struggles of mothers worldwide and set the table for panel discussions on how we can put mothers first in every aspect of their lives. Additional discussions include: "Managing the Motherload: How to Put Mom's Health First in the Post-Pandemic World;" "Reimaging the Workplace: How to Put Moms First at Work;" and "Improving the Future: How to Advocate For Moms and Babies Everywhere." Lifestyle Mentor and Wellness Coach Dai Manuel will also join the program as a special guest.
"I'm so excited to be a part of It Starts With Mom. As a mother of two, I know all about the difficulties that mothers face every day, and that's why March of Dimes is an organization that is very near to my heart," said Rowland. "Moms are strong, powerful and resilient. It Starts With Mom is an opportunity for us all to celebrate that fact and turn our attention to supporting the moms out there that need a reminder."
As part of It Starts With Mom, March of Dimes unveiled its new baby shower program, offering baby showers to mothers in need to celebrate this milestone moment in a mom's life. Additionally, as part of an ongoing partnership with Mom 2.0, March of Dimes recently served as a cause partner for the Mom 2.0 Summit, a three-day event connecting organizations and brands with today's parents. The partnership with Mom 2.0 also focuses on opportunities to build community, share relevant health information and connect with families throughout the year through It Starts With Mom.
For more information, and to register for It Starts With Mom Live, visit ItsStartsWithMom.org.
About March of Dimes
March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We support research, lead programs and provide education and advocacy so that every baby can have the best possible start. Building on a successful 80-year legacy of impact and innovation, we empower every mom and every family.
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Skyline is now the official name for Honolulu’s rail system which opens its first segment to the public in West Oahu at the end of June.
City officials say they hope the name, Skyline, will be a fresh start for the nearly $10 billion project that has crossed four mayoral administrations, was long overdue and over-budget, and does not, as originally envisioned, run to Ala Moana Shopping Center or the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
According to the city’s Department of Transportation Services Deputy Director Jon Nouchi, the city’s rail line never had an official name.
“Other than what our Federal Transit Administration partners officially recognized as the ‘Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project,’ and I think everybody just calls it rail,” Nouchi said, during a news conference at Honolulu Hale this morning.
He added finding the name Skyline — a reference, in part, to the expansive view planes riders aboard the city’s elevated train system will see along the West Oahu corridor — was a five-year effort that involved hundreds of possible names for the system and feedback from many focus groups. City officials said the Native Hawaiian community was also consulted.
To help find the right name, Honolulu also looked to the names of existing rail systems found elsewhere in the country including BART in San Francisco, DART in Dallas and the Metro in Washington, D.C.
Here at home, Nouchi said other possible names like TheTrain, Hoku, Moku, Kui, Ilima, and even Rail were toyed with but eventually discarded.
“Skyline,” Nouchi added, “this name just fits, and feels right to us.”
The branding of the Skyline is also expected to feature the artistic likeness of the city’s official bird — the manu-o-Ku, or white fairy tern — around the rail system including having the image of the once-endangered bird imprinted on what riders will have to use to access Skyline, the HOLO card.
On May 10, Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced that the first 11-mile phase of the city’s rail line — from East Kapolei to Aloha Stadium — will officially begin interim passenger operations at 2 p.m. June 30, with a grand opening celebration at the Halawa rail station that will feature dignitaries and entertainment slated for earlier in the day, the city says. | 2023-06-17T00:22:14+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/06/16/breaking-news/city-officials-give-honolulu-rail-system-an-official-name/ |
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) Finally, some measurable rain fell across CNY Saturday afternoon and evening. Ready for the best part of the weekend? Details are below.
Welcomed rain is moving out tonight
After nearly two weeks without any measurable rainfall, Mother Nature finally ‘showered’ CNY with some welcomed rain Saturday afternoon and evening.
The culprit of the welcomed rainfall is a slow-moving cold front that is moving through the area Saturday evening and is going to be followed by a mainly dry night under a partly to mostly cloudy sky.
Lows drop into the low 50s for most with a steady west-southwest breeze tonight.
Rainfall varied quite a bit from west to east Saturday
Rainfall amounts on Saturday ranged from nearly an inch from Wolcott/Sodus/Western Finger Lakes to the Rochester area where a soaking rain fell much of the day to only about two tenths to a half an inch across much of the Finger Lakes region and Syracuse area, and even less east of Syracuse.
Now time for the best part of the weekend!
As far as outdoor activities go, while Saturday ended up being pretty good through much of the day, Sunday is still looking like the better weekend day since we’re not expect any rain besides a few showers in the North Country.
There’s also going to be more in the way of sunshine developing after 9 or 10 am with highs on Sunday topping out in the low to possibly mid-70s. We expect a steady west to northwest breeze to add to the great feel Sunday too! Enjoy!
Another long dry stretch ahead??
Sunday’s weather is looking like a preview of another long stretch of dry weather taking us into much of next week! So yes, you’ll get a break from watering the lawns, plants, and gardens this weekend, but keep the sprinklers ready to go next week.
There appears to be one possible hiccup in the dry, sunny weather next week across CNY though. Which day is that? It looks like a backdoor cold front is slated to move through with a few showers on Wednesday.
Behind the front, it is looking dry and cooler with more sun to round out the week before Memorial Day weekend. | 2023-05-21T02:05:17+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/weather/few-evening-showers-then-nicer-part-of-weekend/ |
Speakers from federal agencies, nonprofit organizations and the private sector will discuss opportunities to improve SME cyber resilience through cyber insurance
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cowbell, the leading provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is hosting its first-ever Cyber Insurance Day in collaboration with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Small Business Alliance (SBA), Small Business Digital Alliance (SBDA), Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) and the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI). The in-person event will take place on Wednesday November 2nd, at the National Union Building, 918 F St NW in Washington, D.C. from 3:00-7:00 p.m. EDT.
This event, the first of its kind, aims to bridge the gap between cybersecurity and cyber insurance. According to the 2022 Cowbell Q1 Cyber Round-Up report, 74% of policyholders reveal that they feel more prepared to respond to a cyber incident since purchasing cyber insurance, and 79% agree that cyber insurance is worth the cost. During the event, Cowbell and its collaborators will share resources with the goal to increase awareness around cyber risk, cyber insurance and cybersecurity for agents/brokers and SMEs.
"Cowbell's specialization in cyber insurance and dedication to SMEs is further enriching public-private partnerships toward the goal of creating a cyber resilient America," says Jack Kudale, founder and CEO of Cowbell. "In the wake of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the takeaways from this event will be extremely pertinent for every SME leader in the audience."
The sold-out event will feature two panel discussions titled, The Evolution of Cyber Threats: Today and Tomorrow and Closing the Insurability Gap through Policy and Partnership. It will also feature a fireside chat on The Importance of Cyber Resilience with Kiersten Todt, Chief of Staff, CISA and Jack Kudale, CEO and founder, Cowbell. Discussions will cover what non-profits, private, and public sector leaders are doing to improve access to cybersecurity for the SME market. Attendees will gain actionable insights to improve their cybersecurity posture and decrease cyber risk.
Panelists include:
- Cassius Butts, former regional SBA Administrator
- Jennifer Coughlin, Founding Partner, Mullen and Coughlin
- Michael Daniel, President and CEO, Cyber Threat Alliance
- Karen Evans, Managing Director, Cyber Readiness Institute
- Liz Fairchild, Executive Director of Business Forward
- Sean Kevelighan, Chief Executive Officer, Insurance Information Institute
- Marion Krueger, Content Marketing Lead, Cowbell
- Jack Kudale, CEO and founder, Cowbell
- Phil Reitinger, President and CEO, Global Cyber Alliance
- Manu Singh, Director of Risk Engineering, Cowbell
- Kiersten Todt, Chief of Staff, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- Vincent Voci, Vice President, Cyber Policy and Operations, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
"As America's cyber defense agency, CISA is focused on ensuring that this nation's critical infrastructure is resilient to cyber threats," said Kiersten Todt, Chief of Staff, CISA. "One of our greatest opportunities for doing so is through operational collaboration between government and industry. We appreciate that companies, like Cowbell, are recognizing the importance of providing platforms to help the public and private sector drive down risk together."
Furthermore, Cowbell will be announcing a new initiative to collaborate with CISA and the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO). Cowbell will be submitting commentary and recommendations to FIO's request for insights on how a potential federal insurance response to catastrophic cyber incidents would be structured.
For more information about the event, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cowbell-cyber-insurance-day-tickets-434123774897.
Cowbell is a pioneer of Adaptive Cyber Insurance, a leader in providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) coverage adaptable to today's and tomorrow's threats and the advanced warning of cyber risk exposures. In its unique AI-based approach to risk selection and pricing, Cowbell's continuous underwriting platform, powered by Cowbell Factors, compresses the insurance process from submission to issue in less than 5 minutes. Cowbell is backed by 15+ A.M. Best A- or higher rated (re)insurance partners and serves SMEs in 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Founded in 2019, Cowbell is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with employees across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. For more information, please visit https://cowbell.insure/.
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UVALDE, Texas — A Uvalde police officer's bodycam video provides a look at the earliest part of law enforcement's response to the shooting rampage at Robb Elementary School, including the moment when the officer was struck and injured by shrapnel after being fired upon.
"Am I bleeding?" Officer Canales asked another member of law enforcement moments after he drew fire and had to retreat back down the school hallway. He then moved to the outside door, wiped his face and found blood on his hand.
"He's shooting in the classroom!" he told another officer who had arrived.
"He's in the class," he told another officer. "Dude, we gotta get in there. We gotta get in there, he keeps shooting. We gotta get in there."
The bodycam video was released by the City of Uvalde on Sunday after a Texas House panel announced the results of its fact-finding report on the Uvalde school shooting, which killed 19 students and two teachers.
After assessing his own condition outside the school, Canales then made a call on his phone, presumably to another law enforcement member.
"I need help. We got shots fired in the school, bro. Guy's inside the classroom right now. I'm ---ing bleeding from my ear," Canales said. "Guy's ---ing shooting, he's in a classroom. He's actually shooting. Robb School. Just giving y'all a heads-up, maybe y'all could... the more help, the better, you know?"
A later portion of bodycam video showed Canales back in the hallway, this time with significantly more law enforcement, who were discussing how to proceed.
The Texas House committee's report found that it took 77 minutes from first response before the door of the classroom was breached and law enforcement shot and killed the gunman.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said Sunday that he was releasing the police bodycam videos because "the entire Uvalde community has already waited entirely too long for answers and transparency."
He also said that the videos supplement the scenes in the school district's hallway video. "We believe these body camera videos provide further, necessary context." | 2022-07-18T19:16:08+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/special-reports/uvalde-school-shooting/we-gotta-get-in-there-uvalde-officer-bodycam-video-harrowing-moments-school-hallway/273-6cd43110-bc58-47cf-ab61-2016f0723573 |
TAMPA, Fla. — TAMPA, Fla. — Primo Water Corporation (PRMW) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $5.8 million.
The maker of pure-play water solutions posted revenue of $546.5 million in the period, which topped Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $534 million.
For the current quarter ending in June, Primo said it expects revenue in the range of $575 million to $595 million.
The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $2.3 billion to $2.35 billion.
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Mary Ellen and I just returned from a wonderful Caribbean cruise. But no one wants to read a humor column about how much fun we had. So instead, I’ll put on my grumpy old man hat and describe everything that went wrong.
On our first day, we went snorkeling. It took us about an hour on a catamaran to reach the reef, but the fish in Saint Thomas must have seen us coming, because by the time we put on all of our gear and dove into the bay, there was nary a minnow in sight.
The guide tried to paint a rosy picture of our pricey excursion. “Have you ever seen so many fish?” he asked.
I answered honestly: “Yes, on the wall of Red Lobster.”
Later, on board the ship, one of my hearing aids stopped working. “Which one?” asked Mary Ellen. “Starboard side,” I said.
My wife was impressed that I had adopted the proper nautical terminology. But when I turned around to walk toward the lunch buffet, my broken hearing aid was now on the port side of my head. This created a real problem: Mary Ellen never knew which ear to yell into.
Getting on the elevator required us to scan our room card. I kept swiping but the elevator door didn’t open. A fellow passenger walked by. “You’re scanning the hand sanitizer dispenser,” he told me.
I complained to the front desk that both pools on the ship lacked a shallow end. They were five feet nine inches deep everywhere, an inch over the top of my head. Who designed these pools? Retired NBA players? “Am I the only person to complain about this?” I asked the cruise director.
“No, but you are the tallest.”
One night I carried the TV remote onto the veranda outside our room that overlooked the ocean. The device slipped out of my hand when the ship rocked and it landed in the Atlantic.
“That’s never happened before,” said the steward. “What were you doing when you dropped it?”
“I was channel surfing,” I told him.
Our room safe required us to choose a security code. I used our old house number. But I must have entered it incorrectly when I programmed it, because I could not unlock it with those same digits later that night. Panicked, I called the security desk. “How did I get locked out of my own safe?”
“Wait a second, aren’t you the guy who griped about the snorkeling, swiped the hand sanitizer with his key card, complained that the pool has no shallow end, and lost his remote in the Atlantic? And did you ever get your hearing aid fixed?”
Wow, word travels fast at sea.
On the way home, I went to the deli at the airport to get a bite to eat before boarding the plane. All they had was a stale-looking chicken sandwich with wilted lettuce and slimy American cheese. I bought one along with a bottle of water. Mary Ellen took a pass.
“That will be $25.00,” said the cashier.
“$25.00? At Costco right here in San Juan, I could get five whole rotisserie chickens for 25.00!”
“Good luck fitting them under your seat, sir.”
Again, despite what you have read, I had a wonderful time. I especially liked our last glorious day in Puerto Rico. As David Letterman would have said: “It was 75 and sunny. Just like me.” | 2023-02-22T04:34:40+00:00 | tribstar.com | https://www.tribstar.com/opinion/columns/dick-wolfsie-ship-shape/article_e4672100-b133-11ed-a491-c723cd36ed47.html |
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Rapid grocery delivery app, Food Rocket, today announces free, rapid delivery of Christmas trees, and an assortment of thousands of holiday food and entertaining essentials, including Circle K favorites, to consumers' doors in as fast as 10 minutes.
"You can think of us as elves this holiday season because we'll appear at doorsteps with everything from trees to turkeys so fast you'll think it's magic," said Vitaly Alexandrov, CEO and Founder, Food Rocket.
This season, Food Rocket is proud to offer its busy customers everything they need to help make the holidays as stress free as possible. The app offers more than 7,000 fresh produce, bakery, meat and seafood, dairy and eggs, sweets, snacks, spices, and pharmacy products.
Delivery is available for free 7 days a week, including Christmas Day. For added convenience, wine, beer, bubbly, cocktail mixers and tobacco items are also available.
Food Rocket is also perfect for holiday dinner essentials like turkeys, pumpkin pies and artisanal breads, potatoes, brussel sprouts, butternut squash, cranberries, fresh herbs, gravy and everyday staples, as well as ready-to-eat meals and festive appetizers like gourmet cheeses and dips.
Food Rocket recently launched locally, and delivers right across Charlotte to a vast number of areas including Arlington, Barclay Downs, Bradfield Farms, Becton Park, Harrisburg, Henderson Circle, Hickory Ridge, Highland Creek, Rocky River, Mountclaire South, Mint Hill, Newell, and Pinehill. For a map of the delivery area, click here.
Food Rocket is a rapid grocery delivery startup that offers door-to-door delivery within 10+ minutes of order placement. The startup delivers fresh groceries from its own fulfillment centers located in urban areas.
Founded in 2021, Food Rocket aims to improve and shift consumers' purchasing habits from bulk shopping to daily, zero-waste purchases. Its business model is based on AI-enabled technologies to manage warehouse stocks, forecast demand and optimize delivery time by predicting the closest dark store that offers the fastest delivery time and the lowest costs of picking, packing and delivering orders. Food Rocket is competing with the biggest players on the market, such as DoorDash, GoPuff, Amazon Fresh and InstaCart.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania (WCMH) — Trailing by a point going into the half, the Ohio State Buckeyes came alive in the second half, scoring 31 points in the second half to put away the Penn State Nittany Lions and remain undefeated on the season.
Below are live game updates for Ohio State vs. Penn State
Fourth Quarter
Penn State got the ball at its own 25 and marched down to the Buckeyes 19, getting a pass interference call from Ohio State and pretty sideline catch from Washington that picked up 26 yards. OSU buckled down and forced a Nittany Lions field goal, which was missed twice by Jake Pinegar — once on a false start and once on an illegal formation by Ohio State. That brought the PSU offense back out, and it converted on fourth-and-1 on a pass to Tyler Warren to the OSU 10 yard line.
Penn State gained first and goal at the OSU 9, and faced with a fourth and a foot tossed left to Kaytron Allen, who was initially stopped outside the end zone but pushed forward and fell into the end zone to give the Lions a lead with 9:26 to play. Penn State covered 75 yards in 13 plays.
The Buckeyes offense came alive for the first time all day, as Stroud hit back-to-back first down passes, 21 yards to Harrison Jr and 13 yards to Egbuka, and then Henderson blasted through a hole over left guard and went untouched for a 41-yard score. OSU wanted to go for two but was whistled for a false start, so settled for the extra point. Ohio State went 75 yards in three plays and a lightning-quick 35 seconds.
Tuimoloau continues to shine, forcing a fumble from Clifford and recovering the ball at the Penn State 24-yard line, and OSU capitalized immediately when Stroud found Stover wide open up the hash, breaking two tackles on the way to the end zone. It was OSU’s second touchdown in 34 seconds, and it’s now a two-score lead with 8:17 to play.
Penn State didn’t wilt, getting 27 yards on first down from Allen and a nine-yard grab by Washington at the Ohio State 39 with 7:29 remaining in the game. Penn State settled for a field goal to cut it to a one-score game, and this time Pinegar hit from 44 yards out with 5:49 to play. Penn State went 48 yards in seven plays.
Harrison Jr got the Buckeyes near midfield with a 16-yard grab on first down, but two straight incompletions left OSU with a third-and-10 with just over five minutes to play, and it was money to Harrison Jr for 12 yards.
The Buckeyes hit what could be a backbreaking 42-yard pass from Stroud to Egbuka down to the Penn State two, but a delay of game penalty pushed the ball back to the seven. A counter to the left resulted in a seven-yard rush from Henderson, his second score of the afternoon. Ohio State navigated 75 yards in seven plays and milked some clock, taking near three minutes.
Tuimoloau completed the rare sack/strip sack/interception/pick six combo by pilfering Clifford in the flat and returning it for a 19-yard score. The touchdown was OSU’s fourth in just over six minutes.
Penn State kept playing hard and scored a touchdown to cover the spread, Clifford finding Allen for a five-yard TD pass with 1:12 to play, covering 75 yards in eight plays.
Ohio State moves to 8-0 on the season, and scored at least 44 points for the seventh straight contest, a new school record. Penn State falls to 6-2, and a second loss in the conference almost certainly knocks them out of contention for the Big Ten East.
OHIO STATE PASSING: Stroud 26-33, 354, TD
PENN STATE PASSING: Clifford 32-47, 371, 3 TD, 3 INT
OHIO STATE RUSHING: Henderson 16-78, 2 TD
PENN STATE RUSHING: Allen 12-76, TD; Singleton 14-45
OHIO STATE RECEIVING: Harrison Jr 10-185; Stover 6-78, TD; Egbuka 6-53
PENN STATE RECEIVING: Washington 11-179, TD; Lambert-Smith 2-58, TD; Allen 2-13, TD
TOTAL YARDS: OHIO STATE 452, 354 passing, 98 rushing; PENN STATE 482, 371 passing, 111 rushing
Third Quarter
Penn State has been faced with a pair of third downs on its opening drive and converted both, rolling Clifford out both times. Clifford also went downfield to Washington for 27 yards to put the Nittany Lions well into Ohio State territory, at the 27. Penn State went for it on fourth and two from the Buckeyes 19 but were turned back when Nicholas Singleton was tackled for no gain by Tommy Eichenberg with 9:46 left in the quarter.
Ohio State gained a first down on a pretty catch by Harrison Jr, but bogged down and was forced to punt from its own 33 after a third down pass was just beyond Harrison Jr’s outstretched arms. Mirco blasted a 52 yard punt to pin Penn State at its own 15 yard line with 6:22 left in the quarter.
Penn State gained one first down on its series before being forced to punt to the Buckeyes, who take over at their own 33 with 3:11 left in the third quarter.
The Buckeyes got the lead back with 10 seconds left in the quarter on a 40-yard Ruggles field goal. Stroud had completions of 16 yards to both Harrison Jr and Mitch Rossi, the latter taking it down to the Nittany Lions 30. But OSU was unable to sustain the momentum and settled for three points, covering 45 yards in six plays.
Second Quarter
TreVeyon Henderson couldn’t pick up a yard on third and one as Penn State beat the blocking up front. OSU was forced to punt, and Penn State took over at its own 27.
The Nittany Lions got on the scoreboard when Parker Washington caught a receiver screen from Clifford, somehow stayed upright after being sandwiched by a pair of Ohio State defenders and went 58 yards for a touchdown. PSU covered 73 yards in six plays.
The Buckeyes went three and out on their next series, as Cade Stover and Julian Fleming both missed blocks on a third down receiver screen to Emeka Egbuka and Penn State blew it up. Mirco punted for 51 yards, giving PSU the ball at its own 21 yard line with 8:39 remaining before halftime.
Penn State was faced with a third and eight but got a great layout catch from Washington for 13 yards, keeping the drive alive. Clifford was flushed out of the pocket but fired a downfield pass and found Theo Johnson down to the OSU 23 yard line, and on the next play hit Keandre Lambert-Smith on a slant for a touchdown. After a rocky start, Clifford has gone 12-of-17 for 180 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Penn State covered 79 yards in six plays.
Penn State kicked off out of bounds, giving the Buckeyes the ball at their own 35.
Ohio State picked up two first downs and navigated into the Penn State red zone, but a third down play found Stroud running for his life and throwing the ball out of bounds. The Buckeyes settled for a 37-yard Ruggles field goal with 3:14 left in the half.
The Buckeyes forced a three and out late in the half, disguising coverages and forcing Clifford to throw underneath. Ohio State took over at its own 31 with two timeouts and 1:07 left to play. The Buckeyes gained a first down on their first play, a 23 yard shot to Stover, but Penn State bowed up and forced a third and long. Ohio State went for it on fourth and six at the Penn State 43, gaining a first down on a slant to Harrison Jr and another on a back shoulder throw for 21 yards, down to the Nittany Lions eight yard line.
Ohio State wanted to take a shot to the end zone but Stroud was sacked as the clock ran out, and the Buckeyes trail at intermission for the first time since the opener against Notre Dame, a game they came back to win 21-10.
HALFTIME STATS
OHIO STATE PASSING: Stroud 15-19, 179 yards
PENN STATE PASSING: Clifford 12-20, 180, 2 TD, 2 INT
OHIO STATE RUSHING: Henderson 8-19
PENN STATE RUSHING: Singleton 7-23; Allen 5-23
OHIO STATE RECEIVING: Harrison Jr 5-109; Stover 5-54
PENN STATE RECEIVING: Washington 5-100, TD; Lambert-Smith 1-23, TD
TOTAL YARDS: Ohio State 209, 179 passing, 30 rushing; Penn State 225, 180 passing, 45 rushing
First Quarter
The Buckeyes did nothing on their first two plays, but CJ Stroud took a shot downfield and found Marvin Harrison Jr for a 37-yard gain and a big third down conversion.
Ohio State got to the edge of the red zone, but a pair of runs gained nothing, and a delay of game penalty backed it up five yards. The Buckeyes had to settle for a field goal with 9:47 remaining in the first quarter, covering 55 yards in nine plays.
The Buckeyes came up big on defense, Zach Harrison picking off a Sean Clifford pass that was tipped by JT Tuimoloau. Harrison also impacted the second down play, forcing Clifford out of the pocket and into an incompletion. Ohio State took possession at the Nittany Lions 39-yard line.
OSU couldn’t do anything with the prosperity, Ruggles pushing a 53-yard field goal wide to the right after the Buckeyes failed to gain a first down following the turnover.
Clifford threw his second interception in as many series as Tuimoloau jumped an underneath route and picked it off as he was going down to the ground at the Penn State 41.
Two strikes from Stroud to Harrison Jr — for 18 and 19 yards — set the Buckeyes up inside the Nittany Lions five yard line, and Miyan Williams punched it from the 4, Williams pushing three defenders backward and crossing the goal line. OSU cashed in on the PSU miscue, covering 41 yards in three plays.
After Penn State picked up one first down, the Buckeyes forced a punt that rolled into the end zone with 46 seconds to play in the opening quarter.
Just before the close of the quarter Williams looked to fall awkwardly on his wrist, and was helped off the field.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Second-ranked Ohio State (7-0) takes to the road for just the second time this season, venturing to State College, Pennsylvania to take on No. 13 Penn State (6-1).
This is the sixth consecutive meeting where both teams are ranked, and OSU has taken all of the previous five. Penn State has won just one of the last five showdowns in Happy Valley. The average margin of victory in the last five games is just seven points, so it wouldn’t be any kind of surprise if this one goes into the fourth quarter as a contest.
Buckeyes wideout Jaxon Smith-Njigba is back on the injury list and will not play against the Nittany Lions as he continues to recover from his hamstring issue. Smith-Njigba played briefly against Iowa last weekend in what has been a season for him with limited playing time. | 2022-10-30T15:13:44+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/osu-comes-on-late-beats-penn-state-44-31/ |
PARIS (AP) — Opponents of a law that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 are making last-ditch plans to prevent the change that is set to take effect in September.
The country’s main labor unions on Tuesday called for another round of nationwide demonstrations and strikes on June 6. May Day protests across France on Monday drew either 800,000 people — that’s according to French authorities — or 2.3 million people, which was the estimate given by organizers.
France’s top constitutional body is expected to rule Wednesday on a request from opposition lawmakers to start a lengthy process that could ultimately lead to a bill or a referendum to restore the minimum retirement age of 62.
With President Emmanuel Macron having demonstrated his determination to press on with the unpopular pension reform, here’s a look at the next steps for his government and the plan’s opponents.
A LONG SHOT AT A REFERENDUM
The Constitutional Council’s role is to assess whether the opposition’s request over bringing the retirement age back to 62 meets the legal conditions for a potential referendum. If so, supporters would have nine months to collect signatures from at least 4.8 million, or 10%, of voters.
Macron’s government would then be able to choose between sending the opposition’s text to parliament for debate and eventually a vote, or waiting for six months to put the measure before voters in a referendum in six months. The proposal would only go to a national referendum if it were not debated by lawmakers.
However, the Constitutional Council rejected a similar proposal in April. The authors have revised the measure to add language stating that a change in the financing of France’s pension system is needed.
Regardless of what the council decides Wednesday, its ruling would not suspend the law that Macron’s government pushed through by using a special constitutional authority to raise the retirement age without a final parliamentary vote.
MACRON WANTS TO MOVE ON
In a televised speech last month, the French leader made clear his intention to move on to other topics now that his pension law was enacted.
Macron said he heard people’s anger but insisted that the law was needed to keep the pension system afloat as the population ages.
He announced negotiations to start this month on “key issues” such as improving employee wages, career progressions and working conditions, including for older workers, in the hope these would persuade some unions to get back to the negotiating table.
Last week, Macron’s government presented its road map for the coming months, with the aim of getting greater support for future bills. Parliament is set to debate a major military bill by the end of the month.
Legislators will then examine a government proposal on profit-sharing by companies with more than 11 employees. The proposal is intended to turn into law an agreement that unions and employers’ organizations signed in February.
This paragraph might work better if we reverse order of sentences?
If you think that works better that’s fine with me. the chronological order is that the government has six months to send the text to parliament – if it doesn’t, it must organize a referendum)).
OPPONENTS’ NEXT STEPS
Unions argue the higher retirement age erodes hard-won rights for workers. The date they chose for the next nationwide protests is two days before the lower house of France’s Parliament plans to debate a legislative proposal to bring back the retirement age back to 62.
A group of opposition lawmakers has championed the proposal, which is separate from the one before the Constitutional Council, in the hope that most members from the left and the right would vote in favor. Macron’s centrist alliance lost its majority in the National Assembly last year.
Yet there’s no guarantee such move will succeed, because some opposition lawmakers from the conservative party are in favor of the change.
In a statement Tuesday, unions said they would work together to issue common proposals to address employee concerns over “wages, working conditions, health at work, social democracy, gender equality and the environment.”
“There’s deep mistrust, and dialogue can only be restored if the government proves its intention to finally take into account unions’ proposals,” they wrote.
Opponents are also expected to stage more “casserolades,” or scattered protest actions in which they bang pots and pans to make noise near sites Macron and his government members are visiting.
“We will not turn over a new leaf as long as the pension reform is not withdrawn,” the head of the hard-left CGT union, Sophie Binet, warned Monday.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the French government at https://apnews.com/hub/france-government | 2023-05-03T04:41:29+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/opponents-make-last-ditch-effort-to-stop-french-pension-law/ |
Five new models have been announced to round out Sony's highly anticipated lineup, with features including New XR Clear Image for a fully immersive at-home theater experience
SAN DIEGO, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics Inc. today announced its 2023 BRAVIA XR™ TV Lineup, with Cognitive Processor XR™, for the ultimate home entertainment experience. There are five new models in the BRAVIA XR line: X95L and X93L Mini LED, X90L Full Array LED, A95L QD-OLED and A80L OLED. All models are equipped with features to provide consumers with an immersive experience for watching movies, streaming apps1, gaming and more.
2023 BRAVIA XR TVs have the updated Cognitive Processor XR, featuring the all new XR Clear Image on select models2, which improves noise reduction and clarity with motion, reducing blur and creating scenes bursting with action. The Cognitive Processor XR enables better backlight control for increased local dimming zones, increased brightness and decreased blooming.
Additionally, each model offers Acoustic Center Sync, which synchronizes the TV's audio system with the center channel of a compatible Sony soundbar turning it into the center speaker for the ultimate, immersive at-home experience.2 For consumers looking for an even more immersive sound experience, each model also works with Sony soundbars to offer 360 Spatial Sound Mapping3 which generates phantom speakers and sound field optimization. New this year, the X95L features Acoustic Multi-Audio+™, using frame tweeters to elevate the sound in a way that matches the image on screen. The A95L and A80L models feature Acoustic Surface Audio+™ with actuators that vibrate to produce sound from the entire screen, perfectly matching with what's playing on screen.
The 2023 BRAVIA XR lineup also allows gamers to take their PlayStation® 5 gaming to the next level with exclusive features, including Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode, for optimized picture quality while gaming and streaming. Other features include an easy-to-use Game Menu where gamers can tailor their settings to their preferences, such as turning on or off VRR or Motion Blur Reduction with quick access. The Game Menu also allows users to increase the brightness in dark areas to easily spot objects and opponents with the Black Equalizer and can easily take aim on their opponents with six types of crosshairs. New this year is the ability to customize the size of the screen with the Screen Size feature to concentrate gaming with a smaller, focused screen4. The A95L model also features Multi-View, where users can watch walk-throughs and gameplay guides side-by-side while simultaneously playing their favorite titles.
Additionally, Sony is keeping its commitment to decreasing plastic usage through its Road to Zero initiative. To reduce environmental impact, Sony is working on multiple aspects of the product life cycle, such as reduction of virgin plastic use, improvement of transportation efficiency and reviewing energy consumption during use. Additionally, the new Eco Dashboard included on all 2023 models allows users to easily customize energy saving preferences and settings.
"We are excited to bring a new lineup that continues to bring Sony's best spatial entertainment and gaming experiences with picture and sound," said Tyler Ishida, President of Sony Home Entertainment. "Sony is proud to offer a full suite of home entertainment options for all of our consumers."
Key BRAVIA XR lineup features:
- Cognitive Processor XR with XR Clear Image: The Cognitive Processor XR replicates content the way people see and hear for an incredibly lifelike experience. The latest iteration of the Cognitive Processor XR for 2023 enters a new chapter in its development with advanced XR Clear Image. This technology further reduces noise and reduces blur in motion, creating scenes that burst with life.
- Elevate the experience with Sony's sound products: Sony's new BRAVIA XR TVs are an excellent match for an array of Sony sound products, such as the HT-A9 Home Theater System or the HT-A7000, HT-A5000 and HT-A3000 soundbars. 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, a new frontier of spatial sound technology, is the latest addition to models HT-A7000 and HT-A5000. By calibrating sound to the chosen viewing room, the technology creates multiple optimally arranged phantom speakers for a wider and more immersive cinematic sound field.3
- Acoustic Center Sync: Pairs perfectly with Sony soundbars – Acoustic Center Sync synchronizes the TV speakers with select Sony soundbars and AV receivers to reinforce the center speaker channel for clearer, fuller dialogue and more immersive sound. When paired with Sony Home Audio products, consumers can expect a truly exceptional at-home movie viewing experience.5,6
- XR Backlight Master Drive and Mini LED: Powered by Cognitive Processor XR™, the XR Backlight Master Drive uses a Sony-developed local dimming algorithm to control thousands of tiny, ultra-dense Mini LEDs with absolute precision and independence, delivering extraordinary brightness, impressive dynamic range, deep blacks and beautifully natural colors.
- Perfect for PlayStation® 5 and new Gaming functions: Gamers can take their PlayStation® 5 gaming to the next level with exclusive features Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode that optimize picture quality while gaming and streaming.7 With the newly added Game Menu, it has never been easier to fine-tune gaming settings and assist functions. All the essentials are at the gamer's fingertips for on the fly adjustments. Additionally, the BRAVIA XR A95L features Multi View, making it easier than ever to watch walkthroughs side-by-side while the gamer plays their favorite titles.
- BRAVIA CORE: The BRAVIA CORE8 app is a pre-loaded movie service that comes with five, 10 or 15 movie credits to watch the latest releases and popular classics and additional movies up to 24 months of unlimited streaming, with the purchase of a BRAVIA XR TV. With BRAVIA XR technology, Pure Stream™9 and IMAX® Enhanced10, content is delivered with stunning visuals and expressive sound quality. Featuring BRAVIA CORE Calibrated Mode, movies will automatically adjust to the optimal picture settings including IMAX® Enhanced mode to create a truly exceptional at-home movie viewing experience. Over time, the app experience will be enriched with new features.
- Crunchyroll® remote button: The Crunchyroll remote button11 gives BRAVIA users one-touch access to one of the world's largest anime libraries, a collection of more than 18,000 hours of anime, comprising more than 44,000 episodes and feature films, translated in multiple languages. Simulcasting is also accessible, so Japanese titles can be watched from abroad following broadcast in Japan.12
- BRAVIA CAM: BRAVIA CAM can detect the viewer's position to optimize the picture and sound according to room environment and viewing distance.
- Google TV: See 700,000+ movies and TV episodes, plus live TV13, all in one place. Google TV brings everyone's favorite content from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them. Searching is easy- just ask Google. Try saying, "Hey Google, find action movies" to search across apps.14
- Built with sustainability in mind: During manufacturing, Sony is reducing overall plastic usage by approximately 60%15, and is cutting emissions by approximately 15% by using smaller and lighter packaging during transportation.16
- All Eco settings in one place: The Eco dashboard keeps all user settings in one place, making it easier to change them individually or in one go. With the Easy Setup option, users can optimize settings for their viewing environment.
New Sony TV Models and Key Features
BRAVIA XR X95L 4K HDR Mini LED Google TV:
[85" class (84.6" diag.)]
- Intelligent and powerful TV processing: The Cognitive Processor XR replicates how we see the real world to deliver a picture with wide dynamic contrast, detailed blacks, high peak brightness, and natural colors.
- Ultimate backlight control: XR Backlight Master Drive technology fine tunes the picture resulting in deep blacks and natural colors reinvigorating movies and games.
- Mini LED contrast and color: See ultimate contrast from thousands of Mini LEDs and billions of accurate colors controlled by the precision of XR Backlight Master Drive and XR Triluminos Pro technologies.
- Google TV: See 700,000+ movies and TV episodes, plus live TV10, all in one place. Google TV brings everyone's favorite content from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them. Searching is easy- just ask Google. Try saying, "Hey Google, find action movies" to search across apps.11
- Enjoy movies included with BRAVIA CORE: Enjoy streaming high-quality 4K UHD and IMAX® Enhanced movies included with the BRAVIA CORE app, exclusively on select Sony TVs. 6,8
- Perfect for PlayStation® 5: Take PlayStation® 5 gaming to the next level with exclusive features Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode for optimized picture quality while gaming and streaming.6
- All game settings in one place: With Game Menu, quickly manage game picture settings and assist functions in a single convenient interface.
- HDMI 2.1 gaming: Get the advantage in high-performance gaming with HDMI 2.1 features 4K/120, VRR, and ALLM.14
- Picture and sound precisely aligned: With Acoustic Multi-Audio+ and Dolby Atmos support, frame tweeters, in addition to the TVs speakers, elevates the sound so what the user hears matches the picture they see.4
- Enhanced entertainment: Experience immersive and engaging cinematic content as the creator intended with support for IMAX Enhanced and Netflix Adaptive Calibrated Mode.4, 11,17
- More clarity, less noise: Bring back lost texture and detail, with reduced noise and blur, and see all HD and digital content upscaled to near-4K resolution with XR 4K Upscaling and XR Clear Image.14
- X-Anti Reflection & X-Wide angle: Minimizes reflection for a distraction-free viewing experience and provides vivid real-world colors from any angle while retaining brightness.
- Pairs perfectly with Sony soundbars: Acoustic Center Sync synchronizes the TV speakers with select Sony soundbars to reinforce the center speaker channel for clearer, fuller dialogue and more immersive sound.3
- Enhanced TV experience with optional BRAVIA CAM: Allow BRAVIA CAM to automatically adjust picture and sound according to the room environment and seating location.
- All Eco settings in one place: The Eco dashboard keeps all settings in one place, making it easier to change them individually or in one go. With an Easy Setup Wizard, optimize settings for the environment.
BRAVIA XR X93L 4K HDR Mini LED Google TV:
[85" class (84.6" diag.), 75" class (74.5" diag.), 65" class (64.5" diag.), ]
- Intelligent and powerful TV processing: The Cognitive Processor XR replicates how we see the real world to deliver a picture with wide dynamic contrast, detailed blacks, high peak brightness, and natural colors.
- Ultimate backlight control: XR Backlight Master Drive technology fine tunes the picture resulting in deep blacks and natural colors reinvigorating movies and games.
- Mini LED contrast and color: See ultimate contrast from thousands of Mini LEDs and billions of accurate colors controlled by the precision of XR Backlight Master Drive and XR Triluminos Pro technologies.
- Google TV: See 700,000+ movies and TV episodes, plus live TV10, all in one place. Google TV brings everyone's favorite content from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them. Searching is easy- just ask Google. Try saying, "Hey Google, find action movies" to search across apps.11
- Enjoy movies included with BRAVIA CORE: Enjoy streaming high-quality 4K UHD and IMAX® Enhanced movies included with the BRAVIA CORE app, exclusively on select Sony TVs.6,8
- Perfect for PlayStation® 5: Take PlayStation® 5 gaming to the next level with exclusive features Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode for optimized picture quality while gaming and streaming.6
- All game settings in one place: With Game Menu, quickly manage game picture settings and assist functions in a single convenient interface.
- HDMI 2.1 gaming: Get the advantage in high-performance gaming with HDMI 2.1 features 4K/120, VRR, and ALLM.16,14
- Picture and sound precisely aligned: With Acoustic Multi-Audio and Dolby Atmos support, sound positioning tweeters, in addition to the TVs speakers, elevates the sound so what the user hears matches the picture they see.4
- Enhanced entertainment: Experience immersive and engaging cinematic content as the creator intended with support for Dolby Vision, IMAX® Enhanced, and Netflix Adaptive Calibrated Mode.6,10,17
- X-Anti Reflection & X-Wide angle: Minimizes reflection for a distraction-free viewing experience and provides vivid real-world colors from any angle while retaining more brightness.
- Pairs perfectly with Sony soundbars: Acoustic Center Sync synchronizes the TV speakers with select Sony soundbars to reinforce the center speaker channel for clearer, fuller dialogue and more immersive sound.3
- Enhanced TV experience with optional BRAVIA CAM: Allow BRAVIA CAM to automatically adjust picture and sound according to the room environment and seating location.5
- All Eco settings in one place: The Eco dashboard keeps all settings in one place, making it easier to change them individually or in one go. With an Easy Setup Wizard, optimize settings for the environment.
BRAVIA XR X90L 4K HDR Full Array LED Google TV:
[98" class (97.5" diag.), 85" class (84.6" diag.), 75" class (74.5" diag.), 65" class (64.5" diag.), 55" class (54.6" diag.)]
- Intelligent and powerful TV processing: The Cognitive Processor XR replicates how we see the real world to deliver a picture with wide dynamic contrast, detailed blacks, high peak brightness, and natural colors.
- Full Array LED contrast and color: With brightness approximately up to 130% compared to the previous year's model - the X90K has precisely controlled backlighting so the viewer can see enhanced contrast and billions of accurate colors, controlled by XR Contrast Booster and XR Triluminos Pro technologies.
- Google TV: See 700,000+ movies and TV episodes, plus live TV10 all in one place. Google TV brings everyone's favorite content from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them. Searching is easy- just ask Google. Try saying, "Hey Google, find action movies" to search across apps.11
- Enjoy movies included with BRAVIA CORE: Enjoy streaming high-quality 4K UHD and IMAX® Enhanced movies included with the BRAVIA CORE app, exclusively on select Sony TVs.6,8
- Perfect for PlayStation® 5: Take PlayStation® 5 gaming to the next level with exclusive features Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode for optimized picture quality while gaming and streaming.6
- All game settings in one place: With Game Menu, quickly manage game picture settings and assist functions in a single convenient interface.14, 16
- HDMI 2.1 gaming: Get the advantage in high-performance gaming with HDMI 2.1 features 4K/120, VRR, and ALLM.16,14
- Picture and sound precisely aligned: With Acoustic Multi-Audio and Dolby Atmos support, sound positioning tweeters, in addition to the TVs speakers, elevates the sound so what the user hears matches the picture they see.4
- Enhanced entertainment: Experience immersive and engaging cinematic content as the creator intended with support for Dolby Vision, IMAX® Enhanced, and Netflix Adaptive Calibrated Mode.6,10,17
- More clarity, less noise: Bring back lost texture and detail, with reduced noise and blur, and see all HD and digital content upscaled to near-4K resolution with XR 4K Upscaling and XR Clear Image.14
- Pairs perfectly with Sony soundbars: Acoustic Center Sync synchronizes the TV speakers with select Sony soundbars to reinforce the center speaker channel for clearer, fuller dialogue and more immersive sound.3
- Enhanced TV experience with optional BRAVIA CAM: Allow BRAVIA CAM to automatically adjust picture and sound according to the room environment and seating location.5
- All Eco settings in one place: The Eco dashboard keeps all settings in one place, making it easier to change them individually or in one go. With an Easy Setup Wizard, optimize settings for the environment.
BRAVIA XR A95L 4K HDR QD-OLED Google TV
[77" class (76.7" diag.), 65" class (64.5" diag.), 55" class (54.6" diag.)]
- Intelligent and powerful TV processing: The Cognitive Processor XR replicates how we see the real world to deliver a picture with wide dynamic contrast, detailed blacks, high peak brightness, and natural colors.
- QD-OLED Screen: With a QD-OLED screen, enhanced by XR Triluminos Max technology, experience color performance with approximately 200% brighter than the A95K with enhanced color brightness.
- Definitive contrast: Individually lit pixels produce pure black so movies, shows, and games burst to life on screen with extraordinary detail and depth.
- Google TV: See 700,000+ movies and TV episodes, plus live TV10, all in one place. Google TV brings everyone's favorite content from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them. Searching is easy- just ask Google. Try saying, "Hey Google, find action movies" to search across apps.11
- Enjoy movies included with BRAVIA CORE: Enjoy streaming high-quality 4K UHD and IMAX® Enhanced movies included with the BRAVIA CORE app, exclusively on select Sony TVs.10,8
- Perfect for PlayStation® 5: Take PlayStation® 5 gaming to the next level with exclusive features Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode for optimized picture quality while gaming and streaming. 6
- All game settings in one place: With Game Menu, quickly manage game picture settings and assist functions in a single convenient interface.
- HDMI 2.1 gaming: Get the advantage in high-performance gaming with HDMI 2.1 features 4K/120, VRR, and ALLM.14,
- Enhanced entertainment: Experience immersive and engaging cinematic content as the creator intended with support for Dolby Vision, IMAX® Enhanced, and Netflix Adaptive Calibrated Mode.6,10
- The screen is the speaker: With Acoustic Surface Audio+ and Dolby Atmos and DTS:X support, hear true immersive audio with actuators that vibrate to produce sound from the entire screen perfectly matching with what's playing on screen.3
- More clarity, less noise: Bring back lost texture and detail, with reduced noise and blur, and see all HD and digital content upscaled to near-4K resolution with XR 4K Upscaling and XR Clear Image.14
- Pairs perfectly with Sony soundbars: Acoustic Center Sync synchronizes the TV speakers with select Sony soundbars to reinforce the center speaker channel for clearer, fuller dialogue and more immersive sound.3
- Enhanced TV experience with included BRAVIA CAM: Allow BRAVIA CAM to automatically adjust picture and sound according to the room environment and seating location.5
- All Eco settings in one place: The Eco dashboard keeps all settings in one place, making it easier to change them individually or in one go. With an Easy Setup Wizard, optimize settings for the environment.
BRAVIA XR A80L 4K HDR OLED Google TV:
[83" class (82.5" diag), 77" class (76.7" diag), 65" class (64.5" diag.), 55" class (54.6" diag.)]
- Intelligent and powerful TV processing: The Cognitive Processor XR replicates how we see the real world to deliver a picture with wide dynamic contrast, detailed blacks, high peak brightness, and natural colors.
- Acoustic Surface Audio+: With Acoustic Surface Audio+ and Dolby Atmos support, hear true immersive audio with actuators that vibrate to produce sound from the entire screen perfectly matching with what's playing on screen.4
- OLED contrast and color: XR OLED Contrast Pro and XR Triluminos Pro technologies allow the consumer to feel the beauty of OLED with brightness approximately 110% compared to the previous year's model - the A80K, with immersive depth and realism, pure black, detailed shadows, and billions of accurate colors.
- Google TV: See 700,000+ movies and TV episodes, plus live TV10, all in one place. Google TV brings everyone's favorite content from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them. Searching is easy- just ask Google. Try saying, "Hey Google, find action movies" to search across apps.11
- Enjoy movies included with BRAVIA CORE: Enjoy streaming high-quality 4K UHD and IMAX® Enhanced movies included with the BRAVIA CORE app, exclusively on select Sony TVs.6,8
- Perfect for PlayStation® 5: Take PlayStation® 5 gaming to the next level with exclusive features Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode for optimized picture quality while gaming and streaming.6
- All game settings in one place: With Game Menu, quickly manage game picture settings and assist functions in a single convenient interface.
- HDMI 2.1 gaming: Get the advantage in high-performance gaming with HDMI 2.1 features 4K/120, VRR, and ALLM.14
- Enhanced entertainment: Experience immersive and engaging cinematic content as the creator intended with support for Dolby Vision, IMAX® Enhanced, and Netflix Adaptive Calibrated Mode.4,11,15
- More clarity, less noise: Bring back lost texture and detail, with reduced noise and blur, and see all HD and digital content upscaled to near-4K resolution with XR 4K Upscaling and XR Clear Image.14
- Pairs perfectly with Sony soundbars: Acoustic Center Sync synchronizes the TV speakers with select Sony soundbars to reinforce the center speaker channel for clearer, fuller dialogue and more immersive sound.3
- Enhanced TV experience with optional BRAVIA CAM: Allow BRAVIA CAM to automatically adjust picture and sound according to the room environment and seating location.5
- All Eco settings in one place: The Eco dashboard keeps all settings in one place, making it easier to change them individually or in one go. With an Easy Setup Wizard, optimize settings for the environment.
Pricing and Availability
Suggested retail price and retail availability will be announced in spring 2023. For more information on new Sony television models, please watch Sony's BRAVIA XR announcement video here or visit the BRAVIA XR website: https://electronics.sony.com/bravia-xr-TV.
To learn more about each US model, please visit the links below:
- X95L: http://electronics.sony.com/x95l
- X93L: http://electronics.sony.com/x93l
- X90L: http://electronics.sony.com/x90l
- A95L: http://electronics.sony.com/a95l
- A80L: http://electronics.sony.com/a80l
For more information regarding pricing and availability in Canada, please visit: https://www.sony.ca/en/bravia.
To learn more about each CA model, please visit the links below:
- X95L: http://www.sony.ca/en/bravia/products/x95l-series
- X93L: http://www.sony.ca/en/bravia/products/x93l-series
- X90L: http://www.sony.ca/en/bravia/products/x90l-series
- A95L: http://www.sony.ca/en/bravia/products/a95l-series
- A80L: http://www.sony.ca/en/bravia/products/a80l-a83l-a84l-series
For more information on all Sony televisions, please visit https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/televisions/c/all-tvs.
For more information on all Sony soundbars, please visit https://electronics.sony.com/tv-video/tv-video-home-theater-sound-bars/c/soundbars.
About Sony Electronics Inc.
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1 Download app at Google Play and the App Store. Network services, content, and operating system and software subject to terms and conditions and may be changed, interrupted or discontinued at any time and may require fees, registration and credit card information. XR Clear Image feature will be available via firmware update in Spring 2023.
2 Except for X93L
3 To use 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, it is necessary to run the auto calibration on the receiver using the supplied calibration microphone that comes with the receiver. 360 Spatial Sound Mapping can work with passive speakers and compatible wireless rear speakers (SA-RS3S & SA-RS5) but they must be connected to the receiver for the calibration.
4 Firmware update for Screen Size feature will be available by 2023.
5 Compatible soundbars: HT-A9, HT-A7000, HT-A5000, HT-A3000
6 Dolby Vision and Atmos content compatible with streaming services or compatible content device connected via HDMI input (sold separately).
7 To activate Auto HDR Tone Mapping, must enable feature when pairing TV and PS5 for the first time; or will need to disconnect TV and PS5, perform factory reset on PS5 and enable the feature during initial setup. Auto Genre Picture Mode works when Auto Picture Mode on the TV is set to ON. Both features are supported only when PS5 and TV are directly connected. Applicable models: All BRAVIA XR models, X85K, X80K.
8 Purchase an eligible TV and register for BRAVIA CORE™ by February 23, 2026 to be eligible for promotion offers. Available movies subject to change. Terms and conditions apply, for more details see https://www.sony.net/bravia-core. Network services, content, and operating system and software of product may be subject to separate or third-party terms and conditions and changed, interrupted, or discontinued at any time and may require fees, registration, and credit card information.
9 User must setup broadband network environment. By default, Pure Stream setting is turned OFF and must be turned ON in BRAVIA CORE settings. BRAVIA CORE offers streaming between 30Mbps-80Mbps once user turns ON Pure Stream. To access Pure Stream at 30Mbps, user must have a minimum internet speed of 43Mbps over Wi-Fi. To access highest quality Pure Stream available at 80Mbps user must have minimum internet speed of 115Mbps over Wi-Fi. Subject to user's network operator's video streaming restrictions, BRAVIA CORE automatically selects the best bitrate as following with adaptive streaming functionality based on the internet speed available.
10 IMAX® Enhanced content enables a full IMAX® Enhanced experience on IMAX® Enhanced Certified BRAVIA TV with compatible streaming services such as BRAVIA CORE, or compatible content devices such as Blu-ray players, connected via HDMI input (sold separately).
11 Button coverage regions: Americas, Europe and a part of Asia pacific.
12 Features, content, and availability of programming are subject to subscriber status and vary by region. Additional licensing restrictions may apply.
13 Live TV capability not available in Canada
14 User must accept Google Terms of Service (http://www.google.com/policies/terms/), Play Terms of Service (https://play.google.com/intl/en-US_us/about/play-terms/index.html) and Privacy Policy (http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/) to use TV. User must connect to a Google account to use certain advertised features, including voice to activate linked apps, and install certain apps and operating software during setup. Use of TV without connecting to a Google account allows only basic TV features and certain apps. Wireless connectivity requires 802.11 home network (802.11n recommended). Network services, content, operating system, and software of this product may be subject to separate or third-party terms and conditions and changed, interrupted or discontinued at any time and may require fees, registration and credit card information. Apps must be compatible with TV. App availability varies by region and device.
15 The products with 60% reduction are only available with certain models and in certain regions.
16 The 15% is compared to FY18 models. The ratio may vary by model.
17 Netflix streaming membership required. 4K Ultra HD availability subject to your Netflix subscription plan, internet service, device capabilities, and content availability. www.netflix.com/termsofuse.
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Rock star Bono, the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month’s Monterey Park, California, shooting, and the family of Tyre Nichols will be among the featured guests sitting alongside first lady Jill Biden at Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
The guests were invited “because they personify issues or themes” Biden will address in the speech or they embody administration policies that are working for the American people, the White House said. President Joe Biden was expected to refer to several of the invitees by name.
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, will sit with the first lady and has invited Ruth Cohen, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor from the Washington area, to be his guest, his office said. Emhoff, who is Jewish, has taken a lead role in administration efforts to combat anti-Semitism.
The guests:
— Maurice and Kandice Barron of New York, the parents of a 3-year-old who has survived a rare pediatric cancer, meant to highlight Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative.
— Lynette Bonar of Tuba City, Arizona, a nurse and medical executive involved in bringing the first cancer center to a Native American reservation.
— Bono, the Irish lead singer of U2, for his advocacy and philanthropic support for global health and AIDS relief initiatives.
— Deanna Branch of Milwaukee, whose son was diagnosed with lead poisoning from unsafe drinking water in their home, as Biden aims to replace all lead drinking water pipes in the coming decade.
— Kristin Christensen and Avarie Kollmar of Seattle, a mother-daughter pair who are sharing their story about caring for their injured Navy veteran husband and father.
— Ruth Cohen of Rockville, Maryland, a Holocaust survivor and volunteer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum who has warned against rising antisemitism.
— Mitzi Colin Lopez of West Chester, Pennsylvania, an advocate for people brought to the U.S. illegally as children who have received protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
— Maurice “Dion” Dykes of Knoxville, Tennessee, who is training to be a teacher after a 25-year graphic design career as part of a program funded by the 2020 COVID-19 relief law.
— Kate Foley of Rolling Meadows, Illinois, a 10th grade student looking to use the skills from her school engineering classes to pursue a career as a biomedical engineer.
— Darlene Gaffney of North Charleston, South Carolina, a breast cancer survivor who has promoted the importance of early detection and timely cancer screenings.
— Doug Griffin of Newton, New Hampshire, who lost his daughter, Courtney, in 2014 to a fentanyl overdose, as the Biden administration works to strengthen federal efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.
— Saria Gwin-Maye of Cincinnati, an ironworker who will work on the federally supported revitalization of the Brent Spence Bridge.
— Jacki Liszak of Fort Myers, Florida, who met with the president and first lady in the wake of Hurricane Ian and whose business stands to benefit from federal climate resiliency funding.
— Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. was a guest last year when Biden spoke days after the Russian invasion of her country. She will return to the first lady’s box as Biden seeks to sustain U.S. and allied support for Ukraine.
— Harry Miller of Upper-Arlington, Ohio, a mechanical engineering student and a former football player for Ohio State University, who left football to prioritize his mental health.
— Gina and Heidi Nortonsmith of Northampton, Massachusetts, the plaintiffs in Goodridge vs. MA Dept. of Public Health which cleared the way for their state legalizing same-sex marriage.
— Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was severely injured days before the midterm elections by a man with a hammer who allegedly sought to harm the California lawmaker.
— Paul Sarzoza of Phoenix, the owner of a cleaning and facilities services company that is benefitting from servicing companies investing in high-tech manufacturing in his area.
— Brandon Tsay of San Marino, California, who disarmed the shooter responsible for killing 11 people in Monterey Park, California, last month during celebrations of the Lunar New Year, preventing further deaths.
— RowVaughn and Rodney Wells of Memphis, Tennessee, the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols who died last month after being severely beaten by police in Memphis, sparking a renewed call for police reform legislation.
— Amanda and Josh Zurawski of Austin, Texas, who found doctors unable to intervene after her water prematurely broke at 18 weeks pregnant due to the Texas abortion ban. Amanda Zurawski developed sepsis and nearly died because of the delay in receiving treatment, as the Biden administration looks to highlight the consequences of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last year.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the State of the Union address at: https://apnews.com/hub/state-of-the-union-address | 2023-02-07T21:15:40+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/lifestyle/health/ap-health/ap-bono-a-shooting-hero-nichols-family-members-to-join-biden/ |
The suspect in the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), has been charged with assault and attempted kidnapping, days after he allegedly broke into the couple’s San Francisco home and struck Paul Pelosi with a hammer, causing serious injuries.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the charges Monday afternoon, days after the suspect — David Wayne DePape, 42 — was arrested and taken into custody.
Authorities say DePape broke into the Pelosi home in the middle of the night and struck Paul Pelosi, 82, with a hammer. According to a source briefed on the investigation, DePape confronted Paul Pelosi and asked, “Where is Nancy?”
Both men were brought to a hospital following the altercation, and Paul Pelosi underwent “successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands,” according to the Speaker’s spokesman. He is expected to make a full recovery.
An affidavit released by the DOJ on Monday shed additional light on the extent to which DePape was allegedly targeting the Speaker, who was in Washington at the time.
Authorities said the suspect told officers from the San Francisco Police Department in an interview after the incident that he wanted to hold the Speaker hostage so he could talk to her. The affidavit states that the suspect called the Speaker the “leader of the pack” of lies promoted by Democrats.
He told authorities that if Pelosi told the “truth” he would let her go, but if she “lied” he would break “her kneecaps,” according to the affidavit.
“DEPAPE also later explained that by breaking Nancy’s kneecaps, she would then have to be wheeled into Congress, which would show other Members of Congress there were consequences to actions,” the DOJ continued.
Officers from the San Francisco Police Department arrived at the Pelosi home just after 2:30 a.m. on Friday, minutes after Paul Pelosi made a 911 call reporting that there was a man in his home who was planning to wait for the Speaker to arrive at the residence, according to an authorities. He made the call from his bathroom.
When authorities arrived at the scene they knocked on the door, which Paul Pelosi answered. Inside, Pelosi and DePape were holding onto a hammer. DePape also had his hand on Pelosi’s forearm.
Asked what was happening, DePape told the officers “that everything was good,” according to the affidavit.
But when authorities asked the men to drop the hammer, DePape allegedly “pulled the hammer from Pelosi’s hand and swung the hammer, striking Pelosi in the head,” according to the affidavit. Authorities said Pelosi appeared to be unconscious on the ground.
Officers entered the home and restrained DePape. Authorities said they found a roll of tape, white rope, a second hammer, a pair of rubber and cloth gloves and a journal in DePape’s bag. They also recovered zip ties from Pelosi’s bedroom.
The first charge, assault of an immediate family member of a U.S. official with intent to retaliate against the official on account of the performance of official duties, has a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. The second, attempted kidnapping of a U.S. official on account of the performance of official duties, has a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
In a letter to colleagues on Saturday night, Speaker Pelosi said her family is “heartbroken” by the attack. She flew back to San Francisco on Friday to be with her husband.
“Yesterday morning, a violent man broke into our family home, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul,” Pelosi said. “Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop. We are grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and emergency services, and for the life-saving medical care he is receiving.”
The attack, which shook Washington, underscores the political violence that has become more and more prevalent over the years. It was the latest in a spate of incidents involving threats targeting lawmakers and political figures on both sides of the aisle.
DePape told authorities that he entered the Pelosi residence through a glass door, “a difficult task that required the use of a hammer,” according to the affidavit. Court documents said body camera footage captured “a glass door that appeared to be laminated glass, broken near the door handle.”
In addition to threatening to hold the Speaker hostage, DePape told Paul Pelosi that he wanted to tie him up so he “could go to sleep as he was tired from having had to carry a backpack to the Pelosi residence.”
“Around this time, according to DEPAPE, DEPAPE started taking out twist ties from his pocket so that he could restrain Pelosi,” the affidavit reads.
The affidavit also reveals what was going through DePape’s mind during his time in Pelosi’s house. The California man told authorities “that he did not leave after Pelosi’s call to 9-1-1- because, much like the American founding fathers with the British, he was fighting against tyranny without the option of surrender,” according to the affidavit.
He repeatedly told authorities that he “did not plan to surrender and that he would go ‘through’ Pelosi,” the affidavit states, and said Paul Pelosi’s “actions resulted in Pelosi ‘taking the punishment instead.’”
The San Francisco district attorney is also expected to announce charges against DePape.
Updated at 4:53 p.m. | 2022-10-31T21:35:23+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/hill-politics/alleged-paul-pelosi-attacker-charged-with-assault-attempted-kidnapping/ |
NEW YORK, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ARQQ).
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According to a filed complaint, Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Arqit's proposed encryption technology would require widespread adoption of new protocols and standards for telecommunications; (2) British cybersecurity officials questioned the viability of Arqit's proposed encryption technology in a meeting in 2020; (3) the British government was not an Arqit customer but, rather, providing grants to Arqit; (4) Arqit had little more than an early-stage prototype of its encryption system at the time of the Merger; and (5) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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Businesses are changing and doing more than just profit seeking. Bcorps certification recognizes businesses, like Walker Miller Energy Solutions, that are making the change to become forces for good.
DETROIT, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 9th, People First Economy and Walker Miller Energy Solutions, in partnership with the SMSBF, are hosting a day of collaboration and celebration. Walker Miller Energy Solutions recently received its BCorps certification, making it Michigan's first Black and woman owned BCorps. Business leaders and others interested in learning how companies are using business as a force for good are invited to participate in two extraordinary events.
Recent coverage of Michigan's BCorp certified business community (now 26 companies across the state from various sectors and regions) states that according to a Yale Center for Business and the Environment study, BCorp certified companies are 63% more likely to survive an economic recession as compared to companies not certified or not prioritizing responsible business practices (source).
"As thought leaders in clean energy equity, certified B Corp status is a reflection of our commitment to help lead the charge within Michigan and across the U.S. as we build businesses that are stewards of all people, our communities and the planet," says Carla Walker-Miller, Founder and CEO of Walker-Miller Energy Services. "We don't have to choose between a business culture that values people or generates profit. We can do both."
She goes on to state, "As we transition to a low carbon reality, our goal is to ensure historically excluded communities participate fully in the benefits of this transformation, including having clean energy jobs, creating and expanding businesses, and thriving in cleaner indoor and outdoor spaces. We are intentional about centering everything we do in equity."
"It is exciting to host these events alongside true industry innovators," Hanna Schulze, President of People First Economy, an economic development organization that serves as the convener of Michigan's BCorp business community, says. "The dedication and investment that is happening in the private sector to ensure a resilient economy in our state is integral in ensuring that our communities thrive. It takes a collective approach from businesses, policy makers, non-profits, governmental institutions, and others to create the lasting impact we want to see."
"SMSBF's work with People First Economy seeks to bring about fundamental change in the way Michigan's small to medium sized enterprises work together as forces for good", says Mike Shesterkin, Executive Director of SMSBF, an organization that promotes social, environmental and economic justice through business practice in SE Michigan. "It's fairly clear that the status quo is failing an overwhelming number of our citizens. If we do not fundamentally change the way in which business works, from primarily profit seeking, to the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit, things are not likely to get better any time soon."
One of the events will take place at 9:00 am on June 9th and includes a panel discussion with Walker Miller Energy Solutions. The other is a Happy Hour celebration taking place on the same day from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at J'Adore Loft in Detroit. Space is limited. Click this link to register for the panel discussion, and this link to register for the Happy Hour.
About People First Economy: People First Economy is Michigan's B Local. B Locals are place-based communities of people using business as a force for good. While B Locals are typically volunteer-led, we have the privilege of having a dedicated staff that creates connections, increases the positive impact of their B Corp community, and raises awareness of the B Corp Movement.
About Walker Miller Energy: Walker Miller Energy is a Detroit-based, Black Woman-owned energy efficiency contractor. They design and implement programs for utility companies that are seeking to provide energy savings to their customers. They are a values-driven company that strives to empower people and uplift communities and believe that energy efficiency equally addresses a social and environmental need.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has declined to charge former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and another aide to former President Donald Trump, Dan Scavino, for contempt of Congress for their defiance of subpoenas in the Jan. 6 congressional investigation.
That’s according to a person familiar with a letter sent by the Justice Department to a lawyer for the House of Representatives on Friday. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and was granted anonymity.
The action came the same day as the Justice Department said a grand jury had indicted Peter Navarro, a trade adviser in the Trump White House, for his refusal to cooperate with the committee’s investigation.
The New York Times first reported the decision not to prosecute.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was indicted Friday on contempt charges after defying a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Navarro is former President Donald Trump’s second aide to be charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6, 2021, investigation. His arrest comes months after the indictment of former White House adviser Steve Bannon.
Navarro, 72, was charged with one contempt count for failing to appear for a deposition before the House committee and a second charge for failing to produce documents the committee requested.
During an initial court appearance on Friday, Navarro alleged that the Justice Department had committed “prosecutorial misconduct” and said that he was told he could not contact anyone after was approached by an FBI agent at the airport on Friday and put in handcuffs. He said he was arrested while trying to board a flight to Nashville, Tennessee, for a television appearance.
“Who are these people? This is not America,” Navarro said. “I was a distinguished public servant for four years!”
During the hearing, he said the House committee was a “sham committee” and that prosecutors were “playing hardball” and were “despicable.” If convicted, each charge carries a minimum sentence of a month in jail and a maximum of a year behind bars.
The indictment underscores that the Justice Department is continuing to pursue criminal charges against Trump associates who have attempted to impede or stonewall the work of congressional investigators examining the most significant attack on U.S. democracy in decades.
The Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland have faced pressure to move more quickly to decide whether to prosecute other Trump aides who have similarly defied subpoenas from the House panel.
The indictment alleges that Navarro, when summoned to appear before the committee for a deposition, refused to do so and instead told the panel that because Trump had invoked executive privilege, “my hands are tied.”
After committee staff told him they believed there were topics he could discuss without raising any executive privilege concerns, Navarro again refused, directing the committee to negotiate directly with lawyers for Trump, according to the indictment. The committee went ahead with its scheduled deposition on March 2, but Navarro did not attend.
The indictment came days after Navarro revealed in a court filing that he also had been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury this week as part of the Justice Department’s sprawling probe into the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“This was a preemtive strike by the prosecution against that lawsuit,” Navarro told Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui during his court appearance. “It simply flies in the face of good faith and due process.”
Navarro, who was a trade adviser to Trump, said he was served the subpoena by the FBI at his Washington, D.C., home last week. The subpoena was the first known instance of prosecutors seeking testimony from someone who worked in the Trump White House as they investigate the attack. Prosecutors said the indictment was handed down Thursday night.
Navarro made the case in his lawsuit Tuesday that the House select committee investigating the attack is unlawful and therefore a subpoena it issued to him in February is unenforceable under law.
He filed the suit against members of the committee, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the U.S. attorney in Washington, Matthew M. Graves, whose office is now handling the criminal case against him.
In an interview with The Associated Press this week, Navarro said the goal of his lawsuit is much broader than the subpoenas themselves, part of an effort to have “the Supreme Court address a number of issues that have come with the weaponization of Congress’ investigatory powers” since Trump entered office.
Members of the select committee sought testimony from Navarro about his public efforts to help Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election, including a call trying to persuade state legislators to join their efforts.
The former economics professor was one of the White House staffers who promoted Trump’s baseless claims of mass voter fraud. Trump, in turn, promoted a lengthy report Navarro released in December 2020, which Navarro falsely claimed contained evidence of the alleged misconduct and election fraud “more than sufficient” to swing victory to his former boss.
Navarro has refused to cooperate with the committee, and he and fellow Trump adviser Dan Scavino were found in contempt of Congress in April.
Members of the committee made their case at the time that Scavino and Navarro were among just a handful of people who had rebuffed the committee’s requests and subpoenas for information. The Justice Department has not yet moved forward with charges against Scavino or Meadows, who initially cooperated with the committee, turning over more than 2,000 text messages sent and received in the days leading up to and of the attack. But in December, Meadows ceased cooperation. Federal prosecutors have not yet indicated whether he too will be charged.
Despite the opposition from several Trump allies, the Jan. 6 panel, comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has managed to interview more than 1,000 witnesses about the insurrection in the past 11 months and is now preparing for a series of public hearings to begin next week. Lawmakers on the panel hope the half-dozen hearings will be a high-profile airing of the causes and consequences of the domestic attack on the U.S. government. | 2022-06-04T12:16:23+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/navarro-indicted-on-contempt-charges-for-defying-1-6-panel/ |
Which gas range is best?
Gas ranges are a favorite of chefs the world over for their ability to finely tune how much heat is being applied to your cookware and food. They are more than just a stovetop, however, as they also include a standard oven. In terms of safety, gas ranges require ventilation. Without ventilation, you’ll need to make do with an electric range.
The best gas range is the Samsung 30-Inch 6-Cubic-Foot Slide-In Gas Range. It has five burners and is smart-home integrated.
What to know before you buy a gas range
Freestanding vs. slide-in ranges
Gas range installation is either freestanding or slide-in.
- Freestanding models are installed separately from cabinetry and counters. They are designed so that all four sides of the oven can be seen. The only limit on their placement is whether your prospective location has a gas line and electrical hookup.
- Slide-in models are installed between cabinetry and counters. They are designed knowing that only the front, or occasionally front and one side, can be seen.
Ventilation options
Ventilation for the fumes of burning gas is handled with overhead, downdraft or microwave systems.
- Overhead ventilation is accomplished with a large, open duct situated above the range that draws fumes up and out of your home. It’s costly, but it’s the best option.
- Downdraft ventilation draws the fumes down into a filtration system using fans. It’s best for smaller homes but still pricey.
- Microwave ventilation is the most affordable option and the best for cramped kitchens. The microwave serves as an overhead vent.
Fuel source
Most gas ranges draw their fuel from your home’s natural gas line. If you don’t have a gas line and live in an area where one can’t be installed, it’s possible to find gas ranges that run on propane instead. However, it’s more likely you’ll need to buy an adapter kit to allow a natural gas range to use propane instead.
What to look for in a quality gas range
British thermal units
A gas range’s heat levels are typically given in BTUs. The higher its BTU, the hotter it gets. Burners can range from 5,000-22,000 BTU while ovens typically range from 9,000-15,000 BTU.
Burners
Gas ranges typically have two to six burners. Budget ranges with two burners are rarely good for more than single-person households, so aim for at least four if this isn’t the case. Some ranges with five burners use one burner for a specialty area on the range, such as a griddle, so you’ll still only have four standard burners.
How much you can expect to spend on a gas range
Gas ranges cost $200-$2,000 with costs reflecting the size and power of the range. Budget modes typically cost $800 or less while top-of-the-line models usually start at $1,200.
Gas range FAQ
Is gas better than electric?
A. Generally speaking, yes. Gas burners are much easier to finely control and you can eye the flame and easily gauge how much heat is being added or subtracted. You can also immediately reach full strength or shut it down instantly. Electric burners need to build their energy up and have to let their heated elements slowly lose power. You can never be sure how much heat is being generated.
Are gas ranges safe?
A. There’s no such thing as a perfectly safe range. High levels of heat are inherently dangerous and both electrical and gas energy sources have their share of risks. That said, so long as your gas range is installed by a professional, has its gas connection checked regularly and you have the proper ventilation, you will be safe.
Can gas range flames damage my cookware?
A. It’s possible, though unlikely. Most cookware is designed to withstand incredible temperatures, but thinner and cheaper cookware may take some damage when used on the most powerful burners for long enough.
What’s the best gas range to buy?
Top gas range
Samsung 30-inch 6-Cubic-Foot Slide-In Gas Range
What you need to know: Among the most advanced gas ranges, it can connect over Wi-Fi to have its stovetop and oven temperatures monitored, plus it can be controlled through voice.
What you’ll love: It has one power burner that can reach 17,000 BTUs. It has a storage drawer on the bottom and the oven has a wide view window.
What you should consider: All smart-home functionality must be routed through Samsung’s SmartThings app. Some consumers had issues with broken knobs. Others had issues with heat damage to the finish over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top gas range for the money
What you need to know: This freestanding range is perfect for households on a budget.
What you’ll love: It has four sealed burners placed under heavy-duty grates with a fifth oval burner underneath a center griddle large enough to cook eight grilled cheese sandwiches at once. The oven has six rack levels and a self-cleaning feature. It’s offered in four finishes.
What you should consider: The oven controls are on the back panel, so using it and the stovetop simultaneously can be uncomfortable. Some customers received rusted oven racks.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
Zline 36-inch 4.6-Cubic-Foot Dual Fuel Range With Gas Stove And Electric Oven
What you need to know: This range is for professional-level cooking. It’s freestanding and has six evenly heated burners and a 4.6-cubic-capacity oven.
What you’ll love: The cooktop is made of heavy-duty Italian porcelain with no crevices for easy cleaning. Its height can be adjusted between 36-38.5 inches. It comes in nine finishes, including red, blue and white.
What you should consider: It’s extremely expensive. The oven is large enough to cause long preheating times. There’s no bottom drawer for extra storage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The New York Mets will have to dig out of an early-season hole without star first baseman Pete Alonso.
The leading home run hitter in the majors will miss three-to-four weeks with a bone bruise and a sprain in his left wrist.
The Mets placed Alonso on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to June 8. Alonso was hit in the wrist by a 96 mph fastball from Charlie Morton in the first inning of a 7-5 loss to Atlanta on Wednesday.
Alonso traveled to New York for testing on Thursday. X-rays revealed no broken bones, but the Mets will be missing one of the premier power hitters in the game as they try to work their way back into contention in the NL East.
“We got better news than it could have been,” New York manager Buck Showalter said. “So we take that as a positive. It could have been worse.”
New York had lost six straight heading into a three-game series at Pittsburgh that began Friday. Mark Canha started at first for the Mets in the opener. Mark Vientos could also be an option, though Showalter said the coaching staff may have to use its “imagination” in thinking of ways to get by without Alonso.
“I’m not going to say someone has to step up and all that stuff,” Showalter said. “You’ve just got to be who you are.”
Even with Alonso in the lineup, the Mets have struggled to score consistently. New York is 16th in the majors in runs scored.
The team also said Friday that reliever Edwin Uceta had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. Uceta initially went on the IL in April with what the team called a sprained left ankle. He is expected to be out for at least an additional eight weeks.
New York recalled infielder Luis Guillorme and left-handed reliever Zach Muckenhirn from Triple-A Syracuse. The Mets sent catcher Tomás Nido to Triple-A and designated reliever Stephen Nogosek for assignment.
Nogosek is 0-1 with a 5.63 ERA in 13 games this season.
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GREENWICH, Conn., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ennabl, a leading Insurtech data analytics platform, is proud to announce the successful completion of its Series A funding, which has raised $8M. This funding will accelerate the company's growth and expand its market reach.
The Series A round was led by Brewer Lane Ventures, with participation from Altai Ventures and private investors. The company will use the funds to invest in product development, expand the company's sales and marketing efforts, and grow its team.
"Ennabl's mission is to provide cutting-edge solutions for insurance brokers and agencies to help them grow their book of business and simplify their existing processes," said Kabir Syed, CEO of Ennabl. "We're thrilled to have Brewer Lane Ventures and our other investors on board as we continue to grow our platform and help brokers achieve their goals."
Ennabl's SaaS platform helps insurance brokerages and agencies to harness data to drive top-line growth. Ennabl's machine learning algorithms provide actionable intelligence for brokers to increase their commissions, find new customers, grow their book of business, and manage carrier strategy by extracting, cleaning, and enriching data from all of the broker's systems and processes.
Ennabl has experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2021, with a customer base that includes a number of the world's largest insurance brokers. The company has also partnered with several leading technology and service providers, including Reagan Consulting, NeuralMetrics, HazardHub, and Fenris Digital, to provide actionable external data that allows brokers to accelerate their top-line growth.
We're excited to partner with Ennabl as they continue to drive innovation in the insurance technology space," said Chris Downer, Partner at Brewer Lane Ventures. "Their platform is revolutionizing the way insurance brokers leverage data, and we see tremendous promise in Ennabl's ability to further impact the market."
ABOUT ENNABL
Ennabl launched in 2021 with a seasoned management and engineering team of industry veterans to help brokers with data, insights, and workflow challenges. Serving as an insurance platform, Ennabl is used by numerous brokers and agents to unify and manage their data. By utilizing the platform, brokers can minimize the time spent on data maintenance and allocate more attention to enhancing their clients' experience and their bottom line.
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MADISON, WIS. – A Beloit man was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to nine years in prison for drug and weapons charges.
Eshawn M. Reed, 40, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson for distribution of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking, according to a news release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. Reed also was sentenced to five years of supervised release once his prison sentence is completed.
On April 6, July 19, and Aug. 5, 2021, Janesville police officers purchased crack cocaine from Reed in Janesville using a confidential informant, according to the news release.
On Aug. 10, 2021, law enforcement officers planned to arrest Reed and search his residence in Janesville. On that day, Beloit police officers tried to stop the vehicle Reed was driving, but Reed fled at a high rate of speed.
Reed later was found and his vehicle was searched. During the search, a loaded Ruger 57 handgun, a loaded magazine, 25 grams of crack cocaine, a total of $20,170 in cash and 1,063 grams of marijuana were recovered. Reed’s DNA was found on the firearm.
Officers also searched Reed’s Janesville residence where officers found drug trafficking paraphernalia, including a vacuum-sealing machine, unused vacuum bags, a 100-gram weight, measuring cups, strainers, and packaging materials. The next day, officers found a bag in a ditch along Reed’s suspected flight path that contained 671 grams of powder cocaine and 62 grams of crack cocaine. Reed’s DNA was found on the bag of powder cocaine.
Reed was prohibited from legally possessing a firearm based on multiple prior felony convictions. During the time of the controlled buys and arrest, he was on state supervision for three felony cases – one involving second degree recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon, a second case involving maintaining a drug trafficking place, and a third case involving possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute. His state supervision has since been revoked and he is currently serving a total sentence of five years in state prison with an anticipated release date of Nov. 7, 2026. Judge Peterson ordered Reed’s four-year federal sentence on the cocaine distribution charge to run concurrently with the remainder of Reed’s state prison sentence and ordered Reed’s five-year federal sentence on the firearm charge to run consecutively to the cocaine distribution charge as well as Reed’s state prison sentences.
The charges against Reed were the result of an investigation conducted by the Janesville, City of Beloit, and Town of Beloit Police Departments, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven P. Anderson prosecuted this case. | 2022-09-02T00:12:26+00:00 | beloitdailynews.com | https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/crime/beloit-man-sentenced-to-nine-years-for-cocaine-weapons-charges/article_3fe2ebc0-2a36-11ed-9037-93a3a970deb9.html |
Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic. | 2023-04-22T12:58:49+00:00 | wbfo.org | https://www.wbfo.org/2023-04-22/in-sudan-efforts-are-underway-to-evacuate-thousands-of-international-workers |
Andrei Vasilevskiy has won a Vezina Trophy and two Stanley Cups with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Igor Shesterkin is a finalist for the Vezina this year as he leads the New York Rangers in their pursuit of their first championship since 1994 and second in 82 years.
The Russian goalies will be front and center as the two-time defending champion Lightning and never-say-die Rangers meet in the Eastern Conference finals, beginning Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
“I think it’s unanimous they’re the two best goalies in the league,” said Rangers forward Barclay Goodrow, who played for the Lightning during their championship runs the last two years.
Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos knows the attention going into the series will be on the men in goal.
“We know what we have in our guy,” Stamkos said. “(Shesterkin) had a tremendous year in New York. Great regular season, and he’s on a really good run right now. But I think for us, no matter what goaltender we’ve played over the past couple years it’s not the main focus, we have to go out there and play our best.”
Asked who he thought was better between the two goalies, Goodrow simply said: “I’ll take Shesty all day.”
Vasilevskiy has a league-best 188 wins over the last five seasons, including a 39-18-5 mark this season with a 2.49 goals-against average and .916 save percentage. He’s 8-3 in these playoffs, allowing just four goals on 185 shots over the last five games, and his 57 career playoff win ties him with Tuukka Rask for 17th on the all-time list.
“He’s the best goalie in the world right now,” Shesterkin said. “I think it will be a good battle.”
The 26-year-old Shesterkin was 36-13-4 with a 2.07 GAA and .935 save-percentage — both tops in the league — in his third season in the NHL. After struggling in Games 3 and 4 against Pittsburgh in the first round, he is 7-3 with a 2.09 GAA in the last 10 games.
“Great goalie, obviously a great season, a great regular season for him,” Vasilevskiy said. “Great challenge for us and for our team, but it’s not about one guy on the other side. It’s about the whole team, they’re pretty consistent, pretty complete team – offensively, defensively, good goalie. So great challenge for us.”
When asked how it feels to face a young Russian goalie, Vasilevskiy — who is finishing his eighth season in the NHL — noted their close age difference.
“I’m a young guy still,” said Vasilevskiy, who will turn 28 in July. “He’s like, what, just two years younger than me, so there’s not much difference. … Obviously I just have to step up and show him my best game.”
Both teams survived a seven-game matchup in first round — Tampa Bay outlasting Toronto and and the Rangers rallying from a 3-1 series hole to beat Pittsburgh. The Lightning then swept Florida while the Rangers again went seven games — coming back from 2-0 and 3-2 series deficits — to outlast Carolina to arrive at this matchup.
PAST HISTORY
The Rangers won all three meetings in the regular season, with the last coming more than two months ago.
“We played them well in the regular season, which means nothing,” Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said.
This is the team’s first postseason matchup since the 2015 conference finals, won by the Lightning in seven games. This is Tampa Bay’s fifth appearance in the semifinal round since, while the Rangers had only won one playoff series before this year.
“Our core is quite a bit the same, their team has changed over quite a bit, different coach,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. “Two really good teams that have earned their way to this moment and it should be a fun series.”
LONG AND SHORT LAYOFFS
The Lightning have not played since finishing their sweep of Florida on May 23, giving them nine days between games. The Rangers have been playing every other day since the start of the playoffs, including the series-finale against the Hurricanes on Monday night.
Gallant wasn’t sure which scenario he preferred, but noted his team is thriving right now.
“I think our players like it,” he said. “You get ready for one game at a time, you don’t practice anymore, you just get ready for the games, prepare for the game. So hopefully it’s gonna be good for us. They had a lot of days. … I’ve had that in the past, too, and it definitely helps you get some some jump out of it. But also there’s a little rust in your game, too. So we’ll see what happens.”
LIGHTNING ON A RUN
The Lightning have won 10 consecutive playoff series, dating to the start of the 2020 playoffs in the bubble. They are the third franchise to win at least 10 straight series. Montreal did it twice — winning 13 in a row from 1976-80 and 10 from 1956-60. The New York Islanders hold the record, winning 19 straight — including four Stanley Cups — from 1980-83.
“We’re as hungry and desperate and willing to do whatever it takes at this point to try and keep this journey going,” Tampa Bay defenseman Ryan McDonagh said.
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ZAANDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch farmers angry at government plans to slash emissions used tractors and trucks Monday to block roads and supermarket distribution centers, sparking fears of store food shortages in the latest actions through a summer of discontent in the country’s lucrative agricultural sector.
The Netherlands’ busiest aviation hub, Schiphol Airport, urged travelers to use public transport to get to its terminals amid fears that the blockades also would target airports. Fishermen acting out of solidarity with farmers also blocked a number of harbors.
The unrest among Dutch farmers was triggered by a government proposal to slash emissions of pollutants like nitrogen oxide and ammonia by 50% by 2030. Provincial governments have been given a year to formulate plans to achieve the goal.
A group of farmers in the province of North Holland held talks with two senior officials in the city of Haarlem.
“Their concerns are understood and have our absolute attention. Good to be and stay in conversation with each other,” tweeted one of the officials, Arthur van Dijk.
The reforms are expected to include reducing livestock and buying up some farms whose animals produce large amounts of ammonia. Farmers argue they are being unfairly targeted and are being given no perspective for their future.
Police looked on but did not immediately take action Monday as some 25 tractors parked outside a distribution center for supermarket chain Albert Heijn in the town of Zaandam, just north of Amsterdam. Placards and banners affixed to the tractors read messages including, “Our farmers, our future.”
A tractor at another protest, in the northern town of Drachten, urged people to “think for a moment about what you want to eat without farmers.”
The umbrella organization for supermarkets called on police to take action and warned of possible shortages on supermarket shelves.
“Blockades of distribution centers hurt the citizens of the Netherlands. Supermarkets do everything they can to keep the stores stocked, but if blockades continue, it could lead to people not being able to do their daily shopping,” the Central Bureau for Food Trade said in a statement.
Traffic authorities warned motorists to prepare for delays and possible slow-moving tractors on the nation’s highways, but said that there were few problems early Monday for commuters, possibly because many people opted to work from home rather than get stuck in traffic.
Over the weekend, the government appointed an intermediary to lead talks between farmers’ organizations and officials drawing up pollution reduction measures. However, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has ruled out negotiating with farmers responsible for radical protests.
Mainstream farming lobby group LTO described the mediator, Johan Remkes, as “an administrative heavyweight with deep knowledge” of the issues and said it was open to talks with him.
According to LTO, there are nearly 54,000 agricultural businesses in the Netherlands with exports totaling 94.5 billion euros in 2019. | 2022-07-04T16:40:17+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-international/dutch-farmers-block-entrances-to-supermarket-warehouses/ |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily Derby" game were:
1st:4 Big Ben-2nd:3 Hot Shot-3rd:11 Money Bags, Race Time: 1:48.52
(1st: 4 Big Ben, 2nd: 3 Hot Shot, 3rd: 11 Money Bags; Race Time: one: 48.52)
¶ To win the grand prize, ticket-holders must match in exact order the winning race time and the first, second and third place horses. Lesser prizes are given to ticket-holders who correctly match other horses or race times. | 2022-11-17T04:07:11+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Derby-game-17590894.php |
BOSTON — While Ime Udoka only coached one season with the Celtics, he made a big impact as he led the squad to the NBA Finals. Jayson Tatum has called Udoka his favorite-ever coach ever, though they were only together for that lone season.
Udoka has found his new home with the Rockets, per multiple reports, as he found his next step. It wasn’t a huge surprise a team wanted to hire Udoka as the former Celtics coach was in rumors for weeks. The Udoka era ended in Boston when the organization promoted Joe Mazzulla from interim to permanent coach at the All-Star break. But multiple Celtics players did see their former head coach find his next step.
“I’m happy for him,” Derrick White said after C’s shootaround Tuesday. “Definitely wish him the best. I think he’s going to do a good job out there.”
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White only played in Boston for half the season and the playoffs as he was moved from the Spurs to the Celtics at the trade deadline. Meaning he only got Udoka the head coach for that period of time. But the two go back to their collective Spurs days, when Udoka was an assistant for San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich.
“I think he’ll do a good job of changing the culture there,” White said. “That’s just the type of guy and coach he is. So he’s going to do a good job there and help them turn it around.”
Udoka was suspended for the entire 2022-23 season by the organization after an investigation unveiled an inappropriate workplace relationship, among breaking other team rules. That put the Celtics into some turmoil just days before training camp as Mazzulla was named interim coach. But the C’s came out red-hot to start the season, and they finished the season with the NBA’s second-best record.
The Celtics are also bonafide title contenders these playoffs, and their path to the NBA Finals appears clear. However, the C’s aren’t overlooking their current opponent in the Hawks as they hold the 3-1 series lead. That’s where Al Horford said the team’s mindset is at regarding the Udoka news.
“I think it’s good for him to get that opportunity,” Horford said. “I feel that we have a big game ahead of that. I feel like we all understand what’s in front of us and our ability to be able to win this game. That’s all we’re looking at right now.”
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Magdalena Cruz grew up knowing she owed her very life to a horrid crime.
She was born in 1986 to a mom who couldn’t care for her, or for herself. For a decade, Cruz’s mother had been a resident of a state facility for severely disabled people in Rochester, New York. She was nonverbal. She was 30 but had the mental acuity of a 2-year-old, wore diapers and needed constant care. She couldn’t consent to sex, so when she was discovered to be pregnant, it was obvious she must have been raped.
Facility administrators told the woman’s family another resident was likely responsible and said they would file a police report and undertake an internal investigation.
Nearly four decades later, Cruz says she has solved the mystery of her father’s identity herself, partly by using a mail-order DNA test and a popular genealogy database.
He was an employee of the facility, not a resident, according to a lawsuit she filed this week.
Moreover, Cruz also learned through her own sleuthing that no police report was ever filed, no employees were interviewed and no action was ever taken by administrators, the lawsuit said.
“The facts surrounding her birth were far more shocking and grotesque than her family had realized,” her lawyers wrote in the suit, filed against the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, the state agency that oversees state-run facilities.
Criminal charges are no longer possible because of legal deadlines that long ago expired. The lawsuit was only possible because New York enacted a law last year temporarily setting aside the statute of limitations for litigation over sexual assaults from long ago.
Cruz’s search for her birth story began about four years ago. Her lawyers said she started by requesting records from municipalities and the state regarding her mother’s care. She received progress notes from her mother’s time at Monroe Developmental Center, which revealed a series of injuries before and during the pregnancy — a bite mark on her breast, cross-shaped bruise on her shoulder blade, a 9-inch (23-centimeter) abrasion on her back, the lawsuit said.
“Likes men of color, strips, sometimes yells, jumps, eats very fast,” wrote one caretaker — the man Cruz now believes to be her father.
Infuriated by what the records had shown, Cruz undertook genetic testing through Ancestry.com and matched with biological relatives on her father’s side in Virginia. She scoured photos of the family online. One of them showed a girl whose eyes resembled her own. She identified the girl’s father and found through searching online that he had lived in Rochester, not far from the Monroe Developmental Center, at the time of her birth.
In 2019, she brought her findings to police, who confirmed the man had worked at the facility but said too much time had passed to bring charges.
In the 1980s, the family had no idea the Monroe Developmental Center, which was closed by the state in 2013, had multiple incidents of resident abuse.
At least 10 staff members had been identified as pedophiles and rapists from 1976-1985, including supervisors, security guards and volunteers. A number of residents had died under unusual circumstances, including a 21-year-old quadriplegic patient whose body temperature spiked when he was left outside in the sun for four hours without fluids, the lawsuit said. Another resident died after swallowing five surgical gloves.
Cruz’s mother, referred to in the lawsuit as I.C., is living in a different facility today. The Associated Press does not identify people who have been sexually assaulted unless they consent to being named.
“She can’t even speak to say what happened to her, and if not for the pregnancy, we would never, ever know,” her attorney, Susan Crumiller, said Tuesday. “And even if not for her daughter’s investigation, we still would never know about the institutional cover up.”
After the pregnancy, the records showed facility administrators suggested birth control for I.C., which, Crumiller said, “would have no purpose other than hiding continued abuse, given that she did not and never will have the mental capacity to consent.”
In a statement, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities said that while it could not comment on pending litigation, “the safety and well-being of the people we support is OPWDD’s highest priority.”
The man Cruz identified as her father is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. He could not immediately be reached for comment. Phone listings in his name were disconnected.
“We’ll probably never know how many other patients were raped at this facility, how many times our client was raped, how many other rapists there were,” Crumiller said, “and that’s because the facility covered up the abuse.”
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
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Thompson reported from Buffalo, N.Y. | 2023-03-08T17:39:53+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/daughter-unravels-decades-old-mystery-of-disabled-moms-rape/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
Home with Love
CARIO, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the new town of Sidi Abdellah in Algiers, there are some red-brown and beige buildings of its Mahelma community. In the evening, some residents walk leisurely on the paths, and groups of children happily playing near the slides. Many young people run on the football field, enjoying the game. This is the apartment complex of the Sidi Abdellah government subsidized housing built by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). Since it was completed and put into use in 2019, it has helped over 10,000 locals realize their dream of living comfortably, and effectively improved local housing conditions.
BENSSADA Loubna's family is a beneficiary of the project. In the past, they huddled together in a shabby community in Ain Benian. Today, owning a home of their own is a source of happiness for them. "In 2019, my family and I moved into the new apartment built by the Chinese. Before that I always worried simply because we didn't have a stable place to live."
"When I opened the door of my new home, the feeling was indescribable, like starting a new life." Loubna said excitedly. Project manager Xuan Shijie said what impressed him most were the smiling faces of those who had moved in and their heartfelt greetings to the builders.
CSCEC borrowed the concept of the Barcelona Superblock to make the inner traffic more people-friendly. The privacy of the residents is also well protected. "This is not a luxury project. But we did spend a lot of efforts in materials and the details of the design and facilities to promote residents' happiness," Xuan said.
Affordable housing also allows more residents to join CSCEC. Omar, a local electromechanical engineer, is one of them. He's worked on the project site for 10 years. He said, "I am so proud to be part of the company and to help improve my compatriots' living conditions." According to statistics, the company has provided job opportunities for more than 27,000 local people.
CSCEC has been involved in the construction in Algeria for 40 years. To date, CSCEC has built over 170,000 dwellings in Algeria, covering an area of about 17 million square meters. It has solved housing problems for nearly 1 million people and in so doing made important contributions to people's livelihoods in Algeria.
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Woman rescues dog abandoned in NYC subway station
NEW YORK (WABC) - A woman rescued a dog abandoned in a New York City subway station after seeing an Instagram post on an account that helps unwanted belongings find a new home.
The “NYC Free at the Curb” Instagram account is a handy public service. Eagle-eyed New Yorkers send pictures of furniture or useful items that have been tossed out in the hope those items can find a new life in a new home.
A woman on her way to work last Monday sent in a photo of a confused, sad-looking pit bull mix she spotted tied up with a rope in the Fulton Street subway station.
Heather Hamm had been thinking about getting a dog for some time. That night, she was home looking at her phone when she saw the post about the abandoned dog.
“I was actually just looking previously at foster dogs, and then, I had opened up Instagram and I saw her. She was the first post on there, and I was like, ‘There she is,’” Hamm said.
Hamm couldn’t resist. She hopped in a Lyft and headed to the subway station, where some police officers were standing with the dog.
“And I was just like, ‘Can I have her?’ And they’re like, ‘Well, she’s your dog now because she obviously likes you,’” Hamm said. “I called her Peaches, and she responded. So, I kinda think that’s already her name.”
Less than 24 hours after the rescue, Peaches had not only a new name but a new pink harness and a clean bill of health from the veterinarian, who found no microchip and estimated her age at 6 to 9 months.
Hamm and Peaches couldn’t be more of a perfect match, as Hamm works in a studio that’s dog-friendly, giving Peaches a place to make new dog friends.
“It’s been a running thing in my studio where everyone’s like, ‘Heather, you need to get a dog,’” Hamm said.
What’s more, Hamm grew up with a dog and had been hoping to adopt one of her own; though rescuing one from an Instagram account where she had previously gotten pieces of furniture wasn’t quite what she had in mind.
“I found my coffee table. I found my couch that I was sitting on when I saw this dog. I found so much on this page, so, this is just my craziest stoop find yet,” Hamm said.
The identity of whoever abandoned Peaches in the subway is a mystery. While there are plenty of cameras above ground in the Financial District and in the subway station itself, there are none in the stairwell where the dog was found.
However, there is enough foot traffic in the area at all hours to ensure somebody would find her.
Copyright 2023 WABC via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-03T08:29:34+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2023/04/03/woman-rescues-dog-abandoned-nyc-subway-station/ |
(WHTM) — State officials are reminding people about the importance of life insurance.
They say it provided financial protection to your family members. The money can go towards funeral arrangements, college tuition, weddings, and daily activities.
“Speaking from personal experience the death of a family member can present some difficult and unexpected challenges that can be both mentally and emotionally disorienting. at such a time life insurance provides a welcome level of financial stability,” Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania Presidents and CEO Johnathan Greer.
You can click here to go to the Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s website. You will be able to find more information on how to get life insurance coverage | 2022-09-30T18:53:04+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/pennsylvania-news/pa-officials-remind-residents-importance-of-life-insurance/ |
Confused by the huge Mega Millions jackpot? Here are some answers
Now that the Mega Millions lottery jackpot has topped $1 billion — only the fourth time a lottery game has reached such heights — plenty of people who rarely play the game are considering risking $2 or joining an office pool in hopes of an immense payoff.
Buying a ticket is easy, but it's also easy to be confused about the odds, how the prizes are set and how the winnings will eventually be paid out.
Do your chances of winning rise or fall as the jackpot grows?
Your chances of winning the jackpot always remain one in 302.5 million, regardless of whether the big prize is $20 million or the current $1.02 billion. You do increase your odds of winning if you buy more tickets but before laying down $100 at the Quicky Mart for 50 tries, keep in mind that in the big scheme of things, 50 chances out of 302.5 million isn't much better than one. Also realize that the $1.02 billion amount is for the annuity option, paid annually over 29 years. The cash option would pay $602.5 million.
Is this a good time to play other lottery games?
Just like the Mega Millions odds don't change, the odds of winning a prize in Powerball, the other big nationwide game, and other smaller state games are fixed, too. Given that, you have no better odds now than at any other time. However, with fewer people buying tickets in those games, there is less of a chance that multiple players could win the jackpot, forcing you to share your winnings.
What states have the most Mega Millions jackpot winners?
Time for a road trip to a lottery nirvana? Probably not.
Since 2016, players have won 40 Mega Millions jackpots, with the fortuitous few scattered through 22 states. And not surprisingly, there have been more winners in states with greater populations and thus more players.
California takes the prize for the most Mega Millions jackpot winners during that span, with six lucky players. That's followed by five winners in New York, four in New Jersey and three in Illinois.
Notably, population heavyweights Texas and Florida have had few Mega Millions winners since 2016. Texas had two and Florida had one.
Where do the drawings take place?
The drawings happen at 11 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday and Friday and are held at the WSB-TV studios in Atlanta.
Do retailers get anything out of this?
Rules vary by state but retailers usually get a reward for selling a ticket that wins a jackpot. In Ohio, for example, retailers get $1,000 for every million dollars of a jackpot, with a cap of $100,000.
What if I choose an annuity but die before receiving all the payments?
Most jackpot winners opt for cash but receiving your winnings through an annuity, with 30 payments over 29 years, can help people slightly reduce their tax burden. If winners die before receiving all their winnings, the future payments would go to their estate.
Who runs Mega Millions and how do they decide jackpot amounts?
The lottery game is overseen by 45 state lotteries as well as game officials in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A group comprising representatives from the lotteries meets twice a week to determine the estimated jackpots. | 2022-07-28T00:01:00+00:00 | kcra.com | https://www.kcra.com/article/mega-millions-jackpot-explained/40733454 |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s wealthy high tech allies don’t seem too happy about receiving subpoenas from Twitter as part of the company’s legal battle with the Tesla CEO.
San Francisco-based Twitter is suing Musk in Delaware in an attempt to get him to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, a deal Musk is trying to get out of. According to a report from The Washington Post, Twitter’s legal team on Monday asked for information about a host of tech investors and entrepreneurs connected to Musk in a wide-ranging subpoena. Twitter declined to comment.
According to the Post, the subpoena includes “extensive requests for communications, including ‘checklists, timelines, presentations, decks, organizational calls, meetings, notes, recordings’ related to the deal’s financing.'”
Well-known venture capitalists included in the subpoena, according to the report, are Marc Andreessen, founder of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz; former Facebook exec and CEO of Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya; and David Sacks, the founding chief operating officer of PayPal and current general partner at Craft Ventures.
Sacks posted Monday on Twitter that “news that I am being subpoenaed by Twitter’s lawyers reminded me of this issue of Mad Magazine, I don’t know why.” He included a photo of the magazine’s cover showing a hand raising a middle finger.
Joe Lonsdale, general partner at 8VC, called Twitter’s subpoenas sent to “friends in the ecosystem” surrounding Musk, Andreessen and Sacks a “giant harassing fishing expedition.”
“I have nothing to do with this aside from a few snarky comments, but got a “YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED” document notice,” he tweeted on Monday.
Representatives for Sacks, Andreessen and Palihapitiya did not immediately respond to messages for comment on Tuesday. Lonsdale did not immediately respond to a message sent through LinkedIn. | 2022-08-03T15:21:50+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/business/ap-business/elon-musks-tech-allies-miffed-about-twitter-subpoenas/ |
TORONTO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today, Info-Tech Research Group announced the expansion of its digital transformation services, and the appointment of Charl Lombard as President, of Digital Transformation Consulting Practice.
As industries increasingly rely on technology to navigate the complexity of the post-pandemic era, the global information technology research and advisory firm is responding to the need for organizations to gain more value from their transformation initiatives.
"As business and IT leaders enter the second half of 2022, they face significant market changes, forcing them to re-evaluate strategies and the effectiveness of their operations," says Joel McLean, Executive Chairman and Founder of Info-Tech Research Group. "To help leaders meet these challenges, we are expanding our digital transformation research and advisory services under the leadership of Charl Lombard. This initiative reflects Info-Tech's unique and longstanding ability to help clients navigate complex business and IT issues through industry research and practical tools."
Throughout his 20-year career, Lombard has led at-scale transformation efforts across a wide range of industries and functions as a management consultant at such firms as McKinsey & Company and PwC. He joins Info-Tech from Sabre Hospitality Solutions, where he led Global Product Management, driving several major transformation initiatives for the leading SaaS platform provider.
"Digital transformation projects often fail to meet business expectations. Success requires a holistic, people-centric approach that leverages technology as a key enabler," says Charl Lombard, new President of Digital Transformation at Info-Tech Research Group. "With proven methodologies and the right practices, leaders can avoid common transformation obstacles and drive disproportionate value from their digital investments."
With his extensive experience, Lombard is set to expand the firm's existing world-class digital transformation advisory practice and research products to include additional diagnostics, methodologies, tools, and training. This initiative will enable Info-Tech members to design and implement digital transformation strategies to meet customer demands and thrive in the digital economy.
To learn more about Info-Tech and to download all the latest research, visit www.infotech.com or connect via LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook for current updates.
About Info-Tech Research Group
Info-Tech Research Group is one of the world's leading information technology research and advisory firms, proudly serving over 30,000 IT professionals. The company produces unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. For 25 years, Info-Tech has partnered closely with IT teams to provide them with everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.
Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and over 200 IT and Industry analysts through the ITRG Media Insiders Program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.
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7News First Alert Weather: Reinforcing shot of cooler air arrives tomorrow with a light freeze possible Wednesday morning
Quick warming trend establishes at the end of the workweek
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) -
For tonight, mostly clear skies with temperatures cooling quickly after sunset. Overnight lows will fall into the mid 30s, with the chance for patchy for for areas right along I-40. Winds will be light out of the north at 5-10 mph.
On Tuesday, mostly sunny with a reinforcing shot of cooler air arriving due to the positioning of the trough located across the northeast. High temperatures will struggle to make it out of the 50s with a few areas warming into the low 60s. Winds will be out of the northeast at 10-15 mph.
Prime raditional cooling will take place Tuesday night allowing overnight lows to fall into the low 30s and near freezing. There are several counties that are currently under a Freeze Watch for Wednesday morning. Here are some early season freeze reminders: Cover or protect cold sensitive plants and vegetation, bring in pets, and set your home thermostat to a comfortable temperature before heading to bed.
A warm front moves across the area midweek allowing for a steady warmup into the mid 80s by Friday. A southwesterly wind flow keeps temperatures well-above average on Saturday with a few areas topping out near 90°. Another cold front will arrive late Sunday night and early Monday morning bringing a 10° drop in afternoon highs. There could be enough moisture available for isolated showers/storms, however models are not agreeing on the coverage of rain.
Copyright 2022 KSWO. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-18T00:25:22+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/2022/10/17/7news-first-alert-weather-reinforcing-shot-cooler-air-arrives-tomorrow-with-light-freeze-possible-wednesday-morning/ |
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s executive branch says it favors changes to copyright law to require large online service providers — including social media platforms and search engines — to pay media companies for use of their journalistic content, even small excerpts known as “snippets.”
The Federal Council, Switzerland’s executive body, announced Wednesday that it’s opened a four-month examination of a proposed legal change to improve compensation for journalists and their media companies.
The government noted the importance of public debate in a democracy, which has now largely moved onto the Internet.
“The content offered by search engines, social media and multimedia platforms is largely based on journalistic works by traditional publishing media,” a government statement said. Short previews of journalistic content — or “snippets” — are not currently protected under Swiss copyright law.
It said media companies and journalists don’t receive any remuneration from online service companies that use their work. Setting the rates of any such compensation would have to be worked out between industry players.
“The Federal Council proposes that large online service providers should be required to remunerate media companies for the use of snippets,” the government said. “For example, if a large search engine shows snippets of newspaper articles in its search results, the online service provider will have to pay remuneration for this in future.
Only the biggest online services — which draw a number of users annually amounting to least 10 percent of Switzerland’s population — would be required to pay such compensation. Switzerland’s population was about 8.8 million as of the end of last year.
The Swiss government pointed to changes abroad, including a directive by the European Union — which does not count Switzerland among its 27 member states — that helped media companies defend their interests with regard to online services. | 2023-05-25T11:53:08+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/technology/ap-swiss-govt-favors-compensation-for-journalistic-snippets-posted-by-online-services/ |
TROY — A Fletcher man pleaded not guilty Monday in a Miami County court to four felony indictments alleging he engaged in pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor.
Matthew Blevins, 33, is accused of recording, reproducing or publishing material featuring a minor in sexual activity in January in Miami County. The material did not involve identifiable juveniles, said Paul Watkins, first assistant county prosecutor.
Judge Jeannine Pratt set bail of $15,000 for Blevins in Common Pleas Court. If he posts bail, Blevins will be required to report to probation officials weekly and will be banned from using the internet.
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FAFSA season starts: What you need to know for financial aid
NEW YORK (AP) — The Free Application for Federal Student Aid filing season starts Oct. 1 for the 2023-2024 school year. If you plan to attend college next year, experts say you might want to fill out the FAFSA application as close to the opening date as possible.
Many institutions award financial aid on a first-come, first-serve basis. Karen McCarthy, vice president of public policy and federal relations from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, recommends students get started.
“It is a good idea to do it on the earlier side,” said McCarthy. “Whenever (colleges) run out of money, then that’s all the funding they have for the year.”
Whether this is your first or fifth time filling out the application, here are some recommendations and background for completing this process and getting financial aid for your college career.
HOW DOES FAFSA WORK?
The FAFSA is a free government application that uses financial information from you and your family to determine whether you can get financial aid from the federal government to pay for college.
The FAFSA will send your financial information to the schools listed in the application that you are interested in attending — up to 10 schools. Each school that admits you will send you a financial aid package. The amount of financial aid you get depends on each institution.
This application is also used to determine eligibility for other federal student aid programs, like work-study and loans, as well as state and school aid. Sometimes, private, merit-based scholarships also require FAFSA information to determine if you qualify for their specific aid.
“Completing the FAFSA is probably the single most important thing you can do to get in line for scholarships, grants and other federal financial aid for college,” said Rick Castellanos, vice president of corporate communications at Sallie Mae.
Nitro College, a website that offers advice for college students, has a step-by-step guide listing all the questions in the FAFSA.
WHO SHOULD FILL OUT THE FAFSA?
Anyone planning to attend college next year. Many decide not to apply thinking their family’s income is too high to be considered, but McCarthy recommends all students fill out the application.
“There’s no commitment, there’s no charge,” said McCarthy. “See what happens, you may be surprised. And if not, you have it on file in case you change your mind.”
Students and parents can use the federal student aid estimator to get an early approximation of their financial package.
HOW DO I FILL OUT FAFSA?
The first step is to create an FSA ID to help you log into your account electronically. If you are a dependent student, your parents will also need to create an account.
Before starting your application, McCarthy recommends using your permanent personal email, one that is “available to you and that you check regularly.”
Here are the documents you will need to fill out your FAFSA application:
—Your Social Security Number
—Your driver’s license number, if you have one
—Your Alien Registration Number, if you are not a U.S. citizen
—Your federal income tax returns, W-2s, and other records of money earned.
—Your bank statements and records of investments.
—Your records of untaxed income.
The application offers the option to get your federal tax return information from the IRS Data Retrieval Tool.
McCarthy also recommends students use their physical Social Security card when they fill out the application, not only to make sure they use the right number. but to double check their name.
“It’s much easier to avoid an issue in the first place,” said McCarthy. Some students who use their middle name in their daily lives make the mistake to list it as their first name on the application, she said. This causes issues with the application that will need to be resolved.
WHEN SHOULD I FILL OUT FAFSA FOR FALL 2023-2024?
Meeting deadlines is important to avoid missing out on any possible financial aid you might receive. Aside from the federal deadline, students need to know if their state also has a deadline to be considered for financial aid.
The FAFSA application for the 2023-2024 year opens on Oct. 1 and must be submitted by June 30, 2024.
Each state has different deadlines for financial aid. For example, California has a March 2, 2023 deadline and Florida has a May 15, 2023 deadline for state financial aid programs.
You can check your state’s deadline here.
DO I HAVE TO RENEW MY FAFSA?
The FAFSA needs to be filled out every year you plan to attend college. However, it usually becomes easier to navigate the process after you’ve done it once.
“I feel a lot faster every year,” said Haley Campbell Garcia, 28, who filled out the FAFSA for the first time in 2013 and has filled it out every year since, for her undergraduate and graduate degrees.
When you renew your application, some information is already pre-filled, but tax information and other items need to be updated.
WHAT INFORMATION DO I NEED FROM MY PARENTS FOR FAFSA?
If you are filing as a dependent student, you’ll need to provide the financial information of at least one parent. If you list both parents, you need to know how they filed their tax return — jointly or separately — and their official marital status, said McCarthy.
“It seems like it should be obvious, but sometimes people don’t necessarily know whether their parents are separated or actually divorced,” said McCarthy. You can find the official marital status of your parents by checking their tax return.
Parents need to create their own FSA IDs. When your parents fill out the application, they can manually input their tax return information or use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool.
Parents will need this information to fill out the FAFSA:
—Social Security number or Alien Registration number (if they are not U.S. citizens).
—Federal income tax returns, W-2s and other records of money earned.
If a student is applying for the 2023-2024 school year, parents need to use their 2021 federal tax return information.
If you have questions about income information, you can call the federal student aid office at 1-800-433-3243.
WHAT IF MY PARENTS ARE NON CITIZENS WHEN I FILL OUT FAFSA?
Your parents’ citizenship status does not affect your eligibility for student aid. The application doesn’t ask for your parents’ legal status in the country.
If your parent does not have a Social Security number, students should enter all zeros on the application. Also, parents without a Social Security number won’t need to create a FSA ID, but will need to sign the application by printing and mailing it to the financial aid office so the student’s application gets processed.
For more details on non-citizen parents you can visit studentaid.gov.
HOW CAN I SPEAK WITH MY PARENTS ABOUT FAFSA WHEN THEY’VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE?
Whether you are a first generation college student or your parents are immigrants, having to explain FAFSA to them can be challenging.
The way Jessica Sansarran, a 25-year-old resident of Orlando, approached this issue was by reading FAFSA guides to her parents and communicating her frustrations with the process.
“I told them ‘you know, this is complicated for me too’,” said Sansarran, whose parents are from Guyana.
Anastasia Acerno, 21, approached this process similarly.
“I would just ask my parents for all their tax documentation, wait for them to find it, and then just ask them the questions myself, instead of having them go through the application,” said Acerno, who graduated from the University of Albany.
WHAT IF MY FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED SINCE 2021?
If your (or your family’s) financial situation has drastically changed, you need to contact the specific institution that you are planning to attend. Each college handles special circumstances differently, said McCarthy.
WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY FAFSA FINANCIAL AID PACKAGE?
FAFSA applications take three to five days to process, according to the student aid website. However, when you receive your financial aid package will depend on your institution. Usually, students get their financial aid package shortly after their admission offers.
WHAT IF I MADE A MISTAKE IN MY FAFSA?
If you made a mistake filling out your application, you need to correct your FAFSA form. You can do this by logging in with your FSA ID, go to the “My FAFSA” page and select “make corrections.”
In some instances, if the changes cannot be done through the FAFSA portal, students will need to reach out to their institution’s financial aid office to make corrections.
WHAT IF MY FINANCIAL AID IS NOT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR MY COLLEGE?
If the financial aid package from the college you plan to attend will not cover your college expenses, there are alternatives.
You can look into scholarships that might help lower the cost of attending college or student loans. There are two types of student loans: federal and private. Federal student loans usually offer lower interest rates than private loans.
WHERE CAN I FIND MORE HELP TO FILL OUT FAFSA?
A lot of information about FAFSA can be found on the studentaid.gov website, but if you have more specific questions, you can speak with the financial aid office of your desired institution.
From filling out basic questions to a more in-depth understanding of your financial aid package, your college or community college’s financial aid office can help.
In Yvette Solano’s case, she requested help from someone in the financial aid office that spoke Spanish.
“For me, it was about feeling comfortable asking questions and understanding the information,” said Solano, 25, who attended San Diego City College and graduated from Cal State, Los Angeles this summer. “You shouldn’t be ashamed of asking for help.”
McCarthy also recommends looking for college access organizations that provide free help completing the FAFSA.
Students or parents can also call, email or live chat with the Federal Student Aid Information Center.
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How will we know if the US economy is in a recession?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The second consecutive quarter of economic growth that the government reported Thursday underscored that the nation isn’t in a recession despite high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s fastest pace of interest rate hikes in four decades.
Yet the U.S. economy is hardly in the clear. The solid growth in the October-December quarter will do little to alter the widespread view of economists that a recession is very likely sometime this year.
For now, the economy expanded at a 2.9% annual rate in the fourth quarter, though some of the underlying figures weren’t as healthy. Consumer spending, for example, grew at a slower pace than in the previous quarter, and business investment was weak. Last quarter’s growth was fueled by factors that won’t likely last. These include companies’ restocking of inventories and a drop in imports, which meant that more spending went to U.S.-made goods.
Increased borrowing rates and still-high inflation are expected to steadily weaken consumer and business spending. Businesses will likely pare expenses in response, which could lead to layoffs and higher unemployment. And a likely recession in the United Kingdom and slower growth in China will erode the revenue and profits of American corporations. Such trends are expected to cause a U.S. recession sometime in the coming months.
Still, there are reasons to expect that a recession, if it does come, will prove to be a comparatively mild one. Many employers, having struggled to hire after huge layoffs during the pandemic, may decide to retain most of their workforces even in a shrinking economy.
Six months of economic decline is a long-held informal definition of a recession. Yet nothing is simple in a post-pandemic economy in which growth was negative in the first half of last year but the job market remained robust, with ultra-low unemployment and healthy levels of hiring. The economy’s direction has confounded the Fed’s policymakers and many private economists ever since growth screeched to a halt in March 2020, when COVID-19 struck and 22 million Americans were suddenly thrown out of work.
Inflation, the economy’s biggest threat last year, is now showing signs of steadily declining. Used and new cars are becoming less expensive. Price increases for furniture, clothes and other physical goods are slowing.
Last year, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate seven times, from zero to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. The Fed’s policymakers have projected that they will keep raising their key rate until it tops 5%, which would be the highest level in 15 years. As borrowing costs swell, fewer Americans can afford a mortgage or an auto loan. Higher rates, combined with inflated prices, could deprive the economy of its main engine — healthy consumer spending.
Fed officials have made clear that they’re willing to tip the economy into a recession if necessary to defeat high inflation, and most economists believe them. Many analysts envision a recession beginning as early as the April-June quarter this year.
So what is the likelihood of a recession? Here are some questions and answers:
WHY DO MANY ECONOMISTS FORESEE A RECESSION?
They expect the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes and high inflation to overwhelm consumers and businesses, forcing them to slow their spending and investment. Businesses will likely also have to cut jobs, causing spending to fall further.
Consumers have so far proved remarkably resilient in the face of higher rates and rising prices. Still, there are signs that their sturdiness is starting to crack.
Retail sales have dropped for two months in a row. The Fed’s so-called beige book, a collection of anecdotal reports from businesses around the country, shows that retailers are increasingly seeing consumers resist higher prices.
Credit card debt is also rising — evidence that Americans are having to borrow more to maintain their spending levels, a trend that probably isn’t sustainable.
More than half the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics say the likelihood of a recession this year is above 50%.
WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS THAT A RECESSION MAY HAVE BEGUN?
The clearest signal would be a steady rise in job losses and a surge in unemployment. Claudia Sahm, an economist and former Fed staff member, has noted that since World War II, an increase in the unemployment rate of a half-percentage point over several months has always signaled a recession has begun.
Many economists monitor the number of people who seek unemployment benefits each week, a gauge that indicates whether layoffs are worsening. Weekly applications for jobless aid actually dropped last week to a historically low 190,000. Employers continue to add many jobs, causing the unemployment rate to fall in December to 3.5%, a half-century low, from 3.7%.
ANY OTHER SIGNALS TO WATCH FOR?
Economists monitor changes in the interest payments, or yields, on different bonds for a recession signal known as an “inverted yield curve.” This occurs when the yield on the 10-year Treasury falls below the yield on a short-term Treasury, such as the three-month T-bill. That is unusual. Normally, longer-term bonds pay investors a richer yield in exchange for tying up their money for a longer period.
Inverted yield curves generally mean that investors foresee a recession that will compel the Fed to slash rates. Inverted curves often predate recessions. Still, it can take 18 to 24 months for a downturn to arrive after the yield curve inverts.
Ever since July, the yield on the two-year Treasury note has exceeded the 10-year yield, suggesting that markets expect a recession soon. And the three-month yield has also risen far above the 10-year, an inversion that has an even better track record at predicting recessions.
WHO DECIDES WHEN A RECESSION HAS STARTED?
Recessions are officially declared by the obscure-sounding National Bureau of Economic Research, a group of economists whose Business Cycle Dating Committee defines a recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.”
The committee considers trends in hiring. It also assesses many other data points, including gauges of income, employment, inflation-adjusted spending, retail sales and factory output. It puts heavy weight on a measure of inflation-adjusted income that excludes government support payments like Social Security.
Yet the NBER typically doesn’t declare a recession until well after one has begun, sometimes for up to a year.
DOES HIGH INFLATION TYPICALLY LEAD TO A RECESSION?
Not always. Inflation reached 4.7% in 2006, at that point the highest in 15 years, without causing a downturn. (The 2008-2009 recession that followed was caused by the bursting of the housing bubble).
But when it gets as high as it did last year — it reached a 40-year peak of 9.1% in June — a downturn becomes increasingly likely.
That’s for two reasons: First, the Fed will sharply raise borrowing costs when inflation gets that high. Higher rates then drag down the economy as consumers are less able to afford homes, cars and other major purchases.
High inflation also distorts the economy on its own. Consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, weakens. And businesses grow uncertain about the future economic outlook. Many of them pull back on their expansion plans and stop hiring. This can lead to higher unemployment as some people choose to leave jobs and aren’t replaced.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-26T16:00:07+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/2023/01/26/how-will-we-know-if-us-economy-is-recession/ |
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — A Pennsylvania man was sentenced on Friday to nearly three years in prison for assaulting an Associated Press photographer and attacking police officers with a stun gun during the U.S. Capitol riot.
Alan Byerly apologized to his victims before U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss sentenced him to two years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Byerly will get credit for the more than 15 months he already has served behind bars since his arrest, according to his lawyers.
“I didn't go to D.C. to harm anyone,” Byerly told the judge.
Byerly, 55, pleaded guilty in July to assaulting AP photographer John Minchillo and then activating a stun gun as he charged at police officers who were trying to hold off the mob that formed outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Byerly said he was an “antagonistic jerk” when he confronted the officers. He also said he assaulted Minchillo after hearing a voice say, “That's antifa. Get him out of here.”
Minchillo was wearing a lanyard with AP lettering when Byerly and other rioters attacked him on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace, according to a court filing accompanying Byerly’s guilty plea. Byerly grabbed Minchillo, pushed him backward and dragged him toward a crowd, the filing says. Another AP photographer captured the assault on video.
“I should have never gotten involved, and I'm deeply sorry for my actions,” Byerly said.
Prosecutors sought a sentence of at least three years and 10 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. Defense lawyers requested a sentence below an estimated guidelines range of 37 to 46 months in prison.
Moss said he believed Byerly is genuinely remorseful for his role in the mob's “assault on democracy.” The judge said it was clear that Byerly couldn't have injured anybody with the inexpensive stun gun that he brought to the Capitol, but the officers couldn't have known that given the sound that it made.
“They were clearly frightened by it,” Moss said. “It undoubtedly added to the fear the officers felt that day.”
Minchillo “must have been extremely frightened, as well,” the judge added.
None of Byerly's victims attended his sentencing hearing.
Byerly bought the stun gun before traveling from his home in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, to Washington, D.C., for the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6. Leaving the rally before then-President Donald Trump finished speaking, Byerly went to the west side of the Capitol and joined other rioters in using a metal Trump billboard as a battering ram against police, prosecutors said.
Later, Byerly approached police officers behind bike racks and deployed his stun gun. After officers grabbed the stun gun from Byerly's hands, he charged at them, struck and pushed them and grabbed an officer’s baton, prosecutors said. One of the officers fell and landed on his hands while trying to restrain Byerly.
Defense attorneys said the model of stun gun that Byerly purchased for $24.99 was considered to be “junk” by engineering experts.
“Furthermore, shortly after purchasing the device, Mr. Byerly had accidentally activated it on himself and thus knew that it could not cause injury or even pain,” the defense lawyers wrote in a court filing.
Other rioters helped him elude capture that day, but Byerly was arrested in July 2021. He told FBI agents that he did just “one stupid thing down there and that’s all it was,” according to prosecutors.
“This was a reference to how he handled the reporter and nothing more,” they wrote in a court filing.
Byerly, a carpenter by trade and father of four children, has remained in custody since his arrest more than 15 months ago.
Approximately 900 people have been charged with federal crimes for their conduct on Jan. 6. More than 420 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanor offenses. Nearly 300 have been sentenced, with roughly half of them getting terms of imprisonment ranging from seven days to 10 years, according to an AP review of court records.
More than 100 police officers were injured during the Jan. 6 riot. Over 270 defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers or employees at the Capitol, according to the Justice Department. Byerly is one of several defendants charged with assaulting members of the news media or destroying their equipment at the Capitol. | 2022-10-21T20:53:24+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/crime/capitol-rioter-gets-prison-for-attacks-on-journalist-police-pennsylvania/521-a662a1b0-bf8f-4707-b4e9-4aea26f8c26e |
'The offsetting city': Abbott, supporters urge Lubbock, West Texas to help keep state red
Gov. Greg Abbott focused on keeping West Texas deep red with two stops in the Hub City on Tuesday.
It was the second day of early voting ahead of the Nov. 8 election, where he faces Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke.
A key message from Abbott and supporters at the rally was simple - don't take a Republican victory for granted. Vote.
"It takes one thing to get it done: It takes your efforts to go vote," Abbott said. "But if you think that casting your vote is all that's needed to secure a victory, you're wrong."
"You need to get others to go vote," he added. "After you go vote, you need to go home, use your contact list and send out one simple, short message to all your contacts: 'Go vote tomorrow for Governor Abbott.'"
Painting Texas 'Red Raider' red
More:Beto O'Rourke campaigns with Democratic candidates on Texas Tech campus in Lubbock
This was at least the third stop in Lubbock for the governor this year, with two previous stops ahead of the Republican primary election in March.
O'Rourke has campaigned in Lubbock at least three times in the months leading up to November's election, including a visit to the Texas Tech campus earlier this month.
The governor also visited the Texas Tech campus earlier Tuesday, joining university leaders to celebrate $50 million in federal funding and the launch of the Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production at Tech.
Abbott's latter Tuesday event was a rally at south-Lubbock restaurant Table 82, where several hundred supporters packed a reception room to hear the governor's re-election campaign stump.
Gov. Abbott joins Texas Tech leaders to tout $50M grant, research project
"We're going to paint Texas Red Raider red," Abbott said.
During the stop, Abbott focused on countering what he calls the "radical leftist liberal agenda" of challenger O'Rourke. Talking points included the state economy, immigration, education, police funding and, perhaps most prominently, voter engagement.
On economy, Abbott said he plans to return money to taxpayers by cutting property taxes and protecting the state's oil and gas industry.
"Texas now has a $27 billion budget surplus," Abbott said. "I want to take at least half of that budget surplus — $13.5 billion — and return it to you, the people of Texas, with the largest property tax cut in the history of this state."
More:Early voting begins Monday. Here's what you need to know to cast your ballot.
"This is Texas. We believe in God, guns and oil. … Texas ranks number one in America for the production of oil and gas. Beto wants to destroy that ranking because Beto has embraced the radical leftist ideology of the Green New Deal," he added.
Abbott said he plans to continue his efforts at the border, including an initiative to curb illegal immigration with National Guard deployments and by busing migrants to cities like New York and Washington, D.C. The governor also wants to keep "wokeism" out of Texas schools, he said, denouncing so-called critical race theory.
"I will not allow your taxpayer dollars to fund an education that will teach our kids to hate our country," Abbott said. "Things like critical race theory says teachers can teach whichever version of history they want to teach. That is absolutely wrong."
Abbott did not mention at the rally what is commonly referred to as school choice, parental choice, or a voucher program. The policy, which Abbott has previously expressed support for, would take money from the public school system and give it to parents to use on tuition if they choose to send their child to a private school. Some West Texas Republicans like Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian, have denounced the policy.
More:Rep. Ken King outlines legislative priorities on pre-session district tour
Abbott urged attendees to cast a ballot as soon as possible, even reading the address of the nearest early voting location to the rally site.
State representative-elect Carl Tepper, who will represent the Lubbock County based HD 84, helped to introduce the governor earlier in the event and suggested high voter turnout in traditionally blue areas of the state could mean Republican candidates are less secure for a victory than it would normally appear.
"It's tighter than Fox News is letting you know. … We cannot take this for granted," Tepper said. "Lubbock is the offsetting city."
Election Day is Nov. 8 and early voting runs from Oct. 24 through Nov. 4. The final day to submit an application to vote by mail is Oct. 28. | 2022-10-26T01:18:34+00:00 | lubbockonline.com | https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/10/25/gov-abbott-urges-lubbock-west-texas-to-keep-state-red-in-election/69564453007/ |
Will exhibit, deliver keynote, and participate in panels
DALLAS, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- StackPath, a leading platform of edge computing, edge delivery, and edge security solutions, is pleased to announce its status as a Diamond sponsor of this year's Edge Computing Expo North America, October 5-6 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
"We sponsor a number of events every year, but are especially excited about Edge Computing Expo," said Susie Scott, StackPath VP of communications. "We are all about the edge and the benefits it provides our customers. We can't wait to speak with the anticipated 5,000 attendees about how we enable enterprises across all industries to build, protect, and accelerate their edge-native workloads and applications."
Edge Computing Expo North America will consist of two-days of top-level content and thought-leadership discussions exploring the edge computing ecosystem. More than 40 speakers will share expert knowledge and real-life experiences through presentations, panel discussions, and in-depth fireside chats.
StackPath sessions include:
- October 5, 10:05am: Ashok Ganesan, StackPath Chief Strategy Officer, will provide the keynote address: "Accelerating Transformation with Edge Computing – 2022 State of the Edge, Where Are We?"
- October 5, 10:35am: Tom Reyes, StackPath Chief Product Officer, will join the "Enabling Your Organization's Edge Computing Transformation Journey" panel
- October 6, 10:15am: Kevin Odden, StackPath Chief Revenue Officer, will participate on "The Case for Edge and the Benefits of a Convergent Approach" panel
Attendees can also interact with StackPath experts at booth #217 to learn how StackPath's suite of edge compute, delivery, and security services meet their unique needs. In addition, the booth will feature the "StackPath Speed Freak" game, a fun, interactive challenge for prizes and bragging rights.
Edge Computing Expo is co-located with Digital Transformation Week, IoT Tech Expo, AI & Big Data Expo, Blockchain Expo, 5G Expo, and Cyber Security & Cloud Expo, so decision makers can learn a variety of key enterprise technology solutions in one place.
StackPath is a cloud platform built at the internet's edge, providing infrastructure and services closer than hyperscale cloud service providers. StackPath Edge Compute, Edge Delivery, and Edge Security solutions run in locations strategically deployed in high-density markets and united by a secure global network and single management system. Customers from Fortune 50 enterprises to startups trust StackPath to give their latency-sensitive workloads and real-time applications the speed, security, and efficiency they require.
Contact: Susie Scott, (503) 806-3841, susan.scott@stackpath.com
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6-year-old girl losing eyesight to rare genetic disorder
GRANGER, Iowa (KCCI) - An Iowa family is trying to do and see all they can as their 6-year-old daughter loses her eyesight and hearing in one ear due to a rare genetic condition.
Breia Lastovka, 6, is diagnosed with Alström syndrome, a genetic condition that is taking her eyesight. She wears dark glasses because her eyes, which are only seeing in black and white, are sensitive to bright lights. She is also losing hearing in her right ear.
“She will go blind completely. There is not a specific time frame. They have no idea. She could go blind next week, or it could be 20 years,” said Breia’s mother, Alyssa Lastovka.
Breia’s parents first noticed something was wrong when their daughter was just a few months old.
“We noticed that her eyes moved really quickly. So, they would dart from side to side. She would kind of roll her eyes a lot,” Alyssa Lastovka said.
Genetic testing led to the diagnosis of Alström syndrome last October. In addition to the symptoms Breia is already experiencing, the disorder could have an adverse effect on her heart, kidneys and liver and lead to stunted growth, diabetes and obesity.
Breia’s parents don’t want her diagnosis to limit her future. The 6-year-old is learning Braille and leaning on the love of her supportive family, including her older brother and two younger siblings.
“We try to tell her everyday she can do whatever she wants. The world is hers. We will do whatever we can to make sure she is able to do everything she wants,” said Breia’s father, Sean Lastovka.
The Lastovkas want Breia to see as much as possible before she goes fully blind. They started a GoFundMe to help meet that goal.
“She wants to see the mountains in Colorado. She wants to see the Hollywood sign in California,” Alyssa Lastovka said. “We’ve made this our normal. This is our life. This is how we live.”
Alström syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder affecting just 1 in 1 million people. Because it is so rare, it is often misdiagnosed in young children. Most individuals diagnosed with the condition do not survive beyond the age of 50.
Breia’s parents say there won’t be a cure in their or their daughter’s lifetime.
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This story is part of NPR's Main Character of the Day series, where we spotlight the people and things worth talking about — and the stories behind them.
If you were to fly over any city in the world that's blazing under triple-digit temperatures right now, you wouldn't see anything that would look like a disaster.
Yet, extreme heat killed more people in the U.S. last year than hurricanes, floods, lightning or tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service. Kathy Baughman McLeod says it doesn't have to be this way.
Who is she? Baughman McLeod is the senior vice president and director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, a nonprofit focused on climate adaptation, at the Atlantic Council. She also serves on FEMA's National Advisory Council.
Her title is a mouthful, but her goal is simple: She wants the U.S. — and the world — to take extreme heat more seriously.
"If you think about it, heat has no owner. There is no heat agency. It's everybody and nobody's problem, and I think that needs to change," she told NPR.
Baughman McLeod and her team have been pushing cities to name "chief heat officers" to address heat that is worsened by climate change, and have welcomed appointments in cities like Miami, Monterrey, Dhaka and Melbourne.
Baughman McLeod also wants heat waves to be categorized and officially named like hurricanes, to give them the same urgency and legitimacy as other extreme weather events, saying: "We think, and are showing, that a health-based categorization system is a great way to convey how deadly the risk is at any certain time in a given community."
What's the big deal? Heat is a known killer, yet the data gathered on heat-related illness and deaths is inconsistent and incomplete.
Baughman McLeod says the country's infrastructure doesn't adequately support those victimized by heat, especially the most vulnerable populations, which are often Black and Brown people.
"The increase of the risk and the impact is happening so quickly, our own perception of it can't keep up," Baughman McLeod said.
She says part of the reason it's so difficult for governments to understand the true impact of heat is that there is no consistent record keeping of heat-related illnesses or deaths on hospital forms when a patient seeks help.
Baughman McLeod says we need clearer data to create a sense of urgency that could save lives, pointing to the hundreds of deaths attributed to the 2021 heat wave over the Pacific Northwest that she calls a "mass casualty event."
Human-caused climate change is also making heat waves longer, more frequent and more intense, meaning events like this summer's record-breaking heat in the U.S. and Europe are much more likely.
What are people saying?
Phoenix has been experiencing temperatures above 110 degrees for a longer stretch of time than ever before — 27 days and counting, as of Thursday. That city's mayor, Kate Gallego, and chief heat officer, David Hondula, are both calling for more federal funding to support their efforts related to mitigating the impact of extreme heat.
Currently, FEMA does not officially recognize heat waves as disasters. There has been increasing pressure from scientists and local leaders on the agency to do so.
Want to hear the full conversation with Baughman McLeod? Tap the play button at the top.
So, what now?
If there was systematic counting and reporting of heat deaths and illnesses, Baughman McLeod says, "We'd have the private sector getting involved, understanding how much it was costing them, the health care companies, governments enacting lots of evidence-based interventions that we know work and save money."
Recently, Baughman McLeod's nonprofit partnered with the city of Seville in Spain to officially name and categorize three heat waves, including "Zoe" in July of 2022. While a peer-reviewed study is yet to be conducted, Baughman McLeod says early results of the pilot program look promising. "People who remembered Zoe's name did act and do more, share with their friends and family and trusted the government's advice."
Last year, The Biden Administration created heat.gov, a source of health information related to extreme heat and its impacts on the nation's health and economic wellbeing.
But Baughman McLeod says governments need to collect better data and employ targeted public awareness campaigns, among other solutions, to make the dangers of heat known. "No one has to die from this. With the right information and a place to go, nobody has to die."
The interview with Kathy Baughman McLeod was produced by Jonaki Mehta, conducted by Juana Summers, and edited by Christopher Intagliata. contributed to this story
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Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist and ex-conductor of the Philly Pops, dies at 89
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops’ conductor for more than three decades, has died. Nero was 89. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that he died Thursday at an assisted-living home in Eustis, Florida, according to his daughter, Beverly Nero. Peter Nero colored his renditions of pop songs with classical, swing, Broadway, blues and jazz melodies. He often called his sound “undefinable” and was not offended when others called it “middle of the road.” Nero started the Philly Pops orchestra in 1979 and led it until 2013. In his work as both performer and conductor, Nero returned frequently to Broadway tunes, Hollywood themes and Gershwin. He also dipped into Motown’s catalog and other genres. | 2023-07-09T00:51:05+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/2023/07/08/peter-nero-a-grammy-winning-pianist-and-ex-conductor-of-the-philly-pops-dies-at-89/ |
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Sawyer Products SP657 Premium Permethrin Insect Repellent
- DynaTrap Insect Trap XL
- Benadryl Extra-Strength Anti-Itch Topical Analgesic Gel
Mosquitoes are annoying and their bites itch something fierce. But, there are some easy steps you can take at home and in the great outdoors to minimize your exposure to the pests. There’s a variety of safe and effective topical mosquito repellents to choose from. There are also several good-to-great methods of keeping mosquitoes out of areas such as your entire patio. If you can’t repel them all, consider treating your yard to kill as many as possible and prevent their recolonization. Finally, if you do get bitten, there’s a host of topical creams and other products that can offer substantial relief.
Concerning DEET
Diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) is among the most well-known ingredients in repellents. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), scientists have yet to see any negative health outcomes associated with topical DEET use. It does smell harsh and feels greasy and pore-clogging. It’s also not outlandish to confuse DEET with DDT, a dangerous pesticide that’s no longer in use in the United States. However, an expanding body of research illustrates that other chemicals are about as effective and, in some cases, more so than DEET.
DEET alternatives
If you can’t stand DEET’s smell or texture, there are other options. Some use the extract of lemon eucalyptus since it smells fantastic and is comfortable to apply. Inside that extract, a chemical called PMD works to repel mosquitoes with roughly the same effectiveness as DEET. Some PMD formulations also show longer-lasting effects.
There’s also an ingredient called picaridin. It displays the same effectiveness as PMD or better. Some studies also indicate it repels mosquitoes farther from you and lasts longer than alternatives. There’s a wide variety of ways to apply picaridin, including creams, sprays, and lotions. Experts recommend picaridin as part of your protection when traveling in malaria-ridden regions.
If you’re not worried about mosquito-borne illness but might be at risk of tick-borne disease, consider a bug repellent that uses IR3535. It’s less effective than others against mosquitoes but does an impressive job of keeping ticks from biting.
Apply the Sawyer Products Premium Permethrin Insect Repellent to clothing and furniture, not skin, to keep pests away.
Area-of-effect mosquito repellents
It’s hard to enjoy a night on the patio with friends if you spend the whole time feeding flying parasites. There are precious few products that can help. Contrary to popular belief, studies suggest that citronella candles aren’t among them. However, researchers have found that clip-on devices that contain metofluthrin can repel and kill mosquitos for up to 12 hours.
Mosquito repellent FAQ
What is permethrin?
A. Permethrin is an effective insecticide that begins to kill mosquitoes once they touch it, and before they have a chance to bite. It isn’t used for casual hiking but it’s recommended if you’re heading anywhere there’s a risk of mosquito-borne illness such as malaria or Zika virus. It’s intended as a clothing treatment. Never apply it on the skin. It’s also toxic to many pets, especially cats.
Which natural mosquito repellents work?
A. To be blunt, few. Limited research suggests essential oils from plants such as lemon grass and rosemary are effective. However, essential oils don’t usually work against all mosquito breeds at once, and any effects they do show tends to wear off quickly. Essential oils are also partially unnatural — steam distillation and CO2 extraction don’t exactly occur in nature. Additionally, many insect repellents claiming to be natural include chemicals such as geraniol. If you’re serious about protection from mosquitoes, stick to EPA-registered insect repellents.
The DoTerra Family Essential Oils Kit contains 10 scents, including lemon, lavender and peppermint.
Are mosquito-repellent wristbands worth it?
A. They are generally not worth the plastic they’re made with. Some use ineffective oils such as citronella extract. Others use common repellents including DEET. No matter the active ingredient, a wristband can’t protect your entire body from bug bites.
Do ultrasound waves repel mosquitoes?
A. No scientific evidence supports the idea that ultrasound generators can repel mosquitoes.
Do mosquito traps work?
A. Studies indicate that insect traps using various types of bait can lessen mosquito activity. Like any area-of-effect bite prevention, you shouldn’t rely solely on traps if there’s any risk of insect-borne disease.
The DynaTrap Insect Trap XL uses fluorescent ultraviolet light to attract pests and covers up to a full acre.
Area-based insecticides
In regions with a risk of disease or especially humid places with armies of flying insects, topical repellents don’t always get the job done. Sometimes, you have to be ready to kill. Treating your entire yard at once is the most effective way to combat exploding mosquito populations. This is especially important in humid regions, including the southeastern US. Whenever you mix, spray or store harsh chemicals such as insecticides, make sure to wear personal protective equipment. This includes goggles and disposable gloves.
Bifenthrin
Bifenthrin, also known as the brand-name Bifen IT, is a wide-spectrum insecticide. It’s effective against red fire ants, earwigs, termites and mosquitoes, among other pests. It kills any adult mosquitoes, although it isn’t 100% effective against eggs and larvae.
Insect growth regulators
To stop mosquito development, you need an insect growth regulator. These disrupt the growth cycle, beginning in the egg and larval stages. A chemical called pyriproxyfen is the most common for landowners in the US. It’s found under brand names such as Pivot 10 and Nygard.
How to get relief from mosquito bites
A cold compress is the simplest way to treat the pain and itching of mosquito bites. It’s not a reasonable treatment if you spent all night outdoors, though, acting as a bug buffet. But, there’s a variety of creams and other topical treatments that can help.
Start by washing the affected area with soap and water. A little moisturizer can go a long way in relieving minor itching. There are some safe chemicals that can also help. Calamine lotion, for example, relieves pain and itching from poison ivy and similar irritants and also works well on bug bites. Over-the-counter hydrocortisone cream can reduce swelling and itching. A topical antihistamine such as Benadryl can also help.
Benadryl Extra-Strength Anti-Itch Topical Analgesic Gel gives almost instant relief.
Tips for avoiding mosquito bites
- Eliminate standing water: Mosquitoes lay eggs in standing water and it doesn’t take long for the larvae to grow into bloodsucking adults. This is one of the most effective and overlooked ways to minimize local mosquito populations.
- Wear light-colored clothing: Most breeds are drawn more to dark colors than light ones. Dressing in light colors also helps to keep cool during the hot summer months.
- Avoid tight-fitting clothes and short sleeves: It’s easy for mosquitoes to bite through form-fitting fabrics, whether you’re wearing spandex, nylon, or cotton. A quality pair of loose-fitting hiking pants helps on wilderness adventures.
- Don’t drink too much: For the most part, what foods and drinks you ingest don’t make a difference when it comes to mosquito attraction. Alcohol is the exception. Drinking results in the body releasing carbon dioxide and heat, which attracts mosquitoes.
- Stay inside: Many breeds are most active during the midmorning and early evening. If you have the option, consider relaxing indoors during those times.
- Keep the air moving: A moderate amount of airflow does a good job at keeping mosquitoes and other flying insects at bay. A small fan is all you need to avoid bug bites in some small spaces.
- Use netting: Quality mosquito netting goes a long way toward keeping all kinds of bugs out. Consider some if you’re setting up a personal tent for sleeping or a party tent for entertaining.
The Zonon Insect Netting comes in many sizes so you can protect what’s necessary.
A novel way to kill thousands of mosquitoes
If you live in a muggy climate and have to deal with significant numbers of mosquitoes, one method is effective when used over a couple of weeks. Remember that carbon dioxide and heat attract mosquitoes? Charcoal creates more carbon dioxide when burned than a person breathes out in an entire day.
First, get an industrial fan. A 24-inch model works great and costs upward of $100. Secondly, set up a simple charcoal grill a few feet behind the fan so the fan blows away from the grill. Thirdly, light some charcoal and line the intake side of the fan with mosquito netting. Lastly, let the fan blow until the charcoal is fully burned.
The charcoal attracts mosquitoes for a few hours. Hundreds to thousands of them can end up caught in the netting. Fold the netting over to capture the mosquitoes, then dispose of them in a sealed garbage can and spray them with insecticide.
To get the most out of this method, use it every day for at least a week. If you notice declining numbers of mosquitoes on the netting each day, that means it’s working. If you continue for long enough, eventually, you’ll capture almost no mosquitoes. Since mosquitoes don’t travel far during their adult life, persistent use of this method massively cuts down on the breeding population. This cuts down numbers before you have to worry about repellents.
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