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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a safe way to transport longer length pound cakes to various functions, church activities and family get-togethers," said an inventor, from Waynesboro, Miss., "so I invented the LONG POUND CAKE CADDY. My design would provide peace of mind knowing that the cake would remain intact, moist and easy to slice."
The patent-pending invention provides a new container for storing and transporting a long pound cake. In doing so, it ensures that the pound cake is secure while in transit. It also helps keep the cake moist and delicious and it provides added convenience and peace of mind. The invention features a lightweight and portable design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for households and professional bakers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-MTK-115, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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BEIJING, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 3, 2022, the Alumni Association of Zhejiang University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Joint Center held the second member representative conference, which deliberated and approved relevant work reports and charters, and elected new council members, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the alumni association. Peng Shen, Founder and CEO of Waterdrop, was appointed as Vice Chairman of the alumni association.
Born in Linyi, Shandong Province, in 1987, Peng Shen graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics, NEOMA Business School, Tsinghua University, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and obtained a doctoral degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2016, Shen Peng founded Waterdrop and served as the company's founder and CEO. Waterdrop has successfully launched Waterdrop Medical Crowdfunding, Waterdrop Insurance, and E-Find Patient Platform.
Concurrently, Peng Shen also acts as a member of the Standing Committee of Beijing Federation of Industry and Commerce, a deputy director member of Overseas Scholar and Overseas Chinese Distinction Work Committee of Beijing Youth Federation, a member of the 12th Private Enterprise Committee of Beijing Municipal Committee of China National Democratic Construction Association, a visiting professor at Business School of China University of Political Science and Law, a member of the entrepreneurship club of the alumni association of the Central University of Finance and Economics, Vice Chairman of the Alumni Association of Zhejiang University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Joint Center.
Established in 1937, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is a public comprehensive research university based in Hong Kong, China. In 2022-2023, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University ranked 65th in the QS World University Rankings and 79th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The top 25 disciplines of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the world include Business and Economics, Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Construction, Environmental Construction, and Hotel and Tourism Management. Zhejiang University and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University established a partnership in 1996, with in-depth cooperation in discipline construction, cooperative research, and joint cultivation of high-end talents. In 2015, to serve the new development strategy of the two universities, both universities further upgraded the cooperation in the education base into the "Zhejiang University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Joint Center".
About Waterdrop Inc.
Waterdrop Inc. (NYSE: WDH) is a leading technology platform dedicated to insurance and healthcare service with a positive social impact. Founded in 2016, with the comprehensive coverage of Waterdrop Insurance Marketplace and Waterdrop Medical Crowdfunding, Waterdrop aims to bring insurance and healthcare service to billions through technology. For more information, please visit www.waterdrop-inc.com.
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US to send Ukraine longer-range bombs in latest turnaround
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of agonizing, the U.S has agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine as it prepares to launch a spring offensive to retake territory Russia captured last year, U.S. officials said Thursday, confirming that the new weapons will have roughly double the range of any other offensive weapon provided by America.
The U.S. will provide ground-launched small diameter bombs as part of a $2.17 billion aid package it is expected to announce Friday, several U.S. officials said. The package also for the first time includes equipment to connect all the different air defense systems Western allies have rushed to the battlefield and integrate them into Kviv’s own air defenses, to help them better defend against Russia’s continued missile attacks.
For months, U.S. officials have hesitated to send longer-range systems to Ukraine out of concern that they would be used to target inside Russia, escalating the conflict and drawing the U.S. deeper in. The longer-range bombs are the latest advanced system, such as Abrams tanks and the Patriot missile defense system, that the U.S. has eventually agreed to provide Ukraine after initially saying no. U.S. officials, though, have continued to reject Ukraine’s requests for fighter jets.
Ukrainian leaders have urgently pressed for longer-range munitions and on Thursday, officials said the U.S. will send an undisclosed number of the ground-launched, small diameter bombs, which have a range of about 95 miles (150 kilometers). The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the aid package not yet made public.
To date, the longest-range missile provided by the U.S. is about 50 miles (80 kilometers). The funding in the aid package is for longer-term purchases, so it wasn’t clear Thursday how long it will take to get the bomb to the battlefield in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s defense minister Oleskii Reznikov said Thursday the country is prepared to offer guarantees to its Western partners that their weapons won’t be used to strike inside Russian territory, adding that Kyiv needs weapons with the range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles) to expel the Russian forces.
“If we could strike at a distance of up to 300 kilometers, the Russian army wouldn’t be able to mount a defense and will have to withdraw,” Reznikov said at a meeting with EU officials. “Ukraine is ready to provide any guarantees that your weapons will not be involved in attacks on the Russian territory. We have enough targets in the occupied areas of Ukraine, and we’re prepared to coordinate on (these) targets with our partners,” the minister said.
The U.S. aid package includes $425 million in ammunition and support equipment that will be pulled from existing Pentagon stockpiles and $1.75 billion in new funding through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which is used to purchase new weapons from industry.
The USAI, which will pay for the longer-range bombs and the air defense system integration, also funds two HAWK air defense systems, anti-aircraft guns and ammunition, and counter-drone systems.
Since Russia’s invasion last February, Western allies have pledged a myriad of air defense systems to Ukraine to bolster Kyiv’s own Soviet-made S-300 surface-to-air missile defense systems, and the latest aid package aims to provide the capability to integrate them all, which could improve Ukraine’s ability to protect itself against incoming Russian attacks.
The U.S. has pledged medium- to long-range National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or NASAMS, and truck-launched short-range Avenger air defense systems; the Netherlands, Germany and the U.S. are sending Patriot missile defense systems; Germany is sending medium-range IRIS-T air defense systems; and Spain is sending Aspide anti-aircraft air defense systems.
The addition of longer-range bombs into the latest aid package was first reported by Reuters.
Ukraine is still seeking F-16 fighter jets, which U.S. President Joe Biden has opposed sending since the beginning of the war. Asked Monday if his administration was considering sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Biden responded, “No.”
On Tuesday, Ukraine’s defense minister Oleksii Reznikov was asked if Biden’s ‘’no” to F-16s was the final word.
“All types of help first passed through the ‘no’ stage,” Reznikov said. “Which only means ‘no’ at today’s given moment. The second stage is, ‘Let’s talk and study technical possibilities.’ The third stage is, ‘Let’s get your personnel trained.’ And the fourth stage is the transfer (of equipment).”
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Associated Press writer Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report.
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(CNN) — Fierce fighting across Sudan entered a second day as months of tensions between a paramilitary group and the country’s army erupted into violence.
Clashes around the army headquarters and presidential palace in capital Khartoum involved heavy weapons. There have also been reports of battles hundreds of miles away in the eastern city of Port Sudan and in the western Darfur region.
At least 56 people have been killed and nearly 600 injured in the clashes, according to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors.
“Since yesterday we have not been able to leave the hospital for our homes because the clashes are taking place near the hospital and armed men from the army are roaming inside the hospital with their weapons,” a female doctor in Khartoum told CNN.
“We are in a real state of terror with the sound of explosions and bullets, we escaped death many times,” she added.
Sudan’s paramilitary chief Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo claimed to have seized most of Khartoum’s official sites after clashes erupted between his armed group and the country’s military on Saturday.
On Sunday, Dagalo’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) released a video declaring it had gained control of the Meroe airport in the north of the country. Dagalo told CNN the RSF is in control of the presidential palace, Khartoum airport and the General Command headquarters.
The country’s military leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, disputed Dagalo’s claims on Saturday and said the military has maintained control over government sites.
CNN has been unable to independently verify either side’s claims.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Dagalo — also known as Hemedti — described Burhan as a “criminal,” accusing him of instigating the fighting.
“It was not us who did this,” Dagalo told CNN’s Larry Madowo. “We were defending ourselves. We’re sorry and we tell the Sudanese people that this crisis will end, and Sudan will be even better than before. And this will be a lesson to learn in the future.”
Dagalo accused the Sudanese army of breaking a United Nations-brokered temporary humanitarian ceasefire Sunday evening.
“We’re under attack from all directions,” Dagalo said. “We stopped fighting and the other side did not, which put us in a predicament, and we had to keep fighting to defend ourselves,” he claimed.
Dagalo also speculated that Burhan has lost control of his military, saying “they don’t seem to be listening to him.”
Dagalo’s rise to power began when he was a leader of Sudan’s notorious Janjaweed forces, implicated in human rights violations in the Darfur conflict of the early 2000s. His group killed at least 118 people in pro-democracy protests in June 2019 after troops opened fire at a peaceful sit-in.
He and Burhan were pivotal in the 2019 overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir but have since become locked in a power struggle, with tensions over the RSF’s integration into the army.
International alarm
There have been widespread calls for calm. Sudan’s former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday warned of civil war and called for immediate negotiations.
“This war has to stop today … peace is the only option to avoid slipping into a civil war,” he said at a news conference in Abu Dhabi.
The US and UN also called for an end to the fighting.
African leaders were holding emergency meetings on Sunday in response to the situation. Sudan’s neighbors Egypt and South Sudan have offered to mediate.
The UN’s political mission in Sudan has said the country’s two warring factions have agreed to a “proposal” although it is not yet clear what that entails.
The military has been in charge of Sudan since a coup in 2021, with Burhan and Dagalo at the helm. The 2021 coup ended a power-sharing arrangement, following the 2019 ouster of al-Bashir.
A CNN investigation also uncovered another link between the two men: their involvement in Russia’s exploitation of Sudan’s gold resources to fund its Ukraine war, with Dagalo’s forces also being key recipients of Russian training and weaponry.
But recent talks have led to cracks in the alliance between the two military leaders. The negotiations have sought to integrate the Rapid Support Forces into the country’s military, as part of the effort to transition to civilian rule.
Sources in Sudan’s civilian movement and Sudanese military sources told CNN the main points of contention included the timeline for the merger of the forces, the status given to RSF officers in the future hierarchy, and whether RSF forces should be under the command of the army chief, rather than Sudan’s commander-in-chief, who is currently Burhan.
The hostilities, sources told CNN, are the culmination of what both parties view as an existential fight for dominance, one with Burhan, they said, seeking support from Sudan’s former Islamist rulers, resurrecting the specter of days many Sudanese fought to leave behind.
Dagalo told CNN he had no intention to rule Sudan.
“There should be a civilian government. This has always been my stance,” he said.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today petitions were presented to the Ohio Secretary of State to place a proposed Constitutional Amendment on the November Ohio Ballot. The language of that amendment attempts for the first time since 1803 to create a new civil right as part of the Ohio Bill of Rights, defined as the right to "reproductive decisions".
Melanie Elsey, National Legislative Director of the American Policy Roundtable stated:
"In the creation of a law, especially a Constitutional Amendment, words matter -- a lot. 'Reproductive decisions' is written with an 's' at the end by design. In the proposed language five items are included as 'reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on: contraception; fertility treatment; continuing one's own pregnancy; miscarriage care; and abortion.' The first four on that list are not matters of legal contest in Ohio. There is no reason for those issues to be in the Constitution. The final item at the bottom of this list is abortion. By defining this new civil right in the plural and including, but not limited to the list of five items, the authors' clear intention is to keep the list open-ended for the future. This raises the question, what other forms of 'reproductive decisions' will be added by the courts in years to come?"
Rob Walgate, Vice-President of the American Policy Roundtable and Ohio Roundtable questioned:
"We have to wonder how many people who signed this petition were able to read the proposed amendment in full before signing. Will the authors of this proposed amendment be honest with Ohio voters and explain the full meaning of unlimited "reproductive decisions" as well as several other terms that remain undefined in this proposal?"
David Zanotti, CEO of the American Policy Roundtable noted:
"Over the past 43 years the Roundtable has been involved in the construction, campaigns and litigation of a host of ballot issues in a number of states including multiple constitutional amendments. This proposed Ohio Amendment may be the most poorly defined language we have ever seen. Regardless of a person's position on the question of abortion regulation, all Ohioans should reject this measure at the polls because poor legal work does not belong in the Ohio Bill of Rights."
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(NEXSTAR) – When Super Bowl LVII airs Sunday night, some will tune in for the football, some will watch for the ads, and others will be there for one reason: Rihanna.
The nine-time Grammy winner and pop icon turned down the gig just a few years ago. Now, she will take the field halfway through the Chiefs-Eagles game in a highly anticipated return to performing since giving birth to her first child with partner A$AP Rocky.
“Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn. A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment,” said Jay-Z in a statement. His entertainment agency Roc Nation is one of the halftime performance’s executive producers.
Details of the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show have been kept under wraps, but here’s what we know so far.
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When does the halftime show start?
If you aren’t a football fan, saying the halftime show is at halftime may not really answer your question. So let’s break it down.
The NFL plays four 15-minute quarters – two before halftime and two after. At the end of the first and third quarters, there are two-minute breaks as each team changes ends of the field.
But this doesn’t include the play clock stopping, teams taking timeouts or commercial breaks. With all of this, the average NFL game takes about three hours and 12 minutes.
Super Bowl LVII kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET and is scheduled to last until about 10 p.m. ET, according to local TV listings. Subtracting the time allotted for the halftime show and commercial breaks, that leaves slightly more than three hours for the game.
By dividing that in two, the first half of the game should take about an hour and a half. So, if you’re planning to tune in just for the halftime show, you might expect it to begin between 8 and 8:30 p.m. ET.
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What songs will Rihanna perform?
The set list has not been officially revealed, but there are some songs more likely to make an appearance than others – at least according to betting odds.
As of Tuesday, the odds on several gambling sites had “Don’t Stop The Music” from Rihanna’s 2007 album “Good Girl Gone Bad” as the most likely first song during the halftime show. Gamblers are predicting she’ll end the performance with another hit from the same album, “Umbrella.”
Super Bowl halftime shows are usually around 15 minutes long. Last year’s performance by Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg included nine songs in its setlist. The year before that, the Weeknd also sang nine songs.
With so many hits over her career, Rihanna is likely to perform a medley of favorites. The other songs betters believe are most likely to be included somewhere in the performance are “We Found Love,” “Where Have You Been,” and “Rude Boy.”
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Will there be surprise guests?
The show’s producers and the NFL have been extremely tight-lipped about the details of the show –including any guest appearances or cameos – but there are betting odds here, too.
Perhaps because Roc Nation is listed as a producer of the halftime show, Jay-Z is the most likely guest star, according to bets placed by Tuesday.
Other suggested guests are longtime collaborators Calvin Harris and Drake. Some are betting partner A$AP Rocky will pop in, and some are even betting he’ll bring along their baby.
Rihanna also has songs with a few recent halftime performers, like Shakira and Eminem, so if she does choose to share the stage, there are lots of stars to choose from. | 2023-02-12T14:31:18+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/2023-super-bowl-half-time-show-3-things-to-know/ |
The Final Four is headed for the first time to Las Vegas, where wagering on the NCAA Tournament has long been a staple of March Madness revelry, after the NCAA awarded the men’s national semifinals and championship game to Allegiant Stadium for the 2027-28 season.
The NCAA also announced Tuesday that Ford Field in Detroit would host the Final Four in 2027, while Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis would get the 2029 event and AT&T Stadium in Dallas would get the 2030 event.
“We are excited to bring the NCAA’s premier championship to Las Vegas, a city that for a number of years has hosted numerous championships from several member conferences,” said Bradley athletic director Chris Reynolds, who chairs the NCAA selection committee. “The feedback from leagues, the fans of their teams and the media covering the events staged there has been overwhelmingly positive, and we are confident we’ll get the same reviews.”
The national championship this season will be decided at NRG Stadium in Houston, while State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, the Alamodome in San Antonio and Lucas Oil Stadium already had been chosen for the following three Final Fours.
The NCAA long shied away from taking marquee events to Las Vegas because of its reputation as a gambling mecca. But the stance softened over the years, particularly as sports wagering became legal in states across the country, and many leagues have made its glitzy arenas the homes of their postseason basketball tournaments.
The Mountain West will play its championship game this season at the Thomas & Mack Center, the Pac-12 at T-Mobile Arena, the West Coast Conference at Orleans Arena and the WAC split between Michelob ULTRA Arena and Orleans Arena.
Las Vegas already was scheduled to host nine other NCAA championships over the next four years, and the men’s NCAA Tournament will head there for the first time next March when a regional round is played at T-Mobile Arena.
“We’re thrilled. It’s pretty exciting to have such a marquee event come to town,” said Steve Hill, CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “Vegas has been a basketball town for decades. We’ve had an interesting road with the NCAA along that time. It is really gratifying to be able to work with the NCAA to bring their marquee event here and really celebrate what basketball is all about in this town.”
Once a pariah for sports, Las Vegas has suddenly become a destination. The Raiders and Golden Knights of the NHL play in sparkling new facilities, the NFL had such success with its Pro Bowl last season that it’s bringing back a reinvented version of it in February, and Formula 1 is returning to the Las Vegas Strip for the first time since 1982 next summer.
The other Final Four sites chosen Tuesday have a history of hosting the men’s basketball championship.
Ford Field was the site of the 2009 tournament, when 72,922 fans packed the home of the Detroit Lions to watch North Carolina beat Michigan State. AT&T Stadium will also get its second Final Four after hosting it in 2014, when Connecticut beat Kentucky before a crowd of 79,238 at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Lucas Oil Stadium has hosted the Final Four six times in the past 25 years, including the 2021 event, when the entire NCAA Tournament was conducted in front of a limited number of fans at venues scattered across Indiana. When it hosts the Final Four in 2029, Indianapolis will tie Kansas City for the most times conducting the title game with 10 apiece.
“It’s been said many times about how coaches, players, fans and media love coming to the Final Four in Indianapolis, but I don’t think you can overstate just how much everyone enjoys their experience when they go,” Reynolds said. “The people not only embrace major events, but they don’t take a single thing for granted.”
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AP Sports Writer Mark Anderson in Las Vegas contributed to this report.
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Brazos County residents rally to observe one-year mark of Uvalde massacre, gun violence awareness
“Our community should care about this because there are human lives at stake. Every life is precious and deserves to be protected, and enacting common sense gun laws is one way to do that.”
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) -In response to Uvalde and other mass shootings, some Brazos County residents held a rally at the corner of Texas Avenue and George Bush Drive in College Station on Sunday afternoon to raise awareness of gun violence.
They’re calling on lawmakers to pass what they call common sense gun legislation.
“We’re out here this afternoon to advocate for common sense gun laws and to protest gun violence in not only our area but the state and country,” said Brazos County resident and demonstrator Mary Parrish. “Our community should care about this because there are human lives at stake.
“Every life is precious and deserves to be protected, and enacting common sense gun laws is one way to do that,” Parrish said. “We have to see a change in our community if we want to see people safe.”
For Parrish, the issue of gun violence is also personal.
“It’s so important because it is very close to the anniversary of the Uvalde shooting. Personally, for me, it hits very close to home. Uvalde is where my mom grew up, and I had some of my first memories there. Also, my grandmother who taught at Rob Elementary died of gun violence 20 years prior to the shooting. So it hits very close to home for me personally,” said Parrish.
Parrish, who also has a background in public health, describes the issue of gun violence as an epidemic.
“Gun violence in America is an epidemic. It’s not uncommon that we hear about a public shooting at least once a week. And most of the time in a place like a school where there are young children, gun violence is something that can be solved using public health models. It’s just up to the citizens to adopt it and for our public leaders to step up and enforce legislation,” said Parrish.
Parrish emphasizes that the violence being seen across the state and country is not a political issue but rather a moral issue.
“The fact is, when gun violence happens, no one person from one political party is injured. People from across the political spectrum are injured both directly and indirectly by these events,” said Parrish.
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One of Canada's treasured winter traditions is ice skating through downtown Ottawa on the Rideau Canal. Right in the heart of Canada's capital, it's the longest naturally frozen skating rink in the world. Or it's supposed to be. This year, it hasn't been cold enough to freeze. North Country Public Radio's Lucy Grindon reports.
LUCY GRINDON, BYLINE: Some people are still holding out hope that the canal will open for skating this year. Bruce Devine is the senior manager of facilities and programs for Canada's National Capital Commission. He's in charge of the team of workers who get the canal ready for skaters. When it's cold enough, they pour water over the ice that's already on the canal, so it'll freeze and make the ice thicker.
BRUCE DEVINE: We're still - we're very positive. You see, last week we had -40, -29, so we water it every evenings. And so it's - we've got some good ice, but it's not skateable at the moment.
GRINDON: He says he misses skating on the canal.
DEVINE: The joy of seeing all the smiles on people's face, enjoying their time and others learning how to skate. And it's a great feeling to be out there and see the immensity of the ice and how long it is.
GRINDON: They're working hard to try to get at least one section of the canal opened up before winter is over. But Devine says the canal usually closes by late February or early March, so time is running out. For now, people have to settle for artificial rinks, like the one on the plaza right outside Ottawa City Hall. Julia Daniel is here giving her friend Nikita Nineza a lesson.
JULIA DANIEL: You might want to lean on one foot, and then go out.
(SOUNDBITE OF ICE SCRAPING)
GRINDON: Two of their other friends are zooming right behind them. One guy stumbles. He grabs the other guy's arm. And...
(LAUGHTER)
GRINDON: They land right on top of each other. The canal is just steps away. You can see the tops of its walls from the rink. This kind of fun skating action should be happening there.
ALEX JONES: I feel like it's kind of, like, a Canadian bucket list item, and I came all this way to not do it because it's a record-breaking year. I'm so sad.
GRINDON: That's Alex Jones. They came all the way from the Northwest Territory for a national climate conference. And one of their friends who's from Ontario really sold them on this Canadian dream.
JONES: Skating along the canal, there's the warming huts. You can buy a beaver tail. I had visions of, you know, double-fisting beaver tail in one hand, hot chocolate in the other hand, just skating the full 7 1/2 kilometers or so of the canal.
GRINDON: For the uninitiated, a beaver tail is a flat piece of hot fried dough covered in sugar. Skating the canal was actually one of the planned activities for the climate conference, but the canal didn't freeze enough, as it has every other winter since 1971 when it was opened for skating for the first time. Jones has given up on it this winter.
JONES: It's not going to be thick enough. It's not going to freeze.
GRINDON: But at least one part of the Ottawa winter fantasy can still come true.
Oh, my God. (Laughter).
JONES: Fried dough, right?
GRINDON: Oh, my God. It's so good.
JONES: It's where it's at.
GRINDON: The beaver tail. We'll always have fried dough. For NPR News, I'm Lucy Grindon in Ottawa. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | 2023-02-13T16:13:57+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/2023-02-12/in-ottawa-its-been-too-warm-to-skate-on-worlds-longest-naturally-frozen-rink |
Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to stay out of prison
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been rebuffed in her attempt to stay out of federal prison while she appeals her conviction for the fraud she committed while overseeing a blood-testing scam that exposed Silicon Valley's dark side.
In an 11-page ruling issued late Monday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila concluded there wasn't compelling enough evidence to allow Holmes to remain free on bail while her lawyers try to persuade an appeals court that alleged misconduct during her four-month trial led to an unjust verdict.
The judge's decision means Holmes, 39, will have to surrender to authorities on April 27 to start the more than 11-year prison sentence that Davila imposed in November. The punishment came 10 months after a jury found her guilty on four counts of fraud and conspiracy against the Theranos investors who believed in her promises to revolutionize the health care industry.
Holmes had accompanied her lawyers to a San Jose, California, courtroom on March 17 to try to convince Davila that various missteps by federal prosecutors, and the omission of key evidence, will culminate in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals exonerating her.
Holmes' prison sentence is scheduled to start roughly 20 years after she dropped out of Stanford University when she was 19 years old to start Theranos in Palo Alto, California — the same city where William Hewlett and David Packard founded a company bearing their surnames in a small garage and planted the seeds of what grew into Silicon Valley.
Holmes could still file another appeal of Davila's latest ruling, a maneuver her co-conspirator at Theranos — Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani — successfully used to delay his scheduled March 16 date to begin a nearly 13-year prison sentence. But the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week rejected that appeal, and Balwani is now scheduled to report to a Southern California prison on April 20.
Davila has recommended Holmes serve her sentence in a Bryan, Texas, prison. It hasn't yet been publicly confirmed if that will be the facility where she reports.
Unless she can find a way to stay free, Holmes will be separated from the two children she had leading up to the trial and after her conviction.
Her first child, a boy, was born shortly before her trial began in September 2021. The youngest child, whose gender hasn't been disclosed in court documents, was born at some point after her November sentencing. She conceived both with her current partner, William "Billy" Evans, whom she met after breaking up with Balwani in the midst of Theranos' downfall.
The denial of Holmes' request to remain free is the latest twist in a long-running saga that has already been the subject of an acclaimed HBO documentary and an award-winning Hulu TV series.
Although they had separate trials, Holmes and Balwani were accused of essentially the same crimes centered on a ruse touting Theranos' blood-testing system as a breakthrough in health care. The claims helped the company become a Silicon Valley sensation that raised nearly $1 billion from investors and at one point anointed Holmes with a $4.5 billion fortune, based on her 50% stake in Theranos.
Holmes also parlayed the buzz surrounding Theranos to speaking engagements on the same stage as former President Bill Clinton and glowing cover stories in business publications that likened her to tech visionaries such as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
But Theranos' technology never came close to working like Holmes and Balwani boasted, resulting in the company's scandalous collapse and a criminal case that shined a bright light on Silicon Valley's greed and hubris. | 2023-04-11T23:08:48+00:00 | wtae.com | https://www.wtae.com/article/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-loses-bid-prison/43569359 |
Stars vs. Kraken: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 2
Published: May. 4, 2023 at 8:46 AM CDT|Updated: 55 minutes ago
The Dallas Stars host the Seattle Kraken for Game 2 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round on Thursday, May 4, starting at 9:30 PM ET on TNT, CBC, SportsNet, and TVAS. The Kraken have a 1-0 advantage in the series. The Stars have -195 moneyline odds against the Kraken (+165).
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Stars vs. Kraken Game Info
- When: Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT, CBC, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
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Stars Betting Insights
- The Stars have won 40 of their 63 games when listed as a moneyline favorite this season (63.5%).
- Dallas has a record of 18-6 in games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -195 or shorter (75.0% win percentage).
- The implied moneyline probability in this matchup gives the Stars a 66.1% chance to win.
Kraken Betting Insights
- The Kraken have won 23, or 46.0%, of the 50 games they have played while the underdog this season.
- This season Seattle has won eight of its 10 games, or 80.0%, when it's the underdog by at least +165 on the moneyline.
- The Kraken have a 37.7% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
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Stars Advanced Stats
- Dallas has not gone over in its past 10 games.
- In their last 10 games, the Stars' goals per game average is 1.4 higher than their season-long average.
- The Stars net the seventh-most goals in the league, averaging 3.4 per game for a total of 281 this season.
- The Stars have given up the third-fewest goals in NHL play this season, 215 (2.6 per game).
- The team's goal differential is fourth-best in the league at +66.
Kraken Advanced Stats
- Seattle has gone over the total on but one occasion over its past 10 games.
- During their last 10 games, the Kraken and their opponents are scoring three fewer goals per game than their season-long game scoring average, 9.4.
- The Kraken have scored the fourth-most goals (289 goals, 3.5 per game) in the NHL.
- The Kraken have allowed 3.1 goals per game, 252 total, which ranks 14th among NHL teams.
- Their +37 goal differential is 10th-best in the league.
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Arizona State will play its third game of the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series when the upstart Sun Devils host Alcorn State on Sunday.
The Sun Devils (5-1) have won three straight games, including an 87-62 win over then-No. 20 Michigan on Nov. 17, after losing in overtime at Texas Southern on Nov. 13 in their first Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series game.
After returning from New York, where they defeated the Wolverines to win the Legends Classic at Brooklyn, Arizona State took care of business in an 80-49 win over Grambling State on Tuesday in its second game against a SWAC opponent.
“On the heels of the trip to New York, this was a game that concerned me,” Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley said. “Just making sure the guys were grounded (after) very emotional wins in the Barclays Center, especially the Michigan game, winning a championship and then traveling back across the country.”
The Sun Devils held Grambling State to 1 of 13 from 3-point range and held the Tigers to 26.6 percent shooting (17 of 64) overall from the floor, the lowest in the Hurley era. It was the lowest since the Sun Devils held Oregon State to 14 of 57 (.246) on Feb. 11, 2010.
Arizona State’s offense was efficient as well, producing 21 assists on 25 made shots from the field. Frankie Collins had a game-high seven assists with 11 points.
Devan Cambridge made 7-of-8 shots from the field and finished with 16 points.
Alcon State (3-3) is coming off a 62-54 win over Cal State Bakersfield on Friday in the last day of a holiday tournament at Texas-El Paso.
The Braves won the turnover margin against Bakersfield 20-11 and produced 13 steals. They scored 17 points off Bakersfield turnovers.
Reserve Dominic Brewton had a team-high 16 points, seven rebounds and four steals.
Alcorn State’s Landon Bussie is the reigning SWAC Coach of the Year after leading the Braves to the conference tournament championship. He recently was signed to a contract extension through the 2025-26 season.
“This shows the commitment they’ve made to me and the men’s basketball program,” Bussie said. “Hopefully, we can continue to have success in leading the program.”
–Field Level Media | 2022-11-27T23:51:13+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/sports/ncaa-mens-basketball/grounded-arizona-state-set-to-face-alcorn-state/ |
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You’re standing at the checkout counter at Kohl’s (or Walmart or Macy’s or Costco), and the cashier suggests that you sign up for a store credit card. “You’ll get 20% off today’s purchase,” she explains. “And there will be more rewards as you use it in the future.” Do you say yes?
If you do, you’re in good company. Almost half of Americans (45%) have signed up for a store credit card at some point, according to a recent survey by FinanceBuzz. But are store credit cards a good idea? That depends. Here are the basic facts about signing up for a retail credit card, as well as the ones that may be worth your while.
A retail credit card is a charge card that can only be used at one store or within a retailer chain. (For example, you can use your Gap credit card at Banana Republic, Athleta, Old Navy and Intermix.) The retailer partners with a bank to extend a line of credit specifically geared to that store.
The incentive for the store: You’re more likely to shop there if you have a card that might give you rewards and discounts. The incentive for you: rewards and discounts! In fact, the FinanceBuzz survey found that the most common reason people sign up is to save money on a big purchase. And more than half of the consumers surveyed reported that they did, in fact, spend more money at that retailer after signing up for the card.
But retail credit cards can be risky, too. The interest rates tend to be high (averaging 29.63%), and the survey found that one-fifth of card holders were more likely to carry a balance on retailer credit cards. In fact, 12% reported that they sometimes forgot to pay the balance because they rarely used the card. That can lead to late fees on top of high interest rates.
On the other hand, if you do pay off your balance quickly, you can save money with these cards. When WalletHub performed an analysis of over 1,500 store credit card offers, they found that the best offers could lead to a savings of 5% or more at stores where you do a lot of shopping. Here are some retail credit cards that might be worth your while.
Capital One Walmart Rewards Card
If you’re a regular Walmart shopper, using this card will save you 5% on Walmart.com purchases — and 5% on in-store purchases for one year (after that, it’s 2%). You’ll also get 2% off if you gas up at Murphy gas stations. There’s no annual fee, but paying it off quickly is crucial. The interest rate is
17.99% or 29.74% (variable).
Kohl’s Credit Card
If you’re about to buy an expensive appliance or piece of furniture, the Kohl’s credit card is especially enticing. You get 35% off your first purchase with the card. After that, you’ll get 7.5% back on every other purchase, plus other rewards (like occasional promotions of $10 off $50 and monthly free shipping opportunities). There’s no annual fee, but again, keep in mind that the interest rate is high. The regular APR is 30.74% (variable).
Best Buy Store Credit Card
Want to make a big electronics purchase? Sign up for a Best Buy credit card, and you’ll get 10% off your first day’s purchase (which you must make within 14 days of opening the account). That could knock a few hundred dollars off a high-definition smart TV. You’ll get 5% back on future purchases and pay no annual fee. Just keep the interest rate in mind. The regular APR is 31.24% (variable).
Amazon Store Card
With an Amazon credit card, you’ll get a $60 Amazon gift card and then earn 5% back on eligible future purchases. If you’re already an Amazon Prime member, you can earn even more: You’ll be upgraded to a Prime Card member, with rotating offers of an extra 5% to 15% back on certain products. The regular APR is 29.99% (variable).
Macy’s Store Credit Card
If you’ve ever shopped at Macy’s, chances are an associate has asked you if you’d like to sign up for a Macy’s card. And it’s not a bad option, as long as you pay off your balances quickly to avoid paying the interest rate, which is 31.74% (variable). When you sign up, you automatically get up to $100 off your first purchase, and 2% to 5% back on all future purchases. You’ll also get rewards from future promotions and free shipping.
Costco Anywhere Visa Card by Citi
Finally, a quick note about another type of store credit card — which is called a co-branded card. This is a regular credit card that can be used anywhere that takes that type of card, but it also has special rewards for a brand that partners with it. Among co-branded cards, one that might be worth looking into is the Costco Anywhere Visa Card by Citi.
There’s no annual fee for this credit card, but you do have to buy a Costco membership (which averages $60 per year). When you use this card at Costco, you’ll get 2% back on all purchases. But you can also use it to get 4% back on eligible gas, 3% back on restaurants and 1% back on all other purchases.
This story originally appeared on Don't Waste Your Money. Checkout Don't Waste Your Money for product reviews and other great ideas to save and make money. | 2023-07-25T21:36:27+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/is-it-worth-it-to-get-a-retail-credit-card |
A Virginia man who is facing trial on charges that he drove a Hummer packed with guns to Philadelphia to interfere with the 2020 presidential election has been arrested in a separate case that alleges his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Antonio LaMotta was arrested Tuesday in the southeastern Virginia city of Chesapeake, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Washington.
He faces federal misdemeanor offenses, including illegal entry and disorderly conduct at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021. Lawmakers had gathered that day to count Electoral College results, which showed that President Joe Biden won the election.
LaMotta, 63, is among more than 850 people charged with federal crimes for their alleged conduct inside the Capitol building. But he stands out for the case already pending against him and another man in Philadelphia.
In November 2020, LaMotta and Joshua Macias drove to a Philadelphia convention center where votes were being counted for the presidential election, prosecutors have alleged. The men arrived in a Hummer adorned with a QAnon sticker and loaded with an AR-15-style rifle, more than 100 rounds of ammunition and other weapons.
QAnon centers on the baseless belief that former President Donald Trump had waged a secret campaign against enemies in the “deep state” and a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic pedophiles and cannibals.
Prosecutors say Macias and LaMotta had planned a mass shooting as the election hung in the balance but were thwarted by an FBI tip about their travels. A trial for the men is scheduled for October. Charges include interfering with an election.
At a preliminary hearing last year, lawyers for both men argued there was no evidence they interfered or tried to interfere with election-related activities. The lawyers said that it appeared the men were being punished for their beliefs, including support for false theories that the presidential election was fraudulent.
The criminal complaint against LaMotta for his alleged actions on Jan. 6 states he was identified through images captured on Capitol surveillance cameras as well as police body cameras. LaMotta also was identified by an FBI agent who had interviewed him after his arrest in Philadelphia.
“LaMotta entered the Capitol building through the east Rotunda doors at approximately 3:21 p.m.,” the federal complaint stated. “He was part of a group of rioters that pushed past police officers working to bar entry into the building. Police pushed LaMotta out of the building, along with other rioters, at approximately 3:29 p.m.”
More than 350 Capitol riot defendants have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanor offenses. People convicted of misdemeanors have received sentences ranging from probation to eight months behind bars.
An attorney was not listed for LaMotta in federal court documents related to the Capitol riot case. His attorney for the case in Philadelphia, Lauren Wimmer, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Ben Finley of The Associated Press wrote this story. AP writer Alanna Durkin Richer contributed to this report.
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Some Capitol rioters attempt to profit from their involvement | 2022-08-19T02:41:12+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2022/08/man-charged-with-election-interference-in-philly-tied-to-capitol-riot.html |
“The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays” is airing on Friday, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. The event will be hosted by Gloria Estefan, with performers including Andy Grammer, Little Big Town, and David Foster and Kat McPhee.
Here’s the information you’ll need to watch a free live stream of “The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays” online without cable.
When is ‘The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays’ on?
“The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays” will air this year on Friday, Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. on CBS. It will air before “Christmas Take Flight” at 9 p.m.
How to watch ‘The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays’ without cable
If you’re a cord-cutter or don’t have cable, you can live stream “The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays” on any one of the following streaming platforms:
What channel is CBS?
You can use the channel finder on your provider’s website to locate it: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV, Dish.
How to watch ‘The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays’ online on-demand
If you missed an episode of “The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays” or want to watch other CBS events online as they become available, look for the show on Paramount Plus (free trial).
What is ‘The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays’ about?
According to the official Dave Thomas Foundation website’s description of the event: The idea for “A Home for the Holidays” was pitched to CBS by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and the Children’s Action Network to build awareness of the thousands of children who are waiting to be adopted from foster care. The annual primetime special shares stories of foster care adoption and has featured performances from some of America’s most popular music artists, including Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey and more.
Here’s a look at “The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays,” courtesy of the CBS YouTube channel:
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Joseph Rejent covers TV, writing about live television, streaming services and cord-cutting. He can be reached at jrejent@njadvancemedia.com. | 2022-12-23T22:23:16+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/tv/2022/12/home-for-the-holidays-2022-free-live-stream-how-to-watch-online-without-cable.html |
Autopsy report: Roseville man shot by police had five gunshot wounds, cut wounds on wrists
Christina Hall
Detroit Free Press
A Roseville man fatally shot by police last week after he crashed nearly head-on into a tractor-trailer and didn't comply with officers' requests to drop a knife had five gunshot wounds on his body and five cut wounds on his wrists, according to an autopsy report.
The report, obtained from the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office through a Freedom of Information Act request, stated Frank Robles, 57, died of multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death was homicide. | 2022-05-04T12:14:22+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2022/05/04/autopsy-report-roseville-man-shot-by-police/9631296002/?gnt-cfr=1 |
WATCH: Family finds their missing dog while attending pet adoption event
NEW YORK (Gray News/TMX) - A lost dog has been reunited with its family after they all came together by chance at an animal adoption event.
The family’s dog named Mocha had been lost since they went on vacation for a week in January. They left her with a friend but were devastated to learn she was missing when they returned home.
According to the Animal Care Centers of New York City, Mocha was found tied to a post near one of its locations about a month ago and was brought in by a police officer.
“Volunteers and staff members noted that her temperament was that of a true family dog,” a spokesperson for the agency said.
This week, the animal care team shared a video of Mocha, who they were calling Sandy since she was taken in, recognizing her family while the agency was hosting the adoption event.
The family said they were at the event hoping to adopt another dog when they saw her.
“I’m telling you, this is my dog,” a man could be heard saying in the video while his children played with Mocha. “I can show you pictures.”
After verifying the family’s proof of ownership and witnessing the animal’s ecstatic reaction, the animal care team said Mocha was able to return home with her family.
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CHICAGO - While Chicago figures out how to make its urban forest more equitable, some residents are taking tree matters into their own hands.
A Tribune investigation found that in the past decade more street trees have ended up in higher socioeconomic areas deemed lower priorities for planting. These trees, which the city plants on the public right of way, can have a direct impact on residents’ lives.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration has promised to plant 75,000 trees as part of an initiative called “Our Roots Chicago,” and advocates are hopeful about a city where the benefits of trees are equitably distributed.
Meanwhile, residents are fighting to save ash trees and rallying to keep old-growth trees in the ground during water department work. Some neighborhood groups have worked for years to engage and excite residents about trees — efforts that the city says it will support as part of its new program.
Here’s how some Chicagoans are helping out the urban forest:
‘I want to believe we’re in a city that cares’
More than a thousand tree removals in recent years were a result of water department work.
Rosemary Feit organized the West Lakeview neighborhood against the removal of old-growth trees last fall after residents learned about a water main replacement project. Feit, who grew up in the city, had childhood memories of laying on the grass and looking up at “arched hallways of trees.” She didn’t want to see that image disappear.
“I want to believe we’re in a city that cares about this,” Feit told the Tribune when the fate of the trees was unknown. “But it kind of feels like window dressing at this point.”
As neighbors signed a petition and voiced their concerns at community meetings, the department didn’t budge. But crews eventually planned to move the main away from the trees. To date the trees are still there, Feit said.
The water department credited the tree-sparing effort to “a combination of solutions.”
In recent years, some aldermen have encouraged the city to try technologies used in other cities that allow for repairs that lessen tree harm.
Given the work other cities have undertaken to save trees, Feit thought Chicago’s immediate approach lacked creativity.
“It just feels like it shouldn’t have been this hard,” Feit said. “It still confuses me as to why it was such a struggle and why there is so much resistance in the department of water management to tackling these projects in a way that prioritizes trees given that the city is making an investment in the tree canopy.”
When asked if the city has a plan to minimize tree removals during the large-scale water main and lead pipe replacement work ahead, as well as how many trees stand to be affected, a water department spokeswoman said the department evaluates the removal of old-growth trees on an individual basis and decisions often can’t be made until construction begins.
The department said it’s “always investigating new techniques and procedures” to carry out work while saving trees.
Feit wondered whether other neighborhoods would fare as well in similar circumstances.
“We’re a well-resourced neighborhood,” Feit said. “So what does that mean for other neighborhoods that don’t have that same level of resource, or the same sort of alderman who’s invested in the outcome we were invested in?”
‘It’s people who are from this community’
Farther south, residents are focused on their own tree endeavors, by making sure dying trees are replaced and educating neighbors about the benefits of new ones.
Imani Green Health Advocates trains young people to learn about the connection between conservation and community health. The program is part of Imani Village, a Black-led organization connected to Trinity United Church of Christ.
The advocates have begun another summer of tree health monitoring and planting in South Side neighborhoods including Pullman, Roseland, Washington Heights and Chatham, said Ajiah Gilbert, program leader for Imani Green Health Advocates.
Gilbert said this season’s goal for their Treesilience program is 50 trees in the ground by the end of November.
There’s been a turning point since the program started, Gilbert said. Sometimes, even if a resident doesn’t need to have a tree removed, they’ll request a new one.
“I’m not sure if a few years ago that would have been the case,” Gilbert said. “A lot of people wanted trees removed but they didn’t want a new tree on their property.”
That change may be a result of the group’s grassroots approach, which involves door knocking, handing out flyers and dispelling tree myths. Advocates are also directly connected to the community, Gilbert said.
“It’s not just Chicago coming in, planting trees without asking,” she said. “It’s people who are from this community, people who work in this community.”
‘No other equitable way to do it’
Residents have fought to get the city to treat ash trees again, a practice it gave up years ago as the invasive emerald ash borer beetle killed off thousands of trees.
John Friedmann is a leader of the effort, which picked up steam in North Side communities where neighborhood groups have organized to pay for tree-saving treatments.
Friedmann visits the seven species of ash trees in Horner Park he’s been able to treat with money from craft beer fundraisers, with another coming up in July.
But it shouldn’t be up to residents to pay out of pocket to treat the trees, advocates say, as that effort may not be an option or priority for all residents.
In recent years, some communities have had more ash trees removed than overall trees planted.
“The reason why we’re trying to maintain the ash is so we can maintain the canopy,” Friedmann said. “We really feel the city has to pick up the charge to expand the program. There’s just no other equitable way to do it.”
The city says it will survey all remaining ash trees starting in July, but plans to treat the trees again have not been solidified. Those organizing to save ashes worry the process could drag on, with more trees lost in that time.
Between 2011 and 2016, the city treated tens of thousands of ash trees and tracked the population as the emerald ash borer spread. By 2015, more than half of overall street tree removals were ash trees, as nearly 10,000 ashes were cut down. The city says it moved to a new system in 2016 and wasn’t able to track species again until last year.
Friedmann recently visited two neighborhood ashes next to each other. Only one had been treated. A few years ago they looked the same, but today one has lost more than half of its leaves, while the other has full, leafy canopy.
“It personifies the waste of letting these things die,” he said. “If we don’t intervene now, there’s going to be nothing to intervene for.” | 2022-06-12T20:42:41+00:00 | pantagraph.com | https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/chicago-residents-rally-to-protect-the-urban-forest/article_38f232c2-ea7f-11ec-bb51-d74288bf7ccf.html |
No Lower Age Restriction for Treatment
Japan Accounts for Approximately Half of the 1,500 Patient Opportunity in APAC Region
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) today announced that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan granted approval of the registration of VOXZOGO® (vosoritide) for injection, indicated for the treatment of achondroplasia in children of all ages, whose growth plates are not closed. Voxzogo, a modified C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), directly targets the underlying pathophysiology of achondroplasia by down regulating fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) signaling and consequently promoting endochondral bone formation.
"We are delighted to offer children in Japan of all ages with achondroplasia access to a treatment option that addresses the underlying genetic mechanism of the condition," said Jean-Jacques Bienaimé, Chairman and CEO of BioMarin. "CNP was discovered as a natural regulator of bone growth in Japan in 1990 so we are especially proud to be able to offer a therapeutic choice there. We look forward to nurturing our partnerships with advocates and the achondroplasia community in Japan and beyond."
The MHLW in Japan based its decision on the outcomes of a global Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Voxzogo and the long-term extension of this Phase 3 study as well as data from patients participating in a Phase 2 randomized, double-Blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of Voxzogo in infants and young children with achondroplasia, age 0 to
In 2021, Voxzogo received approvals in the United States, Europe and Brazil.
Achondroplasia, the most common form of skeletal dysplasia leading to disproportionate short stature, is characterized by slowing of endochondral bone growth, which results in disproportionate short stature and disordered architecture in the long bones, spine, face and base of the skull. This condition is caused by a gain of function mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene (FGFR3), a negative regulator of bone growth. More than 80% of children with achondroplasia have parents of average stature and have the condition as the result of a spontaneous change in the gene.
Around 25% of individuals living with achondroplasia have open growth plates. The worldwide incidence rate of achondroplasia is about one in 25,000 live births.
Safety and efficacy of Voxzogo in patients with achondroplasia were assessed in one 52–week, multi–center, randomized, double–blind, placebo–controlled, Phase 3 study. Transient decreases in blood pressure have been observed with Voxzogo. In the clinical study, 8 (13%) of 60 patients treated with Voxzogo had a total of 11 events of transient decreases in blood pressure compared to 3 (5%) of 61 patients on placebo, over a 52-week treatment period. Patients with significant cardiac or vascular disease or on anti-hypertensive medicine were excluded from the trial. To reduce the risk of a decrease in blood pressure and associated symptoms (dizziness, fatigue and/or nausea), patients should be well hydrated and have adequate food intake prior to administration.
The most common adverse reactions, occurring in greater than or equal to 5% of patients treated with Voxzogo and at a percentage greater than placebo in the Phase 3 study are injection site reactions (including redness, itching, swelling, bruising, rash, hives, pain), vomiting, joint pain, decreased blood pressure, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, dizziness, ear pain, influenza, fatigue, seasonal allergy, and dry skin.
In the United States, VOXZOGO is a prescription medicine used to increase linear growth in children with achondroplasia who are 5 years of age and older with open growth plates (epiphyses). VOXZOGO is approved under accelerated approval based on an improvement in annualized growth velocity. Continued approval may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative therapies for patients with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. The company's portfolio consists of seven commercialized products and multiple clinical and pre-clinical product candidates. For additional information, please visit www.biomarin.com. Information on such website is not incorporated by reference into this press release.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the business prospects of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BioMarin), including, without limitation, statements about: BioMarin's VOXZOGO development program generally, the potential market size in Japan, and APAC, and that the continued approval for this indication in the U.S. may be contingent upon the verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory studies. These forward-looking statements are predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results may differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the results and timing of ongoing and possible future clinical trials of VOXZOGO; our ability to successfully manufacture Voxzogo; the content and timing of decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Commission and other regulatory authorities concerning Voxzogo; the actual size of the Japanese market for VOXZOGO and those factors detailed in BioMarin's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including, without limitation, the factors contained under the caption "Risk Factors" in BioMarin's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 as such factors may be updated by any subsequent reports. Stockholders are urged not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. BioMarin is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
BioMarin® is a registered trademark and VOXZOGO® is a registered trademark of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
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CHICAGO, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Van Lines, one of the world's largest moving companies, has identified the best places to raise a family in 2023. When families choose to relocate to a new city, they must consider affordability, safety, education systems, and accessibility. Making the choice about which city is best for a family to move to can be very difficult without all this information at hand. To facilitate this decision for families, Allied Van Lines has compiled data from each U.S. state to determine which cities are the most ideal place for families to live. This data was analyzed to calculate the top 25 cities in the United States to raise a family. The list of the best cities to raise a family created by Allied Van Lines can be used as a tool for families who are relocating and wish to find a city that is best suited for their needs.
To calculate which cities were the best for families, Allied Van Lines analyzed ten metrics including, population, cost of living, unemployment rates, median household income, violent crime rates, property crime rates, child and dependent care costs, walk and bike scores, and public-school performance scores.
The data that was analyzed when compiling the list of best cities for families was taken from several different sources, including Census.gov, Bestplaces.net, Walkscore.com, Niche.com, and Numbeo's cost of living database. Allied Van Lines developed a comprehensive scoring methodology used to weigh these different factors to give each U.S. city a score of how ideal it is for family living.
Out of the 25 cities chosen in the list by Allied Van Lines, the best places to raise a family in 2023 was Cary, North Carolina followed in order by Frisco, Texas, Naperville, Illinois, McKinney, Texas, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.
"When families choose to relocate, there are many factors they must consider when deciding which city is best for their family," stated Steve McKenna, Vice President and General Manager of Allied Van Lines. "This list was created to simplify that decision for these families. We have compiled a collection of the top 25 cities for families to live in the United States this year based upon several important deciding factors."
Allied Van Lines has been named a leader in providing relocation services to corporations, consumers, government agencies, and non-profit organizations worldwide, with over 400 agent locations in North America. The moving company has been voted as America's Most Recommended Moving Company by Women's Choice Awards for five consecutive years and is an established global brand of SIRVA, Inc. As one of the leaders in the moving van industry, Allied Van Lines has the data and research tools required to analyze relocation patterns in the United States. The company's recently released article, "The Best Places to Raise a Family in 2023" can be viewed by visiting https://www.allied.com/moving-resources/tips/best-places-to-raise-a-family-in-america.
For more information about Allied Van Lines, go to https://www.allied.com
About Allied Van Lines
Established in 1928, with more than 400 agent locations in North America, Allied Van Lines is an experienced leader in household goods moving and specialized transportation services. Allied is a leader in providing relocation services to corporations, consumers, governments, and non-profits around the world. Voted as America's Most Recommended Moving Company for five consecutive years by Women's Choice Awards, Allied is one of the world's largest moving companies and an established global brand of SIRVA BGRS, Inc. For more information about Allied Van Lines, visit allied.com. Allied Van Lines, Inc., U.S. DOT No. 076235.
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STOCKHOLM, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentice AB ("Mentice" or the "Company") has, in accordance with the intention announced in the Company's press release earlier today, carried out a directed new share issue of 800,000 shares, corresponding to approximately SEK 60 million (the "Directed New Share Issue"). The subscription price of the shares in the Directed New Share Issue amounts to SEK 75 per share through an accelerated bookbuilding procedure carried out by Pareto Securities AB ("Pareto Securities"). A large number of Swedish and international institutional investors, including Bure Equity AB, Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4), Handelsbanken Fonder and TIN Fonder, participated in the Directed New Share Issue which was significantly oversubscribed.
The board of directors of the Company has, in accordance with the intention announced in the Company's press release earlier today, resolved on a directed share issue of 800,000 new shares. The subscription price in the Directed New Share Issue was SEK 75 and has been determined through an accelerated bookbuilding procedure carried out by the Company's financial advisor Pareto Securities as Sole Manager and Bookrunner. It is therefore the board of directors' assessment that the terms for the Directed New Share Issue and the subscription price are in accordance with current market conditions. The subscription price per share in the Directed New Share Issue constitutes a discount of approximately 5.3 percent compared to the closing price on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market on June 9, 2022. Through the Directed New Share Issue Mentice will receive approximately SEK 60 million before deduction of transaction costs.
A large number of Swedish and international institutional investors, including Bure Equity AB, Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4), Handelsbanken Fonder and TIN Fonder, participated in the Directed New Share Issue which was significantly oversubscribed.
The net proceeds from the Directed New Share Issue will be dedicated towards the financing of the acquisition of all assets related to the software solution Ankyras from the Spanish company Galgo Medical S.L. (the "Acquisition"), activities to further develop the strategic partnerships with Siemens Healthineers and Philips, and potentially additional resellers within the Diagnostic Imaging and Angiography area, transaction-related costs as well as general corporate purposes to support growth opportunities. The purchase price for the Acquisition amounts to approx. EUR 1.80m (approx. SEK 18.78m[1]) with a potential earn-out of approx. EUR 0.975m (approx. SEK 10.17m1), and with a total purchase price of EUR 2.775m (approx. SEK 28.95m1) to be paid in cash.
The Directed New Share Issue was carried out as a directed share issue with deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights since the board of directors has assessed that the need for additional capital is limited to such an extent that the costs for a preferential rights issue would have been high in proportion to the capital raised. Furthermore, the delay from conducting a preferential rights issue could lead to loss of potential acquisition and investment opportunities for the Company. The board of directors has in the choice of type of share issue considered it positive that Mentice's shareholder base, through the Directed New Share Issue, is further diversified among Swedish and international institutional, and other qualified investors.
After carefull consideration, the board of directors' overall assessment is therefore that the reasons for conducting the Directed New Share Issue outweighs the reasons for the principal rule to issue shares to shareholders with preferential rights, and that a share issue with deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights therefore lies in the interest of the Company and all of its shareholders.
Through the Directed New Share Issue, the number of outstanding shares will increase by 800,000 shares, from 24,768,850 shares to 25,568,850 shares. The share capital will increase by SEK 40,000 from SEK 1,238,442.5 to SEK 1,278,442.5. The Directed New Share Issue entails a dilution of approximately 3.1 percent of the number of shares and votes in the Company based on the number of shares and votes following the Directed New Share Issue.
Lock-up undertakings
In connection with the Directed New Share Issue, the Company has undertaken, subject to customary exceptions, not to issue additional shares for a period of 6 months after the announcement of the outcome of the Directed New Share Issue. Shareholding board members and shareholding senior executives have undertaken, subject to customary exceptions, not to sell any shares in Mentice for a period of 90 calendar days after the announcement of the outcome of the Directed New Share Issue. For additional information regarding the Acquisition, see the separate press release with the title "Mentice AB acquires all assets related to the software solution Ankyras from the Spanish corporation Galgo Medical S.L."
Advisers
Pareto Securities acts as Sole Manager and Bookrunner and Setterwalls Advokatbyrå AB acts as legal counsel to the Company and Cirio Advokatbyrå AB acts as legal counsel to Pareto Securities in connection with the Directed New Share Issue.
For additional information, please contact:
Göran Malmberg, CEO, Mentice
M US: +1 (312) 860 5610
M Sweden: +46 70 309 22 22
E: goran.malmberg@mentice.com
Gunilla Andersson, CFO, Mentice
M: +46 70 213 71 38
E: gunilla.andersson@mentice.com
About Mentice
Mentice is a global market leader and a company that offers high-tech solutions for simulation to the medical sector with a focus on the fast-growing market for endovascular treatment methods. The company's solutions assist specialists in the healthcare sector regarding development, management and continuous improvement of competence and technical skills in order to positively influence patient safety and quality in healthcare. Mentice solutions are scientifically validated and are specifically developed for specialists in the healthcare sector and for the medical technology industry. Neurovascular, cardiology and peripheral intervention are some of the specialty areas covered by the Company's solutions. Visit the Company's website for more information, www.mentice.com
The Company's shares trade on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market. The Company's Certified Adviser is FNCA Sweden AB, reachable via +46 8 52 80 03 99.
This information is such that Mentice AB is obliged to disclose pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact persons above, on June 9, 2022 at 21:40 CET.
Important information
The release, announcement or distribution of this press release may, in certain jurisdictions, be subject to restrictions. The recipients of this press release in jurisdictions where this press release has been published or distributed shall inform themselves of and follow such restrictions. The recipient of this press release is responsible for using this press release, and the information contained herein, in accordance with applicable rules in each jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute an offer, or a solicitation of any offer, to buy or subscribe for any securities in the Company in any jurisdiction, where such offer would be considered illegal. This press release is not a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the "Prospectus Regulation") and has not been approved or reviewed by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. Mentice has not authorized any offer to the public of shares or rights in any Member State of the EEA and no prospectus has been or will be prepared in connection with the Directed New Share Issue. In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed to "qualified investors" in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation.
This press release does not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold within the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of the securities in the United States. The information in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, within or into Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zeeland, Singapore, South Africa, the United States, South Korea, Russia, Belarus or in any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of the information would not comply with applicable laws and regulations or where such actions are subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than what is required under Swedish law. Actions taken in violation of this instruction may constitute a crime against applicable securities laws and regulations.
In the United Kingdom, this document and any other materials in relation to the securities described herein is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, "qualified investors" (within the meaning of the United Kingdom version of the EU Prospectus Regulation (2017/1129/ EU) which is part of United Kingdom law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) who are (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of "investment professionals" in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"); or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action on the basis of this press release and should not act or rely on it.
This announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the new shares. Any investment decision in connection with the Directed New Share Issue must be made on the basis of all publicly available information relating to the Company and the Company's shares. Such information has not been independently verified by Pareto Securities (the "Manager"). The Manager is acting for the Company in connection with the transaction and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for giving advice in relation to the Directed New Share Issue or any other matter referred to herein.
This press release does not constitute an invitation to warrant, subscribe, or otherwise acquire or transfer any securities in any jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute a recommendation for any investors' decisions regarding the Directed New Share Issue. Each investor or potential investor should conduct a self-examination, analysis and evaluation of the business and information described in this press release and any publicly available information. The price and value of the securities can decrease as well as increase. Achieved results do not provide guidance for future results. Neither the contents of the Company's website nor any other website accessible through hyperlinks on the Company's website are incorporated into or form part of this press release.
Forward-looking statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company's intentions, beliefs, or current expectations about and targets for the Company's future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, anticipated growth, strategies and opportunities and the markets in which the Company operates. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "may", "plan", "estimate", "will", "should", "could", "aim" or "might", or, in each case, their negative, or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurances that they will materialize or prove to be correct. Because these statements are based on assumptions or estimates and are subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results or outcome could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this press release are free from errors and readers of this press release should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements that are expressly or implicitly contained herein speak only as of its date and are subject to change without notice. Neither the Company nor anyone else undertake to review, update, confirm or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this press release, unless it is required by law or Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market's rule book for issuers.
Information to distributors
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the shares in Mentice have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that such shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "EU Target Market Assessment"). Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process in the United Kingdom, the target market assessment in respect of the shares in the Company has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for such shares is only eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook, and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MiFIR"); and (ii) all channels for distribution of such shares to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate (the "UK Target Market Assessment" and, together with the EU Target Market Assessment, the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the shares in Mentice may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the shares in Mentice offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the shares in Mentice is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Directed New Share Issue. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, the Manager will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II or UK MiFIR; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the shares in Mentice.
Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the shares in Mentice and determining appropriate distribution channels.
[1] EUR/SEK = 10.4330
This disclosure contains information that Mentice AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 09-06-2022 21:47 CET.
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CARY, N.C., March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fathom Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: FTHM) ("Fathom" or the "Company"), a national, technology-driven, end-to-end real estate services platform integrating residential brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance, and SaaS offerings for brokerages and agents, will participate in the 35th Annual Roth Conference being held at The Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, CA.
Fathom Founder and Chief Executive Officer Joshua Harley and President and Chief Financial Officer Marco Fregenal will hold one-on-one meetings with institutional investors at the conference on March 13-14, 2023.
For more information about the conference or to schedule a one-on-one meeting, please contact your Roth representative or Fathom's investor relations team at FTHM@gatewayir.com.
About Fathom Holdings Inc.
Fathom Holdings Inc. is a national, technology-driven, real estate services platform integrating residential brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance, and SaaS offerings to brokerages and agents by leveraging its proprietary cloud-based software, intelliAgent. The Company's brands include Fathom Realty, Dagley Insurance, Encompass Lending, intelliAgent, LiveBy, Real Results, and Verus Title. For more information, visit www.FathomInc.com.
Investor Contact:
Alex Kovtun and Matt Glover
Gateway Group, Inc.
949-574-3860
FTHM@gatewayir.com
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‘American Idol': Noah Thompson Makes America Swoon With Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m on Fire’ [Watch]
The Season 20 finale of American Idol kicked off on Sunday (May 22) with three back-to-back-to-back performances by the three finalists: Noah Thompson, HunterGirl and Leah Marlene. Each was tasked with singing a song from the legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen.
Thompson opted for the mid-tempo track "I'm on Fire," and after an effortless cover, the judges offered up their remarks.
"We've got the boy out here doing Bruce Springsteen, we've got him doing Disney songs, Rihanna," Luke Bryan starts. "That's a long way from that first audition, buddy. Let me just say, so proud of how you've handled this with such humility and what did I say ... that 'aww, shucks, country boy' thing. You are the kind of 'aww, shucks,' man."
"You have what's now your stage persona. When you walk out on that stage now, you look, you act, you sound like yourself. And that is called an artist, my friend," Lionel Richie says. "You have now graduated to that wonderful stage in your life."
"First of all, you picked my favorite Springsteen song," Katy Perry states. "So many people have fallen in love to that song, have used it as their first dance song. I think you just swooped in and grabbed every heart in America by singing that song. And you really made it your own. Like Luke said you've come so far and you truly are so humble and you're just a good guy from Kentucky that might win American Idol."
Each finalist also had the chance to sing their debut singles live. That meant Thompson sang "One Day Tonight," while HunterGirl performed "Red Bird" and Leah Marlene did "Flower."
The three-hour night was filled with performances from several of the Top 10 finalists, as well as Thomas Rhett, Gabby Barrett, Deana Carter and more. | 2022-05-27T11:27:16+00:00 | q961.com | https://q961.com/noah-thompson-im-on-fire-american-idol-finale/ |
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Highs will approach 50 on Thursday, a far cry from the frigid temperatures being talked about last week at this time.
The National Weather Service’s forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions tomorrow with winds around 15 mph. Cloud cover will increase late in the day with overnight lows dropping to near 40. Shower chances return after midnight and continue on Friday as highs will push 50.
Cleveland daylight conditions
Cleveland gains 1 minute of daylight tomorrow.
Cleveland sunrise - 7:53 a.m.
Cleveland sunset - 5:05 p.m.
New Year’s weekend forecast for Northeast Ohio
Rains will continue Friday night with lows in the lower 40s. New Year’s Eve will see more rain and highs in the upper 40s with lows Saturday night around 40 degrees. | 2022-12-28T19:24:06+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/weather/2022/12/windy-and-warmer-northeast-ohios-thursday-weather-forecast.html |
(The Hill) – Instagram will roll back some of the recent changes to its platform after critics complained it was only trying to be more like TikTok and that they preferred it before.
Adam Mosseri, who serves as the head of Instagram, told Platformer, a publication focused on covering Big Tech and democracy, in an interview on Thursday that a test-version of the platform that displayed full-screen photos and videos will be phased out in the next one to two weeks.
He said Instagram will also cut down on the number of recommended posts in the app while it works on its algorithm.
“I’m glad we took a risk — if we’re not failing every once in a while, we’re not thinking big enough or bold enough,” Mosseri said. “But we definitely need to take a big step back and regroup. [When] we’ve learned a lot, then we come back with some sort of new idea or iteration.”
The changes received criticism from celebrities including Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian for shifting toward the style of TikTok, which allows users to scroll through full-screen videos from one to the next.
Mosseri said in a video on Twitter on Tuesday that photo-sharing would remain part of the app but that the future of Instagram would focus more on video.
Mark Zuckerburg, the CEO of Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, has been pushing the platform for more video-based content.
Mosseri told Platformer that the usage data “isn’t great” for the new design and users were frustrated. He said Instagram will temporarily reduce the number of recommended posts but did not say by how much.
He said the rollback will not be permanent.
Instagram did not immediately return a request from The Hill for comment. | 2022-07-29T22:08:08+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/instagram-rolls-back-tiktok-like-changes-after-criticism/ |
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — One of the Big Ten’s top defensive players and three other Michigan State football players were suspended Tuesday for their roles in the melee in the Michigan Stadium tunnel.
Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller and coach Mel Tucker announced the latest suspensions in a statement, bringing the total number of suspended players to eight.
The players suspended Tuesday were defensive end-linebacker Jacoby Windmon, cornerbacks Malcolm Jones and Justin White and defensive end Brandon Wright.
Haller and Tucker said the disciplinary action was taken as the school continues to review electronic evidence of the postgame events Saturday night in the long and narrow tunnel leading from the field to the home and visitor locker rooms.
Windmon, who joined the Spartans this season after playing the previous three at UNLV, leads the Big Ten with 10 1/2 tackles for loss and is tied for second with 5 1/2 sacks. His five forced fumbles are most in the nation.
Windmon started six games at defensive end and the last two at linebacker. He has been named conference defensive player of the week three times.
Michigan State on Sunday announced the suspensions of linebacker Tank Brown, safety Angelo Grose, defensive end Zion Young and cornerback Khary Crump.
The Spartans play at No. 14 Illinois this Saturday.
Scuffles broke out in the tunnel after the fourth-ranked Wolverines beat the Spartans 29-7.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said defensive back Gemon Green was punched by a Spartans player in the tunnel to spark the fracas and that teammate Ja’Den McBurrows was attacked when he tried to help.
McBurrows is seen on a video shared on social media being pushed, punched and kicked by multiple Michigan State players, who pulled him out of the tunnel and into a hallway that doesn’t lead to either locker room.
Harbaugh said both players have injuries, adding he did not know if Green, a starting cornerback for a third straight season, would be cleared to play Saturday night at Rutgers.
Brown, Grose and Young are seen on video getting physical with McBurrows. Windmon is seen on video being involved in the altercation with Green.
McBurrows and Green went up the tunnel, walking alongside the Spartans, after the game while much of Michigan’s team was waving them off the field after beating its in-state rival for the first time in three years.
“We are transparently working with law enforcement and the Big Ten Conference to evaluate additional facts and evidence surrounding the events in Ann Arbor,” the MSU statement said. “We will continue to take appropriate action in this matter as we learn more. The student-athlete suspensions will remain in place until the investigations are completed.”
It was the second straight game at Michigan that included an altercation in the tunnel. Michigan players said Penn State players threw peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at them as the teams headed to the locker room at halftime of a close game the Wolverines ultimately won in a 41-17 rout on Oct. 15.
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Dave Smith, 58, owns Smith-Miner Funeral Home, located on West Wackerly Street, one-half mile from Eastman Avenue in Midland. They’ve been in that location for 14 years after being in the downtown area for almost 100 years.
Smith said, “We take care of our community’s death care industry needs. People have an idea of what they want to do when they come here, and we put them on the correct path.” He said they do about 200 funerals in a year, and not one is the same as any other.
Smith was born and raised in Midland. He’s a graduate of H.H. Dow High School. He attended Delta College and then transferred to Wayne State in Detroit, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mortuary science. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married for 33 years. She’s a physical therapist at MyMichigan Health in Midland. They have two sons: Christian, 29, and Mitchell, 25. Christian owns a plastics company in Traverse City, while Mitchell is a police officer in Frankenmuth.
How long have you owned your business? I purchased the funeral home from Gerald Miner in 1989. A.H. Bradley founded the funeral home in 1908 on West Main Street. Then, in 1926, they moved it to the other location at the corner of Rodd and Buttles. By then, it was owned by his sons, Bill and Deek Bradley. They sold it to Jerry (Miner) in 1971.
What inspired you to own the business? I was working with my dad in Bay City. He had three funeral homes, two in Bay City and one here (in Midland), Ware Smith Woolever. He was Thomas H. Smith. Out of my (siblings), I was the only one to work in the funeral business. Worked for him for 11 years, so I decided to venture out on my own. Helping people at their absolute worst time is the most rewarding thing, helping them on their road to recovery.
What makes Midland a great place to own a business? It’s a family community. It’s a safe place. Strong faith community. Very good business ethics. We treat people one-on-one. People are never a number. I wouldn’t want it any other way. Can’t imagine being anywhere else. We have good support, a good local hospital, good cemeteries. I don’t do it myself; there’s a whole bunch of people I work with.
What are some ways your business is active in the local community? One example: when the hospital was flooded (in 2020), and they lost their morgue, they called and asked for help. We were honored to help them. We were the morgue for two years while they were rebuilding. When people ask you to help, your job is not to say “no.” The community has given me everything in my life. I’m honored to give back.
What are some of your interests and hobbies? Anything that has something to do with the outdoors. I still dive, do a lot of diving. Boat restoration, I take old boats and make them new. I love the winter outdoors. Help my sons the best that I can; family is most important.
What are some local businesses you work with that help make your business a success? We work well with the medical examiner, Dr. Dennis Wagner. We have a wonderful ambulance staff. Good cemeteries and good people that run them. Good clergy in our town. They’ve been a wonderful support, our churches and pastors.
Final thoughts to share with the community? I can’t do this without a very dedicated, hard-working staff, including Bruce Badoni, our other licensed funeral director, our office manager, Suzanne Kadlec, and Tom Hollowell, our building manager, and a bunch of others I’ve hired over the years. Part-timers who pick people up, transfer them, and help out.
The past two to three years with COVID has changed our business. A funeral is important to a family unit. Many family traditions were taken away for a while. We’re getting back to fulfilling those traditions, one of the most important things to do in life. We always encourage pre-arranging funerals when people can. We’re honored to take care of their wishes and needs. | 2022-09-10T09:14:56+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Business-Matters-Smith-Miner-Funeral-Home-has-17427432.php |
Temple police looking for missing 14-year-old girl
Published: Feb. 9, 2023 at 1:47 PM CST|Updated: 31 minutes ago
TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Temple Police Department is asking the public for help locating 14-year-old Nevaeh Norwood.
Police say Nevaeh is about five feet tall and weighs about 145 pounds. She has blue eyes and brown hair.
The girl was was last seen on Feb. 8 wearing a black shirt and khaki pants.
If you have information regarding her whereabouts, contact the Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500.
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PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Covid-19 inspired me to invent this mask because people are nervous about going out to eat and having to remove their mask completely," said an inventor from Palmdale CA. "My mask fulfills safety when people of all ages are out eating. People can feel some protection while eating out in public."
The patent-pending invention enhances safety and peace of mind while dining out, eating a meal at work or in other public areas. Also helpful when smoking, drinking or eating in social settings. This design may lead to better compliance with Covid-19 rules in restaurants and other public settings. The mask may ease peoples nerves about going out to eat and having to remove their mask in public. Also allows smokers a comfortable alternative then removing their mask when smoking.
The original design was submitted to the Portland sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-LAX-1416, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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COLLINSVILLE, Ill., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After a distinguished 20-year career in the energy sector and 45 years of business and civic leadership, Richard J. Mark, chairman and president, Ameren Illinois, announced his intention to retire on Aug. 1, 2022. Upon reaching a final decision, Ameren leaders will announce Mark's successor.
"Richard has been a difference-maker for our company, having served in leadership positions for both Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois," said Martin J. Lyons, Jr., president and chief executive officer, Ameren Corporation. "He has always focused on doing what's best for our customers and I extend my gratitude for his many contributions to Ameren and our communities."
Mark was promoted to president of Ameren Illinois in 2012 after 10 years in executive leadership for Ameren Missouri. Since joining Ameren Illinois, he has helped shape constructive regulatory policy that has modernized the energy sector in the state. Under his direction, Ameren Illinois has undertaken a transformative overhaul of the Illinois electric grid and natural gas infrastructure, installing advanced technologies, improving reliability, reducing outages, and creating thousands of jobs in communities throughout central and southern Illinois. Mark's focus on customer satisfaction earned Ameren Illinois a top-tier ranking among Midwest Large Utilities by JD Power.
"Leading Ameren Illinois has been the privilege of my lifetime," said Mark, a Collinsville, Illinois native. "I have been fortunate to be surrounded by a dedicated team that shared my passion for our customers. I'm proud of what we have accomplished together and I'm confident that even better things are ahead for Ameren Illinois."
Among his accomplishments, Mark is credited with increasing Ameren Illinois' corporate philanthropy efforts and focusing on building stronger local communities. In 10 years, he directed more than $22 million in donations to Downstate Illinois non-profits and service organizations and stepped up the company's volunteer efforts for charitable causes. As a champion of diversity, Mark opened doors for more minorities to grow into leadership positions in Ameren Illinois and increased the value of goods and services purchased from minority- and women-owned suppliers by 34% over ten years.
Prior to joining Ameren, Mark spent 11 years in hospital administration, including six years as president and chief executive officer of St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis and five years as chief operating officer. He also led the East St. Louis District 189 Financial Oversight Panel.
Mark has received three honorary doctorate degrees for his civic and community work, along with hundreds of community service and leadership awards. Later this month, he will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Boy Scouts of America. He has been recognized by Black Enterprise and Savoy magazines as one of the top 100 most influential black businessmen in America. He received the Senator Richard H. Newhouse Award from the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation and a Leadership Award from the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.
Mark serves on multiple boards of directors, including Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Madison Mutual Insurance Company, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, and Fontbonne University; and he is chairman of the Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois. He is a founding director of the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council and serves on the board of directors of the American Gas Association.
About Ameren Illinois
Ameren Illinois delivers energy to 1.2 million electric and more than 800,000 natural gas customers in Illinois. Our mission is to power the quality of life. Our service territory covers more than 1,200 communities and 43,700 square miles. For more information, visit AmerenIllinois.com, find us on Twitter @AmerenIllinois or Facebook.
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Then start humming and get those feet moving. Strongsville Community Theatre is presenting “A Tribute to the Great American Songbook” Friday and Saturday evenings, Oct. 28, 29, at the Center for Innovation and Growth at Baldwin Wallace University, 340 Front St., Berea. This show is the annual fundraiser that supports the SCT Jean Thom Scholarship Fund that benefits graduating seniors from Strongsville High School.
The two-act show will feature 24 Great American favorites like: There’s No Business Like Show Business, I’ve Got You Under my Skin, I Left My Heart In San Francisco. When I Fall in Love, Makin’ Whoopee, and a Gershwin Medley - to name just a few.
The best of the Great American Songbook hits will feature the very talented SCT Singers, including: Brittany Fernandez, Char Morar, Debra Rose, Cindy Smith, Al Donze, Ray Ewers, Carl Fernstrum and Craig Hardy.
The renowned Jim’s Little Big Band will offer the accompaniment. The band consists of: Doug Day, Mike Elkins, Mike Galloway, Dick Ingersoll, Sr., George Kitieley, Don Kubec, Bruce Lehtinen, Ken Mehalko and Jim Wonnacott. Sound Technician is Jim Heinrich and Light Technician is Chris Tibbs.
Complimentary, delicious hors d’oeuvres, provided by BWU Catering Services will be served and there will be a cash bar. Regular season ticket holders are not valid for annual fundraisers. Cost is $35. Get your tickets now at www.strongsvillecommunitytheatre.com. Due to limited seating reservations are required. Hurry because they are selling out quickly. You are guaranteed to be humming your favorite tune on your way home.
Strongsville Community Theatre is proud to be celebrating 26 years of bringing quality theater art productions to Strongsville and surrounding communities. | 2022-10-12T20:03:30+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/10/love-the-toe-tapping-memorable-tunes-of-days-gone-by.html |
The Department of Justice has unsealed the indictment of former President Donald Trump and associate Walt Nauta. The indictment is related to classified documents found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
Trump is facing 37 criminal counts, according to the indictment.
31 counts - Willful retention of national defense information
1 count - Conspiracy to obstruct justice
1 count - Withholding a document or record
1 count - Corruptly concealing a document or record
1 count - Concealing a document in a federal investigation
1 count - Scheme to conceal
1 count - False statements and representations
The first 35 counts carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
Trump will be arraigned on Tuesday.
The former president has called the charges a "witch hunt."
The DOJ said that on Jan. 17, 2022, Trump provided 15 boxes containing 197 documents after the National Archives demanded he turn over records. On June 3, 2022, the DOJ said Trump’s attorneys handed over 38 additional classified documents. Then on Aug. 8, 2022, federal officials issued a search warrant. The DOJ said the warrant turned up 102 additional documents with classified markings.
The indictment alleges that Trump kept classified documents in a ballroom, in bathrooms and in showers at Mar-a-Lago. It also says that on at least two occasions Trump showed documents to individuals who were unauthorized to view classified documents.
The DOJ alleged that Trump directed his attorneys to lie about possessing these documents.
“What if we, what happens if we just don’t respond at all or don’t play ball with them," Trump said, according to the indictment.
Nauta is facing six counts, including withholding a document, corruptly concealing a document and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
DOJ says it has an audio tape
The indictment contains a transcript of a conversation Trump had with a writer for an upcoming book in which he shows off a document and acknowledges that it is classified and that he cannot declassify it.
The Department of Justice released the following transcript of the conversation Trump had:
TRUMP: Well, with [the Senior Military Official]-uh, let me see that, I'll show you an example. He said that I wanted to attack [Country A]. Isn't it amazing? I have a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. Look. This was him. They presented me this—this is off the record, but they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him.
Wow.
We looked at some. This was him. This wasn't done by me, this was him. All sorts of stuff-pages long, look.
STAFFER: Mm.
TRUMP: Wait a minute, let's see here.
STAFFER: [Laughter] Yeah.
TRUMP: I just found, isn't that amazing? This totally wins my case, you know.
STAFFER: Mm-hm
TRUMP: Except it is like, highly confidential.
STAFFER: YEAH [Laughter]
TRUMP: Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this. You attack, and -
…
TRUMP: By the way. Isn't that incredible?
STAFFER: Yeah.
TRUMP: I was just thinking, because we were talking about it. And you know, he said, "he wanted to attack [Country A], and what . . ."
STAFFER: You did.
TRUMP: This was done by the military and given to me. Uh, I think we can probably, right?
STAFFER: I don't know, we'll, we'll have to see. Yeah, we'll have to try to-
TRUMP: Declassify it.
STAFFER: -figure out a-yeah.
TRUMP: See as president I could have declassified it.
STAFFER: Yeah. [Laughter]
TRUMP: Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret.
STAFFER: Yeah. [Laughter] Now we have a problem.
TRUMP: Isn't that interesting?
Read the full indictment
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in Barbados has struck down colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, becoming the third nation in the conservative Caribbean region to do so this year.
The ruling issued Monday by the Barbados High Court is a pivotal moment for activists and nonprofit organizations who have long fought against such laws on the eastern Caribbean island, including one that demands up to a life sentence for gay men found guilty of having sex.
“It’s gone from a certain ripple effect to a tidal wave in the Caribbean, which is what everyone involved set out to achieve,” said Téa Braun, chief executive of the London-based Human Dignity Trust, a human rights organization.
While the laws were rarely invoked, they signal that LGBTQ people are criminal and lesser citizens, Braun said.
“The striking down of the laws reverses that and overnight tells the entire society that this is consensual contact and that what people choose to do with their private relationships is not the business of the law,” she said in a phone interview.
UNAIDS also celebrated the ruling, saying it will help reduce the stigma that can prevent LGBTQ people from seeking HIV testing, treatment and prevention services. “Decriminalization saves and changes lives and builds stronger societies,” the agency said.
Several Christian churches and organizations across the Caribbean have opposed the abolition of such laws, with support from some political leaders who invoke God in their arguments.
Braun said there are now only six remaining countries in the Americas with similar laws, including Guyana, Grenada, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Jamaica, where members of the LGBTQ community have fled following violent attacks. A case in St. Lucia is pending. Earlier this year, Caribbean courts have found such laws in Antigua & Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis unconstitutional.
Worldwide, 67 jurisdictions criminalize private, consensual same-sex activities, down from more than 80 a decade ago, Braun said.
The Barbados High Court issued only an oral ruling saying it found such laws unconstitutional, and won’t release a written judgment detailing its reasons until late January. It wasn’t immediately clear if the government planned to appeal. Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley is considered an ally of the LGBTQ community and once called for abolishing the laws when she was the island’s attorney general.
The case in question was filed by two LGBTQ advocates in Barbados with the support of local organizations including the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality, Inc. Its executive director, Kenita Placide, said in a phone interview that she hoped society would not continue to exclude people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity: “We really take this win as a stepping stone to ensuring access to justice.”
“The striking down of these laws doesn’t solve all problems of course,” Braun said, noting that the LGBTQ community still faces violence and discrimination. “The dismantling of these laws is the first major step, but not the last step.” | 2022-12-13T21:37:04+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/ap-barbados-top-court-repeals-laws-that-criminalize-gay-sex/ |
North Tippah Board of Education met on Thursday, March 9 at the district office in Falkner for its regularly scheduled meeting. Those in attendance included Superintendent Scott Smith, board members Larry Devore, Ronnie Huddleston, Jim Jackson, Allen McMillin, business manager Annette McCoy, technology director John Eaton, administrative assistant Jenna Mauney, federal programs director Emily Eaton and director of exceptional students Christy Wilbanks. Board member Greg James joined the meeting virtually.
NT School Board hires new literacy coach
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RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — A caucus supporting African Americans within the North Carolina Democratic Party announced on Wednesday it's boycotting statewide party events this weekend because it said party officials overlooked Juneteenth and Father's Day.
The state party convention, State Executive Committee meeting and "Unity Dinner," all in Durham, will be held Saturday, the day before both observances.
“The NCDP did not consider its magnitude of disregard” for the holidays, the African American Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party said in a release. The group's statement said the concerns surfaced after last weekend's monthly meeting of the caucus, which has from 300 to 500 members.
Caucus President Collette Alston told WRAL-TV that given the pandemic this year will be the first chance many people have had to gather to observe Juneteenth, which became a federal holiday last year.
The holiday commemorates when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, two months after the Confederacy had surrendered in the Civil War and about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states.
Required attendance this weekend for party business instead “did not sit too well” with caucus members, Alston said. Gov. Roy Cooper and U.S. Senate nominee Cheri Beasley are expected to speak at Saturday evening's fundraising dinner.
Party Chair Bobbie Richardson, who is also a founding member of the caucus, didn't address the boycott in a statement Wednesday but said the party “will honor and celebrate Sunday’s Juneteenth holiday as we conduct the business of the party.” | 2022-06-15T23:30:05+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/NC-Democratic-Black-caucus-boycotting-weekend-17244649.php |
Explorers drop series to Saltdogs
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - After back-to-back losses against the Lincoln Saltdogs, Explorers hope to break away from their losing streak for the last game of the four-game series.
After a quiet first three innings, Marshall Awtry busts the game open with a solo shot to left field, putting the Saltdogs on the board with a 1-0 lead.
Heading to the fifth, Jake Sanford smacks a line drive to center to bring in Miguel Sierra, tying up the game at one. As the inning continues, Scott Ota kept the bats rolling and pushes the ball to the opposite field, soaring over the fence for a two-run homerun. The Explorers take the lead 3-1.
Saltdogs come back with a bite as Yanio Perez scorches a base hit back where it came from, scoring Nick Anderson from third.
Tied at 3′s in the ninth, the bats came alive in the 10th inning for both teams, but the Lincoln Saltdogs came out on top, winning 7-6, taking the series 3-1. The Explorer’s record is now 32-31 and are ranked fourth in the American Association West Division.
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They are the five letters no No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed ever wants to see: Upset.
Thursday marks the five-year anniversary of University of Maryland-Baltimore County — the tiny school few fans had ever heard of, let alone picked in their bracket — pulling off the biggest upset in college basketball history by beating the tournament's top seed in Virginia.
UMBC's lasting legacy became this: If you don't watch out, No. 1 can mean one-and-done.
While there were some close calls before 2018, No. 1 seeds had gone 135-0 before UMBC routed Virginia 75-54 at Charlotte's Spectrum Center. Now they are 1-147. Like the men, the women's side of March Madness has seen only one 16 knock off a 1: Harvard over Stanford in 1998.
On Thursday, three more No. 1 seeds — Alabama, Kansas and Houston — take the court looking to avoid what the Cavaliers endured five years ago, while their respective opponents Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Howard and Northern Kentucky look to capture that “One Shining Moment” and etch their name in history alongside the Retrievers.
Ryan Odom, the Retrievers coach that season, said after the game “these are the moments that you dream of." while his players celebrated in a cramped locker room after shocking the world. Diminutive 5-foot-8, 140-pound guard KJ, Maura and his teammates joked about there being “no more perfect brackets” and possibly becoming the focal point of a future ESPN “30 for 30” episode.
Some players struggled to process the enormity of the moment, hugging each other long and hard.
“It felt like my soul left my body, man,” UMBC guard Jourdan Grant said that day.
Odom, now the head coach at Utah State, a No. 10 seed in this year's tourney, said Wednesday it was "a memory that will last a lifetime."
“Will a 16 ever beat a 1 again? I have no idea,” Odom said. “It takes a special group. It takes a lot of luck in order to have a chance to win any game in the NCAA Tournament.”
Former UMBC guard Joe Sherburne said it remains the single greatest day of his life.
“You can measure my life by this: before that day, and after that day,” Sherburne said Wednesday. When friends introduce him to people, the first thing they say is “Joe played for UMBC.”
Sherburne, who works as a financial adviser, remembers the day well.
As UMBC's lead over Virginia grew to double digits in the second half he sensed something special, something miraculous was happening. He struggled to concentrate on the next play call while sitting on the bench during TV timeouts: “I felt like I was in shock.”
Could this really be happening? Could a 20 1/2-point underdog really beat the No. 1 team in the nation in the NCAA Tournament?
But it happened — and everyone suddenly wanted to know their story.
Sherburne stayed at the arena until 1 a.m. doing interviews before returning to the team hotel where he was greeted by overwhelmed fans, friends and family members. He and his teammates watched “Sports Center” on repeat and ate pizza, basking in the moment.
“We were all still running on adrenaline," Sherburne said. “I couldn't eat or drink. I can usually eat a whole Domino's pizza by myself, but I couldn't that night. I might have had two or three slices."
Sherburne still wishes the celebration had gone on for days longer, but UMBC lost a close second round loss to Kansas State two days later.
Still, there will always be the satisfaction of accomplishing something that had never been done before. Sherburne is hoping it stays that way for awhile.
After the final 16 seed lost in last year's NCAA Tournament, he toasted UMBC's legacy with a shot of whiskey.
Two years ago, he attended Game 6 the 2016 NBA Finals where he watched former Virginia big man Mamadi Diakite win a championship ring. Diakite was one of six Virginia players from that team to play in the NBA; UMBC had none.
“I'm sitting in the arena that night, in the second row from the top, thinking to myself, ‘You know, just a couple of years ago I was making this guy and his teammates cry,’" Sherburne said.
UMBC players haven't had an in-person reunion, but Sherburne said players remain in touch on group texts.
Last week, Odom opened one of those texts to find players and assistant coaches reminiscing about star guard Jairus Lyles' buzzer-beater to beat Vermont in the 2018 America East Conference Tournament championship game — a dramatic win that earned the Retrievers an automatic bid to the Big Dance.
Odom's eyes swelled up with tears as he scrolled through the comments and pictures.
“Each team that we’re fortunate enough to coach has one life to live,” Odom said. “That particular team lived a great life. The joy that that team experienced was unlike any other. Certainly the memories that we’ll all take from that particular season will last a lifetime. This is what all coaches and players want: they want to be a part of March Madness and the upset.". | 2023-03-16T14:43:28+00:00 | 11alive.com | https://www.11alive.com/article/sports/ncaa/ncaab/march-madness/march-madness-begins-five-years-after-biggest-upset/507-a12d35e6-6944-457c-bd35-76c3650fb884 |
Which smart light bulbs are best?
Light bulbs are far more advanced than they once were. Nowadays, connecting your smart home means learning how to use smart light bulbs. You may need patience and time to acclimate to using smart bulbs: first, try starting with a solo bulb to see if it works in your home and with your hub.
Our buying guide gives you the basics on what it takes to light up a smart bulb, plus a short list of our favorites, including the popular Philips Hue White Ambiance 60W LED Smart Bulb, which offers various settings so you can customize your lighting for every occasion.
What to know before you buy smart light bulbs
Hub vs. no hub
Smart bulbs don’t simply screw into a lamp socket and turn on. When choosing a smart bulb, the biggest question is whether to buy a brand that requires a hub or one that works hub-free from a smartphone and app. There are pros and cons to both types of bulbs. The bottom line: decide how you’re going to control your bulbs. Always check what the bulb needs to work before purchasing and what smart home platforms it’s compatible with so it can easily interact.
Hub: Bulbs that are connected to a hub work more consistently than hub-free ones. You need to buy a separate hub to access the smart features in your bulb unless it’s compatible with the one you have. Though brands often require their own dedicated hub for their bulbs, it means it’s a more robust system that lets you control your lighting from remote distances. The hub has to plug into your router, and setup can be a bit complicated since it can be controlled by multiple users.
No hub: Without a hub, your smart bulb essentially works right out of the box. You can work certain smart bulbs over WiFi, built-in Bluetooth, or an app and link it to other smart home gadgets like Alexa and Nest. The light can only be controlled by those with the app.
What to look for in quality smart light bulbs
Color
After the initial setup, working a smart bulb can be fun, even if all you have to play with are thousands of shades of cool and warm white. If you want to use your smart bulbs to set a mood, you may want to try out one with color-changing functionality.
Speakers
A number of smart bulbs also function as basic speakers. The quality of the audio won’t be ideal, but you may like the option of having music stream through your home without having to set up more expensive devices.
How much you can expect to spend on smart light bulbs
Expect to pay more for a smart bulb because of all the built-in technology. Look for sales where you can buy one bulb for $4-$8, so you can test it out first. Or if you’re already sold on the technology, you can outfit your whole home. When not on sale, prices range from $9-$15, mostly with just white light capabilities. At $15-$30, you begin to find dimmable and color-changing bulbs. Multipacks of smart bulbs begin at the $30 price point.
Smart light bulbs FAQ
Do smart light bulbs save energy?
A. Smart bulbs are LED bulbs, resulting in double energy savings. Smart bulbs are set to go on when necessary, so you’re never wasting electricity. LED bulbs use 75% less energy and last 25 times longer than incandescent or halogen bulbs. In other words, you won’t have to open your wallet quite so often when it comes to smart bulbs.
Can I use smart bulbs outdoors?
A. Yes, there is a growing selection of outdoor smart bulbs suitable for wet locations. There are floodlights that can be connected to hubs and bridges or used via your smartphone. The only caveat: an outdoor light on a hub may need to be located within 30-60 feet of the hub, because metal and other exterior materials may block signals.
What are the best smart light bulbs to buy?
Top smart light bulbs
Philips Hue White Ambiance 60W LED Smart Bulb
Our take: This smart bulb continues to improve by generation. Once it’s up and running, find your perfect white light by adjusting through the thousands of shades of cool to warm whites.
What we like: The bulb fits a standard socket and acts like a regular bulb if you don’t have a bridge to make it smart. It pairs with Hue Bridge, and the bulb is compatible with Alexa and Echo, making the learning curve easier.
What we dislike: It’s pricey and complicated to set up.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top smart light bulbs for the money
TP-Link Kasa Smart LED Light Bulb, Dimmable White
Our take: A versatile smart bulb that works with Alexa, Google and Microsfot Cortana. It’s also a bit easier to set up than a few other smart bulbs since it doesn’t require a hub.
What we like: The circadian setting turns on in the morning and brightens throughout the day, finally dimming in the evening. The bulb can be dimmed down to 1% for a candle-like glow.
What we dislike: Customer service is on the light side.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Flux Bluetooth Smart LED Light Bulb Starter Pack
Our take: A simpler Bluetooth set up makes this a perfect smart bulb for newbies to try out.
What we like: It’s always good to go with a product that’s evolved beyond the first generation, like this bulb. It’s fun to use, thanks to a color palette of millions of possibilities in addition to cool and warm whites. A sunrise feature acts as an alarm clock and brightens throughout the day. You don’t need controllers or hubs, just your smartphone and the bulb’s app.
What we dislike: The app could work better. Kinks and bugs that may cause bulbs to disconnect need to be worked out.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A South Korean company will build a $40 million factory in coastal Georgia to make heating and cooling systems near a Hyundai Motor Group auto assembly plant.
Hanon Systems announced Tuesday that it would build the plant in Statesboro, with plans to hire at least 160 new employees.
Hanon Systems is the eighth major supplier to locate in the region after Hyundai said in 2022 that it would build a $5.5 billion plant to assemble electric vehicles and batteries in Ellabell, Georgia. The site could grow to 8,100 employees and is slated to begin producing vehicles in 2025.
Hanon Systems and seven other suppliers have since pledged to invest more than $2 billion and hire 4,800 people.
“Today’s announcement aligns with our strategy to support the industry shift toward electrification while growing our North America footprint,” Hanon Systems CEO Ming Sun said in a statement.
Like a number of South Korean suppliers, Hanon Systems already supplies a Hyundai assembly plant in Montgomery, Alabama, and a Kia plant in West Point, Georgia. Based in Daejon, South Korea, Hanon Systems makes heating and air conditioning systems at a plant in Shorter, Alabama, that opened in 2003 and has expanded at least three times.
The company plans to begin production in May 2024 at a plant in a business park on the southern outskirts of Statesboro.
A majority of Hanon Systems is owned by a South Korean private equity firm, while the rest is publicly traded. The company has plants worldwide and was created by combining Halla Climate Control, and related businesses from Visteon Corp., Cooper Standard Automotive and Magna International.
Hanon Systems could qualify for $3.2 million in state income tax credits, at $4,000 per job over five years, as long as workers make at least $31,300 a year. The state will also pay to train workers. The company could qualify for other incentives, including property tax breaks from Bulloch County. | 2023-05-24T23:01:50+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-south-korean-supplier-plans-40-million-auto-parts-plant-in-georgia-near-new-hyundai-complex/ |
While grappling with the massive ambition of Someone Who Isn't Me, the debut novel by Geoff Rickly, it's helpful to look back at the debut album by Rickly's legendary emo/post-hardcore band, Thursday. That album, Waiting, came out in 1999, when Rickly was just 20 years old. His inexperience showed: Although Waiting is an electrifying record, it's overly beholden to its obvious influences (mainly Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate, two of the most popular bands of those genres). Waiting also fails to fully showcase the staggering potential of Rickly as both a vocalist and a lyricist. It wasn't until Thursday's second album in 2001, Full Collapse, when it all came together. It's rightly considered a classic of its era, and it crystallized Rickly as — no hyperbole, just fact — one of the most poetic, impactful and inspirational voices of his generation.
Does that mean Someone Who Isn't Me is the literary equivalent of Waiting, a debut work that shows more promise than power? Not exactly. After all, Rickly is now in his 40s. Between Thursday and all the other bands he's fronted over the past quarter-decade, he's written the equivalent of many books, only in song form. Of course, a novel is very different from an album, and many musicians have dashed themselves against the rocks in an attempt to transfer their lyrical ability to prose. As it turns out, Rickly is solidly in the camp of successful songwriters-turned-authors such as John Darnielle and Nick Cave. When it comes to making the shift to the written word, he's a natural, albeit a germinal one.
Someone Who Isn't Me is a semifictional account of Rickly's own ups and downs as a tormented creative, a sensual being, and a heroin addict. If that sounds less than original, that's because writers such as William Burroughs and Jim Carroll perfected this type of book decades ago. (It takes all of three pages into Someone before Rickly actually name checks Burroughs.) That doesn't, however, make Rickly's addition to the canon any less vital. A saga of innerspace, the story pingpongs across years and coasts as Rickly alternately tiptoes and bulldozes through band tours, romantic relationships, and a chronicle of his real-life drug battles. He uses his own name for his protagonist, but he's wise to detach much his narrative from hard reality. Elevating his story above the bounds of believability, he injects speculative elements such as the imagined, psychedelic, anti-heroin drug called ibogaine, which evokes science-fictional pharmaceuticals of literature past like Kurt Vonnegut's anti-gerasone and Philip K. Dick's silenizine.
Again, there's nothing really new here, except for Rickly's singular language and force. His lyrics and vocals have always experimented with form, texture, emotion, and modes of address, so it's no surprise that Someone does the same. Passages of cut-glass sharpness dissolve into flow-state streams of consciousness. He navigates "whole city blocks compressing in accordion bellows"; he recounts how he "started a band and screamed into rusty microphones, jumping around the stage until my shoes filled with blood." Hallucinatory prose is rarely this vivid — nor does it usually bristle with the visceral punk energy that Rickly has honed throughout his career as an explosive onstage presence.
Rickly does not skimp. He writes each sentence as if it might be the last he'll ever get to pen. It's the same punch of urgency that propels every line of his lyrics in Thursday. Most often that urgency works to his advantage; occasionally it hamstrings him. He doesn't write as if his life depends on it — he writes as if his minutes are numbered and nothing can save him from death. His passages of run-on automatic writing almost always overstay their welcome, and at times so do his labored metaphors. But these are cosmetic issues; even at its most awkwardly inward, the book barrels along at the velocity of, well, a really great Thursday song.
At one point in the story, a medic at a music festival rushes onto the stage after a catharsis-chasing, self-destructive Rickly accidentally cracks his nose open with his microphone. "I'm not a doctor so I wouldn't want to rush a diagnosis," the medic tells Rickly's bandmates. "But I'd say he almost certainly shows signs of being a lead singer. It's a real shame, but there's nothing else I can do for him." Yes, there's also dark humor in Someone Who Isn't Me, and it's one of the many dimensions that helps push the novel in a daringly different direction from so many of its influences. Taken alone, Rickly's book is a solid and promising literary debut. Placed in the context of his entire body of creative work, Someone Who Isn't Me is likely to be the raw, opening salvo of a impressive new career.
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LAS VEGAS — A police officer in Las Vegas, Nevada was found guilty Friday of stealing thousands from three casinos.
Caleb Rogers, 35, was convicted by a federal jury Friday for stealing more than $164,000 from three casinos, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The federal jury reached a verdict after deliberating for just three hours, according to The Associated Press.
Caleb Rogers was arrested on Feb. 27, 2022. Prosecutors claimed that he stole about $78,00 from the Rio and threatened security guards with his Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department revolver, according to the Review-Journal.
Caleb Rogers’ brother, Josiah Rogers, testified against him that he had helped him with the first heist, according to the AP. Prosecutors claimed that Caleb Rogers carried out the other heists by himself.
Josiah Rogers was granted immunity for his testimony, the AP reported. He moved out of state following the first robbery.
Caleb Rogers into the Rio’s sportsbook pushed a 63-year-old cashier, and threatened to use his gun as he took $79,000 into a bag hidden in his jacket, prosecutors said, according to the AP. He was eventually tackled by security guards and detained. He was reportedly wearing a wig and a police department-issued loaded revolver.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s spokesperson said that Caleb Rogers was on unpaid leave without police powers since he was arrested, according to the AP. This has been pending the outcome of the trial.
Caleb Rogers was found guilty of three counts of interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, the Review-Journal reported.
Caleb Rogers is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on Oct. 12, the newspaper reported. He is facing a life sentence, according to the AP. | 2023-07-14T23:32:03+00:00 | wsbtv.com | https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending/police-officer-las-vegas-convicted-stealing-nearly-165000-during-casino-heists/5UNPMKADD5B4ZPRGGFG36WT2WQ/ |
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Barack Obama told a good joke the other day.
He said he thought that the level of disinformation and misinformation online has gotten so dangerously high in the U.S. that we need to develop “digital fingerprints” so ordinary citizens can tell what’s truly true and know who’s not telling it.
We?
Did he mean “We the American people” or “We the politicians with all the power?”
The ex-president of us all didn’t specify what government agency or allegedly nonpartisan public watchdog group he thought should get to decide what is the “truth” or how or if it would be enforced.
He told his former senior advisor David Axelrod that he is most concerned about “deep fakes” that use digitally manipulated images, audio or video to spread lies and mislead people — especially voters.
But Obama said people are going to have to know how to spot misinformation that “can still be used, for example, to discourage people from voting by characterizing the system as rigged and corrupt.”
The punchline to Obama’s unintentional joke is his concern that misinformation can “oftentimes advantage the powerful.”
And, he said, “I am worried about that kind of cynicism developing even further during the course of this next election.”
Gee, President Obama, why would half the country’s voters — the red-colored half — be cynical?
Could it be that for seven years they’ve watched the president they elected in 2016 be abused by a continual disinformation campaign carried out by Democrats, the FBI, government intelligence agencies and the partisan media?
Obama and lesser pontificating phonies like my lying congressman, the recently censured Adam Schiff, don’t actually care about the spread of disinformation, conspiracy theories and lies — as long as they get to spread theirs.
For almost four years, the Democrats and their pet media pushed the Russian Collusion Hoax and other minor hoaxes and lies about Trump or his family.
The liberal media, of course, swallowed and regurgitated every claim without question while Big Tech’s biased “moderators” and “fact checkers” made sure to censor, hide or kill “disinformation” that challenged or discredited the hoaxes.
The Mueller Report found there was no Trump-Russia collusion before the 2016 election, yet we still have James Comey, the disgraced FBI head and fiction writer, pushing that Big Lie on TV.
Per usual, there are no tough questions or criticism for Comey from the liberal media. His lies are still treated as gospel and he’s treated as tenderly as the lying Bidens or Hillary Clinton, who’ll never pay for her role in using the FBI to hobble Trump before and after he was elected.
And there’ll be no harsh words from the media for the 51 former intelligence experts who knew the Hunter Biden laptop was real but still signed a statement before the 2020 election saying it looked like an act of Russian disinformation.
Meanwhile, Democrats are always trying to make the country believe that it was the Republicans who’ve been doing all the lying.
But who told the whoppers about the origin of the COVID-19 virus being from a bat cave or a wet market in Wuhan?
Who kept telling us the lies that COVID vaccines were absolutely safe and prevented infection and transmission long after they knew otherwise?
Who has been dis-informing us — for the last 60 years, at least — with the lie that Republicans are going to throw grandma over the cliff by getting rid of Social Security and Medicare?
The answer for all of the above is Democrats.
But now we’re supposed to take advice about stopping the spread of disinformation from President Obama?
Isn’t he that smooth young Black guy who promised to work for a unified and colorblind society but ended up reigniting the race war in the United States?
Yep. And you can electronically fingerprint me for saying that, Mr. Ex-president. But it’s still not disinformation. | 2023-06-28T11:16:59+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/d-is-for-democrats-and-disinformation/article_18a784ec-150b-11ee-9206-7b4b2d878f33.html |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators rejected a bill that would have banned nearly all abortions in a conservative state that has increasingly served patients across a region where Republican officials have otherwise curtailed access.
A 22-21 vote Thursday marks the third time a near-total abortion ban has failed in the Republican-led chamber since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade last summer. Six Republicans helped block motions to end debate and defeated any chance the bill passes this year.
The chamber’s five women filibustered the proposal in speeches highlighting the Senate’s male majority that they criticized for pushing debates on abortion over other pressing issues.
Republican Sen. Penry Gustafson spent over 30 minutes Wednesday detailing the bodily changes throughout every stage of pregnancy. Gustafson said she spoke so long because the millions of women addressed in the bill had not been heard. She emphasized her “pro-life” position but said the proposal left “no room for empathy, reality or graciousness.”
Republican Sen. Sandy Senn criticized Majority Leader Shane Massey for repeatedly “taking us off a cliff on abortion.”
“The only thing that we can do when you all, you men in the chamber, metaphorically keep slapping women by raising abortion again and again and again, is for us to slap you back with our words,” Senn said.
The bill would have banned abortion at conception, with exceptions for rape or incest through the first trimester, fatal fetal anomalies confirmed by two physicians, and to save the patient’s life or health.
Independent Sen. Mia McLeod criticized leaders who prioritized the near-total ban over efforts to make South Carolina the 49th state in the country with a law allowing harsher punishments for violent hate crimes.
McLeod, who shared during a previous abortion debate that she had been raped, said it is unfortunate that women must reveal intimate experiences to “enlighten and engage” men.
“Just as rape is about power and control, so is this total ban,” McLeod said Thursday. “Those who continue to push legislation like this are raping us again with their indifference, violating us again with their righteous indignation, taunting us again with their insatiable need to play God while they continue to pass laws that are ungodly.”
Abortion remains legal through 22 weeks in South Carolina — a status that has drawn patients throughout the increasingly restrictive Southeast.
The number of abortions and out-of-state patients has risen since the South Carolina Supreme Court first enjoined and then struck down a 2021 law, according to provisional state health department data that could change.
Supporters said the bill is necessary to curb those trends. Opponents said it would only prevent safe access to the procedure and worsen the state’s already alarmingly high maternal death rates and even poorer outcomes for Black patients.
The vote maintains the legislative stalemate made plain during a special session last year when the House and Senate failed to agree on when South Carolina should ban abortion. The Senate has again passed a different ban taking effect when cardiac activity is detected, as early as six weeks and before many people realize they are pregnant.
The developments have astounded the staunchest anti-abortion lawmakers in a General Assembly that previously led the way on regulations like a law requiring physicians to inform patients that they can see an ultrasound before the procedure.
Republican Sen. Richard Cash began Wednesday’s debate by expressing disappointment that a majority party that has long waved the “pro-life” banner would not pass a total abortion ban.
“I’m not willing to sit by and let the goalposts be moved for what it means to be pro-life for the Republican Party,” Cash said.
Massey said Thursday’s vote shows that the House must consider the Senate bill to give lawmakers a shot at passing new restrictions by the time session ends on May 11.
House Speaker Murrell Smith would not commit to voting on the Senate bill but told reporters Wednesday that the House “is always going to evaluate its options on protecting life.”
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster on Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass a bill that “the vast majority of our state” finds acceptable. He later clarified that he thinks most people supported a 2021 law banning abortion when cardiac activity is detected — which the state’s highest court ruled unconstitutional, and which resembles the Senate version.
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Associated Press writer Jeffrey Collins contributed to this report. James Pollard is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | 2023-04-28T13:00:21+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/on-your-side/health-watch/south-carolina-senate-again-rejects-near-total-abortion-ban/ |
A consistent theme by some political candidates this fall has been to argue that government spending is causing inflation.
The American Institute for Economic Research (dedicated to “the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government, and sound money,” according to its website) writes that: “Since deficit spending doesn’t boost aggregate demand, it doesn't cause inflation.” (There may be a partial exception for federal monies disbursed directly to citizens, as was done in 2020 and 2021, but we are largely back to pre-pandemic levels.)
At the same time, an article published by Bloomberg on Aug. 25 noted: “A measure of U.S. profit margins has reached its widest since 1950, suggesting that the prices charged by businesses are outpacing their increased costs for production and labor.”
This would suggest that the main driver of inflation right now is corporate profit-taking, not government spending (which may still need to be reduced, but for other reasons).
Oliver Lu
Manheim Township | 2022-11-02T09:34:36+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/spending-not-driving-inflation-letter/article_867e6c7c-5942-11ed-ba4a-9b3a2894758c.html |
It wasn't an easy weekend for Africa's top stars in the Premier League, with the likes of Edouard Mendy and Mohamed Salah coming under further scrutiny amid their testing starts to the season.
But African strikers Kelechi Iheanacho and Patson Daka may offer green shoots of optimism for Leicacester City, who have just one point from six games after they were comprehensively beaten 5-2 by Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday, Leicester were notable in their lack of outlay as Premier League clubs smashed the $2.2 billion mark for spending in the transfer window, with the high-profile departure of Wesley Fofana and Kasper Schmeichel not offset by ambitious recruits, leaving manager Brendan Rodgers to lament after defeat by Manchester United on deadline day that "we have not had the help in the market this team needed."
If new signings Wout Faes and Alex Smithies aren't going to drag Leicester from the mire, then Iheanacho and Daka just might.
Sunday was disastrous for Leicester, who slumped to their fifth consecutive defeat and shipped five goals in the process; the East Midlanders have not conceded 16 goals in their opening six games of a campaign since 1983.
But the performances of Iheanacho and Daka -- selected ahead of the benched Jamie Vardy -- might just have proved Leicester with a blueprint for improvement.
Any murmurings of discontent about Vardy being dropped were silenced when Iheanacho tapped home after being played in by Daka inside one minute to mark his first league start of the season.
The Foxes were behind inside a quarter of an hour as Brighton responded, but Daka demonstrated just after the half-hour mark why he had some of Europe's biggest clubs eyeing him during his time at FC Salzburg.
The Zambia striker collected a high ball from Youri Tielemans -- who remained at Leicester when reported deadline-day interest came to nothing -- took control with a magnificent touch, advanced past the sprawling Lewis Dunk, set himself, and curled home beyond Robert Sanchez on his first start of the season.
Daka's back-flipping celebration was arguably Leicester's highlight of the season so far, but he was crestfallen after the match despite the goal.
"It was a very disappointing afternoon," Daka said on LCFC.com.
"We started really well and we thought it was going to be a different result today, but unfortunately we've got another loss. We have to keep on working hard. We need to have more self-belief. We can do better together as a team, but we switched off a bit, we lacked concentration after we scored. We didn't take care of the ball. We lost the ball in the middle of the park and, before we realised, it was already 1-1. We need more self-belief in taking care of the ball because we have the quality in the team."
What is going so wrong at Leicester?
Craig Burley feels Leicester's recruitment policies have left the club in a stale situation.
Daka and Iheanacho working together -- with Vardy potentially having an impact off the bench -- may be a viable way forward for the Foxes.
Vardy had started all five of Leicester's previous Premier League games this season -- failing to net a single goal -- but at 35, he can hardly be expected to feature as often.
Playing behind Daka, who uses his pace and sharp movements to stretch opposition defences, allows Iheanacho space and time in which to operate, and the pair's interplay ought to be a source of optimism for Foxes fans.
Daka's pull out to the left flank during the early exchanges -- leading to Iheanacho's goal -- and the Nigerian's tendency to move out to the right side to accommodate a central striker can also go some way to help address Leicester's lack of width in the final third, a problem they attempted to solve by moving for Jeremie Boga on deadline day.
Iheanacho has not always appeared to have the trust of Rogers, but the Nigerian has had a hand in 20 goals in his past 25 starts for the club -- 15 goals and five assists -- which is surely enough of a contribution for him to justify more gametime (from the off), particularly as Leicester seek fresh ideas.
Elsewhere, the arrival of Faes will hopefully end Rodgers' bizarre insistence on using Wilfred Ndidi at centre-back rather than at the base of the midfield.
The ex-Liverpool and Celtic manager may have reached the end of the road with Jannik Vestergaard and Caglar Soyuncu but his decision to remove Ndidi from his preferred No. 6 role dramatically reduces Leicester's ability to control a game and protect their back four.
If this switch can improve Leicester's defensive malaise, and if Daka and Iheanacho can find a measure of consistency, then the Foxes have a chance to play their way up the table.
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Also in the Premier League, two of the final three players nominated for the African Footballer of the Year award are enduring extended slumps.
Salah was largely anonymous as Liverpool were held 0-0 by Everton, and the criticism received by his new teammate Darwin Nunez after the match doesn't entirely overshadow the Egyptian's lack of contribution.
Salah struck only one short on target during the contest, was effectively stymied by Everton's defenders, and beat his man only once -- a third of what he managed against Newcastle United.
The Egyptian headed into the match hoping to equal Michael Owen's record of scoring four league goals away at the home of Liverpool's nearest rivals, but this is a Liverpool side in transition -- Sadio Mane's absence casts a long shadow -- and Salah's individual performances will increasingly come under the spotlight as the Reds continue to drop points.
Idrissa Gueye made his second Everton debut, from the bench, while Alex Iwobi played 90 minutes for the Toffees.
Chelsea's Mendy is also enduring a testing start to the campaign, but he was let off the hook by a disastrous VAR call that ruled out West Ham United's late equaliser from Maxwel Cornet after some weak goalkeeping from the Senegal stopper.
Mendy has conceded nine goals in his past five matches, with only two clean sheets in his past 12 in the league, and those numbers would have been worse had the officials not believed that Mendy had been fouled -- and injured -- by Jarrod Bowen.
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Hammers manager David Moyes was unhappy with the decision, and Mendy's antics, accusing the goalkeeper of deceit.
"It's a scandalous decision, absolutely rotten from one of the supposedly elite referees," Moyes fumed after the match.
"It doesn't say much about whoever sent him over from VAR as well -- it is an unbelievable decision against us.
"I actually think the goalkeeper dives, he is faking an injury because he cannot get to the next one; he did the same on the first goal as well. The referee somehow gets that so wrong it is incredible.
"The goalkeeper comes to take it and actually fumbles it out of his hands. He acted as if he's got a shoulder injury."
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel defended Mendy in the aftermath of the incident, but he must now decide whether to stick with the error-strewn Senegal goalkeeper or give an opportunity to Kepa Arrizabalaga.
"[Mendy] gets punished a lot for not a lot of what he does wrong, but there are no doubts in my mind," Tuchel said.
"The situation is calm.
"We have two fantastic goalkeepers, two fantastic guys. We are aware of it that he is in that kind of situation, but first we deal inside and then we tell you."
Elsewhere in Europe, Mohammed Kudus returned in style after failing to secure a deadline-day move from Ajax Amsterdam by netting in the Dutch giants' 4-0 Eredivisie thumping of Cambuur.
On as a halftime replacement for Ghanaian compatriot Brian Brobbey, he scored the hosts' fourth goal when he slotted home from close range after being picked out by a Calvin Bassey cross from the left flank.
Kudus had reportedly pushed for a move away from the Johan Cruyff Arena -- amid interest from Everton -- during the dying embers of the transfer window, even skipping training on Wednesday in order to engineer a move.
Kudus had been concerned about his lack of playing time at Ajax, and sought a move in order to boost his World Cup prospects for Ghana, but he will now look to build on his goalscoring return to force his way into Alfred Schreuder's plans.
Senegal's Nicolas Jackson registered an assist for Villarreal as they thumped Elche in Spain's LaLiga, while in-form Congo DR striker Jackson Muleka was again among the goals as Besiktas defeated Ankaragucu 3-2 in the Turkish Super Lig.
Muleka seems to have struck up a promising understanding with Eagles new boy Dele Alli, who also found the net.
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Matt Stang, Co-founder and CEO of Delic, and Kevin Nicholson, COO of Delic, have been elevated to Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, respectively.
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Delic Holdings Corp ("Delic" or the "Company") (CSE: DELC) (OTCQB: DELCF) (FRA: 6X0), a leader in new medicines and treatments for a modern world, today shared details regarding two executive appointments. Matt Stang, co-founder and CEO of Delic, has been appointed to the role of Executive Chairman. Kevin Nicholson, COO of Delic, will transition into the role of Chief Executive Officer in addition to joining the company's Board of Directors. He also serves as the CEO of Ketamine Wellness Centers (KWC) and will continue in this role.
Stang owned and operated High Times, a leading source of cannabis news, for 17 years prior to co-founding Delic. Under Stang's leadership, Delic acquired KWC in November 2021 to become the nation's largest ketamine therapy provider. He also led the Company to more than USD$1.5MM in total revenue last year and increased net assets 500% from USD$2.1MM in 2020 to USD$10MM in its first full year of operation. Delic remains committed to providing value-based, effective and accessible treatments that meet the diverse needs of patients across the country.
"As the conversation around psychedelics evolves and gains momentum, Delic will continue to remain at the forefront. It is a privilege to continue as the company's Executive Chairman and to work closely with the prestigious Board of Directors under Kevin's leadership," said Stang. "I am highly confident that together we will continue to guide the company in its next phase of growth and further modernize healthcare."
As CEO of KWC, Nicholson is leading the largest, most respected ketamine provider in the U.S. His ability to grow the company has generated an annual revenue of more than USD$4MM and has seen KWC approach 100,000 treatments to date for clinically eligible patients. Nicholson's guidance and personal commitment has ensured that KWC remains aligned with its mission-driven culture by offering best-in-class patient care to individuals suffering from significant mood disorders or chronic pain.
"Matt has been a tremendous, highly effective leader since co-founding Delic and has grown this company into the success it is today. I am grateful for his leadership and humbled to continue as CEO during such a pivotal moment in our industry," said Nicholson. "We are leveraging and growing our umbrella of businesses, including the nation's largest network of ketamine clinics, KWC, and look forward to expanding in 2022. Alongside Delic's Board of Directors, I am committed to continuing Delic's mission of providing effective, affordable treatment options to anyone who needs them and educating on the safety and long-term benefits of these new therapies."
In accordance with the Company's Share Compensation Plan, Delic has granted 4,600,000 stock options to certain officers, directors, employees, and consultants to purchase 4,600,000 subordinate voting shares. Each option grant vests in three equal installments, six, twelve and eighteen months from the date of issue. Each option is exercisable, once vested, for a period of three years from the date of grant at an exercise price of C$0.10 per subordinate voting share.
Delic is a leader in new medicines and treatments for a modern world, improving access to health benefits across the country and reframing the conversation on psychedelics. The company owns and operates an umbrella of related businesses, including the largest chain of psychedelic wellness clinics in the country, Ketamine Wellness Centers; the only licensed entity by Health Canada to focus exclusively on research and development of psilocybin vaporization technology, Delic Labs; the premier psychedelic wellness event, Meet Delic; and trusted media and e-commerce platforms Reality Sandwich and Delic Radio. Delic is backed by a team of industry and cannabis veterans and a diverse network, whose mission is to provide education, research, high-quality products, and better access to effective and affordable treatment options.
This press release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company's beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Delic's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained herein may include, but are not limited to: the Company's plans and strategies; future management contributions by the newly appointed officers; and the potential vesting and exercise of stock options.
By identifying such information and statements in this manner, Delic is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Delic to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements. Such risks, assumptions and other factors may include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; the potential impact of the announcement of the officers' appointments on relationships, including with regulatory bodies, employees, suppliers, customers and competitors; inability to obtain future financing on suitable terms; failure to obtain required regulatory and other approvals; risks inherent in the psychedelic treatment sector; changes in applicable laws and regulations; and failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations; risks related to global pandemics, including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global health pandemic, and the spread of other viruses or pathogens; influence of macroeconomic developments; business opportunities that become available to, or are pursued by Delic; reduced access to debt and equity capital; litigation; the volatility of the stock market; competition; future sales or issuances of debt or equity securities; liquidity; market for securities; enforcement of civil judgments; and the other risks and uncertainties disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form, and other documents filed with or submitted to the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information or statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
Although Delic believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Delic does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to Delic or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.
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The Chicago area can expect to see several rounds of precipitation in the coming days as a series of fast-moving weather systems journey across the region.
The first of those systems is expected to arrive late Thursday night, and will likely stick around through Friday morning.
While most of the area will likely see rain, some areas along and north of Interstate 88 may see accumulating wet snow, according to forecast models.
That snow could stick around into the Friday morning commute, making for difficult travel conditions.
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High temperatures are expected to remain in the upper-30s and into the low-40s on Thursday, but Friday could see slightly cooler readings, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s across most of the area.
The next chance for precipitation will likely arrive Saturday evening, with most of it falling in the form of rain. Some mixed precipitation is possible, especially as temperatures cool into the evening hours. Snow could also fall in some locations, according to forecast models.
After a few days of mostly cloudy conditions, Tuesday could potentially see the arrival of a much-stronger system, which could hammer the area with locally-heavy downpours. High temperatures are expected to jump into the low-to-mid 50s, making the system a mostly-rain-driven event.
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After that system finally moves out of the region on Wednesday, slightly cooler temperatures will likely take hold, with highs diving back into the mid-30s.
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Fifteen more beagles arrived late Monday at the Humane Society of Greater Dayton that were part of 4,000 rescued from a mass breeding facility.
The humane society took in a dozen beagles in July that came from Envigo in Virginia, which bred beagles to be sold to laboratories for animal testing. The dogs were living in confined and unsanitary conditions, according to a lawsuit.
Veterinary staff at the humane society are examining the 15 beagles that arrived this week. Before they will be ready for adoption, each dog will receive necessary care, which includes getting each one spayed or neutered, microchipping them and making sure vaccinations are up to date, the society stated.
“We love how many people have voiced an interest in helping or adopting these beagles,” said Brian Weltge, president and CEO of the local humane society. “We know they are going to get adopted quickly. We have a limited number and ask that those interested please be patient with us. We also encourage those who aren’t able to adopt one of these beagles to look at some of the other amazing dogs we have at our shelter who are waiting for homes as well.”
Anyone who would like to help but can’t adopt should consider fostering an animal or making a donation. Visit www.hsdayton.org to find forms and more information.
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One month after the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, the Environmental Protection Agency-led cleanup is underway — but officials in other states have questioned the waste disposal plans.
A number of hazardous chemicals were spilled in the derailment, most notably vinyl chloride, a carcinogenic compound used in production of plastics.
The EPA announced on Feb. 21 it would take over the cleanup process amid pressure on the Biden administration to take more forceful action following the initial Feb. 3 derailment.
The cleanup process will be largely driven by the level of contamination in soil and water that environmental samples show, said Mathy Stanislaus, executive director of The Environmental Collaboratory at Drexel University, who served as assistant administrator for the EPA’s Office of Land & Emergency Management during the Obama administration.
“That’s going to inform whether the cleanup of the soils or the water is going to be necessary and the extent of that cleanup,” he said, adding that the timeline, too, will be heavily dependent on the results.
One tool that could significantly streamline that process is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or Superfund law, which the EPA invoked in the case.
With that law invoked, Stanislaus said is that “if there is some contamination but there’s not immediate risk, it can be [decontaminated] over long periods of time.”
While initial testing indicated air and water in the area is safe for residents, the longer-term cleanup process could involve any necessary decontamination of groundwater.
On Thursday the Biden administration expanded door-to-door health surveys across the state line to Pennsylvania, suggesting the administration could broaden the geographical range of its efforts. The state EPA is set to install water-monitoring wells that measure for groundwater contamination once any contaminated soil is cleared.
The invocation of the Superfund law gives the EPA authority to both supervise the cleanup process and order Norfolk Southern, the railroad that operated the train, to cover the cost of the cleanup, said William Muno, former Superfund director for the EPA’s Region 5, which includes East Palestine.
The use of the law does not make the town a “Superfund site,” a term for polluted locations requiring long-term agency presence, Muno explained.
“[East Palestine] is currently the location of an environmental response to the train derailment,” Muno told The Hill. “Once the cleanup is done, generally things will get back to normal.”
“There certainly might be some long-term air and water monitoring that EPA and/or the railroad will be conducting under EPA direction, but that does not make East Palestine a Superfund site per se,” he added.
Ultimately, however, any contaminated matter from the site has to go somewhere. On Sunday, EPA regional administrator Debra Shore announced that waste would be shipped beginning this week to sites in East Liverpool and Vickery, Ohio.
Earlier shipments had been conducted by Norfolk Southern without federal oversight, but as of Monday all waste disposal the railroad conducts will be subject to EPA approval amid confusion among states receiving waste.
Shore expressed hope Norfolk Southern could begin removing tracks over the next week but did not offer a concrete schedule.
Outside of the state, however, several shipments of waste were bound for disposal facilities in Michigan and Texas before EPA halted them, much to the chagrin of some officials and environmentalists who say they were not properly notified.
Several truckloads were initially sent to a hazardous waste facility in Romulus, Michigan. While the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) said over the weekend that the EPA had halted the shipment, they believes some of it may already have been delivered.
An EGLE spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that despite the halt of further shipments, some contaminated liquids and soil have already been disposed of in a licensed deep injection well and hazardous waste landfill, respectively, in the state.
Lisa Wosniak, executive director of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, called the delivery “a terrible idea for a number of reasons.”
“First and foremost, Michigan decision makers were completely taken off guard by this plan,” she told The Hill.
“I have had an opportunity to speak not only to my congresswoman [Rep.] Debbie Dingell [D] multiple times, but also to top tier officials at our state agency, EGLE, who were taken by surprise at this,” she added, explaining that some had learned only from Ohio state government press releases.
“So transparency and disclosure, when we’re thinking about transporting any of these kinds of chemicals whether by train across states or shipping the waste after a hazardous spill like this is absolutely essential,” she added.
Wozniak further argued that the state shouldn’t be a “dumping ground” for toxic waste.
“We should not as Michiganders be paying the price for you know, large corporations that are wanting to cut corners on safety which we’ve seen with Norfolk Southern,” she said.
Dingell also expressed alarm about a planned delivery to a separate facility in Belleville, Mich., saying Friday “We were not given a heads up on this reported action.”
Texas officials, meanwhile, have taken umbrage at the shipment of water used to fight the fire to facilities in the Houston area.
On Saturday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) tweeted that the “process of dumping toxic waste in communities without prior notice to local cities and counties has got to stop,” announcing shortly thereafter that the EPA had paused the shipment of waste to the Houston area.
Most recently, Putnam County, Indiana Commissioner David Berry said about 2,000 tons of butyl acrylate from the derailment will be shipped to a local hazardous waste landfill.
On Thursday. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) wrote to EPA Administrator Michael Regan asking for answers on why Indiana had been selected as a disposal site, noting that it is further from the facility than the Michigan facilities.
Muno argued that despite qualms about shipments of waste to other communities, the practice is highly regulated within the EPA to assure no further contamination occurs.
Under the EPA’s so-called off-site rule, he said, “if you’re doing a cleanup such as the railroad spill in Ohio, that you can only send waste off-site to a facility that is legally permitted to accept the waste and is in compliance with that.”
However, in July of last year, EGLE officials found the injection well in Romulus wasnot in compliance with environmental regulations, finding “improper tank system requirements” among other issues but determining in an October follow-up that the issues had been resolved.
In response, Wosniak said she “certainly want[s] to” trust the EPA.
“I think they’re in a really tough spot where now they have to find an answer to a problem… nobody wants this waste in their backyard, whether it’s contained in East Palestine or it’s shipped to Romulus or Texas or wherever,” she said. | 2023-03-03T14:25:07+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/hill-politics/as-epa-begins-work-on-east-palestine-cleanup-some-states-feel-blindsided-by-waste-disposal/ |
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was barred from being enforced for decades.
But the Arizona Court of Appeals on Friday declined to repeal the 1864 law, which carries a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion and provides no exceptions for rape or incest.
Still, the court said doctors can’t be prosecuted for performing abortions in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy because other Arizona laws passed over the years allow them to perform the procedure, though non-doctors are still subject to be charged under the old law.
“The statutes, read together, make clear that physicians are permitted to perform abortions as regulated” by other abortion laws, the appeals court wrote.
The pre-statehood law, which allows abortions only if a patient’s life is in jeopardy, had been blocked from being enforced shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing women a constitutional right to an abortion.
But after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision in June, Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked a state judge to allow the law to be implemented.
The Arizona Court of Appeals said it wasn’t viewing the pre-statehood law in isolation of other state abortion laws, explaining that “the legislature has created a complex regulatory scheme to achieve its intent to restrict — but not to eliminate — elective abortions.”
In a statement, Brittany Fonteno, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Arizona, said the decision means a state law limiting abortions to 15 weeks into a pregnancy will remain in place.
“Let me be crystal clear that today is a good day,” Fonteno said. “The Arizona Court of Appeals has given us the clarity that Planned Parenthood Arizona has been seeking for months: When provided by licensed physicians in compliance with Arizona’s other laws and regulations, abortion through 15 weeks will remain legal.”
The appeals court rejected Brnovich’s claim that doctors could be prosecuted under the pre-statehood law, saying the attorney general’s argument ignores the Legislature’s intent to regulate but not eliminate abortions and violates due process by promoting arbitrary enforcement.
“Brnovich’s interpretation would not merely invite arbitrary enforcement, it would practically demand it,” the appeals court wrote.
The attorney general’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the decision, which was released late Friday afternoon. In a tweet, Attorney General-elect Kris Mayes, a supporter of abortion rights, said she agreed with the ruling that doctors cannot be prosecuted for performing the procedure in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy and vowed “to continue to fight for reproductive freedom.”
Abortion providers stopped providing the procedure in the state after Roe was struck down, restarted in mid-July after a “personhood” law giving legal rights to unborn children was blocked by a court, and stopped them again when a Tucson judge allowed the 1864 law to be enforced.
Planned Parenthood Arizona, the state’s largest provider of abortions, restarted abortion care across the state again after Brnovich’s office agreed in another lawsuit not to enforce the old law at least until next year.
A Phoenix physician who runs a clinic that provides abortions and the Arizona Medical Association also had filed a separate lawsuit that sought to block the territorial-era law, arguing that laws enacted by the Legislature after the Roe decision should take precedence and abortions should be allowed until 15 weeks into a pregnancy.
Brnovich sought to place that lawsuit on hold until the Court of Appeals decides the Planned Parenthood case. In an agreement with the abortion doctor and the medical association, he said he would not enforce the old law until at least 45 days after a final ruling in the original case.
A law enacted by the Legislature this year limits abortions to 15 weeks into a pregnancy, well before the 24 weeks generally allowed under the Roe decision that was overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
After the Roe decision was overturned and the issue of abortion was left up to the states, bans went into effects in some states.
Abortion is considered illegal at all stages of pregnancy, with various exceptions, in 13 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota , Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Bans in Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming are also not in effect, at least for now, as courts decide whether they can be enforced. | 2023-01-01T00:34:20+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/ap-court-abortion-doctors-cant-be-charged-under-arizona-law/ |
NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Riskified Ltd. ("Riskified Ltd.") (NYSE: RSKD) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Riskified Class A ordinary shares in or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering.
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ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Riskified Ltd. includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) as Riskified expanded its user base, the quality of Riskified's machine learning platform had deteriorated (rather than improved as represented in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering), because of, among other things, inaccuracies in the algorithms associated with onboarding new merchants and entering new geographies and industries; (ii) Riskified had expanded its customer base into industries with relatively high rates of fraud – including partnerships with cryptocurrency and remittance business – in which Riskified had limited experience and that this expansion has negatively impacted the effectiveness of Riskified's machine learning platform; (iii) as a result, Riskified was suffering from materially higher chargebacks and cost of revenue and depressed gross profits and gross profit margins during its third fiscal quarter of 2021; and (iv) thus, the representations in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering regarding Riskified's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of Riskified prior to and at the time of the July 2021 initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading, and lacked a factual basis.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Filmmaker Paul Haggis’ defense sought Friday to undermine the credibility of a publicist who accused him of rape, with his attorneys suggesting a whiff of romantic interest in communications that his accuser says were just professionally friendly gestures.
Cross-examining Haleigh Breest at the trial of her rape lawsuit, defense attorney Priya Chaudhry also challenged the accuser’s account of feeling trapped during the 2013 encounter in Haggis’ apartment.
Breest says the screenwriter-director forced her into oral sex and intercourse after pressing her to have a drink at his apartment. They had run into each other at a movie premiere where she was working and he was a VIP guest.
Haggis says that what happened between them was consensual.
Breest and the filmmaker, known for writing best picture Oscar winners “Crash” and “Million Dollar Baby” in the early 2000s, began crossing paths at premieres around 2012 and exchanged some emails.
Chaudhry pointed to an October 2012 message in which Breest wrote to Haggis to say “we miss seeing you” at premieres, adding some compliments on how a film project of his was coming together and asking how long he’d be at the shoot, in Italy.
“And then you told him that you look forward to seeing him at something once he’s back in the city,” Chaudhry noted. Breest had written “looking forward to seeing you around the holidays” after Haggis replied that he’d be back around then.
Breest characterized the exchange as a “touchpoint email” meant to maintain contact on her employer’s behalf.
Chaudhry referred to another email, from Breest to her boss, in which Breest enthused about seeing Haggis on the guest list for the screening on the night she ended up going to his apartment.
His lawyer drilled down on Breest’s tone, her penchant for signing messages with a warm “xx” or the like, and even her use of exclamation points. And Chaudhry asked whether Breest would flirt only with men to whom she was attracted.
“For the most part,” Breest said. “I think that on occasion, I’ve probably flirted with people where there’s no romantic interest, possibly.”
Breest testified Thursday that she didn’t flirt with and had no romantic feelings toward Haggis, and that she unequivocally told him as much when she agreed to a nightcap at his apartment.
“Just so you know, I’m not spending the night,” she told him, according to her testimony.
Breest testified that she felt obliged to accept Haggis’ offer of a drink and deflected his initial attempts to kiss her but stayed to try to avoid alienating an important person in her industry. She told jurors she was “absolutely paralyzed and terrified” when she said the assault escalated.
His lawyer, however, repeatedly quizzed her about remaining at Haggis’ apartment.
The Associated Press generally doesn’t identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Breest has done.
Her lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. | 2022-10-22T02:20:59+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/entertainment-news/ap-haggis-defense-eyes-accusers-emails-at-rape-lawsuit-trial/ |
BALTIMORE (AP) _ Under Armour Inc. (UAA) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $7.7 million.
The Baltimore-based company said it had profit of 2 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 3 cents per share.
The results matched Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 3 cents per share.
The sports apparel company posted revenue of $1.35 billion in the period, which beat Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.34 billion.
Under Armour expects full-year earnings in the range of 47 cents to 53 cents per share.
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- The Atlanta Falcons released practice squad receiver Cameron Batson on Monday. He is facing five charges after an arrest following a traffic stop over the weekend.
Falcons coach Arthur Smith said Batson was released because "we're always going to do what we feel is in the best interest of the team."
Smith, though, declined to comment further.
"I'm not privy to all the facts," Smith said. "So I'm not going to comment on any ongoing legal situation."
Batson, who according to Fulton County jail records has yet to be released as of Monday afternoon, is facing charges of aggravated assault, battery, aggravated assault against law enforcement officer when engaged on official duty, removal or attempted removal of weapon from public official and driving-fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
The former Falcons receiver was pulled over around 2 a.m. Saturday after police allegedly saw his pickup speeding on Interstate 75 North at the Northside Drive exit in Atlanta. Atlanta police tried to take Batson into custody, according to a statement released by police, after believing he was intoxicated.
Batson, 27, then resisted and "violently fought with the officer," according to the statement, and the officer discharged his weapon, hitting no one, before fleeing. Police eventually apprehended Batson and both he and the officer were taken to a hospital for treatment.
Batson had been on Atlanta's practice squad all season. Prior to the Falcons, Batson was with the Tennessee Titans from 2018 to 2021, where he played in 27 games, making 22 catches for 197 yards and two touchdowns. | 2023-01-02T20:00:04+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35366211/falcons-release-practice-squad-wr-cameron-batson-arrest |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indiana Department of Health on Wednesday released new COVID-19 data.
The data was collected through Tuesday. The state’s tallies — shown in the timeframes of the previous week, previous month, previous year, and “All Time” — are being updated only on Wednesdays.
The department says 2,948 Hoosiers tested positive for COVID-19 in the previous week.
Also in the previous week, a total of 11 Hoosiers died, and two probable deaths were recorded. The state has recorded 23,785 deaths and 1,078 probable deaths for “All Time” from the coronavirus.
The “All Time” count for Indiana shows 1,933,102 Hoosiers have tested positive for the virus, and a total of 21,101,672 tests have been administered.
The state says 402 Hoosiers were hospitalized Tuesday with COVID-19.
IDOH says 3,836,037 Hoosiers had completed the primary vaccination series through Tuesday. That’s about 55.1% of the total population.
A total of 322,063 Hoosiers had received the most recent booster shot through Wednesday.
According to the Regenstrief Institute, 1,733,403 Hoosiers are estimated to have recovered from the virus.
According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 626,187,308 confirmed cases worldwide, with more than 6,572,755 deaths.
More information, including interactive graphs, can be found here. | 2022-10-20T02:47:05+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/coronavirus/indiana-reports-2948-new-covid-19-cases-11-deaths-in-previous-week/ |
Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Father Kevin Mullan about building bridges between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, 25 years ago after a historic peace deal ended decades of sectarian violence known as The Troubles.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-04-10T19:19:03+00:00 | kanw.com | https://www.kanw.com/2023-04-10/priest-on-building-bridges-between-religions-25-years-after-northern-ireland-peace-deal |
Mattel debuts Barbie with hearing aids, Ken with vitiligo
(CNN) - For the first time, Barbie is wearing hearing aids.
On Wednesday, Mattel announced several new Barbie dolls that emphasize diversity and inclusion.
The new line-up includes a Barbie doll wearing a hot pink hearing aid, another doll with a prosthetic leg, and a Ken doll with vitiligo – a disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches.
A Ken doll with vitiligo is an addition to one of Barbie, which was released in 2020 to major success.
Mattel is also offering dolls without the stereotypical Barbie body type. That includes smaller chests and fuller figures, intended to be more representative of varied body types.
You can find the new Barbie dolls at Walmart, Target and on Amazon starting in June.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-12T16:44:46+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2022/05/12/mattel-debuts-barbie-with-hearing-aids-ken-with-vitiligo/ |
Boy, 11, dies in side-by-side crash after dog steps on gas pedal
CRUM, W.Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) - A family is mourning the loss of an 11-year-old boy who died in a side-by-side crash that firefighters in West Virginia call a freak accident involving a pet dog.
Firefighters say the 11-year-old boy and his 12-year-old brother had been visiting family in the Crum area for a few days. They had been getting ready to go home when the 11-year-old said he wanted to go on one more ride on a side-by-side vehicle, according to Wayne Williamson, assistant chief of the Kermit Volunteer Fire Department.
Williamson says the brothers were riding the side-by-side a little after 2:30 p.m. Monday with the family dog. It was being driven by the 18-year-old boyfriend of their cousin, WSAZ reports.
“All the kids that was in the side-by-side are great kids,” Williamson said.
Williamson says he was told the dog jumped down onto the floorboard and stepped on the gas pedal. The side-by-side then went off the road and over an embankment.
“Who would have ever thought a house dog would jump down in the floorboard of a side-by-side and do that?” he said.
Williamson says a woman and teenage girl, who is a cousin of the victim, were riding an all-terrain vehicle ahead of the boys when the crash happened. There’s no cell service in the area, but they went to their nearby home to call 911.
When emergency responders arrived, the 11-year-old was dead. The 12-year-old and 18-year-old were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
“It’s just heartbreaking for everybody,” Williamson said. “Everybody involved needs all the prayers they can get.”
He says the dog suffered minor injuries in the incident.
Copyright 2023 WSAZ via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-28T05:28:15+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2023/06/28/boy-11-dies-side-by-side-crash-after-dog-steps-gas-pedal/ |
In a week when their division rivals made big moves prior to the trade deadline, the Houston Astros added some key players from within when Yordan Alvarez and Jose Altuve returned from the injured list.
They've already made their presence felt.
Alvarez has a hit in all four games since his return, including a home run Saturday, and Altuve had six hits in a three-game series against Tampa Bay. The Astros are still applying pressure to AL West-leading Texas. The Rangers lead Houston by a game.
It's been easy to overlook the Astros despite the fact that they're the defending World Series champions. There's been no shortage of remarkable stories in the American League this year, from Tampa Bay's terrific start to Baltimore's wealth of young talent. Even in its own division, Houston has been overshadowed a bit by the Rangers and their aggressive front office, as well as the amazing Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels.
The stretch run, however, should be fascinating for the Astros, who are close to the top of their division but also not that far from being out of playoff position entirely. They're tied for the second wild card with Toronto, and Boston is 2 1/2 games back of those two.
Texas acquired Max Scherzer and Jordan Montgomery to help its rotation this week. The Angels added right-handers Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López, then traded for C.J. Cron and Randal Grichuk to bolster their offense as they try to make the postseason before Ohtani can become a free agent.
Houston still has time to make its own moves before Tuesday's deadline, but Altuve and Alvarez are nice additions. They were both out with oblique injuries, and Altuve began the season late because of a broken thumb.
TRIVIA TIME
The Astros have been to the League Championship Series six consecutive seasons. That's a record unless you count Atlanta's streak of eight in a row from 1991-99, which was interrupted by the 1994 strike that wiped out the postseason.
Aside from the Astros and Braves, which three teams have made the LCS at least four years in a row?
RISING
The Chicago Cubs may have come to life just in time to avoid a deadline sell-off. Their eight-game winning streak was snapped Sunday, but they're now only four games out of first place in the NL Central and 3 1/2 behind a wild card.
Only the Braves, Rangers, Rays, Dodgers and Padres have a better run differential than Chicago's plus-57, so the potential for improvement was always there for the Cubs. (And San Diego just swept Texas, so perhaps the Padres still can't be counted out either.)
FALLING
It's been a swift decline for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who led the NL West by three games July 3 but have gone 6-15 since. If the postseason began today, the Diamondbacks wouldn't even merit a wild card.
LINE OF THE WEEK
Will Ohtani ever run out of unprecedented feats? He pitched a one-hit shutout in the opener of a doubleheader at Detroit on Thursday, then hit two homers in the second game.
Tigers right-hander Matt Manning said it may have been the greatest day of baseball anyone's ever seen.
COMEBACK OF THE WEEK
Down by four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night against Toronto, the Los Angeles Dodgers stormed back and tied it on a two-out, two-run single by Chris Taylor. James Outman won it 8-7 with a 10th-inning double.
The Dodgers had a win probability of 1.2% at one point in the ninth, according to Baseball Savant.
TRIVIA ANSWER
The Oakland Athletics from 1971-75, the New York Yankees from 1998-2001 and the St. Louis Cardinals from 2011-14.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-07-31T14:24:31+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/sports/2023/07/31/if-the-astros-have-been-overlooked-this-season-the-return-of-alvarez-and-altuve-could-change-that/ |
SWAT called to Anderson County home after shots fired
Published: Aug. 31, 2022 at 9:52 AM EDT|Updated: 44 minutes ago
BELTON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies with the SWAT team have been called to a home on Wednesday morning.
According to a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, shots were fired at a location on Cheddar Road in the Belton area.
The suspect reportedly went back into his home on Cheddar Road and SWAT is responding.
Stay with FOX Carolina for updates on this developing story. We have a crew en route to the scene.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Pacific Island leaders criticized rich countries on Monday for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for making money off of loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects.
Leaders and representatives from Pacific Island nations demanded at a U.N. climate change conference in Bangkok that the world make more effort to put aside differences in combating the environmental impact, especially as their countries emerge from the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Mark Brown of the Cook Islands said the finance model for combatting climate change — giving out loans to reduce the impact — is “not the way to go” for countries in his region with such small populations that produce “inconsequential amounts of carbon emissions” but suffer the most from the effects.
He encouraged a shift toward grants or interest-free loans to help ease the financial burden on poorer countries.
“All we’re doing is adding debt to countries that have come out of COVID with increased debt, and to me it is actually quite offensive that we would be required to borrow money to build resilience, and to borrow from the very countries that are causing climate change,” he told The Associated Press.
Brown said his country lost an estimated 41% of its GDP because of the pandemic, “a loss of a decade’s worth of prosperity.”
He said he will give this message to leaders when he represents his tiny South Pacific nation with a population of about 17,000 at a summit later this week of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations in Japan, where he hopes to be able to speak on a more equal footing to the leaders than as “a grateful recipient” to “benevolent donors.”
Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. agreed that financing opportunities are “few and difficult,” and criticized wealthy countries for failing to commit to provide the financial help they had promised, which he said represents only a tiny portion of their prioritized expenditures such as the military.
“We didn’t cause the problem, but now they’re going to make money off of us by giving us a loan so we can pay back with interest,” he told The Associated Press. “So now you have to adapt, but we’ll give you money and make money off of you by giving you that money to adapt. That doesn’t make sense.”
Whipps said Palau’s economy relies heavily on tourism, which is greatly threatened by the impact of climate change. The country’s economic security is also a major issue in Palau’s negotiations with the U.S. on the “Compacts of Free Association,” a broader agreement that will govern its relations with Washington for the next two decades. Those ties grant the U.S. unique military and other security rights in the islands in return for substantial aid.
Whipps said the administration of President Joe Biden has promised approximately $900 million over the 20-year period. While the amount is “definitely less” than what his country would have wanted, Whipps said he is largely satisfied with the terms, renegotiated from what was achieved during the administration of former President Donald Trump.
While there are some concerns that the U.S. Congress will cut foreign aid and in turn affect this funding, Whipps said he expects Washington will honor the agreement, which he hopes can be signed by both sides in Papua New Guinea next week.
Brown said efforts to tackle climate change and build resilience to its impact, such as better infrastructure and greater water and food security, require lots of money, especially for island nations with small populations. He said $1.2 billion a year for the region to spend on climate adaptation and mitigation measures would be “a starter.”
“The fact remains that the underlying solution to assist countries that are facing the impacts of climate change is to build resilience, and building resilience takes money,” he said. | 2023-05-15T20:03:37+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/science/ap-science/pacific-island-leaders-urge-world-to-put-aside-differences-in-combating-impact-of-climate-change/ |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Norwegian woman mountain climber and her Nepali Sherpa guide have set a new record by scaling the world’s 14 highest peaks in 92 days, a Pakistani mountaineering official said.
On Thursday, Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa summitted K2 on the Chinese-Pakistani border in the Karakorum Range — considered to be among the most dangerous peaks for mountaineers.
All the peaks the two summitted are above 8,000 meters (about 26,000 feet), said Karrar Haidri, the secretary at the Pakistan Alpine Club.
The previous record-holder, Nirmal Purja, a Nepali-born British citizen, had scaled the 14 peaks in 189 days in 2019.
“A big congratulations to Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa on this remarkable achievement,” said Haidri. “They successfully and safely completed the scaling of all of the 14 highest peaks in the shortest time. They did it in 92 days.”
Also Thursday, Nepali Sherpa Nima Rinji at the age of 17 became the world’s youngest climber to summit K2. His summit was separate from Harila’s and Tenjen’s but the three were all part of a 20-member group that scaled K2 at different times on Thursday.
The 20 were now on their way back to base camp, where a festive welcome awaits them all, Haidri said.
K2 has one of the deadliest records for mountaineers, with most climbers dying on the descent, where the slightest mistake can trigger an avalanche and become fatal. Only a few hundred climbers have successfully reached its summit.
Considered extremely difficult to climb, K2 is not only the second-highest mountain after Mount Everest, its ascent and descent are considered to be much more challenging. Pakistan’s military often launches rescue operations to find stranded mountaineers who travel to this South Asian country from all over the world for the sport.
Harila and Tenjen scaled Mount Everest in May and on Sunday, the two scaled Broad Peak, the world’s twelfth highest mountain, located in northern Pakistan, before starting their expedition to K2.
Earlier in July, Polish climber Pawel Tomasz Kope died after scaling Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat, known as “killer mountain” for its dangerous conditions. He was descending the mountain in bad weather conditions when he collapsed.
Harila, 37, first attempted to break the record and climb all 14 top peaks in 2022 but summitted only 12 of them after Chinese authorities restricted access to foreign climbers during the coronavirus pandemic. | 2023-07-27T21:24:39+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/sports/sports-headlines/ap-norwegian-woman-and-her-nepali-sherpa-guide-set-new-record-by-scaling-14-highest-peaks-in-92-days/ |
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — A lawsuit brought forward by a number of Texas cities, including the city of Amarillo, against three streaming entities, has officially been moved from state court to federal court, according to documents filed earlier this month in Dallas Federal Court.
This comes after the respective attorneys for Netflix, Hulu and Disney indicated that they would file a notice of removal. That document was officially filed by Netflix’s team on Sept. 16, with Hulu and Disney filing a “joinder in Netflix’s notice of removal.”
According to previous reports by MyHighPlains.com, 25 Texas cities filed a lawsuit against the streaming services back in August, alleging that the platforms did not pay municipal franchise fees that are laid out in the Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act. Other cities involved in the lawsuit include Abilene, Austin, Fort Worth and Houston.
The lawsuit alleges that streaming services are required to pay municipalities a franchise fee under the act if programming is delivered over “wireline facilities located at least in part the public right of way.” According to previous reports, the cities allege that this includes utility poles over streets, along sidewalks or beneath roads.
After the case was moved to federal court, the three defendants filed a document, giving notice of a related case. According to the document, titled “Defendants’ Notice of Related Case” that was filed Sept. 16 in the United States District Court Northern District of Texas Dallas Division, the defendants related this action to the “City of New Boston v. Netflix, Inc., et al.” case filed in the United States District Court Eastern District of Texas in 2021.
According to the document, this other case was brought forward against Netflix and Hulu, with the city of New Boston alleging “essentially identical claims under Chapter 66” of PURA. The claims included that the two streaming services provide “video service” as defined in that portion of PURA.
“On September 30, 2021, the Honorable Robert W. Schroeder III of the Eastern District of Texas dismissed the complaint in City of New Boston, holding that Texas municipalities like Plaintiffs here do not have a right of action under PURA against entities like Netflix, Hulu and Disney+ that are not holders of state-issued certificates of franchise authority,” the documents read. “…The City of New Boston did not appeal the judgment in Netflix’s and Hulu’s favor, and that judgment is now final.”
The document also listed a number of other cases involving Netflix and other states’ video service franchise statutes. Those included cases in Reno, Nevada, Gwinnett County Georgia and the Borough of Longport, New Jersey. | 2022-09-27T20:16:21+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/latest/texas-streaming-lawsuit-moves-to-dallas-federal-court/ |
During a recent class at Florida International University, marketing professor Nancy Richmond gave her students an assignment — build out their personal websites and pick a social media app to add to it.
That was before TikTok was banned from being used on the university’s devices and internet networks.
“What if students use TikTok now that I can’t look at it!” Richmond said with a laugh. “I didn’t know this was happening, so …”
It’s a sign of how ingrained the social media platform is on many college campuses — and on the phones of many college students — and the challenges posed by banning the app.
FIU and Florida Atlantic University have joined other public schools across the state in blacklisting TikTok this week, after the Florida Board of Governors passed an emergency policy blocking its use — due to data privacy and homeland security concerns around the Chinese-owned platform.
Also listed on the state’s “Prohibited Technologies List” are Kaspersky, VKontakte, Tencent QQ, WeChat and “[a]ny subsidiary or affiliate” of the those entities.
“If [young people] are in TikTok, and you can't reach them there, then you're missing out on an opportunity to communicate with them."FIU marketing professor Nancy Richmond
TikTok is wildly popular — more than 150 million Americans have an account, according to the company. And it’s the go-to platform for Gen Z — those born after 1996. According to a 2022 study by Pew Research, two-thirds of teens use TikTok.
Richmond says it’s important for her marketing students to be fluent in all the social media apps of the day, including TikTok. Still, she says the security concerns around the platform are valid — but so is the desire to meet young people where they are. And by and large, that’s on TikTok.
“If they're in TikTok, and you can't reach them there, then you're missing out on an opportunity to communicate with them,” Richmond said. “They still are going to be there. It's just that we won't be able to connect with them in the same sort of way.”
TikTok is not only a place to find dance trends and funny animals videos. For aspiring influencers, the app is a way to launch their careers reviewing restaurants, posting makeup tutorials or simply … vibing.
For many colleges, TikTok is a tool for recruiting and outreach. Search "Florida International University" on TikTok and you can find videos of the sunset on campus, favorite study spots and tips for surviving freshman year.
“So what advice I would give to my freshman self … follow your dreams, never give up, stay the course, and graduate!” said FIU President Kenneth Jessell in a TikTok posted on the school’s official account.
The school’s flagship account — @fiutiktok — features student interviews, campus tips and event highlights and has more than 34,000 followers and 2 million likes. But now that account is going quiet.
“FIU will no longer manage or post content on university-affiliated TikTok accounts,” said university spokesperson Madeline Baró. “The accounts remain inactive for the time being to retain the @handles.”
Richmond, the marketing professor, wonders if the ban could pose a problem for academics researching TikTok at Florida’s public universities.
“We’re often looking at students and their behavior and addiction and all these different things,” Richmond said. “You can't do research now on TikTok if you’re using any sort of device that's owned by the state. So that’s a little problematic.”
Regardless, Richmond says the ban won’t actually stop students from using the app.
“They're not going to stop using TikTok because it's been banned. Because they can still have their personal phones and their personal data,” Richmond said. “But if I can't show TikTok in the classroom … it does make teaching a little bit more challenging.” | 2023-04-07T15:56:06+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/education/2023-04-07/once-a-recruiting-tool-tiktok-is-now-banned-at-floridas-public-universities |
Inmates give Washington, D.C., ideas for curbing gun violence By Carrie Johnson Published August 8, 2022 at 3:27 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:06 An innovative educational program in the Washington, D.C., jail asks incarcerated people how to stop gun violence. Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-08-08T20:58:40+00:00 | kgou.org | https://www.kgou.org/2022-08-08/inmates-give-washington-d-c-ideas-for-curbing-gun-violence |
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President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys, Chocolate and Chip, on Monday as he discharged the presidential duty of the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon.Watch the turkey pardon ceremony in the video above"The votes are in, they've been counted and verified, no ballot stuffing, no fowl play. The only red wave this season is going to be if German Shepherd Commander knocks over the cranberry sauce," Biden told an audience on the White House South Lawn.Justice, and perhaps a side of cranberry sauce, was served as Biden roasted the 2022 National Thanksgiving Turkey and an alternate, Chocolate and Chip. The president quipped that the two birds were part of "another flock hoping to come to Washington in 2024."Baste on tradition, Biden designated Chocolate as the official National Thanksgiving Turkey, but both Chocolate and Chip were pardoned. The birds weigh in at 46 and 47 pounds, respectively, and were raised by National Turkey Federation (NTF) chairman Ronnie Parker near Monroe, North Carolina.As he began his remarks on the crisp November morning, Biden joked he would keep it short because "nobody likes it when the turkey gets cold."The poultry of honor arrived in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, where they gobbled up an opportunity to stay at the nearby Willard Hotel and ruffled some feathers as they trotted around a Sunday press conference. Biden made much ado about stuffing before heading to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, for a Friendsgiving dinner with service members and military families, part of first lady Dr. Jill Biden's Joining Forces initiative. The Biden family will spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where family discussions about the president's political future and a 2024 run will begin in earnest.Despite the cornucopia of jokes cracked Monday, the turkey pardon comes as Americans are facing rising costs at their Thanksgiving tables. The American Farm Bureau's annual survey found that the average price of Thanksgiving dinner is up 20% since last year due to high inflation, as well as supply chain disruptions and the war in Ukraine.There was also the added challenge this year, the Department of Agriculture said in a memo, of a "highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which resulted in the loss of over 50 million birds, including over 8 million turkeys." The USDA, the memo said, worked with states and producers "to implement a comprehensive, collaborative, and all-hands-on-deck response to this outbreak and ensure there is an adequate supply of turkeys for the holiday season, successfully ensuring that everyone who wants a bird will be able to get one."Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as the Lincoln administration. Folklore has it that Lincoln's young son asked his father to spare a pet turkey that was supposed to be part of their Thanksgiving dinner.The NTF became the official turkey supplier to the first family in 1947 and the formal turkey presentation ceremony has been around since President Harry Truman. Truman was the first to accept a turkey from them -- however, he did not spare the bird.The first documented turkey pardon was given by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, though it didn't catch on right away. Even though President Gerald Ford pardoned President Richard Nixon, neither one of them decided to officially pardon any turkeys.Turkey pardoning became the norm in the White House in 1989 when President George H.W. Bush revived the tradition, now a staple of the White House holiday season.Biden's most recent predecessors have peppered their pardons with turkey and other topical political puns.Last year, Biden pardoned Peanut Butter and Jelly as he acknowledged a return to Thanksgiving traditions amid the Covid-19 pandemic."Eventually, Peanut Butter and Jelly were selected based on their temperament, appearance and, I suspect, vaccination status," the president joked. "Yes, instead of getting basted, these two turkeys are getting boosted."Former President Donald Trump poked fun at the impeachment inquiry in 2019, telling a crowd that the turkeys "have already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff's basement."And former President Barack Obama employed his signature rhetoric: "I do -- I want to take a moment to recognize the great turkeys who weren't so lucky, who didn't get to ride the gravy train to freedom. Who met their fate with courage and sacrifice and proved that they weren't chicken.""Yes, we cran," Obama added.Chocolate and Chip will retire to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, following their trip to the nation's capital.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys, Chocolate and Chip, on Monday as he discharged the presidential duty of the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon.
Watch the turkey pardon ceremony in the video above
"The votes are in, they've been counted and verified, no ballot stuffing, no fowl play. The only red wave this season is going to be if German Shepherd Commander knocks over the cranberry sauce," Biden told an audience on the White House South Lawn.
Justice, and perhaps a side of cranberry sauce, was served as Biden roasted the 2022 National Thanksgiving Turkey and an alternate, Chocolate and Chip. The president quipped that the two birds were part of "another flock hoping to come to Washington in 2024."
Baste on tradition, Biden designated Chocolate as the official National Thanksgiving Turkey, but both Chocolate and Chip were pardoned. The birds weigh in at 46 and 47 pounds, respectively, and were raised by National Turkey Federation (NTF) chairman Ronnie Parker near Monroe, North Carolina.
As he began his remarks on the crisp November morning, Biden joked he would keep it short because "nobody likes it when the turkey gets cold."
The poultry of honor arrived in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, where they gobbled up an opportunity to stay at the nearby Willard Hotel and ruffled some feathers as they trotted around a Sunday press conference.
Biden made much ado about stuffing before heading to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, for a Friendsgiving dinner with service members and military families, part of first lady Dr. Jill Biden's Joining Forces initiative. The Biden family will spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where family discussions about the president's political future and a 2024 run will begin in earnest.
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The National Thanksgiving Turkey and the alternate, Chocolate and Chip, wait to be pardoned by President Joe Biden on the South Lawn of the White House, Nov. 21, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
Despite the cornucopia of jokes cracked Monday, the turkey pardon comes as Americans are facing rising costs at their Thanksgiving tables. The American Farm Bureau's annual survey found that the average price of Thanksgiving dinner is up 20% since last year due to high inflation, as well as supply chain disruptions and the war in Ukraine.
There was also the added challenge this year, the Department of Agriculture said in a memo, of a "highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which resulted in the loss of over 50 million birds, including over 8 million turkeys." The USDA, the memo said, worked with states and producers "to implement a comprehensive, collaborative, and all-hands-on-deck response to this outbreak and ensure there is an adequate supply of turkeys for the holiday season, successfully ensuring that everyone who wants a bird will be able to get one."
Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as the Lincoln administration. Folklore has it that Lincoln's young son asked his father to spare a pet turkey that was supposed to be part of their Thanksgiving dinner.
The NTF became the official turkey supplier to the first family in 1947 and the formal turkey presentation ceremony has been around since President Harry Truman. Truman was the first to accept a turkey from them -- however, he did not spare the bird.
The first documented turkey pardon was given by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, though it didn't catch on right away. Even though President Gerald Ford pardoned President Richard Nixon, neither one of them decided to officially pardon any turkeys.
Turkey pardoning became the norm in the White House in 1989 when President George H.W. Bush revived the tradition, now a staple of the White House holiday season.
Biden's most recent predecessors have peppered their pardons with turkey and other topical political puns.
Last year, Biden pardoned Peanut Butter and Jelly as he acknowledged a return to Thanksgiving traditions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Eventually, Peanut Butter and Jelly were selected based on their temperament, appearance and, I suspect, vaccination status," the president joked. "Yes, instead of getting basted, these two turkeys are getting boosted."
Former President Donald Trump poked fun at the impeachment inquiry in 2019, telling a crowd that the turkeys "have already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff's basement."
And former President Barack Obama employed his signature rhetoric: "I do -- I want to take a moment to recognize the great turkeys who weren't so lucky, who didn't get to ride the gravy train to freedom. Who met their fate with courage and sacrifice and proved that they weren't chicken."
"Yes, we cran," Obama added.
Chocolate and Chip will retire to North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, following their trip to the nation's capital. | 2022-11-21T19:30:05+00:00 | 4029tv.com | https://www.4029tv.com/article/biden-pardon-thanksgiving-turkeys/42025770 |
A fugitive wanted in the murder of a 15-year-old Texas girl whose body was found burning in a field 11 years ago has been extradited to the U.S. following her arrest in Mexico last year, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Jennifer Samantha Puente, 29, was booked into jail in Ennis, Texas, and charged with murder and tampering/fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair a human corpse in the death of 15-year-old Moriah Gonzales in March 2012, Ellis County District Attorney Ann Montgomery said.
Puente had been named as a suspect just days after the murder, but investigators were unable to find her.
In 2016, investigators learned that Puente may have escaped to Mexico and began working with the U.S. Department of Justice to request warrants for her arrest.
MAN, 75, ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA OVER 2005 COLD CASE KILLING OF 56-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
Puente was finally captured in October by Mexican authorities and arrested. But it wasn’t until Friday that Texas Rangers, the Ennis Police Department, and the Ellis County District Attorney’s Office were able to return Puente to Ellis County and book her into jail.
"For almost 11 years, many public officials worked tirelessly to find and arrest Puente so that my office could seek justice for Moriah Gonzales," said Ellis County District Attorney Ann Montgomery.
MISSOURI MAN WHO SERVED 27 YEARS FREED AFTER JUDGE VACATES MURDER CONVICTION
Authorities have said Puente, who was 18 at the time of the murder, was aided by 40-year-old Joe Alvarado, who has already been convicted of the same charges that Puente now faces.
Alvarado had testified that Puente had been under the influence of drugs and threatened Gonzales with a knife in a joking manner before allegedly stabbing her at his mother’s house, WFAA-TV reported.
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Buyers in the market for an electric vehicle that offers serious performance don’t need to drop six figures, as there are interesting options that won’t break the bank, such as the 2023 Kia EV6 GT which can be had for $62,695, including a $1,295 destination charge.
It isn’t cheap, especially for a Kia, but the EV6 GT delivers up 576 hp and 546 lb-ft of torque from its dual-motor, all-wheel-drive system. The official performance numbers include a 0-60 mph time of 3.4 seconds and top speed of 161 mph, and independent testing has shown the car will run the quarter-mile quicker than a Ferrari Roma and Lamborghini Huracán Evo RWD Spyder.
The performance comes at a cost, though. The EPA-rated range for the EV6 GT’s 77.4-kwh battery is only 206 miles.
As some solace, the EV6 GT comes with a charging credit of 1,000 kwh to be used at Electrify America stations within a three-year period, making its price tag even more enticing. That offer is available to buyers of all 2023 EV6 grades.
Other features fitted as standard on the EV6 GT include a sport-tuned suspension with adjustable dampers, an electronic limited-slip differential, a performance brake package, lightweight sports seats, and 21-inch wheels wrapped in Goodyear Eagle F1 tires.
The 2023 EV6 range starts off with the Wind grade, which comes with rear-wheel drive, a 225-hp output, and a 77.4-kwh battery good for 310 miles of range. It is priced from $49,795, including destination.
The 58-kwh battery option offered on the 2022 EV6 is no longer offered for 2023. The smaller battery helped deliver the 2022 EV6 with a starting price of just $42,115, including destination.
Note, the EV6’s Hyundai Ioniq 5 twin is about to spawn a high-performance Ioniq 5 N grade. This grade will likely feature the same powertrain setup as the EV6 GT.
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NEW YORK — The gonzo R-rated horror comedy “Cocaine Bear" sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Marvel's “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was quickly dwarfed in its second weekend.
“Quantumania” was still No. 1 with an estimated $32.2 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters. But the “Ant-Man” sequel, hit with some of the worst reviews and audience scores of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, dropped a steep 69.7% in its second weekend. That's the worst decline for an MCU film, falling faster than “Black Widow” (67.8%), a pandemic release that debuted simultaneously in homes.
Instead, Universal Pictures' “Cocaine Bear” rampaged through multiplexes, scoring notably above expectations. Made for about $35 million and directed by Elizabeth Banks, “Cocaine Bear” stirred up plenty of buzz just from its title and its made-to-go-viral trailer.
“Cocaine Bear," scripted by Jimmy Warden and produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller ("Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse," “The Lego Movie”), managed to turn a bizarre true-life tale into a tongue-in-cheek box office hit. It's based on the real story of a 175-pound black bear who died in the Georgia mountains in 1985 after eating from a duffle bag of cocaine that had fallen from a smuggler's plane. (The smuggler, a former Kentucky narcotics investigator, parachuted to his death in Tennessee.)
The trailer for “Cocaine Bear,” which played ahead of the Super Bowl, was watched globally by more than 90 million, Universal said, and caught fire on social media. But transferring can-you-believe-that's-a-real-movie buzz to the box office doesn't always work. "Snakes on a Plane," a movie many compared to “Cocaine Bear,” opened with $13.9 million in 2006.
“Audiences discovered this very outrageous, hysterical comedy that our director Elizabeth Banks delivered,” said Jim Orr, Universal distribution chief. “The film absolutely delivers on its preposterous premise. People wanted to come out and have a good time at the theater.”
“Cocaine Bear” managed to overperform despite mixed reviews from critics and a “B-” CinemaScore from audiences. Ticket buyers were 59% male, and 63% were aged 18-34. It added $5.3 million overseas. “Quantumania” is more easily outpacing “Cocaine Bear” internationally, where it added $46.4 million over the weekend.
In just about the epitome of counterprogramming to “Cocaine Bear,” Lionsgate's “Jesus Revolution” also debuted strongly. The film, likewise inspired by a true story, stars Kelsey Grammer as a California minister and Joel Courtney as youth minister, and dramatizes the movement of Christian hippies in the late '60s and early ’70s. It launched with $15.5 million over the weekend and in advance screenings. Produced by the Kingdom Story Company, “Jesus Revolution” proved popular with Christian audiences, and early surpassed expectations. It earned an A+ CinemaScore.
Next week should see a new champ at the box office, with the release of Michael B. Jordan's “Creed III."
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," $32.2 million
2. “Cocaine Bear,” $23.1 million.
3. “Jesus Revolution,” $15.5 million.
4. “Avatar: The Way of Water,” $4.7 million.
5. “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” $4.1 million.
6. “Magic Mike's Last Dance,” $3 million.
7. “Knock at the Cabin,” $1.9 million.
8. “80 for Brady,” $1.8 million.
9. “Missing,” $1 million.
10. “A Man Called Otto,” $850,000. | 2023-02-26T22:47:12+00:00 | wgrz.com | https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/nation-world/box-office-cocaine-bear-ant-man-quantumania/507-812add22-1ea6-48cb-b5d0-0fc1ba439478 |
Amid political polarization, Democratic lawmakers in multiple states face penalties
An Oklahoma lawmaker is kicked off committees, two Florida Democratic leaders were arrested for participating in an abortion rights protest, and three Tennessee politicians are facing expulsion for using a bullhorn in the state House chamber to chant with protesters.
An Oklahoma lawmaker is kicked off committees, two Florida Democratic leaders were arrested for participating in an abortion rights protest, and three Tennessee politicians are facing expulsion for using a bullhorn in the state House chamber to chant with protesters.
An Oklahoma lawmaker is kicked off committees, two Florida Democratic leaders were arrested for participating in an abortion rights protest, and three Tennessee politicians are facing expulsion for using a bullhorn in the state House chamber to chant with protesters.
Oklahoma Republicans removed the state's only nonbinary legislator from House committees after the lawmaker provided refuge to a transgender rights activist.
In Florida, two Democratic leaders were arrested for participating in a protest over abortion restrictions.
And in Tennessee, three Democratic House members are facing expulsion for using a bullhorn in the House chamber to show support for demonstrators demanding gun control.
In an increasingly polarized political atmosphere, experts say these kinds of harsh punishments for minority party members standing up for principles they believe in are becoming more common, especially when acts of civil disobedience clash with the rigid policies and procedures of legislative decorum.
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The modern-day division between Democrats and Republicans is at its highest level since immediately after the Civil War, said Scot Schraufnagel, a political science professor at Northern Illinois University who has studied and written about political incivility.
"I used to teach students that it's not as bad as it once was," Schraufnagel said. "It's as bad or worse than it's ever been, with the caveat that we don't have data from pre-Civil War era."
While many Republican leaders are loudly complaining about the arrest of former President Donald Trump on 34 felony criminal charges, it's members of the Democratic minority in GOP-led states who have been facing a crackdown for their political actions.
"Over the last few years, I feel like the extremism has increased and the polarization has gotten worse," said Oklahoma House Minority Leader Rep. Cyndi Munson, whose Democratic colleague Rep. Mauree Turner was formally censured by the GOP-controlled House after a transgender rights protester involved in a scuffle with Capitol police sought refuge in Turner's office.
"Obviously we're seeing this in Oklahoma ... this desire (for Republicans) to use their power to silence anyone who doesn't think like them. They seem to want to shut out and silence people who don't think exactly like they do."
Turner, one of the few Black legislators in the Legislature and the first openly nonbinary and Muslim person elected to state office in Oklahoma, was told they could be restored to their committees if they apologized to the House and to the Capitol patrol. Turner said that won't happen.
"I can't apologize for loving the people of Oklahoma enough to fight for their rights," Turner said this week.
Weeks later, when a Republican colleague was censured over an arrest for public drunkenness during which he tried to claim legislative immunity, Turner joined some other Democrats in voting against the punishment.
"I will not put people in a physical prison, I will not put people in a social prison," Turner said, "and I sure as hell won't put them in a political prison."
In Tennessee, Republicans will vote Thursday on whether to kick Democratic Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson out of their offices for taking to the front of the House and chanting back and forth with gun control supporters who packed the gallery days after The Covenant School shooting in Nashville that killed six people, including three children. Expulsions in the Tennessee General Assembly are extremely rare and typically center on criminal activity.
House Minority Leader Karen Camper described her Democratic colleagues' actions as "good trouble," a nod to the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis' guiding principal on civil disobedience.
As scrutiny over the expulsion effort increased, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday criticized Republican lawmakers' focus on rebuking Democrats for protesting rather than addressing solutions to avoid another school shooting.
"What did the Republican legislators do? They're trying to expel these three Democratic legislators who joined in the protest," Jean-Pierre said, adding that GOP members are "shrugging in the face of yet another tragic school shooting while our kids continue to pay the price."
In Florida, Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book is not expected to face any legislative discipline after she and Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried were arrested and charged with trespassing for refusing to leave a protest in Tallahassee against a bill to ban abortions after six weeks.
Fried, who was Florida's agriculture commissioner and the only statewide elected Democrat before losing a campaign for governor last year, just took over a party that is at its lowest point in state history. Book said she realizes the Republican supermajority in the Legislature can pass whatever it wants regardless of what Democrats do.
"It's my charge to lead a group of 11 other Democrats … and to get them excited every single day to fight a battle that a lot of times we know we're going to lose," Book said.
Schraufnagel, the professor, said much of the incivility is a result of a political-agenda shift toward hot-button topics like abortion, gun restrictions and transgender rights.
"What's happened is that politicians have used social issues to try to drive wedges into the voting base of their opponents," Schraufnagel said. "When we have intense polarization, which is the current era, and you add incivility to the mix, we're getting hyper-conflict that is not conducive to effective governance."
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Associated Press reporters Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville, Tennessee, and Brendan Farrington in Tallahassee, Florida, contributed to this report. | 2023-04-06T11:14:44+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/amid-political-polarization-democratic-lawmakers-in-multiple-states-face-penalties/43523973 |
It’s well known that electric vehicles can post blistering acceleration figures, but the McMurtry Spéirling track car is on another level.
The team at McMurtry recently joined car sales company Carwow and had its YouTube presenter Mat Watson set some times in the Spéirling.
On a damp track surface that received some drying treatment, Watson managed to clock a 0-60 mph time of 1.4 seconds, a 0-100 mph time of 2.63 seconds, and a quarter-mile time of 7.97 seconds. Unlike most other published EV acceleration figures, the Spéirling’s time was measured without the use of rollout.
In comparison, the Pininfarina Battista hypercar needs 1.79 seconds to hit 60 mph, which is the current record for production cars, though that figure was achieved with rollout. Rimac’s Nevera hypercar has clocked a quarter-mile time of 8.5 seconds. Rollout allows the timing to begin one foot after the initial starting position.
The Spéirling, however, is a pure track machine designed to seat one in very tight confines, and for this test the car rode on bespoke drag slicks. Peak power is 1,000 hp, all of which is sent to the rear wheels in a vehicle that weighs less than 2,200 pounds.
To help with traction, the car has a fan-powered ground-effects system that can generate more than 4,400 pounds of downforce on demand.
McMurtry said the battery, thought to be a 60-kwh unit, can deliver a range of more than 300 miles in normal driving and 25 minutes of operation at track speeds comparable to a GT4 race car. The Spéirling is just as impressive when it comes to corners as it is down the dragstrip. In June, former Formula 1 driver and current Spéirling development driver Max Chilton set a record time of 39.08 seconds for the 1.16-mile Goodwood hill climb.
McMurtry is currently working on a road-going version of the Spéirling and has already opened the order books. Production will be limited to only a handful of cars and the cost will be in the seven figures. McMurtry will then launch a follow-up to the Spéirling, a car expected to be even smaller in size.
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DENVER (AP) — Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving was ruled out Wednesday night against the Western Conference-leading Denver Nuggets due to tightness in his lower back.
It’s the last game for the Mavericks before the All-Star break.
Mavericks coach Jason Kidd didn’t elaborate pregame what happened with Irving, only saying that, “It happens. Could have been from a fall in that game the other night.” Kidd thought Irving would participate in the All-Star Game this weekend in Salt Lake City.
The Mavericks acquired Irving as part of a trade with Brooklyn on Feb. 6. Irving averaged 28.3 points in his first four games with the Mavericks.
He and Luka Doncic have taken the floor twice together since the trade and have dropped both games.
In addition to Irving, the Mavericks were without forward Davis Bertans (calf), guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (hamstring) and forward/center Maxi Kleber (hamstring) against Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets.
Denver guard Jamal Murray was ruled by coach Michael Malone out due to inflammation in his right knee.
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MUNICH (AP) — Germany faces more injury concerns ahead of the World Cup with Bayern Munich set to rest Thomas Müller and Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus having more issues with his ankle.
Various injuries and illnesses have restricted Müller to only two substitute appearances since the start of last month. Coach Julian Nagelsmann said Monday that the 33-year-old Müller is recovering but will be rested for games against Werder Bremen on Tuesday and Schalke on Saturday to avoid risking a further injury setback.
“I’d like to give him some rest before the World Cup to let the structure heal fully,” Nagelsmann said. “Since we’ve got all the attacking players healthy now and have a lot of choice, it’s not the sort of game where you need to play through the pain or take a risk.”
Germany coach Hansi Flick is due to announce his squad Thursday.
Nagelsmann also said Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt is likely to return for the Schalke game Saturday after a knee problem, while Croatia defender Josip Stanišić is set to miss both games this week with tonsillitis.
Dortmund coach Edin Terzic said Reus had to cut training short Sunday because of ankle pain but that on Monday “it didn’t look quite so bad.” Reus has barely played for Dortmund in the last five weeks with ankle issues but returned to play 23 minutes off the bench in a 3-0 win over Bochum on Saturday.
Dortmund plays Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
Germany starts its World Cup campaign Nov. 23 against Japan before further group stage games against Spain and Costa Rica. One player sure to be missing out is Leipzig forward Timo Werner, who tore an ankle ligament last week. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was a concern after missing much of October with shoulder problems, but he returned to action for Bayern on Saturday in a 3-2 win over Hertha Berlin.
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The scene was reminiscent of the last financial crisis, nearly 15 years ago: Faced with a blossoming emergency in the banking sector, worried regulators and policymakers in Washington turned to Wall Street for help.
The anxiety this week centered on First Republic Bank in San Francisco, which was once the envy of the banking sector, with its wealthy and well-traveled clientele. Now the bank was reeling after some of those customers withdrew billions of dollars.
As early as Tuesday, it became clear to policymakers that First Republic needed to be rescued or it could fail, two people briefed on the matter told The Associated Press, speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss details.
The result was a swift agreement among the nation’s leading banks to lay aside competitive instincts to come to First Republic’s aid. With Washington greasing the wheels, a coalition of lenders put $30 billion in uninsured deposits into the California-based bank as a show of support.
The money gives First Republic a lifeline while it reportedly seeks a buyer. Regulators hope it also bolsters confidence in the health of the broader banking system.
The recent turmoil in the banking industry isn’t on par with the crisis that sparked the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009. But after Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed and were seized by the federal government, the industry’s overseers worried about more dominoes falling.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discussed the idea of supporting First Republic with other bank regulators — the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Comptroller of the Currency. Together they concluded that some sort of private rescue package was needed to prevent the crisis from worsening.
Among the first calls made by Yellen and other policymakers was to Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. There may have been a sense of déjà vu: Back in 2008, Dimon was the go-to banker for Washington to find private solutions for that banking crisis.
“We have our marching orders,” Dimon reportedly said after the call with Yellen. He then proceeded to build a coalition of banks willing to place deposits with First Republic.
This rescue would be simple compared with the 2008 crisis. First Republic needed money to replace any deposits that were being pulled out. The Wall Street banks have been flush for years, and deposits are one of the cheapest forms of capital a bank can get.
It was clear First Republic was struggling with short-term fears. Between March 10 and Wednesday, the bank borrowed $109 billion from the Federal Reserve’s so-called “discount window,” a mechanism that allows banks to get 90-day loans using high-quality bonds as collateral. The window is often used in times of crisis.
First Republic wasn’t alone. As of Wednesday, the Fed had loaned $153 billion through the window, more than during the 2008 financial crisis.
A spokesman for First Republic did not respond to requests for comment on the package or the bank’s financial health.
Such rescues are intended to protect the system against further bank runs. But they do not address banks’ “vulnerability to excessive interest rate risk, which was the root cause of these banks’ distress,” analysts at the credit rating agency Moody’s wrote this week as they put half a dozen midsize banks on a list for a potential downgrade.
Over the next 48 hours, the roster of institutions willing to come to the rescue grew to 11 banks, representing a broad swath of the U.S. banking industry. It was an effort to show that the banking industry would stand behind even its competition as a sign of confidence.
“We are deploying our financial strength and liquidity into the larger system, where it is needed the most,” the banks said Thursday in a statement.
The coalition included some of the “super regional” banks such as Truist, US Bank and PNC. These were banks that had grown through mergers in recent years and constituted the second tier of large national banks, behind the “too big to fail” institutions like JPMorgan, Citi and Wells Fargo. Even the custodial banks — normally quiet institutions such as BNY Mellon and State Street that hold assets for investors and don’t have retail operations — came to the rescue of First Republic.
But it’s not clear yet that the bleeding has stopped, even at First Republic.
Shares of First Republic fell more than 30% Friday after the bank cut its annual dividend as part of the rescue package. Its shares are down nearly 70% this week alone. Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said the rescue and dividend cut “paint a grim outlook for both the company and shareholders.”
Investors sold off banking stocks this week with most of the damage focused on smaller regional banks such as Zions Bank, Fifth Third, Huntington Bank and Comerica. The broad worry is that smaller regional banks, which hold large amounts of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, may be forced by investors to revalue those bond portfolios.
The FDIC estimates that American banks have $620 billion in unrealized losses on their balance sheets. Many of those losses stem from bonds that have lost significant value as the Fed has raised interest rates to combat inflation. Banks don’t have to account for the declining value since the bonds would be held to maturity and not traded at a loss.
But in the case of Silicon Valley Bank, the bank faced a growing number of withdrawals and had to sell its bond portfolio to free up cash for depositors. That required the bank to post a $1.8 billion loss on that $21 billion bond sale.
Smaller and mid-sized banks joined Republic in seeing their stocks fall again Friday.
“There’s still a lot of unknowns,” said Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst at Baird, describing the uncertainty surrounding the types of investments banks have and how easily they can be turned into cash.
“Most investors who have been in the business for a while, it’s hard not to call back to memory 2008, 2009, even if it does look quite different,” Mayfield said.
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AP business writers Christopher Rugaber in Washington and Stan Choe in New York contributed to this report. | 2023-03-18T01:27:40+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/business/ap-business/parent-of-silicon-valley-bank-seeks-bankruptcy-protection/ |
The first time I heard the “N word,” I was 7 years old. My grandfather, who lived with us, was reacting in anger to a news story. It was 1968 and the civil rights movement was in full swing. My father’s response was swift and made clear that such language would not be tolerated in his house. It made an impression on me that I remember with crystal clarity more than a half-century later.
What we learn in childhood stays with us. Years later, I had a minor role in a high school production of “South Pacific” with the memorable lyrics:
You've got to be taught to hate and fear
You've got to be taught from year to year
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be taught before it's too late
Before you are six or seven or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught
A friend decided last Sunday to attend a primarily African American church in Buffalo, close to the site of the mass shooting that took place the day prior. He wanted to support the community that was shattered by the loss of 10 men and women, including security officer and Lockport resident Aaron Salter, Jr. His 4-year-old granddaughter sat beside him, and at the end of the service slipped out of the pew to meet and hug a black girl across the aisle. After doing so, she turned to her grandfather and said, “This is my best friend.”
Children innately know that other children are simply that — they are all potentially friends to be known and loved. Children only become hate-filled adults when they are influenced by others along the way.
On Thursday, I drove down to Jefferson Avenue to pray. I parked my car and joined the crowds of people milling around. Many were hugging friends and even strangers as they reached out to others in friendship. Memorials had sprung up on various corners, filled with flowers and hand-written notes. There was a sense that people just needed to be there; to see if an answer could be found to what seems so unthinkable. There were a lot of tears.
Our reading from Revelation (21:1-6) is a picture of the “new heaven and new earth” God is preparing for all who long for a better future. It’s described as a transcendent realm where death and mourning and crying and pain are no longer. In that place, the values of God’s kingdom reign supreme, and the hatred and injustice that permeate human hearts and results in unimaginable atrocities are banished forever. In the meantime, we live in this world, this side of heaven, and life is often drenched in tears.
The other scripture (John 13:31-35) is one of those “famous last words” moments as Jesus is in the Upper Room with his disciples. Judas has just exited to engage in an act of betrayal, and Jesus has the presence of mind to deliver what may be his most important and profound instruction: “A new commandment I give you; love one another. By this will everyone know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.”
Hate crimes are by definition at odds with Jesus’ new commandment. These acts of terror are increasing, with hatred toward those of different races and religions fueling violence. As much as I’d like to believe that at this point in history we humans would have evolved past the urge to kill or otherwise harm those who are different from us, these tragedies continue.
Some things are uncomfortable to talk about. Racism is one of those things. It’s ugly and it evokes all kinds of feelings and hurts, as well as objections and defenses. It’s easy to avoid, just like it is easy to change the channel when the news is too difficult to watch. But that doesn’t make it go away.
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A young African American man stood beside me on Jefferson Avenue holding a big white sign with blue letters that read, “Non-Violence Begins with Me.” The determination to be non-violent is a personal decision, but I believe widespread community response is also needed to reduce death and injury.
On Wednesday, a high school friend named Rob who has spent his adult life and career on Capitol Hill in Washington sat on my porch for an hour as we caught up after 40 years. He was in Buffalo in response to the shootings and was connecting with Black community leaders. For many years, Rob was prominent in self-described right-wing lobbying efforts for high-profile social causes.
During the last several years, Rob’s perspective and efforts have changed direction, based on what he saw and experienced on the inside of the political world. A few years ago, he was the subject of an Emmy Award-winning documentary titled “Armor of Light” which showed what happened when he, as an evangelical leader, urged people to use a moral and biblical lens to consider common sense measures to guide how guns are accessed. He lost virtually his entire following and his financial support base as a result of doing so.
We talked about that topic on my porch and how both of us honor the 2nd Amendment and the right to own firearms to hunt and to protect our families. Yet we shook our heads at the ability of a teenager whose brain development is still several years away from maturity to legally purchase a semi-automatic rifle. The fact that he had previously threatened to shoot students at his high graduation school made the situation all the more unbelievable.
It seems to me that we have moved further and further in our society to the extremes, to a place where the most important matters can only be discussed and decided in terms of “all or nothing.” Surely, we have the ability to examine issues of public safety and make nuanced decisions that protect freedom and also prevent unfettered access to instruments of death.
During crises where there is a loss of life, people are quick to say “don’t politicize.” And yet all substantive societal change takes place through political process. And we who are citizens are the ones who make that happen. And the ones who are citizens in any country and who also claim allegiance to Jesus as followers have to figure out where that allegiance informs every issue of public policy.
No one can or should tell you what you should believe or how you should vote, but reminding members of the body of Christ that your faith and understanding of scripture is a primary determinant in shaping those decisions should be obvious and not controversial.
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Years ago, I moved to a small town on the coast of Maine to be pastor of a historic Methodist church that had fallen on hard times. One day, a 101-year-old woman began crying while I visited in her home. She had a story to tell me, but wasn’t sure if she should. Eventually, she shared just enough information about the church’s past association with the Ku Klux Klan to get me researching an otherwise unmentioned chapter of that church and its history.
Most people today are unaware that the KKK was most influential during the 1920s and grew to over 4 million members. Chapters sprung up throughout the United States, most notably in the midwest and New England. The pastor of the church I served 70 years after that timeframe was the Grand Klaliff, second in command for the Klan in the state of Maine. During a period of four years, the KKK was the dominant social and political organization in that community, and many who were Klan members were also members of the Methodist church.
The story the elderly woman told me was about a large group of men in white hoods that marched into the church during a Sunday service. They handed the pastor a check to cover the cost of a new furnace. In the next few years, the church invested all of its available money in the KKK, and when the movement collapsed in 1927 after a scandal involving national leadership, the church lost all of its money. Worse, the church’s association with the Klan soiled its reputation irreparably and it never recovered its health or any real influence for good in the community.
The focus of the KKK in the 1920s was new immigrants, most specifically those from Ireland. Protestant clergy, including the head of the church I served, preached week after week about Protestant supremacy and the evils of new people who would take their jobs and be loyal to the Pope instead of the United States. Replacement theory is not new. It is a long-standing means of creating fear of the “other” and stoking hatred toward those who look or think or believe differently.
The people who started ... Lockport United Church of Christ, that resulted in the New England-styled sanctuary we sit in today, were unapologetically anti-racist. It may seem to some to be a historically interesting point to say that a church had abolitionist beginnings, but I think the real impact of saying that has been lost or at least diminished with the passing of nearly 200 years. The group that stood up to those who wanted to downplay the matter of selling human beings and forcing them into labor and separating family members from one another faced fierce backlash.
Abolitionists were often deeply unpopular in their faith communities. People quoted the Bible to them in efforts to support slavery. They likely urged friends and family to stop being controversial so that everyone could just get along. But some refused to be quiet. They stood up and spoke clearly against the racist belief that some lives don’t matter. And here in Lockport they walked out and marched one block down the street and established a new church that would not be timid in the face of injustice.
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Jesus said, “By this will everyone know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
What does it mean to love a neighbor in Buffalo or in Lockport who looks different? How do we take action to support those who are hated and to be sure that they are safe?
Maybe for you it is speaking up when someone tells a joke about persons of another race or refers to a Black person they do not know as a thug.
Maybe it means studying up on weapon legislation and deciding how you will lobby or vote based on good information and your own discernment, rather than on someone else’s opinion.
And it may certainly mean asking persons of color what they need in order to feel valued and safe, rather than assuming we know all we need to know about others.
I asked my daughter to read over my sermon, and she reminded me that it’s easy for me as an extrovert to show up at a rally or speak from a pulpit, but that her quiet nature leads her to counteract racism in much different ways. And then she reminded me of that little girl visiting a church in Buffalo last week, showing love in a simple way by reaching her hand across an aisle to make a friend. Loving others and pursuing justice happens in many ways; some are loud and public, and some are quiet and very personal. All are needed.
You probably saw pictures of the Buffalo Bills and Sabres players and coaches serving up meals on the street in Buffalo this past week. They wore T-shirts with a simple message: “Choose Love.” Jesus’ commandment is for us to love our neighbors, all of them. But love is always a choice. How will you choose to show the love of Jesus this week?
May that glorious vision of a place where tears are banished be seen right here on earth. Amen.
Rev. Richard A. Danielson is the pastor at Lockport United Church of Christ. This was his sermon delivered on May 22. | 2022-05-28T06:36:40+00:00 | niagara-gazette.com | https://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/guest-sermon-by-this-will-everyone-know/article_8286bfd4-27f6-5ad1-be6c-3073b2fc4cd4.html |
LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden designated the first national monument of his administration at Camp Hale, a World War II-era training site in this state, as he called for protecting “treasured lands” that tell the story of America.
The announcement is a boost to Colorado’s senior Democratic senator, Michael Bennet, who has for years advocated for the designation and is in a competitive re-election bid this November. The location is an alpine training site where U.S. soldiers prepared for battles in the Italian Alps during World War II.
“We’re doing it not just for today, but for all the ages,” Biden said, standing amid the rugged, sun-drenched backdrop flanked by mountains as far as the eye could see. The remote site was located off a winding road past an abandoned mine and an old mountain home. “It’s for the people of Colorado, but it also goes well beyond the people of Colorado. It’s for all the people across America and the world.”
The proclamation formally establishes the Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument, spanning more than 53,800 acres that will be protected and managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Many members of the 10th Mountain Division who trained at Camp Hale returned to Colorado after the war and helped create the state’s lucrative ski industry, and the site is now used for outdoor activities such as hiking and camping, and is home to rare wildlife.
“Soldiers in Camp Hale learned to scale rock, ski and survive, preparing for the war they were about to fight,” said Biden, who for Wednesday’s announcement was joined by two veterans from the 10th Mountain Division. He praised the troops’ “skill, strength and stamina that could’ve been only gained in a place like this.”
While most national monuments protect extraordinary natural landscapes, there are at least 12 other military sites designated as national monuments by other presidents.
Biden on Wednesday called his designation a permanent one that none of his future successors can overturn, although previous presidents have reduced the size of national monuments. The issue of whether a president can eliminate a national monument has not been resolved in court.
Donald Trump shrank two national monuments in southern Utah, a decision that tribes and environmental groups challenged in court. Those cases had been pending when Biden restored full protections for the monuments and expanded one of its boundaries. Biden also restored protections for an area off the New England coast that Trump had opened to commercial fishing.
In a separate move, the Biden administration also announced Wednesday it is pausing new mining and oil and gas drilling on 225,000 acres of public land in the Thompson Divide, a natural gas-rich area not far from Camp Hale.
Citing a need to protect wildlife, the Interior Department said it is initiating a review of a proposed 20-year withdrawal of the area from new leasing. Preexisting natural gas leases that account for less than 1% of active federal leases in Colorado won’t be affected.
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, whose western Colorado district is home to the new restrictions, condemned the move as a “land grab” that would prevent domestic energy production.
The president’s stop in Colorado Wednesday is part of a three-state swing out West this week. Later Wednesday, Biden heads to California, where he will hold a pair of events promoting two of his most significant legislative achievements and headline a fundraiser for the House Democrats’ campaign arm.
Finally, Biden will stop in Oregon. where his party is in danger of losing the governor’s race, to rally Democrats. Early voting starts in Oregon and Colorado next week and is already underway in California.
He is notably staying away from states where his presence could hurt Democrats; on this trip he’s skipping Nevada and Arizona, where incumbent Democratic senators are battling tough reelection bids.
Democratic candidates have been far more likely to appear with Biden if it’s an official White House event, and that was the approach in Colorado, where Bennet stood alongside the president to tout the designation.
“You have excellent taste, Mr. President, for your administration’s first national monument designation,” Bennet said Wednesday. “Your designation means more Americans will come to appreciate the extraordinary history of this place — a history that goes back to before when Colorado was a state.”
Meanwhile, Bennet’s opponent, Republican Joe O’Dea, dismissed Biden’s visit as “a political stunt.”
“It’s not changing our economy. It’s not changing the price of gas,” O’Dea said in an interview of the Camp Hale designation. He added that while “Camp Hale’s a special place,” its preservation should have come through Congress. O’Dea called Biden’s unilateral action a “usurpation of power.” A far more sweeping conservation bill has been stalled in Congress due to opposition from Republicans.
O’Dea, a businessman with a moderate profile, has mounted a competitive bid against Bennet, who has served in the Senate since 2009. National Republicans believe he is among the party’s best recruits this cycle.
Still, the race still remains somewhat of a reach for Republicans, who see better offensive opportunities in states like Nevada, Georgia and Arizona. Still, the Senate Leadership Fund, the primary super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the Senate, made its first investment of the cycle in Colorado last week by sending $1.25 million to O’Dea’s super PAC.
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Kim reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Nicholas Riccardi, Jesse Bedayn and James Anderson in Denver, and Matthew Daly in Washington, contributed to this report.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the 2022 midterm elections at: https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections | 2022-10-12T22:17:39+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-biden-in-colorado-designates-first-new-national-monument/ |
Tatum leads NBA MVP race; Giannis, Luka gaining momentum originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The NBA MVP race is in its early stages, but like Rudolph’s red nose, the league’s biggest stars have a chance to shine on Christmas.
The league has five marquee matchups scheduled for the holiday. Between two playoff rematches and three additional intra-conference contests, the stage is set for top players to bolster their MVP case.
Before those matchups tip-off, let’s take stock of the 2022-23 MVP race two months into the season.
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Who is the favorite to win the NBA MVP?
The top two leading MVP candidates are set to face off on Christmas Day.
Jayson Tatum is the current front runner with +270 odds to win MVP, according to PointsBet. He’s currently averaging 30.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists for the reigning Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics.
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Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks will visit Tatum in Boston on Dec. 25. The Greek Freak has the next-best MVP odds at +300, is averaging 30.6 points, 11.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists and has Milwaukee neck and neck with Boston atop the Eastern Conference standings.
Here is a look at the top 15 candidates in the NBA’s MVP race right now, seven of whom will take the court on Christmas:
- Jayson Tatum: +270
- Giannis Antetokounmpo: +300
- Luka Doncic: +450
- Joel Embiid: +900
- Nikola Jokic: +900
- Devin Booker: +2000
- Steph Curry: +2200
- Zion Williamson: +2200
- Kevin Durant: +2500
- Donovan Mitchell: +3000
- Ja Morant: +3000
- Anthony Davis: +5000
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: +8000
- Damian Lillard: +10000
Who is the current MVP in the NBA?
Jokic is the two-time reigning NBA MVP. He earned the honor for the first time in 2020-21 and became the 13th player in league history to be named MVP in back-to-back seasons.
Did the NBA rename the MVP trophy?
This year’s most valuable player will be the first to take home the new Michael Jordan Trophy. The NBA redesigned and renamed its major, end-of-season awards in December and chose to honor the Chicago Bulls legend in the process.
The NBA also announced the Jerry West Trophy (clutch player of the year), Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy (defensive player of the year), Wilt Chamberlain Trophy (rookie of the year), John Havlicek Trophy (sixth man of the year) and George Mikan Trophy (most improved player).
How many NBA players have been MVP?
Thirty-five players have been named NBA MVP.
Fifteen of those players were multi-time winners, while 20 earned the award once. | 2022-12-19T23:10:13+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nba-mvp-odds-2023-season/3026263/ |
HOLYOKE — I considered not writing about my sons’ experience playing soccer this winter. I didn’t want to turn a positive – children competing, learning teamwork and having fun – into a negative:
Experiencing racial biases in white suburban communities in the Pioneer Valley.
I didn’t want to tarnish the amazing work my sons’ Paper City Soccer coaches put into teaching players the sport and what it means to be cared for and supported.
But keeping quiet allows the ugliness to go unaddressed.
Like the city of Holyoke, many children on our team are Latino, especially Puerto Rican. Our coach switches between speaking Spanish and English as he coaches, and our players also inventively and effortlessly switch languages while on the field.
From the audience, our parents call out in two languages, too. Our children, like those parents, come in many shades. I think we represent best what a community can look like, where ethnic and cultural diversity finds a way to not only tolerate but celebrate each other. We’re friends.
Yet we also see an uglier side when we travel to the largely white suburbs. We see referees fixate on children of color, calling them for fouls when they simply touch their white competitors. We see referees blatantly not call similar fouls on white players when they hack and kick at our athletes of color.
In the audience, we hear parents talk about our players being “too rough” and our parents being “too loud.” All the stereotypes we fight against come out of these white parents’ mouths as effortlessly as some of our children speak two languages.
We saw one white woman from Northampton walk up to a father, a person of color, and clap her hands in his face because she thought he was being too loud. She did this in front of an audience of white people, none of whom did anything to defend the man, who didn’t respond to the woman’s aggression.
I think he knew better than to call out a white woman in a white community.
My wife, who saw this woman’s aggression, walked up to her and asked how she dared to do that to another person, at which point the woman’s husband got into my wife’s face and said she was disrupting the soccer match.
These are just a few of the things we have seen as parents on a diverse team like Holyoke. We have seen white parents behave badly in endless ways, and it’s always with the pretense that there is something inherently wrong with our team. My wife and I would come home from games shocked at some people’s behavior.
As white people, we have been lucky not to experience such behaviors in our lives. Most white people are oblivious to such biases because they are either the ones thoughtlessly committing them or they live in communities where there are few people of color.
I saw a Puerto Rican parent tell his crying son he needed to stop touching his white competitors because, if he did, the refs were going to call a foul.
Unintentionally, the father was sending the message that his son was part of the problem. Yet I also understood that this parent knows from experience – and was giving his son important advice about placating the aggressor to protect himself.
Incensed by this unfairness, I started calling out to players to “Use your body!” as they competed, saying it loud enough for white parents to hear. I wanted our players to know there is nothing wrong with their bodies and nothing wrong with their presence. The problem is a white problem.
I don’t want to distract from the amazing work Holyoke’s coaches do for our children and the incredible experience our children have playing in such a diverse community.
But I think other white communities need to be aware of things they don’t see. And it’s not just soccer. The same happens in other sports my children play. During last year’s baseball season, one white community refused to play in Holyoke because they didn’t want to drive into our city – and our young players knew it. How do you think that makes them feel about themselves?
At one game, my wife and I tried to tell a white father from Northampton what was happening. He smiled and said something about “parents being out of control,” implying the “out of control” ones were from Holyoke.
Like the refs, his attention was fixated on the parents and children of color and he was unable to see the bad behaviors of his white community. Like so many others, he couldn’t see himself or his biases.
Patrick O’Connor lives in Holyoke. | 2023-04-13T15:44:48+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/opinion/2023/04/patrick-oconnor-what-its-like-when-our-young-holyoke-athletes-compete-in-white-communities-commentary.html |
How election officials are keeping the polls safe for the 2022 midterms
"There's a lot of anxiety and there's a lot of high emotions," Katherine Clark, the Santa Fe County Clerk, said.
"There's a lot of anxiety and there's a lot of high emotions," Katherine Clark, the Santa Fe County Clerk, said.
"There's a lot of anxiety and there's a lot of high emotions," Katherine Clark, the Santa Fe County Clerk, said.
Polling locations across New Mexico are gearing up for a busy election day.
On Tuesday, thousands of residents will cast their ballots for several key races. While election officials are prepared for the crowds and lines, they're also gearing up for any potential safety risks.
"We are giving our workers the best tools that they have in order to make a situation that may become intense, less intense," Katherine Clark, the Santa Fe County Clerk, said.
After the 2020 Election, the number of threats towards poll workers hit a new high.
According to a poll from the Brennan Center for Justice, 1 in 6 election officials have experienced threats in the U.S.
"They're being threatened. Their families, their spouses, their children are being threatened," David Becker, with the Legal Defense Network, said. "The issue of security of the polling place, safety of the polling place, making sure voters feel comfortable on the polling place, is first and foremost in their minds."
The trend is something that New Mexico's Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, is well aware of. She said there are already plans in place.
"We create, in the lead up to and on election day, a virtual situation room where we connect my office with federal state and local law enforcement," she said.
Over in Santa Fe, a similar objective.
While there have been no immediate threats at the polls, Clark said there have been some close calls.
"We certainly have had over-enthusiastic challengers have a few incidents, like following our poll workers to close," she said.
With the nationwide threats and concerns, Clark added that her team has to stay vigilant. That means encouraging trainings with election officials and volunteers.
"We are taking steps in terms of having an emergency action plan at our polling sites," she said. "We're doing active shooter trainings. We're doing de-escalation trainings with our poll workers."
The county clerk is also bringing in local law enforcement agencies for extra support.
Just in case scary situations were to occur on Tuesday.
"We're working closely with our sheriff and we're making sure that we're on all of the watch groups," Clark said.
Over in Bernalillo County, officials say they're working alongside the Albuquerque Police Department and the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office.
The San Juan County Clerk's Office is also planning ahead with local law enforcement.
In Valencia County, County Clerk Mike Milam said police officers have been asked to stay near polling locations. However, they're not asked to be on the property, just in case they scare voters away.
All efforts for the safety and security of residents to express their own right.
"The people who are in your neighborhood essentially are working the polls, and we need to treat them with respect," Clark said.
Unfortunately, the threats don't end on Nov. 8.
Both the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warn that those happy with election results may act beyond Tuesday.
In New Mexico, at least three organizations have reported threats. Officials said they received letters, some containing anti-Semitic material and others tested for a toxic substance used for terrorist attacks.
No one was injured and the FBI is actively investigating the threats.
For more information on elections, visit our general election guide below: | 2022-11-08T02:48:11+00:00 | koat.com | https://www.koat.com/article/election-officials-keeping-polls-safe-for-voters/41891096 |
It’s harvest season and the City of Oakwood will celebrate the bounty during the Oakwood Farmers Market Fall Festival and Fall on the Avenue at the Shops of Oakwood event on Oct. 15.
The Oakwood Farmers Market, which was started in 2013, runs every Saturday from June to October from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s located at 22 Orchard Drive. The festival will end the harvest season and marketing manager Emily Grasso said that this year’s season has been special.
“It’s been a nice thing to go connect with people, which is something I didn’t realize I missed during COVID. We put out our table and chairs again. We want people to stay. There are the same faces you see every week, but I want to see all the faces,” she said.
All the vendor spots are full for the festival. The market is also spreading out into the parking lot behind Starbucks because they need room for all the extra activities they have planned. There will be live music, pumpkin painting, games like giant Jenga and cornhole, and there will also be food trucks. There will also be a 9 a.m. exercise class with Space Three.
“We are loading up to the brim. People can bring their kids and they can run around the kids’ tent while parents shop. It’s just that feeling of connection and joy. You might stumble into a friend you didn’t know you had,” Grasso said.
The farmers market is nonprofit, so Grasso said the festival is a way to help enhance the market. There will be giveaways and craft activities. The group is always looking for volunteers to help with set-up and tear-down. Donations to the market can also be done online.
“I am hoping it’s a place to come see friends and family. It’s cool to see the families return. For families who go every week, it’s a send-off, and I hope it encourages people to come back next year,” Grasso said.
One vendor that has been selling goods at the Oakwood Farmers Market since 2018 is Foxhole Farms. The farm is in Brookville and sells items including sourdough bread, produce, herbs, granolas, jellies and pastries. Sam Wickham is one of the owners of Foxhole Farm and said she loves being part of the farmers market.
“The thing I love about it is the walkability. There are hoards of families because of the nature of where it’s located. We are an extension of the neighborhood. It’s very old-world feeling. It feels homey,” she said.
Wickham said that they will have their usual staples for sale, but they are also adding some special items. She said they will ramp up baking this time of year, so be on the lookout for pies made with pumpkins grown and the farm and eggs from the chickens. There are also a few gluten-free items available.
“Everyone brings their best and this year has been really strong among the artisans and farmers. There’s a lot of energy there because it’s the last time we see each other. The weather is just perfect. There are multiple coffee shops within walking distance. We will send each other off at the end of the harvest. Nostalgia really kicks in during fall,” Wickham said.
During the fall festival, another downtown Oakwood event will be happening. Fall on the Avenue at the Shops of Oakwood will feature new and old businesses. Businesses along Far Hills Avenue will set up shop on the sidewalk and many will offer deals.
“We are trying to get people aware of everything we have in Oakwood,” said Nina Anglin, organizer of Fall on the Avenue and president of Oakwood Florist. “We have a lot of new shops that have come in.”
Some of the shops participating include the Oakwood Florist, Central Perc, The Spicy Olive, Blue Turtle Toys, Maraluna and Leeli & Lou. Beyond the shops there will be pop-up vendors, refreshments, giveaways and music. The Oakwood Farmers Market collaborated with Anglin in order to spread the word.
“We went back and forth passing out flyers at each other’s events. We’re a community; we’re small but we’re mighty. We are just hoping we get more people out. The fall is usually better because it’s not so hot,” Anglin said.
Fall on the Avenue will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Fall Festival will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Some stores and vendors might be open later. For info about Fall on the Avenue visit www.oakwoodflorist.com. For info about Fall Festival visit www.oakwoodfarmersmarket.org. To order ahead from Foxhole Farms, visit www.foxholefarmohio.com.
About the Author | 2022-10-13T12:11:10+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/what-to-do/oakwood-to-celebrate-all-things-fall/UTAEWHKXZVFEXPNYVLORG7R4QA/ |
Black History Month: Floral shop that weathered civil rights upheaval thrives today
Alice Brazelton-Pittman never thought that she would be operating her family’s business, which was started by her father.
Brazelton’s Floral is what she calls a “miracle on West Grand Boulevard” in the NW Goldberg neighborhood. During Black History Month, the Free Press spent time with the Black-owned business, which has been operating since 1941. Its original owner was Edgar Brazelton Jr., also known as “Mr. B The Flower Man.” Then two of his children, Edgar Brazelton III and Irene Brazelton, took over the business.
Brazelton-Pittman, 78, remembers the sweet aroma of flowers every time she came into the store as a child, and the scent of flowers is still present today.
She took over the family business in 2018, which she said shouldn't be open at all because the odds have been against her following the loss of her brother and sister.
“This store should not be open,” she said. “It really shouldn’t. It’s open every day by a miracle. It’s open every day by the grace of God. I don’t always know how I’m going to make payroll. I don’t always know how I’m going to pay my vendors. I just do it by faith.”
Customers can walk in or visit the shop’s website to purchase flowers with the option of delivery or pickup. Arrangements are created for a variety of occasions: sympathy, anniversaries, weddings, events and fundraisers. Customers can also purchase a designer’s choice bouquet.
The green and white building sits at 2686 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit. Brazelton-Pittman knows that the exterior is in need of repairs, and although those repairs will come later, she is more focused on reviving the business.
A look back at its history
When Brazelton Jr. first started his business as a side hustle, he worked for the U.S. Post Office in 1935, and in his free time, sold flowers at just 25 cents a bundle, according to Free Press archives.
Brazelton Jr. — whose Brush Street store was originally called Acme Florist — was an activist in the community. He was involved in the Booker T. Washington Business Association, Michigan Minority Business Development Council, Cotillion Club and many others.
The family lived in Detroit’s lost Black Bottom neighborhood — which is now Interstate 375 and Lafayette Park — and also operated their business there. Brazelton-Pittman would work in the shop during the holidays.
“I had the opportunity once to go to the wholesale house with my father and saw the business side of him,” Brazelton-Pittman said. “And he was so good at math. He didn’t need a pen and paper to calculate. He didn’t need a calculator. He could calculate as fast as those other businessmen when it came to purchasing.”
She also remembers when her father secured a floral contract as a Black business owner with General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler.
The Brush Street store had three floral designers at the time and Brazelton Jr. mentored his three eldest children. Brazelton-Pittman said she didn’t have the gift of floral design, but she always loved the administrative part of running the business.
Brazelton Jr. relocated the business to West Grand Boulevard a year after the 1967 Detroit riot. The current building was originally a four-unit living space, which was converted into the flower shop.
More recently, things changed quickly for the Brazelton family business. Irene Brazelton, who was operating the store, died in fall 2017. And Edgar Brazelton III, who was also running the business with his sister, died in early 2018.
This left Brazelton-Pittman legally appointed over the business after 20 years of being away. She had to operate the business from what she knew as a little girl, remembering knowledge about staffing the shop, doing administrative work and knowing about the floral business overall. She also noted that things were completely different being in a new century.
“The store was left with debt that I had to pick up,” Brazelton-Pittman said. “It was left with back taxes. I had to take care of it. But this now becomes a venture of me walking by faith that ‘God if you want me to do this, then I need your help.’ “
She connected with Daniel Washington, the executive director and founder of NW Goldberg Cares, a nonprofit that provides assistance in the neighborhood, and Autumn Kyles, the executive director of Proxie, a small business technical assistance nonprofit. Washington grew up in the neighborhood and said his father always talked about the flower shop. The two nonprofits partnered to offer grants and technical assistance to small businesses through the NW Goldberg Cares Sustaining Detroit’s Legacy program in 2021.
“We were able to essentially give not only a cash infusion grant, but we were able to assist her with technical assistance related specifically to accounting, which essentially assisted her in not being in trouble with the IRS,” said Washington.
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“We were able to create support — with another small business technical assistance firm that focuses specifically on accounting — to get not only all of her taxes upfront, but then also get her onto the accounting system QuickBooks, so that she can manage it and she could have real visibility into her financials,” Kyles added.
Along the way, there have been Detroit-based businesses that have supported her, such as Jenkins Construction, which did minor repairs, Wow 1 Day Painting Detroit, which painted the exterior of the business, and Basic Wholesale Floral Distributors, which helped in multiple ways. Brazelton-Pittman also connected with the West Grand Boulevard Collaborative, a community block club. This allowed her to connect with surrounding businesses such as James H. Cole Funeral Home, Henry Ford Hospital, the Motown Museum and Boulevard Market.
Although her journey is just getting started, she knows that miracles will continue to happen for her business.
“I’m here because, No. 1, I believe this is what God wants me to do,” Brazelton-Pittman said. “It's part of a legacy to the family, the community and our city. My hope, desire and vision is that Brazelton’s will again become the nucleus of the community and our city. And be the miracle on West Grand Boulevard.”
To learn more about the business, go to Brazeltons.com.
Contact staff writer Chanel Stitt on Twitter: @ByChanelStitt. | 2023-02-14T11:57:49+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2023/02/14/brazeltons-floral-detroit-history-67-rebellion/69882492007/ |
Updated May 10, 2023 at 12:58 PM ET
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan can be held for eight days, a court ruled Wednesday, a day after the popular opposition leader was dragged from a courtroom and arrested on corruption charges, deepening the country's political turmoil.
Khan's arrest Tuesday set off violent clashes involving his supporters and police in several cities, including Islamabad, that left at least six people dead, and his continued detention raised the prospect of more unrest.
Following a Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif denounced the attacks on public property and military installations, and he approved the deployment of troops in the capital of Islamabad, in the country's most populous province of Punjab, and in the volatile northwest, according to a government statement.
In the latest unrest, thousands of protesters stormed a radio station and offices of the state-run agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
The military weighed Wednesday with a strongly worded statement, vowing to take stern action against those seeking to push Pakistan toward a "civil war." It called the organized attacks on its installations a "black chapter" in the country's political history.
"What the eternal enemy of the country could not do for 75 years, this group, wearing a political cloak, in the lust for power, has done it," the statement said, adding that troops had exercised restraint but they will respond to further attacks, and those involved will bear the responsibility.
It said those who facilitated or planned attacks on military installations had been identified, and "strict action will be taken against them as per the law, and all these evil elements will now be responsible for the consequences."
The military did not directly name Khan, the 70-year-old politician who was ousted in a no-confidence vote last year.
His dramatic arrest on Tuesday — he was pulled out of a hearing in Islamabad's High Court on one set of charges, only to be arrested on another set — was the latest confrontation to roil Pakistan. He is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in the country, which has also seen interventions by the powerful military over the years. The move comes at a time of economic crisis, when the cash-strapped nation is trying to avoid a default.
Khan's Islamabad appearance was on multiple graft charges brought by police. As he showed up, the courtroom was stormed by dozens of agents from the anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau, backed by paramilitary troops. They broke windows after Khan's guards refused to open the door.
The former cricket star has denounced the cases against him, which include corruption and terrorism charges, as a politically motivated plot by Sharif, his successor, to keep him from returning to power in elections to be held later this year. Khan has campaigned against Sharif and demanded early elections.
Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has appealed for calm, but the standoff put the country on high alert after Tuesday's clashes. Police were deployed in force across the country, and they placed shipping containers on a road leading to the sprawling police compound in Islamabad where Khan is being held.
Khan supporters in Peshawar raided a building housing Radio Pakistan, damaging equipment and setting fire to it, said police official Naeem Khan. Some employees were trapped inside, he said, and police were trying to restore order.
In eastern Punjab province, the local government asked the army to step in after authorities said 157 police were injured in clashes with protesters.
Police have arrested 945 Khan supporters in eastern Punjab province alone since Tuesday — including Asad Umar and Sarfraz Cheema, two senior leaders from Khan's party.
Amid heightened security, Khan appeared Wednesday before a judge at a temporary court in the police compound. Pakistan's GEO television broadcast video showing him seated in a chair, holding documents. He appeared calm but tired.
In the new charges, Khan was accused of accepting millions of dollars worth of property in exchange for providing benefits to a real estate tycoon. The National Accountability Bureau asked to hold him for 14 days, but the tribunal granted eight days.
Khan's legal team has challenged the arrest in an Islamabad court and is considering doing the same at the country's Supreme Court.
Khan was finally indicted Wednesday in the original graft case for which he appeared at the Islamabad court on Tuesday, pleading not guilty. In that case, he faced multiple graft charges brought by Islamabad police.
As he showed up, the courtroom was stormed by dozens of agents from the accountability bureau, backed by paramilitary troops, breaking windows after Khan's guards refused to open the door.
The National Accountability Bureau has detained and investigated former officials, including former prime ministers, politicians and retired military officers. But some view it as a tool used by those in power, especially the military, to crack down on political opponents. When Khan was in power, his government arrested Shahbaz Sharif, then the opposition leader, through the bureau. Sharif faced multiple corruption cases when he ousted Khan, and the charges were later dropped for lack of evidence.
Mobs angered by the dramatic arrest set fire to the residence of a top army general in the eastern city of Lahore, and supporters attacked the military's headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi near Islamabad. They did not reach the main building housing the offices of army chief Gen. Asim Munir.
Demonstrators also tried to reach the prime minister's residence in Lahore, but were driven off by baton-wielding police. Still others attacked vehicles carrying troops, hitting armed soldiers with sticks. So far, police and soldiers have not opened fire at protesters.
None of the leaders from Khan's party denounced the attacks on the military, although they have appealed to their supporters to be peaceful.
By morning, police in Lahore said about 2,000 protesters still surrounded the fire-damaged residence of Lt. Gen. Salman Fayyaz Ghani, a top regional commander. They chanted slogans, including, "Khan is our red line and you have crossed it." Ghani and his family were moved to a safer place Tuesday when the sprawling house was attacked Tuesday.
The unrest happened at a time when cash-strapped Pakistan is struggling to avoid a default amid stalled talks with the International Monetary Fund for the revival of a bailout. The rupee traded Wednesday at a record 290 to the dollar amid a weekly inflation rate of at least 46%, also a record.
"Political stability is linked to economic stability and I don't see any sign of revival of the economy," said Shahid Hasan, a former adviser to Pakistan on economic affairs.
He said political leaders should set aside their egos and "sit together and think about Pakistan, which is on the verge of a default."
Amid the violence, Pakistan's telecommunication authority blocked social media, including Twitter. The government also suspended internet service in Islamabad and other cities. Classes at some private schools were canceled Wednesday, and several social media sites remained suspended.
Amnesty International said it was alarmed by reports of authorities blocking access to internet networks and social media. It urged authorities to show restraint, saying clashes between law enforcement and Khan's supporters risk human rights violations.
As the violence spread, many stayed home. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad canceled all its Wednesday consular appointments following Khan's arrest and issued a nationwide alert, telling Americans to review their personal security plans and avoid large crowds.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Two children drowned in eastern El Salvador after being swept away in a rain-swollen gully on their way home from school.
El Salvador’s Civil Defense agency said a third child was rescued and taken to a hospital for medical attention. Residents of the area eventually recovered the two victims’ bodies Tuesday night.
The children were from the El Jicaro community in Sociedad, about 42 miles (69 kilometers) northeast of the capital.
Heavy rains have inundated parts of the country making roads impassable and triggering landslides. Last week, seven people were killed in two landslides on the outskirts of the capital.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jamaal Williams scored on two short rushing touchdowns and the Detroit Lions eliminated the host Green Bay Packers from playoff contention with a 20-16 win on Sunday night.
Detroit’s victory handed the Seattle Seahawks the final wild-card spot in the NFC. The Lions were eliminated from the playoff race when Seattle eked out a 19-16 overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams earlier.
Williams, a former Packer, rushed for 72 yards. Jared Goff passed for 224 yards and Kalif Raymond caught four passes for 66 yards for Detroit (9-8).
Aaron Rodgers passed for 205 yards with one touchdown but was intercepted on Green Bay’s final drive. Christian Watson caught five passes for 104 yards for the Packers (8-9).
The first half featured five field goals and ended with Green Bay clinging to a 9-6 lead.
Aided by a pass interference penalty, the Packers scored on their first possession as Mason Crosby kicked a 22-yard field goal.
Green Bay went for it on fourth down in its own territory midway through the first quarter, but Allen Lazard was dropped for a loss. The Lions then settled for a 37-yard Michael Badgley field goal on their next drive.
Crosby made a 49-yard try late in the quarter and a 48-yarder early in the second to make it 9-3.
Badgley missed from 46 yards out with 6:16 left in the first half. He knocked through a 33-yard attempt on the last play of the half after the Packers were whistled for a personal foul.
Crosby had a 53-yard try bang off the crossbar and back toward the field of play early in the second half.
Detroit needed just three plays after the miss to score the game’s first touchdown. A 43-yard pass from Goff to Raymond set up Williams’ 1-yard run, giving Detroit a 13-9 lead.
A 45-yard pass to Watson set up Rodgers’ 13-yard scoring strike to Lazard later in the quarter.
Detroit moved ahead once again on Williams’ second 1-yard scoring run with 5:55 remaining. That completed a 13-play, 75-yard drive.
Kerby Joseph intercepted Rodgers on Green Bay’s final possession. The Lions then ran out the clock by picking up three first downs. | 2023-01-10T01:34:56+00:00 | tylerpaper.com | https://tylerpaper.com/lions-rally-late-end-packers-playoff-hopes/article_289347d4-9076-11ed-8e81-ab8ee9036ba4.html |
Trailblazing software operations platform set to transform enterprise multi-cloud management, maximize technology ROI across the cloud landscape
NEW YORK and BUCHAREST, Romania, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kubeark, a next-generation platform specialized in software operations management, unveils its latest platform release that leverages the transformative potential of sky computing to empower enterprises to innovate and scale with unprecedented ease, regardless of their technology environment.
Nowadays, enterprises face significant obstacles in streamlining operations and maintaining strict oversight of their resources in multi-cloud. With 85% of businesses utilizing up to five cloud platforms according to Deloitte, sky computing enables compatibility and interoperability across diverse clouds and infrastructures. The Kubeark platform addresses this trend, enhancing digital transformation through three primary service areas:
- Streamlining software lifecycles across multiple infrastructures, accelerating go-to-market strategies, and transforming legacy software into efficient SaaS solutions.
- Ensuring seamless software maintenance and governance for efficient and secure operations.
- Providing substantial financial advantages by optimizing resource usage and cost management, while increasing visibility and profitability across cloud platforms.
"Sky computing is transforming multi-premises, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud usage. Imagine easily accessing the best resources from any cloud, anytime. Kubeark turns this into reality, catering to companies at any stage of their cloud innovation journey. Our platform empowers businesses to capitalize on the full potential of their technology stack through simplicity and a single point of contact across the software operations management process", said Bogdan Nedelcov, CEO & Co-founder at Kubeark.
Additionally, with this release, Kubeark seamlessly integrates with the world's major cloud marketplaces, enabling end-to-end automation for marketplace listing and transacting. This allows organizations to rapidly unlock new go-to-market opportunities and capitalize on untapped revenue streams from the cloud.
"Kubeark's innovative platform, combined with our strategic partnership, is set to revolutionize digital transformation and technology scaling for enterprises. We're excited to partner with Kubeark as they continue breaking new ground in areas that are sure to make a difference for innovation and digital transformation within companies, especially in times like these", noted Alex Cernatescu, CEO, Co-founder & Global Head of Strategy at Stefanini Infinit - part of Stefanini Group.
"The Kubeark platform has significantly improved our technology investments, transforming the way we manage our applications and infrastructure. We're thrilled to be part of this journey and can't wait to see the further impact this platform will have on the market", added George Bara, Co-founder & Head of Business Development at Zetta Cloud.
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It was a comedy of errors.
I grabbed a minecart, some glider wings, and what I thought were two perfectly placed fans. I stuck 'em all together, made sure my little Korok friend was strapped in, and proceeded to barrel off a cliff.
It turns out the propeller fans weren't perfectly placed, and my adorable co-pilot threw the balance off of my "plane." The two of us were in a nosedive, headed straight for a river.
There was only one parachute between us, and guess who took it?
Needless to say, my little forest companion — who I was fully intent on rescuing — didn't make the graceful descent to safety.
That might sound like a failure, but stories like it have fueled The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's success, which has sold 10 million copies in the first three days of its release — becoming the franchise's fastest-selling game. Much like last year's Elden Ring, Tears of the Kingdom lets you play your way and feel part of a community of like-minded miscreants as you do so.
Breath of the Wild 2.0
Until last week, internet skeptics doubted that Nintendo could pull off a successor to the groundbreaking The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
It's hard to overstate how important that 2017 game was. While Zelda titles have always featured huge worlds to explore — Breath of the Wild opened the format up more than any other. You could go straight to the final boss without completing any of the main story.
That "do whatever you want" mentality fueled endless community content: Speedrunners finished the game in under 30 minutes, Twitch streamers would complete hysterical challenges, and players generally just had a great time breaking the game.
Rumors of a sequel first surfaced in 2019 and sparked wild speculation. After Eiji Aonuma, the lead producer of the Zelda franchise, first demonstrated gameplay for Tears of the Kingdom in April 2023, haters squawked on social media: "$70 DLC," they said. "It's literally the same game," another wrote.
It's true that Nintendo didn't completely remake Breath of the Wild. They took the same game engine, crammed it with new tools, and more than doubled the map's square footage. But despite the limitations of their aging Switch console, Nintendo did invent something intoxicating and fresh.
Explore, create, repeat
Floating captivatingly above an altered Hyrule Kingdom are beautiful, intricate sky islands — their cascading waterfalls and golden trees allude to a deeper story than the one directly in front of the player — one steeped in deep, fantastical lore that whole YouTubers decode in hours-long videos.
New abilities also open the door for in-game creations that feel closer to Minecraft than Zelda. The linear plotline formula of Zelda feels like a distant memory as Tears of the Kingdom opens up a sandbox with limitless toys and gadgets. How about a complex rocket? Sure. A hoverboard? Easy. This crude monstrosity?: Yes, yes, yes. Whatever ridiculous construction you can dream of, you can create.
In older Zelda titles, there was usually one solution to every puzzle — bomb a wall to reveal a secret key or shoot an arrow to unlock a hidden door. In Breath of the Wild and even more so in Tears, there are dozens of ways to solve a particular puzzle. You could create a makeshift glider with fans and wheels, but if that's too complicated, sticking logs together to make a giant, rickety bridge works too.
Alone, together
While main Zelda titles have always been single-player, as ingenious and often hilarious creations flood Instagram, Reddit, and TikTok, the series has never felt more like a shared experience.
No, you can't literally play with multiple people, but you can dive into a vast sea of memes and inventions, each stranger and more illuminating than the last. It's refreshing to see Zelda evolve, even after players thought Breath of the Wild was as good as it would get. Like the sky islands that now hover over Hyrule, Zelda is reaching greater heights.
Before starting Tears, I rewatched the final cutscenes from the prequel. In the true ending of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the titular princess, gazing out at her broken kingdom, says to our hero, Link: "Let's be off."
It's a line that epitomizes one of the most iconic series in video games, and Tears of the Kingdom perfectly answers Zelda's parting invitation. Adventure awaits in dark caverns below the surface and high above the clouds — let's be off and see it all.
Keller Gordon is a columnist for Join The Game. Find him on Twitter: @kelbot_
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President Joe Biden to visit Orlando and Tampa next week
ORLANDO, Fla. - President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Orlando and Tampa next week, The White House announced Wednesday afternoon.
The president is expected to attend – and speak at – the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) yearly training conference on Monday, July 25 in Orlando, the release said. He will then travel to Tampa to speak at a Democratic National Committee rally.
Additional details about his visit would be announced later, according to The White House.
President Biden's visit to Florida comes a week after Vice President Kamala Harris made a visit to the Sunshine State and attend events in Orlando and Tampa, where she met with state legislators about reproductive rights. | 2022-07-20T22:45:40+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/president-joe-biden-to-visit-orlando-and-tampa-next-week |
MIAMI GARDENS — If Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa thought he had it all figured out after an encouraging string of practices, Tuesday’s return after to team drills after sitting out the preseason opener was humbling.
Tagovailoa easily had his worst practice of training camp, throwing three interceptions on a day when all Dolphins quarterbacks combined for six.
Tagovailoa was intercepted by safeties Brandon Jones, Jevon Holland and cornerback Nik Needham. Backup Teddy Bridgewater threw an interception to cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, and rookie Skylar Thompson was picked off late in Tuesday’s session by Elijah Campbell and Quincy Wilson, the birthday boy standout from University School who also played for the Florida Gators.
“That’s just how we hold ourselves as a standard,” linebacker Elandon Roberts said of the stout defensive effort. “Turnovers win games. We have to strive ourselves going against our offense and being able to do that. It’s good. We just have to be able to put it together when it’s time to go on Sundays.”
These are the ebbs and flows of training camp. Tagovailoa had a run of effective, efficient practices between joint sessions with the Buccaneers last week and several intrasquad practices leading up to it. Aside from the interceptions, he was off the mark on several throws Tuesday.
“It’s iron sharpens iron. We come out and try our best to make each other better,” said wide receiver Trent Sherfield, who wore the orange jersey as previous practice’s top performer and had another standout performance Tuesday.
“I feel like the defense got he best of us [Tuesday]. They came out, and they executed their plays well. We had some trouble executing our plays across up front, outside, quarterbacks, running back. Everybody had trouble executing. … [Wednesday], we’ll come out. We’re going to try and get them again.
“There’s days where defense wins, and then there’s days where offense wins.”
Although it was a down practice for Tagovailoa and the quarterbacks, Dolphins defensive backs had a bounce-back effort, coming off the Saturday exhibition, when the Bucs’ passing game had its way. Jones, Needham and Igbinoghene all had interceptions and were near the ball on other plays after the three gave up a passing touchdown between them on Saturday.
Observations
Igbinoghene had a shoestring interception of Bridgewater in red-zone drills that could have been returned for a touchdown. Bridgewater had a successful period aside from the interception, throwing touchdowns to Lynn Bowden, Cethan Carter and Sherfield. He later connected with Sherfield again, Cedrick Wilson and Braylon Sanders in another string of red-zone touchdowns. …
Tagovailoa had an impressive situational drive, when he hit Wilson wide open off play-action, then Tyreek Hill sliding over the middle for a big chunk and Chase Edmonds into the flat to quickly get Miami into the red zone. The drive stalled for a Jason Sanders field goal after Raheem Mostert dropped a third-and-2 pass to the flat. …
Mike Gesicki saw more involvement in the form of targets, catching one touchdown from Tagovailoa, another from Thompson, along with another reception in the flat from Thompson. …
Connor Williams had a pair of high snaps again early in 11-on-11 work after he didn’t play Saturday at Tampa Bay. It was not noticed as an issue again through later portions of practice. …
Terron Armstead was back to an increased workload at left tackle, like in Thursday’s joint session with the Bucs, after getting the weekend off. Like Thursday, he called it a day in one of the final series for the first team. …
Darius Hodge, after his sack-fumble that led to a Sam Eguavoen touchdown on Saturday, had a third-down sack of Bridgewater that had much to do with coverage. …
Zach Sieler had a pressure on Tagovailoa that forced a throwaway. Eguavoen broke up a Bridgewater pass over the middle. …
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The run game was mostly held down, but Edmonds burst through the left side of the line between the tackles for a sizable gain early in Tuesday 11-on-11 drills. …
Sanders, after going 4 for 4 on field goals with two from 50-plus on Saturday, tested his leg on Tuesday, having a 66-yard attempt go off the crossbar no good and a 60-yarder with enough distance but wide left.
Stock up
Sherfield was the star of practice with four total touchdown catches, including three in red-zone work from the three different quarterbacks. Already with the orange jersey from the Thursday joint practice in Tampa, he could easily make a case for another day with it for a first-time back-to-back winner since McDaniel made it a motivational tool for the Dolphins in organized team activities. But it could go to one of the defensive backs with an interception.
Stock down
It has to be Tagovailoa for the three interceptions. Two of them came under the duress of two-minute drill action, when the quarterback was forced to maneuver quickly up the field. McDaniel has said he would be surprised if Tagovailoa doesn’t see any live preseason action, and now it’s lining up for him to start on Saturday in the preseason home opener against the Raiders.
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Standout second-year wide receiver Jaylen Waddle missed Tuesday’s practice for undisclosed reasons. He appeared fine after practice, catching balls on the Jugs machine. ...
Others not seen practicing were outside linebacker Brennan Scarlett, offensive tackle Greg Little, fullback John Lovett and offensive lineman Kellen Diesch. ...
Safety Sheldrick Redwine and cornerback Kader Kohou were in attendance but seen running on the side during team drills. Redwine missed joint practices with the Buccaneers and Saturday’s preseason game. | 2022-08-16T20:03:46+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-stock-up-down-tues-20220816-sutlwan3wnhxnm6utfzzcf3yhi-story.html |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kawaski Trawick's interaction with the police lasted less than two minutes. Starting with a door knock, it ended with the 32-year-old Black man shot dead by a white New York Police Department officer in his own apartment, the killing caught on body camera and surveillance video.
An internal NYPD investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of the officer or his partner. The district attorney in the Bronx, where the shooting took place in 2019, declined to bring charges.
Now, four years after Trawick's death, a civilian agency tasked with oversight of the NYPD is pursuing a last-ditch attempt to get the department to discipline the officers.
An administrative trial starts Monday to determine whether either violated department rules during the encounter.
The Civilian Complaint Review Board will argue that Officer Brendan Thompson, who fired both his Taser and his handgun at Trawick, used an improper amount of force, and both he and his partner, Officer Herbert Davis, didn't promptly seek medical care for the dying man.
If found by an NYPD judge to have violated department rules, the officers could face penalties including firing, though a final decision about discipline will be left to Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
An accusation of improperly entering Trawick's apartment was dismissed by the trial judge.
Trawick's family and community advocates have been vocal in their calls for the officers to be fired for the death of the Georgia native, who moved to New York City a few years before his death to pursue his dreams of dancing stardom.
“He was working toward ... getting himself to a place where he was known for what he loved to do,” said his mother, Ellen Trawick. “Not for being murdered by two police officers.”
The leadership of the Police Benevolent Association, the union representing patrol officers and which is paying for the officers' attorneys, called Trawick's death an “undeniable tragedy” that was being exploited by “anti-police activists.”
“The case was thoroughly investigated by both the Bronx district attorney and the NYPD’s Force Investigation Division, which found no evidence of wrongdoing by these police officers," PBA President Pat Lynch said in a statement. "CCRB is not claiming it has any new evidence that would change those findings."
On the night he died, Trawick had locked himself out of his apartment at a supportive housing facility in the Bronx for people experiencing issues including substance abuse or living with certain health conditions.
He called 911, falsely saying the building was on fire. Other people in the building made calls to 911 about him, complaining he was being disruptive.
The Fire Department responded first. Shortly before 11 p.m., firefighters got his door open without incident. Trawick, seen on surveillance camera footage carrying a knife and a stick, said goodbye to the firefighters, went inside and closed the door.
A few minutes later, the two police officers arrived at his door. As seen on surveillance video and Thompson's body camera footage, what followed was this: Davis, a 16-year veteran at the time, knocked and when the door moved ajar, pushed it open further, bringing Trawick into sight standing at his stove in his underwear with the knife and stick still in his hands.
The officers repeatedly told Trawick to put down the knife.
Trawick, annoyed, repeatedly asked the officers why they are there.
“I've got a knife because I'm cooking!” he said.
Trawick was standing still, muttering to himself, when Thompson abruptly fired his Taser, dropping him to the floor.
Screaming in pain and anger, Trawick rose, yelling at the officers to get out of his home.
As officers backed out of the apartment, Davis, who is Black, can be seen on the video briefly pushing his white partner's gun down, telling him, “Don't, don't, don't.”
A moment later, Trawick moved toward the officers, yelling, “I’m gonna kill you all!" while still holding the knife. Thompson fired four shots, killing him.
Thompson radioed for help and emergency medical technicians arrived within two minutes but couldn't help Trawick.
In the day after Trawick's death, senior NYPD officers said the shooting appeared to be justified, and that he had been “charging” the officers when he was shot. It wasn't until more than a year and a half later that the full video footage became public after a legal push from nonprofit groups.
In a report explaining her decision not to bring criminal charges, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, who is Black, said that while Trawick's death was “profoundly tragic,” her office wouldn't be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Thompson’s use of deadly force was unjustified.
Loyda Colon, executive director of Justice Committee, an organization that advocates against police abuse of power, said the video shows the officers did not follow the department's protocols for how to engage in situations like Trawick's.
Trawick “is unfortunately one of too many people whose death at the hands of the NYPD was completely avoidable,” Colon said.
Like many police departments, the NYPD has struggled with incidents in which people in psychological crisis have been killed by officers in situations that — in retrospect — seemed avoidable.
The department offers training in “de-escalation” tactics, through which officers are supposed to try to defuse encounters by talking calmly, rather than barking orders, and isolate a disturbed person who is not following instructions rather than resort to threats or violence to get them to comply.
The disciplinary trial is scheduled to last for several days, with some testimony occurring this week and more in May, after a break due to scheduling conflicts. | 2023-04-24T15:22:50+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/4-years-later-a-disciplinary-hearing-in-fatal-17914926.php |
The Big Ten will reportedly earn $1 billion annually for seven years as part of its new massive TV contracts with FOX, NBC and CBS. The conference announced the agreement on Thursday.
The conference will distribute much of the money to the universities and their respective athletics departments. Universities will use that money to pay administrators and coaches, some of whom are already making millions a year.
But as of now, athletes won’t see a dime of the contract.
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren suggested that could change. In excerpts of a “Real Sports With Bryant Gumble” interview released on Friday, Warren said “yes” when asked if he foresees a day when college athletes are paid.
“Those are the things that we have to resolve,” he said. “We have to. So I want to be part of this conversation, and will be part of this conversation of what we can do to make this better.”
As news emerged of the Big Ten’s new contract, players reacted. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud said he would like to see some of the revenue.
“This game is amazing, especially the college atmosphere, because it does have amateurism to it,” Stroud, a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, said, according to the Columbus Dispatch. “That’s definitely a plus. But at the same time, I’m not 100% sure what our tuition is, but I’m sure it’s not the worth of what we’re actually worth. My mom has always told me to know my worth.”
Ohio State’s athletics director argued to reporters that the revenue goes to support athletes.
“That’s how we fund those positions,” Smith said. “That’s how we fund this building. That’s how we fund the new field in the stadium. That’s how we fund security we need for 103,000 people in the stadium, and maybe 30,000 outside for the tailgate while the game is going on.”
While NCAA rules prohibit colleges from directly paying their athletes, players have been able to cash in off “name, image and likeness” deals. Amid pressure from state and federal lawmakers, the NCAA changed its rules to allow players to sign endorsement deals.
Even then, some universities have limited the type of deals their athletes can sign. | 2022-08-19T17:15:16+00:00 | kgun9.com | https://www.kgun9.com/sports/big-ten-cashes-in-on-massive-tv-contact-but-will-athletes-see-any-of-it |
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Several grocery items have gotten more expensive this year. But nothing comes close to the rise in egg prices. Here's why. | 2022-12-31T12:20:58+00:00 | magicvalley.com | https://magicvalley.com/charlie/article_174474f4-39da-57c2-8698-f449012d7a67.html |
CLEVELAND, Ohio— The wife of a common pleas judge accused of attacking her while driving with their two young children in the backseat filed for divorce on Monday.
Aisha Fraser Mason, 41, filed to divorce her husband, Judge Lance T. Mason in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Domestic Relations Court.
Paperwork filed by Mason through her attorney Joyce E. Barrett cites gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty in the filing.
The case is assigned to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Domestic Relations Judge Rosemary Grdina Gold.
Lance T. Mason faces a second-degree felonious assault charge in Shaker Heights Municipal Court. He is accused of attacking his wife, punching her in the face several times, biting and choking her while driving on Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights with their children in the backseat.
Shaker Heights prosecutors said the children were ages 6 and 2, but the divorce filing says the children are 6 and 4 years old.
Barrett also filed for a civil protection order in Domestic Relations Court. Shaker Heights Municipal Court Judge K.J. Montgomery granted a protection order against Lance Mason, barring him from being within 500 feet of his wife and children.
In the filing for the protection order in Domestic Relations Court, Aisha Mason wrote that her husband attacked her while he was driving. A 9-1-1 caller said she thought a woman was driving the car.
Aisha Mason wrote that her husband "struck me in the face, yanked my hair, slammed my head into the dashboard and armrest of the car," the filing says.
She also wrote her husband exited the car in order to continue his attack, leaving the children in their 2008 Saturn Vue, according to the filing.
Aisha Mason also filed for custody of their two children.
Shaker Heights prosecutors said the two children are being cared for by grandparents. They also said Lance and Aisha Mason separated in March and were living separately. | 2022-05-21T05:36:21+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2014/08/wife_of_cuyahoga_county_judge.html |
Plans for a new elementary school in Uvalde were announced last night. The proposed campus by the Uvalde C-I-S-D Moving Forward Foundation and Community Advisory Committee would replace Robb Elementary, which will be torn down following the school shooting earlier this year.
The 50-million-dollar school would include 39 classrooms to serve three grade levels. It will go before the district school board tomorrow for approval. | 2022-11-15T22:43:21+00:00 | kurv.com | https://www.kurv.com/uvalde-foundation-proposes-50-million-dollar-school-to-replace-robb-elementary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uvalde-foundation-proposes-50-million-dollar-school-to-replace-robb-elementary |
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BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — From a hideout in a bombed-out house in eastern Ukraine, army commander Mykhailo Strebizh twirls a mortar shell the size of a bowling pin, calling it “aid we got from Europe and America.”
He then turns to a makeshift blackboard — a door with words written on it in chalk -- showing weapon inventories. One line says “NATO” in Cyrillic letters, then a number: 11.
These days, Ukraine’s beleaguered but unbowed forces are doing a lot of counting about the help they’re getting from abroad.
As Russia’s initially botched and broad offensive turns its focus to the eastern Donbas region, the war has entered a new and seemingly more enduring phase. While Russia has kept quiet about its war casualties, Ukrainian authorities say up to 200 of their soldiers are dying each day. Experts say both sides are taking heavy losses.
The United States last week upped the ante with its largest pledge of aid for Ukrainian forces yet — an additional $1 billion in military assistance aimed to help repel or reverse Russian advances.
But experts note that such aid deliveries haven’t kept pace with needs, raising questions about how sustainable the war effort will be — and how defense industries on both sides can continue to feed it.
“We’re moving from peacetime to wartime,” said Francois Heisbourg, a senior adviser at the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research think tank. “Peacetime means low production rates, and ramping up the production rate means that you have to first build industrial facilities … This is a defense-industrial challenge which is of a very great magnitude.”
That, in part, explains why Western deliveries of much-ballyhooed support for Ukraine have often fallen short and are slow in coming.
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany last week issued a “Ukraine Support Tracker” that showed the U.S. has delivered about half of its pledged commitments in military support for Ukraine, and Germany about one-third. Poland and Britain had both delivered on much of what they had promised, the report showed.
Earlier this month, Ukraine’s ambassador in Madrid, Serhii Phoreltsev, thanked Spain — which trumpeted shipment of 200 tons of military aid in April — but said the ammunition that was included was only enough for “about two hours of combat.”
Ukrainian filmmaker-turned-fighter Volodymyr Demchenko, tweeted a video of himself expressing gratitude about U.S. firearms: “There is American guns they send to us. It’s nice guns, and 120 bullets to each,” he said, before lamenting: “It’s like 15 minutes of a fight.”
Over the weekend, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned the war could last years, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged more training of Ukrainian troops abroad, the latest sign that friends of Ukraine’s government are digging in for the long haul even as he warned of growing “Ukraine fatigue” in the minds of the public abroad.
Part of the issue is that Ukrainian forces, whose country was once a stalwart member of the Soviet Union, are more familiar with Soviet-era weaponry than NATO equipment. Take artillery: The Western standard is 155mm artillery, while the Russian and Ukrainian forces have traditionally used 152mm stocks.
An untold number of Ukrainians have traveled abroad to get training on the Western-standard kit.
Of the $1 billion pledge from the U.S., only slightly more than one-third of that will be rapid, off-the-shelf deliveries by the Pentagon, and the rest will be available over a longer term. The pledge, which includes 18 howitzers and 36,000 rounds of ammunition for them, addresses Ukraine’s plea for more longer-range weaponry.
That’s far short of what the Ukrainians want — 1,000 155-mm caliber howitzers, 300 multiple-launch rocket systems, 500 tanks, 2,000 armored vehicles and 1,000 drones — as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser Mikhail Podolyak tweeted last week, before the latest big Western pledges.
“What the Ukrainians have got to do is conduct what military people tend to call a counter-battery operation” to respond to Russian artillery fire, said Ben Barry, a former director of the British Army Staff who is senior fellow for land warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “To do this, you need accurate weapons with a high rate of fire and a range that allows them to keep out of the way of the other side’s artillery.”
“The Ukrainians are saying they don’t have enough long-range rockets to adequately suppress Russian artillery,” he said. “I think they’re probably right.”
Analysts say the Russian military’s big advantage has been its stockpiles of artillery and an expertise in using it, which dates back centuries. Their concentration on the east, and not broader swaths of Ukraine, has allowed them to shorten supply lines that were too long earlier in this war.
Time, on the other hand, is on Ukraine’s side, the experts say: Ukrainian fighters are both motivated and mobilized — all men in the country of 40 million have been called to fight, whereas Russia has so far avoided a call-up of conscripts, which could vastly tilt the war in Russia’s favor, but may not be popular with all Russians.
Experts have noted declining morale on both sides as the standoff, notably in and around the city of Sievierodonetsk in recent weeks, has dented fighting spirit and prompted front-line fighters to question and defy orders from above.
Russia has been targeting stockpiles and supply lines, and hitting them, Russian military chiefs say. Ukrainian authorities have either denied such claims, or said nothing about them: Neither side wants to let on to the other too much about the damage and deaths they are sustaining.
As to how long such fighting could least, analyst Heisbourg admits “that's a hard one” but sees parallels between Ukraine today and France when Germany invaded in World War I — a population of about 40 million in Ukraine today and France before that war; the invaders neared the capital early on before being pushed back a bit; France had ammunition shortages, just as Ukraine does with artillery today.
A years-long war of attrition is “quite possible,” he said.
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Jamey Keaten reported from Geneva.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2022-06-20T14:41:28+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Men-morale-munitions-Russia-s-Ukraine-war-17253122.php |
New Mexico governor pitches tax relief, more classroom time
SANTA FE - New Mexico would use a surge in oil-related income to underwrite health insurance costs for educators, expand minimum classroom instructional hours at public schools and shore up access to health care and high-speed internet in remote areas, under budget recommendations issued Tuesday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
The budget proposal from the newly reelected Democratic governor would increase annual state general fund spending by nearly 12%, to $9.4 billion, for the fiscal year starting July 1 and ending in June 2024.
The Democratic-led Legislature convenes next week to negotiate a state budget during a 60-day session. Leading legislators are scheduled to publish spending priorities later this week.
The state government expects there to be a multibillion-dollar financial windfall in the current and upcoming fiscal years, largely from surging oil production and high energy prices. Voters in November also approved increased annual withdrawals from a multibillion-dollar state trust to pay for early childhood education initiatives and K-12 public schools.
Lujan Grisham is proposing $1 billion in tax rebates that could provide direct payments of as much as $1,500 per household, along with $500 million in tax relief, in part through cuts in some income tax rates and lower statewide gross receipts taxes on sales and services.
Her budget proposal would devote $100 million to pay the individual cost of health insurance for educators throughout the state, though not their dependent family members.
The state already is investing heavily in early childhood education programs and teacher compensation in an effort to improve a public education system that ranks at the bottom of many lists for academic achievement. Results from the latest standardized tests also show just 26% of students in grades three through eight were proficient in math, while only 34% were proficient in reading.
Under the proposed budget, core state spending on public education would be tied to an expansion of minimum annual instructional hours at public schools — marking a new approach. In recent years, many school districts have turned down optional funding to lengthen school hours, the school year or both.
Lujan Grisham is recommending salary increases of 4% for both public school and state employees.
The governor also wants to devote more spending to housing initiatives and solutions to homelessness; police recruitment and retention; at-home visits and counseling to improve early childhood wellbeing; an expansion of rural health care facilities; and to establish public endowments for graduate medical school programs.
The budget recommendation "empowers the state to continue to take on new and innovative strategies that are disrupting the status quo, that help our children, our families, our schools, our small businesses and our entire economy," Lujan Grisham said in a statement.
Economists expect the state government's income for the upcoming fiscal year to be nearly $12 billion. That revenue would exceed current annual general fund spending obligations by $3.6 billion, or 43%.
Lujan Grisham's budget recommendations include $10.2 million set aside for construction of a reproductive health care clinic in southern New Mexico that would offer abortion services.
Across the nation, many states have built historic cash surpluses with help from federal pandemic aid allocations and increased revenue on recent sales and income tax collections. Those surpluses may soon be tapped to cover tax cuts and greater spending on priorities such as infrastructure and education.
Though most states can afford it, financial experts are nonetheless urging caution because of concerns the U.S. could slip into a recession.
Morgan Lee is a reporter for the Associated Press.
Others are reading: | 2023-01-11T21:45:00+00:00 | lcsun-news.com | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/legislature/2023/01/11/new-mexico-governor-pitches-tax-relief-more-classroom-time/69799835007/ |
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