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LIMA – Thousands of demonstrators took to streets around Peru for another day Sunday to demand new President Dina Boluarte resign and schedule elections to replace her and Congress, and at least two deaths were reported amid the protests.
Many of those demonstrating in the ongoing political crisis are demanding the release from custody of Pedro Castillo, the center-left president ousted Wednesday by lawmakers after he sought to dissolve Congress ahead of an impeachment vote.
Hundreds of people also protested in Lima, the capital, where riot police used tear gas to push protesters back.
The protests rocking Peru heated up particularly in rural areas, strongholds for Castillo, a former schoolteacher and political newcomer from a poor Andean mountain district. Protesters set fire to a police station, vandalized a small airport used by the armed forces, and marched in the streets.
A 15-year-old boy died of an injury suffered during a protest in the remote Andes community of Andahuaylas, Congresswoman Maria Taipe Coronado said as she made an impassioned plea from the legislative palace for Boluarte to step down.
“The death of this compatriot is the responsibility of Mrs. Dina for not submitting her resignation,” charged Taipe, who is affiliated with the party which helped Castillo and Boluarte to their election last year as president and vice president respectively before both were kicked out of that party. “Since when is protesting a crime?"
Taipe charged that authorities were using heavy-handed repressive tactics in quelling demonstrations. But it remains unclear how the boy was fatally injured, and state media reported a second death in the same community without giving details.
Anthony Gutiérrez, director of a local hospital, told a radio station that the second protester to die was an 18-year-old person. At least 26 people also were reported injured.
Boluarte, 60, was swiftly sworn in at midweek to replace Castillo, hours after he stunned the country by ordering the dissolution of Congress, which in turn dismissed him for “permanent moral incapacity.” Castillo was arrested on charges of rebellion.
Castillo's failed move against the opposition-led Congress came hours before lawmakers were set to start a third impeachment attempt against him.
Scattered protests around the country have continued for days.
On Saturday in Andahuaylas, 16 people were treated for concussions at a hospital, and one of thos persons was was reported in serious condition.
Boluarte has called for a time of national unity to heal from the latest upheaval.
“The life of no Peruvian deserves to be sacrificed for political interests,” Boluarte tweeted Sunday following Taipe's speech in Congress. “I express my condolences for the death of a citizen in Andahuaylas. I reiterate my call for dialogue and to put an end to violence.”
Meanwhile, in Lima, hundreds of people again gathered outside the legislative palace on Sunday. Dozens of police officers in riot gear used tear gas against those gathered, while just inside the building, lawmakers were beginning a session. Police also chased and beat protesters as they ran from the scene amid clouds of gas.
Prime Minister Pedro Angulo said Boluarte’s Cabinet would be meeting Sunday night to evaluate the civil unrest and determine how to respond.
Peru has had six presidents in the last six years, including three in a single week in 2020 when Congress flexed its impeachment powers.
The power struggle in the country has continued as the Andes region and its thousands of small farms struggle to survive the worst drought in a half-century. The country of more than 33 million people is also experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections — having recorded about 4.3 million infections and 217,000 deaths since the pandemic began. | 2022-12-12T03:38:04+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2022/12/12/protests-over-perus-political-crisis-continue-around-nation/ |
California’s reparations task force will release today its first of two reports detailing the state’s history of slavery and racism and recommending ways the Legislature might begin a process of redress for Black Californians, including proposals to offer housing grants, free tuition and to raise the minimum wage.
The 500-page study describes decades of state and federal government actions that harmed Black Americans — from American slavery to the more recent redlining, mass incarceration, police actions and the widening wealth gap between Blacks and whites.
After police killed George Floyd and the subsequent nationwide protests, Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020 signed legislation establishing the task force to study and develop a plan for reparations in the state. The law gave “special consideration” to Black Americans who are direct descendants to enslaved people.
The task force report proposes dozens of recommendations, including that the Legislature “implement a comprehensive reparations scheme.” The final details — including the exact monetary amount of compensation and the number of Black Californians eligible — will be in a second report due to the Legislature by July 2023.
The task force recommends establishing 10 new offices within state government to oversee administration of reparations, including an Office of African American/Freedmen Affairs to help people file claims for compensation and an Office of Freedmen Genealogy to help people prove their eligibility with genealogical research.
From slavery to the KKK
It’s unclear how many people would qualify for reparations. The task force estimates that, despite California’s anti-slavery constitution, about 1,500 enslaved Black people were living in the state in 1852.
After slavery was formally abolished, California became a breeding ground for the Ku Klux Klan. The report says in the 1920s the KKK hosted more events in California than it did in Louisiana or Mississippi. In Los Angeles, the police department teemed with KKK members. In Kern County, klansmen routinely beat and kidnapped Black and Latino residents.
The report also referenced numerous instances of segregation and restrictive housing covenants across the state. And it described the wholesale destruction of several Black neighborhoods and cities.
In the 1950s, for instance, the city of San Francisco razed Fillmore, a Black business district, destroying 883 businesses and displacing about 20,000 people from nearly 5,000 homes.
The task force proposes that people who lost homes to government seizures, urban renewal projects, freeway construction, or racist attacks be eligible for housing grants and zero-interest loans.
Their recommendations aim to not only address specific instances of violence or prior harm, but also to support future generations of Black Californians.
The proposed Office of Freedmen Education and Social Services would offer free tuition for Black students in private K-12 education and those pursuing higher education in the state. It would also ensure that school curricula reflect a more “expansive discussion of the experiences of Black Americans in a way that is accurate and honest,” the report said.
The task force also proposed raising the minimum wage, requiring health benefits and paid time off, and other workplace protections for workers in agriculture, hospitality, food and domestic industries where there were large numbers of Black workers but fewer worker protections, the report said.
Black Californians seeking reparations would be able to file a claim through the Reparations Tribunal/ Redress Administration, the proposed arm of the reparations process that would accept or deny a request.
A national example
“Without a remedy specifically targeted to heal the injuries that colonial and American governments have inflicted on 16 generations of Black Americans and dismantle the foundations of these systems,” the report reads, “the ‘badges and incidents of slavery’ will continue to harm Black Americans in almost all aspects of American life.”
Kamilah Moore, chairperson of the task force, said its report is the first government publication providing remedies to institutional racism against Black people since the 1968 Kerner Commission, a federal study requested by President Lyndon Johnson.
“This report is extremely timely and urgent. I hope that people use this not only as an educational tool, but as an organizing tool,” Moore said.
“It is not only useful for people living in California, but for community members, constituents and organizers throughout the United States … to champion the causes of the African American community wherever they are.”
In March the task force voted that African Americans who are direct descendants of enslaved or freed Black people living in the US before the end of the 19th century would be eligible for reparations.
The task force is the only statewide initiative examining reparations. Cities such as Asheville, North Carolina and Evanston, Illinois have initiated reparations schemes at the local level, but at the federal level, HR 40, a bill that would commission a study on reparations, remains stalled in Congress.
Steps toward healing
Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, a Democrat representing Compton, is pushing to extend the life of the task force by another year. Under Assembly Bill 2296, which passed the Assembly, the task force would continue its study through July 2024.
“Black economic growth and prosperity have been critically hindered by racist policies aimed at suppressing African Americans even after end of slavery,” he said in a statement.
“I believe that … State Legislators will be receptive of the report’s analysis, but remain true to their obligation of questioning approach, costs, and implementation. The Reparations Task Force should remain empaneled for another year to help guide, advise, and review any issues or questions that may arise … The need to have the Task Force available to furnish its experts to help with matters once the Legislature determines what, if anything, comes from these studies will be crucial to the success of this monumental step towards healing.”
Over the summer, partner organizations such as the California Black Power Network and the Black Equity Collective will host public listening sessions about the report findings. The task force will reconvene its hearings in Los Angeles in September. | 2022-06-01T17:09:04+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/06/01/reparations-could-include-tuition-housing-grants-california-task-force-says/ |
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One by one the decades passed — 70 years in all from the day 14-year-old Michael Gruenbaum left the Terezin concentration camp in 1945 until he could share the story of Nazis shattering his childhood in Czechoslovakia and how he dodged death four times.
“A big responsibility comes with surviving the Holocaust — the responsibility to remember, to tell, and to never forget,” he said in “The Teddy Bear,” a short film his grandson Benjamin animated.
With “Somewhere There Is Still a Sun,” a memoir Mr. Gruenbaum wrote in his 80s, and through countless visits to classrooms in person and on Zoom, he kept alive his family’s memories of heartbreak, courage, and the fierce will to stay alive.
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“I challenge you to find ways to use the lessons of the Holocaust to fix what’s broken in the world,” he said in the animated film, which was produced by the Lappin Foundation and is taught in classrooms across the country. “Making the world a better place starts with you.”
Mr. Gruenbaum taught two lessons on Zoom the day before he died of heart failure Wednesday. He was 92 and living independently in Brookline, his home for many years.
In Terezin during World War II, Mr. Gruenbaum and his older sister, Marietta, survived because their mother, Margaret Popper Gruenbaum, was talented and kept them off trains to Auschwitz, where Nazis killed about 1 million Jewish people.
Before the war, their family had led a prosperous life in Prague. The first three times the Gruenbaums were summoned to go on the train, “my mother went to the people that were preparing the list and reminded them of all of the things that my father had done for the Jewish community. That was the main reason why we were pulled out,” Mr. Gruenbaum said in an interview with The Defiant Requiem Foundation.
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Margaret was among those at Terezin who were ordered to make teddy bears as Christmas presents for the children of a Nazi officer in fall 1944.
When Margaret learned that she and her children were again on the list for the train to Auschwitz, she told her boss that if she left, the teddy bears order “would not get filled,” Mr. Gruenbaum recalled in a 2020 Globe essay.
Her boss explained that to the German officer, who allowed the Gruenbaums to stay.
“The officer said: ‘Pull them out too, but no one else,’ ” Mr. Gruenbaum wrote. “And thus, due to my mother’s persistence and a lot of luck, I am here today to tell this incredible story.”
His mother kept one of the bears she made, which he inherited after she died in 1974. The bear, called Sasha, is dressed in a jacket Margaret sewed in Terezin.
“I’m here because of this teddy bear, Sasha,” he said in the animated film. “Sasha saved my life during the Holocaust.”
Born on Aug., 23, 1930, Misa Grünbaum grew up in Prague hoping to become a professional soccer player. (His name was changed years later, after arriving in America.)
Misa’s father, Karl, was a prominent attorney employed by one of the country’s wealthiest families.
“I remember cuddling in bed with my parents on Sunday mornings,” he told The Defiant Requiem Foundation. “I read the sports section while my parents read about the latest political developments.”
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In 1939, Germany began its occupation of Czechoslovakia, a day Mr. Gruenbaum never forgot.
“I was sitting in a window and I watched this couple across the street on a roof holding hands, and they jumped off and committed suicide,” he told the foundation. “That was a bad sign of all the things that were coming.”
The family had to surrender all belongings and money to the Nazis, move into a small apartment in the Prague ghetto, and wear yellow Star of David patches, which made them targets for beatings.
In 1941, the Gestapo arrested, tortured, and murdered Mr. Gruenbaum’s father for having helped his clients transfer money out of Czechoslovakia before the Nazis took over.
The following year, not long after Michael turned 12, he and his mother and sister were sent to Terezin. Separated from Margaret and Marietta, he was assigned to a dormitory room with about 40 other boys — most were killed or died of illnesses.
While they lived there, 20-year-old Francis Maier “tried to educate us, surreptitiously,” Mr. Gruenbaum told the foundation.
“Once in a while he brought somebody in to give us a lecture about history, physics, or something like that,” he added. “Of course we had to have somebody be a lookout, to make sure no Germans would come and find that out.”
After the war, he returned to Prague, but his mother suspected the Soviet Union would soon make living there unsafe. She took him to Paris and then Cuba, where they waited for a visa to enter the United States.
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Mr. Gruenbaum went to an American high school in Havana, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, and received a master’s in urban planning from Yale University.
While working in Illinois after MIT, he met Thelma Yutan at a Chicago performance of Handel’s “Messiah.”
They married in 1956, settled in Brookine, and raised three sons. Mr. Gruenbaum worked for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the state department of public works, and the Bruce Campbell & Associates consulting firm.
Thelma Gruenbaum, a writer, interviewed her husband and others he knew in the concentration camp and wrote “Nesarim: Child Survivors of Terezin.”
“In just one more generation, the world will have to rely on the written word or testimonial tapes to learn about the Holocaust,” she wrote.
Mrs. Gruenbaum finished and published the book in 2004, after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. She died in 2006.
“They had a true love affair,” said their son David of Santa Rosa, Calif.
His father, he added, “was an incredible person. Because of his experience in the concentration camp, he was just optimistic for the rest of his life. He just knew things couldn’t get worse than that.”
Mr. Gruenbaum “taught us this persistence: ‘You should never give up on going after what you want,’ " said his son Peter of Seattle. “No one could do it to the level that he did. That was a powerful lesson we all took from him.”
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Upon publishing “Somewhere There Is Still a Sun,” its title inspired by a line in a letter Mr. Gruenbaum’s mother wrote after they were liberated from Terezin, he worked to get his memoir translated into 19 languages.
At the end of his life, as violent incidents of antisemitism increased in the United States, “it was very important to him to get the book out as much as possible,” said his son Leon of New York City, who has seen YouTube videos of schoolchildren presenting book reports about his father’s memoir.
“He had an indomitable spirit,” Leon said.
A private service will be held for Mr. Gruenbaum, who in addition to his sons and grandson Benjamin leaves three other grandchildren.
Mr. Gruenbaum believed constant vigilance is needed to prevent the murderous hatred he saw as a boy from engulfing the world again.
“It starts with a simple drawing of a swastika on a wall, then the overturning of Jewish gravestones, the bullying of Jewish students, culminating in the killing of innocent worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue and diners in a deli in Jersey City,” he wrote for the Globe.
“It behooves all of us to be very much on the alert and make sure that the smallest of such incidents is immediately thwarted and stopped in its tracks.”
Bryan Marquard can be reached at bryan.marquard@globe.com. | 2023-03-11T22:22:22+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/11/metro/michael-gruenbaum-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-92/ |
- Southern California kicks off the first stop of 7-city "All-Electric" Festival Tour
- Electrify Expo adds San Francisco and Washington D.C. to 2023 season
- Electrify 'Show Off' expands from Austin to all seven cities in 2023
- Two B2B Industry Days flank the festival tour in Long Beach and Austin as the premiere event for media, government officials, and industry professionals
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrify Expo, North America's largest electric-vehicle festival, is expanding its footprint in 2023 to meet growing consumer demand and interest in electric vehicles, from cars to e-bikes, motorcycles, scooters, and more. As the leading experiential platform for the world's top electric vehicle brands, the 7-city festival has solidified its position as the #1 destination where the EV-curious experience the latest electric products in a festival environment.
In 2021, Electrify Expo hosted events in three cities, then quickly expanded to 5 markets in 2022 as cities and states looking to meet carbon reduction goals embraced Electrify Expo to come to their cities. To meet the growing interest among consumers, Electrify Expo has added two new EV-leading markets in 2023.
Electrify Expo 2023 Cities and Dates
May 19-21: Long Beach, CA
June 24-25: San Francisco, CA
July 22–23: Washington D.C.
Aug 12-13: New York, New York
Sept 9-10: Seattle, WA
Oct 14-15: Miami, FL
Nov 10-12: Austin, TX
The expanded 2023 schedule is expected to generate 200,000+ demo rides, making it the premier EV testing ground for high-interest buyers and enthusiasts.
Both Long Beach and Austin will serve as the hosts for Electrify Expo's Industry Days. The industry-only events feature C-suite executives from leading automotive manufacturers and mobility companies, top analysts, and media, as well as the latest research findings related to electrified mobility. Experts will discuss key challenges, insights, and future trends as we enter the age of electrification. Electrify Expo will also serve as a platform for new product launches and major corporate announcements throughout the 2023 season. Also, new for Industry Day next year will be an exhibition for B2B companies looking to reach executives from top automakers and decision-makers throughout the industry.
Electrify Show Off will expand beyond its Austin launch to each of the seven cities across the 2023 schedule, leading car culture into the electrification space. Electrify Show Off is on track to become the nation's largest display of customized electric vehicles and the only destination where these custom creations will be launched and showcased. Whether it's wheels, tires, wraps, or body modifications, Electrify Show Off will feature hundreds of cars in 2023, along with brands and companies turning everyday EVs into works of speed, design, and artistry. Hundreds of EV owners across the USA have already registered their EVs with Electrify Expo to display their custom creations at upcoming 2023 Electrify Expo events.
"Interest, excitement, and demand for EVs continue to soar, and Electrify Expo is at the intersection and heart of it," said BJ Birtwell, founder and executive producer of Electrify Expo. "2023 will be our biggest season yet, providing amazing all-electric experiences and thrills for consumers, strong engagement for executives and exhibitors, and tons of breaking stories for the media. This festival has changed the landscape of e-mobility and how consumers engage with, buy, and share their love of electric vehicles."
Electrify Expo is North America's largest outdoor electric vehicle festival showcasing the latest e-mobility products, including EVs, e-motorcycles, e-bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards, e-boats, e-surfboards, and more from top brands around the world. The festival addresses one of the most challenging barriers to mass adoption of electric vehicles with meaningful hands-on experiences, demonstrations, and test rides. Electrify Expo meets the soaring demand for companies to share new technologies, new modes of mobility and put products in the hands of consumers in a meaningful way. Electrify Expo will feature more than 1M+ square feet of exhibit space in Los Angeles County, Seattle, New York, Miami, and Austin.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday plans to sign an executive order that would make "environmental justice" the mission of federal agencies, the White House said.
The Democratic administration wants to ensure that poverty, race and ethnic status do not lead to worse exposure to pollution and environmental harm. Biden is trying to draw a contrast between his agenda and that of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. GOP lawmakers have called for less regulation of oil production to lower energy prices, while the Biden administration says the GOP policies would give benefits to highly profitable oil companies and surrender the renewable energy sector to the Chinese.
Biden will sign the executive order to continue delivering on "the most ambitious environmental justice agenda in our nation's history," the White House said in a statement.
The order tells executive branch agencies to use data and scientific research to understand how pollution hurts people's health, so that work can be done to limit any damage. It also establishes the White House Office of Environmental Justice, which will help coordinate efforts across the government.
Under the order, executive agencies would be required to inform nearby communities if toxic substances were released from a federal facility.
The EPA last year formed its own Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, merging three existing EPA programs to oversee a portion of Democrats' $60 billion investment in environmental justice initiatives created by last year's Inflation Reduction Act.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-04-21T14:52:38+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2023-04-21/biden-is-set-to-sign-an-order-prioritizing-environmental-justice |
MSP: 2-year-old who was listed in critical condition after falling into pool has died
Published: Jun. 30, 2022 at 10:50 PM EDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
Zilwaukee, Mich. (WNEM) - A 2-year-old who was listed in critical condition after falling into a pool in Saginaw County has died, according to the Michigan State Police Department.
This happened at a Zilwaukee home on June 15 at about 5:40 p.m. The 2-year-old fell in a pool and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Police say there were no other reported injuries.
MSP announced they were investigating this as a near drowning before the child died.
Copyright 2022 WNEM. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-01T03:44:59+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2022/07/01/msp-2-year-old-who-was-listed-critical-condition-after-falling-into-pool-has-died/ |
ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) — Customers of Hudson Valley utility company Central Hudson Gas and Electric noted an enormous spike in their utility bills in April. Now, after a six-month investigation, an arm of the New York State Public Service Commission has found that the utility allegedly violated regulations, which led to billing errors.
Based on the decision, released on Thursday, Central Hudson has 30 days to demonstrate why it should not be penalized. The company was also ordered to submit a plan to eliminate bi-monthly estimates and to evaluate the potential impacts of such a change on customers. Otherwise, the company could face civil penalties and a financial review.
“Ensuring customer bills are accurate is the singular responsibility of the utility, and the Department has investigated Central Hudson’s action with the goal of holding them accountable for any billing errors and ensuring their customers are held harmless,” said Commission Chair Rory M. Christian. “Given the scope and seriousness of the utility billing problems at Central Hudson, the Department will now determine the level of Commission action required to address these issues.”
Central Hudson serves around 309,000 electric customers and 84,000 natural gas customers in the mid-Hudson Valley. The company’s territory spans from the suburbs of New York City to the Capital Region. Joe Jenkins, Associate Director of Media Relations for the utility, apologized for the confusion its new billing system caused.
Over the last several months, Central Hudson has fully cooperated with our regulators at the Public Service Commission as they investigated our implementation of a new customer information system. Technical challenges associated with the implementation of this system have caused undue stress and confusion to some of our customers. For that, we are deeply apologetic.
As part of the regulatory process, Central Hudson is provided the opportunity to respond to the PSC’s findings through an Order to Show Cause. We will continue to be open and transparent with our regulators as we move through this process. Central Hudson will continue to dedicate significant resources toward resolving any lingering issues with the billing system. We will always be committed to finding ways to improve the customer experience.
Joe Jenkins | 2022-12-16T19:26:41+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/state-news/state-calls-on-central-hudson-to-remedy-billing-defects/ |
Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year.
The company tweeted late Tuesday that “we’re relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the US.”
“We also plan to expand the political advertising we permit in the coming weeks,” the company said from its Twitter Safety account.
Twitter banned all political advertising in 2019, reacting to growing concern about misinformation spreading on social media.
At the time, then-CEO Jack Dorsey said that while internet ads are powerful and effective for commercial advertisers, “that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions.”
The latest move appears to represent a break from that policy, which had banned ads by candidates, political parties, or elected or appointed government officials.
Political advertising made up a sliver of Twitter’s overall revenue, accounting for less than $3 million of total spending for the 2018 U.S. midterm election.
In reversing the ban, Twitter said that “cause-based advertising can facilitate public conversation around important topics” and that the change will align the platform’s advertising policy with those of “TV and other media outlets,” without providing further details.
Facebook in March 2021 lifted its ban on political and social issue ads that was put in place after the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Musk bills himself as a free-speech warrior and bought Twitter because he apparently believed it wasn’t living up to its potential as a free speech platform. But the billionaire Tesla CEO has been forced to make huge cost cuts and scramble to find more sources of revenue to justify the $44 billion purchase. | 2023-01-04T13:20:31+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/tech-news/ap-technology/ap-twitter-says-it-will-relax-ban-on-political-advertising/ |
Mother's Day 2023 is just about here — and families across the country are planning to celebrate the special occasion.
The annual day is rich in history — and it's a time when many people will shower their moms, stepmoms, grandmothers and other special family members with love, time, gifts and much more.
See how well you know some facts about the special day — and about some famous moms, too — in this fun lifestyle quiz!
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To take even more quizzes from Fox News Digital, click on this link. | 2023-05-12T14:07:12+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/mothers-day-quiz-how-well-do-you-know-the-annual-holiday-for-moms/article_91145b4c-0969-53da-a6bf-67fec461c5b2.html |
Tool will give group and event planners, as well as those managing infrastructure, logistics and corporate accounts, access to real-time rates, availability, and instant online bookings—a first for the economy segment
PARSIPPANY, N.J., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchisor with approximately 9,100 hotels spanning more than 95 countries, today announced a new agreement with Groups360 to bring instant online multi-room bookings to Wyndham hotels in 2023.
Powered by GroupSync™, the hospitality industry's leading direct booking solution, Wyndham hotels will have the opportunity to seamlessly integrate the platform with their hotel reservation systems, providing travel planners—from groups and events to those managing infrastructure, logistics and corporate accounts—the ability to view best available rates and availability as well instantly book rooms online.
"Over the last three years, Wyndham has invested over $100 million in major technology initiatives, giving our franchisees access to best-in-class offerings that unlock new efficiencies while helping to grow their bottom line," said Lisa Checchio, chief marketing officer, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. "Bringing franchisees access to GroupSync is just the latest example and one we believe offers incredible opportunity for franchisees, particularly those in the economy segment, where such technology is an industry first."
Hotel companies that publish live inventory and rates within the GroupSync Marketplace save travel planners valuable time by allowing them to search, shop and book blocks of rooms. Whether it's short one-to-two-night group events like youth sports, weddings and family reunions or multi-week infrastructure or logistics project like commercial construction, bridge repair or highway expansion, GroupSync empowers planners to quickly and easily book their preferred hotel instantly online or through a Smart RFP.
"Wyndham is a major player in the hospitality industry with offerings that span every segment of the industry," said Tim Flors, chief customer officer, Groups360. "Travel planners increasingly expect their hotel purchase experience to be seamless, instantaneous, and online. Wyndham's deployment on GroupSync Marketplace does just that, all while saving hotels time and helping them better serve their guests."
Planners can already book guest rooms and meeting spaces using Wyndham's global properties via GroupSync's Smart RFP and group guest rooms are expected to start being available in GroupSync for instant, online booking later this year. All are a part of Wyndham's innovative Wyndham Business program, which through a suite of tools and resources, aims to simplify business travel bookings. To learn more about Groups360 and GroupSync Marketplace, visit www.groups360.com. To learn more about Wyndham Business, visit www.wyndhambusiness.com.
About Groups360
Groups360 was created with a singular goal — to empower meeting planners by bringing innovation, transparency and simplicity to the decades-old problem of booking groups. The company's integrated technology solution, GroupSync™, enables suppliers to distribute inventory, engage with planners, and optimize group revenue. GroupSync also equips planners to search and shop hotels worldwide and to book rooms and space directly, online or through a simplified RFP process. GroupSync is the first distribution channel to offer online booking for both group hotel rooms and meeting space at scale.
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The founder of a nonprofit serving D.C.’s LGBT community diverted hundreds of thousands dollars meant for the group’s indigent clients to her personal bank accounts, the District said in a court filing Monday.
The latest set of accusations against Casa Ruby and Corado comes from an ongoing lawsuit filed by D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D). The nonprofit shut down earlier this year.
In an amended complaint, Racine’s office alleges that Corado set up three companies as part of a federal program to distribute drugs that prevent HIV transmission to uninsured and underinsured clients. The companies bought the drugs at a discount, the filing said, but could be reimbursed by insurers for the full price, and under federal rules, Casa Ruby was allowed to keep the difference.
Corado allegedly set up bank accounts for the firms and, between 2019 and 2022, withdrew more than $100,000 and transferred more than $400,000 into personal bank accounts in El Salvador without authorization from Casa Ruby’s board of directors, the filing said.
In a phone interview Tuesday from El Salvador, Corado did not address specific allegations in the filing and instead gave a blanket denial. She said she had been targeted by city officials who never accepted her as an activist who is an immigrant, Latina and transgender.
“After 30 years, you know, my work speaks for itself,” she said. “But they painted me as a person who was not trustworthy. ... That was the best way to collapse the work of the organization.”
Since 2016, various city agencies have given Casa Ruby $9.6 million in grants to serve the needs of the Latino and LGBTQ youth communities in D.C., city records show. In addition to the pharmacy program, it ran a homeless shelter on Georgia Avenue NW as well as transitional housing at multiple locations across the city, among other initiatives.
As Casa Ruby’s funding increased, so did Corado’s salary as executive director — from about $32,000 in 2014 to just over $260,000 in 2020, tax records show. According to the new court filing, she “supplemented her rapidly increasing salary by paying herself additional funds from Casa Ruby’s bank accounts.”
Corado allegedly regularly withdrew thousands of dollars without explaining the purpose and without evidence that the board had authorized it, the complaint said.
In one instance, she allegedly wrote herself a check from Casa Ruby’s account for $28,000, falsely claiming in the memo line that the money was a “performance bonus” approved by the board. In another, she said without evidence that the board approved $500,000 to build another shelter in El Salvador, the complaint said.
In September of last year, the D.C. Department of Human Services declined to renew one of Casa Ruby’s largest grants. Corado stepped down in October 2021. The organization, which Corado founded in 2012, shut down most of its operations in July, and Racine’s office began its investigation in August.
That month, D.C. Superior Court Judge Danya A. Dayson granted Racine’s request to freeze the group’s bank accounts. Until then, the filing said, Corado was still drawing funds from Casa Ruby accounts, which she retained control of after she resigned. Dayson later appointed June Crenshaw, executive director of Wanda Alston Foundation, which also serves homeless LGBTQ youth, to serve as a court-appointed receiver for Casa Ruby.
At the time, at least four landlords told city agencies Casa Ruby had not paid rent on properties the nonprofit leased for its shelter and transitional housing programs. Former employees of the nonprofit also said they had gone months without pay.
In September, the receiver told the court in a report that Casa Ruby has more than $2 million in unpaid claims and should be dissolved, which the judge declined to do.
Crenshaw said in an interview that the attorney general’s new allegations were not a surprise.
“The premise of Casa Ruby was such a success because the need in our community is so great,” she said. “I do not believe that those services should be handled under the umbrella of Casa Ruby or by Ruby Corado.”
Monday’s filing added more details about the alleged wage law violations. Many unpaid employees earned just $15 per hour, less than the District minimum at the time, the complaint said. And none of these employees received the full wages they earned.
Casa Ruby has also allegedly not paid its 2022 federal employment taxes, according to the filing, and as of June 2022, it owed the IRS more than $127,000.
Racine’s office asked the court to force the organization to pay its workers their unpaid wages and sought penalties for minimum-wage violations as well as a jury trial.
Taylor Lianne Chandler, who held several positions at Casa Ruby, including public relations manager, estimated that between unpaid wages and supplies she paid for out of her own pocket, Casa Ruby owes her about $3,000. She said she and others told officials at the D.C. Department of Human Services about the unpaid wages and other issues at Casa Ruby but got little response.
A DHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“On Casa Ruby’s side, there was no true oversight. There wasn’t a functioning board at all,” Chandler said. “Everyone providing grant money — it was easy for them to give money and look the other way so they didn’t have to deal with the poor little trans youth. It was out of sight, out of mind. There were red flags forever.”
Casey Parks contributed to this report. | 2022-11-30T01:41:27+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/29/casa-ruby-ruby-corado-charges/ |
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — At least one tornado hit a suburb of Canada’s capital Thursday, damaging more than 100 homes, authorities said.
Kim Ayotte, general manager of emergency and protective services for the city of Ottawa, said 125 homes were damaged in Half Moon Bay, a neighborhood in the southern end of the Barrhaven suburb.
He said most damage involved roofs being ripped, windows broken or damage inflicted by falling trees.
“It’s a variety of damage from small damage to quite substantial damage,” he said.
He said only one minor injury had been reported involving someone whose foot was cut.
Monica Vaswani, a warning preparedness meteorologist at Environment Canada, said several funnel clouds were reported in the Ottawa area Thursday afternoon but only one tornado had been confirmed as of midafternoon.
The community is about 14 miles south of Parliament Hill on Ottawa’s rapidly growing south end.
Laurie Gillespie said her 82-year-old mother and her sister were at the home when her sister noticed a storm coming in and went outside to pull in a chair so it wouldn’t blow away. The windows in the living room, bathroom and bedroom all blew in, strewing glass everywhere, while much of the roof was torn off, she said.
“The curtains on the bathroom window were sucked right out and they ended up on the roof,” Gillespie said.
Gillespie said there was damage for about a two- to three-block radius around her mother’s home. Some roofs were ripped apart and foam blocks used as insulation in the attics exploded.
Ottawa police asked people to avoid the Barrhaven area and stay away from downed power lines. | 2023-07-14T17:15:30+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-more-than-100-homes-damaged-when-tornado-hits-suburb-of-canadas-capital/ |
Anonymous tip leads to 700 animals seized in cattle neglect investigation, authorities say
ROLETTE COUNTY, N.D. (KVLY/Gray News) - Authorities in North Dakota say a total of 700 animals were seized from multiple counties after they received an anonymous complaint regarding possible animal neglect.
The Rolette County Sheriff’s Office was joined by the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association and the North Dakota State Veterinarian’s Office to conduct a search warrant on June 1.
KVLY reports authorities documented the conditions of about 500 cattle at a property where they noticed numerous animals without sufficient feed and dead cattle.
Deputies said they continued to monitor the situation, but the animals’ living conditions were not improving.
On June 23, the Rolette County Sheriff’s Office reported it conducted another search warrant of the same property where owners Steven Nickelson and Tanner and Cameron Millang surrendered their livestock.
According to the sheriff’s office, a total of 700 animals were seized belonging to Nickelson.
Authorities said they contracted a third party to care for, feed and monitor the animals before being sold.
The Rolette County Sheriff’s Office thanked those who brought the situation to its attention, along with those who helped deputies remove the livestock.
Copyright 2022 KVLY via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-13T00:21:25+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/07/13/anonymous-tip-leads-700-animals-seized-cattle-neglect-investigation-authorities-say/ |
The Boston Celtics are planning to discipline coach Ime Udoka, likely with a suspension, because of an improper relationship with a member of the organization, two people with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the reigning Eastern Conference champions have not revealed any details publicly. The exact punishment, including the length of the possible suspension, has not been determined.
ESPN first reported Wednesday night that a suspension was under consideration for the team policy violation. ESPN and The Athletic later reported that the Celtics’ investigation revolves around whether Udoka had an inappropriate relationship with a member of the organization.
Losing Udoka would be a significant blow to a team that is widely considered among the favorites to contend for an NBA title this season, after falling only two games short of winning the championship last season in his debut year.
The Celtics open training camp on Tuesday. If Udoka will not be allowed to lead the team, the task would almost certainly fall to one of his assistants. A possible candidate, Joe Mazzulla, interviewed for the Utah Jazz coaching job this summer, a position that ultimately went to Will Hardy — who was Udoka’s assistant in Boston last season.
Udoka’s other assistant coaches are Damon Stoudemire, Ben Sullivan, Aaron Miles and Tony Dobbins.
Udoka had a brilliant first season as coach of the Celtics, finishing the regular season at 51-31 — going 26-6 in the final 32 games — and leading Boston past Brooklyn, Milwaukee and Miami on the way to the NBA Finals. The Celtics lost the title series to the Golden State Warriors in six games.
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More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-09-22T14:49:40+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/sports/ap-ap-sources-celtics-considering-suspension-of-ime-udoka/ |
Birmingham startup creates remote drug testing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A new Birmingham company is expanding remote drug testing to help with drug addiction recovery.
You can do the remote drug testing anywhere without having to take a urine sample. It is saliva based and it can be configured through an app.
The owner of clearMINDnow says the idea started after remote COVID-19 testing came out in the past couple years. Their mission is to help families work with recovering addicts in a way that keeps their dignity.
“Being able to do it based on saliva collection of the oral fluids and not urine and then having the program and platform wrapped around that is just a real game changer,” said Executive Director of Birmingham Recovery Center Ian Henyon.
You are able to take the test anywhere at any time.
Addiction recovery is close to the heart of the creator Liz Read.
“It is something that my family has been through. And we really thought we were the only ones until we realized that it’s, again, such a common thing. And it’s not anything to be ashamed of,” Read said. Both families and rehabilitation centers like Birmingham Recovery Center and The Foundry are beginning to use clearMINDnow. They have a couple different uses.
“For our telehealth IOP program where clients can’t come to our building geographically, but we need a way to provide them an additional level of accountability. The second thing will be for people that are completing our program, and their families still want them to have the accountability of a urine drug screen. The family is not harassing people like, ‘Hey, I need you go in the bathroom and, and urinate into a cup’, right? This is this is a saliva based system. So it’s just going in your mouth,” Henyon said.
It is also convenient to complete while at a job.
“It takes time to go to a lab and sit and then try to get back to work. You can also do at home testing. But that’s so confrontational. [This] takes about 15 minutes. [You] use your phone and the saliva kit, and it just walks you through the entire process,” Read said. Read said it is 99% accurate and is stored and shared all in the app in a secure way.
“If someone happens to have reuse, they don’t always feel comfortable asking for help. That can be signaled within our our testing platform. And then they can partner with their therapist or case managers, their place of treatment,” Read said.
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Copyright 2022 WBRC. All rights reserved. | 2022-12-08T05:31:50+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/2022/12/08/birmingham-startup-creates-remote-drug-testing/ |
Senators on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to block the District of Columbia’s updated criminal code from becoming law, marking the first time in more than three decades that a D.C.-passed bill has been nixed by Congress and the White House.
The Senate advanced the resolution, 81-14, with 33 Democrats voting alongside every Republican and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.).
Senate Democrats of all stripes joined with the GOP, including some of the party’s leadership. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) both backed the resolution.
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Democrat in the upper chamber, however, split with Schumer to vote “no.”
Unsurprisingly, the most vulnerable Senate Democrats up for reelection in 2024, headlined by Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Jon Tester (Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio), all supported the resolution.
Fourteen senators who caucus with the Democrats voted against the measure: Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Durbin.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) voted present. Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tom Carper (D-Del.) and James Risch (R-Idaho) were absent.
The Senate Democrats had political cover to vote “yes” after President Biden told them last week he would not veto the resolution if it reached his desk — reversing a statement of administration policy backing Washington, D.C., home rule prior to the House vote last month.
The House passed the resolution to block the crime bill on a 250 to 173 vote, with 31 Democrats voting with all Republicans.
The D.C. City Council passed its crime bill unanimously in January and overrode a veto by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) in February, 12-1.
It has been the subject of intense criticism from Republicans and some Democrats for some provisions, such as the lower penalties for a number of violent crimes, including robberies and carjackings.
“Carjackings and car thefts have become a daily routine. Homicides are racking up at a rate of four per week,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said during a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday. “This is our capital city. But local politicians have let its streets become a danger and an embarrassment.”
In his tweet last week announcing his decision, Biden specifically mentioned sentences for carjackings as a reason. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, there have been 101 carjackings across the District this year alone, roughly the same as the 106 reported by this point last year. Half have involved juveniles. Twenty-two of this calendar year’s cases have been closed, and 14 people have been arrested on related charges.
“I just think it needs more work,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) told reporters of the D.C. bill, citing the mayor’s veto of the bill earlier this year.
But the 180-degree turn by the administration has infuriated some House Democrats who have complained that the White House put them in a bad spot.
It also handed House Republicans a gift on the messaging side, as the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched an ad campaign against 15 Democrats who voted against doing away with the crime bill.
“Forget safe streets and neighborhoods — House Democrats remain more concerned with promoting policies that appease violent criminals,” Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the NRCC’s chairman, said in a statement. “This is just a preview of how these extremist House Democrats will be held accountable for coddling criminals all cycle long.”
The crime bill has also been criticized for other reasons, including that it would increase the number of jury trials for misdemeanor offenses. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine.) who voted for the resolution blocking the bill, told The Hill earlier in the week that there’s not “enough jurors in the world to do that.”
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson on Monday attempted to withdraw the bill and keep it from being brought up for a vote. However, the Home Rule Act, which governs the District, does not allow for the withdrawal of legislation.
A number of Senate Democrats, however, stood by the District and opposed the resolution. Cardin told reporters earlier in the week that the matter is “a D.C. issue.”
“The Senate shouldn’t be voting on that,” Cardin said. “To me, it’s a fundamental issue of home rule.” | 2023-03-09T01:41:39+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/hill-politics/33-senate-democrats-join-republicans-to-block-dc-crime-bill/ |
GLENCOE, Ala. (WIAT) – Glencoe Elementary now has its own school resource officer and it’s all thanks to a donation from a local business.
In light of recent school shootings, Etowah County leaders want to make sure students are safe while on campus. Now, the Etowah County Sheriff’s office is teaming up with Tameron Honda to help schools get resource officers.
Thursday, Tameron Honda donated money to the sheriff’s office to use for safety needs at local schools. The county has 22 schools and not all of them have a designated resource officer on campus. Thanks to this partnership a school resource officer will now be at Glencoe Elementary School which did not have one before. Principal Laura Sims said she is grateful for a community that puts kids’ safety first.
“There are so many different areas that they can serve us and help protect our kids and give parents, just knowing that someone is there if we ever need them. I hope we never will have to have someone but I am grateful we will have a school resource officer there if we need one,” Sims said.
The closest school resource officer to Glencoe Elementary before was at the middle or high school campus. Sheriff Jonathon Horton said he’s happy they are all now fully protected.
The donation was a collaboration among the sheriff’s office, school board and Tameron Honda. | 2022-07-29T00:27:05+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/glencoe-elementary-school-now-has-a-school-resource-officer-thanks-to-a-donation/ |
CLEVELAND (AP) _ These Ohio lotteries were drawn Monday:
Estimated jackpot: 290,000,000
1-0-9
(one, zero, nine)
8-6-7-8
(eight, six, seven, eight)
9-9-1-2-8
(nine, nine, one, two, eight)
Estimated jackpot: 296,000,000
CLEVELAND (AP) _ These Ohio lotteries were drawn Monday:
Estimated jackpot: 290,000,000
1-0-9
(one, zero, nine)
8-6-7-8
(eight, six, seven, eight)
9-9-1-2-8
(nine, nine, one, two, eight)
Estimated jackpot: 296,000,000 | 2022-06-20T18:15:57+00:00 | springfieldnewssun.com | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/ohio/oh-lottery/7FJEAEA2VJC6HCEVCE7VHD554Q/ |
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by another quarter percentage point Wednesday, extending its 14-month crackdown on stubborn inflation.
With signs of a softening job market and slower economic growth, forecasters think this could be the central bank's last rate hike for a while, especially as turmoil in the banking sector raises new uncertainties.
The Fed hinted as much in a statement, dropping a line it used previously about the likely need for additional rate increases.
The Fed has raised borrowing costs at ten consecutive meetings, pushing its benchmark rate to between 5 and 5.25%. On average, that's where Fed policymakers thought rates would be at the end of this year, when they last offered a forecast in March.
While inflation has cooled since last summer, it's still more than twice as high as the central bank's target of 2%.
Prices in March were up 4.2% from a year ago, according to the Fed's preferred inflation measure. The "core" inflation rate, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was 4.6%.
Has the Fed done enough?
The Fed's efforts to curb inflation by slowing the economy with the most aggressive series of rate hikes since the 1980s are beginning to show results.
Construction and manufacturing — which are particularly sensitive to borrowing costs — have downshifted. And after a strong January, consumer spending slowed sharply in February and March.
The job market also appears to be losing some steam, although unemployment is still hovering near a 50-year low.
Job gains in March were the lowest in more than two years. And while layoffs are still rare by historical standards, they have been inching up.
Critics warn that additional rate hikes by the Fed would put more jobs at risk, without necessarily doing much to control prices.
"It becomes less and less warranted to continue pursuing policies that theoretically bring down inflation but at expense of the labor market," said Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank in Washington, D.C. "It's not the case that we have to keep hammering away."
Banking turmoil complicates the Fed's job
Recent stress in the banking sector also factors in the Fed's calculation. Since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in March, other lenders have grown more cautious about extending loans.
The resulting drop in lending weighs on economic growth, much like rising interest rates, but its effects are even harder to calibrate and predict.
The Fed itself bears some responsibility for the banking turmoil, which has yet to abate with the collapse of First Republic Bank over the weekend.
The Fed's aggressive rate hikes have reduced the value of some bank investments.
And a scathing report from the Fed last week found its own supervisors failed to properly monitor Silicon Valley Bank, allowing its problems to fester until it was too late.
Michael Barr, the Fed's vice chair for supervision, blames a policy choice in 2019 that exempted all but the biggest banks from strict scrutiny, as well as a shift in culture at the Fed to favor a lighter touch in bank regulation. He promised more aggressive bank oversight in the future.
Barr's findings and his call for stronger bank regulation were endorsed by Fed chairman Jerome Powell.
"I agree with and support his recommendations to address our rules and supervisory practices," Powell said in a statement. "I am confident they will lead to a stronger and more resilient banking system."
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-05-03T21:21:21+00:00 | publicradioeast.org | https://www.publicradioeast.org/2023-05-03/the-fed-raises-interest-rates-again-in-what-could-be-its-final-attack-on-inflation |
The Santa Cruz is going to be cruising the beaches of Santa Cruz this summer.
Hyundai has donated four of its Santa Cruz compact pickups to the Santa Cruz Fire Department for use in its Marine Safety Division.
The vehicles are worth a combined $164,000, which Hyundai said is the largest donation it has made to a municipality.
The donation is being made in conjunction with Beach Safety Week.
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"Santa Cruz comes with powerful and efficient engines and superb maneuverability to ensure it is a pleasure to drive in urban or off-road environments," Trevor Lai, Hyundai product planning senior manager, said. "We are honored to help keep beachgoers safe in the City of Santa Cruz by supporting the City of Santa Cruz Marine Safety Division."
The pickups have been updated with all-terrain tires to improve their performance on sand, along with a roof and bed rack system.
Retail Santa Cruz prices range from around $26,000 to $40,000. It is available with either a 191 hp four-cylinder engine or a 281 hp turbocharged four-cylinder, and both are offered with the choice of front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive. Hyundai sold more than 12,000 of the vehicles through April, which is up 12% from last year.
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"These vehicles are going to be game-changing in terms of bolstering our current fleet of vehicles that are available not only for patrol, but for the emergency response for the water rescues we have all year round," Santa Cruz Fire Chief Rob Oatey said.
"Especially the way they are designed in terms of being lightweight and more compact. It provides better visibility. Our dense beaches can be extremely hazardous to navigate in vehicles, and the better visibility all around is going to enhance safety."
Santa Cruz has 14 state parks and beaches spread over 29 miles of coastline, according to the city, and welcomes over one million visitors annually. | 2023-06-01T15:36:36+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/hyundai-donates-4-santa-cruz-pickups-to-santa-cruz-fire-department/article_0d68e5d5-cb62-5b6a-8a37-bbeb8b66d6a8.html |
GENOA, Neb. (AP) — The bodies of more than 80 Native American children are buried at the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in central Nebraska.
But for decades, the location of the student cemetery has been a mystery, lost over time after the school closed in 1931 and memories faded of the once-busy campus that sprawled over 640 acres in the tiny community of Genoa.
That mystery may soon be solved thanks to efforts by researchers who pored over century-old documents and maps, examined land with specially trained dogs and made use of ground-penetrating radar in search of the lost graves.
“These children, in my opinion, were disrespected, and they were throwaway children that no one talked about,” said Judi gaiashkibos, the executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs whose mother attended the school in the late 1920s. “They were hidden, buried under the ground, and it’s time to take the darkness away. Until we do that, we have not honored those children.”
The search for the graves comes as the federal government is in the midst of a first-ever comprehensive examination of the national system of more than 400 Native American boarding schools. The schools and additional privately funded institutions were part of an attempt to integrate Indigenous people into the white culture by separating children forcibly or by coercion from their families and cutting them off from their heritage.
The U.S. Interior Department, led by Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico and the first Native American Cabinet secretary, released a report last spring that detailed the boarding school program and noted more than 500 deaths. That number is expected to increase significantly in a second Interior Department report, which will explore boarding school deaths and how the forced removal of children to the schools damaged Indigenous communities.
The federal investigation didn’t prompt the work in Genoa but it has added new urgency to the effort.
If the Genoa graves are found, decisions about whether to commemorate them or consider disinterring the remains will be left to representatives of Native American tribes, but simply finding the cemetery will be an accomplishment for individuals who for years have sought to gain a greater understanding of the Nebraska school.
The Genoa Indian Industrial School opened in 1884 and at its height was home to nearly 600 students. In the decades it was open, more than 4,300 children lived there, making it one of the largest Native American schools in the country. The students were given a basic academic education and spent much of their time learning hands-on skills such as horse bridle-making for boys and sewing for girls that had limited value for a country in the midst of an industrial transformation.
The children typically spent long, exhausting days, rising as early as 4 a.m. for chores, followed by several hours of school before working the rest of the day in kitchens, workshops or out in the fields, said gaiashkibos. Discipline could be harsh, with even young children facing beatings for breaking rules.
“Absolutely, we know the children were living in fear,” gaiashkibos said. “There were no hugs from mom or grandma. There were no songs sung. Everything was foreign to them.”
Children from over 40 tribes were brought from as far away as Idaho and Maine to the school. The were forbidden from speaking their Native languages, their hair was cut — a traumatic experience given the cultural significance for many Native Americans of long hair — and they were required to wear uniforms.
This “forced incarceration” of children at a school hundreds an even thousands of miles away from their homes had a two-fold goal of crushing Native American cultures and aiding in the stealing of Native land, said Farina King, an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma who focuses on Native American studies.
“More than anything there was a clear agenda to cut the ties between their people, their homeland, their culture,” said King, a member of the Navajo Nation whose father attended one of the boarding schools. “They wanted to get them away as far as they could.”
At Genoa, that typically meant taking a train that would stop at the school grounds, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) west of Omaha.
After the school closed, most of the larger buildings were demolished and the land sold for other uses. A two-story brick workshop that has been turned into a museum remains, as does a smokestack that towers over the community, but the gymnasium, multi-story classroom buildings and dormitories are long gone and it’s hard to imagine a large school once existed in the small community.
The cemetery would have been forgotten too, if not for residents who for 30 years had been searching documents and the land around their community for the burial site. Their effort was given a boost about six years ago by the Genoa Indian School Digital Reconciliation Project, which included advisers from some of the tribes whose ancestors attended the school and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Based off newspaper clippings, superintendent’s records, one student’s letter that described a cemetery and other documents, they determined at least 86 students died at the school. It’s unclear whether close living conditions contributed to the deaths, but records indicate students most commonly died of diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid and measles. There also was at least one death by accidental shooting and another due to a neck injury.
Researchers identified 49 of the children who died but have not been able to find names for 37 students. It’s believed the bodies of a few children were returned to their families.
But while the researchers accounted for the deaths, they couldn’t find where the children were buried.
Interest in bringing more professionals to help in Genoa grew after Canada announced in 2021 the discovery of mass graves of Indigenous children at residential schools, said Dave Williams, Nebraska’s state archeologist.
“We’ve heard from residents knowing there were burials nearby, knowing this was the Genoa school cemetery, but that precise location has been lost to time,” Williams said. “We’ve heard it’s in a few different locations but so far that hasn’t panned out.”
There were plenty of theories from residents and even former students, but it took study of maps and aerial photos to narrow down a few options. An initial effort to find remains using ground-penetrating radar wasn’t successful, but last summer an Iowa man volunteered to come to the site with dogs that are trained to detect the faint odor of decaying remains.
Two dogs separately signaled they smelled remains on a narrow piece of land sandwiched between railroad tracks, a cornfield and a canal that was dug soon after the boarding school closed. In late October and early November, a team affiliated with the National Park Service made two trips to the site and used different kinds of ground-penetrating radar in hopes of detecting what was beneath the soil.
The results of their examination should be available later in November.
To gaiashkibos, a member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, thinking of the boarding school and searching for the cemetery brings an overwhelming sense of sadness. But she said finding the cemetery is an essential step in honoring the children and recognizing what they had to endure.
“To heal, we have to have answers and bring closure,” she said. “We need to know, where are those children?” | 2022-11-29T23:55:04+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/ap-researchers-seek-lost-native-american-boarding-school-graves/ |
ANN ARBOR, MI -- Ann Arbor officials continue to explore ways to keep downtown clean -- especially on the weekends.
The leaders of two local business associations recently responded to comments made by a city council member regarding downtown cleanliness, specifically Sunday trash pick up. | 2022-05-14T11:09:10+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/05/stakeholders-grapple-with-downtown-ann-arbor-trash-problem.html |
NEW YORK (AP) — In reimagining 40 of their best-known songs, U2 recognized that many fans would experience them through earphones connected to a device in their pockets — rather than being belted out onstage.
That was one thought behind “Songs of Surrender,”coming out this week. The four men of U2, now either 61 or 62 years old, revisit material written in some cases when they were little more than kids out of Dublin.
Particularly in those days, U2 songs were written primarily with concerts in mind. The Edge told The Associated Press in an interview that U2 wanted to catch the attention of people seeing the band for the first time, perhaps in a festival or as an opening act.
“There’s a sort of gladiatorial aspect to live performances when you’re in that situation,” he said. “The material has got to be pretty bold and even strident at times. With this reimagining, we thought it would be fun to see intimacy as a new approach, that intimacy would be the new punk rock, as it were.”
The Edge was the driving force behind “Songs of Surrender,” using pandemic down time to record much of the music at home.
Given that his electric guitar and Bono’s voice are the musical signature of U2, there’s a certain irony in the absence of that guitar being the most immediately noticeable feature of the new versions. He sticks primarily to keyboards, acoustic guitar and dulcimer.
The process began without a roadmap or commitment to see it through if it wasn’t working.
“As we got into it and got into a groove, we really started to enjoy what was happening,” he said. “There was a lot of freedom in the process, it was joyful and fun to take these songs and sort of reimagine them and I think that comes across. It doesn’t sound like there was a lot of hard work involved because it wasn’t.”
Much of the intimacy comes through Bono’s voice. There’s no need to shout, so he sometimes uses lower registers or slips into falsetto.
Lyrics are often rewritten, sometimes extensively in even a recent song like “The Miracle of Joey Ramone.” Some changes are more subtle but still noticeable: replacing the line “one man betrayed with a kiss” with “one boy never will be kissed” takes Jesus out of “Pride (In the Name of Love).”
At the same time, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” is rearranged to end with a question: “where is the victory Jesus won?”
Cellos replace the driving guitar of “Vertigo.” Keyboards give “Where the Streets Have No Name” an ambient sound. “Two Hearts Beat as One,” the original a high-octane rock dance song, now has a slinkier, sexy vibe and is one of four songs where The Edge takes lead vocal.
The band is fairly democratic in taking songs from throughout its catalog, although 1981’s “October” album and 2009’s “No Line on the Horizon” are not represented. “New Year’s Day,” “Angel of Harlem” and “Even Better Than the Real Thing” are among the songs left alone.
“We’re one of the only acts that has this body of work where a project like this would be possible, with the distance of time and experience where it would be interesting to revisit early songs,” The Edge said.
Throughout music history, bands have occasionally re-recorded material for contractual reasons. Taylor Swift is the most famous example, putting out new versions of her older songs in order to control their use. Squeeze’s “Spot the Difference” makes sport of how they tried to make new recordings indistinguishable from the originals.
Live recordings and archive-cleaning projects like Bob Dylan’s “bootleg” series gives fans the chance to hear familiar songs differently.
Many older artists don’t see the point of making new music, since there’s little opportunity to be heard and fans are partial to the familiar stuff, anyway, said Anthony DeCurtis, Rolling Stone contributing editor.
“Revisiting your body of work in a creative way is a means of sustaining interest in your career,” DeCurtis said. “Older fans might not be interested in another collection of your hits, but reworking them in a meaningful way could prove enticing. Younger fans don’t have the same investment in your classics, so these new versions offer a route into your catalog.”
The Edge encourages fans to give the new versions a try, suggesting they may even grow to prefer some of them.
“I don’t think there’s a competition between these and the original versions,” he said. “It’s more of an additive thing than a substitution. If you like the new arrangements, great. If you prefer the originals, keep listening.
“It’s no problem either way,” he said. “They’re both valid.”
The Edge said he’s working on new music for U2, “and we’ve got some great stuff in the pipeline.”
The quartet that met in drummer Larry Mullen Jr.’s kitchen when they answered an ad placed on a high school bulletin board is a remarkable story in longevity. A passage toward the end of Bono’s book “Surrender,” where he talked about looking around onstage at the end of their most recent tour in 2019 and wondering if it was the end, raised natural questions about how long U2 would continue.
“There are many reasons why U2 has stayed together for so long, but one of the main reasons is that it works so well for us as individuals,” The Edge said. “I think we all shine the brightest as part of this collective. I certainly would not like to hang up the guitar.”
This year will provide a test for a band that can count on one hand the number of times it has performed without all four members. U2 has committed to a run of shows in Las Vegas without Mullen, who is recuperating from surgery.
Would U2 continue if one of the original quartet decides it’s time to hang it up?
“I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that we could go forward with different members,” The Edge said. “But also, equally, I could imagine us deciding not to. It would be a big challenge. But I think at the time we would know what felt right.” | 2023-03-14T16:24:09+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/in-unusual-step-u2-reinterprets-40-of-its-best-known-songs/ |
CAIRO (AP) — The family of imprisoned Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah demanded word on his condition after prison authorities on Thursday told them he was undergoing an undefined medical intervention and blocked a lawyer from seeing him.
The dramatic developments came days after Abdel-Fattah escalated his hunger strike and stopped drinking water.
One of Abdel-Fattah’s sisters, Sanaa Seif, called on President Joe Biden to intervene in his case when he meets Egypt’s president on Friday on the sidelines of the annual U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. The family has expressed fears that authorities are force-feeding Abdel-Fattah, who wrote to his family that he was willing to die in the strike unless he was freed.
“I’m really scared,” she said. “I don’t know for sure (what happened), but I’m imagining that Alaa is handcuffed somewhere. He’s been put on IVs against his will.”
“Please find a solution,” she said, addressing the Egyptian government. “Our loss will be the biggest. It’s not good for anybody. Why is this happening? Why has it gone this far?”
His mother, Laila Soueif, said she was having difficulty imagining that authorities would actually let her son go after the yearslong ordeal.
“I think the chances are very high that he will not get out and that he will not be safe,” she told The Associated Press. “So I can’t really imagine (a time) after.”
Abdel-Fattah, who has been imprisoned for most of the past decade, had been consuming minimal calories for months but stopped all intake of food and water on Sunday, the first day of the climate conference, known as COP27.
At the Sharm el-Sheikh gathering, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz raised the activist’s case in their talks with el-Sissi. Abdel-Fattah gained British citizenship through his mother, who was born in London.
But so far Egyptian officials have shown no sign of bending. Rather, they’ve tried to portray Abdel-Fattah as not being on a hunger strike at all. Late Thursday, Egypt’s public prosecutor released a statement, saying a medical team had examined Abdel-Fattah after receiving a complaint from him on Nov. 1 and that he was found to be in stable health. The statement did not specify when exactly the checkups took place, or at what stage in his hunger or water strike, only that Abdel-Fattah had willingly underwent them.
The nature of the most recent medical intervention was also not immediately known, and it was not clear if he was moved to a prison hospital. At the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard expressed alarm and called for independent medical care for Abdel-Fattah.
“Why? Because the prison system in Egypt is abysmal in its treatment, medical treatment of prisoners,” she said.
At least 40 prisoners have died in Egyptian prisons this year, according to the al-Nadim Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence. Among them was Alaa al-Salmi, who died in late October after being on hunger strike for several weeks.
A family lawyer, Khaled Ali, said officials at the prison refused to allow him to visit Abdel-Fattah despite approval by the prosecutors’ office for the visit. He said Interior Ministry officials told him the approval was not valid because it was dated Wednesday, adding in a tweet that he was only notified of the approval on Thursday morning.
Abdel-Fattah is serving a five-year sentence on charges of disseminating false news for sharing a Facebook post about a prisoner who died in custody in 2019.
Soueif, his mother, has been waiting outside the Wadi el-Natroun prison complex in the desert north of Cairo every day this week, seeking proof of life of her son. She said Thursday that prison officials spoke to her outside the prison gates but refused to take a letter from her to him.
She asked them if he was undergoing any medical procedure and they said he was. She asked “if it was by force, and they said no” and told her, “Alaa is good,” she told the AP.
“I need proof for this. I don’t trust them,” she said. The family said in a statement that its lawyers were demanding information on the substance of the “medical intervention” and that Abdel-Fattah be immediately moved to a civilian hospital.
“You have to factor in the fact that in this country, things don’t happen as planned, (there is) ignorance and ineptitude, they could kill him without meaning to kill him,” Soueif said.
Abdel-Fattah rose to fame during the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept through the Middle East, toppling Egypt’s long-time President Hosni Mubarak. He has been imprisoned several times, and has spent a total of nine years behind bars, becoming a symbol of Egypt’s sliding back to an even more autocratic rule under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
Egypt’s hosting of the climate summit has drawn intensified international attention to its heavy suppression of speech and political activity. Since 2013, el-Sissi’s government has cracked down on dissidents and critics, jailing thousands, virtually banning protests and monitoring social media.
Speaking to the AP on Thursday at the conference, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry declined to answer questions about Abdel-Fattah and suggested some countries were using the issue to distract from climate commitments.
“Other issues that are not directly pertaining to the climate might detract from the attention and … give justification to maybe those who would prefer to concentrate on other issues to avoid having to deal with what they need to do, how they need to implement their obligations and responsibilities,” he said.
“So, again, it is up to the parties to put the emphasis on the issues that are most important to them,” he said. | 2022-11-10T21:45:17+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/ap-egyptian-hunger-striker-is-hospitalized-family-says/ |
Russia rejects $60-a-barrel cap on its oil, warns of cutoffs
Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country’s oil set by Ukraine’s Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it.
Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the United States and the 27-nation European Union agreed Friday to cap what they would pay for Russian oil at $60-per-barrel. The limit is set to take effect Monday, along with an EU embargo on Russian oil shipped by sea.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia needed to analyze the situation before deciding on a specific response but that it would not accept the price ceiling. Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, warned that the cap’s European backers would come to rue their decision.
“From this year, Europe will live without Russian oil,” Ulyanov tweeted. “Moscow has already made it clear that it will not supply oil to those countries that support anti-market price caps. Wait, very soon the EU will accuse Russia of using oil as a weapon.”
The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, called Saturday for a lower price cap, saying the one adopted by the EU and the Group of Seven leading economies didn’t go far enough.
“It would be necessary to lower it to $30 in order to destroy the enemy’s economy faster,” Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelenskyy’s office, wrote on Telegram, staking out a position also favored by Poland — a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Under Friday’s agreements, insurance companies and other firms needed to ship oil would only be able to deal with Russian crude if the oil is priced at or below the cap. Most insurers are located in the EU and the United Kingdom and could be required to observe the ceiling.
Russia’s crude has already been selling for around $60 a barrel, a deep discount from international benchmark Brent, which closed Friday at $85.42 per barrel.
The Russian Embassy in Washington insisted that Russian oil “will continue to be in demand” and criticized the price limit as “reshaping the basic principles of the functioning of free markets.” A post on the embassy’s Telegram channel predicted the per-barrel cap would lead to “a widespread increase in uncertainty and higher costs for consumers of raw materials.”
“What happens in China will help shape whether the price cap has any teeth,” said Jim Burkhard, an oil markets analyst with IHS Markit. He said dampened demand from China means most Russian crude exports are already selling below $60.
The price cap aims to put an economic squeeze on Russia and further crimp its ability to finance a war that has killed an untold number of civilians and fighters, driven millions of Ukrainians from their homes and weighed on the world economy for more than nine months.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that since Friday Russia’s forces had fired five missiles, carried out 27 airstrikes and launched 44 shelling attacks against Ukraine’s military positions and civilian infrastructure.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the president’s office, said the attacks killed one civilian and wounded four others in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. According to the U.K. Defense Ministry, Russian forces “continue to invest a large element of their overall military effort and firepower” around the small Donestsk city of Bakhmut, which they have spent weeks trying to capture.
In southern Ukraine’s Kherson province, whose capital city of the same name was liberated by Ukrainian forces three weeks ago following a Russian retreat, Gov. Yaroslav Yanushkevich said evacuations of civilians stuck in Russian-held territory across the Dnieper River would resume temporarily.
Russian forces pulled back to the river’s eastern bank last month. Yanushkevich said a ban on crossing the waterway would be lifted during daylight hours for three days for Ukrainian citizens who “did not have time to leave the temporarily occupied territory.” His announcement cited a “possible intensification of hostilities in this area.”
Kherson is one of four regions that Putin illegally annexed in September and vowed to defend as Russian territory. From their new positions, Russian troops have regularly shelled Kherson city and nearby infrastructure in recent days, leaving many residents without power. Running water remained unavailable in much of the city — and one resident was seen scooping up water from a dirty puddle.
The city continued to suffer heavy shelling Saturday that left many residents disoriented, toppled power lines and dumped torn-off tree branches on the roads.
“When we start to repair (electricity networks), the shelling starts immediately,” said Oleksandr Kravchenko, who is in charge of high-voltage networks in Kherson. “We just repair electric lines and on the next day we have to repair lines again.”
Ukrainian authorities also reported intense fighting in Luhansk and Russian shelling of northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, which Russia’s soldiers mostly withdrew from in September.
The mayor of the city of Kharkiv, which remained under Ukrainian control during Russia’s occupation of other parts of the region, said some 500 apartment buildings were damaged beyond repair, and nearly 220 schools and kindergartens were damaged or destroyed. He estimated the cost of the damage at $9 billion.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met Saturday in Minsk with the president and defense minister of Belarus, which hosts Russian troops and artillery. Belarus has said its own forces are not taking part in the war, but Ukrainian officials have frequently expressed concern that they could be be induced to cross the border into northern Ukraine.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting that his troops and Russian forces train in coordination. “We ready ourselves as one grouping, one army. Everyone knows it. We were not hiding it,” he was quoted as saying by the news agency Interfax.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsNation) — As the new year looms, so does a slew of new laws and regulations in across the U.S. While they’re mostly on the state level, much of this legislation will have major impacts across country.
MINIMUM WAGE
Amid inflation and no changes on the federal level, several states will raise their minimum wages in 2023.
The federal wage in the U.S. is $7.25, a rate that hasn’t been changed since 2009. As of fall 2022, 15 states have minimum wage rates that match the federal minimum wage, down from 16 last year.
In the new year, 27 states will see an increase in their minimum wage, with a majority of the states implementing them starting Jan. 1.
Of the states set to increase minimum wages in 2023, Montana will see the lowest rate at $9.95 an hour, while Washington state is the highest at $15.74 an hour.
Michigan and Ohio will raise theirs to $10.10 an hour. California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Washington and New York will all bump theirs to $15 dollars an hour or more.
On the federal level, all military members’ salaries will increase by 4.6%, due to the annual Defense Spending Bill.
NEW LEGALIZED DRUG LAWS
Six states are set to either legalize recreational marijuana use in 2023 or put marijuana up for a vote. This does not include New York, which made recreational sales legal Thursday.
Connecticut, Maryland and Missouri will roll out their rules and regulations for legalized recreational marijuana for adults over 21.
Voters in Maryland and Missouri, which currently offer medical marijuana to adults, passed ballot measures in November that approved the change.
Colorado voters also passed a ballot measure in the midterm election to legalize psychedelic mushrooms. While the substance won’t be available for some time, due to working out specifics of its regulations, the state will decriminalize those substances by Jan. 4, 2023, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office.
Oklahoma, Ohio and Minnesota are expected to vote on the issue in the new year.
Capped insulin prices
The cost of a life-saving drug for people with diabetes will be capped starting on Jan. 1. The Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act includes a $35 a month limit on what patients pay out of pocket for insulin. However, it’s only for patients who will qualify as seniors on Medicare.
A push in Congress to cap insulin for all Americans, not just seniors, failed. Lawmakers want to try for it again in 2023. | 2022-12-31T01:19:42+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/new-year-new-laws-the-changes-you-can-expect-in-2023/ |
(NewsNation) — Since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, the cost of child care has been on the rise.
Parents are seeing an average annual cost increase of 41% for center-based child care providers, spending an average of just over $14,000 per year, according to data from a recent LendingTree report released earlier this year.
Cindy Lehnhoff, director of the National Child Care Association, discussed the skyrocketing cost of child care during an appearance on NewsNation “Prime.”
“During the pandemic and following the pandemic, we’ve seen everything rise in cost, which has to be put back to the consumer, unfortunately,” Lehnhoff said. “And as a result of the high cost of child care, many families are forced into unlicensed care.”
There is a big difference between licensed and unlicensed child care providers, according to Lehnhoff.
“The licensed child care industry is heavily regulated. And in every state, you are required to be licensed if you’re taking care of a number of children that are not related to you in a group setting,” she said. “And the cost of regulation has risen over the years because there’s a lot more expectation for the workforce to be educated and well-trained, which certainly we don’t object to. But it raises the cost.”
The licensed providers are more expensive and often out of reach for some families, who then turn to unqualified providers or they’re leaving the workforce to watch the kids themselves or have family members that are helping them.
“In some cases, parents are working different shifts, and taking care of the children,” Lehnhoff said. “And actually not even having any kind of family life because one parent working days, one parent is working nights, and there really isn’t time to function as a family unit. And that’s unfortunate because we know how important high-quality early care and education is.”
According to Lehnhoff, statistics from the Department of Labor show that over a million women have not returned to the workforce since leaving it during the pandemic, whether they left voluntarily to take care of their school-aged children and do the coaching or virtual learning or they were laid off.
“That’s a lot of women staying home,” she said. “And the availability of child care right now is limited, because our workforce was reduced by about 350,000 at the beginning of the pandemic because there wasn’t the need for it. And we have not had everyone return.”
It’s estimated that between 100,000 and 125,000 child care professionals and early educators have not returned to work following the pandemic, according to Lehnhoff.
There is also a difference between cities and rural areas when it comes to the availability and affordability of child care services.
“Even before the pandemic, about 51% of all children, between the ages of zero and 6 years lived in what is known as a child care desert,” Lehnhoff said.
That means there are more children in those age groups that need care while their parents work than there are spaces available.
“One of the reasons for this is the high cost of opening a child care center,” Lehnhoff said. “They can’t afford to open in those areas because the people that are living in those areas are typically your middle and lower-middle-class families and they can’t afford the cost of care.” | 2022-06-06T19:15:48+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/climbing-child-care-costs-put-strain-on-parents/ |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender girls in North Carolina would no longer be allowed to play on the school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a proposal that received final legislative approval on Thursday.
The GOP-controlled state House voted 62-43 to send the bill to the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has little power to block it now that Republicans hold veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. House Republicans were joined by one Democrat — Rep. Michael Wray of Northampton County — in voting for the measure.
Initial votes in the House and Senate indicated any veto from Cooper, a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, would likely be overridden in the final weeks of the session.
At least 22 other states have now banned trans athletes from participating in the school sports consistent with their gender identity. North Carolina, like many other Republican-led state legislatures, could soon push several other bills across the finish line that target trans youth, including a gender-affirming care ban for minors and a requirement that teachers alert a child’s parents of name or pronoun changes.
In response to the bill’s passage, Cooper spokesperson Jordan Monaghan said that “instead of working to invest in our schools and pay our teachers more, Republicans are spending their time on political culture wars that have been proven to cost our state jobs.”
The athletics bill would designate sports by sex assigned at birth. Transgender girls would be unable to participate in girls’ middle school, high school and college sports.
Restrictions would apply to state universities and community colleges, as well as public and some private middle and high schools. They would not apply to intramural college sports, nor would they prevent trans boys from playing on boys’ teams.
Students would also have a right to sue if they are harmed by a trans student violating the restrictions.
Asked repeatedly throughout the legislative process how the gender restrictions would be enforced, bill sponsors did not provide a clear answer.
Bill supporters such as Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the socially conservative North Carolina Values Coalition, say the legislation is needed to protect the safety and well-being of young female athletes and to preserve scholarship opportunities for them.
“Women and girls who train for countless hours and years in their sports will have a level playing field, and their opportunities will be protected if this legislation becomes law,” she said.
But several legislative Democrats denounced the bill as discrimination disguised as a safety precaution. The restrictions unfairly pick on a small number of students, they argued, noting that only two trans girls had been approved by the state’s high school athletic association to play this year in North Carolina.
“We’re sending a very strong message to a very vulnerable group of young people that says you are different, you’re not allowed to participate,” said Rep. Deb Butler of New Hanover County. “It’s cruel.”
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Hannah Schoenbaum is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | 2023-06-23T15:06:48+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/health/ap-health/transgender-sports-ban-heads-to-north-carolina-governors-desk/ |
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EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — An 18-year-old man was killed and two teenage boys were wounded in an overnight shooting on a Lake Michigan beach near Northwestern University's campus, authorities said.
The shooting was reported about 8 p.m. Wednesday at the city of Evanston's Clark Street Beach just south of Northwestern University’s campus in the Chicago suburb of Evanston.
Northwestern students were ordered to shelter in place when the suspects fled toward the campus after the shooting, the school said. The university lifted that order at about 10 p.m.
The suspects apparently got away, as none were reported to be in police custody Thursday morning, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The three youths who were shot are not Northwestern University students, Evanston police said.
Jacques Kirby, an 18-year-old from nearby Skokie, was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. A 15-year-old boy was listed in critical condition and the other boy suffered a minor gunshot wound, police said.
Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said it wasn't clear what prompted the shooting. He said “nothing in the investigation indicates that this was a random act and that there is a continued threat to the public.” | 2023-04-13T15:31:35+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/1-killed-2-wounded-in-shooting-near-northwestern-17895086.php |
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Open XR Forum announced today that Innolight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd., DZS, and LightRiver have joined the industry initiative to advance the deployment of software-configurable point-to-point and point-to-multipoint coherent optical networks utilizing industry-defined XR optics pluggable transceiver technology.
The new members bring essential expertise to the Open XR ecosystem and underscore the growing interest in using XR optics pluggable transceiver technology to enable software-defined optical transport networks. Their contributions and participation in the Forum will drive multi-vendor, interoperable solutions to enable high-bandwidth, software-configurable coherent optics from the core to the edge of the network.
"We're happy to join Open XR Forum," said Osa Mok, Chief Marketing Officer at Innolight. "Our collaboration with Forum members will expand Innolight's coherent product line to point-to-multipoint applications. It will save our customers CAPEX and make network deployments more flexible."
"LightRiver is delighted to partner in this important technology initiative," added Mike Jonas, President, Global Customer Operations at LightRiver. "XR technology changes the network economics for many operators, and netFLEX automation will help ensure technical versatility and operational simplicity."
"The technology being advanced by Open XR Forum creates many interesting possibilities for the access network, where we are seeing major waves of demand and innovation to support optical broadband and 5G deployments," said Andrew Bender, Chief Technology Officer at DZS. "We look forward to working closely with member companies participating in the Open XR Forum to help progress software-driven coherent optical technology at the network edge."
Open XR Forum is an MSA consortium bringing together network operators, equipment vendors, and component suppliers committed to building the foundation for a new generation of coherent optical solutions that will cost-effectively meet the demand for greater network scalability and flexibility. XR optics is the industry's first coherent optical solution to solve the access and aggregation challenges faced by network operators caused by the misalignment between network traffic patterns and the technology used to transport that traffic.
To learn more about becoming a member, visit www.openxrforum.org.
About Open XR Forum
Open XR Forum was founded to foster collaboration between its members to facilitate the adoption and accelerate the growth of network architectures leveraging intelligent point-to-point and point-to-multipoint coherent pluggable transceivers. Members will work to ensure the products and services developed align with existing standards and operational models by driving the standardization of network interfaces and electro-mechanical hardware interfaces, demonstrating interoperability, establishing multi-sourcing potential, and developing and publishing new specifications as needed. This will accelerate the wide adoption and deployment of XR optics' innovative technology by a broad spectrum of network operators in a wide variety of applications. Open XR Forum membership is intended for network operators, network equipment vendors, and component suppliers. For more information, visit www.openxrforum.org.
About InnoLight
InnoLight designs, builds and markets high-speed optical transceivers that enable rapid bandwidth expansion of next generation networks. It is headquartered in Suzhou, China with manufacturing locations in China, abroad. It has RD and Sales offices in China, US, and Singapore. InnoLight's solutions offer superior technical performance, compelling value proposition, and time to market advantages that are critical for the sustaining growth of the Data Center, 5G Wireless and Metro Network. For additional information, please visit www.innolight.com.
About DZS
DZS Inc. (Nasdaq: DZSI) is a global leader in access and optical edge infrastructure and cloud software solutions. For further information see: www.DZSi.com
About LightRiver
LightRiver is the premier provider of next generation, multi-vendor, Factory Built Networks® and netFLEX® vendor neutral, Optical Domain Orchestration and Control Software solutions. LightRiver is an expert in Packet Optical, DWDM/ROADM, MPLS and Carrier Ethernet systems and designs, engineers, commissions, automates and supports next generation, software controlled, transport networks for mission-critical clients that require the highest capacity, reliability, resiliency and manageability that today's optical communications technology can deliver.
LightRiver is a portfolio company of Grain Management, LLC, a leading Washington, D.C.-based investment firm, focused on the global communications sector. LightRiver delivers unique value with turnkey hardware and software solutions, carrier-grade quality and unparalleled customer care in multi-technology networking. For additional information about LightRiver, please visit www.lightriver.com.
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Lauren Davis 2023 Wimbledon Odds
After exiting in the round of 32 of Viking International Eastbourne in her most recent tournament (losing to Jodie Anna Burrage), Lauren Davis will begin Wimbledon versus Jessica Pegula (in the round of 128). Davis has +40000 odds to win this tournament at AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground.
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Davis at 2023 Wimbledon
- Next Round: Round of 128
- Tournament Dates: June 25 - July 16
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- Court Surface: Grass
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Davis' Next Match
In her opener at Wimbledon, Davis will meet Pegula on Monday, July 3 at 5:00 AM ET in the round of 128.
Lauren Davis Grand Slam Odds
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Davis Stats
- In her last match, Davis was defeated 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 versus Burrage in the Round of 32 of Viking International Eastbourne.
- In 21 tournaments over the past 12 months, Davis has won one title, and her overall record is 24-21.
- Davis is 2-3 on grass over the past 12 months.
- Through 45 matches over the past 12 months (across all court types), Davis has played 21.1 games per match. She won 50.7% of them.
- In her five matches on a grass surface over the past year, Davis has averaged 25.0 games.
- Davis has won 34.5% of her return games and 60.8% of her service games over the past 12 months.
- Over the past year, in terms of serve/return winning percentages on grass, Davis has won 63.2% of her games on serve and 21.6% on return.
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Gas prices have eased a bit at the pump, falling 15 cents to a national average of $4.467, according to AAA. That compares to a national average of almost $5 just a month ago.
North Dakota prices continue to be below national averages at $4.434. That compares to the week ago average of $4.576 and the month ago average of $4.763 in the state. It’s still higher than a year ago, however. Prices then were $3.083.
North Dakota’s record price for a gallon of unleaded was set on June 15 at $4.798. The record for diesel cost was set 10 days later on June 25 at $5.621.
Williams County’s average gas price is $4.503, according to AAA, and McKenzie County’s is $4.639.
Lower demand amid recession fears is being credited for the worldwide dip in crude oil prices. The average cost of a barrel of oil has fallen into the mid-$90s, down from $110 just two weeks ago.
The Energy Information Administration said gas demand has dropped from 9.41 million barrels per day to 8.06 million barrels per day last week, while total domestic gas stocks have increased by 5.8 million bbl.
“Global economic headwinds are pushing oil prices lower and less expensive oil leads to lower pump prices,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “And here at home, people are fueling up less, despite this being the height of the traditional summer driving season. These two key factors are behind the recent drop in pump prices.”
Many analysts anticipate those supply-demand dynamics will persist, bringing more relief at the pump, however, other analysts are concerned about what will happen with increased sanctions on Russia.
The United States and European Union countries plan to impose stricter sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine on Dec. 5. These include a full ban of cargo shipments of Russian oil to Europe.
An internal U.S. Treasury analysis has projected that the stricter sanctions could send oil prices soaring 50 percent above where they are today. Some market analysts, however, are estimating even steeper climbs, which could send gas prices beyond $6 a gallon.
President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, did not net any promises that the country would increase production of oil.
That has the Biden administration discussing a price cap alternative, which would allow Russia to sell its oil to the world at a dramatically reduced price.
Critics of the proposal say market forces will ultimately make the cap ineffective. China, for example, could use the price cap to simply buy up and stockpile the crude oil,. Countries could also buy Russian oil to resell at higher prices.
Crude oil exports from Russia are down substantially, according to a report from Bloomberg, which found shipments to India and China have fallen nearly 30 percent below a high set soon after the Ukraine invasion.
NDPC seeking award nominees
The North Dakota Petroleum Council is accepting nominations for the 2022 membership awards, which will be presented in Watford City for the annual meeting, scheduled for Sept. 20 through 22.
The Excellence in Safety Award recognizes a company or individual who has gone above and beyond to create culture of safety in the workplace. NDPC member companies that have shown measurable results in safety through a new initiative o long-term sustainable program are eligible to apply.
The Community Engagement Award, meanwhile, celebrates the spirt of the community yin the Bakken. The award will recognize an NDPC member company or individual who embodies this spirt by working to build better relationships through company culture, programs, events, or other initiatives that bring the industry and stakeholders together.
Lastly, the Environmental Stewardship Award recognizes an NDPC member company that demonstrates a commitment to cleaner more efficient operations or that helped improve habitat, grasslands, waterways, parks, or through other conservation efforts.
Nominations are due by Aug. 19. Visit online at https://tinyurl.com/bde5s5ed.
Oil and Gas Methane Partnership gains three big names
ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, and Pioneer Natural Resources have announced they are going the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership Initiative. The initiative’s mission is to improve transparency in methane emissions reporting, and to encourage progress in reduced methane emissions.
The partnership has become a global gold standard for methane emissions measurement, a press release from the companies states, and the initiative’s presorting framework provides stakeholders with the assurance that the greenhouse gas is being managed responsibly.
Participating companies, meanwhile, gain the mans to credibly demonstrate they re contributing to climate mitigation, and delivering on their methane improvement objectives.
“Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including methane, is an important priority for ConocoPhillips, and we are pleased to join industry members and stakeholders to advance this important area of emissions management,” said Ryan Lance, ConocoPhillips Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We believe that applying the rigorous OGMP 2.0 reporting standard across our global assets will be a vital step on our path to net-zero operational emissions by mid-century.”
OGMP 2.0 is a voluntary public-private partnership between the United Nations Environment Program, the European Commission, the Environmental Defense Fund, and more than 80 oil and gas companies that are committed to minimizing methane emissions from global oil and gas operations. The program is also working to raise awareness of methane emissions and contribute to the growing priority of mitigation activities.
M&A activity hampered by market conditions
Merger and Acquisition activity has fallen to $12 billion according to a report by Enverus Intelligence Research.
“As anticipated, the spike in commodity prices that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine temporarily stalled M&A as buyers and sellers disagreed on the value of assets,” said Andrew Dittmar, director at Enverus Intelligence Research. “High prices, though, also encouraged a rush by PE firms to test the waters for M&A. While not everyone that is going into the market is getting what they deem to be a suitable offer, enough are to drive modestly active upstream M&A.”
There’s no shortage of assets available for sale, but the problem is a disconnect on the asset values as seen by buyers versus sellers.
“Public E&Ps remain chiefly concerned with getting capital back to shareholders and being too aggressive on M&A can smack of growth investors don’t want,” Dittmar said. “That said, the flood of offerings should create opportunities for shrewd deal makers to unlock value with M&A and, if we avoid a major recession, the fundamentals for energy prices still look strong.”
US to take issue with Mexico’s energy sector policies
The United States will be requesting formal consultation with Mexico over its energy sector policies, according to an announcement from the United States Trade Representative.
“We have repeatedly expressed serious concerns about a series of changes in Mexico’s energy policies and their consistency with Mexico’s commitments under the USMCA,” said Ambassador Katherine Tai. “These policy changes impact U.S. economic interests in multiple sectors and disincentivize investment by clean-energy suppliers and by companies that seek to purchase clean, reliable energy. We have tried to work constructively with the Mexican government to address these concerns, but, unfortunately, U.S. companies continue to face unfair treatment in Mexico. We will seek to work with the Mexican government through these consultations to resolve these concerns to advance North American competitiveness.”
The announcement drew rare praise for the Biden administration from energy industry groups.
“Today’s announcement by the Biden administration represents a significant step forward in addressing Mexico’s alarming energy sector policies, which not only violate the country’s commitments under USMCA, but also undermine the integration of North American energy markets and jeopardize our shared climate goals,” American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers and American Clean Power Association CEO Heather Zichal said in a joint statement. “The Mexican government’s escalating pursuit of discriminatory policies that favor state-run energy companies and hinder private sector investment directly threatens the prosperity of U.S. companies and their workers. We applaud Ambassador Tai for making this request and reinforcing the mutual benefits of continued international trade and energy investments can deliver for both Mexico and the United States.”
Among the issues highlighted by USTR are amendments to Mexico’s electricity law that priorities the distribution of CFE-generated power over other sources like wind and solar. The objections also include Mexico’s delays, denials, and revocations of U.S. companies ability to operate in Mexicos’ energy sector. Permits have been delayed or even denied, existing permits have been suspended or revoked, and imports have been blocked. Mexico has meanwhile taken other steps to advantage state-owned energy providers PEMEX and CFE. | 2022-07-21T00:39:15+00:00 | willistonherald.com | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/oil_and_energy/gas-prices-easing-at-pump-and-more-things-to-know-about-energy-this-week/article_e2d75548-086a-11ed-9c8f-db40a88c4956.html |
Australia enters the 2023 Women's World Cup as the favorite to finish first in its group (-200), and has the sixth-best odds to win the tournament (+1200).
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, January 13, 2023
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ahead of his final race in Formula One, Sebastian Vettel lined up for the national anthem wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Earth, a nod to his environmental activism. Then eight jets flew overhead trailing colorful smoke.
It was a moment that highlighted the delicate balance the four-time F1 champion treads as a lifelong auto racing fan increasingly uneasy at the toll his passion takes on the planet.
“It’s a huge privilege being in the position that we are in and with that comes some responsibility. So I hope to pass on a little bit to the other drivers to carry on some of the good work. It’s great to see that we have the power to inspire you with what we do and what we say,” Vettel said after the race.
“I think there’s far bigger and far more important things than racing in circles, but obviously it’s what we love. And through that, if we can transfer some of the really important values, then that’s big.”
A champion four years running with Red Bull from 2010 through 2013, Vettel has more recently used his high profile in F1 to support human rights and highlight environmental causes such as bee die-offs and the mining of oil from tar sands in Canada, even as his Aston Martin team is sponsored by Saudi oil giant Aramco.
While he voiced unease at “burning resources” in F1, the German remained a super-fan who bought former champion Nigel Mansell’s 1992 Williams car and drove it on carbon-neutral fuel for a demonstration at this year’s British Grand Prix.
On track Sunday in a helmet bearing the message “The Final Lap,” Vettel had a frustrating race after 16 years in F1.
“We’re just getting eaten up by everybody. Who’s next to pass us? Sitting duck,” he complained over the radio when Aston Martin left him on old tires. Later: “How did we get the strategy so wrong?” After starting ninth he gradually slipped back but recovered to take the last point of his career in 10th.
Despite being hampered by the strategy, Vettel still managed to battle with rookie Zhou Guanyu and fellow veteran Daniel Ricciardo in a combative end to a journey that began with his father giving him a go-kart when he was three years old.
Vettel is keen to spend more time with his family instead of being away for weeks at a time when the F1 calendar expands to 24 races next year.
After spinning his car in “donuts” to cheers from the crowd, Vettel said he felt “empty” at the realization his career was finally ending. “So many flags, so many smiling faces which has been very, very special, very nice,” he said. “I’m sure I’m going to miss more than I understand right now.”
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A powerful typhoon churned over the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam and lashed the island with wind and rain.
Typhoon Mawar is the strongest to hit the U.S. territory of roughly 150,000 people since 2002. The typhoon briefly made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 4 storm at Andersen Air Force Base on the northern tip of the island.
A few commonly used weather terms and their definitions, which rely on material from the National Weather Service:
atmospheric river — Long and wide plumes of moisture that form over an ocean and flow through the sky over land.
blizzard — Wind speeds of 35 mph (56 kph) or more and considerable falling and/or blowing of snow with visibility of less than one-quarter mile (0.40 kilometer) for three or more hours.
cyclone — A storm with strong winds rotating about a moving center of low atmospheric pressure. The word sometimes is used in the United States to mean tornado and in the Indian Ocean area to mean hurricane.
derecho — A widespread and usually fast-moving straight-line windstorm. It is usually more than hundreds of miles long and more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) across.
El Nino, La Nina — El Nino is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that starts with unusually warm water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific and then changes weather worldwide. The flip side of El Nino is La Nina. It is an occasional but natural cooling of the equatorial Pacific that also changes weather worldwide.
hurricane or typhoon — A warm-core tropical cyclone in which the minimum sustained surface wind is 74 mph (119 kph) or more. Hurricanes are spawned east of the international date line. Typhoons develop west of the line. They are known as cyclones in the Indian Ocean and Australia.
microburst — Occurs when a mass of cooled air rushes downward out of a thunderstorm, hits the ground and rushes outward in all directions.
polar vortex — Usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region, enveloping the North Pole (but it can apply to the South Pole, too). It is a normal pattern that is stronger in the winter and keeps some of the coldest weather bottled up near the North Pole. The jet stream usually pens the polar vortex in and keeps it north. But at times some of the vortex can break off or move south, bringing unusually cold weather south and permitting warmer weather to creep up north.
snow squall — An intense but short-lived period of moderate to heavy snowfall, with strong winds and possible lightning.
storm surge — An abnormal rise of water above the normal tide, generated by a storm.
super typhoon — A typhoon in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 150 mph (241 kph) or more.
tornado — A violent rotating column of air forming a pendant, usually from a cumulonimbus cloud, and touching the ground. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena. Tornadoes can appear from any direction, but in the U.S. most move from southwest to northeast. Measured on F-scale from EF0 to EF5, which considers 28 different types of damage to structures and trees. An EF2 or higher is considered a significant tornado.
tornado warning — National Weather Service issues to warn public of existing tornado.
tornado watch — Alerts public to possibility of tornado forming.
tropical depression — A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 38 mph (61 kph) or less.
tropical storm — A warm-core tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface winds range from 39 mph (63 kph) to 73 mph (117 kph).
tsunami — A great sea wave or seismic sea wave caused by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide or volcano.
nor’easter — The term used by the National Weather Service for storms that either exit or move north along the East Coast, producing winds blowing from the northeast.
waterspout — A tornado over water.
wind chill factor — A calculation that describes the combined effect of the wind and cold temperatures on exposed skin.
wind shear — A sudden shift in wind direction and/or speed.
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LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lone Creek Cattle Co., a family-owned and operated cattle company in Nebraska, is excited to announce their new Private Label program for Grass-Fed Beef. This program will offer Grass Fed, Grass Finished, All-Natural Cattle, raised without the use of antibiotics or hormones. With a consistently weekly and monthly harvest, this program offers retailers and distributors the power to build their own brand with a domestic grass fed beef product ensuring Midwest quality, performance, and flavor.
"We are passionate about raising our cattle the right way," said Brian DeBrie., CFO of Lone Creek Cattle Co. "Our private label program allows us to partner with businesses who share our values and commitment to providing high-quality, sustainable American beef products."
In addition to raising cattle with premium attributes, Lone Creek Cattle Co's ties to Great Plains Beef, LLC open up opportunities to also harvest and produce beef into a variety of boxes, cuts, and grinds based on the program needs. It allows for a very controlled and sustainable production chain to ensure consistency, quality, and confidence.
"The import and supply of grass-finished beef coming from outside the US proves the increasing demand of grass-finished beef in this country. We are excited and proud to use our resources in this industry to provide a US raised and produce grassfed beef that consumers want to eat. There is no better part of the country to do it and do it right" says DeBrie.
For more information on how you can become a partner in this program, please contact Lone Creek Cattle Co at feedback@lonecreekcattleco.com.
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Lone Creek Cattle Co emphasizes high ethical standards to raise healthy cows by employing humane, low-stress handling techniques and cutting-edge research in animal science and stockmanship. The cattle are raised in the most comfortable environment possible. Progressive ranching protocols such as EID (Electronic Identification) tagging technology, database tracking initiatives, and voluntary third-party audits are utilized to ensure we provide beef that meets our high standards for care, handling, and quality. Lone Creek Ranches are located across the Midwest, where cattle are given free range on the vast expanse of grassy prairies.
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The seasonal Thanksgiving and holiday menus are available to order for delivery or pick up in Kroger Family stores
CHICAGO, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Chef, the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence, is debuting a slew of holiday eats for home cooks looking to spend less time in the kitchen and more time making memories. From Thanksgiving through the year's end, Home Chef serves up seasonal dishes everyone will enjoy in both meal kit and heat-and-eat formats – proving holiday eating can be tasty and easy.
"The holidays are a time for celebration, but they can also be overwhelming when your calendar fills up with dinners, parties and potlucks," said Shira Schwarz, VP of brand marketing at Home Chef. "With our easy-to-make meal kits, Home Chef simplifies home-cooked holiday meals, so the festivities can be even more flavorful and fun."
Whether hosting an all-out Friendsgiving feast or signing up for "sides" at the annual office potluck, Home Chef offers familiar fall favorites in convenient ready-to-make formats, all orderable via homechef.com and delivered straight to your door. During the week of Thanksgiving, order tasty fall recipes including:
- Main Course: Turkey Breast Roast ($49.50, serves 6)
- Sides ($15.98 each; serves 6): White Cheddar and Sage Biscuits, NEW Sweet Potato Casserole, NEW Grown Up Green Bean Casserole, Loaded Mashed Potatoes with Bacon, Cheddar, & Green Onion , and Brussel Sprouts with Caramelized Onion & Maple Glaze
- Desserts (serving sizes vary): NEW Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet ($7.98) and Apple Crisp Cake ($5.98)
For those looking to simplify their December celebrations without sacrificing taste, Home Chef has every course covered for a hearty holiday meal, with minimal-prep, maximum-flavor recipes including:
- Main Course: Holiday Ham ($64.95, serves 6)
- Sides ($15.98 each; serves 6): NEW Candied Yams with Goat Cheese, White Cheddar and Sage Biscuits, Brussel Sprouts with Caramelized Onion & Maple Glaze, and Loaded Mashed Potatoes with Bacon, Cheddar, & Green Onion
- Desserts (serving sizes vary): NEW Hot Cocoa Cookie Skillet ($7.98), NEW Gingerbread Cake Baking Kit ($17.98), NEW Chocolate Peppermint Cupcake Baking Kit ($18.98), and Caramel Cheesecake ($5.98)
Home Chef's Thanksgiving meal kits will be available to order online at homechef.com starting October 14, and orders must be placed by noon CT on November 18. For meals the week of Christmas, ordering opens November 11 and closes at noon CT on December 16.
"It wouldn't be the holidays without the food traditions we look forward to – and I think we all could use a little less time at the countertop and a little more at the table," said Teresa Sabatino, director of customer marketing at Home Chef. "Home Chef's in-store offerings take the guesswork and the prepwork out of holiday meal planning, so you can spend more of the celebrations with friends and family."
Beloved season's eatings from Home Chef are also available at Kroger Family stores nationwide to order ahead, pick up, heat and have on the table in no time. Home Chef offers in-store holiday bundles that serve four to eight people – main courses, sides and desserts included. These bountiful bundles make the menu for you, and they're easy on the wallet too, with options for a variety of gathering sizes and budgets.
The delectable dishes in stores* from Thanksgiving to holiday season's end include:
- Main Courses: Home Chef Boneless Turkey, Home Chef Boneless Ham, Butterball Bone-In Turkey, Butterball Smoked Bone-In Turkey, Home Chef Bone-In Ham, and Prime Rib
- Sides: Creamed Spinach & Cheese, Old Fashioned Bread Stuffing, Creamy Scalloped Potatoes, Broccoli Rice Casserole, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Potato Souffle, Cornbread Dressing, Turkey Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, and King's Hawaiian Rolls
- Desserts: Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel Sauce and Pumpkin Pie
Orders for in-store Heat and Eat Home Chef holiday dishes and bundles can be placed online here, over the phone, or in person at select Kroger Family stores across the country, starting with Thanksgiving orders on November 2. Thanksgiving orders must be placed by November 22, and final holiday orders must be placed by December 22.
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Law enforcement officials warn of potential violence in DC and nationwide in wake of Supreme Court draft opinion
By Whitney Wild, CNN
Law enforcement officials in Washington, DC, are bracing for potential security risks posed by reactions to the leaked draft Supreme Court majority opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade.
An alert generated Thursday by US Capitol Police and reviewed by CNN warned about far-right calls for violence against a religious group planning an upcoming protest in support of abortion rights at the court.
Late Wednesday night, teams began installing an 8-foot-tall, non-scalable fence around parts of the Supreme Court building, and Thursday night, crews set up concrete Jersey barriers blocking the street in front of the court — a sign that officials are worried that protests, which have so far been peaceful, could turn less so.
Law enforcement officials from the National Fusion Center Association hosted a call Wednesday with roughly 150 participants to alert state and local partners about demonstrations nationwide that have resulted in some physical confrontations, other possible demonstrations and the uptick of social media chatter, according to sources familiar with the call.
The call, first reported by Politico, highlights the proactive effort and coordination among law enforcement nationwide following the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, which exposed how quickly social media chatter can morph into an attack.
Multiple sources told CNN the recent developments could embolden violent extremists to engage in attacks or other criminal activity targeting abortion clinic staff, patients or clinic facilities.
One law enforcement source added that government officials — including the nine justices and their staffs — or abortion-related advocacy groups and abortion-related First Amendment-protected events could be targets for violence.
The source also said social media chatter against the justices and members of Congress is being tracked — work that has become standard practice in an era of heightened use of social media to express extremist ideas.
Concern about the justices’ security is just the latest in an on-going conversation about how to protect members of the judiciary, who oversee high-profile, dangerous cases but lack individual security teams.
CNN previously reported the watchdog for the US Marshals Service found in a June 2021 report that the agency “does not have the resources or proactive threat detection capabilities that the USMS has determined it needs to meet its protective service obligations for USMS-protected persons, including judges.”
The US Marshals Service protects roughly 2,700 judges nationwide, and notes that threats or inappropriate contacts have spiked in recent years. The inspector general report noted the agency responded to more than 4,200 threats in 2020, up 81% from 2016.
The DC Metropolitan Police Department and US Capitol Police have added officers to the area since the leaked opinion surfaced.
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MIAMI (AP) — It’s time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastlines to make sure their storm plans are in place as the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway on Thursday.
Forecasters are predicting a “near-normal” season, but Mike Brennan, the new director at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, stressed during a Wednesday news conference that there’s really nothing normal when it comes to hurricanes.
“A normal season might sound good in comparison to some of the hurricane seasons in the past few years,” he said. “But there’s nothing good about a near-normal hurricane season in terms of activity.”
WILL THE 2023 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON BE BUSY?
Uncertainty is the key word, Brennan said.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted in late May a 40% chance of 2023 being a near-normal hurricane season, a 30% chance of an above-average season, which has more storms than usual, and a 30% chance of a below-normal season, which has fewer.
“So we’re expecting a busy season with 12 to 17 named storms,” Brennan said, adding that five to nine of those storms could become hurricanes, with one to four growing into major hurricanes.
“It only takes one storm affecting your area to make it a busy season for you,” he said.
WHAT’S NEW THIS SEASON?
This year, the hurricane center is rolling out a new storm surge model that Brennan said “helps push real-time storm surge prediction out to 72 hours in advance of the storm” in hopes of getting life-saving information to emergency managers regarding evacuation orders.
In addition, tropical weather outlooks have been extended from five days out to seven days, providing “an additional heads up” for residents to make decisions about whether to evacuate in advance of a storm, Brennan said.
WHAT IS EL NINO? HOW WILL IT AFFECT THE 2023 SEASON?
El Nino is a natural temporary warming of the Pacific Ocean that occurs every few years, changing weather patterns worldwide.
Generally, the Atlantic is quieter and has fewer storms during El Nino years. That’s because the warmer waters of El Nino make warmer air over the Pacific reach higher into the atmosphere and affect wind shear that could head off storms.
Brennan noted there are other factors that add to the uncertainty of the effects of El Nino, such as very warm sea surface temperatures, weaker low-level easterly flows and a more active African monsoon season.
“So these forces are going to kind of fight it out over the course of this hurricane season,” Brennan said. “We don’t know how his season’s going to play out.”
WHAT IS THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY’S ROLE?
FEMA Director Deanne Criswell said her agency is working to protect residents in hurricane zones by getting them the “critical information that they need” and making it easier for people to apply for help.
She said the summer doesn’t just bring the start of hurricane season, but it’s also the beginning of wildfire season.
“So we are in the summer season of severe weather events, but I think as many of you know, it’s not just a summer season of severe weather anymore,” she said, noting weather-related events take place throughout the year.
WHY DO HURRICANES HAVE NAMES? WHEN ARE THEY RETIRED?
Hurricanes are named primarily to eliminate confusion if there are two or more storm systems occurring at the same time.
The United States began using female names for storms in 1953 and began alternating male and female names in 1978.
There is a rotating list of Atlantic hurricane season names every six years. The list can then be repeated, with names being eliminated if they are retired from the rotation, according to the National Hurricane Center’s website.
The 2023 hurricane names are: Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harold, Idalia, Jose, Katia, Lee, Margot, Nigel, Ophelia, Philippe, Rina, Sean, Tammy, Vince and Whitney.
Hurricane names are routinely retired if a storm was so deadly or caused so much destruction that using the name again would be inappropriate. It’s not up to the National Hurricane Center to retire a name, however. That practice is left to an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization, which selects another name to replace the retired one.
The most recent names to be retired include Ian, which struck southwest Florida as a Category 5 hurricane in September 2022 with ferocious winds and storm surge as high as 15 feet (4 meters). Ian killed more than 156 people in the U.S., the vast majority in Florida, according to a comprehensive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report on the hurricane.
Other retired names include Katrina, Harvey, Charley, Wilma, Matthew, Michael and Irma.
WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE WORST HURRICANES TO HIT THE UNITED STATES?
In August 1992, powerful Hurricane Andrew struck south of Miami, crossing Florida and making a second landfall in Louisiana. For years, it was the costliest and most damaging hurricane to ever hit the U.S. coastline, resulting in around 65 reported deaths and causing more than $27.3 billion in damages at the time. The Category 5 storm destroyed more than 65,000 houses.
Hurricane Katrina, which struck the New Orleans area as a Category 5 storm in August 2005, still ranks as one of the most devastating hurricanes to hit the United States. Katrina caused more than 1,200 deaths and produced catastrophic damage along the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Harvey struck Louisiana before slamming into Houston as a Category 4 storm in 2017, causing severe flooding. Harvey killed more than 80 people, including 50 in the Houston area.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Katrina and Harvey are listed as the two costliest U.S. hurricanes on record with total costs over $160 billion and $125 billion, respectively. | 2023-06-01T11:26:48+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/its-time-to-prepare-for-the-2023-atlantic-hurricane-season/ |
ZEELAND, Mich. — A West Michigan dog has won a major title through BARK, the makers of BarkBox.
His name is Charlie, and he is a 100-pound golden retriever from Zeeland.
Now, he's also one of America's Next Top Dog Models.
"We found out he won, and it was very much a surprise to us, because it was nationwide," said Charlie's parents Andrew and Emily Bult.
The couple submitted a photo of him back in October as part of a contest.
"It was a really funny picture, and it just kind of really exemplifies just how goofy Charlie is," said Bult.
The two said he is a goofy pup. His place of choice to sleep? Their bathtub.
"He’s just weird and goofy like that and loves food. I think I put in our application that he once rotisserie chicken off of our countertop when we weren't paying attention," said Bult.
"Charlie the local dog, we just fell in love with his photos, and his story and his obsession with food. So we were thinking, ‘You know what? This dog seems like he would be a good one’," said BARK Director of Communications and Content Stacie Grissom.
The contest stems from BARK's launch of their new breed-specific food featuring premium kibble, supplements, broths, toppers and treats.
"We thought what better way to launch a new product than to use real dogs, some of our customers and find some of those quirky and derpy pups across the country, said Grissom.
The most shocking part to them was that Charlie won out of thousands of applicants across the country.
"I just could not stop laughing when we found out we won just because of the picture that actually won. It's not even like a good picture of him. It's just a goofy picture of him," said Bult.
Charlie was one of ten other dogs who was chosen through BARK's contest. His photo will be featured in the company's marketing materials.
He also won $500, a professional photoshoot as well as toys and treats from BARK. | 2023-02-09T11:55:47+00:00 | fox17online.com | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/zeeland-dog-wins-barks-next-top-dog-model-contest |
WASHINGTON — Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter for 2023, but just how accurate are his yearly forecasts?
The annual ceremony in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, dates back to 1887, according to the Library of Congress. But even with more than 100 years of "forecasting experience," Punxsutawney Phil certainly isn't perfect.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration compared Punxsutawney Phil’s forecast to the national weather the last 10 years and found “on average, Phil has gotten it right 40% of the time.” Going back all the way to his first prediction in 1887, he's been right only 39% of the time, according to an analysis from Stormfax Weather Almanac.
During the annual celebration, people gather at Gobbler’s Knob as members of Phil’s “inner circle” summon the groundhog from his tree stump at dawn to learn if he has seen his shadow.
According to folklore, if he sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t, spring comes early.
How many times has Punxsutawney Phil seen his shadow?
Since 1887, Punxsutawney Phil's track record has leaned heavily toward six more weeks of winter.
In fact, arguably the world's most famous groundhog has predicted an early spring (by not seeing his shadow) just 20 times, according to the numbers announced by the Groundhog Day "Inner Circle."
Meanwhile, he's seen his shadow 109 times (including 2023), though there are 10 years where there's no record of what happened.
The last time Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow was in 2020, and before that in 2019, offering a back-to-back dose of his rare early spring prediction.
But after Thursday's prediction, Punxsutawney Phil has now predicted six more weeks of winter for three years in a row.
The Associated Press and WKYC's Ryan Haidet contributed to this report. | 2023-02-02T16:20:10+00:00 | 5newsonline.com | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/how-often-is-punxsutawney-phil-right/507-7c7cc424-cba5-46bb-b661-ec8cdaeabc35 |
Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56
LONDON (AP) — Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time,” the singer’s family said in a statement reported Wednesday by the BBC and RTE. No cause was disclosed.
She was public about her mental illness, saying that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. O’Connor posted a Facebook video in 2017 from a New Jersey motel where she had been living, saying that she was staying alive for the sake of others and that if it were up to her, she’d be “gone.” When her teenage son Shane died by suicide in 2022, O’Connor tweeted there was “no point living without him” and was soon hospitalized.
Recognizable by her shaved head and elfin features, O’Connor began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame. She was a star from her 1987 debut album “The Lion and the Cobra” and became a sensation in 1990 with her cover of Prince’s ballad “Nothing Compares 2 U,” a seething, shattering performance that topped charts from Europe to Australia and was heightened by a promotional video featuring the gray-eyed O’Connor in intense close-up.
She was a lifelong non-conformist — she would say that she shaved her head in response to record executives pressuring her to be conventionally glamorous — but her political and cultural stances and troubled private life often overshadowed her music.
A critic of the Catholic Church well before allegations sexual abuse were widely reported, O’Connor made headlines in October 1992 when she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II while appearing live on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and denounced the church as the enemy. The next week, Joe Pesci hosted “Saturday Night Live,” held up a repaired photo of the Pope and said that if he had been on the show with O’Connor he “would have gave her such a smack.” Days later, she appeared at an all-star tribute for Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden and was immediately booed. She was supposed to sing Dylan’s “I Believe in You,” but switched to an a cappella version of Bob Marley’s “War,” which she had sung on “Saturday Night Live.”
Although consoled and encouraged on stage by her friend Kris Kristofferson, she left and broke down, and her performance was kept off the concert CD. (Years later, Kristofferson recorded “Sister Sinead,” for which he wrote “And maybe she’s crazy and maybe she ain’t/But so was Picasso and so were the saints.”)
She also feuded with Frank Sinatra over her refusal to allow the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at one of her shows and accused Prince of physically threatening her. In 1989 she declared her support for the Irish Republican Army, a statement she retracted a year later. Around the same time, she skipped the Grammy ceremony, saying it was too commercialized.
In 1999, O’Connor caused uproar in Ireland when she became a priestess of the breakaway Latin Tridentine Church — a position that was not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church. For many years, she called for a full investigation into the extent of the church’s role in concealing child abuse by clergy. In 2010, when Pope Benedict XVI apologized to Ireland to atone for decades of abuse, O’Connor condemned the apology for not going far enough and called for Catholics to boycott Mass until there was a full investigation into the Vatican’s role, which by 2018 was making international headlines.
“People assumed I didn’t believe in God. That’s not the case at all. I’m Catholic by birth and culture and would be the first at the church door if the Vatican offered sincere reconciliation,” she wrote in the Washington Post in 2010.
O’Connor announced in 2018 that she had converted to Islam and would be adopting the name Shuhada’ Davitt, later Shuhada Sadaqat — although she continued to use Sinéad O’Connor professionally.
“Her music was loved around the world and her talent was unmatched and beyond compare,” Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said in a statement on social media.
O’Connor was born on Dec. 8, 1966. She had a difficult childhood, with a mother whom she alleged was abusive and encouraged her to shoplift. As a teenager she spent time in a church-sponsored institution for girls, where she said she washed priests’ clothes for no wages. But a nun gave O’Connor her first guitar, and soon she sang and performed on the streets of Dublin, her influences ranging from Dylan to Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Her performance with a local band caught the eye of a small record label, and, in 1987, O’Connor released “The Lion and the Cobra,” which sold hundreds of thousands of copies and featured the hit “Mandinka,” driven by a hard rock guitar riff and O’Connor’s piercing vocals. O’Connor, 20 years old and pregnant while making “Lion and the Cobra,” co-produced the album.
“I suppose I’ve got to say that music saved me,” she said in an interview with the Independent newspaper in 2013. “I didn’t have any other abilities, and there was no learning support for girls like me, not in Ireland at that time. It was either jail or music. I got lucky.”
“Nothing Compares 2 U” received three Grammy nominations and was the featured track off her acclaimed album “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got,” which helped lead Rolling Stone to name her Artist of the Year in 1991.
“She proved that a recording artist could refuse to compromise and still connect with millions of listeners hungry for music of substance,” the magazine declared.
O’Connor’s other musical credits included the albums “Universal Mother” and “Faith and Courage,” a cover of Cole Porter’s “You Do Something to Me” from the AIDS fundraising album “Red Hot + Blue” and backing vocals on Peter Gabriel’s “Blood of Eden.” She received eight Grammy nominations overall and in 1991 won for best alternative musical performance.
O’Connor announced she was retiring from music in 2003, but she continued to record new material. Her most recent album was " I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss,” released in 2014 and she sang the theme song for Season 7 of “Outlander.”
The singer married four times; her union to drug counsellor Barry Herridge, in 2011, lasted just 16 days. O’Connor had four children: Jake, with her first husband John Reynolds; Roisin, with John Waters; Shane, with Donal Lunny; and Yeshua Bonadio, with Frank Bonadio.
In 2014, she said she was joining the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party and called for its leaders to step aside so that a younger generation of activists could take over. She later withdrew her application.
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-26T19:08:55+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/07/26/sinead-oconnor-dies-age-56/ |
PHOENIX (AP) — Ross Chastain’s video game-inspired ride along the wall at Martinsville carried him across the finish line, into the NASCAR championship finale and around the world.
Like it or not — there’s plenty on both sides — the hands-free, foot-to-the-floor Chevy slingshot ride catapulted Chastain and NASCAR into the social media stratosphere.
“It’s wild just to try to comprehend how far this has really went,” Chastain said on Thursday. “People that are overseas in Asia or Mexico, people that don’t normally talk about NASCAR are talking about it. They’re going to watch this weekend.”
A championship is on the line this weekend at Phoenix Raceway, but there’s nearly as much attention on Chastain’s bold move as who will win the Cup Series title between him, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Christopher Bell.
Two spots behind Denny Hamlin for the final transfer spot into the finale, Chastain had an out-of-the-video-box thought as he crossed under the white flag for the final lap at Martinsville Speedway.
Heading down the backstretch, Chastain shifted into fifth gear, deliberately smacked into the wall and took his hands off the wheel. His No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevy roared past the other cars so fast it looked like a doctored video, even to those watching it in person.
One bold, risky move and the eighth-generation watermelon farmer is competing for a championship four years after driving a motorhome to make extra money.
“I have never seen anything like that,” NBC analyst and former NASCAR driver Jeff Burton said. “When it was happening, I will be blunt with you, I didn’t know what the hell was happening. My initial thought was he hung the throttle on the damn thing and oh my god. Then I realized what he was doing and I was taken aback by it.”
Drivers had always joked among themselves about using a move they tried on NASCAR 2005 on his Nintendo GameCube. Kyle Larson even made a run at Darlington Raceway last year, without much success.
Chastain pulled it off, earning a spot in the championship round for the fourth time by landing on the right side of the sharp edge between foolish and genius.
“Ross should be really credited because only those unique things can take you outside your own bubble and your own world,” JR Motorsports owner and former Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. “And for a moment this week, we were in a lot of places we usually don’t exist.”
Chastain’s wild wall ride shot across the social media-verse and kept expanding.
Video of it has been viewed 12.5 million times on NASCAR on NBC’s TikTok, its second-best for a non-Olympic post. It’s also been seen 10.9 million times on NBC’s NASCAR Twitter feed and eclipsed 1.4 million views on NASCAR’s YouTube channel.
The wow factor pulled eyes toward NASCAR, but had a few within it cover theirs, hoping no one else will try it again.
“This is not the X-Games. This is NASCAR,” Logano said. “There’s a place for it, it was cool, it was a neat move. We all talked about doing it before, he actually did it. He had a good reason to do it and he’s rewarded by being here in the championship, so that’s fun. But the next time it happens, it is not as cool.”
If there is a next time, it won’t be by Chastain, at least not in Phoenix.
The 29-year-old refused a chance to try it on the NASCAR simulator this week and said the move isn’t going to win the race at Phoenix. And slamming a 3,500-pound car into a wall at high speeds isn’t exactly fun, despite what it looked like from the outside.
Chastain had his viral moment and, for now, that’s good enough, particularly if it ushers in new NASCAR fans.
“’I’m here for it,” said Chastain, who is still trying to answer the 1,000 text messages he’s received since Martinsville. “I don’t know what the ripples of that will be, but it’s probably going to be around long after I’m gone.”
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13-year-old mauled by pit bulls at home, seriously injured
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas (KSAT) - A teenager is being treated for serious injuries he suffered during a vicious dog attack Thursday.
Police say the 13-year-old boy was attacked by at least two pit bulls.
The teen is expected to survive, but he had to be airlifted due to his injuries.
One of the responding deputies said the bites were some of the worst wounds he’s seen.
One by one, six pit bulls were removed from the home.
The Bexar County Sheriffs Office responding to the scene because the dogs attacked a boy who lives there.
The boy’s grandparent called 911.
“He heard the young boy screaming. He came into the room and saw at least one possibly, all six of these pit bulls piled up on the young boy, attacking him,” Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
The sheriff said the family owns all six dogs. They raised them and wanted to sell them.
At this point, it’s unclear why the dogs attacked the boy.
Salazar tipped his hat to the deputy that responded to this house, saying he happens to be one of only fully trained paramedics that they have. He said he believes quick thinking and that training gave the victim in this case a fighting chance.
“He had some specialized gear with him,” he said. “He was able to administer aid, but he actually told us that the bites he had seen were probably some of the worst wounds he’s seen on a person.”
The responding deputy said he counted at least 50 puncture wounds on the teen’s body, Salazar said.
The boy was airlifted to university hospital and is expected to survive.
As for the dogs, the sheriff said, “Two of the dogs were owner-surrendered, and then the other four were taken as part of a 10-day quarantine period. We’ll see what ends up happening with those dogs, but I’m fully expecting that the other two will most likely be euthanized.”
The sheriff said it’s too early to tell if the parents will face charges.
Copyright 2023 KSAT via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-28T17:00:49+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2023/07/28/13-year-old-mauled-by-pit-bulls-home-seriously-injured/ |
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was formally proclaimed sovereign of the United Kingdom on Saturday, as officials unveiled details of the meticulously choreographed ceremonies that will culminate in the state funeral of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Sept. 19.
In this time of sorrow for the House of Windsor, there were hints of a possible family reconciliation. Prince William and his brother Harry, together with Catherine, now Princess of Wales and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, delighted mourners near Windsor Castle with a surprise joint appearance to thank the public for their floral tributes and condolences.
It was the first time that quarrelling younger royal generation had worked together publicly since the Sussexes stepped aside from royal duties in 2020 and moved to California. The thousands who flocked to Windsor on a sunny day were in their thrall, as the couples gratefully accepted flowers, talked to parents and children at length, shook hands and accepted heartfelt condolences.
Meghan approached a teenager in the crowd, who put her hand over her mouth in shock. The pair spoke briefly then the girl said: “Can I have a hug?” Meghan leaned in to give her a big hug.
Catherine, for her part, focused on young children in the crowd, bending down low to speak to them warmly face-to-face.
The late sovereign’s coffin now rests at Balmoral Castle, the summer retreat in the Scottish Highlands where Elizabeth died on Thursday. Palace officials promised Saturday that the public will have opportunities to see the late monarch’s oak coffin as it journeys from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh and then to London, where her body will lie in state for four days starting Wednesday.
Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, the official in charge of funeral arrangements, said the ceremonies would be “a fitting farewell to one of the defining figures of our times.”
The queen’s eldest son and successor Charles was officially proclaimed Britain’s monarch Saturday in a pomp-filled ceremony steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism — and, for the first time, broadcast live on television and online.
The 73-year-old Charles, who spent seven decades as heir apparent, automatically became king when his mother died and vowed to follow her example. But the accession ceremony was a key constitutional and ceremonial step that introduced the new monarch to the country, a relic of a time before mass communications.
“I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me,” Charles said as he took on the duties of monarch.
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss and five of her predecessors were among scores of current and former British politicians who gathered at St. James’s Palace for the meeting of the Accession Council.
Saturday’s accession ceremony ended with a royal official publicly proclaiming King Charles III to be the country’s new monarch from a balcony at the palace. In centuries past, this would have been the first official confirmation the public had of their new sovereign.
David White, the Garter King of Arms, made the proclamation, flanked by trumpeters in gold-trimmed robes before leading cheers — “hip, hip, hooray!” — for the new king. Gun salutes rang out in Hyde Park, at the Tower of London and at military sites around the U.K. as he announced the news, and scarlet-robed soldiers in the palace courtyard doffed their bearskin hats in a royal salute.
The proclamation was read at other locations across the U.K., including in the medieval City of London.
The new king formally approved a series of orders, including one declaring the day of his mother’s funeral as a public holiday.
Charles was accompanied at the ceremony by wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, and eldest son Prince William, who is now heir to the throne and known by the title that Charles long held, the Prince of Wales. In his first statement since his grandmother’s death, William said the queen “was by my side at my happiest moments. And she was by my side during the saddest days of my life” — a clear reference to the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997.
“I knew this day would come, but it will be some time before the reality of life without Grannie will truly feel real,” William said.
People came by the thousands to pay their respects outside Buckingham Palace in London. The scene was repeated at other royal residences across the U.K. and at British embassies around the world.
For many Britons, the queen’s passing, though long expected, is a destabilizing experience. Queen Elizabeth II is the only monarch most have ever known, and her death comes as many Britons are facing an energy crisis, the soaring cost of living, the uncertainties of the war in Ukraine and the fallout from Brexit.
The country has also just seen a change of leader. Truss was appointed prime minister by the queen on Tuesday, just two days before the monarch died. On Saturday, Truss and other senior U.K. lawmakers lined up in the House of Commons to take an oath of loyalty to the new king.
Normal parliamentary business has been suspended during a period of mourning for the queen. The House of Commons held a rare Saturday session so lawmakers could pay tribute to the late monarch.
Charles has struck a note of continuity, vowing in a televised address Friday to carry on the queen’s “lifelong service,” with his own modernizing stamp.
The new monarch looked both to the past — noting his mother’s unwavering “dedication and devotion as sovereign” — and the future, seeking to strike a reassuring note of constancy while signaling that his will be a 21st-century monarchy.
He reflected on how the country had changed dramatically during the queen’s reign into a society “of many cultures and many faiths,” and pledged to serve people in Britain and the 14 other countries where he is king “whatever may be your background or beliefs.”
For a second day on Saturday, Charles waded into the crowds to meet his subjects and shake hands. Trying to overcome a reputation for aloofness, in his first days as monarch he is signaling a more relaxed approach to the monarchy than that of his mother.
“It just felt like a really special moment in history,” said Beverly Nash from Kent. “And it was lovely actually seeing him. I didn’t think I would feel as emotional as I did.”
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This week in science: a paralyzed man walks again and a sticker-like vaccine patch By Emily Kwong , Regina G. Barber Published June 1, 2023 01:42 PM Facebook Twitter Short Wave hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber talk about a paralyzed man that walked again, a sticker vaccine and the science behind a crop of new RSV vaccines. Copyright 2023 NPR | 2023-06-01T21:16:06+00:00 | kpcc.org | https://www.kpcc.org/2023-06-01/this-week-in-science-a-paralyzed-man-walks-again-and-a-sticker-like-vaccine-patch |
LNL: 3 children, 3 adults killed in Nashville school shooting
Published: Mar. 27, 2023 at 3:28 PM EDT|Updated: 18 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - LNL anchors Debra Alfarone and Nicole Neuman speak with WSMV reporter Lydia Fielder about Monday’s deadly school shooting.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and rising violence by criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number of journalists killed doing their work in 2022 over the previous year, according to a new report released Friday.
The International Federation of Journalists says that 67 journalists and media staff have been killed around the world so far this year, up from 47 last year.
The Brussels-based group also tallied 375 journalists currently imprisoned for their work, with the most in China, Myanmar and Turkey. Last year’s report listed 365 journalists behind bars.
With the number of media workers killed on the rise, the group called on governments to take more concrete action to protect journalists and free journalism.
“The failure to act will only embolden those who seek to suppress the free flow of information and undermine the ability of people to hold their leaders to account, including in ensuring that those with power and influence do not stand in the way of open and inclusive societies,” IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger said in a statement.
More media workers were killed covering the war in Ukraine – 12 in total — than in any other country this year, according to the IFJ. Most were Ukrainian but also included those of other nationalities such as American documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud. Many deaths occurred in the first chaotic weeks of the war, though threats to journalists continue as the fighting drags on.
The IFJ said “the rule by terror of criminal organizations in Mexico, and the breakdown of law and order in Haiti, have also contributed to the surge in killings.” 2022 has been one of the deadliest ever for journalists in Mexico, which is now considered the most dangerous country for reporters outside a war zone.
The group recorded five deaths of journalists amid this year’s political crisis in Pakistan, and warned of new threats to journalists in Colombia and continued danger for journalists in the Philippines despite new leadership there.
It also called out the shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as she was reporting from a Palestinian refugee camp. The Arab network this week formally asked the International Criminal Court to investigate her death.
The Brussels-based IFJ represents 600,000 media professionals from trade unions and associations in more than 140 countries. The report was released on the eve of the United Nations’ Human Rights Day. | 2022-12-09T21:58:37+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/ap-67-journalists-media-workers-killed-on-the-job-this-year/ |
WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont (NYSE: DD) will release its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results at 6:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. In addition, the company will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET that day. Ed Breen, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Lori Koch, Chief Financial Officer, will review financial and operating performance for the periods.
The event will be webcast live and can be accessed on DuPont's Investors Relations webpage. A replay, along with the earnings release and supporting materials, will also be posted to the website.
The dial-in number for the conference call is 888-440-4172 toll-free within the U.S. or +1-646-960-0673. The conference ID is 5994046.
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The Ultra-Premium Brand's Award-Winning Taste, Exceptional Quality, and Accessible Price Has Led to This Landmark Milestone as the Brand Continues to Invest in Traditional Methods of Tequila Making
NEW YORK, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Teremana® Tequila, the ultra-premium tequila founded by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, has announced it has surpassed sales of one million 9L cases sold annually. This is a landmark milestone for the three-year-old brand as it invests in further growth, while maintaining its mission to craft, accessibility, and local community engagement.
Since launching in 2020, Teremana® has sold well over two million 9L cases throughout North America and has broken records as one of the biggest debuts for a new-to-world brand in history. The brand's unprecedented growth is a testament to its focus on creating an authentic, high quality and delicious tequila that can be enjoyed by all.
"I'll start off my statement with the most appropriate and grateful thing to say – thank you to the people. We launched Teremana® three short years ago and today we celebrate the extraordinary record-breaking accomplishment of selling one million cases annually," says founder Dwayne Johnson. "As we hit this rare milestone for an independent brand, I'm also very grateful for our partners' and our team's dedication to bringing our tequila to the people in the right way – by making tequila that honors the traditional methods. That's the Teremana® way. We have been overwhelmed by the tremendous response to Teremana®, and owe our deep gratitude to our consumers who trusted our devotion to quality from day one."
The exceptional taste and quality of Teremana® has been recognized by 17 of the leading spirits awards, with highlights including gold in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2022, gold in The Spirits Business' Tequila & Mezcal Masters 2022, and gold in the inaugural New Orleans Spirits Competition 2022.
To meet growing consumer demand while maintaining the meticulous small-batch process used to make its tequila, Teremana® has invested in the construction of an expanded distillery, which will begin production towards the end of the year. The expanded area has been designed in partnership with environmental experts to meet the criteria of the LEED certification – the most widely used green building rating system in the US, created to promote sustainability-focused practices in design, construction, and operations standards. Teremana® continually strives to minimize its footprint by investing in state-of-the-art green technology and sustainable practices, including the latest water filtration technology, and creating compost from leftover agave fibers to ensure that the land will be able to support agave growing for generations to come.
Teremana® partners, the Lopez Family, who are third-generation agave growers and second-generation distillers in the highlands of Jalisco, will continue to oversee the production of Teremana® under the brand's unique NOM, 1613. The 100% Blue Weber Agave used to make Teremana® will continue to be harvested at full maturity, slow-roasted in small traditional brick ovens, and distilled in locally handmade small copper pot stills for optimal smoothness and purity. The expanded distillery will house additional small brick ovens (half of the size of the industry average) and small handmade copper pot stills, so the same traditional method can be maintained while meeting growing consumer demand.
"It's been an incredible journey to see Teremana® reach this momentous milestone while maintaining the highest standards of quality and craftsmanship," says Alejandro Lopez. "Our family is proud to be part of a brand that not only honors heritage Mexican agriculture but also celebrates our craft and people with the rest of the world. We thank our partners and customers for their trust and support, and we look forward to continuing to share the time-honored tradition of tequila making while leaving a legacy for the future generations of our family and our community in Jalisco."
Community and gratitude are at the cornerstone of the brand who through their efforts have served free meals to over 35,000 frontline workers, supported the hospitality industry with their Guac on the Rock campaign, as well as contributed to numerous charities such as World Central Kitchen, Turning Tables, and Another Round Another Rally, totaling over one million dollars in donations.
"To be able to share our Teremana® Tequila with the world is a privilege and to illuminate its heritage, is an honor," adds Johnson. "Taking the extra time to invest in how we produce our liquid, invest in our people, and invest in the community and land for years to come as we grow, remains our north star. Teremana® is the true and only tequila of the people."
Teremana® Tequila is available in three expressions: blanco, reposado, and añejo, and is available in Mexico, the United States and Canada. For more information, please visit Teremana.com. ENJOY RESPONSIBLY.
About Teremana® Tequila
Teremana® is an ultra-premium, small-batch tequila founded by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Jenna Fagnan, Ken Austin and Dany Garcia. It is crafted at Destilería Teremana® De Agave in the highest peaks of the Jalisco highland mountains. With three expressions - a blanco, reposado, and an añejo - its name loosely translates as 'spirit of the earth,' from the Latin word 'terra,' meaning earth, and the Polynesian word 'mana,' meaning spirit. Made from fully mature, naturally sweet agave slow roasted in small traditional brick ovens and distilled in handmade copper pot stills, Teremana® has been coined, 'the tequila of the people.'
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Updated July 16, 2022 at 3:00 PM ET
The Secret Service has been subpoenaed in the ongoing probe into U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, a move that a former federal prosecutor calls aggressive and significant.
The House select committee leading the investigation is asking the federal agency to turn over reportedly deleted text messages from the days surrounding the attack as well as any relevant action reports. The Secret Service has until Tuesday to produce agents' phone records, that some believe may shed light on President Donald Trump's actions during the riot.
The Secret Service has recently garnered attention after former White House aid Cassidy Hutchinson testified to the Jan. 6 committee. According to Hutchinson, Trump had a heated exchange with his Secret Service detail after demanding to be driven up to the Capitol on the day of the insurrection.
Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for Secret Service, told NPR that his agency plans to "swiftly" respond to the panel's subpoena though it's unclear what records will be retrievable.
The Secret Service insists the Jan. 6 probe has had its "full and unwavering cooperation"
The erased phone data was brought to light earlier this week by Joseph Cuffari, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service. In a letter to Congress, Cuffari accused the Secret Service of erasing relevant text messages after his office requested such records and generally causing confusion and delays to his office's investigation.
Guglielmi has repeatedly denied that the agency "maliciously" deleted text messages and disputed claims that his agency has been uncooperative.
"The January 6th Select Committee has had our full and unwavering cooperation since its inception in March of 2021 and that does not change," Guglielmi said in a statement to NPR.
According to Guglielmi, some of the department's phone data were lost due to a "pre-planned, three-month system migration" that required agents to reset their mobile phones at the beginning of 2021.
He said that while some text messages were lost by the time of Congress' inquiry, the Secret Service was able to turn over phone data from 20 agents including former Uniform Division Chief Tom Sullivan who had received a text message from the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police on Jan. 6, 2021, requesting emergency assistance.
Guglielmi added that over the last 18 months, the Secret Service has provided dozens of hours of formal testimony from special agents as well as over 790,000 unredacted emails, radio transmissions, and operational and planning records.
What might happen if the Secret Service doesn't comply
If the Secret Service is unable to turn over the deleted messages, the next major question will be if that's intentional, according to Ankush Khardori, a former federal prosecutor.
"There's a big factual difference between the inadvertent loss of communications and a deliberate effort to delete these communications," Khardori told NPR. "Really what you would want to know is what are the Secret Service's record keeping rules, regulations and protocols, did anyone run afoul of them and in the worst case scenario, did someone make a deliberate effort to destroy these communications."
To get to the bottom of what happened, he said Congress may launch an investigation into the Secret Service's record keeping system or call for members of the Secret Service to testify.
Khardori said it's too soon to tell but the Jan. 6 committee's probe into an agency of the executive branch is significant.
"It's not that unusual for Congress to seek information from the executive branch, including through subpoenas, but this is different because it's more public, more assertive, more aggressive and it suggests concern among at least some members of the committee that the Secret Service hasn't been forthright with their answers," he said.
The next Jan. 6 committee hearing is scheduled at 8 p.m. ET Thursday, with a specific focus on Trump's failure to act to stop the insurrection.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-07-16T20:20:33+00:00 | nprillinois.org | https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-07-16/what-the-subpoena-for-the-secret-services-erased-texts-means-for-the-jan-6-probe |
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) – Just three weeks after a cougar attacked and killed a Chihuahua that was leashed and going for a walk in the Hollywood Hills, another Chihuahua was injured in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The attack occurred around 11:55 p.m. Friday.
Ring video provided by Jeff Kelly shows the cougar, which had a tracking collar, walking in front of his home just as his neighbor was leaving to walk his dog.
Moments later, the Chihuahua named “Taz” can be heard yelping. The owner picks up his dog and runs back into his home.
Shortly afterward, the owner went outside to scare the big cat away. The video shows Kelly stepping outside to talk with his neighbor.
“It bit up Taz,” the dog’s owner tells Kelly. “We’re going to take him to the vet right now.”
The video shows the mountain lion continued to roam the neighborhood even after the attack.
A GoFundMe started by a friend indicates Taz “received some pretty deep bite marks and scratches that required stitches and medical attention.”
Authorities believe the mountain lion in the previous dog attack in November was P-22, the famous tracked and collared cougar which was first identified in 2012.
The attacks on dogs in Los Angeles come as another mountain lion attacked a border collie inside its home in Santa Rosa, California, last week, according to KRON.
Video from that attack shows the mountain lion after it had dragged the 12-year-old dog outside through an open sliding door. A neighbor was able to scare it away from the dog by firing a shot into the air, but the big cat remained outside the house and continued staring through the glass door for several hours. It later killed two goats before it was euthanized by state wildlife biologists over the weekend.
Mountain lions’ primary source of food in California is deer.
“The deer are dwindling, and these kinds of things are going to happen more often. I’m 49, and when I was in high school, there were no sightings. The (cougar) population was not as big as it is now,” neighbor Ron Crane said.
California is not the only state to see mountain lions in urban areas. One seen wandering around a northwest Las Vegas neighborhood was euthanized after being “safely captured” early Wednesday morning, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
Wildlife officials advise people not to run if they see a mountain lion because it can trigger an instinct in the animal to chase. Instead, it’s advised you raise your hands over your head, act big, and back away slowly. | 2022-12-08T20:37:33+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/mountain-lion-attacks-another-leashed-chihuahua-in-los-angeles/ |
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Cuban counterpart pledged mutual support over their fellow communist states’ “core interests” Friday at a meeting further hailing a return to face-to-face diplomacy by Beijing.
In comments to Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Xi said China hoped to “strengthen coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs” with Cuba. The two will “go hand in hand down the road of building socialism with each's own characteristics," Xi was quoted as saying in a Chinese government news release.
China generally defines core interests as the defense of its economic and political development aims, along with control over territory it claims, especially self-governing Taiwan.
No specific issues or other countries were mentioned in the Chinese government news release.
Diaz-Canel's visit is a further sign of how China is trying to jump-start its in-person diplomacy after a virtual shutdown of such exchanges during the pandemic.
Xi, who is also the leader of the ruling Communist Party and has eliminated term limits to allow him to remain in power indefinitely, met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz earlier this month in Beijing, then attended the meeting of the Group of 20 leading economies in Indonesia and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Thailand.
Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh and European Council President Charles Michel are due to travel to Beijing next week.
Diaz-Canel arrived in China after a visit to Moscow, where he and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the “traditional friendship” between their sanctions-hit nations.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, China and Cuba grew closer, just as China and Russia gradually established warmer ties, largely in opposition to the U.S.-led liberal democratic global order.
In the Chinese news release, Diaz-Canel was quoted as saying his visit “shows that we attach great importance and attention to the friendly and cooperative relationship between Cuba and China."
Cuba “highly recognizes" Xi's practical and theoretical contributions “and we believe this is a real encouragement to all progressive forces in the world,” he said.
China is Cuba's second-largest trading partner after key oil producer Colombia, and has provided buses, locomotives and other equipment for the island's drive to upgrade its decrepit infrastructure. Chinese firms have also invested in mineral extraction in Cuba but on a limited scale. | 2022-11-25T09:27:51+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/China-s-Xi-pledges-support-for-Cuba-on-core-17609757.php |
The Yankees were more than happy to re-sign Anthony Rizzo over the offseason after the first baseman tied a career-high with 32 home runs in 2022, his first full season of calling Yankee Stadium home.
But pop has alluded the lefty swinger lately. Entering Thursday’s series finale against the Orioles, Rizzo had not hit a home run since May 20. That span includes 34 games and 141 plate appearances.
“I mean, does it get in your head? Obviously, you want to do damage in the box,” Rizzo said after going 0-for-4 in Wednesday’s loss. “When you’re off mechanically, it sucks. You fight for it and it comes back. That feeling comes back in a swing and it’s just keeping it and repeating it.”
“It’s frustrating, but this is part of it and you got to just keep working.”
For a second, it looked as if Rizzo had ended his drought on Wednesday, as he lofted a ball to right field during the eighth inning. But the fly fell short, and he remained stuck on 11 home runs for the season.
Rizzo hasn’t been able to work around his lack of power much, either, as he slashed .198/.312/.240 with five doubles and 10 RBI over that 34-game sample.
That stretch included a few days of rest for Rizzo after he sustained a stiff neck against the Padres on May 28. A freak collision with Fernando Tatis Jr. on a pickoff play banged Rizzo up, and he didn’t return to action until June 2.
Aaron Boone said Wednesday that Rizzo was “definitely a little bit off” after the injury, but the veteran said that’s behind him now.
“I don’t think there’s any residual,” Rizzo said. “I’m just not hitting to my standard, and it’s frustrating, personally, but this is part of being a baseball player. When things are tough, it shows your character.”
While Rizzo hasn’t gone deep in a while, Boone felt the slugger had started to gain some traction over the last 10 days so. Prior to Thursday, Rizzo had hit .250/.431/.318 over his last 14 games.
Still, the manager acknowledged that the Yankees need Rizzo to put the ball over the wall.
“We got to get him there,” Boone said. “Obviously, he’s a huge presence in our lineup. And while I do feel like he’s built a little bit of momentum, we got to get him to that wrecking ball he can be in the middle.”
ANTI-GRAVITY JUDGE
On Thursday, Boone said that Aaron Judge added some hitting off overhand tosses on Wednesday. Judge had already been using the tee and soft-tossing.
He’s also run on an AlterG, an anti-gravity treadmill, as he recovers from a torn ligament in his right big toe.
Banged-up Bauers
Boone also said that Jake Bauers hurt his shoulder while diving for a ball during Wednesday’s game. The outfielder was scheduled to undergo an MRI on Thursday.
THE LATEST ON PETE STENDEL
Things got scary during Wednesday’s game when an errant Orioles throw hit YES Network cameraman Pete Stendel in the head. A first aid team had to carry Stendel off on a stretcher and golf cart, but he was able to signal a peace sign to the Yankee Stadium crowd as he left the field.
On Thursday, YES announced that Stendel is home resting after sustaining an orbital fracture. “He and his family appreciate everyone’s support,” the network said.
Boone, meanwhile, spoke to Stendel on the phone Thursday after previously meeting the cameraman. The manager added that witnessing Stendel’s injury in real time “freaked me out a little bit,” but Boone said their chat was encouraging.
“He sounded really good and in good spirits,” Boone said. “Hopefully he’s on the road to recovery now. But I’m glad that he’s able to be at home resting.”
MEET THE NEW LEFTY
The Yankees claimed left-hander Anthony Misiewicz off waivers from the Detroit Tigers and assigned him to Triple-A on Thursday.
The 28-year-old posted an 8.64 ERA over 8.1 innings for the Tigers and Diamondbacks this season. He’s totaled 127 major league games over four seasons while also pitching for the Mariners and Royals.
Misiewicz, a Michigan State product, owns a 4.74 ERA for his career.
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The Census Bureau sits at the same uncomfortable nexus as a lot of data- or science-based government agencies: committed to collecting data on the country’s population with as much accuracy as it can, but subject to the vagaries of the political leaders who control its leadership and budget.
But there was another likely political decision made by administration officials that attracted far less attention, despite how it affected the quality of the 2020 count. For years, the bureau had explored streamlining its collection of data on race, eliminating the division between race (White, Black, Asian) and ethnicity (Hispanic or not) that’s been the standard for decades. But a recommendation that the 2020 census include revamped questions was ultimately ignored.
On Thursday, the Biden administration announced that, several years too late for the 2020 count, it would support the new question on race. That announcement re-raises an old question: Why did Trump’s team ignore it in the first place?
The question of how the government records race is more fundamental to American politics than it may seem. As I was researching my recent book — which looks, among other things, at how generational change overlaps with demographic change — that importance became immediately clear. By limiting the racial categories it asks about, the bureau necessarily limits the extent to which it can measure racial composition. That has ramifications both for policy and politics.
The years of research on a new question about race determined both that eliminating the Hispanic/ethnicity divide and including a category for people of Middle Eastern or North African heritage would provide better information about the country’s population. There was a plan established for what the new question would look like, one that had been tested by bureau researchers. Ultimately, though, such a decision rests not with the Census Bureau but with the Office of Management and Budget, which controls government data collection. And OMB is an arm of the White House.
According to people I spoke with as I was exploring why the question wasn’t implemented, the buck-stops-here point for its inclusion was the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. At the time, it was run by Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee. Many of these decisions are obscured through layers of bureaucracy, but we get some sense of how Rao feels about collection of racial data in her 2017 rejection of a rule drafted under the Obama administration which would have had companies collect data on income by race and gender. When Rao was later nominated by Trump to replace Brett M. Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, her opposition to affirmative action drew scrutiny from Democrats.
Why would Trump’s team oppose this seemingly clarifying question, though? What change would it bring about that it found unhelpful? Some of those I spoke with suggested that a concern was an increased erosion of the number of White Americans. After all, if you give people the option to choose “Latino” or “Hispanic” instead of “White” with Hispanic ethnicity, those numbers necessarily fall (though by now most references to “White” in federal data include the implied or explicit qualifier “non-Hispanic White”). If you also segment out Middle Eastern and North African people — as both the Trump-era rule and the new Biden recommendation would — you’re removing another group from that overarching “White” category.
The extent to which a decline in the number of “White” Americans is important is certainly subjective, but unquestionably one that overlaps with politics. Importantly, research shows that the group most alarmed at the idea of a declining White majority is White Republicans. So what the bureau ended up doing instead was refining how it recorded people’s submitted data on race, leading to a surge in the number of Americans who identified as “White and some other race.”
At the time the decision was being made, there was revealing outside pressure on the subject. Writing for the Wall Street Journal in March 2017, conservative writer Mike Gonzalez argued that adding Middle Eastern to the racial categories would “create yet another interest group,” while adding Hispanic would “make it harder for Americans who originate in Latin America to identify themselves as black, white or some other race.” It’s certainly fair that some people don’t fit neatly into either a “Black” or “Hispanic” category, for example — like some immigrants from the Dominican Republic, for example — but there are of course already millions of Americans who might struggle to pick one single racial identity from a list.
Gonzalez distilled his broader objection a bit later in the essay.
“Strong group identification is the lifeblood of the ‘progressive’ project,” he wrote — “which is why today’s U.S. immigrants and their descendants must not be allowed to embrace a simply American identity, as did previous generations of newcomers to these shores.”
Again, the Trump administration’s rationale for nixing the revised question was never made public; those I spoke with could only guess at the influences and reasoning. But it’s hard to assume that politics didn’t play any role, given the outside narrative, the internal leadership and the president’s own position. And, of course, the fight over the citizenship question.
The new question may still not make it to the census, of course. The Biden administration’s announcement simply sets it on the official path toward implementation. And if we’ve learned anything in recent years, it’s that politics can always find a way to intervene. | 2023-01-26T21:45:21+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/26/trump-biden-census-race/ |
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — International pressure is growing on Rwanda as France is the latest party to openly accuse the country of supporting armed rebels in neighboring eastern Congo — with possible repercussions for foreign aid that Kigali has long enjoyed.
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For months, the renewed attacks by the M23 rebels have angered Congo’s government and led to talk of war in eastern Congo, a volatile region rich in minerals critical to much of the world's technology. A report by United Nations experts earlier this year said they had “solid evidence” that Rwanda’s armed forces were backing the rebels, and the United States has openly asked Rwanda to stop it.
Now France has joined the criticism of Rwanda. On Tuesday, its foreign affairs ministry in a statement condemned “Rwanda’s support for M23,” and its junior minister in charge of development during a visit to Congo warned that the M23 “must stop the fighting” and withdraw. The junior minister, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, is in charge of implementing aid policies, including toward Rwanda.
Rwanda’s government has not responded publicly to the comments of France, which could affect recent efforts by the countries to repair ties. A government spokesman on Wednesday told The Associated Press it was too early to comment.
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Longtime President Paul Kagame last week on the sidelines of the U.S.-Africa summit denied that Rwanda had created the trouble in eastern Congo and called it “Congo’s problem.”
But concerns are growing that international partners could back their warnings with cuts in aid to Rwanda, which has long benefited from outside support in health, defense and other areas. Belgium, a former colonizer of Rwanda, also asked the country to stop supporting the M23 rebels earlier this month.
The public pressure on Rwanda over its alleged support of the M23 is notable. Human rights watchdogs and others have long accused Rwanda of using the international community’s guilt over its delayed response to the country’s horrific 1994 genocide to dampen criticism of its actions including the stifling of opposition at home and abroad.
The genocide killed more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and moderate Hutu who tried to protect them, and it remains a deeply sensitive subject. Rwanda’s president and his government in recent weeks have expressed concern for the ethnic Tutsi in eastern Congo who are affected by the current violence.
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The M23 is largely made up of Congolese Tutsi. It has denied having the backing of Rwanda's armed forces.
Rwanda in turn has accused Congo of backing another armed group in eastern Congo, the FDLR, a Hutu group opposed to Tutsi influence. Congo has denied it. Efforts at peace talks have yielded little as both sides accuse the other of breaking a fragile cease-fire agreed to last month in Angola.
Relations between Rwanda and Congo have been fraught for decades. Rwanda alleges that Congo gave refuge to the Hutus who carried out the genocide. In the late 1990s, Rwanda twice sent its forces deep into Congo, joining forces with Congolese rebel leader Laurent Kabila to depose the country’s longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. The Rwandan forces in Congo were widely accused of hunting down and killing ethnic Hutu, even civilians.
One example of the significant aid that Rwanda continues to receive from partners is 20 million euros from the European Union, announced this month, to support its defense forces’ deployment against extremists in northern Mozambique.
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Rwanda is considered to have one of the strongest militaries in Africa and is the third largest troop contributor to U.N. peacekeeping missions, according to the latest U.N. data in October.
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WELLINGTON, Fla., June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Late yesterday, following two consecutive late nights of 11 hours of hearings, the Equestrian Preserve Committee ("EPC") twice voted unanimously against Mark Bellissimo's two unpopular real estate development projects that seek to convert 600 acres of protected land in the Village's Equestrian Preserve into high-density condominiums, a golf and tennis recreational complex, and other commercial and retail space, a project that local residents vehemently oppose. I am pleased the EPC, after hearing from passionate community members this week, agreed with our position that Mr. Bellissimo's proposed development is incompatible with Wellington's mandate to protect the unique horse-oriented landscape and lifestyle of the Preserve. If approved, the project would destroy the community's rich character and vibrancy with increased traffic and unsuitable, excessive development.
-Marc E. Kasowitz
Counsel for the Coalition to Protect the Equestrian Preserve
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SOURCE Coalition to Protect the Equestrian Preserve | 2023-06-09T18:50:50+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/prnewswire/2023/06/09/coalition-protect-equestrian-preserves-statement-equestrian-preserve-committees-unanimous-rejection-controversial-wellington-development/ |
New Orleans-based nonprofit offers high school students a unique alternative to the typical internship program, allowing students to build a house during the school year while developing the soft skills necessary for entering the workforce.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, unCommon Construction (uCC) announced that it is expanding its footprint into Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 2015, the New Orleans-based nonprofit demonstrates that learning happens everywhere by offering an alternative to typical education programs. unCommon Construction uses an apprenticeship and construction build process to empower youth with the skills, network, resources, and experience to lead the workforce after high school or college.
Since 2020, uCC has partnered with Stand Together Foundation (STF), a national philanthropic organization that partners with social entrepreneurs who empower people to transform their lives and communities. uCC received $150,000 from STF to bring its unique learning approach to more students in Minneapolis.
Traditional education takes a standardized, one-size-fits-all approach that has deemphasized individualized learning, student choice and the trades, while also overemphasizing pathways to four-year degrees. uCC is reimagining student learning and their abilities to discover their own pathway to post-secondary and career success. By incorporating technical and soft skills and the instilling of personal responsibility through work-based learning, uCC challenges the current approach to traditional and top-down K-12 education that leaves students unprepared, unequipped, and unexposed to viable and fulfilling career options after high school.
uCC equips high-school students with hands-on, real-world work experience in the construction field. Through uCC's paid apprenticeships, students build homes, while acquiring and applying soft skills, math, science, and engineering skills. Students experience the discipline of showing up on time, working on a team, and delivering high-quality work on a construction site. Through more than 100 hours each semester, apprentices develop career awareness and exposure to an alternative career path, technical and soft skills, and leadership abilities through a work-based learning experience in a real-world classroom.
In addition to school credit, students earn hourly wages and an "Equity Award" scholarship that is awarded to them without restriction on how the funds are to be spent. These scholarships are funded through sales of the homes that students build. Graduates who achieve at least 75% attendance earn this award and are encouraged to set their own post-graduation goals and utilize the funds to achieve those goals. In this way, uCC's leadership prioritizes their students' choice and demonstrates a belief in people being the best suited to identify their own career and/or post-secondary education pathways.
The following facts illustrate the success of uCC's model:
- 100% of students who complete a semester with uCC graduate from high school on time and have continued their education or landed a job within three months.
- More than 80% of participating apprentices live in low- to moderate-income tract zones or receive free and reduced lunch at school.
- Approximately 40% of participating apprentices identified as female or non-gender conforming and 80% identified as people of color, and 80% of graduates report that they are industry-bound after high school - representing a younger and more diverse workforce in the construction industry
- A typical apprentice's earning potential per semester is $1,000 in pay and $500 in Equity Awards, and approximately 50% of graduates open their first bank account with the money they earned throughout the program.
"When we started building this organization in 2014, we thought there might be a chance our model could be applied beyond New Orleans in locations with similar needs," said Aaron Frumin, Founder and Executive Director of unCommon Construction. "We're thrilled and humbled to begin unCommon's expansion with these first steps in Minneapolis, which is the hometown of our founding Program Manager and a city with whom we share the Mississippi River among so many other things. Over the years, we've received countless inquiries about expansion, and we've questioned and learned a lot about what it could look like to scale unCommon's impact in that way. The support and partnership of Stand Together Foundation have been critical elements in the evolution of our vision for that impact at a larger scale. We're grateful for the way Stand Together Foundation authentically shares that vision and sees the value of unCommon's unique approach to youth and workforce development."
"unCommon Construction's individualized education model proves that empowering young people to learn, including nontraditional pathways, beats a one-size-fits-all approach to education," said Evan Feinberg, Executive Director of Stand Together Foundation. "Young people can and should learn everywhere, and UnCommon Construction offers the communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills needed to flourish in all kinds of work and life beyond high school. We're thrilled to help unCommon bring its innovative program to Minneapolis."
Learn more:
- The Mike Rowe Podcast: People You Should Know – unCommon Construction
- People Magazine: Construction Boss Gives Students Jobs and Builds Houses for No Profit: This 'Changed My Life'
- Stand Together Foundation (VIDEO): An unCommon classroom is building futures and building homes
About uCC: "Building Houses. Framing Character."
unCommon Construction offers a unique alternative to your typical internship for high school students. Its program allows participating students to build a house in a semester, while developing the soft skills necessary for entering the workforce. The internship for high school students not only pays an hourly rate, but a percentage of the proceeds from each sold house is used to award them with an "Equity Award" scholarship for further education and career opportunities. Students learn how to take measurements, read blueprints, and use a variety of tools. They also pick up job-acquisition and retention skills such as communication, responsibility, and critical thinking. Learn more at unCommonConstruction.org.
Stand Together Foundation is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty in America by driving change from within communities. We are building a community of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work from the bottom up, and unite with anyone to do right. Since 2016, we have committed over $120 million and counting to fuel the innovation of nonprofits throughout the country to build stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and realize their full potential. Our goal is to help nonprofit leaders maximize their impact to transform more lives out of poverty. Learn more at StandTogetherFoundation.org.
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Teen arrested in east Las Vegas homicide
Updated June 28, 2022 - 3:24 pm
An 18-year-old was arrested Monday in connection with a fatal shooting last week in east Las Vegas.
Alonzo Brown was booked on one count of murder and two counts of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, according to jail records.
Brown was arrested in the death of Josue Chaparro-Montalvo, 36, who was shot early Thursday near East Tropicana Avenue and Boulder Highway, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department.
Investigators believe Brown and Chaparro-Montalvo were in a fight when Brown opened fire and ran off.
It was unclear Tuesday how Brown was identified as a suspect.
Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur on Twitter. | 2022-06-28T23:50:16+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/teen-arrested-in-east-las-vegas-homicide-2599831/ |
“The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen” by Robert Hofler (Citadel)
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Most people seem to like their screen romances a little on the sad side.
When the American Film Institute listed its top romantic movies, the first four — “Casablanca,” “Gone With the Wind,” “West Side Story” and “Roman Holiday” — ended with romance denied, deferred or dead. At least No. 5, “An Affair to Remember," suggested those in love can live happily ever after.
The sixth movie on AFI's list, “The Way We Were,” released in fall 1973, had its own bittersweet ending. At the box office, though, it was one of the most popular movies of the year. Its title song, powered by star Barbra Streisand, was Billboard's top single of 1974. For Robert Redford, it was the first of a one-two punch with moviegoers that year, the second coming a few months later with a caper classic, “The Sting.”
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Author Robert Hofler's detailed look at the movie's creation, the cleverly titled “The Way They Were,” tells a sweet and sour story behind the cameras. In doing so, he lays out just how difficult it can be to create a movie from whole cloth when several people are allowed access to scissors.
In Hofler's telling of the backstory, supported by excellent research and analysis, the script was the main problem. Playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents had drawn from his own life in creating a love story between a Jewish political radical and an apolitical WASP. Both want to be writers; she tries but fails while success comes all too easily to him. They end up in Hollywood, where the anticommunist blacklist helps ruin their marriage by highlighting what separates them rather than what unites them.
Or something like that. Key elements of Laurents' story, which he turned into a novel before the film's release, changed many times before, during and after principal filming. Writer after writer was called in to raise the profile of Redford's character, make Streisand's more appealing, and tone down the political elements. Many people, including the stars, expressed varying opinions on what worked and what didn't.
The script was so unsettled — producer Ray Stark and director Sydney Pollack were at odds over what story they were telling and how to tell it — that expensive scenes were shot and not used, the shooting schedule went long, and nerves were frayed all around. Its first public screening led to Pollack cutting 10 minutes from the film that he thought bored the audience, including political stuff that screenwriter Laurents treasured and scenes Streisand thought were among her best.
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Then the miracle happened. Audiences loved the movie, particularly women, some of whom were sobbing at the end. Made for about $5 million, it brought in 10 times that at the box office, generated a hit single, and made everyone look good. In Hollywood, that's a happy ending.
Hofler might lose some readers as he leads them through a forest of details, especially in the many pages devoted to Laurents, fascinating character he may be. But for those who like to know how the cinematic sausage is made, it's a rich, gossipy tale of the dream factory in full throttle.
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Douglass K. Daniel is the author of “Anne Bancroft: A Life” (University Press of Kentucky) | 2023-01-30T17:09:59+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/article/review-making-of-the-way-we-were-is-a-rich-17751335.php |
Athlete of the Week - Beau Wiersma, Kingsland Knights Football
Spring Valley, Minn. (KTTC) – 339 rushing yards.
It’s a number that just hits you and its how many yards Kingsland’s Beau Wiersma ran for in a week 3 win against Southland.
“I was thinking I had two hundred at least. Then when coach told me I was like in shock,” Beau Wiersma said.
Even more shocking he did it on just 15 carries, a whopping 22.6 yards per attempt.
“All the good blocks from the o-line. I mean everyone’s doing their job, everyone’s doing everything that they need to be,” Wiersma said.
Wiersma’s quick to thank the team, but His coach Matt Kolling always knew this was coming.
“He’s a freak in the weight room, he’s a freak on the field. He’s here early he’s practicing, he’s warming up he’s doing all the footwork drills and he’s going above and beyond what we’re asking of him,” Matt Kolling, Kingsland Head Football Coach said.
It’s cliché, but its exactly what happens when hard work meets talent.
“He’s got a high football IQ, he knows the game, he knows what the defense is trying to do and that part of his game has really improved over the years,” Kolling said.
Now his play is leading to college interest, North Dakota State and South Dakota State to name a couple.
“I been playing football since I was ten years old so, playing with these guys on the field every single fall it feels great and I just am excited to see where my future’s heading,” Wiersma said.
With the rest of this season and another year left its just about continuing to grind.
“He’s worked on his speed, he’s worked on his strength he’s put on twenty pounds of muscle this year,” Kolling said.
So he can reach new heights.
“My goal for this year is to rush 1,000 yards and kind of building better bonds with the team, being a great leader for all those young guys. JV, junior high those fifth and sixth grade football players that look up to us on varsity and just kind of being a good leader for them and showing them that when you put in that extra work you’ll get the results that you want,” Wiersma said.
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Stock market today: Asian shares gain after the Federal Reserve raises interest rates
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were higher Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to their highest level in more than two decades, just as Wall Street expected.
Regional attention has focused on whether Japan’s central bank might alter its longstanding ultra-lax monetary policy at a policy meeting that ends on Friday.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.4% to 32806.18 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong jumped 1.3% to 19,613.18.
The Shanghai Composite index was up 0.8% at 3,237,13. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.8% to 7,460.60. South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.5% to 2,603.08.
Bangkok’s SET was down 0.1% and Taiwan’s benchmark gained 0.4%.
Stocks on Wall Street held steady Wednesday.
The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% to 4,566.75, remaining near a 15-month high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% to 35,520.12, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1%, to 14,127.29.
The bond market moved more sharply, and Treasury yields fell after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said no decision had been made about whether to raise rates at its next meeting or beyond. That may have bolstered hopes among traders that Wednesday’s hike could be the last for a long time.
Microsoft weighed on the market after falling 3.8% despite reporting better profit and revenue for the spring than expected.
Helping to limit the market’s losses was Alphabet, which rose 5.6%. The parent company of Google and YouTube reported better profit and revenue for the spring than analysts expected.
What Big Tech titans do matters more for Wall Street than other stocks because they have become so influential due to their massive size. Seven stocks alone accounted for most of the S&P 500’s returns through the first half of this year, largely on expectations that their explosive growth will continue. They’ll need to deliver big profits to justify those gains.
Meta Platforms, another member of the “Magnificent Seven” that’s overshadowed the rest of the market also reported its results after trading closed for the day. The stock has soared 148% so far this year, while Alphabet and Microsoft are both up more than 40%.
Boeing, meanwhile, helped prop up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has less of an emphasis on Big Tech than the S&P 500. The aircraft maker reported a smaller loss for the spring than analysts expected, and revenue topped expectations. Boeing’s stock rose 8.7%.
In the bond market, the highlight was the Fed’s move to raise its federal funds rate to a range of 5.25% to 5.50% in hopes of wrestling down high inflation. That’s its highest level since 2001 and up from virtually zero early last year.
Rate increases work to lower inflation by grinding down on the entire economy, raising the risk of a recession and hurting prices for investments. Ending them would encourage more borrowing and investment.
The economy has so far defied predictions for a recession, largely because of a remarkably solid job market that has allowed U.S. households to keep spending. That has hopes rising that the Federal Reserve can pull off a “soft landing” for the economy where high inflation falls back to its target without a painful recession.
The Fed’s Powell said Wednesday that rates will likely need to stay high for a while to drive inflation lower, but he was noncommittal about the possibility of more increases. The Fed’s next opportunity to raise rates will arrive at its meeting in September, and Powell said policy makers want to see more data about where inflation and the job market are heading before then.
“It’s really dependent so much on the data, and we just don’t have it yet,” Powell said.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 3.86% from 3.89% late Tuesday. It helps set rates for mortgages and other important loans.
In other trading Thursday, U.S. benchmark crude oil gained 92 cents to $79.70 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It fell 85 cents to $79.78 on Wednesday.
Brent crude, the international standard, added 82 cents to $83.38 per barrel.
The dollar fell to 139.80 Japanese yen from 140.25 yen. The euro rose to $1.1105 from $1.1087.
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AP Business Writer Stan Choe contributed.
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Happy Birthday
In loving memory of,
WILDA MAE STURRUP
05/19/1932 - 05/24/2004
We love and miss you everyday. You are always in our Hearts.
Love, The Richburg, Sturrup, Edgecombe and Lowe families.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Native American dancers who were the target of a suburban Phoenix gallery owner’s racist rant as they were being filmed for Super Bowl week are pushing for hate crime charges.
Gilbert Ortega Jr., the owner of Gilbert Ortega Native American Galleries, has been charged with three misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct regarding the incident, Scottsdale police said.
Cody Blackbird, a dancer and flutist who filmed the man’s tirade, said his group doesn’t feel safe, and that the confrontation has ruined what should have been a celebratory week.
“Us performers are now going in different entrances and parking in different places. This man is known,” Blackbird said. “There’s a 10-year-old girl who was there. She’s forever imprinted with ‘This is what happened when the Super Bowl came to town.’”
The group is seeking the involvement of the FBI, U.S. Justice Department and Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
The confrontation happened Tuesday afternoon in Old Town Scottsdale, which has been seeing a high volume of visitors in town for the big game and the Phoenix Open. Ten dancers were performing in front of the Native Art Market on Main Street. ESPN was filming the group in the store and then had them pose outside by a Super Bowl sign.
That’s when Ortega started yelling at them, Blackbird said. In the video, Ortega can be seen mocking them and yelling “you (expletive) Indians” at one point.
His shop was closed Friday, and a listed number appears to not be in service. There was no immediate response to messages from The Associated Press left at multiple phone numbers and personal email addresses listed for him seeking comment.
In Arizona, there is no law specific to a hate crime itself. It can be used as an aggravating circumstance in the commission of a crime where the motive was bias against a victim’s race, religion, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
Disorderly conduct does not qualify for a hate crime designation under the FBI’s definition, according to Scottsdale authorities. The FBI website describes a hate crime as “often a violent crime, such as assault, murder, arson, vandalism, or threats to commit such crimes.”
Blackbird, who is of Eastern Band Cherokee and Dakota descent, said some Navajo performers heard Ortega make threats in their language that had violent and sexual innuendos. He also alleges Ortega charged at them and had to be physically restrained. He said he doesn’t see why it’s not being treated as a hate crime.
“That’s what it’s seeming like, which really creates some horrible precedents, dangerous precedents,” said Blackbird, who has retained an attorney.
Meanwhile, the video has gained traction on social media and brought unwanted attention to Scottsdale. Mayor David Ortega, who is not related to the gallery owner, called his behavior “reprehensible and inexcusable.”
“The behavior exhibited by this individual saddens and disgusts the people of our community,” David Ortega said in a statement.
The business is associated with a larger group of stores known for selling Native American items in the Southwest. But Ortega’s on the Plaza, located in New Mexico, said Gilbert Ortega Jr. is a distant relative and the Santa Fe store is not affiliated with him.
“The family and employees of Ortega’s on the Plaza in Santa Fe condemn racism and discrimination in all forms,” Janelle Ortega said in a statement Thursday. “Furthermore, we consider it a great honor to carry and showcase the work of Indigenous artists and a privilege to support them in other important public and personal endeavors.”
Blackbird said there are growing calls on social media for artists to boycott Gilbert Ortega Jr.’s business. He said racism exists even among people whose business hinges on Indigenous people.
“That’s always been a thing in the Indian trader world,” Blackbird said. “They don’t care about the people that are making the items they’re selling and redesigning.” | 2023-02-11T04:52:17+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-native-dancers-want-arizona-gallery-owner-held-on-hate-crime/ |
ANN ARBOR, MI - Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith did not have a valid concealed pistol license for his firearm when Ann Arbor police stopped him for speeding in October, according to a press release.
He also did not have his driver’s license on him.
An Ann Arbor police officer stopped Smith for speeding at 9:35 am. on Oct. 7, according to Lt. Bonnie Theil of the Ann Arbor Police Department. He was going at least five mph over the speed limit in a 35 mph zone, according to court records.
Smith was the driver and sole occupant of the car, police said.
Read more: Michigan DT Mazi Smith charged with carrying a concealed weapon
Ann Arbor police said Smith was released with a felony weapon charge pending review by the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office. County prosecutor Eli Savit confirmed that his office did not immediately authorize charges since Smith was not lodged in jail. If Smith had been jailed, Savit would have been legally required to charge him sooner.
Read more: Prosecutor explains why it took seven weeks to issue charges against Michigan DT Mazi Smith
The felony weapons charge was authorized by the prosecutor on Wednesday, Nov. 30, according to 15th District Court records. Smith was arraigned the same day. If convicted, Smith faces a punishment of up to five years in prison and a $2,500 fine.
Smith was in the process of getting his concealed carry permit when he was pulled over, said his attorney John Shea in the Dec. 1 arraignment. Magistrate Elisha Fink said Smith can travel with the team to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday on a personal recognizance bond.
Smith will appear in for a probable cause hearing in district court at 9 a.m., Dec. 8, Fink said in the arraignment.
University of Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel said in a statement that Smith was “honest, forthcoming and cooperative” on the incident from the “very beginning” and is not suspended from the team at this time.
“He is not and never has been considered a threat to the University or community,” Manuel said in a statement. “Based on the information communicated to us, we will continue to allow the judicial process to play out. Mazi will continue to participate as a member of the team.”
Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh said in a statement that he has “respect for our judicial process and with that respect brings confidence that a fair and just resolution is forthcoming.”
Read more from MLive:
Emoni Bates suspended by Eastern Michigan basketball following arrest on gun charges
Big Ten fines Michigan State $100K for tunnel incidents
7 Michigan State football players charged in aftermath of tunnel incidents | 2022-12-01T22:18:39+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/12/michigan-dt-mazi-smith-lacked-valid-concealed-pistol-license-when-pulled-over-police-say.html |
GERMANTOWN, Wis. — A resident in Germantown, Wisconsin was shocked to discover the body of a woman inside his car Thursday afternoon. Police have since concluded she was the victim of a 'targeted' shooting.
The 911 caller reported seeing a gunshot wound on the woman's body. Germantown police confirmed she died from gunshot wounds and are now investigating.
Police said in a statement it appears the victim was targeted, but that there does not appear to be further risk to the public.
The 911 caller reported the body around 2:18 p.m. Germantown police did not say where the incident happened.
A half dozen agencies responded to the incident, including officials with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF) and the Wisconsin Crime Lab.
Location of Germantown, not where the incident occurred: | 2022-11-04T11:27:24+00:00 | tmj4.com | https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/man-finds-womans-body-in-car-died-in-targeted-shooting-germantown-police-say |
Two children are among the six people who died in a Montana pileup after a Friday evening dust storm caused blackout conditions on Interstate 90, a major route in both Montana and the Western U.S.
Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jay Nelson said investigators so far have found no other factors that contributed to the pileup that also sent eight other injured people to hospitals.
“Everything is indicative of an isolated extreme weather event,” Nelson said of the investigation, calling the crash among the worst he’d seen in 24 years with the state. “What could people do? It really was just panic.”
The pileup was just west of Hardin, with additional ambulances called in from Billings to help. The identities of the dead and conditions of the survivors are not yet being released.
The crash was reported around 4:30 p.m., as 21 vehicles, including six commercial semi-trucks, lost control in the dust storm that was fueled by gusts topping 60 mph (97 kph), authorities said.
Nelson said there was zero visibility for a mile-long stretch during a peak summer traffic hour for those commuting home from work or traveling for outdoor recreation.
It took more than six hours to fully reopen the road.
“We had a lot of debris and complete chaos,” Nelson said.
Gov. Greg Gianforte said on Twitter: “I’m deeply saddened by the news of a mass casualty crash near Hardin. Please join me in prayer to lift up the victims and their loved ones. We’re grateful to our first responders for their service.”
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said in a statement that the Montana Highway Patrol, which he oversees, was investigating. “We will release more information as it becomes available and is appropriate out of respect of the lives lost and their loved ones.
A video from The Billings Gazette showed hundreds of tractor-trailers, campers and cars backed up for miles along the two eastbound lanes of the interstate.
Before the pileup, storms popped up in central southern Montana between 1 and 2 p.m. and slowly began moving east, said Nick Vertz, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Billings.
Those storms prompted a severe thunderstorm watch that covered Hardin and other parts of Montana from mid-afternoon until 9 p.m. Friday. Meteorologists forecasted the potential for isolated hail the size of a quarter, scattered gusts up to 75 mph (121 kph) and frequent lightning.
A so-called outflow — or a surge of wind that’s produced by storms — flew about 30 miles (48 kilometers) ahead of the storms, Vertz said.
Winds picked up quickly around the time of the crash, according to readings at nearby Big Horn County Airport. A 40 mph gust (64 kph) was recorded about 15 minutes before the crash was reported and in less than an hour another burst of wind hit 64 (103 kph).
The wind easily picked up dust — a product of recent temperatures into the 90s and triple digits over the last week — and reduced visibility to less than 1/4 mile (0.4 kilometers).
“If they looked up in the sky while they’re in Hardin, they probably didn’t see much of what you’d think of for a thunderstorm cloud, maybe not even much at all,” Vertz said. “It was just a surge of wind that kind of appeared out of nowhere.” | 2022-07-16T23:43:51+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national/6-people-die-after-storm-causes-montana-highway-pileup/ |
A $5.4 billion deal that Tegna, the owner of 63 stations including WGRZ-TV (Channel 2), had with the hedge fund Standard General fell apart last week after it was stalled by federal regulators for more than a year.
According to reports, Tegna said it will receive shares from Standard General due to the termination fee for the deal, which was valued at $8.6 billion when the assumption of debt was included.
Channel 2 General Manager Mark Manders answered succinctly “no” when asked in an email if the end of the deal would impact the Buffalo station.
The termination of the deal got me thinking about last Sunday’s series finale of HBO’s “Succession.”
I’ll explain why later in this column.
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the “Succession” finale yet, you better stop reading.
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I imagine there are many of you. The finale reportedly drew a season-high live audience of 2.9 million. The program typically gets 9 million viewers an episode when later viewing is added so millions of people planned to watch it later.
The series is believed to be loosely based on the Murdoch family that owns Fox News and Fox entertainment properties. One of Rupert Murdoch’s former wives, Jerry Hall, reportedly was prevented from giving story ideas to “Succession” writers as part of her divorce settlement.
I’ll let others debate what the series was trying to say about all the sharks in corporate America and the view that profit is more important than preserving democracy.
I just look at “Succession” as an unbelievably well-written and acted series.
When I say unbelievable, it has a double meaning. It is impossible to believe that people say as many clever things as these characters did in the dialogue that creator Jesse Armstrong and the other writers gave them over four seasons.
According to one poll, the Season 4 finale was one of the more popular series finales ever with viewers. I enjoyed it as well. Regular viewers knew the series with despicable characters would have a dark ending, just as viewers of the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” knew that series would have a syrupy, uplifting and happy ending for all its characters. (More on the "Lasso" finale at another time.)
Despite my enjoyment of the “Succession” finale that fulfilled the program’s cynical mission, a couple of things troubled the realist in me.
I know as well as anyone that it is only a TV program. But as anyone in the media business or any business knows, information is power and this series repeatedly stressed that point.
That’s why I found it absurd that Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) and her estranged husband Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) were sharing details with each other before the big vote over whether the offer by foreign tech wizard Lukas Mattson (Alexander Skarsgård) to buy the family business was going to be accepted even though at the time the couple was at cross purposes.
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Good heavens, why would they trust each other with any inside information? Why would anyone on this show trust anyone?
Shiv told Tom that she knew she was out as the chief executive officer of Mattson’s new company. Tom told Shiv that he was going to get that role. At the time you might have thought that gave Shiv more reason to vote with her brothers, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin), to scuttle the deal.
Information also became power near the end of the finale when Kendall’s earlier confession – in a moment of weakness in the Season 3 finale – that he killed a waiter at Shiv’s wedding in a car accident was used against him.
He and the waiter were both on drugs in the Season 1 finale. It was an accident in which both men were culpable.
In any event, Shiv and her brother Roman used that information against Kendall before Shiv’s dramatic change of heart to cast the deciding vote to approve Mattson’s deal.
That sent Kendall to the river to appear to contemplate suicide, Roman to a bar and Shiv in the back seat of a limo with Tom, the new CEO, holding hands. Well, sort of holding hands. They were keeping their feelings close to the vest.
I probably would have enjoyed the ending even more if there hadn’t been so much preshow speculation that Mattson would install Tom as the CEO. In the episode, Mattson made sure Tom realized he would be a powerless “front man.”
All the preshow speculation was fun but at the same time it ruined some of the suspense. The out of left field speculation that Tom was going to be the CEO because his last name, Wambsgans, was the same as a 1920s baseball player who pulled off the only unassisted triple play in World Series history was the most amusing.
Shiv’s final betrayal of Kendall also would have been a bigger surprise if the series hadn’t trained viewers over four seasons to expect a twist. Shiv and Roman anointed Kendall as the future king of the company halfway through the 90-minute finale. That raised one’s antenna that another twist had to be coming.
The twist in which Shiv voted for the deal reminded me of the old “Animal House” line by Otter (Tim Matheson) to Flounder (John Belushi): “Flounder, you can’t spend your whole life worrying about your mistakes! You (expletive deleted) up, you trusted us.”
Armstrong didn’t tie up all the details in the series, which happens more often in European movies.
For instance, we never learned whether the far-right candidate for president, Jeryd Mencken (Justin Kirk), withstood a lawsuit over voting irregularities in Wisconsin to actually win the presidency.
And then there is the huge detail over whether federal regulators would approve the deal to sell the Roy family business to a foreigner even if he named an American CEO.
That brings me back to why the failed Tegna-Standard General deal had me thinking of the “Succession” ending. That failed merger suggests that Mattson’s deal with the Roys empire wasn’t a sure thing.
I could see a sequel that would excite “Succession” fans even more than it would excite Kendall and also get him out of his funk.
Wouldn’t it be great if the “Succession” sale fell apart – perhaps by the urging of President Mencken?
In that way, we could see more of the Roys destroying themselves again in a few years as they reclaim the company. | 2023-06-01T17:14:30+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/television/alan-pergament-merger-deal-failure-of-ch-2s-owner-leads-to-thoughts-of-a-future/article_0c19c5e2-0079-11ee-acc2-eff9695057f9.html |
Hyundai this week, at the New York auto show, revealed U.S.-spec details for the redesigned 2024 Kona Electric, along with the Kona Limited and Kona N Line gasoline models.
What was missing from the announcement was the Kona Hybrid, a model that had been emphasized as a growing and important model in the revised Kona’s global rollout.
Hybrid versions of the Kona aren’t part of the plan for the U.S., according to spokesperson Miles Johnson. Kona Electric sales have been comprising about 6% of total Kona sales up until now, according to Johnson, but with the redesigned Kona lineup it plans to raise that percentage significantly.
What may help enable broadened sales of the Kona Electric, despite its lack of eligibility for the revamped EV tax credit, is the availability of a standard-range version offering a preliminary 197 miles of EPA range from 48.6 kwh of capacity—and almost surely a lower price versus the outgoing 64-kwh model’s $34,885 base price. Up the lineup, the Kona Electric has a slight upgrade in the battery pack capacity of its longer-range version—to 64.8 kwh, stretching its preliminary EPA range out to 260 miles.
In the wake of EV tax credit upheaval, that’s a good decision, as it leads with value and might avoid the now-awkward pricing position of the otherwise appealing 2023 Kia Niro EV. Pricing for the Kona Electric hasn’t yet been revealed.
Standard-range Kona Electric versions will make 133 hp, versus the long-range version’s 201 hp, although both will make 188 lb-ft of torque. So expect standard-range models to likely accelerate to 60 mph in closer to eight seconds versus the long-range version’s circa-seven-second time.
The decision not to bring the Kona Hybrid may also have been influenced by its rather slow acceleration in this configuration—about 11 seconds for the 0-62 mph dash, incorporating its 1.6-liter inline-4, 42-hp electric motor, and 6-speed dual-clutch transmission with a 1.56-kwh battery pack.
The Kona Electric doesn’t operate on the 800-volt architecture that’s the foundation for the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6, among other models, although it’s pretty quick with the longer-range pack’s 400 volts, at 10% to 80% charge in 43 minutes, achievable with an increasingly common 150-kw CCS fast-charging connector.
The design of the Kona electric, as seen in person last week at the show, has become sleeker and more distinctive than that of the outgoing model, and it boasts a coefficient of drag of 0.27. As Hyundai has hinted from the start with this generation of the Kona, it developed the electric version from the start—and applied this “EV-led design” to the whole lineup.
As such, it borrows some of the angular creasing and sculpting of the Tucson Hybrid crossover and Elantra Hybrid sedan families, but it’s the first model outside the Ioniq EV lineup to bring in the “Parametric Pixel” lighting—in the form of thin-strip detailing that up close makes this model look more than an inch wider than the outgoing version.
Dimensions are just slightly larger in all aspects, actually. According to Hyundai the Kona is 5.7 inches longer, and it rides on a wheelbase 2.3 inches longer than the previous version.
As before, the Kona Electric doesn’t make any packaging sacrifices in EV form, even though it shares its platform with internal combustion versions. Hyundai says that the front seats are 30% slimmer, while the second row is a “curveless bench seat”—together boosting back-seat space significantly. Cargo space is a generous 25.5 cubic feet with the rear seatbacks up or 63.7 feet with them folded forward, and a power tailgate is now offered. The shift lever has been moved behind the steering wheel to free up console space, and there’s a very small frunk compartment under the hood.
Gasoline versions of the Kona, this time around, include a 190-hp, 1.6-liter turbo-4 with an 8-speed automatic transmission, and a 147-hp, 2.0-liter inline-4 that runs on the Atkinson cycle for greater efficiency. Kona Electric models get a multi-link rear suspension versus the gasoline models’ torsion-beam setup.
With no hybrid on board for the U.S., Hyundai has effectively underscored the stark difference in strategy versus rival Toyota, which is rolling out a sub-$30,000 Corolla Cross Hybrid. This week Toyota also confirmed plans to continue expanding hybrid offerings and add plug-in hybrids with much more electric range.
Hyundai says that gasoline versions of the 2024 Kona will arrive at U.S. dealers this summer, while the Kona Electric will follow this fall. The 2023 Kona Electric was only available in 26 states, although Hyundai is steadily expanding EV availability. And with the standard-range Kona Electric joining the lineup, and pricing not yet announced, here’s to hoping the Kona Electric will be more competitive versus the $28,795 Chevy Bolt EUV.
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Woman fatally stabs boyfriend, tries to stitch him up before calling 911, reports say
HOUSTON, Texas (Gray News) – A woman in Texas is accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death while their two young children were in the home.
Court documents state that 25-year-old Liliana Cervantes stabbed 32-year-old Nathan Freeman with a butcher knife three times on March 20.
According to the Houston Police Department, officers found Freeman dead at the scene with a large stab wound to his chest.
Cervantes reportedly told investigators she tried to stitch up Freeman’s wound before calling 911, KENS reported.
Court documents state Cervantes was highly intoxicated at the time of the stabbing, and KENS reports she admitted to authorities she had been drinking and blacked out.
Cervantes was arrested on April 3 and charged with murder.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-06T17:16:17+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/2023/04/06/woman-fatally-stabs-boyfriend-tries-stitch-him-up-before-calling-911-reports-say/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit his chief rival, Donald Trump, from the right.
“This is a different guy than 2015, 2016,” DeSantis told a conservative radio host before slamming the bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation Trump championed as “basically a jailbreak bill” that allowed dangerous people out of prison.
He also accused Trump of “turning the reins over” to Dr. Anthony Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Trump had “ endorsed and tried to ram” an “amnesty” bill through Congress and vowed that — unlike the former president — he would finish building the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
In Iowa on Saturday, he hit back at Trump for saying he didn’t like the term “woke” because people have a hard time defining it. “Woke is an existential threat to our society,” DeSantis said. “To say it’s not a big deal, that just shows you don’t understand what a lot of these issues are right now.”
Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly attacked DeSantis from the left. He has suggested that even anti-abortion activists consider Florida’s new six-week abortion ban “too harsh” and argued that DeSantis has made himself unelectable on a national level with his votes as a congressman to cut Social Security and Medicare — even though Trump’s proposed budgets also repeatedly called for major entitlement cuts.
The attacks underscore the underlying early dynamic of the race: As DeSantis tries to win over GOP primary voters and chip away at Trump’s commanding early lead, Trump is already pivoting to a general election matchup against President Joe Biden. In the meantime, Trump has been pushing back against DeSantis’ argument that the Florida governor, not the former president, is the more viable general election candidate.
“Don’t forget, we have to win elections,” Trump stressed during a Fox News Channel town hall on Thursday as he discussed abortion politics.
To be clear, Trump has also leaned in on other right-wing causes. This week, he revived his pledge to end birthright citizenship, saying he would sign an executive order on the first day of his second term to change the long-settled interpretation of the 14th Amendment. He also renewed his pledge to use the U.S. military to attack foreign drug cartels and has pushed the death penalty for drug dealers.
But DeSantis’ efforts to out-Trump Trump have raised eyebrows among some observers who question his tactics.
“I do not think it’s a smart strategy,” said Sarah Longwell, an anti-Trump Republican political strategist whose firm has been leading weekly focus groups with GOP voters where DeSantis’ appeal has been fading.
Longwell said she had expected DeSantis to tailor his pitch to the slice of the Republican electorate that wants to move on from Trump.
“You can’t out-MAGA Trump,” she said, referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” political movement. DeSantis, she argued, should be working to “consolidate the ‘Move on from Trump’-ers and move into the ‘Maybe Trump’-ers, and instead he’s tried to wrestle Trump for the ‘Always Trump’-ers.”
DeSantis allies argue the governor has been responding to what they see as Trump’s attacks from the left and highlighting his stances on issues they believe will resonate with Republican primary voters, particularly abortion and DeSantis’ PR war with Disney.
An official from Never Back Down, a pro-DeSantis super PAC handling much of his political operation, said DeSantis’ strategy is being informed by what the group’s canvassers have been picking up from voters in recent weeks. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss messaging strategy, said voters have voiced confusion about Trump’s attacks and have responded especially well to portrayals of DeSantis as a fighter who refuses to back down.
The group ran a digital ad this week highlighting Trump’s comment on abortion that was geotargeted to areas Trump was visiting in Iowa. It is also exploring messaging that will accuse Trump of being too cozy with major corporations during his time in the White House.
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung slammed DeSantis’ insinuations and accused him of ripping off Trump’s ideas.
“Ron DeSantis has tried to steal every single one of President Trump’s Agenda47 policy platforms. He is a fraudster and masquerading as someone who knows what he’s talking about,” he said.
DeSantis, in his early campaign stops, has also tried to paint himself as a disciplined executive who will make good on his promises, implying Trump had not.
“When I tell you I’m going to do something, I don’t just say that because I think that may be what you want to hear, then get into office and forget all the promises I made,” he said in Lexington, South Carolina.
Longwell said her research had consistently found that on-the-fence voters are willing to put aside concerns about Trump’s temperament because they feel he was so effective in office, raising questions about DeSantis’ strategy.
“They don’t like his mouth, they don’t like his tweets, they don’t like his character. But they like what he did as president,” she said.
Trump, meanwhile, has made clear he is looking toward next year’s general election.
In Grimes, Iowa, on Thursday, Trump received a pointed question from a woman who claimed that “we have lost people because you supported the jab,” a reference to conspiracies about mRNA vaccines, which have been credited with saving millions of lives.
While Trump did not dismiss her suggestion — and stressed that he was never in favor of mandates — he explained that “there’s a big portion of the country that thinks that was a great thing, you understand that. Not a lot of the people in this room, but there is a big portion.”
During the Fox News town hall later that day, Trump said “only stupid people” could suggest they had done more than him on abortion given that he picked some of the conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. But he also continued to criticize conservative Republican midterm candidates who did not support exceptions, including when the life of the mother is at risk, a position in line with the majority of voters.
A recent memo to donors from Trump super PAC pollster Tony Fabrizio, first reported by Axios, made the case that DeSantis is vulnerable among swing state voters in a general election on issues including cuts to Social Security and Medicare, book bans in schools, Florida’s ban on abortions at six weeks — before most women know they are pregnant — and his fight with Disney.
Voters, meanwhile, have mixed views about the escalating feud.
Heidi Lillibridge, a 51-year-old farmer and Republican activist from Vinton, Iowa, worries that Democrats will benefit from the two leading GOP candidates criticizing each other. She is particularly frustrated by DeSantis’ early attacks.
“Criticizing President Trump’s conservative credentials, when we all know how he acted as president and what he got accomplished, I don’t really know why he would do that,” she said.
Darcy Cowart, who saw DeSantis speak outside a bar and restaurant in Bluffton, South Carolina, said that while she had previously backed Trump, she was glad to see a large field with other options.
“He’s not going to change, and he just has this bully mentality. He just won’t give in on it,” she said. “I know he fights for us, and I know that he does some good things, but at the same time, it’s like having this obnoxious relative that’s always got to be at the dinner table, that you dread being around.”
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Associated Press writers Thomas Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, and Meg Kinnard in Bluffton, S.C., contributed this report.
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This story has been corrected to show the surname of the Trump spokesperson is Cheung, not Chueng. | 2023-06-04T14:59:47+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/while-desantis-hits-trump-from-the-right-the-ex-president-is-looking-ahead-to-the-general-election/ |
Ukraine works to restore power after bruising Russian attack
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - About 70% of the Ukrainian capital was left without power, Kyiv’s mayor said Thursday, a day after Moscow unleashed yet another devastating missile and drone barrage on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Wednesday’s renewed Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure caused power outages across large parts of the country, further hobbling Ukraine’s already battered power network and adding to the misery for civilians as temperatures plunge. The strikes also caused power outages in neighboring Moldova.
Russia has been targeting Ukraine’s power infrastructure following a string of battlefield setbacks its forces suffered during the full scale war it launched Feb. 24, exactly nine months ago Thursday.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram statement that “power engineers are doing their best to get (electricity) back as soon as possible” and added that the water supply has been restored in about half of Kyiv on the left bank of the Dnieper River.
Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Thursday morning that Russian forces fired 67 cruise missiles and 10 drones during Wednesday’s “massive attack on residential buildings and energy infrastructure” in Kyiv and several other regions in Ukraine.
Efforts to restore power, heating and water supplies disrupted by the Wednesday attacks were underway elsewhere in Ukraine as well.
Ukraine’s energy minister Herman Haluschenko said three out of four nuclear power stations that are fully functioning and which had been forced offline by Wednesday’s strikes were subsequently reconnected to the grid.
Governor of the Poltava region Dmytro Lunin said “an optimistic scenario” suggested that electricity will come back to residents of his central Ukrainian region on Thursday.
“In the next few hours, we will start supplying energy to critical infrastructure, and then to the majority of household consumers,” Lunin said on Telegram, noting that power has already been restored for 15,500 people and 1,500 legal entities in the region.
Lunin added that water supplies resumed in several parts of the city of Poltava, and four boiler stations have started to heat regional hospitals.
The Kirovohrad and the Vinnytsia regions were reconnected to the power grid early Thursday, adding to more than a dozen other regions that were reconnected on Wednesday night, according to Deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
In the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, power has been restored for up to 50% of consumers, Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said, but noted that “the situation with energy is complicated.”
As Russia continues to assail Ukraine’s power network, Ukrainian authorities started opening what they call “points of invincibility” — heated and powered spaces where people could go for hot meals, electricity to recharge their devices and to connect to the internet.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said on Thursday morning that a total of 3,720 such spaces have been opened across the country.
According to the initiative’s website, various venues have been converted to such points including government buildings, schools and kindergartens and emergency services offices.
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Built In recognizes data analytics leader as one of the top workplaces in Boston and Chicago
BOSTON, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadia (arcadia.io), the leading data analytics platform for healthcare, announced today that it has earned inclusion in Built In's 100 Best Places to Work in 2023.
The emphasis on culture, diversity, and inclusiveness at Arcadia contributed to its overall rankings of No. 39 in Boston and No. 56 in Chicago. Arcadia also received recognition in the category of Best Midsize Companies to Work for; No. 19 in Boston and No. 27 in Chicago.
The industry-leading perks and benefits Arcadia provides to employees include unlimited vacation, generous parental leave, flexible work schedules, and numerous health insurance and wellness contributions. Arcadia invests in people on several levels; the company provides benefits that first allow employees to feel safe and secure as they take care of their families (e.g., short and long-term disability, generous paid time off, flexible work schedules, and numerous health insurance and wellness contributions) and then layered on top are benefits that allow employees to thrive professionally (e.g., paid industry certifications, professional training at all levels, commitment to volunteering and philanthropy, etc.).
"We're honored to once again be included among the distinguished companies in Built In's 100 Best Places to Work," said Michael Meucci, CEO, Arcadia. "Our team members are highly diverse. We don't just accept difference – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community."
Most recently, Arcadia was included in the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest growing private companies. The ranking reflects revenue growth of 99% over three years (2018 to 2021) and marks the company's 7th appearance on the annual list.
Last year, Arcadia was included in the Boston Business Journal's exclusive list of 2022 Fast 50 honorees, representing the 50 fastest growing private companies in Massachusetts based on overall revenue growth.
Recognized as Best in KLAS in Value-Based Care Managed Services for four years in a row, Arcadia helps providers and health plans accelerate positive outcomes by reducing medical expenses, improving risk adjustment accuracy and the quality of care provided.
To learn more about career opportunities at Arcadia, click here.
Arcadia is dedicated to happier, healthier days for all. We transform data into powerful insights that deliver results. Through our partnerships with the nation's leading health systems, payers, and life science companies, we are growing a community of innovation to improve care, maximize value, and confront emerging challenges. For more information, visit arcadia.io.
Built In's esteemed Best Places to Work Awards, now in its fifth year, honor companies across numerous categories: 100 Best Places to Work, 50 Best Startup Places to Work, 100 Best Midsize Places to Work, 100 Best Large Places to Work and Editor's Choice: 100 Best Hybrid Places to Work. The program recognizes employers – remote, hybrid and in-office – with the best total rewards packages across the U.S. and in the following tech hubs: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton had his second straight two-homer game and the Minnesota Twins sent another quality opposing starting pitcher to an early exit, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4 on Friday night.
Buxton has gone deep five times in the last three days and moved into a tie for second in the major leagues with 17 homers in just 43 games. Carlos Correa tacked on a two-run shot in the eighth inning for the Twins, who have scored eight-plus runs in five of their last seven games.
Randy Arozarena and Vidal Bruján hit back-to-back homers for the Rays in the seventh and Isaac Paredes went deep in the second against Twins starter Devin Smeltzer (3-0), who allowed only one other hit over six-plus innings and retired 10 straight batters at one point.
Arozarena's home run was an inside-the-park drive, the second of the season for the Rays following Kevin Kiermaier's on May 24.
Drew Rasmussen (5-3) turned in his worst of 12 starts this year for Tampa Bay, coming off seven shutout innings of three-hit ball in his last turn. He was charged with seven runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings, though three runs were unearned thanks to a fifth-inning fielding error on first baseman Harold Ramírez.
Rays starters had allowed two runs or fewer in 20 of the last 26 games.
The Twins just got done roughing up New York standouts Jameson Taillon, Nestor Cortes and Gerrit Cole earlier this week, though they won only one of those three games.
After a 10-7 loss to the Yankees on Thursday night and the discouraging news before the game that top prospect Royce Lewis needs another ACL surgery, the Twins needed a pick-me-up. Buxton and Smeltzer sure delivered.
Buxton's second homer came off a half-swing, no less, that managed to travel into the bullpen behind left-center. His first one was a no-doubt drive into the upper deck. This was his eighth multi-homer game, and he became the fourth player in Twins history to do so in consecutive games. Eddie Rosario, Kirby Puckett and Don Mincher were the others.
WE WANT RANDY!
The young, boisterous crowd in the left field bleachers spent much of the game taunting Arozarena, who was the closest Rays player to their seats, by chanting his first name and mixing in some “We want Randy!” verses. The seemingly good-natured razzing continued as Arozarena batted in the seventh, right before his inside-the-park homer.
Gordon, who played center field with Buxton taking a turn as the designated hitter, had a chance to catch it as he tried to camp under the high fly on the track, but the ball eluded his outstretched glove and bounced toward shallow center as Arozarena raced around the bases.
GOOD TIMING
The Twins staged a Buxton-themed giveaway for this game — not a jersey or a bobblehead, but a 2022-friendly non-fungible token. This was the first such promotion for the team involving the digital collectible, or NFT, and this one included images of Buxton's signature and a customized notation of the game information and seat location for each ticket-holder.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: More bad news came before the game with season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery determined for reliever Andrew Kittredge and, in a lesser blow, catcher Mike Zunino placed on the injured list with shoulder inflammation. Both players were All-Stars in 2021.
Twins: The rotation should get a big boost next week with the return of RHPs Sonny Gray (pectoral strain) and Joe Ryan (COVID-19), manager Rocco Baldelli said. Both pitchers are expected to start in Seattle, likely Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Rays: RHP Shane Baz will start the middle game of the series in his 2022 debut. He's been on the 60-day injured list recovering from arthroscopic elbow surgery on March 21. The 2017 first-round draft pick made three starts as a rookie last season.
Twins: The starting pitcher for Saturday afternoon is “a true TBD until the last minute,” Baldelli said. The Twins are planning to make it an all-bullpen game, with seven starting pitchers sidelined on one of the injured lists.
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BEIJING, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, announced that launched on Sep. 21, the new XPeng Motor SUV G9 series would feature iQIYI's latest 5D in-vehicle cinema, marking a first in China's in-vehicle entertainment development. Unlike traditional in-vehicle entertainment experience, the new 5D cinema iQIYI developed in partnership with XPeng integrates various physical features of the vehicle cockpit in the delivery of content, hence providing viewers a full-sensory, 5D immersive viewing experience.
iQIYI has leveraged its deep technological expertise in video intelligence recognition to develop the new features that support the intelligent interaction between content playback and the cockpit. Using artificial intelligence in combination with manual verification as the primary tool, iQIYI's new cinema processes scenes in a variety of content with sensory elements, marking each scene with the lighting, seat vibration, and specific scent that best correspond to the plot. With the markings, the cockpit hardware then delivers various physical effects during the actual content playback, enabling the users to enjoy an immersive viewing experience.
iQIYI also released the first batch of films customized to leverage the latest technological advances the new cinema presents. The slate includes global sensation Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong as well as domestic hits Big Fish & Begonia and Pegasus. Since the scenes of the films include a diverse range of settings, they are primed to introduce users to the full capacity of the new cinema as users can now physically feel in the comfort of their cars the heat of the desert, the coolness of the ocean, and the jolting intensity of battles.
The latest 5D in-vehicle cinema is part of iQIYI's effort to develop the technological expertise that drives the continued development of China's in-vehicle entertainment industry. As part of the process, iQIYI's Internet of Vehicles (IOV) team also made patent applications for two technical solutions it devised. With continued technical breakthroughs, iQIYI is well-positioned to keep advancing industry-leading innovations that can shape the future of smart cockpit.
HUANG Shuangxi, General Manager of Smart Home and IoV Business of iQIYI, said: "The cockpit is a well-suited and intimate environment for delivering to viewers a 5D cinematic experience that fully showcases the various sensory elements already embedded in different content. As upgrading the in-vehicle entertainment experience becomes a focus, our latest collaboration with XPeng presents this industry-leading innovation solutions that mark an important step forward."
Over the years, iQIYI has formed partnerships with over 30 top industry players. In this year alone, iQIYI is delivering its quality in-vehicle entertainment service and experience in over 80 car models coming to the market. Working closely with BMW, SAIC Audi, Ford, SAIC Volkswagen, FAW Volkswagen, BYD, GreatWall Motor, NIO, Lixiang, XPeng, Tesla, and many others, iQIYI continues to leverage the latest technological discovery as well as the company's robust content ecology to provide customization in user scenario, hardware, and content.
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With ten days to go until the 2022 men's FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar, U.S. Soccer has announced the 26-man roster for the national team.
The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) is making their return to the World Cup after its embarrassing failure to qualify for the 2018 tournament. It was the first time the U.S. had missed the World Cup since the 1980s.
Now, in a quest to turn the page, the U.S. will feature one of its youngest World Cup teams ever, handing its reputation over to a new generation of players.
"This generation hasn't yet defined themselves. And we have the opportunity to begin to define ourselves at this World Cup," said team manager Gregg Berhalter in a Wednesday interview on the podcast Men in Blazers.
The USMNT's first match comes Nov. 21 against Wales, followed by a marquee Nov. 25 matchup with England, after which comes a Nov. 29 match with Iran to round out the team's difficult draw in the group stage.
The team's biggest star is Christian Pulisic, the standout 24-year-old forward who has long borne the hopes of a USMNT turnaround — along with the nickname "Captain America." Pulisic, who plays for Chelsea, shone during the World Cup qualifying matches: His five goals included a hat trick in a 5-1 rout of Panama earlier this year.
Other young stars who the team will turn to for offensive production are Weston McKennie, the 24-year-old Juventus midfielder, and a pair of Leeds United youngsters – midfielder Tyler Adams, 23, and Brenden Aaronson, 22, a forward whose energetic play style has made him a favorite with fans.
"We're an aggressive team, a high-pressing team. We want to use the ball. And we're going to find out if we can be successful doing that," Berhalter said in a panel interview after the roster announcement.
The team is generational in another way, too – several players are the sons of star players from generations past. The 19-year-old Gio Reyna is the son of two U.S. soccer standouts, former USMNT captain Claudio Reyna and six-time USWNT starter Danielle Egan. And Timothy Weah, the 22-year-old forward for French club Lille, is the son of George Weah, one of the greatest African soccer players of all time who has since become Liberia's president.
At an average age of 25 years and 175 days, the U.S. will have one of the youngest rosters in the World Cup. Because of the tournament miss in 2018, only one player on the young squad has prior World Cup experience – defender DeAndre Yedlin, who came in as a substitute in three games in Brazil in 2014.
Perhaps the biggest snub on the roster was goalkeeper Zack Steffen, who had entered the qualifying rounds as the USMNT's top goalkeeper.
But he struggled with injuries, and during the qualifying matches last year and earlier this year, he battled with Arsenal's Matt Turner for playing time.
Now, Turner is expected to make the start at keeper.
Two other notable omissions were the 19-year-old forward Ricardo Pepi, who had scored three goals in the U.S. qualifying matches, and Paul Arriola, an FC Dallas veteran.
The full roster of 26 includes three goalkeepers, nine defenders, seven midfielders and seven forwards.
Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath, Sean Johnson, Matt Turner
Defenders: Cameron Carter-Vickers, Sergiño Dest, Aaron Long, Shaq Moore, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson, Joe Scally, DeAndre Yedlin, Walker Zimmerman
Midfielders: Brenden Aaronson, Kellyn Acosta, Tyler Adams, Luca de la Torre, Weston McKennie, Yunus Musah, Cristian Roldan
Forwards: Jesús Ferreira, Jordan Morris, Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah, Haji Wright
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While many parts of the country have HIV under control, Florida leads the nation in new infections.
Nearly 5,000 people a year in Florida are diagnosed with HIV, a number that hasn’t budged much in the last 10 years despite the nation overall experiencing an 8% decline.
In total, about 120,000 people in Florida live with HIV and as many as 17,700 more are undiagnosed and likely spreading the virus to others without vit.
As the world recognizes its progress on World AIDS day, Dec. 1, Florida is stuck in the past.
“My team in California, they say that Florida reminds them of what it looked like in the middle of HIV crisis in the early ‘90s — that we’re [over] two decades behind in terms of the guidance, policies and infrastructure,” said Elena Cyrus, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Central Florida who has studied HIV across the state and country.
Federal and state programs offer low-income people discounted or free HIV treatments as well as prevention in the form of pre-exposure prophylaxis — PrEP — a daily pill or bi-monthly shot that can drastically lower a person’s chances of getting HIV from sex or injection drug use. In Florida, millions of dollars are coming in from state and federal governments and various organization grants for these purposes.
Tests are available at no cost throughout Florida at clinics and mobile testing sites, and the Department of Health sites in each Florida county offer free at-home HIV test kits.
But these resources aren’t always getting to the right people: young minorities who have multiple sexual partners. Sexual encounters represent the majority of transmissions.
Black and Hispanics, particularly those ages 20 to 39, represent an overwhelming majority of new cases in Florida, according to state health statistics. Communities like Doral and Overtown in Miami-Dade, Oakland Park and Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk in Broward County, and downtown Orlando and Orlo Vista in Orange County stand out for their high infection rates.
Stigma, prevalent throughout the Southeast, including Florida, prevents some of the most vulnerable populations from getting diagnosed.
“People are so afraid to get tested for fear of losing their job, or ruining their relationships with family,” said David Poole, director of legislative affairs with the AIDS Health Foundation of Florida. “Stigma keeps people from getting tested and care early and the earlier someone gets tested, the better the health outcome.”
Hispanics account for a rising share of new infections.
Local experts believe there are several reasons: fear of being reported to employers or deported to their native countries, limited HIV risk education in their homes due to religious values, or sexual exploitation that puts them at risk.
“South Florida is a region of immigrants, many are coming with beliefs and cultural norms and information that are completely different from what Caucasians might think and know,” said Stephen Fallon, executive director of Latinos Salud, which operates four wellness clinics in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. “Once a communicable disease takes hold in a community, it tends to exacerbate.”
Fallon said the Hispanics who most need PrEP aren’t getting it, or making appointments and missing them, or starting medication and then drifting away from taking their pills.
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He suggests a new approach to enroll the minority gay community on prevention medication.
“It’s best done by people who look like and understand the population they are reaching out to,” he said. “It’s not just about speaking Spanish. It’s about lowering barriers to get people in a particular population on PrEP, and it should be as close to free as possible.”
The majority of people with the virus in Florida are on medications and considered virally suppressed, according to state data. Where Florida falls short, experts say, is in outreach and education.
States like New York, for example, have invested more in marketing the availability of prevention medication.
Eric Schrimshaw, who came to the University of Central Florida after working at Columbia University, says New York puts advertisements for PrEP in every subway and bus station. In Florida, he says, HIV treatment and prevention are discussed in the shadows.
He believes the state Legislature needs to devote more attention and funds to the issue.
“The states that have been successful in this are those who have invested the resources to avoid it,” Schrimshaw said.
A lack of relatable messaging around HIV diagnoses and prevention could be the reason infection rates aren’t falling among young adults in the state, says Sylvie Naar, a professor in the Florida State University College of Medicine.
“Young people are most likely to have an undiagnosed infection, most likely to have poor linkage to care and they have the lowest rates of PrEP uptake,” she said.
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She and her research team at the FSU Center for Translational Behavioral Science are working to better understand what the messaging needs to be to reach young people.
“If someone is in a high-risk group, they should be tested every six months,” Naar said. “If they go to get tested and feel uncomfortable, they are not going to go back. That’s a big part of it.”
In Fort Lauderdale, Fallon, of Latinos Salud, tells of a 25-year-old man who was tested in early spring, but he juggles multiple jobs and never returned to the clinic to get on prevention medication. When a clinic worker finally urged him to return for another test months later, he tested positive for HIV.
“There are so many stories like his,” Fallon said.
Naar said several Florida-specific factors contribute to the high rates of HIV in young people: Florida’s limitation on sexual education and HIV prevention in schools, and the state requirement that minors get parental consent to start on PrEP.
“Minority [LGBTQ] youth don’t have sex education that serves them and may not know how to have save safe sex or healthy relationships,” she said.
Daniel Downer, executive director of the Orlando-based Black queer-led grassroots Bros in Convo Initiative, said he’s met multiple gay or queer people of color who have had only abstinence-only education.
“Some of the individuals who come into our doors, we are the first person to talk to them about condoms. We are the first person to talk to them about getting tested, because no one’s ever had that conversation with them. The conversation has always been ‘you don’t have sex,’” Downer said.
In Miami-Dade, the county with a high prevalence of HIV in multiple ZIP codes, Dr. Saint Anthony Amofah is chief medical officer at Community Health of South Florida Inc. Amofah wants to see PrEP and testing recommended at every point of entry in healthcare: primary-care practices, urgent cares, hospitals and community clinics.
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“Most of the spread is from those who are not tested, those who don’t know,” Amofah said.
Amofah said barriers to access for testing is a bigger issue now than funding for medications. “There might be pockets in the immigrant communities where persons don’t have time and way to travel for testing or ongoing care. So while funding is available, if someone doesn’t have time or transportation, it’s one more reason not to know your status.”
In Miami, Dr. Maria Alcaide, a professor of infectious disease at University of Miami said testing is key to controlling the epidemic. “We have good treatments that make people living with HIV live longer and healthier lives,” she said. “If everybody who has HIV is on an effective medication, then there will be no transmission in that population.”
In Florida, about 13.5% of people living with HIV don’t know it, according to state estimates.
Alcaide, who directs the Miami Center for AIDS Research, said she is trying innovative outreach approaches, sending mobile units into pockets of communities with the highest number of new infections. “We have the tools, we just need to get them to the people who need them the most.”
She recommends everyone, male or female, heterosexual or other, gets tested. “HIV is an infection that occurs in both men and women and about 20% of new infections occur in women.”
“We have to recognize all the advances in terms of prevention, treatment, and preventing progression to AIDS,” she said. “But we also have to recognize we have challenges in diagnosing early and preventing new infections.” | 2022-12-01T13:37:45+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-ne-hiv-rising-in-florida-20221201-epujubs4z5a2zcpajvqowvzyii-story.html |
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PETAH TIKVAH, Israel, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SaverOne 2014 Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVRE) (TASE: SVRE), a technology company engaged in transportation safety solutions, today announced the appointment of Israel Eybi as SaverOne's Chief Marketing and Sales Officer. This appointment is a key step in SaverOne's strategy for investing in increased market penetration in international as well as local markets.
Mr. Eybi brings over 25 years of experience with proven success in building and leading business plans and strategies, to increase profitability particularly in the IoT (Internet of Things) field that focus on innovative automotive solutions. Prior to SaverOne, Mr. Eybi was Business Development Executive at 4Cast during 2021 and Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at Israel's main telephony group, Bezeq from 2019 to 2021, and prior to that with leading Israeli mobile operator Pelephone from 2006, most recently as their CCO. Prior to that Mr. Eybi served in sales roles with other telecommunications companies including Avaya, Cellcom and Eurocom.
In his role as CCO of Pelephone, Mr. Eybi was responsible for the business development of the connected vehicle B2B business for customers including services for fleet management. Mr. Eybi led Pelephone to become Israel's leading player in the IoT field, especially in the automotive segment, with a market leading share of several hundred thousand connected vehicles.
Mr. Eybi holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Lincoln and an MA in Marketing from the University of Derby.
Mr. Gilboa, CEO of SaverOne commented, "We wholeheartedly welcome Israel to the SaverOne team and looking forward to his leading our marketing strategy in the next stage of our company's growth. Israel brings us many years of key relevant and solid experience in cellular IoT-automotive segments. Israel has demonstrated success in building and supporting customer growth and acquisition strategies, and growing market share. We are confident that he will be instrumental in building our network of global partners for SaverOne, expanding our sales into European and US markets, as well as others globally, substantiating SaverOne as an innovative and significant factor in the global automotive safety arena. I expect he will prove to be a very valuable asset in advancing our growth strategy."
About SaverOne
SaverOne is a technology company engaged in the design, development and commercialization of transportation safety solutions designed to save lives by preventing car accidents resulting from the use of mobile phones while driving. Our SaverOne system provides an advanced driver safety solution that can identify and monitor mobile phones located in the driver's vicinity and selectively block use of life-threatening applications.
Learn more at https://saver.one/.
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The Pac-12 lost its marquee football and basketball programs, its biggest media market and the links to its main recruiting pipeline three frenetic weeks ago.
Since USC and UCLA made their flight plans known, the conference has been portrayed as everything from fragile and fractured to a carcass on the savanna awaiting vultures from the Big Ten and Big 12.
But the dire predictions seemingly overlook one important element as the conference negotiates a new media rights package: The Pac-12 offers ESPN something no other Power Five league can match.
A steady supply of night games.
“The beauty of the Pac-12 is you can program that late (Saturday) window for 13 consecutive weeks,” said John Kosner, a sports media consultant, president of Kosner Media and former executive vice president/digital media at ESPN.
“It takes a conference to do that, because it’s hard for individual schools to play more than a handful of those games each season.
“Let’s say you get practically a 1.0 rating and 1.5 million homes on average per (night) game. That’s considerable audience delivery for 3.5 hours every Saturday. That’s very hard to replace.
“It’s hard to take something away from somebody. The fact that the Pac-12 has been on ESPN for a long time — it’s part of the firmament there.”
In a twist worthy of #Pac12AfterDark, the reviled night games could play a vital role in the conference’s survival.
Yes, Larry Scott got something right.
“Nobody else can fill those time zones,” said Ed Desser, the president of Desser Sports Media and former executive vice president for strategic planning/business development at the NBA.
ESPN’s college football programming template features five windows: College GameDay at 8 a.m. (Eastern), followed by kickoffs at 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 8 p.m. (primetime on ABC) and late night.
While the late games (10 or 10:30 p.m.) lose audience when fans in the eastern half of the country go to bed, they still carry significant value for ESPN because of their unopposed nature — no other Power Five games are being played — and the 12-hour cross-promotional opportunities baked into earlier programming on ESPN.
That gives the Pac-12 an advantage over the reconfigured Big 12, which will have only one team (Brigham Young) in the western half of the country, home to 75 million people.
“I’d argue that if ESPN lost the Big Ten, it would have the Big 12, ACC and SEC games for the Eastern and Central time zones,” Kosner said. “But without the Pac-12, it doesn’t have the Mountain and Pacific time zones.
“It can’t get those games any place else.”
One motivation for ESPN as it ponders a new contract with the Pac-12: affiliate fees.
The network generates immense revenue from the fees it charges distributors (DISH, Comcast, etc.) to carry its programming. Those distributors, in turn, need content that appeals to audiences in major media markets in order to drive monthly subscriptions.
“College football is an important part of ESPN’s lineup,” Desser said. “Affiliate revenue doesn’t go up or down, it’s based on the programming you have acquired. ESPN has a bunch of affiliates on the West Coast, and having the Pac-12 goes a long way to making them happy.”
Not only is the Pac-12 unique among the Power Five in its ability to fill the late windows for ESPN’s affiliates, the local markets are substantial.
The 10 remaining schools account for six of the nation’s top 30 media markets, according to Nielsen DMA data from 2021:
- No. 6 Bay Area
- No. 11 Phoenix
- No. 12 Seattle
- No. 16 Denver
- No. 21 Portland
- No. 30 Salt Lake City
“You cannot replace the ratings with the Mountain West,” Kosner said. “ESPN’s affiliates on the West Coast are used to having the Pac-12.”
There’s additional value for ESPN in a region of the conference you might not expect.
While Cal and Stanford have struggled on the field and don’t drive big ratings, they reside in a huge media market that includes Big Tech firms with executives who attended Pac-12 universities and follow the conference.
“The Bay Area audience is influential,” Kosner said.
The late windows are so essential to the Pac-12’s media valuation that Kosner believes Thursday and Friday games “are prime opportunities” to explore with future network partners.
Theoretically, commissioner George Kliavkoff could offer ESPN a premium matchup each Saturday night and a secondary game every Thursday or Friday, giving the conference at least 26 night broadcasts during the regular season.
With each window spanning 3.5 hours, that’s almost 100 hours of college football programming — much of it unopposed and supported by cross-promotion.
“There are two types of valuations: marginal and intrinsic,” Desser said. “The Pac-12 has more intrinsic value because of those time slots.”
Under the current media contract with Fox and ESPN, each football broadcast is worth approximately $6 million to the Pac-12.
The loss of the L.A. schools undoubtedly will impact valuation, but any decrease could be largely offset by market forces:
The value of sports rights has soared since the Pac-12 signed its media deal 11 years ago.
“We haven’t done a valuation on the late window,” Kosner said. “But the fact is the Pac-12 can program for the late window without or without the L.A. schools, and it’s not like the L.A. schools have been the highest rated. Oregon and Washington have been.
“If you’re ESPN, you want the Pac-12 to hold together.” | 2022-07-20T22:40:48+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/how-those-hated-pac-12-football-night-games-could-help-the-conference-survive/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
FLORENCE — Eleanor Mathis Hunter, of Tuscumbia, died on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at the age of 82.
She is survived by her daughters, Katy Hunter Linville (Jimmy) and Vicky Hunter Henry (Jason); sister, Betty Rotch; brother, David Mathis (Vicki); grandchildren, James McKee (Megi), Nathan McKee, Jackson Linville, Zoe Linville, and Tori Linville; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.W. Hunter; her parents, J.Z. and Roberta Mathis; and her brother Jimmy Mathis.
She was a native of Sheffield. She received her teaching degree from Samford University and later received her Master’s degree from Peabody University.
She retired from the Colbert County School System where she served as an English teacher at Colbert County High School. She and her husband ministered to many churches in Colbert, Lauderdale, Franklin and Lawrence Counties. They served 10 years with the Mission Service Corps and with the North American Mission Board in Wyoming, Alaska, and Cleburne County.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, from 12:00 until 2:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home in Tuscumbia. The funeral service to immediately follow in the funeral home chapel. Chad Holder will officiate the service. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Tuscumbia.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to the North American Mission Board at PO Box 116543, Atlanta, GA 30368.
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AZZ537-540-542>544-546-548-550-551-081100-
Northwest Valley-Buckeye/Avondale-Deer Valley-Central Phoenix-
North Phoenix/Glendale-Scottsdale/Paradise Valley-East Valley-
South Mountain/Ahwatukee-Southeast Valley/Queen Creek-
Including the cities of Circle City, Surprise, Wittmann, Beardsley,
Sun City West, Avondale, Cashion, Goodyear, Liberty, Peoria, Phoenix,
Paradise Valley, Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, Gilbert, Sun Lakes,
and Queen Creek
202 AM MST Fri Jul 8 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY...
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 78 to 85. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 111. South wind around 5 mph in
the morning becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 81 to 88. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 109 to 113. Southeast wind
around 5 mph in the morning becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 84 to 90. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph in the evening becoming east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 112.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 84 to 90.
.MONDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 109 to 114.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 83 to 90.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 112.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 83 to 90.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows 83 to 90.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111.
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AZZ541-549-555-081100-
Cave Creek/New River-Fountain Hills/East Mesa-
Apache Junction/Gold Canyon-
Including the cities of Scottsdale, Fountain Hills,
and Apache Junction
202 AM MST Fri Jul 8 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY...
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 72 to 82. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 105 to 110. South wind around 5 mph in
the morning becoming west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 75 to 85. West wind 10 to 15 mph
in the evening becoming east around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111. Southeast wind
5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 76 to 86. Southeast wind 5 to
10 mph in the evening becoming east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 105 to 110.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 112.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 104 to 109.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 104 to 109.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 104 to 109.
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Northwest Pinal County-West Pinal County-
Including the cities of Casa Grande, Cactus Forest, Florence,
and Coolidge
202 AM MST Fri Jul 8 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MST MONDAY...
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 71 to 81. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111. Southwest wind around
5 mph in the morning becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 74 to 84. West wind 5 to 10 mph in
the evening becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 112. South wind around
5 mph in the morning becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 76 to 86. Southeast wind 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 112.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A 10 percent chance of afternoon showers
and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs 105 to 110.
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CAZ566-081100-
Imperial County West-
Including the cities of Coolidge Springs, Salton City, Winona,
Coyote Wells, Ocotillo, and Plaster City
202 AM PDT Fri Jul 8 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM PDT MONDAY...
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 71 to 81. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 106 to 111. North wind 5 to 10 mph in
the morning becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear and breezy. Lows 73 to 83. West wind 10 to
20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph in the morning becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 74 to 84. West wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 109 to 114.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.MONDAY...Sunny and very hot. Highs 110 to 115.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 109 to 114.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 112.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
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CAZ562-081100-
Imperial County Southwest-
Including the city of Mountain Spring
202 AM PDT Fri Jul 8 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 72 to 82. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 105 to 110. Northwest wind 10 to
20 mph in the morning becoming southeast 5 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear and windy. Lows 76 to 86. Southwest wind 20 to
30 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear and breezy. Lows 76 to 86. West wind 15 to
25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear and breezy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.MONDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 109 to 114.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear and breezy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 108 to 113.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 112.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 107 to 112.
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CAZ560-561-081100-
Joshua Tree NP West-Joshua Tree NP East-
Including the cities of Cottonwood Visitor and Lost Horse-Keys
Village
202 AM PDT Fri Jul 8 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 66 to 76. West wind around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 106. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph in the
morning becoming south 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 69 to 79. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 98 to 108. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph in the
morning becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 71 to 81. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 99 to 109.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY...Sunny and hot. Highs 100 to 110.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 99 to 109.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 96 to 106.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 96 to 106.
$$
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Success is fueled by growing demand for fair and consistent hiring practices that efficiently identify qualified talent.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CodeSignal, the leading technical interview and assessment platform, is pleased to announce continued momentum in 2022 with strong quarter over quarter revenue growth, significant product adoption, the addition of strategic team members, and prominent industry recognition.
CodeSignal Tech Screen, a replacement for first-round technical phone screens, has seen significant adoption amongst existing and new customers. Tech Screen is a human-led, computer-scored interview with questions validated by Industrial-Organizational (IO) Psychologists, designed to objectively identify qualified candidates and create a positive candidate experience. Tech Screen customers have reported seeing an increase in candidate quality and experiencing a significant reduction in engineering hours required for interviewing tasks. One marquee client reported an on-site-to-offer increase of 45%--indicating an improvement in candidate quality-- and total reduction of more than 14,000 Engineering hours, which amounts to over $3 million in cost savings.
In the first half of 2022, CodeSignal has grown its number of employees by 42 percent, doubling its Skills Evaluation Lab. The Skills Evaluation Lab is made up of the company's teams of PhD-level IO Psychologists and Assessment Design Engineers—engineers from diverse disciplines trained in best practices for creating fair and relevant technical interview questions to assess candidates for many different roles. Members of the Skills Evaluation Lab develop, validate, maintain, and ensure compliance for CodeSignal's Tech Screen and Pre-Screen assessments, as well as technical evaluations for live interviews.
"The growth of our IO Psychology and Assessment Design Engineering teams has allowed us to expand our library of Skills Evaluation Frameworks, enabling CodeSignal customers to consistently identify qualified candidates with role-relevant assessments," says Peter Lu, VP of Customer Experience & Solutions Engineering. "Our customers are able to reduce bias in their hiring practices and create a more equitable process by replacing manual resume reviews and technical screens with our framework-based evaluations."
CodeSignal has also expanded the executive team to include Arturo Marin, the SVP, WW Sales. Marin joins the CodeSignal executive team, bringing over twenty years of experience, having led successful sales teams at SAP, PTC, Cisco Meraki, AppDynamics, and most recently, Harness.
"It has been a rewarding experience to see the growth of our company supporting our mission to democratize the hiring process and help companies go beyond the noise of resumes and bad interview practices," said Tigran Sloyan, CEO and co-founder of CodeSignal. "We've experienced this growth organically, and now with the addition of Arturo Marin and the passion and experience he brings to the organization, we're supercharging our ability to help all companies achieve their hiring goals with fair and consistent recruiting practices to find the best talent."
- Announced the general availability of an expanded Skills Evaluation Frameworks library, including the release of two additional role-relevant assessments: the Industry Coding Framework for mid-to-senior level software engineers, and the Front-End Development Framework for front-end software engineering roles.
- The formation of the IO Psychology-led Skills Evaluation Lab, which develops, validates, maintains, and ensures compliance for CodeSignal's Tech Screen and Pre-Screen assessments, as well as coding questions for live interviews.
- The publication and positive reception of CodeSignal's second annual University Ranking Report, a university ranking based on students objective coding skills
- Announced a partnership with ColorStack to increase the number of Black and LatinX developers in Tech. Launched a training program to help members hone their coding and interview preparation skills.
- CodeSignal ranked #1 in Overall Results, Implementation, and Usability on G2 in the Technical Skills Screening category
- Received "Top Rated" award in TrustRadius's Technical Skills Assessment category
- Included in Gartner Peer Insights's new Video Interview Software market category, with in-depth peer reviews rigorously vetted by Gartner.
- Sylvia Mol, Assessment Research, Team Lead and Head of the Skills Evaluation Lab, hosted a Society for Industry and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) panel on behavioral and technical assessments in practice with leaders from Amazon, TikTok, and Roblox.
- Tigran Solyan delivered the Mainstage address on inclusive Hiring Practice at Greenhouse Open.
- Recognized in Built In's Best Places to Work 2022
CodeSignal is the leading technical interview and assessment solution, helping the world #GoBeyondResumes to hire high-quality and diverse technical talent. Talent Acquisition teams and engineering leaders use CodeSignal's skills evaluation frameworks to tap into underrepresented pools of candidates, save valuable engineering resources, increase speed-to-hire, and increase candidate pipeline yield.
Founded in 2015, CodeSignal is trusted by innovative tech firms, financial services institutions, and the largest enterprises including Robinhood, Instacart, Uber, Netflix, Zoom, Meta, Pinterest, Block, and Capital One.
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Thieves steal $14,000 worth of Chanel perfume from Ulta store, police say
TULSA, Okla. (Gray News) – Three women and one man were arrested in Tulsa for stealing $14,000 worth of Chanel perfume, according to police.
The Tulsa Police Department said officers were called to an Ulta Beauty store Sunday afternoon where they learned the three women reportedly stole more than 270 items, totaling $14,000 in products.
Ulta employees told police the women walked in with their own bags and were only in the store for about two minutes. The manager yelled at the women to stop, but the suspects ran out of the store and into a getaway car.
Because some of the stolen products had GPS trackers on them, officers were able to track down the suspects and arrest them.
Police said the three women were identified as Yasmin Knight, Monica McGuire, and Delisha Logan. They were all charged with grand larceny after former conviction of a felony.
The driver of the getaway car was identified as Micah Goff, who was charged with larceny.
“We are not sure what the fragrance of the jail is, but we’re fairly certain it’s not Chanel No. 9,” police wrote in a Facebook post.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-05T18:49:25+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2022/07/05/thieves-steal-14000-worth-chanel-perfume-ulta-store-police-say/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Oh, bother – Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, loveable characters many of us grew up with, are about to undergo an alarming twist.
A new horror film, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” is taking the internet by storm. While few details are available about it, the film’s IMDb page calls it “a horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie-The-Pooh.”
“The film ‘Wrong Turn’ was a big inspiration for me,” writer and director Rhys Frake-Waterfield tells Nexstar. “Wrong Turn” follows a group of friends hiking the Appalachian Trail who encounter a community that has been living in the mountains for years, according to IMDb.
“I then decided to pick a concept which isn’t just a generic werewolf, zombie, ghost,” Frake-Waterfield explained. “I went with Winnie because it’s so bizarre and has so much potential to be creative and include some fun horror moments. For example, Piglet in this story keeps someone chained up at all times in their den, because he likes to have someone to ‘maul’ whenever he desires. The two eat out [of] a giant honey pot and massive [trough]. They are really fun to put in situations. They enjoy making other people suffer and, if hungry, they eat them.”
How did these two adorable characters become something out of your nightmares? A lack of care from Christopher Robin, according to Frake-Waterfield, caused them to become “increasingly hungry and feral.”
“Eventually they had to eat Eeyore to survive. Christopher returns and discovered his old feral friends are no longer what they seem. Upon seeing Christopher, Pooh and Piglet go on a rampage and eventually target a rural cabin, where a group of girls from university are staying.”
The film was shot near the original inspiration for the Hundred Acre Woods – Ashdown Forest in East Sussex – and produced by Jagged Edge Productions, which Frake-Waterfield runs with co-producer Scott Jeffrey.
While still images from the film have been released – you can see them in the slideshow below – a trailer won’t be released for about three months, according to Frake-Waterfield. The film itself is expected to be released in the final months of 2022. Where the film will be available for viewing hasn’t yet been determined, Frake-Waterfield says.
A.A. Milne’s original stories of Winnie-the-Pooh, first published in 1926, became public domain earlier this year. This means anyone can create any adaptation without getting permission from Disney. There are exceptions, like the character Tigger, that remain under copyright because they were added after 1926.
Disney hasn’t yet expressed any concerns about the film, Frake-Waterfield tells Nexstar.
KXAN’s Billy Gates contributed to this report. | 2022-05-28T22:17:57+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/winnie-the-pooh-piglet-to-go-on-a-rampage-in-new-horror-film/ |
Twitter experienced a bevy of glitches Monday as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and images were not loading for others.
The company, which has experienced an uptick instability and bugs in recent months after Elon Musk cut its staff sharply, said “Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now. We made an internal change that had some unintended consequences. We’re working on this now and will share an update when it’s fixed.”
Trying to visit Twitter’s help page Monday led to an error message that says “Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint” and displays a link to a software developer page that also doesn’t work.
According to Downdetector, users began reporting the outages shortly before noon U.S. Eastern time. Internet access watchdog NetBlocks said “Twitter is currently experiencing international slowdowns and outages affecting many users,” and noted that it was also affecting image and video content. Some users were not able to see the images that other users were posting.
Twitter engineers and experts have been warning that the platform is at an increased risk of fraying since Musk fired most of the people who worked on keeping it running. Just last month, a bug left users unable to send tweets.
Already in November, engineers who left Twitter described for The Associated Press why they expect considerable unpleasantness for Twitter’s more than 230 million users now that well over two-thirds of the San Francisco-based company’s pre-Musk core services engineers are apparently gone.
While they don’t anticipate near-term collapse, the engineers said Twitter could get very rough at the edges — especially if Musk makes major changes without much off-platform testing. | 2023-03-06T17:48:03+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/twitter-glitches-as-links-logins-fail-17822675.php |
Two Oklahoma tribes and one from California have partnered with a New York City gaming company to launch a new sports-themed betting app.
The app, PlaySqor, uses "first of its kind Class II sports themed gaming technology," according to a news release.
PlaySqor’s creators, Vetnos LLC, designed the game to advance the reach of Class II (bingo) gaming while filling a need in tribal sports gaming offerings, the release states.
"PlaySqor targets the casual fan betting on their favorite athletes on a fast, fun fixed-odds betting platform, strategically developed with a bingo engine," the release states.
"We wanted to give tribes an option ... especially in places where (legalized) sports betting hasn't been decided," Valerie Spicer, chief gaming officer at Vetnos, told the Tulsa World by phone Wednesday.
PlaySqor will allow people to bet as little as $1 on player matchups from a variety of sports, including pro and college football, basketball, soccer, hockey, golf and others, she said.
Matchups could involve quarterbacks or running backs in football, or individual basketball or baseball players, as examples.
Once the player on the app picks various matchups, the matchup winners are then placed on a bingo-type card, where app users can then win money based on rows or what type of pattern of "squares" they fill, much like a tic-tac-toe board, she said.
The app will be available for free download through iPhone and Android devices, probably sometime in the first quarter of next year, depending final testing, she said.
It will be licensed by tribes, which will also be able to customize and market the app how they wish.
"We want it to be theirs," Spicer said.
Under PlaySqor, tribes would earn a percentage of revenue, or a "commission," she said. No revenue would go to states.
PlaySqor, "is an easy-to-learn twist on sports-themed gaming with an added layer of strategic fun," the release says. "Traditional sports betting can be complicated, intimidating and aimed at a small percentage of possible players, but the PlaySqor games are easy to understand, and the entry point (fee) is low.
"Developed in consultation with Class II legal experts and using a Class II-experienced independent testing lab for strict compliance with Class II technical standards, PlaySqor democratizes the sports vertical, with a fixed odds approach to wagering."
While traditional sports betting is not yet legal in Oklahoma, Class II gaming has been legal for years.
“We are not one of the larger tribes, but we are strategic, forward-thinking and progressive," Eastern Shawnee tribal Treasurer Justin Barrett said in a statement.
"When tribes are able to expand and manage our gaming offerings properly, we can generate more revenue for the betterment of our people and our communities.”
The other Oklahoma tribal partner is the Anadarko-based Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.
“For us, it’s important to always be looking for ways to enhance the future of our tribe and our communities,” said tribal President Terri Parton.
“Because it’s Class II, there is no revenue share with the state, so tribal nations will earn more. When tribes earn more, that means more jobs and stronger communities,” she said in a statement.
The Chicken Ranch Tribe of Me-Wuk Indians of Jamestown, in central California, is the other tribal partner launching the app.
“This is an exciting time for our tribal nation partners and Vetnos," said Vetnos founder and Executive Chairman Joshua Berkowitz in a statement.
"We set out to deliver value and opportunity to Indian Country and are committed to deepening our relationships with tribes throughout the country. Our proprietary technology platform and patented games change the landscape for tribal nations looking for a lower-risk entry point into sports gaming in a purely Class II format," he said.
Since a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2018 allowing states to legalize sports betting if they chose to do so, more than $152 billion has been legally wagered on sports in nearly 30 states as of Monday, according to legalsportsreport.com.
For Oklahoma to legalize in-person sports betting, the Legislature more than likely would have to amend existing tribal gaming compacts, which give the state's tribes gaming exclusivity.
Many observers have said soured relations between Gov. Kevin Stitt and tribal leaders has been a main obstacle regarding in-person legalized sports betting in Oklahoma.
State and tribal leaders also would have to come to an agreement on the percentage of revenue from sports betting for both.
In most states that have legalized the practice, the tax is roughly 3-15%.
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Bystanders attempted to use rocks to break the car's windows but were unable to help Eugene Quaynor, an ORU student from Ghana, as his car quickly became engulfed in flames.
Tulsa Public Schools' board of education canceled Monday night's regularly scheduled meeting. A spokeswoman for the district confirmed Monday afternoon that the cancelation was due to Friday night's shooting.
Also, no shooting took place on the midway Saturday night, despite someone's having yelled something shooting-related in a crowd, causing upwards of 300 festival goers to panic.
The legendary Tulsa architect Bruce Goff designed the Merchant's Exhibit Hall in 1930, creating 60,000 square feet of exhibition space beneath an existing grandstand at the Tulsa fairgrounds.
After a four-hour executive session Thursday night, Tulsa Public Schools' Board of Education voted 4-3 to extend Superintendent Deborah Gist's contract through June 30, 2026. #oklaed
Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler issued a statement Tuesday evening, saying that, “unfortunately today, I found myself in a situation that I hoped would never happen. Fortunately, my injuries are such that I was able to go home."
PlaySqor starts with $1-minimum bets on player matchups from a variety of sports; matchup winners are then placed on a bingo-type card, where app users can win with specific patterns. | 2022-10-05T19:43:53+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/oklahoma-tribes-gaming-company-announce-new-sports-themed-betting-app/article_ab20e980-44be-11ed-9591-d7e68e8260e2.html |
WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
427 PM MDT Wed Aug 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Hudspeth
County through 500 PM MDT...
At 427 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Sierra Blanca, moving west at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Finlay, Sunset Ranches and Round Top Mountain.
This includes Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 91 and 100.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3135 10540 3124 10533 3117 10560 3139 10567
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 075DEG 9KT 3128 10542
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central San Jacinto
and southwestern Polk Counties through 600 PM CDT...
At 527 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lake Livingston State Park, or near Livingston, moving north at 10
to 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
unsecured objects.
Livingston, Onalaska, Coldspring, Goodrich, Lake Livingston State
Park, West Livingston and Leggett.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Heavy
rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in League City.
LAT...LON 3053 9486 3055 9512 3082 9520 3083 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 187DEG 19KT 3063 9500
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
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This is a developing story. For the latest updates, follow our live digital coverage here.
The Federal Aviation Administration is resuming domestic flight departures after it reported a technology outage reported overnight.
The FAA's system for alerting pilots and airports of real-time hazards, called NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions), went dark around 3:28 a.m. ET.
"THE FAA is experiencing an outage that is impacting the update of NOTAMS. All flights are unable to be released at this time," the FAA said in an advisory announcing the issue.
More than 4,314 flights had been delayed within, into or out of the United States when the pause was lifted. Another 700 had been cancelled.
The FAA had opened a hotline to address equipment issues by 5:58 a.m. ET, as some NOTAM functions began to come back on line.
Airports and airlines nationwide were warning on Twitter before the ground stop that delays would be expected.
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A bipartisan trio of U.S. senators and country artist Brad Paisley met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
Paisley, an ambassador for Ukraine’s United24 fundraising campaign, accompanied Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) as they spoke with Zelensky and his cabinet about Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country.
“After this visit, I am even more convinced that defeating Vladimir Putin and ending his ruthless war against the Ukrainian people must remain our top priority,” Manchin said in a release.
Manchin’s office said the congressional delegation discussed, among other things, military readiness, foreign assistance accountability and rebuilding Ukraine.
Manchin also said Paisley, who is from West Virginia, gave a performance during the visit that “truly lifted the spirits of everyone present.”
Paisley released a song earlier this year with an interlude featuring a conversation between the country music star and Zelensky. The proceeds of “Same Here” benefit United24’s Rebuild Ukraine program.
United24 said Paisley played the song “in front of the destroyed military equipment in the center of Kyiv” and followed it up with a performance of a Ukrainian song.
“Ukraine is an inspiration to the world, and it was an honor to meet with President Zelenskyy to reiterate our unwavering bipartisan support for their sovereignty and fledgling democracy,” Murkowski said. “As I return home, I’m more thankful than ever for the blessings of our American democracy, and more committed than ever to ensuring that Congress provides the assistance that Ukraine needs.”
Kelly said he’ll keep working with colleagues to “get Ukraine the weapons and support they need to win.”
Zelensky said during the meeting that bipartisan support from the U.S. “helped us survive the war unleashed by Russia.”
“We are fighting for common values – freedom and democracy. Our victory will be decisive for the development of the situation in Europe and throughout the world,” the Ukrainian president said. | 2023-04-12T21:34:49+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/hill-politics/manchin-bipartisan-senators-meet-with-zelensky-in-ukraine-with-country-star-brad-paisley/ |
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Inside the Field: Sentry Tournament of Champions
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December 30, 2022
By Staff , PGATOUR.COM
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December 30, 2022
- The biggest stars in the game head to Hawaii to kickoff the new year at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)
The 2023 calendar year starts off with one of the most anticipated events of the season, the Sentry Tournament of Champions. The Tournament of Champions invites all PGA TOUR winners from the prior year to compete in a unique limited-field event in Kapalua, Hawaii. The field is filled out with some bright young stars who advanced to last season's TOUR Championship.
Scroll below for the Sentry Tournament of Champions field list as of Friday, Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. ET.
Current Tournament Winners
Keegan Bradley
Ryan Brehm
Sam Burns
Patrick Cantlay
Tony Finau
Matt Fitzpatrick
Russell Henley
Tom Hoge
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Mackenzie Hughes
Tom Kim
K.H. Lee
Luke List
Hideki Matsuyama
Trey Mullinax
J.T. Poston
Seamus Power
Jon Rahm
Chad Ramey
Chez Reavie
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
J.J. Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Sepp Straka
Adam Svensson
Justin Thomas
Will Zalatoris
Top 30 on Prior Season's FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List
Sungjae Im
Aaron Wise
Viktor Hovland
Cameron Young
Collin Morikawa
Brian Harman
Adam Scott
Corey Conners
Sahith Theegala
Scott Stallings
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Michigan football running back Blake Corum reportedly to have knee surgery, out for season
Michigan football starting running back Blake Corum needs knee surgery and is out for the season, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported on Thursday.
Corum, who was named to the first team All-Big Ten on Wednesday and selected as a Doak Walker Award finalist for the best running back in the nation, suffered a left knee injury when he was tackled along the sideline late in the first half of Michigan's home finale against Illinois.
The running back tried to return to the game in the second half and carried the ball twice, before returning to the sideline for the remainder of the game. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Corum was in the training room "all week" getting ready for Ohio State and the junior running back dressed for the contest.
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He ran the ball twice on the first series against the Buckeyes for 6 yards, before he was pulled from the game and did not return. According to Rapoport, Corum is scheduled to have surgery.
The junior tailback was in the midst of one of the best seasons for a running back in Michigan program history. Corum ran 247 times for 1,463 yards (5.9 yards per carry) and 18 touchdowns. He also caught 11 passes for 80 yards and a score.
Except for when he played just two snaps at Ohio State, Corum scored a touchdown in every game this season and had more than 100 rushing yards in the other eight Big Ten games.
Michigan's Donovan Edwards figures to starting running back now, with freshman CJ Stokes likely to back him up. Edwards comes off the best day in Columbus, when he set new high marks in carries (22) and rushing yards (216) while scoring twice in the fourth quarter.
Edwards has 92 carries for 687 yards (7.5 yards per carry) and six touchdowns. He's also a dynamic weapon in the passing game, with 16 catches for 188 yards and two touchdowns.
Michigan will play Purdue in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday in Indianapolis. | 2022-12-01T20:47:35+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2022/12/01/michigan-football-blake-corum-knee-surgery-out-for-rest-of-season/69693050007/ |
The ranking, elaborated by the prestigious Kantar BrandZ, also features Clip as the youngest brand and only start-up in the list, and values the brand at US$ 981 million
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clip, the leading digital payments platform in Mexico −as well as the favorite of hundreds of thousands of businesses− was chosen as the only fintech in the ranking of the most valuable brands "Kantar BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable Mexican Brands 2023", registering a brand value of approximately US$ 981 million, which allowed it to be featured for the first time in this list. In this way, Clip consolidates its impact throughout more than 10 years of history during which it has revolutionized the economy and has empowered businesses of any size, in any industry and in any region of Mexico.
"We are very excited to appear for the first time in the Kantar BrandZ Top 30 ranking in Mexico. After 10 years operating in the market, we are positioned as one of the most important brands in the country driving financial inclusion and offering an easy, reliable and secure digital payment experience. After a decade of hard work, we are now at the same level of some of the most recognized brands in Mexico, and confirms that we are the most complete digital payments platform with a culture 100% focused on solving users' needs," said Adolfo Babatz, CEO and founder of Clip.
In its first appearance in this list of 30 brands, Clip was ranked 17th, being the only fintech brand, the only one born as a start-up and the youngest in the country to be included in this prestigious ranking.
From its foundation in 2012, Clip has been a benchmark in the Mexican entrepreneurial ecosystem by consolidating the most complete portfolio of solutions in the industry that solves the needs of small and medium-sized businesses in the country. Nowadays, Clip has more than 20 products and services in hardware and software.
BrandZ™ is the only brand valuation ranking to measure the way a brand contributes to company sales. Created in 2006, this research blends brand equity metrics with 4.1 million consumer interviews, 19,250 brands, 522 categories in 51 markets worldwide. On top of identifying brands' strengths and weaknesses, BrandZ also offers unparalleled insights into what brands must do to attract consumers around the world.
"To be part of this ranking proves that at Clip we consistently follow our brand promise of providing value to all our stakeholders and having a positive impact on the lives we touch. Being acknowledged as one of the most valuable brands reinforces our position as a true disruptive story in Mexico," said Ricardo Muñoz, Clip's Marketing Director.
This award reinforces Clip's commitment to continue promoting financial inclusion in Mexico through innovative technologies at the service of companies to increase their sales and provide a better experience to their customers.
Click here for the complete ranking: https://www.kantar.com/campaigns/brandz/mexico
About Clip
Clip is the leading commerce and digital payments platform that is empowering businesses in Mexico to interact and transact with its consumers more effectively through innovative technologies, best-in-class customer service, and the ability to accept all payment methods digitally. The company has offices in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Miami, Salt Lake City, and Buenos Aires. For more information, visit clip.mx
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Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been charged with two counts of driving under the influence.
His mugshot was released after he was involved in a Napa County car crash over Memorial Day weekend.
The criminal complaint said the 82-year-old was arrested after a DUI test showed he had a blood alcohol content level of .082%.
He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and driving with a .08% blood alcohol level or higher causing injury
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Both Pelosi and the driver of the other car declined medical treatment at the accident scene.
After his arrest, Paul Pelosi was released on $5,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Aug. 3. It wasn't immediately known if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
If convicted, he would face up to a minimum of five days in jail and up to five years of probation. He would also be required to complete a drinking driver class and install an ignition interlock device in his vehicle — a breathalyzer that requires the driver to blow into it before operating the vehicle, prosecutors said.
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Paul and Nancy Pelosi have been married since 1963.
This article contains material from the Associated Press | 2022-06-24T02:30:17+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/national-international/paul-pelosi-husband-of-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-charged-with-dui/2791114/ |
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