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(NEXSTAR) — In addition to announcing widespread student loan forgiveness, the Biden administration says it is working to reform the way borrowers will repay their loans going forward.
As part of this, the Biden administration is proposing a rule that would create a new income-driven repayment plan intended to “substantially reduce future monthly payments for lower- and middle-income borrowers.”
There are four income-driven repayment plans: Pay as You Earn, Revised Pay as You Earn, Income-Based, and Income-Contingent. All four have monthly payments set at a level “intended to be affordable based on your income and family size,” according to the U.S. Department of Education.
For each plan, your payment is based on a different percentage of your discretionary income (the difference between your annual income and a certain percentage of the poverty guidelines based on your family size and where you live).
The newly proposed income-driven repayment (IDR) plan would drastically differ from the aforementioned plans.
According to data from the White House, borrowers would be required to pay no more than 5% of their discretionary income on undergraduate loans, down from the 10% rates available on the current IDR plans.
The amount of income considered non-discretionary income would also rise, meaning no borrowers earning under 225% of the federal poverty level ($30,577.50 for a single borrower) would owe a monthly payment.
Borrowers below that threshold could see payments as low as $0.
If, for example, you are making $44,000 a year, a current IDR plan could require you to make monthly payments of $197. Under the new plan, that would drop to $56 a month, saving you almost $1,700.
If you were making slightly less — let’s say $35,000 — your monthly payment would drop from the roughly $122 you’d pay under a current plan to $19. With an income of $77,000 a year, your payment drops from $294 to $61.
Here’s how you can calculate what your payment would be under the proposed plan:
- Determine your federal poverty guideline based on state and family size using this chart.
- Multiple that by 2.25. (This is the 225% rate mentioned above.)
- Subtract that number from your income.
- Multiple that by 0.05. (This is the 5% of your discretionary income mentioned above.)
- Divide that number by 12 for your monthly payment.
According to the White House, “no borrower’s loan balance will grow as long as they make their monthly payments—even when that monthly payment is $0 because their income is low.” This is not currently the case with other IDR plans.
Additionally, after 10 years of payments, borrowers with an initial loan balance of $12,000 or less will have their remaining debt forgiven.
Like other aspects of President Joe Biden’s Wednesday announcement, further details about this plan haven’t yet been released. We do know that monthly payments could change, primarily because of a change in your income or household size, and that there could be certain requirements you would have to meet to qualify for this plan.
The Education Department says the proposed regulation will be published soon on the Federal Register and the public will be invited to common on the draft rule for 30 days.
In addition to proposing a new income-driven repayment plan, the Biden administration announced widespread federal student loan forgiveness and proposed long-term changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. | 2022-09-21T14:44:14+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/national/your-monthly-student-loan-payments-could-be-drastically-reduced-under-a-new-plan-heres-what-we-know/ |
A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS.
In Vermont, the state Senate gave final approval this week to legislation that would prohibit manufacturers and suppliers from selling or distributing any cosmetics or menstrual products in the state that have perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as well as a number of other chemicals.
The products include shampoo, makeup, deodorant, sunscreen, hair dyes and more, said state Sen. Terry Williams, a Republican, and member of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.
“Many known toxic chemicals are used in or found as contaminants in personal care products, including PFAS, lead and formaldehyde,” Williams said in reporting the bill to Senate colleagues.
California, Colorado and Maryland passed similar restrictions on cosmetics that go into effect in 2025. Other proposals are under consideration in Washington and Oregon while bills have also been introduced in Illinois, Rhode Island and Georgia.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, studies have linked PFAS exposure to increased cancer risk, developmental delays in children, damage to organs such as the liver and thyroid, increased cholesterol levels and reduced immune functions, especially among young children.
Like in Colorado and California, the proposed Vermont crackdown on PFAS — known as “forever chemicals” for their persistence in the environment — goes beyond cosmetics. The bill, which now must be considered by the Vermont House, would extend the ban to apparel, including outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions, athletic turf, clothing, ski wax and textiles, including upholstery, draperies, towels and bedding that intentionally contain PFAS. The bill has been referred to a House committee and the chairwoman said Friday that she’s not sure if the panel will get to it this session. The legislation gives various timelines for the phaseouts.
“We must stop importing dangerous chemicals like PFAS into our state so we can prevent the harms they are causing up and down the supply chain — from their production and use to their disposal,” Lauren Hierl, executive director of Vermont Conservation Voters, said in a statement.
In March, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first federal limits on the chemicals in drinking water, saying the protection will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer. The chemicals had been used since the 1940s in consumer products and industry, including in nonstick pans, food packaging and firefighting foam. Their use is now mostly phased out in the U.S., but some still remain. Pressure is also growing to remove PFAS from food packaging.
A study by University of Notre Dame researchers released in 2021 found that more than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada were awash with a toxic industrial compound associated with serious health conditions.
Researchers tested more than 230 commonly used cosmetics and found that 56% of foundations and eye products, 48% of lip products and 47% of mascaras contained fluorine — an indicator of PFAS.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says on its website that there have been few studies of the presence of PFAS in cosmetics, and the ones published found the concentration is at very low levels.
The Personal Care Products Council, which represents the cosmetics industry, says in 2020 it supported California legislation to phase out certain ingredients, including 13 PFAS in cosmetics, and identical legislative language in Maryland the following year. The group called for states to pass uniform laws to avoid confusion.
As for bans on apparel containing the chemicals, the American Apparel & Footwear Association supports the bill passed unanimously in the Vermont Senate and appreciates that amendments were made to align with phase-out timelines in existing PFAS restrictions in California and New York, said Chelsea Murtha, AAFA’s director of sustainability, in a statement.
The Outdoor Industry Association, based on Colorado, said overall it supports the Vermont bill, also noted the current version more closely matches the timeline for compliance with California’s.
“We are also appreciative of the exemption for outdoor apparel severe wet conditions until 2028, as our industry is diligently working to move toward non-regrettable alternatives that will not compromise consumer safety or the quality of the product,” said president Kent Ebersole in a statement. | 2023-04-07T19:47:54+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/states-consider-banning-cosmetics-containing-pfas/ |
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New research suggests a person's name, specifically hard-to-pronounce ones, could make the difference between landing a job or their resume ending up in the reject pile.
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By ARLEIGH RODGERS and CLAIRE SAVAGE
Associated Press/Report for America
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Manager Ashley Ford strode the perimeter of one of Indianapolis’ five open swimming pools, monitoring kids as they jumped off a diving board or careened into the water from a curved slide. Four lifeguards, whistles at the ready, watched from their tall chairs stationed around the water.
With a dozen of the city’s pools shuttered due to a lifeguard shortage, families sometimes line up more than an hour before the one at Frederick Douglass Park opens, Ford said. Many days, it reaches capacity.
A national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted communities such as Indianapolis to cut back on pools and hours. In other spots around the United States, swimming areas go without attendants.
That’s left some Americans with fewer or riskier options, even as a significant part of the nation endures a second heat wave in as many weeks. Public health experts say the risk of drowning decreases significantly when lifeguards are present.
“That’s my biggest thing, is making everybody safe,” Ford said.
The American Lifeguard Association estimates the shortage impacts one-third of U.S. pools. Bernard J. Fisher II, director of health and safety at the association, expects that to grow to half of all pools by August, when many teenage lifeguards return to school.
“It is a disaster,” Fisher said.
Summer shortages aren’t unusual, but U.S. pools are also dealing with the fallout from earlier in the pandemic, when they closed and lifeguard certification stopped, Fisher said. Starting pay lags behind many other jobs, though some cities are ramping up incentives.
Indy Parks and Recreation has 100 lifeguards on staff this year when normally it would have double that, said Ford, who was worked for the agency for 20 years. Even as lifeguards from closed neighboring pools bulk up the open facilities, pools in Indianapolis must still close for an hourlong lunch and cleaning break each day.
When a local pool is not open, young people may go swimming in places without lifeguards, Fisher said. That can result in more drownings, which disproportionately affect people of color. In the U.S., Black people under 29 are 1.5 times more likely to drown compared with white Americans of the same age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 330,000 people enroll the American Red Cross’ lifeguarding course annually. That figure shrank, as many pools shuttered due to the pandemic, but is now rising, Jenelle Eli, senior director of media relations for the American Red Cross said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Indy Parks requires its lifeguards to pass a course in which they swim 100 yards, tread water for a minute without using their hands and retrieve a 10-pound object from the bottom of a pool. Starting pay is $15 per hour, up from $13 an hour earlier this year. Those who stay through the season will receive a $100 retention bonus, Boyd said.
“I’ve tried to get some of my friends that want to get a summer job and want to have money in their pockets,” said second-year lifeguard Donald Harris, 17. “They’ve just said lifeguarding isn’t for them.”
At Indiana’s state parks, lifeguards are paid $11 an hour. All of the state’s 37 facilities remain open, but some operate on limited hours, said Terry Coleman, director of the Division of Indiana State Parks. Many Indiana state parks additionally have shallow swimming areas without lifeguards, Coleman said.
“We’re looking at potential incentives for maybe the 2023 recreation season, but nothing in stone yet,” he said.
In Maine, several state parks started the season without lifeguards, and visitors are informed at the park entrance when no lifeguard is on duty, said Jim Britt, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The state pays lifeguards about $16 an hour.
“It’s a concern,” Britt said. “There’s no two ways about it. We want lifeguards to be there and to be on duty.”
Chicago, which boasts one of the nation’s largest aquatic programs — 77 public pools and 22 beaches that serve a population of nearly 2.75 million — pushed opening day for pools back to July 5 from June 24.
“Chicago families rely on our park programs during the summer, so we are not giving up,” Chicago Park District Superintendent Rosa Escareño said in a news release.
Escareño attributed the scarcity in part to “mass resignation” — referring to post-pandemic labor shortages.
Chicago Park District pays $15.88 hourly and is now offering bonuses of $600, up from $500 in May, to new hires who stay through the summer. It also relaxed residency requirements, meaning applicants do not have to live in the city.
One cause for applicant hesitation unrelated to the pandemic may be a lifeguard sexual abuse scandal that rocked Chicago Park District last year.
Escareño said the organization has since strengthened its accountability and reporting systems.
“I think right now, the most important thing is to ensure that we open safely, and that we place the greatest priority on safety, not just the safety of our residents, but also the safety of our employees,” she said.
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Associated Press reporter David Sharp in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report. Savage reported from Chicago. She and Rodgers are corps members for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2022-06-21T18:39:30+00:00 | wtmj.com | https://wtmj.com/national/2022/06/21/us-pools-close-go-without-lifeguards-amid-labor-shortage-2/ |
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A power substation fire temporarily caused outages at the Oakland International Airport and left 50,000 customers around the east San Francisco Bay Area without electricity Sunday, Oakland fire officials said.
The Oakland Fire Department responded to a fire on Pacific Gas & Electric property in the early afternoon and found a transformer on fire, an unidentified spokesman for the Oakland Fire Department said in a video posted on Twitter. The fire has been extinguished.
The fire caused power outages in Oakland and Alameda. Pacific Gas & Electric’s website estimated power would be restored by mid-evening. Spokespeople did not immediately respond to a phone call seeking comment.
The Oakland International Airport, which serves about 170 flights a day, lost power for nearly two hours, spokesman Robert Bernardo told the San Francisco Chronicle. A few security lines remained open for screening, KNTV reported. Social media posts showed large crowds of people gathered at airport baggage claim.
The power outage also halted some public transportation to the airport and snarled traffic on other roadways.
Airport officials could not immediately be reached for comment. | 2023-02-20T15:12:52+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-oakland-airport-50k-in-bay-area-lose-power-due-to-fire/ |
Capital’s Amerie Romero scrambles to grab a loose ball stolen from Pecos forward Anna Armijo during a loss Thursday at the Armendariz Tournament. The Lady Jaguars are trying to return to the ranks of the 5A elite.
Lady Jaguars center Amerie Romero scrambles for a rebound against Panthers guard Kristina Ragland (bottom) and Natalia Stout (right) during Capital's loss to Pecos at the Armendariz Tournament.
Capital's Layla Cintron shoots under pressure by Panthers guard Larycia Sena (21) and forward Anna Armijo (13) during Capital's loss to Pecos at the Armendariz Tournament.
Capital’s Amerie Romero scrambles to grab a loose ball stolen from Pecos forward Anna Armijo during a loss Thursday at the Armendariz Tournament. The Lady Jaguars are trying to return to the ranks of the 5A elite.
Lady Jaguars center Amerie Romero scrambles for a rebound against Panthers guard Kristina Ragland (bottom) and Natalia Stout (right) during Capital's loss to Pecos at the Armendariz Tournament.
Capital's Layla Cintron shoots under pressure by Panthers guard Larycia Sena (21) and forward Anna Armijo (13) during Capital's loss to Pecos at the Armendariz Tournament.
In what may be the toughest job in Santa Fe’s high school sports spectrum, an entire city has stood by for more than 15 years waiting for Capital High’s girls basketball program to roar back to life.
Aside from three flashes of progress since the 2006-07 team won 21 games and reached the quarterfinals of the Class 4A state tournament under future Hall of Fame coach Lisa Villareal (now the highly decorated coach at Class 5A superpower Volcano Vista), the Lady Jaguars are a combined 172 games below .500 ever since.
That includes one winless season, a 1-win campaign and single-digit wins 11 times. The lone exceptions to the struggle came in 2009-10 when Capital won 13 games and split the difference in district play and again in 2017-18 when new coach Darren Casados led the Lady Jaguars to a 14-win season and a 5-3 mark in district play, a season where the program more than doubled its win total from the two previous years to reach the state tournament.
It was a sign of hope, one that spilled forward into the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 campaign that saw Capital go 6-6 and again sit two games over .500 in district play with Casados at the helm. If not for the abbreviated playoff format, the Lady Jaguars might well have made it to state as an at-large team.
Finding consistency has been the main problem. For every step forward there have been two steps back.
People can (and will) point fingers in a lot of areas: Coaching, a lack of talent, the facilities, the administration, the lingering impact of COVID-19, reclassification and district alignment, blah blah blah. It’s the same everywhere; Capital isn’t close to being immune.
With year-round specialization becoming the norm for New Mexico high school sports — particularly in the state’s biggest schools in Class 5A and, to a lesser extent, 4A — it’s becoming easier and easier to draw a straight line between the schools that can succeed and those who are finding it harder to simply keep up.
It has gotten to the point the state’s premier programs are so top-heavy with players committed to year-round competition that the days of simply showing up to tryouts and making the team are no longer possible without additional training.
For schools at the opposite end, the results in head to head competition is predictable. The gap between the haves and have-nots is wider than ever, and it’s a battle Casados has fought for years. While some coaches can install a system for ready-made talent, Casados has to develop the majority of that talent from the ground up in the tight window between November’s first practice and the stretch run of the district race in February.
From Day One, Capital and schools in similar situations are already falling behind.
Is it possible to see the Lady Jaguars do what others in Santa Fe have done the last 15 years, teams like the Santa Fe High girls who won a state title in 2014, the Santa Fe Indian girls who have been to the state finals six times since 2005, or the St. Michael’s girls who reached the title game in ’08 and been a solid program in most years since?
Absolutely. But it won’t be easy, not in 5A when you’re trying to scale mountains ruled by monster programs like Volcano Vista, Hobbs, La Cueva, Sandia and others. While some teams strive for a mid-court dance in The Pit in early March, the hope is to one day see Capital crack that elusive .500 mark and find a permanent home among the ranks of the so-called contenders. | 2022-12-11T08:54:04+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/sports/capital-girls-program-on-long-journey-as-it-tries-to-return-to-contender-status/article_d418834c-78db-11ed-acdc-0bb7d6269673.html |
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he raised with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday his concerns about trade “blockages,” but did not walk away from their first face-to-face talks with any promises that the $13 billion barriers to Australian exports would be lifted.
The Australian government described the talks on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Indonesia as the first formal bilateral meeting between the two nations’ leaders since 2016, when Xi met then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Bilateral relations plummeted since then over issues including Australia’s ban on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei’s involvement in 5G networks, calls for an independent inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic and new laws banning covert international interference in Australian politics.
Since the center-left Labor Party came to power in May after nine years of conservative rule, Albanese has been calling for China to lift a series of official and unofficial barriers to Australian exports including beef, wine, seafood, wood and coal that cost $13 billion a year.
Albanese described his 30-minute meeting with Xi as “successful,” “positive,” “warm” and “constructive.”
“I put forward Australia’s position when it comes to the blockages in our trading relationship,” Albanese told reporters on the resort island of Bali.
“It was a positive discussion. We put forward our position. It was not anticipated that a meeting such as that you get immediate declarations. I believe if people thought that would happen, then that was not realistic,” Albanese added.
Xi told Albanese in his opening remarks at the meeting that bilateral relations had “encountered some difficulties” in recent years.
“We should improve, maintain and develop the relations between the two countries, which is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples and conducive to promoting the development of peace in the Asia-Pacific region and the world,” Xi said.
Xi noted that Albanese had repeated since becoming prime minister that “China-Australia relations will be handled in a mature way.”
“I attach great importance to your opinion,” Xi said.
Albanese said the two leaders also discussed human rights in China's western Xinjang region, Chinese-born Australian citizens Yang Hengjun and Cheng Lei who are detained in China, climate change, self-ruled Taiwan and Australia’s desire for Beijing to use its influence on Russia to prevent the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Australia’s deal with the United States and Britain announced last year to create an Australian submarine fleet powered with U.S. nuclear technology was not raised, Albanese said.
The Chinese People’s Daily English-language newspaper reported last week that “signs of resetting bilateral ties have emerged” since Albanese’s government came to power in May.
Beijing immediately lifted a ban on minister-to-minister contacts after the election.
Albanese said both leaders agreed on Tuesday that dialogue between their governments would continue.
Xi met Turnbull on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017, but the Australian government considers their talks a year earlier were the last formal bilateral meeting between the two countries.
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McGuirk reported from Canberra, Australia | 2022-11-15T18:26:04+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Australian-PM-raises-trade-blockages-with-17585618.php |
WASHINGTON — Thousands of jogging strollers have been recalled after a child was injured when their fingertip got caught in the stroller's rear brakes.
According to the notice posted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the recall involves more than 14,000 UPPAbaby all-terrain RIDGE jogging strollers, which have an extendable canopy with a mesh window and zipper pocket, disc hand brake system and adjustable handlebar with wrist strap.
The issue is that the stroller's rear disk brakes feature openings that pose an amputation hazard if a child who isn't in the stroller gets their fingertip caught in the openings while it's being used.
According to the recall, there has been one report of a child, who was not in the stroller at the time, suffering a fingertip amputation. In the notice posted on UPPAbaby's site, the company said they believe that injury was "likely due to consumer misuse."
The serial numbers of the recalled products, which appear on the right side of the stroller frame above the rear wheel of the stroller, begin with “1401RDGUS.” The model number “1401-RDG-US” is printed on the left side of the stroller frame above the rear wheel of the stroller.
The recalled jogging strollers were sold from Oct. 2021 through Aug. 2022 for about $600. The strollers were available at BuyBuyBaby, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Pottery Barn Kids and other children’s stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com.
If you have one of the recalled strollers, you should stop using it immediately and contact UPPAbaby to receive free replacement brake discs for both wheels. You can request replacement brakes online. | 2022-09-01T22:43:09+00:00 | king5.com | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/uppababy-all-terrain-ridge-jogging-strollers-recalled-child-fingertip-amputated-rear-brakes/507-649d80df-4018-421d-9a5d-5e471261a423 |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda unexpectedly said Friday that he was proposing urgent amendments to a contentious law on Russian influences that he signed this week and that drew U.S. and European Union criticism.
Duda said he was aware of the controversies, also in Poland, surrounding the law proposed by the governing conservative Law and Justice party and was addressing them by sending amendments to the parliament on Friday. He urged the lawmakers to act swiftly.
He insisted the law was needed for public transparency’s sake and also to prevent Russia from influencing Poland’s security.
Critics say the law violates the Polish Constitution and could keep government opponents from holding public office without full power to challenge the decisions in court. They say it could also have a negative effect on the eligibility of opposition candidates in an election due in the autumn.
Critics said that the urgent amendments meant a retreat by Duda, who holds a law degree.
“It is unbelievable that a person who has a doctor’s degree in law has not read the bill through,” said Robert Kropiwnicki of the opposition Civic Coalition. “He needed four days to read it, understand it and is now amending it.”
In its current form, the law will create a powerful committee, ostensibly meant to investigate Russian influence in Poland but is seen as primarily targeting opposition leader Donald Tusk, who is also an ex-prime minister and former top EU official. Law and Justice accuses Tusk of having been too friendly toward Russia as prime minister between 2007 and 2014, and making gas deals favorable to Russia before he went to Brussels to be the president of the European Council between 2014 and 2019.
The U.S. State Department and the EU authorities have strongly criticized the law and expressed concerns about Poland’s democracy. The 27-member EU, which Poland joined in 2004, also threatened to take measures if it became fully clear that such a law would undermine democratic standards.
Duda said Friday that his amendments ensured that the law was reviewed by nonpartisan experts, and that no lawmakers would sit on the commission and that its findings wouldn’t ban anyone from holding public offices. He said he is also strengthening the right to appeal before a court by those people who were under investigation.
Law and Justice spokesman Rafał Bochenk reacted by saying that the “main goal of the bill remains unchanged” despite the announced amendments. He stressed that the goal is to “show the truth about Russia’s covert influences in Poland.”
It wasn’t clear whether Duda consulted the amendments with the governing party. Duda said, however, that former Law and Justice treasury minister, Wojciech Jasiński, and ex-Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak, should make explanations before the commission about major gas deals they signed with Russia almost two decades ago.
The commission is meant to present a report on its findings by Sept. 17, just weeks before the election — expected in October or November — and could impose punishments, including 10-year bans on officials from positions that have control over spending public funds.
Duda signed the law, dubbed by critics “Lex Tusk,” on Tuesday and it will take effect a week from its publication.
Bowing partially to critics who say the law is unconstitutional, Duda said earlier this week that he was also sending it to the Constitutional Tribunal to review the bill for conformity with the supreme law.
Duda, aligned with the Law and Justice, said Friday he was reacting to the public outcry over the law.
Law and Justice party leader Jarosław Kaczyński and Tusk are longtime political rivals. | 2023-06-02T19:39:01+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/national/ap-international/polands-president-proposes-urgent-amendments-to-law-on-russian-influences/ |
CHICAGO, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoHealth, Inc. (GoHealth) (NASDAQ: GOCO), a leading health insurance marketplace and Medicare-focused digital health company, announced that the company will release its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022 on August 15, 2022 after 4:00 p.m. (ET), followed by a conference call/live audio webcast to discuss the results at 5:00 p.m. (ET).
Participants can pre-register for the conference call at the following link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI000b356a45c24452aea2f52ec20378bd. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available via GoHealth's Investor Relations website, https://investors.gohealth.com/. A replay of the call will be available via webcast for on-demand listening shortly after the completion of the call.
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(THE CONVERSATION) The prevalence of food allergies is increasing worldwide, approaching an epidemic level in some regions. In the U.S. alone, approximately 10% of children and adults suffer from food allergies, with allergies to cow’s milk, eggs, peanuts and tree nuts being the most common. Some patients have mild symptoms that might not need medical attention, leaving these cases unreported.
Food allergies, or food hypersensitivities, result from the overreaction of the immune system to typically harmless proteins in food. They can manifest as a spectrum of symptoms, ranging from itching, redness and swelling for milder reactions, to vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty breathing and other potentially life-threatening symptoms for severe reactions.
Besides self-reporting, food allergies can be diagnosed by exposing patients to trace amounts of offending proteins, or allergens, via their mouth or skin and observing their immediate reactions. More commonly, doctors use blood tests to measure the levels of immunoglobulin E, or IgE, a specialized antibody that the immune system uses to identify allergens and trigger a response. Although healthy individuals may have low levels of IgE in the blood, patients with food allergies have much higher levels that increase their risk of having severe allergic reactions.
But some people who test positive on skin-prick allergy tests with moderate increases in IgE don’t notice any allergy-related symptoms when they eat the allergen. This condition is sometimes referred to as asymptomatic sensitization. In many cases, people with this condition may not even be aware that they have a food hypersensitivity.
Are they truly asymptomatic, though? Or are there effects within their body that they aren’t aware of?
I am a neuroscientist studying how the brain is affected by food allergies. I became interested in this topic when I found that some of my family members had a hypersensitivity to cow’s milk. Some totally avoid dairy products because they have experienced severe, life-threatening symptoms. Those who don’t have typical allergic reactions occasionally eat dairy, but appear to develop seemingly unrelated illnesses a day or two later.
What I and other researchers have found is that food allergens can affect your brain and behavior if you’re hypersensitized, even if you don’t have typical food allergy symptoms.
Food allergies linked to behavioral disorders
Researchers have suspected food hypersensitivities to be a potential cause for behavioral disorders for decades.
A 1949 case report described behavioral and mood disturbances in patients after they ate certain foods, such as milk and eggs. Their symptoms improved after removing the suspected foods from their diet, suggesting that a food hypersensitivity was the likely culprit. However, I was intrigued that the patients had been able to eat the offending foods up until they chose to avoid them. In other words, they were asymptomatically sensitized, or tolerant, to the allergens.
Several recent studies in people have supported the association between food allergies and various neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism. They strengthen the possibility that some reactions to food allergens could involve the nervous system and manifest as behavioral disorders.
However, the idea of food hypersensitivity causing neuropsychiatric disorders is still controversial because of inconsistencies across studies. Differences in the types of allergies, ethnic backgrounds, dietary habits and other factors among the study participants can produce conflicting results. More importantly, some studies included those with self-reported food allergies, while others included only those with lab-confirmed food allergies. This limited investigations to only symptomatic individuals.
Food hypersensitivity, brain and behavior
My laboratory tested whether food allergens could manifest as behavioral symptoms, particularly in asymptomatically sensitized individuals. We wanted to find out whether eating offending foods could lead to brain inflammation and behavioral changes after sensitization, even in the absence of other obvious severe reactions.
To minimize the individual differences found in human studies, we decided to work with mice. We sensitized mice of the same age and genetic background to the common milk allergen β-lactoglobulin, or BLG, and fed them the same diet in the same room. We found that while BLG-sensitized mice produced moderately but significantly elevated levels of IgE, they did not show immediate allergic reactions. They could even eat food containing the milk allergen for two weeks without showing any obvious symptoms, despite maintaining elevated levels of IgE. This indicated that they were asymptomatically sensitized.
We then observed whether they showed any changes in emotionally driven behavior. Because we could not ask mice how they felt, we deduced their “feelings” by noting changes from their normal, survival-oriented behavior. Mice instinctively explore their environment to search for food and shelter while avoiding potential danger. However, “anxious” mice tend to spend more time hiding to play it safe. We identified “depressed” mice by briefly holding them by the tail. Most mice will keep fighting to get out of the uncomfortable predicament, while depressed mice quickly give up.
Our experiments were designed to simulate situations where asymptomatically sensitized individuals would eat either a large amount of an offending food in one day or small amounts every day for a few weeks. We mimicked these situations by placing a large amount of the milk allergen directly into the stomach of sensitized mice with a feeding tube, or giving them an allergen-containing mouse chow to eat the allergen a little at a time.
Interestingly, BLG-sensitized mice showed anxiety-like behavior one day after receiving a large amount of the allergen. Another group of sensitized mice developed depression-like behavior after eating small amounts of allergen for two weeks. In addition, BLG-sensitized mice showed signs of brain inflammation and neuronal damage, suggesting that changes in the brain may be responsible for their behavioral symptoms.
We also investigated the long-term effect of allergen consumption by keeping BLG-sensitized mice on the allergen-containing diet for one month. We found that IgE levels declined in sensitized mice by the end of the month, indicating that continually eating small amounts of the allergen led to decreased immune responses, or “desensitization.” In contrast, signs of brain inflammation remained, suggesting that the harmful effect of allergens persisted in the brain.
Chronic brain inflammation
Researchers have yet to study prolonged brain inflammation, or neuroinflammation, in people who are asymptomatically sensitized. In general, though, chronic neuroinflammation is a known contributor to neurodegenerative diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease, although the exact causes of these diseases are unknown. A better understanding of the role allergens play in neuroinflammation can help researchers clarify whether food allergens trigger chronic inflammation that can lead to these diseases.
This knowledge could be especially important for patients undergoing oral immunotherapy, an approach to allergy treatment that involves incrementally ingesting small amounts of allergens over time. The goal is to desensitize the immune system and reduce the incidence of anaphylaxis, or life-threatening allergic reactions. In 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a standardized form of peanut allergens to prevent anaphylaxis in eligible pediatric patients. However, its possible long-term effect on the nervous system is unknown.
Food allergens can affect the brain and behavior of seemingly asymptomatic people, making them not so asymptomatic neurologically. Considering how your brain responds to the food you eat puts a whole new meaning to the phrase “you are what you eat.”
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/people-can-have-food-sensitivities-without-noticeable-symptoms-long-term-consumption-of-food-allergens-may-lead-to-behavior-and-mood-changes-192570. | 2022-12-08T14:29:50+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/People-can-have-food-sensitivities-without-17639955.php |
NPR news editor Larry Kaplow was a print reporter living and working in Baghdad 20 years ago. Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Kaplow as we mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the U.S. war in Iraq.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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The RealReal, the San Francisco-based luxury goods marketplace that has struggled with a flashy expansion into brick-and-mortar stores, is laying off 230 workers and pulling back on its footprint in the city, according to a regulatory filing Thursday.
The firm will close its 8,000-square-foot Union Square store, which opened in 2020 just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic forced mass lockdowns. The RealReal will also reduce office space in the city, the filing said. The company's corporate headquarters are in Telegraph Hill.
Declining foot traffic at Union Square has resulted in retailers pulling out from the city’s expensive downtown. Many tentpole stores in the area have closed in recent years, including Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch, Uniqlo, DSW, H&M and Nordstrom Rack. And though some luxury spots like The RealReal have expanded into Union Square, their presence has lessened over the pandemic.
The consignment company launched in 2011, originally serving as an online-only platform to buy and sell luxury goods. By paying authenticators to inspect handbags, jewelry and designer clothing, the firm aimed to stand out as a reputable oasis in an internet economy of knockoffs and fast-fashion dupes.
The venture capital money was good — The RealReal raised more than $300 million over 10 rounds before its 2019 IPO — but the firm is still unprofitable. Authentication costs reportedly run high, critics have cast aspersions on its ability to verify authentic wares, and executives refused to cut costs.
This workforce cut represents 7% of the company’s staff. The reduction will run the firm around $2 million in severance and benefit costs, the filing said, but a spokesperson at the firm declined to provide more specifics about the layoff plan or clarify when the store will officially shutter.
Hear of anything going on at The RealReal or another tech company? Contact tech reporter Stephen Council securely at stephen.council@sfgate.com or on Signal at 628-204-5452. | 2023-02-16T23:09:21+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/realreal-union-square-luxury-closure-17789073.php |
Status hearing set for Danville triple murder suspect
MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - Carson Peters, a man accused of killing three people in Morgan County, has pleaded not guilty.
According to court documents, Peters entered a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on Nov. 21.
Court documents that were filed on July 18 show that a status hearing has been set for Peters. The hearing is scheduled for Sept. 30 at 1:30 p.m.
A Danville triple-murder suspect was indicted in Morgan County.
Carson Peters is accused of killing his soon-to-be ex-wife and two other people. Peters was indicted on four capital murder charges, and a felony assault charge by a Grand Jury this month.
The victims who were killed are Teresa Lynn Peters 54, James Edward Miller, 55, and Tammy Renee Smith, 50. All were found dead in a Danville home over Memorial Day weekend of 2020.
Teresa Peters and Carson Peters were in the process of divorce when he allegedly killed her and the other victims. Court documents say that Carson Peters was enraged over the divorce. He faces three capital charges for the three murders, and an additional capital murder charge because his wife, Teresa Lynn Peters, is considered a witness in the divorce proceedings that were never completed.
Mary Kenney survived the shooting. She previously told WAFF she was shot in the arm but managed to call 911.
Kenney is the mother of Teresa Peters and Tammy Smith.
Carson Peters faces an assault charge for his alleged shooting of Kenney.
After the shooting, Peters is said to have fled the scene and spent the night in a cave before being arrested.
He has an arraignment scheduled for November 15th.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
0-6-6-4, FIREBALL: 9
(zero, six, six, four; FIREBALL: nine)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
0-6-6-4, FIREBALL: 9
(zero, six, six, four; FIREBALL: nine) | 2022-12-06T05:00:39+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17633850.php |
GOP releases whistleblower testimonies from ex-IRS agents in Hunter Biden case
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter — a charge the department swiftly denied.
The House Ways and Means Committee, led by Republican Rep. Jason Smith, voted to publicly disclose congressional testimony from two former IRS agents who worked on the federal investigation into the younger Biden’s taxes and foreign business dealings.
“Whistleblowers describe how the Biden Justice Department intervened and overstepped in a campaign to protect the son of Joe Biden by delaying, divulging and denying an ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes,” Smith, R-Mo., told reporters.
The testimony from the two individuals — Greg Shapley and an unidentified IRS agent — detailed what they called a pattern of “slow-walking investigative steps” and delaying enforcement actions months before elections. But it’s unclear whether the conflict they describe amounts to internal disagreement about how to pursue the wide-ranging probe or a pattern of interference and preferential treatment. Department policy has long warned prosecutors to take care in charging cases with potential political overtones around the time of an election, to avoid any possible influence on the outcome.
The Justice Department denied the whistleblower claims, saying the U.S. attorney in charge of the Hunter Biden probe, David Weiss — who was appointed by former President Donald Trump — had full authority over the case.
The release of the testimony comes just two days after Hunter Biden, 53, announced he will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses as part of an agreement with the Justice Department. The agreement made public Tuesday will also avert prosecution on a felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user, as long as he adheres to conditions agreed to in court.
Congressional Republicans called the plea deal a “sweetheart deal” for the president’s son and another example of a “two-tiered justice system” that goes easy on Democrats. They also pledged to continue their own investigations into the Biden family and what they call their efforts to trade off the presidency.
The first IRS whistleblower, Shapley, came forward in April when his attorney reached out to GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa to say that his client had information about a “failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition” of what was then an ongoing criminal investigation related to Hunter Biden. In hourslong testimony, Shapley described several roadblocks that he and the several other IRS agents on the case faced when trying to interview individuals relevant to the case or issue search warrants.
Perhaps Shapley’s most striking claim was that Weiss asked the Justice Department in March 2020 to be provided special counsel status in order to bring the tax cases in jurisdictions outside Delaware, including Washington, D.C., and California, but was denied.
In response to that claim, the Justice Department reiterated that Weiss has “full authority over this matter, including responsibility for deciding where, when, and whether to file charges as he deems appropriate. He needs no further approval to do so.”
The second IRS whistleblower, who asked the committee to keep his identity secret, described his persistent frustrations with the way the Hunter Biden case was handled, dating back to the Trump administration under Attorney General William Barr. He said he started the investigation into Hunter Biden in 2015 and delved deeply into his life and finances.
The individual said he was taken off the investigation in October 2022 and informed of the decision by officials at the IRS, but believes his removal was actually ordered by officials in the Justice Department. He provided no evidence that was the case, instead citing what he had witnessed internally as he pushed for various investigative steps. His supervisor, Shapley, was removed at the same time.
Democrats objected to the committee’s handling of the testimony, noting that the two individuals are just a fraction of the many investigators and officials who were involved in the Hunter Biden case. They suggested more testimony is needed.
“We do not object to the documents being reviewed publicly,” said Rep. Richard Neal, the top Democrat on the committee. “We object to the process. Clearly, the case is not ready. So many witnesses have never even been contacted.”
All the Democrats on the panel objected to the disclosure, calling the GOP efforts payback for their release in December of Trump’s tax records.
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Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-22T22:32:06+00:00 | ktiv.com | https://www.ktiv.com/2023/06/22/gop-releases-whistleblower-testimonies-ex-irs-agents-hunter-biden-case/ |
SEOUL, South Korea, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- P&C Solution is set to launch its product, METALENSE, at the Augmented World Expo (AWE USA 2023), marking its debut in the North American market. The expo is scheduled to take place in Santa Clara, California, USA from the 1st of June to the 2nd of June.
AWE, the world's largest virtual technology exhibition, brings together top professionals from the AR, VR and XR markets to exchange cutting-edge development trends and knowledge. Approximately 225 global companies are expected to participate in this year's expo. P&C Solution, which has been involved in AWE USA since 2021, is confident that this event will generate positive outcomes, with meetings planned with a number of other global companies.
In South Korea, P&C Solution's AR Glasses, METALENSE, received a Prime Minister's Award, while internationally, the company was recognized with an Innovation Award at CES 2023. The company plans to introduce METALENSE and an improved advanced remote assistance solution at AWE USA 2023.
P&C Solution's new remote assistance solution has been developed in collaboration with a European solution development firm. Enhancing multi-party remote communication based on augmented reality (AR), their solution can share effortlessly large files of up to 100MB. An official from P&C Solution stated, "Both METALENSE and our improved remote collaboration solution can be implemented quickly and reliably in a number of industries, including manufacturing, construction, healthcare, and education, offering infinite possibilities for use."
P&C Solution also stated, "By showcasing METALENSE during business meetings aimed at collaboration with global companies at AWE 2023, P&C Solution is making significant strides towards success in the North American market."
P&C Solution's booth is placed in Hall A #519.
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DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevated levels of oxidative stress during pregnancy might be linked to a higher risk of preterm birth, according to a new study funded by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program at the National Institutes of Health.
Oxidative stress, a process that can trigger cell damage, may contribute to poor prenatal health outcomes. "Previous research on this topic has involved fairly small, primarily White populations, which is not reflective of diversity in the U.S.," said Stephanie Eick, PhD, MPH, an ECHO Program investigator at Emory University's School of Public Health.
This study examined data from 1,916 racially, ethnically, and demographically diverse pregnant people from four ECHO cohorts across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Researchers used urine samples collected during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy to measure oxidative stress biomarkers and evaluate any links between those biomarkers and preterm birth.
The researchers found a strong association between higher levels of oxidative stress biomarkers and preterm birth, particularly for participants who experienced sudden, unexpected preterm birth or preterm birth that occurred prior to 34 weeks. Further research is needed to understand the chemical mechanisms behind this association and identify the risk factors that contribute to high oxidative stress during pregnancy.
Dr. Eick and Rachel Morello-Frosch, PhD, MPH an ECHO Program investigator at the University of California, Berkeley, led this collaborative research published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Eick, S. et al. A pooled analysis of four birth cohorts examining urinary oxidative stress biomarkers and preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. DOI:10.1016/j.ajog.2022.11.1282.
About ECHO: ECHO is a nationwide research program supported by the NIH. Launched in 2016, ECHO aims to enhance the health of children for generations to come. ECHO investigators study the effects of a broad range of early environmental influences on child health and development. For more information, visit echochildren.org.
About the NIH: NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information, visit www.nih.gov.
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Thunderbirds advance to Memorial Cup final with 4-1 victory over Peterborough
The Seattle Thunderbirds will play in the Memorial Cup final for the first time in team history after beating the Peterborough Petes 4-1 on Friday night to advance to the championship game on Sunday.
The Thunderbirds will face the Québec Remparts, who are the champions of the Québec Major Junior Hockey League.
Brad Lambert, Colton Dach, Kyle Crnkovic and Nico Myatovic all scored for Seattle and Thomas Milic delivered 27 saves in net to carry the Thunderbirds to the Memorial Cup final.
The Thunderbirds lost 3-1 to the Remparts during round-robin play, which is their only loss of the tournament. The game will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Seattle unleashed an onslaught against Peterborough goaltender Michael Simpson with 46 shots on net. Simpson valiantly held strong for the first 35 minutes of the game before the Thunderbirds finally managed to breakthrough. A dominant third period effort then put the game away.
The Thunderbirds out-shot the Petes by a 14-5 margin in the opening period with Simpson making several big stops.
The shot chances continued to come quickly early in the second as well. A Jared Davidson chance rebounded off Simpson with Lucas Ciona getting a follow-up shot on net. Simpson turned away both. Luke Prokop and Myatovic added chances in short order as well as Simpson continued to keep the net empty for Peterborough.
Ciona had another chance from between the circles three minutes in that was the most dangerous look of them all. Avery Hayes sent the puck over the glass for a delay of game penalty as Peterborough tried to relieve the pressure only to allow a power play chance instead.
Seattle continued to pepper the Peterborough net with Simpson managing to survive. He came through with two big stops on prime looks by Davidson to keep it scoreless.
A Ciona drive on the net nearly missed connecting and the Petes created a 2-on-1 rush chance the opposite way for one of Peterborough's best chances of the period. However, Brennan Othmann couldn't get a clean finishing touch on Owen Beck's pass as the puck missed target.
Eventually, the Thunderbirds finally broke through on their 31st shot of the night. A Myatovic shot deflected off Reid Schaefer in front of the net and deflected to a closing Lambert on the backside of the net. Lambert's backhand chance deflected off Simpson and slipped through his frame into the net for the 1-0 Seattle lead.
It was the first goal of the tournament for Seattle's top line of Lambert, Schaefer and Dylan Guenther, all three of which are first-round NHL draft picks.
After holding a 31-16 advantage in shots on net through the first two periods, the Thunderbirds continued to attack early in the third.
Crnkovic delivered a perfect pass to a driving Colton Dach as he slammed the puck into an open net with Simpson caught vulnerable as Seattle took a 2-0 lead just 1:28 into the third period.
Othmann – a first-round pick of the New York Rangers – answered back for Peterborough just over a minute later. A loose puck in Seattle's zone allowed Beck to find Othmann wide open in front of the net. Othmann slipped the puck through Milic's legs to give the Petes life.
Milic had to deliver some key saves down the stretch for Seattle. Stops against Samuel Mayer and J.R. Avon were particularly critical saves to maintain the T-Birds advantage.
Crnkovic then scored his fifth goal of the tournament for Seattle to extend the lead. A bouncing puck led to Simpson going down on his read with the puck nearly in his lap. Crnkovic managed to chip the puck through Simpson and it just crossed the goal line before being raked out by Simpson's glove, but it was enough for a 3-1 Seattle lead.
Four of Crnkovic's five goals have come against Peterborough. He had a hat trick for Seattle in the team's tournament opener last week.
The Petes pulled Simpson with less than 2:30 left to play looking to create a rally. Instead, the puck immediately spit free to Myatovic for an empty net goal that sealed away a victory for the Thunderbirds and their first trip to the tournament final.
Seattle lost in the semifinals of the 1992 tournament to the Kamloops Blazers in their only appearance in the Memorial Cup semifinal. The Thunderbirds didn't make it out of round-robin play in their only other tournament appearance in 2017.
The Thunderbirds would be just the third U.S. based team to win the Memorial Cup if they defeat the Remparts. The Portland Winterhawks (1983, 1998) and Spokane Chiefs (1991, 2008) have both won the championship twice. | 2023-06-03T06:28:09+00:00 | fox13seattle.com | https://www.fox13seattle.com/sports/thunderbirds-advance-to-memorial-cup-final-with-4-1-victory-over-peterborough |
Andrew Tate released from Romanian jail, placed on house arrest
BUCHAREST, Romania - Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest, an official said Friday.
The Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Tate’s appeal, which challenged a judge’s decision last week to extend his arrest a fourth time for 30 days, said Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT.
Tate, 36, a British-U.S. citizen who has 5.5 million Twitter followers, was initially detained in late December in Romania’s capital Bucharest, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women.
RELATED: Andrew Tate: Romania seizes cars, other assets in investigation
All four won an appeal Friday, and will remain under house arrest until Apr. 29, Bolla said. None of the four has yet been formally indicted. The court ruled in favor of their immediate release. Prosecutors cannot challenge the appeal court’s decision, which was final, Bolla added.
As the brothers left the detention facility late Friday in Bucharest, Tristan Tate told a scrum of reporters that "the judges today made the right decision."
"I respect what they’ve done for me and they will be vindicated in their decision, because I’m an innocent man and I can’t wait to prove it," he said.
Some Tate supporters outside the facility chanted "Top-G, Top-G," using a popular moniker many of Andrew Tate’s fans refer to him as.
Later, standing outside what is believed to be the Tate brothers’ home near the capital, Andrew Tate said he wanted to thank the judges "who heard us today, because they were very attentive and they listened to us, and they let us free."
"I have no resentment in my heart for the country of Romania or for anybody else," he said. "I just believe in the truth … I truly believe that justice will be served in the end. There is zero percent chance of me being convicted for something I’ve not done."
British-US former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate talks to media as he leaves Romania's anti-organized crime and terrorism directorate (DIICOT), after a digital investigation of devices, where his presence was required
Tate, a professional kickboxer who has resided in Romania since 2017, was previously banned from various social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech. He has repeatedly claimed Romanian prosecutors have no evidence and alleged their case is a "political" conspiracy designed to silence him.
DIICOT said in a statement after the December arrests that it had identified six victims in the human trafficking case who were allegedly subjected to "acts of physical violence and mental coercion" and sexually exploited by members of the alleged crime group.
The agency said victims were lured with pretenses of love and later intimidated, placed under surveillance and subjected to other control tactics while being coerced into engaging in pornographic acts for the financial gain of the crime group.
In January, Romanian authorities descended on a compound near Bucharest linked with the Tate brothers and towed away a fleet of luxury cars that included a Rolls-Royce, a Ferrari and a Porsche. They reported seizing assets worth an estimated $3.9 million.
Prosecutors have said that if they can prove the cars’ owners gained money through illicit activities such as human trafficking, the assets would be used to cover the expenses of the investigation and to compensate victims. Tate unsuccessfully appealed the asset seizure. | 2023-04-01T21:24:58+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/andrew-tate-released-romanian-jail-house-arrest |
Chris Licht out as CEO of CNN, reports say
Published: Jun. 7, 2023 at 5:59 AM PDT|Updated: moments ago
(Gray News) - Chairman Chris Licht, whose brief tenure as the chairman and CEO of CNN had multiple issues, is out at the news network, according to multiple reports.
Licht’s time leading CNN lasted just over a year and included the shutting down of streaming service CNN+ shortly after its launch following months of promotion. The New York Times and CNBC reported the change at the network Wednesday, based on people familiar with the situation.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-07T13:03:43+00:00 | fox5vegas.com | https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/06/07/chris-licht-out-cnn-reports-say/ |
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury vacations from a major GOP donor, according to a new ProPublica investigation, renewing the call from Democrats for a code of ethics at the high court.
The ProPublica investigation raises a series of potential conflicts of interest between Thomas and Harlan Crow, a billionaire businessman. Crow took Thomas and his wife, Ginni Thomas, on vacations, including cruises and private flights, that could cost millions of dollars; Thomas did not report them as part of his annual financial disclosure, according to the report. Neither Thomas nor the Supreme Court has commented on the details of the ProPublica investigation. But plenty of Democratic members of Congress did.
"The highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards," said Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. "This behavior is simply inconsistent with the ethical standards the American people expect of any public servant, let alone a Justice on the Supreme Court."
The backlash came from Democrats in both chambers. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Josh Harder, Judy Chu and Ilhan Omar all took to Twitter to voice either their disapproval in Thomas or their support of creating an ethical standard or code for the Supreme Court.
This is beyond party or partisanship. This degree of corruption is shocking - almost cartoonish. Thomas must be impeached.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 6, 2023
Barring some dramatic change, this is what the Roberts court will be known for: rank corruption, erosion of democracy, and the stripping of human rights. https://t.co/t8fnGLVhbV
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who is also on the Judiciary Committee, took to Twitter to criticize Thomas; he was joined by Sens. Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy and Ed Markey, among others, who also called for a code of ethics.
"The billionaire we are talking about here, Harlan Crow, he's not just a businessman he's also deeply involved in politics," ProPublica reporter Justin Elliot told Moring Edition. "He is on the board of think tanks that do Supreme Court advocacy and he has been involved in sort of right-wing legal politics for years."
Crow sits on the board of the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank, the board of trustees at the American Enterprise Institute, and, according to ProPublica, was "an early patron of the powerful anti-tax group Club for Growth."
Crow told ProPublica that his "hospitality" to Thomas was "no different from the hospitality we have extended to our many other dear friends."
This is not the first time Thomas has spurred the ethics debate
The U.S. Supreme Court is the only judicial body in the country not governed by a code of ethics. Such a code has been previously supported by members of both parties though there hasn't been enough bipartisan support to approve measures introduced.
Justice Thomas and his wife were at the center of the debate over whether or not the court should adopt a code of ethics last year after news reports that Ginni Thomas exchanged text messages with then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, asking him to take steps to overturn the 2020 elections in favor of former President Donald Trump.
Also last year, Justice Samuel Alito came under fire after The New York Times reported that he had shared with a conservative activist in advance of the court's opinion the decision of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the landmark decision that allowed private for-profit corporations to decline to provide their employees access to contraception. Alito denied the claim.
Earlier this year, the Project on Government Oversight and the Lawyers Defending American Democracy each attempted to write a Supreme Court Ethics code. But a lack of political consensus — or indeed within the court iself — has prevented any progress on an official code.
According to the Congressional Research Service, "Legislative proposals to impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court raise an array of legal questions" and there are outstanding questions over how such a code would be enforced and whether or not the Court, which determines the constitutionality of laws, would accept it.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-04-06T21:43:55+00:00 | mainepublic.org | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2023-04-06/report-on-justice-thomas-trips-renews-calls-for-a-supreme-court-code-of-ethics |
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) ("Brookdale" or the "Company") announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Third quarter consolidated revenue per available unit (RevPAR) increased 9.7% year-over-year.
- Third quarter consolidated weighted average occupancy increased 390 basis points year-over-year.
- In October 2022, the Company completed a $220.0 million debt refinancing.
"I am pleased with the acceleration of this year's occupancy growth to 180 basis points in the third quarter," said Lucinda ("Cindy") Baier, Brookdale's President and CEO. "Our weighted average occupancy grew 750 basis points since the start of the positive turn in March 2021, which demonstrates the strength of our recovery. While the labor market continues to be challenging, we sequentially reduced contract labor for the third quarter by over 40% and achieved our 11th consecutive month of positive net hires in September. I am especially grateful to our many, dedicated associates who cared passionately for our residents during and after Hurricane Ian."
SUMMARY OF THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
Same Community Senior Housing (Independent Living (IL), Assisted Living and Memory Care (AL/MC), and CCRCs)
The table below presents a summary of operating results and metrics of the Company's same community senior housing portfolio.(1)
- Resident fees.
- Same community resident fees increased due to the increases in occupancy and RevPOR.
- The increase in occupancy primarily reflects the impact of the Company's execution on key initiatives to rebuild occupancy lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The increase in RevPOR was primarily the result of in-place rate increases, partially offset by lower care revenue as new resident acuity returned to pre-pandemic levels.
- Same community resident fees increased due to the increase in occupancy, partially offset by lower RevPOR due to discounting and changes in resident acuity.
- Facility operating expense.
- The increase was primarily due to higher labor expense primarily resulting from merit and market wage rate adjustments, an increase in hours worked due to increased occupancy during the period, and an increase in the use of overtime, partially offset by a decrease in the use of contract labor.
- Additionally, broad inflationary pressure, higher repairs and maintenance volume, and an increase in food costs due to increased occupancy during the period contributed to the increase in same community facility operating expense.
- The increase in same community facility operating expense was primarily due to broad inflationary pressure, a seasonal increase in utility costs, higher repairs and maintenance volume, and an additional day during the third quarter of 2022.
- Same community labor expense increased 1.1% sequentially primarily due to an increase in hours worked by associates and an additional day, which was a holiday, during the third quarter of 2022, partially offset by decreased use of contract labor.
Consolidated
The table below presents a summary of consolidated operating results.
- Resident fee revenue.
The table below sets forth the Company's recent consolidated occupancy trend.
- Other operating income. During the third quarter of 2022, the Company accepted $61.1 million of Phase 4 grants from the general distribution of the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund ("Provider Relief Fund") administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under which grants have been made available to eligible healthcare providers for healthcare related expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19. The Company recognized the Phase 4 grants, $4.7 million of employee retention credits, and $1.0 million of other government grants as other operating income during the third quarter of 2022.
- Facility operating expense.
- Net income (loss).
- Adjusted EBITDA.
LIQUIDITY
The table below presents a summary of the Company's net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, non-development capital expenditures, net, and Adjusted Free Cash Flow.
- Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities.
- Non-development capital expenditures, net. The increase in non-development capital expenditures, net for the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021 was primarily attributable to an $8.6 million decrease in lessor reimbursements for capital expenditures. Additionally, higher investment in the Company's communities due to unit upgrades as the Company increases move-ins and routine maintenance contributed to the increase.
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow.
- Total Liquidity. Total liquidity of $395.6 million as of September 30, 2022 included $299.2 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, $89.5 million of marketable securities, and $6.9 million of availability on the Company's secured credit facility. Total liquidity as of September 30, 2022 decreased $16.1 million from June 30, 2022, primarily attributable to $9.1 million of payments of mortgage debt.
FINANCING UPDATE
On October 13, 2022, the Company obtained $220.0 million of debt secured by first priority mortgages on 24 communities. The loan bears interest at a variable rate equal to the one-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus a margin of 245 basis points, and is interest only for the first three years. The debt matures in October 2025 with two one-year renewal options, exercisable subject to certain performance criteria. The proceeds from the financing were primarily utilized to repay $199.6 million of outstanding mortgage debt maturing in 2023 and to purchase a SOFR interest rate swap instrument for $6.1 million. The interest rate swap instrument has a $220.0 million notional amount, a fixed interest rate of 3.0%, and a term of eighteen months.
IMPACTS OF HURRICANE IAN
On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida. The Company operates 77 communities that were within the path of the storm. Under its emergency evacuation plans, the Company evacuated nine communities prior to landfall. All of the impacted communities returned to operation. Several communities will experience some continuing disruption as storm damage is remediated. During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred $0.3 million of facility operating expenses related to hurricane response and evacuation. In addition, during the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized $3.8 million of impairment expense for property, plant, and equipment casualty losses sustained at communities as a result of Hurricane Ian.
Based on management's preliminary assessments, the Company expects additional facility operating expense related to the hurricane response and remediation of storm damage of approximately $8.0 million, net of expected reimbursement from its property and casualty and business interruption insurance policies, for the three months ended December 31, 2022. The Company estimates that it will incur an additional approximately $10.0 million of capital expenditures for property remediation, primarily during the three months ended December 31, 2022, for which it expects approximately $3.0 million of reimbursement from its property and casualty insurance policies subsequent to 2022. The foregoing estimates are preliminary estimates derived by management from the information available at this time. The actual amounts and timing of amounts may differ.
2022 OUTLOOK
The Company updated its full year 2022 RevPAR growth and Adjusted EBITDA guidance to incorporate year-to-date results and revised expectations for the remainder of 2022.
This guidance excludes the potential impact of any future acquisition or disposition activity. Reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure included in the foregoing guidance to the most comparable GAAP financial measure is not available without unreasonable effort due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting the timing or amounts of items required to reconcile Adjusted EBITDA from the Company's net income (loss). Variability in the timing or amounts of items required to reconcile the measure may have a significant impact on the Company's future GAAP results.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Company will post on its website at www.brookdaleinvestors.com supplemental information relating to the Company's third quarter 2022 results, an updated investor presentation, and a copy of this earnings release. The supplemental information and a copy of this earnings release will also be furnished in a Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC.
EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
Brookdale's management will conduct a conference call to discuss the financial results for the third quarter 2022 on November 8, 2022 at 9:00 AM ET. The conference call can be accessed by dialing (844) 200-6205 (from within the U.S.) or (929) 526-1599 (from outside of the U.S.) ten minutes prior to the scheduled start and referencing the access code "873703".
A webcast of the conference call will be available to the public on a listen-only basis at www.brookdaleinvestors.com. Please allow extra time before the call to download the necessary software required to listen to the internet broadcast. A replay of the webcast will be available through the website following the call.
For those who cannot listen to the live call, a replay of the webcast will be available until 11:59 PM ET on November 15, 2022 by dialing (866) 813-9403 (from within the U.S.) or +44 (204) 525-0658 (from outside of the U.S.) and referencing access code "090493".
ABOUT BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is the nation's premier operator of senior living communities. The Company is committed to its mission of enriching the lives of the people it serves with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity. The Company operates independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities. Through its comprehensive network, Brookdale helps to provide seniors with care and services in an environment that feels like home. The Company's expertise in healthcare, hospitality, and real estate provides residents with opportunities to improve wellness, pursue passions, and stay connected with friends and loved ones. Brookdale operates and manages 672 communities in 41 states as of September 30, 2022, with the ability to serve more than 60,000 residents. Brookdale's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BKD. For more information, visit brookdale.com or connect with Brookdale on Facebook or Twitter.
DEFINITIONS OF REVPAR AND REVPOR
RevPAR, or average monthly senior housing resident fee revenue per available unit, is defined by the Company as resident fee revenue for the corresponding portfolio for the period (excluding revenue from the former Health Care Services segment, revenue for private duty services provided to seniors living outside of the Company's communities, and entrance fee amortization), divided by the weighted average number of available units in the corresponding portfolio for the period, divided by the number of months in the period.
RevPOR, or average monthly senior housing resident fee revenue per occupied unit, is defined by the Company as resident fee revenue for the corresponding portfolio for the period (excluding revenue from the former Health Care Services segment, revenue for private duty services provided to seniors living outside of the Company's communities, and entrance fee amortization), divided by the weighted average number of occupied units in the corresponding portfolio for the period, divided by the number of months in the period.
SAFE HARBOR
Certain statements in this press release and the associated earnings call may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and include all statements that are not historical statements of fact and those regarding the Company's intent, belief or expectations. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "potential," "intend," "expect," "endeavor," "seek," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "project," "predict," "continue," "plan," "target," or other similar words or expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and expectations, and the Company's ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Although the Company believes that expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its assumptions or expectations will be attained and actual results and performance could differ materially from those projected. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's operations and future prospects or which could cause events or circumstances to differ from the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the response efforts of federal, state, and local government authorities, businesses, individuals, and the Company on the Company's business, results of operations, cash flow, revenue, expenses, liquidity, and its strategic initiatives, including plans for future growth, which will depend on many factors, some of which cannot be foreseen, including the duration, severity, and breadth of the pandemic and any resurgence or variants of the disease, the impact of COVID-19 on the nation's economy and debt and equity markets and the local economies in the Company's markets, the development, availability, utilization, and efficacy of COVID-19 testing, therapeutic agents, and vaccines and the prioritization of such resources among businesses and demographic groups, government financial and regulatory relief efforts that may become available to business and individuals, including the Company's ability to qualify for and satisfy the terms and conditions of financial relief, perceptions regarding the safety of senior living communities during and after the pandemic, changes in demand for senior living communities and the Company's ability to adapt its sales and marketing efforts to meet that demand, the impact of COVID-19 on the Company's residents' and their families' ability to afford its resident fees, including due to changes in unemployment rates, consumer confidence, housing markets, and equity markets caused by COVID-19, changes in the acuity levels of the Company's new residents, the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on seniors generally and those residing in the Company's communities, the duration and costs of the Company's response efforts, including increased equipment, supplies, labor, litigation, testing, vaccination clinic, health plan, and other expenses, greater use of contract labor and overtime due to COVID-19 and general labor market conditions, the impact of COVID-19 on the Company's ability to complete financings and refinancings of various assets, or other transactions or to generate sufficient cash flow to cover required debt, interest, and lease payments and to satisfy financial and other covenants in its debt and lease documents, increased regulatory requirements, including the costs of unfunded, mandatory testing of residents and associates and provision of test kits to the Company's health plan participants, increased enforcement actions resulting from COVID-19, government action that may limit the Company's collection or discharge efforts for delinquent accounts, and the frequency and magnitude of legal actions and liability claims that may arise due to COVID-19 or the Company's response efforts; events which adversely affect the ability of seniors to afford resident fees, including downturns in the economy, housing market, consumer confidence, or the equity markets and unemployment among resident family members; changes in reimbursement rates, methods, or timing under governmental reimbursement programs including the Medicare and Medicaid programs; the effects of senior housing construction and development, lower industry occupancy (including due to the pandemic), and increased competition; conditions of housing markets, regulatory changes, acts of nature, and the effects of climate change in geographic areas where the Company is concentrated; terminations of the Company's resident agreements and vacancies in the living spaces it leases, including due to the pandemic; failure to maintain the security and functionality of the Company's information systems, to prevent a cybersecurity attack or breach, or to comply with applicable privacy and consumer protection laws, including HIPAA; the Company's ability to complete its capital expenditures in accordance with its plans; the Company's ability to identify and pursue development, investment, and acquisition opportunities and its ability to successfully integrate acquisitions; competition for the acquisition of assets; the Company's ability to complete pending or expected disposition, acquisition, or other transactions on agreed upon terms or at all, including in respect of the satisfaction of closing conditions, the risk that regulatory approvals are not obtained or are subject to unanticipated conditions, and uncertainties as to the timing of closing, and the Company's ability to identify and pursue any such opportunities in the future; risks related to the implementation of the Company's strategy, including initiatives undertaken to execute on the Company's strategic priorities and their effect on its results; limits on the Company's ability to use net operating loss carryovers to reduce future tax payments; delays in obtaining regulatory approvals; disruptions in the financial markets or decreases in the appraised values or performance of the Company's communities that affect the Company's ability to obtain financing or extend or refinance debt as it matures and the Company's financing costs; the Company's ability to generate sufficient cash flow to cover required interest, principal, and long-term lease payments and to fund its planned capital projects; the effect of the Company's non-compliance with any of its debt or lease agreements (including the financial covenants contained therein), including the risk of lenders or lessors declaring a cross default in the event of the Company's non-compliance with any such agreements and the risk of loss of the Company's property securing leases and indebtedness due to any resulting lease terminations and foreclosure actions; the effect of the Company's indebtedness and long-term leases on the Company's liquidity and its ability to operate its business; increases in market interest rates that increase the costs of the Company's debt obligations; the Company's ability to obtain additional capital on terms acceptable to it; departures of key officers and potential disruption caused by changes in management; increased competition for, or a shortage of, associates (including due to the pandemic or general labor market conditions), wage pressures resulting from increased competition, low unemployment levels, minimum wage increases and changes in overtime laws, and union activity; environmental contamination at any of the Company's communities; failure to comply with existing environmental laws; an adverse determination or resolution of complaints filed against the Company, including putative class action complaints; the cost and difficulty of complying with increasing and evolving regulation; costs to respond to, and adverse determinations resulting from, government reviews, audits and investigations; changes in, or its failure to comply with, employment-related laws and regulations; unanticipated costs to comply with legislative or regulatory developments; the risks associated with current global economic conditions and general economic factors such as inflation, the consumer price index, commodity costs, fuel and other energy costs, competition in the labor market, costs of salaries, wages, benefits, and insurance, interest rates, and tax rates; the impact of seasonal contagious illness or an outbreak of COVID-19 or other contagious disease in the markets in which the Company operates; actions of activist stockholders, including a proxy contest; as well as other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in such SEC filings. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's views as of the date of this press release and/or associated earnings call. The Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements, and, except as required by law, it expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this press release and/or associated earnings call to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any statement is based.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This earnings release contains the financial measures Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow, which are not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Presentations of these non-GAAP financial measures are intended to aid investors in better understanding the factors and trends affecting the Company's performance and liquidity. However, investors should not consider these non-GAAP financial measures as a substitute for financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP, including net income (loss), income (loss) from operations, or net cash provided by (used in) operating activities. The Company cautions investors that amounts presented in accordance with the Company's definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies because not all companies calculate non-GAAP measures in the same manner. The Company urges investors to review the following reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures from the most comparable financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP performance measure that the Company defines as net income (loss) excluding: benefit/provision for income taxes, non-operating income/expense items, and depreciation and amortization; and further adjusted to exclude income/expense associated with non-cash, non-operational, transactional, cost reduction, or organizational restructuring items that management does not consider as part of the Company's underlying core operating performance and that management believes impact the comparability of performance between periods. For the periods presented herein, such other items include non-cash impairment charges, gain/loss on facility operating lease termination, operating lease expense adjustment, non-cash stock-based compensation expense, and transaction and organizational restructuring costs. Transaction costs include those directly related to acquisition, disposition, financing, and leasing activity, and are primarily comprised of legal, finance, consulting, professional fees, and other third-party costs. Organizational restructuring costs include those related to the Company's efforts to reduce general and administrative expense and its senior leadership changes, including severance.
The Company believes that presentation of Adjusted EBITDA as a performance measure is useful to investors because (i) it is one of the metrics used by the Company's management for budgeting and other planning purposes, to review the Company's historic and prospective core operating performance, and to make day-to-day operating decisions; (ii) it provides an assessment of operational factors that management can impact in the short-term, namely revenues and the controllable cost structure of the organization, by eliminating items related to the Company's financing and capital structure and other items that management does not consider as part of the Company's underlying core operating performance and that management believes impact the comparability of performance between periods; and (iii) the Company believes that this measure is used by research analysts and investors to evaluate the Company's operating results and to value companies in its industry.
Adjusted EBITDA has material limitations as a performance measure, including: (i) excluded interest and income tax are necessary to operate the Company's business under its current financing and capital structure; (ii) excluded depreciation, amortization and impairment charges may represent the wear and tear and/or reduction in value of the Company's communities, goodwill, and other assets and may be indicative of future needs for capital expenditures; and (iii) the Company may incur income/expense similar to those for which adjustments are made, such as gain/loss on sale of assets, facility operating lease termination, or debt modification and extinguishment, non-cash stock-based compensation expense, and transaction and other costs, and such income/expense may significantly affect the Company's operating results.
The table below reconciles the Company's Adjusted EBITDA from net income (loss).
Adjusted Free Cash Flow
Adjusted Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP liquidity measure that the Company defines as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities before: distributions from unconsolidated ventures from cumulative share of net earnings, changes in prepaid insurance premiums financed with notes payable, changes in operating lease assets and liabilities for lease termination, cash paid/received for gain/loss on facility operating lease termination, and lessor capital expenditure reimbursements under operating leases; plus: property insurance proceeds and proceeds from refundable entrance fees, net of refunds; less: non-development capital expenditures and payment of financing lease obligations. Non-development capital expenditures are comprised of corporate and community-level capital expenditures, including those related to maintenance, renovations, upgrades, and other major building infrastructure projects for the Company's communities and is presented net of lessor reimbursements. Non-development capital expenditures do not include capital expenditures for: community expansions, major community redevelopment and repositioning projects, and the development of new communities.
The Company believes that presentation of Adjusted Free Cash Flow as a liquidity measure is useful to investors because (i) it is one of the metrics used by the Company's management for budgeting and other planning purposes, to review the Company's historic and prospective sources of operating liquidity, and to review the Company's ability to service its outstanding indebtedness, pay dividends to stockholders, engage in share repurchases, and make capital expenditures, including development capital expenditures; and (ii) it provides an indicator to management to determine if adjustments to current spending decisions are needed.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow has material limitations as a liquidity measure, including: (i) it does not represent cash available for dividends, share repurchases, or discretionary expenditures since certain non-discretionary expenditures, including mandatory debt principal payments, are not reflected in this measure; (ii) the cash portion of non-recurring charges related to gain/loss on facility lease termination generally represent charges/gains that may significantly affect the Company's liquidity; and (iii) the impact of timing of cash expenditures, including the timing of non-development capital expenditures, limits the usefulness of the measure for short-term comparisons. Additionally, Adjusted Free Cash Flow excludes certain other investing and financing activities, such as cash used to purchase interest rate cap instruments and cash provided by settlements of interest rate cap instruments.
The table below reconciles Adjusted Free Cash Flow from net cash provided by (used in) operating activities.
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- Order intake up by more than 25% year-on-year, marking a new 9M-high with €6.5 billion
- Sales volume increased by almost 60% to €5.3 billion
- Strong increase in sales in all three business segments
- Adjusted EBIT increased by 73% to €308 million; adjusted EBITDA rose by 70% to €340 million
- Acquisition of Airgard Inc., enhancing strategic product portfolio of Technology and Services business
- New employer brand to attract new talents
STUTTGART, Germany, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exyte GmbH (Exyte), a global leader in the design, engineering, and delivery of high-tech facilities, continues its strong performance during the first nine months of fiscal year 2022 successfully progressing on its accelerated growth path, its 'Pathway to Ten'.
In the first nine months of 2022, Exyte recorded an increase of almost 60% year-on-year in sales. Sales amounted to an all-time-high of €5.3 billion (9M/2021: €3.4 billion) thanks to major projects in all business segments especially in the APAC and EMEA regions. Both regions also contributed strongly to the order intake. From January to September order intake reached €6.5 billion (9M/2021: €5.1 billion), an increase of more than 25% compared to the previous year.
With an adjusted EBITDA of €340 million (9M/2021: €200 million) and adjusted EBIT of €308 million (9M/2021: €178 million) Exyte further improved its profitability. The adjusted EBITDA margin amounted to 6.4% (9M/2021: 5.9%), the adjusted EBIT margin reached 5.8% (9M/2021: 5.3%), both improving by 0.5% points year-on-year.
"Our sustained positive business development underlines our strong strategic position. The industries we serve continue to invest unchanged. Despite the current global economic development, we do not expect any major backlash for these industries or for our business. We serve global megatrends that will continue to unfold despite short-term economic turbulences," says Dr. Wolfgang Büchele, CEO of Exyte.
Positive outlook despite current economic developments
"Exyte succeeds on its 'Pathway to Ten'. Our targeted turnover of around €7 billion in 2022 brings us closer to our goal of reaching €10 billion in sales in 2027. With successfully running projects and an order backlog of €8.2 billion, we are well positioned for future profitable growth. Notwithstanding the continuing economic uncertainties, we see a sustainable positive development for Exyte," states Peter Schönhofer, CFO of Exyte. "However, we monitor developments and their potential impact on our business closely and take countermeasures where necessary."
Exyte confirms the positive year-end outlook. In accordance with an increase in sales, a respective rise in adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBIT is expected. For 2022 the company forecasts an adjusted EBITDA of approximately €450 million, respectively an adjusted EBIT above €400 million.
Growth in all business segments, Biopharma & Life Sciences and Data Centers with impressive sales development
In the first nine months of 2022 all three business segments acquired substantial new projects across all regions. With a sales share of around 87% of the group's total sales, the business segment Advanced Technology Facilities recorded a sales increase of around 55% to €4.6 billion (9M/2021: €3.0 billion). Driven by the ongoing positive development of the semiconductor industry incoming orders increased by almost a quarter to €5.5 billion (9M/2021: €4.5 billion). Battery cell manufacturers also benefit from Exyte's expertise in clean and dry rooms. Exyte sees further sales opportunities in this business in the coming years, as so-called gigafabs for the production of battery cells and batteries are being planned worldwide.
Biopharma & Life Sciences almost doubled sales in the first nine months. The segment's sales reached €477 million (9M/2021: €247 million) due to major projects in Singapore and Malaysia. Biopharma & Life Sciences is accounting for 9.0% of total sales of the group (9M/2021: 7.3%). Order intake reached €477 million (9M/2021: €384 million). In Germany, Exyte is building a mRNA competence center in Halle. Further biopharma projects for global pharmaceutical companies are currently being prepared. Exyte recently opened a new Life Sciences Office in Cork, Ireland. The Irish pharmaceutical sector has grown rapidly in recent years. Exyte expects significant investments in Ireland in projects ranging from biotechnology to fill finish, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and cell and gene therapy.
Sales of the Data Centers segment rose by 74% reaching €181 million (9M/2021: €104 million). The order intake increased by more than 130% to €409 million (9M/2021: €175 million). The business segment currently implements data center projects in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, and Taiwan, amongst others.
Strategic growth of Technology and Services segment
Recently Exyte completed the acquisition of Airgard Inc., a US-based specialist in exhaust gas cleaning technology. Airgard's wet scrubbers are used globally by key players in the semiconductor industry. The acquisition of Airgard strengthens Exyte's position to support its customers with technical solutions for their exhaust management, also in light of the increasing standards that come up with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) regulations and requirements.
This is the next acquisition by which Exyte builds on its strategy of vertical integration by strengthening its business in the area of mission-critical technology and services. In 2021, Exyte acquired Critical Process Systems Group and made it part of the Technology & Services (T&S) Business Area. T&S consists of entities that provide cleanroom technology, installation services, and critical equipment for subsystems of its clients as well as off-site manufacturing (OSM). In the first nine months of 2022 Technology & Services almost doubled sales to €555 million (9M/2021: €280 million) contributing around 10% to the group's total sales (9M/2021: 8.0%). Incoming orders more than doubled to €788 million (9M/2021: €336 million).
Progress on the 'Pathway to Ten' – New Employer Branding
Targeted, strategic acquisitions are a cornerstone of Exyte's future Agenda 'Next Level'. In this agenda the company has defined several fields of actions to be successful on its 'Pathway to Ten'. Another field of action is to become the employer of choice for existing and future employees. To this end, Exyte recently presented a new employer brand which is the basis for global talent acquisition and recruiting. Around 15,000 employees are expected to work for Exyte in 2027, more than twice as many as in 2021. At the end of September 2022 Exyte employed almost 9,000 people worldwide.
Key Financial Figures at a glance
For more details about the 9M-results 2022 please visit the website exyte.net.
About Exyte
Exyte is a global leader in the design, engineering, and delivery of ultra-clean and sustainable facilities for high-tech industries. With cutting-edge expertise developed over more than a century, we serve clients in the sophisticated markets of semiconductors, battery cells, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and data centers. Exyte offers a full range of services from consulting to managing the implementation of turnkey solutions with the highest standards in safety and quality to our customers worldwide. We create a better future by enabling key industries to enhance the quality of modern life. In 2021, Exyte generated sales of EUR 4.9 billion with around 7,400 employees worldwide.
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Online tutoring service allows families to use education grant funds for personalized one-on-one tutoring in core subject areas
SAN RAMON, Calif., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Remind, the leading communication platform in education, today announced that the Virginia Department of Education has approved Remind Tutoring as a tutoring service provider for the K-12 Learning Acceleration Grants program, allowing Virginia families to use their grant funds to access one-on-one online tutoring in mathematics and English reading/writing.
Announced in March of 2023 to address the pandemic's impact on students' educational progress and well-being, Virginia's Learning Acceleration Grants program provides up to $3,000 per qualifying student for families to spend on select tutoring and educational services. For tutoring, these services must be delivered by approved tutor providers and cover core content areas required to meet diploma requirements. After the service has been provided, families must apply for reimbursement through ClassWallet, the platform used for the program.
As a qualified service provider, Remind Tutoring allows families to use their Learning Acceleration Grants for one-on-one online tutoring on one of the most widely used platforms in education. Tutoring services are available for math and English Language Arts subjects for grades 1 through 12, which qualify for reimbursement with grant funds. Additionally, Remind Tutoring simplifies the reimbursement process by automatically generating an invoice for families to submit to ClassWallet, so no upfront payments are required.
To use their Learning Acceleration Grant funds for Remind Tutoring, families will need to sign up for tutoring services through www.remind.com/tutoring/va-learning-acceleration-grants.
About Remind
Remind is a communication platform that reaches students and families where they are. We believe that relationships drive success in education, and we're building a platform that supports learning wherever it happens. Today, the Remind platform is home to one of the largest free services in education, a school communication business that supports millions of students, and an online tutoring solution that provides help outside the classroom. Learn more at Remind.com.
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(KTLA) — Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in action, but this time as a boss at Netflix.
The former California governor has a position in the C-suite as the streamer’s chief action officer.
In a tongue-in-cheek video posted online, the movie star revealed his new role after running over a Mercedes-Benz with a tank.
“No one loves action as much as I do,” he declared as he arrived at his new gig at Netflix’s headquarters. “That’s why I’ve accepted a big new job as Netflix’s chief action officer.”
The parody incorporates Schwarzenegger’s many roles as he promotes the streaming company’s roundup of action films and series, including “The Night Agent,” “Extraction 2,” “The Witcher,” “Heart of Stone,” “The Brothers Sun” and “Lift.”
The “Terminator” star is in a new action comedy himself called “FUBAR,” which drops May 25.
“I’m working around the clock to bring you the biggest action on Earth,” he continued to explain. “Nobody knows action like I do, and nobody hits like Netflix.” | 2023-05-24T12:33:36+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/arnold-schwarzenegger-hired-as-chief-action-officer-at-netflix/ |
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Uncle Sam on stilts led the parade, and a ball drop raised money for victims of Hurricane Ian.
St. Mary’s, Star of the Sea Catholic Church went all out for its veterans on Friday. Members of the men’s club hired a DJ and circus performer and organized a parade and helicopter ball drop.
The guest of honor was 97-year-old Bill Kelley. Kelley has lived on Longboat Key for over 30 years and served in the Navy as a hospital corpsman during World War II.
Kelley walked Omaha Beach after D-Day retrieving the wounded, and he was honored for the hero he is by all in attendance. Guests approached the golf cart eager to shake his hand and thank him for his service. The other veterans walked behind him during the parade.
Patriotic music boomed from the DJ David Turner’s speakers. Circus performer Aaron Watkins dressed as Uncle Sam and entertained the crowd from stilts waving an American flag.
Tables lined the driveway, and church members enjoyed a drive-in potluck dinner and a helicopter show. A miniature golf course was set up for a hole in one. The 50/50 raffle raised money for victims of Hurricane Ian.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury on Tuesday is scheduled to hear a second day of attorneys’ closing arguments in the landmark trial for former Proud Boys extremist group leaders charged with plotting to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election.
A lawyer for former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio will address jurors before they begin deliberating, more than three months after the trial started in Washington, D.C.
It’s one of the most serious cases to come out of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which temporarily halted Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory over Donald Trump. Tarrio and four lieutenants are charged with seditious conspiracy — a rarely used charge that carries up to 20 years behind bars.
A prosecutor told jurors on Monday that the Proud Boys were ready for “all-out war” and viewed themselves as foot soldiers fighting for Trump as the Republican spread lies that Democrats stole the election from him.
“These defendants saw themselves as Donald Trump’s army, fighting to keep their preferred leader in power no matter what the law or the courts had to say about it,” prosecutor Conor Mulroe told jurors.
Tarrio, a Miami resident, is on trial with Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola. Nordean, of Auburn, Washington, was a Proud Boys chapter president. Biggs, of Ormond Beach, Florida, was a self-described Proud Boys organizer. Rehl was president of a Proud Boys chapter in Philadelphia. Pezzola was a Proud Boys member from Rochester, New York.
Attorneys for Norden and Rehl gave their closing arguments on Monday. Lawyers for Biggs and Pezzola also are expected to make their final appeals to jurors on Tuesday before prosecutors give a rebuttal and the case goes to the jury.
Tarrio is one of the top targets of the Justice Department’s investigation of the Capitol riot. Tarrio wasn’t in Washington that day but is accused of orchestrating an attack from afar.
The foundation of the government’s case, which started with jury selection in January, is a trove of messages that Proud Boys leaders and members privately exchanged in encrypted chats — and publicly posted on social media — before, during and after the deadly Jan. 6 attack.
Defense attorneys have tried to portray the far-right group as a drinking club that only engaged in violence for self-defense against antifascist activists.
Nicholas Smith, attorney for former Proud Boys chapter leader Nordean, said on Monday that prosecutors built their case on “misdirection and innuendo.” He told jurors there is no evidence of a conspiracy between unarmed Proud Boys who marched toward the Capitol with beer cans in their hands, pausing to stop at food trucks.
“They can’t even order McDonald’s, and they’re planning to stop what the government is calling the peaceful transfer of power?” Smith asked. “Where is the conspiracy?”
The Justice Department has already secured seditious conspiracy convictions against the founder and members of another far-right extremist group, the Oath Keepers. But this is the first major trial involving leaders of the far-right Proud Boys, a neofacist group of self-described “Western chauvinists” that remains a force in mainstream Republican circles.
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Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami WILFREDO LEE , Associated Press
Aug. 17, 2022 Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 10:52 a.m.
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1of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science student diver prepares to go down during a night dive to check on coral spawning as the sun sets, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less
2of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science students Devon Ledbetter, 21, left, and Avery Boals, 21, mix an epoxy glue to attach pieces of coral, foreground, to a reef during a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less 3of 21
4of 21 Divers and snorkelers go down doing a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less
5of 21 Two snorkelers follow divers with lights during a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less 6of 21
7of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science student Avery Boals, 21, waits for a fellow diver so they can attach pieces of coral to a reef during night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less
8of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science student Avery Boals, 21, foreground, leaps in the water as she and other divers prepare for a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less 9of 21
10of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science professor Andrew Baker speaks to members of the media between dives to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less
11of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science professor Andrew Baker puts weights on a dive belt as he prepares for a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less 12of 21
13of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science student Jack Benham, 21, jumps in the water before a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less
14of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science senior research associate Dalton Hesley prepares to mark a reef for a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less 15of 21
16of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science senior research associates Dalton Hesley, left, and Liv Williamson prepare for a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less
17of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science Associate Professor Diego Lirman prepares his dive gear before a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less 18of 21
19of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science student Devon Ledbetter, 21, prepares her dive gear before a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less
20of 21 University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science students Simone Nix, 22, left, Grace Benyon, 22, center, and Jack Benham, 21, prepare their dive gear before a night dive to check on coral spawning, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in Key Biscayne, Fla. A group of students and scientists were hoping to observe the coral spawn and collect their eggs and sperm, called gametes, to take back to the lab to hopefully fertilize and create new coral that will later be transplanted to help repopulate part of the Florida Reef Tract, but the coral did not cooperate that night. Wilfredo Lee/AP Show More Show Less 21of 21
MIAMI (AP) — Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs.
The team from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science was on a mission to collect eggs and sperm from spawning staghorn coral, which they hope to use to fertilize other strains of staghorn corals in a lab.
It's all part of a $7.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help address security threats to the military and civilian infrastructure along vulnerable coastal regions in Florida and the Caribbean.
The Miami-based project seeks to protect coastal bases from damaging hurricane storm surge using hybrid reefs.
“Our mission is to develop hybrid reefs that combine the wave-protection benefits of artificial structures with the ecological benefits of coral reefs,” said Andrew Baker, a professor and director of the Coral Reef Futures Lab at the Rosenstiel School. “We will be working on next generation structural designs and concrete materials, and integrating them with novel ecological engineering approaches to help foster the growth of corals on these structures."
They will also be testing new adaptive biology approaches to produce corals that are faster-growing and more resilient to a warming climate, he said.
Coral spawns just a few nights every year, depending on water temperature and lunar cycle, coral colonies simultaneously release their eggs and sperm into the water column, which fertilize one another to create baby coral. | 2022-08-17T16:34:02+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Scientists-seek-to-develop-hybrid-coral-reef-off-17379367.php |
MADRID (AP) — Spain says it plans to ban outdoor work during periods of extreme heat.
Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz told reporters Wednesday that the government will modify legislation covering occupational risks to prohibit outdoor work when the state weather agency, AEMET, issues red or orange alerts.
The agency frequently issues such alerts when temperature increases pose a risk for citizens outdoors or for the environment.
Last year was Spain’s hottest since record-keeping started in 1961, and last month was the hottest and driest April on record.
Much of the country is experiencing drought, and water reserves are below 50%.
Díaz, who is also labor minister, said that the modifications would be announced by Spain’s Cabinet, but gave no further details.
The government will hold a special Cabinet meeting on drought measures on Thursday.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the measure announced by Díaz would apply to workers such as farmers, farmhands, police, firefighters, gardeners or cleaners.
In places accustomed to high temperatures, such as Spain’s southern Andalusia region, construction workers already work only morning hours during the summer.
A temporary street cleaner died of a heat stroke while working in Madrid last year.
___ Follow AP’s climate and environment coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment | 2023-05-10T15:05:11+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/business/ap-business/spain-plans-to-ban-outdoor-work-in-extreme-heat/ |
Highland Park shooting suspect contemplated shooting in Madison, authorities say
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday.
Robert Crimo III turned back to Illinois, where he was later arrested after deciding he was not prepared to pull off a shooting in Wisconsin, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said.
An Illinois judge ordered Crimo to be held without bail. Police found the shells of 83 bullets and three ammunition magazines on the rooftop that he fired from, Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Ben Dillon said in court. | 2022-07-06T16:41:07+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2022/07/06/highland-park-shooting-suspect-contemplated-shooting-madison/7821306001/ |
Northern California sees more rain while the south dries out
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Storm-ravaged California scrambled to clean up and repair widespread damage on Wednesday as the lashing rain eased in many areas, although thunderstorms led a new atmospheric river into the northern half of the state.
The plume of moisture lurking off the coast stretched all the way over the Pacific to Hawaii, making it “a true Pineapple Express,” the National Weather Service said.
Its rains were expected to impact only Northern California, giving the south a break until more wet weather arrives by the weekend.
At least 17 people have died in the storms battering the state. The figure is likely to rise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday during a visit to the scenic town of Capitola on the Santa Cruz coast that was hard hit by high surf and flooding creek waters last week.
A pickup truck driver and a motorcyclist were killed early Tuesday in the San Joaquin Valley when a tree that had been struck by lightning fell on them, authorities said.
More than half of California’s 58 counties were declared disaster areas, the governor said.
The previous storm that began Monday was one in a series that began late last month and repairing the damage may cost more than $1 billion, said Adam Smith, a disaster expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Crews worked to reopen major highways that were closed by rockslides, swamped by flooding or smothered with mud while more than 10,000 people who were ordered out of seaside towns on the central coast were allowed to return home.
They included Montecito, a wealthy Santa Barbara County community that is home to Prince Harry and other celebrities where 23 people died and more than 100 homes were destroyed in a mudslide five years ago.
Yet thousands of people living near rain-swollen creeks and rivers remained under evacuation orders. In the San Joaquin Valley, raging waters from Bear Creek flooded parts of the city of Merced and neighboring Planada, a small agricultural community along a highway leading to Yosemite National Park.
All 4,000 residents of Planada were ordered to leave Tuesday morning. Neighborhoods were under water with cars submerged up to their roofs. Residents ordered to evacuate carried whatever they could salvage on their backs as they left in the rain.
Other evacuations were ordered because of levee breaches in parts of Monterey County.
Despite the rain, most of the state remained in extreme or severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The storms may help locally “but will not resolve the long-term drought challenges,” said Rick Spinrad, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Damage from the storm included washed-out roads and seaside businesses flooded by 20-foot (6-meter) surf that pounded Santa Cruz County.
Many areas saw unprecedented amounts of rain coupled with furious winds and even hail and lightning that knocked down trees and damaged electrical lines.
More than 75,000 homes and businesses around the state were without power as of late Tuesday night, according to the website Poweroutage.us.
Mudslides damaged some homes in pricey Los Angeles hillside areas, while further up the coast a sinkhole damaged 15 homes in the rural Santa Barbara County community of Orcutt.
Kevin Costner, best-actor winner in a television drama series for “Yellowstone,” was unable to attend Tuesday’s Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles because of the weather. Presenter Regina Hall said he was sheltering in place in Santa Barbara due to flooding.
In San Francisco, a tree fell on a commuter bus on Tuesday without causing injuries and lightning struck the city’s iconic Transamerica Pyramid building without damage. High winds also ripped away part of the roof on a large apartment building.
Some people found themselves stranded in small communities inundated with water and mud.
“We’re all stuck out here,” Brian Briggs said, describing a scary night during which the deluge unleashed mudslides in remote Matilija Canyon that buried one house and cut off the only road to nearby Ojai. The canyon creek began to flood yards and the surrounding hills, which were stripped of vegetation in the 2017 Thomas Fire, began to tumble down in the dark.
Mudflows dragged sheds, gazebos and outhouses into the creek, Briggs said. After helping neighbors get to higher ground, he returned home to find his fence destroyed by waist-deep mud.
A helicopter dropped 10 sheriff’s deputies Tuesday to help the residents of dozens of canyon homes.
The wet and blustery weather left California’s large homeless population in a precarious situation. At least two homeless people in Sacramento County died and more than a dozen people were rescued from a homeless encampment on the Ventura River.
Theo Harris, who has lived on San Francisco’s streets since 2016, fortified his shelter with tarps and zip ties Tuesday and took in his girlfriend after her tent flooded.
“The wind has been treacherous, but you just got to bundle up and make sure you stay dry,” Harris said. “Rain is part of life. It’s going to be sunny. It’s going to rain. I just got to strap my boots up and not give up.”
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Associated Press journalists John Antczak and Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles and Janie Har and Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco, Kathleen Ronayne in Sacramento, Noah Berger in Merced and Seth Borenstein in Denver contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-11T17:07:31+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/2023/01/11/northern-california-sees-more-rain-while-south-dries-out/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chinese balloon that traversed the United States before being shot down last weekend captivated public attention and drew sharp denunciations as a brazen spying effort.
But if the vehicle for espionage seemed novel, the concept was anything but.
In ways that are far less public, but often more worrisome, U.S. officials say, the Chinese government has been targeting U.S. industry and government agencies with spy operations designed to collect troves of commercial secrets and sensitive personal data — and to generally give the global superpower a competitive edge.
It’s been a constant concern for law enforcement and intelligence agencies across administrations.
“There’s a long history of spying on each other. There’s a dance and a game that both sides do. In this particular instance, maybe the Chinese got their hands caught in the cookie jar,” said Bonnie Glaser, an Asia expert and managing director of the German Marshall Fund’s Indo-Pacific program.
China’s not the only country the U.S. is concerned about, of course, but its efforts to penetrate American networks often seem more covert than noisy — in contrast, say, to the Russian hack-and-dump of Democratic emails before the 2016 presidential election. And its use of cyber spying to steal industry trade secrets, U.S. officials say, runs afoul of traditional espionage norms.
A look at past Chinese operations:
CYBERSECURITY CONCERNS
FBI Director Christopher Wray has repeatedly said the Chinese government has a larger hacking program than all other countries combined, used to steal personal and corporate data and lucrative source code.
China’s government, Wray said in a speech last year, “has the global reach and presence you’d expect of the leadership of a great nation, but it refuses to act the part and too often uses its capabilities to steal and threaten, rather than to cooperate and build.” He said in a separate address in London last summer that the Chinese government “poses the biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security.”
The threat was laid bare in 2014 when the Justice Department, in a first-of-its-kind prosecution, charged five Chinese military officials with hacking into private sector companies in an effort to steal trade secrets.
The following year, Chinese hackers accessed personal information on millions of federal government workers in a hack of the Office of Personnel Management. Subsequent Justice Department indictments have charged Chinese hackers with stealing information from health care insurer Anthem Inc., and with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and obtaining the personal data of tens of millions of Americans.
OTHER ESPIONAGE OPERATIONS
U.S. officials have also disrupted other operations on U.S. soil that took place in person rather than behind a computer.
A former Chicago graduate student was sentenced to eight years in prison last month for spying for the Chinese government by gathering information on scientists and engineers in the U.S. with knowledge of aerospace and satellite technology.
The Justice Department has also alleged a more threatening type of physical surveillance, charging eight people in 2020 with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man who was wanted by Beijing into returning to China to face charges.
TECHNOLOGY CONCERNS
The U.S. has long warily regarded China-based companies suspected of having the potential to improperly access user data.
U.S. officials are in private talks about the fate of TikTok, the hugely popular video app that is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance. Wray in December raised national security alarms about the company, saying China could use the app to collect data on its users and has the ability to control the app’s recommendation algorithm. TikTok says it has been working to assuage those concerns.
And the U.S. for years has taken action against Chinese tech giant Huawei, alleging that it has the capacity to facilitate spying — a claim the company vigorously denies. Last month, the Biden administration stopped approving renewal of licenses to some U.S. companies that have been selling essential components to the Chinese company.
WHAT CHINA HAS SAID
When it comes to the balloon itself, China has called it a civilian aircraft used for meteorological research that posed no threat and entered U.S. airspace accidentally.
More broadly, the Chinese Embassy in Washington has repeatedly accused the U.S. of making what it says are baseless and malicious attacks, and has said the U.S. has carried out the same type of hacking operations that it accuses Beijing of doing.
Of course, not all U.S. investigations centered on China have proven successful.
The Trump administration in 2018 developed a program known as the “China Initiative” aimed at cracking down on espionage operations, but it was rebranded last year following a monthslong review in response to complaints that the program chilled academic collaboration and contributed to anti-Asian bias. Several criminal cases against professors in the U.S. who had been accused of concealing research from China have also faltered.
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Season 23 of "The Voice" will welcome some new faces and say goodbye to the hit show's longest-tenured coach.
Next season will be Blake Shelton's last on the show, NBC revealed in a statement on Tuesday, and Chance the Rapper and former One Direction member Niall Horan are set to join as first-time coaches.
Kelly Clarkson will round out the coach lineup in the new season, set to debut next spring,
"I've been wrestling with this for a while and I've decided that it's time for me to step away from 'The Voice,'" Shelton said in a statement via the network. "This show has changed my life in every way for the better and it will always feel like home to me."
Shelton gave a special shoutout to his wife Gwen Stefani, who he met on the show, also mentioning the "lifelong bonds" he shares with host Carson Daly "and every single one my fellow coaches over the years."
Shelton has been a mainstay since the show's inception in 2011, with eight wins under his belt. He has also coached 15 artists whose songs have hit #1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart.
Chance the Rapper, meanwhile, shared that he is "thrilled" to join the NBC competition series and is "excited to help other artists get to the next level and make the most of this life-changing experience."
Shelton can currently be seen on Season 22 of "The Voice," alongside fellow judges Stefani, Camila Cabello and John Legend.
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What are the best activities to entertain kids on a rainy day?
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Kids need to exercise their bodies and minds, whether it’s sunny and warm or cloudy and rainy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 60 minutes of physical activity per day for young kids. While it’s exciting to get outside when the weather is perfect, parents and children often shy away from activities when it’s rainy and usually opt for a movie day.
Rainy days are one of the best times to play indoors or outdoors. However, sometimes it’s challenging to come up with fun ideas. So, we asked BestReviews’ baby and child expert, Dr. Aimee Ketchum, about the best indoor and outdoor rainy-day activities for young kids.
Rainy-day safety for young kids
Have you ever heard someone say you shouldn’t play outside in the rain because you’ll get sick? Well, it turns out that saying isn’t entirely true. While kids won’t get sick from playing in the rain, Ketchum said that it could lower their immunity and make them more susceptible to catching a cold, but only if they are not dressed appropriately. If children are warm and wearing rain boots or a raincoat to keep them dry, it’s safe for kids to enjoy a rainy day.
However, there are a few times when it is not safe for young kids to play in the rain, including if it’s too cold, if there is lightning or a chance of flooding. As long as they are supervised, Ketchum gives a thumbs-up to enjoying the rainy weather. “Playing in the rain and splashing in puddles can be great fun! Water play is a great sensory activity.”
Benefits of indoor and outdoor play
While playing indoors may seem less important than enjoying the outdoors, indoor and outdoor play are vital for young kids. However, helpful indoor activities do not include screens. Instead, opt for puzzles or board games that encourage critical thinking, art sets that develop creativity or indoor play gyms for physical activity and gross motor skills.
Playing outdoors offers many opportunities for young kids, including imagination, problem-solving, balance and social interaction. “Nature-based play refers to interacting with nature, climbing trees, skipping rocks in a lake and wading in a stream,” said Ketchum. “These are great activities to build important skills and teach children about conservation and nature. Playing on playgrounds and play structures is also beneficial for developing vision in young children because they perceive different depths, colors, and brightness.”
Indoor and outdoor rainy-day activity ideas
For outdoor rainy day activities, Ketchum recommends that kids dance in the rain, put their hands in the soil and make mud pies, make muddy handprints or footprints, collect worms and other bugs or find things that float in puddles. An umbrella also turns into an excellent outdoor toy, and chalk colors look much more vibrant in the rain. “For a STEM activity, children can put out a bowl and measure the rain with a ruler,” said Ketchum. “Then pour it into a cup to measure volume and compare for a mini math lesson.”
If the weather isn’t safe to be outdoors or you just want a break from outside, there are a ton of fun indoor activities too. For physical activity, children can create an obstacle course or fort out of cushions and blankets. Parents can also use the time inside to complete tasks, such as children writing their names inside of books to practice handwriting or going through the toy bin to put together a donation bag.
“Rainy days are also a great time for arts and crafts and creative activities, which build fine motor skills, simple problem solving and creativity,” said Ketchum. Children can also practice early STEM activities by doing simple experiments, engineering or building things out of household materials, cooking and baking. Children can learn a lot of early math and science by baking a cake with a parent.”
Best indoor and outdoor rainy-day activities
Creative Roots Mosaic Turtle Stepping Stone
Bring your garden to life with this ready-to-paint ceramic stone that comes in the shape of a turtle, butterfly, flower or several other animals. It comes with a paintbrush and six vibrant acrylic paints.
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Avenlur Hazel 5-in-1 Indoor Gym Playset
This natural wooden playset lets kids get their energy out and develop motor skills indoors. It comes with three pieces, allowing kids to use their imagination and configure it however they want.
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National Geographic Ultimate Volcano Kit
STEM activities and toys are highly beneficial for young kids. This volcano kit teaches about chemistry, geology and earth science. It also comes with three eruption powder kits for more fun and excitement.
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Building Set
According to Ketchum, building blocks help develop early math, problem-solving and spatial skills. This set has 100 wooden pieces in various colors and shapes to encourage creativity.
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You can play outside without getting soaked, thanks to this adorable umbrella. Kids can play games outside or draw with chalk while trying to stay dry. Plus, the transparent design makes it easy to see the droplets.
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You’re missing out if you’ve never used chalk in the rain. The chalk is more vibrant and paint-like in the rain, and it washes away when you’re done. This set comes with 136 jumbo pieces.
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Playing in the rain is much safer with the right gear. These rain boots will keep feet dry while jumping in puddles. Plus, the thick outsole prevents slipping when jumping in the mud.
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Munchkin Little Boat Train Bath Toy
Bath toys are perfect for taking out in the rain. This plastic boat will float in puddles or race down a stream. It has six boats in different colors to let your friends join the fun.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC) (the "Company" or "UEC") is pleased to announce that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ("TCEQ") has approved the Company's submission for a renewed and expanded radioactive material license ("RML") for its Hobson Central Processing Plant.
UEC's amended RML from the TCEQ increases the Hobson Processing Plant's licensed production capacity to 4 million pounds of U3O8 annually. This distinguishes the plant as having the largest licensed capacity in Texas and the second largest in the United States. The Hobson Plant anchors UEC's hub-and-spoke in-situ recovery ("ISR") production platform in South Texas and will process uranium loaded resin recovered from multiple satellite projects including the Palangana and Burke Hollow ISR projects.
Amir Adnani, President and CEO stated: "We continue to execute on our strategy of growing UEC's leadership as a pure-play, un-hedged uranium supplier in politically stable jurisdictions. Today's achievement increases and advances our production capabilities in South Texas as we work towards the Company's return to production. We are pleased with the TCEQ's approval of a renewed and expanded licensed capacity at our Hobson Central Processing Plant. Expanding the licensed production capability to four million pounds per year is an important step in providing the Company upward flexibility without permitting delays for our South Texas hub-and-spoke production platform."
UEC is also pleased to announce that baseline sampling at its Burke Hollow project's first production area is complete, and that the production area pump test has been conducted successfully. Baseline sampling of all production area monitor wells and a production area pump test are important steps in finalizing the authorization for production within the already approved Mine Permit area. Due to the success of these endeavors, UEC is now one step closer to initiating production at Burke Hollow and is also now preparing for the second production area delineation drilling.
The Burke Hollow project is the newest and largest ISR wellfield being developed in the U.S.
Uranium Energy Corp is the fastest growing supplier of the fuel for green energy transition to a low carbon future. UEC is the largest, diversified North American focused uranium company, advancing the next generation of low-cost, environmentally friendly In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mining uranium projects in the United States and a pipeline of high-grade conventional projects in Canada. The Company has two production-ready ISR hub and spoke platforms in South Texas and Wyoming, anchored by fully licensed and operational central processing plants. UEC also has seven U.S. ISR uranium projects with all their major permits in place. Additionally, the Company has diversified uranium holdings including: (1) one of the largest physical uranium portfolios of U.S. warehoused U3O8; (2) a major equity stake in Uranium Royalty Corp., the only royalty company in the sector; and (3) a pipeline of resource stage uranium projects. The Company's operations are managed by professionals with decades of hands-on experience in the key facets of uranium exploration, development, and mining.
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Wall Street is following global markets lower early Wednesday ahead of another trove of corporate earnings reports and potentially new maneuvers by central banks.
Futures for the S&P fell 0.6% before the bell and the Dow were slipped 0.3%.
Surprisingly strong earnings reports have buoyed markets in recent days. Expectations were low heading into the season amid elevated inflation, rising interest rates and slowing in some parts of the economy.
Wall Street analysts had been projecting the sharpest drop in earnings per share for S&P 500 companies since the pandemic torpedoed the economy in 2020.
American Express and major railroad companies post quarterly earnings this week and after the bell Wednesday, Tesla posts its first quarter results.
Tesla shares tumbled about 2% before the bell Wednesday after Elon Musk's electric car company cut prices again. It's the fourth time this year that Tesla has slashed prices to spur sales and chase shifting U.S. tax credits for electric vehicles. Shares in the Austin, Texas automaker have fallen almost 50% in the past 12 months.
With larger, so-called "too-big-to-fail" banks mostly posting strong earnings in recent days, attention now turns to reporting by smaller, regional banks such as KeyCorp and Zions Bancorp. Their stocks took a hit last month following the second- and third-largest U.S. bank failures in history.
A larger worry for the economy is that the banking industry’s woes could cause a pullback in lending, pressuring an economy already straining under the weight of much higher interest rates.
Inflation is slowing, but it’s still high, and traders widely expect the Fed to raise rates again at its next meeting in May.
A report Wednesday showed that the price of food in the U.K. rose at the fastest pace in 45 years last month, keeping inflation above 10% for a seventh straight month amid a cost-of-living crisis that has fueled a wave of strikes by government workers.
The 10.1% figure was slightly below the previous month's 10.4%, but still shows the British government and Bank of England are struggling to prevent price increases triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from becoming embedded in the economy.
In Europe at midday, Britain’s FTSE 100 lost 0.3% and Germany's DAX dipped 0.2%. France’s CAC 40 was flat.
In Asian trading, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.2% to finish at 28,606.76. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 edged up nearly 0.1% to 7,365.50. South Korea's Kospi gained nearly 0.2% to 2,575.08. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 1.4% to 20,367.76. The Shanghai Composite shed 0.7% to 3,370.13.
News that China’s economic growth accelerated in the latest quarter, to an annual 4.5%, has not had much of an impact on share prices. While consumption and retail sales have grown, other indicators, such as industrial output and fixed-asset investments, were weaker and indicate an uneven recovery.
“It may still be a worst-is-over story, but recovery has shown to be more gradual than a one-shot wonder,” Yeap Jun Rong, market analyst at IG, said in a report.
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell $1.58 to $79.28 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard, declined $1.66 to $83.11 a barrel.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar rose to 134.84 Japanese yen from 134.12 yen. The euro fell to $1.0934 from $1.0975.
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 edged up 0.1% and the Dow industrials slipped less than 0.1%. The Nasdaq composite was down less than 0.1%.
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Kageyama reported from Tokyo; Ott reported from Silver Spring, Md.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Morgantown Police Department announced on Monday that it needs help identifying a person of interest in a shooting that happened early Sunday morning in downtown Morgantown.
At approximately 2:26 a.m., officers responded to a shots heard call on Wall Street in downtown Morgantown. According to the Morgantown Police Department, several people were detained and questioned, and detectives are currently investigating. Police did not say in their press release if anything or anyone were hit by the shots.
Police provided the following photo of a person of interest in the shooting:
People who were in the area at the time of the shooting told 12 News that several bars in the area, including Vice Versa on Wall Street, were locked down for a time due to the shots.
Anyone with information about this person pictured or this incident should call the Morgantown Police Department Detective Division at 304-284-7454. | 2022-08-08T16:40:29+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/police-looking-for-person-of-interest-in-morgantown-shooting/ |
(The Hill) – Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson plans to launch a new show on social media platform Twitter, the pundit announced on Tuesday.
Carlson, in a three-minute video posted to his account carrying more than six million followers, made no mention of Fox News specifically but blasted the news media more generally for what he described as groupthink.
Carlson said the best anyone in the news business can hope for is “the freedom to tell the fullest truth that you can. But there are always limits.”
Fox and Carlson parted ways earlier this month, when the network ousted him from his prime-time hosting slot, which he held for six years.
A wildly popular figure on the political right, Carlson’s segments and commentary earned both he and the network regular scorn for his takes on matters of race, immigration, gender identity and other issues.
An Axios report published on Tuesday said Carlson’s attorney has sent Fox News leadership a letter accusing the company of breach of contract and fraud.
Neither Fox nor Carlson has said why Carlson left the company, but reports have surfaced in recent weeks suggesting the host’s private text messages, which were disclosed as part of Dominion Voting Systems blockbuster defamation lawsuit against Fox, disparaging company leadership led to his ouster.
“Amazingly that as of tonight, there aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech,” Carlson said in his video, before praising Twitter as a place “where our national conversation has long incubated and developed.”
Billionaire Elon Musk purchased Twitter last year. Musk has come under widespread criticism from government and technology officials for rolling back many of the platform’s community guidelines and content moderation policies.
Musk sat for an extensive interview with Carlson in his former Fox News program just days before the host left the network.
Carlson gave no further details on his new project, including length, subject matter or frequency.
“Starting soon we’ll be doing a new version of the show that we’ve been doing for the last six and half years to Twitter,” Carlson said. “We’ll bring you some other things too which we’ll tell ya about. But for now we’re just grateful to be here.”
Since his firing, some of Carlson’s private messages have been revealed, including that he made disparaging comments about a female Fox executive.
He also said that a group of Trump supporters beating up a protester were wrong in that their methods were “not how white men fight.”
KTLA’s Cameron Kiszla contributed to this report. | 2023-05-09T23:51:02+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/tucker-carlson-to-launch-show-on-twitter-after-fox-news-ouster/ |
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, co-chairperson of the Republican Governors Association and a pro-gun rights and anti-abortion conservative, has canceled his planned appearance in Connecticut on Tuesday at a fundraising event for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski.
Liz Kurantowicz, Stefanowski's senior advisor, said Monday that Ricketts “had a scheduling conflict" and cannot attend. The event, however, will still take place at a residence in Canton without Ricketts, she said.
A message was left seeking comment with Ricketts' media spokesperson. An official schedule shows he has a news conference on Tuesday in Nebraska to discuss the opening of a state transportation operations center and “out-of-state travel” commitments for the rest of the week.
Ricketts' planned appearance, first announced last month, has drawn criticism from state Democrats who labeled the Nebraska governor an “extremist” and questioned why Stefanowski would want to host a governor who said he wants his state to outlaw abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. The planned visit prompted local Democrats to organize a “Rally for Choice and Gun Safety” at a school that's near the fundraiser.
Katie Kenny, chair of the Canton Democratic Town Committee, said Monday the group still plans to hold its rally even though Ricketts won't be coming.
“I believe that they thought that they could play a double game, where they’re saying that they’re moderate on these issues, but simultaneously raising money off bringing someone who is basically red meat for their base and who would fire people up and get people to donate a lot to Stefanowski,” she said. “And when they got caught, they backed out.”
Asked whether the planned protest had anything to do with Rickett's cancellation, Kurantowicz repeated her earlier, brief statement about the governor having a scheduling conflict.
As a Republican in Connecticut, a state more politically liberal, Stefanowski has taken nuanced positions on some hot-button social issues. For example, on abortion, Stefanowski said last month he would not attempt to change existing Connecticut law — the state codified Roe in state law in 1990 — but thought the state “should consider” legislation that would impose a parental notification requirement for minors under age 16, except in cases of rape or incest.
Endorsed by the National Rifle Association in 2018 when he last ran for governor, Stefanowski this month said he's “committed to enforce the existing Connecticut gun laws, they're strongest in the nation.” But he noted, “I don’t think we should be talking about a lot of changes right now until we enforce what we have.” | 2022-06-13T22:59:26+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Nebraska-governor-nixes-Connecticut-appearance-17239136.php |
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BEIJING, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a report from China Daily:
China's leading automaker FAW Group achieved a robust increase in vehicle exports in the first half of this year as it continues to expand its presence in the global market.
Its premium brand Hongqi posted a 172 percent surge in exports with 5,003 vehicles, while Jiefang experienced a 122 percent rise with 18,001 vehicles. Bestune exported 7,029 vehicles, up 127 percent year-on-year.
As of 2022, FAW's overseas business covered 85 countries and regions, including Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. With more than 120 overseas dealers, it has exported a total of 400,000 vehicles. The company has established three subsidiaries in Eastern Europe, South Africa and Tanzania, employing over 300 local staff members.
FAW has established multiple international capacity cooperation projects and built an integrated auto industry chain for global markets, encompassing research and development, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and marketing. These initiatives have expanded FAW's presence in high-end overseas markets.
Based in Northeast China's Changchun, Jilin province, FAW Group celebrated its 70th anniversary on July 15 as its 55.77 millionth vehicle rolled off the production line.
On July 13, 1956, China's first domestically made vehicle, the Jiefang loading truck, rolled off FAW's assembly line, bringing an end to China's inability to produce motor vehicles. FAW manufactured the Dongfeng, China's first passenger car, and the Hongqi, the country's first luxury sedan, establishing the automaker as a symbol of China's auto industry.
Over the past 70 years, the loyalty, wisdom and sweat of generations of FAW employees have propelled the company's growth, expansion and innovation, yielding remarkable accomplishments.
FAW's operating income stands at nearly 8.3 trillion yuan ($1.16 trillion) by now, with total profit and tax earnings surpassing 1.87 trillion yuan. Its total assets have exceeded 600 billion yuan.
The brand value of FAW surpasses 420 billion yuan in 2023 while the value of the Jiefang and Hongqi brands each exceeds 110 billion yuan.
On the occasion of FAW's 70th anniversary, its partnership with Volkswagen and Audi celebrates the 35th anniversary. On July 14, the three parties signed a memorandum of understanding on deepening strategic cooperation in Changchun.
FAW and Volkswagen announced they would jointly enhance the Volkswagen's product portfolio, advance the development of electric vehicles and introduce more Chinese technologies.
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Suspect accused of shooting a man riding a bike
MAN, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A man is facing attempted murder charges in an incident that happened Monday.
According to a criminal complaint in the Logan County Magistrate’s office and West Virginia State Police, Vincent Doherty is accused of shooting a man who was riding a bicycle on Main Street in the Logan County town of Man.
The victim, Ronald Lusk, 49 of Man, told a state police trooper that he was riding a bicycle near a bank when he heard a man scream at him.
Lusk identified Doherty, 44 of Accoville, as the person who was yelling at him.
He said Doherty jumped off the trunk of a car he was sitting on and started waving a gun, when the gun discharged.
He says the bullet hit him in the left arm just above his forearm.
Lusk says he ran down the street to a nearby restaurant and had someone call 911 for him.
Police say Doherty was found with a 44 Magnum revolver in his waist.
The gun was taken from him. Police said one spent shell casing was inside the cylinder.
Troopers say Doherty was arrested and charged with attempted murder, malicious wounding, wanton endangerment, presentation of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Doherty was taken to the Southwestern Regional Jail.
Copyright 2023 WSAZ. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-25T07:28:35+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2023/07/24/suspect-accused-shooting-man-riding-bike/ |
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34 to 44. Highs 40 to 55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Gasquet 54 36 49 / 0 10 90
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CAZ103-020400-
Northern Humboldt Coast-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
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.TODAY...Sunny until early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 48 to 58. North wind up to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain overnight. Lows 34 to
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44. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 55. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 35 to 45.
Southeast wind around 10 mph.
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.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs 46 to 56. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 40 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 61. Lows 39 to
49.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 37 to 47. Highs
48 to 59.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 38 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 58.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
McKinleyville 52 38 51 / 0 10 100
Arcata 53 39 51 / 0 10 100
Eureka 52 39 51 / 0 10 100
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Fortuna 52 40 49 / 0 10 100
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CAZ104-020400-
Southwestern Humboldt-
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454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny until early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 45 to 55. North wind 5 to
15 mph.
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain overnight. Near steady
temperature around 40. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. East wind
around 5 mph increasing to southeast 10 to 20 mph overnight.
.MONDAY...Rain, windy. Snow level 3000 feet in the morning. Highs
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41 to 51. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph in the valleys and southeast
10 to 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 35 to 45.
Southeast wind around 10 mph.
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.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs 44 to 54. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 40 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Highs 47 to 58.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows 40 to 50.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 46 to 56.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 38 to 48. Highs
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46 to 57.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Rain. Lows 39 to 49. Highs 46 to 57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Honeydew 52 38 46 / 0 10 100
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CAZ105-020400-
Northern Humboldt Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 41 to 56.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
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level 2500 feet. Lows 30 to 40.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Breezy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 30s. Snow may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow
level 2500 feet. Snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches. Southeast
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wind around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 2500 to 3000 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 2000 feet
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rising to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Highs 37 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
34 to 44.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain. Highs 41 to 56.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 35 to 45.
.THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 40 to 55.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows
34 to 44. Highs 41 to 56.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Orleans 54 36 47 / 0 0 90
Hoopa 51 36 45 / 0 0 100
Willow Creek 53 35 46 / 0 0 100
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CAZ106-020400-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 44 to 57.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
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level 3000 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.MONDAY...Rain in the morning. Snow through the day. Chance of
rain in the afternoon. Breezy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 30s. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level 2500 to
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3000 feet. Snow accumulations of 4 to 5 inches. Southeast wind
around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 3000 to 3500 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
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.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 3000 feet rising to
4000 feet in the afternoon. Highs 38 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 36 to 46.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 40 to 55. Lows 36 to
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46.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows 33 to 43.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs 40 to 54.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 34 to 44.
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.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 40 to 54.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Garberville 53 36 46 / 0 10 100
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CAZ107-020400-
Northern Trinity-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
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MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 40 to 55.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming cloudy.
Chance of snow overnight. Snow level 2000 feet. Lows 22 to 32.
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.MONDAY...Snow in the morning, then chance of snow in the
afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level 2000 feet. Snow
accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. Highs 31 to 46. Southeast wind
around 20 mph at higher elevation.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. Snow level
2000 feet. Lows 22 to 32.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Snow level
2000 feet rising to 3000 feet in the afternoon. Highs 33 to 48.
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.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
27 to 37.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Highs 36 to 51.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Lows 30 to 40.
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Highs 36 to 51.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows
28 to 38. Highs 36 to 51.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
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Trinity Center 49 30 41 / 0 0 90
Weaverville 48 28 38 / 0 0 90
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Southern Trinity-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 56.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of snow overnight. Snow level 2500 feet. Lows
27 to 37.
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.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
2000 to 2500 feet. Snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches. Highs
33 to 47. Southeast wind around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. Snow level
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2500 feet. Lows 25 to 35.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 feet
rising to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Highs 34 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
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30 to 40.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 37 to 52. Lows
31 to 41.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows
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30 to 40. Highs 37 to 52.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 37 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hayfork 50 27 40 / 0 0 90
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Ruth 51 27 42 / 0 0 100
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CAZ109-020400-
Mendocino Coast-
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454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny until early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 50 to 60. North wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog through the night. Chance of
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rain overnight. Lows 34 to 44. North wind around 5 mph shifting
to the southeast overnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 55. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 34 to 44.
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East wind around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs 46 to 56. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 41 to 51.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and slight chance
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of thunderstorms. Highs 50 to 60. Lows 40 to 50.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 58.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 38 to 48. Highs
48 to 58.
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.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Rain. Lows 39 to 49. Highs 48 to 58.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Fort Bragg 54 41 51 / 0 10 100
Point Arena 53 43 51 / 0 0 100
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CAZ110-020400-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 47 to 59.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
level 3000 to 3500 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
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afternoon. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Snow accumulations of
1 to 3 inches. Highs 39 to 49. Southeast wind around 20 mph at
higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 29 to 39.
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.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 3000 feet in
the morning. Highs 42 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 36 to 46.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain. Highs 44 to 54.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows
35 to 45.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 44 to 54.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 33 to 43. Highs
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44 to 54.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Rain. Lows 34 to 44. Highs 44 to 54.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Leggett 53 35 46 / 0 10 100
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Laytonville 52 33 43 / 0 10 100
Willits 53 33 44 / 0 0 100
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CAZ111-020400-
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Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 56.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
level 3000 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s.
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Snow may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 to
3000 feet. Snow accumulations of 4 to 5 inches. Southeast wind
around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
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level 3000 feet. Lows 26 to 36.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 feet
rising to 4000 feet in the afternoon. Highs 34 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
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31 to 41.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 38 to 52. Lows
32 to 42.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows
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32 to 42. Highs 38 to 52.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 37 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Covelo 52 31 43 / 0 0 100
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CAZ112-020400-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 50 to 60.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy valley fog through the night.
Chance of rain overnight. Lows 34 to 44.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs 43 to 53. Southeast wind around 20 mph at
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higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 34 to 44.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Highs 46 to 56.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 41 to 51.
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.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs 49 to 59. Lows 41 to 51.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 58.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 37 to 47. Highs
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48 to 58.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Rain. Lows 39 to 49. Highs 48 to 58.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Boonville 54 38 46 / 0 0 100
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CAZ113-020400-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 48 to 58.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming cloudy.
Chance of rain overnight. Snow level 3000 to 3500 feet. Lows
32 to 42.
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.MONDAY...Snow in the morning. Rain through the day. Snow level
3000 to 3500 feet. Snow accumulations up to 2 inches. Highs 40 to
50. Southeast wind around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 33 to 43.
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.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Snow level 3000 feet in
the morning. Highs 42 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 39 to 49.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Highs 46 to 56. Lows 39 to
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49.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 55.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows 37 to
47. Highs 45 to 55.
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.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Ukiah 56 36 46 / 0 0 100
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CAZ114-020400-
Northern Lake-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
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MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs 42 to 57. North wind 20 to 25 mph
in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming cloudy.
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Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet.
Lows 28 to 38.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s.
Snow may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 to
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3000 feet. Snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches. Southeast wind
around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 3000 feet. Lows 27 to 37.
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.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Snow level
3000 feet in the morning. Highs 34 to 47.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
32 to 42.
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.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow. Highs 40 to 51.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 33 to 43.
.THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 39 to 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows
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32 to 42. Highs 37 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Pillsbury 55 28 44 / 0 0 100
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Southern Lake-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 49 to 59. Northwest wind around 20 mph in
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the morning.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming cloudy.
Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow level 3000 feet. Lows
31 to 41.
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.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Snow accumulations of
1 to 3 inches. Highs 39 to 49. Southeast wind around 20 mph at
higher elevation.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Snow level 3000 to
3500 feet. Lows 31 to 41.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Highs 42 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 37 to 47.
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.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 56. Lows 38 to
48.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain likely. Lows 36 to 46.
Highs 44 to 55.
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TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lakeport 54 35 43 / 0 0 100
Middletown 59 33 47 / 0 0 100
Clearlake 56 34 44 / 0 0 90
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Copyright 2023 AccuWeather | 2023-01-01T13:15:23+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/weather/article/CA-Eureka-CA-Zone-Forecast-17688391.php |
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Millions of Americans who enrolled in Medicaid during the Covid-19 pandemic are at risk of losing their coverage this April.
Alabama did not expand its Medicaid package which means many people who are low-income will be dropped from the program.
According to a new report, over one million Medicaid-insured people are Alabamians.
When COVID-19 first struck in 2020 a bipartisan agreement between lawmakers allowed for more low-income families and individuals to get health insurance through the Medicaid system.
A new spending bill passed by Congress in December of last year will begin removing some of those recipients.
“Alabama is still one of eleven states that have not expanded Medicaid and that is really putting our state behind where we need to be,” said Mary Elizabeth Marr, CEO of Thrive Alabama.
To date, Alabama lawmakers have not accepted federal funding to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, more widely known as Obamacare.
Marr told News 19 that a lack of affordable coverage means some Alabamians have limited access to basic health care.
“What happens now is individuals who do not have a payer source end up in our emergency rooms of our not-for-profit hospitals and that costs so much more than an individual going to a primary care physician like Thrive Alabama,” she said. “We need Medicaid expansion to help us take care of people who are in desperate need of health care.”
Under the new spending bill, an individual’s change in income level will be checked to see if they are still eligible for Medicaid coverage. If not, they will be notified that their coverage is being dropped by the month of April.
According to Marr, around fifteen percent of Thrive Alabama’s patients are on Medicaid. In order to qualify for Medicaid in Alabama, a family must earn less than fifteen thousand dollars a year. | 2023-01-10T16:56:26+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/many-in-alabama-will-lose-medicaid-insurance-coverage-in-april/ |
Company to Host Earnings Conference Call on May 9, 2023
LAS VEGAS, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SWX) ("Southwest Gas" or the "Company") today announced that it will report 2023 first quarter results prior to market opening on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The Company will host an earnings conference call on May 9, 2023, at 11:00 AM ET to discuss the results, and the discussion may include business, financial or other information not contained in the earnings release.
The conference call will be webcast live on the Company's website at www.swgasholdings.com.
If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will also be archived on the Company's website at www.swgasholdings.com. Alternatively, a digital replay of the call can be accessed by dialing (877) 344-7529 or internationally at (412) 317-0088, beginning one hour after the end of the earnings call. Replay code is 9458560. The digital replay of the call will be available until 4:30 PM ET on May 16, 2023.
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SOURCE Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | 2023-05-02T22:11:40+00:00 | kcbd.com | https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2023/05/02/southwest-gas-holdings-inc-report-first-quarter-2023-results-may-9-2023/ |
Falling bullet hits toddler after Fourth of July fireworks show, police say
INDEPENDENCE Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - Authorities in Oregon say a toddler was hit by a falling bullet after watching a Fourth of July fireworks show.
According to the Independence Police Department, the 2-year-old child was being pulled in a wagon with their family after watching the show when the toddler began to cry.
The child’s parents said they were walking back to their car when the cries began.
As they tried to comfort the toddler, the parents discovered a puncture wound in the child’s leg.
KPTV reports that the toddler was taken to the hospital where medical providers discovered the wound had been caused by a bullet.
Police said their initial investigation suggested that the bullet fell from the sky and did not appear to have been intentional.
The toddler’s injury was treated, and the child is expected to recover.
“A firearm should never be fired randomly into the air,” a spokesperson for the police department said.
Authorities said they are continuing to investigate the situation and urged anyone with further information to contact Sergeant Gilbert at 503-837-1107.
Copyright 2023 KPTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-08T20:39:09+00:00 | kttc.com | https://www.kttc.com/2023/07/08/falling-bullet-hits-toddler-after-fourth-july-fireworks-show-police-say/ |
--Study to Evaluate Safety and Tolerability of Simultaneous Implant of Spinal Fusion and Neuromodulation Devices in Chronic Lower Back Pain Patients
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Justin Zenanko, CEO of SynerFuse, Inc., a Minnesota-based medical device company, is pleased to announce that for the first time in the world, a solo spine surgeon performed the groundbreaking SynerFuse procedure. Rohan Lall, MD, at once both performed a spinal fixation procedure and implanted a neurostimulator with leads on the eighth patient in the company's proof-of-concept study.
"So far in the study, the SynerFuse procedure has been efficient and straightforward to perform," said Lall. "The industry has seen the efficacy of DRG stimulation for patients with chronic pain, and it is very exciting to be able to study incorporating it earlier in the treatment process for these patients in an attempt to reduce their pain levels and needs for opioids. I believe this will become widely adopted in spine surgery."
See photo taken after the eighth surgery, left to right: Zenanko, Lall, and SynerFuse Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Greg Molnar, Ph.D.
The SynerFuse proof-of-concept study involves combining spinal fusion with the implant of a neurostimulator to provide stimulation of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG), a key nerve structure along the spine that can be targeted with neuromodulation to treat chronic neuropathic pain, to provide relief to patients suffering from chronic lower back pain (cLBP). Patients undergoing an initial spinal fusion, among other criteria, are eligible for the study. The SynerFuse proof-of-concept study supports the enrollment of up to 20 patients.
"This is an important step toward demonstrating that our combined procedure can be performed without needing two surgeons," said Zenanko. "Spinal fixation procedures today are performed by one spine surgeon. This study aims to conclude that one spine surgeon can also perform the integrated SynerFuse procedure. This is an important step toward adoption of the procedure."
"The implantation of the eighth patient in our proof-of-concept study is an important milestone for SynerFuse," said Zenanko. "With each new patient, we're one step closer to demonstrating the viability of our non-narcotic concept for spinal fusion patients with chronic lower back pain."
"Bringing this patient-focused therapy from concept to the eighth implant is a true testament to collaboration within our company and with our surgeon and staff partners at the University of Minnesota Medical School and M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center," said Molnar.
Seven patients previously had a neurostimulator with leads implanted by Michael C. Park, MD, PhD, and spinal fixation by Rohan Lall, MD, and Jonathon Sembrano, MD, at M Health Fairview University of M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center.
More information about SynerFuse is available at www.synerfuse.com.
About Chronic Lower Back Pain (cLBP)
cLBP is defined as lower back pain that continues for 12 weeks or longer, even after an initial injury or underlying cause of acute lower back pain has been treated.1 With more than 500,000 procedures performed annually, spinal fusion remains a common treatment for spinal instability, albeit with a high incidence of residual neuropathic pain2. Up to 40% of patients who undergo spinal fusion end up with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS), a condition resulting in significant, lingering neuropathic pain, costing the U.S. healthcare system $20B per year and significantly affecting the quality of life of patients3.
About SynerFuse
SynerFuse is a Delaware corporation based in Minnesota—the heart of Medical Alley and the cradle of neuromodulation and medical device innovation. SynerFuse believes that individuals with cLBP/FBSS and their providers deserve an alternative option than spinal fusion alone. Even when spinal fusion is successful, it can often result in residual chronic neuropathic pain and use of addictive opioids. The company is working to create a non-narcotic pain management for chronic low back pain with a patented therapy that integrates spinal fusion hardware and an active neuromodulation system. For more information on the company, please visit www.synerfuse.com.
This communication contains information about an investigational product. This product is limited by Federal (U.S.) law to investigational use only. SynerFuse makes no claims regarding the safety or effectiveness of the unapproved investigational product. The intent of providing this information is to convey research and development initiatives underway at SynerFuse.
1 See "Low Back Pain Fact Sheet." National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, https://www.ninds.nih.gov/low-back-pain-fact-sheet#:~:text=Chronic%20back%20pain%20is%20defined, back%20pain%20has%20been%20treated, accessed October 17, 2022.
2 Karen L. Saban et al., "Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Following Selected Types of Lumbar Spinal Surgery: A Pilot Study," Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 5 (2007), https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-5-71.
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WASHINGTON, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters local leaders unanimously endorsed the new tentative agreement between the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) and TForce Freight on Monday. The contract, which will go to the membership for ratification, boosts wages, improves benefits, and protects Teamster jobs with no givebacks to TForce.
"We have forged a bold path forward with this new agreement. The gains achieved over the next five years by our members at TForce will pave the way for the entire freight industry," said Sean M. O'Brien, Teamsters General President and TNFINC Chair. "Teamsters have again demonstrated that our tenacious, fighting spirit is the key to securing the best contracts."
Upon approval, the agreement will go into effect August 1, 2023, and expire July 31, 2028.
Contract highlights include:
- Wage Increases: The highest wage increases in the history of the Teamsters' national freight contract. Full-time local cartage and clerks will receive increases of $4.50 per hour over the life of the agreement. Road drivers will receive industry-leading increases to their current mileage rate over the length of the deal, starting at $0.7557 in August 2023 and increasing to $0.8257 by January 2028. The agreement eliminates split wage increases and two-tier wages.
- Health, Welfare, and Pension Contributions: TForce is required to increase its contributions to health, welfare, and pension plans. These contributions will provide vital support for members' health care and retirement needs.
- Additional Holiday: Martin Luther King Day has been added as a paid holiday.
- Discretionary Days and Vacation: Starting January 1, 2024, two additional discretionary days will be added to the contractual minimum, increasing the minimum number of paid days from four to six. There will be no blackout dates.
- Safety: All newly purchased equipment and vehicles must have air conditioning.
- Technology Safeguards: The agreement includes provisions to safeguard members' rights and well-being from invasive technology. It prevents discipline from cameras and prohibits the use of robots, driverless vehicles, drones, or other technology to move freight or replace drivers, clerks, or dockworkers.
- Work Rule Protections: Shuttle and drayage work will not count towards the guarantee covered under the agreement. Road drivers will only perform road work and cannot work the docks except for the current mini-hub operations. TForce must have approval from the Teamsters for any other expansion of mini-hub operations.
- Protections Against Subcontracting: Road drivers would be protected against subcontracting. Penalties have been put in place to assure rail and subcontracting come back into the bargaining unit.
"Months of hard work and commitment have paid off, resulting in a comprehensive agreement that addresses our members' top priorities and delivers substantial economic gains and non-economic enhancements to benefit every Teamster at TForce," said John A. Murphy, Teamsters National Freight Director and TNFINC Co-Chair. "I applaud our lead negotiators Kris Taylor and Ed Thompson and the entire negotiating team, especially our seven dedicated rank-and-file members on the committee."
Members around the country will vote in-person this week for ratification at their respective TForce facilities. The Teamsters represent approximately 7,800 local cartage drivers, road drivers, and clerical workers with TForce Freight at 126 local unions.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
Daniel Moskowitz, (770) 262-4971
dmoskowitz@teamster.org
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” season 8 concludes this Friday, July 21, and it is available to watch exclusively on Paramount+.
Those interested in watching the show for free can sign up for a 7-day-long free Paramount+ trial.
This season brought back 12 drag queens who competed on previous seasons of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” all of whom were vying for a chance at entering the “Drag Race Hall of Fame.”
The final two contestants are now competing for the chance to win a $200,000 grand prize, according to Paramount.
The two finalists for “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” season 8 are:
- Kandy Muse (Season 13)
- Jimbo (“Canada’s Drag Race” Season 1, “RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs the World”)
The queens who left the competition were:
- Monica Beverly Hillz (Season 5) (12th place)
- Naysha Lopez (Season 8) (11th place)
- Mrs. Kasha Davis (Season 7) (10th place)
- Darienne Lake (Season 6) (9th place)
- Heidi N Closet (Season 12) (Withdrawn)
- Jaymes Mansfield (Season 9) (7th place)
- Kahanna Montrese (Season 11) (6th place)
- LaLa Ri (Season 13) (5th place)
- Alexis Michelle (Season 9) (4th place)
- Jessica Wild (Season 2) (3rd place)
Eliminated queens are still competing to win $50,000 for their runway looks through the “Fame Games” competition. Fans voted online to decide the “Fame Games” winner.
Notably, Heidi N Closet will not be eligible to participate in the “Fame Games” due to her withdrawal from the competition, nor will she return for the finale episode as a result.
Will it be Jimbo or will it be Kandy Muse who comes out on top for “All Stars” season 8? And who will win the coveted “Fame Games” title? You’ll have to tune in to find out.
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ken Blanchard Companies®, a global leader in management training, consulting, and coaching, was named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award for Best New Product of the Year in the 19th Annual International Business Awards® today.
The Conversational Capacity® course won Best New Product of the Year in the Business-to-Business category. The course teaches people how to engage in constructive, learning-focused dialogue when challenging topics or conflicts arise so they can make informed decisions and find the best solutions, even under high pressure. That's where difficult exchanges turn into learning opportunities and unfocused meetings become innovation incubators.
"We spent almost two years working with Craig Weber designing engaging learning experiences to bring his Conversational Capacity model to our clients," said Jay Campbell, Chief Product Officer with The Ken Blanchard Companies. "While there are other conversation skills programs out there, nothing is as simple and powerful as Conversational Capacity. The twin forces of candor and curiosity are helping Blanchard clients across seniority levels and industries. We're so proud to win this Silver Stevie® Award for Best New Product of the Year."
Craig Weber, author of the book Conversational Capacity and course design team member, adds, "I am thrilled to see The Ken Blanchard Companies' Conversational Capacity course win this award. The course is designed to help people perform more effectively under pressure and build healthier organizations, teams, and work relationships. It's wonderful to see it recognized in this way."
As one judge stated, the course "…addresses a #1 ongoing business challenge. The world needs more of what this offers."
The Ken Blanchard Companies is a global leader in management training, consulting, and coaching. For more than 40 years, Blanchard has been helping organizations develop inspired leaders at all levels and create cultures of connection that unleash talent and deliver extraordinary results. Blanchard's SLII® powers inspired leaders and is the leadership model of choice for more than 10,000 organizations worldwide. Blanchard also offers a suite of other award-winning leadership development solutions through flexible delivery modalities to meet the specific needs of its clients. Learn more at www.kenblanchard.com
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com
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RoyOMartin Marks 100th Anniversary of Company Founding
ALEXANDRIA, La. - This year, RoyOMartin celebrates the founding of Roy O. Martin Lumber Company, which was legally organized and incorporated in Alexandria, Louisiana, in 1923. Led by Indiana native Roy O. Martin, Sr., the company was born after the entrepreneur’s purchase of an older sawmill and began without a single acre of land. Today, the trade name RoyOMartin represents a group of vertically integrated companies owned by the Martin family, focused on sustainable land and timber management and wood-product manufacturing businesses.
RoyOMartin is an established American company, using only domestic raw materials in the manufacture of superior wood products. It bears the mantle of the Martin family’s 100-year reputation as a timber-industry leader. The company is committed to the safety and well-being of its employees, now and for generations to come.
“For 100 years, the Martin family has built a business model demonstrating corporate responsibility benefiting its shareholders, stakeholders, team members, and our families,” stated Roy O. Martin III, grandson of Martin Sr., who oversees the company’s operations as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer.
In addition to being a leader in responsible forest-management practices and overseeing approximately 550,000 acres of highly-productive timberland, RoyOMartin and its subsidiaries currently operate three manufacturing facilities supported by nearly 1,300 employees: an oriented strand board plant in Oakdale, Louisiana; plywood and solid wood products plant in Chopin, Louisiana; and an oriented strand board plant in Corrigan, Texas, which is currently expanding by constructing a second mill at the site.
“RoyOMartin will continue producing forestry products that are essential to modern life and economic development in a way that protects people, the environment, and our communities,” Martin said.
In 1923, after working in the lumber industry in Indiana, Illinois, and Tennessee for 11 years, 33-year-old Roy Otis Martin Sr. wanted to go into business for himself. He wanted to buy a sawmill in an area where lumber was reasonably inexpensive. His search took him to Alexandria, Louisiana, where he had heard about a mill for sale. He and his wife, Mildred Brown Martin, purchased the nearly dilapidated Creston Sawmill, located on Fenner Street, for $32,000. It included the plant, office, and equipment, but not a single acre of land. On November 10, 1923, the Roy O. Martin Lumber Company was officially organized and incorporated, with Roy O. Martin as its president.
The company has thrived through a variety of changes and challenges in its 100 years – from sawmills and lumberyards to retail outlets, creosote treating, real estate, and wood-product manufacturing – to become a timber-and-manufacturing industry leader. In 1929 Martin Sr. made his first land purchase when he bought 6,500 acres in the Black Lake swamp area in northwest Louisiana. Since then, timberland holdings have grown exponentially to become one of the largest private landowners in the state.
Throughout three generations, the Martin family has remained in management roles. In 1962, company leadership passed to the second generation, with Roy O. Martin Jr. serving as president, followed by his brother Ellis Martin in 1978. The third generation took the helm in 1994 when Jonathan Martin (Ellis’s son) and, later, Roy O. Martin III assumed the top positions of president and chief executive officer.
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As 2023 waits in the wings to make its grand debut, it’s time to stop and take a look back at 2022. The past 12 months have been filled with news and, sadly, we’ve lost many celebrities and newsmakers in 2022. Here is our overview of the singers, actors, politicians, athletes and other notorious people who died this year.
1. Sidney Poitier
Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar for best actor, died on Jan. 7 at the age of 94. He was known for his roles in “Lillies of the Field,” “In the Heat of the Night,” “To Sir, With Love” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.”
2. Bob Saget
The world was shocked to hear of Bob Saget’s death on Jan. 9. The “Full House” actor and comedian was found in his Florida hotel room after he missed his flight following a stand-up comedy performance the night before.
3. Louie Anderson
Comedian Louie Anderson died on Jan. 21 while being treated for cancer in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 68 years old. Anderson won an Emmy in 2016 for his work on the FX series “Baskets”
3. Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf, the actor and dramatic rock singer of “I Would Do Anything For Love,” “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” and other hits, died on Jan. 20. He was 74 years old, and no cause of death was released by the family.
4. William Hurt
Oscar-winning actor William Hurt died on March 14 following a battle with cancer. He was known for his roles in “The Big Chill,” “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” He was 71 years old.
5. Madeleine Albright
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright died of cancer at the age of 84 on March 23. She served as a UN ambassador starting in 1993, and then-President Bill Clinton asked her to serve in his cabinet in 1996.
6. Estelle Harris
Actor Estelle Harris, known for her work on “Seinfeld,” “Toy Story” and many other roles, died on April 4 at the age of 93.
7. Gilbert Gottfried
Stand-up comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried died on April 12 after being diagnosed with a rare genetic muscle disease. He was 67. Gottfried was widely known for his voice work on various animated shows and movies, including Disney’s “Aladdin.”
8. Naomi Judd
Country music star Naomi Judd died unexpectedly on April 30. The Grammy-award-winning singer was half of the superstar duo The Judds along with her daughter Wynonna. Judd was 76 at the time of her death.
9. Ray Liotta
Actor Ray Liotta died on May 26 at the age of 67. He was famous for his roles in “Goodfellas” and “Field of Dreams.”
10. James Caan
Iconic tough guy actor James Caan died on July 7 at the age of 82. Caan had starring roles in “The Godfather,” “Las Vegas,” “Brian’s Song,” “Misery” and “Elf,” just to name a few of his memorable performances.
11. Bill Russell
NBA legend Bill Russell died on July 31 at the age of 88. Russell won 11 NBA championships, played for the Boston Celtics, and became the nation’s first Black head coach in the NBA in 1966. In an unprecedented move, the NBA retired his No. 6 jersey across the entire league following his death.
12. Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols died on July 31 at the age of 89. She played Lt. Nyota Uhura in the original “Star Trek” TV series from 1966-1969 and in subsequent franchise feature films.
13. Olivia Newton-John
Australian singer and actor Olivia Newton-John died on Aug. 8 at the age of 73. She publicly battled breast cancer for years. She was best known for her starring role as Sandy in the movie musical “Grease” and had many hit songs during her career.
14. Anne Heche
Actor Anne Heche died on Aug. 12 at the age of 53 following a car accident. She won an Emmy award for her work on the soap opera “Another World,” and she starred in films with Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp and Al Pacino.
15. Queen Elizabeth II
Britain’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, died at the age of 96 on Sept. 8. She served more than 70 years on the throne, and long lines of mourners filled the streets during Britain’s mourning period leading up to her funeral.
16. Coolio
Rapper Coolio died on Sept. 28 at the age of 59. He won a Grammy for his song “Gangsta’s Paradise” in 1996.
17. Loretta Lynn
Country music legend and trailblazer Loretta Lynn died on Oct. 4 at the age of 90. Her story was immortalized in the 1980 Oscar-winning film “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” and her work inspired countless country artists after her.
18. Angela Lansbury
“Murder, She Wrote” star Angela Lansbury died on Oct. 11 at the age of 96. In addition to her role in “Murder, She Wrote,” Lansbury voiced Mrs. Potts in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” won five Tony awards for her work on Broadway and was featured in many featured films.
19. Jerry Lee Lewis
One of the original rock and roll artists, Jerry Lee Lewis died on Oct. 28 at the age of 87. His wild performance style of songs like “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire” paved the way for rock artists through the decades.
20. Christine McVie
Fleetwood Mac keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie died on Nov. 30 at the age of 79. She recently had been diagnosed with an illness, according to her family, but they provided no other specific information about the singer’s death.
21. Kirstie Alley
Actor Kirstie Alley died on Dec. 7 after a recent cancer diagnosis, according to her family. She was 71. During her career, Alley was known for her work on the popular TV series “Cheers” and “Veronica’s Closet.” She also starred opposite John Travolta in the “Look Who’s Talking” movies.
22. Pelé
Brazil’s beloved king of soccer, Pelé died on Dec. 29 following treatment for colon cancer. He was 82. The three-time World Cup winner was a global icon whose style, grace and precision on the field inspired generations and still makes him a frontrunner in conversations about the greatest players of all time.
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DEAL, England (AP) — Sergio Garcia will not play the British Open for the first time since 1997, failing to make it through local final qualifying that awarded 19 spots from four locations.
Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace, who holds the Open record with a 62, advanced from their qualifier at Royal Cinque Ports. They joined Laurie Canter as the only regular roster players from LIV Golf to qualify.
The British Open starts July 20 at Royal Liverpool.
Garcia was among three LIV Golf players who qualified for the U.S. Open last month. Garcia tied for 27th. Local qualifying was his only avenue to the British Open. The Spaniard started well at West Lancashire with a 67 but could only manage a 71 in the afternoon and missed out by three shots.
The biggest cheer at West Lancashire was for Matthew Jordan, who earned one of the five spots. Jordan has been a member at Royal Liverpool since he was 7. Also qualifying from West Lancashire was Alex Fitzpatrick, the younger brother of former U.S. open champion Matt Fitzpatrick.
Canter led five qualifiers from Royal Porthcawl in Wales. In the qualifier at Dundonald Links north of Troon in Scotland, Graeme Robertson won a playoff to get the last of four spots.
Among LIV players who failed to qualify were Graeme McDowell, Anirban Lahiri, Jason Kokrak and Dean Burmester.
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Are Nuk or Tommee Tippee pacifiers best?
Pacifiers help soothe and comfort babies, offering much-needed peace for the parents. Nuk and Tommee Tippee are two of the leading brands for pacifiers, so you can’t go wrong with either one. They both offer high-quality pacifiers with a wide range of types, materials and sizes. There are also specialized models designed for maximum comfort or orthodontic support. Nuk has a larger variety of pacifiers and offers sanitizing pods with its pacifiers. Tommee Tippee is more commonly available and offers slightly cheaper prices.
Nuk pacifiers
Nuk pacifiers are instantly recognizable with their heart-shaped design, which not only looks cute, but allows the pacifier to fit comfortably around the mouth and nose. The extra space in the shield also offers maximum airflow. The airflow helps minimize rash and skin irritation caused by trapped moisture. It also allows for quick and easy cleaning of Nuk pacifiers.
The nipples on Nuk pacifiers are BPA-free, soft and durable. They are designed to mimic the shape and feel of a mother’s breast. Most Nuk pacifiers are available in three sizes ranging from 0 to 18 months of age. They also offer specialized models, such as their orthodontic pacifiers designed to encourage the natural development of the jaw and teeth.
The Nuk pacifiers are assembled in the USA. You can buy them for $5-$11. Some pacifiers are only available in a pair or pack.
Nuk pacifiers pros
- All Nuk pacifiers come with a plastic case that can be used as a microwave-safe sanitizing pod. This feature is missing in pacifiers from several other top brands, such as Tommee Tippee.
- The nipples are smaller compared to other brands. This helps younger babies feel more comfortable using the pacifiers.
- The orthodontic versions are designed to exercise the tongue and palate to help with oral development.
- There are several glow-in-the-dark pacifiers by Nuk. These pacifiers can easily be found in the dark without switching on the light.
Nuk pacifier cons
- If your baby is switching from another pacifier to Nuk, they might struggle to get used to the smaller nipple size. It might also create some confusion if they are using feeding bottles with larger nipples.
- Some users have complained that moisture can get stuck in the nipples when the pacifiers are sanitized, and it’s difficult to get the moisture out.
Best Nuk pacifiers
NUK Space Orthodontic Pacifier
With its extra-large holes on the shield, this pacifier allows for maximum airflow, which helps minimize skin irritation around the mouth. The breast-like nipples are orthodontic to support natural and healthy oral development. It is available in three sizes and three colors. There were some complaints about inconsistency in sizing.
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NUK Comfy Orthodontic Pacifier
Designed for the ultimate comfort, this pacifier offers ultra-soft silicone nipples. The nipples are designed to have a flatter bottom for a more natural sucking motion for the baby. The nipples are also slimmer to reduce pressure on the teeth and jaw. The heart shape is designed to allow for easy breathing. It is available in a handful of colors, with each color featuring a cute animal design.
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Tommee Tippee pacifiers
If you have been searching for the best pacifiers, you likely have come across Tommee Tippee pacifiers. Not only are they commonly available, but they also come in a wide range of colors and designs.
The nipples on all Tommee Tippee pacifiers are BPA-free. You can get everyday or specialized models that feature extra orthodontic support, collapsible design or ventilated shield pacifiers. The Tommee Tippee collapsible pacifiers have a nipple that folds into the shield. They do not need a separate cap to keep the nipple clean from dust, bacteria and dirt.
The ventilated shield models by Tommee Tippee are designed for maximum airflow. If the baby accidentally chokes on the pacifier, the ventilated shield allows the air to pass through until the pacifier is removed. There are three sizes available for Tommee Tippee pacifiers: 0-6 months, 6-18 months and 18-36 months.
You can get most Tommee Tippee pacifiers for $4-$10. Some of the specialized versions might be more expensive.
Tommee Tippee pacifiers pros
- They are designed to be easy to clean by hand or in a dishwasher.
- The nipples have anti-static properties, making them dust-free. There is no need to clean the nipple every time your baby needs to use the pacifier.
- All shields on Tommee Tippee pacifiers have holes to allow for airflow. Some of the ventilated versions have extra-large holes.
Tommee Tippee pacifiers cons
- The nipples on the smallest size pacifiers might not be small enough for younger babies.
- There are no sanitizing pods with the pacifiers. This means you will need to buy a separate pacifier sterilizer that is compatible with Tommee Tippee pacifiers.
Best Tommee Tippee pacifiers
Tommee Tippee Ultra-Light Silicone Pacifier
The ultra-lightweight design makes it easy for the baby to keep it in the mouth. This pacifier is made from medical-grade silicone, making it soft and odor-resistant. The nipples have an asymmetrical design to support the natural development of the jaw, gums and teeth. The silicone material makes this pacifier less durable compared to other models by Tommee Tippee. This model is available in a few colors and three sizes.
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Tommee Tippee Every-Day Pacifier
With its traditional shield, understated design and affordable price, this pacifier is ideal for everyday use. The nipple shape and feel are designed to mimic the breast. The heart shape shield offers extra comfort and proper fit around the nose. Some users have complained about color variation compared to online photos.
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Should you get Nuk or Tommee Tippee pacifiers?
Although both these leading brands offer excellent quality and are available in a wide range of styles, Nuk pacifiers have a slight advantage. They come with sanitizing pods and are more suitable for younger babies. Keep in mind that availability can be an issue with Nuk pacifiers, especially when compared to Tommee Tippee pacifiers, which are widely available.
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When we talk about winter squash we are distinguishing it from summer squash: zucchini and yellow summer squash. Think butternut, buttercup, Kabocha, delicata, acorn and others. Winter squash — which is harvested in the fall — has a firmer, harder peel and keeps longer.
When shopping for winter squash, choose varieties that have some weight to them when you pick them up. The stem should be intact and the squash should be bruise-free. The squash should be stored in a cool, dry, dark spot and should last around 3 to 6 months.
Winter squash varieties can be used in both sweet and savory dishes and, for the most part, are thoroughly interchangeable. You can use them in pies and muffins the way you would use pumpkin, or in soups, stews, rice dishes, noodles, salads and more.
Winter squash is naturally low in calories and fat and has many health benefits. It’s a good source of Vitamin C, A and E and offers beta carotene, fiber, potassium and magnesium.
The following recipes use winter squash varieties in three very distinct dishes. The first is a Japanese-style vegetarian ramen soup. Vegetable stock is simmered with miso paste, ginger, scallions and sesame oil and slices of roasted winter squash and carrots are added to the stock. The vegetable broth is topped with ramen noodles and, if you like, a soft-boiled egg and miso-flavored sautéed corn. The ramen is simultaneously light and filling, comforting without being heavy.
The second dish is a French-style galette made with an herb-infused pastry, roasted winter squash slices, red onions, and cheese. It’s an ideal dish for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
And finally, a refreshing autumn salad made with farro, roasted squash, creamy goat cheese and crunchy almonds tossed in a lemony herb-filled vinaigrette. The salad can also be served as a main course or side dish.
Butternut squash miso ramen
Butternut squash miso ramen. (Kathy Gunst/Here & Now)
This vegetarian ramen is a main-course meal full of gorgeous fall colors and rich flavors. Vegetable stock, roasted winter squash, ginger, scallions and miso form the flavor base of this satisfying broth. If you have fresh or frozen corn around, be sure to top the soup with the sautéed miso flavored corn; it adds a great depth of flavor. This recipe serves 2 hearty main course portions but can easily be doubled to serve more.
Ingredients
The squash:
- 1 pound butternut squash or favorite winter squash, peeled, deseeded and fibers removed and then cut into ½ to 1-inch slices
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon yellow or white miso paste*
- Salt and pepper
The ramen:
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, cut into very thin sticks
- 3 scallions, white and green sections, thinly chopped
- 1/8 teaspoon or more of hot pepper sauce, chili paste, or chili crisp (a spicy condiment of fried chili peppers infused in oil)
- 2 tablespoons yellow or white miso paste, plus 1 teaspoon*
- 6 cups vegetable stock
- 1 ½ to 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
- 4 ounces carrots, about 1 medium-large or 3 small, peeled and cut into ½-inch slices
- 6 ounces ramen or udon noodles, cooked for about 4 to 6 minutes in salted boiling water, depending on the type of noodle, follow the package direction
- 2 eggs, optional
- 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels (if using fresh you will get one cup from one large ear corn)
*You want to use a fairly mild miso paste. Click here for more information about miso.
Instructions
- Prepare the squash: preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix the oil and miso in a bowl, working to combine them into a paste. Add the squash, salt and pepper and mix to coat the squash slices. Arrange the squash on a baking sheet or half-sheet pan in a single layer and roast on the middle shelf for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the ramen: heat 1 tablespoon of the oil and the sesame oil over medium-high heat. Add the ginger (both the chopped and the thin slices), 2 of the scallions and the chili paste. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Stir in the 2 tablespoons of miso paste and cook for 1 minute. Raise the heat to high and add the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and add 1 ½ tablespoon of the soy sauce and the carrots. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Add the roasted squash and simmer, uncovered, for another 5 to 6 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender and the stock is flavorful. Add the additional soy sauce if needed.
- Meanwhile, cook the eggs, if using: Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Carefully drop the eggs into the hot water, lower the heat, and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, depending on the size of the egg. Carefully drain under cold running water. Crack and peel the eggs and cut in half lengthwise. The yolk should be runny.
- Make the noodles: bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the noodles and cook for about 4 minutes (according to directions) or until just tender. Drain and set aside.
- Make the miso corn: in a small skillet heat the remaining tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon of miso paste and stir. Add the corn, stir and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, making sure the corn is well coated in the miso.
- To serve: divide the broth into two large bowls. Add some of the noodles in the center, top with one egg, and sprinkle the top with the miso corn and the remaining scallions. Serves 2 as a main course and 4 as a first course.
Winter squash galette with red onions in herb pastry
Winter squash galette with red onions in herb pastry. (Kathy Gunst/Here & Now)
The pastry for this galette is extremely simple to put together and can be made ahead of time. You can make it in a bowl with your hands or rely on a food processor. The pastry is rolled out into a 14-inch circle and layered with roasted winter squash and red onion slices and then topped with grated cheese and herbs.
Serves 4 to 8.
Ingredient
The herb pastry:
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- Pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- About ⅓ cup ice cold water
The squash filling:
- 1 pound squash, like butternut, buttercup, acorn, peeled, deseeded, fiber removed and cut into ½-inch thick slices
- 1 medium red onion, very thinly sliced
- 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped rosemary, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1 ½ teaspoon fresh chopped sage, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ packed cup grated gruyere, sharp cheddar or favorite hard cheese
- 1 small whisked egg, optional
- Sage leaves for garnish
Instructions
- Make the pastry: in a food processor blend the flour, salt, rosemary and sage. Add the butter and pulse about 15 times or until the butter resembles coarse cornmeal. Add only enough water until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and comes together. Alternatively, to make by hand: mix the flour, salt, rosemary and sage in a large bowl. Add the butter and, using your hands or a pastry cutter, work the butter into the dough until it resembles coarse cornmeal. Add only enough water so that the dough just comes together into one ball. Wrap the dough into a ball and wrap in parchment and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes and up to 3 days. The dough can also be frozen for up to 3 months.
- Prepare filling: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Place the squash and onion in one layer on a baking sheet or cookie tray with edges. Toss gently with the olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast on the middle shelf for 20 minutes, or until the squash is just tender when tested with a small sharp knife; remove and cool.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature for about 10 minutes. Working on a well-floured surface, roll out the dough to a 14-inch circle. Place the circle onto a cookie or baking tray lined with a sheet of parchment paper. Sprinkle the bottom of the pastry with the parmesan cheese. Layer squash and onions in the middle of the pastry, leaving a 1 ½ inch border around the outside edges. Sprinkle the rosemary and sage on top and any oil from the baking pan. Top with the grated gruyere. Fold the dough in over the squash, leaving the squash and onions at the center exposed and pleating the dough as you work around the galette.
- Bake on the middle shelf for about 20 minutes. Lightly brush the crust with the beaten egg if you like and bake for another 20 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and the filling is cooked through and bubbling. Garnish with the whole sage leaves.
Herbed farro salad with roasted butternut squash, goat cheese and almonds
Herbed farro salad with roasted butternut squash, goat cheese and almonds. (Kathy Gunst/Here & Now)
Farro is a nutrient-rich, chewy whole grain that pairs really well with winter squash, creamy goat cheese, fresh herbs and nuts lightly tossed in a lemon vinaigrette.
Serves 4.
Ingredients
The squash:
- 1 pound butternut or favorite winter squash, peeled, deseeded and fibers removed, and then cut into ½-inch size cubes
- 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary*
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
The salad:
- 1 cup farro
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary*
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage*
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- ¾ cup crumbled soft goat cheese or feta
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, from 1 large lemon that you zested above
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- ⅓ cup marcona almonds, almonds, pistachios or your favorite nut**
*Although you can use dried herbs (use 1 teaspoon dried for each tablespoon of fresh herb called for) the salad really benefits from fresh herbs.
*Toast the nuts on a cookie sheet in a 350 degree oven for 8 minutes. Cool and chop.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Place the squash on a cookie sheet and toss with the olive oil, rosemary, salt and pepper. Roast on the middle shelf for 20 minutes. The squash should just be tender when tested with a small, sharp knife.
- Meanwhile, place 4 cups of salted water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and add the farro. Cook for 18 to 20 minutes, or until al dente; the farro should still have a “bite” and not be soft. Drain and place in a serving bowl. When warm, toss with the herbs, lemon zest, lemon juice, and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Stir well and let cool for a few minutes. Add the roasted squash, cheese, and nuts and season to taste.
- Serve at room temperature.
Click here for a primer on types of winter squash and recipes for risotto, salad and soup.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Authorities say one man has been taken into custody after allegedly killing a reported car thief.
Around 7:30 p.m. on July 3, Oklahoma City police were called to the area of S.W. 59th and S. Francis Ave. on a multi-vehicle crash.
When police arrived at the scene, they learned that a driver involved in the crash was driving a stolen vehicle, which had been taken just moments before the crash.
The driver, who was identified as 35-year-old Rickie Clark, was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Investigators learned that Clark had been shot one time while stealing the vehicle.
Authorities say the owner of the vehicle, 33-year-old William French, had fired one round at Clark as he was driving away.
French was arrested and booked on a first-degree murder complaint.
Officials say the investigation is in the early stages.
If you have any information on the case, call the Homicide Tip Line at (405) 297-1200. | 2022-07-08T17:39:51+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/local/police-man-arrested-for-murder-after-shooting-alleged-car-thief/ |
Kohl’s and Target are offering back-to-school discounts for educators and school staff
(Gray News) – Kohl’s and Target are offering discounts for educators and school staff as teachers prepare to get back in the classroom for the upcoming school year.
Kohl’s is offering a 25% discount from July 15 through July 17 to recognize school employees for all their hard work.
Any K-12 teachers, daycare/early learning educators, post-secondary educators and school staff can show a valid school ID to take advantage of the discounts.
Target is also offering discounts and is extending its Teacher Prep Event to run July 17-Sept. 10 this year.
Teachers will have the opportunity to save 15% on school supplies and more.
Target said all K-12 teachers, homeschool teachers, teachers working at daycare centers and early childhood learning centers, university or college professors and vocational/trade/technical schoolteachers with valid identification are eligible.
The retailer has also increased its Target Circle offer to 20% for college students as they get ready for the fall semester.
“From supplies and stylish apparel to snacks and the latest electronics, guests can count on Target to make the most of their budgets, with thousands of items under $10,” said Jill Sando, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer for Target.
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What to get your active dad for Father’s Day
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Father’s Day is coming up for all kinds of dads, but if yours is fit and active, he might appreciate a fitness-related gift. Whether he’s the sort of dad who’s always at the gym, runs marathons in his spare time or rides bowls at the skatepark, there’s a Father’s Day gift out there for him. Everyone needs inspiration from time to time, so here are some of the best Father’s Day gifts for fit dads.
What to think about when buying a Father’s Day gift
- Your dad’s interests: You may have already decided that you want to buy your dad something fitness-related, but you’ll have to narrow it down more than that. If your dad is into pumping iron at the gym, his ideal gift will probably differ from the type of active dad who loves hiking or cycling.
- Your budget: While it’s natural to want to get your dad something special, presumably he wouldn’t want you to spend too much and blow your bank balance. Think about your budget and how much you can comfortably spend. You can find thoughtful gifts for less than $10, though it’s obviously fine to splurge on a $100+ gift if you can comfortably afford it.
- What he already has: It doesn’t matter how good a gift is in theory. If your dad already has the exact same thing, it’s already missed the mark. If you’re unsure, enlist help from other family members in the know.
- What he might need: Buying great gifts is really all about listening. Think back to conversations with your dad. For example, has he mentioned getting sore after workouts? Then a massage gun or foam roller would make a great gift.
Best Father’s Day gifts for fitness-loving dads
This duffel bag makes an excellent gift for a range of fitness-loving dads. Whether they play team sports, work out at the gym or enjoy games such as racquetball or tennis, they need a decent bag to carry clothes and gear. This one looks great and fits plenty inside, despite its compact size.
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Iron Flask Sports Water Bottle
Most fitness fans are serious about hydration. This sports water bottle has a convenient straw lid to make drinking while exercising easier. It comes in six sizes between 14 and 64 ounces, all of which are vacuum insulated to keep water cool for up to 24 hours.
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Playmakar MVP+ Percussion Massage System
Anyone who exercises regularly knows the pain of sore muscles. This percussive massage gun helps prevent and relieve aches and pains after a workout or other intense activity. This can reduce the number of rest days needed between days of exercise to let their muscles heal.
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Brooks Men’s Ghost 14 Neutral Running Shoes
Does your dad love running? If so, he’ll be thrilled to receive these high-end running shoes. They’re a super choice for anyone who needs to replace their cheap or worn-out running shoes. These ones are designed for runners with a neutral gait and offer support in all the right places.
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The Fitbit Charge 5 is an affordable yet effective fitness tracker that can help your dad refine his fitness game. This tracker isn’t just for people trying to exercise more — it can also help those who are already fit stay active or achieve higher-level fitness goals. It tracks a range of variables, including steps, pace and sleep.
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A yoga mat bag is a thoughtful gift for an active dad. Your dad probably already owns a yoga mat if he’s into yoga or other forms of exercise that require a mat. However, he might not have a bag to carry it to classes with him. This one fits mats up to 26 inches wide, including extra-thick mats.
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Ninja Fit Compact Personal Blender
Since your father is into fitness, he might also try to eat a balanced diet. This powerful personal blender is handy for whipping up smoothies for a nutrient-packed meal or snack. They’re also helpful for blending protein shakes.
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Jumping rope is a great way to stay fit, as it provides a strength workout for several muscle groups, as well as terrific cardiovascular exercise. This tangle-free jump rope is fantastic for dads who are looking for new ways to exercise at home or who don’t have space for a lot of equipment.
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Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salt Bath Soaking Solution
Epsom salts help relieve aches and pains when used as a bath soak, so they’re usually well-received by fitness fans. This pack of two includes one unscented bag of bath salts and one lavender-scented bag that can help users relax and unwind.
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TriggerPoint Core Foam Massage Roller
Using a foam roller is another method for reducing muscle pain after strenuous activity. Since foam rollers are more affordable than massage guns, they’re excellent for buyers on a budget. This one comes in 12-inch, 18-inch and 36-inch options.
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This balance board lets users build the balance needed to excel at all kinds of board sports, including surfing, skateboarding and wakeboarding. However, it also generally helps to improve balance, which is great for all-around health and fitness.
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Worth checking out
- If your dad’s all about the adrenaline, he might appreciate a skateboard, such as the Minority Maple Skateboard — it’s never too late to learn.
- Muscle soreness could be a thing of the past with the iReliev Wireless Percussion Massage Gun.
- The GD Iron Grip Hand Grip Strengthener is a smart tool for climbers, boulderers and bodybuilders.
- Dads who love to cycle might like the BV Mini Bike Pump Portable Frame Pump, which securely fits to any bike frame to deal with flat tires out and about.
- If your dad is into surfing or wild water swimming, he’s sure to appreciate the 4Monster Unisex Swim Parka for changing and drying off and staying warm after a dip.
- The Frogg Toggs Chilly Pad Instant Cooling Towel provides instant cooling relief and is great for wiping up sweat while exercising.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all American households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter.
After a three-month hiatus, the administration is making four rapid virus tests available to all U.S. households through covidtests.gov starting Thursday, a senior administration official said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the program. COVID-19 cases have shown a marked increase after the Thanksgiving holiday, and further increases are projected from indoor gathering and travel around Christmas and New Year’s.
The administration is putting personnel and equipment on standby should they be needed to help overwhelmed hospitals and nursing homes, as was necessary in earlier waves of the virus. So far, there have been no requests for assistance, but surge teams, ventilators and personal protective equipment are ready, the official said.
The Biden administration is also urging states and local governments to do more to encourage people to get the updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, which scientists say are more effective at protecting against serious illness and death from the currently circulating variants. The administration is reiterating best practices to nursing homes and long-term care facilities for virus prevention and treatment and is urging administrators as well as governments to encourage vulnerable populations to get the new shots.
The planning comes as the administration has struggled to persuade most Americans to get the updated boosters as cases and deaths have declined from pandemic highs and most people have embraced a return to most of their pre-pandemic activities.
The official said funding for the new tests has been reallocated from other virus programs while the White House struggles to get congressional buy-in for additional COVID-19 emergency funding. The official declined to detail how much is being spent on the new tests or from which programs they were diverted. | 2022-12-15T11:07:24+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-reveals-winter-covid-19-plans-more-free-tests/2022/12/15/fb29cfc2-7c5f-11ed-bb97-f47d47466b9a_story.html |
While thousands of mourners line up along the River Thames to pay their last respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, others are already staking out prime viewing locations in the heart of London for the late monarch’s funeral on Monday.
Shirin Thorpe, 62, from Sevenoaks south of the English capital, arrived Thursday and was camped out Saturday near Westminster subway station. It’s near the historic hall where the queen is lying in state and Westminster Abbey, where her funeral will be held.
She says, “There’s going to be millions of people here and we didn’t want to miss the chance.”
Thorpe and her friends are well prepared for a few nights of camping amid cold temperatures: They’ve brought inflatable mattresses, sleeping bags, winter coats and battery packs to keep gadgets running. They have hung Union Jack flags from security barriers and added a photograph of Elizabeth.
While the sun was shining Saturday, Thorpe says she’s ready to brave worse weather should it come.
She says, “We’re tough women like the Queen.”
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
— Thousands wait in cold to view queen and get visit from king
— Once home to a princess, Malta remembers the queen
— Crowds paying respects to queen boost London tourism amid slump
— Queen’s death triggers media bonanza at work for decades
— In Yemen, queen’s death recalls oppression under British colonial rule
— Palace reveals details of queen’s state funeral on Monday
— Find more AP coverage here: https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
LONDON — King Charles III is making an unannounced visit to greet people waiting to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Charles and his son, Prince William, shook hands and thanked mourners in the miles-long queue near Lambeth Bridge on Saturday.
Charles has made several impromptu walkabouts since he became king on Sept. 8, in an attempt to meet as many of his subjects as possible.
Thousands of people are lining up to see the queen’s coffin in Westminster Hall, despite waiting times of 16 hours or more.
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LONDON — King Charles III is spending much of the day meeting dignitaries who have arrived in London for his mother’s funeral on Monday.
On Saturday morning, he held an audience at Buckingham Palace with the country’s military chiefs, who have provided thousands of armed forces personnel to take part in the pageantry surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral as well as helping line crowd-packed roads and performing other ceremonial duties.
In the early afternoon, the king was holding a reception for Governors General of the Realms – the monarch’s representatives in the U.K.’s former colonies ranging from Antigua and Barbuda to Tuvalu.
And later in the day, Charles was meeting prime ministers including Justin Trudeau of Canada, Anthony Albanese of Australia, Philip Davis of the Bahamas, Andrew Holness of Jamaica and New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern.
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WINDSOR, England — Hundreds of troops from the British army, air force and navy have taken part in the first full rehearsal of the procession that will bring the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II to its final resting place.
With troops lining The Long Walk, a picturesque path leading to Windsor Castle, the thumping of drums echoed as marching bands walked ahead of a hearse early Saturday.
On Monday, they will do the same, only surrounded by thousands of people expected to travel to Windsor for a final farewell to the queen, who died last week at age 96.
Her funeral is to be held at Westminster Abbey on Monday before some 2,000 guests, including visiting heads of state. After the church service, the late queen’s coffin will be transported through the historic heart of London on a horse-drawn gun carriage.
It will then be taken by hearse to Windsor, where the queen will be interred alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
Some people who won’t be in Windsor on Monday decided to wake up early to watch Saturday’s rehearsal.
Local resident Katharine Horsfall said she set her alarm for 3:15 a.m. She said: “I think it will be an amazing tribute to the queen, a great send off, with all the pageantry that she so well deserves.”
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BEIJING — China announced Saturday that Vice President Wang Qishan would attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II as the special representative of President Xi Jinping.
A group of British legislators sanctioned by China have expressed concern that the Chinese government has been invited to the funeral. One told the BBC the invitation should be rescinded because of human rights abuses in the treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group in China’s far-western region of Xinjiang.
Wang, who is close to Xi, was a member of the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful, seven-member Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2017. During those years, he led a crackdown on corruption that has been one of Xi’s signature initiatives as China’s leader.
Wang was named to the largely ceremonial post of vice president in 2018 and often attends events on Xi’s behalf.
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TOKYO — Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako left for Britain on Saturday to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral to pay respects to her and the British royal family who considered as a model for Japan’s monarchy in modern history.
The decision for the emperor and empress to attend the queen’s funeral underscores the importance and the deep bond between the royal families. Traditionally, a Japanese emperor stays away from funerals except for those of their own parents because of a cultural belief based in the Shinto religion that considers death impure.
Former Emperor Akihito, as crown prince, attended the Queen’s 1953 coronation and her Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Queen Elizabeth visited Japan in 1975.
Naruhito and Masako’s trip to Britain is their first as the Emperor and Empress. The Queen’s invitation for them to visit following Naruhito’s 2019 ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne had to be postponed due to the pandemic.
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LONDON — King Charles III and his three siblings have stood vigil around their mother’s coffin as it lies in state at Westminster Hall in London.
Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward stood with their backs to the flag-draped coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, their heads bowed.
Members of the public who had lined up for hours to pay their last respects continued to file past as the royals stood vigil in the historic event.
On Saturday, the queen’s eight grandchildren will hold a similar vigil. | 2022-09-17T14:54:21+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-live-updates-china-to-attend-queens-funeral-despite-worry/ |
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Patton Kizzire shoots 2-over 74 in round one of the Sanderson Farms Championship
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In his first round at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Patton Kizzire hit 6 of 14 fairways and 11 of 18 greens in regulation, finishing at 2 over for the tournament.
At the 418-yard par-4 second, Kizzire got on in 2 and missed his par putt from 4 feet, finishing with a 3-putt bogey. This moved Kizzire to 1 over for the round.
On the 181-yard par-3 fourth, Kizzire hit the green off the tee but had a three-putt after missing a putt from 7-feet for a par and finished with a bogey. This put Kizzire at 2 over for the round.
Kizzire got a bogey on the 421-yard par-4 ninth, getting on the green in 3 and two putting, moving Kizzire to 3 over for the round.
After a drive to left rough on the par-5 11th, Kizzire hit his 136 yard approach to 13 feet, setting himself up for a birdie. This moved Kizzire to 2 over for the round.
After a 295 yard drive on the 330-yard par-4 15th, Kizzire chipped his second shot to 6 feet, which he rolled for one-putt birdie on the hole. This moved Kizzire to 1 over for the round.
On the 479-yard par-4 16th, Kizzire had a bogey after hitting the green in 3 and two putting, moving Kizzire to 2 over for the round.
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Delta girls tennis and 2 other East Central Indiana teams win sectional titles
MUNCIE, Ind. — Just before Friday's storm rolled in, Delta girls tennis earned another trophy.
The hosting Eagles topped Yorktown 5-0 to win their 31st sectional title. The program has won 30 of its last 31 sectional tournaments, including 12 straight.
While every year and every roster is unique, this season's squad is especially young and inexperienced. Of Delta's top-8 players, five are underclassmen, and others transitioned into new roles. Yet they overcame some early-season self doubt and growing pains to continue the program's rich tradition of postseason success.
The team graduated 2022 No. 1 singles Gwendolyn Clark and No. 1 doubles Maggie Hunt, both multi-year varsity standouts, as well as No. 2 doubles Madelyn Haley. That trio accumulated over 130 wins in their careers, which were limited to just three campaigns because of the cancelled 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"So you're losing all those kids and we're replacing them with freshmen ... And then we're putting in players in some different positions," head coach Tim Cleland said. "I knew we'd be pretty good because we're very athletic, but …we traded dozens and dozens and dozens of varsity wins for freshmen."
More:Delta boys T&F wins 3rd straight sectional, Muncie Central shines, Nanko breaks record
Junior Gabby Knight stepped into the top singles role well and improved to 17-7 on the season after Friday's win, her seventh in a row. She defeated Yorktown sophomore Jillian Darby 6-3, 6-4 in the most competitive match of the championship round as Darby, even in the loss, had one of her best performances of the year.
Delta's most experience returner, however, is senior Janet Wegener in No. 1 doubles. She's won at least 20 matches in all three of her varsity seasons despite having a different partner in each, and this spring she's shared the court with freshman Katie Manor. The duo is 21-3.
Wegener attributed that sustained excellence to being self aware.
"For me, it's been a lot of trying to find where I should be more of a leader and more of a follower. With my past two partners, they've been older than me … so I'm gonna follow their lead. I can also provide input when they need me to because I've been raised playing tennis my whole life," Wegener said. "But with Katie, it's been really different because I've had to teach her and kind of take her under my wing."
Wegener said she and Manor share a similar level competitiveness, one that naturally is expressed vocally during play. But Wegener has advised Manor to keep her emotions in check, similarly to how Hunt led the No. 1 doubles tandem last season with a calm demeanor.
The new pair appeared to be clicking as well as ever against the Tigers, winning its match 6-1, 6-0.
Wegener and Manor displayed productive chemistry as well, often communicating and making sure to encourage each other in between points with a fist bump. Wegener said she's learned that those physical affirmations go a long way toward building trust.
"Coach very, very much encourages that because it creates team bonding, especially early on in the season, and that way, by the time we get to the postseason, we're very, very well connected and bonded," Wegener said. "It's just a way to get back on the same page. And that way, you don't get mad at your partner. People who don't fist bump with their partner and they hit their rackets together can cause them to get mad and they don't communicate, and then that's what causes them to falter."
More:Delta girls track breaks four records in winning second straight sectional title
Another key piece to Delta's season has been the transition of senior Iva Witter from playing doubles to No. 3 singles.
Making such a change is nothing new to Cleland, but the challenge goes beyond simply trusting in a player's skill level. And despite Cleland's confidence in Witter, she said she didn't immediately understand the different approach necessary to play singles compared to doubles.
"It was definitely harder mentally because I had to be my own support system, basically," Witter said. "I didn't have Maddie (Haley), my partner last year, to really support me and tell me I got it. So I think the mental aspect was just the hardest part."
The transition was made all the more difficult because of Delta's daunting schedule to begin the season, playing the likes of No. 2 Carmel, the defending state champion, and other top-30 programs across the state.
Witter held her own, yet she said it wasn't until a week before sectionals that she became comfortable as a singles player. She looked the part against Yorktown's Emma Hansard, winning 6-0, 6-1, which marked her 10th win out of her last 11 matches and improved her season record to 18-5.
"I was thinking (singles) was mostly about just trying to make the most fantastic shots and hitting winners and, basically, carrying the team because you're on the court by yourself. And it was more of just getting ball after ball in and to just be really consistent and to not get in your own head," Witter said. "So I feel like I just started playing even less aggressive and just trying to be more consistent a week ago … I've been playing better people and doing better against them because I haven't been hitting myself out of it."
With the team's veterans and youngsters as confident as ever, Cleland expects No. 23 Delta (18-3) to be the favorite to win the Marion regional. The Eagles face Alexandria, a team they beat 6-1 on April 20, in the first round on Tuesday, May 23.
Delta reached the Final Four last year. Cleland and Wegener both admitted that they didn't expect to advance as far this spring because of the roster turnover.
Still, the Eagles hope to make another deep run.
"They have definitely overachieved from where we were on Day 1 of practice with a lot of uncertainty on who would play where and with the young kids," Cleland said. "You can say all you want about, 'Yeah they're pretty good. Yeah, they're athletic,' and all that, but they're still freshmen and sophomores and there has to be a learning curve in there somewhere. So they've learned and won."
Final scores
Singles
- No. 1 — Gabby Knight (D) def. Jillian Darby (Y) 6-3, 6-4
- No. 2 — Brylee Beckley (D) def. Shia Burns (Y) 6-2, 6-0
- No. 3 — Iva Witter (D) def. Emma Hansard (Y) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
- No. 1 — Janet Wegener / Katie Manor (D) def. Jenna Tuck /Rylee Webb (Y) 6-1, 6-0
- No. 2 — Kelsey Vest / Rowan Hinds (D) def. Sara Garcia / Bailey Robertson (Y) 6-2, 6-2
Other ECI sectional results
In Sectional 14 at New Castle, Blue River defeated Tri 4-1 to claim its second title in three years.
In Sectional 39, host Jay County defeated Randolph Southern 3-2 to win its third straight sectional trophy. No.1 singles Brenna Haines lost (4-6, 3-6), No. 2 singles Brenna Bailey won (6-3, 6-1), No. 3 singles Maggie Dillon lost (2-6, 6-8 tie break), No. 1 doubles Kaylee Zimmerman and Melana Zimmerman won (6-4, 4-6, 6-4), and No. 2 doubles Meredith Dirksen and Sophie Sprunger won (6-0, 6-0).
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The interactive three-day event will feature top REVOLT shows, live performances, brand activations, masterclasses, networking opportunities, and more
ATLANTA, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, REVOLT, America's fastest-growing Black-owned multimedia empire, is thrilled to announce a first-of-its-kind event that reimagines the intersection of culture and creativity, REVOLT WORLD. Set to take place in Atlanta from Friday, September 22nd – Sunday, September 24th at Pangaea Studios, REVOLT WORLD presented by Walmart will include exciting performances and discussions from cultural leaders aimed to empower the Black community.
This year, We Are Hip Hop will not only represent the theme but also serve as a unifying declaration that personifies REVOLT's position as a cultural authority and leading multimedia network. This theme also pays homage to the global impact of Hip Hop, with a celebration of its 50th anniversary.
"We are excited to introduce this first-of-its-kind event in REVOLT WORLD that reimagines and builds on the success of our annual Summit to deliver an immersive experience that showcases the expansive impact of REVOLT and the global influence of Hip Hop across every category of contemporary culture," said Detavio Samuels, CEO of REVOLT. "As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of REVOLT and 50 years of Hip Hop, REVOLT World will continue carrying out our mission of becoming the biggest driver of culture globally and creating spaces that are transformative to our audience."
REVOLT WORLD will mark a historic milestone for the company as it celebrates its 10th anniversary and brings together influential changemakers to explore the depths of Black culture and creativity on a global scale. In addition to a full slate of programming and experiences, the REVOLT World campus will consist of several curated spaces for attendees including a gaming house, wellness space, creator studio, podcast village, insights lab, and career center.
In addition to delivering impactful content, REVOLT's core mission has always been to serve as a catalyst for the Black community. Carrying out this commitment, REVOLT WORLD will empower emerging Black leaders with access to unparalleled tools, knowledge, and life-changing opportunities. Specially curated to create lasting impacts, REVOLT WORLD will go beyond the role of a traditional event to provide attendees with unparalleled pathways to success. As the presenting sponsor, Walmart is working alongside REVOLT to support rising Black changemakers in their journeys.
"At Walmart, we believe everyone deserves an opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential, and we are honored to partner with REVOLT in empowering the next generation of Black creators and culture builders," said Allison Rand, Associate Director of Brand Experiences and Talent Partnerships at Walmart. "By supporting REVOLT WORLD, we have the privilege of investing in these individuals who are paving the way for a brighter future, where innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship can flourish."
During the three-day experience, attendees will immerse themselves in the world of Hip Hop through REVOLT's lens while engaging in impactful networking opportunities and activations. Attendees will additionally be able to explore interactive touchpoints such as panels and conversations, day parties, an introduction to the company's commerce experience, REVOLT World Market, the Short & Fresh Film Festival, and more.
REVOLT WORLD will be supported by notable sponsors such as Walmart and PepsiCo who will assist in bringing exciting, curated activations and offerings to life for event attendees.
For more information about REVOLT WORLD and updates on the talent lineup, activations, programming, and presale tickets, please visit https://www.revolt.tv/.
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Couldn’t we all use a little more smoothness during our workdays?
While glass chair mats might not be the first thing that come to mind when getting your home office situated, protecting your flooring shouldn’t be overlooked. Not only will a glass chair mat save your carpet from uneven wear or your hardwood floor from scratches, but using a chair mat might actually make you more comfortable. When you’re using one, your chair glides around easier — especially opposed to trying to roll on the carpet — making your chair jerk around less.
We know what you’re thinking: Glass? Under the chair? With me sitting in it? Is it going to break?
Nope. Tempered glass is incredibly strong can hold over 1,000 pounds of weight! If you’d like to try one for yourself, here are a few great options for tempered glass chair mats available on Amazon.
Premium Heavy Duty 1/4-Inch Thick Tempered Glass Chair Mat
This glass chair mat from 975 Supply measures 36 by 46 inches, has rounded corners and four fixed (but detachable) anti-skid pads. A chair won’t scratch the glass and the glass won’t scratch the floor underneath it. Use it to protect tile, hardwood, carpet and rugs. You’ll hardly notice this mat is even there when you walk into the room because it’s crystal clear.
We like that it comes with an unlimited lifetime guarantee covering transit damage or flaws. It’s highly rated on Amazon with an overall score of 4.9 out of 5 stars, scoring especially well for use on hardwood floors, its sheerness and durability. One reviewer said after trying this glass chair mat that she sent her plastic one back.
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Glaciermat Reinforced Glass Executive Chair Mat
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This one measures 36 by 48 inches and lists for $163.59 on Amazon.
Glass Chair Mat with Exclusive Beveled Edge
If you’re looking for a glass chair mat that’s a little bigger, this one spans 44 by 50 inches. This mat from Clearly Innovative has beveled edges that help your chair easily roll onto and off of it. The edges also prevent it from cracking. One reviewer noted this feature was nice when working with bare feet, stating that they don’t even feel the edge of the mat because it sinks into the carpet.
You can purchase this one for $298 on Amazon.
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Report: Justice Clarence Thomas sold real estate to donor, didn’t report deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative mega-donor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according to the non-profit investigative journalism organization ProPublica.
The 2014 real estate deal shines a new light on Thomas’s decades old relationship with Crow, a real estate magnate and longtime financier for conservative causes. That relationship and the material benefits received by Thomas have fueled calls for an official ethics investigation.
ProPublica previously revealed that Thomas and his wife Ginni were gifted with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of annual vacations and trips by Crow for decades — including international cruises on his mega-yacht, private jet flights and stays at Crow’s invitation-only resort in the Adirondacks. But the 2014 real estate deal is the first public evidence of a direct financial transaction between the pair.
Citing state tax documents and property deeds, ProPublica reported that one of Crow’s companies paid $133,363 for the home in Savannah, Georgia where Thomas’ mother was living, along with two nearby vacant lots that belonged to Thomas’ family members. Thomas mother remained living in the home, which soon underwent tens of thousands of dollars in renovations.
Federal officials, including Supreme Court justices, are required to disclose the details of most real estate transactions with a value of over $1,000. Thomas would not be required to report the purchase if the property was his or his spouse’s primary personal residence, but this stipulation does not apply to this purchase, which Thomas did not report.
Both Thomas and Crow have released statements downplaying the significance of the gifts, with Thomas maintaining that he was not required to disclose the trips. Crow responded to the latest disclosure with a statement to ProPublica saying that he approached Thomas about the purchase with an eye on honoring his legacy.
“My intention is to one day create a public museum at the Thomas home dedicated to telling the story of our nation’s second black Supreme Court Justice,” the statement said. “Justice Thomas’s story represents the best of America.”
Thomas’ office did not respond to an Associated Press request for comment.
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Associated Press reporter Mark Sherman contributed to this report.
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How to Watch the Oilers vs. Golden Knights Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 2
Published: May. 5, 2023 at 7:14 PM EDT|Updated: 59 minutes ago
The Vegas Golden Knights are on their home ice at T-Mobile Arena to square off with the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round on Saturday, May 6, starting at 7:00 PM ET on TNT, CBC, SportsNet, and TVAS. The Golden Knights hold a 1-0 advantage in the series.
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Oilers Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT, CBC, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
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Oilers vs. Golden Knights Head-to-Head
Oilers Stats & Trends
- Defensively, the Oilers are conceding 256 total goals (3.1 per game) to rank 17th in league action.
- The Oilers' 325 total goals (4.0 per game on 6.6 assists per contest) lead the NHL.
- In the last 10 contests, the Oilers have claimed 75.0% of the possible points with a 7-1-2 record.
- Over on the defensive side, the Oilers have allowed 29 goals (2.9 per game) over those 10 outings.
- They are scoring at a 4.2 goals-per-game average (42 total) during that stretch.
Oilers Key Players
Golden Knights Stats & Trends
- The Golden Knights' total of 225 goals conceded (2.7 per game) is 11th in the league.
- With 267 goals (3.3 per game), the Golden Knights have the NHL's 14th-ranked offense.
- In their last 10 matchups, the Golden Knights have gone 8-1-1 to earn 85.0% of the possible points.
- Over on the defensive side, the Golden Knights have given up 2.2 goals per game (22 total) in those 10 outings.
- They have put up 38 goals over that stretch.
Golden Knights Key Players
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Even though a destructive hurricane tore through his community just days earlier, nothing was going to stop Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz from holding prayer services Tuesday night for the start of the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
Throughout a southwest Florida devastated by Hurricane Ian, Jews planned to hold worship services for Yom Kippur, a day in which they fast for 24 hours and ask forgiveness for the wrongs they have committed during the year, although many were doing so with plans drastically modified by the storm.
Some congregations were skipping in-person attendance for the all-important Kol Nidre service Tuesday evening out of concern it would be too dangerous to drive at night with debris piled up on roads and traffic lights out. Others were holding it online.
At Minkowicz’s synagogue, the religiously traditional Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers, members planned a community dinner before fasting was to start at sunset Tuesday, with the help of caterers from South Florida, on the other side of the state. Some buildings on the 5-acre (2-hectare) campus were flooded. But the main building, where 50 or so people sheltered during the hurricane, was comparatively unscathed because of its higher elevation.
Power returned Sunday night, and the campus had turned into a community center of sorts, with food trucks and a food pantry. A large tent was erected in the parking lot where members of the synagogue — or anyone from the community — could stop by for a meal.
“The most important thing we have is to make God happy,” Minkowicz said. “If God is happy, everything works out.”
At Temple Beth El in Fort Myers, congregants planned to have in-person Yom Kippur services Wednesday, with Kol Nidre services available only online Tuesday night. However, plans had been in flux at the congregation, which is part of the progressive Reform movement, since utility trucks were using the parking lot as a rest area for utility worker breaks. The trucks were expected to be gone by Wednesday’s services.
Electricity was restored to the synagogue, whose property was littered with fallen trees and debris, but traffic lights were still down in the neighborhood, so Rabbi Nicole Luna said congregants should consider their safety when deciding whether to attend in person. Some of the congregation’s more than 250 families lost their homes.
“People are shattered and in need both of resources and supplies, but also of community and hope,” Luna said.
Rabbi Lawrence Dermer and his wife, Robin, decided not to hold a Kol Nidre service Tuesday night at their synagogue, Shalom Life Center, out of concerns about the safety of their congregants. The evening service marks the start of the holiday with a chanted prayer asking to be released from all obligations that can’t be fulfilled.
“We didn’t want to encourage anyone to go out after dark. The roads are hazardous and in some areas there’s still a curfew,” said Lawrence Dermer, who leads the congregation, which welcomes members from all Jewish backgrounds.
Shalom Life Center planned to hold daytime services Wednesday but was skipping holding a traditional community “break fast” Wednesday evening, when Jews indulge with bagels, lox, whitefish and other staples following 24 hours of not eating. That will be postponed for a few weeks, until the community gets out of the crisis mode from the storm, Lawrence Dermer said.
The Fort Myers metro area has around 7,500 Jews, and the Naples area further south has an additional 7,500, according to estimates published in the 2020 American Jewish Year Book. Compared with other parts of the state, the Jewish community in southwest Florida is relatively new, with the oldest congregation, Temple Beth El, formed only in 1954 with 22 families.
Rather than making them question their religious convictions, the ferocious storm has renewed the faith of many members of their congregation, said Lawrence Dermer and his wife. During the 10 days between the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur, Jews traditionally say to one another, “May you be inscribed in the Book of Life,” in what is almost an entreaty that they be blessed with another year of life.
“Yom Kippur is about the fragility of life. If anything, we have seen with Ian how precarious life is,” said Robin Dermer. “The meaning of Yom Kippur, of renewal and connection to God, will be deeper, not lessened.”
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Schneider reported from Orlando, Florida. Giovanna Dell’Orto in Minneapolis contributed.
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For more AP coverage of Hurricane Ian: apnews.com/hub/hurricanes. | 2022-10-05T01:29:35+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-amid-ians-wounds-jews-see-healing-renewal-in-yom-kippur/ |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch downplayed Donald Trump's endorsement and rally for her opponent on a final campaign push across Wisconsin Monday, declining to respond to the former president's criticisms of her.
Kleefisch faces Trump-endorsed Tim Michels in Tuesday's primary, with the winner advancing to face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. Trump derided Kleefisch as “a career politician and a political insider" during a rally for Michels in suburban Milwaukee on Friday night. He called her the “handpicked candidate of the failed establishment.”
When asked at an early morning campaign stop Monday whether she had any comment on Trump's criticisms, Kleefisch responded: “No thoughts that I can share.”
Kleefisch, a former two-term lieutenant governor, also downplayed the Trump endorsement, saying she didn't know whether it would help or hurt Michels with primary voters. Michels co-owns the state's largest construction company, Michels Corp.
“To me, the only endorsements that are going to matter, ultimately, are the ones that are counted tomorrow night from the people of Wisconsin,” Kleefisch said. She is backed by former Vice President Mike Pence, who campaigned for her in Wisconsin last week, GOP legislative leaders and a majority of county sheriffs.
Both Kleefisch and Michels say decertifying the 2020 presidential election won by President Joe Biden in Wisconsin is not a priority.
Michels was spending the day before the election attending a private event for cancer research, attending the Wisconsin State Fair in the afternoon, then hosting a rally with supporters in Delafield. Kleefisch was traveling across the state, with multiple stops before ending in Brookfield, close to where Michels will be, in suburban Milwaukee's Waukesha County.
One of Kleefisch's backers, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, is being challenged by Trump-backed candidate Adam Steen. He wants to decertify the 2020 election, while Vos opposes it because it is unconstitutional. Trump at his Friday rally announced that the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired by Vos to investigate the election was backing Steen.
Michael Gableman recorded a robocall in support of Steen, saying Vos “never wanted a real investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin.” Taxpayers have been more than $1.1 million on Gableman's investigation. He was paid $11,000 a month by taxpayers under the contract Vos signed.
“Justice Gableman knows overturning the election is both unconstitutional and impossible," Vos said in a statement. "His attempts to lie to voters and gain favor with Adam Steen are sad and show how desperate he is to remain relevant.”
WisPolitics.com first reported on Gableman's robocall.
Also on the ballot Tuesday, Democrats will be picking their nominee for U.S. Senate to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has emerged as the clear frontrunner after his top opponents dropped out and endorsed him. There are also primaries for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer and attorney general on the Republican side. | 2022-08-08T14:54:08+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Kleefisch-downplays-Trump-endorsement-on-final-17358859.php |
(WDTN) — As part of marking Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Thursday, officials in Montgomery County, Ohio, issued a warning for the Microsoft virus scam that is targeting less-technologically savvy people.
Recently, the fraudulent Microsoft virus scam took advantage of a Washington Township man.
Forty-eight year-old Weihong Lian is accused of deceiving an 83-year-old Ohio man. The alleged victim made withdrawals of “substantial amounts,” believing it would help him keep his money safe, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Last year, the FBI warned Americans that tech support fraud — and the amounts of money being stolen — are on the rise. During these kinds of schemes, a scammer will pretend to be someone official trying to help resolve issues like compromised email addresses or bank accounts, software licenses, and viruses.
Important tips for avoiding the ‘Microsoft virus’ scam
Microsoft will never provide a telephone number to call for assistance if an error or warning pops up on your screen. The company will never contact you asking for personal information or asking to fix your computer.
ALL points of contact through Microsoft are made by the user first, not someone claiming to be from Microsoft.
You should never give out your private information to someone who you don’t know:
- Personal Information
- Date of birth
- Address
- Names of family members
- Private Information
- Banking information
- Account number
- Username and passwords
- Credit or debit card number
- Social Security Number
- Medicare number
- Driver’s license number
- Mother’s maiden name
If someone calls you asking you for remote access to your computer, hang up immediately. Giving someone control of your computer could grant them entry into most of your accounts.
Steps to take to avoid being scammed
- If you suspect someone is attempting to scam you, you should immediately hang up and call your local police department or sheriff’s office. To report a scam to Microsoft directly, click here.
- Don’t download software that someone else sends you. Make sure all of your antivirus software is up to date and from a trusted company directly.
- Even though it may be difficult, try to use different and unique passwords. Use a trusted and reputable password manager if necessary.
- Be aware of tactics and keywords that scammers are likely to use. The FBI warns that with the rise of cryptocurrency, scammers are increasingly asking victims to transfer funds from regular bank accounts to crypto wallets. Don’t.
For more information, on how to spot and report tech support scams, visit the Federal Trade Commission. | 2023-06-16T01:20:09+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/national/fake-microsoft-virus-scam-targeting-elderly/ |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s foreign minister called U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “a puppet of the United States” as she slammed the U.N. chief for joining U.S.-led condemnation of the North’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile test.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres earlier issued a statement strongly condemning North Korea’s ICBM launch on Friday and reiterating his call on the North to “to immediately desist from taking any further provocative actions.” Guterres’s statement came after the United States and other countries issued similar criticism of the North’s ICBM test that showed an potential to strike anywhere in the continental U.S.
“I often take the U.N. secretary-general for a member of the U.S. White House or its State Department,” North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said in a statement carried by state media. “I express my strong regret over the fact that the U.N. secretary-general has taken a very deplorable attitude, oblivious of the purpose and principles of the U.N. Charter and its proper mission which is to maintain impartiality, objectivity and equity in all matters.”
Choe accused Guterres of overlooking the U.S. and its allies taking the North’s ICBM test to the U.N. Security Council, saying that “This clearly proves that he is a puppet of the U.S.”
The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Monday morning on North Korea’s ICBM launch at Japan’s request. But it’s unclear if it can impose new economic sanctions on North Korea because China and Russia, two of the council’s veto-wielding members, have opposed the previous U.S. and its allies’ moves to toughen sanctions on the North over its banned tests of ballistic missiles earlier this year.
On Sunday, top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies issued a joint statement calling for strong steps by the U.N. Security Council in reaction to the North Korean missile launch. “(North Korea’s) actions demand a united and robust response by the international community, including the need for further significant measures to be taken by the U.N. Security Council,” said the statement by foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Friday’s ICBM launch was the latest in North Korea’s ongoing torrid run of missile tests that experts say are meant to boost its nuclear capability and increase its leverage in future diplomacy.
North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un observed Friday’s launch of its Hwasong-17 missile and called it another “reliable and maximum-capacity” weapon to contain U.S. military threats. Some experts say the Hwasong-17 is still under development but it’s the North’s longest-range missile and is designed to carry several nuclear warheads to overcome U.S. missile defense systems.
North Korea has argued its testing activities are a warning to the United States and South Korea over their series of military drills that the North believes were an invasion rehearsal. Washington and Seoul have maintained their exercises are defensive in nature.
In her statement Monday, Choe again defended her country’s missile tests, calling them “legitimate and just exercise of the right to self-defense” against “provocative nuclear war rehearsals” by the United States and its allies. She said it’s “most amazing and deplorable to me” as Guterres still blamed North Korea for a recent flare-up in tensions on the Korean Peninsula, not the United States.
A day before her country’s ICBM test, Choe threatened to threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to steps by the U.S. to bolster its security commitment to South Korea and Japan. | 2022-11-21T20:49:25+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-north-korea-calls-uns-guterres-puppet-of-us-after-launch/ |
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL=
Firth 65, Fruitland 64, OT
Highland 58, Salmon River 52
Kimberly 55, Homedale 39
Rigby 62, Mountain View 57
St. Maries 69, Kendrick 48
Timpview, Utah 48, Madison 33
CHARGER TOURNAMENT=
Hillcrest 50, Pleasant Grove, Utah 44
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Some high school basketball scores provided by Scorestream.com, https://scorestream.com/ | 2022-12-04T05:29:17+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Saturday-s-Scores-17629806.php |
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — One person is seriously injured and two others have been evaluated as firefighters across Charlotte continue to battle a massive five-alarm fire Thursday at a construction site in the SouthPark area of south Charlotte.
The apartment complex fire broke out just after 9:00 a.m. Thursday, May 18, in the 7700 block of Liberty Row Drive. Large black clouds of smoke and flames could be seen from miles away.
Thick smoke and soot were filling the streets surrounding the immediate area. Many were observed watching the fire, wearing masks, and coughing as crews responded.
Emergency officials warned everyone to avoid the area as smoke is decreasing air quality.
VIDEO | Latest on the ongoing 5-alarm fire here.
Crane Operator Rescue
A construction worker was observed trapped on top of a crane at the scene of the large fire in the SouthPark area on Thursday. The person has since been rescued.
The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time.
The Waxhaw Fire Chief told Queen City News the crane operator in SouthPark was rescued by first “putting plenty of water on the crane to ensure the metal didn’t twist or collapse.”
“Then firefighters climbed over 100 feet up the crane to help rescue the operator who had begun climbing down,” they said.
Medic reported that one person has been transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and two others were evaluated and refused transport. Medic said they remain at the scene providing support to firefighters.
VIDEO | Latest on Thursday’s rescue here.
Impacts Of Fire Observed Miles Away
Residents reported charred debris landing in neighborhoods roughly two miles away.
Charlotte Medic confirmed to Queen City News multiple units responded to the scene, as well as units from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, in addition to Charlotte Fire.
A public safety alert was sent out to nearby residents. “CFD is battling a large fire in SouthPark, do not call 911 unless you have an emergency.”
“Very busy scene. We won’t report any injuries or transports until we have confirmation,” Medic said on Thursday.
Second Fire Reported
Crews in Charlotte responded to a second separate fire just streets away from the original fire at the Rocket Mortgage building. An employee told Queen City News they were evacuated about an hour ago after debris from the nearby blaze fell onto their roof.
Road Closures
CMPD is assisting the Charlotte Fire Department with road closures in the area. Please avoid the SouthPark area and seek alternate routes. Drivers are asked to avoid until further notice:
- Liberty Row Drive
- Fairview Road
- Assembly Street
- Barclay Downs Drive
- Park South Drive
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reports that no schools have been impacted by the fire.
A relief tent has been set up to help the hundreds of firefighters at the scene battling the blaze. | 2023-05-18T16:35:18+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/north-carolina/crews-battle-5-alarm-fire-in-southpark-area-of-south-charlotte-worker-rescued/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Moscow has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia “reserves the right to take reciprocal action” if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons.
In his first comments on the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine from the U.S., Putin said that Russia hasn’t used cluster bombs in the war with Ukraine so far. But the use of cluster bombs by both Russia and Ukraine has been widely documented, including by The Associated Press and international humanitarian organizations, and cluster rounds have been found in the aftermath of Russian strikes.
“Until now, we have not done this, we have not used it, and we have not had such a need,” he said.
Rossiya TV reporter Pavel Zarubin published excerpts of the interview to his Telegram channel Sunday before a scheduled broadcast on Sunday night.
The Pentagon said Thursday that cluster munitions provided by the United States had arrived in Ukraine.
The munitions, which are bombs that open in the air and release scores of smaller bomblets, are seen by the U.S. as a way to get Kyiv critically needed ammunition to help bolster its offensive and push through Russian front lines. U.S. leaders debated the thorny issue for months, before President Joe Biden made the final decision last week.
Cluster bombs have long been criticized by humanitarian groups, and some U.S. allies, because those used in previous conflicts have had a high “dud rate,” meaning that they often leave behind unexploded bomblets that can harm civilians long after a battle has ended.
Proponents argue that Russia has already been using cluster munitions in Ukraine and that the weapons the U.S. is providing have been improved to leave behind far fewer unexploded rounds. Ukraine has promised to use them only away from densely populated areas.
The Ukrainian military said in a regular update on Sunday morning that over the previous 24 hours, Russia had launched two Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones, two cruise missiles and two anti-aircraft guided missiles, in addition to 40 airstrikes and 46 attacks from multiple rocket launchers.
The Ukrainian General Staff wrote that Russia continues to concentrate on offensive operations in Ukraine’s industrial east. Donetsk regional Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said Sunday that two residents of the region were killed on Saturday, and one other person was wounded.
The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, said seven people were injured in a Russian attack Sunday evening on the city, Ukraine’s second-largest.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Sunday that fighting in eastern Ukraine had “somewhat intensified,” amid a slow counteroffensive in which Ukraine has made small territorial gains.
Writing on Telegram, she said that Russia had been “actively attacking” in the direction of Kupiansk in the northeastern Kharkiv region for two consecutive days, and that Ukrainian forces were “on the defensive” in the area.
“There are fierce battles, the positions of both sides change dynamically several times a day,” she wrote.
Maliar wrote that Ukrainian troops were trying to hold onto their positions on the northern flank around the destroyed city of Bakhmut, but reported that Ukrainian forces were “advancing daily” on the southern flank. Ukraine has been trying to encircle the city since losing control of it to Russia in May.
Putin claimed that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had been futile, in another excerpt published by Zarubin.
“All attempts by the enemy to break through our defenses … they were unsuccessful during the entire offensive. The enemy is having no success!” Putin said.
Elsewhere in the country, two boys, ages 8 and 10, were wounded when an explosive device left by Russian forces detonated in the southern region of Kherson on Sunday, according to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office.
Regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said that Russia had launched 69 shelling attacks against the Kherson region. A 59-year-old man died on Saturday when attempting to disarm a round in the regional capital, also called Kherson.
Yurii Malashko, governor of the neighboring, partly occupied, Zaporizhzhia region, said Russia had attacked 13 populated areas in the region, wounding seven people in the town of Stepnohirsk.
Moscow-installed authorities in the Russia-occupied Crimea on Sunday reported “a massive and prolonged” drone attack overnight targeting Sevastopol, the peninsula’s largest port, which hosts Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. According to the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, air defense systems shot down all of the drones and there was no damage.
Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, said that a woman was killed Sunday by shelling in the town of Shebekino near the border with Ukraine.
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Elise Morton reported from London. | 2023-07-16T20:53:12+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-russia-has-sufficient-stockpile-of-cluster-bombs-says-putin-as-ukraine-gets-us-cluster-bombs/ |
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in an unprovoked act of aggression, many expected a quick victory.
Six months later, the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II has turned into a grinding war of attrition. The Russian offensive has largely bogged down as Ukrainian forces increasingly target key facilities far behind the front lines, including in Russia-occupied Crimea.
A look at where things stand:
A BOTCHED BLITZ
When Putin declared the start of the “special military operation,” he urged Ukraine’s military to turn against the government in Kyiv, reflecting the Kremlin’s belief that the population would broadly welcome the invaders. Some of the Russian troops coming in from Moscow’s ally of Belarus, just 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) north of the capital, reportedly brought their parade uniforms with them in preparation for a quick triumph.
Those hopes were quickly shattered by fierce Ukrainian resistance, backed by Western-supplied weapons systems to the government of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Airborne troops sent to seize airfields around Kyiv suffered heavy losses and armored convoys stretching along the main highway leading to the capital were pummeled by Ukrainian artillery and scouts.
Despite numerous attacks on Ukrainian air bases and air defense assets, the Russian air force has failed to win full control of the skies and suffered heavy losses, limiting its ability to support ground forces.
One month into the war, Moscow pulled its troops back from areas near Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and other major cities in a tacit acknowledgment of the blitz’s failure.
SHIFTING BATTLEGROUNDS
The Kremlin then shifted its focus to the Donbas, Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, where Moscow-backed separatists had been fighting government troops since 2014 following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.
Relying on their massive edge in artillery, Russian forces inched forward in ferocious battles that devastated the region. The strategic port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov that became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance fell in May after a nearly three-month siege that reduced the city to ruins.
More than 2,400 Mariupol defenders who holed up at the giant Azovstal steel mill later surrendered and were taken prisoner. At least 53 of them died last month in an explosion at a prison in eastern Ukraine that Moscow and Kyiv blamed on each other.
The Russians have taken control of the entire Luhansk region, one of two provinces that make up the Donbas, and also seized just over half of the second, Donetsk.
Russia currently occupies about 20% of Ukraine’s territory.
“Putin will try to bite one piece of Ukrainian territory after another to strengthen his negotiating stand,” said Mykola Sunhurovskyi, a military analyst with the Kyiv-based Razumkov Center think-tank. “His message to Ukraine is: If you don’t sit down for talks now, things will get worse and we will take even more of your territory and kill even more of your people. He’s trying to raise not only external but also internal pressure on the Ukrainian government.”
The Donbas offensive has slowed as Moscow was forced to relocate some of its troops to Russia-occupied areas in the south to fend off a potential Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Russian troops seized the Kherson region, north of Crimea, and part of the neighboring Zaporizhzhia region early in the conflict. It has installed pro-Moscow administrations there, introduced its currency, handed out Russian passports and launched preparations for referendums to pave the way for their annexation.
But Ukrainian forces recently reclaimed some ground, striking bridges and targeting munitions depots. Meanwhile, both sides have traded accusations of shelling the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, raising fears of an atomic disaster.
“Ukraine has forced Russia to conduct a massive redeployment of forces and spread them all along the front line, from Kharkiv to Kherson,” said Ukrainian military expert Oleh Zhdanov. “It’s very hard to stretch them along such a big distance.”
Although Kyiv doesn’t have enough weapons to launch a big counteroffensive, “time plays in Ukraine’s favor,” he said. “The longer the pause lasts, the more weapons Ukraine will receive from its allies.”
UKRAINIAN SUCCESSES
Western weapons, including U.S. HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, have boosted Ukraine’s military’s capability, allowing it to target Russian munitions depots, bridges and other key facilities with precision and impunity.
In a major symbolic victory in April, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, exploded and sank while on patrol after reportedly being hit by a Ukrainian missile. That dealt a heavy blow to Russia’s pride and forced it to limit naval operations.
Another big win for Ukraine came when Russian troops pulled back from strategic Snake Island, located on shipping lanes near Odesa, following relentless Ukrainian attacks. The retreat reduced the threat of a seaborne Russian attack on Odesa, helping pave the way for a deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports.
Russia suffered a new blow this month when a series of explosions hit an airbase and munitions depot in Crimea. While Kyiv stopped short of taking credit for the blasts, there was no doubt about Ukrainian involvement. The Russians acknowledged that sabotage was behind one blast and alleged unsafe handling of munitions caused another — an explanation ridiculed by Ukraine.
The explosions, which were followed by drone attacks, underlined the vulnerability of Crimea, which holds symbolic value for Russia and is key to sustaining its operations in the south. They demonstrated that Ukrainian forces are capable of striking far behind the front line, and Ukrainian officials warn that the 19-kilometer (12-mile) Crimean bridge, the longest in Europe, could be the next target.
LIVES LOST AND DISRUPTED
Both Russia and Ukraine mostly focus on the casualties they inflict on each other, avoiding mention of their own losses.
But Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said Monday that nearly 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action.
The Russian Defense Ministry last reported its casualties on March 25, one month into the war, when it said 1,351 soldiers had been killed and 3,825 were wounded.
Western estimates of Russian dead have ranged from more than 15,000 to over 20,000 — more than the Soviet Union lost during its 10-year war in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon said last week that between 70,000 to 80,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded in action — losses that have eroded Moscow’s capability to conduct big offensives.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded over 5,500 civilian deaths in the war, but noted the actual numbers could be significantly higher.
The invasion has created the largest postwar refugee crisis in Europe. The U.N. refugee agency says a third of Ukrainians have fled their homes, with more than 6.6 million displaced within the country and over 6.6 million more across the continent.
WHAT’S NEXT?
The war’s outcome will depend on the ability of Russia and Ukraine to muster additional resources.
While Ukraine has conducted a mobilization and declared a goal to form a 1 million-member military, Russia has continued to rely on a limited contingent of volunteers, an approach reflecting Kremlin fears that a mass mobilization could fuel discontent and destabilize the country.
Moscow has opted for interim steps, trying to encourage people to sign contracts with the military, increasingly engaging private contractors such as the Wagner Group, and even rounding up some prisoners for service — half-measures unable to meet the needs for any big offensives.
“Unless Russia mobilizes its population and mobilizes its industry, it cannot bring to bear the weight of people and industry in order to create a much bigger, more effective force, and therefore, it will have to consider how it hangs on to what it has already taken,” retired British Gen. Richard Barrons said.
Ukraine also lacks resources for any quick reclamation of its territory, with Barrons estimating it could take well into next year to amass a force capable of driving the Russians out.
“It can only do it if the West provides political will, money at about $5 to 6 billion a month, weapons like long-range artillery, the ammunition that supports that artillery and then enables the logistics and medical support that allows Ukraine to build a million-strong army,” said Barrons, co-chair of the consulting group Universal Defence & Security Solutions.
He said the West should be prepared to continue supporting Ukraine for a long time, despite soaring energy prices and other economic challenges stemming from sanctions imposed on Russia.
Abandoning Ukraine, he said, would send a message “to Russia and China and everybody else that the West does not have the stomach to stand up for its friends or even its own interests.”
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Associated Press writers Danica Kirka in London and Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-08-25T03:15:44+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/explainer-where-ukraine-war-stands-after-6-months/ |
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray continue to turn in jaw-dropping performances during these playoffs, raising expectations along the way.
They took Round 1 of their Western Conference Finals showdown against LeBron James and Anthony Davis, a game in which Jockic was dazzled by the fortitude of of his Denver Nuggets teammate, who played through a painful ear infection.
“Of course maybe he’s just faking it,” the Nuggets big man interjected after the Nuggets staved off the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126. “He didn’t want to practice.”
A little comedy to go with their chemistry.
Opponents have found nothing funny about the Murray-Jokic combo in the playoffs. They are playing their best basketball since the 2020 NBA bubble. Seven months after that run, Murray tore his left ACL and had to sit out the last two postseasons.
Now, Murray and Jokic are back to showcasing a brand of two-player hoops reminiscent of the John Stockton-Karl Malone era in Utah. But they seek what eluded Stockton and Malone.
They’re chasing a championship ring to cement their place in NBA lore alongside Scottie Pippen & Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant & Shaquille O’Neal and, yes, LeBron & AD, who combined for 66 points in Game 1 Tuesday night.
The Nuggets are one of six teams never to reach the NBA Finals and they’re 0-7 against the Lakers in playoff series. Behind Murray and Jokic, they feel they finally have the championship chops to bring the Larry O’Brien Trophy to the Mile High City.
“It seems like for years now, we’re some dusty old cowtown in the Rocky Mountains, with so little respect that we get,” said coach Michael Malone, whose team will try to improve to 8-0 at home in the playoffs Thursday night. “You can sit there, you can fight it and complain about it. Or you can just embrace who we are and what we have.”
That disrespect didn’t wane even with the Nuggets earning the top seed for the first time as commentators alternately anointed everyone but Denver as the favorite to win the West.
For all those who tuned in Tuesday and really watched Jokic and Murray for the first time they saw what players and coaches around the league say: That was no fluke, they’re just about always that good.
“I’d rather not waste time with the pundits that count us out and don’t give us the respect we deserve as a team, with everything we’ve done,” Malone said. “But there’s one thing we haven’t done. And until we win a championship, people are going to keep saying that about us. So that’s what drives us.”
Denver may have already won a championship by now were it not for Murray’s devastating knee injury at Golden State on April 12, 2021.
He could only watch as the Nuggets were routed by Phoenix in the second round of the playoffs that year and again by the Warriors in the first round last year when their other max player, Michael Porter Jr., also was sidelined.
But this could be their best opportunity to date.
With Murray back healthy and Jokic a matchup nightmare for anyone, they’re rolling along, winning nine of 12 playoff games so far.
“They’re a dynamic duo, great symmetry, know each other well,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. “Great rhythm, regardless of who’s initiating, who’s screening. … We have to be ready to really defend that at a high level.”
That’s a difficult ask.
“We just have to make it tough for him, switching up matchups and schemes on him,” Davis said of Jokic.
Murray was questionable for Game 1 due to an ear infection that made for a miserable weekend. But there he was at his best, knocking down a dozen shots, including four 3-pointers and dishing out five assists.
“The whole playoffs, I think he’s playing amazing,” Jokic said. “We all know what he brings, the toughness.”
Jokic, too, filled up the stat sheet. He finished with 34 points, 21 rebounds and 14 assists, giving him 12 career playoff triple-doubles, most by a center in NBA history.
The Nuggets will need more performances like this to fend off the Lakers, who beat them in the Western Conference Finals in 1985, 2009 and 2020.
Denver has more firepower this time around, too, with a solid supporting cast. It also includes Porter, Aaron Gordon, Bruce Brown, rookie Christian Braun, Jeff Green and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who brings a championship pedigree to a roster known mostly for its two-time MVP.
All of that was on display in the Nuggets’ series clincher against Phoenix in Round 2 when Denver bounced the Suns with a 25-point blowout.
“We looked like a championship team,” Jokic said afterward. “We were so focused. … Well, I guess I don’t know how a championship team looks. But I think that was how it’s supposed to look.”
That view will become clearer if Jokic and Murray can keep playing like this.
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-18T19:33:19+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/ap-nuggets-jokic-murray-know-they-need-title-to-get-recognition-of-other-duos/ |
JOLIET (WCIA) — The glamour of playing at state quickly wore off for Effingham baseball Friday morning. The Flaming Hearts are making their first appearance at state since 1942 and fell behind early, with Grayslake Central scoring runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings. The Rams held the Hearts to just two hits on the day as well, posting a 9-1 Class 3A semifinal win at Duly Health and Care Field.
“We couldn’t find a timely hit, balls that we did put in play were right to a lot of guys,” Effingham head coach Curran McNeely said. “It was one of those days.”
“Some days, balls go our way, you see it better than others,” Effingham senior shortstop Jack Harper said. “It just wasn’t our day today.”
The Rams defense is part of what stifled the Effingham offense, no hitting the hearts through five innings. Now they’ll look to bounce back in the third place game, guaranteed the school’s first state baseball trophy in program history.
“We talked about it last week, Effingham hasn’t been here in 81 years, since 1942,” Harper said. “To be part of that, for all of us, is special. All of us seniors will be able to walk into the gym for the rest of our lives and see 2023 up there on that banner. That’s really something special to be a part of.”
Effingham will face Sycamore in the Class 3A third place game Saturday morning at 9 a.m. after the Spartans lost to defending state champ Nazareth Academy in the other semifinal match-up Friday. | 2023-06-09T23:00:15+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/sports/effingham-baseball-comes-up-short-in-state-semifinals/ |
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday.
Vaccine requirements for federal workers and federal contractors, as well as foreign air travelers to the U.S., will end May 11. The government is also beginning the process of lifting shot requirements for Head Start educators, healthcare workers, and noncitizens at U.S. land borders.
The requirements are among the last vestiges of some of the more coercive measures taken by the federal government to promote vaccination as the deadly virus raged, and their end marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden's administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness.
“While I believe that these vaccine mandates had a tremendous beneficial impact, we are now at a point where we think that it makes a lot of sense to pull these requirements down,” White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha told The Associated Press on Monday.
Deeply polarizing at the time and the subject of numerous legal challenges — many of which were successful — the vaccination requirements were imposed by Biden in successive waves in late 2022 as the nation’s vaccination rate plateaued even amid the emergence of new, more transmissible variants of COVID-19.
More than 100 million people at one time were covered by Biden's sweeping mandates, which he announced on Sept. 9, 2021, as the delta variant of the virus was sickening more people than at any time up to that point in the pandemic. Biden had ruled out such requirements before taking office that January, but came to embrace them to change the behavior of what he viewed to be a stubborn slice of the public that refused to be inoculated, saying they jeopardized the lives of others and the nation’s economic recovery.
“We’ve been patient. But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us,” Biden said at the time. The unvaccinated minority “can cause a lot of damage, and they are.”
Federal courts and Congress have already rolled back Biden's vaccine requirements for large employers and military servicemembers.
Mandates remain for many employees of the National Institutes of Health, Indian Health Service and Department of Veterans Affairs — which implemented their own requirements for healthcare staff and others independent of the White House — will remain while those agencies review their own requirements, the administration said.
Over 1.13 million people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began more than three years ago, including 1,052 people in the week ending April 26, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That was the lowest weekly death toll from the virus since March 2020.
“COVID continues to be a problem,” Jha said. “But our healthcare system or public health resources are far more able to respond to the threat that COVID poses to our country and do so in a way that does not cause problems with access to care for Americans.”
He added, “Some of these emergency powers are just not necessary in the same way anymore.”
More than 270 million people in the U.S., or just over 81% of the population, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the CDC.
For more than a year, U.S. health officials have been eyeing a long-term response to COVID-19 that is more similar to the approach to influenza, with updated shots yearly targeted at the latest strains of the virus — particularly for the most vulnerable. But fewer than 56 million people in the U.S., or 17% of the population, have received a dose of the updated bivalent boosters that became available in September 2022 and provide better protection against the omicron variants that remain in circulation.
"We don’t have a national mandate for flu vaccines in the same way, and yet we see pretty good uptake of flu vaccines," Jha said. “The goal here really is to continue to encourage people to get vaccinated, but I don’t think mandates are going to be necessary for getting Americans vaccinated against COVID in the future.”
While federal mandates are ending, Jha predicted that some employers, especially medical facilities, may decide to maintain their COVID-19 vaccination requirements. He noted that the hospital where he practices has had a flu vaccine requirement for employees for 20 years.
Jha dismissed concerns that the ending of the international traveler vaccination requirement would increase the risk of a new variant from overseas entering the U.S. Biden has already rolled back virus testing requirements for both American citizens and foreign travelers to the U.S.
Jha said the U.S. was already protected by a traveler genomic surveillance program, which, for instance, tests for different virus strains in aircraft wastewater.
“We think that we are much more able to identify if a new variant shows up in the United States and respond effectively,” he said. “And I think that’s what makes the need for a vaccine mandate for travelers less necessary right now.” | 2023-05-01T23:24:04+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/vaccine-mandate-covid-19-federal-workers-to-end/507-50977595-8e07-4131-954a-de0618443f57 |
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police have arrested a Norwegian citizen in Hungary on suspicion that he was planning an extremist attack modeled after a 2011 massacre in Norway that killed 77 people, authorities said Tuesday.
The National Investigation Office of the Hungarian police said the 45-year-old man had posted numerous videos to the internet in which he described his plans to commit the attacks.
After analyzing the videos and identifying the suspect, Hungary’s Counter Terrorism Center arrested the man in a Budapest apartment on June 14 and confiscated his electronic devices.
In the videos, the suspect speaks Norwegian and English, police said, and threatens to carry out attacks in airports, railway stations and on airplanes.
“I will destroy the innocent,” he said in one video, according to police.
The suspect also described his desire to surpass the crimes committed by Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in bomb-and-gun massacres in Norway in 2011.
During the latest investigation, Norwegian authorities informed Hungarian police that the man had earlier been convicted of numerous violent and sexual crimes in Norway. He has been remanded to Hungary’s Forensic Psychiatric and Mental Institution, according to police.
In Norway, the National Criminal Investigation Service confirmed to The Associated Press they had been contacted by police in Hungary, but declined to comment on an investigation in another country. | 2023-06-20T20:14:56+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/norwegian-citizen-arrested-in-hungary-for-alleged-extremist-plot/ |
(Our Auto Expert) – Lexus is jumping into the EV game with the all-new all-electric RZ450e and has landed firmly on top of the competition in its segment.
The RZ is the brand’s first all-electric vehicle that brings a vigorous driving experience with a unique, sharp design focused on performance.
The RZ is the ultimate electrified vehicle in the lineup, which has a family of seven hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Lexus just took a giant running step toward their goal of being able to provide 100% BEVs globally by 2035.
The 71.4 kWh battery makes good on its promise of delivering performance and fun with a total of 313 horsepower and a manufacturer-estimated 0-60 acceleration time of 5.0 seconds. The RZ has an EPA-estimated range rating of up to 220 miles when wrapped with 18” wheels and an EPA-estimated MPGe rating of 115/98/107 (city/highway/combined). When upgraded to the 20” wheels, the RZ has an EPA-estimated MPGe of 102/87/95 (city/highway/combined) with an EPA-estimated range of up to 196 miles.
The all-new RZ has a new lightweight e-TNGA steel platform, which is brand new for Lexus.
The RZ possesses an optimal placement of mass and high body rigidity. RZ’s body employs high-tensile steel panels and an aluminum hood to reduce weight and increase rigidity. A urethane sealant provides extra security and protection to remove dust and water from the reinforced structure. At the same time, reliable and heavily tested water-cooling and water-heating systems work to maintain an ideal battery temperature.
The RZ’s exterior is razor-sharp styled with a floating roof, a ducktail spoiler, and intense headlamps. The cabin is simple in design, with most controls manipulated using an enormous 14.0-inch touchscreen display.
Lexus added a yoke-style steering wheel, similar to what airplanes use. This will be offered as an option; a regular circular wheel will be standard, so if you’re not ready for a yoke, you can opt out. The steer-by-wire system takes getting used to, but once we got the hang of it, it proved beneficial for handling. The all-new steer-by-wire system allows the electronic exchange of steering and road surface information between the state-of-the-art steering control and tires through electrical signals, not mechanical linkage.
Lexus just broke through the competition with brand-new technology and features never seen before. All while only starting at $59,650 | 2023-03-13T19:07:14+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/automotive/the-all-new-lexus-rz450e-plane-technology-tucked-into-an-ev/ |
TOKYO, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- Investing in US Startups, Entire Group Aims to Grow in New Areas by Leveraging Foundation of Existing Businesses -
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has established an investment management company, Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation, LLC, in San Francisco, the US, and will start managing a startup investment fund, Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation Fund, from January 2023. By making investment in minority shares in US startups, Asahi Group Holdings aims to achieve "sustainable growth of existing businesses centered on beer category while expanding into new areas," which is the ideal business portfolio, as stated in the Asahi Group Medium- to Long-Term Management Policy.
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The startup investment fund, Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation Fund, provides funding to US startups that have attractive brands with significant future growth potential in the low-alcohol beverages, non-alcohol beer-taste beverages, and adult soft drink categories. Additionally, the fund invests in startups with technology that will lead to new sales and manufacturing methods. The US alcohol and non-alcohol beverage market is a world leader in creating new categories and trends, as seen in the past significant growth of hard seltzer and energy drinks.
Through minority investment and collaboration with such startups, Asahi Group Holdings will use Asahi Group's business platform to support the expansion of sales in the US and abroad for the products and services provided by those companies. Additionally, the company will provide the Asahi Group's regional headquarters in Japan, Europe, Oceania, and Southeast Asia with information on startup initiatives and trends in the US market, which will be utilized in their respective areas of operations and contribute to the growth of Asahi Group's existing businesses. Total investment is expected to be approximately 70 million USD by the end of 2025. The investment managers of Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation, LLC will consist of employees appointed from Asahi Group's regional headquarters, and others to manage the startup investment fund.
Under the Asahi Group Philosophy, Asahi Group aims to achieve sustainable growth and enhance its corporate value over the medium to long term by steadily implementing the strategies outlined in the Medium- to Long-Term Management Policy and to become a group that continues to earn the trust of stakeholders into the future.
Atsushi Katsuki, President and CEO at Asahi Group Holdings, said: "In addition to its size, the US is one of the most attractive markets in the world for creating new trends. We look forward to co-creating with startups that will open up new markets for alcohol and non-alcohol beverages. We aim to 'deliver on our great taste promise and bring more fun to life' by grasping new trends in the US and creating new value."
Investment Management Company Profile
Company Name: Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation, LLC
Date of Establishment: July 29, 2022
Address: 44 Montgomery Street. San Francisco, CA, 94104
Number of Employees: 5 (planned)
Startup Investment Fund Overview
Formal Name: Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation Fund, L.P.
Managing Company: Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation, LLC
Date of Formation: November 30, 2022
Total Amount of Investment: 70 million USD
Investment Target: Startups providing Beer Adjacent Categories (BAC), such as low-alcohol beverages, non-alcohol beer-taste beverages, adult soft drinks, and others. Other startups with technology that will lead to new sales and manufacturing methods.
For further information about Investment Activities, please contact:
Business Development, Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
Email: AGBI[at]asahigroup-holdings.com
About Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. is a global leader in delivering on great taste promise and bringing more fun to life across an inclusive collection of alcohol beverages centered on beer, non-alcohol beverages and food brands. The Group prides itself with an undivided focus on innovation and quality since the founding in 1889 in Japan, which is also shared with its acquired breweries and brands from across the world whilst cherishing a heritage of over 100 to 400 years. This combined rich history has resulted in a global portfolio of iconic premium beers that includes "Asahi Super Dry," "Peroni Nastro Azzurro," "Kozel," "Pilsner Urquell" and "Grolsch." Asahi Group is committed to bringing positive impact on the businesses and communities in which it operates through its long-standing expertise and global distribution of authentic alcohol and non-alcohol brands. The Group excels in both size and scale delivering over 10 billion liters of beverages to consumers worldwide annually, with revenue, i.e. its quantitative value proposition, exceeding 2 trillion JPY. It has presence throughout the world, with primary operations in Japan, Europe, Oceania and Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Japan, the Group is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime section: 2502.T). Asahi Group contributes to sustainable society and responds to changing conceptions of well-being.
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Supreme Court to take up Alabama racial gerrymandering case
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday regarding whether the Alabama election map is fair to black voters.
Alabama is about 27 percent black, but only one of the state’s seven Congressional districts is competitive for minority candidates.
Several groups, including the ACLU, argue the map is in violation of section two of the Voting Rights Act. The 1965 law bars action that would “prohibit voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race.”
“We should have at least one majority-minority district, and at least one competitive district,” Alabama ACLU legal director Tish Gotell Faulks said.
Plaintiff Shalela Dowdy said the current map cheats black voters out of equal representation.
“I feel as if black Alabamans are not at the table,” Dowdy said. “We’re on the menu. And we’re on the menu to have our vote diluted.
The Alabama Secretary of State is tasked with defending the map in court. The office said they will not comment on pending legislation. In court filings, the defense argues the Voting Rights Act only covers access to the polls, stating “nothing in this section establishes the right to have members of a protected class elected in numbers equal to their proportion in the population.
State lawmakers have previously argued they cannot make the kind of map civil rights groups are asking for without explicitly making race a defining feature of their election map.
Over the past decades, the court has generally determined maps like Alabama’s to be unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court has become more conservative.
“For us to be standing in 2022, relitigating and fighting for what was won in 1965, to me is abhorrent,” plaintiff Letitia Jackson said.
There is a similar case going through the court system with Louisiana’s election map.
The decision in the Alabama case will likely determine the outcome in Louisiana as well.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-03T21:22:59+00:00 | kcrg.com | https://www.kcrg.com/2022/10/03/supreme-court-take-up-alabama-racial-gerrymandering-case/ |
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New Signature Aromatherapy Fragrance Inspired by the Amalfi Coast is Available across all 82 Woodhouse Spas Locations
DENVER, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Woodhouse Spa, a leading, luxury franchise concept centered upon health, wellness, and self-care, announced today the launch of its limited edition signature fragrance called Revive, inspired by the invigorating scenery and scents of the Amalfi Coast. The Woodhouse Revive signature fragrance collection includes an Aromatherapy Essential Oil Blend and Room Spray that is available for consumers to purchase in-store to enhance their spa experience at home. Guests can learn more about Woodhouse's Revive fragrance on the website.
Woodhouse's Revive fragrance integrates Woodhouse Spa's mission to transform self-care into mood-care and is specifically designed to uplift the body to create a relaxing environment that Woodhouse Spa has provided guests for more than 20 years. The new Woodhouse Signature scent marries notes of sun-kissed Italian citrus with hints of fresh eucalyptus, sweet rosemary and the clean, restorative breezes of the Mediterranean Sea. Woodhouse Revive awakens all of the senses, offering a powerfully restorative experience designed to enhance overall wellbeing through promoting a calm, tranquil and refreshing mood.
"We're thrilled to reveal our new signature fragrance for summer that we designed specifically to bring the scent of the Amalfi Coast to guests in the comfort of their own home," said Woodhouse Spa's Vice President of Brand and Marketing, Sarah Moore. "Our new limited edition fragrance is ideal for our guests looking to create the perfect summer staycation filled with relaxation and rejuvenation. This new aromatherapy fragrance is a testament to the incredible power of scent, with the goal of uplifting our guests' moods beyond their time at the spa and infusing everyday moments with a sense of peace and joy."
Arriving just in time for summer, the Woodhouse Revive Signature Fragrance collection in both Essential Oil Blend and Room Spray is available for purchase for $28 at Woodhouse Spa locations nationwide for a limited time, while supplies last. For more information about Woodhouse Spas, please visit www.woodhousespas.com and to find the nearest location, visit https://locations.woodhousespas.com/.
About Woodhouse Spa: Founded in Victoria, Texas in 2001, Woodhouse provides each guest with a tranquil, transformational environment that's both memorable and healthful. From beginning to end, dedicated spa teams ensure that each visit enhances the guest's well-being. With more than 82 spas across the country, guests of Woodhouse are guaranteed the same high-quality signature services and luxurious experiences regardless of location. For more information, please visit www.woodhousespas.com.
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SEATTLE (AP) — The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.
Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint says the social media companies have created a public nuisance by targeting their products to children.
It blames them for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders including anxiety, depression, disordered eating and cyberbullying; making it more difficult to educate students; and forcing schools to take steps such as hiring additional mental health professionals, developing lesson plans about the effects of social media, and providing additional training to teachers.
“Defendants have successfully exploited the vulnerable brains of youth, hooking tens of millions of students across the country into positive feedback loops of excessive use and abuse of Defendants’ social media platforms,” the complaint said. “Worse, the content Defendants curate and direct to youth is too often harmful and exploitive ….”
Meta, Google, Snap and TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday.
While federal law — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — helps protect online companies from liability arising from what third-party users post on their platforms, the lawsuit argues that provision does not protect the tech giants’ behavior in this case.
“Plaintiff is not alleging Defendants are liable for what third-parties have said on Defendants’ platforms but, rather, for Defendants’ own conduct,” the lawsuit said. “Defendants affirmatively recommend and promote harmful content to youth, such as pro-anorexia and eating disorder content.”
The lawsuit says that from 2009 to 2019, there was on average a 30% increase in the number of Seattle Public Schools students who reported feeling “so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row” that they stopped doing some typical activities.
The school district is asking the court to order the companies to stop creating the public nuisance, to award damages, and to pay for prevention education and treatment for excessive and problematic use of social media.
While hundreds of families are pursuing lawsuits against the companies over harms they allege their children have suffered from social media, it’s not clear if any other school districts have filed a complaint like Seattle’s.
Internal studies revealed by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen in 2021 showed that the company knew that Instagram negatively affected teenagers by harming their body image and making eating disorders and thoughts of suicide worse. She alleged that the platform prioritized profits over safety and hid its own research from investors and the public. | 2023-01-08T11:37:45+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-seattle-schools-sue-tech-giants-over-social-media-harm/ |
Costco adds churro Bundt cake from small California wholesale bakehouse: 'Certified banger'
Costco Wholesale might be famous for its food court churros, but now the bulk-size retailer is carrying a churro Bundt cake for cinnamon sugar lovers.
The seemingly new item, which is produced by Bakery Street, a California-based dessert maker, has been spotted by Reddit-savvy shoppers who frequent the fan-run Costco subreddit.
"Churro bundt cake – anyone try?" a Reddit user who goes by Impossible_Cow_9178 wrote on Sunday, May 21, with a photo attached.
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"What’s the verdict?" Impossible_Cow_9178 asked members of the subreddit, which has over 356,000 members.
FILE - The Costco Wholesale store in Severn, Maryland, on May 25, 2023. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Signage posted at a Costco location in Redwood City, California, shows the Bakery Street Churro Bundt Cake weighs 40 ounces and is retailing for $10.79, according to photos uploaded to Facebook by the group Costco Fans Lifestyle, on Thursday, May 25.
The cake is topped with a dulce de leche drizzle and powdered sugar.
FOX Business reached out to Bakery Street, Costco Wholesale and Costco Fans Lifestyle for comment.
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It’s not immediately clear if the churro Bundt cake is available nationwide.
Impossible_Cow_9178 purchased the Bakery Street Churro Bundt Cake from a Costco Wholesale location in Danville, California, according to a message FOX Business received from the anonymous Reddit user on Thursday, June 1, via Reddit chat.
At the time of publication, food and shopping bloggers, critics and consumers have not shared video reviews of the churro Bundt cake, but there seems to be high interest from social media users who have come across the few posts that exist.
"I NEED THIS!" one Facebook user wrote.
"All of a sudden I need to make a trip to Costco," a Reddit user commented.
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"I was hoping I could find this today. I guess the universe is telling me not today," an Instagram user lamented.
"Welp. Here we go again people. Not ordering the bikini now…" one Reddit user joked.
"My doctor is gonna hate me. More importantly. I’m gonna hate me for eating the whole thing," another Reddit user wrote.
Impossible_Cow_9178 replied to curious Reddit commenters writing that the Bakery Street Churro Bundt Cake is a "certified banger" that tastes like a moist cinnamon pound cake with "a very distinct churro flavor."
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The Bakery Street Churro Bundt Cake reportedly weighs 40 ounces. It's topped with dulce de leche and powdered sugar. (Bakery Street / Fox News)
Several other social media users commented that they have high hopes for Bakery Street’s churro cake because they feel the flavor of Costco’s food court churros has changed over time.
Costco Wholesale has made headlines in recent months for releasing large and unique dessert flavors at an affordable price, including the retailer’s in-house five-pound peanut butter chocolate pie and four-pound lemon meringue cheesecake.
Social media influencers have continually contributed to the rise of Costco desserts by taste-testing and reviewing baked goods sold by the wholesale retailer.
Costco Wholes was ranked the second most trusted brand in America by U.S. consumers, according to a joint survey released by Axios and Harris Poll, on Tuesday, May 23.
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The members-only bulk-size retailer fell behind Patagonia, an outdoor clothing company, but ranked higher than John Deere, Trader Joe’s and Chick-fil-A. | 2023-06-05T18:10:45+00:00 | fox13seattle.com | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/costco-adds-churro-bundt-cake-from-small-california-wholesale-bakehouse-certified-banger |
The 2022 AFP® Liquidity Survey finds majority of organizations are preparing portfolios ahead of continuing federal funds target rate increases.
BETHESDA, Md., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of the 2022 AFP Liquidity Survey from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), underwritten by Invesco, reports that the typical organization currently maintains 55% of its short-term investments in bank deposits. This is the highest figure since 2016, when it was also reported that 55% of organizations were holding their short-term investments in banks. This is only a slight increase from 2021 and 2020 figures, which were 52% and 51% respectively. The largest increase occurred from 2019 to 2020 when it jumped 9%. Similar trends are also being observed for short-term investments outside the U.S. (69%).
The survey also found that 57% of organizations are preparing their portfolios ahead of anticipated federal funds target rate increases, with 34% doing so by managing the duration of their portfolios. Others are considering investing in floating rate notes, creating bond maturity ladders or using a barbell approach with select securities.
Findings suggests companies are being cautiously optimistic while shoring up liquidity to ease uncertainty as the share of organizations that plan on increasing their cash holdings in the U.S. has decreased by 10 percentage points to 37% as compared to 47% who reported the same last year.
Additional findings include:
- Safety continues to be the most valued short-term investment objective for 63% of organizations. This can be expected, given the economic uncertainty due to high inflation rates, anticipated actions by the Federal Reserve and the tense geopolitical environment.
- Twenty-five percent of organizations are considering Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment parameters, which is materially higher than the 17% reported in last year's survey report.
- Just over a quarter (26%) of respondents report that their organizations have plans to prepare operating cash and investment portfolios for the LIBOR end date of June 30, 2023. This is a 11 percentage point increase over last year.
AFP's Liquidity Survey was conducted in March 2022 and received responses from 284 corporate practitioners.
"In the past year, the economic environment has been fraught with uncertainty. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that the majority of organizations are prioritizing safety as their primary investment objective," said Jim Kaitz, AFP president and CEO. "That said, we are hopeful as a smaller percentage of respondents report an increase in cash and short-term balances at their organizations over the past year compared to a year earlier, suggesting that companies are less constrained than they were in 2021."
"It's been a remarkable period in liquidity markets, from the early pandemic days in 2020 to the sharp inflation acceleration and aggressive shift by the Federal Reserve to tightening monetary policy in 2022," continued Laurie Brignac, CIO, Global Liquidity, Invesco. "As companies prepare to put cash to work, investors need to be strategic in their approach to uncover opportunities in the higher interest rate environment while managing through a very aggressive hiking cycle."
Survey results are available at: 2022 AFP Liquidity Survey . Press inquiries may be directed to Melissa Rawak, managing director, at mrawak@afponline.org.
Headquartered outside of Washington, D.C., and located regionally in Singapore, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is the professional society committed to advancing the success of treasury and finance members and their organizations. Established and administered by AFP, the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials set standards of excellence in treasury and finance.
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NEW YORK (AP) — As authorities continue to investigate a crane collapse that rained thousands of pounds of steel debris onto a busy Manhattan thoroughfare Wednesday, the owner and operator of the failed crane are facing scrutiny over past safety failures.
The tower crane, owned by New York Crane and Equipment Corp., was hoisting concrete to the 36th story of a luxury high-rise when a fire broke out in the machine’s cab, officials said. The flames burned through a cable holding the crane’s arm in place, sending the 180-foot-long boom crashing to the ground.
Though no one was seriously hurt, the near catastrophe stirred memories of past crane collapses, including a series of incidents involving people connected to Wednesday’s accident.
Two of the city’s most disastrous crane collapses came over the span of two months in 2008, both involving cranes owned by New York Crane and Equipment Corp. Nine people died, pushing the city to overhaul its process of inspecting and regulating tower cranes.
Later that year, a construction worker fell to his death while helping dismantle a crane owned by a different company. One of the two crane operators, whose license was suspended for eight months, was Chris Van Duyne. The same man was operating the crane that caught fire Wednesday, officials said.
Phone messages left with Van Duyne and New York Crane were not immediately returned Thursday.
The fire’s cause is still under investigation. In the meantime, neither the crane company nor its operator have been publicly accused of wrongdoing.
As officials await answers, City Council Member Pierina Sanchez, the head of the council’s committee on housing and building, said it was troubling that a crane company cited for past safety failures was once again linked to a major incident.
“It raises concern that a company that has a history of injuries and fatalities on site is continuing to do business in the city of New York,” she said. “Why do they still have a license?”
Following the consecutive collapses 15 years ago, New York adopted a series of stringent crane requirements that go beyond those of other states, according to industry experts.
Stephen Smith, the executive director of the Center for Building in North America, said the regulations — which require multiple city-specific licenses and high insurance liability –- have the unintended consequence of keeping new companies from entering New York’s market, effectively allowing a small number of players to dominate the industry.
“Crane collapses are not that frequent, so if multiple high-profile accidents happen with the same company, it doesn’t reflect well on them,” Smith added. “You have to wonder if we’re not keeping out more competent operators and firms.”
Founded by James Lomma – known locally as the “King of Cranes” – New York Crane and Equipment Corp. has long been one of the city’s top crane providers, helping to build the Hudson Yards development and the new World Trade Center.
But the Queens-based company has also faced a series of criminal and civil actions.
In March of 2008, one of the company’s cranes toppled on Manhattan’s east side, pulverizing buildings on the way down and fatally injuring seven people. Prosecutors blamed that accident on shoddy work by a crane rigger, but a jury acquitted him of manslaughter charges after his lawyer argued that bad welding and other factors were to blame.
Two months later, another Lomma-owned tower crane collapsed in the city, killing the operator Donald Leo and a construction worker, Ramadan Kurtaj. Investigators blamed that collapse on a busted bearing, manufactured by a Chinese company that had warned Lomma it did not have confidence in the product.
Lomma was acquitted of manslaughter charges, but he was sued by the workers’ families and ordered by an appeals court to pay $35 million for a series of “wonton and egregious” decisions that led to the collapse. He filed for bankruptcy soon after, and he died in 2019. The company is currently managed by Sal Isola, who did not return a request for comment.
In 2004, New York Crane and Construction Corp. faced allegations of poor maintenance after another worker, Glenn Gonnert, fell to his death from the mast of a crane.
In court papers, the victim’s son said the accidents were due in part to defects that caused oil to leak from the crane’s motor, creating a slippery surface that allowed his father to fall to his death. The company denied wrongdoing. | 2023-07-28T14:27:38+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-new-york-city-crane-collapse-linked-to-company-and-operator-with-history-of-safety-violations/ |
The final year of the Dodge Challenger brings with it higher prices, especially with the brand’s limited-run “Last Call” models, Dodge disclosed Wednesday. The base 2023 Dodge Challenger SXT costs $32,140, including a $1,595 destination fee. That’s $865 more expensive than the 2022 Dodge Challenger.
Aside from the special-edition models, changes to the last year of the beloved muscle car are minimal. With a retro design that honors the heydey of American muscle from the late ’60s and early ’70s, Dodge resurrects its most colorful paint jobs with the return of Plum Crazy purple, Sublime Green, B5 Blue, and Destroyer Grey. There will be 14 exterior color options for 2023, and R/T models flex the 345-cubic-inch V-8 with 345 badging on the exterior.
The SXT and $35,440 GT models employ the same 303-hp 3.6-liter V-6 as the Challenger has used since it was relaunched in 2008. They come with an 8-speed automatic transmission, and all-wheel drive remains a $3,000 upgrade on both of those models.
The R/T and its 375-hp 5.7-liter V-8 paired with a 6-speed manual cost $40,980. The R/T Scat Pack draws its power from a 485-hp 6.4-liter V-8 paired either to a 6-speed manual or a slick 8-speed automatic. It costs $47,440, and the R/T only comes with rear-wheel drive.
The next incarnation of the R/T badge will appear on the 2023 Dodge Hornet.
The 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Jailbreak has a 797-hp 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 and the Jailbreak package liberates unique color combos and breaks the shackles off ordering restrictions. It costs $71,630. The SRT Redeye Jailbreak lands at $80,235, while the SRT Super Stock Widebody climbs to $88,240.
The Last Call models are where things get interesting, confusing, or expensive, depending on your perspective. Dodge has announced six of the seven models split between the Challenger and Charger, with the debut of seventh and most powerful postponed from the 2022 SEMA show in early November due to development issues as the company pursues even more power. All of the limited-run models come pre-configured with special allocations at top performing dealers.
A Last Call Horsepower Locator at DodgeGarage.com shows in real time which dealers have what models. Customers can search by ZIP code, trim, and Last Call models, then try to make a deal with that dealer before their allotment is sold out. Expect markups and bidding wars.
Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis admitted to being unable to satisfy everyone with what is expected to be the high demand for the Last Call models, but at least enthusiasts will be able to see who has what, and let market economics solve the question of limited supply.
“We’re making the process as transparent as possible, giving enthusiasts the power to search for each 2023 model and trim level allocated to each dealer,” Kuniskis said.
Here’s a look at the initial prices of the three known Last Call models of the Challenger.
–Challenger Shakedown Special Edition $65,195 (Widebody is $69,085)
Based on the R/T Scat Pack, the Shakedown sports a black and red interior theme combining nappa leather and Alcantara. On the outside, it has a Mopar shaker hood, racing stripes with a red accent, a unique R/T grille badge, special graphics, 20-inch wheels that are 9.5 inches (standard body) or 11.0 inches (wide body) wide, and 6-piston Brembo front brakes with red calipers.
–Challenger Scat Pack Swinger Widebody Special Edition $67,785
Also based on the R/T Scat Pack but with the wide-body layout, the Swinger sports a green exterior coupled with gold accents, and green accent stitching and wood-like dash trim on the inside, as well as Swinger badges and scripts.
–Challenger Black Ghost Special Edition $100,910
Based on the Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody, with a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 making 807 hp, the Black Ghost honors a legend of Dodge lore. The pitch-black exterior has a gator skin-style vinyl roof, black brake calipers, and black hood pins.
Ordering is open now for all but the seventh and final Last Call model.
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WYOMING, Mich. — The man who pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a man in the parking lot of a Wyoming Walmart earlier this year has been sentenced.
The shooting happened March 14 at the Walmart on 54th Street. The victim was later identified as 29-year-old Lavail Dwayne Walker.
Tyray Daquion Holliday, who reportedly confessed to second-degree murder back in July, was sentenced Wednesday to 20–30 years behind bars for the murder charge and two years for a felony firearm charge, Kent County prosecutors say.
The shooting occurred after the two men involved encountered one another in the parking lot, at which Holliday referenced Walker’s hand inside his pocket, court documents say. That was when Holliday reportedly shot Walker.
READ MORE: Man pleads guilty to murder in Wyoming Walmart shooting | 2022-10-05T21:29:37+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kent/man-sentenced-to-20-years-for-shooting-killing-man-at-wyoming-walmart |
DENVER (KDVR) — If you are hitting the road to travel for Christmas this week and you need to get gas, we have you covered.
The average price for a gallon of regular fuel in Colorado is $2.87, which is 27 cents cheaper than the national average of $3.14.
One year ago, the average price for a gallon of regular fuel in Colorado was also $3.34.
Here is a look at the 10 cheapest places to get a regular gallon of fuel in our state as of 7 a.m. Monday, according to Gas Buddy:
- Murphy Express– Longmont: $2.09
- Costco– Thornton: $2.14
- QuikTrip– Firestone: $2.14
- Circle K– Longmont (I-25 Frontage Road): $2.14
- Phillips 66– Longmont: $2.14
- Sinclair– Kersey: $2.19
- Sinclair– Evans: $2.23
- Love’s Travel Stop– Berthoud: $2.24
- 7-Eleven– Longmont: $2.24
- Costco- Superior: $2.26
The lowest price for a gallon of regular gas in Colorado is $2.09. | 2022-12-19T17:52:06+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/local/travel-for-christmas-here-are-10-cheapest-places-to-fill-up-in-colorado/ |
Officials: 16-year-old who collapsed after flag football game died of natural causes
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A 16-year-old who died after a flag football game in Las Vegas died from natural causes, according to officials.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office said Ashari Hughes died from an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from left coronary sinus of valsalva. Her manner of death was described as natural.
On Jan. 5, Hughes was playing flag football for Desert Oasis High School when she collapsed and was taken to a hospital.
Hughes died shortly after.
The 16-year-old’s parents said she was having heart problems, but hadn’t received an official diagnosis before her death.
The National Library of Medicine describes Hughes’ cause of death as a “rare congenital abnormality” that represents less than 3% of coronary anomalies.
According to KVVU, a journal published in 2016 said patients with the abnormality can have symptoms which include myocardial ischemia, a condition also known as reduced blood flow, arrhythmias, or sudden cardiac death (SCD).
The journal said the condition can be diagnosed with an angiography and surgery is typically recommended to treat the condition.
Two vigils are planned in honor of Hughes.
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Lawmakers announce ‘framework’ on bill to keep gov’t open
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers leading the negotiations on a bill to fund the federal government for the current fiscal year announced Tuesday they’re reached agreement on a “framework” that should allow them to complete work on the bill over the next week and avoid a government shutdown.
Congress faces a midnight Friday deadline to pass a spending bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. The two chambers are expected to pass another short-term measure before then to keep the government running through Dec. 23, which will allow negotiators time to complete work on the full-year bill.
“Now, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will work around the clock to negotiate the details of final 2023 spending bills that can be supported by the House and Senate and receive President Biden’s signature,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the Democratic chair of the House Appropriations Committee.
Earlier in the day, Senate leaders said lawmakers from the two parties were nearing an agreement, but Republicans warned Democrats that lawmakers would need to complete their work by Dec. 22 or they would only support a short-term extension into early next year. That would give House Republicans more leverage over what’s in the legislation, since they will be in the majority then.
“We intend to be on the road going home on the 23rd. We intend not to be back here between Christmas and New Year’s, and if we can’t meet that deadline, we would be happy to pass a short-term (resolution) into early next year,” said Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader in the Senate.
McConnell voiced confidence Republicans would be able to meet their priorities of increasing spending on defense without “having to pay a bonus above what President Biden asked for” on non-defense priorities. He said Democrats were willing to accept that because they had previously passed two bills on a party-line basis that allow for more government spending on various domestic priorities.
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said last week that the two parties were about $25 billion apart in what is expected to be about a $1.65 trillion package, not including mandatory spending on programs such as Social Security and Medicare. However, Democrats in their statements did not indicate what topline spending number had been reached in the framework announced Tuesday.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-14T03:59:16+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2022/12/14/lawmakers-announce-framework-bill-keep-govt-open/ |
California will make its own low-cost insulin, governor announces
Published: Jul. 8, 2022 at 9:35 AM CDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
(CNN) - California is socializing insulin production.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday the state will start manufacturing its own insulin.
California will allocate $100 million to the project. Half of that money will be used to develop low-cost insulin products. The other half is to be used to build a manufacturing facility in the state.
“Nothing epitomized market failures more than the price of insulin,” Newsom said. “Many Americans spend $300 to $500 per month for this life-saving drug. California is now taking matters into our own hands.”
It’s unclear when the state-funded insulin will be available to consumers.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-08T15:29:57+00:00 | ksla.com | https://www.ksla.com/2022/07/08/california-will-make-its-own-low-cost-insulin-governor-announces/ |
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