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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Wednesday renewing an arms embargo and other sanctions imposed over violence in Sudan’s western Darfur region that began in 2004.
Thirteen of the 15 council members voted for the resolution. Russia and China abstained, arguing that the Darfur conflict is largely over.
The resolution also extends the mandate of the U.N. panel of experts monitoring the arms embargo and travel ban and asset freeze on certain individuals. It now runs until March 12, 2024.
Last month, Sudan demanded that the Security Council immediately lift all sanctions imposed during the Darfur conflict. Sudan’s U.N. ambassador, Al-Harith Idriss Mohamed, said in a letter to the council that “Darfur has, for the most part, overcome the state of war, as well as previous security and political challenges.”
The Sudanese government has repeatedly urged the council to lift sanctions, but Mohamed’s letter was much stronger, saying that “Sudan will accept nothing less than the immediate lifting of these sanctions without conditions or benchmarks.”
The resolution adopted Wednesday rejects Sudan’s demands.
The Security Council voted “to reaffirm and renew” the arms embargo and other sanctions until Sept. 12, 2024. The resolution said the council will “make a decision regarding their further renewal no later than Sept. 12, 2024.”
The council also said it intends to review the sanctions no later than Feb. 12, 2024, for their possible modification, suspension or gradual lifting.
It said this will be done in light of the government’s progress on two benchmarks and related targets outlined in a July 31, 2021, report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The two benchmarks are “progress on transitional security arrangements in Darfur” and “progress on the national action plan for the protection of civilians.”
The Darfur conflict began in 2003 when rebels took up arms against the authoritarian government in Khartoum then led by Omar al-Bashir, accusing it of discrimination and neglect.
The government responded with a scorched-earth assault of air attacks and a ground offensive by local nomadic Arab militias known as the Janjaweed, who are accused of mass killings and rapes. Up to 300,000 people died in the conflict and 2.7 million fled their homes.
Al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. He was ousted in April 2019 after three decades in power and is jailed in Khartoum facing corruption allegations and charges related to the overthrow of the former elected government.
In recent years, a successful government military campaign has reduced the Darfur conflict to mainly a fight with a rebel Sudan Liberation Army faction. In March 2020, the government signed a peace deal with several major rebel groups.
In October 2021, Sudan was plunged into turmoil following a coup led by the country’s leading military figure, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, that derailed the short-run democratic transition following al-Bashir’s ouster.
Citing the positive developments in Darfur, China’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Dai Bing, said, “Sanctions against Sudan are outdated and should be lifted in light of the improved circumstances on the ground.”
“Keeping those sanctions in place is not only untenable in the context of the country’s political and security realities, but also limits the government’s security capacity, negatively impacting its ability to maintain stability,” Dai said.
But U.S. political counselor John Kelley said: “The situation in Darfur remains extremely fragile. The fundamental causes of the conflict persist, proliferation of small arms and light weapons continues, and the Sudanese authorities are often unable to provide security for civilians.”
“Robust monitoring and reporting by the panel of experts therefore remains essential,” Kelley said, and the benchmarks “are anchored in commitments” Sudan’s government made in the 2020 peace agreement. | 2023-03-09T21:26:45+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/international/un-renews-sudan-arms-embargo-as-russia-and-china-abstain/ |
Brittney Griner’s Russia detention extended for third time
MOSCOW (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2, Russian state-run news agency Tass reported Tuesday.
The 31-year-old American basketball player has been held in Russia since February when she was detained at a Moscow airport after authorities there claimed she was carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. The U.S. Department of State last month reclassified her as wrongfully detained.
The Khimki district court of the Moscow region extended Griner’s detention for a third time, according to the Tass report, which also cited a top Russian diplomat as saying that Moscow will not consider including Griner in a detainee swap “until a court investigation into her case is completed.”
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, according to Tass, was responding to US media reports that the Biden administration had offered to exchange convicted arms trader Viktor Bout for Griner. Ryabkov gave no timeline for the proceedings in the player’s case.
Griner’s supporters continue to advocate for her release, with some raising concerns that Moscow might use her as a bargaining chip amid tensions over the war in Ukraine.
Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who plays in Russia during the WNBA offseason, was accused of “smuggling significant amounts of a narcotic substance,” an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison in Russia.
The Houston native plays for the Phoenix Mercury.
State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters Tuesday that it was his understanding that department officials learned of the extension in her detention only through Tass, which he said was problematic.
“This case is problematic from top to bottom,” he said. “It is precisely why we have characterized Brittney Griner as an unlawful detainee. It’s precisely why we are doing everything we can to seek and to affect her prompt release from Russian detention.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-14T19:57:00+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/2022/06/14/brittney-griners-russia-detention-extended-third-time/ |
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – Friday marks two years since the attack on the U.S. Capitol as law enforcement officers, veterans and lawmakers in Washington call for more accountability and security.
On the eve of the second anniversary of the attack, former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone is calling for change.
“Two years since the day I almost died defending the Capitol,” Fanone recalled. “The worst part is that our elected leaders allowed this to happen.”
He called for specific members of Congress to condemn political violence.
“Representative Matt Gaetz, who encouraged voters to arm themselves at the polls or newly sworn in, or soon to be sworn in, Representative Derrick Van Orden who breached police barricades with the insurrectionist mob,” Fanone said.
Congress recently passed a bill to make it harder to overturn election results and many other Republicans on Capitol Hill already condemn the attack.
“Yes, there’s blame to go around there and, again, I think it’s reflecting on those issues and what incited that,” Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) said.
Indiana Republican Larry Bucshon says one lesson learned is that rhetoric matters.
“It’s a dark day in American history, that we don’t want to repeat,” Bucshon said. “I think it’s unfortunate, I think there shouldn’t have been a rally on the National Mall that day.”
Meanwhile, Colorado Democrat Jason Crow says political violence doesn’t have a simple solution.
“While Donald Trump bears the majority of the responsibility, it wasn’t him alone that led us there. It’s years of division and disinformation and misinformation…and lies,” Crow said.
Lawmakers say a lot remains to be done to fight those problems. | 2023-01-05T23:41:56+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/washington/washington-dc/fanone-lawmakers-call-for-accountability-ahead-of-jan-6-anniversary/ |
JACKSONVILLE — A shoulder issue and subsequent surgery turned Jacksonville State's Savannah "Bam" Sudduth from a full-time starter to a part-time one, but she still produces big plays.
She made two Gold Glove catches in right field to help preserve JSU's shutout day as the Gamecocks swept Bellarmine 8-0 and 6-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Sudduth has played all three outfield spots regularly during her four years at JSU, and in the second game, she got the start in right. In the fifth inning, she sprinted back for a long drive and made a running catch, colliding with the fence so hard she got knocked down. In the seventh, she sprinted in for a dying fly that she caught by sliding and catching it just inches from the ground.
Sudduth acknowledged it was fun to make those catches, but she added, "On days like today where we're scoring a lot and we're way ahead, our main goal is to get our pitchers as few pitches as they can in a game, so they can recuperate and get ready for the next one."
JSU (29-19, 12-8 ASUN) likely would've won even if Sudduth had flubbed the catches, but to Gamecocks coach Jana McGinnis, those two plays show the value of Sudduth, who's settled into a role of part-time starter in the outfield, occasional pinch-hitter and valuable pinch-runner.
"Bam has always been a very consistent player, and we have a lot of confidence in her when we need something big to happen," she said.
After starting slow because of shoulder surgery, she has appeared in 42 of the Gamecocks' 48 games, made 16 starts and is hitting .291, which is just a tick down from her career average of .307. At the plate Saturday, her highlight was a bases-loaded walk to drive in a run.
"Early in the year, she was hesitant — hesitant to dive," McGinnis said. "Her speed and her ability to dive have made her so good, but she has learned that slide, that hook-slide and catch. I'm glad to see it right there, because that's probably the only way she catches that ball in the (seventh) inning."
Sudduth's two plays helped support a big day by pitchers Kat Carter and Sarah Currie, who dominated Bellarmine (10-37, 1-20), which has lost 11 straight.
Carter (15-9) pitched all five innings in the first game, which ended early because of the mercy rule, allowing one single and no other base runners. She needed only 36 pitches to dispatch the Knights.
In the second game, Currie (12-8) allowed only one hit and one walk while striking out eight. The only spot of trouble came in the fourth inning when Bellarmine got runners on first and second with one out. A flyout to Sudduth in right and a strikeout ended that threat.
What to know
—JSU had three homers Saturday, including Addie Robinson's grand slam in the first inning of the opener, Brantly Bonds' two-run shot in the first inning of the first game, and Megan Fortner's three-run homer in the first inning of the second game. Fortner and Robinson are tied for the team lead in homers with seven each, while Bonds and Camryn McLemore have five each. Fortner's 32 RBIs lead JSU, followed by Robinson (30) and Bonds (27).
—Karsen Mosley was 2-for-5 on the day with two walks. She had a two-run double in the second game.
—Sidney Wagnon walked three times and stole two bases.
—Of the 20 JSU players in uniform, 17 got to play in at least one of the two games.
Who said
—More from Sudduth on the big catches: "At the end of the day, you've got to put the team first. If I need to lay out and make a catch, I'll lay out and make a catch, especially for our pitchers because they work super hard for us."
—McGinnis on freshman Kyndal Tinnell, who got a pinch-hit single in the second game: "Kyndal's going to be a great hitter. It's just hard to fit her into the lineup as an everyday player. She understands that, but when she gets her opportunities, she has come very calm, very confident. She could be big for us at the end of the season."
Next up
—JSU and Bellarmine will play the final game of their three-game series Sunday at 1 p.m. After that, JSU will travel for a three-game series next weekend at Central Arkansas (29-17, 13-6), which leads the ASUN West Division by 1½ games over second-place JSU. | 2022-05-01T00:18:12+00:00 | annistonstar.com | https://www.annistonstar.com/sports/jsu/jsu-softball-sudduth-delivers-again-for-gamecocks-with-two-highlight-reel-catches/article_f8e9a82a-c8d4-11ec-bacc-735c92e99429.html |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coolio ‘s posthumous album includes guest appearances from Naughty By Nature’s Treach, Da Lench Mob’s J-Dee, and Ras Kass on a project that was not intended to be the rapper’s last.
Titled “Long Live Coolio,” the forthcoming LP is a celebration of the Grammy award-winning MC, best known for his ’90s classics “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage.” His representatives on Friday exclusively shared with The Associated Press the 11-song track list and who will be heard on the album when it is released later this year.
“A Star Is Born”, the latest track from the release — a collaboration between Naughty By Nature’s Treach, MC Shan, and Coolio’s long time producer/collaborator DJ Wino — premiered on Friday, a track that doubles as a history lesson in Coolio’s path to superstardom. The video was filmed in Las Vegas.
“When I heard Coolio’s verse, I’m like, ‘Yo, it feels like the homie is still here,” Treach said, showing off a large portrait tattoo of his labelmate Coolio on his chest. “How do we want people to think of him? We just want them to always think of him. That’s what it’s about — keeping your homies’ names in the streets. Tupac just got a star in Hollywood. We don’t just say it when our brothers are here. We say it until we meet up with them again.”
“Went from Old Man to Boo Daddy to Coolio,” Coolio raps in “A Star is Born.” “At the age of 18 I hit the studio KDAY I’m on radio.”
“Coolio told his story in the second verse,” said DJ Wino. “This song was not meant to be posthumous.”
Coolio died in September 2022 from the effects of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office determined, ruling it an accidental death. In March 2023, Coolio’s estate announced that the hip-hop legend had been working on an album in the days leading up to his death.
DJ Wino says about 75% of the album was completed prior to Coolio’s death. “He laid it out there for us,” he said of finishing “Long Live Coolio.” “It was up to us to come through, and like good little foot soldiers we followed up.”
Coolio won a Grammy for best solo rap performance for “Gangsta’s Paradise,” the 1995 hit from the soundtrack of the Michelle Pfeiffer film “Dangerous Minds” that sampled Stevie Wonder’s 1976 song “Pastime Paradise” and was played constantly on MTV. The song hit one billion views on YouTube in 2022.
The rapper had subsequent hits with “Fantastic Voyage” in 1994, “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New)” in 1996 and 1997’s “C U When U Get There.” His career album sales totaled 4.8 million, with 978 million on-demand streams of his songs, according to Luminate. He was nominated for six Grammys overall.
“LONG LIVE COOLIO” TRACK LIST:
1. “Shine On Me”
2. “Got That”
3. “Notice Me” (feat. Ras Kass)
4. “Fast Pace” (feat. Kid Frost)
5. “I’m Wit That BS” (feat. J-Dee from Da Lench Mob)
6. “TAG You It” (feat. Too $hort)
7. “A Star Is Born” (feat. Treach from Naughty By Nature)
8. “Belly Of The Beast” (feat. Cejaz Negraz)
9. “Snitch’N”
10. “Stand Up Beat It Hit It” (feat. Jay Chris)
11. “R Thentic” (feat. Kurupt & Chill) | 2023-07-07T20:54:33+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-coolios-collaborators-and-track-list-announced-for-rappers-posthumous-album-long-live-coolio/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — House leaders say the impact of a hack of a health insurance marketplace used by members of Congress “could be extraordinary,” exposing sensitive personal data of lawmakers, their employees and families. In all, thousands of people could be affected.
DC Health Link, which runs the exchange, said an unspecified number of customers were impacted and it was notifying them and working with law enforcement to quantify the damage. It said it was offering identity theft service to those affected and extending credit monitoring to all customers.
Some 11,000 of the exchange’s more than 100,000 participants work in the House and Senate — in the nation’s capital and district offices across the nation — or are relatives.
In a letter to the exchange’s director posted on Twitter, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said the breach “significantly increase the risk that Members, staff and their families will experience identity theft, financial crimes, and physical threats.” The stolen data includes Social Security numbers, phones, addresses, emails and employer names.
The FBI said in a brief statement Wednesday evening it was aware of the incident and was assisting.
In the letter, McCarthy and Jeffries said the FBI had not yet determined the extent of the breach but that thousands of House members, employees and their families have enrolled in health insurance through DC Health Link since 2014. “The size and scope of impacted House customers could be extraordinary.”
They said the FBI told them it was able to purchase the stolen data on the dark web, where it was offered for sale for an unspecified amount Monday on a hacker forum popular with cybercriminals.
It was not clear, though, whether and how the FBI could guarantee that copies of the stolen data were not circulating in the cybercrime underworld. Indeed, on Thursday, a new user on the forum claimed a hacker known as “thekilob” had stolen more than 55,000 records and exclaimed “Glory to Russia” in Cyrillic. Some of the most active cybercriminals are Russian speakers and operate with little interference from the Kremlin.
The user posted 200 records from the hack online and The Associated Press confirmed the sample’s authenticity with two of the victims listed.
“This is big. This isn’t just like regular folks. This is everyone,” said one victim who works in Washington, D.C. In all, 24 people in her office had their records in the dump. The AP is not naming victims or their workplaces to avoid further potential harm.
Sample data posted to the hacker forum by a different account — and removed overnight Thursday — listed data for a dozen DC Link participants. The AP reached one by phone.
“Oh my God,” the man said, when informed the information was public. All 12 people listed work for the same company or are family members.
In an email to all Senate email account holders on Wednesday, the sergeant at arms recommended that anyone registered on the health insurance exchange freeze their credit to prevent identity theft.
An email sent out by the office of the Chief Administrative Office of the House on behalf of McCarthy and Jeffries called the breach “egregious” and urged members to use credit and identity theft monitoring resources.
In an emailed statement on Wednesday, Rep. Joe Morelle of New York said House leadership was informed by Capitol Police that DC Health Link “suffered an extraordinarily large data breach of enrollee information” that posed a “great risk” to members, employees and their family members. He said the FBI was still determining the “cause, size, and scope of the data breach.”
The hack follows several recent breaches affecting U.S. agencies. Hackers broke into a U.S. Marshals Service computer system and activated ransomware on Feb. 17 after stealing personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations.
An FBI computer system was recently breached at the bureau’s New York field office, CNN reported in mid-February. Asked about that intrusion, the FBI issued a statement calling it “an isolated incident that has been contained.” It declined further comment, including when it occurred and whether ransomware was involved.
There was no indication the DC Health breach was ransomware-related.
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Bajak reported from Boston. | 2023-03-10T11:44:28+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/tech-news/health-data-breach-hitting-congress-could-be-extraordinary/ |
NEW YORK, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LDJ Capital, a global single-family office that invests and manages investments, today announced the launch of its cryptocurrency wealth management services. The addition of cryptocurrency wealth management services is part of the firm's ongoing dedication to keeping pace with investment trends and addressing the evolving needs of its expansive clientele, including the leading-edge area of blockchain technology.
David Drake, Principal of LDJ Capital, said: "It is a service in demand, and I wish it had been available for the last 10 years. Our network of 489 family offices and institutions worldwide has indicated a demand for these exciting investments. We believe the market has matured so that we can offer the appropriate balance of risk and opportunity for our discerning clients."
With current total assets under management (AUM) of $56 million, LDJ Capital has extended its reach globally, providing investment management for high-asset clients from Vietnam, Dubai, Mauritius, Europe, and the United States.
The firm's wealth management services are comprehensive and designed to help clients navigate the complex landscape of cryptocurrency. From white-glove assistance for account setup and portfolio diversification to operational security guidance and blockchain industry education, LDJ Capital is committed to supporting clients in their cryptocurrency investment journey.
LDJ Capital Crypto Wealth Management team is building a sterling track record of service. "LDJ Capital's insightful strategies, customized to my goals and risk tolerance, have yielded impressive portfolio growth even in volatile markets. Their Crypto Wealth Management team excels in client communication, always ensuring we understand the crypto landscape. Their professional integrity is outstanding, instilling trust and confidence,"- said Pha Le, Founder and CEO of FXCE - Vietnam.
LDJ Capital's expansion into cryptocurrency wealth management emphasizes its commitment to offering a full range of innovative services and delivering exceptional results to its clients. For high-net-worth individuals interested in these services, visit https://ldjcapital.com/crypto-wealth-management.
About LDJ Capital
LDJ Capital is a single-family office that invests in the areas of real estate, hospitality, tech, telecom, mobile, entertainment, media, gaming, fintech, insurance, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, AI, and life sciences. The firm has a robust presence worldwide and a keen interest in the rapidly evolving digital asset landscape.
LDJ Capital has three subdivisions:
- LDJ Capital Group
- LDJ Real Estate Group
- The Soho Loft Media Group
For more information, visit: https://ldjcapital.com/
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SOURCE LDJ Capital | 2023-05-31T17:04:36+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2023/05/31/ldj-capital-introduces-new-crypto-wealth-management-service-discerning-tech-forward-investors/ |
AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — There were some harrowing moments as shoppers at a thrift store in Aurora were told to hit the floor after shots were heard outside the building.
When the shooting stopped, two people had been injured in the parking lot. Crime tape and evidence markers were all over the area in front of a thrift store.
Cecily Godfrey was a little close for comfort.
“It was like bang bang! It wasn’t like pop pop, like people say. It was BANG BANG!” Godfrey said.
Godfrey was working inside the Arc Thrift Store next to where the shooting happened.
“I heard a loud bang and thought the window had broken. I turned around because I was right there. I saw a man running with a large gun,” Godfrey added.
Godfrey knew exactly how to try and keep shoppers safe.
“He was not after our store but of course, I immediately yelled shooter. Everybody got down and reacted quickly,” Godfrey said.
Aurora police say one man was grazed by a bullet in the parking lot. Another man showed up at an emergency room with serious injuries.
Rafael Garcia Jr. knew someone had to be hurt.
“I just see people running and I’m like dang they are getting shot up,” Garcia said.
One business owner said he saw the gunman shooting toward the parking lot. Brian Munoz was driving up to work when shots rang out.
“I just saw people in a white bus they were heading for the thrift store and I heard pow pow pow and then that’s when all the people started running back to the bus,” Munoz said.
Luckily none of those shoppers or anyone else was hurt in the hail of parking lot gunfire.
Gateway High School, which is about a block away, was on a secure perimeter for about 45 minutes while officers canvased the area.
Many of the people FOX31 talked to said the sound of gunfire has happened way too often. | 2022-08-20T01:39:08+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/local/shoppers-told-to-hit-the-floor-as-shots-ring-out-in-aurora/ |
NEW YORK (AP) _ Getty Realty Corp. (GTY) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its third quarter.
The New York-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $25.8 million, or 54 cents per share, in the period.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $13.3 million, or 27 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $42 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $41.5 million.
Getty Realty expects full-year funds from operations in the range of $2.12 to $2.13 per share.
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MONTREAL (AP) _ National Bank of Canada (NTIOF) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $703.4 million.
The Montreal-based bank said it had earnings of $2 per share.
The bank posted revenue of $2.39 billion in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $1.92 billion, surpassing Street forecasts.
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Updated: Oct 7, 2022 / 10:39 PM EDT | 2022-10-08T03:33:19+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/connecting-with-community/22news-notebook-for-october-8th-10th/ |
HOUSTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce the following recent activity in its private loan portfolio. During the second quarter of 2022, Main Street originated approximately $187.3 million in new commitments in its private loan portfolio across six new and three existing borrowers and funded total investments across its private loan portfolio with a cost basis totaling approximately $182.1 million.
The following represent notable new and increased private loan commitments and investments during the second quarter of 2022:
- $29.6 million in a first lien senior secured loan and $3.6 million in a first lien senior secured revolver to a health focused company specializing in dietary supplements;
- $17.0 million in a first lien senior secured loan, $3.7 million in a first lien senior secured revolver and $10.5 million in a first lien senior secured delayed draw loan to a provider of media intelligence solutions software;
- $26.8 million in a first lien senior secured loan and $4.2 million in a first lien senior secured revolver to a provider of solutions for managing software-as-a-service applications;
- $16.4 million in a first lien senior secured loan and $2.6 million in a first lien senior secured revolver to a defense contractor providing engineering and technical services to government agencies;
- $17.8 million in a first lien senior secured loan and $1.2 million in a first lien senior secured delayed draw loan to a managed security provider offering cyber security and network monitoring to multi-site businesses;
- $6.2 million in a first lien senior secured loan, $1.2 million in a first lien senior secured revolver and $9.2 million in a first lien senior secured delayed draw loan to a case and program management software business for social organizations;
- Increased commitments of $13.5 million in a first lien senior secured loan to a manufacturer and distributor of charitable gaming supplies;
- Increased commitments of $12.9 million in a first lien senior secured loan to a provider of emergency and disaster response, facility management and environmental services to corporate clients across the United States and Canada; and
- Increased commitments of $10.9 million in a first lien senior secured loan to a healthcare logistics and courier service company.
As of June 30, 2022, Main Street's private loan portfolio included total investments at cost of approximately $1.3 billion across 82 unique borrowers. The private loan portfolio, as a percentage of cost, included 95.5% invested in first lien debt investments, 0.4% invested in second lien debt investments and 4.1% invested in equity investments or other securities.
Main Street (www.mainstcapital.com) is a principal investment firm that primarily provides long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market investment strategy. Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
Main Street, through its wholly owned portfolio company MSC Adviser I, LLC ("MSC Adviser"), also maintains an asset management business through which it manages investments for external parties. MSC Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Contacts:
Main Street Capital Corporation
Dwayne L. Hyzak, CEO, dhyzak@mainstcapital.com
Jesse E. Morris, CFO and COO, jmorris@mainstcapital.com
713-350-6000
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Ken Dennard | ken@dennardlascar.com
Zach Vaughan | zvaughan@dennardlascar.com
713-529-6600
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SOURCE Main Street Capital Corporation | 2022-07-13T11:28:25+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2022/07/13/main-street-announces-second-quarter-2022-private-loan-portfolio-activity/ |
18-year-old stabbed in road rage incident, sheriff’s office says
FENTON, N.Y. (WBNG/Gray News) -- Police in New York say a stabbing of an 18-year-old was the result of a road rage incident.
The Broome County Sheriff’s Office arrested 50-year-old Michael Seaman after a stabbing on Tuesday in Fenton.
Deputies said they responded to a call regarding the stabbing and gave medical aid to an 18-year-old with a stab wound near his upper thigh and groin area.
According to deputies, the victim and witnesses told them that a road rage incident occurred involving a man in a pickup truck.
The incident reportedly involved that pickup truck and the 18-year-old in another vehicle, according to WBNG. The two were aggressively exchanging “hand signals” while driving and arguing.
The sheriff’s office identified the man in the truck as Seaman. Authorities said he got into a fistfight with the 18-year-old before the stabbing.
Authorities also said Seaman tried to stab a 17-year-old during the incident before leaving the scene.
The 18-year-old was taken to a hospital for treatment, and the sheriff’s office said authorities were able to find Seaman at his home.
Seaman has been charged with first-degree assault.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law two measures aimed at safeguarding the rights of LGBTQ+ people as other states move to restrict the community, just days after the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans.
One of the new laws will update language in existing acts to be more gender inclusive in order to affirm LGBTQ+ youth in foster care, and the other will make it easier for LGBTQ+ couples to marry. The laws will be effective on Aug. 8 and on Jan. 1, 2024, respectively.
Illinois is one of several U.S. states with Democratic-majority legislatures that has worked to reinforce LGBTQ+ rights, as Republican-led legislatures in other states advance bills that target the community, including restrictions on gender-affirming care, bans on transgender youth participation in sports, and " bathroom bills." The two new pro-LGBTQ+ Illinois laws were signed about a week into Pride month, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities, but which this year takes place in a contentious political climate.
“Some of our surrounding states seem to be focused on taking away hard-won rights for the LGBTQ+ community, and we must remain vigilant and aggressive in ensuring that Illinois is not only a refuge state and a sanctuary state for LGBTQ communities, but that we call out the hatred, punitive legislation, and entirely unnecessary regression that we're seeing," said Sen. Mike Simmons, who sponsored both bills and is the only "out" member of the Illinois Senate.
The Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday declared that LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. are “ under attack.”
The nation’s largest organization devoted to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans released a guidebook pointing to laws it deems discriminatory in each state, and counted more than 75 anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been signed into law this year.
The NAACP last month issued a travel advisory for Florida, a popular warm-weather destination in the U.S., warning Black and LGBTQ+ tourists of “openly hostile” recent laws and policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers.
The Illinois bills garnered nearly 2,000 opponents, including hundreds of individuals and the Illinois Family Institute, who registered their disapproval of the pro-LGBTQ+ legislation.
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Diamondbacks sticking with Mark Melancon despite bumpy stretch
It was about this time five years ago that Diamondbacks closer Fernando Rodney struggled badly enough to raise questions about his job security. The Diamondbacks were concerned enough to begin contemplating backup plans, but ultimately they stuck with the veteran closer. Rodney rewarded their faith, his ensuing run helping to fuel a playoff run.
Manager Torey Lovullo brought up that sequence of events on Friday when discussing the situation with this year’s closer, Mark Melancon.
“It’s not always perfect for closers,” Lovullo said. “They have great runs and they have runs where they have stuff not go their way.”
Melancon’s recent struggles do not appear as pronounced as Rodney’s were in 2017. He has been shakier than the Diamondbacks would like — he has been charged with four losses and owns a 6.75 ERA — but as far as closer crises go, the Diamondbacks are not yet there with Melancon.
That said, they might not be too far off — which, as it turns out, is how Melancon feels about the way he's pitching. The results, he knows, are not great. His stuff is down. But he said he does not think a look at his numbers indicate how close he feels to getting himself right.
“Just always searching, always trying to get better,” he said. “That’s why I know I’ll bounce out of this. I’m not going to give up. I’m eager to get back out there. It’s not where I want to be, but it’s not going to keep me down.”
A year ago, Melancon led the majors with 39 saves, logging a 2.23 ERA in 64 2/3 innings for the San Diego Padres. The Diamondbacks gave him a two-year, $14 million deal in December to help stabilize what last year was a porous bullpen.
Melancon’s season already has had several turns. He was hit hard in spring training, then looked a bit shaky in his first few appearances. But after something clicked during the club’s first road trip of the season, Melancon proceeded to turn in six consecutive scoreless outings to end April.
Next came a trip to the COVID-19 injured list. He has not been as effective since returning, giving up runs in two of his four outings.
“I know how hard it is to take a week off and try to come back,” setup man Ian Kennedy said. “He was throwing great. His cutter was great. He was getting weak ground balls, weak contact. That’s kind of what you’ve seen from him the last couple years.”
Against the Rockies last week, Melancon leaned heavily on his curveball, giving four runs (three earned) on five hits despite not allowing that much hard contact. Facing the Marlins on Wednesday, he gave up four runs, this time leaning heavily on his cutter. The contact was louder, notably on a three-run home run by the Marlins’ Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Melancon, 37, has only four strikeouts in 10 2/3 innings, and his primary pitch, his cutter, is averaging just 90.3 mph, down from 92 mph last season.
“I’ve had some years where it’s been down early and it comes back,” Melancon said. “Why that is, I’m not sure. … I’ve never been a velocity guy, never concerned myself with velocity. But I understand there is a point to where it’s important. Having another one or two miles an hour harder would be a good thing.”
When Melancon was on the injured list, the Diamondbacks managed to stay afloat without him, though not without stretching their bullpen thin. It seems clear the Diamondbacks are best positioned when Melancon is throwing well, bumping the rest of their relievers down a notch in leverage roles.
“He definitely is important to how well we all throw the ball,” Kennedy said. “You have another guy in there, it just shortens the game up even more.”
On Wednesday, Lovullo dismissed the idea of giving Melancon a break from the closer’s role. He reiterated his faith in Melancon getting back on track, saying he needs to make adjustments to better command his cutter.
And he pointed to Melancon’s experience and demeanor as reasons why he thinks he will figure things out.
“He’s so professional you don’t know if he’s having a good or a bad day,” Lovullo said. “He’s going to have the same conversation whether he saved a game or has given up runs. I think he’s in a really good spot because of the experience and the things he’s walked through in this game.”
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Longtime leader Sandy Jamison will head up region development for the area
DENVER, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RE/MAX®, the #1 name in real estate1, today announced the promotion of Sandy Jamison to Vice President of Region Development for the RE/MAX Northeast Region. In this role, Jamison will oversee regional operations in 14 states, from Ohio to Maine, as well as Washington, D.C. She previously served as Area Vice President for the 15-state RE/MAX West Region.
In prior roles with the Northeast Region, Jamison directly supported the brokerages in the region, establishing relationships with franchisees and being an active contributor to the regional broker community. In this elevated position, Jamison will continue to leverage her years of experience supporting brokerages of all backgrounds and types and helping them grow and prosper.
"It's been an honor to have worked with such a talented group of RE/MAX Broker/Owners and agents over the years and I'm thrilled for the opportunity to re-engage with owners I previously worked with, as well as meet the incredible new entrepreneurs who are eager to harness the power of this remarkable brand," said Jamison. "We will have our full focus on helping existing brokerages scale up through various tactics including mergers, acquisitions and conversions."
Earlier this year, RE/MAX announced several strategic initiatives designed to accelerate profitable growth including a brokerage mergers and conversions initiative.
As VP of Region Development, Jamison will report to Amy Lessinger, RE/MAX Senior Vice President, Region Development. "Sandy is a driven, goal-motivated leader with an open-door policy," said Lessinger. "She is dedicated to supporting the RE/MAX network of brokers and agents and her insights and leadership will be invaluable to our growth-focused strategy."
Jamison first joined RE/MAX in 2011 after a previous career in franchise ownership and franchise development. Over the years, she quickly became a vital team member and has a proven track record of success in the West and Northeast regions.
As one of the leading global real estate franchisors, RE/MAX, LLC is a subsidiary of RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX) with more than 140,000 agents in almost 9,000 offices and a presence in more than 110 countries and territories. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX, as measured by residential transaction sides. RE/MAX was founded in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger, with an innovative, entrepreneurial culture affording its agents and franchisees the flexibility to operate their businesses with great independence. RE/MAX agents have lived, worked and served in their local communities for decades, raising millions of dollars every year for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® and other charities. To learn more about RE/MAX, to search home listings or find an agent in your community, please visit www.remax.com. For the latest news about RE/MAX, please visit news.remax.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian forces have a “significant amount of combat power” that hasn’t yet been committed to the war, the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday, saying Kyiv is conserving some of its tactical effort while troops slowly work their way through deadly Russian minefields.
Speaking to reporters after defense leaders from around the world met to discuss Ukraine’s military needs, Army Gen. Mark Milley was asked about the slow pace of Ukraine’s offensive to take back territory seized by Russia. He said Ukraine will decide when to use the combat power and complex training the U.S. and allies have provide. He flatly dismissed suggestions the offensive is failing.
“It is far from a failure, in my view. I think that it’s way too early to make that kind of call,” said Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “Right now they are preserving their combat power. And they are slowly and deliberately and steadily working their way through all these minefields, and it’s a tough fight. It’s a very difficult fight.”
Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with reporters at the close of the 14th meeting of the Ukraine contact group, which is made up of the defense and military leaders from more than 50 nations. The group met virtually Tuesday to discuss how to continue to meet Ukraine’s need for weapons and training.
Austin said he asked allies to “continue to dig deep into their military stocks,” particularly for ammunition, which Ukraine urgently needs.
The officials announced no new military aid, but the U.S. this month agreed to provide thousands of cluster munitions to Ukraine, and included them in an $800 million aid package. The munitions, which are being taken from Pentagon stocks, began arriving in Ukraine for the war effort last week. Overall the U.S. has provided more than $40 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Austin and Milley’s comments came as tensions between the U.S. and Russia continue to spike. There has been a recent series of close calls between Russian and U.S. military aircraft over Syria, including a Sunday incident when a Russian fighter jet flew very close to a U.S. surveillance plane that was carrying a crew of four.
The Russian Su-35 flew so close to a U.S. MC-12, that it forced the American plane to go through the turbulent wake, putting the crew’s lives in danger.
Lt Gen Alex Grynkewich, the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, said Tuesday that “these actions against a manned aircraft represent a new level of unsafe and unprofessional actions by Russian aircraft operating in Syria” He said flying into the turbulance reduced the U.S. crew’s ability to safely operate their aircraft. The MC-12 is a twin engine turbo prop.
Asked about the recent incidents, Milley said the U.S. is “monitoring it very closely. As to the reason why the little bit of an uptick, I’m not really certain. We’ve got analysts trying to figure that out.” He added that U.S. forces in the region have the capabilities and the authorities they need to protect themselves. | 2023-07-19T02:36:07+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-us-says-ukraine-has-significant-combat-power-not-yet-committed-to-the-war/ |
Which winter boots for men are best?
Winter is right around the corner, so it’s almost time to break out your cold-weather clothing. Protecting your extremities is crucial, so you’ll want to ensure you have a reliable pair of boots. There are many to choose from, but the best, such as the Sorel Caribou Boots, offer excellent water protection and long-lasting comfort. They’re also packed with plenty of insulation to keep your feet warm in extreme weather.
What to know before you buy winter boots for men
Size
Wearing the correct size is essential to prevent injury because if winter boots are too big, there’s a greater risk of tripping or falling. On the other hand, boots that are too tight can cause discomfort and make it difficult to walk.
Boot size varies depending on the model, as some run large or small, but keep in mind that if you want to wear thick socks for warmth, it’s best to get a pair slightly larger than your regular size.
Boot height
The shaft height of your winter boots is entirely up to you, but it’s best to wear a pair that extends well above the ankles for colder temperatures. However, taller winter boots are bulkier than low-cut boots, so a low ankle cut is good for mild winter days with minimal rain or snow.
Commuting boots vs. work boots
Work boots are much bulkier than standard winter boots you might use for commuting to work or school. They have a sturdy build that protects your feet from moisture and a toe cap for added safety from collisions and heavy objects. Some work boots are lightweight enough to wear for commuting, but if you want something more fashionable, it’s best to look for traditional winter boots.
What to look for in quality winter boots for men
Materials
Winter boots that can handle inclement weather have a sturdy build and are made with high-quality materials that don’t wear out or tear easily. Nylon and synthetic leather are commonly used for the upper, providing excellent moisture protection.
Insulation
If you live where temperatures drop below 30 degrees, you’ll need adequate protection for your feet. Some winter boots don’t have any insulation, making them suitable for milder days, but keeping your feet warm in freezing weather requires boots packed with at least 200 grams of insulation.
For frigid weather, you can opt for boots with 400 or 800 grams of insulation. However, these boots are unsuitable for mild or moderate winter days since they can make your feet sweaty and uncomfortable if you wear them for extended periods.
Comfort
You may not wear your boots for a long time during the day the same as you would athletic or office shoes, but they should still provide enough comfort to prepare you for any situation. Look for boots that offer sufficient arch support to make standing and walking for extended periods easier, as well as removable insoles with plenty of padding.
Traction
Walking over an icy or wet surface can be hazardous as it makes it easier to slip or fall, so your boots must provide you with enough grip to walk safely at a normal pace. Winter boots have a thick rubber outsole with a treaded pattern that offers excellent traction on varying surfaces.
How much you can expect to spend on winter boots for men
You can get a reliable pair of boots for $50-$100. However, if you don’t mind spending the money, durable boots made with premium materials can cost up to $250.
Winter boots for men FAQ
How can I clean my winter boots?
A. You can use a wet or dry cloth to remove salt and other stains from your boots and a brush to get rid of sticky debris.
How durable are leather winter boots?
A. Leather winter boots should last you at least a few years before they need replacing. However, it’s best to monitor the leather’s condition, as it can crack and let in moisture over time.
What are the best winter boots to buy?
Top winter boots for men
What you need to know: These sturdy boots are excellent for freezing weather and boast a fashionable design.
What you’ll love: These will keep you warm for hours thanks to a removable recycled felt inner boot and a sherpa snow cuff. The top-grain nubuck leather upper is durable and prevents moisture from entering, and the handcrafted rubber shell and non-loading outsole provide excellent traction.
What you should consider: They run large, so it’s best to wear thick socks or purchase a size down.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top winter boots for men for the money
What you need to know: These boots are ideal for working in inclement weather but are also suitable for wearing on your commute to work or school.
What you’ll love: They have a toe cap to protect you from collisions and a faux fur insole for long-lasting comfort. They’re lined with 200 grams of insulation that keep your feet warm in temperatures as low as 25 degrees and have a slip-resistant rubber outsole.
What you should consider: They require breaking in before they’re comfortable enough to wear for extended periods. Also, the short laces make them difficult to tie at the top.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Kamik Green Bay 4 Cold-Weather Boots
What you need to know: These lightweight boots are built to withstand extreme weather and offer all-day comfort.
What you’ll love: They have a 13-inch shaft and keep your feet warm in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees. They have a removable liner, a waterproof nylon shell and a thick treaded rubber outsole for improved grip on icy and wet surfaces.
What you should consider: They run small and don’t provide as much ankle support as other winter boots.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Sunday, January 1, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
TXZ211-022200-
Austin-
Including the cities of Sealy and Bellville
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...A slight chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be
severe this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Some thunderstorms may
be severe after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ237-022200-
Inland Brazoria-
Including the cities of Pearland, Alvin, and Angleton
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Cloudy with a chance of
showers. A chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, increasing to 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the mid 70s. West winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows around 50. West
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ196-022200-
Brazos-
Including the cities of College Station and Bryan
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Cooler with lows
in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to
10 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs around 70. West
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows in the mid 40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ195-022200-
Burleson-
Including the cities of Caldwell and Somerville
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms this morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
30 mph, becoming west 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph after
midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ214-022200-
Chambers-
Including the cities of Winnie, Mont Belvieu, Anahuac, Stowell,
and Old River-Winfree
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog after midnight. Patchy fog. A
slight chance of showers after midnight, then a chance of showers
and thunderstorms this morning. Showers with thunderstorms likely
this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Lows in the
lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with showers
and thunderstorms likely in the morning, then partly sunny in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with lows
around 50. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ210-022200-
Colorado-
Including the cities of Columbus, Eagle Lake, and Weimar
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of
showers after midnight. Showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows around 50. West
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ227-022200-
Fort Bend-
Including the cities of Missouri City, Mission Bend, Sugar Land,
Rosenberg, First Colony, and Pecan Grove
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Cloudy with a chance of
showers. A chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be
severe this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Some thunderstorms may be severe after
midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows around 50. West
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ238-022200-
Inland Galveston-
Including the cities of League City and Friendswood
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog. A chance of showers after midnight.
A chance of thunderstorms this morning, then showers and
thunderstorms likely this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, increasing to 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely. Patchy fog. Some
thunderstorms may be severe after midnight. Lows in the lower
60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly
sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with lows in
the lower 50s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ198-022200-
Grimes-
Including the city of Navasota
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in the
upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs around 70. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ213-022200-
Inland Harris-
Including the city of Houston
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. A chance of showers
after midnight. A chance of thunderstorms this morning, then
showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs in the upper
70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Patchy fog. Some thunderstorms may be severe after
midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows around 50. West
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the lower
50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ163-022200-
Houston-
Including the city of Crockett
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Showers likely with a chance
of thunderstorms this morning. Showers with thunderstorms likely
this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs in the upper 60s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ235-022200-
Inland Jackson-
Including the cities of Edna and Ganado
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of
showers after midnight, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Patchy fog in the evening. Areas of fog after
midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the mid 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ200-022200-
Northern Liberty-
Including the cities of Liberty, Cleveland, and Dayton
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of
showers after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
this morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening.
Patchy fog. Some thunderstorms may be severe after midnight. Lows
in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s. West winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ176-022200-
Madison-
Including the city of Madisonville
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms this
morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in the mid
50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph
after midnight. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs in the upper 60s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ236-022200-
Inland Matagorda-
Including the city of Bay City
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Cloudy with a chance of
showers. A chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the mid 70s. West winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower
50s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool. Near steady temperature in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ199-022200-
Montgomery-
Including the cities of Conroe and The Woodlands
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some
thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Some thunderstorms may
be severe. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning. Patchy fog in the morning. Less humid with highs in
the lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ179-022200-
Polk-
Including the cities of Livingston and Corrigan
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of
showers after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
this morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely this
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs
in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Some
thunderstorms may be severe after midnight. Lows in the lower
60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning. Patchy fog in the morning. Less humid with highs in
the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ178-022200-
San Jacinto-
Including the cities of Shepherd and Coldspring
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some
thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph, increasing to
35 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Thunderstorms likely. Showers likely. Some
thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning. Patchy fog in the morning. Less humid with highs in
the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ164-022200-
Trinity-
Including the cities of Trinity and Groveton
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog after midnight. Showers likely with a chance
of thunderstorms this morning. Showers with thunderstorms likely
this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms
may be severe. Lows around 60. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Less humid
with highs around 70. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ177-022200-
Walker-
Including the city of Huntsville
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms this morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely this
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs
in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Some thunderstorms may
be severe. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs around 70. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ212-022200-
Waller-
Including the cities of Hempstead, Prairie View, Brookshire,
and Waller
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...A slight chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Patchy fog this morning.
Some thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Highs in the
upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Some thunderstorms may
be severe. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ197-022200-
Washington-
Including the city of Brenham
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight, then
showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms
may be severe this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in the
upper 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to
10 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs around 70.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ226-022200-
Wharton-
Including the cities of El Campo and Wharton
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of
showers after midnight, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows around 50. West
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ300-022200-
Southern Liberty-
Including the city of Devers
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. A slight chance of
showers after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
this morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening.
Patchy fog. Some thunderstorms may be severe after midnight. Lows
in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with showers
and thunderstorms likely in the morning, then mostly sunny in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Much cooler. Less humid with lows
in the upper 40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ313-022200-
Coastal Harris-
Including the cities of Pasadena and Baytown
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy dense fog. A chance of showers after
midnight. A chance of thunderstorms this morning, then showers
and thunderstorms likely this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely. Patchy fog. Some
thunderstorms may be severe after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly
sunny in the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming
northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower
50s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ338-022200-
Coastal Galveston-
Including the cities of Texas City, Dickinson, and La Marque
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog after midnight. Patchy fog. A
chance of showers after midnight. A chance of thunderstorms this
morning. Showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon. Highs
in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Patchy fog. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then partly
sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler. Less humid with lows in
the lower 50s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ337-022200-
Coastal Brazoria-
Including the cities of Lake Jackson, Freeport, and Clute
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy fog. A chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly
sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds
around 10 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler. Less humid with lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ336-022200-
Coastal Matagorda-
Including the city of Palacios
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy fog. A chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the lower 70s. West winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs around 70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ335-022200-
Coastal Jackson-
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Areas of fog after midnight. Patchy fog this morning.
Cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Patchy fog in the evening. Areas of fog after
midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Less humid with highs in the mid 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ436-022200-
Matagorda Islands-
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight, then
a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid
60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a chance
of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Near steady temperature in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ437-022200-
Brazoria Islands-
Including the city of Surfside Beach
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight, then
a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the upper 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 60s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then partly
sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature around 60.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ438-022200-
Galveston Island-
Including the city of Galveston
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog after midnight. Patchy fog
this afternoon. A chance of showers after midnight. A chance of
thunderstorms this morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely
this afternoon. Near steady temperature in the mid 60s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Patchy fog. Near
steady temperature in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of thunderstorms.
Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Near steady temperature in
the mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest
5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Near steady temperature in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ439-022200-
Bolivar Peninsula-
212 AM CST Mon Jan 2 2023
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...
.TODAY...Cloudy. Areas of dense fog after midnight. Patchy fog
this afternoon. A slight chance of showers after midnight. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning, then showers
and thunderstorms likely this afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely. Patchy fog. Near
steady temperature in the mid 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of thunderstorms.
Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
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CLEVELAND (AP) — An attorney who was arrested for throwing a water bottle at Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam at the end of a home game last month has been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct by intoxication.
Jeffrey Miller, 51, of Rocky River, is scheduled to appear in Cleveland Municipal Court on Oct. 20. A message seeking comment was left with Miller on Friday. He was charged on Thursday.
Haslam was struck by the bottle as he walked off the field and headed toward the end zone tunnel at FirstEnergy Stadium during a last-second loss to the New York Jets on Sept. 18. Miller was detained by security guards when he tried to leave the stadium, according to cleveland.com.
Haslam was not injured.
The Browns are considering banning Miller from attending games. | 2022-10-08T12:13:34+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/sports/ap-lawyer-charged-in-bottle-throwing-incident-at-browns-game/ |
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities raise the death toll from a predawn Missouri tornado to five, say an unknown number were also hurt.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-04-05T17:20:10+00:00 | kaaltv.com | https://www.kaaltv.com/news/us-world-news/authorities-raise-the-death-toll-from-a-predawn-missouri-tornado-to-five-say-an-unknown-number-were-also-hurt/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Patti Chang walked into her polling place in Chicago earlier this year, anxious about how poll workers would treat her, especially as a voter who is blind. Even though she was accompanied by her husband, she said she was ignored until a poll worker grabbed her cane and pulled her toward a voting booth.
Like many voters with disabilities, Chang faces barriers at the polls most voters never even consider — missing ramps or door knobs, for example. The lack of help or empathy from some poll workers just adds to the burden for people with disabilities.
“It doesn’t help you want to be in there if you’re going to encounter those kinds of low expectations,” said Chang, 59. “So why should I go vote if I’m going to have to fight with the poll workers? I’m an adult and I should be able to vote without that.”
Chang had a better experience when she cast an early ballot in March in the runoff election for Chicago mayor, a race that will be decided Tuesday, even as access to the ballot box remains a challenge across the city for voters like her.
Chicago is among numerous voting jurisdictions across the United States with poor access to polling locations for disabled voters. Since 2016, the Department of Justice has entered into more than three dozen settlements or agreements to force better access in cities and counties under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many of those places are holding elections this year.
The department’s targets are almost certainly an undercount of the number of places with poor access, according to disability rights activists who attempt to track ADA compliance and complaints from voters.
Several, including Chicago, either missed their deadlines without making all the requested changes or asked for an extension.
Chicago’s agreement with the federal government started in 2017 but has been extended twice; the current deadline is November 2024, the next presidential election. As of February, the city had 302 polling places that complied fully with the ADA and 327 with low accessibility or none at all for disabled voters.
The expense of bringing aging buildings up to code is one challenge in complying, said Max Bever, a spokesperson for the city’s board of elections. Some polling places could be forced to close.
“Things can be identified and surveyed, we can know the status of certain buildings — but actually making and funding the appropriate changes can be a long and difficult process,” he said.
People with disabilities make up about one-fourth of the U.S. adult population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They have been ensnared in battles over access to the polls as many Republican-led states have passed restrictive voting laws in recent years, including over limits on what assistance a voter can receive and whether someone else can return a voter’s mailed ballot.
In Wisconsin, disability rights activists scored a victory when they filed a legal challenge in federal court after the state Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, ruled that only the voter can return an absentee ballot. The federal court said that ran afoul of the Voting Rights Act. Nevertheless, voters with disabilities have been complaining that the federal law is being ignored in the run-up to Wisconsin’s high-stakes election Tuesday, when control of the state’s high court could flip.
They say local election officials throughout Wisconsin have been giving incorrect information on websites, in mailings and at polling places saying voters can’t receive help or have someone else return their ballot — without making the distinction that such assistance is allowed for voters with disabilities.
Disability must be considered a fundamental right to enhance accessibility throughout the country, said Herbert Humphrey, the ADA coordinator for Jackson, Mississippi.
“Typically, when you hear civil rights, you think about race. But no, civil rights includes the disability community, as well,” he said.
Disjointed coordination between election authorities and disability advocates has been a persistent problem in Mississippi, especially related to reliable transportation. It was the reason Lee Cole, who is blind, missed a local election in Jackson in January.
That frustrated Cole, 74, because she said she tries to vote in every election.
“I live in senior housing now and we can’t always vote because we can’t get to the site, and that’s unfortunate,” she said.
Mississippi’s local and state officials haven’t been receptive or collaborative, said Greta Kemp Martin, litigation director for Disability Rights Mississippi.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Martin said the group met with Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson to discuss accessibility issues statewide. But Martin said Watson seemed uninterested, except when asking if the group had reached out to the election commission.
“His attorneys were helpful, but we received no follow-up from them about the issues that we outlined,” Martin said.
Watson’s office said in a statement that it has communicated its efforts to the organization to best assist voters with disabilities in Mississippi and welcomes further dialogue for future elections.
“Ensuring ADA compliance in localized polling places lies with each county, and the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office does not have enforcement authority,” the statement said. “Whether the designated polling places are county-owned or privately-owned, the counties are responsible for ensuring the polling places they have selected are ADA compliant.”
After conducting routine polling place surveys, Disability Rights Mississippi sent letters in 2021 to state election commissioners and Watson’s office about access problems in two small towns, but said it did not receive a response. The letters said the group had found “egregious violations of the ADA.”
Local election offices are often burdened with a lengthy list of responsibilities, such as ensuring that equipment works properly and defending against cyberattacks. Because of that workload, disability right advocates say they try to reach out and help ensure that polling places are accessible, said Michelle Bishop, the voter access and engagement manager at the National Disability Rights Network.
“This is a significant investment and I know that elections officials are typically under-resourced to do a multitude of things,” she said.
The COVID-19 pandemic also shifted focus from ADA compliance as election offices had to ensure polling places were safe and had to mail and process a flood of mailed ballots, Bishop said.
Poll worker training is a priority, especially to make sure workers and volunteers are sensitive to the needs of disabled voters, said Denise Avant, first vice president of the National Federation of the Blind of Illinois. The group offered to make a presentation during a poll worker class following last year’s midterm elections, but the Chicago Board of Elections declined, she said.
The board did let the federation assist in testing voting machines for compliance and to provide guidance on how precinct workers could interact with voters who are blind or have low vision. It expects to work with the organization in the future now that in-person training has returned.
Such training is needed to help poll workers gain a better understanding of how to best help voters with disabilities, said Kelly Knoop, who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, and has cerebral palsy. She uses a machine for those who may not be able to communicate with their own voices.
Knoop’s older sister, Karen Heil, also helps her communicate and said workers at their local precinct still seem unfamiliar with their lone accessible voting machine. Jefferson County, home to Louisville, entered into an ADA agreement with the Justice Department in 2022.
“I sadly just have to say there are so many Americans that are looked upon as not being full citizens and not being worthy of all the rights that we do have,” said Knopp, 56. “We just need our lives to be as important as many other minorities.”
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We don’t make a habit of following along with meetings in Coeur d’Alene.
It’s clear at the other end of the state, after all. In a different time zone. The drive from Twin Falls is longer than to Billings, Montana, or St. George, Utah.
But, lately, we’ve been tracking multiple meetings there — including two this week alone. Why? Because they scare us.
We understand if you haven’t been paying attention to what’s happening at North Idaho College, one of the original building blocks of higher education in this state that, 90 years after its founding, appears dangerously close to falling in on itself.
The college’s accreditation is hanging by a thread and, without it, NIC would become little more than a collection of buildings on the shore of a picturesque lake at the headwaters of the Spokane River. A school by name only, stripped of its standing as an institution that meets the U.S. Department of Education’s “acceptable levels of quality” and rendered unable to accommodate its students.
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They’d be ineligible for even a penny of federal financial aid. Their credits wouldn’t be accepted for transfer to another school. They’d be unable to gain recognized professional licensure through any program.
Which, it seems, is the goal of those who have commandeered the NIC trustees board. But more on that later.
What happened this week only further moved things sideways in Coeur d’ Alene.
A Monday night meeting in the Kootenai County Administration Building was often interrupted by cheers and jeers from a crowd that the Coeur d’Alene Press estimated at about 100 people or so, and Spokane Public Radio reported “confusion over the meeting agenda and procedures” by trustees.
There’s a vulgar slang word that would be apt to describe it all, but we can’t print it in the newspaper. It starts with an “s” and ends with “show.” A sampling:
The board argued over a 173-page report from the college’s attorney
- , Art Macomber, in which he recommended nullifying the contract of NIC President Nick Swayne, citing an alleged violation of open meetings law.
- There was a failed attempt to censure one trustee who labeled Macomber’s report as an “unhinged analysis” prepared “at college expense that sounds like a roadmap for a coup.”
- Another board member repeatedly sought to pass a motion that would require his personal approval for the college president to fill certain campus positions, prompting more disorder before he finally relented. At one point, The Press reported that a woman, likely a college employee, stood in the audience and emotionally pleaded, “These are our jobs! These are our jobs and our livelihoods!”
- There were multiple other outbursts that necessitated recesses to attempt to restore order.
Yet, still, the board voted 3-2 to follow Macomber’s advice and void Swayne’s contract, though the board can’t legally remove him while his lawsuit seeking permanent reinstatement is pending.
A lawsuit? We told you it was messy. Swayne filed suit in December, shortly after trustees, again on Macomber’s recommendation, voted by the same margin to indefinitely suspend him, and a judge in March ordered the college to reinstate Swayne to his position.
So, even after voting to nullify Swayne’s contract, the trustees had no recourse but to allow him to continue as president.
There was more drama two nights later. The board voted 3-2 to hire new legal counsel, replacing Macomber with a Boise-based attorney recommended by, get this, Swayne, the president who trustees want to kick out of office.
Board member Greg McKenzie, who had sided with Todd Banducci and Mike Waggoner in previous votes to oust Swayne, instead voted with Brad Corkill and Tarie Zimmerman.
“It’s hard to find a lawyer at the recommendation of an individual who is also suing you,” McKenzie was quoted by the Press. “But I’m going to extend trust that Dr. Swayne is doing the best for the college.”
Banducci, who had secretly orchestrated Macomber’s hiring in December, arriving at a special meeting with a resolution “to hire him on the spot,” The Press reported, objected but for naught.
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In a Friday editorial, The Press commended McKenzie for pushing back against Banducci, whom they described as an “unabashed bully,” and concluded, “If NIC has a chance in hell to ward off the loss of accreditation that appeared 100% certain just a couple days ago, it will take consistent, constructive leadership like Greg McKenzie displayed Wednesday night. And at this point, even a 1% chance of college survival is a monumental improvement.”
All this, and you’re probably still wondering: How did we get here?
The short answer, because we’d otherwise be writing into next week: Extreme conservatives gained power on the board — whether through voter apathy or bullying, or both — and started swinging a steel chair.
Their goal? What else could it be but complete and total control? For what end? That’s something probably only they know.
What scares us is that if this can happen at North Idaho College, the most entrenched two-year school in the state, dating to 1933, it could happen at our College of Southern Idaho.
And don’t think there’s not already a move afoot. The College of Western Idaho narrowly avoided a takeover attempt in the November election, staged by politically motivated candidates seeking to follow the lead of the hyper-partisan bunch at NIC.
This week, as CSI wrapped up its slate of activities to celebrate Community College Month, the school hosted a lecture on its simple beginnings in Twin Falls and its ambitious hopes for the future.
History Professor Emeritus Jim Gentry, who taught from 1969 to 2010, talked about CSI’s role over the years in education, workforce development and community service — from finding “creative solutions” for local challenges such as geothermal heating, to the creation of the CSI Foundation in 1984 to offset an anti-tax movement at the time, to sharpening cooperation between businesses and colleges.
What’s ahead for CSI? Provost Todd Schwarz laid out about two dozen possibilities, ranging from the school’s first female president to the construction of new buildings, the addition of new baccalaureate programs to the consolidation of the state’s community college system, the introduction of AI tools to blockchain technology.
He ended with this dark scenario, some years into the future:
“In a surprising CSI trustee election with extremely low voter turnout, two incumbents will lose their seats to candidates promoted by a well-organized fringe group. In addition, a third vacated seat will be filled by a member of the same fringe group. As a consequence, the leadership of the board of trustees shifts to a majority represented by the new board members who quickly seize control. The president is summarily dismissed without cause and the assistant soccer coach, a close friend and confidant of the new board chair, is installed as the interim president. Taking direction from the local fringe group, the board chair begins a bizarre series of directives that include frequently breaking Idaho open meeting laws and acting as a de facto executive officer. A helpless leadership team begins to leave CSI out of desperation and soon there is no functioning administration. The situation captures the attention of the college’s accrediting body who issue warnings and eventually a show cause directive which demonstrates that the college may lose its accreditation. Student enrollment begins a dramatic decline. Revenues dry up as legal and other expenses escalate, challenging the financial stability of the college. As 2048 comes to a close, the very existence of the College of Southern Idaho is in jeopardy.”
Pay attention, friends. CSI is the community’s college, until it isn’t. | 2023-04-30T18:51:33+00:00 | magicvalley.com | https://magicvalley.com/opinion/our-view-whats-happening-at-north-idaho-college-could-happen-anywhere-even-here/article_3da5a992-e552-11ed-88be-0f0ddbb6855e.html |
BEIJING (AP) — An unmarried Chinese woman on Tuesday began her final appeal of a hospital’s denial of access to freeze her eggs five years ago in a landmark case of female reproductive rights in the country.
Teresa Xu’s case has drawn broad coverage in China, including by some state media outlets, since she first brought her case to court in 2019. She lost her legal challenge last year at another Beijing court, which ruled the hospital did not violate the woman’s rights in its decision.
The upcoming judgment will have strong implications for the lives of many unmarried women in China and the country’s demographic changes, especially after the world’s second-largest economy recorded its first population decline in decades.
In China, the law does not explicitly ban unmarried people from services like fertility treatments and simply states that a “husband and wife” can have up to three children. But hospitals and other institutions, in practice, implement the regulations in a way that requires people to present a marriage license.
Xu, who wanted to preserve her eggs so she could have the option to bear children later, is one of those facing difficulties in accessing fertility treatment.
In 2018, Xu, then 30 years old, had gone to a public hospital in Beijing to ask about freezing her eggs. But after an initial check-up, she was told she could not proceed without a marriage certificate.
According to the judgment she received last year, the hospital argued that egg freezing poses certain health risks. It said that egg-freezing services were only available to women who could not get pregnant in the natural way, and not for healthy patients.
But it also stated that delaying pregnancy could bring risks to the mother during pregnancy and “psychological and societal problems” if there is a large age gap between parents and their child.
After Tuesday’s hearing, Xu told reporters that the denial constituted a violation of her right to bodily autonomy and she chose to fight on because this matter is very important to single women.
“I also have grown up a lot as the case evolves, I don’t want to give up easily,” she said.
It is unclear when the court will hand down the judgment, she said. | 2023-05-09T23:28:38+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/ap-health/chinese-appeals-denial-of-hospital-access-to-freeze-her-eggs/ |
Former daycare worker charged with child abuse
NASH COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Deputies say a former daycare worker faces child abuse charges in Nash County.
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office says 59-year-old Bonnie Cooper has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse.
Deputies say that on Monday, they got a tip about a daycare worker possibly mishandling two children on video. Deputies learned that it was at Corinth Baptist Church Daycare, at 2883 North Highway 58, just west of Nashville.
The sheriff’s office did not say what the possible “mishandling” consisted of.
Detectives say they went to the daycare and spoke with the director, where they learned that the possible “mishandling” occurred in July and the daycare disciplined Cooper internally. Cooper continued to work there “due to being short staffed,” the sheriff’s office says.
WITN is told that the two children were identified, but will remain anonymous.
Deputies say the investigation found that one staff member recorded the video and shared it with other staff members. Several staff members employed at the time switched careers, and the video was then shared.
We’re told that Cooper turned in her letter of resignation to the daycare on Oct. 14th.
The sheriff’s office says Cooper was given a court date of Nov. 15th and was given a written promise to appear in court.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – A metro man has a long recovery ahead of him after allegedly being struck by a car and left lying in the street unconscious. Now his wife is on a mission to track down the person behind the wheel.
“It’s traumatic. I never in a million years thought that this would be what happened,” said Shasta Lopez. “This has put such a strain on our family.”
According to Shasta, the incident happened on June 27.
“My husband left to go to the store to get something to eat at about 9:00 that night,” said Shasta.
However, not even five minutes later, Shasta and Reinaldo’s dog frantically got her attention and led her near the corner of N. Virginia Ave and W. Main St.
“My husband was laying in the street,” said Shasta. “He had been hit by a vehicle and left, laid there, very injured.”
He was hit so hard, Reinaldo said he doesn’t have any recollection of what happened. All he remembers is waking up in the hospital.
“I didn’t know what happened. I was in pain,” said Reinaldo Lopez. “My arm hurts from here down. This arm hurts. The side of my face hurts. I can’t even really smile or nothing like that.”
The Lopez’s said Reinaldo has a long recovery ahead of him.
“He has a brain bleed on the side of his face is broken,” said Shasta. “There’s a clot that goes from the sinus cavity into the brain and we’re facing several surgeries.”
Shasta said she’s filed a police report, but hasn’t heard any updates. She’s asking anyone who may have seen anything that June night to come forward, or for the actual driver to surrender.
“Please, please step forward. I mean, we’re not mad. We just want somebody to be held accountable,” said Shasta. “We need some kind of closure.” | 2023-07-04T22:39:27+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/local/metro-man-recovers-after-hit-by-vehicle/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, JAMA Network Open features a compelling new study out of the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy showcasing the power and promise of medically tailored meals for those living with diet-related illnesses across the country: Association of National Expansion of Insurance Coverage of Medically Tailored Meals with Estimated Hospitalizations and Healthcare Expenditures in the US.
Previous research has shown that the Food Is Medicine Coalition medically tailored meal (MTM) model is associated with improved health outcomes and lower cost of care for patients with complex chronic and severe illnesses, but the intervention is still not a covered benefit in Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance funding streams. No prior study has modelled the efficacy of universal implementation.
The outcomes are stunning: If all eligible patients received access to MTMs, in just the first year of service 1,594,000 hospitalizations could be avoided for a net cost savings of $13.6 billion. Even in modelling subgroups, savings was robust. Individuals living with food insecurity, diabetes or cardiovascular disease evidenced compelling savings on top of the aggregate.
This groundbreaking and thoughtful analysis by Kurt Hager and colleagues considers FIMC's years of innovation at the nexus of healthcare and nutrition. Over 35 years ago, FIMC agencies created the medically tailored meal intervention and now maintain nationwide nutrition and quality standards. Our coalition leveraged this history of healthcare partnership and innovation to supply input data for the economic modelling, and many of the published peer-reviewed studies used for analysis were conducted by independent researchers and evaluated the impact of MTM interventions provided by FIMC agencies.
"While the potential savings of expanding access to quality MTMs nationwide is not surprising to FIMC agencies who witness how the intervention changes lives, it is incredible to see this rigorous research validate the value proposition of medically tailored meals. FIMC is thrilled that this analysis is now part of the national conversation around incorporating MTMs as a benefit into healthcare," said Alissa Wassung, Executive Director of FIMC.
"Our new research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, provides compelling evidence that MTMs should be implemented and evaluated at scale by government healthcare programs including Medicare, Medicaid, the VA hospitals, and the Indian Health Service; and by private insurance programs across the country. It's time," said Dariush Mozaffarian, MD DrPH, Jean Mayer Professor at the Friedman School.
This study demonstrates that including medically tailored meals in healthcare is not simply the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do: MTMs reduce costs, improve health and change lives. Diet-related illnesses disproportionately impact BIPOC communities, low-income families, and older Americans – the exact population that FIMC agencies serve. Medically tailored meals are one of the least expensive and most effective ways to improve our healthcare system in an equitable way.
The National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health supports legislative pilots to test covering medically tailored meals for individuals in traditional Medicare who are experiencing diet-related health conditions. It also promises increased guidance and authority from CMS for states wishing to use Medicaid section 1115 demonstration projects to test the expansion of coverage for food is medicine interventions. The need could not be more compelling, and the evidence could not be more convincing to move swiftly forward on these initiatives.
The Food is Medicine Coalition (FIMC) is a national coalition of nonprofits providing medically tailored nutrition services to people across the country experiencing severe and chronic illnesses.
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Proposed Arizona law would crack down on homeless encampments
PHOENIX - Republican lawmakers in Arizona have introduced a bill that would crack down on homeless encampments.
Senate Bill 1413 would require local governments to clean up encampments once they are reported, and homeless people on private property would be charged with trespassing.
The proposed law does not include solutions for housing or shelter.
The bill is backed by State Sen. Justine Wadsack and Rep. Rachel Jones, who are both from Tucson.
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SALT LAKE CITY, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Extra Space Storage Inc. ("Extra Space") (NYSE: EXR), a leading owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the United States and a member of the S&P 500, today announced that its operating partnership, Extra Space Storage LP (the "operating partnership"), has priced a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.700% senior notes due 2028 (the "Notes"). The Notes were priced at 99.823% of the principal amount and will mature on April 1, 2028. J.P. Morgan, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Truist Securities, BMO Capital Markets, TD Securities, Wells Fargo Securities and US Bancorp are acting as the joint book-running managers for the offering. Huntington Capital Markets, Regions Securities LLC, BOK Financial Securities, Inc., Citigroup, Fifth Third Securities, Zions Capital Markets and Ramirez & Co., Inc. are acting as the co-managers for the offering. The offering is expected to close on or about March 28, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Extra Space and certain of its subsidiaries.
The operating partnership intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to fund potential acquisition opportunities, to repay amounts outstanding from time to time under its lines of credit, and for other general corporate and working capital purposes.
The Notes will be issued pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, copies of which, when available, may be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, Attn: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone: 1-866-803-9204; PNC Capital Markets LLC, 300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, email: pnccmprospectus@pnc.com, or by telephone: 1-855-881-0697; or Truist Securities, Inc., Attn: Prospectus Department, 3333 Peachtree Road NE, 9th floor, Atlanta, GA 30326, email: TruistSecurities.prospectus@Truist.com, or by telephone: 1-800-685-4786. A prospectus supplement related to the offering will also be available free of charge on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
About Extra Space Storage Inc.:
Extra Space Storage Inc., headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust and a member of the S&P 500. As of December 31, 2022, Extra Space owned and/or operated 2,338 self-storage properties, which comprise approximately 1.6 million units and approximately 176.1 million square feet of rentable storage space offering customers conveniently located and secure storage units across the country, including boat storage, RV storage and business storage. Extra Space is the second largest owner and/or operator of self-storage properties in the United States and is the largest self-storage management company in the United States.
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Kiz: DangeRuss has been DisasteRuss. Mr. Unlimited is the quarterback of the 31st-ranked scoring offense in the NFL. The Broncos didn’t mortgage the future with a blockbuster trade, then sign Russell Wilson to a $245 million contract extension for their new franchise quarterback to play like Davis Mills. So what’s the dang deal? Tell me why Wilson has been so bad. And, more important, how do the Broncos fix him?
Gabriel: Wilson followed his best game of the season to date — 237 passing yards and three total touchdowns against the Raiders in Las Vegas — with his worst Thursday night against the Colts. He threw two fourth-quarter interceptions with his team leading 9-6 and then missed a fourth-and-ballgame opportunity for a touchdown. Saturday, we learned he got a PRP injection in his injured right shoulder in Los Angeles on Friday. It’s plausible that’s impacting his play, though he looked good for most of the game against the Raiders after suffering the injury early on.
Kiz: I’m willing to give Wilson credit for playing hurt. But a dinged shoulder shouldn’t adversely affect his vision and cause Wilson to be blind when KJ Hamler busts wide open on the incomplete pass into the end zone to Courland Sutton that ended the DisateRuss overtime loss against Indianapolis. If Wilson’s injury is significantly limiting his effectiveness, it’s also an indictment of coach Nathaniel Hackett’s insistence on putting the ball in his quarterback’s hands with the game on the line.
Gabriel: Yeah, interesting point. If everybody knew about the shoulder issue, why are you throwing on third-and-4 near the 2-minute warning and again on fourth-and-inches in overtime? Well, why are you throwing on fourth-and-inches anyway? Part of the struggles is probably due to just the learning curve of new everything. It’s difficult enough to retrain your brain to play in a new offensive system and, at times, Hackett hasn’t got plays in quickly enough or there seems to be a delay in figuring out what to do next.
Kiz: Way back in training camp, I heard whispers Wilson believed a new system with a new coach and new teammates made a slow start a distinct possibility. It’s hard to build confidence without successful results. So I wonder if the trust factor Wilson hoped to build with teammates and coaches might have actually eroded over the first five games of the regular season. Hackett has been all about doing whatever pleases Wilson. Maybe it’s time for the coach to dictate more in terms of the way Denver does business on offense.
Gabriel: The dwindling set of weapons hasn’t helped, either. First Tim Patrick was lost in camp, then Javonte Williams, then left tackle Garett Bolles, plus they played without Jerry Jeudy for part of a game and Hamler’s been in and out, as well. Who strikes fear into opposing defenses besides Sutton? All of that being said, there are also some misses that you just have to chalk up to Wilson. A couple of balls to Jeudy that would have been first downs, a couple where a quick trigger over the middle results in perhaps a big play. A couple of those split-second calls on whether to tuck and run or throw the ball. If that stuff starts coming around, the whole picture will look better. If not, it’s going to be an interesting few weeks ahead.
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2-year-old dies after shooting himself in head, police say
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) – A 2-year-old has died after police say he shot himself in St. Louis on Monday.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the boy was inside a car when he shot himself in the head in the early afternoon. It appears the shooting happened in an AutoZone parking lot, where police were working the scene.
The boy was rushed to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said in a tweet that the city “lost another one of our babies in an accidental shooting today.”
“While the state legislature prohibits us from making our own commonsense gun safety laws, St. Louisans CAN take steps as responsible gun owners to protect our families and communities,” Jones tweeted.
She reminded gun owners to store their weapons away from children, unloaded and with a gun lock.
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ATLANTA (AP) — After letting the series go longer than it should have, Al Horford and the Boston Celtics were eager to finish off the Atlanta Hawks.
Horford made sure his former team didn’t force a Game 7.
The 36-year-old Horford hit a huge 3-pointer in a late run that carried the Celtics past the Hawks 128-120 Thursday night for a 4-2 triumph in the opening-round playoff series.
After squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter of Game 5, which cost them a chance to end the series in Boston, the Celtics were determined not to wilt again.
“We talked about finishing the game,” Horford said. “I felt the last game, for the most part, we were fine. But tonight there was that sense of urgency. We understood how important it was to not extend the series.”
Down by three, Boston ripped off an 11-0 run that included three straight 3-pointers, with Horford’s big shot sandwiched around 3s from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
Tatum capped the spurt with a dunk off a Horford miss, giving the Celtics a 121-113 lead with 2:07 remaining.
Given how close it had been all night, an eight-point lead seemed like 80 in a game that featured 22 lead changes and 15 ties.
Now, bring on Philly.
The second-seeded Celtics advanced to face the third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers, who’ve been resting since completing their four-game sweep of Brooklyn last Saturday.
Game 1 is Monday night in Boston.
Brown led the Celtics with 32 points, while Tatum had 30. Horford, who played in Atlanta from 2007-16, chipped in with 10 points, 12 rebounds two steals and three blocks.
“It was huge,” Brown said. “Al came through for us.”
After knocking down a 3 from the corner, which put the Celtics ahead to stay, Horford yapped back at an Atlanta fan who had been trash talking him from the sideline.
“I appreciated it because he got me going. He said some stuff that I wasn’t very pleased with. I took it to heart and I was able to get that shot,” Horford said. “I appreciate him for talking trash to me. Some people you can talk trash to. Talk trash to me — it’s probably not good for you.”
Marcus Smart also came up big for Boston, scoring 22 points and brilliantly running the offense down the stretch, including a drive and dish that set up Horford’s shot.
After carrying the Hawks to that improbable victory at TD Garden, Trae Young ran out of steam in the second half. He missed 12 of 13 shots over the final two quarters.
Young had 30 points and 10 assists, but he finished just 9 of 28 from the field.
Despite a largely disappointing season that included a coaching change and another first-round exit from the playoffs, Young is optimistic about the Hawks’ future.
He’s especially looking forward to a full season under Quin Snyder, who took over from Nate McMillan with 21 games left in the regular season.
“Quin is the future,” Young said. “I believe with him here, this city’s going to win a championship.”
Dejounte Murray returned to the Hawks lineup after serving a one-game suspension for bumping an official at the end of Atlanta’s Game 4 loss.
Murray seemed a bit out of sync, missing all five of his shots in the first half. He was better in the second half but still managed just 14 points.
The Hawks needed a few more to keep their season going.
“We were right there,” Snyder said.
Young forced the series back to Atlanta with a long 3-pointer that stunned the Celtics 119=117 in Boston, capping the Hawks’ comeback in the fourth quarter.
Coming off his 38-point, 13-assist effort, Young kept it going with 18 points in the first quarter.
But the Celtics finally clamped down on the Hawks star, whose heroics had forced Janet Jackson to postpone her scheduled Thursday concert until Friday to make room for Game 6.
Now, State Farm Arena is wide open for the summer.
GRANT STEPS UP
Boston forward Grant Williams didn’t even play in three of the first five games in the series.
But he got some big minutes in the clincher.
While the stat sheet didn’t show much — three points, two rebounds, one steal, one assist in 17 1/2 minutes — his teammates lauded his contribution. They also praised his professionalism for not complaining when he was planted on the bench earlier in the series.
“When his number was called, he stepped up,” Horford said. “We do not close this game if Grant doesn’t step up and play the way that he did.”
TIP-INS
Celtics: Boston finished 18 of 42 from 3-point range. Every Boston starter made at least one from long range, as did three players off the bench. … Malcom Brogdon had 17 points. … Tatum led the Celtics with 14 rebounds.
Hawks: All five Atlanta starters scored in double figures. De’Andre Hunter had 20 points, John Collins added 16 and Clint Capela finished with 10. … Onyeka Okongwu grabbed 11 rebounds.
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The 2023 Wells Fargo Championship Odds & Preview: Si Woo Kim
Si Woo Kim is in the field from May 4- 7 in the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, taking on a par-71, 7,538-yard course.
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Si Woo Kim Insights
- Kim has finished under par seven times and carded 12 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 18 rounds.
- He has finished with a top-10 score twice in his last 18 rounds.
- Kim has posted a score within five shots of the day's best in seven of his last 18 rounds.
- In his past five events, Kim's average finish has been 34th.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut four times.
- Kim has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his past five tournaments.
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Wells Fargo Championship Insights and Stats
- Kim wound up 37th at this tournament the one time he finished the tournament.
- Kim has made the cut one time in his previous two entries in this event.
- Kim finished 37th in his most recent appearance at this tournament (2022).
- In the past year, the Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,295 yards, 243 yards shorter than the 7,538-yard par 71 for this week's event.
- Golfers at Quail Hollow Club have averaged a score of -1 per tournament, higher than the Tour-wide scoring average of -5 during the past year.
- Quail Hollow Club checks in at 7,538 yards, 219 yards longer than the average course Kim has played in the past year (7,319 yards).
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -4 among finishers, lower than the -1 average at this course.
Kim's Last Time Out
- Kim was in the 46th percentile on par 3s at the RBC Heritage, with an average of par on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.05-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the RBC Heritage placed him in the 33rd percentile.
- Kim was better than just 1% of the competitors at the RBC Heritage on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 5.17 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.63.
- Kim carded a birdie or better on three of eight par-3s at the RBC Heritage, better than the field average of 1.5.
- On the eight par-3s at the RBC Heritage, Kim recorded two bogeys or worse, equal to the field average.
- Kim's two birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the RBC Heritage were less than the tournament average (6.2).
- In that last outing, Kim's par-4 performance (on 22 holes) included a bogey or worse three times (better than the field's average, 5.1).
- Kim finished the RBC Heritage without carding a birdie on a par-5 hole, while the field averaged 3.8 on the six par-5s.
- On the six par-5s at the RBC Heritage, Kim recorded more bogeys or worse (one) than the field average (0.7).
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- Course: Quail Hollow Club
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Par: 71 / 7,538 yards
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BlockFi's U.S. clients verified as accredited investors will receive access to BlockFi Yield, a interest-bearing digital asset account by the end of 2022.
Jersey City, N.J., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlockFi, a global digital asset financial services company, announced today that U.S. clients verified as accredited investors will be able to earn interest on digital assets with BlockFi Yield. This opportunity will first be available in beta to certain U.S. BlockFi clients by the end of 2022, and to all U.S. clients at the start of 2023.
U.S. clients verified as accredited investors interested in earning interest on digital assets will benefit from compelling aspects of the BlockFi platform, including:
- Competitive interest rates on digital assets
- Access to 15 digital assets
- Ability to trade and earn interest on digital assets at the same time
- No minimum investment
"As we continue to diligently work towards registration with the SEC for a public offering for BlockFi Yield, we are delighted to share that U.S. clients verified as accredited investors will soon be able to earn interest on digital assets at BlockFi," said Flori Marquez, Founder and COO of BlockFi. "A foundational pillar of BlockFi is to be client-centric and serve as a stabilizing industry force. We are proud to be one of the battle-tested organizations that are still serving their clients, listening to their needs and evolving as we continue to support their digital asset journey."
U.S. clients must complete an accredited investor verification request, and upon successful verification, will receive access to BlockFi's digital asset interest services. Since inception, BlockFi has paid over $600 million in interest on digital assets to our clients.
Any offers or sales of BlockFi Yield to accredited investors will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will not be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. BlockFi Yield accounts are not transferable. This communication does not constitute a public offer to sell BlockFi Yield.
About BlockFi
BlockFi is a new breed of financial services company. Founded in 2017 by Zac Prince and Flori Marquez, BlockFi is building a bridge between digital assets and traditional financial and wealth management products to advance the overall digital asset ecosystem for individual and institutional investors. BlockFi's platform manages more than $12 billion in assets and has generated tens of millions in interest for clients. The company, headquartered in New Jersey with a presence around the globe, continues to expand in the United States and internationally.
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PLYMOUTH, Mich., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Croix Hospice is adding a second location in Michigan with the acquisition of Corpore Sano Hospice in Plymouth.
"We are pleased to have the opportunity to expand our services in Michigan with the acquisition of Corpore Sano Hospice," said Heath Bartness, Chief Executive Officer of St. Croix Hospice. "Bringing this new team in Plymouth on board, along with our existing location in Troy, expands our ability to offer the hospice benefit in Michigan partnering with local providers in these communities. Corpore Sano and their workforce have an impeccable reputation for providing care in the greater Plymouth area and we are excited to welcome patients, referral sources and employees to the St. Croix Hospice family."
"Corpore Sano Hospice has been serving the Plymouth community since 2011, and their staff will be a tremendous addition to our St. Croix Hospice family," said Jennifer Lemere, RN, Director of Integration for St. Croix Hospice. "This team is made up of compassionate hospice caregivers who are working hard to bring the hospice benefit to more and more people in their community with a truly personalized approach to care that recognizes each individual's unique needs."
Agenda Health served as advisor to the seller while St. Croix Hospice utilized Waller for legal support and McBee Associates for compliance review.
Recognized for providing superior care, St. Croix Hospice was recently one of only 13 agencies nationwide (of some 4,500) to earn the highest rating of four rings from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Quality Connections program.
St. Croix Hospice operates nearly 60 branches in nine states throughout the Midwest with 1,300 employees caring for nearly 3,500 patients daily. St. Croix Hospice's highly trained care teams serve patients wherever they call home, including private residences, assisted living facilities and nursing homes.
St. Croix Hospice supports patients, their families and caregivers when they need us the most, delivering exceptional hospice care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year wherever a patient calls home. With branches in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin, St. Croix Hospice takes pride in round-the-clock availability, prompt response and same day admissions, including evenings, weekends and holidays. Contact St. Croix Hospice 24/7 at 855-278-2764 or stcroixhospice.com.
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ANDERSON, Ind. — Two June shootings that lead Anderson community leaders to take action has been ruled to have been in self-defense.
The shootings happened at 16th and Madison. Just after midnight, police were called out to a shooting. Two people were found shot. A few hours later, another shooting happened in the same place with three people shot.
One of the victims died shortly after the shooting. He was identified as Landon Hill. Anderson police confirm a second person died as a result of the shooting. He was identified as Steven Childress.
The Madison County prosecutor confirmed that an investigation into the shootings determined that both shootings were in self-defense.
The investigation found that Hill shot Childress. Another unnamed person shot Hill.
After the June shootings JR Martin, a worship leader at an Anderson church, reached out to Rev. Harrison with Ten Point Coalition asking for guidance and how to bring the crime-fighting organization to the streets of Anderson.
The Madison County prosecutor said no charges will be filed in the case. | 2022-08-12T19:28:52+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/no-charges-filed-in-anderson-shootings-that-left-2-dead-3-injured/ |
For voters in nine Hoosier communities, their most meaningful decision of the 2022 election concerns an investment in their local schools.
It more directly affects people’s lives and the future than any political race or cultural-war-of-the-season.
That’s been true in every Indiana election since 2008, when the state shifted to requiring voter approval for property-tax increases to pay for significant operational needs or construction projects in their local school districts. Those choices come in the form of a ballot question known as a referendum. Voters in counties across Indiana have faced those decisions 245 times in the 14-year span. And, 158 times, voters said yes.
This fall, voters will make those choices in Wabash, Brown, Carroll, Steuben, Jackson, Monroe, Allen, Wells and Hamilton counties. Folks in Vigo County may want to study the outcomes of those votes.
Vigo Countians didn’t face such a decision until 2019, when they solidly backed a $7-million referendum to boost teacher pay, particularly the low salaries for starting and early-career teachers in the Vigo County School Corp. Then last May, Vigo voters overwhelmingly turned down a property-tax rise for a $261-million project to renovate and rebuild the county’s three aging high schools and West Vigo Middle School.
Seven of nine local school referendums across Indiana passed in May. Six of the approved referendums will provide operational funds for teacher and staff pay, resource officers, buses, smaller class sizes and preserving music and arts programs. One will pay for construction of a new school in Lebanon, where voters also OK’d an operational referendum.
The two school-construction referendums rejected in May were Vigo County’s high schools project and a plan to expand a high school and upgrade six elementary schools in Franklin Township in Marion County. The rejections came in counties on two different trajectories. Vigo is losing family-age residents and has Indiana’s highest child-poverty rate, according to the annual County Health Rankings from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Franklin Township is a fast-growing community near Indianapolis.
Since the Indiana General Assembly adopted the referendum system for property-tax increases for local school needs, voters have approved 64% of those requests, including 70% for operational funds and 55% for construction projects, according to calculations by Larry DeBoer, a Purdue University tax policy expert. Yet, since the pandemic began in 2020, voters have approved 79% of all school referendums, including 75% of capital (construction and safety) projects.
Such trends don’t influence voters, though. Local concerns drive referendum votes. In May, Vigo County voters had the VCSC’s past troubles and a school closing debate on their minds, too, as they decided the high schools renovation project’s fate.
Still, the choices made by each community on referendums help paint a statewide map of how highly the quality of local schools is prioritized and supported.
Of the nine referendums on local ballots in Indiana for the Nov. 8 election, eight would fund operational needs, and several are renewals and extensions of existing referendums. Wabash County’s referendum involves a $114-million construction project of a new $72-million high school and renovations to two other schools, according to the Metropolitan School District of Wabash County website.
Five of the school districts seeking referendum funds this fall are located in counties highly rated for school funding adequacy, according to the annual County Health Rankings’ 2022 report. Those include Hamilton (fourth-best in the state), Carroll (sixth), Wells (ninth), Steuben (10th) and Monroe (13th). Also among the top 40 in Indiana are Allen (29th), Brown (38th) and Wabash (40th).
Only Jackson County at 82nd-best ranks in the bottom half for school funding adequacy.
Will those communities’ track record of generally strong support for funding schools matter in these referendum votes? That’s impossible to predict. Local twists — and the misleading, state-mandated referendum wording — could sway those decisions this time. That said, the best indicator of future behavior is past behavior.
Vigo County ranked 72nd-best out of 92 counties for school funding adequacy in this year’s County Health Rankings. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute bases those calculations on equity. The needs of each county in the U.S. vary, so the rankings builds those variations into its formula.
Indiana school districts spend about $76 per student annually below the estimated need to support achievement of average U.S. test scores, the Population Health Institute analysts told the Tribune-Star in May. Vigo County falls $311 per-student, per-year shy of that adequate level, analysts Christine Muganda and Michael Stevenson said then.
The slice of Vigo County property taxes going to the local school corporation is relatively low, compared to the state. Vigo has the eighth-highest property-tax rate overall among Hoosier counties, yet the portion paid toward the VCSC’s unit rate ranks 169th-highest out of 290 districts, according to DeBoer’s figures.
Someday, Vigo County residents will have to revisit some sort of decision on rebuilding or renovation of the three high schools, which were built in low-cost style more than a half-century ago and have outlived their life expectancies and prime service years. West Vigo opened in 1960. Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South opened in 1971.
Through dozens of community forums and online surveys over the past couple years, participants favored rebuilding or renovating those schools on their present sites. With last May’s overwhelming rejection of the $261-million plan to do that and renovate West Vigo Middle School all at once, some other option — presumably involving a smaller, less lengthy tax increase — will be on that future Vigo County ballot. If the cheapest alternative is the priority, voters might be asked to fund a consolidation of the three high schools into one new mega-school.
School funding decisions made by other Hoosier communities may not influence the future course of action taken by Vigo County. But the comparable quality and appeal of those neighboring counties’ school systems will affect the Terre Haute area’s ability to compete for new businesses, new workers and new residents in the meantime. | 2022-10-28T04:17:00+00:00 | tribstar.com | https://www.tribstar.com/news/news_columns/mark-bennett-school-referendums-around-state-worth-vigo-countians-attention/article_3da7cada-549b-11ed-85ab-2fe6ed4a61a0.html |
More than 600 founders, Fortune 500 leaders, and investors are attending Chicago's flagship food innovation conference hosted by World Business Chicago
CHICAGO, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today welcomes more than 600 venture capitalists & investors, founders, innovators, and corporate executives for a sold-out Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food, the city's new flagship food innovation conference led by World Business Chicago. The two-day conference concludes today at 167 Green in Chicago's Fulton Market District. The Chicago Venture Summit series is led by World Business Chicago, with the support of 40 sponsors.
"Our local food innovation and startup ecosystem is core to our city's economic progress and future prosperity," said Mayor Lightfoot. "As the global capital for food innovation with the largest concentration of food and beverage Fortune 500s, I'm honored to welcome more than 600 founders, innovators and investors for our first-ever Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food."
According to Pitchbook data, Chicago food innovation companies raised $732 million in venture capital in 2021 alone, a 508 percent increase over 2019. In Q1 2022, local companies raised $111 million in venture capital.
"Our first-ever Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food is part of our expanded summit series focused on driving growth for our city's most important sectors" said Mark Tebbe, Chair of World Business Chicago's Innovation & Venture Council. "As our city's flagship founders and investors conference, our first-ever sector-focused summit continues to lead as one of the nation's premier startup and venture events"
Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food 2022 (the "Summit") kicked off on May 25 with a series of innovation showcases led by Chicago's leading food innovation hubs and investors: Food Foundry, Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network, and Cleveland Avenue. Of the more than 600 registered for the sold-out Summit, this year's event includes representation from 80+ VC/investment firms, 14+ Fortune 500s, 20 Consul Generals and trade offices, and 110+ local startups. The majority of startups in the Summit startup portfolio are led by either a female and/or founder of color. Today's program includes the following:
- Keynotes by Don Thompson - CEO & Founder, Cleveland Avenue; and Tracey Warner Halama - CEO, Vital Proteins;
- Corporate Innovation Panel featuring Accenture, Ferrero, Ingredion, JLL, Kraft Heinz, and Mondelez;
- Founders Panel featuring AYO Foods, Hazel Technologies, Nature's Fynd, Science on Call, and The Planting Hope Company;
- Investors Panel featuring Bluestein Ventures, Listen Ventures, Sandbox Sustainability Ventures, S2G Ventures, and Supply Change Capital.
"Growth across all industries and sectors in Chicago is being enabled through tech and innovation," says Michael Fassnacht, President & CEO, World Business Chicago; and, Chief Marketing Officer, City of Chicago. "Today Chicago's food, beverages, and agriculture sector is the nation's largest, generating over nine billion annually and employing over 65 thousand people; where over 2800 companies located here are actively participating and contributing to the city's vibrant startup and venture ecosystem."
Aligned with World Business Chicago's mission to drive equitable and inclusive growth, the Summit will donate a portion of the event's proceeds to various non-profits: the Children First Fund (The Chicago Public Schools Foundation), the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Hatchery Chicago, and Urban Growers Collective.
World Business Chicago is proud to have the critical support of inaugural presenting sponsors - Accenture, BMO, Cleveland Avenue, Cooley, Deloitte, Ferrero, Ingredion, JLL, JP Morgan, P33, Quaker Foods, and Shapack Partners:
- "Chicago is home to one of Accenture's 11 innovation hubs across North America, as well as our food-focused innovation space: The Extract," said Jim Coleman, Senior Managing Director for Accenture's Chicago Office, and World Business Chicago Board Member. "We're proud to support the inaugural Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food and local startups that are helping transform the food ecosystem."
- "Entrepreneurship is critical to the continued growth of the food industry, especially here in Chicago where we are uniquely positioned to be the hub for innovation in the food and agriculture industry, which BMO has been supporting for generations," said David Casper, U.S. CEO of BMO Financial Group, and World Business Chicago board member. "We're very happy to partner with World Business Chicago to be part of this vibrant entrepreneurial community and to build on our long-term commitment to the food and agriculture industry."
- "Food founders and startups are truly reinventing the sector globally right here in Chicago," said Gregory Grossman, Founding Partner of Cooley's Chicago Office. "Chicago's startup ecosystem is thriving, and Cooley is proud to support premier national events like the Chicago Venture Summit for local founders, innovators, and investors."
- "Chicago's fast-growing food startup ecosystem is thriving," said Kathy Scherer, Chicago Managing Partner, Deloitte LLP, and World Business Chicago Board Member. "As we found in our recent Road to Next report, evolving consumer demand and digitization have propelled food-tech investment activity nationally and here in Chicago. Deloitte is a proud supporter of innovation, which allows entrepreneurs to drive both growth and opportunity."
- "As one of the world's leading producers of iconic brands like Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, Tic Tac, and our Illinois-made Butterfinger, Baby Ruth and Crunch - Ferrero's success wouldn't be possible without Chicago," said Todd Siwak, President and Chief Business Officer for Ferrero North America, and World Business Chicago Board Member. "Ferrero is deeply committed to the success of local food entrepreneurs and their innovative companies showcased at the inaugural Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food."
- "As a Fortune 500 which serves more than 19,000 customers in 60 industries in more than 120 countries, our global headquarters and workforce thrives right here in the Chicagoland area," said James P. Zallie, President and CEO of Ingredion. "As a presenting sponsor for the Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food, we believe the future of food industry will be influenced by many of Chicago's talented innovators, and we're excited to collaborate by using our nature-based ingredients to create innovative products that win in the marketplace."
- "As as a global real estate and investment management firm headquartered in Chicago, we're excited to see how the city's food innovation ecosystem will shape the future of the sector," said Dan Ryan, President for the Central Region at JLL, and World Business Chicago Board Member. "Our city's economic progress and success is truly led by our local entrepreneurs and innovators, and JLL is proud to support them to make Chicago a global innovation powerhouse."
- "Since 2016, JPMorgan has supported every Chicago Venture Summit to help local founders and our startup ecosystem," said Heather Webster, Managing Director for J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Chicago. JPMorgan is also a member of WBC's board of directors. "Chicago is home to one of the world's best food startup communities, and we are proud of our work for innovative sectors including the city's food and ag industry."
- "Historically, Chicago has all the right pieces: the talent, the companies, the academic institutions and more," says Brad Henderson, CEO of P33, a non-profit driving inclusive tech growth in Chicago. "Chicago has a history in fueling innovation in the food and ag sector. Today's incredible startups and established corporations will continue that legacy and together transform our startup economy."
- "Chicago is a leader when it comes to fostering growth in the food industry and Quaker continues to thrive in this city," said Robbert Rietbroek, General Manager and Senior Vice President of Quaker Foods North America, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, and World Business Chicago Board Member. "The Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food is a great platform for an iconic, global brand such as Quaker to collaborate with local founders and innovators."
- "Fulton Market District has become Chicago's most desired destination for food innovation companies, which complements the innovative world-renowned restaurants in the neighborhood," said Jeff Shapack, Founder and CEO of Shapack Partners and World Business Chicago Board Member. "Shapack Partners is honored to host our second Chicago Venture Summit at 167 Green, with this year being Chicago's new food innovation conference."
The Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food would not be possible without the active partnership of sponsors whose financial contributions directly support the participation of local founders who are part of the Summit's official startup portfolio. Innovation Sponsors include SRS Acquiom, Uber, and Valor Equity Partners. Startup Sponsors include 2112, Beam Suntory, Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network, Clique Studios, Food Foundry, Foxtrot, Ice Miller, The Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Kraft Heinz, Mars Wrigley, Mondelez, Naturally Chicago, Supply Change Capital, The Hatchery, and The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), Venture Partners include Bluestein Ventures, Capitalize VC, DOM Capital Group, Germin8 Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Lofty Ventures, S2G Ventures, Sandbox Industries, Serra Ventures, and Zila Ventures.
For a second year in a row, the Chicago Venture Summit is excited to return to 167 Green in Chicago's Fulton Market District. The 640,000 square foot office building, developed by Shapack Partners and Focus and owned in partnership with Walton Street Capital, is a testament to its location and design. Recently, CCC Information Services, Foxtrot, FTX U.S., and others have announced their headquarters' relocation to the building, joining Kroll, WeWork and other innovative companies at 167 Green in their move to Fulton Market District. 167 Green features one of Chicago's largest Town Hall spaces, which doubles as a full size basketball court on the top floor of the building, in addition to a rooftop terrace, sitting room, game room and gym.
To learn more about the Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food agenda, startup portfolio, and speakers, please visit www.chicagoventuresummit.com.
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World Business Chicago serves a critical role in driving inclusive and equitable recovery throughout the city's 77 neighborhoods, focused on high growth sectors: transportation, distribution, & logistics; manufacturing; healthcare & life sciences, and our local innovation, startup, & venture ecosystem. As the City of Chicago's economic development agency, World Business Chicago leads corporate attraction & retention, workforce & talent, community impact, and promotion of Chicago as a leading global city. Supported by a council of 300+ local leaders, World Business Chicago's portfolio of innovation & venture programs include: the Chicago Venture Summit series, Startup Chicago, ThinkChicago, and Venture Engine with the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC). Follow World Business Chicago on LinkedIn for daily news and announcements on company relocation and expansion; industry and ecosystem growth, U.S. and world rankings, and more about Chicago's economic progress.
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SALEM, W.Va (WBOY) – Salem University did not have to look very far when it found itself in need of a women’s basketball coach this summer.
Former Tigers assistant Nikayla Edgell was formally introduced on Friday as she becomes a collegiate head coach for the first time.
Edgell is no stranger to Salem and West Virginia college basketball, starting her coaching career as an assistant with the Tigers in 2021 and spending last season on the bench at Alderson Broaddus.
She’s proud to return to Salem and take over a program that she believes has its best days ahead.
“This ball has taken me many places, but the people here are always going to stand behind you,” she said, “It’s all hands on deck so I’m very glad to be back and coach some of the girls I have already and continue to move the needle.”
When sitting head coach Jessica Peatross accepted the same position at Western Oregon last month, athletic director Alex Joseph found himself circling Edgell’s name as someone that knows what it takes to be successful at Salem.
“To see her care that she had for the student athletes while she was her, her vision for the program and her ability I want to say to connect to our staff. She’s very well-liked and we believe as a university she can take us over the next hump,” he said.
With several players still on the team that she coached two seasons ago, Edgell expects a sense of comfort through the coaching transition.
“They can kind of let the girls know that I haven’t had yet what’s going to be expected of them. I think it gives a little bit of comfort too with the coaching change that someone that knows them will be here, someone that knows the campus, knows the community will be here by their side through the change and I think it’s really helped,” she said.
The Salem women’s basketball team returns seven primary contributors from a team that reached the finals of the USCAA tournament last season. | 2023-07-14T21:30:25+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/sports/edgell-excited-to-take-the-helm-at-salem/ |
In response to the op-ed “Politics in sports underscores need for tolerance of dissent” (June 14), the author fails to realize who the audience of the Washington Commanders’ football team is.
The author notes that the team fined defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio for comparing the Jan. 6 riot to the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd — which, by all accounts, numbered 7,700 separate protests. Del Rio referred to Jan. 6 as a “dust-up.”
A great number of people who live in the D.C. area are government workers or have friends or family members who are, and that “dust-up” term is offensive to them.
I lived in D.C. for a number of years and was from a small Pennsylvania town, and I was always proud to have friends and family visit. I would take them to the Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art and the National Zoo and just to walk around the Mall to see the many monuments.
The people of that area follow politics like Chicagoans follow their favorite sports teams.
I was heartsick when I saw the riotous crowd beating police officers and smashing windows.
The Commanders are well within their rights to fine Del Rio as they are a business, a business that draws most of its fans from the very area that was attacked that day.
I’m sure the hundreds of people inside the Capitol Building that day who were in fear for their lives would disagree that the attack was a “dust-up.”
— Mick Vendel, Geneva
Why we must learn about slavery
People seeking psychological peace on an analyst’s couch must sometimes endure the discomfort of coming to terms with painful memories. So it is with nations seeking psychological equilibrium and normalcy for their national psyches after having violated the norms of human interactions.
For example, to end its dead-end apartheid system, South Africa not only freed Nelson Mandela and recognized his African National Congress party but also underwent a yearslong process of national truth and reconciliation overseen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, airing grievances and confessions of guilt. Without that soul-cleansing process, normalcy would not have been possible.
Similarly, normalcy for Germany required renouncing its Nazi past and paying more than $80 billion in atonement to Jews who miraculously survived the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews and millions of others perished.
The time has arrived to face our own affront to humanity: chattel slavery and its aftermath. For generations, the impact of those truths was omitted from our schoolbooks or denied and whitewashed, like the way Turkey keeps denying the genocide it committed against the Armenians starting in 1915.
Though our nation is ready to face and air this part of its past, the political right resists, claiming that to now teach the entirety of our nation’s history risks damaging the egos of white schoolkids who would learn the scope of their ancestors’ transgressions against humanity and even against the tenets of Christianity itself.
There is only silence as to the damage to the collective egos of Black children born since 1619 when the first slave ship arrived.
To start teaching the unsavory parts of U.S. history can help us all become all that we claim to be. That’s how truth works: It has the power to cleanse and uplift. But to discredit that noble impulse, Republican politicians have derisively labeled it “CRT,” for critical race theory, blocking it where they can. Which makes them racism deniers, just as there have been Holocaust deniers.
How can we ever become a truly mature nation until we abandon the misleading “Gone with the Wind” fantasy of our past and embrace its documented harsh reality?
— Ted Z. Manuel, Chicago
Democrats’ anti-Bailey leaflets
I can only hope that Illinois Democrats will stop sending me these hideous anti-Darren Bailey leaflets that clutter my mailbox almost daily. I get it. The folks in what Adlai Stevenson described as “the Democracy” have resigned themselves to the reality that Bailey is going to win the GOP Illinois primary and will be the Republican gubernatorial candidate. It’s finally dawned on them that J.B. Pritzker isn’t a sure thing for reelection, so all they have left is to smear Bailey!
I’ve already voted early for Bailey, so they are wasting both my time and theirs. As far as waving the bloody shirt of Darren’s association with former President Donald Trump, well, at the very least, gas wasn’t $6 a gallon when the 45th chief executive left office on Jan. 20, 2021.
What do Illinois Democrats have to show for themselves other than failure upon failure?
— David L. Blatt, Chicago
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Body cameras have proliferated in law enforcement agencies in the U.S. over the past decade, amid mounting scrutiny over how officers and agents interact with the communities they serve. They’re forcing major changes in how policing is done, even as research is mixed on their effectiveness.
The Associated Press on Thursday sat in on a discussion of the law-enforcement tool with representatives from more than 200 agencies nationwide, hosted by the think tank Police Executive Research Forum.
New York City became one of the first large departments to adopt body cameras in 2013 after a federal court found police wrongly targeted minorities with a stop-and-frisk program, and many more joined amid the national outpouring of protest after the 2014 death of Michael Brown at the hands of police in Ferguson, Missouri.
An influx of federal money accelerated the process, and by 2016, 80% of large departments were using them, according to the most recent Justice Department data. Federal agencies have been slower to adopt them.
Though public protest of police violence was one of the key driving factors in the ramp up of body camera use, studies have been mixed on whether they reduce police use of force, said Meagan Cahill, the group’s research director. Half show officers with cameras tend to use force less often, but the rest of studies show no difference
“These technologies aren’t like a light switch, where you switch it on and all of a sudden you’re getting the desired outcomes,” said Nancy La Vigne, director of the National Institute of Justice, the Justice Department’s research arm. “So much rests on policy and implementation.”
Policies around when and how they must be activated, and whether to implement technology that turns them on automatically, are a big question, she said.
Research has consistently found, though, that complaints from citizens decrease when officers begin using them, Cahill said. Exactly why isn’t clear, though it’s possible an awareness of being filmed affects the behavior of both officers and the people the interact with.
While complaints haven’t necessarily decreased since police got body cameras in Fargo, North Dakota, they have given people on both sides a new view on what happened in heated situations, said Chief David Zibolski. “There’s hardly any complaints we can’t resolve one way or the other,” he said.
Many police officers resisted cameras at first, but now are among the most supportive because they often reflect police doing the right thing, said Los Angeles Police Commander Steve Lurie. “I think it is absolutely accurate to say that in Los Angeles, this is now a favorite tool of our street cops,” he said.
In San Antonio, body-camera video appeared to play a key role in the murder case filed last week against three police officers in the fatal shooting of 46-year-old Melissa Perez, said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum.
It showed exactly what officers did after Perez refused to come out of her apartment, and reflected her apparently suffering a mental health crisis. “A year ago, without video tape, it would not have had the same outcome,” he said.
Three officers were suspended without pay and arrested on murder warrants last week.
While body cameras aren’t a panacea, in many departments they’re also being used to train officers on good policing. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police keep a library of recorded interactions where officers defused situations well, a tool that’s invaluable for its immediacy and specificity.
“This is the one of the seminal changes in my generation,” said Chief John Mueller. “This has changed the game.” | 2023-06-30T07:09:34+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/ap-police-body-camera-ramp-up-started-a-decade-ago-how-well-have-they-worked/ |
Superior quality Precision Plasmids™ expedite clinical trial timelines with no wait time to start manufacturing custom plasmids
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CBM), a contract development, and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has launched its plasmid manufacturing offering, Precision Plasmids™ to provide phase-appropriate plasmid on-demand for any company seeking to accelerate their path to clinic for cell and gene therapies. CBM offers NO WAIT TIMES for Precision Plasmids™ R&D grade for pre- and early clinical phases, and Precision Plasmids™ Pro grade for toxicology studies, Ph1-2 vector production, or as a starting material for mRNA. Both Precision Plasmids™ R&D and Pro are available now, while Precision Plasmids™ GMP grade will be available in April 2023.
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NCAA softball: Oklahoma State Cowgirls vs. North Texas Mean Green score & live updates
The Oklahoma State Cowgirls need only one win to advance to the NCAA softball tournament super regionals. Standing in their way is North Texas, which survived elimination Saturday night by toppling Nebraska.
Oklahoma State vs. North Texas
When: 3 p.m. Sunday
Where: Cowgirls Stadium in Stillwater
Streaming: ESPN+
Radio: 105.5 FM
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2022 NCAA softball tournament:Schedule, bracket, game times, TV listings, past champions | 2022-05-22T19:54:51+00:00 | oklahoman.com | https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2022/05/22/oklahoma-state-vs-north-texas-score-ncaa-softball-tournament-stillwater-regional-final/9884008002/ |
With Roe in doubt, some fear tech surveillance
PHILADELPHIA — When Chandler Jones realized she was pregnant during her junior year of college, she turned to a trusted source for information and advice.
Her cellphone.
“I couldn’t imagine before the internet, trying to navigate this,” said Jones, 26, who graduated Tuesday from the University of Baltimore School of Law. “I didn’t know if hospitals did abortions. I knew Planned Parenthood did abortions, but there were none near me. So I kind of just Googled.”
But with each search, Jones was being surreptitiously followed — by the phone apps and browsers that track us as we click away, capturing even our most sensitive health data.
Online searches. Period apps. Fitness trackers. Advice helplines. GPS. The often obscure companies collecting our health history and geolocation data may know more about us than we know ourselves.
For now, the information is mostly used to sell us things, like baby products targeted to pregnant women. But in a post-Roe world — if the Supreme Court upends the 1973 decision that legalized abortion, as a draft opinion suggests it may in the coming weeks — the data would become more valuable, and women more vulnerable.
Privacy experts fear that pregnancies could be surveilled and the data shared with police or sold to vigilantes.
“The value of these tools for law enforcement is for how they really get to peek into the soul,” said Cynthia Conti-Cook, a lawyer and technology fellow at the Ford Foundation. “It gives (them) the mental chatter inside our heads.”
HIPAA, hotlines, health histories
The digital trail only becomes clearer when we leave home, as location apps, security cameras, license plate readers and facial recognition software track our movements. The development of these tech tools has raced far ahead of the laws and regulations that might govern them.
And it’s not just women who should be concerned. The same tactics used to surveil pregnancies can be used by life insurance companies to set premiums, banks to approve loans and employers to weigh hiring decisions, experts said.
Or it could — and sometimes does — send
women who experience miscarriages cheery ads on their would-be child’s birthday.
It’s all possible because HIPAA, the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protects medical files at your doctor’s office but not the information that third-party apps and tech companies collect about you. Nor does HIPAA cover the health histories collected by nonmedical “crisis pregnancy centers, ” which are run by anti-abortion groups. That means the information can be shared with, or sold to, almost anyone.
Jones contacted one such facility early in her Google search, before figuring out they did not offer abortions.
“The dangers of unfettered access to Americans’ personal data have never been more clear. Researching birth control online, updating a period-tracking app or bringing a phone to the doctor’s office could be used to track and prosecute women across the U.S.,” Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said last week.
For myriad reasons, both political and philosophical, data privacy laws in the U.S. have lagged far behind those adopted in Europe in 2018.
Until this month, anyone could buy a weekly trove of data on clients at more than 600 Planned Parenthood sites around the country for as little as $160, according to a recent Vice investigation that led one data broker to remove family planning centers from the customer “pattern” data it sells. The files included approximate patient addresses (down to the census block, derived from where their cellphones “sleep” at night), income brackets, time spent at the clinic, and the top places people stopped before and after their visits.
While the data did not identify patients by name, experts say that can often be pieced together, or de-anonymized, with a little sleuthing.
In Arkansas, a new law will require women seeking an abortion to first call a state hotline and hear about abortion alternatives. The hotline, set to debut next year, will cost the state nearly $5 million a year to operate. Critics fear it will be another way to track pregnant women, either by name or through an identifier number. Other states are considering similar legislation.
The widespread surveillance capabilities alarm privacy experts who fear what’s to come if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The Supreme Court is expected to issue its opinion by early July.
“A lot of people, where abortion is criminalized — because they have nowhere to go — are going to go online, and every step that they take (could) … be surveilled,” Conti-Cook said.
Punish women, doctors or friends?
Women of color like Jones, along with poor women and immigrants, could face the most dire consequences if Roe falls since they typically have less power and money to cover their tracks. They also tend to have more abortions, proportionally, perhaps because they have less access to health care, birth control and, in conservative states, schools with good sex education programs.
The leaked draft suggests the Supreme Court could be ready to let states ban or severely restrict abortion through civil or criminal penalties. More than half are poised to do so. Abortion foes have largely promised not to punish women themselves, but instead target their providers or people who help them access services.
“The penalties are for the doctor, not for the woman,” Republican state Rep. Jim Olsen of Oklahoma said last month of a new law that makes performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
But abortion advocates say that remains to be seen.
“When abortion is criminalized, pregnancy outcomes are investigated,” said Tara Murtha, the communications director at the Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia, who recently co-authored a report on digital surveillance in the abortion sphere.
She wonders where the scrutiny would end. Prosecutors have already taken aim at women who use drugs during pregnancy, an issue Justice Clarence Thomas raised during the Supreme Court arguments in the case in December.
“Any adverse pregnancy outcome can turn the person who was pregnant into a suspect,” Murtha said.
State limits, tech steps,
personal tips
A few states are starting to push back, setting limits on tech tools as the fight over consumer privacy intensifies.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, through a legal settlement, stopped a Boston-based ad company from steering anti-abortion smartphone ads to women inside clinics there that offer abortion services, deeming it harassment. The firm had even proposed using the same “geofencing” tactics to send anti-abortion messages to high school students.
In Michigan, voters amended the state Constitution to prohibit police from searching someone’s data without a warrant. And in California, home to Silicon Valley, voters passed a sweeping digital privacy law that lets people see their data profiles and ask to have them deleted. The law took effect in 2020.
The concerns are mounting, and have forced Apple, Google and other tech giants to begin taking steps to rein in the sale of consumer data. That includes Apple’s launch last year of its App Tracking Transparency feature, which lets iPhone and iPad users block apps from tracking them.
Abortion rights activists, meanwhile, suggest women in conservative states leave their cellphones, smartwatches and other wearable devices at home when they seek reproductive health care, or at least turn off the location services.
They should also closely examine the privacy policies of menstrual trackers and other health apps they use.
“There are things that people can do that can help mitigate their risk. Most people will not do them because they don’t know about it or it’s inconvenient,” said Nathan Freed Wessler, a deputy director with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. “There are very, very few people who have the savvy to do everything.”
Digital privacy was the last thing on Jones’ mind when she found herself pregnant. She was in crisis. She and her partner had ambitious career goals. After several days of searching, she found an appointment for an abortion in nearby Delaware. Fortunately, he had a car.
“When I was going through this, it was just survival mode,” said Jones, who took part in a march Saturday in downtown Baltimore to support abortion rights.
Besides, she said, she’s grown up in the internet age, a world in which “all of my information is being sold constantly.”
But news of the leaked Supreme Court draft sparked discussions at her law school this month about privacy, including digital privacy in the era of Big Data.
“Literally, because I have my cell phone in my pocket, if I go to a CVS, they know I went to a CVS,” the soon-to-be lawyer said. “I think the privacy right is such a deeper issue in America (and one) that is being violated all the time.” | 2022-05-19T00:19:35+00:00 | yorkdispatch.com | https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2022/05/18/roe-doubt-fear-tech-surveillance/50250135/ |
How to celebrate National Coffee Day
There are two types of people in the world: those who love coffee and those who really love coffee. Today, we can put our differences aside and unite in mutual admiration of this wondrous elixir because it’s National Coffee Day. You can celebrate by getting a free or discounted cup at many of your favorite shops. Or, if you don’t want to wait in even longer lines than usual, you can celebrate by upgrading your home coffee station.
Is it okay to drink coffee every day?
Coffee is like eggs. The medical community seems to vacillate back and forth on whether it’s okay to have coffee in your diet. Right now, being a coffee drinker is a good thing. As long as you don’t exceed 400 milligrams of caffeine in a day, which is roughly four cups, the Mayo Clinic says that coffee may offer some protection against Parkinson’s disease, type 2 diabetes, liver disease, heart attacks and more. The bottom line is “Your coffee habit is probably fine and may even have some benefits.” So go out and celebrate National Coffee Day. You’ve earned it.
8 Ways to celebrate National Coffee Day
- Get a free cup. Dozens of popular chains are offering free or discounted coffee today.
- Try something new. Use today as an excuse to break free from the norm and order a blend you’ve never tried before.
- Start a subscription. To be certain you never run out, consider starting a subscription to a “Coffee of the Month” club.
- Bask in the aroma. If you can’t get enough of that fresh-brewed scent, get a coffee-scented candle so your home always smells like your favorite beverage.
- Treat yourself to a coffee-inspired spa day. Coffee makes an excellent exfoliator.
- Splurge on that dream appliance. Whether it’s a milk frother or a cappuccino machine, celebrate the day by buying something you’ve always wanted.
- Get a new mug. It’s a long day. You’re gonna need a bigger mug. So why not get it?
- Begin and end the day with coffee. If ever there was a perfect day for it, today is the day to indulge in a coffee-flavored dessert.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Supplemental Health Care (SHC), a leading healthcare staffing agency, announced that its Chief Operating Officer, Vickie Anenberg, has once again been named to the Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) Staffing 100 list this year.
Despite continued challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Anenberg's strong leadership as COO has led to record-breaking results. "Vickie has been integral to Supplemental Health Care's success," said SHC's President & CEO, Greg Palmer. "Her impact on the organization touches every corner of the business, and we wouldn't be where we are today without her."
With over 8.6 million hours of patient care provided by SHC healthcare professionals, Anenberg knows the importance of adapting to meet the ever-evolving demands of the healthcare industry. She spearheaded an organizational restructuring to better support the expansion of needs in diverse healthcare settings like ambulatory and long-term care, behavioral health, home health, schools, and government services.
Anenberg also promotes Supplemental Health Care's commitment to "do well by doing good", especially when it comes to issues that impact the healthcare sector like staffing shortages, culturally congruent care, mental health support, and education. Through diversity and inclusion initiatives, philanthropic partnerships, and healthcare professional upskilling, Anenberg continues to support the company's work to promote a more equitable future in healthcare.
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I very much appreciated your inspiring 4th of July editorial. In my opinion, our American founding fathers (and mothers) were not totally perfect, but in seeing the big picture more than 200 years later I’d much rather focus in on the gift of great hope they gave all of us.
They painstakingly established a solid foundation to build real freedom, justice and equality for what is now all people, not just a chosen few white males.
Democracy is most certainly an ongoing process and project.
In light of that, this past week it was good to see the revealing letter by Suhail Shafi “Palestinians deserve human rights, too” in our Patriot newspaper July 27. Respect for the rule of fair and just laws matters immensely, for all our sakes, and a crucial part of that equation worldwide is freedom of religion, as well as freedom from religion.
We need to set the right example with what we say and what we do: American taxpayers should not be forced to fund religious schools or Israel’s supposed Jewishness and the cruel Zionist war on the native non-Jewish men, women and children of historic Palestine.
Religion should be a personal, private choice, not a local, state or federally funded program.
Anne Selden Annab, Mechanicsburg Pa. | 2023-07-29T15:19:12+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2023/07/our-nations-founding-mothers-and-fathers-envisioned-equality-and-justice-for-all-not-just-for-some-pennlive-letters.html |
Representative Joe Sempolinski is co-sponsoring the bipartisan “Words Matter Act” as part of Down’s Syndrome Awareness Month.
Sempolinski said the legislation would eliminate the use of the “R” word in U.S. code, “You know there’s a very rude word that starts with the letter ‘R’ that’s sometimes used for those with developmental disabilities and that word is still in a variety of places in the United States code. There’s no place for that in 2022. So this would replace that out-of-date terminology to more respectful terminology that focuses on the dignity of folks who have developmental disabilities.”
Sempolinski said when a law is passed it goes into the U.S. Code as it was written at the time, “And so any law that might impact the disability community, whether it’s in health care or education or accommodation or anything, it was written in an era when that word was used, it would still potentially be there. And obviously, this is something the cost will be minimal. You just go through and literally change that particular word to something like ‘developmental disability.'”
He added that the bill is supported by the Global Down’s Syndrome Foundation and the Special Olympics.
Sempolinski’s oldest daughter has Down’s Syndrome. | 2022-10-05T11:47:07+00:00 | wrfalp.com | https://www.wrfalp.com/rep-sempolinski-co-sponsoring-words-matter-act-during-downs-syndrome-awareness-month/ |
LISBON, Portugal — Portuguese soccer club Famalicão suspended the coach of its women’s team on Friday after a leading newspaper in Portugal published accusations of verbal sexual harassment by him of his players at a previous club.
The club said it was putting itself at the “total disposition of all parties involved and the competent authorities to assist in obtaining the truth.”
The alleged verbal harassment of players, some of which were 19 years old at the time, reportedly took place while Afonso coached fellow Portuguese club Rio Ave during the 2020-21 season.
Público said that it had contacted Afonso but he declined to comment on the accusations.
In a statement, Rio Ave acknowledged that it had been “aware of some circumstantial comments reported by athletes regarding alleged inappropriate approaches by the coach.”
But, Rio Ave said it took no action because “the coach denied such situations and, at the request of the athletes, the matter was not followed up.”
Famalicão, in a separate statement preceding the suspension of Afonso, said that when it hired Afonso it was not aware of the accusations.
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More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-09-30T13:45:46+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/portuguese-coach-suspended-after-harassment-accusations/2022/09/30/991551fa-40bc-11ed-8c6e-9386bd7cd826_story.html |
The baby robins have flown the nest.
And much like when the kids left for college, we are seized by both a sense of joy and sadness.
We’ve been tiptoeing around the smoke tree that housed their nest for more than two weeks, cutting a wide berth, dragging the garbage and recycling cans onto the neighbor’s lawn to avoid getting too close. Despite our efforts, a few times we spooked the mother and she flew off to a nearby rooftop, glaring as I strained to snap a few photographs.
We’ve had nests before. Cardinals on the front porch, ducks at the edge of driveway. Only one of the cardinal eggs hatched and none of the ducklings made it — a predator attacked in the middle of the night and we awoke to a crime scene on our front lawn.
So, we were worried if the robins would survive. Thankfully, it appears ———they have. Last we saw of them, the chicks were hopping across the front lawn, seeking shelter under the lilac bushes.
Birds lay eggs all the time, all over the place, yet, watching the mission come to fruition is a supremely satisfying experience.
We need nature. And, nature needs us — to be caring, to be responsible and to be appreciative.
Birds are an indicator of how good we are at the job.
But don’t take my word for it. Take the expertise of Tim Snyder, longtime bird curator and current vice president of animal care for the Chicago Zoological Society.
Snyder fell in love with birds long before he began working for Brookfield Zoo.
“I was 8 or 9 when I got my first bird. I raised chickens. I knew what I wanted to do since childhood,” Snyder said.
Birds, he said, “are amazing.”
Not only can they go anywhere they want, they come in all shapes and sizes, all adaptations and colors, he said. Their eggs are different colors for a reason.
“Each bird tells a story of how it lives, how it eats, how it attracts its mate, how it nests,” Snyder said. “You can tell so much just looking at beaks, feet, how it’s built. Each body tells a story.”
It took millennia for birds to evolve this way, he said, so it goes without saying that we need to protect them as much as we admire them.
The nonprofit Bird Conservation Network recently released results of a study that looked at 22 years of data on how local bird species are faring. The news is good for birds in Chicagoland but not so uplifting for those in other parts of the state.
Of 104 species tracked in the study, more than half had populations that were stable or increasing, something the group attributes to the Chicago area’s many parks and nature preserves.
“The trends in the Chicago metro area appear to be localized and are possibly due to the restoration of habitat and the lower incidence of pesticide use,” he said.
“The positive note here is that the Chicagoland data may highlight a real-life example that shows it may be possible to stop and even reverse declining bird numbers by improving habitat and decreasing pesticide use,” he said.
Zoom out, Snyder said, and the news is more alarming. Birds are at risk overall because both habitat and food sources are declining, he said. In addition, climate change is prompting birds to migrate before there is a food source ready to sustain them.
“Forty years ago, you turned on the light at night and the wall would be covered with insects. Now, they think because of pesticides and insecticides in farmers’ fields and back yards, the insect population has decreased. Also, if birds eat insects with insecticide in them, it gets concentrated in their bodies,” he said.
Weed killer can harm birds, too. They can’t read those signs that say, “Don’t walk on the grass for 24 hours.”
“I’m not saying don’t care for your lawn but know that everything you do affects the wildlife around you,” he said.
And what affects wildlife ultimately affects humans. Without birds, a natural insect control, the bug population would soar, he said.
Birds also keep the woodlands and natural areas healthy by inadvertently planting new trees with their droppings, Snyder said.
And just imagine a world without birdsong. I can’t.
But what about when birds intersect adversely with humans: Avian influenza. Garden crop snatchers. Predators that turn your patio into a kill zone. And, of course, that robin that chirps outside your bedroom window at 4 a.m.
Snyder says these are all issues that can easily be addressed, except, perhaps, the early wakeup calls.
There’s a reason for that old saying, “The early bird gets the worm,” he said. “Because it’s true.”
Birds rise with the first rays of the sun and immediately begin looking for food for themselves and their chicks.
Crack o’ dawn wakeup calls are not new, he said. But people often wonder if they are.
“It’s amazing the number of people who don’t realize that this is normal because they keep their windows closed,” Snyder said. “Air conditioning is great but it also disconnects us from the world.”
Avian flu, he said, is natural to the environment. It becomes more significant when birds are migrating because they’re coming together in large numbers.
“It’s always a concern but because of warmer temperatures the virus that causes avian influenza has a hard time surviving outside of the bird,” he said.
To shoo predator hawks or crop-eating crows or sparrows, Snyder said hang strips of shiny mylar or aluminum pie tins. Birds don’t like the noise or the way the sun reflects on them.
It’s all about living harmoniously and appreciating the gift that nature is. It’s all about helping birds thrive.
Many birds, such as the hummingbird, are a joy just to watch. With the tiny fliers’ “season” upon us, Snyder reminds that a feeding solution is simply 4 parts water, 1 part sugar, dissolved. No need to use the potentially harmful red-dyed product in stores.
“I really wish people would take time to stop and notice what’s around you. Notice birds. Notice wild flowers. Notice trees,” he said. “Most people find nature to be calming. And it’s right outside your door.
“Put your phone away and absorb nature, absorb the living creatures around you,” Snyder said. “It’s very uplifting and it’s free therapy.”
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If your outdoor excursions put you face to face with a nest, leave it alone, he said.
Legally, all native birds are protected by the Migratory Bird Act, a more than 100-year-old agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico. You can’t catch them, can’t shoot them, can’t possess their feathers or body parts or eggs, Snyder said.
Even if the nest is in an inconvenient spot, say near your garbage cans, work around it.
“It takes about 14 days for incubation and then the chicks are out of the nest,” Snyder said.
And when they’re on their way, perhaps like me, you’ll feel like you did something, even if all you did was let nature take its course.
Donna Vickroy is an award-winning reporter, editor and columnist who worked for the Daily Southtown for 38 years. | 2022-07-22T21:43:23+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-vickroy-column-st-0724-20220722-wugd7darpfgzjn4aqilzplcrge-story.html |
Why foreign workers in the US are especially vulnerable to the Twitter turmoil
By Donie O’Sullivan, Priscilla Alvarez and Oliver Darcy, CNN
Twitter employees who are relying on the company for work visas have been left in limbo, finding themselves at the whims of its new billionaire owner, knowing if they quit, they may have to leave the United States.
Earlier this week, Elon Musk gave remaining staff an ultimatum to commit to working “hardcore” or to leave. But some staff who would like to leave the company feel like they can’t because doing so, may leave them no choice but to depart the US, multiple former Twitter employees told CNN.
Tech companies in the US, including Twitter, have leaned on an employment-based visa, known as H-1B, to bring skilled foreign workers into the country. The program allows companies in the US to employ foreign workers in high-skilled occupations like architecture, engineering, mathematics, among other fields.
In fiscal year 2022, Twitter had nearly 300 people approved to work on H-1B visas, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services data. It’s unclear how many have chosen to stay.
Facebook — another company that’s undergoing mass layoffs — had more than 1,300 people approved to work on H-1B visas, the data shows.
Employees on temporary visas, like H-1B or other work visas, are especially vulnerable to the layoffs happening at Twitter and across the tech industry. Some staff who were on employment-based visas and have already been laid off by Musk have found themselves scrambling.
“Firing folks who are on a H-1B in a major economic downturn is not just putting them out of the job, it’s tantamount to ruining their lives,” one former employee told CNN, adding that some people who had accepted Musk’s ultimatum had accepted it “out of self-preservation.”
Fiona McEntee, an immigration lawyer based in Chicago, represents immigrants who are on H-1B visas and are part of the recent tech layoffs.
While McEntee stressed everyone’s situation is unique, one of the primary challenges employees on H-1B visas face is that they have a limited window of time to find a new employer, adjust to another visa, or leave the United States. The 60-day grace period usually starts from the last day of employment.
“It’s a short time period to line these things up.” McEntee said, noting that filing a visa transfer, for example, can take time. McEntee’s firm has been receiving multiple calls from people affected by the layoffs who are concerned about next steps.
“A layoff is hard enough on people to begin with but when you’re faced with having to leave what’s been your home for a significant time, it adds a whole layer of trauma to this,” she told CNN.
One former Twitter employee described the challenges facing a former colleague who is in the US with his family on an employment-based visa and now faces the prospect of having to leave.
For that reason, some staff at Twitter who are on H-1B visas are staying on despite wanting to leave the company, a former employee told CNN, adding that they’re “concerned with being forced into a flooded job market where they may be unable to find a job and before being forced out of the country.”
The US Department of Homeland Security issues 65,000 H-1B visas annually as mandated by Congress, in addition to another 20,000 for those who have a masters’ degree or doctorate from a US university. The visa can be granted for up to six years.
“These are people who didn’t just necessarily arrive last year or the year before, or even when they were approved,” said David Bier, associate director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute. Bier noted that some people may have been working for Twitter under a different visa before being hired on an H-1B.
“Many of these people will have been in this country for over a decade,” Bier said.
One former Twitter employee stressed the importance of visa holders and their contribution to US innovation and technological leadership.
“For companies to turn their backs on them now is particularly callous and destructive and undermines the trust talented people have around in the world in the hope of America and its opportunities,” they added.
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CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A fugitive Moldovan oligarch and opposition party leader was sentenced in absentia Thursday to 15 years in jail for his role in a one-billion-dollar bank theft case.
Ilan Shor, who leads the populist Russia-friendly Shor Party, was convicted of fraud and money laundering in the case of $1 billion that went missing from Moldovan banks in 2014.
The Court of Appeal in the capital, Chisinau, also ordered the confiscation of $290 million of his assets.
Shor, a businessman, fled Moldova in 2019 to evade corruption charges and has since been living in exile in Israel, where he was born. He was initially sentenced in 2015 to seven and a half years in jail, but his appeal dragged on for years.
In recent months, the Shor Party — which holds six seats in Moldova’s 101-seat legislature — organized large protests in Chisinau against the pro-Western government over high energy prices and a cost-of-living crisis. Moldova’s annual inflation rate stood at 21.98% in March, according to the National Bank of Moldova.
Moldova’s President Maia Sandu said the Court of Appeal’s verdict was “demanded by the citizens” and that it is the “only way justice can gain legitimacy, through legal decisions that punish thieves.”
Shor, 36, alleged the verdict was politically motivated “revenge for the protest movement” and that it was “in violation of all legal provisions.”
“I am not going to comply with it and I assure you that it will be annulled the day after the change of the current regime,” he said in a statement posted on social media Thursday. “This decision nor any other will prevent me from moving forward and fighting to the end, until we will remove the bandits from power.”
It is not clear whether Moldovan authorities have asked for Shor’s extradition nor whether Israeli authorities would comply with such a request.
In 2014, the year the $1 billion went missing from Moldova’s banks, it was equivalent to about one-eighth of gross domestic product in one of Europe’s poorest countries.
In December 2022, the U.S. sanctioned Shor and claimed he worked with “corrupt oligarchs and Moscow-based entities to create political unrest in Moldova” and to undermine the country’s bid to join the European Union.
The U.K. also added Shor to a sanctions list in December. | 2023-04-15T01:16:35+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/moldovan-oligarch-sentenced-to-15-years-in-1b-bank-theft/ |
Democrat Tina Kotek holds a narrow lead over Republican Christine Drazan in the Oregon gubernatorial race, according to a new poll, reversing recent surveys that had found Kotek trailing her Republican opponent.
An Emerson College Polling survey released on Friday found Kotek, the former state House speaker, leading Drazan, a former state House minority leader, 44 percent to 40 percent among very likely voters in the state.
Eight percent said they were supporting independent candidate Betsy Johnson, a former senator who was previously a Democrat, while another 6 percent said they were undecided.
When the survey factors in undecided voters who were asked toward whom they were leaning, Kotek’s support increased to 46 percent and Drazan and Johnson both gained one point.
The polling could represent a change in momentum for Democrats who had launched into panic mode earlier this cycle about their chances at continuing their blue streak in the state’s governor’s mansion. Republicans sought to tie Kotek to Gov. Kate Brown (D), who has polled as the most unpopular governor in the country.
Complicating Democrats’ chances at the governorship was Johnson, who raked in much more fundraising than is typical for an independent candidate and held double-digit support in earlier polls. Those factors seemed to suggest that Republicans could have a shot at the governor’s mansion for the first time since 1982.
An Emerson College Polling survey released last month, for example, showed Drazan leading Kotek 36-34 percent, albeit within the margin of error.
“Kotek holds a 14-point lead among Oregon women voters, whereas Drazan holds a nine-point lead among male voters. In a state where the voting population is nearly evenly split, Kotek’s larger base of women voters could win her the plurality of support,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said on Friday about their latest poll.
The Emerson College Polling survey released on Friday was conducted with 975 very likely voters between Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. | 2022-11-05T00:04:28+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/hill-politics/democrat-kotek-holds-narrow-lead-over-drazan-in-oregons-gubernatorial-race/ |
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curebase, a company committed to democratizing access to clinical studies, has named veteran digital infrastructure executive Matt Lanier as vice president of engineering.
Curebase's decentralized clinical trial (DCT) model ensures more diverse studies because unique populations – which typically are underrepresented in clinical trials – can be included. The Curebase platform empowers sponsors, CROs, and physicians from practices of all sizes to conduct clinical research, including private practices, independent clinics, and large academic research sites. Lanier joins the company with a history of successfully evolving emerging technology solutions to achieve top-notch quality products.
"Matt's impressive background in architecting digital infrastructures that enable companies to scale is ideal for us as we continue to grow our business," said Tom Lemberg, founder, and chief executive officer of Curebase. "Likewise, his ability to build, encourage, and lead teams of engaged and passionate professionals will help us meet our goals while further developing skills internally."
Prior to joining Curebase, Lanier was vice president of engineering at Quizlet, dedicated to helping students and their teachers practice and master whatever they are learning. He also worked as director of infrastructure engineering at integrated virtual care and navigation company Grand Rounds (now Included Health) and director of infrastructure at location-based services provider Life360. Lanier earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of San Francisco and comes from a proud tradition of Jesuit-educated technologists.
"The decentralization of access to information and resources is the cornerstone of my technical career," Lanier said. "And that's what excites me about Curebase: The company is committed to enabling more patients to participate in clinical trials through its decentralized model. Curebase's engineers are especially mission-driven and engaged in this life-saving work."
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With the help of Bills Mafia, Buffalo's complete roster makes it to Ford Field in Detroit. The Bills start the opening drive on defense for the first time in the 2022-23 season.
1ST Quarter
The Browns surprisingly march right down the field in 9 plays, and Amari Cooper makes the catch to put the Cleveland Browns out in front, 7-0.
Nyheim Hines gets the Bills offense going with a 28-yard punt return on Buffalo's second offensive drive. However, Josh Allen and Gabe Davis fail to convert on 3rd down and settle for a field goal trailing 7-3.
2nd Quarter
The absence of Tremaine Edmunds is noticeable as Cleveland continues to mix up the run and short pass catch strategy. The Browns start the Quarter by adding another field goal, taking the 10-3 lead.
The Bills offense continues to look sluggish, and Myles Garrett forces another three and out for Buffalo.
When things look to be going downhill, Matt Milano recovers a fumbled sac that ultimately leads to the Bills first down of the game. On the Bills 4th offensive drive, the team makes it to the goal line and a costly penalty by Reggie Gilliam makes it 2 &19, and the Bills are forced to settle for another field goal, 10-6.
With less than two minutes to go in the half, Allen connects with Gabe Davis for 28 yards the longest catch of the day. Shortly after, marks Stefon Diggs's first time being targeted, resulting in a 5-yard touchdown.
The Bills take the lead for the first time in the game, 13-10.
3rd Quarter
Bills offense get going, Allen's legs for 19 yards, but another costly penalty forced Tyler Bass to make a 56-yard field goal. Buffalo goes up 16-10.
Another big moment for the defense, Shaq Lawson comes up with a 4th down stop.
Buffalo takes full advantage. Devin Singletary runs it in for a 5-yard touchdown run. Buffalo pushes their lead, 22-10, but are not able get the second point conversion.
4th Quarter
Tyler Bass opens the Quarter with another field goal, 25-10.
The Bills make a lot of notable plays on defense, containing Cooper in the second half, but wont stop a 25-yard touchdown pass from Brissett to shorten the Bills lead to 28-16.
The Browns are unable to recover a desperate on-side kick, and the Bills win 31-23. | 2022-11-20T22:13:17+00:00 | wkbw.com | https://www.wkbw.com/sports/buffalo-bills/bills-overcome-snow-the-browns-to-improve-7-3 |
ATLANTA and LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ApolloMD announces a partnership with Cascade365 to work in concert with RIP Medical Debt, resulting in the successful abolishment of more than $350M of patient medical debt spanning over 800,000 patient accounts. Recipients of debt abolishment began receiving notification by way of a RIP branded letter beginning in the month of June.
A multispecialty clinical services provider for hospitals and health systems, ApolloMD sees this action as part of a focus on quality patient care. "At ApolloMD, devotion to the patients treated by our physicians and advanced practice clinicians extends to include removing barriers to patient care by working to assist in the reduction of their medical debt. We continually seek opportunities to serve our patients in the best possible way and are excited to provide this support through RIP and Cascade365, "says Amy Katnik, ApolloMD VP of Operations.
RIP Medical Debt is a national not-for-profit which uses donor contributions to purchase low-income patients' medical debt and abolish it tax-free, sending letters to patients to deliver the happy news. Ruth Lande, RIP's VP of Hospital Relations, confirmed that they are purchasing ApolloMD's qualifying debt through their partnership with Cascade365. "We are very pleased to be working with Cascade365 to access so much debt. We have relieved debt for over 4 million families so far and hope more providers and collectors will join us in this critical work."
"While Cascade365 promotes financial accountability, we also recognize that some patient-guarantors simply cannot pay a bill in its entirety or, in some instances, at all," confirms Lee Brockett, CEO of the Cascade365 Family of Companies. "Cascade365 provides income-based settlement options and, when possible, it also partners with companies such as RIP Medical Debt to forgive medical debt in a patient-friendly manner. In this immediate instance, I am ecstatic to help extinguish $362MM in patient-owed medical debt in partnership with ApolloMD."
ApolloMD partners with more than 100 hospitals nationwide to provide integrated, multispecialty physician, APC, and practice management services in Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Anesthesia, and Radiology. Our high touch, solution-based approach emphasizes quality, efficiency, communication, and patient experience. ApolloMD works collaboratively with partner facilities to implement best practices and process improvement across the board in a cost-effective manner. Visit ApolloMD.com for more information.
The Cascade365 Family of Companies provides accounts receivable liquidity solutions to the healthcare industry through its innovative suite of services, including AR purchase and finance, third-party collection servicing and revenue cycle optimization. Cascade365 is committed to promoting financial accountability while treating patient-guarantors in a fair, dignified, and lawful manner. Cascade365's patient-friendly focus includes income-based settlements and debt forgiveness. To learn more, please visit Cascade365.com.
RIP Medical Debt (RIP) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was founded in 2014 by two former debt collectors. To date RIP has acquired — and abolished — over $7 billion of burdensome medical debt, helping over 4 million families and addressing a major social determinant of health. Medical debt abolishment is source-driven and cannot be requested. RIP purchases debts for a fraction of their face value in bundled portfolios and partners with individuals, faith-based organizations, government, foundations, and corporations to empower donors by converting every dollar contributed into $100 of medical debt relief on average. To learn more, visit ripmedicaldebt.org.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s slashed its outlook for the entire year with sales weakening sales in the first quarter during an increasingly challenging economic environment, including stubbornly high inflation.
Quarterly profit and sales dropped to open the year as sales began to flag in March, forcing the New York department store to cut prices on clothes and other discretionary items.
Shares tumbled more than 10% before the opening bell Thursday and dragged other retailers down as well.
Macy’s reported net income of $155 billion, or 56 cents per share, far short of the 45 cents Wall Street was looking for, and a significant decline from the $286 million earned during the same period last year.
Sales fell to $5.17 billion, also short of analyst projections, and a decline from $5.56 billion in the first quarter last year.
Comparable sales — sales coming from digital channels and stores opened at least a year — fell 7.2% across all categories including licensed businesses like cosmetics.
“We have moved quickly to take the appropriate actions to meet current consumer demand and manage our expenses,” said CEO Jeff Gennette, in a written statement.
The revised guidance reflected clearance markdowns on spring seasonal merchandise in the second quarter and cuts in inventory to adjust to the consumer slowdown, Gennette said.
The company now expects earnings in the range of $2.70 to $3.20 per share for the year, down from previous guidance of between $3.67 and $4.11 per share. The company anticipates sales to be in the range of $22.8 billion to $23.2 billion this year, down from the previous range of $23.7 billion to $24.2 billion.
Analysts were expecting earnings of $3.69 per share on revenue of $23.73 billion. | 2023-06-01T13:08:29+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/macys-slashes-expectations-for-the-year-after-a-pullback-by-shoppers-in-the-spring/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
The tumultuous saga of Elon Musk's on-again off-again purchase of Twitter took a turn toward a conclusion Tuesday after the mercurial Tesla CEO proposed to buy the company at the originally agreed-on price of $44 billion.
Musk made the surprising turnaround not on Twitter, as has been his custom, but in a letter to Twitter that the company disclosed in a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It came less than two weeks before a trial between the two parties is scheduled to start in Delaware.
In response, Twitter said it intends to close the transaction at $54.20 per share after receiving the letter from Musk. But the company stopped short of saying it's dropping its lawsuit against the billionaire Tesla CEO. Experts said that makes sense given the contentious relationship and lack of trust between the two parties.
“I don’t think Twitter will give up its trial date on just Musk’s word — it’s going to need more certainty about closing," said Andrew Jennings, professor at Brooklyn Law School, noting that the company may also be worried about Musk's proposal being a delay tactic. After all, he's already tried to unsuccessfully postpone the trial twice.
Trading in Twitter's stock, which had been halted for much of the day pending release of the news, resumed trading late Tuesday and soared 22% to close at $52.
Musk's proposal is the latest twist in a high-profile saga involving the world's richest man and one of the most influential social media platforms. Much of the drama has played out on Twitter itself, with Musk — who has more than 100 million followers — lamenting that the company was failing to live up to its potential as a platform for free speech and had too many bots.
While some logistical and legal hurdles remain, Musk could be in charge of Twitter in a matter of days — however long it takes him and his co-investors to line up the cash, said Ann Lipton, an associate law professor at Tulane University.
A letter from Musk’s lawyer dated Monday and disclosed by Twitter in a securities filing said Musk would close the merger signed in April, provided that the Delaware Chancery Court “enter an immediate stay” of Twitter’s lawsuit against him and adjourn the trial scheduled to start Oct. 17.
Eric Talley, a law professor at Columbia University, said he’s not surprised by Musk’s turnaround, especially ahead of a scheduled deposition of Musk by Twitter attorneys starting Thursday that was “not going to be pleasant.”
“On the legal merits, his case didn’t look that strong,” Talley said. “It kind of seemed like a pretty simple buyer’s remorse case.”
Attorneys for Musk did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
Musk has been trying to back out of the deal for several months after signing on to buy the San Francisco company in April. Shareholders have already approved the sale, and legal experts say Musk faced a huge challenge to defend against Twitter's lawsuit, which was filed in July.
Musk claimed that Twitter under-counted the number of fake accounts on its platform, and Twitter sued when Musk announced the deal was off.
Musk’s argument largely rested on the allegation that Twitter misrepresented how it measures the magnitude of “spam bot” accounts that are useless to advertisers. Most legal experts believe he faced an uphill battle to convince Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the court’s head judge, that something changed since the April merger agreement that justifies terminating the deal.
Musk’s main argument for terminating the deal – that Twitter was misrepresenting how it measured its “spam bot” problem – also didn’t appear to be going well as Twitter had been working to pick apart Musk’s attempts to get third-party data scientists to bolster his concerns.
Neither Musk nor Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal have written anything about the deal on Twitter, where many developments in the dispute have been aired. Many of Musk's tweets in the past 24 hours have been about a divisive proposal to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine, drawing the ire of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Even if the deal now goes through without a hitch, it's too soon to call a victory for Twitter, said Jasmine Enberg, an analyst with Insider Intelligence.
“The deal will solve some of the short-term uncertainty at the company, but Twitter is essentially in the same place it was in April," she said. “There is still plenty of uncertainty around what Musk intends to do with Twitter, as well as the future of a company with a leader who has wavered in his commitment to buying it. And if we’ve learned anything from this saga, it’s that Musk is unpredictable and that it isn’t over yet."
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Marcy Gordon in Washington contributed to this report.
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TOKYO (AP) — Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of a Japanese town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Saturday, in time for the area’s popular cherry blossom season, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a ceremony to mark the reopening.
The area of about 4 square kilometers (1.5 square miles) where entry restrictions were lifted is part of Tomioka town, most of which had already been reopened since an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered triple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Former residents and visitors celebrated the latest reopening as they strolled along a street known as “the cherry blossoms tunnel.”
Koichi Ono, 75, was back to the neighborhood where he grew up and lived all his life until he was forced to evacuate. “After 12 years, I can finally return to my life here,” he told NHK television. “The disaster hit when I was just starting my retirement life, so I’m starting all over again.”
Ono, who learned indigo and vegetable dying while evacuating, wants to open a workshop to serve as a meeting place for people. “I hope more people come and visit.”
At the ceremony, Kishida pledged to keep working to reopen all no-go zones.
“The lifting of the evacuation is by no means a final goal, but the start of the recovery,” Kishida said.
The 2011 disaster caused massive amounts of radiation to leak from the plant, and more than 160,000 residents had to evacuate from across Fukushima, including about 30,000 who are still unable to return home.
Tomioka is one of 12 nearby towns fully or partially designated as no-go zones. The two sections in Tomioka that reopened for the first time in 12 years represent one-fifth of the worst-hit no-go zone and were selected by the government along with several other locations in the region for intensive decontamination.
But jobs, daily necessities and infrastructure remain insufficient, making it difficult for younger people to return, and families with small children worry about possible radiation effects.
“The living environment and many other things still need to be sorted out,” Tomioka Mayor Ikuo Yamamoto told reporters.
In the newly reopened Yonomori and Osuge districts of Tomioka, just over 50 of about 2,500 registered residents have reportedly returned or expressed intention to go back to live. Only about 10% of the town’s pre-disaster population of 16,000 have returned since large areas of Tomioka reopened in 2017.
Town surveys show a majority of former residents say they have decided not to return because they have already found jobs and educations and built relationships elsewhere.
The evacuation order was lifted in several sections of another hard-hit town, Namie, northwest of the plant, on Friday. The reopened area accounts for only about 20% of the town.
“I have mixed feelings because there are many residents who still cannot return or have no idea when they can return,” said Namie Mayor Eiko Yoshida at an evacuation-lifting ceremony on Friday. | 2023-04-01T16:11:40+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/science/ap-science/small-areas-reopen-near-fukushima-nuclear-plant-few-return/ |
WWE Hall of Famer Bushwhacker Butch, whose real name was Bob Miller, has died.
He was 78.
His death was announced on Facebook by his tag-team partner in the Bushwhackers, Bushwhacker Luke.
“Late last night, I lost my friend, brother and tag team partner of over 50 years with the passing of Bob “Butch” Miller,” Luke wrote on his official Facebook page. “My heart goes out to his wife Helen, his lovely daughters Sharon and Kirsten and all of his grandchildren.”
Bushwhacker Butch, who lives in New Zealand, flew into Los Angeles to take parts in events surrounding WrestleMania 39 weekend. But he reportedly suffered a “serious medical emergency” shortly after arriving in town and was rushed to a hospital in the area.
The Bushwhackers had been together since, at least, 1966. They began then as “The Kiwis,” and have had several different names, but they started to go by the name of “The Bushwhackers” with the WWE in 1988 and have stuck with that ever since. A comedic team billed as being from New Zealand, they were crowd favorites through much of the late 80s and into the 90s.
The duo was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015.
“From the early-1970s when we were young mates wrestling for John da Silva in New Zealand, my first impression of Bob ‘The Chest’ Miller (as he was called in those days) was that he was a first-class redneck, and what a bloody redneck he was!” Luke wrote. “But he was also an all-around good guy and a great friend. By the time we reached our mid-20s, we found ourselves traveling the world together, from New Zealand to Australia to Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, before ‘invading’ the North American territories in Canada and the United States as The Sheepherders. In 1988, we were in our 40s and still at the top of our game when we got a call from the offices in Connecticut with an offer to join the largest and fastest growing wrestling promotion in the world, the WWF/E. The Bushwhackers were born! As The Bushwhackers were appeared in the largest venues in the world, in front of the biggest crowds professional wrestling had ever seen! And we were eventually honored by our fans and peers with our inclusion in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2020. We did it all, we saw it all, and we accomplished it all together.
“This past weekend in Los Angeles, Bob flew in from New Zealand to join me for WrestleMania weekend and the related festivities, neither of us knowing it would be our last days together and his last days of life,” he added. “If you were to read the story of my life it would say that I’m an only child, but it was wrong. In life I had a brother and his name was Bob Miller. I love you, Bob. Until I see you again, WOOOOAH YEEEEAAHH!” | 2023-04-04T12:06:56+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/04/wwe-hall-of-famer-dies-after-falling-ill-on-wrestlemania-weekend.html |
Recommendation based on a Phase 3 Libtayo trial that was first and only to demonstrate significantly improved survival compared to chemotherapy in the second-line setting irrespective of PD-L1 expression status or tumor histology
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for Libtayo® (cemiplimab) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer and disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. The European Commission is expected to make a final decision on the application in the coming months.
The positive opinion is supported by results from the Phase 3 EMPOWER-Cervical 1 trial. In the trial (n=608), the primary endpoint of overall survival was met, with Libtayo reducing the risk of death by 31% (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.69; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.56-0.84; one-sided p<0.001) in the total population and 27% in the squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) population (HR: 0.73; 95% CI: 0.58-0.91; one-sided p=0.003), compared to an investigator's choice of chemotherapy. No new Libtayo safety signals were observed. Among adverse events (AE) in 10% or more patients in either group, Grade 3 or higher AEs that occurred more often in the Libtayo group (n=300) than chemotherapy (n=290) included urinary tract infection (5% Libtayo, 3% chemotherapy), back pain (1% Libtayo, less than 1% chemotherapy), asthenia (2% Libtayo, 1% chemotherapy), arthralgia (less than 1% Libtayo, 0% chemotherapy) and pyrexia (less than 1% Libtayo, 0% chemotherapy). Detailed data were published in the New England Journal of Medicine in February 2022.
Libtayo is currently approved in the European Union and other countries for the treatment of certain patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC), advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) and advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
About the Phase 3 Trial
EMPOWER-Cervical 1 was an open-label, multi-center Phase 3 trial that investigated Libtayo monotherapy versus an investigator's choice of commonly used chemotherapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer who had progressed on platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients (median age: 51 years) were randomized to receive Libtayo (350 mg every three weeks) or chemotherapy (pemetrexed, vinorelbine, topotecan, irinotecan or gemcitabine). The primary endpoint for the trial was overall survival analyzed first among patients with SCC, then in the total population.
Patients were allowed to enroll regardless of PD-L1 expression status, with 78% of patients having SCC and 22% having adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma. The trial included women from 14 countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the U.S.
In March 2021, the trial was stopped early based on the highly significant effect of Libtayo on overall survival among SCC patients and following a unanimous recommendation by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee.
About Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide and is most frequently diagnosed between the ages of 35 and 44. Approximately 600,000 new cases of cervical cancer and 350,000 deaths from cervical cancer occur worldwide each year. Almost all cases are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, with approximately 80% classified as SCC (arising from cells lining the bottom of the cervix) and the remainder largely adenocarcinomas (arising from glandular cells in the upper cervix). Cervical cancer is often curable when detected early and effectively managed, but treatment options are more limited in advanced stages.
About Regeneron in Oncology
At Regeneron, we're applying more than three decades of scientific innovation with the goal of developing paradigm-changing therapies for patients with cancer. Our oncology portfolio is built around two foundational approaches – our approved PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo and investigational bispecific antibodies – which are being evaluated both as monotherapies and in combination with emerging therapeutic modalities. Together, they provide us with unique combinatorial flexibility to develop potentially synergistic treatments for a wide range of solid tumors and blood cancers.
If you are interested in learning more about our clinical trials, please contact us (clinicaltrials@regeneron.com or 844-734-6643) or visit our clinical trials website.
About Libtayo
Libtayo is a fully human monoclonal antibody targeting the immune checkpoint receptor PD-1 on T cells and was invented using Regeneron's proprietary VelocImmune® technology. By binding to PD-1, Libtayo has been shown to block cancer cells from using the PD-1 pathway to suppress T-cell activation. In the U.S. and other countries Libtayo is indicated in certain patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC), advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) and advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as well as in advanced cervical cancer in Canada and Brazil. As of July 1, 2022, Libtayo is developed and marketed globally by Regeneron.
In the U.S., the generic name for Libtayo in its approved indications is cemiplimab-rwlc, with rwlc as the suffix designated in accordance with Nonproprietary Naming of Biological Products Guidance for Industry issued by the FDA. Outside of the U.S. the generic name of Libtayo in its approved indication is cemiplimab.
The extensive clinical program for Libtayo is focused on difficult-to-treat cancers. Libtayo is currently being investigated in trials as a monotherapy, as well as in combination with either conventional or novel therapeutic approaches for other solid tumors and blood cancers. These potential uses are investigational, and their safety and efficacy have not been evaluated by any regulatory authority.
U.S. FDA-approved Indications
Libtayo is a prescription medicine used to treat people with:
- A type of skin cancer called advanced CSCC that has spread or cannot be cured by surgery or radiation.
- A type of skin cancer called BCC:
- A type of lung cancer called NSCLC. Libtayo may be used as your first treatment when your lung cancer has not spread outside your chest (locally advanced lung cancer) and you cannot have surgery or chemotherapy with radiation, or your lung cancer has spread to other areas of your body (metastatic lung cancer), and your tumor tests positive for high "PD-L1" and your tumor does not have an abnormal "EGFR", "ALK "or "ROS1" gene.
It is not known if Libtayo is safe and effective in children.
About Regeneron's VelocImmune Technology
Regeneron's VelocImmune technology utilizes a proprietary genetically engineered mouse platform endowed with a genetically humanized immune system to produce optimized fully human antibodies. When Regeneron's co-Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer George D. Yancopoulos was a graduate student with his mentor Frederick W. Alt in 1985, they were the first to envision making such a genetically humanized mouse, and Regeneron has spent decades inventing and developing VelocImmune and related VelociSuite® technologies. Dr. Yancopoulos and his team have used VelocImmune technology to create approximately one in five of all original, FDA-approved or authorized fully human monoclonal antibodies. This includes REGEN-COV® (casirivimab and imdevimab), Dupixent® (dupilumab), Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc), Praluent® (alirocumab), Kevzara® (sarilumab), Evkeeza® (evinacumab-dgnb) and Inmazeb™ (atoltivimab, maftivimab and odesivimab-ebgn).
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION AND INDICATION FOR U.S. PATIENTS
What is the most important information I should know about Libtayo?
Libtayo is a medicine that may treat certain cancers by working with your immune system. Libtayo can cause your immune system to attack normal organs and tissues in any area of your body and can affect the way they work. These problems can sometimes become severe or life-threatening and can lead to death. You can have more than one of these problems at the same time. These problems may happen anytime during treatment or even after your treatment has ended.
Call or see your healthcare provider right away if you develop any new or worsening signs or symptoms, including:
- Lung problems: cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Intestinal problems: diarrhea (loose stools) or more frequent bowel movements than usual, stools that are black, tarry, sticky or have blood or mucus, or severe stomach area (abdomen) pain or tenderness
- Liver problems: yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes, severe nausea or vomiting, pain on the right side of your stomach area (abdomen), dark urine (tea colored), or bleeding or bruising more easily than normal
- Hormone gland problems: headache that will not go away or unusual headaches, eye sensitivity to light, eye problems, rapid heartbeat, increased sweating, extreme tiredness, weight gain or weight loss, feeling more hungry or thirsty than usual, urinating more often than usual, hair loss, feeling cold, constipation, your voice gets deeper, dizziness or fainting, or changes in mood or behavior, such as decreased sex drive, irritability, or forgetfulness
- Kidney problems: decrease in your amount of urine, blood in your urine, swelling of your ankles, or loss of appetite
- Skin problems: rash, itching, skin blistering or peeling, painful sores or ulcers in mouth or nose, throat, or genital area, fever or flu-like symptoms, or swollen lymph nodes
- Problems can also happen in other organs and tissues. These are not all of the signs and symptoms of immune system problems that can happen with Libtayo. Call or see your healthcare provider right away for any new or worsening signs or symptoms, which may include: chest pain, irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath or swelling of ankles, confusion, sleepiness, memory problems, changes in mood or behavior, stiff neck, balance problems, tingling or numbness of the arms or legs, double vision, blurry vision, sensitivity to light, eye pain, changes in eyesight, persistent or severe muscle pain or weakness, muscle cramps, low red blood cells, or bruising
- Infusion reactions that can sometimes be severe. Signs and symptoms of infusion reactions may include: nausea, chills or shaking, itching or rash, flushing, shortness of breath or wheezing, dizziness, feel like passing out, fever, back or neck pain, or facial swelling.
- Rejection of a transplanted organ. Your healthcare provider should tell you what signs and symptoms you should report and monitor you, depending on the type of organ transplant that you have had.
- Complications, including graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), in people who have received a bone marrow (stem cell) transplant that uses donor stem cells (allogeneic). These complications can be serious and can lead to death. These complications may happen if you underwent transplantation either before or after being treated with Libtayo. Your healthcare provider will monitor you for these complications.
Getting medical treatment right away may help keep these problems from becoming more serious. Your healthcare provider will check you for these problems during your treatment with Libtayo. Your healthcare provider may treat you with corticosteroid or hormone replacement medicines. Your healthcare provider may also need to delay or completely stop treatment with Libtayo if you have severe side effects.
Before you receive Libtayo, tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:
- have immune system problems such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or lupus
- have received an organ transplant
- have received or plan to receive a stem cell transplant that uses donor stem cells (allogeneic)
- have a condition that affects your nervous system, such as myasthenia gravis or Guillain-Barré syndrome are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. Libtayo can harm your unborn baby
Females who are able to become pregnant: - are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if Libtayo passes into your breast milk. Do not breastfeed during treatment and for at least 4 months after the last dose of Libtayo.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
The most common side effects of Libtayo include muscle or bone pain, tiredness, rash, and diarrhea. These are not all the possible side effects of Libtayo. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. You may also report side effects to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi at
1-877-542-8296.
Please see full Prescribing Information, including Medication Guide.
About Regeneron
Regeneron is a leading biotechnology company that invents, develops and commercializes life-transforming medicines for people with serious diseases. Founded and led for nearly 35 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to nine FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, almost all of which were homegrown in our laboratories. Our medicines and pipeline are designed to help patients with eye diseases, allergic and inflammatory diseases, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, pain, hematologic conditions, infectious diseases and rare diseases.
Regeneron is accelerating and improving the traditional drug development process through our proprietary VelociSuite technologies, such as VelocImmune, which uses unique genetically humanized mice to produce optimized fully human antibodies and bispecific antibodies, and through ambitious research initiatives such as the Regeneron Genetics Center®, which is conducting one of the largest genetics sequencing efforts in the world.
For more information, please visit www.Regeneron.com or follow @Regeneron on Twitter.
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These statements concern, and these risks and uncertainties include, among others, the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic) on Regeneron's business and its employees, collaborators, and suppliers and other third parties on which Regeneron relies, Regeneron's and its collaborators' ability to continue to conduct research and clinical programs, Regeneron's ability to manage its supply chain, net product sales of products marketed or otherwise commercialized by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Products"), and the global economy; the nature, timing, and possible success and therapeutic applications of Regeneron's Products and product candidates being developed by Regeneron and/or its collaborators or licensees (collectively, "Regeneron's Product Candidates") and research and clinical programs now underway or planned, including without limitation Libtayo® (cemiplimab); the impact of the opinion adopted by the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use discussed in this press release on the potential approval by the European Commission of Libtayo for the treatment of cervical cancer and the timing of any such approval; 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- Net Sales $43.7 Million
- Gross Margin 43.6%
- e-commerce Sales $20.5 Million -- Traditional Sales $23.1 Million
- Facility Consolidation Underway
COLUMBIA, Mo., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Outdoor Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: AOUT), an industry leading provider of products and accessories for rugged outdoor enthusiasts, today announced financial results for the first quarter fiscal 2023 ended July 31, 2022.
First Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Highlights
- Quarterly net sales were $43.7 million, a decrease of $17.1 million, or 28.1%, compared with net sales of $60.8 million for the comparable quarter last year. E-commerce net sales of $20.5 million, which were driven by increased direct-to-consumer net sales, grew by 23.7%, while traditional net sales of $23.1 million, which were impacted by lower foot traffic at retail and lower shooting sports sales to OEM customers, declined by 47.6%. Compared with pre-COVID levels in the first quarter of fiscal 2020, total net sales grew 31.5%, while e-commerce net sales grew by 92.2% and traditional net sales grew by 2.7%.
- Quarterly gross margin was 43.6%, compared with quarterly gross margin of 47.7% for the comparable quarter last year, a decrease driven primarily by lower sales volumes and increased freight expenses.
- Quarterly GAAP net loss was $5.7 million, or ($0.42) per diluted share, compared with net income of $3.5 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, for the comparable quarter last year.
- Quarterly non-GAAP net income was $84,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared with non-GAAP net income of $6.8 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, for the comparable quarter last year. GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments for net income exclude acquired intangible amortization, stock compensation, technology implementation, stockholder cooperation agreement costs, and acquisition costs. For a detailed reconciliation, see the schedules that follow in this release.
- Quarterly Adjusted EBITDAS was $1.4 million, or 3.2% of net sales, compared with $9.6 million, or 15.7% of net sales, for the comparable quarter last year. For a detailed reconciliation, see the schedules that follow in this release.
Brian Murphy, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Given recent industry and economic conditions, I am pleased with our first quarter results, which reflect our ability to deliver net sales growth of over 31% above our pre-pandemic levels of fiscal 2020 while marking a number of achievements that support our strategic priorities and which reflect our dedication to building authentic, lifestyle brands that help consumers make the most out of the moments that matter."
"During the quarter, our e-commerce net sales grew nearly 24% year over year, supported by strength in our direct-to-consumer business, which includes MEAT! Your Maker meat processing equipment and Grilla grills. Together, these two brands generated over 15% of our net sales in Q1 and helped our Outdoor Lifestyle category generate over 53% of our total net sales in the quarter. We consider our direct-to-consumer sales to be one gauge of how well our brands are resonating with consumers since those sales are not impacted by retailer issues, such as inventory levels or limited open-to-buy. We remain excited about growth opportunities within our Outdoor Lifestyle category, which consists of products related to hunting, fishing, camping, and rugged outdoor activities, and which delivered two-year growth of 26.5% over the first quarter of fiscal 2021 and three-year growth of 54.2% over the pre-pandemic first quarter of fiscal 2020."
"We continued to leverage our Dock & Unlock™ strategy to deliver a steady flow of organically developed, exciting new products that generated nearly 26% of our first quarter revenue. We also attended ICAST 2022, the fishing industry's premier tradeshow, where our BUBBA fishing lifestyle brand received the award for 'Best Cutlery, Hand Pliers and Tools" for our innovative Multi-Flex Interchangeable Knife Sets. This marks the third consecutive year that BUBBA has taken home the award in this category. While at ICAST, we launched the BUBBA Voyager Gear Box, our first entry into waterproof storage, and we unveiled and previewed our proprietary BUBBA Electric Fish Scale, an exciting new product that truly energized and excited our core fishing retailers, distributors, and consumers, ahead of the full launch and shipping of initial inventory in Spring of 2023."
"A key part of our long-term strategy includes growing the brands in our portfolio by plugging them into our Dock & Unlock process and utilizing our leverageable business model. During the first quarter, we amended our Columbia, Missouri facility lease agreement to add 35,000 square feet of space that provides us the opportunity to increase our operational efficiency and leverage our Missouri facility. We then commenced plans to consolidate our Crimson Trace operations in Wilsonville, Oregon, as well as our Grilla operations in Holland, Michigan and Dallas, Texas, into the Missouri facility. We estimate that these consolidations will yield a net cost savings of approximately $1.5 million per year, beginning in our fiscal fourth quarter. We look forward to completing the consolidations in the next three months, bringing our teams together and moving us closer to our long-term profitability objectives." concluded Murphy.
Andrew Fulmer, Chief Financial Officer, said, "Our strong balance sheet has provided us with both the resources and the flexibility to pursue important growth opportunities, and we continued to fortify that balance sheet in the first quarter, demonstrating effective capital deployment. Cash from operations exceeded $5.0 million, allowing us to reduce the outstanding balance on our line of credit. Our cash balance of $17.5 million, combined with the capacity on our line of credit, provided us with up to $72.0 million of available capital at the end of the first quarter, and a net debt leverage ratio of less than 0.1 times our trailing 12-month Adjusted EBITDAS.
"While we are not giving specific guidance today, we are providing a framework for our revenue outlook for fiscal 2023. Consumer spending patterns over the balance of our fiscal year have yet to be determined, and we believe that retailers and distributors continue to be extremely cautious with regard to their inventory levels. That said, we also believe our brands are performing well and in alignment with recent consumer outdoor participation trends. As a result, we believe our revenue for fiscal 2023 could exceed pre-pandemic fiscal 2020 revenue by as much as 25%. We believe our solid financial position enables us to continue executing on our long-term strategic plan, investing in our business, and addressing the exciting growth opportunities we have identified for fiscal 2023 and beyond."
Conference Call and Webcast
The Company will host a conference call and webcast today, September 8, 2022, to discuss its first quarter fiscal 2023 financial and operational results. Speakers on the conference call will include Brian Murphy, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Andrew Fulmer, Chief Financial Officer. The conference call may include forward-looking statements and a discussion of non-GAAP financial measures. The conference call and webcast will begin at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time). Those interested in listening to the conference call via telephone may call directly at (833) 630-1956 and ask to join the American Outdoor Brands call. No RSVP is necessary. The conference call audio webcast can also be accessed live on the Company's website at www.aob.com, under the Investor Relations section.
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In this press release, certain non-GAAP financial measures, including "non-GAAP net income," "non-GAAP income per share diluted," and "Adjusted EBITDAS" are presented. A reconciliation of these and other non-GAAP financial measures are contained at the end of this press release. From time-to-time, the Company considers and uses these non-GAAP financial measures as supplemental measures of operating performance in order to provide the reader with an improved understanding of underlying performance trends. The Company believes it is useful for itself and the reader to review, as applicable, both (1) GAAP measures that include (i) amortization of acquired intangible assets, (ii) stock compensation, (iii) technology implementation, (iv) acquisition costs, (v) stockholder cooperation agreement costs, (vi) income tax adjustments, (vii) interest expense, (viii) income tax expense, and (x) depreciation and amortization; and (2) the non-GAAP measures that exclude such information. The Company presents these non-GAAP measures because it considers them an important supplemental measure of its performance and believes the disclosure of such measures provides useful information to investors regarding the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The Company's definition of these adjusted financial measures may differ from similarly named measures used by others. The Company believes these measures facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period by eliminating potential differences caused by the existence and timing of certain expense items that would not otherwise be apparent on a GAAP basis. These non-GAAP measures have limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the Company's GAAP measures. The principal limitations of these measures are that they do not reflect the Company's actual expenses and may thus have the effect of inflating its financial measures on a GAAP basis.
About American Outdoor Brands, Inc.
American Outdoor Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select: AOUT) is an industry leading provider of outdoor products and accessories, including hunting, fishing, camping, shooting, and personal security and defense products, for rugged outdoor enthusiasts. The company produces innovative, top quality products under its brands BOG®; BUBBA®; Caldwell®; Crimson Trace®; Frankford Arsenal®; Grilla Grills®; Hooyman®; Imperial®; LaserLyte®; Lockdown®; MEAT!; Old Timer®; Schrade®; Tipton®; Uncle Henry®; ust®; and Wheeler®. For more information about all the brands and products from American Outdoor Brands, Inc., visit www.aob.com.
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Former President Trump is engulfed in a number of legal battles, but signs are growing that Manhattan prosecutors’ Stormy Daniels investigation could soon produce criminal charges, which would be a first for a former U.S. president.
The New York Times reported on Thursday that the Manhattan district attorney’s office offered Trump a chance to testify next week before a grand jury hears evidence in the probe, which revolves around a 2016 hush-money payment, a signal that charges are likely.
Charges would be a history-making end to an investigation that has shifted between multiple areas of inquiry and two district attorneys.
As the grand jury proceedings move ahead, here are five key figures to know:
Stormy Daniels
(Getty Images)
Daniels, an adult-film star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, received a $130,000 hush money payment from a Trump aide weeks before the 2016 presidential election, part of a nondisclosure agreement over an affair she says she had with the New York real estate mogul in 2006.
Trump denies the affair with Daniels, whom he publicly refers to as “horseface,” and has rejected multiple allegations related to the scheme, which legal experts suggest could lead to charges of falsifying business records against the former president.
“I did absolutely nothing wrong, I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels, nor would I have wanted to have an affair with Stormy Daniels,” he said in a statement on Thursday.
Reports surfaced in January that prosecutors were probing the payment as they empaneled a grand jury, which examines evidence to determine whether someone should be formally charged with a crime.
The Times reported Thursday that prosecutors offered Trump the chance to testify before the grand jury, a step that often comes shortly before charging decisions are made due to local laws in New York state.
Alvin Bragg
(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Democrat Alvin Bragg has overseen the prosecution since taking over as Manhattan district attorney last year.
He replaced Cy Vance Jr. (D), who began the probe by investigating the hush payment. By the time Vance left, however, he had empaneled a grand jury about a different matter: whether Trump’s businesses’ financial statements were manipulated unlawfully for tax and loan benefits.
After taking over, Bragg opted against seeking an indictment on that prong, leading two top prosecutors who believed charges should be brought — Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne — to resign.
“We developed evidence convincing us that Donald Trump had committed serious crimes. As we put the facts together, many of us came to believe that we had enough evidence to convict him, and we could present a solid case in court that would lead to a guilty verdict,” Pomerantz wrote in his memoir.
At the time, the probe appeared to somewhat fizzle.
But recent developments have indicated the opposite as Bragg returns to the hush money. Pomerantz said the matter became known as the “zombie theory” within the office, because the original prong had faded but never died.
Michael Cohen
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney who made the payment to Daniels, is expected to be a key witness if prosecutors seek an indictment.
Through frequent media appearances, Cohen, who pleaded guilty to federal campaign finance violations in connection with the payment, has indicated he is eager to testify against Trump and believes he should be charged.
The hush payment on its own is not illegal, but Cohen claims Trump directed him to make it as the election loomed and reimbursed him in monthly installments while erroneously recording them as a legal retainer fee.
Legal experts have suggested prosecutors could attempt to bring state charges of falsifying business records. They would need to show that Trump, with an intent to defraud, was personally involved in unlawfully designating Cohen’s reimbursements a legal expense.
But to secure the felony version of the charge, they would additionally need to show the fraud included an intent to commit another crime, likely a campaign finance violation.
Cohen was disbarred and served more than a year in prison over the scandal, but using the federal charge as the additional crime against Trump would leverage an untested legal theory.
Trump’s attorneys are also likely to attack the credibility of Cohen, a convicted felon who also pleaded guilty to lying to Congress.
Allen Weisselberg
(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg is currently serving a five-month jail sentence at Rikers Island in connection with the Manhattan probe’s tax-benefit prong, but he could also play a pivotal role in the hush-money investigation.
Weisselberg pleaded guilty to 15 counts of tax evasion last year in a deal with Manhattan prosecutors, agreeing to testify against the Trump Organization in exchange for the far shorter sentence.
He was personally involved in sending the reimbursement payments to Cohen, according to federal court records, and was given immunity during the separate investigation that culminated in Cohen’s campaign finance charges.
But Weisselberg so far has apparently resisted Manhattan prosecutors’ efforts to get him to turn on the former president himself.
Prosecutors have recently stepped up their pressure by threatening Weisselberg with new, serious charges that revolve around insurance fraud if he doesn’t cooperate, the Times reported last month.
David Pecker
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David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, on multiple occasions purchased the rights to embarrassing stories about Trump without ever planning to publish them, a practice known as “catch and kill.”
In August 2016, Pecker’s company paid Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 for the rights to her story about an alleged affair with Trump.
Pecker and the tabloid’s then-editor-in-chief, Dylan Howard, became involved in Daniels’s arrangement two months later.
They reportedly declined to pay Daniels to buy her silence, telling Cohen to arrange the payment directly.
The Times reported that Cohen was slow to pay, so Howard texted him urging to coordinate something “or it could look awfully bad for everyone.”
In January, Pecker was seen walking into the building where the grand jury is sitting, according to The Times. | 2023-03-10T22:46:26+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/hill-politics/5-key-figures-in-the-manhattan-das-trump-probe/ |
Bronny James, the oldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, was hospitalized in stable condition on Tuesday, a day after going into cardiac arrest while participating in a practice at the University of Southern California, a family spokesman said.
The spokesman said medical staff treated the 18-year-old James on site at USC’s Galen Center after he went into cardiac arrest on Monday morning. He was transported to a hospital, where he was in stable condition Tuesday after leaving the intensive care unit.
“We ask for respect and privacy for the James family and we will update media when there is more information,” the spokesman said. “LeBron and Savannah wish to publicly send their deepest thanks and appreciation to the USC medical and athletic staff for their incredible work and dedication to the safety of their athletes.”
USC spokesman Jeremy Pepper declined a request from The Associated Press for comment or additional details, citing student privacy concerns. The AP also left a message seeking comment from the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
A representative for USC outside the Galen Center on Tuesday said the school would not have a briefing or issue a statement about James’ health scare.
Bronny James announced in May that he would play college basketball for the Trojans, whose campus is less than two miles from the downtown arena of his father’s Los Angeles Lakers. USC’s basketball team is holding offseason practices in preparation for a two-week European tour next month.
His father is the leading scorer in NBA history and a four-time champion, but Bronny James is an elite talent in his own right, establishing himself as one of the nation’s top point guard recruits before he chose the Trojans late in the commitment cycle.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest during an NFL game last season, tweeted his support: “Prayers to Bronny & The James Family as well (prayer emoji) here for you guys just like you have been for me my entire process.”
Sports figures across the world also sent messages of support. Jayson Tatum, Trae Young and Donovan Mitchell were among many NBA stars tweeting prayers for James, while former Lakers forward Metta Sandiford-Artest wrote: “Prayers for Bronny. What a great kid. Come back stronger young fella. Get better and feel better.”
Bronny James was stricken just over a year after USC freshman 7-footer Vincent Iwuchukwu collapsed during a practice. Iwuchukwu not only survived but returned to play for the Trojans in the second half of the season.
With his family fame and huge social media following, Bronny James has the top name, image and likeness valuation in sports at $6.3 million, On3.com estimates.
LeBron James has spoken frequently about his desire to play a season in the NBA with Bronny, the first of his three children with his wife, Savannah. The elder James recently confirmed he will play his 21st NBA season in the fall with the Lakers, his home since 2018.
Bronny’s decision to stay close to home was a coup for USC, which is expected to have one of college basketball’s most compelling teams next season after making its third straight NCAA Tournament appearance last March.
Bronny, whose name is LeBron James Jr., was one of the top college prospects in the country last season as a star two-way guard at Sierra Canyon School in suburban Chatsworth. His younger brother, 16-year-old Bryce, played at Sierra Canyon last season before transferring to Campbell Hall School in Studio City for the upcoming high school season.
Iwuchukwu, one of the nation’s top college basketball prospects a year ago, went into cardiac arrest on July 1, 2022, with athletic trainers using an automated external defibrillator to revive him. Iwuchukwu had a battery-powered pulse generator known as an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implanted in his chest, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Iwuchukwu made his Trojans debut Jan. 12 and eventually appeared in 14 games, including five starts. He will return this season to USC, which is expected to have a powerhouse team.
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AP Sports Writers Eric Olson and Tom Withers and AP video journalist Eugene Garcia contributed to this report.
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How to Watch the NC State vs. Virginia Tech Game: Women's Basketball Streaming & TV Channel Info for February 19
Published: Feb. 17, 2023 at 2:18 AM EST|Updated: 54 minutes ago
The Virginia Tech Hokies (21-4) welcome in the NC State Wolfpack (18-8) after victories in seven home games in a row. It begins at 4:00 PM ET on Sunday, February 19, 2023.
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NC State Women's Basketball Game Live Stream & TV Channel Info
- When: Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 4:00 PM ET
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NC State vs. Virginia Tech Scoring Comparison
- The Wolfpack average 13.8 more points per game (71.8) than the Hokies give up (58).
- NC State is 17-5 when allowing fewer than 73.8 points.
- When it scores more than 58 points, NC State is 16-6.
- The Hokies put up 73.8 points per game, 12.3 more points than the 61.5 the Wolfpack allow.
- Virginia Tech has a 19-1 record when putting up more than 61.5 points.
- Virginia Tech's record is 19-3 when it gives up fewer than 71.8 points.
- This year the Hokies are shooting 45% from the field, 7.8% higher than the Wolfpack concede.
- The Wolfpack make 43.6% of their shots from the field, 4.5% higher than the Hokies' defensive field-goal percentage.
NC State Schedule
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Over two years ago, the death of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests and prompted renewed calls for police reform. Some even came from police unions themselves. But just last month, another Black man died at the hands of American law enforcement.
Tyre Nichols was beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and later died from his injuries.Six police officers have been fired from the department for their actions.Five of the former Memphis police officers charged in the beating are set to be arraigned in court this Friday.
As the officers await their trial, the city of Memphis is moving forward with ordinances that address police brutality and officer accountability.
Advocates argue police reform often stops short due to powerful police unions and a policing culture that is stubborn to change. So how can reform actually take place? And how can unions be involved in accountability?
Copyright 2023 WAMU 88.5 | 2023-02-16T21:01:37+00:00 | delawarepublic.org | https://www.delawarepublic.org/2023-02-15/can-police-unions-be-part-of-effective-change-in-law-enforcement |
China says balloon spotted over US is for research, accidentally blew off course
China said Friday that a balloon spotted over American airspace was used for weather research and was blown off course, despite U.S. suspicion it was spying. The discovery further strained already tense relations between Beijing and Washington.
The Pentagon decided not to shoot down the balloon, which was potentially flying over sensitive sites, because of concerns of hurting people on the ground.
The news came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was expected to make his first trip to Beijing this weekend. The visit has not been formally announced, and it was not immediately clear if the balloon's discovery would affect his travel plans. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said she had no information on the trip.
Blinken would be the highest-ranking member of President Joe Biden’s administration to visit China, on a mission to mitigate a sharp downturn in relations between the countries amid trade disputes and concerns about Beijing’s increasingly aggressive stance toward Taiwan and in the South China Sea.
In a statement late Friday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the balloon a was civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research. The ministry said the airship has limited steering capabilities and “deviated far from its planned course” because of winds.
“The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into U.S. airspace due to force majeure,” the statement said, citing a legal term used to refer to events beyond one's control.
Video below: Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon
On Thursday, a senior American defense official told Pentagon reporters that the U.S. has “very high confidence” that the object spotted over U.S. airspace in recent days was a Chinese high-altitude balloon and that it was flying over sensitive sites to collect information. One of the places the balloon was spotted was Montana, which is home to one of the nation’s three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.
The defense official said the U.S. has assessed that the balloon has “limited” value in terms of providing intelligence that couldn’t be obtained by other technologies, such as spy satellites.
It was not clear what will happen with the balloon if it isn’t brought down.
Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Thursday that similar balloon activity has been seen in the past several years and the government has taken steps to ensure no sensitive information was stolen.
He said the balloon was traveling well above the height commercial aircraft fly at and didn't present a threat to people on the ground.
Biden was briefed and asked the military to present options, according to a senior administration official, who was also not authorized to publicly discuss sensitive information. The senior defense official said the U.S. prepared fighter jets, including F-22s, to shoot down the balloon if ordered.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, advised against taking “kinetic action” because of risks to the safety of people on the ground. Biden accepted that recommendation.
Even though the balloon was over a sparsely populated area of Montana, its size would create a debris field large enough that it could have put people at risk.
The defense official would not specify the size of the balloon but said commercial pilots could spot it from their cockpits.
The balloon was first reported by NBC News.
A photograph of a large white balloon lingering over the area was captured by The Billings Gazette. It could be seen drifting in and out of clouds and had what appeared to be a solar array hanging from the bottom, said Gazette photographer Larry Mayer.
Video below: Former CIA Director & Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on China
The balloon's appearance adds to national security concerns among American lawmakers over China's influence in the U.S., ranging from the prevalence of the hugely popular smartphone app TikTok to purchases of American farmland.
“China’s brazen disregard for U.S. sovereignty is a destabilizing action that must be addressed,” Republican Party House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted.
Tensions with China are particularly high on numerous issues, ranging from Taiwan and the South China Sea to human rights in China’s western Xinjiang region and the clampdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong. Not least on that list of irritants are China’s tacit support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its refusal to rein in North Korea’s expanding ballistic missile program and ongoing disputes over trade and technology.
On Tuesday, Taiwan scrambled fighter jets, put its navy on alert and activated missile systems in response to nearby operations by 34 Chinese military aircraft and nine warships that are part Beijing’s strategy to unsettle and intimidate the self-governing island democracy.
Twenty of those aircraft crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that has long been an unofficial buffer zone between the two sides, which separated during a civil war in 1949.
Beijing has also increased preparations for a potential blockade or military action against Taiwan, which has stirred increasing concern among military leaders, diplomats and elected officials in the U.S., Taiwan’s key ally.
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Copp and Baldor reported from Washington. Associated Press news assistant Caroline Chen in Beijing and writers Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller in Washington, D.C., and Matthew Brown in Billings, Montana, contributed to this report. | 2023-02-03T14:47:35+00:00 | kcra.com | https://www.kcra.com/article/china-us-tensions-rise-over-suspected-spy-balloon/42754530 |
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Pet Food Express to use marketing channels to highlight dogs in need, encourage public to take action to support California's overcrowded animal shelters as a birthday gift to shelter population
OAKLAND, Calif., August 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks DOGust Day, the universal birthday for rescue pets who don't have a known date of birth. To celebrate and honor the thousands of California dogs in need of new forever homes, Pet Food Express is leveraging its digital marketing channels to raise public awareness on how to help and share ideas of how to celebrate the special day. Pet lovers will also meet dogs available for adoption and fostering, and get a behind-the-scenes look at a shelter in need of support. The Summer season brings the highest influx of cats and dogs at rescues and shelters statewide, but the lowest number of adoptions, fosters and volunteers.
"DOGust Day comes at a critical time; adoptions slow significantly during the summer season as people are busy and taking vacations," said Melissa Bacelar, founder of Wagmor Pets in Studio City. "What we're seeing is more dogs and less homes, including foster homes, which makes the need for adoptions dire. We hope DOGust Day will inspire the public to adopt a pet or get involved by volunteering at their local shelter or fostering."
"While rescue pets don't realize it's their birthday, we know they are grateful year-round for their pet owner's love and support. This year, Pet Food Express plans on not only celebrating pets' birthdays, but also to motivate people to save more lives through adoptions and volunteerism," said Mike Murray, Director of Community Outreach for Pet Food Express. "Our hope is for DOGust Day to become the single biggest adoption day each year!"
Ways to get involved to honor DOGust Day include:
- Throw a party for your own pup or for shelter pups
- Make a donation to a local rescue or shelter
- Adopt an animal giving them a forever home
- Call a rescue or shelter to ask how you can help
- Sign up to be a dog walker
- Become a foster parent
"Consistent with animal shelters across California, Oakland Animal Services is very full right now, especially with big dogs and kittens. As is typical in summer, we are seeing the highest intake of incoming animals and the lowest number of adoptions. If you are considering fostering or adopting, now is the time to do it!" shared Ann Dun, Oakland Animal Services Director.
Three California animal shelters held DOGust birthday parties in partnership with Pet Food Express to celebrate and bring awareness to rescued pups in need of new homes. Dogs attending the parties received gifts including the classic Kong Rubber Dog Toy, Earth Animal's Peanut Butter Dog Chews, Pawsitively Gourmet Birthday Cookies and "Happy Birthday" Tuff Balls.
All three party hosts have dogs, and cats, available for adoption. These include:
- Oakland Animal Services of Oakland - https://www.oaklandanimalservices.org/
- Family Dog Rescue of San Francisco - https://ilovefamilydog.org/
- Berkeley Animal Services of Berkeley - https://www.friendsofbacs.org/
Animal-advocates interested in taking action in honor of DOGust Day can find shelters to support and pets to adopt by following Pet Food Express' social platforms - Facebook, Instagram and Twitter - as well as by stopping in or calling any of the 64 California stores as referral sources for foster and adoption inquiries.
ABOUT PET FOOD EXPRESS
Pet Food Express is California's trusted pet expert dedicated to helping pets live longer, healthier lives. With a reimagined experience delivered by animal-loving team members, Pet Food Express sells a variety of high quality products that they trust to give their own pets, puts pets above profits, and leads the way as a committed partner to 275+ non-profit animal rescue and shelter organizations annually. Shop and learn more at PetFood.Express. Get social on Facebook, Instagram and on Twitter.
PR CONTACT: Sarah Andrus, Pet Food Express, sarah@bloomwellconsulting.com
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AgriCapture is working with rice farmers on over 20,000 acres across Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas to implement regenerative practices on their farms to produce Carbon-Neutral Rice. Conventional rice farming is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases in the world – emitting 2.1 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually. This is equivalent to burning one billion tons of coal.
Rice production emits more greenhouse gases globally per year than the entire aviation industry. The AgriCapture program is expected to reduce over 100,000 metric tons of GHGs each year, starting in 2022. "We want to build consumer awareness of the difference between purchasing Carbon-Neutral Rice with zero GHG emissions and rice that contributes to climate change with a massive carbon footprint," according to Sami Osman, President of AgriCapture. " It's very exciting to see several major rice distributors and restaurant groups join us in supporting our farmers in this way."
AgriCapture takes a full cradle-to-gate life cycle analysis approach to quantify net GHG emissions. The GHG emissions associated with farming inputs, on-farm activity, post-harvest production, and transportation are all quantified by AgriCapture. "Farmers are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental impacts of certain rice growing practices, and AgriCapture is providing financial incentives to do things differently," said Texas rice farmer, Galen Franz.
AgriCapture's Carbon-Neutral Rice leverages the AgriCapture Climate-Friendly Rice Standard which provides guidance on rice cultivation techniques. For example, the standard requires mulching stubble into the ground instead of burning rice fields after harvest, which is a common annual practice in the United States. By mulching rice stubble into the ground months before the next cultivation period as an alternative to stubble burning, rice farmers can abate as much as 3.6 metric tons of CO2e per acre.
Missouri farmer, Jarrett Lawfield says, "It is a lot easier to do the right thing by the environment if we are financially incentivized. The yields will be the same or more. It just takes more capital and effort. I am willing to do it."
AgriCapture provides technology and data-driven agricultural solutions to climate change. The 92,000-acre Soil Enrichment Project, registered with the Climate Action Reserve, is quantifying, and verifying regenerative farming practices aimed at sequestering carbon and reducing GHG emissions to generate carbon credits.
AgriCapture Carbon-Neutral Rice creates a financial incentive for farmers to eliminate on-farm emissions from rice cultivation while allowing companies to fully eliminate their Scope 3 emissions and offer consumers a true carbon-neutral product. AgriCapture secures Climate-Friendly crop premiums for farmers to further expand regenerative agriculture as a solution to climate change. AgriCapture is based in Nashville, Tenn. More information is available online at www.agricapture.com.
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Fans can enter to win a trip to the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship in Los Angeles and unlock an interactive shopping experience using Amazon Alexa®
ATLANTA, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 18th College Colors Day, a national holiday developed by licensing leader CLC to celebrate collegiate fandom and the kickoff of college football's opening weekend, returns on Friday, September 2, uniting fans across the country by encouraging them to represent their favorite schools by wearing their apparel on a single day.
This year's College Colors theme, "It's About That Time," underscores the anticipation and excitement of the upcoming season as college fans count down the minutes until their team's first kickoff of the year.
New this year, fans can interactively shop for college gear by unlocking a new skill on their Amazon device. By simply asking Alexa to "show me my college colors," fans will be guided by top college sports broadcasters Rece Davis or Desmond Howard to the Amazon fan shop for the latest in college fan fashion and spirit items.
"Enthusiasm and anticipation around college sports is at its highest now," said Nicole Armentrout, Senior Vice President, Marketing at CLC. "College fans can't wait to see their teams in action, gather with friends at tailgates and participate in other fun traditions throughout the season. College Colors Day sets the tone and provides a platform for fans to express that eagerness by showing their school spirit to the world. Whether you're hanging up a flag outside of the house or showing off your new gear for the season, 'It's About That Time,' for fans to display their fandom for their favorite college."
Fans are encouraged to show their spirit and engage with their favorite schools via social media by using #CollegeColorsDay. Fans can also visit www.CollegeColorsDay.com for shareable content and more information about the campaign, and to enter for a chance to win daily prizes, from their favorite team's gear to tickets and a trip to the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship in Los Angeles via CLC's relationship with the College Football Playoff (CFP) and its foundation's Extra Yard for Teachers program.
Whether it's a specific pre-season ritual, picking out a new lucky game day shirt or gathering with friends to ring in a new season, "it's about that time" for fans to celebrate their favorite college team with College Colors Day.
CLC is the nation's leading collegiate trademark licensing company with a mission to elevate college brands through insight and innovation. The company is uniquely positioned to deliver consumer connections and brand visibility for institutions through data-based, customized solutions that include impactful licensed merchandise strategies and innovative marketing platforms to navigate the ever-evolving consumer and retail marketplace. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, CLC is guided by values to serve others, build trust, lead well, innovate often, and be passionate. Founded in 1981, CLC is a part of LEARFIELD, the leading media and technology services company in intercollegiate athletics.
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ELMAU, Germany (AP) — G-7 countries end summit promising to inflict 'severe and immediate economic costs' on Russia.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Persefoni and IBM Japan have established a business and service provision agreement to accelerate efforts to achieve Net-Zero Emissions
TOKYO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ("SMBC", President and CEO: Makoto Takashima), Persefoni AI, Inc. ("Persefoni", CEO: Kentaro Kawamori), and IBM Japan, Ltd. ("IBM Japan", GM and President: Akio Yamaguchi, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan) announced today that they have entered into a strategic collaboration that will provide Persefoni's leading Climate Management and Accounting Platform, IBM Japan's deep systems integration experience, and SMBC's unprecedented leadership position to high profile companies throughout Japan. This collaboration enables customers to analyze and support their global carbon footprint management. In addition to this collaboration, SMBC is also announcing that it is the first multinational financial institution in Japan to sign a multi-year contract with Persefoni to use the Persefoni CMAP for SMBC's own operations.
1. Background
The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Information Disclosure (TCFD), which provides the international climate change disclosure framework, represents guidelines which requires for companies to disclose their action plan towards decarbonization. Since April, some Tokyo Stock Exchange listed companies have been required to disclose information substantially in line with the TCFD. On the other hand, the TCFD requires the calculation of direct GHG emissions from the combustion of fuel by the business itself as defined in Scope 1, indirect emissions from the use of energy supplied by other companies as defined in Scope 2 and the fifteen upstream and downstream supply chain categories defined as Scope 3 requires a large amount of data collection, sophisticated calculations and formulas. For this reason, there is a growing need for a digitally enabled service to meet regulatory and investor compliance requirements.
2. Strengths in service offerings
Persefoni provides a Climate Management and Accounting Platform (CMAP) which incorporates emission factors globally available and specific to each region and can calculate Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol and the Partnership for Carbon Accounting and Financials (PCAF). The CMAP has strengths in the calculation, especially for Category 11 (emissions from the use of sold products and services) and Category 15 (emissions from operation of investments and loans) of Scope 3. The CMAP also includes the Climate Trajectory Modeling module that provides SBT-compliant target-setting management and helps customers create digital models to assist in calculating net-zero plans. Through the agreement, the CMAP will be delivered to the Japanese marketplace with speed, where the demand for an automated carbon accounting solution is rapidly increasing.
IBM provides a tool, developed by data scientists through application of the IBM Garage methodology, to support the automatization of the data input process into Persefoni and the emission calculation output and reporting processes. This tool is developed on an integrated one-stop data application infrastructure that supports the large amount of data gathering and processing required for emissions calculation, which usually require a large amount of resources from the companies.
Since the spring of 2022, SMBC and IBM Japan have been providing climate change risk and opportunity analysis services to support corporate climate change disclosure while collaborating with The Climate Service, Inc. Through the strategic collaboration with Persefoni, SMBC and IBM Japan will be able to deliver a comprehensive decarbonization solution which includes from carbon footprint management to climate change risk and opportunity analysis for customers
3. Introduction of Persefoni platform in SMBC
Critical to SMBC's selection of Persefoni's CMAP, the Persefoni platform enables the emission management in Japan domestically as well as globally. SMBC is confident that the Persefoni platform is the best software to tackle the challenges about emission management, such as significantly complicated calculation, various emission factors, and comprehensive emission control on a global basis that multinational companies like SMBC are facing. SMBC's "SMBC Group GREEN Innovator" program will facilitate to support customers in resolving management issues related to various sustainability initiatives and SMBC will continue to contribute to the realization of sustainability in order to realize a decarbonized society.
About Persefoni
Persefoni's Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) provides businesses, financial institutions, and governmental agencies the software fabric for managing their organization's climate related data and performance with the same level of confidence as their financial reporting systems. The company's software solutions enable users to calculate their carbon footprint, perform climate trajectory modeling aligned to temperature rise scenarios set forth by the Paris agreement, and benchmark their impact by region, sector, or peer groups.
For more information about Persefoni, please visit https://persefoni.com/.
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IBM Japan is the Japanese entity of IBM Corporation, which is operating in more than 175 countries around the world. It supports clients' business transformation and digital transformation through a full range of services, from basic research and business consulting to IT system development and maintenance. For more information, visit https://www.ibm.com/jp-ja.
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About SMBC
SMBC Group, including SMBC, is committed to achieving net-zero GHG by SMBC Group's own GHG emissions by 2030, also entire investment and loan portfolio by 2050, SMBC has strengths in one of the largest operating bases in Japan, speed of strategy implementation, and the ability to provide financial services through a leading group company. Using those strengths, we diligently support our customer's challenges towards decarbonization.
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DC’s pioneering ‘Baby Bonds’ plan aims to narrow wealth gap
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaliyah Manning’s dreams of becoming a psychologist ended abruptly during her freshman year at Potomac State in West Virginia when the cost of continuing her education became overwhelming.
“The money just wasn’t there,” she said. “I knew I wasn’t going to finish so I just had fun.”
After a year, Manning, 25, was back in the nation’s capital working fast food jobs. Now she lives largely on public assistance in a two-bedroom apartment with her boyfriend, his mother and his 9-year-old daughter from another relationship. She still has student debt and there’s a baby boy on the way.
She sees a brighter future for that baby, thanks to a landmark social program being pioneered in Washington. Called “Baby Bonds,” the program will provide children of the city’s poorest families with up to $25,000 when they reach adulthood. The money is to be used for a handful of purposes, including education.
“It would be such a different opportunity for him, a lot different than what I had,” Manning said of her soon-to-arrive baby.
In just over a decade, the Baby Bonds idea has moved from a fringe leftist concept to actual policy, with the District of Columbia as the first laboratory. Lawmakers from coast to coast are monitoring the experiment, one that proponents say could reshape America’s growing wealth gap in a single generation if instituted on a federal level.
One week after giving birth to her second child, a daughter named Kali, Aaliyah Wright told The Associated Press that she did not anticipate having much savings to help her children when they reached adulthood, especially with about $80,000 in student loan debt.
She and her husband, Kainan, are on Medicaid despite steady jobs (she’s a case worker at a nongovernmental organization and he’s a barber) and an estimated annual income of about $70,000.
Even at that income level, their new daughter still would qualify for the city’s Baby Bonds program, although at a lower level.
“At that stage of maturity and adulthood, that money can be a door opener to some pretty big things,” Kainan Wright said
Despite the name, the bonds are more accurately trust funds, designed to provide a boost of capital at a critical time in the lives of the country’s poorest children. At age 18, each enrolled child would receive a large lump sum payment that can be used to pay for higher education, invest in a business or make a down payment on a home.
“Think about all the things that people with money do to support themselves or what parents do for kids,” said Kenyan McDuffie, a District of Columbia Council member who pushed through Washington’s Baby Bonds program last summer. The clock started ticking in October and as of mid-August the city has so far identified 833 babies born since then who will receive up to $25,000 when they turn 18.
“Think about all those young folks who are going to be here in a city trapped in poverty, graduated from high schools turning 18,” McDuffie said. “And then having an account with money in it for them.”
It’s an expensive and long-simmering investment that by definition will take a generation of sustained political willpower to truly bear fruit. The district’s program will cost $32 million for the first four years alone.
The idea was originally proposed in 2010 by academics William Darity and Darrick Hamilton as a way to break the poverty cycle by giving children of poor families a chance to build long-term equity — either actual property, a stake in a business or the earning potential that comes from higher education.
It came to mainstream attention when Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., made it a centerpiece of his 2020 presidential campaign.
“I think it’s an idea that’s growing,” Booker told the AP. “And it’s a big idea. It’s on the level of Social Security. It’s on the level of Medicare. One generation would create a dramatic change.”
But for politicians, the price tag can be daunting. Booker’s national plan envisioned annual costs of $60 billion, something he proposes financing by raising taxes on the wealthy.
For now, the Washington experiment will be closely watched by other state and local governments, with Baby Bonds proposals recently emerging in Wisconsin and Washington state and Massachusetts studying the issue. California just created a more targeted version, with Baby Bonds funds specifically for children who lost parents to COVID-19.
Manning and her boyfriend, Darren Gibson, say the expectation that their child will be part of the district’s first Baby Bonds generation is a much needed injection of hope. Gibson, 26, left high school three credits short of graduation. Now he’s the sole earner for his growing household, making less than $10,000 per year as a videographer shooting music videos for local artists.
“It takes such a burden off my shoulders,” he said. Gibson said he will raise his son to make good use of that money when he matures. “It’s on me to work on him and make sure he follows his ambitions.”
The concept’s journey from academic thought experiment to on-the-ground policy received a major boost from the national conversation on poverty brought on by the pandemic. The economic iniquities exposed by COVID-19 fueled calls for a new approach to the cycle of generational poverty. And the Baby Bonds concept, already familiar from Booker’s campaign, gained fresh momentum with multiple proposals receiving serious consideration at a state level.
But most of them have failed to see daylight.
Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., made headlines in 2020 for backing a Baby Bonds proposal. But the Legislature stripped it out of his budget, and Murphy did not propose it again.
In June 2021, Connecticut’s legislature approved the country’s first state-level Baby Bonds program. But in May of this year, lawmakers, in coordination with the governor’s office, chose to delay the program’s start by two years.
That makes Washington, D.C., the first real test case.
Connecticut’s treasurer, Shawn Wooden, who championed the program, said he was surprised and disappointed by the delay in his own state but remains convinced that the policy’s time has come.
“There’s quite the level of interest in this, and always with these things we need what we call first movers,” Wooden said. For the concept to spread, “there needs to be success in Connecticut. There needs to be success in the District of Columbia.”
Wooden has discussed Baby Bonds with members of President Joe Biden’s domestic policy team. McDuffie’s office has fielded queries from multiple state governments.
The concept is new enough that it’s still being tinkered with in real time, with multiple models and internal debates among advocates on issues such as how best to determine eligibility. Washington’s program is so new that the 833 families who have qualified have not been informed yet and will not be until the city hires a fund manager.
Connecticut’s will automatically enroll any newborn from a family on the state’s Medicaid program. Booker’s proposal would have sidestepped that issue by granting every child born in the country a Baby Bonds fund and $1,000 in seed money. Then, all subsequent payments into the fund would have been heavily weighted toward poorer families.
Washington’s program is open to families on Medicaid who make less than 300% of the federal poverty line, meaning earnings of up to about $83,250 for a family of four. With those parameters, it is designed to benefit not only the impoverished but also families like the Wrights who might be considered lower-middle class.
At their income level, their daughter will receive closer to $15,000 instead of the $25,000 limit.
There is one inevitable quirk in the system: Any Baby Bonds program has to set a start date that excludes anyone born before it. In the case of the Wright family, Kali, would receive benefits but her older bother, Khaza, would not. Aaliyah Wright was fine with that.
“OK, so I know my future is set for one child,” said Wright. “So now I need to really focus on making things work for him.”
There are differences among plans in the size of the final payout. Booker’s proposal would have paid about $46,000 to children of the poorest families, while the district expects to pay out a maximum of $25,000. Connecticut’s plan would pay an estimated $13,000 — something Wooden described as “pretty much the floor” for a serious attempt at a Baby Bonds program.
Naomi Zewde, an assistant professor in health economics at the City University of New York who conducted a 2019 analysis of the concept, set the lowest impactful payment at $15,000.
“It has to be a sum of money that’s kind of outside what people would normally come across,” she said.
Zewde’s analysis suggested that a nationwide federal Baby Bonds program would massively reduce the racial wealth gap between white and Black Americans in a single generation, even as it boosted both races.
Currently the median wealth of young white Americans stands at $46,000, compared with $2,900 for Black Americans.
For a Baby Bonds program to succeed, it has to be on a national level and have strong popular support, advocates said.
Darity, a Duke professor who co-authored the original Baby Bonds proposal, points to Britain, which instituted a similar program called the child trust fund in 2005. But the program was discontinued and all future payments halted in 2010 in a government austerity campaign.
“I think the assessment in England was that they had not built grassroots support for the policy when they started it,” he said. “So there wasn’t any strong resistance to eliminating the plan.”
In the United States, the program already has been strongly endorsed by prominent liberal organizations such as the Urban Institute and Prosperity Now.
But there are detractors.
Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, said the one-way nature of the deposits, with no mechanism for the families themselves to add money, “does nothing to encourage the culture of savings.”
She added that the program could tie up millions that could be used to address immediate societal conditions that also help feed the cycle of poverty.
“A lot of these kids are still going to be stuck in bad schools,” she said.
Michael Strain, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, says Baby Bonds advocates will struggle to persuade lawmakers around the country to make such an expensive commitment. “I absolutely think it’s a hard sell,” he said. “The 18-year lag is less of a political obstacle than the price tag.”
Wooden rejected the perception of Baby Bonds as having no payoff for 18 years, saying the benefits will be immediate and measurable. That nest egg, he said, will inspire real-time changes in planning, academic achievement and overall ambition in both children and families.
“There is a high value that should be placed on hope,” he said. “We know what hopelessness looks like in our communities.
Manning, the young expectant mother in Washington, said the knowledge that the money was waiting for her son would change how her family talks about his future.
“It would be much more focused,” she said. “‘Do you know what you want to do? What are your plans?’”
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Over the last several years, Rapid City Baseball Association president Molloy Dial noticed a need for more baseball opportunities in the Black Hills, particularly for high school baseball players.
The two established American Legion clubs in the area, Post 22 and Post 320, begin play during the club season and typically don't allow high school players on those club teams to join theirs in progress.
As the head coach of the Rapid City Stevens club team, Molloy looked for solutions to fill the void for athletes who wanted to represent their schools and continue to play ball in the summer. Rapid City American Legion Post 315 provided a solution and chartered a team that began play this summer with a limited schedule.
“High school ball players, with our season and how it works out, aren’t able to play across the street,” Molloy told The Journal at McKeague Field Wednesday. “When our season is done in May, there was no more baseball set up.”
Instead of simply acknowledging the issue, Molloy got together with parents who noticed the same problem and put together a 17-game schedule for Post 315.
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“We made it work to get the team off the ground and running,” he said. “Most of the teams make their schedules in the summer, so we weren’t able to get a lot of local games but got into some tournaments.”
The inaugural roster consisted of players from four area club teams at Stevens, Rapid City Central, St. Thomas More and Douglas. This season, 157 student-athletes opted to play club baseball in the Rapid City area, and Post 315 provided the first opportunity in years for those kids to play summer ball.
“It was made up of the four high schools that play high school ball and that was the whole idea, to give those kids the option to play more baseball,” Molloy said. “A lot of kids choose to go work, but there are a lot of kids that want to play more ball. Our whole goal is to try and find more opportunities to play baseball for those kids.”
At first the RCBA chartered a Babe Ruth League team for high school players, but almost immediately faced financial strain from increased travel due to the lack of Babe Ruth teams in the Mount Rushmore State.
Now, the organization helps fund Post 315, a junior Legion team, a Babe Ruth team for eighth and ninth graders and provides opportunities to play in travel ball tournaments outside the state.
“We started small with one team a couple of years ago and then we had five teams between the two leagues,” Molloy said. “We have a wide variety of options that try to cater to the kids’ needs. In the end it’s all about letting kids play and develop. If they don't have somewhere to play it is hard to develop.”
Post 315 finished its season this past weekend at the Jim Hanus Gopher Classic in Minnesota. The team went 3-14 on the year with two wins over Chadron (Neb.) Post 12 and a 7-6 victory over Wayzata (Minn.) Post 118 Sunday at the Gopher Classic in its season finale.
“They were ecstatic (after defeating Post 118),” Molloy said. “They’ve been working really hard over the last few weeks to get over the hump and reduce the errors. They were really focused on themselves and what they could do to help the team.”
Due to its shortened schedule, Post 315 did not qualify for this season’s State Legion Tournament at Fitzgerald Stadium, but Molloy thinks the experience his players gained this season will pay off with a full schedule next season.
“I expect to be there next year and we should be able to make some noise,” Molloy said. “There are a bunch of juniors and seniors that are good ball players, and when we put them together they will be good teams.”
Post 315 will play an exhibition game against the organization’s junior team on July 22 at McKeague Field to prepare the younger crew for its regional tournament later this month.
Molloy said the team is excited to play one more game this summer and he’s excited for the future of the blossoming program.
“They competed this year even though they were really young with a lot of close games,” Molloy said. “They were right there this year already. With another year of growth and some seasoning we will be ready to compete at the state level and even in the region.” | 2022-07-14T15:08:52+00:00 | rapidcityjournal.com | https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/inaugural-rapid-city-post-315-baseball-team-providing-new-opportunity-for-area-players/article_cfd0317a-2c17-568f-9493-f24c0ca6547b.html |
Airman Leadership School Class 22-F had it graduation ceremony Aug. 18 at the Wright-Patt Club at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. ALS is required for staff sergeant selects and open to eligible civilians as Airmen learn more about leadership and Air Force culture.
Airman Leadership School graduates: Class 22-F
88th Security Forces Squadron
Senior Airman Dominick Baker (Leadership Award)
Staff Sgt. Donte Barber
Senior Airman Brian Chalk Jr.
Staff Sgt. Emmalee Santo
Senior Airman Jacob Smallwood (Distinguished Graduate)
National Air and Space Intelligence Center
Senior Airman Ethan Evans (John L. Levitow Award)
Senior Airman Karlie Fayman
Senior Airman Steven Pennoyer
Senior Airman Kristof Rixmann
88th Communications Squadron
Senior Airman Brenden Sharp
Senior Airman Jason Waters
U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
Senior Airman Shaquel Johnson (Academic Achievement Award)
Senior Airman Jacob Skowronsky
88th Medical Support Squadron
Staff Sgt. Selinda Arechiga
88th Operations Support Squadron
Senior Airman Ryan Klingbeil
Senior Airman Deveyon Riley
88th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron
Senior Airman Tommia Miller
88th Inpatient Operations Squadron
Staff Sgt. Victoria Murphy
88th Surgical Operations Squadron
Senior Airman Kyler Nelson
445th Maintenance Squadron
Senior Airman Luis Ramirez-Rosado
127th Security Forces Squadron
Senior Airman Javier Lebron
122nd Logistics Readiness Squadron
Senior Airman Angela Selvio
Coast Guard Sector Buffalo
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lucas
88th Civil Engineer Squadron
Domenick Clem
Credit: (U.S. Air Force photo by Jaima F
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The "Joy Is Our Journey" movement will kick-off with an exclusive, invite-only event during ESSENCE Festival of Culture and will continue with a month-long Dream Tour throughout Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas from August 20-September 18, 2022.
ATLANTA, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southern Black Girls and Women's Consortium (SWBGC / The Consortium) has announced a summer of fun and funding fueled by a series of special events that will provide resources and safe spaces for Black girls and women to dream. Themed "Joy Is Our Journey," movements will kick-off with an exclusive, invite-only tea and brunch affair during the ESSENCE Festival of Culture in New Orleans on Sunday, July 3. Following the event will be an exciting, month-long Dream Tour that will travel throughout Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas from August 20-September 18, 2022. Featuring experiential activities and educational moments, the interactive tour will provide a safe space for Black girls and women to create, release and simply be their authentic selves.
"We are building a movement, changing narratives and shifting philanthropic support for Black girls and women in the south," declares LaTosha Brown, visionary founder of the SBGWC and Black Voters Matter. "'Joy Is Our Journey' is not just an awareness effort to amplify who we are and what we do. It is a mission to raise $100 million to financially empower Black girls and women-focused organizations that seek to provide greater resources and opportunities in education, entrepreneurship, cultural exposure and more. Plus, we get to spread a little #BlackGirlJoy along the way!"
Fed up with reports confirming that Black women and girls receive less than one percent of the $4.8 billion in philanthropic investments in the south, a collective of activists, community leaders, funders and changemakers joined forces to form the Southern Black Girls and Women's Consortium. Established in 2017, The Consortium has become a disruptor in grantmaking and a catalyst to provide greater resources toward underfunded organizations that intentionally support Black girls and women. Powered by four dynamic Black women-led organizations - TruthSpeaks Innovation Foundation, BlackBelt Community Foundation, Fund for Southern Communities and the Appalachian Community Fund - The Consortium developed a 10-year initiative that seeks to raise $100 million to financially empower the goals of Black girls and women, and shift the way philanthropy is done in the south.
"Black girls and women are still fighting for the rights, resources and recognition they deserve," says Felecia Lucky, president of the Black Belt Community Foundation in Selma, AL. "Through our work, we are able to fill this vital funding gap and improve the quality of life for generations of Black girls and women."
To date, The Consortium has already awarded over $2.5 million to 71 organizations and special projects from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. These awards include over $373,000 for social justice projects and more than $120,000 for economic opportunity projects. They also include more than $940,000 in grants to support educational efforts and over $650,000 to organizations or projects geared toward safe, nurturing, preventive and curative healing experiences by trained health professionals (e.g. physical, mental, emotional and spiritual).
All awards were made possible through The Consortium's four established funds:
- Black Girls Dream Fund - Created to support the dreams of Black girls and women by awarding organizations that center them in their programming and initiatives.
- Black Girls Defense Fund - Created to provide family and legal support for Black girls and women in need.
- Innovation Fund - Created to provide startup funding for small businesses led by Black girls and women.
- Collaborative Partnership Philanthropy Fund - Created to provide resources to support collaboration between like-minded organizations.
"We have done tremendous work that ensures our sisters are provided opportunities to engage in activities that improve and uplift their communities in the spirit of justice and equity, and support their self-determination," declares Margo Miller, executive director of the Appalachian Community Fund in Knoxville, TN. "By investing in them and providing resources they have long been denied, we will enable Black girls and women to bring more of their magic into the world and fundamentally change the way the world views them."
Alice Jenkins, executive director of the Fund for Southern Communities in Decatur, GA, adds, "We cannot ignore the injustices that Black women and girls face everyday. "In the South, Black girls and women experience social, political, and economic injustices at higher rates than their white counterparts, yet they continue to be left out of philanthropic investments. The needs are there, but the investments are not. We are committed to changing this dynamic."
Positioned within the epicenter of "Black Girl Magic," the 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, the "Joy Is Our Journey" Tea & Brunch intends to bring awareness to the philanthropic efforts and opportunities of The Consortium and establish deeper connections with influencers and notable voices who can help promote and amplify the mission.
The "Joy Is Our Journey" Dream Tour, will caravan to multiple destinations throughout southern states including Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. The tour will feature two different activation experiences: Dream Village stops, which will host interactive programming with multiple activities for Black girls and women of all ages for fun, learning and healing; and Joy Stops, which will be short, pop-up experiences that are focused more on community engagement, featuring music, giveaways and more!
The tour will begin on Saturday, August 20, and will culminate with the 2022 Black Girls Dream Conference, which will take place in Birmingham, AL, Friday, September 16 - Sunday, September 18.
For more details on "Joy Is Our Journey" events, or for more information on how to support the movement through partnership, sponsorship and/or attendance, contact 678-310-8631 or info@southernblackgirls.org.
For press inquiries and access for onsite coverage, contact Candace Ledbetter at 770-709-1509 or candace@cnbettermedia.com; or Kayla Tucker Adams at 214-403-9852 or kayla@cnbettermedia.com.
The Southern Black Girls & Women's Consortium (SBGWC / The Consortium) is coordinated entirely by a community of Black women in philanthropy, activism and girls' work, who hold deep roots in movement-building throughout the southeast. The partnership recognizes their critical role and the importance of centering the lived experiences and leadership of those most impacted by deep-seated injustices. SBGWC consists of four anchor institutions including the Appalachian Community Fund, the Black Belt Community Fund, the Fund for Southern Communities and TruthSpeaks Innovation Foundation. For more information, visit: www.southernblackgirls.org, or follow @SouthernBlackGirls on Facebook and Instagram.
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Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Laura Duarte Bateman of the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice about federal immigration authorities ending their contract to hold immigrants at Yuba County Jail.
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PITTSBURGH, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm an airplane mechanic and I thought there could be a better way to remove Z buttons," said an inventor, from Gilbert, S.C., "so I invented the Z- BUTTON REMOVER. My ergonomic design enables you to remove a Z button without damaging the paint on an airplane or race car."
The invention provides an improved tool for removing Z buttons from a vehicle or airplane. In doing so, it helps to prevent paint damage. It also increases efficiency and convenience. The invention features a practical and durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle and airplane mechanics. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie Freeman expected to be emotional during his anticipated return to Atlanta.
He wasn’t prepared for the flood of feelings — and tears — that came before his first game back as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
A rush of them forced him to walk out of his pregame news conference before it began. Freeman had to gather himself several times when discussing his continued love for the Braves and Atlanta. He then questioned how he would make it through the three-game series.
“I don’t even know how I’m going to get through this weekend,” Freeman said.
He was surprised how well he fared in the series opener. He reached base three times, on two walks and a single, and scored twice in the Dodgers’ 4-1 win.
“I did all right,” he said. “I’ll take three times on base and two runs scored. … The best thing that happened was walking in that first at-bat.”
Receiving his 2021 World Series championship ring, presented by Braves manager Brian Snitker in a pregame ceremony, produced more emotions from Freeman. Following a tribute video to Freeman, he made a slow walk to the field to join Snitker, who stood beside the World Series trophy in front of the mound.
Braves fans stood and cheered, some chanting “Freddie! Freddie!” Freeman answered by removing his cap and raising both arms to the fans. Freeman hugged Snitker twice, including once after putting on his ring. He grinned and gave the ring a kiss.
Minutes later, Freeman held up his batting helmet to the fans following another ovation before his first-inning at-bat. Braves right-hander Ian Anderson walked Freeman, who later scored on a sacrifice fly by Justin Turner for a 2-0 lead. Freeman struck out in the second inning.
Freeman hit a homer in his first reunion game, a 7-4 win over the Braves in Los Angeles on April 18.
Freeman, the 2020 NL MVP, led the Braves to their first World Series title since 1995 last season. He was widely expected to re-sign with Atlanta but instead signed a $162 million, six-year deal with the Dodgers after he was unable to reach an agreement with the Braves.
After 15 years in the Braves’ organization, including 12 years with Atlanta, the 32-year-old has enjoyed a productive first half with the Dodgers. He was hitting .303 with eight homers and 45 RBIs entering Friday and is third in the NL All-Star voting among first basemen.
Atlanta’s Matt Olson, acquired from the Oakland Athletics two days after losing Freeman, is fourth in the voting.
Freeman constantly fought his emotions and didn’t make eye contact with Braves reporters through the opening minutes of his news conference.
“I can’t even look at you guys because I don’t know how I’m going to get through it,” he said.
Even starting the news conference was difficult. When first entering the interview room, Freeman said “give me a second” and then turned and left the room for several minutes.
After returning, Freeman said, “Man, I love the Braves organization with all my heart. That will never change.”
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he wasn’t surprised by Freeman’s declaration of his continued love for the Braves.
“I think it’s something that Freddie long awaited,” Roberts said. “Everyone here adores him. I still know he’ll be ready to play a baseball game.”
When he saw the large group of reporters before the game, Snitker joked, “is something going on?”
Snitker has had other ring ceremonies for returning players, including San Francisco’s Joc Pederson earlier this week.
“I’m happy just like I’m happy for all the guys we’ve given them to,” Snitker said of Freeman.
One of Freeman’s friends, Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson, said Thursday, “it’s always good to see old friends, but I’m still looking forward to beating him.”
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Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part series about the history of grocery stores in Laramie.
From 1868 to 1890, Laramie’s first 22 years, there were more than 40 different grocery, bakery and meat market proprietors. This estimate is based on newspaper advertisements. Most stores were in the four blocks of 2nd Street, from University Avenue to Custer Street.
Although not in Laramie proper, the first were Rusk and Shields grocery store, and the Star Bakery. Both were in Dale City, at the site of a huge railroad trestle under construction. They advertised on March 6, 1868 in the Frontier Index. The tracks reached Laramie two months later.
Those first two stores slipped away, but others soon appeared. Edward Ivinson began his grocery in the vicinity of 217 S. 2nd St. possibly as early as February 1868. Another that first year was operated by three men — W. Pendleton, W.S. Millard and A. Knott. Pacific (meat) Market began in 1868 with ranchers Charles Hutton and Ora Haley as proprietors. By 1878, Robert Marsh and Frank Cooper had taken it over. The brick building at 211 S. 2nd St. they had built is still standing.
Also in 1868, L.T. Wilcox set up a general store at the corner of what is now a bank parking lot at Ivinson Avenue and 2nd Street. In 1870, “Col.” Noah C. Worth began a grocery store nearby. The Sentinel newspapers in early May 1870 mentioned grocers and butchers Strauss & Co., Whipple Brothers, M.G. Tonn, H.H. Richards, Hutton & Co., and Aaron T. Williams, owner of the Eagle Bakery.
Grocery stores sold mainly packaged, canned and bottled goods, with bins of milled grains, spices, sugar, dairy, fruits and vegetables. Meat markets were usually separate businesses, but sometimes they also had produce. Selling meat required trained butchers and the markets were often associated with ranchers who had slaughter houses close to town — as in the case of Charles Hutton, who had a ranch outside Laramie in addition to a meat market in town.
In the early 1870s, there were three other meat markets as well as Hutton’s. On Nov. 26, 1872, the Sentinel announced that Edward Ivinson had sold his grocery store which would henceforth be called “Clark and Heimrod’s” grocery. Other grocery proprietors who began in the decade of the 1870s include H.H. Richards, C.H. Bussard, Dawson & Bro., Peter Holt, Channing S. Dunbar, Alfred Peabody, Henry Wagner, Mark Jennings and Fred Prahl.
In 1884, “Swain & Little’s” grocery opened but closed the following year. Alfred G. Swain was a Laramie public school clerk and notary in 1870, his parents, Louisa and Stephen, came to Laramie for a while to help with Hattie and Alfred’s children. While in Laramie, Louisa Swain happened to be the first woman to cast a ballot after Wyoming’s 1869 law giving women full voting rights. The elder Swains left Laramie soon after Louisa’s historic vote in 1870, their son and family left in 1875.
New to Laramie in the 1880s were grocers John Quann, J.G. Brockway, and a grocery named “Chase & Miller’s. The W.H. Holliday department store began selling groceries in the late 1880s. Charles Yund and two brothers named “Brown” operated meat markets. The Laramie Co-op Grocery began around 1884 and lasted nearly 15 years at 321 S. 2nd St. The Co-op building burned in the 1948 fire that destroyed the entire block south to Custer Street. A new building there now houses The Sugar Mouse Cupcake House.
Ordering, wagon delivery and dairy
Shopping was done differently than it is today. Housewives or their maids might stop in the store daily but they only carried home small items. Grocery stores were not self-service. Instead, a clerk fetched everything ordered, and a delivery man with his horse-drawn wagon brought it to the home. He usually put perishables directly in the ice box on the back porch and put the rest in the pantry (if permitted).
Some proprietors sent well-stocked grocery wagons to patrol the town. Bells on the teams gave residents time to hail them. In 1870, Laramie grocer H.H. Richards was lauded in the Laramie Sentinel for arranging things “so that the ladies, when they want anything in the grocery line, need only to signal his delivery wagon, as it goes cruising about town, order whatever they want and it will be put down at their door, and no extra charge.”
Dairy goods also were delivered to the home, usually a standing order through the dairy itself. In Laramie’s first 25 years, Catherine Mary Erhardt, known as “Milk Mary,” delivered almost daily from her original 1868 herd of six dairy cows; she expanded the herd size later. Other ranchers also supplied dairy products but didn’t advertise in newspapers, so their names are missing here. One that did exist before 1900 was “Wyoming Creamery” with 150 cows. It was started in 1895 by rancher Ora Haley, according to a Boomerang article on July 13, 1895.
Early credit payment system
At first, transactions were often on credit, with the householder theoretically going to the store weekly or monthly to pay. However, on Jan. 14, 1876, Channing S. Dunbar advertised that henceforth he would do a cash only business because he had $30,000 outstanding in unpaid bills and he would have to carry the “greater portion of this for three to six months.” He explained: “Here is where the evil of the credit system comes in; it is not that there are so many who do not pay, but because they are so slow in paying. No goods will leave the store unless paid for.”
A little more than two years later Dunbar drowned in Hutton Lake. His father sold the grocery business to Alfred S. Peabody who had just arrived back in the U.S. with his family after a long stay in South Africa. Although he was a record keeper for a shipping firm that he and his older brother had operated, Peabody quickly adapted to the wholesale and retail grocery business (see photo).
Remarkably fresh food
Though we think that there were not as many foodstuffs to purchase 150 years ago as there are now, some of the foods advertised are remarkable. In 1876, bakery operator A.T. Williams (whose name is still at the top of his building at 210 S. 2nd St.) was among those advertising fresh figs and other fruit from California — and “fresh oysters.”
Having “oyster plates” was a mark of luxury. Those belonging to the Ivinson family can be seen today on display in their home, now a museum. Oysters could be kept alive and shipped by rail. A 2021 article by Matthew Wills in JSTOR Daily, an online politics and history publication, titled “How Oysters Became a Food Fad Way Out West,” describes how live oysters packed in barrels with salt water could stay “wholesome for a month or two.” This delicacy became a booming business in Cheyenne in 1867, but by 1910 the fad was over, says Wills.
Many Laramie grocers had both a wholesale and retail trade. Orders could be telegraphed to wholesalers in Denver or Omaha, and rail cars of goods reached Laramie quickly. The local stores then sold them to others, delivered as needed via stage coaches, wagons, or freighters to outlying ranches and other stores.
Experienced freighters Augustus (“Gus”) and Charles Trabing arrived in Laramie in 1868 and began a string of general stores, starting with Laramie and Medicine Bow, according to Nancy Trabing Mickelson, a great-granddaughter of Augustus. She says they expanded to Rawlins, then to a way station on the Bozeman Trail. They also established the first store in Buffalo, Wyoming. In the 1880s they began selling off their northern outlets and concentrated on Laramie.
In 1883, the Trabings greatly expanded their local grocery business with a large store at 318-320 S. 2nd St., the site of Altitude Restaurant today. Two years later, Charles Trabing died. At the time the firm had about 50 employees. It continued with Gus, who produced a grocery mail order catalog in 1888 (recently republished by Nancy Mickelson). The store burned completely in 1895.
Preservation of perishables
The preservation of perishable food was done in the home with canning, smoking, drying and brining. Commercial canneries supplied fruits, vegetables and even meats in sealed tin-plated steel cans. Commercial “potted meat” was slow-cooked in pottery and then covered with a layer of fat for preservation and flavor enhancement. Trabings’ 1888 catalog offered more than 20 different kinds of “potted” white and red meat, along with canned seafood.
Fresh meat, fish and dairy products needed to be on ice. The Laramie River usually froze in some places to 3-foot depths every winter; sheds were built to store ice year-round. D.P. Macarter had anticipated the need for ice well before the tracks reached Laramie. He advertised ice in the June 19, 1868 issue of the Frontier Index, claiming that he could supply 700 tons of “Artic Crystal Ice” from the Laramie River. The newspaper editor opined that he sold the “coldest ice south of Alaska.”
Local ranches and hunters supplied meat from livestock and wild game, but there also were other local pre-1900 producers. One Laramie company started by John Huempner made bottled horseradish in 1892 from his factory at the south end of 2nd Street though the radishes came from Omaha, Nebraska. Another was the Laramie Bottling Works established by N.C. Peterson, advertising in 1897 “all kinds of temperance drinks including birch beer, ginger ale and mineral waters” from his factory at the south end of Front Street on the West Side. The Laramie Brewing company had long been making beer from the brewery “on the river two miles north of town.”
After 1900 many changes came for Laramie’s groceries; that’s another story. | 2023-04-01T12:30:48+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/grocers-aim-to-please-laramie-had-fresh-oysters-in-1876/article_0edbecb0-cffa-11ed-a441-f31e8206ed58.html |
(The Conversation) – Monkeypox isn’t going to be the next COVID-19. But with the outbreak having bloomed to thousands of infections, with cases in nearly every state, on Aug. 4, 2022, the U.S. declared monkeypox a national public health emergency. One reason health experts did not expect monkeypox to become so widespread is that the U.S. had previously approved two vaccines for the virus. Maureen Ferran, a virologist at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been keeping tabs on the two vaccines that can protect against monkeypox.
1. What are the available monkeypox vaccines?
Two vaccines are currently approved in the U.S. that can provide protection against monkeypox, the Jynneos vaccine – known as Imvamune/Imvanex in Europe – and ACAM2000, an older smallpox vaccine.
The Jynneos vaccine is produced by Bavarian Nordic, a small company in Denmark. The vaccine is for the prevention of smallpox and monkeypox disease in adults ages 18 and older who are at high risk for infection with either virus. It was approved in Europe in 2013 and by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2019.
The Jynneos vaccine is given in two doses four weeks apart and contains a live vaccinia virus. Vaccinia normally infects cattle and is a type of poxvirus, a family of viruses that includes smallpox and monkeypox. The virus in this vaccine has been crippled – or attenuated – so that it is no longer able to replicate in cells.
This vaccine is good at protecting those who are at high risk for monkeypox from getting infected before exposure and can also lessen the severity of disease post-infection. It is effective against smallpox as well as monkeypox. Until the recent monkeypox outbreak, this vaccine was primarily given to health care workers or people who have had confirmed or suspected monkeypox exposure.
The ACAM2000 vaccine was approved by the FDA in 2007 for protection against smallpox disease. This vaccine is also based on vaccinia virus, however the version of the vaccinia virus in the ACAM2000 vaccine is able to replicate in a person’s cells. Because of this, the ACAM2000 vaccine can be associated with serious side effects. These can include severe skin infections as well as potentially life-threatening heart problems in vulnerable people. Another potential issue with the ACAM2000 vaccine is that it is more complicated to administer compared to a normal shot.
The U.S. government has over 200 million doses of ACAM2000 stockpiled in case of a biological weapon attack of smallpox. But despite the adequate supply of the vaccine, ACAM2000 is not being used to vaccinate against monkeypox because of the risk of serious adverse side effects. For now, only designated U.S. military personnel and laboratory researchers who work with certain poxviruses may receive this vaccine.
2. How effective are these vaccines?
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there is not yet any data available on the effectiveness of either vaccine in the current outbreak of monkeypox. But there is older data available from animal studies, clinical trials and studies in Africa.
A number of clinical trials done during the approval process for the Jynneos vaccine show that when given to a person, it triggers a strong antibody response on par with the ACAM2000 vaccine. An additional study done in nonhuman primates showed that vaccinated animals that were infected with monkeypox survived 80% to 100% of the time, compared with zero to 40% survival in unvaccinated animals.
Another use of the Jynneos vaccine is as a post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP, meaning the vaccine can be effective even when given after exposure to the virus. Because the monkeypox virus incubates in a person’s body for six to 14 days, the body of someone who gets the Jynneos vaccine shortly after being exposed will produce antibodies that can help fight off infection and protect against a serious monkeypox case.
The ACAM2000 data is older and less precise but shows strong protection. Researchers tested the vaccine during an outbreak of monkeypox in central Africa in the 1980s. Although the study was small and didn’t directly test vaccine efficacy, the authors concluded that unvaccinated people faced an 85% higher risk of being infected than vaccinated people.
3. Does a smallpox vaccine protect against monkeypox?
According to the CDC, a previous smallpox vaccination does provide some protection against monkeypox, though that protection wanes over time. Experts advise that anyone who had the smallpox vaccine more than three years ago and is at increased risk for monkeypox get the monkeypox vaccine.
4. Who should get vaccinated?
At the national level, anyone who has had close contact with an infected person, who has a weakened immune system or who had dermatitis or eczema is eligible for a Jynneos vaccine.
Some state and local governments are also making vaccines available to people in communities at higher risk for monkeypox. For example, New York City is allowing men who have sex with men and who have had multiple sexual partners in the past 14 days to get vaccinated.
5. What is the supply like for the Jynneos vaccine?
As of July 29, 2022, a little over 300,000 doses have been shipped to points of care or administered, with another 700,000 already allocated to states across the U.S. However, demand is far outpacing supply. Public health officials acknowledge that vaccine supply shortages have resulted in long lines and clinics having to close when they run out of vaccines. The issues have been magnified by technical problems with online booking systems, particularly in New York City.
To help boost supply, the U.S. has ordered nearly 7 million doses of the Jynneos vaccine, which are expected to arrive over the coming months.
6. What about just using one dose of Jynneos?
Although federal health officials advise against withholding the second dose, some places – including Washington, D.C., and New York City – are withholding the second dose until more become available. This strategy is being used in Britain and Canada as well to vaccinate as many people as possible at least one time.
A previous study reported that a single shot of the Jynneos vaccine protected monkeys infected with monkeypox and that this protection lasted for at least two years. If this holds up in the real world, it would support withholding second doses in favor of immunizing more Americans. This would be key as many health experts expect the virus to continue spreading, furthering increasing demand of the vaccine. | 2022-08-07T23:28:04+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/health/monkeypox-vaccines-a-virologist-answers-6-questions-about-how-they-work-who-can-get-them-and-how-well-they-prevent-infection/ |
The best purple shampoos to brighten your hair
Whether you are a natural blonde or have natural dark hair with lightened highlights, purple shampoo can eliminate yellow and orange brassiness to give you light and cool-toned fresh from the salon color.
If cooler and lighter tones are what you seek, purple shampoo will be your new shower essential.
How does purple shampoo work?
Purple shampoo is color theory at its best. Purple and yellow are opposite of each other on the color wheel, naturally canceling each other out. When your bright blonde hair starts to look ‘yellow,’ purple shampoo can deposit purple pigments to cancel out yellow tones and brighten the hair.
Why does your hair turn brassy?
Over time, several factors such as the environment (pollution, UV rays), heat styling tools (hairdryer, flat iron) and even your health and diet can affect the brassiness of your naturally blonde or salon-lightened hair.
How often should you use purple shampoo?
It is totally up to you how often you want to use the shampoo. You can use the purple shampoo once a week or alternate use with other color-safe shampoos.
Best purple shampoos
Best overall: Moroccanoil Blonde Perfecting Purple Shampoo
Moroccanoil Blonde Perfecting Purple Shampoo is a color-safe, sulfate-free formula that can neutralize brassy tones by adding rich purple pigments. It helps repair and seal the cuticle with ArganID technology. Sold by Saks Fifth Avenue and Sephora.
Best runner-up: Redken Color Extend Color Depositing Purple Shampoo
Redken makes this protecting and color-depositing purple shampoo for blonde hair. It has citric acid that repairs each strand from the core, leaving it firm and soft. Sold by Amazon.
Best toning purple shampoo: Lee Stafford Bleach Blondes Purple Reign Toning Shampoo
This shampoo is a color corrector for blondes that gets rid of the yellow tones, leaving your hair bright and vibrant. It has panthenol (Vitamin B5), chamomile and moringa seed to give hair a natural shine. Sold by SkinStore.
Best for platinum hair: EVO Fabuloso Platinum Blonde Toning Shampoo
This professional strength shampoo can banish all brassiness giving your blonde hair new life with extra softness. It has its own platinum blonde color boosting treatment for a more intense tone. Sold by SkinStore and Amazon.
Best vegan formula: Matrix Biolage ColorLast Purple Shampoo
The vegan, paraben-free formula can also condition and protect your hair. You can get less breakage using this purple shampoo. Sold by Amazon and Ulta.
Best sulfate-free: Pureology Cure Blonde Shampoo
This sulfate-free shampoo can eliminate yellow and orange undertones by toning and fortifying brassy and lightened hair. Its key ingredients are keravis (a strengthening protein to prevent hair breakage) and astaxanthin (a powerful antioxidant to heal and repair damaged hair). Sold by Sephora and Ulta.
Best for dry hair: Kérastase Blond Anti-Brass Purple Shampoo
This ultra-violet, color-correcting shampoo neutralizes blonde, lightened or bleached hair to maintain the cool blonde color. It has edelweiss flowers to strengthen the hair and hyaluronic acid to soften every hair fiber. Sold by Sephora.
Best budget: L’Oréal EverPure Sulphate-Free Purple Shampoo
If you are looking for an affordable paraben-free and vegan formula that can neutralize the warm tones while keeping your blonde hair hydrated, look no further. This salon-quality shampoo also has hibiscus and purple dye. Sold by Ulta and Amazon.
Best drugstore: John Frieda Violet Crush for Blondes Purple Shampoo
Another affordable extra-strength formula that can tone brassy hair to make it look salon-fresh is by John Frieda. Just one use can make your hair appear brighter and cooler. Sold by Amazon and Ulta.
Best for split ends: Kristin Ess Hair One Purple Shampoo
The woman-founded brand is silicone-free, sulfate-free, paraben-free and gluten-free. It is gentle enough to be used every time to maintain ashy cool tones. Sold by Amazon and Ulta.
Best for extra hydration: Surface Pure Blonde Violet Shampoo
This gentle shampoo is infused with deep purple maqui berry and moringa oil to give you a cool tint. This shampoo also adds shine while protecting your hair from radicals. Sold at Lovely Skin.
Anjana Rajbhandary is a writer for BestReviews. BestReviews is a product review company with a singular mission: to help simplify your purchasing decisions and save you time and money.
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Officer 2nd Class Anthony Stephen Edwards
Officer 2nd Class Anthony Stephen Edwards, age 39, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at his home in Bells, TN. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at 1:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Bells Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Holly Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Military Honors. A visitation for the Edwards family will be held on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at the Bells Funeral Home from 11:00 A.M. until the service hour at 1:00 P.M. Mr. Edwards was born in Jackson, TN on April 22, 1983, to the late Mr. Billy Earl Edwards and surviving mother, Peggy Dailey Edwards of Bells, TN. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy as an Aviation Electronics Technician, receiving numerous awards for his dedicated service and bravery. Also surviving, is his brother: Brandon Edwards of Bells, TN. In lieu of flowers, the Edwards family requests that memorials be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8516 | 2022-06-28T18:40:13+00:00 | wbbjtv.com | https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/06/28/officer-2nd-class-anthony-stephen-edwards/ |
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Tornado warnings have now been issued for Southeastern Mecklenburg and Southwestern Brunswick County.
Both warnings are in place until 12:15 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11.
A tornado warning means that a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar and there is imminent danger to life and property, according to the National Weather Service.
Anyone in this area should seek shelter immediately. Ideally, seek shelter in a windowless room in a low level of a building. If you see a tornado while you are outside, seek shelter in the nearest building, ravine or ditch. If you are in your car and cannot go elsewhere, buckle your seltbelt, get away from windows and cover your head.
At 11:46 a.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Ebony moving north at 30 mph.
This storm will be near Ebony and Gasburg around 12 p.m. and Brodnax and Brunswick around 12:10 p.m.
Damage is possible for mobile homes, roofs, windows, cars and trees. There is also the potential for dangerous flying debris, which could injury anyone that has not properly taken shelter.
Tornado watches still remain in place in several counties throughout Virginia. Stay with 8News Weather Alerts for the latest updates. | 2022-11-11T17:23:16+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/weather/severe-weather/tornado-warnings-in-place-in-mecklenburg-brunswick-counties/ |
SALT LAKE CITY, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the most expensive hotels in the world is located in Utah, according to a new survey by TravelMag.com.
The survey compared rates at luxury hotels and resorts around the globe this summer, with the findings based on the minimum price for two people sharing a double room at a particular property this August.
With a minimum rate of $6,851 per night, North Island Lodge, situated on an exclusive private island in the Seychelles, came out top of the rankings. Runner up was the One & Only Gorilla's Nest in Rwanda, a chic haven in the heart of the jungle and a popular base for embarking on gorilla spotting excursions.
The Amangiri, a remote hideaway in Canyon Point in Southern Utah, ranks as the 5th most expensive accommodation in the world this summer, with visitors having to spend a minimum nightly rate of $4,913. Tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views towards the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the all-suite luxury resort blends harmoniously into its dramatic surrounds of deep canyons and towering plateaus.
Among the remainder of the top 10 priciest hotels are several African safari lodges, where guests can spend the day on the look out for exotic creatures before returning to their lodgings to relax in contemporary luxury. In fact, Africa is represented by no fewer than 5 of the top 10 priciest hotels, including the Singita Grumeti Sasakwa Lodge in Tanzania ($5,800) and the Singita Lebombo Lodge in South Africa ($4,688).
The table below shows the 10 most expensive hotels and resorts in the world this summer. The rates listed reflect the minimum nightly price for two people at each respective property for the period spanning August 1 – August 31, 2022.
- North Island Lodge (Seychelles) $6,851
- One & Only Gorilla's Nest (Rwanda) $6,800
- Como Laucala Island (Fiji) $6,440
- Singita Grumeti Sasakwa Lodge (Tanzania) $5,800
- Amangiri (United States) $4,913
- Singita Lebombo Lodge (South Africa) $4,688
- Belmond Eagle Island Lodge (Botswana) $4,550
- Kudadoo Maldives Private Island (Maldives) $4,473
- Singita Boulders Lodge (South Africa) $4,456
- Singita Ebony Lodge (South Africa) $4,456
For the full results of the survey, please check:
Press Contact, Paul Joseph, press@travelmag.com, +1-805-308-9660 (for all questions related to our survey, please email)
SOURCE TravelMag.com | 2022-07-25T18:02:39+00:00 | wcjb.com | https://www.wcjb.com/prnewswire/2022/07/25/utah-home-one-worlds-most-expensive-luxury-hotels/ |
This Recognition Signifies the Company's Commitment to Effectively Providing Better Quality Care in the Medicare Program.
GREENSBORO, N.C., Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UpStream, a leading value-based primary care services and technology company, today shared that they have been selected as one of the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model participants for 2023 – providing high-quality, coordinated care to their Medicare beneficiaries.
The ACO REACH model, which is an evolution of the Direct Contracting model, tests how providers can be incentivized to collaborate across multiple treatment plans, spend more time with senior patients with complex, chronic conditions and ultimately, improve patient health outcomes by reducing hospital admissions. The design of the ACO REACH Model focuses on health equity and closing disparities in care along with an emphasis on physician-led organizations, stronger beneficiary protection through ensuring strong compliance with the Model's requirements, and increased transparency from participants.
The ACO REACH Model flawlessly aligns with the UpStream model in reducing avoidable hospital admissions. UpStream works by embedding pharmacist-led care teams into each primary care physician's practice and supports physicians with proprietary technology that anticipates patient needs, supports patient care, improves quality, and helps coordinate care for seniors with chronic conditions. Remote concierges and home nurses complete the care team, ensuring social disparities and patient needs are addressed, even in the home for high risk patients. UpStream's innovative payment model also empowers healthcare providers in the ACO REACH program to create greater access for traditional Medicare beneficiaries, in order to engage with patients before their illnesses progress.
The model also encourages providers and their care teams to build capacity in addressing the social determinants of health, housing, food security, and other social resources. The model includes a requirement to develop a Health Equity Plan so that the providers systematically address health disparities as they exist based on race, ethnicity, language, and disability.
"Health equity is an important value for UpStream," said Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of UpStream, Valinda Rutledge. "ACO REACH creates a unique opportunity to better resource Medicare patients and test the full-risk payment model to generate savings while improving the quality of care to Medicare seniors, especially those patients residing in underserved communities and those with multiple chronic conditions."
UpStream has expanded rapidly, partnering with physician groups in multiple states such as North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. For 2023 UpStream has announced new network relationships with Community Care Physician Network in North Carolina, Tidewater Medical Group in Virginia, and Medical University of South Carolina Health Alliance to roll out a value-based care model. The goal is to scale this model to help older, sicker adults live more meaningful, independent lives without the burden of chronic disease.
About UpStream Healthcare
UpStream Healthcare Company is a global risk, managed services organization providing physicians with the support and systems they need to improve healthcare for seniors. The company provides a powerful platform that allows physicians, pharmacists, and nurses to work together in primary care practices to achieve better outcomes and value. For more information, please visit upstream.care.
The statements contained in this document are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of CMS. The authors assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in this document.
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Penn State’s Lion Ambassadors were accused of hazing. Why isn’t it on the hazing report?
The Penn State Transparency Tracker is an ongoing effort by Spotlight PA to document and share the ways in which the university is, and is not, being transparent with the community. Due to its special “state-related” designation, Penn State is not subject to open records laws beyond the public disclosure of basic financial information.
STATE COLLEGE — When a former Penn State student claimed responsibility for vandalizing the Lion Shrine last year, she also alleged inappropriate conduct including hazing by the Lion Ambassadors, a student group responsible for giving campus tours to prospective students.
The university confirmed to Onward State and the Huntingdon Daily Herald that Penn State had investigated the Lion Ambassadors for several months. As a result, “several organizational reforms” were put in place, and three students were removed from the program.
The Lion Ambassadors, however, do not show up on the university’s mandated hazing report, which details hazing violations that were reported between Jan. 1, 2018, and Dec. 20, 2022.
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The Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law — a statewide statute enacted after the death of a Penn State student who died at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity in 2017 — requires institutions of higher education to report the following violations: forcing someone to consume liquids or drugs, physical or mental harassment, and subjecting someone to sexual misconduct for the purposes of initiation or continued membership in a group.
Interested in learning about the allegations of hazing and whether they were investigated, Spotlight PA asked Penn State the following questions:
- Did the conduct of the Lion Ambassadors not meet the reporting threshold to be included on the university’s hazing report?
- What were the findings of the university’s investigation that led it to not publicly note the investigation and action taken against the Lion Ambassadors?
Penn State responded in an email:
“Accusations regarding inappropriate conduct within Lion Ambassadors were investigated from late April to mid-August 2021, during which time all internal events and social events within the program were suspended,” Wyatt DuBois, director of university public relations, wrote in an email. “The Office of Student Conduct and the Office of Sexual Misconduct Prevention & Response were involved, per our practices, and responded directly to those affected in this matter to discuss allegations and provide support resources. As a result, several organizational reforms were put into place and the Alumni Association arranged follow-up sessions to track progress in October 2021, December 2021 and April 2022. Additionally, the Alumni Association removed some students from the program and they were subject to conduct processes and discipline, which are confidential.
“The university’s practice is to report on student organizations that are subject to the Code of Conduct. Lion Ambassadors is an organization affiliated with the Penn State Alumni Association and is not a recognized university student organization, so the organization is not subject to formal student organization conduct procedures. However, information from the Student Conduct investigation was shared with the Alumni Association and, as mentioned above, changes were implemented and behaviors addressed. Again, investigations involving individual students are considered confidential.”
Seeking clarity, Spotlight PA followed up with these questions:
- Penn State University does not recognize the Lion Ambassadors, the group who provides campus tours to prospective and admitted students, as an official student group?
- Does the university maintain a list of officially recognized student organizations?
Penn State responded in an email:
“I should have said that Lion Ambassadors is not a typical ‘recognized’ student organization,” DuBois responded in an email. “Of course the university recognizes Lion Ambassadors, however, given the role of the organization, and a couple of other groups that fulfill university functions, the group is a bit different from other recognized student organizations as are its conduct and disciplinary processes. The university does, however, have the means to maintain appropriate conduct within Lion Ambassadors outside of the student organization conduct process, and these steps were taken in 2021 when all Lion Ambassador social events were canceled while allegations against the organization and some of its members were investigated. Additionally, like all students at Penn State, individual members of Lion Ambassadors are subject to the student code of conduct and disciplinary processes. The University can discipline the organization and its members by removing individual members, requiring education or retraining, revising policies, restricting activities and benefits, etc. This also was the case in 2021 when, as I noted, the Alumni Association removed some students from the program and they were subject to conduct processes and discipline.
“Further, I should note that the allegations of hazing were not substantiated through the investigation, so they wouldn’t be included in the anti-hazing report, as the report only lists substantiated allegations of hazing.
“A list of student organizations can be found at https://orgcentral.psu.edu/. This website, however, does not differentiate between typical recognized student organizations and affiliate organizations.”
Based on that information, here’s what you need to know:
Penn State determined misconduct occurred in the Lion Ambassadors, but said its review did not substantiate the claims of hazing. It is unclear what kind of inappropriate behavior occurred.
Across the university and various student groups, Penn State’s hazing report detailed 24 hazing violations — 21 at University Park, two at the Altoona campus, and one at the Harrisburg campus. All but three of the violations involved fraternities and sororities.
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Blume Global will provide a rail billing program and asset management services for Run Rail containers
PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blume Global, the only supply chain orchestration platform uniting order orchestration, multi-modal transportation management, end-to-end visibility, and supplier relationship management, is delighted to add Run Rail, a wholesale railroad equipment provider, as a distinguished customer. Blume Global's services will help amplify Run Rail's industry footprint and foster growth for the startup.
The supply chain and logistics industry are constantly evolving, with advancing technology and increasing competition driving the need to optimize and differentiate. Blume Global provides a container tracking and rail billing program that will track Run Rail's private 53-foot fleet containers at all times, while also providing the ability for IMCs to reserve and bill for Run Rail's equipment.
"Run Rail sees this relationship as the perfect marriage of two young energetic companies looking to provide their partners with a stable, competitive equipment supply and the technologies to manage them with end-to-end transparency," said Chris Joslyn, president of Run Rail.
"Blume's unique set of asset management solutions are tailored to the needs of asset owners including container and chassis lessors, motor carriers and ocean carriers that recommend asset repositioning to ensure containers are available in high demand locations while reducing fees and empty miles," said Pervinder Johar, CEO of Blume Global. "As a startup ourselves, we are sensitive to the needs and demands required to set customers on a path to success. We look forward to, first and foremost, being a partner to Run Rail and equipping them with an unrivaled solution that will set them apart from the competition."
Run Rail's goals for this program include:
- Enabling Run Rail to post their containers in the domestic container marketplace where IMC's look for capacity
- Streamline communicating empty booking to the IMC, trucker, and container yard
- Enabling IMC's to use Run Rail or their customer's linehaul rates and creating rail bills using these rates
- Leverage Blume's billing, invoicing, and collection process
- Give customers access to a simple dispute process that most IMCs are already familiar with
"The inception of Run Rail was to provide a solution to key issues facing IMCs today said Roger Carrillo, chief growth officer of Run Rail. "Blume Global's asset management solutions enable us to provide our own customers with a unique experience that further positions us on the trajectory to become a leader within our space."
"The North American transportation infrastructure continues to evolve," said Joslyn. "The railroads are an integral part of that infrastructure and continue to grow their central role for intermodal shipments throughout the US and with our trans-border partners to the north and south. Run Rail is committed to not only participating in this future growth but enhancing it with a growing supply of assets. There is a need in the market and Run Rail intents to be part of the solution."
About Blume Global
Blume Global is a multimodal supply chain orchestration platform that unites end-to-end visibility, supplier management and logistics execution. As the single source of truth for logistics data, Blume provides visibility throughout the value chain, from sourcing to delivery, allowing customers to use Blume solutions to navigate disruptions and create agile plans amid supply chain uncertainty. Blume has the most extensive network among logistics technology providers. The company's direct connectivity to the ocean, air, rail, parcel, LTL and truckload carriers combines with Blume's solutions and almost three decades of industry data to maximize transportation spend, improve customer service and reduce carbon emissions for users. By developing technology that streamlines the logistics world, Blume Global is leading the industry in creating supply chain sustainability solutions, fighting climate change by eliminating significant carbon emissions in a world where most freight is transported using fossil fuels.
About Run Rail
Run Rail is a Wholesale Rail Equipment provider offering capacity and visibility to companies in the Supply Chain and Intermodal markets. Using Blume's technology platform, and a growing team of Industry veterans, Run Rail is focused on providing competitiveness, stability and expanding its fleet from nearly 1000 available 53' containers to several thousand over the next few years.
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PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) announced today that Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer William S. Demchak and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Q. Reilly will discuss business performance, strategy and banking at 10 a.m. (ET) Thursday, June 2, at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York City.
The following will be accessible at www.pnc.com/investorevents: a link to the live webcast; related materials, including cautionary statements regarding forward-looking information, available prior to the start of the webcast; and a webcast replay available for 30 days.
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis has yet to enter the 2024 presidential race, but former President Donald Trump is aiming to drum up support in the Florida governor’s backyard, securing endorsements already from more than one-third of the Republicans in the state’s congressional delegation.
Republicans hold 20 of Florida’s 28 U.S. House districts, and eight of those lawmakers have announced their support for Trump. They include Rep. Byron Donalds, who introduced DeSantis at his reelection party last year. Earlier this month, Donalds called Trump the only leader “at this time in our nation’s history who can seize the moment and deliver what we need.”
Rep. John Rutherford backed Trump on Tuesday shortly after leaving a Washington meeting with DeSantis. Others going with Trump are Reps. Vern Buchanan, Matt Gaetz, Anna Paulina Luna, Brian Mast, Cory Mills and Greg Steube,
In all, Trump has won the backing of more than 40 House Republicans across the country. His team, led by former White House political director Brian Jack, contacted some of those lawmakers, while others reached out to him.
Endorsements rarely have a dramatic impact on whom voters ultimately support, especially this early in a presidential primary. But they do signal which candidates are gaining support within a party. That’s important as Trump tries to assert himself as the undisputed leader of the GOP in seeking the 2024 nomination.
Trump’s endorsements are notable because they suggest his criminal indictment in New York this month did little to erode his support among elected Republicans. If anything, the charges may have enhanced his standing within the party.
“I think after the indictment, a lot of people were willing to be very vocal with their endorsement,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said.
DeSantis’ backers note that the governor hasn’t formally launched his effort, making it harder for him to get official endorsements. He has expanded his travel outside of Florida, making his first appearances Wednesday in South Carolina, where support for any GOP nominee is critical, and where a few state lawmakers have said they will back him if he runs for the White House.
So far, DeSantis has three congressional endorsements, including one from Florida, first-term Rep. Laurel Lee, who served as DeSantis’ secretary of state for more than three years. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas was the first House member to sign on.
Rep. Thomas Massie, who has endorsed DeSantis, acknowledged Trump’s growing endorsement advantage but emphasized that the Florida governor hasn’t yet entered the 2024 race.
“Ron DeSantis hasn’t asked anybody for an endorsement,” Massie, R-Ky., said in an interview Wednesday. “He can’t ask anybody for an endorsement because he is not a candidate for president.”
The real question, Massie said, is why Trump has yet to lock up more endorsements, given that the former president is essentially an incumbent.
“I’m not concerned that Donald Trump is getting endorsements and getting a lot of them,” Massie said. “He should have all of Congress. Why doesn’t he have the whole Republican Congress?”
DeSantis’ slow start in building out a national coalition underscores his long-standing disdain for investing in relationships with other Republican leaders. Fellow GOP governors and party officials regularly grumble about his tendency to ignore their public gatherings, fundraisers and conference calls.
In his recent book, DeSantis, who served nearly three terms in the House, referred to Congress as “grotesque.”
As a practice, DeSantis typically does not attend meetings of the Republican Governors Association. During the height of the pandemic, he did not participate in regularly nightly conference calls of Republican governors, according to Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.
“All the Republican governors, for the most part, are pretty tight. We’re buddies,” Sununu said in a recent interview. “He didn’t get on the phone calls. He didn’t. He doesn’t come to our events. If he comes to a governors’ event, he shows up, makes a speech and leaves. That’s just him and his style. At first, we were all taken aback by it, but that’s just him.”
DeSantis’ unwillingness to engage with colleagues stands in stark contrast with successful candidates at the national level in the past.
Former President George W. Bush’s lengthy Christmas card list is cemented in political lore. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regularly sent handwritten notes to mark birthdays or graduations to local activists in New Hampshire and Iowa. Trump, before and after his 2016 election, was almost always on the phone with party officials, donors or business leaders.
Massie, who served with DeSantis in Congress for six years, said he hosted a private reception with him on Monday night, in part, “to dispel this notion that he is not personable.”
Massie noted that DeSantis spent less than 10 minutes of the two-hour event delivering a speech. The rest of the time, he said, DeSantis spoke one on one with other members of Congress.
“He surprised me with the degree to which he understood peoples’ districts,” Massie said. “He is a student of politics.”
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Associated Press writers Jill Colvin and Steve Peoples in New York and Will Weissert in Washington contributed to this report.
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Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP | 2023-04-19T23:43:26+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/trump-desantis-compete-for-support-from-congressional-gop/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Before pulling back from the brink of a trial, Fox News and Dominion Voting systems faced a stern deadline — not from an impatient judge or jury, but from a man on a Danube River cruise with his wife half a world away.
A mediator hired late Sunday pushed the two sides toward a $787 million settlement that brought a stunning end to the most-watched media libel case in decades, one that sought to put a price on lies told about the 2020 presidential election on conservative America’s most popular news outlet.
“It’s a deadline that I always impose because I know that once a jury is empaneled and opening statements are made, then one or other of the parties will dig into their positions,” Jerry Roscoe, of the Washington-based JAMS mediation service, said Wednesday. “It makes negotiations much more difficult.”
As the haggling went on, over the phone and in back rooms of a Delaware courthouse, lawyers, journalists and spectators waited as a scheduled 1:30 p.m. start of the trial came and went Tuesday.
Finally, two minutes before 4 p.m., Superior Court Judge Eric Davis emerged with an almost matter-of-fact announcement, given the stakes.
“The parties have resolved their case,” he said.
It was a settlement months in the making, since the Colorado-based voting technology firm sued Fox for $1.6 billion, alleging its business was harmed and employees threatened when it was baselessly accused of rigging its voting machines against former President Donald Trump in 2020.
In the two months prior to the scheduled start of the trial, a mountain of evidence — some damning, some merely embarrassing — showed many Fox executives and on-air talent didn’t believe allegations aired mostly on shows hosted by Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro. At the time, they feared angering Trump fans in the audience with the truth.
Davis had ordered the two sides to try to mediate their differences last December, but it was a non-starter for Dominion. The company didn’t want the case to end without all of the evidence it had gathered made public. That happened through February and March, with document dumps that essentially outlined the case Dominion would have presented at trial.
“That was something we had committed to from the beginning,” Dominion CEO John Poulos said Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “We had complete support with our partners, and it’s something that we owed to our customers.”
Fox had argued that it was airing newsworthy allegations made by Trump aides, and that Dominion’s case was an attack on press freedom.
Libel is tough to prove — a jury must find journalists knowingly published false information or with a “reckless disregard” for the truth. Yet Fox’s path to victory narrowed, both through the evidence presented and rulings by Davis, who said that the allegations against Dominion were unquestionably false, and that newsworthiness was no defense against defamation.
Attorneys for both sides, Justin Nelson for Dominion and Dan Webb for Fox, quietly began to seek a deal before trial. With the two sides far apart, they reached out to mediator Roscoe, then cruising between Budapest and Bucharest with his wife. He agreed to take the case on, using much of Monday to read through the evidence.
“My job is to create options and to give them choices,” Roscoe said.
He spoke on the phone constantly from the boat, mostly with lawyers other than Nelson and Webb Tuesday, as they were preparing for opening statements, and principals like Poulos, ensconced in a conference room at the courthouse.
Davis gave the two sides Monday off to talk. On Tuesday morning, a jury was selected that included five Black men, four white women, two Black women and one white man. It was a majority Black jury deciding the financial fate of a network whose audience is 94% white and 1% Black, according to the Nielsen company.
Jury selection can be a key moment in pushing two sides toward a last-minute settlement, said Lee Levine, a veteran First Amendment attorney.
There’s a strong possibility that “Fox had decided to wait and see what kind of jury it drew and to see if they had a couple of people on the jury they had good feelings about being holdouts,” Levine said.
Fox privately resisted the idea that jury selection was key to a deal, saying instead that there were complicated negotiations that had to play out.
Meanwhile, after a lunch break, people returned to a courtroom cluttered with boxes filled with evidence. Webb spoke on a cellphone and approached Nelson to quietly talk more than once. At one point, Webb was seen walking out of the courtroom with a wide smile on his face.
Levine was walking on a beach in North Carolina with his wife, wearing ear buds to catch the audio feed of opening statements. When court hadn’t resumed by 2:30 p.m., his instincts told him that a settlement was near.
When did Roscoe have that feeling?
“When it came together and not a moment before,” the mediator said. “The parties had different analyses of the law and the facts and were vigorous advocates for their positions all along the negotiations.”
The agreement was reached before 3 p.m. in Delaware, or 10 p.m. on Roscoe’s boat.
The negotiations were primarily financial. Fox had issued a public statement Monday saying that Dominion had reduced its estimate of damages by $600 million. Dominion disputed that, but the eventual deal was closer to what Fox said was the adjusted figure.
Some Fox critics were angry about the deal, wanting instead to see a trial with Fox figures forced to testify in public, or at least Fox personalities compelled to apologize to Dominion on the air.
Instead, Fox issued a statement that said it acknowledged Davis’ findings that “certain claims about Dominion” were false. “This settlement reflects Fox’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards,” Fox said.
Levine sees it this way: “At the end of the day I think a reasonable reading of what happened was there was a line that Fox wouldn’t cross or couldn’t cross because of their business model.”
“They couldn’t have their anchors go on the air and tell (viewers) they lied to them,” he said.
“I don’t think a forced apology is worth a nickel,” said Stephen Shackelford, Dominion’s co-lead counsel. He said that following a legal threat in December 2020 by another technology firm, Smartmatic, Fox aired an interview with an election expert debunking fraud claims, and it had little effect on Fox’s audience or how Fox operated.
Smartmatic has a pending lawsuit against Fox that is similar to Dominion’s.
“You can’t change their culture and approach from the outside,” Shackelford said. “They have to do it themselves.”
Asked for comment, Fox said the company has expanded its newsgathering capabilities both domestically and abroad, and has added other resources to enhance coverage.
“We’re confident of the editorial systems we have in place,” Fox said.
In making the deal, Poulos said he had to take into account employees and customers who had suffered from harassment following the false claims. He noted that Fox had acknowledged the court’s rulings that the allegations were false.
Given the challenges he faced trying to bring Fox and Dominion together with their disputes over the facts and legal theory, Roscoe said it’s one of the most meaningful cases he’s worked on in his career. His wife may insist upon another vacation, though.
“She was probably on the Internet looking for another husband,” he joked. | 2023-04-20T05:20:30+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/last-minute-brinkmanship-and-overseas-assist-end-fox-case/ |
Updated September 14, 2022 at 12:02 PM ET
BOSTON — A hard plastic case that exploded on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston causing minor injuries to a staff member contained a rambling note that railed against virtual reality and also referenced Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
Investigators are still trying to identify the motive behind the Tuesday evening explosion and are working to understand why the package was specifically sent to Northeastern, the official said.
Investigators are also trying to determine the specific mechanism of the device and whether the package contained any gunpowder, the official added. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The official described the case as a "Pelican-style" case. Pelican makes hard cases designed to protect sensitive equipment.
A spokesperson for the FBI office in Boston declined to comment Wednesday, saying the investigation is "still very active and fluid."
A Northeastern spokesperson on Wednesday had no new details on the case.
The package delivered to Holmes Hall detonated just after 7 p.m. Tuesday when a staff member opened it, the university said in a statement. The staff member, a 45-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries to his hand, police said. No name was made public.
Boston's bomb squad neutralized a second package near the city's Museum of Fine Arts, which is near Northeastern's campus.
Holmes Hall is home to the university's creative writing program and its women's, gender and sexuality studies program.
Northeastern is a private university in downtown Boston with about 16,000 undergraduate students. The campus opened normally for classes Wednesday.
Tuesday's explosion marked one of the first big scares in Boston since 2013, when two bombs planted near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three spectators and wounded more than 260 others.
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BERLIN, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluu Seafood, leading European Foodtech to produce cultivated fish and seafood, has presented the first market-ready products made from cultivated fish cells. Their fish fingers and fish balls contain cultivated fish cells as the main ingredient and have been enriched with plant proteins to optimize cooking behavior and mouthfeel.
The products have reached market readiness and will soon enter the regulatory approval process. Bluu Seafood targets initial approval and market launch in Singapore by the end of 2023, as the regulatory process there is already well-defined. The company will also apply for approval in the US, the UK, and the EU.
In addition to fish balls and fish fingers, Bluu Seafood has also developed first prototypes of complex products such as fillets and sashimi. The company's products are made using animal serum-free growth media and are based on proprietary, non-GMO trout and salmon cell lines.
Founder and CEO Dr Sebastian Rakers explained, "With the completion of our first products, we can demonstrate visible and edible results after less than two years of being operational. This officially makes us the first company in Europe to produce cultivated fish. We are now working closely with regulatory authorities to clear the way for market launch and focus on scaling."
Bluu Seafood combines cell and food technology to grow a variety of sustainable, tasty seafood products directly from animal cells without compromising animal welfare and with a significantly smaller environmental footprint than conventional fishing.
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About Bluu Seafood
The food technology company Bluu Seafood is the first company in Europe to specialize in the commercial production of cultivated fish. As a pioneer at the intersection of biotechnology and food technology, Bluu Seafood aims to produce healthy, sustainable, and delicious cultivated fish products. The company, based in Berlin and with scientific facilities in Lübeck, was founded in 2020 by Dr Sebastian Rakers and Simon Fabich. In research & development, Bluu Seafood cooperates closely with Fraunhofer Institute for Marine Biotechnology and Cell Technology (EMB; now Fraunhofer IMTE) in Lübeck and has a state-of-the-art R&D environment. More information at www.bluu.bio
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
625 PM PDT Tue Sep 13 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR
WEST CENTRAL INYO COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
SOUTH CENTRAL INYO COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INYO AND SOUTHEASTERN NYE COUNTIES...
At 627 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Shoshone, Death Valley Junction, Amargosa Valley and Lathrop Wells.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN INYO COUNTY...
At 628 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
Westgard Pass, Grandview Campground and Ancient Bristlecone
Visitors Center.
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BERLIN (AP) — German factory orders were down 4% in September compared with the previous month, official figures showed Friday, underlining expectations that Europe’s biggest economy is heading into recession.
The decline was led by a decline in foreign orders, which dropped 7%. Orders from inside Germany were up 0.5%, the Economy Ministry said.
It added that a rise in demand that set in after the worst of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be over, and orders are now back to a pre-pandemic level. They were down 10.8% compared with a year earlier, the ministry said.
Official data last week showed the economy posting unexpected growth in the third quarter, thanks in large part to consumer spending.
But inflation has increased to more than 10% as energy prices remain high and Germany is still widely expected to see a winter recession. Two consecutive quarters of negative growth is one technical definition of recession. The Economy Ministry said that “a weak fourth quarter” appears likely after the positive surprise of the third quarter. | 2022-11-04T21:52:41+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-german-factory-orders-down-underlining-recession-fears/ |
Skyhawk guard Josie Storey named OVC Freshman of the Week
UT Martin women’s basketball guard Josie Storey joined a list of top-tier Skyhawk freshmen performers after being named OVC Freshman of the Week following standout performances against Tennessee State and Southern Indiana.
Hailing from Mountain View, Arkansas, Storey set back-to-back career highs on the scoreboard last week while averaging 19.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. She was highly efficient from the field where she made 45.5 percent of her field goal attempts while knocking down 10-of-20 three-point attempts (50.0 percent).
Storey opened the week against Tennessee State when she scored 18 points while knocking down four three-pointers to lead the squad. Then two days later, she bested that season-best performance by keying a comeback victory against Southern Indiana by scoring 17 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter alone, she went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc while knocking down 8-of-9 free throw attempts and drawing five opponent fouls.
So far this season, UT Martin has had three players – including Storey, Sharnecce Currie-Jelks, and Kenley McCarn – combine for seven OVC Freshmen of the Week honors. | 2023-01-18T02:01:13+00:00 | thunderboltradio.com | https://www.thunderboltradio.com/skyhawk-guard-josie-storey-named-ovc-freshman-of-the-week/ |
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