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Updated February 16, 2023 at 6:50 PM ET
The president's personal physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor has issued Biden a clean bill of health Thursday and cleared him fit to continue fulfilling his duties as commander in chief.
"The president remains fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations," O'Connor wrote in his report.
Biden finished his physical at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Thursday morning. After a "straightforward" exam, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, Biden returned to the White House to work.
The president's health has come under extra scrutiny because at age 80, he is the oldest person ever to hold the office. If he decides to run for a second term — as he has been widely expected to — he would be 86 at the end of his time at the White House.
Asked in an interview earlier this month whether his age gave him any concern as he weighs whether to run, Biden said: "I would be completely, thoroughly honest with the American people if I thought there was any health problem, anything that would keep me from being able to do the job."
A look at Biden's current health
The most notable event O'Connor noted in his report about the president's health over the past year was an upper respiratory infection from COVID-19 last summer. The initial infection spanned about a week in mid-July, and then Biden experienced a rebound infection a few days later.
"Fortunately, having been fully vaccinated and twice boosted at the time of his initial infection, the president experienced only mild symptoms, consisting mostly of a deep, loose cough and hoarseness," O'Conner wrote.
The president hasn't experienced any residual effects of his infection which could be categorized as long COVID, according to the report.
O'Conner also noted that Biden had a small lesion removed from his chest during a dermatology consultation Thursday. It was sent off for a biopsy, the results of which are pending.
"It is well-established that [Biden] did spend a good deal of time in the sun in his youth," O'Connor wrote. "He has had several localized non-melanoma skin cancers removed with Mohs surgery before he started his presidency."
The report says Biden is being treated for a non-valvular atrial fibrillation, commonly known as a-fib. An echocardiogram showed his heart is operating normally with no signs of heart failure, part of which the report notes is showing "excellent functional capacity."
Not much has changed since last year
Biden had his first physical as president conducted at the Walter Reed in November 2021. His doctor described him as "healthy" and "vigorous" male fit for presidential duty.
That checkup didn't reveal anything unexpected: a lingering cough, caused by acid reflux; a stiffened stride attributed to wear and tear; a formerly fractured foot from playing with his dog the year prior; and he had gained a few pounds.
And though Biden's 2022 physical report listed those same ailments, it also noted that the issues had not gotten worse. He also dropped six pounds, the report said.
Biden's mobility issue is attributed to degenerative "wear and tear" on his spine, the same diagnosis from 2021. O'Conner attributed Biden's coughing and throat clearing to gastroesophageal reflux.
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LONDON, UK — Serena Williams is going to play at Wimbledon this year, after all. The All England Club announced on Tuesday that Williams was awarded a wild-card entry for singles.
Williams has not competed anywhere since getting injured during the first set of her first-round match at the All England Club a year ago. And her name did not appear on the women's singles entry list released by the grass-court Grand Slam tournament earlier this month.
But Williams was among six women given a spot in the singles draw on Tuesday, along with five British players: Katie Boulter, Jodie Burrage, Sonay Kartal, Yuriko Miyazaki and Katie Swan.
Two other women will get invitations “in due course,” the All England Club said.
Seven of the eight men's wild-card berths were also announced, including one for three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka.
Earlier in the day, Williams posted a photo of her white shoes on what appears to be a grass court and the message: “SW and SW19. It’s a date. 2022. See you there. Let’s Go.”
“SW” are her initials, of course, and “SW19” is the postal code for Wimbledon.
The 40-year-old American has won seven of her Open era-record 23 major singles championships at Wimbledon, most recently in 2016.
Williams was the runner-up there in 2018 and 2019 (the tournament was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic).
In 2021, Williams lost her footing on the slick grass and then her right leg buckled, leading to just the second mid-match retirement at any Grand Slam tournament of her career and first since 1998.
With the lack of activity since then, Williams — who has been ranked No. 1 in the past — is No. 1,208th in the WTA rankings this week. That is why she was not automatically placed in the Wimbledon field. | 2022-06-14T16:41:03+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/serena-williams-wimbledon-return/507-71ce2719-64ea-47a2-94a1-213899333e20 |
SAN DIEGO — The Oakland Athletics will have their relocation fee waived if they decide to move to Las Vegas, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says 2023 is a big year when it comes to the future of the franchise.
The A’s have played at the Coliseum since 1968 and their lease expires after the 2024 season. After withdrawing plans for ballparks in Fremont and San Jose, the team announced in November 2018 it had found a waterfront location for a new ballpark at Howard Terminal, close to the Jack London Square neighborhood.
But the city of Oakland missed a key October deadline for finalizing an agreement with the A’s on the $12 billion project. The A’s have also been exploring a move to Las Vegas.
“We’re past any reasonable timeline for the situation in Oakland to be resolved,” Manfred said.
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Why foldable phones are so incredibly expensive
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business
(CNN) — Chris Pantons is what you’d call a Google Pixel super fan. The Knoxville, Tennessee native loves the software, the camera, the virtual assistant, all of it. He even credits the phone’s car crash detection tool with saving his life a few years ago when he was in an accident.
“I’ve owned practically every Pixel device,” said Pantons, 33, who has posted hundreds of YouTube videos about Pixel phones and other tech products. “I’ve influenced so much of my family to switch to Pixel – my brother and sister-in-law, mom and wife … and I had a coworker switch, too.”
But this is the first year he won’t be upgrading to Pixel’s latest offering: the Pixel Fold, a foldable smartphone that starts at $1,799. “I’d love to own it,” he told CNN. “I don’t have the finances to do so. … [That] price for a first generation device is astronomical.”
Earlier this month, Google became the latest tech company to unveil a foldable smartphone, with the promise of giving customers all the features they’ve come to expect in a phone, paired with a tablet-sized display. But Pantons wasn’t the only one who felt sticker shock.
“My first car was $1800,” one user wrote on Twitter. “Google [lost] their minds.” Another user said they’ve been saving up, knowing the price for a Pixel foldable phone would inevitably be high once announced.
“The fact you can buy a new Pixel, Pixel tablet and a Pixel Watch for less than the Fold and have various devices for use cases is a better value,” said Pantons.
The pricing problem isn’t unique to Google. When Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold in 2020, it cost $1,999. It has come down in price somewhat, but the latest version of the Z Fold still starts at $1,799 – the same as the Pixel Fold. Even foldable models from budget brands retail for well over $1,000 in markets abroad.
By comparison, the flagship iPhone starts at $799, less than half the price of the Pixel Fold. And classic 90s-style pre-paid flip phones, which are suddenly trendy again, can cost as little as $20.
The higher price point is one of the factors limiting the size of the foldable market. Samsung currently dominates the category, followed by others including Motorola, Lenovo, Oppo, and Huawei. According to ABI Research, foldable and flexible displays made up about 0.7% of the smartphone market in 2021, and in 2022 expected to fall just shy of 2%.
Lowering the price could help boost traction, but manufacturers may struggle to do that anytime soon.
Premium parts
The flexible screen found on foldable phones is one of the biggest reasons why they cost so much.
Flexible displays require more engineering and are more expensive to manufacture than traditional displays. And the Google Pixel Fold has two: a 5.8-inch cover display and a 7.6-inch inner display.
Other components unique to foldables also drive up the cost. The Pixel Fold, for example, moves on a custom-built 180-degree hinge. The mechanism is moved out entirely from under the display to improve its dust resistance and decrease the device’s overall thickness, according to the company. This also requires complex engineering and costly manufacturing.
“Expense is mainly to do with the high costs of components, notably the folding displays and hinge technology, which in many cases is a proprietary hinge design,” said David McQueen, research director at ABI Research. “So until volume grows enough that vendors can get scale, prices won’t be falling any time soon.”
A niche product
Foldable smartphones are still in their infancy. As a result, much of the research and development, and the costs associated with it, still lie ahead for manufacturers as they fine tune their products.
“Companies often try to recoup their investment with a high price tag,” said Nabila Popal, research director at market research firm IDC.
Foldable phones also remain a niche product for now, and manufacturers are targeting the price for the people willing to buy them early to help offset costs.
An uncertain future
The future for foldables remains uncertain. Most apps are still not optimized for foldable devices; Google’s chief rival, Apple, has yet to embrace the option; and splurging for a first-generation device with a lot of unknowns is a risky bet for anyone.
Foldable phones are also notoriously fragile. Early versions of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, for example, had issues with the screen. Repairs for foldable smartphones can be costly too.
But Google’s decision to embrace the option may help persuade more consumers to take a chance.
Sean Milfort, a PhD student at Northcentral University, said he pre-ordered the Pixel Fold because he always wanted a foldable smartphone and didn’t want to leave the Pixel brand.
“I’m a big fan of the Pixel line and have loved the idea of a foldable,” he said. “The fact that it is coming from Google – because they make Android – gives me hope that they will be really investing in that larger form factor device with Android.”
But holdouts like Pantons may wait on the chance it could come down in price.
“If a trade-in deal later on becomes available or it goes on sale then maybe then [I’ll buy one],” he said.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and CHICAGO, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer farmer sentiment index declined 5 points to a reading of 112 in September. The decline in farmer sentiment was primarily the result of producers' weakened perception of current conditions, as the Current Conditions Index declined 9 points to 109. The Index of Future Expectations also weakened slightly, declining 3 points from a month earlier to a reading of 113. The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers' responses to a telephone survey. This month's survey was conducted between September 19-23.
"Concerns about input costs and, in some cases, availability are key factors behind the relative weakness in this month's farmer sentiment," said James Mintert, the barometer's principal investigator and director of Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture. "However, a growing number of producers are also concerned about the impact of rising interest rates on their farm operations."
Higher input costs remain the number one concern among survey respondents. In September, 44% of respondents chose "higher input costs" as their number one concern, while 23% chose "rising interest rates," and 14% chose "availability of inputs." When asked to look ahead to 2023, the largest share (38%) of producers expect input prices to rise from 1% to 9%, compared to 2022 prices. Meanwhile, nearly a fourth (24%) of producers expect input prices to rise from 10% to 19%, and 9% of survey respondents said they expect an input price rise of 20% or more.
The Farm Capital Investment Index declined to a record low of 31 in September, as producers continue to indicate now is not a "good time" to make large investments in their farming operations. To understand why they felt that way, a follow-up question was posed to farmers who reported now being a "bad time" to make large investments. For the third month in a row, producers overwhelmingly (46%) said it was due to increasing prices for farm machinery and new construction; however, 21% indicated that "rising interest rates" were a primary reason, up from 14% who cited interest rates back in August.
Despite that negative perspective, fewer producers plan to reduce their farm machinery purchases. Since peaking in March 2022 at 62%, the share of producers who plan to reduce their machinery purchases compared to a year earlier has been declining, dipping to 47% in September. Their plans for farm building purchases tell a similar story. Since the March 2022 high of 68%, producers who planned to reduce their building and grain bin purchases has fallen to 56% in September.
Producers' perspective on farmland values continues to soften. This month the Short-Term Farmland Value Expectations Index fell 5 points to 123 and the Long-Term Farmland Value Expectations Index fell 7 points to 139. Compared to a year ago, the short-term index is down 21%, while the long-term index has fallen 12% over the same time frame. In a follow-up question posed to respondents who expect farmland values to rise over the next 5 years, non-farm investor demand (60%) remains their primary reason for the rise.
This month's survey included a series of questions to understand producers' cover crop usage. Nearly six out of 10 (57%) respondents said they currently plant cover crops on a portion of their farmland, while approximately one out of four producers said they have never planted a cover crop. Most producers who report planting cover crops say they only plant them on a portion of their farmland with half indicating they plant on 25% or less of their acreage. However, some farms report more intensive use of cover crops as nearly a fourth of respondents said they plant cover crops on over 50% of their farms' acreage. A large share (40%) of producers who reported planting cover crops this month said they have been planting cover crops for 5 years or less, while 28% of respondents said they have been planting cover crops for more than 10 years. The reasons for planting cover crops vary, with 37% citing "improve soil health" and 33% citing "improve erosion control" as the primary motivators. Just 5% of cover crop users indicated "carbon sequestration" as a motivation for planting cover crops.
Read the full Ag Economy Barometer report at https://purdue.ag/agbarometer. The site also offers additional resources – such as past reports, charts and survey methodology – and a form to sign up for monthly barometer email updates and webinars.
Each month, the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture provides a short video analysis of the barometer results, available at https://purdue.ag/barometervideo. For more information, check out the Purdue Commercial AgCast podcast available at https://purdue.ag/agcast, which includes a detailed breakdown of each month's barometer, in addition to a discussion of recent agricultural news that affects farmers.
The Ag Economy Barometer, Index of Current Conditions and Index of Future Expectations are available on the Bloomberg Terminal under the following ticker symbols: AGECBARO, AGECCURC and AGECFTEX.
About the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture
The Center for Commercial Agriculture was founded in 2011 to provide professional development and educational programs for farmers. Housed within Purdue University's Department of Agricultural Economics, the center's faculty and staff develop and execute research and educational programs that address the different needs of managing in today's business environment.
About CME Group
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and, E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec and EBS are trademarks of BrokerTec Europe LTD and EBS Group LTD, respectively. Dow Jones, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and S&P are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and S&P/Dow Jones Indices LLC, as the case may be, and have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Writer: Kami Goodwin, 765-494-6999, kami@purdue.edu
Source: James Mintert, 765-494-7004, jmintert@purdue.edu
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Photo Caption: Farmer sentiment drifts lower, rising interest rates contribute to uneasiness. (Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer/James Mintert). https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/2022/sept-barometerLO.jpg
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TAIPEI and CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ubiik, an emerging leader in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and private LTE (pLTE) solutions, today announces the acquisition of New Zealand-based Mimomax Wireless, a provider of mission-critical communication solutions for narrowband channels. This acquisition will not only accelerate Ubiik's market expansion but will also bring Ubiik's leading-edge pLTE product line to Mimomax's global mission critical customer base. The new combined entity aims to bring innovative wireless solutions to market which will revolutionize communications for utilities and critical infrastructure.
On track to exceed 1 million AMI device deployments by 2024, Ubiik continues to innovate based on its Weightless™ and cellular IoT LPWAN technologies, as well as its robust headend software infrastructure. Tackling the coverage limitations of existing public LTE networks that impede utilities' AMI deployments, Ubiik is forging ahead as a market leader in the pLTE landscape.
Mimomax Wireless has established itself since 2007 as a manufacturer of award-winning radios utilizing Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) technology. Catering to Utilities, Governments, Public Safety, Mining, Transport, and Energy sectors, Mimomax delivers communications solutions that optimize data throughput and enable near-real-time visibility of critical assets.
"We're excited to join forces with Mimomax, a technology leader in high throughput and high reliability narrowband wireless communication systems for the utility sector," said Tienhaw Peng, Founder and CEO of Ubiik. "Our foray into the US pLTE market was driven by Ubiik's homegrown solutions, and this acquisition of Mimomax injects additional momentum into our collective growth. In tandem, we're poised to boost the performance, security, and cost-effectiveness of critical networks. Our commitment to propelling efficiencies for Utility and Industrial customers remains steadfast as we continue to unveil ground-breaking products and explore future acquisitions."
Ubiik launched the world's first 3GPP Release 15 LTE-M/NB-IoT base station goRAN™[1] in 2022, and also introduced the freeRAN™ base station supporting unlicensed spectrum for LTE-M last month at the Utilities Technology Council Annual Conference in Florida. The debut of Ubiik's freeRAN™ and goRAN™ base stations marked a significant advancement, aiming to meet the demand from utilities for highly secure, scalable 3GPP standardized technologies. By joining forces, Ubiik and Mimomax can now offer an array of new possibilities for both mission and business critical communications. For example, existing US Utility customers who have deployed Mimomax products in the narrowband 700 MHz Upper Block A can now leverage their spectrum acquisition through adding Ubiik's goRAN™ NB-IoT Band 103 as a retrofit. This new opportunity offers the ability to connect smart meters and IoT devices effectively for a fraction of the cost of deploying new pLTE infrastructure.
"Combining Mimomax's legacy of resilient, mission critical-grade radio solutions with Ubiik's deep understanding of AMI and pLTE represents an exciting prospect for our customers," says Paul Reid, CEO at Mimomax Wireless. "The joining of Ubiik and Mimomax will enable one of the most comprehensive product portfolios available - from the rigors of teleprotection and critical linking to the operational gains of Field Area Networking, to meter infrastructure, sensors and even streetlights. This acquisition promotes a product line-up, and know how, that will meet the full spectrum of requirements – be it mission or business critical, narrowband or LTE."
Beyond synergies in product offerings, the joint entity of Ubiik and Mimomax also brings support resources and client services closer to Ubiik customer sites in Australia, the US and New Zealand, where Mimomax has been operating offices.
Where to find more information
For detailed product information on Ubiik products click here.
For detailed product information on Mimomax products click here.
About Ubiik
Founded in 2016, Ubiik started its IoT business by providing Weightless™ LPWAN, a high performance open standard communication protocol successful with Advanced Metering Infrastructure private deployments. Since its successful AMI project in 2018 which has expanded its product portfolio to a PaaS platform, Ubiik has become a vertical IoT solutions provider. It has since grown its connectivity offerings to include LTE technologies to cover the multi-modality of the IoT market, especially for applications with strong security requirements that can be met with 3GPP standards.
About Mimomax
Mimomax Wireless is a developer of advanced wireless communications, providing solutions which support mission-critical infrastructure and personnel. Headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand, Mimomax also has an office in Phoenix, Arizona plus a remote team of regional salespeople, providing client services, sales and operations support to the North American market.
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CUYAHOGA FALL, Ohio -- St. Vincent-St. Mary was driving down the field with time ticking before the end of the first half. Five yards here, Eight more there. It was their first sustained drive since the opening possession, and the Irish looked ready to go in for their second score of the game.
Walsh Jesuit’s Aiden Henry, who already had one first-half interception against the Irish had other plans. He diagnosed the pass, jumped the route and went 97 yards to the end zone to put the Warriors up 27-7 going into halftime.
They ran away with the game in the second half, beating the Irish 41-14 on senior night to keep the Victory Bell.
“All year we’ve talked about keeping the bell,” Warriors’ senior quarterback Ryan Kerscher said. “It was definitely a goal of ours that we had from last year, All week we were just building, building, building and it’'s just a huge win. We’ve gotta keep rolling off of it.”
The Irish (6-3), ranked No. 16 in the latest cleveland.com Top 25, scored first on their opening drive. It lasted nearly eight minutes and 17 plays, but quarterback Markelle Carter punched the TD in from a yard out.
The Warriors had a couple of chances to score early, but finally cracked the seal with a 29-yard TD pass from quarterback Ryan Kerscher to receiver Quintin Walton.
The No. 13 Warriors (8-2) defense took over from there, helping the Walsh offense score three TDs in 3 minutes, 10 seconds.
First it was a blocked punt with 4:28 to go before the half. Kerscher scored on a 13-yard TD run the next play.
The Irish came back out for three plays before Henry picked off Carter the first time. After a return down to the 5-yard line, running back Justin Bremner punched it in from a yard out to put Walsh up 21-7.
“The thing is it was bend, but don’t break. We knew we had to tackle the backs. They’re a really good, physical football team that runs the ball. They’re built for the playoffs,” Warriors head coach Nick Alexander said of his defense. “We knew we had to get them off the field. That was our biggest thing tonight, getting stops and opportunistic turnovers. Being able to then capitalize, we got those two extra points blocked, but offensively we turned it over once on downs, but we didn’t turn it over. We played complimentary football all around.”
The Irish did get another TD on the board in the second half. After a Warriors punt, running back D’Anthony Kelker went 80 yards to the end zone to make the score 27-14. Kelker finished with 11 carries for 95 yards and a TD.
The momentum was still in the Warriors’ favor. They recovered a fumble in Irish territory and Bremner went in for another score in the third quarter. With just over eight minutes left in the third the Warriors sealed it with a 34-yard TD pass from Kerscher to Walton.
“We’ve been building this since sophomore year,” Walton said of his connection with Kerscher. “My first JV year we went crazy together. It’s just something that we’ve been building.”
Kerscher was 14 of 24 for 154 yards and three TDs. Walton had four catches for 84 yards and two TDs. Bremner had 110 yards and a TD on 24 carries.
Entering the game, the Irish were No. 5 in Division II, Region 5 playoff computer points and Walsh Jesuit was No. 7. Playoff brackets will be announced on Sunday. | 2022-10-22T03:41:07+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2022/10/defensive-masterclass-gives-no-13-walsh-jesuit-a-41-14-win-over-no-16-st-vincent-st-mary.html |
ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant improvement in air quality conditions in the state, the New York Racing Association announced.
Both Belmont and Saratoga reopened for training Friday morning, and the 11-card race will start at 12:50 p.m. The NYRA said in a statement that it will actively monitor air quality conditions and forecasts to ensure the environment remains safe for racing participants and fans ahead of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
Racing at Belmont Park was canceled on Thursday due to poor air quality from wildfires in Canada. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul had warned that the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown, could be affected if conditions don’t improve by Saturday.
New York Racing Association vice president of communications Patrick McKenna said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday that state officials and the NYRA consulted on how to proceed going forward in “our shared efforts to provide the safest possible environment for training and racing thoroughbred horses.”
McKenna had said his group remained “optimistic that conditions will allow for the resumption of training and racing on Friday in advance of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.”
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it was temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge.
In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito, the court asked both sides to weigh in by Tuesday over whether lower court rulings restricting the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug, mifepristone, should be allowed to take effect while the case works its way through federal courts. The order suggests the court will decide that issue by late Wednesday.
The justices are being asked at this point only to determine what parts of an April 7 ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas, as modified by an appellate ruling Wednesday, can be in force while the case continues.
The Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, the maker of the pill, asked the justices to intervene.
The type of order issued by the court Friday, an administrative stay, ordinarily is not an indication of what the justices will do going forward.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to an abortion drug free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues.
The Justice Department and Danco Laboratories both warned of “regulatory chaos” and harm to women if the high court doesn’t block an appeals court ruling in a case from Texas that had the effect of tightening Food and Drug Administration rules under which the drug, mifepristone, can be prescribed and dispensed.
The new limits would take effect Saturday unless the court acts before then.
“This application concerns unprecedented lower court orders countermanding FDA’s scientific judgment and unleashing regulatory chaos by suspending the existing FDA-approved conditions of use for mifepristone,” Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer, wrote Friday, less than two days after the appellate ruling.
A lawyer for the anti-abortion doctors and medical organizations suing over mifepristone said the justices should reject the drugmaker’s and the administration’s pleas and allow the appeals court-ordered changes to take effect.
The fight over mifepristone lands at the Supreme Court less than a year after conservative justices reversed Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.
The justices are being asked for a temporary order to keep in place Food and Drug Administration regulations governing mifepristone. Such an order would give them time to more fully consider each side’s arguments without the pressure of a deadline.
The Biden administration and Danco, which is based in New York, also want a more lasting order that would keep the current rules in place as long as the legal fight over mifepristone continues. As a fallback, they asked the court to take up the issue, hear arguments and decide by early summer a legal challenge to mifepristone that anti-abortion doctors and medical organizations filed last year.
The court rarely acts so quickly to grant full review of cases before at least one appeals court has thoroughly examined the legal issues involved.
A ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Wednesday would prevent the pill, used in the most common abortion method, from being mailed or prescribed without an in-person visit to a doctor. It also would withdraw the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for use beyond the seventh week of pregnancy. The FDA says it’s safe through 10 weeks.
Still, the appeals court did not entirely withdraw FDA approval of mifepristone while the fight over it continues. The 5th circuit narrowed an April 7 ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, whose far-reaching and virtually unprecedented order would have blocked FDA approval of the pill. He gave the administration a week to appeal.
“To the government’s knowledge, this is the first time any court has abrogated FDA’s conditions on a drug’s approval based on a disagreement with the agency’s judgment about safety — much less done so after those conditions have been in effect for years,” Prelogar wrote.
Erin Hawley, a lawyer for the challengers, said in a statement that the FDA has put politics ahead of health concerns in its actions on medication abortion.
“The 5th Circuit rightly required the agency to prioritize women’s health by restoring critical safeguards, and we’ll urge the Supreme Court to keep that accountability in place,” said Hawley said, a senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal group that also argued to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Mifepristone was approved by the FDA more than two decades ago and is used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol.
Adding to the uncertainty, a separate federal judge in Washington on Thursday clarified his own order from last week to make clear that the FDA is not to do anything that might block mifepristone’s availability in 17 Democrat-led states suing to keep it on the market.
It’s unclear how the FDA can comply with court orders in both cases, a situation that Prelogar described Friday as untenable.
The two judges who voted to tighten restrictions, Kurt Engelhardt and Andrew Oldham, are both appointees of former President Donald Trump. The third judge, Catharina Haynes, is an appointee of former President George W. Bush. She said she would have put the lower court ruling on hold entirely for now to allow oral arguments in the case..
The appeals court judges in the majority in Wednesday’s decision noted that the Biden administration and mifepristone’s manufacturer “warn us of significant public consequences” that would result if mifepristone were withdrawn entirely from the market under the lower court ruling.
But the judges suggested FDA changes making mifepristone easier to obtain since 2016 were less consequential than its initial approval of the drug in 2000. It would be “difficult” to argue the changes were “so critical to the public given that the nation operated — and mifepristone was administered to millions of women — without them for sixteen years” the judges wrote.
Use of medication abortion jumped significantly after the 2016 rule expansion, according to data gathered by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. In 2017, medication abortion accounted for 39% percent of abortions but by 2020 had increased to become the most common method, accounting for 53% of all abortions.
Experts have said the use of medication abortion has increased since the court overturned Roe.
When the drug was initially approved, the FDA limited its use to up to seven weeks of pregnancy. It also required three in-person office visits: the first to administer mifepristone, the next to administer the second drug, misoprostol, and the third to address any complications. It also required a doctor’s supervision and a reporting system for any serious consequences of the drug.
If the appeals court’s action stands, those would again be the terms under which mifepristone could be dispensed for now. At the core of the Texas lawsuit is the allegation that the FDA’s initial approval of mifepristone was flawed because the agency did not adequately review safety risks.
Mifepristone has been used by millions of women over the past 23 years. While less drastic than completely overturning the drug’s approval, the latest ruling still represents a stark challenge to the FDA’s authority overseeing how prescription drugs are used in the U.S. The panel overturned multiple decisions made by FDA regulators after years of scientific review.
Common side effects with mifepristone include cramping, bleeding, nausea, headache and diarrhea. In rare cases, women can experience excess bleeding that requires surgery to stop.
Still, in loosening restrictions on mifepristone, FDA regulators cited “exceedingly low rates of serious adverse events.” More than 5.6 million women in the U.S. had used the drug as of June 2022, according to the FDA. In that period, the agency received 4,200 reports of complications in women, or less than one tenth of 1% of women who took the drug.
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Associated Press writers Paul Weber in Austin, Texas, and Lindsay Whitehurst in Washington contributed to this report. | 2023-04-14T20:12:29+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/14/supreme-court-keeps-fda-abortion-pill-rules-in-place-for-now/ |
Vietnam veteran’s recently recovered dog tag to be given to next of kin at ceremony in Inglis
INGLIS, Fla. (WCJB) - A former U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Navy is returning a Vietnam veteran’s dog tag to next of kin in Inglis on Friday.
James Webb will present the recently recovered dog tag belonging to Corporal Larry Hughes, a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran.
This will be during a ceremony at Inglis Town Hall at 11 a.m.
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The tags will be given to Carl Hughes, Corporal Hughes’ son, and Patricia Prickett, Hughes’ sister, during the ceremony.
Hughes’ dog tag was found while Webb and two others were conducting a battlefield study at the An Hoa airstrip in Vietnam.
The ceremony honors Hughes’ service along with honoring the service of all Vietnam veterans.
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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR retirement and IndyCar experiment lasted all of two seasons.
The seven-time NASCAR champion is returning in 2023 to the series that made him a global motorsports star as the part-owner of Petty GMS. He’ll also enter about five Cup races.
Johnson told The Associated Press that his first race will be the season-opening Daytona 500, where he’s a two-time winner.
“I’ve had a watchful eye on the ownership part and what’s happening with NASCAR, and the opportunity that I have here, the business structure and the model with NASCAR charters is just so different from than anything else in motorsports,” Johnson told the AP. “I want to be part of it. We certainly watched Michael Jordan join, what the Trackhouse Racing folks have done, and there’s all these rumors of people who want to get into the sport.
“I’m honored and thankful that I’m going to be part of it.”
His car number and sponsors — and maybe even the current Petty GMS name — are all a work in progress for Johnson, who turned 47 in September.
On his bucket list are the Coca-Cola 600, a race he’s won four times, and he’d love if NASCAR made him eligible for the 2023 All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.
Johnson also said he still wants to do “The Double” of the Indianapolis 500 and Coke 600 on the same day, but he’s on hold as Chip Ganassi shapes the organization Johnson left after two seasons. But, even if an Indy 500 ride materializes, the All-Star race would conflict with Indy 500 qualifying.
Johnson made his Indy 500 debut in May and although he proved decent on the IndyCar ovals — he skipped them his first season — the road and street courses were a struggle and admitted to being burned out at the end of the full season. He said he’d step back from full-time racing and was eyeing a bucket list of about 10 events, most likely including the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a NASCAR representative.
When he came to that late-September decision to step away, Johnson insisted he had no idea what he wanted to do next.
It took about six weeks for Johnson to get back into NASCAR through conversations initiated by the management firm shared by Johnson and Erik Jones, the Petty GMS driver he just inherited.
Johnson said he had no talks with Hendrick Motorsports about ownership opportunities as the GMS deal came together out of the blue. He told the AP alerted Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon of his plans. Johnson drove 20 years for Hendrick and won 83 Cup races in the No. 48 Chevrolet.
His seven championships ties him with Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt, both Hall of Famers.
Johnson made the announcement with GMS founder Maury Gallagher on Friday at Phoenix Raceway, where he retired from NASCAR after the 2020 season finale. The Hendrick Motorsports torch was passed that day when Chase Elliott won the Cup title — Johnson finished fifth, best of the non-title contenders — and Johnson began chasing his IndyCar dream.
He also put together an IMSA sports car endurance program with both Hendrick, Action Express Racing owned by NASCAR chairman Jim France, and Cadillac.
Now he wants a bigger piece of the action and gets it with Petty GMS, an upstart two-car team funded by Gallagher, chairman of Allegiant Air, and fronted by Petty.
Jones in September gave “The King” his 200th win in the famed No. 43 car, and before this deal was struck, the team had already decided to dump Ty Dillon for firebrand Noah Gragson next season.
The speed in which the deal was completed was astonishing to both Gallagher and Johnson, and Gallagher told the AP that Johnson, like Brad Keselowski at RFK Racing, financially purchased his stake in the team and won’t be a figurehead.
“Jimmie is just a tremendous guy and in my older age, I value relationships as much as anything,” Gallagher told the AP. “I’m more of a background guy. I want Jimmie and Richard to be the faces of the organization, help on the economics and the operations is just a big bonus.”
GMS has in about a decade has grown from a Truck Series team into a first-year Cup organization that acquired Richard Petty Motorsports and its 85-year-old Hall of Fame namesake. Even though Jones has been competitive and won at Darlington, it didn’t qualify for the playoffs and Gallagher said GMS has been overshadowed by Justin Marks, who in his second season as owner of Trackhouse Racing has driver Ross Chastain in Sunday’s championship race. | 2022-11-04T18:18:00+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/sports/nascar/jimmie-johnson-returns-to-nascar-as-part-owner-driver/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
4-1-1-6, Fireball:
(four, one, one, six; Fireball: zero)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
4-1-1-6, Fireball:
(four, one, one, six; Fireball: zero) | 2023-01-05T20:40:18+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Midday-game-17697203.php |
NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Axsome Therapeutics, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of AXSM during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: December 30, 2019 to April 22, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Axsome's chemistry, manufacturing, and control ("CMC") practices were deficient with respect to AXS-07, the Company's medicine for the acute treatment of migraine, and its manufacturing process; (ii) as a result, Axsome was unlikely to submit the AXS-07 New Drug Application ("NDA") on its initially represented timeline; (iii) the foregoing CMC issues remained unresolved at the time that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") reviewed the AXS-07 NDA; (iv) accordingly, the FDA was unlikely to approve the AXS-07 NDA; (v) as a result of all the foregoing, Axsome had overstated AXS-07's regulatory and commercial prospects; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A historic heat wave that has gripped the U.S. Southwest throughout July, blasting residents and baking surfaces like brick, is beginning to abate with the late arrival of monsoon rains.
Forecasters expect that by Monday, people in metro Phoenix will begin to see high temperatures fall under 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) for the first time in a month.
But not on Saturday. The high temperature in the desert city with more than 1.6 million residents climbed past 110 F for the 30th straight day, the National Weather Service said. The previous record stretch of 110 F or above was for 18 days in 1974.
There are increased chances on Sunday of cooling monsoon thunderstorms. Though wet weather can also bring damaging winds, blowing dust and the chance of flash flooding, the weather service warned. Sudden rains running off hard-baked surfaces can quickly fill normally dry washes.
Already this week, the overnight low at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport fell under 90 F (32.2 C) for the first time in 16 days, finally giving residents some respite from the stifling heat once the sun goes down.
Temperatures also were expected to ease in Las Vegas, Albuquerque and even in Death Valley, California, where the weather service said the expected high of 122 F (50 C) on Saturday is forecast to lower to 113 F (45 C) by Tuesday — along with a slight chance of rain.
The downward trend started Wednesday night, when Phoenix saw its first major monsoon storm since the traditional June 15 start of the thunderstorm season. While more than half of the greater Phoenix area saw no rainfall from that storm, some eastern suburbs were pummeled by high winds, swirling dust and localized downfalls of up to 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of precipitation.
Storms gradually increasing in strength are expected over the weekend.
Scientists calculate that July will prove to be the hottest globally on record and perhaps the warmest human civilization has seen. The extreme heat is now hitting the eastern part of the U.S, as soaring temperatures moved from the Midwest into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, where some places are seeing their warmest days so far this year.
The new heat records being set this summer are just some of the extreme weather being seen around the U.S. this month, such as flash floods in Pennsylvania and parts of the Northeast.
“Anyone can be at risk outside in this record heat,” the fire department in Goodyear, a Phoenix suburb, warned residents on social media while offering ideas to stay safe.
For many people such as older adults, those with health issues and those without access to air conditioning, the heat can be dangerous or even deadly.
Maricopa County, the most populous in Arizona and home to Phoenix, reported this week that its public health department had confirmed 25 heat-associated deaths this year as of July 21, with 249 more under investigation.
Results from toxicological tests that can takes weeks or months after an autopsy is conducted could eventually result in many deaths listed as under investigation as heat associated being changed to confirmed.
Maricopa County confirmed 425 heat-associated deaths last year, and more than half of them occurred in July.
Elsewhere in Arizona next week, the agricultural desert community of Yuma is expecting highs ranging from 104 to 112 (40 C to 44.4 C) and Tucson is looking at highs ranging from 99 to 111 (37.2 C to 43.9 C).
The highs in Las Vegas are forecast to slip as low as 94 (34.4 C) next Tuesday after a long spell of highs above 110 (43.3 C). Death Valley, which hit 128 (53.3 C) in mid-July, will cool as well, though only to a still blistering hot 116 (46.7 C).
In New Mexico, the highs in Albuquerque next week are expected to be in the mid to high 90s (around 35 C), with party cloudy skies.
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Associated Press writer Ken Ritter in Las Vegas contributed to this report. | 2023-07-29T22:39:09+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-the-extreme-heat-wave-that-blasted-the-southwest-is-abating-with-late-arriving-monsoon-rains/ |
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is joining the growing 2024 primary field, making him the latest Republican to challenge former President Trump for the party’s nomination.
Burgum announced his candidacy in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.
“We need a change in the White House. We need a new leader for a changing economy. That’s why I’m announcing my run for president today,” he wrote.
Burgum, who has served as the governor of the Peace Garden State since 2016, launched a long-shot bid for the White House on Wednesday while speaking in Fargo. Burgum’s formal campaign launch followed multiple news reports suggesting a White House bid was in the works.
His entry follows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), widely seen as Trump’s chief 2024 rival; Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.); and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), all of whom recently threw their hats into the ring.
Trump still dominates in most national 2024 polls, with DeSantis usually polling second. But Burgum, who’s also a former Microsoft executive, said he’s undeterred.
“There’s a value to being underestimated all the time,” Burgum told The Forum Editorial Board in an interview published last month. “That’s a competitive advantage.” | 2023-06-07T14:42:07+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/north-dakota-gov-doug-burgum-launches-longshot-2024-gop-bid/ |
NEW YORK, June 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds U.S.-based investors, also called liquidity providers ("LPs"), in Bancor Version 3 ("Bancor v3") between May 11, 2022 and May 11, 2023, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 14, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
The lawsuit is against BProtocol Foundation, Bancor DAO, Galia Benartzi, Guy Benartzi, Eyal Hertzog, and Yehuda Levy (together, "Defendants").
SO WHAT: If you invested, or provided liquidity, in Bancor v3 during the Class Period and are a U.S. resident you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Bancor v3 class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16271 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 14, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the Defendants violated the federal securities laws and various state laws by offering and selling investment contracts to Bancor v3 liquidity providers, without registering under applicable federal securities laws as an exchange or broker-dealer, and without a registration statement in effect for the securities offered and sold. The lawsuit also alleges that the Defendants concealed and misrepresented material information concerning the risks associated with providing liquidity to Bancor v3.
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KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades is proud to announce the launch of a new closed basket made of recycled and recyclable corrugated cardboard for the produce sector. An alternative to food packaging that is difficult to recycle, this new product is the latest addition to Cascades' line of eco-friendly packaging.
Designed using recognized eco-design principles, this product is in keeping with a circular economy approach. By using recycled corrugated cardboard in its design, Cascades is supporting its customers efforts to reduce their environmental impact while meeting consumer demand for increasingly eco–friendly packaging.
The result of the expertise and work of a multidisciplinary team, the innovative design allows for flat shipping, thereby reducing transportation costs and the need for storage space. A mounting jig, designed specifically for both basket formats (2l and 3l), will also speed up and simplify operations for producers.
The multiple customization options offer a competitive advantage and will make produce brands stand out on the shelf with high-quality flexographic, lithographic and digital printing options.
"This new corrugated basket for fresh fruits and vegetables reiterates our commitment to offer innovative products that meet the highest standards of environmental responsibility. This launch is also in line with the commitment we made in our Sustainability Action Plan to ensure that 100% of our packaging is recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030," said Mario Plourde, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascades.
The closed corrugated basket for fresh fruits and vegetables recently pre-qualified for the How2Recycle program, making it easier for producers to obtain certification.
The basket has already made its mark in prestigious food industry competitions. It was a finalist in the Sustainable Design category for the 2023 PAC Global Awards, for the Prix Innovation en alimentation 2022, which is awarded by the Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec, as well as the Grands Prix DUX 2023, eco-packaging initiatives.
For more information about the product, visit cascades.com.
Founded in 1964, Cascades offers sustainable, innovative and value-added packaging, hygiene and recovery solutions. The company employs approximately 10,000 talents across a network close to 80 facilities in North America. Driven by its participative management, half a century of experience in recycling, and continuous research and development efforts, Cascades continues to provide innovative products that customers have come to rely on, while contributing to the well-being of people, communities and the entire planet. Cascades' shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CAS.
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Some Granite Staters could get their electricity in a new way this year, with the possibility of cheaper, more renewable power ahead with the start of community power programs.
Community power allows municipalities to buy electricity on behalf of their residents. (Utilities will still be responsible for getting that electricity to residents’ homes). It was made possible in state law in 2019, but it’s taken three years to get the rules in place and for towns to submit their plans to state regulators.
Now, the Public Utilities Commission has approved 12 plans, and some programs are set to be up and running this spring. Similar programs in Massachusetts have helped lower energy bills and support the development of renewable energy.
So far, there are two main routes towns, cities and counties in New Hampshire are taking to make this happen.
Twenty-seven municipalities have joined the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire. Henry Herndon, who helped found the coalition, says that represents about a fifth of the state’s population. The organization will help towns supply electricity more cheaply than utilities. Because they’re not regulated like a utility company, community power programs can take advantage of the open market, putting together a diverse portfolio and timing purchases of power in more advantageous ways, Herndon said.
Herndon says the coalition also hopes to help municipalities develop their own renewable generation and storage projects as a way to “bring the energy transition to New Hampshire.”
“We're really seeing in the financial forecast and projections the potential to really transform the market here by developing local generation assets, local energy storage, and do so in a cost effective way,” he said. “That becomes the solution to taking control of and lowering energy costs.”
Not all cities and towns that are starting community power programs will be part of the Coalition. Twelve other municipalities, including Keene, have selected Good Energy, which administers community power programs in other parts of the U.S., and Standard Power, which administers municipal energy purchasing in New Hampshire, to work together as their consultants.
Emily Manns, a community power consultant for Standard Power, says their model is straightforward.
“Our approach is to take our experienced brokerage skills and basic brokerage tools to get the best rates for customers, with low fees,” she said.
Standard Power also helps municipalities with renewable energy projects, Manns said, helping connect developers, hosts, and customers for the power. Community power, she said, can provide more structure and more community interest for those projects.
What residents can expect
Electric bills generally have two parts: supply and delivery. Supply reflects the cost of the electricity itself. Delivery reflects the cost of getting that power to where it needs to go – maintaining poles and wires, for example.
Community power customers will still get their electric bill from their utility. On it, the “delivery” rate will come from their utility provider, but the “supply” rate will come from the community power program.
Once a community begins to launch their community power program, all of the electric customers in that municipality will receive a notification in the mail 30 days before the program starts.
Residents have the option not to participate in the community power program and to continue getting their electricity through their utility company or a third party supplier. But unless they opt out, they will automatically be enrolled in the program.
The first programs are expected to start in April 2023. | 2023-01-04T21:30:25+00:00 | mainepublic.org | https://www.mainepublic.org/2023-01-04/community-power-is-coming-to-nh-in-2023-heres-what-to-expect |
Where things stand with major Florida theme parks as Hurricane Ian approaches
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Good morning. I'm here this morning with our Division of Emergency Management director kevin guthrie, our head of the florida National Guard, Jim Eifert, Transportation Secretary Jared Purdue and gracia check from fema as of eight a.m. This morning. Hurricane Ian is located roughly 200 miles south of Key West, is moving north at 12 MPH and is anticipated to exit land in CUba very soon. It is now Major Hurricane Category three hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph overnight. And into this morning, some of the modeling that has been done is now projecting *** landfall south of Tampa Bay. I know we've talked about the cone of uncertainty where the landfall was projected. We had no north florida just *** couple of days ago, that's consistently been moved more east into the florida peninsula yesterday evening. There were *** lot of solutions bringing it right into Tampa Bay. Now you have *** lot of solutions bringing the landfall into the Sarasota's area. There's still uncertainty with where that exact landfall will be, but just understand the impacts are going to be far far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall, uh, in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge. And so if you're on florida's gulf coast from Naples all the way through the Tampa Bay area and some of the counties north of that. Uh, that could be something. Uh, that happens and and it will certainly happen in some parts of florida's gulf coast. Now, I know there's folks in southwest florida who remember hurricane charley was projected to make *** direct impact into Tampa Bay. Uh, and then it turned and went in in the southwest florida. I would just say that the track may end up doing something somewhere. But this is *** much different. Storm charlie was *** lot smaller. It was powerful as *** category four. Most of the day damage from charlie was from wind and wind destruction. What we have here is really historic storm surge and flooding potential. And so if you're looking at those places in Fort Myers charlotte County sarah. So to the storm surge that you're going to see generated from this is going too far eclipse what we saw there. And so as you look to see what is going on with the local county, there's evacuation orders that are in place on all these counties from Pasco and Pinellas down to the Fort Myers area. And our recommendation is to heed those evacuation orders. What those evacuation orders are doing is identifying people that live in areas that are vulnerable to major storm surge and that storm surge can be life threatening. Uh, there's certain things we can protect against in terms of the wind and the structures and we've got great building codes, but when you have 5 to 10 ft of storm surge, that is not something that, that you want to be *** part of, and um, mother nature is *** very fearsome uh, adversary. So please heed those warnings, you do not need to evacuate to another state. You don't need to go hundreds of miles away. There's shelters that are open and all of these counties at this point, the important part of if you're under an evacuation order is evacuate to to higher ground, that is going to be safe from the type of surge and flooding that were, that were fearing with this storm. Of course there's certain certain Floridians that may live in in mobile homes or manufactured housing that would be vulnerable if you're under an order, of course, you know, you want to be in *** structure that is going to be able to withstand some of the hurricane winds, but, but by and large, we're looking at really, really major storm surge up and down the west coast of florida. There are people that of course, you know, are evacuating on different roadways. Uh, there has been been traffic, but there has not yet been um, the backups where F dot and FHP have opened the emerge Shoulder lanes. They will do that once sustained speeds are at 40 mph or less. And so when that happens, they will make that call, people will be able to use those um, you know, but don't use it until then because that obviously, you know, carry some risk if, if people um, you know, don't know that that's something that, that, that is going on. You also can use things like gas buddy to find gas stations um in the area that have fuel. And I would note if you look at these updated tracks that we've been getting this morning and I think you'll probably see that reflected in the 11 a.m. Advisory from the national Hurricane Center. You have potential paths of the storm, uh, entering florida's gulf coast, cutting across the state and exiting into the atlantic ocean. Uh, that means some of those counties that are more interior. Uh, you know, you could absolutely see power outages, you could see inland flooding. Um, You know, you could see various types of tree and damage from wind. So, so just be prepared for that. We were here 48 hours ago. And most of the solutions had it going up the coast, the west coast of Florida. Well now, most of them have it ramming into the state of Florida and cutting across and so just be be prepared for that. And understand that that's something that could be happening, visit Florida is partnered with Expedia to launch an emergency accommodations page. Anyone who has been ordered to evac wait, can use this page to find available accommodations in other areas of the state by visiting Expedia dot com slash florida again, Expedia dot com slash florida. We have about 2.5 million Floridians that are currently under some type of an evacuation order, make sure, you know, your evacuation zones. So you can find that at florida disaster dot org slash plan, prepare florida disaster dot org slash plan prepare. And of course, if you are called upon to evacuate, uh you know, make sure you take care of your pets, don't leave your pets behind when you when you're evacuating. Um and there's pet friendly shelters, there's there's things that can be done to take to take care of pets. We want to make sure. So there is information about planning for your pet at florida disaster dot org forward slash plan prepare. We want to make sure that we're that we're taking care of our friends to find shelters again, visit florida disaster dot org slash shelters florida disaster dot org slash shelters. Most of these counties are gonna have shelters within the county that are in higher ground. The buildings are gonna be hurricane proof. They're gonna be able to withstand *** Category three hurricane in terms of the winds. But it's gonna put you in *** situation where you're not gonna be vulnerable to the effects of the storm surge and the effects of the flooding. We have of course suspended tolls starting yesterday to assist people who maybe uh maybe moving around the state and and following evacuation orders. You can look at those facilities at f dot dot gov that list them. We may add more if there is *** need to do that as the storm impacts other parts of the state. and we will make that announcement at the approach time. We have 26 school districts that have announced school closures uh and you may and you may very well have more as the track becomes more certain if you want the most updated school information, go to f L D O E dot org slash storm info. F L D O E dot org slash storm info. We have 5000 national guardsmen That are activated. We've got 2000 additional guardsmen from other states and I know Jim has been talking with other states. Uh you know, to help us with with even more assets. We do have our urban search and rescue teams activated. We have three additional teams on standby ready to deploy. Our FW. C. has officers placed in every county um in anticipation of heavy rains and flooding and you will see heavy rains in parts of the state that are not necessarily on florida's gulf coast. We also have high water vehicles and shallow draft boats that are ready for immediate deployment to the affected areas. We also have FWC's aviation section placed on standby and it's ready. All appropriate air aircraft are ready for deployment for search and rescue and post storm damage assessments as needed. FHP has implemented their 12 hour shifts. They've mobilized additional state troopers to the gulf coast and of course our partners in the U. S. Coast Guard are standing by and are able and willing to assist. Uh We do report today. 100% of operating long term care facilities do have *** generator on site. Of course we have *** state of emergency for all 67 counties. We are going to keep that in place. I think if you look at the tracks that have come out this morning, uh the chance that you have major impacts in northwest Florida of course have have declined. But we also understand there's gonna be people that are gonna be evacuating and we want to give every county flexibility to help their fellow Floridians. We have issued the way waivers of weights uh for commercial trucks, we want the fuel and the resources continuing to come into the state. We've spoken with with our partners. Uh they're they're going to keep doing it until um it's no longer safe to do so because they understand how important it is. We do have emergency refills of maintenance prescriptions. Uh Those are authorized for another 30 days and we have to have 28,000 across the state Between our investor owned utilities are municipal utilities and our rural electric co ops. More than 28,000. Linemen are staged for power restorations across The state of Florida and we understand as the storm hits and passes the need to be able to restore power as soon as possible for as many Floridians as possible. Make sure you're executing your plan. This is, this is imminent. We appreciate everybody in our counties who have worked very hard to execute their plans, Kevin will talk *** little bit more about from the D. M. perspective, but we've had more than we've had about 500 requests for assistance from our our cow. The state is fulfilled 466 some others are on the way and some will be fulfilled. They just can't be fulfilled until the storm actually hits. We mentioned sending medical professionals to Hillsborough County, special needs shelters. We sent another 122 surrounding counties. We do have our logistical staging area in polk county and we will have additional staging later today. 300 ambulances supporting special needs evacuations have been deployed, 100 of generators and pumps have been staged primarily in the Tampa area and of course pre landfall food and water has been staged for Tampa Tampa Bay region. Now, as the track has has moved *** little bit more to where you have potentially greater impacts in southwest. I mean, we knew you were going to get storm surge all along. I mean, it's just the nature of *** storm this big however, kevin is going to be mobilizing more resources to be able to assist those counties in the southwest portion of state of florida. Again, go to florida disaster dot org forward slash get *** plan to make sure that that you have what you need, you know, you still have time today to execute what you need to do. If you're in an evacuation zone, you have time to be able to heed those orders. If you're not, you have time to be able to get whatever supplies that you may need to deal with, what's going to happen over the next few days. I would just tell all Floridians who are in the path of this, there's gonna be interruptions and things like power is going to be interruptions in fuel, maybe interruptions in communications. Uh, that is to be expected. So just plan for that. And of course all these resources are mobilized to try to restore the services as quickly as possible once it's safe to do so, uh, safety is paramount when you're talking about storm surge like this, when you're talking about historic flooding, that water is *** very, very difficult adversary. You do not want to put yourself in har way unnecessarily. So, if you're ordered to evacuate, that's *** decision based off what we're seeing with this storm, what your local officials are seeing with the storm and the potential impacts that could have on your part of the state of florida. And doesn't mean you need to go all across God's creation to evacuate, just get to the higher ground, get into *** safe structure. We have shelters open and all those counties now at the county level and we would encourage people to do that once the storm passes, you can be able to get back in your home will be able to assess whatever damage may have occurred and be able to, to make the necessary improvements and and and rebuild. But we can't unring the bell if you stay uh and you end up getting washed away with with *** historic storm surge or get caught in really, really significant flooding. So kevin Guthrie is gonna say *** few words and then we're also gonna have Jared Purdue from f dot, Give an update on the traffic situation. Thank you governor. And good morning. Uh I'm gonna start with *** bullet point that I actually don't have because it was just sent to me. But um, the National Hurricane center is now predicting that landfall will be venice in 35 hours at 100 and 25 miles an hour. So again venice in 35 hours at 100 and 25 mile an hour, making it *** major category three land falling hurricane. We currently have more, as the governor mentioned, we currently have more than 500 active mission requests from our local partners and we are working diligently to ensure that all the needs are met. The governor already mentioned that we're starting to move additional contract staff and additional resources into the southwest Florida area. Uh we do have the five urban search and rescue teams that are on standby and we were moving those again around the state of florida. I think it's very important to say that Tampa Bay region. You are not out of the woods yet. There is still going to be *** storm surge event in the Tampa Bay region. Uh We're waiting on that data to come in to see what those actual numbers are gonna be. But you need to additionally, you need to continue to heed the warnings that are in place for Pinellas, Tampa Manatee Hillsborough do not return yet. If you have evacuated, residents can expect power due to anticipated impacts from the storm statewide. We do have telephone companies on standby. We have the big three wireless companies here in R. E. O. C. With us Floridians should be prepared and have *** communications plan in place with their families on how they plan to communicate after the fact during previous hurricanes, the cell towers did go down. We expect them to go down in this particular event, Residents should have alternated alternate ways to communicate with friends, loved ones and family. It's also important remember when an evacuation order is issued, you may only need to to evacuate tens of miles as the governor has mentioned already. Instead of hundreds of miles. Many people in the southwest florida area, your best bet is going to be evacuate across the state. Just go straight across the state to Broward Miami Dade Palm Beach. Do not try to go north. That will certainly help the secretary from D. O. T. To help manage that traffic do not go north, Go straight across over to southeast florida. Residents should take the time now to determine if they live in an evacuation zone again. That is available at florida disaster dot org slash k N O W. Or slash plan prepare as the governor has already mentioned. I want to take *** moment to we've had some calls coming to our calling center. It is not the fema flood site. These are evacuation zones on florida disaster dot org. They are not one and the same. We had *** lady call in this morning saying, but it says I live in *** zone X. That is *** fema flood map. That is not *** storm surge zone evacuation zone. So please know the difference between the two, Keep gas and battery tanks at least half full throughout the entire season. Especially in this event that will cut down on lines at gas stations. If you live in an evacuation zone and you decide to shelter in place, make sure you have enough supplies to weather the storm. We may be without power 357 days or more depending on the situation. You want to make sure that you have extra cash in case *** TM or I'm sorry, in in case credit card services are unavailable after the storm. Another major threat with Hurricane Ivan or I'm sorry, hurricane Ian is going to be damaging winds. So if you can pick it up, put it up again. If you can pick it up from your yard, put it up, secure those loose items in your yard, Take the time to clear all that potential debris, bring in furniture. Strong winds can pick those items up and crash them into your home or your neighbor's home for more updates in your area. Remember to follow your local county emergency management activity. That will be the best source of information at the local level on your evacuations. The division has activated the state assistance information line, the cell line to provide additional resources for Floridians. To receive up to date information regarding hurricane in via phone. Residents and visitors can call this toll free line at 1 803 423557. I'll repeat that number. It is 1 803 423557. You can also follow the division on facebook and twitter are twitter handle is at F L. S E R T. That's at F. L. Cert. If you have any additional information that you know, you can always go to our florida disaster dot org website slash info. Governor. Again. Thank you very much for your leadership in this situation
Good morning. I'm here this morning with our Division of Emergency Management director kevin guthrie, our head of the florida National Guard, Jim Eifert, Transportation Secretary Jared Purdue and gracia check from fema as of eight a.m. This morning. Hurricane Ian is located roughly 200 miles south of Key West, is moving north at 12 MPH and is anticipated to exit land in CUba very soon. It is now Major Hurricane Category three hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph overnight. And into this morning, some of the modeling that has been done is now projecting *** landfall south of Tampa Bay. I know we've talked about the cone of uncertainty where the landfall was projected. We had no north florida just *** couple of days ago, that's consistently been moved more east into the florida peninsula yesterday evening. There were *** lot of solutions bringing it right into Tampa Bay. Now you have *** lot of solutions bringing the landfall into the Sarasota's area. There's still uncertainty with where that exact landfall will be, but just understand the impacts are going to be far far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall, uh, in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge. And so if you're on florida's gulf coast from Naples all the way through the Tampa Bay area and some of the counties north of that. Uh, that could be something. Uh, that happens and and it will certainly happen in some parts of florida's gulf coast. Now, I know there's folks in southwest florida who remember hurricane charley was projected to make *** direct impact into Tampa Bay. Uh, and then it turned and went in in the southwest florida. I would just say that the track may end up doing something somewhere. But this is *** much different. Storm charlie was *** lot smaller. It was powerful as *** category four. Most of the day damage from charlie was from wind and wind destruction. What we have here is really historic storm surge and flooding potential. And so if you're looking at those places in Fort Myers charlotte County sarah. So to the storm surge that you're going to see generated from this is going too far eclipse what we saw there. And so as you look to see what is going on with the local county, there's evacuation orders that are in place on all these counties from Pasco and Pinellas down to the Fort Myers area. And our recommendation is to heed those evacuation orders. What those evacuation orders are doing is identifying people that live in areas that are vulnerable to major storm surge and that storm surge can be life threatening. Uh, there's certain things we can protect against in terms of the wind and the structures and we've got great building codes, but when you have 5 to 10 ft of storm surge, that is not something that, that you want to be *** part of, and um, mother nature is *** very fearsome uh, adversary. So please heed those warnings, you do not need to evacuate to another state. You don't need to go hundreds of miles away. There's shelters that are open and all of these counties at this point, the important part of if you're under an evacuation order is evacuate to to higher ground, that is going to be safe from the type of surge and flooding that were, that were fearing with this storm. Of course there's certain certain Floridians that may live in in mobile homes or manufactured housing that would be vulnerable if you're under an order, of course, you know, you want to be in *** structure that is going to be able to withstand some of the hurricane winds, but, but by and large, we're looking at really, really major storm surge up and down the west coast of florida. There are people that of course, you know, are evacuating on different roadways. Uh, there has been been traffic, but there has not yet been um, the backups where F dot and FHP have opened the emerge Shoulder lanes. They will do that once sustained speeds are at 40 mph or less. And so when that happens, they will make that call, people will be able to use those um, you know, but don't use it until then because that obviously, you know, carry some risk if, if people um, you know, don't know that that's something that, that, that is going on. You also can use things like gas buddy to find gas stations um in the area that have fuel. And I would note if you look at these updated tracks that we've been getting this morning and I think you'll probably see that reflected in the 11 a.m. Advisory from the national Hurricane Center. You have potential paths of the storm, uh, entering florida's gulf coast, cutting across the state and exiting into the atlantic ocean. Uh, that means some of those counties that are more interior. Uh, you know, you could absolutely see power outages, you could see inland flooding. Um, You know, you could see various types of tree and damage from wind. So, so just be prepared for that. We were here 48 hours ago. And most of the solutions had it going up the coast, the west coast of Florida. Well now, most of them have it ramming into the state of Florida and cutting across and so just be be prepared for that. And understand that that's something that could be happening, visit Florida is partnered with Expedia to launch an emergency accommodations page. Anyone who has been ordered to evac wait, can use this page to find available accommodations in other areas of the state by visiting Expedia dot com slash florida again, Expedia dot com slash florida. We have about 2.5 million Floridians that are currently under some type of an evacuation order, make sure, you know, your evacuation zones. So you can find that at florida disaster dot org slash plan, prepare florida disaster dot org slash plan prepare. And of course, if you are called upon to evacuate, uh you know, make sure you take care of your pets, don't leave your pets behind when you when you're evacuating. Um and there's pet friendly shelters, there's there's things that can be done to take to take care of pets. We want to make sure. So there is information about planning for your pet at florida disaster dot org forward slash plan prepare. We want to make sure that we're that we're taking care of our friends to find shelters again, visit florida disaster dot org slash shelters florida disaster dot org slash shelters. Most of these counties are gonna have shelters within the county that are in higher ground. The buildings are gonna be hurricane proof. They're gonna be able to withstand *** Category three hurricane in terms of the winds. But it's gonna put you in *** situation where you're not gonna be vulnerable to the effects of the storm surge and the effects of the flooding. We have of course suspended tolls starting yesterday to assist people who maybe uh maybe moving around the state and and following evacuation orders. You can look at those facilities at f dot dot gov that list them. We may add more if there is *** need to do that as the storm impacts other parts of the state. and we will make that announcement at the approach time. We have 26 school districts that have announced school closures uh and you may and you may very well have more as the track becomes more certain if you want the most updated school information, go to f L D O E dot org slash storm info. F L D O E dot org slash storm info. We have 5000 national guardsmen That are activated. We've got 2000 additional guardsmen from other states and I know Jim has been talking with other states. Uh you know, to help us with with even more assets. We do have our urban search and rescue teams activated. We have three additional teams on standby ready to deploy. Our FW. C. has officers placed in every county um in anticipation of heavy rains and flooding and you will see heavy rains in parts of the state that are not necessarily on florida's gulf coast. We also have high water vehicles and shallow draft boats that are ready for immediate deployment to the affected areas. We also have FWC's aviation section placed on standby and it's ready. All appropriate air aircraft are ready for deployment for search and rescue and post storm damage assessments as needed. FHP has implemented their 12 hour shifts. They've mobilized additional state troopers to the gulf coast and of course our partners in the U. S. Coast Guard are standing by and are able and willing to assist. Uh We do report today. 100% of operating long term care facilities do have *** generator on site. Of course we have *** state of emergency for all 67 counties. We are going to keep that in place. I think if you look at the tracks that have come out this morning, uh the chance that you have major impacts in northwest Florida of course have have declined. But we also understand there's gonna be people that are gonna be evacuating and we want to give every county flexibility to help their fellow Floridians. We have issued the way waivers of weights uh for commercial trucks, we want the fuel and the resources continuing to come into the state. We've spoken with with our partners. Uh they're they're going to keep doing it until um it's no longer safe to do so because they understand how important it is. We do have emergency refills of maintenance prescriptions. Uh Those are authorized for another 30 days and we have to have 28,000 across the state Between our investor owned utilities are municipal utilities and our rural electric co ops. More than 28,000. Linemen are staged for power restorations across The state of Florida and we understand as the storm hits and passes the need to be able to restore power as soon as possible for as many Floridians as possible. Make sure you're executing your plan. This is, this is imminent. We appreciate everybody in our counties who have worked very hard to execute their plans, Kevin will talk *** little bit more about from the D. M. perspective, but we've had more than we've had about 500 requests for assistance from our our cow. The state is fulfilled 466 some others are on the way and some will be fulfilled. They just can't be fulfilled until the storm actually hits. We mentioned sending medical professionals to Hillsborough County, special needs shelters. We sent another 122 surrounding counties. We do have our logistical staging area in polk county and we will have additional staging later today. 300 ambulances supporting special needs evacuations have been deployed, 100 of generators and pumps have been staged primarily in the Tampa area and of course pre landfall food and water has been staged for Tampa Tampa Bay region. Now, as the track has has moved *** little bit more to where you have potentially greater impacts in southwest. I mean, we knew you were going to get storm surge all along. I mean, it's just the nature of *** storm this big however, kevin is going to be mobilizing more resources to be able to assist those counties in the southwest portion of state of florida. Again, go to florida disaster dot org forward slash get *** plan to make sure that that you have what you need, you know, you still have time today to execute what you need to do. If you're in an evacuation zone, you have time to be able to heed those orders. If you're not, you have time to be able to get whatever supplies that you may need to deal with, what's going to happen over the next few days. I would just tell all Floridians who are in the path of this, there's gonna be interruptions and things like power is going to be interruptions in fuel, maybe interruptions in communications. Uh, that is to be expected. So just plan for that. And of course all these resources are mobilized to try to restore the services as quickly as possible once it's safe to do so, uh, safety is paramount when you're talking about storm surge like this, when you're talking about historic flooding, that water is *** very, very difficult adversary. You do not want to put yourself in har way unnecessarily. So, if you're ordered to evacuate, that's *** decision based off what we're seeing with this storm, what your local officials are seeing with the storm and the potential impacts that could have on your part of the state of florida. And doesn't mean you need to go all across God's creation to evacuate, just get to the higher ground, get into *** safe structure. We have shelters open and all those counties now at the county level and we would encourage people to do that once the storm passes, you can be able to get back in your home will be able to assess whatever damage may have occurred and be able to, to make the necessary improvements and and and rebuild. But we can't unring the bell if you stay uh and you end up getting washed away with with *** historic storm surge or get caught in really, really significant flooding. So kevin Guthrie is gonna say *** few words and then we're also gonna have Jared Purdue from f dot, Give an update on the traffic situation. Thank you governor. And good morning. Uh I'm gonna start with *** bullet point that I actually don't have because it was just sent to me. But um, the National Hurricane center is now predicting that landfall will be venice in 35 hours at 100 and 25 miles an hour. So again venice in 35 hours at 100 and 25 mile an hour, making it *** major category three land falling hurricane. We currently have more, as the governor mentioned, we currently have more than 500 active mission requests from our local partners and we are working diligently to ensure that all the needs are met. The governor already mentioned that we're starting to move additional contract staff and additional resources into the southwest Florida area. Uh we do have the five urban search and rescue teams that are on standby and we were moving those again around the state of florida. I think it's very important to say that Tampa Bay region. You are not out of the woods yet. There is still going to be *** storm surge event in the Tampa Bay region. Uh We're waiting on that data to come in to see what those actual numbers are gonna be. But you need to additionally, you need to continue to heed the warnings that are in place for Pinellas, Tampa Manatee Hillsborough do not return yet. If you have evacuated, residents can expect power due to anticipated impacts from the storm statewide. We do have telephone companies on standby. We have the big three wireless companies here in R. E. O. C. With us Floridians should be prepared and have *** communications plan in place with their families on how they plan to communicate after the fact during previous hurricanes, the cell towers did go down. We expect them to go down in this particular event, Residents should have alternated alternate ways to communicate with friends, loved ones and family. It's also important remember when an evacuation order is issued, you may only need to to evacuate tens of miles as the governor has mentioned already. Instead of hundreds of miles. Many people in the southwest florida area, your best bet is going to be evacuate across the state. Just go straight across the state to Broward Miami Dade Palm Beach. Do not try to go north. That will certainly help the secretary from D. O. T. To help manage that traffic do not go north, Go straight across over to southeast florida. Residents should take the time now to determine if they live in an evacuation zone again. That is available at florida disaster dot org slash k N O W. Or slash plan prepare as the governor has already mentioned. I want to take *** moment to we've had some calls coming to our calling center. It is not the fema flood site. These are evacuation zones on florida disaster dot org. They are not one and the same. We had *** lady call in this morning saying, but it says I live in *** zone X. That is *** fema flood map. That is not *** storm surge zone evacuation zone. So please know the difference between the two, Keep gas and battery tanks at least half full throughout the entire season. Especially in this event that will cut down on lines at gas stations. If you live in an evacuation zone and you decide to shelter in place, make sure you have enough supplies to weather the storm. We may be without power 357 days or more depending on the situation. You want to make sure that you have extra cash in case *** TM or I'm sorry, in in case credit card services are unavailable after the storm. Another major threat with Hurricane Ivan or I'm sorry, hurricane Ian is going to be damaging winds. So if you can pick it up, put it up again. If you can pick it up from your yard, put it up, secure those loose items in your yard, Take the time to clear all that potential debris, bring in furniture. Strong winds can pick those items up and crash them into your home or your neighbor's home for more updates in your area. Remember to follow your local county emergency management activity. That will be the best source of information at the local level on your evacuations. The division has activated the state assistance information line, the cell line to provide additional resources for Floridians. To receive up to date information regarding hurricane in via phone. Residents and visitors can call this toll free line at 1 803 423557. I'll repeat that number. It is 1 803 423557. You can also follow the division on facebook and twitter are twitter handle is at F L. S E R T. That's at F. L. Cert. If you have any additional information that you know, you can always go to our florida disaster dot org website slash info. Governor. Again. Thank you very much for your leadership in this situation
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Where things stand with major Florida theme parks as Hurricane Ian approaches
As Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba early Tuesday morning, Floridians were keeping an anxious eye on the rapidly intensifying storm. That included the operators of Florida's popular theme parks.Here's a status report of where things stand as of 9 a.m. ET Tuesday with various major theme and water parks and other sites of interest to tourists:Busch Gardens (Tampa):Ian's path remains uncertain, but on Tuesday morning, the Tampa Bay Area seemed likely to be in the crosshairs.As a result, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay said it will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday."Due to the projected path of Hurricane Ian, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has enacted its Named Storm Policy... Precautions are in place following the parks' comprehensive weather preparedness plan to ensure the safety of our animals and ambassadors during this time," the park announced on its website."All admission tickets have been extended through Dec. 31," the park said. Also, "annual Pass members' guest tickets with an expiration date of Sept. 30 will be extended through Oct. 16."Discovery Cove (Orlando)The all-inclusive day resort with animal encounters and tropical aquatic settings is also closing on Wednesday and Thursday.The parks said it "will reschedule or refund reservations booked online or from the call center. We will not apply any cancellation or change fees for this service." You can call +1 407-513-4600 to find out more.Disney World (Orlando)Most of Disney World's properties remain open.The resort said on its website that it's "currently operating under normal conditions as we prepare to make necessary adjustments based on the latest information from the National Weather Service."However, some properties and units are closing. The following are closing Wednesday through Friday:• Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground• Copper Creek Cabins at Disney's Wilderness Lodge• Treehouse Villas at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa• The Bungalows at Disney's Polynesian Village ResortClosing Wednesday through Thursday are:• Disney's Typhoon Lagoon (Blizzard Beach is currently closed anyway)• Winter Summerland Miniature Golf and Fantasia Gardens Miniature GolfDisney Springs, a shopping, dining and entertainment area, remains open.Video: View of Hurricane Ian from International Space StationUniversal Resort (Orlando)The movie-themed park of thrill rides is continuing normal park operations currently. The park's severe weather policy does have no-fee rescheduling or cancellation policies in place should it close."In the event that a hurricane or tropical storm warning is issued by the National Hurricane Center or a state of emergency is declared for the Orlando area or in your place of residence, within seven days of your arrival, you can contact our team in advance to reschedule or cancel your Universal Parks & Resorts Vacations Package, hotel room only accommodations and Universal Orlando theme park tickets booked directly with Universal Orlando, without any cancellation or change fees imposed," the park said on its website.Other theme parksCNN Travel has contacted SeaWorld Orlando and Legoland Florida via email for any updates. Neither park has replied but both parks' websites indicate normal operating hours for Tuesday.Cruise shipsFlorida ports have very active cruise schedules. Here's the status of some of those ships' routes as of 8:15 p.m. ET Monday:Norwegian Cruise Lines: The company changed five ports on the Norwegian Sky, which left Miami on Sunday, the cruise line tells CNN. The ship was scheduled to port in George Town, Grand Cayman; Roatan, Honduras; Harvest Caye, Belize; and Cozumel in the Western Caribbean and will now make stops in San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Nassau, Bahamas, to avoid the path of Ian."The safety and security of our guests and crew is always our number one priority. Due to the projected path of Hurricane Ian, Norwegian Sky's itinerary has been modified to the below. Guests who booked shore excursions in any of the affected ports through Norwegian Cruise Line will have their excursions refunded to their onboard account," a spokesperson for the cruise line said.MSC: The company has changed course on at least one of their ships and monitoring the possibility of changing others, a spokesperson tells CNN. The MSC Seashore, which was originally scheduled to be in the Western Caribbean has been rerouted to ports in the Eastern Caribbean.The cruise line is also monitoring the MSC Divinia, which left Port Canaveral on a four-night sailing to Nassau and the Ocean City Marine Reserve on Sunday. MSC says both cruise ports are outside of Ian's projected path, but advised passengers before leaving that conditions could prevent the ship from returning on Thursday. The cruise line says if there is a delay in their return, the cruise will be extended at no additional cost to guests.The cruise line does not expect Ian to impact the MSC Seashore, which is set to depart from the Port of Miami on Saturday, Oct. 1.Carnival Cruise Lines: The company has made adjustments to two of its sailings.The ship Carnival Ecstasy, which departed from Mobile, Alabama, on Monday for a six-day sailing will visit Progresso Mexico on Wednesday before visiting Cozumel on Thursday. The change reorders the visits, as the ship was scheduled to visit Cozumel first, the cruise line tells CNN.The Carnival Glory left New Orleans on Sunday for an eight-day sailing, and will now port in Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Belize; and Cozumel, Mexico. The ship's original itinerary was to visit Key West as well as Freeport and Nassau, Bahamas.Video: Florida residents prep as Hurricane Ian approachesNational and state parksAs of 8:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, Everglades National Park in South Florida remained open. The National Park Service advised people to monitor the latest weather updates before heading to the park, a wilderness area without many evacuation routes.As of 9:30 a.m. ET, dozens of Florida state parks were closed:• Alafia River State Park (Hillsborough County)• Anclote Key Preserve State Park (Pasco and Pinellas counties)• Bahia Honda State Park (Monroe County)• Caladesi Island State Park (Pinellas County)• Cayo Costa State Park (Lee County)• Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (Charlotte and Lee counties)• Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park (Hillsborough County)• Collier-Seminole State Park (Collier County)• Curry Hammock State Park (Monroe County)• Dade Battlefield Historic State Park (Sumter County)• Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park (Collier County)• Don Pedro Island State Park (Charlotte County)• Egmont Key State Park (Pinellas County)• Estero Bay Preserve State Park (Lee County)• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (Collier County)• Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park (Monroe County)• Gasparilla Island State Park (Lee County)• Highlands Hammock State Park (Hardee, Highlands counties)• Hillsborough River State Park (Hillsborough County)• Honeymoon Island State Park (Pinellas County)• Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park (Manatee County)• Koreshan State Park (Lee County)• Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park (Highlands County)• Lake Manatee State Park (Manatee County)• Little Manatee River State Park (Hillsborough County)• Long Key State Park (Monroe County)• Lovers Key State Park (Lee County)• Madira Bickel Mound Archaeological State Park (Manatee County)• Mound Key Archaeological State Park (Lee County).• Myakka River State Park (Manatee and Sarasota counties)• Oscar Scherer State Park (Sarasota County).• Paynes Creek Historic State Park (Hardee County)• Skyway Fishing Pier State Park (Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas counties)• South Fork State Park (Manatee County)• Stump Pass Beach State Park (Charlotte County)• Terra Ceia Preserve State Park (Manatee County)• Weeki Wachee Springs State Park (Hernando County)• Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park (Pasco County)• Wingate Creek State Park (Manatee County)• Ybor City Museum State Park (Hillsborough County).Check here for updates and camping and cabin closures at other state parks currently open otherwise.
TAMPA, Fla. —
As Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba early Tuesday morning, Floridians were keeping an anxious eye on the rapidly intensifying storm. That included the operators of Florida's popular theme parks.
Here's a status report of where things stand as of 9 a.m. ET Tuesday with various major theme and water parks and other sites of interest to tourists:
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Busch Gardens (Tampa):
Ian's path remains uncertain, but on Tuesday morning, the Tampa Bay Area seemed likely to be in the crosshairs.
As a result, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay said it will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday.
"Due to the projected path of Hurricane Ian, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has enacted its Named Storm Policy... Precautions are in place following the parks' comprehensive weather preparedness plan to ensure the safety of our animals and ambassadors during this time," the park announced on its website.
"All admission tickets have been extended through Dec. 31," the park said. Also, "annual Pass members' guest tickets with an expiration date of Sept. 30 will be extended through Oct. 16."
The all-inclusive day resort with animal encounters and tropical aquatic settings is also closing on Wednesday and Thursday.
The parks said it "will reschedule or refund reservations booked online or from the call center. We will not apply any cancellation or change fees for this service." You can call +1 407-513-4600 to find out more.
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Disney World (Orlando)
Most of Disney World's properties remain open.
The resort said on its website that it's "currently operating under normal conditions as we prepare to make necessary adjustments based on the latest information from the National Weather Service."
However, some properties and units are closing. The following are closing Wednesday through Friday:
• Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground • Copper Creek Cabins at Disney's Wilderness Lodge • Treehouse Villas at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa • The Bungalows at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort
• Disney's Typhoon Lagoon (Blizzard Beach is currently closed anyway) • Winter Summerland Miniature Golf and Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf
Disney Springs, a shopping, dining and entertainment area, remains open.
Video: View of Hurricane Ian from International Space Station
Universal Resort (Orlando)
The movie-themed park of thrill rides is continuing normal park operations currently. The park's severe weather policy does have no-fee rescheduling or cancellation policies in place should it close.
"In the event that a hurricane or tropical storm warning is issued by the National Hurricane Center or a state of emergency is declared for the Orlando area or in your place of residence, within seven days of your arrival, you can contact our team in advance to reschedule or cancel your Universal Parks & Resorts Vacations Package, hotel room only accommodations and Universal Orlando theme park tickets booked directly with Universal Orlando, without any cancellation or change fees imposed," the park said on its website.
CNN Travel has contacted SeaWorld Orlando and Legoland Florida via email for any updates. Neither park has replied but both parks' websites indicate normal operating hours for Tuesday.
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Cruise ships
Florida ports have very active cruise schedules. Here's the status of some of those ships' routes as of 8:15 p.m. ET Monday:
Norwegian Cruise Lines: The company changed five ports on the Norwegian Sky, which left Miami on Sunday, the cruise line tells CNN. The ship was scheduled to port in George Town, Grand Cayman; Roatan, Honduras; Harvest Caye, Belize; and Cozumel in the Western Caribbean and will now make stops in San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Nassau, Bahamas, to avoid the path of Ian.
"The safety and security of our guests and crew is always our number one priority. Due to the projected path of Hurricane Ian, Norwegian Sky's itinerary has been modified to the below. Guests who booked shore excursions in any of the affected ports through Norwegian Cruise Line will have their excursions refunded to their onboard account," a spokesperson for the cruise line said.
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MSC: The company has changed course on at least one of their ships and monitoring the possibility of changing others, a spokesperson tells CNN. The MSC Seashore, which was originally scheduled to be in the Western Caribbean has been rerouted to ports in the Eastern Caribbean.
The cruise line is also monitoring the MSC Divinia, which left Port Canaveral on a four-night sailing to Nassau and the Ocean City Marine Reserve on Sunday. MSC says both cruise ports are outside of Ian's projected path, but advised passengers before leaving that conditions could prevent the ship from returning on Thursday. The cruise line says if there is a delay in their return, the cruise will be extended at no additional cost to guests.
The cruise line does not expect Ian to impact the MSC Seashore, which is set to depart from the Port of Miami on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Carnival Cruise Lines: The company has made adjustments to two of its sailings.
The ship Carnival Ecstasy, which departed from Mobile, Alabama, on Monday for a six-day sailing will visit Progresso Mexico on Wednesday before visiting Cozumel on Thursday. The change reorders the visits, as the ship was scheduled to visit Cozumel first, the cruise line tells CNN.
The Carnival Glory left New Orleans on Sunday for an eight-day sailing, and will now port in Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Belize; and Cozumel, Mexico. The ship's original itinerary was to visit Key West as well as Freeport and Nassau, Bahamas.
Video: Florida residents prep as Hurricane Ian approaches
National and state parks
As of 8:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, Everglades National Park in South Florida remained open. The National Park Service advised people to monitor the latest weather updates before heading to the park, a wilderness area without many evacuation routes.
As of 9:30 a.m. ET, dozens of Florida state parks were closed:
• Alafia River State Park (Hillsborough County) • Anclote Key Preserve State Park (Pasco and Pinellas counties) • Bahia Honda State Park (Monroe County) • Caladesi Island State Park (Pinellas County) • Cayo Costa State Park (Lee County) • Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (Charlotte and Lee counties) • Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park (Hillsborough County) • Collier-Seminole State Park (Collier County) • Curry Hammock State Park (Monroe County) • Dade Battlefield Historic State Park (Sumter County) • Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park (Collier County) • Don Pedro Island State Park (Charlotte County) • Egmont Key State Park (Pinellas County) • Estero Bay Preserve State Park (Lee County) • Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (Collier County) • Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park (Monroe County) • Gasparilla Island State Park (Lee County) • Highlands Hammock State Park (Hardee, Highlands counties) • Hillsborough River State Park (Hillsborough County) • Honeymoon Island State Park (Pinellas County) • Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park (Manatee County) • Koreshan State Park (Lee County) • Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park (Highlands County) • Lake Manatee State Park (Manatee County) • Little Manatee River State Park (Hillsborough County) • Long Key State Park (Monroe County) • Lovers Key State Park (Lee County) • Madira Bickel Mound Archaeological State Park (Manatee County) • Mound Key Archaeological State Park (Lee County). • Myakka River State Park (Manatee and Sarasota counties) • Oscar Scherer State Park (Sarasota County). • Paynes Creek Historic State Park (Hardee County) • Skyway Fishing Pier State Park (Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas counties) • South Fork State Park (Manatee County) • Stump Pass Beach State Park (Charlotte County) • Terra Ceia Preserve State Park (Manatee County) • Weeki Wachee Springs State Park (Hernando County) • Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park (Pasco County) • Wingate Creek State Park (Manatee County) • Ybor City Museum State Park (Hillsborough County).
Check here for updates and camping and cabin closures at other state parks currently open otherwise. | 2022-09-27T17:52:07+00:00 | wyff4.com | https://www.wyff4.com/article/major-florida-theme-parks-hurricane-ian/41403734 |
(NEXSTAR) – It may look all cute and cuddly, but the “smile” spotted in recent images of the sun triggered a geomagnetic storm watch over the weekend.
An image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory taken last Wednesday is drawing comparisons to a jack-o-lantern for the three noticeable black patches that some said looked like eyes and a toothless grin.
Astrophysicist Brian Keating quipped on Twitter, “Breaking! On Halloween Eve, NASA captures a Giant Space Pumpkin!”
“Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast solar wind gushes out into space,” NASA tweeted.
Less adorable than the smile, however, was a geomagnetic storm watch that went into effect Saturday as researchers monitored the coronal holes, which were “anticipated to enhance and disturb the solar wind environment and lead to unsettled conditions” and the possibility of a minor storm.
Geomagnetic storms can “can cause anomalies and disruptions to the modern conveniences we have come to rely on,” according to Weather.gov. Magnetic fields tied to the storms have been known to cause major power blackouts which can affect water and wastewater distribution systems, perishable food and medications, heating and air conditioning, computer systems, public transportation, fuel distribution and all other electrical systems.
It appears the worst-case scenario didn’t materialize, as NASA tweeted Sunday that there had been three solar flares, 23 coronal mass ejections but no geomagnetic storms in the past week.
The “smiling” sun prompted various reactions on social media, some clearly more smitten by the images than others.
“What a beauty,” one person wrote, while another added, “That smile is taking my heart.”
Others appeared disturbed by the star’s apparent expression, with one person tweeting only, “Thanks for the nightmares tonight NASA.” | 2022-11-01T00:39:30+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/giant-space-pumpkin-nasa-explains-what-made-sun-smile-days-before-halloween/ |
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Lange whiffs Julio for final out, Tigers hold off Mariners 5-4
Jul 14, 2023, 10:30 PM | Updated: Jul 15, 2023, 12:06 am
(Photo: Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Lange threw a called third strike past Julio Rodríguez with two on for the final out, and the Detroit Tigers held off the Seattle Mariners 5-4 on Friday night.
Detroit Tigers 5, Seattle Mariners 4: Box score
Kerry Carpenter and Nick Maton each hit a two-run homer for the Tigers. Akil Baddoo also went deep to back starter Eduardo Rodríguez (5-5).
Dylan Moore hit a two-run double for Seattle, and pinch-hitter Mike Ford launched a solo homer in the ninth that trimmed it to 5-4. Lange walked consecutive batters with two outs before freezing Julio Rodríguez with a 1-2 curveball for his 14th save.
Jarred Kelenic’s run-scoring double in the eighth made it 5-3, but Detroit reliever Jason Foley struck out Teoscar Hernández and Eugenio Suárez with Kelenic on third to end the inning.
Carpenter connected in the first off Luis Castillo (6-7), who then retired 12 batters in a row before Baddoo put the Tigers up 3-0 with a solo homer in the fifth.
Plenty of Kerry… that's outta here! pic.twitter.com/NCGLDA3HQe
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) July 15, 2023
Moore hit a two-run double in the bottom half to put the Mariners on the board. Seattle loaded the bases when Julio Rodríguez drew a two-out walk, but Ty France was called out on strikes to end the inning.
DMO gets us on the board 👊 pic.twitter.com/ZxcUHxwNa5
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) July 15, 2023
France was then ejected for arguing with plate umpire Marvin Hudson.
Eduardo Rodríguez finished with seven strikeouts and three hits allowed over five innings. It was his first win since throwing seven shutout innings against Cleveland on May 10. The left-hander spent June on the IL with a finger injury, and allowed five earned runs against the Athletics in his first start back July 5.
“I feel like my command was a lot better today,” he said. “Better than it was in the last start, against Oakland. I feel like I have my command back, so that’s what I really take out of my start today.”
Detroit ran Castillo, an All-Star this year, out of the game after five innings. The right-hander allowed four hits and three earned runs on 91 pitches, forcing the Mariners to go to the bullpen earlier than anticipated.
“I liked our at-bats against Castillo,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “He’s not easy. It’s not easy to see here early in the game, but we stayed in there. He threw a ton of secondary pitches. He’s been going first-pitch fastball quite a bit to the rest of the league but he threw a lot of secondary pitches to us. … The mistakes he made, we made him pay.”
Maton, just called up from the minors, clubbed a homer in the seventh against reliever Ty Adcock that gave the Tigers a 5-2 lead.
Maton was hitting .163 when he was sent down to Triple-A Toledo on June 26, but was called back up after just 11 games.
“I went down there to find myself again,” Maton said. “Now I’m playing like I know I can. I know it’s just one game, but I’m going to keep putting them back together and keep on grinding.”
Kelenic’s eighth-inning double off Foley scored Julio Rodríguez from first base. Rodríguez was initially ruled out at the plate, but the call was overturned following a replay review.
To the gap 💥 pic.twitter.com/r0eF1U9CuC
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) July 15, 2023
“We did some things good offensively, late, to get us back into the game, but certainly not enough tonight,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “They hit three balls over the fence and we didn’t. It’s kind of the story of the game tonight.”
ROSTER MOVES
Detroit released Jonathan Schoop after the veteran infielder cleared waivers. Maton was recalled from Triple-A Toledo.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners RHP Bryce Miller is scheduled to start Sunday. He has been out since June 30 with a blister on his right middle finger.
UP NEXT
Seattle RHP George Kirby (8-7, 3.09 ERA) starts Saturday after pitching one inning Tuesday in the All-Star Game.
All-Star RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-6, 4.03) goes for Detroit. Lorenzen is 1-4 with a 4.65 ERA over his past seven starts.
Why Angels reporter thinks Seattle Mariners are on Shohei Ohtani’s shortlist | 2023-07-15T09:18:02+00:00 | sports.mynorthwest.com | https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1761294/lange-whiffs-julio-tigers-hold-off-seattle-mariners-5-4/ |
MATADOR, Texas (AP) — A line of severe storms produced multiple tornadoes Wednesday evening on the Rolling Plains in Texas, killing at least three people and causing significant damage around the northern town of Matador.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that the storms also produced softball-size hail and wind gusts topping 100 mph (161 kph) in other communities including Jayton, which also was under a tornado warning as the line moved southeast Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service in Lubbock.
Matador Mayor Pat Smith said at least three people had been killed, that others may be injured and that there was “a whole lot of damage,” The New York Times reported.
There were widespread power outages across the Rolling Plains, including more than 700 customers without power in the Jayton area, according to South Plains Electric Cooperative.
The worst damage appeared to be in Matador — a town of about 570 people 70 miles (112 kilometers) northeast of Lubbock in Motley County.
Wednesday’s tornado outbreak came six days after a tornado left three people dead and more than 100 injured in Perryton in the northern Texas Panhandle.
The National Weather Service in Lubbock reported just after 8 p.m. Wednesday that law enforcement confirmed a tornado located just north of Matador.
Shortly after 9:30 p.m., William Iwasko, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service in Lubbock, said there had been three confirmed tornadoes in the line of storms, but it appeared the one in Matador was the only that caused significant damage.
Reports from storm chasers and meteorologists on social media showed considerable damage around Matador, with damaged homes, utility lines, trees and infrastructure.
Lubbock Fire Rescue confirmed to the Avalanche-Journal that it was sending a crew to assist with the damage and recovery.
“I gave the order for Heavy Rescue 1 to respond to the town of Matador to assist in freeing trapped residents from collapsed structures,” LFR Chief Shaun Fogerson said.
University Medical Center in Lubbock confirmed it was sending its AMBUS mobile medical unit to Matador.
A new tornado warning was issued for Dickens and King counties through 10 p.m. as the line of storms continued traveling southeast, according to statement from the weather service on Twitter. | 2023-06-22T09:46:12+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/national/tornadoes-tear-through-northern-texas-town-killing-3-people-and-causing-widespread-damage/ |
Used car prices have fallen sharply over the past year, led by the Tesla Model 3, according to new analysis from iSeeCars.
Overall used car prices are down 4.7% from September and 8.7% from a year ago, according to the analysis, which is based on the average listing prices of over 1.8 million 1-5-year-old used car sales in Feb. 2022 and 2023—not necessarily the final selling price.
Based on that data set, average used Model 3 prices are down 21.5% since Sept. 2022, making it the used car that has taken the steepest pricing nosedive in the past six months. The Tesla was also in the top five vehicles was also in the top five for year-over-year price declines, with asking prices down 19%.
The Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius Prime, and Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid were also among the used vehicles that saw the biggest decline in average prices year-over-year. Oddly, the Leaf is on both the list of models with the greatest decrease over the past six months and the list with the greatest increases over the past year. That may be a good indication of just how volatile the market has been.
EVs overall saw an average 13.9% decrease in used prices between Feb. 2022 and 2023, while hybrids saw a 2.1% drop, according to the analysis. Altogether, it’s a signal that the EV market has truly come down from 2021, when used EV prices surged, while varying widely by model and region.
Several reports out early last fall suggested that the used EV market had peaked in the summer months. Now we’re seeing even more evidence that the US EV market is dropping, possibly related to demand, interest rates, and more. As J.D. Power observed, the prices of long range EV models appeared to better hold their value on the used market during this decline.
In the case of the Model 3, Tesla’s huge price cut in January probably played a role in the pricing downturn for used models. But for the Model 3, and probably the Model Y soon, the nosedive in used values represents a market settling back closer to normal, after a bizarre situation that for a time, left used Teslas nearly the same price as new Teslas.
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‘Desperation’: Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A shortage of child care in the U.S. has become so acute that it’s reaching far into rural communities, including one northwestern Oregon county where future embryos are in line for a spot at Amy Atkinson’s nursery and preschool.
“We have children that have not been implanted yet that are on our waitlist,” said Atkinson, referring to in vitro fertilization. “It’s desperation.”
Just past Bumble Art Studio’s rainbow-painted entryway, cubbies are filled with diapers and tiny backpacks. Every crib and little plastic chair is spoken for in the only licensed center offering infant care in Oregon’s historic port town of Astoria, where the wide mouth of the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean.
Parents trying to enroll children in the facility can spend months or even years on a 40-family waitlist.
From Oregon to New York, demand for child care far exceeds supply. Families are growing increasingly desperate as providers deal with staffing shortages exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic as well as historically low pay worsened by inflation.
“I haven’t even been able to answer my phone because it’s been nonstop,” said Angie Jannusch, the center’s co-director along with Atkinson. “We keep taking all of the emails and dumping them into a waitlist folder ... we’re busting at the seams. There’s nothing available.”
Half of U.S. residents live in child care deserts where fewer than a third of children have access to a slot at a licensed facility, according to the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank that has published reports on the issue. Access challenges have forced many parents to change jobs, reduce their hours or quit altogether.
When Capri Jackson’s son was born in March, she had to leave her job at a victim services agency in Colville, a rural town of about 5,000 in northeastern Washington state.
“There is not a single certified child care space,” Jackson said. “We hear that child care is hard to find, but not that it’s not actually existent.”
The coronavirus pandemic shone a spotlight on the national child care crisis as an estimated 10% of the country’s programs shuttered. Between December 2019 and March 2021, about 16,000 programs permanently closed across 37 states, according to a report from Child Care Aware of America, a national network of child care resources and referral agencies.
Oregon is among 11 states where at least 60% of residents live in a child care desert, according to Center for American Progress data. Utah ranks highest, with 77%.
Experts warn that restricted reproductive care with Roe v. Wade overturned could further strain a system already pushed to the brink.
“We have an especially dire situation when it comes to infant-toddler care,” said Linda Smith, director of the early childhood initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonprofit public policy think tank. “Adding more infants into this unmet need is just going to make the problem worse.”
Child care deserts are disproportionately in low-income urban and rural communities. In cities, day cares tend to be concentrated in wealthier neighborhoods and costs can be exorbitant, the Center for American Progress has found. But rural shortages are more likely and more acute — many communities have no child care facilities at all. A 2018 report by the center found that 59% of rural communities are child care deserts, compared to 56% of urban and 44% of suburban communities.
Jeanine Conboy runs one of two licensed, full-time day cares in northeastern Oregon’s rural Gilliam County, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island where wheat fields and rangeland stretch across the Columbia Plateau.
Conboy’s center in the small town of Condon is full and the waitlist is double her capacity. On the five days a year she closes for teacher training, “there’s no one else — we are it here,” Conboy said.
Those closures ripple throughout the community.
“That means our public transportation department doesn’t run that day,” said Elizabeth Farrar Campbell, Gilliam County’s judge and commission chair. “We are so interconnected.”
Low pay and lack of benefits are fueling the nationwide shortage, as providers scramble to retain workers.
The median hourly wage for child care workers is $11.43, according to May 2021 figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Starbucks, Target and Amazon offer a minimum wage of $15 an hour for entry-level positions with no certification requirements. Providers are struggling to match those wages in a tight post-pandemic labor market.
Bumble in Astoria pays its 14 employees $17 to $20 an hour in an attempt to help them afford basic needs. But that means higher parent fees: $1,600 a month for full-time infant care, topping $19,000 for a year.
With inflation at a 40-year high, many parents are facing a dilemma — they can’t find child care, but they can’t afford to stay home.
The national average cost of child care is $10,174 a year, more than 10% of the median income for a married couple in 2020, according to Child Care Aware of America. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services considers child care affordable if it does not exceed 7% of a household’s income.
Second-grade teacher Maddy Buoy is unable to find care in the small rural town of Knappa, about 15 miles (22.5 kilometers) east of Astoria along the Columbia River. Her husband works nights at Domino’s Pizza so they can trade off watching their 2-year-old son.
“A day care bill is a mortgage right now,” she said.
To address the shortage, counties and states have leaned on federal emergency coronavirus funds. Commissioners in Clatsop County, home to Astoria and Knappa, voted to spend $500,000 of their federal relief money on child care. The money will finance new grants to help providers retain staff, expand capacity and improve access for families.
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress last year included $39 billion to stabilize child care, sending a lifeline to many providers. But much of the funding expires in 2024.
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better act initially proposed investing $400 billion in child care. But the final budget reconciliation package he signed in August, after being pared down to the much slimmer Inflation Reduction Act, contained no funding for it at all.
“It’s hard to imagine lawmakers would advance an effort to ease the burden of inflation on working families that fails to address the single largest expense many families face: child care,” Sarah Rittling, executive director of the advocacy group First Five Years Fund, said in a statement in July when the Senate revealed the details of the final bill.
Meanwhile, many states have sought to tackle the problem.
Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers approved $100 million in child care spending. Montana Gov. Gianforte and state public health officials announced $18 million in grants for areas known to be child care deserts. In New York, where an estimated 64% of residents live in a child care desert, lawmakers passed a budget that includes $7 billion in child care funding over the next four years that will, in part, raise the income cap to get financial assistance. In New Mexico, voters in November will be asked to amend the state’s constitution to increase public funding for early education.
But those efforts have yet to reach many parents as the pandemic continues to worsen the national child care shortage.
In Gearhart, a town of 1,900 residents about 14 miles south of Astoria, Karli Neilson takes time off and works part-time so that she can watch her 2-year-old son. She hasn’t been able to find formal care since he was born.
“It just got to be like a part-time job just doing the research and trying to find a place,” Neilson said. “Child care issues probably cause me more anxiety than anything else ever has in my life.”
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Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow her on Twitter: @ClaireARush
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — This week is Mental Health Awareness Week.
Jennifer Jackson, the executive director at the Heartland Counseling Services in South Sioux City was in the KCAU 9 News studio to talk about what families can do.
Jackson said that serves eight school districts providing mental health therapy and youth peer support. They also have done substance abuse prevention in schools for the last eight years.
She added that partners with Nebraska Commission on Problem Gambling to offer gambling addiction services. Some gambling addiction services are free through the commission.
Jackson also shared that the organization is expanding and will be getting a new building. She added that they have hired 18 new positions in the last 18 months.
“I think the stigma of mental health has reduced, and people are seeking help, so we are doubling up on offices to survive in the meantime,” Jackson said.
She added that they hope to be in the new building at the start of the new year. | 2022-10-07T20:41:58+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/heartland-counseling-services-moving-to-new-building-as-services-expand/ |
62-year-old bicyclist hit, killed by school bus, police say
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE/Gray News) - A 62-year-old bicyclist was hit and killed by a school bus in Indiana on Tuesday, according to authorities.
First responders in Evansville were called to an accident shortly before 9 a.m. where they said Albert Leroy died after being struck by a school bus while riding his bike.
Police said the driver of the bus fully cooperated with the investigation and was taken to a hospital for a blood draw, which they said is normal protocol after a fatal accident.
Investigators said the bus was traveling northbound when it made a westbound turn onto another street where it collided with Leroy on his bicycle.
WFIE reports no students or other passengers were on the school bus during the accident.
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RICHMOND, Va., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) will host its second-quarter 2022 earnings call at 10 a.m. ET on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Management will discuss matters of interest to financial and other stakeholders including recent financial results.
A live webcast of the conference call, including accompanying slides and other financial information, will be available on the investor information pages at investors.dominionenergy.com.
For individuals who prefer to join via telephone, domestic callers should dial 1-800-420-1271 and international callers should dial 1-785-424-1205. The passcode for the telephonic earnings call is 98021. Participants should dial in 10 to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
A replay of the webcast will be available on the investor information pages by the end of the day Aug. 8. A telephonic replay of the earnings call will be available beginning at about 1 p.m. ET on Aug. 8. Domestic callers may access the recording by dialing 1-800-839-9307. International callers should dial 1-402-220-6085. The PIN for the replay is 98021.
About Dominion Energy
About 7 million customers in 14 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to sustainable, reliable, affordable and safe energy and to achieving net zero carbon dioxide and methane emissions from its power generation and gas infrastructure operations by 2050. Please visit DominionEnergy.com to learn more.
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CAIRO — The Suez Canal Authority said a cargo ship carrying corn that went aground early Monday in the Egyptian waterway was refloated and canal traffic was restored.
Adm. Ossama Rabei, head of the authority, said the Marshall Islands-flagged MV Glory suffered a technical failure and the canal deployed four tugboats to help refloat it. He said the vessel was being withdrawn to a nearby maritime park to fix the problem.
Rabei did not elaborate on the nature of the technical failure. Parts of Egypt, including its northern provinces, experienced a wave of bad weather Sunday.
Rabei said in a statement that traffic in the canal resumed after the ship was refloated and 51 vessels were expected to pass through the waterway Monday.
Marwa Maher, a media officer with the canal authority, said the vessel ran aground around 5 a.m. local time and was refloated five hours later.
Canal services firm Leth Agencies said the Glory ran aground near the city of Qantara in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia. Satellite tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press showed the Glory running aground in a single-lane stretch of the Suez Canal just south of Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea.
Leth Agencies later posted a graphic that suggested the Glory, which is owned by Greek firm Primera Shipping Inc., was against the west bank of the canal, pointed south and not wedged across the channel.
It wasn't the first vessel to run aground in the crucial waterway. The Panama-flagged Ever Given, a colossal container ship, crashed into a bank on a single-lane stretch of the canal in March 2021, blocking the waterway for six days.
The Ever Given was freed in a giant salvage operation by a flotilla of tugboats. The blockage created a massive traffic jam that held up $9 billion a day in global trade and strained supply chains already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Ever Given debacle prompted Egyptian authorities to begin widening and deepening the waterway's southern part where the vessel hit ground.
In August, the Singaporean-flagged Affinity V oil tanker ran aground in a single-lane stretch of the canal, blocking the waterway for five hours before it was freed.
The Joint Coordination Center listed the Glory as carrying over 65,000 metric tons of corn from Ukraine bound for China.
The Glory was inspected by the Joint Coordination Center off Istanbul on Jan. 3. The center includes Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and United Nations staffers.
Opened in 1869, the Suez Canal provides a crucial link for oil, natural gas and cargo. It also remains one of Egypt's top foreign currency earners. In 2015, the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi completed a major expansion of the canal, allowing it to accommodate the world's largest vessels.
Built in 2005, the Glory is 225 meters (738 feet) long and 32 meters (105 feet) wide.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-01-09T10:54:44+00:00 | kpcc.org | https://www.kpcc.org/npr-news/2023-01-09/officials-say-a-grounded-ship-has-been-refloated-in-egypts-suez-canal |
5 killed in Texas shooting, officials say
McGREGOR, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - Five people were killed and a suspect is in custody following a shooting Thursday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
The shooting happened just before 8 a.m. local time. A member of the Texas Rangers confirmed the number of people who died but did not release the identities of the victims or suspect.
He said in a brief news conference that there had been an officer-involved shooting and a suspect was in police custody.
The suspected shooter was reportedly shot by McGregor police and taken to the hospital, according to an unnamed official.
A construction worker in the area said he witnessed a wounded person lying on the ground and a man firing rounds at another person moments before police arrived in the neighborhood.
The McGregor school district briefly locked down its schools and canceled classes and events for the day. It also said grief counselors would be available.
The town of about 5,200 is located approximately 18 miles southwest of Waco.
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — “ Fatal Attraction,″ the 1987 thriller film, introduced a female character (played by Glenn Close) who has a fling with a married man (played by Michael Douglas) and then obsesses and stalks him and his family after he tries to end it. Close’s character entered a new label for women – “bunny boiler”– into pop culture lexicon.
A Paramount+ TV series debuting Sunday is based on the movie but attempts to make both Dan and Alex — played by Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan — accountable for their actions. Amanda Peet plays Dan’s wife Beth. The story unfolds over two timelines, following Dan, Alex and Beth at the time of the affair and years later, when Dan and Beth’s daughter Ellen (Alyssa Jirrels) is an adult.
When Caplan was approached to play Alex, it was not an immediate yes, and she wondered if the world needed another “Fatal Attraction.” Although she enjoyed the film, the depiction of Alex disturbed her.
“I re-watched the film and I found it very difficult to watch in the spirit in which I assume it was made,” Caplan told The Associated Press. “I couldn’t see it as, ‘Alex is an evil person who’s trying to destroy this really kind man.’”
Joshua Jackson, who plays Dan in the series, agrees that the original character is portrayed as almost blameless, even though he is married.
“The lack of consequence or even like acceptance of guilt or culpability on Dan’s part is shocking from the lens of 2023,” he said. “We don’t have to dance around it. There’s a underlying misogyny to the film that is just part of the time that it came out of. The sympathy of the story is with the man in this case. It very much paints the Alex character as the villain.”
Caplan and Jackson agreed to sign on when they read the scripts and saw they kept the thrills and shock value of the film, but also got into the “why” of the affair, which there was time to do in eight episodes.
“There’s a lot more space to get into each of the characters’ perspectives,” said Jackson. “We also see what repercussions look like for Dan. We get into his life and see that these things don’t — no matter how much you want them to — go away.”
This angle is exactly what Alexandra Cunningham and Kevin J. Hynes, who developed this new take, had in mind.
After watching the 1987 film, Cunningham liked the idea of a future timeline for Dan and his family. She was left with questions about what happened next — particularly with Dan’s marriage to Beth and what became of their young daughter Ellen.
“The movie ends with just the camera panning over to a photo of a perfect family,” said Cunningham. “And it’s like, ‘Everything will be fine now that woman’s gone.’”
Cunningham wondered, ‘Is this child going to get any psychiatric help? Are they going to go to marriage counseling? Is Dan going to spend any time thinking about why this might have happened? Will he make this mistake again?’
The TV version also gives Alex a past and touches upon her mental heath, which somewhat explains her behavior. Caplan wants to be clear though that “this is not a straight up examination of mental illness. It’s ‘Fatal Attraction’, which is a very fun ride… What it is a full take on is how we as audience members have changed. I think this is the way we can hold a mirror up to ourselves and be like, ‘This was only this many years ago’… there’s no place for that version of this story in today’s world.”
There is one scene in the final episode that Jackson says was triggering for him emotionally. In the scene, Dan speaks to Ellen, who is now an adult, and takes some accountability for his actions.
“Shooting that scene absolutely sucked,” said Jackson. “I’m a father now, and I’m also the child of a man who didn’t want to be in my life, and to be at the crossroads of that conversation, playing this scene… was impactful for me in a way that I wasn’t expecting on that day. It was quite an intense experience shooting that scene.” | 2023-04-28T11:53:29+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/entertainment-news/fatal-attraction-series-attempts-to-balance-affair-blame/ |
Jimmy Butler NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Heat vs. Nuggets - June 12
Jimmy Butler and his Miami Heat teammates face the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, at 8:30 PM ET on Monday.
If you'd like to make predictions on Butler's performance, we break down his available prop bets, using stats and trends, below.
Jimmy Butler Prop Bets vs. the Nuggets
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Jimmy Butler Insights vs. the Nuggets
- This season, Jimmy Butler has made 7.5 shots from the floor per game, which adds up to 14.9% of his team's total makes.
- He's put up 1.6 threes per game, or 3.6% of his team's shots from beyond the arc this season.
- Butler's Heat average 99.2 possessions per game, which ranks 29th among NBA teams, while the Nuggets are one of the league's slowest with 99.5 possessions per contest.
- Defensively, the Nuggets are ranked eighth in the NBA, conceding 112.5 points per game.
- The Nuggets allow 40.8 rebounds per game, best in the league.
- Allowing 25.7 assists per game, the Nuggets are the 15th-ranked squad in the league.
- The Nuggets give up 11.4 made 3-pointers per game, third-ranked in the league.
Jimmy Butler vs. the Nuggets
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Fully-licensed and regulated decentralized sports betting exchange expanding betting markets with the addition of Indian Premier League
EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BetDEX Labs Inc. (or "BetDEX") today announced that the BetDEX Exchange will be introducing cricket markets to the platform this week. The first fully-licensed sports betting exchange built on the blockchain will accept bets on Indian Premier League ("IPL") matches to coincide with the first matches of the forthcoming 2023 season. Cricket joins soccer and basketball markets currently available on the Exchange.
The launch of cricket markets via the Indian Premier League, the men's Twenty20 cricket league in India contested by 10 teams across 7 cities, is a key milestone for the BetDEX Exchange, as it brings one of the world's most popular leagues to the BetDEX community. Last year, the IPL captured 229 million television viewers in the first week of the season, with the league itself estimated to be one of the highest valued sports leagues worldwide.
Varun Sudhakar, CEO and Co-Founder of BetDEX, commented on today's news: "The addition of IPL on the BetDEX Exchange is an exciting milestone and a celebration of the ongoing expansion of our betting markets. Adding the IPL has been a key goal of the team as we continue to add more sports markets across the globe for our community."
Since its launch on Solana's blockchain in November, 2022 for the FIFA World Cup, BetDEX has continually upgraded and expanded its exchange. Building upon FIFA World Cup matches and the English Premier League, which were available at launch, the exchange has since added various markets for Bundesliga, Serie A, NFL, NBA, NCAA Basketball, and more. BetDEX recently announced that it has launched in new territories including Canada and India, as the company continues to expand operations across the globe.
BetDEX Exchange is built on the Monaco Protocol, a decentralized and open-sourced protocol that utilizes the Solana blockchain, supporting prediction and betting markets, underpinned by greater security and lower network fees than traditional betting exchanges and sportsbooks.
The BetDEX Exchange became the first fully licensed sports betting exchange on blockchain after gaining licensing from the Isle of Man in October 2022.
For additional information regarding the BetDEX Exchange please visit: https://www.betdex.com/
About BetDEX
BetDEX Labs Inc. ("BetDEX"), developed by former FanDuel founders and early employees, is a web3 company backed by investors including Paradigm, Multicoin, and Lightspeed, building open source technology for global prediction markets. The BetDEX Exchange, powered by BetDEX, is a sports betting exchange built on the Monaco Protocol allowing for peer-to-peer wagering. The Exchange is licensed and regulated under the jurisdiction of Isle of Man via the Gambling Supervision Commission. BetDEX is a key contributor to the Monaco Protocol, a permissionless decentralized and open-sourced protocol built on the Solana blockchain, supporting prediction and betting markets. For more information, visit: https://www.betdex.com/. Follow BetDEX @BetDEXLabs.
Contact: Dillon Arace, betdexpr@mgroupsc.com
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A food company executive was arrested on a pair of charges after reportedly biting a man’s nose in a parking garage in Fayetteville on Saturday night.
Doug Ramsey, 53, of Fayetteville, was arrested on September 17 on charges of terroristic threatening and third-degree battery. According to a preliminary report, the incident happened at a parking garage near Razorback Stadium following Arkansas’ victory over Missouri State.
Just after 10 p.m., an officer was dispatched to Gate 15 for “a disturbance that had previously occurred in the Stadium Drive Parking Garage (SDPG).” The responding officer found “two males with bloody faces” at the scene.
The officer spoke with both parties and a witness and determined that Ramsey was allegedly in the traffic lane of the structure, attempting to leave, when a Subaru “inched his way” in front of Ramsey’s Bronco, making contact with the front passenger’s side tire. Ramsey got out of his vehicle and allegedly “punched through the back windshield of the Subaru,” according to the report.
The owner of the Subaru then got out and he stated that Ramsey “pulled him in close and started punching his body.” According to the report, Ramsey also “bit the owner’s nose, ripping the flesh on the tip of the nose.”
The victim and the witness also reported hearing Ramsey “threaten to kill” the owner of the Subaru. Occupants of both vehicles got out and helped separate the parties.
Ramsey was arrested at 10:27 p.m. and booked into the Washington County jail.
Ramsey was named the COO of Beyond Meat in December 2021. KNWA/FOX24 reached out to Beyond Meat for comment on Ramsey’s arrest and have not received a response.
According to the Tyson Foods website, Ramsey had been a member of Tyson Foods’ poultry business since 1992 and was named president of global McDonald’s business in 2019. The site also states that “Doug [was] a champion of team member safety and sits on the company’s Executive Safety Council.”
A Tyson spokesperson said that Ramsey left the company last year on his own accord, unrelated to this arrest.
He has an appearance in Fayetteville District Court scheduled for October 19. | 2022-09-21T03:52:03+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/national/beyond-meat-coo-arrested-for-biting-mans-nose-near-razorback-stadium/ |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. cities and states have lined up with tax breaks and millions of dollars in both public and private investments for a chance at hosting 2026 FIFA World Cup games, set to be announced Thursday.
The prize is a share of what FIFA expects to be more than $5 billion in short-term economic activity generated from the tournament throughout North America.
In hopes of scoring a deal, state lawmakers and city leaders are cutting sales taxes on tickets and pumping millions of dollars into stadium renovations.
Missouri is among a handful of states that preemptively passed a bill to exempt FIFA tickets from sales taxes. Kansas City-area Democratic state Sen. John Rizzo said he expects revenue generated from Kansas City hosting the event to “more than offset” any losses on sales taxes for tickets.
“There are a lot of excited soccer fans that are hoping that we can get this done,” Rizzo said. “I’m hopeful, too.”
Seventeen stadiums in 16 areas remain in contention to be among 10-12 selected from the U.S. for the tournament, which will be co-hosted with Mexico and Canada. The U.S. will host 60 of the 80 games under FIFA’s plan, including all from the quarterfinals on, and there was little doubt over the venues for 10 games each in the other nations.
FIFA’s calls for tax breaks and other funding assistance led cities including Minneapolis, Chicago and Glendale, Arizona, to drop out of the running in 2018.
Lawmakers and city officials elsewhere appear more willing to make concessions.
The Republican governors of Georgia and Florida in May signed legislation eliminating sales taxes on tickets for World Cup soccer matches.
Missouri lawmakers sent similar legislation to Republican Gov. Mike Parson last month. He has not indicated whether he’ll sign it.
“I know there’s probably some people out there that are like, why are we doing that?” Rizzo said. “The reason for that is in the past, there have been other places that have hiked the sales tax on the tickets just before they went on sale.”
Tickets to sporting events aren’t subject to sales tax in Ohio, although Cincinnati, which is vying to be named a host city, is among municipalities that subjects them to a local admissions tax.
Alan Rothenberg, head of World Cup USA 1994, anticipates many of the U.S. states and cities will refuse to comply with FIFA’s demands for ticket tax breaks.
“I think that’s a fair assumption in most of the jurisdictions,” he said. “Some of them, they may just build it into the stadium price and other things, but getting an actual waiver may be difficult. Ultimately, it just means another cost that the host committee, host city, is going to be responsible for.”
Other states and cities have either cobbled together private funding or are pulling from designated public funding set aside specifically to attract large events.
Georgia also appropriated $250,000 in the budget beginning July 1 for security if Atlanta wins a bid. Money from hotel taxes collected by the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau also could be used to support the bid.
In April, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed a bill to increase bond authorization for M&T Bank Stadium, home to the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens and a proposed World Cup site. The bill allows borrowing of up to $600 million, up from a current cap of $235 million.
In Cincinnati, Ohio, officials have pledged $10 million for soccer-specific upgrades to Paul Brown Stadium, and another $40 million to $50 million in improvements to the 22-year-old facility have been folded into Hamilton County’s negotiations of a new contract with the NFL’s Bengals.
Private business leaders in the region also have said they are working to raise an additional $35 million to $50 million to enhance the experience for spectators.
Ohio created a special fund for luring this type of sporting event in 2019, and the most recent state budget calls for two infusions of up to $5 million into it over the next two years.
Texas also has a tax-funded program designed to help cities host major sports events, and FIFA and World Cup matches already qualify to apply for millions.
The Major Events Reimbursement Program allows hosting cities and local organizers to apply for money to cover costs related to the event, including any rights fees they have to pay. For the World Cup, organizers in Dallas and Houston could apply to the program to draw millions in tax money that would help cover any rights fees demanded by FIFA.
Other states are leaning on private funding.
In an April letter to FIFA officials, Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf said Philadelphia Soccer 2026 has so far raised $50 million in private funding to cover the city’s hosting responsibilities, an amount he said the state would supplement.
The Denver Sports Commission’s executive director, Matthew Payne, said the city estimates it would cost $40 million to $45 million in private funds to host Cup games and that “we are about at the halfway point in that budget.”
Payne insisted no taxpayer dollars were involved in the bid — though taxpayer-funded city projects, such as renovations to Denver International Airport and ongoing road and light rail construction, did feature as selling points.
The cost estimate includes creating fan venues outside the stadium, hiring or paying for extra security and training fields for visiting teams, Payne said.
Private fundraising is heavy on corporate involvement; he declined to reveal prospective donors ahead of Thursday’s announcement.
“We feel really, really strongly that we’ll generate the dollars needed privately to provide for all elements of staging World Cup games,” Payne said. “It is doable.”
Colorado’s Legislature has appropriated no funds or acted on any legislation regarding the 2026 Cup.
The remaining U.S. areas and stadiums:
Arlington, Texas, AT&T Stadium; Atlanta, Mercedes-Benz Stadium; Baltimore, M&T Bank Stadium; Cincinnati, Paul Brown Stadium; Denver, Empower Field at Mile High; East Rutherford, New Jersey, MetLife Stadium; Foxborough, Massachusetts, Gillette Stadium; Houston, NRG Stadium; Inglewood, California, SoFi Stadium; Kansas City, Missouri, Arrowhead Stadium; Miami Gardens, Florida, Hard Rock Stadium; Nashville, Tennessee, Nissan Stadium; Orlando, Florida, Camping World Stadium; Pasadena, California, Rose Bowl; Philadelphia, Lincoln Financial Field; Santa Clara, California, Levi’s Stadium; Seattle, Lumen Field.
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Associated Press sports writers Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas and writers Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus, Ohio; Jim Anderson in Denver; Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pa.; Brian Witte in Annapolis, Md.; Jeff Amy in Atlanta; and Brendan Farrington in Tallahassee, Fla. contributed to this report. Blum reported from New York. | 2022-06-16T11:59:28+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/sports/ap-sports/states-offer-tax-breaks-funds-for-chance-to-host-world-cup/ |
CLEVELAND, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Calspan Corporation ("Calspan" or "the Company").
Acquisition of Calspan Corporation
Calspan is a leading independent provider of highly engineered testing and technology development services and systems primarily for the aerospace & defense industry. Headquartered in Buffalo, New York, the Company operates from seven primary facilities across the states of New York, Virginia, Minnesota and California. The Company's state of the art transonic wind tunnel in Buffalo, New York is used across a range of important aftermarket-focused development activities for both the commercial and defense aerospace end markets. Calspan employs approximately 625 people and is expected to generate approximately $200 million in revenue for the calendar year ending December 31, 2023.
Kevin Stein, TransDigm's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are excited about the acquisition of Calspan. We see opportunity for TransDigm's proven operating model to enhance the Company's established positions across a diverse range of aftermarket-focused aerospace & defense development and testing services. The Company operates within our primary aerospace and defense industry, and its unique service offerings exhibit the earnings stability and growth potential that we have come to expect of our aerospace components-centered businesses. As with all TransDigm acquisitions, we expect the Calspan acquisition to create equity value in-line with our long-term private equity-like return objectives."
The acquisition, which is expected to close during TransDigm's fiscal 2023, is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The acquisition is expected to be financed through existing cash on hand.
About TransDigm Group
TransDigm Group, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft in service today. Major product offerings, substantially all of which are ultimately provided to end-users in the aerospace industry, include mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls, ignition systems and engine technology, specialized pumps and valves, power conditioning devices, specialized AC/DC electric motors and generators, batteries and chargers, engineered latching and locking devices, engineered rods, engineered connectors and elastomer sealing solutions, databus and power controls, cockpit security components and systems, specialized and advanced cockpit displays, engineered audio, radio and antenna systems, specialized lavatory components, seat belts and safety restraints, engineered and customized interior surfaces and related components, advanced sensor products, switches and relay panels, thermal protection and insulation, lighting and control technology, parachutes, high performance hoists, winches and lifting devices, and cargo loading, handling and delivery systems.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe," "may," "will," "should," "expect," "intend," "plan," "predict," "anticipate," "estimate," or "continue" and other words and terms of similar meaning may identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause TransDigm Group's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, TransDigm Group. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the TransDigm Group's business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity; the sensitivity of TransDigm Group's business to the number of flight hours that its customers' planes spend aloft and its customers' profitability, both of which are affected by general economic conditions; current and future geopolitical or other worldwide events; cyber-security threats, natural disasters and climate change-related events; TransDigm Group's reliance on certain customers; the U.S. defense budget and risks associated with being a government supplier including government audits and investigations; failure to maintain government or industry approvals; failure to complete or successfully integrate acquisitions; the ability to successfully complete the acquisition and integration of Calspan; TransDigm Group's indebtedness; potential environmental liabilities; liabilities arising in connection with litigation; climate-related regulations; increases in raw material costs, taxes and labor costs that cannot be recovered in product pricing; risks and costs associated with TransDigm Group's international sales and operations; and other factors. Further information regarding the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results can be found in TransDigm Group's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022 and other reports that TransDigm Group or its subsidiaries have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, TransDigm Group undertakes no obligation to revise or update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
Contact:
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(216) 706-2945
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnamese Vietravel Airlines has been accoladed with Asia's Leading New Airline award at the recent World Travel Awards (WTA) Asia and Oceania Gala Ceremony 2022 held in Vietnam on September 7.
Vietravel Airlines's product and service excellence within the first year of operation led to the airline's success at the award while surpassing two other nominees from Asia in the same category.
"This is the first award for Vietravel Airlines and a milestone in our history, marking the recognition and trust of customers and partners of our offerings and dedication. This is also an important premise for us to continue carrying out our mission in connecting and conquering farther and higher destinations across the globe," said Vu Duc Bien, President and CEO of Vietravel Airlines.
Graham Cooke, Founder WTA, at the award ceremony while congratulating Vietravel Airlines added, "This will be the driving force for the youngest airline making new strides in the journey of realizing its mission of connecting, bringing international friends to the beauty of Vietnam, and conquering new lands with the people of Vietnam."
The award, dubbed "the Oscar of the travel industry", is a prestigious organization that acknowledges, rewards, and celebrates excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries.
As the fifth commercial airline in Vietnam and the first travel airline in Southeast Asia, the company promotes Vietnamese culture, people, history, and regions through unique experiences on board a modern fleet of A321 aircrafts.
Aside to in-flight experiences, including exclusive guides, local flavor inspired snacks and beverages equivalent to 4-star airlines, personalized wireless entertainment system, and a nearly 100% flight safety index, Vietravel Airlines is among the top three on time performance (OTP) in the Vietnamese aviation industry.
Vietravel Airlines in Numbers
- Over 8000 flight-hours made 100% safe
- 1,500,000 passengers with >92% load factor (flight occupancy rate)
- 94.2% average OTP take-off rate in the first seven months of 2022
- Connecting two major hubs, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, to popular tourist destinations throughout Vietnam: Phu Quoc, Quy Nhon, Da Nang, Nha Trang, Hue, and Da Lat in 2021.
After focusing on promoting Vietnam's key tourist destinations in the first year, Vietravel Airlines is expanding its flight routes from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to Bangkok (Thailand), Busan & Incheon (Korea), Singapore, Taipei (Taiwan) at the end of 2022.
For more details, visit www.vietravelairlines.com/us/en
About Vietravel Airlines
Vietravel Airlines (IATA code: VU) offers a multi-dimensional tourism ecosystem with a multimodal transport combining aviation and tourism. Backed by the largest travel group in Asia, Vietravel Corporation (UPCOM stock market: VTR), the airline operated its first commercial flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in January 2021. Vietravel Airlines flies on domestic and international routes in Asia mainly Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore while doubling its A321 fleet in the next year.
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- Time: 10:00 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT
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Lakers vs. Warriors Betting Trends
- The Lakers average 117.2 points per game (sixth in the league) while allowing 116.6 per outing (20th in the NBA). They have a +47 scoring differential overall.
- The Warriors put up 118.9 points per game (second in league) while allowing 117.1 per contest (21st in NBA). They have a +148 scoring differential and outscore opponents by 1.8 points per game.
- These teams rack up a combined 236.1 points per game, 8.1 more points than this matchup's total.
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TORONTO (AP) — Diar DeRozan wanted to skip a day of school. Her father grudgingly went along with the plan.
Turns out, the decision was worth shouting about.
The 9-year-old daughter of Chicago guard DeMar DeRozan stole the show at the play-in tournament on Wednesday night with shrieks from the stands that went viral and quite possibly played a role in helping the Bulls defeat the Toronto Raptors 109-105 in an Eastern Conference elimination game.
Her ear-splitting shouts would come when the Raptors — her dad’s former team — were shooting free throws, and they were loud enough to even become a conversation point during the ESPN broadcast of the game. The Raptors finished 18 of 36 from the line in their season-ending loss.
“My daughter called me the other day when she was getting out of school and she just said, ‘Dad, can I come to the Toronto game?’” DeRozan said. “I remember her going to all the Toronto games when she was a kid and I almost said no because she’s in school back home. But she kept asking. She was just adamant about coming to support and I said, ‘All right, you can miss one day of school and come to a game.’
“I’m glad I did,” DeRozan said. “I owe her some money for sure.”
The 18-for-36 showing was Toronto’s worst of the season from the foul line.
“Not a great free throw night for us in general,” Toronto’s Pascal Siakam said.
The Bulls advanced to face Miami on Friday night in a win-or-go-home game, with a chance to make the playoffs and face No. 1 Milwaukee in Round 1 of the East playoffs starting Sunday.
Good news for the Heat: Diar’s dad said she isn’t going to Miami.
“No,” DeRozan said. “She’s got to go back to school.”
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Pakistan’s Meteorological Department reported a 4.2 magnitude quake in southeastern Afghanistan that state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported took five more lives in hard-hit Gayan District and injured 11 people.
The country of 38 million people was already in the midst of a spiraling economic crisis that had plunged millions deep into poverty with over a million children at risk of severe malnutrition.
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The Taliban director of the Bakhtar agency said Friday the death toll had risen to 1,150 people from previous reports of 1,000 killed. Abdul Wahid Rayan said at least 1,600 people were injured.
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State media reported that close to 3,000 homes were destroyed or badly damaged. In the district of Gayan, at least 1,000 homes were damaged by the earthquake. Another 800 homes in the Spera district of Khost province were also damaged.
While modern buildings withstand magnitude 6 earthquakes elsewhere, Afghanistan’s mud-brick homes and landslide-prone mountains make such quakes more dangerous.
Roads in the area are so poorly paved and difficult to navigate that some villages in Gayan District take a full day to reach from Kabul, though it is only 110 miles away.
In villages across Gayan district, toured by Associated Press journalists for hours Thursday, families who had spent the previous rainy night out in the open lifted pieces of timber of collapsed roofs and pulled away stones by hand, looking for missing loved ones. Taliban fighters circulated in vehicles in the area, but only a few were seen helping dig through the rubble.
There was little sign of heavy equipment — only one bulldozer was spotted being transported. Ambulances circulated, but little other help to the living was evident. One 6-year-old boy in Gayan wept as he said his parents, two sisters and a brother were all dead. He had fled the ruins of his own home and took refuge with the neighbors.
Many international aid agencies withdrew from Afghanistan when the Taliban seized power last August. Those that remain are scrambling to get medical supplies, food and tents to the remote quake-struck area. U.N. agencies are also facing a $3 billion funding shortfall for Afghanistan this year.
Germany, Norway and several other countries announced they were sending aid for the quake, but underscored that they would work only through U.N. agencies, not with the Taliban, which no government has officially recognized as of yet. Nations have called on the Taliban to first address human rights concerns, chief among them the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls.
The International Rescue Committee has emergency health teams in the two provinces to deliver essential first aid and said it is providing cash support to families who have lost their homes and livelihoods in the earthquake. The organization, which has been operating in Afghanistan since 1988, is calling for an international roadmap to ultimately release Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves.
The Taliban's takeover of the country last year as the U.S. was preparing to withdraw its troops prompted the Biden administration to freeze around $9.5 billion that the Afghan central bank has in U.S. banks, hampering the new rulers' efforts to pay civil servants and import goods.
Trucks of food and other necessities arrived from Pakistan, and planes full of humanitarian aid landed from Iran and Qatar. India humanitarian relief and a technical team to the capital, Kabul, to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance. India says its aid will be handed over to a U.N. agency on the ground and the Afghan Red Crescent Society.
In Paktika province, the quake shook a region of deep poverty, where residents scrape out in a living in the few fertile areas among the rough mountains.
There are projections, quoted by the U.N. and others, that poverty rates may climb as high as 97% of the population and unemployment to 40% this year.
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Associated Press writers Rahim Faiez in Islamabad, Pakistan and Aya Batrawy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates contributed to this report. | 2022-06-24T12:40:50+00:00 | kcci.com | https://www.kcci.com/article/afghanistan-earthquake-june-24/40403314 |
Motor Control Experts Plan Growth with Pacific Northwest Manufacturers Rep
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Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, ACI is the Pacific Northwest's vendor of choice for commercial HVAC applications. ACI partners with consulting engineers, contractors, and their customers, to help buildings thrive. Solutions include applications for education, data centers commercial office buildings, healthcare, and industrial facilities. Our team includes thirty-five degreed sales engineers and project professionals working with over fifty equipment manufacturers. Visit acimechsales.com for more information.
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A&L Adds New Events for Spring
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Several intriguing new events are springing up from UCSB Arts & Lectures. Recently announced for the months of April and May are:
Wed, Apr 12
Actor, Producer and Entrepreneur
Danny Trejo
A Life of Crime, Redemption and Hollywood
7:30 PM | Campbell Hall
Danny Trejo (Spy Kids, Heat, From Dusk Till Dawn) has a long and multifaceted acting career that almost didn’t happen. He’ll speak about what it took to become a movie star after spending most of a decade in some of California’s toughest prisons.
Wed, Apr 19
Indigenous Multimedia Artist
Nicholas Galanin
Let Them Enter Dancing and Showing Their Faces
7:30 PM | Campbell Hall | FREE
Proclaimed a “standout” by The New York Times, multidisciplinary artist Nicholas Galanin — of Tlingit and Unangax descent and a citizen of Alaska’s Sitka Tribe — explores conceptions and misconceptions surrounding Indigenous identity.
Tue, Apr 25
24th U.S. Poet Laureate
Ada Limón
Why We Need Poetry
7:30 PM | Campbell Hall | FREE for all students (with valid Id)
The first woman of Mexican ancestry to be named U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón’s latest collection, The Hurting Kind, was named one of The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2022.
Wed, May 3
Celebrating Mother’s Day
Laura Dern and Diane Ladd
Honey, Baby, Mine
7:30 PM | Campbell Hall
Actor Laura Dern and her mother, Academy Award-winner Diane Ladd share a deeply personal conversation on love, art, ambition, and legacy inspired by their own heart-to-hearts.
Tue, May 9
Public Art Projection
Woman. Life. Freedom.
ArtRise Collective, in Collaboration with Mozaik Philanthropy
8 PM | Art, Design & Architecture Museum | FREE
A large-scale public art projection featuring 30 artworks by anonymous international artists responds to systemic gender inequality and discrimination in Iran. The works in this exhibition reflect the central message that a struggle for women’s right to self-determination affirms human dignity.
Wed, May 10
UCSB Reads Author Event
Charles Montgomery
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
7:30 PM | Campbell Hall | FREE
How do we design happy cities? Urban design consultant, award-winning journalist and author of Happy City, Charles Montgomery looks for answers in psychology, neuroscience and behavioral economics, and in cityscapes from Disneyland to Dubai.
Mon, May 22
CEO of the Anti-Defamation League
Jonathan Greenblatt
Fighting Hate for Good
7:30 PM | Campbell Hall | FREE
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt offers a primer on how we can take back the momentum from conspiracy theories and antisemitic extremists online and in our schools and communities.
Wed, May 24
2023 Santa Barbara County Economic Summit
9-11 AM | Granada Theatre
This annual event’s featured speakers include Chris Waller, member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors; and Ted Egan, chief economist for the City and County of San Francisco. The Santa Barbara County economic report will be delivered by Peter Rupert, director of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project.
For additional information and to purchase tickets visit artsandlectures.ucsb.edu. Also, please note that masks are no longer required in the auditorium, however they are strongly recommended for all guests. | 2023-03-29T01:03:30+00:00 | independent.com | https://www.independent.com/2023/03/28/al-adds-new-events-for-spring/ |
What are the best gifts for 11 year olds?
No longer little kids but not quite teenagers, 11 year olds often want to be more grown-up than they are, and will appreciate gifts that make them feel this way. It can be a tricky age group to buy for, but once you get down to it, you can find plenty for tweens to enjoy.
You know the 11 year old you’re buying for, so thinking about their likes and interests will help you choose the perfect gift. And it’s useful to look at popular products for inspiration.
Best tech gifts for 11 year olds
Top tech gift
WobbleWorks 3Doodler Create+ 3D Printing Pen
What you need to know: Creative 11 year olds who love tech will be wowed by this 3D printing pen.
What you’ll love: It lets users create 3D models out of plastic rods that are inserted into the pen and melt as they come out of the tip. Users can craft all kinds of wonderful creations, both big and small.
What you should consider: Although sensible 11 year olds will be able to use it safely, it’s recommended for ages 14-plus.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top tech gift for the money
Sphero Mini App-Enabled Programmable Robot Ball
What you need to know: This is an excellent choice if you’re buying for an 11 year old who loves tech and is interested in programming.
What you’ll love: This tiny robot can teach users how to code with the Sphero app for smartphones, tablets or laptops. It also acts as a controller to play a variety of mini games and has a drive mode that lets users drive it around from the app.
What you should consider: It suffers from a few glitches, such as easily becoming uncalibrated and disconnecting from Wi-Fi.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best gifts for 11 year olds who love music
Top music gift
Fender Squier Bullet Stratocaster Starter Pack
What you need to know: It’s a reasonably priced electric guitar that’s great for beginners as it comes bundled with other essentials.
What you’ll love: This guitar is on the higher end of basic, so it will serve a new player for at least a few years before they want to upgrade. It comes with accessories including a strap, lead, tuner and small practice amp.
What you should consider: If you’re not sure your 11 year old wants to learn guitar, it’s a pricey gift to take a risk on.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top music gift for the money
What you need to know: This portable Bluetooth speaker is perfect for music lovers, letting them play music from a phone, tablet or laptop.
What you’ll love: It’s waterproof and durable, so it’s a good choice for kids who aren’t known for taking the best care of their belongings. The sound quality is excellent considering its compact size.
What you should consider: Kids who don’t have their own phone or tablet will get limited use from it.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best gifts for creative 11 year olds
Top creative gift
Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils
What you need to know: Art-lovers can level up their drawing game with these colored pencils.
What you’ll love: They have soft cores, are highly pigmented and easily blendable, so they’re a huge step up for tweens who only have basic colored pencils. You can choose a range of pack sizes, from small 36-pencil sets to huge 150-pencil ones.
What you should consider: Their high price point means they’re not ideal for kids who aren’t seriously into art.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top creative gift for the money
Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 Instant Camera
What you need to know: This camera lets the tween in your life experience the magic of instant Polaroid pictures, but in a modern package.
What you’ll love: It’s great for 11 year olds into photography, easy to use and comes in a range of appealing colors: blue, pink, lilac, charcoal and white. It automatically adjusts the shutter speed to get the best results in any lighting.
What you should consider: The film is relatively pricey and kids may go through it quickly when they’re used to taking snaps on digital cameras.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best gift for adventurous 11 year olds
Top adventurous gift
What you need to know: This mini drone is made by a reputable drone manufacturer, but has cheaper components and hardware to bring the cost down.
What you’ll love: It has a decent build quality and is easy to control, which is great for young drone pilots. It comes with a camera that can capture still photos and videos.
What you should consider: The maximum flight time is only 13 minutes, but it’s still fun to play with.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top adventurous gift for the money
What you need to know: A skateboard is a great gift for adventurous young people who are longing to hang out at the skatepark with their friends.
What you’ll love: This is a complete board, so it’s ready to ride out of the box. It’s a decent setup for new skaters that they’ll take a while to grow out of. The 7.5-inch width is a good size for young skaters.
What you should consider: You’ll need to buy the right safety gear for the 11 year old in your life to skate safely.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best gifts for 11 year olds into games and gaming
Top game and gaming gift
What you need to know: This Marvel version of the strategy game Splendor is complex enough to keep 11 year olds interested without being too hard to play.
What you’ll love: It’s a great choice for Marvel fans, board-gamers and young people you’re trying to encourage to spend less time staring at screens. It’s a relatively quick game, taking around 30 minutes from start to finish once players have the hang of the mechanics.
What you should consider: It can be tough to get some 11 year olds to agree to family game time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top game and gaming gift for the money
Paladone Playstation Icons Light
What you need to know: Young people of this age often want to start asserting their identity, so a keen gamer would love to display this in their bedroom or game room.
What you’ll love: It has three lighting modes: one displaying solid colors, one phasing among colors and one music-reactive mode that flashes along with a beat. It’s officially licensed by PlayStation and is solidly made.
What you should consider: Kids who are more into Xbox or Nintendo than PlayStation might not like it.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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(CNN) — A woman gave birth to a healthy baby in a lavatory on board a Frontier Airlines flight, according to a Facebook post from the airline.
The passenger went into early labor during the flight from Denver (DEN) to Orlando (MCO), said the post, which was shared on May 17. Flight attendant Diana Giraldo then helped her get to the lavatory and assisted in delivering the baby.
In a statement, Captain Chris Nye, who was piloting the aircraft, said the plane diverted to Florida’s Pensacola Airport, then continued to Orlando after the mother and baby were able to deplane with the assistance of medical personnel.
“The whole crew really did a great job,” Nye said in a comment that was shared on Frontier’s Facebook post.
“Dispatch did a great job as well by suggesting Pensacola Airport and getting a gate and paramedics ready for us. This was a job well done, and I was happy to see everyone working together to successfully deliver a newborn on an aircraft!”
Though the baby’s name and gender have not been shared publicly, Frontier did reveal that the newborn’s middle name is Sky due to the unusual conditions of its arrival in the world.
And this little one isn’t the only kid born in the air in recent years.
In May 2021, a woman went into labor on board a flight from Salt Lake City to Honolulu. In that case, though, no flight attendant needed to help out with the delivery — by lucky coincidence, there was a doctor and three NICU nurses on board, all of whom jumped into action.
In fact, being born on a plane can sometimes have fun perks attached.
A baby named Haven, who was born on a Cebu Pacific flight from Dubai to Manila in 2016, was given one million miles by the Filipino airline. Despite being too little to use them yet, the airline said the miles could be shared with her family members.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is starting a sales tax-free weekend that covers back-to-school needs such as clothing, school supplies and computers. The sales tax holiday runs from Friday through Sunday.
It includes general clothing items that cost less than $100 each. School and art supplies that cost less than $100 an item also are covered. Computers, including laptops, are included if they cost $1,500 or less.
Shoppers can save online and in stores. The items must be bought for personal use, not business or trade.
Two other sales tax holidays are also occurring. A grocery sales tax suspension lasts for all of August. The exemption for gun safes and safety devices began this month and runs through June 2023. | 2022-07-29T08:21:19+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Tennessee-back-to-school-sales-tax-free-weekend-17337516.php |
Tom Sizemore in critical condition after brain aneurysm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Sizemore is in critical condition after suffering a brain aneurysm, a representative for the actor said Sunday.
Sizemore suffered the aneurism around 2 a.m. Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was hospitalized in intensive care, his manager Charles Lago said. Lago described Sizemore’s condition “a wait-and-see situation.”
Sizemore, 61, has acted in films including “Saving Private Ryan,” “Heat” and “Black Hawk Down.” He also has had a history of drug abuse and run-ins with law enforcement.
Sizemore was convicted of domestic violence in 2003 against his girlfriend, Heidi Fleiss. In 2006, he pleaded no contest to using methamphetamine outside a motel. Sizemore was arrested in Los Angeles in 2009 for suspected battery of a former spouse, and again in 2011 for the same offense. In 2018, a then 26-year-old actress filed a lawsuit against Sizemore, claiming he abused her as an 11-year-old during production on the film “Born Killers.” Sizemore denied it, and the suit was later dismissed.
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Rachel Fuda is learning the rules of playing the game that is The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Last week's episode ended with Jennifer Aydin and Teresa Giudice offering a warning to Rachel and her fellow newbie, Danielle Cabral: beware of Margaret Josephs. Both women feuded majorly with Margaret in season 12, after Marge asked questions about Teresa's new man, Louie Ruelas, and exposed Jennifer's husband's years-old affair.
"I understand where they're coming from -- and they're validated in their feelings -- but it just felt a little mean girl," Rachel says of the conversation. "It felt like a little aggressive in that moment ... it just didn't feel appropriate at that point. I wasn't at that point in my friendship with Teresa or Jennifer yet, and I don't think it was for my benefit. I think it was for theirs."
While Jennifer and Teresa were clear they wanted Rachel and Danielle to make their own judgments on Margaret, she couldn't help but feel as if she was being played as a pawn in a game of Housewives chess.
"I think it was more about them trying to bring us in that direction, trying to magnetize us there, instead of [Margaret] having another person on her 'team' -- and I hate that word," she says. "I personally feel that Jennifer has ulterior motives in a lot of the things that she does."
The "keep your friends close, enemies closer" advice about Margaret followed a phone call from Jennifer that left Rachel on-guard; Jennifer called up her new castmate to apologize for making rude comments about her nose job, and after Rachel accepted her apology, started rattling off her thoughts and feelings about co-star Dolores Catania, with whom she found herself locked in a feud, carried over from the season prior. Rachel shut down the conversation, though, seeing as she's known Dolores a lot longer than she's known Jennifer.
"It felt like we were talking smack," Rachel recalls. "I know that things get very mangled in the mess with this group of women. So, I really wanted to be like, 'No, I don't want to talk about this at all...' It just it felt a little similar to the Margaret situation, like it felt like it was reflecting back almost kind of the same thing."
"I definitely think it was one of those things [of], 'Let me give her the history so she could see what's going on here, and then I can have her see from my perspective, so that we're on the same bench,'" she adds.
Rachel called out Jennifer's behavior at a "Love Bubble" housewarming party thrown by Teresa and her now-husband, Louie, which resulted in a bit of screaming match between the two. Rachel ultimately opted to walk away from the battle, even though her husband, John Fuda, encouraged her to stick around and "check" Jennifer.
"I think I'm a little more classier-- actually, I know I’m a little bit more classier, a lot more classier, than Jennifer Aydin," Rachel says of her decision to disengage. "So, I'm not going to stoop to her level and fight the way she fights. I have class. I have a lot more sophistication than she does. I have a better heart than she does."
It may have been in that moment that Rachel cemented herself as a Housewife. Prior to Bravo confirming the lineup for season 13, fans speculated she was a "friend of" the cast. Her full-time slot even seemed to be a surprise to Teresa, who appeared confused on a December episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, after Andy told her he was loving the new Housewives, plural.
"I was actually surprised to hear that she said that," Rachel remarks. "I'm like, wait, is she shading me, or is she just stupid? I'm not quite sure, which one is it?"
Rachel came to the show by way of Teresa's sister-in-law/now-sworn enemy, Melissa Gorga. The two women's sons are friends, and their off-camera history immediately had the fandom labeling Rachel as "Team Melissa." Danielle found herself dubbed a "Tre Soldier," a nod to Teresa's nickname.
"It's so juvenile and annoying because, first of all, Danielle nor I should be grouped as anything," Rachel fires back. "We're an ensemble cast. We all bring something different to the show, and Melissa doesn't need me to defend her. She can defend herself. She can fight her own battles. I don't need to fight for her, and same thing with Teresa. Like, she doesn't need Danielle."
"They've both done it for how many seasons without the two of us?" she asks. "So, it doesn't to me-- I mean, I understand why it's happening, and I get why the fans feel that way. We haven't been photographed in pictures and all these kinds of things, but it just isn't necessary, and I feel like a lot of that stuff that takes place on social media kind of trickles into our cast and makes it worse, where it could be more cohesive and fluid if that wasn't the case."
Social media got Rachel into a little trouble of her own, after one sleuth uncovered an Instagram page linked to her with the handle BravoLover1234. The reveal had some viewers immediately questioning if a "fan" had invaded the cast, resulting in questions about Rachel's authenticity.
"It's so embarrassing," she confesses. "First of all, nothing wrong with being a fan of the show. I mean, we are all watching the show. We're all fans to some capacity, that's No. 1. So, let's say that. No. 2, this was my old Instagram page before I got married."
Rachel says the handle wasn't always BravoLover1234; that's actually what she changed it to while filming this season, in a bid to actually go undetected.
"As the season progressed, we weren't all getting along," she explains. "I'm like, 'I need a finsta to watch these girls' stories.' So, I log onto my old account, and I change the name. Like, deleted everything. I had no followers. There was nothing on there. I guess I forgot to go through [and un-tag] pictures. ... I'm still tagged because I just changed the name; so I was using it as a finsta to creep on my castmates, and I got caught like an idiot. OK? That is it. It's really not that juicy. I swear to god, I will always own it -- even if I’m wrong, I will say it. I am an idiot."
She may have used that handle to spy on Teresa and Louie's wedding festivities last August. Rachel wound up skipping the event, and spent the night with Melissa, who also avoided her sister-in-law's "I dos," after a fiery finale fight.
"A lot takes place during the entire season that really leads up to my husband and I making that decision together," she offers. "You'll have to see what happens to how we come to that decision, but it was for our best interest, and that's what we felt was the right thing to do, and we'll always stand by that."
At this point, the cast appears divided into two camps: Melissa, Margaret, Rachel, Jenn Fessler and Jackie Goldschneider on one side, Teresa, Jennifer and Danielle on the other, with Dolores floating between the two. It's a bit of a surprise, seeing as when two women join the show at the same time, they often form the closest bond.
"In the beginning of the season, I think we clicked pretty well," Rachel says of Danielle. "We have a decent amount in common. We have little girls. We're very girly girls. We're very glitzy and glammy, and pink and makeup, and all that stuff. I just found it hard to connect with her on a deeper level than that. And that for me, I like depth in my relationships. I like to get to know the people that I’m surrounded by, and I I don't feel like we got there."
"I'm not saying we never could," she notes. "I would love to get to know her more, but in the beginning, it was just very played it very safe."
She also doesn't endorse how Danielle's handled herself with Jackie. There was some awkward tension among the three, seeing as both Rachela and Danielle could be called Jackie's "replacement" on the full-time lineup. Danielle leaned into the fight (sparked by Jackie making a snide comment about Danielle's wardrobe), while Rachel tried to stay out of it.
"It also felt very mean girl of Danielle and I to fight with her," she says. "Are [Jackie's] actions justified? Absolutely not. I'm not co-signing what she said, or how she felt or any of that. I'm just saying, I would have probably handled it differently. But I understand where she's coming from. You know, she is in a different role. Danielle and I are new. Jenn Fessler's here, he's new. There's more women, things are changing it's. It could be intimidating."
There's more Danielle vs. Jackie set to play out as season 13 airs. Beyond the group drama, Rachel's excited for the fans to see more of her home life with John, and their three kids: son Jaiden and daughters Gianella (aka "GiGi") and Giuliana.
"I'm excited for people to see the type of mother that I am, and how I navigated all of that, the adoption of my son and what that process looks like," she teases.
Soon after that all plays out, the reunion will air; the overwhelming response from the cast so far about this season has been that "a lot hinges on reunion," seeing as Teresa and Melissa, the show's longest-running stars, seemingly can't stand to film with one another anymore.
"Maybe we can all agree on one thing here, that the reunion will be an epiphany of some sort," Rachel says. "Please, Jesus! I don't really know. I really don't know. I feel like there is a ton of resolution that has to be made, just across the board."
"The cuts are so deep with a lot of these these relationships that I hope there can be some type of progression moving forward," she continues. "It's tough to see, it's the family dynamics, even Margaret and Jennifer, how low they blow each other! It really, it's just downright mean. Like, it's just horrible to watch. So I don't know where it goes from here. Hopefully, it goes in a positive direction, because I don't know how much more negative we can get at this point."
"We'll wait and see what happens, but pray for us," she adds. "We're going to need it."
The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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A gas station shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday night left one person dead and four people injured, including a child, according to a police department news release.
Officers were dispatched just before 9:30 p.m. Friday on a report of the sound of gunshots. They found a man in the parking lot at the gas station, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The man was transported to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said.
Police also found two women with apparent gunshot wounds, one of whom was treated and released at the scene. The other was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the release.
Additionally, a third woman and a child under the age of 5, who had both been shot, arrived at a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
According to Kansas City police, there is currently no suspect information available and the "motive or intent" of the shooting is also still unknown.
Detectives and crime scene personnel were canvassing the area for potential witnesses and evidence. Police said a reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
"We are working with Partners for Peace in all our homicide investigations to monitor risks for retaliation and provide social services to affected residents," Media Relations Unit Commander Capt. Corey Carlisle said.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Block, Inc. ("Block" or the "Company") (NYSE: SQ) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Block investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between November 4, 2021 and April 4, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SQ investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company lacked adequate protocols restricting access to customer sensitive information; (2) as a result, a former employee was able to download certain reports of the Company's subsidiary, Cash App Investing, containing full customer names and brokerage account numbers, as well as brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and/or stock trading activity; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to suffer significant damage, including reputational harm; (4) and as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Block during the relevant time frame, you have until December 12, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Earnest is excited to announce that we are changing our name to better reflect who we are and where we are going. Earnest Research is now Earnest Analytics. To make it official, we are also rolling out a new look and a new web address. You will still find all the incredible thoughts from our analyst team on our Insights blog and in your favorite publications as well as our updated LinkedIn and Twitter accounts.
Earnest Research was started in 2012 with the belief that deriving accurate and actionable insights from data should be easy. That vision stemmed from years of sifting through noisy and often misleading early-stage alternative datasets in search of alpha. From the beginning, Earnest's goal was to deliver industry-leading signals to investment professionals to supplement their existing research and models.
In 2022, Earnest not only delivers the most accurate investment signals in the industry, but also macro-economic trends, consumer behavior analyses, and healthcare data to hundreds of investors, companies, and consultants. The company has expanded from credit card data to scanner, web pricing, and healthcare, with plans to add more. Now Earnest is working on its most transformative project yet: Dash. Through this purpose-built web platform, users can quickly track insights across coverage companies, subscribe to earnings surprise alerts, dive into company and category trends, and segment across geographies, channels, and more.
Earnest evolved from a single product focused on providing revenue forecasts for publicly traded companies to a comprehensive purveyor of data on the consumer and healthcare economy. Research is only one part of the company's growing product suite.
Earnest Analytics continues to work under the same guiding principle—helping its customers understand the world through data. The new name better captures Earnest's mission to become the go-to source for investors, companies, and consultants for the most up-to-date data and insights on the consumer and healthcare economy. The company also plans to continue adding new features and datasets.
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Alpine on Tuesday revealed a more hardcore version of its A110 sports car, the A110 R.
The A110 made its debut at the 2017 Geneva motor show, and in 2020 the lineup was expanded with an A110 S, which brought a boost in power and more aggressive chassis tuning. The A110 R builds on the A110 S by removing weight, stiffening the suspension further, and adding aerodynamic mods.
The A110 R weighs in at 2,385 lb, which is down 75 lb versus the A110 S. Key weight-saving mods include several carbon-fiber replacement parts, including for the rear windshield and engine cover. Lightweight wheels and a pared-back interior with Sabelt Track bucket seats and 6-point harnesses have also made the cut.
Chassis upgrades include a lowered suspension, adjustable dampers, a Brembo brake package, and 18-inch carbon-fiber wheels shod with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rubber.
The aerodynamic upgrades include a vented hood, a rear wing with swan-neck struts, aero discs on the rear wheels, and underbody elements. These all help boost downforce without adding to overall drag.
The car has no extra horsepower. The A110 R is powered by the same mid-mounted 1.8-liter turbo-4 found in other A110 variants, with the car’s peak 296 hp and 250 lb-ft of torque matching the output of the A110 S. However, Alpine adds a new exhaust system that provides a distinct sound and is claimed to provide better heat insulation. Like all A110 variants, drive is to the rear wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.
Performance claims include 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 177 mph. That compares to the A110 S’s 0-62 mph time of 4.2 seconds and top speed of 170 mph.
Order books for the A110 R open in November in markets where Alpine operates. Pricing hasn’t been announced yet.
The A110 lineup is Alpine’s sole product at present, but the company has teased a trio of vehicles that will kick off an electric transformation, including an electric replacement for the A110 being developed in partnership with Lotus.
The first of these future EVs will arrive in 2024. However, Alpine will provide a taste of what’s to come on Oct. 17 at the 2022 Paris auto show, where the company will present a concept described as the embodiment of its future product strategy and a new stage in its transformation into an EV company.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paralyzed Veterans of America – the nation's premier non-profit of choice for disabled veterans, their families, and caregivers, today announced a partnership with Unite Us. Headquartered in New York City, this outcome-focused technology company builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers across 46 states. As part of the partnership, Unite Us will help PVA's Veterans Career Program clients, who include transitioning service members, veterans, military spouses, and caregivers, connect with the essential resources they need, like housing, transportation, mental health, income, and more.
"Partnering with a coordinated care network, like Unite Us, is a game changer," said Charles McCaffrey, Director of the Veterans Career Program at PVA. "PVA's Veterans Career Program assists veterans across the country as they search for new careers, but our clients' immediate needs often fall outside the scope of career support and into more crucial support that impedes their professional goals. This partnership helps our clients keep their focus on the job search and allows PVA to help even more veterans in new locations."
The partnership developed as a result of PVA's Veterans Career Program continually looking for creative ways to better support veterans with spinal cord injuries and diseases, like MS and ALS, as well as veterans experiencing other barriers, like homelessness and a lack of access to technology, food, and emotional support. Working together, Unite Us and PVA's vocational counselors and specialists provide a whole-person approach to quality of care by helping veterans maintain their pursuit of meaningful employment, education, training, and volunteer opportunities and reach their career goals.
"As a veteran, I'm grateful to Paralyzed Veterans of America and the work they do to ensure our veteran community has full access to the resources they need to live healthy, fulfilling, and independent lives," said Adrienne Sherk, Senior Director of Community-Based Organization Partnerships at Unite Us. "Unite Us is honored to help PVA connect the military community to a national network that will empower them to succeed."
Since its establishment in 2007, PVA's Veterans Career Program has placed over 2,700 veterans, transitioning service members, spouses, and military caregivers, in meaningful employment ranging from customer service to cybersecurity positions.
Non-profits, community-based organizations, and providers seeking to connect their clients to PVA's Veterans Career Program within Unite Us' network should visit https://uniteus.com/contact/.
Paralyzed Veterans of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or diseases. The organization ensures veterans receive the benefits earned through service to our nation; monitors their care in VA spinal cord injury units; and funds research and education in the search for a cure and improved care for individuals with paralysis.
As a life-long partner and advocate for veterans and all people with disabilities, PVA also develops training and career services, works to ensure accessibility in public buildings and spaces, and provides health and rehabilitation opportunities through sports and recreation. With more than 70 offices and 33 chapters, Paralyzed Veterans of America serves veterans, their families, and their caregivers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Learn more at PVA.org or follow PVA on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers. With Unite Us' end-to-end solution, providers across sectors identify social care needs, send and receive secure, electronic referrals, report on tangible outcomes, and transform payment models within a secure and collaborative ecosystem. Unite Us' community engagement teams build sustainable partnerships with local organizations to ensure networks have solid foundations, launch successfully, and continue to grow and thrive. This HITRUST-certified social care infrastructure helps communities address social determinants of health and advance health equity. Follow Unite Us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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Felonies
The following people were booked into the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail in connection with felony charges ending Wednesday at 11 a.m.
Kimmie Adams, 57, no address listed, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, failure to register as a sex offender.
Marfino Evans, 41, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, violation of probation.
Joshua Dwayne Holder, 41, of Woodland, arresting agency not listed, sale or transfer of medical cannabis, false ID.
Althea Jourdan, 27, of New Albany, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, trafficking fentanyl.
Marcus Larabee, 33, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Mississippi Highway Patrol, possession of methamphetamine, speeding, contempt of court, driving with a suspended license, possession of paraphernalia.
Christopher Lamar Mallard, 33, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, violation of a protection order.
Anthony Meadows, 33, of Verona, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, burglary of a commercial building.
Roy Merritt, 42, of Nettleton, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, possession of a controlled substance.
Michael Miller, 20, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, shooting into a motor vehicle.
L.C. Osborne, 70, of Okolona, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, failure to register as a sex offender.
Nakia A. Pannell, 26, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, credit card fraud, no insurance.
Tim Parker, 51 of Tupelo, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, possession of methamphetamine.
Trejaun Richardson, 22, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, possession of fentanyl.
Javarus Martez Shackelford, 26, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, possession of a firearm by a felon.
Carla A. Sneed, 25, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, capias possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver enhanced by a firearm.
Garry Sullivan, 35, of Saltillo, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, possession of a Schedule II drug, running a red light, no insurance, possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle.
Lee County Sheriff's Office
The following reports were filed Wednesday by the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
An Amory woman, 34, was at a baby shower at a Plantersville church when her daughter’s boyfriend disrespected her. When she said something, the boyfriend’s mother got up in her face and started chest bumping her. The suspect started yelling about “messing with the right family” and that the woman had met her match. The woman was then pushed by the boyfriend’s aunt. The suspect told the woman she would see her in court. The woman said a group of men and women made it uncomfortable for her to leave.
A Drive 272 Shannon woman said she and her boyfriend got into a verbal argument. When he started throwing things, she called 911.
A County Road 931 Auburn man said a 26-year-old man was in an apartment with his mother. He said the man was not welcomed there.
An Euclatubba Road man said someone entered his truck and stole a 9mm pistol and $20 in cash.
A Highway 371 Mooreville man said the UPS driver could not deliver a package because of the neighbor’s pit bulls. He said it is the second time in six months that this has happened.
A County Road 1461 Mooreville woman said her boyfriend’s cousin stayed with them for about a week but was kicked out for causing problems. Three days later, the cousin texted the boyfriend a picture of the woman in her underwear in bed. The picture was without her consent while she was asleep. She feels this is in retaliation for them kicking him out.
A Pontotoc woman called 911 to get an escort to her ex-boyfriend’s County Road 1 house to get her belongings. She said his mother tried to give her problems, so she wanted an escort just in case.
A Highway 371 Richmond woman saw a man in front of her house around 4 p.m. He spoke to her like he knew her, but she had no idea who he was. She went back inside. He backed into her yard, and then drove off.
A County Road 1349 Mooreville man has been hearing loud noises in his shed and his attic. He is not sure who or what is making the noises, but it wakes him at night. He has had guns and money come up missing.
A County Road 1438 Tupelo man said said he has been woken up several times around 7:30 a.m. by his neighbors playing loud music. He said it happens when the business next door is swapping shifts. He has asked them to stop but they continue to ignore him.
A Presley Drive man said he traded two cars plus cash payments to a man for a 2005 Infinity. He gave the suspect his two car titles, but the suspect never gave him the title to the Infinity. He recently learned the car was not in the man’s name. Even though he has paid the suspect in full, the suspect came to his house overnight Tuesday and repossessed the car.
A Highway 6 Plantersville woman said a large man with a gun in his back pocket knocked on her door around 2:45 p.m. She did not know the man, so she did not answer the door.
Two men driving an 18-wheeler tried to turn around at Pine Grove M.B. Church on County Road 506 Shannon and got stuck in the yard. A church employee called someone with a tractor to pull the truck out. When the church member brought up fixing the ruts in yard, the two suspects’ attitudes changed. The driver called his boss, they took pictures and left.
A County Road 1473 Mooreville woman broke up with her former boyfriend in December. They have been in communication and things appeared OK for a while. When she refused to let him come over, he got mad and started repeatedly calling her names and being rude. She said he has not made any threats, but she is fearful he is getting to that point.
A Brisage Lane Tupelo woman said she heard foot steps in her attic in two different locations around 9:30 p.m. She said it was not the first time. A deputy searched the area and found nothing. He suggested she get someone who works in attics to do a throughout check of the property.
A West Garrison Street woman heard noises in her apartment and got up to see what it was. She said the front door was left unlocked for her son. She said a man she did not know opened the front door, asked if her son was home, then walked to the back of the house. He then left. When the son got home, he checked and realized his Sony PlayStation 5 was gone. It was later learned the visitor was the cousin of one of the son’s friends. The cousin said he did not take the game console.
Anyone with information on any of these crimes is urged to call the Lee County Sheriff's Office at 841-9041, the Tupelo Police Department at 841-6491 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at (800) 773-TIPS or download the P3 Tip App and leave an anonymous tip that way.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are advancing to Super Bowl LVII following a 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship game on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
After suffering a high ankle sprain last week in the Chiefs' Divisional Round win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Patrick Mahomes led the team to a victory in a back-and-forth game.
Kansas City got out to a 6-0 lead after two field goals and before halftime, Mahomes found his favorite target -- tight end Travis Kelce for a touchdown to take a 13-3 lead. Kelce was listed as questionable to play coming into the game due to a back injury.
Right before halftime, the Bengals drove down the field and kicked a field goal to cut the deficit to 13-6.
On the Bengals' first offensive possession of the second half, quarterback Joe Burrow found wide receiver Tee Higgins for a 27-yard touchdown to tie up the game at 13. However, a clearly hobbled Mahomes and the Chiefs responded with a laser touchdown throw to Marquez Valdes-Scantling to take the lead right back.
The Chiefs defensive unit shut down the high-powered Bengals offense until the first play of the fourth quarter.
On fourth down, Burrow heaved the ball down the field and found Ja'Marr Chase for a 35-yard strike to move Cincinnati deep into Kansas City territory. Two plays later, the Bengals scored on a 2-yard touchdown run by running back Samaje Perine to tie the game yet again.
The Chiefs sacked Burrow on third down to give them the ball back with less than a minute left and the score tied at 20. Chiefs returner Skyy Moore returned the Bengals punt 29 yards to set the offense up with good field position. On third down, Mahomes scrambled and as he went out of bounds, Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai pushed him and was called for a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty which put the Chiefs in field goal range.
Kansas City kicker Harrison Butker knocked down the 45-yard field goal to send the Chiefs back to the Super Bowl for the third time in four seasons.
The finale on February 12 will mark the first time in history that both teams contesting the Super Bowl will start Black quarterbacks.
Mahomes, who became the third Black quarterback to win the Super Bowl in 2020, is aiming to become the first Black quarterback in history to win multiple Super Bowls, while Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts could become the fourth Black quarterback to win the Lombardi Trophy.
Earlier in the day, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31-7, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, to advance to championship game for the first time since the 2017-18 season.
The Eagles scored on their first possession and didn't look back in the rout of the 49ers.
The 49ers were momentarily left without rookie starting quarterback Brock Purdy after he suffered a right elbow injury in the first quarter, on a hit by Eagles linebacker Haason Reddick that forced a fumble. Josh Johnson, who is the fourth string quarterback for San Francisco, filled in for Purdy until the third quarter before being ruled out of the game with a concussion.
Playing on the injured elbow, Purdy re-entered the game but the 49ers offense struggled to tally any points.
Meanwhile, Eagles quarterback Hurts and the Philadelphia run-game, ran all over the 49ers defense, notching 148 rushing yards and scoring all four touchdowns on the ground. With his rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter, Hurts (15) passed Cameron Newton (14) for most rushing touchdown's in a single season by a QB in NFL history, including playoffs, according to NFL Research.
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DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man who said he feared for his life when he fatally shot a young woman on his porch in 2013 was given the same 17-year prison sentence Wednesday at a new hearing ordered by the Michigan Supreme Court.
Ted Wafer was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Renisha McBride in Dearborn Heights.
But about halfway through Wafer's prison term, the Supreme Court in February unanimously threw out the manslaughter conviction, saying he couldn't be punished twice for the same homicide.
Wayne County Judge Dana Hathaway said the prison sentence won't change: 15 years for second-degree murder, plus two years for using a gun during a crime, which Wafer has already served. She noted that the murder sentence still was within the scoring guidelines.
Wafer, 63, gets credit for roughly eight years in custody, making him eligible for parole in 2031.
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Wafer has been a “model prisoner” but the “facts remain the same," the judge said.
“You cannot murder someone for simply knocking on your door in the middle of the night. You had choices,” Hathaway said.
Wafer opened his front door and shot McBride, 19, through a screen door before dawn. He said he was awakened by pounding and feared for his life, though he didn’t call police first. A jury rejected his self-defense claim.
Prosecutors speculated that McBride, who was drunk and had crashed her car hours earlier, might have been confused when she arrived on Wafer’s porch.
“I remain terribly sorry," Wafer said Wednesday.
Wafer is white and McBride was Black; some people wondered in the aftermath of the shooting whether race was a factor, likening it to the 2012 shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. But race was hardly mentioned during Wafer's trial in 2014.
“Holidays are no longer holidays because we have no joy," McBride's mother, Monica McBride, said in court. “Every day is a living nightmare that we can’t and won’t wake up from.”
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Motorcycle crashes leave one dead, two in critical condition
Three separate motorcycle crashes left one driver dead and two drivers in critical condition Saturday.
According to a release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Roland A. Laura III, 39, of Monroe crashed into a ditch on Plank Road in London Township around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Laura was taken to Trinity Health Hospital in Ypsilanti, where he was pronounceddead.
Police said Laura was not wearing a helmet and speed and alcohol were factors leading to the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Services Division. Anyone with information is asked to call (734) 240-7541.
Around 8:35 p.m. Saturday, according to a tweet from Michigan State Police Second District, a 50-year-old motorcyclist from Detroit rear-ended a vehicle leaving the cyclist with serious injuries.
A car was parked on a right shoulder and pulled out into traffic going northbound on the Lodge Freeway near I-94. The motorcyclist was unable to stop and rear ended the car, and then went airborne.
State police are looking for the vehicle involved in the crash and ask witnesses and the driver of the car to call (734) 287-5000.
Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning, a 36-year-old motorcyclist from Dearborn Heights was found unresponsive on the Lodge Freeway near Wyoming Avenue and was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Lt. Mike Shaw, Michigan State Police Second District public information officer, asked drivers to slow down in a tweet.
“We know that excessive speed is causing a lot of of the preventable crashes we are seeing in Metro Detroit. If you operate a motorcycle at excessive speed and crash the outcome can be far worse as you are without protection. Please slow down!”
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Katherine Drabiak, University of South Florida
(THE CONVERSATION) Individual states and some cities are taking legal steps to either limit or allow abortions, gearing up for what will likely be a fierce national battle if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the constitutional right to abortion.
The Supreme Court is set to soon release a final verdict on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one month after a leaked Supreme Court draft majority opinion showed it could reverse Roe v. Wade.
But a ruling – likely to come sometime in June or July 2022 – will be only one important step in the ongoing national abortion saga. While 13 states, including Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, have “trigger laws” that would almost immediately restrict abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, the legal future for abortion in 10 states is uncertain.
As a professor of health law, public health law and medical ethics, I think it is important to understand that it may take time to see the full effects of a Supreme Court decision at the state level.
Many states have laws regulating abortion already in place, while other states are moving to expand or restrict abortions. Oklahoma, for example, approved a new law on May 26, 2022, that bans most abortions after a fetus’ heartbeat can be detected – usually around six weeks after conception. The only exceptions are cases of reported rape or incest, or a need to save the pregnant woman’s life.
In Austin, Texas, lawmakers are working to pass a law that would decriminalize abortion within city limits. Towns in Nebraska and elsewhere have also approved local regulations that ban abortion. While state laws can override these rules, local ordinances can still limit where abortion clinics can operate.
It’s key to keep in mind, though, the legal process at the state level can involve not only the legislature, but courts and state governors, which creates a complex and sometimes unpredictable outcome that could take months or years to resolve.
What’s at stake
The Supreme Court is currently reviewing Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that considers a Mississippi law called the Mississippi Gestational Age Act. This 2018 law prohibits most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with medical emergencies or fetal anomaly as exceptions.
The Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade in 1973, establishing that women have a right to get an abortion before a fetus could survive outside of its mother’s womb – typically around 24 weeks of pregnancy. After this time, states could choose to restrict abortion – as long as there were exceptions to preserve the life or health of a pregnant woman.
State-by-state decisions
Now, if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Mississippi law and overturns Roe v. Wade, states would regain power to regulate abortion.
This would result in a new patchwork of state laws across the U.S. that would take time to be approved and implemented.
State legislatures may review old state abortion laws that predate Roe v. Wade, for example. State Supreme Courts could also review existing or new laws on abortion.
There’s already been a growing gap on this issue across states. In 2018, many states began passing new laws to either make it harder or easier to get an abortion.
States may restrict abortion access
Many states are now working to not entirely ban abortion, but rather to change the point at which someone can get an abortion during pregnancy.
Currently, only three states – Alabama, Arkansas and South Dakota – plan to entirely ban abortions, with the exception of a medical emergency.
The picture is more nuanced in different states. Some states have trigger laws that would make it illegal for someone to perform an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Texas already enacted a law in 2021 that makes it illegal for someone to perform an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
Legislators in other states, like Arizona and Florida, also recently approved laws that restrict abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Some federal courts have challenged these kinds of restrictions. In over a dozen states, including Kentucky, a federal court blocked state laws in April 2022 that restricted when someone can get an abortion. But overturning Roe v. Wade could allow these laws to take effect, or could produce more legal battles to block the law or revise it.
Every state would still permit exceptions, such as for medically necessary abortions or health emergencies. Each state’s exception would differ slightly.
States may expand abortion access
An estimated 21 states, though, would continue to have few limitations on getting abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
There is also growing momentum for some states to make it easier to get an abortion, by allocating taxpayer funding for abortion services, for example, or mandating insurance coverage with no additional cost.
In recent years some states, such as Maine, Illinois and Virginia, have changed their laws to allow medical professionals who are not doctors, like nurses, to perform surgical abortions.
Eight states, including California, New York and Washington, have laws that guarantee the right to get an abortion.
Seven states, including Colorado, Oregon and Vermont, have no limits on when a pregnant woman can get an abortion.
Some states, meanwhile, have state abortion laws predating Roe v. Wade that they may to revisit. Michigan, for example, has a 1931 law that makes providing an abortion a felony, unless it is done to protect the life of the pregnant person.
A Michigan court blocked enforcing this law on May 17, 2022, even if the court overturns Roe v. Wade. This means the Michigan Legislature may revise the state law, which could take months.
If the Supreme Court indeed throws the question of abortion back to states, the outcome of Dobbs v. Jackson could be the starting point for states to navigate a wide range of new abortion laws.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/change-wont-appear-overnight-in-many-states-if-the-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-183203. | 2022-06-03T14:12:16+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Change-won-t-appear-overnight-in-many-states-if-17217195.php |
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chadian security forces opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the country’s two largest cities Thursday killing at least 60 people, the government spokesman and a morgue official said.
Authorities imposed a curfew after the violence, which came amid demonstrations in the central African nation against interim leader Mahamat Idriss Deby’s two-year extension of his power.
Thursday’s unrest was unprecedented in Chad, which saw little public dissent during the previous regime of Deby’s father, who ruled for more than three decades until his assassination last year.
France, the African Union and others swiftly condemned the security crackdown on the demonstrators.
Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s regional director for West and Central Africa, called on the Chadian authorities “to immediately cease the excessive use of force against protesters.”
“The authorities must take immediate steps to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for unlawful killings,” she said.
Chadian government spokesman Aziz Mahamat Saleh said 30 people were dead in the capital, N’Djamena. Organizers of the march, though, placed the toll higher, at 40, with many wounded by bullets as well. There was no independent corroboration of the figures given by the two sides..
Another 32 protesters were killed in Chad’s second-largest city, Moundou, according to an official in the city’s morgue. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said more than 60 people were wounded.
Other protests were held in the southern Chadian towns of Doba and Sarh.
These were the deadliest anti-government protests since Deby took over in the wake of his father’s assassination 18 months ago. Officials said the late President Idriss Deby Itno was killed by rebels while visiting Chadian troops on the battlefield in the country’s north in April 2021.
At the main reference hospital in the capital N’Djamena, overwhelmed doctors tended to scores of people with gunshot wounds. Some of the wounded were taken to Liberty Hospital by army vehicles and bore signs of having been tortured, witnesses said.
Witnesses say demonstrators began to blow whistles at 3 a.m. all over the capital of N’Djamena. Police fired tear gas at the crowds, which continued advancing and their numbers grew. It was then that security forces opened fire, leaving protesters struggling to gather the dead from the scene amid the tear gas.
Among those killed was a Chadian journalist, Narcisse Oredje, who worked for CEFOD radio and was struck by a bullet.
Amnesty International said it was not the first time that Chadian security forces have fired on civilians, citing two other incidents in 2022 and 2021.
Such public displays of dissent were unheard of during the rule of Deby’s father, but several demonstrations have been held since his son became interim leader.
Mahamat Idriss Deby was declared the head of state after his father’s death instead of following the Chadian constitution’s line of succession. Opposition political parties at the time called the handover a coup d’etat, but later agreed to accept Deby as interim leader for 18 months.
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Larson reported from Dakar, Senegal. | 2022-10-21T15:11:44+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-at-least-30-killed-amid-demonstrations-in-chads-capital/ |
Round four of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship takes place this weekend in Baku, home of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The weekend will mark the first running of a revised Sprint race, which has been made a standalone event rather than the qualifier for the main race, as was previously the case. It still has championship points on the table for both drivers and teams, though.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is held at Baku City Circuit, a Hermann Tilke-designed street circuit that stretches 3.7 miles and features the key characteristics of a 1.3-mile straight and a long pit lining the edge of the Caspian Sea, coupled with some tight corners in Baku’s historic city center.
The circuit can be described as a mix of Monaco and Monza, because the section of track in the old town’s narrow maze of streets is similar to that of the principality, while the long straights and heavy braking zones are not unlike what’s found at the Temple of Speed in Monza’s Royal Park.
Downforce levels are among the lowest of the season, but Baku has no high-speed corners to put energy through the tires. The challenge for teams is to shave off as much downforce as possible, while ensuring the tires are worked hard enough to remain at optimal temperatures. Pirelli has nominated its three softest compounds for the race: the C3 as the White hard, the C4 as the Yellow medium, and the C5 as the Red soft.
The weather forecast calls for fine conditions but fresh asphalt at Baku will provide a new learning curve to deal with this weekend.
With the revised Sprint race and its associated Sprint Shootout qualifying session taking up Saturday, the traditional qualifying session for Sunday’s main race now takes place on Friday.
Going into the weekend, Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship with 69 points. Fellow Red Bull driver Sergio Perez is second with 54 points, and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso is third with 45 points. In the Constructors’ Championship, Red Bull leads with 123 points, versus the 65 of Aston Martin and 56 of Mercedes-Benz AMG. Last year’s winner of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was Verstappen, driving for Red Bull.
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- Ford Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800 electric drag racer debuts | 2023-04-29T10:58:41+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/automotive/internet-brands/2023-f1-azerbaijan-grand-prix-preview/ |
HAMILTON, Mont., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Local Bounti Corporation (NYSE: LOCL, LOCL.WT) ("Local Bounti" or the "Company"), a breakthrough U.S. indoor agriculture company combining the best aspects of vertical and greenhouse growing technologies, today announced that the Company will join the Russell 2000® Index after the conclusion of the 2022 annual reconstitution which will go into effect after the US market opens today, Monday, June 27, 2022.
The annual Russell reconstitution captures the 4,000 largest US stocks as of May 6, ranking those constituents by total market capitalization. Membership in the US all-cap Russell 3000® Index, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the large-cap Russell 1000® Index or small-cap Russell 2000® Index, as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. FTSE Russell determines membership for its Russell indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.
Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds, and as benchmarks for active investment strategies. Approximately $12 trillion in assets are benchmarked against Russell's US indexes. Russell indexes are part of FTSE Russell, a leading global index provider.
For more information on the Russell 3000® Index and the Russell indexes reconstitution, go to the "Russell Reconstitution" section on the FTSE Russell website.
Local Bounti is redefining indoor farming with an innovative method – its proprietary Stack & Flow Technology™ – that significantly improves crop turns, increases output and improves unit economics. Local Bounti operates advanced indoor growing facilities across the United States, servicing approximately 10,000 retail doors with its two brands: Local Bounti® and Pete's®. We grow healthy food utilizing a hybrid approach that integrates the best attributes of controlled environment agriculture with natural elements. Our sustainable growing methods are better for the planet, using 90% less land and 90% less water than conventional farming methods. With a mission to 'bring our farm to your kitchen in the fewest food miles possible,' Local Bounti's food is fresher, more nutritious, and lasts 3 to 5 times longer than traditional agriculture. To find out more, visit localbounti.com or eatpetes.com, or follow Local Bounti on LinkedIn for the latest news and developments.
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HSINCHU, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The growing base station Open RAN architecture is sparking new business opportunities in the 5G industry. According to the Small Cell Forum's (SCF) Market Forecast 2021, enterprise small cells will remain the largest percentage of 5G radio unit deployments, accounting for 62% of roll-outs in 2026. To meet the demand for these private network services, ITRI and Pegatron Corp. jointly developed the 5G Energy-Saving O-RAN System. The technology won an SCF Small Cell Award 2022 in London for its outstanding software and services technology for small cells in commercial use.
The SCF Small Cell Awards honor those who have made breakthroughs in the development of small cell technology and made contributions to the industry. Other winners this year include global key 5G/telecom players such as Qualcomm, Rakuten, and Ericsson.
General Director Pang-An Ting of ITRI's Information and Communications Research Laboratories noted that the Energy-Saving O-RAN System developed by ITRI and Pegatron has three major features: (1) High deployment efficiency: simply one click can simulate a number of base stations to assist in the planning of a private network; (2) Energy-Saving: AI is used in flow monitoring and diversion for smart distribution and allows idle base stations to hibernate; (3) Smart Modularization: This enables highly flexible private network deployment in 5G vertical applications such as smart factories, hospitals, entertainment, drones, and logistics. The system also enables plug-and-play operation and can automatically perform optimization, monitoring, management, and repairs, reducing overall maintenance and operating costs.
CY Feng, General Manager of BU6 at Pegatron Corp., revealed that Pegatron has committed to 5G O-RAN products since 2020 for vertical applications with products that comply with the 3GPP and O-RAN specifications. With progress in NFVI, network slicing, AI edge computing, and network management system (O-RAN SMO and Near-Real Time RIC), Pegatron rolled out a portable solution aimed at 5G private network applications. Feng reiterated that with capabilities of gNobeB Energy Savings built with ITRI, Pegatron hopes to lower operating and administrative costs for smart manufacturing, transportation, and digital resilience. Pegatron will continue improving the performance of 5G O-RAN solutions and build vertical applications for various private networks.
Three main factors considered by companies developing 5G private networks are ease of deployment, cost-effectiveness, and integration with existing equipment. ITRI and Pegatron's 5G O-RAN Energy-Saving System can be scaled rapidly, helping to expand private network applications and drive digital transition for enterprises.
About ITRI
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is one of the world's leading technology R&D institutions aiming to innovate a better future for society. Founded in 1973, ITRI has played a vital role in transforming Taiwan's industries from labor-intensive into innovation-driven. To address market needs and global trends, it has launched its 2030 Technology Strategy & Roadmap and focuses on innovation development in Smart Living, Quality Health, and Sustainable Environment. It also strives to strengthen Intelligentization Enabling Technology to support diversified applications.
Over the years, ITRI has been dedicated to incubating startups and spinoffs, including well-known names such as UMC and TSMC. In addition to its headquarters in Taiwan, ITRI has branch offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan in an effort to extend its R&D scope and promote international cooperation across the globe. For more information, please visit https://www.itri.org/eng.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)Quarterback Joshua Dobbs will make a second straight start Saturday night in Jacksonville with the Titans’ playoff hopes on the line despite being signed Dec. 21 off Detroit’s practice squad.
”Josh will be our quarterback,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said Monday. ”I’ve talked to both quarterbacks and let them know that Josh will be our quarterback for this week, and then Malik (Willis) has to continue to prepare like a starter.”
The Titans (7-9) can win their third straight AFC South title with a victory Saturday night. That would give them a home playoff game along with snapping a six-game skid that has seen Dobbs as the third different quarterback to start since Tennessee’s previous win Nov. 17 at Green Bay.
Tennessee started Dobbs, who just made his first NFL start in a 27-13 loss to Dallas last Thursday night hours after putting 11-year veteran Ryan Tannehill on injured reserve. Willis was the Titans’ third-round draft pick by general manager Jon Robinson, who was fired Dec. 6.
The six-year veteran had more yards passing by halftime of his Titans’ debut than Willis managed in any of his three starts and eight appearances.
Dobbs finished with 232 yards passing, almost as much as Willis had had combined (276) this season. Willis has been intercepted three times with his only TD off a run.
Vrabel made it clear they’ve been impressed with Dobbs’ work ethic, noting the quarterback has worked hard the past couple of days.
Helping the former University of Tennessee star is he has a degree in aerospace engineering and spent two years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Flight Center as part of the NFLPA’s program.
Dobbs was a fourth-round pick by Pittsburgh in 2017 and now has appeared in seven games. He played in five with the Steelers in 2018 and one in 2020. He spent 2019 with Jacksonville after the Jaguars traded for him to help back up Gardner Minshew after Nick Foles broke his collarbone.
The newest Titans starter also will have a full week of practice as compared to prepping for one game as a backup signed four days before his Tennessee debut. Dobbs then had five days to prepare for the first start of his NFL career.
Now the Titans can see how much Dobbs can absorb with an emphasis on red zone plays.
”There’ll be some things that we will try to add or maybe things that we practiced last week that we didn’t run,” Vrabel said. ”Well, I think it’s just going to be good to have a full week.”
The Jaguars (8-8) won the first game between these teams Dec. 11 thanks to four turnovers leading to 20 points in a 36-22 victory in Nashville with Tannehill starting. The Titans rested Derrick Henry along with six other starters against Dallas. Vrabel said that will only help depending on how the Titans play.
”Hopefully we’ve taken advantage of the time,” Vrabel said.
NOTES: The Titans placed S Andrew Adams on injured reserve, putting them at 23. He hurt his right knee defending a TD catch in the loss to Dallas. With two Titans having returned, they’ve had 25 on injured reserve – one off last year’s total for the season. … They signed S Mike Brown off Cleveland’s practice squad and signed S Nate Meadors to the practice squad.
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MAJURO, Marshall Islands, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crypto exchange Gate.io attended TOKEN2049 in London from November 9-10, delivering a keynote to attendees and engaging with partners and industry executives. The event is one of Europe's most influential crypto events of 2022 and brought together influential leaders and industry experts from around the world.
Gate.io Solution Aims to Connect Blockchain to Everyday Life
Delivered by Daniel Antcliff, Leader of Global Business, the keynote sharing delivered insights about Gate.io's ecosystem development as well as its transparent approach in safeguarding user assets:
- Gate.io's goal is to bridge the gap between blockchain and the real world, bringing crypto to daily life and accelerating the adoption of crypto applications.
- Gate.io's Proof of Reserves solution and its unique method of combining certified third-party audits with user-verifiable Merkle Tree data, is released as open-source to everyone to access, to excel the wide-spread adaptation of transparency to all crypto-users.
- An overview of Gate.io's ecosystem that was built with the goal to connect blockchain to our daily life, including components such as decentralised tech development (GateChain, NFTs, Apps), startup incubation and VC investment (Gate Labs and Gate Ventures), and more.
Gate.io's Europe Expansion
Gate.io has been unraveling its global expansion strategy throughout 2022. Its commitment to meeting and exceeding compliance, licensing, and registration requirements in newly entered regions is a part of the firm's core strategy. In addition, the exchange has been active in the European regions with plans to further its commitments and support the region's growing crypto adaptation.
In terms of the broader European crypto industry, Gate.io has received licensing and registration and met local compliance laws in several regions as part of its ongoing expansion. Recently in Q3, Gate.io announced it acquired a VFA Class 4 licence in Malta and VASP registration in Lithuania, to name a few.
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Chris Jones does not report to Chiefs camp, ‘far apart’ on deal
Posted/updated on: July 23, 2023 at 12:36 amByADAM TEICHER
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Defensive tackle Chris Jones did not report for the start of Kansas City Chiefs training camp, and the sides are “far apart” on reaching an agreement on a new contract, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday.
Jones has one year left on the four-year, $80 million contract that he signed in 2020, which made him the ninth-highest-paid defensive tackle in the league in terms of average salary.
Jones also did not report to the Chiefs’ mandatory minicamp in June.
He is subject to a daily fine of $50,000 for his absence, according to the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the players’ association.
Jones tied his career high last season with 15.5 sacks, which ranked fourth in the league and No. 1 among interior pass-rushers. He was named first-team All-Pro for the first time in his career after second-team selections in 2018, 2020 and 2021.
The Chiefs will begin camp on Sunday at Missouri Western State University. | 2023-07-23T06:05:48+00:00 | ktbb.com | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1245640 |
Three Oak Lawn police officers accused in a federal lawsuit of pummeling a then 17-year-old during a July 2022 arrest are asking for an indefinite stay in the civil case until the conclusion of “multiple criminal proceedings,” including one involving an indictment of one of the officers, according to court filings.
Attorneys for the village’s police chief and officers Brandon Collins, Mark Hollingsworth and Patrick O’Donnell asked the federal judge in the case that they be allowed to not immediately take part in discovery proceedings, including depositions, until related matters in the arrest are resolved.
That would include the outcome of the indictment against O’Donnell, who in March pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct after he was accused of striking the Bridgeview teen more than 10 times in the face and head as he was lying face down in the street during an arrest captured on video.
The teen faces charges of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with the July 27 arrest, which sparked protests calling for the immediate firing of the officers.
Collins and Hollingsworth have not been charged with criminal misconduct, and their attorneys said it is that uncertainty about potential charges that is, in part, prompting the stay request.
Should it be granted, the stay would not end the teen’s civil case but delay proceedings. It was not immediately clear when the judge would make a ruling, and the village and its attorneys also told the judge they plan to file a motion seeking to dismiss the case.
Some documents were filed by the village under a court-approved seal while portions of other documents were redacted.
In asking for the stay, the village said in an April 21 filing that with O’Donnell facing indictment, the village “cannot practically and purposefully participate in the underlying discovery without the participation of the officer.”
Lawyers said they do not know at this point whether Collins and Hollingsworth are still under scrutiny by the state’s attorney or whether they may also face indictment.
“It is unclear to these defendants whether (the state’s attorney) is conducting a continued investigation into the other two officers, if a grand jury has been summoned or if the other two officers will be indicted,” the filing states.
The village is in “the unfavorable position of lacking the best and most accurate evidence related to the underlying claims, the testimony of the three officers,” the filing says.
The village, its police chief and the three officers are named in the teen’s lawsuit, which alleges the officers “engaged in extreme and outrageous conduct” in connection with the arrest.
The village had, at the end of last year, denied claims in a court filing that officers battered the teen and said the teen’s constitutional rights were not denied by the actions of the officers, which he alleges in the lawsuit.
Oak Lawn contended in the filing the officers acted in accordance with Illinois law governing the use of force by police officers.
The arrest started as a traffic stop and ended with the teen running from officers and being chased.
A vehicle the 17-year-old was in was stopped by police July 27, and he ran before being apprehended following a chase. After the teen was subdued and handcuffed, police found a handgun in a bag slung over the his shoulder.
The lawsuit alleges the three officers involved in the arrest conspired among one another in a “racially motivated conspiracy” to deprive the teen of his constitutional rights because he is Arab American, which the village has denied.
Video taken by eyewitnesses and police dashboard camera footage show initially two officers restraining the teen in the street in the area of 95th Street and McVicker Avenue following a chase.
One officer is punching the youth in the thigh while a second officer delivers several blows to the teen’s head, the images show. A third officer arrives and a Taser is used and the teen is handcuffed. Officers found a .25 caliber pistol in a bag the teen had draped over his shoulder. The village, in its response to the lawsuit, admits that a Taser was used.
The teen was hospitalized at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after suffering a broken nose, bruising across his face and body, and internal bleeding near his brain and forehead, according to an attorney for his family.
State police were asked to conduct an independent review of the arrest, and the April 21 filing by the village says state police had submitted a report from the investigation to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. It was not clear when that report had been sent to the state’s attorney.
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From the report, the state’s attorney could determine whether to pursue criminal charges against any of the officers.
The Daily Southtown had, through the state’s Freedom of Information Act, sought documents from state police including reports of any investigation that were turned over to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
In denying the Southtown request, state police indicated their review of the arrest is not yet complete, telling the Southtown releasing information at this time could jeopardize the investigation.
“ISP continues to identify witnesses, analyze evidence, and prepare reports,” the April 18 records response states in part. “Once the initial investigation has been completed, the case file must be submitted to the state’s attorney for review. Even after submission to the state’s attorney, ISP may be asked to conduct follow-up interviews and further investigation.”
“Releasing the case file before the review and before formal criminal proceedings are concluded would significantly impact the outcome of the case and would deprive involved parties of their due process and fair trial,” state police said in the April 18 response.
Asked about the discrepancy between the federal court filing that indicates the report is done and the state police response, state police said Friday that a subsequent response to the Southtown’s records request would be sent to the publication by May 8.
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(NEXSTAR) – Many of us can deny it no longer – cold weather is here, with much of the country facing an arctic blast just in time for Christmas. That means some of our cold-weather habits are back, like weathering extra layers when we head outside, or staying inside as long as possible.
It might be time to leave one of those winter habits in the past, though.
We’ve likely all done it – traversing knee-high snow to our cars, starting them, and letting them idle to warm up for a few minutes before hitting the road. But do you really need to let your car warm up?
First, it’s important to note that idling your car doesn’t damage it. Idling does still consume gas, according to J.D Power, but it likely won’t lead to any other problems unless your car has mechanical malfunctions.
The idea that you have to idle your car when it’s cold out, though, is really just a misconception.
It wasn’t always an old wives’ tale. As The Washington Post explains in a 2014 article, cars used to rely on carburetors, which needed to warm up to work well. If they weren’t warm enough, they could cause your car to stall.
In the 1980s and 1990s, car makers turned away from carburetors and began using electronic fuel injection, which depends on sensors to supply fuel to the engine. Those sensors, according to industry experts, don’t need to warm up.
Sherwood Ford, an Alabama Ford dealership, explains modern vehicles do “not need more than a few seconds to start up,” adding that “modern technology requires modern approaches.”
Even the U.S. Department of Energy notes that guidance from most car manufacturers says your vehicle is ready to drive after just 30 seconds of warming up.
“The engine will warm up faster being driven, which will allow the heat to turn on sooner, decrease your fuel costs, and reduce emissions,” the federal agency wrote.
Letting your car idle for more than a couple of minutes can pose other problems. In addition to wasting fuel, it can cause pollution – as much pollution as a running car, according to the Environmental Defense Fund. Idling may also be illegal in your state. In Illinois, for example, state law says it is illegal for motorists to leave a car running with a key in the ignition, Nexstar’s WCIA reports.
When you do pull out of your driveway or parking spot, just because your car is ready to drive doesn’t mean it’s ready for you to gun it. Instead, take it easy. It can take your engine between five and 15 minutes to completely warm up, according to Business Insider. Plus, hitting the gas pedal hard right away can cause you to waste gas, MIT mechanical engineer John Heywood told the outlet in 2016, and pose a safety risk if roads are snowy or icy.
So the next time you head out the door and are greeted by a cold rush of air, don’t worry about saving time to let your car warm up (unless your car is older than the early 1990s, of course). | 2022-12-23T18:52:05+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/do-you-really-need-to-let-your-car-warm-up-before-driving-in-winter/ |
VANCOUVER, BC, April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc. (CSE: GET) (OTCQB: GMETF) ("GameOn" or the "Company") announces that as a result of delays to its audit, the Company's annual financial statements and accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the "Annual Filings"), are not expected to be finalized by May 1, 2023, being the date that such filings are due under applicable Canadian securities law requirements. The Company has applied for a management cease trade order (the "MCTO") by the British Columbia Securities Commission.
Reasons for the anticipated delay include additional efforts being made with respect to the reporting of the Company's web3 related revenue and blockchain grants, as well as an upcoming change in the auditors of the Company, which is currently in progress. The Company is working diligently with its current and incoming auditors to complete the audit in a timely manner. Upon completion of the change of auditor, the Company will file the applicable materials in compliance with section 4.11 of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations.
The Company currently expects to file the Annual Filings on or before May 30, 2023 and will issue a news release announcing completion of such filings at such time. Until the Company files the Annual Filings, it will comply with the alternative information guidelines set out in National Policy 12-203 – Management Cease Trade Orders for issuers who have failed to comply with a specified continuous disclosure requirement within the times prescribed by applicable securities laws. The guidelines, among other things, require the Company to issue bi-weekly default status reports by way of a news release so long as the Annual Filings have not been filed.
During the MCTO, the general investing public will continue to be able to trade in the Company's listed common shares. However, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer will not be able to trade in the Company's common shares.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors:
Matt Bailey, Director & Chief Executive Officer
GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc.
matt@gameon.app
ABOUT GAMEON
GameOn (CSE: GET) (OTCQB: GMETF) partners with the world's biggest sports, media, and entertainment IPs to launch brand-building, money-making web3 games (with intuitive web2-friendly rails). We turn fans into superfans - engaging, retaining, and monetizing audiences, and getting upside in the entire economic cycle of web3 games. With a diverse team of web3, gaming, sports, and media veterans with experience at Take-Two Interactive, Twitch, EA, Dapper Labs, and the Brooklyn Nets, GameOn works with broadcasters, TV networks, streaming platforms, leagues, tournaments, and web3 companies to launch best-in-class web3 games. GameOn has launched products for NBCUniversal, Bravo, Karate Combat, Times Internet, the WNBA, DICK'S Sporting Goods, and Gaming Society.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This news release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking information") within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information is generally identifiable by use of the words "believes," "may," "plans," "will," "anticipates," "intends," "could", "estimates", "expects", "forecasts", "projects" and similar expressions, and the negative of such expressions. Forward-looking information in this news release may include statements about the expected filing of the Annual Filings as well as the grant of a MTCO.
Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause GameOn's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in light of its experience and perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, and other factors that management believes are relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date such statements are made including, without limitations, information based on the current state of the Annual Filings and discussions with the auditors of the Company. Although GameOn has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information, and there is no guarantee the Annual Filings will be made on the timeline currently expected or at all or that an MCTO will be granted. If the MCTO is not granted and/or the Annual Filings are not filed on time or are subject to additional delays, the securities of the Company could be subject to a cease trade order or other actions taken by the securities regulators and/or exchanges. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. All forward-looking information herein is qualified in its entirety by this cautionary statement, and GameOn disclaims any obligation to revise or update any such forward-looking information or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking information contained herein to reflect future results, events or developments, except as required by law.
Neither the CSE nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: WBD) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. Please visit the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at https://ir.wbd.com/ to view the financial results and other earnings materials.
The Company will conduct a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the results. A link to the live webcast of the conference call will be available in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at https://ir.wbd.com/.
A telephone replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call until November 11, 2022. The replay can be accessed by phone by dialing +1 877-674-7070 or +1 416-764-8692 using playback passcode 908591 #. A replay of the audio webcast will also be available in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website for twelve months.
About Warner Bros. Discovery:
Warner Bros. Discovery (Nasdaq: WBD) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday declared that porn performer Ron Jeremy is mentally incompetent to stand trial on dozens of rape and sexual assault counts.
Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Harris said in a hearing that after reviewing reports from both prosecutors and Jeremy’s defense that he is in “incurable neurocognitive decline” from which he is unlikely to recover.
Prosecutors asked that he be periodically reevaluated.
A hearing on placing the 69-year-old Jeremy, whose legal name is Ronald Hyatt, in a state hospital will be held next month.
Jeremy pleaded not guilty after a grand jury indicted him on 34 counts of sexual assault, including 12 counts of rape.
“When he was arrested two years ago I said he would be found innocent of all charges,” Jeremy’s attorney Stuart Goldfarb said in an email. “Two years have passed and with the additional discovery I received I believed he would have have been found innocent. It is unfortunate due to mental condition he will not go to trial and have the the opportunity to clear his name.”
Jeremy, who has remained in jail since his arrest in 2020, did not attend the hearing.
An email seeking comment Tuesday from the District Attorney’s Office was not immediately returned.
Nicknamed “The Hedgehog,” Jeremy has been among the best known and most prolific actors in the porn industry for decades, and became a recognizable pop cultural novelty through reality shows, public appearances and music videos.
He has long been a magnet for seekers of autographs and selfies, which is how he first encountered most of the women and girls aged 15 to 51 he is accused of assaulting between the 1990s and 2019.
According to transcripts of grand jury testimony from the women and girls obtained by The Associated Press, Jeremy would lure them into a small secluded space, often the bathroom of a West Hollywood bar and grill he frequents, trap them and sexually assault them.
The Los Angeles Times first reported that Jeremy would not be going to trial.
The charges stemmed from a district attorney’s task force set up to investigate entertainment industry sexual misconduct after reports about Harvey Weinstein in 2017 made the #metoo movement an international phenomenon.
Jeremy was among a very few men charged in the task force’s work, along with Weinstein himself, who was convicted of rape and sexual assault in December.
Prosecutors are still deciding whether to retry Weinstein on several counts for which his jury was deadlocked. They plan to retry actor Danny Masterson on three rape counts after his jury failed to reach verdicts last month. | 2023-01-18T15:49:58+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/porn-star-ron-jeremy-declared-mentally-incompetent-unable-to-stand-trial-for-rape/ |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After hours of searching, wildlife officials have captured and euthanized an alligator in a park in Largo, Florida, near where police believe a man was attacked and killed Tuesday.
The Largo Police Department started investigating the deadly attack Tuesday morning at John S. Taylor Park. A spokesperson for the department said at the time, officers were investigating the death of a man and that detectives believed a gator was involved.
According to the police department, the man was believed to be in the water looking for frisbees before he died. The department spokesperson said there are “no swimming” signs posted at the lake.
Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded to the scene with gator trappers. Crews found a large alligator in the water around 5 p.m.
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Cameras from Nexstar’s WFLA captured the moment the alligator was removed from the water. The gator was euthanized shortly after. A necropsy will be performed on the animal to determine whether it was, in fact, the alligator believed to be involved in Tuesday morning’s attack.
People who live near the lake told WFLA they know there are many alligators in the water. They also said they’ve seen people in the water before trying to retrieve discs used for disc golf.
“A disc is not worth it,” one man said. “You know? It’s not worth it.”
Largo police have not released the name of the man who died Tuesday. Several people who were at the park, however, said he was well-known to the disc golf community.
There have been a number of alligator attacks and bite incidents in the area. A man was bitten in the face by an alligator at Taylor Park in 2020 when he went into a lake to retrieve his disc golf disc. | 2022-06-01T03:08:15+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/alligator-captured-after-man-killed-in-florida-park/ |
The popular pasta cut, known worldwide for its angled edges and sauce-retaining surface, is now made entirely from chickpeas
NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Barilla, the world's leading pasta producer, announced a new pasta shape is hitting shelves nationwide: Chickpea Penne. Made with just one ingredient – chickpeas – Barilla Chickpea Penne offers a protein-powered option on the classic pasta shape that is free from any fillers or additives and no gums added.
This short, cylinder-shaped cut with angled edges is beloved around the world for its versatility that complements a wide range of flavorful dishes. The new Chickpea Penne contains 19 grams of plant protein per 3.5 oz serving and is certified gluten-free, vegan and non-GMO Project Verified.
The better for you pasta category is compiled of pasta that is derived from whole grains, whole wheat, semolina flour or veggies, as well as choices that are gluten-free and low carb. With consumers searching for alternative proteins and limiting refined foods to ensure their well-being, Legume pasta, made from dried legumes that are milled and sieved into flour, is currently the fastest growing segment in this category today (23% of segment dollars)1.
Barilla is applying its 145 years of pasta-making expertise through its line of chickpea and red lentil pastas, made with only one ingredient – chickpeas or red lentils – to bring a variety of options to pasta lovers everywhere seeking more protein and plant-based formats.
"As a leader in pasta, we understand just how much penne is adored around the globe so we're excited to give all pasta aficionados the opportunity to enjoy penne in a variety of ways," said Jean-Pierre Comte, President of Barilla Americas. "We look forward to seeing what recipes our fans create using our delicious Chickpea Penne."
The large diameter and ridges of Penne make it ideal for retaining sauces, such as arrabbiata or lemon garlic ginger on the entire surface, inside and out. Executive Chef of Barilla America, Lorenzo Boni, offers the following cooking tips for a delicious pasta meal:
- Measure, Boil, Stir: Always cook in hard boiling water with a ratio of 3 oz pasta per quart of water and start timing right when pasta hits the water. Stir straight away and then occasionally every 2-3 minutes.
- Save Your Pasta Water: Pasta water can be used to thicken your sauce and enhance sauce cling due to the starch in the pasta water.
- Use Olive Oil: When cooking, it can be beneficial to use two kinds of olive oil: a high-quality extra virgin olive oil for cooking and an aromatic option to drizzle on top for added flavor. Remember never to add oil to your water when boiling pasta.
Barilla's chickpea and red lentil pasta line is currently available in six different cuts: Chickpea Penne, Chickpea Spaghetti, Chickpea Rotini, Red Lentil Penne, Red Lentil Spaghetti and Red Lentil Rotini. While prices vary per retailer, all varieties have a suggested retail price of $3.49.
Find Barilla Chickpea Penne in select major retailers nationwide, including Kroger, Meijer, Hyvee, and Publix, as well as at Amazon.com. Retailer availability will expand throughout the summer. For a specific retailer near you, visit the product locator at www.Barilla.com.
1 Nielsen Total US XAOC Latest 52 weeks ending 4/2/2022
About the Barilla Group
Barilla is a family company, not listed on the stock exchange, chaired by brothers Guido, Luca and Paolo Barilla. It was founded by their great-grandfather, Pietro Barilla, who opened a bakery in Parma in 1877. Now, Barilla is famous in Italy and throughout the world for the excellence of its food products. With its brands – Barilla, Vero Gusto, Mulino Bianco, Pan di Stelle, Gran Cereale, Harrys, Pavesi, Wasa, Filiz, Yemina and Vesta, Misko, Voiello and Cucina Barilla – it promotes a tasty, joyful and healthy diet, inspired by the Mediterranean Diet and the Italian lifestyle.
When Pietro opened his store more than 140 years ago, his overriding aim was to make good food. Today, that principle has become Barilla's way of doing business: "Good for You, Good for the Planet," a slogan that expresses the daily commitment of the over 8,000 people who work for the company, and of a supply chain that shares its values and passion for quality.
"Good for You" means constantly improving the product offering, encouraging the adoption of healthy lifestyles and facilitating people's access to food.
"Good for the Planet" means promoting sustainable supply chains and reducing CO2 emissions and water consumption.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Ugandan health official was so sure Argentina would win its World Cup soccer match against Saudi Arabia that he gambled $1,800 advanced to him by authorities as allowances for 243 people who had participated in a polio immunization campaign.
Argentina lost, and the official was in trouble. Later he was chased by an angry crowd, locked himself indoors for days, and now faces consequences that include the possible loss of his job, according to his supervisor.
In at least five African countries, gamblers and experts said that many see the growing sports betting industry as a source of regular income, and a possible path out of poverty. Critics warn that sports betting in Africa is underpinned by widespread poverty, unemployment and poor or non-existent regulation.
In Uganda, an East African country where annual income per capita was $840 in 2020, sports gamblers range from students to politicians, night watchmen to civil servants like the hapless health official who now is being asked to refund money he doesn’t have.
“First he said he had taken a loan and the money had been intercepted. But I knew he was lying and kept asking him to tell me what exactly had happened. He broke down and said, ‘Doctor, I have to tell you the truth. I bet the money on Argentina,’” said Mark Bramali, the top health officer in the district of Zombo.
Continent-wide data on sports betting is not readily available, but snapshots from different countries show its growing popularity. Online gaming platforms have enjoyed recent growth, driven by widening adoption of mobile payments and pandemic-era demand for digital entertainment. Much of the betting focuses on soccer games in Europe.
A South African government survey from 2017, the most recent on gambling, found that sports betting grew 14% per year from 2008 to 2016, even as the number of South Africans who gambled fell from 57% to a third of the country’s adult population.
Today, online sports betting makes up 45% of the South African gambling market, “a starkly different picture to just 10 years ago when casinos held 80% of market share,” said the National Gambling Board.
Sibongile Simelane-Quntana, executive director of the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation, said that her group has seen “significant growth” in online sports betting in the aftermath of pandemic-related lockdowns. Funding for her group, which comes from gambling houses, “has increased by 50% from where it was before the lockdown,” she said.
In Uganda’s capital, Kampala, one Fortebet shop is often full of gamblers, including some who spend the whole day sitting with pen and paper, ticking off the games that go their way. A World Cup promotion encourages punters to bet at least $0.8 every day until the day of the final in order to earn a share of online “betting points,” manager David Mugisa said.
“With each day the sales are going up,” especially during the World Cup, fueled by demand from students, casual laborers and others of the urban poor, he said.
Argentina's loss to Saudi Arabia was so unexpected that gamblers came in to collect winnings without checking the results, Mugisa said. “That game caused havoc,” he said.
In Zimbabwe, where most people in formal employment don’t make more than $100 a month, sports betting “has become a major income earner even for those who are in formal employment,” said Japhet Moyo, secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. “The problem is that it becomes addictive and some lose their salaries to betting.”
There, as elsewhere in Africa, shock results at the World Cup have proved hurtful. In one betting house in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, many customers looked glum after England beat Senegal for a spot in the finals Dec. 4, trashing their tickets and leaving in apparent anger.
African gamblers often count on winnings to fund daily needs. Philo Ragada, an unemployed schoolteacher in Harare, sat on edge as Senegal played England for a spot in the quarterfinals. The Zimbabwean was supported the African team but said he wanted England to win because “that’s where my money is.” His winnings, he said, would be “enough for tomorrow’s bread and tomatoes.”
“In Nigeria of today you just have to find a means of surviving,” said Wale Babalola, a college graduate in the Nigerian city of Lagos who owns eight betting shops after once struggling to find a job. “If not for betting, I wonder how some people will survive in this country.”
Moses Ssali, a regular gambler in Kampala, said World Cup losses haven’t dented his faith in betting as one way to support himself. He’s putting up a modest three-bedroom house that he said he’s built “small, small” from winnings over the years, once putting a deposit on cement and, another day, sand. He’s now looking beyond the World Cup for a major win that will pay for roofing sheets.
Concern about the industry is also growing. The growth of sports betting in Africa “threatens to push young men and women into its fatal depths,” said Reagan Wamajji, a researcher and analyst with the Uganda-based Center for Policy Analysis.
“There has to be deliberate campaigns against gambling, sports betting in particular, similar to what is happening in the tobacco industry,” he said. “However, it is such a lucrative business that meaningful reforms might be hard to push.”
Nigerian lawmaker Akin Alabi, who chairs a committee overseeing betting and is the founder of prominent betting platform Nairabet, said the problem is a minority of exploitative “charlatans.”
“We can only have problems when it is not well regulated,” Alabi said of sports betting.
A Ugandan parliamentary committee earlier this year suggested banning day-time betting.
Neighboring Kenya has reported declines in gambling since 2019, when the country imposed taxes on all bets, win or lose, and revoked the licenses of several major gambling companies after accusing the country's largest sports betting platform of tax evasion. A government survey found that respondents who saw gambling as a good source of income fell by half from 2019 to 2021, from 22.7% to 11.2%.
For regular gamblers, especially those who stake money that isn't theirs, this World Cup has been punishing,
Gideon Matua, a night watchman in Kampala who bets regularly said two friends recently lost their jobs after losing other people's money. One, sent to make a bank deposit on his employer's account, lost the sum in a betting shop, and the other diverted money meant to pay for electricity at home. Both men have since lost their jobs as guards, he said.
“I’ve seen very many people here crying,” he said. “Someone comes here and puts a big amount on one team. If the team loses, they just go home. Some of them have been chased away from their jobs.”
Ssali, in Kampala, sounded stoic.
“They beat me, and I am feeling cold,” he said of bets on World Cup matches. “But I know that if you don't put in, you can't get out anything. Even when you romance a woman you have to spend money, but she can disappoint you, not so? You can start a shop and it fails."
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Mutsaka reported from Harare, Zimbabwe. Associated Press journalists Chinedu Asadu in Abuja, Nigeria, Dan Ikpoyi in Lagos, Nigeria, Evelyne Musambi in Nairobi, Kenya, and Mogomotsi Magome in Johannesburg contributed to this report. | 2022-12-16T10:19:51+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/As-sports-betting-grows-in-Africa-many-see-a-17658127.php |
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CCMC requests input from interested parties on the updated codes
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Commission for Case Manager Certification® (the Commission), which oversees certification for more than 50,000 board-certified case managers and disability management specialists nationwide, seeks input from certified case managers (CCM), certified disability management specialists (CDMS) and other interested parties on its revised CCM® and CDMS® Codes of Professional Conduct (the Codes). The deadline for public comment is December 14, 2022.
"Everyone who holds these certifications agrees to abide by the Codes. It's in their inherent best interest to read and understand these changes," said MaryBeth Kurland, MPA, CAE, ICE-CCP, CEO of the Commission. "The Codes protect the public interest and the clients served, and they also provide principles and guidelines for practice these professionals follow in their daily work."
CCM certificants advocate for clients and help them navigate the complex, evolving health care system. They coordinate care and serve on the health care team to ensure access to safe, effective, and person-centered care. CDMS certificants are experts in absence and leave management, helping clients return to work and achieve optimal health.
The Codes are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure that professional standards align with current practice and appropriately respond to emerging challenges in the field. They include professional conduct rules and standards, broad advisory principles and governing procedures for addressing ethical concerns.
The Commission's Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee conducted a thorough evaluation and sought guidance from its legal counsel to consider contemporary issues that could be informed by updates to the Codes. Revisions to both the CCM and CDMS codes include:
- Removal of language related to advisory opinions;
- Inclusion of a new mechanism for Certificants to self-report Code violations;
- Extension of the period for a complaint or self-reported violation to be filed, from six months to one year from the alleged violation; and
- A revision giving the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee discretion to disclose supporting documentation and related responses to both parties for an accepted complaint as a means to allow proper processing of the complaint.
- The addition to the CCM Code of the case management definition jointly approved by the Commission and the American Case Management Association.
Given the nature of the work performed by CCM and CDMS certificants, the Codes are essential to guide daily practice. Broad principles provide an advisory framework for considering the myriad challenges arising in these roles and remind practitioners to prioritize clients' safety, privacy, and autonomy above all. The Codes anticipate and address common ethical concerns around conflict of interest and client relationships, advocacy standards, professional responsibilities, data privacy and legal compliance.
"The principles in the Code ensure the client is always at the center of care," said Teri Treiger, RN, MA, CCM, FABQAURP, Commission Chair. "The principles guide care delivery and emphasize our commitment to ethical practice. They also act as a touchstone when questions arise from employers or payors, giving CCM and CDMS holders confidence and the ability to reference clear, industry-recognized standards for professional practice."
The proposed Code of Professional Conduct for Case Managers is available for review at this link, and the proposed Code of Professional Conduct for Certified Disability Management Specialists can be viewed here. Those interested in offering comments are invited to read the changes and submit responses by December 14, 2022. The final revised Codes are slated for release in 2023.
The Commission for Case Manager Certification is the first and largest nationally accredited case management certification organization, credentialing more than 50,000 professional case managers and disability management specialists. The Commission is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that oversees the process of case manager and disability management specialist certification with its CCM® and CDMS® credentials. Offering an extensive portfolio of certification and professional advancement activities, the Commission is the most active and prestigious certification organization supporting the practices of case management and disability management. For more information, visit www.ccmcertification.org and www.cdms.org, connect with the Commission on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @CCM_Cert.
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Gestalt-Hamamatsu unified solution will provide end-to-end support to the entire workflow
SPOKANE, Wash., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Gestalt Diagnostics, Inc., a leading provider of digital pathology solutions, and Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., a leading provider of whole slide imaging systems, announced the implementation of a unified solution at Intermountain Healthcare. This combined solution will facilitate Intermountain Healthcare's adoption of digital pathology* and accelerate implementation across the entire Intermountain Healthcare system.
As laboratories adopt digital pathology, they must leverage complex hardware and software solutions ecosystems to augment their existing workflows. Intermountain Healthcare recognized the complexity of implementation and adoption of digital pathology. To facilitate adoption and help users recognize the value of digital pathology, Intermountain Healthcare opted for an open ecosystem that was genuinely interoperable. As a result, Intermountain Healthcare selected Gestalt and Hamamatsu to drive efficiencies while reducing turnaround times for their clinicians.
Dylan Miller, MD, who co-led the digital pathology implementation strategy at Intermountain Healthcare, noted, "Combining the flexibility, reliability, and durability of Hamamatsu's latest generation scanning technology with Gestalt's highly adaptable and interoperable image management and reporting solution has been an ideal pairing. We are able to meet diverse and dynamic needs across multiple lab sites and pathology groups in our system as we are rolling out digital pathology because of this tremendous partnership."
Don Ariyakumar, Product Manager at Hamamatsu stated, "Enabling customers to select the best-in-class solutions for their organization along with interoperability is critical for the adoption of digital pathology. We are thrilled to work with Gestalt and help Intermountain Healthcare reach its potential with Hamamatsu NanoZoomer digital pathology systems."
"A truly interoperable platform which incorporates every component necessary to streamline the workflow for pathologists is essential for leveraging the full benefits of digital pathology," said Lisa-Jean Clifford, COO & Chief Strategy Officer at Gestalt. "The deep integration of our Image Management System with Hamamatsu is a cornerstone of the digital process. PathFlow, our digital pathology solution, streamlines the workflow and case management for Intermountain Healthcare's pathologists through interoperability, increasing efficiency. Our ability to integrate bi-directionally with the LIS and EMRs to provide the right case to the right pathologist both internal to Intermountain Healthcare and to their external clients, regardless of their location, has a positive impact on their operations."
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. is a leading manufacturer of photonics devices. We design, manufacture, and sell optical sensors, light sources, optical components, cameras, photometry systems, and measurement/analysis systems.
Gestalt Diagnostics is committed to bringing anatomic pathology into the digital age. The US company was formed in 2017 and provides enterprise solutions and services to transform anatomic pathology laboratories from glass slides, microscopes, and couriers to an automated, electronic digital workflow. Gestalt has developed its flagship product, PathFlow®, built upon its experience and expertise in a radiology PACS - Image Management System. This experience in radiology forged its success in developing and deploying a fully digital pathology solution specifically for pathology labs. The advisory board contains industry-leading pathologists who continually weigh in on Gestalt's development plans and the usability of solutions in clinical practice, education, and research.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow a monument near the state Capitol marking the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
Sanders’ office said Friday night that the Republican governor signed the bill that will allow the creation of a privately funded “monument to the unborn” on the Capitol grounds. The bill, approved by lawmakers last week, requires the secretary of state to permit and arrange the placement of the monument.
It also requires the Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission to oversee the selection of the artist and the design of the monument, with input from anti-abortion groups.
A law Arkansas approved in 2019 banning nearly all abortions took effect last year when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1973 Roe decision. Arkansas’ ban only allows abortions to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency.
Tennessee lawmakers approved legislation in 2018 allowing a similar privately funded monument on its Capitol grounds. The monument has not yet been installed.
Arkansas’ proposal faced opposition from some anti-abortion Republicans who said it was counterproductive, and Democrats who said the monument proposal was divisive.
Other monuments on the state Capitol grounds include a sculpture of the nine Black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School. A Ten Commandments monument was installed on the Capitol grounds in 2018. | 2023-03-19T21:58:39+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/ap-political/new-law-allows-anti-abortion-monument-at-arkansas-capitol/ |
HOUSTON, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Legal Support, Inc., the nation's leading provider of litigation support services, is honored to announce that clients and readers of The Recorder have voted to recognize the company across five categories as the #1 Foreign Language Translation provider, in addition to four Hall of Fame awards for Document Management Solutions for Retrieved Records, Court Reporting & Deposition Services, Video Deposition, and Remote Deposition Services.
The Law.com award surveys are conducted annually to help lawyers identify the finest legal products and service providers in markets across the country. The "Best Of" awards recognize the vendors that stand out among their competitors in providing lawyers with the services required to compete in today's legal market.
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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP)Jalen Harris had 19 points in CSU Fullerton’s 59-49 victory over Sacramento State on Wednesday night.
Harris was 7 of 13 shooting, including 1 for 5 from distance, and went 4 for 5 from the line for the Titans (6-6). Garrison Wade scored 13 points, going 3 of 6 from the floor, including 3 for 4 from distance, and 4 for 4 from the line. Max Jones was 3 of 7 shooting and 5 of 6 from the free throw line to finish with 12 points.
The Hornets (6-6) were led by Akolda Mawein, who recorded 14 points and seven rebounds. Callum McRae added 10 points, 14 rebounds and four assists.
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GLENDALE, AZ — Ready for Angry Chickz? It's opening in Arizona next month!
CEO David Mkhitaryan confirmed to ABC15 that the first Arizona location will open Friday, October 7! The restaurant will be situated near the corner of 51st Ave and Bell Road in Glendale.
The popular California chain posted on a Facebook event that “the first 100 customers will receive a bunch of cool Angry Chickz Merch.”
CAN YOU HANDLE SOME HEAT?
“We specialize in chicken tenders from different spice levels, anywhere from Country - which is no spice at all - all the way to our hottest offering which is called Angry which also requires [from] the person who orders it to be over 18 and sign a waiver as well,” explained Mkhitaryan to ABC15 in a previous interview.
IF YOU GO
- Doors open at 11 a.m. on October 7
- Location: 5130 W Bell Rd in Glendale
MORE ‘ANGRY CHICKZ' TO COME
Mkhitaryan confirmed to ABC15 that he’s been scouting other areas in the Valley to “hopefully” have at least four Angry Chickz open in the state by the end of 2023.
“We are actively searching for the right location[s],” said Mkhitaryan in an interview with ABC15. “Most likely one in Gilbert and one in Tempe… maybe one in Phoenix.”
MORE FOOD TO TRY
If you can’t make it out to that side of town to check out the new Angry Chickz location, you might want to make a stop at the Arizona State Fair. There are lots of new treats to try and you only have until October 30 to do so!
The video in the player above showcases just some of the new food items available this year! | 2022-09-27T20:40:15+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/entertainment/events/angry-chickz-announces-grand-opening-date-for-first-arizona-location |
Ray Stevenson, 'Thor' and ‘Punisher: War Zone’ actor, dead at 58
Ray Stevenson, a veteran actor of movies like "Punisher: War Zone," "Thor," "RRR" and major TV shows like "Vikings" and a Star Wars spinoff, has died at the age of 58, Fox News Digital can confirm.
A rep for Stevenson confirmed that he died on Sunday. No other details have been shared at this time.
Stevenson had been cast for a role alongside Rosario Dawson in Disney+’s upcoming Star Wars show "Ahsoka," which is a spinoff from the hit show "The Mandalorian."
Stevenson was born in 1964 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. After attending the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and years of working in British television, he made his film debut in Paul Greengrass’ 1998 film "The Theory of Flight." In 2004, he appeared in Antoine Fuqua’s "King Arthur" as a knight of the Round Table, and several years later, he played the lead in the Marvel adaptation "Punisher: War Zone."
FILE - Ray Stevenson attends the Ahsoka panel at Start Wars Celebration 2023 in London at ExCel on April 08, 2023 in London, England. (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Disney)
The Irish actor rose to fame in the United States with his role as soldier Titus Pullo in the HBO series, "Rome," from 2005 to 2007. Also on the small screen, Stevenson starred in ABC's "Reef Break," which was on-air for one season in 2019.
The year after "Rome" went off the air, Stevenson starred in "Punisher: War Zone." He returned to the Marvel universe to star as Volstagg in "Thor."
He last portrayed his role as a member of Thor's friends – known as the Warriors Three – in "Thor: Ragnarok." The movie debuted in 2017.
His other prominent film roles include the "Divergent" trilogy, "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" and "The Transporter: Refueled."
More recently, Stevenson portrayed Scott Buxton, the villain in "RRR." The action Netflix film premiered on the streaming platform in 2022.
FILE - Actor Ray Stevenson attends the "Jayne Mansfield's Car" Photocall during day five of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Grand Hyatt on February 13, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Frederic Nebinger/WireImage)
Stevenson was cast in "Cassino on Ischia," which had only begun production, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He was also recently cast, replacing Kevin Spacey, in the upcoming "1242: Gateway to the West."
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In an interview with Backstage in 2020, Stevenson said his acting idols were "the likes of Lee Marvin [and] Gene Hackman."
"Never a bad performance, and brave and fearless within that caliber," Stevenson said. "It was never the young, hot leading man; it was men who I could identify with."
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Stevenson is survived by his three children: Sebastiano, Leonardo and Lodovico. He shares his children with Italian anthropologist Elisabetta Caraccia.
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The outdoor concert season is in full force as we move into mid-June. Music fans will be able to choose between classic rock, classical, country, R&B and other genres, but that’s just some of the offerings in a week highlighted by the Jewish Cultural Festival and an appearance by an internationally renowned scientist. Here is a look at those and other entertainment options as the first day of summer inches closer.
1. Jewish Cultural Festival
When: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 12
Where: Temple Israel, 130 Riverside Dr., Dayton
Details: The annual Jewish Cultural Festival features traditional Jewish foods and desserts, kid-friendly activities, cultural programs, vendors, games and the Oy Vey 5K run/walk. Performers include the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra, Miami Valley Klezmer Ensemble and Dayton Metro Barbershop Chorus.
Cost: Free
More info: 937-496-0500 or www.tidayton.org
Credit: RICK FLYNN PHOTOGRAPHY
Credit: RICK FLYNN PHOTOGRAPHY
2. “The Old Man and The Old Moon”
When: June 10-12; 8 p.m. Friday; 5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday
Where: Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Ave., Dayton
Details: Charming storytelling blending “Once,” “Peter and the Starcatcher” and the biblical tale of Jonah closes the Dayton Theatre Guild’s 2021-2022 season in the form of the local premiere of this intimate folktale. Strikingly directed and designed by Jeff Sams and featuring book, music and lyrics by Pigpen Theatre Co., the story concerns an old man (Brad Bishop in his most expressive portrayal) who abandons his duties as caretaker of the moon in order to search for his missing wife. The Old Man’s humorous, resilient and touching adventure encompasses the air and sea (Sams’ stagecraft bursts with an imaginative spark during a destructive storm) effectively accented by a sea-faring score (musical director Lorri Topping’s six-piece band is excellent). In addition to Bishop’s endearing performance and Chuck Larkowski’s terrific, energetic narration, the cohesive cast, seamlessly appearing in multiple roles, includes Dylan Harris, Anna Hazard, Heather Martin, Stephanie Ridgeway Johnson, and Drew Roby. John Falkenbach’s outstandingly evocative lighting design is also a hallmark of this feel-good outing that proves small-scale musicals can be a worthy addition to the Guild’s eclectic aesthetic, especially when reaching new audiences.
Cost: $14-$21
More info: 937-228-3630 or daytonlive.org
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Credit: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
3. Jackson Browne
When: 8 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Where: Rose Music Center, 6800 Executive Blvd., Huber Heights
Details: Last summer, the 2004 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame released “Downhill from Everywhere,” his 15th studio album and first collection of new material in seven years. It debuted at number five on Billboard’s Current Album Chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Cost: Tickets start at $40
More info: 513-232-6220 or www.rosemusiccenter.com
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Credit: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
4. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 10
Where: Schuster Center, Second and Main Streets, Dayton
Details: Dayton Live and Roberts Group presents “An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies.” In this unique multimedia show, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the errors and spotlights the correct science in popular films such as “Star Wars,” “Frozen” and “Titanic.”
Cost: $55-$135
More info: 937-228-3630 or www.daytonlive.org
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Credit: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
5. Travis Tritt
When: 8 p.m. Thursday, June 16
Where: Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering
Details: It had been 14 years since his last studio album when multi-platinum country singer Travis Tritt returned last summer with his Dave Cobb-produced “Set It Stone.” Desert City Ramblers, which features local guitarist Scotty Bratcher, opens the show.
Cost: $37 lawn & terrace, $55 orchestra and $60 plaza in advance, $42 lawn & terrace, $60 orchestra and $65 plaza day of show
More info: 937-296-3300 or www.fraze.com
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Credit: PILOT BOY PRODUCTIONS 2020 MATHIEU BITTON
6. Dave Chappelle documentary
When: 7 p.m. Sunday, June 12
Where: Schuster Center, Second and Main Streets, Dayton
Details: When the coronavirus pandemic forced global shutdowns, comedian Dave Chappelle found a way to stage outdoor comedy shows in Yellow Springs. The experiences in 2020 and 2021 were captured for posterity by Academy and Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar in the documentary, “Dave Chappelle Live in Real Life,” which receives a special Dayton screening.
Cost: $43-$103
More info: 937-228-3630 or www.daytonlive.org
7. DPO Stained Glass Concert
When: 5 p.m. Sunday, June 12
Where: Omega Baptist Church, 1821 Emerson Ave., Dayton
Details: The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, which recently announced Dr. Hankle as the new Director of the Dayton Philharmonic Chorus, presents the second of three Stained Glass Concerts. Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin will recite poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The concert also features “Haydn’s “Symphony No. 96″ and Jessie Montgomery’s “African Dolls.”
Cost: Free
More info: daytonperformingarts.org
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Credit: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
8. Levitt Pavilion Dayton
When: 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Thursday, June 10, 11 and 16
Where: Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St.
Details: The 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season continues its outdoor programming at Levitt Pavilion with Nashville-based R&B group the New Respects on Friday, indie folk act Seryn on Saturday and Chicago-based singer Isaiah Sharkey on Thursday.
Cost: Free
More info: www.levittdayton.org
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Credit: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
9. Dayton Disneyana Expo
When: 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 11 and 12
Where: Hope Hotel and Richard C. Holbrooke Conference Center, 10823 Chidlaw Road, Dayton
Details: The Dayton Disneyana Foundation presents the Dayton Disneyana Expo, its annual gathering of Disney collectors with vendors, a costume contest, live auction and special guests Doug Burwell, Paul Bottos, Tom Nabbe, and Jim Hill.
Cost: Adults $10 per day or $15 for two-day passes
More info: www.daytondisneyana.org
10. For Dayton By Dayton
When: 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 11
Where: RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E. Monument Ave., Dayton
Details: Rapper K. Carter is hosting and headlining his third For Dayton By Dayton music festival. The outdoor event has a diverse lineup that includes indie rocker Mike Bankhead, Americana artist Amber Hargett, rapper P the Prophet and roots rockers Age Nowhere.
Cost: Free
More info: 4dbdayton.com
11. St. Christopher Summer Festival
When: June 10-12; 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, 1 p.m. to midnight Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday
Where: St. Christopher Church, 435 E. National Road in Vandalia
Details: The festival will feature live music, entertainment, rides, bingo and gambling. There will be plenty of food featuring St. Chris’ famous pork tenderloin sandwiches, deep fried pickles and much more. There will also be rotating beer taps featuring craft beer.
More info: www.festival.stchristopheronline.com.
Credit: Tom Gilliam
Credit: Tom Gilliam
12. Versailles Poultry Days
When: Friday, June 10 through Sunday, June 12
Where: 459 S. Center Street in Versailles
Details: The 71st annual Poultry Days festival will feature two parades, the Grand Parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday and the Antique Car Parade at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. There will also be an ultimate frisbee tournament, rides, kiddie tractor pull and several food vendors.
More info: www.versaillespoultrydays.com/
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Credit: DAVID MOODIE/CONTRIBUTED
13. St. Helen Spring Festival
When: June 10-12; 6:30 p.m. to midnight Friday, 1 p.m. to midnight Saturday and 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday
Where: St. Helen Catholic School, 5086 Burkhardt Rd., Dayton
Details: The 69th annual St. Helen Spring Festival will feature live entertainment, rides, games, a 5K, raffles and a variety of foods and drinks. There will be a free shuttle to the festival from Carroll High School.
More info: www.sthelenfestival.org.
14. Wine Fest and the Front Street Art Show
When: Saturday, June 11; 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Where: The Greene, 4452 Buckeye Lane, Beavercreek
Details: Guests can participate in a wine tasting with 10, 2-ounce samples including a souvenir wine glass. A Bud Light Beer Garden is available for those who do not participate in Wine Fest. There will also be live music from Alexis Gomez of “American Idol” and several artists featuring miscellaneous works.
Cost: Admission is free, but tickets must be purchased to participate in the tasting. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event.
More info: Visit the festival’s event page on Facebook
15. Dayton Jazz Festival
When: Sunday, June 12; 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St.
Details: Summer’s smoothest sounds return to downtown Dayton. There will be food and merchandise vendors on site. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets or event seats. No tents, pets, outside food or beverages are allowed.
More info: www.levittdayton.org.
Contact this contributing writer at 937-287-6139 or e-mail at donthrasher100@gmail.com.
Russell Florence Jr. and Natalie Jones also contributed to this report.
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The northern parts of state saw a few raindrops this morning. Everyone else further south caught a break Otherwise, we're keeping a watchful eye for any fog this morning. After that, we'll be watching for clouds to move back in along with chances for rain showers. High temperatures today will reach for the upper 50s to lower 60s. Winds could gust up to 25 mph out of the southeast. Rain showers are possible tonight. Otherwise, we'll be mostly cloudy with lows in the low 40s as the winds back off. Rain showers are possible again on Wednesday. Otherwise, we'll be mostly cloudy with highs in the low 50s. Winds could gust up to 20 mph out of the east. Looking ahead, we'll have chances for a few rain showers Thursday and Friday. High temperatures will be in the upper 40s Thursday and lower 50s on Friday. We'll finally dry out on Saturday with a partly cloudy sky and highs in the mid 60s. MAKE it a GREAT Day! Devin Biggs | 2023-05-02T10:44:32+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/weather/weather_discussions/weather-discussion-5-2-23/article_974b7e08-9d00-11ed-b0e1-7328eafb5927.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The refusal thus far of Gov. Josh Shapiro to disclose who paid for his glitzy inaugural bash has exposed the gap in state law that lets governors in Pennsylvania escape the kind of transparency that is sometimes required elsewhere.
Presidential inaugural committees are required by federal law to disclose donors who give over $200 to inaugural celebrations. States like Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey have such laws, as do cities including New York and Philadelphia, where city officials also cap the amount that an individual donor can give to an inauguration.
Many other states have no such disclosure laws, and millions of dollars can be given secretly by donors who seek favorable treatment under state regulations, have contracts before state government or who rely on state government for subsidies.
That raises serious concerns about conflicts of interest, said Aaron McKean, a lawyer for the Washington-based Campaign Legal Center, a non-profit good government group.
“The whole goal here is to prevent corruption, or even the appearance of corruption,” McKean said. “That’s how we build confidence in our elected officials and our government.”
Nobody, he said, “is giving this money just for fun.”
Shapiro’s bash in Lititz last week — tickets were $50 apiece, while fundraisers sold sponsorship packages with VIP perks — attracted hundreds, perhaps thousands of people to drink, eat and watch top-notch music entertainment, including Smokey Robinson, Meek Mill, Wiz Khalifa and Mt. Joy.
Asked about the donors at an unrelated news conference last week, Shapiro, a Democrat, made no commitment to identify them.
“We’re going to follow all of the laws required with reporting and disclosure and that’s the approach we’re going to take,” Shapiro said.
No law requires such disclosure. But not disclosing who paid for it sets Shapiro apart from predecessors in Pennsylvania.
In states that do not regulate inaugural celebration donations, fundraising is typically set up and run by a governor’s aides, allies or a party organization.
Governors have, in some cases, disclosed inaugural donors, although sometimes they do it grudgingly and only after sustaining public criticism.
In Florida, where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis won a second term, the Republican Party of Florida raised money for his inaugural party — with sponsorship packages topping out at $1 million — and filed a campaign finance report disclosing more than $10 million in donations in November and December.
In Texas, the Texas Inaugural Committee releases donors, but the Texas Tribune sued — successfully — to get details on how $5.3 million was spent on the 2019 event.
In Shapiro’s case, he named top campaign aides to run his inaugural committee and organized it as a nonprofit 501c(4) organization under federal tax laws that do not require the disclosure of donors or limit who can give or donation amounts.
Shapiro’s aides did not respond to questions asking why he chose not to disclose the identities of donors.
Shapiro’s predecessor, Democrat Tom Wolf, capped donations to his inaugural festivities at $50,000 per donor and disclosed those who contributed at least $500. In 2019, donors included labor unions, energy companies, health insurers, law firms and developers.
In Shapiro’s fundraising pitch to insiders, fundraisers sought “premier sponsor” donations of up to $150,000 for a package including a “limited edition commemorative” gift, 10 tickets to a VIP reception, “preferred” tickets to the swearing-in ceremony and other perks.
Money is often left over in a 501c(4)’s bank accounts and there is no law that dictates how the money must be spent. McKean said that, without transparency, such leftover money can turn into a “slush fund” for a governor.
Over the past two decades, Philadelphia has rolled out campaign finance reforms to fight corruption. Those city laws treat donations to an inaugural committee the same as donations to a campaign committee, requiring the disclosure of who gave and how much they gave.
It caps donations — currently $3,100 for individuals and $12,600 for businesses and organizations — and it dictates how left over money must be handled.
City Council members who approved the law understood that unregulated donations to inaugural committees could circumvent the purpose of the limits in the campaign finance law, said J. Shane Creamer, executive director of the city’s Board of Ethics, which enforces the law.
“And we’d be back to the influence days of large donors that we had before the campaign finance law took effect,” Creamer said.
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Follow Marc Levy on Twitter: http://twitter.com/timelywriter | 2023-01-23T21:23:33+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-refusal-to-release-inaugural-donors-exposes-gap-in-pa-law/ |
NEW DELHI and LONDON and HONG KONG and SAN DIEGO and SEOUL, South Korea, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global smartphone chipset (SoC/AP+Baseband) shipment declined 5% YoY in Q1 2022 due to seasonality, weaker demand in China amid lockdowns and over shipping from some chipset vendors in Q4 2021, according to the Counterpoint's Foundry and Chipset Tracker. TSMC, the world's largest foundry, captured nearly 70% share of manufacturing the key chipsets going into the smartphones from the complete System-on-Chip (SoC) to discrete Application Processors (AP) and cellular modems. Samsung Foundry was the second largest foundry behind TSMC capturing a 30% share.
Commenting on the foundry landscape for smartphone segment, Senior Research Analyst, Parv Sharma, said, "Foundries are extremely high CAPEX, cutting-edge technology businesses which have led to a duopoly for manufacturing advanced chipsets for smartphones. TSMC and Samsung Foundry together control the entire smartphone chipset market and TSMC is more than double Samsung in terms of manufacturing scale and market share.
"TSMC based smartphone chipsets declined 9% annually in Q1 2022. Due to Qualcomm choosing Samsung Foundry for manufacturing X60 baseband and annual decline in the MediaTek smartphone chipset shipments. Ramp-up of the 4nm flagships from Qualcomm, Apple and MediaTek will enable TSMC to further gain share in smartphone chipset in 2022.
"Of the total smartphone chipsets on advanced nodes (4nm, 5nm, 6nm and 7nm), TSMC captured 65%. TSMC entered mass production for its leading 4nm process node with MediaTek's Dimensity 9000 SoC in Q1 2022. TSMC's 4nm node-based smartphone chipset shipments are expected to grow further thanks to Qualcomm's dual sourcing strategy for its future 4nm based Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC."
Commenting on Samsung Foundry's performance, Senior Analyst Jene Park, said, "Samsung Foundry captured around 30% share of the global smartphone chipset shipments thanks to Qualcomm and Samsung Semiconductor's internal Exynos chipset division. Despite relatively lower yield rates for the leading 4nm process node, Samsung Foundry led the leading nodes (4nm & 5nm) smartphone chipset shipments with a 60% share followed by TSMC which captured a 40% share in Q1 2022.
"However, the uncertain global macroeconomic climate, potential inventory corrections and dual-sourcing from Qualcomm could put pressure on Samsung Foundry's market share overall as well as leading nodes."
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City of Wichita settles fatal SWAT shooting for $5 million
(AP) – The city of Wichita on Tuesday approved a $5 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer during a hoax call in 2017.
The settlement will go to the two children of 28-year-old Andrew Finch, who was shot by officer Justin Rapp as he stepped out of his house on Dec. 28, 2017, to see why it was surrounded by police.
Finch, who was unarmed, was shot by Rapp within 10 seconds of opening his door. Rapp has said that he thought Finch had a gun.
Finch’s death drew national attention to “swatting,” a form of retaliation in which someone reports a false emergency to get authorities, particularly a SWAT team, to respond to an address.
“While this settlement will not bring back our beloved Andy, it helps bring some closure as our family moves forward, especially Andy’s two young children,” Lisa and Dominica Finch, Finch’s mother and sister, respectively, said in a statement.
Investigators later determined the call was the result of a feud between two online gamers over a video game, Shane Gaskill of Wichita and Ohio gamer Casey Viner.
Authorities said Viner recruited Tyler R. Barriss to “swat” Gaskill. Barriss, a Los Angeles man who was known online for “swatting,” called police from Los Angeles to falsely report a shooting and kidnapping at the Wichita address.
But the address they used was old, leading police to Finch, who was not involved in the dispute or playing the video game.
Barriss is serving 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to 51 counts in April 2019. Viner was sentenced to 15 months in September 2019 after pleading guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Shane Gaskill was sentenced in September 2022 to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud,
Rapp was not charged and was later promoted from officer to detective. The city was dropped from the lawsuit but was responsible for Rapp’s legal costs.
The city will pay $2 million from its self-insurance fund and $1.5 million from the city council’s reserve fund, with AIG insurance paying the remainder of the settlement.
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers, bringing a happy ending to a search-and-rescue saga that captivated a nation but also prompted questions about their extraordinary survival.
Officials in the South American country announced their rescue Friday, following days of highs and lows as searchers frantically combed through the rainforest hunting for the youngsters, members of the Huitoto people and aged 13, 9 and 4 years and 11 months.
As the children received treatment Saturday at a hospital in the capital, Bogota, authorities were yet to explain how the siblings endured their time alone in the remote area. Earlier, officials had said the oldest children had some knowledge of how to survive in the rainforest.
President Gustavo Petro celebrated the news upon returning from Cuba, where he signed a cease-fire with representatives of the National Liberation Army rebel group. He visited the children Saturday.
Petro called them an “example of survival” and predicted their saga “will remain in history.”
Damaris Mucutuy, an aunt of the children, told a radio station that “the children are fine” despite being dehydrated and with insect bites. Mucutuy, who arrived at the hospital at dawn with other family members, said the children had been offered mental health services.
Defense Minister Iván Velásquez told reporters Saturday the children were being rehydrated and cannot eat food yet. “But in general, the condition of the children is acceptable,” he said.
An air force video showed a helicopter using lines to pull the youngsters up because it couldn’t land in the dense rainforest where they were found. The military on Friday tweeted pictures showing a group of soldiers and volunteers posing with the children, who were wrapped in thermal blankets. One of the soldiers held a bottle to the smallest child’s lips.
Gen. Pedro Sanchez, who was in charge of the rescue efforts, said that the children were found 5 kilometers (3 miles) away from the crash site in a small forest clearing. He said rescue teams had passed within 20 to 50 meters (66 to 164 feet) of where the children were found on a couple of occasions but had missed them.
“The minors were already very weak," Sanchez said. “And surely their strength was only enough to breathe or reach a small fruit to feed themselves or drink a drop of water in the jungle.”
Fidencio Valencia, an uncle of the children, told reporters outside the hospital that the survivors were happy to see family members, who are taking a “day-by-day” approach to the situation.
“When the plane crashed, they took out (of the wreckage) a fariña, and with that, they survived,” Valencia said, referring to a cassava flour that people eat in the Amazon region. “After the fariña ran out, they began to eat seeds.”
The crash happened in the early hours of May 1, when the Cessna single-engine propeller plane with six passengers and a pilot declared an emergency due to an engine failure. Snakes, mosquitoes and other animals abound in the area.
The small aircraft fell off radar a short time later and a frantic search for survivors began. Two weeks after the crash, on May 16, a search team found the plane in a thick patch of the rainforest and recovered the bodies of the three adults on board, but the small children were nowhere to be found.
Sensing that they could be alive, Colombia’s army stepped up the hunt and flew 150 soldiers with dogs into the area. Dozens of volunteers from Indigenous tribes also helped search.
During the search, in an area where visibility is greatly limited by mist and thick foliage, soldiers on helicopters dropped boxes of food into the jungle, hoping that it would help sustain the children. Planes flying over the jungle fired flares to help search crews on the ground at night, and rescuers used speakers that blasted a message recorded by the siblings’ grandmother, telling them to stay in one place.
Rumors also emerged about the children's whereabouts and on May 18 the president tweeted that the children had been found. He then deleted the message, claiming he had been misinformed by a government agency.
The group of four children were travelling with their mother from the Amazonian village of Araracuara to San Jose del Guaviare when the plane crashed.
Petro on Friday said the children were first found by one of the rescue dogs that soldiers took into the jungle. He added that for a while he had believed the children were rescued by one of the nomadic tribes that still roam the remote swath of the jungle where the plane fell and have little contact with authorities.
As the search progressed, soldiers found small clues in the jungle that led them to believe the children were still alive, including a pair of footprints, a baby bottle, diapers and pieces of fruit that looked like they had been bitten by humans.
“The jungle saved them,” Petro said. “They are children of the jungle, and now they are also children of Colombia.” | 2023-06-10T22:22:46+00:00 | 9news.com | https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/4-children-survived-plane-crash-amazon/507-f49203d8-2c1f-4026-9430-e1c563edb089 |
Memphis Grizzlies forward Kenneth Lofton Jr. is among several undrafted players making an impact in the Las Vegas summer league.
The former Louisiana Tech standout who was not selected in 2022 is averaging 20.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in three games while shooting 58% from the field.
Lofton uses his 6-foot-6, 275-pound frame to seemingly score at will. He was the G-League Rookie of the Year for the Memphis Hustle last season and later got his two-way contract converted into a regular deal. He took advantage of a call-up to the Grizzlies and had 42 points and 14 rebounds against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the team’s regular-season finale.
In Las Vegas, he scored 23 points against the Chicago Bulls in the Grizzlies’ opener on July 8 and had 24 points and 10 rebounds against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.
Other undrafted players who have stood out:
— Golden State guard Lester Quinones, undrafted out of Memphis in 2022, is the No. 3 scorer in Las Vegas with 24 points per game.
— Chicago guard Javon Freeman-Liberty, undrafted out of DePaul in 2022, is averaging 21.3 points, 5.0 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game.
— Minnesota guard Brandon Williams, who played college ball at Arizona and went undrafted in 2021, is averaging 21.3 points and 4.7 assists per game while shooting 54% from the field. He played for the G-League’s College Park Skyhawks last season.
— Portland guard Michael Devoe, undrafted out of Georgia Tech in 2022, scored 29 points to help the Trail Blazers defeat the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. He is averaging 20.5 points and six assists per game while shooting 58% from the field.
— Los Angeles Clippers guard Xavier Moon, undrafted out of Morehead State in 2017, is averaging 20 points and shooting 61% from 3-point range on 4.7 attempts per game.
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The legislation had hearings in the city’s civil and human rights and state and federal legislation committees at the end of last month, and The Washington Post reported that it will likely be voted on in the upcoming weeks.
Michigan is the only state in the country that has passed a law to declare weight is a protected category from discrimination along with other factors like race and religion. The Washington Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that obesity is covered by the state’s anti-discrimination law.
A few cities like San Francisco and Madison, Wis., have also banned weight discrimination.
The Post reported that state legislatures in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Jersey are considering their own legislation to prohibit weight discrimination.
New York City Council member Shaun Abreu, who sponsored the bill, told the Post that Mayor Eric Adams has signaled that he supports the legislation.
“This was long overdue as a civil rights issue. It’s super important that we treat everyone with the dignity and respect they deserve,” Abreu said. “At the end of the day, this is about job security, this is about housing security. If someone looks a certain way, if someone is of a different body size or has higher weight, who cares?”
The American Psychological Association reported last year that more than 40 percent of adults said they have experienced some form of stigma related to their weight at some point in their lives.
The World Obesity Foundation reports that people with obesity also will likely make less and receive fewer promotions at work. | 2023-03-25T19:15:21+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/hill-politics/nyc-bill-would-ban-discrimination-based-on-weight/ |
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LOMPOC, Calif., Feb. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A total of 19,989 American horses were shipped to slaughter plants in Mexico or Canada in 2022, according to government statistics.
While this represents a 14.7% decrease from the previous year, the foreign slaughter pipeline continues to be a shameful open secret with only an unscrupulous few profiting from its cruelty.
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation, a national nonprofit advocacy organization, strongly urges Congress to finally pass a permanent ban on horse slaughter in the United States and on the export of American horses for purposes of slaughter.
"More than 90 percent of American horses shipped to slaughter were in good condition before suffering grueling journeys to foreign slaughterhouses, according to one government study," said Neda DeMayo, president of Return to Freedom (RTF). "It is long past time for Congress to close the legal loophole that results in the needless deaths of so many of America's horses.
"This is an inexcusable betrayal of the bond Americans share with the descendants of the horses that helped build our country and shape our culture."
During the last Congress, a proposed horse slaughter ban received the backing of 225 bipartisan House cosponsors before special interests stymied its progress.
From filthy holding pens to the killing floor, the road to horse slaughter is anything but humane. Horses and other equines are transported long distances in overcrowded trailers without food or water. They endure terror and pain. In foreign slaughterhouses, horses have been documented having their throats cut before being hung upside down while half-conscious as their blood drains out.
Congress should also act now because:
-- More than 80 percent of voters consistently oppose horse slaughter in polls – opposition that holds strong regardless of political affiliation.
-- Advocates have succeeded in keeping horse slaughter plants closed within the United States closed since 2007 with the help of Congress. Lawmakers have consistently supported language in annual Agriculture Appropriations bills blocking horse slaughter; however, this de facto ban does nothing to protect thousands of American horses from being shipped over our borders to foreign slaughterhouses.
-- The number of American horses exported for slaughter peaked at 166,572 in 2012. That number has since plummeted because of broader public knowledge of the issue, increased attention to equine aftercare and retirement, and a growing number of quality rescues and sanctuaries.
-- A horse slaughter ban is supported not only by RTF and the nation's largest animal welfare organizations but by horse industry organizations like The Jockey Club, the Breeders' Cup, Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and the New York Racing Association.
-- A horse slaughter ban would protect human health. Most horses shipped to slaughter are domestic horses that receive dozens of veterinary medications deemed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be unsafe for human consumption.
-- And of particular importance to many Americans: the thousands of horses shipped to slaughter annually include an unknown number of wild horses and burros that once freely roamed our public lands.
Wild horses and burros have been protected by federal law since 1971, and Congress has repeatedly barred the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service from killing captured healthy wild horses and burros or selling them to slaughter. Yet wild horses and burros lose those protections and are no longer tracked by those agencies after they are sold or adopted out.
In recent years, the BLM has paid out $1,000 per horse to increase adoptions. That program has resulted in documented cases of wild horses and burros being held until title is passed before they are sold at auctions where kill buyers are waiting.
RTF encourages the public to contact their members of Congress to urge them to pass a federal ban on horse slaughter and the export of any horse for slaughter.
"Continuing to allow American horses to be sold to slaughter sends a message that their lives are disposable," DeMayo said. "Horse slaughter leaves open the door to the worst in us. It gives an easy out to irresponsible people who poorly manage, overbreed, neglect, starve and abuse horses."
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to wild horse preservation through sanctuary, education, conservation, and advocacy since 1998. It also operates the American Wild Horse Sanctuary at three California locations, caring for more than 450 wild horses and burros. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates about wild horses and burros on the range and at our sanctuary.
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SOURCE Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation | 2023-02-20T19:46:06+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/prnewswire/2023/02/20/return-freedom-calls-congress-stop-slaughter-american-horses/ |
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