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WASHINGTON — Elly De La Cruz walked through the clubhouse wearing a shirt with his face and nickname, “La Cocoa,” on it. Sitting at his locker facing the rest of the room, Joey Votto joked to a nearby coach that he should let the kids play.
The kids are playing, all right, and the Cincinnati Reds are winning as a result.
Sparked by De La Cruz, the rookie sensation whose major league debut last month coincided with Cincinnati’s season turning around, the Reds are rolling toward the All-Star break playing some of the best baseball in quite some time for the storied franchise. They’re atop the NL Central and on pace to make the playoffs for just the second time in a decade, with a team full of young players who are having plenty of fun along the way.
“We have very good vibes going on,” De La Cruz said through an interpreter. “It feels like everyone’s united and everyone’s just trying to help each other out.”
It’s working. The Reds are 21-6 since De La Cruz joined them on June 6.
The 6-foot-5, 200-pound dreadlocked 21-year-old from the Dominican Republic has brought smiles in the dugout and production on the field. Through his first 26 games, he is batting .318 with 14 RBI, four home runs and 11 stolen bases. He already has become Cincinnati’s first player to hit for the cycle since 1989.
“Elly’s playing great since he’s been here, and that’s helped us a lot,” said David Bell, now in his fourth season as Reds manager. “We’ve definitely played well since Elly’s been here.”
It also helps that Votto, the 2010 NL MVP and longtime face of the franchise, returned on June 19 after missing the previous 10 months while recovering from surgery to repair his left biceps and rotator cuff. Now 39, Votto is feeling the best he has in well over a year.
He has a tough time containing his joy.
“I’ve got a dirty little secret: I actually can’t stand baseball, so every day is a nightmare for me,” Votto deadpanned earlier this week after hitting a home run to snap a 0-for-21 slump in yet another win.
“I’ve been having a great time. Guys are young, energized, motivated. Winning, of course, but it has a lot to do with the personalities in the clubhouse. These guys are silly and talented and getting better.”
Votto, who turns 40 in September, is by far Cincinnati’s oldest player. De La Cruz is the youngest — one of 21 players on the 26-man roster who hadn’t been born yet the last time the organization won the World Series in 1990.
Shortstop Matt McLain is 23, first-time All-Star closer Alexis Díaz and second baseman Jonathan India are 26 and center fielder TJ Friedl is 27. The mix has worked well.
“We’re just having fun together, playing the game we love, playing with heart, playing with passion — that’s our mentality,” India said Tuesday after a third consecutive victory. “We just care about winning. We have one goal in mind: to make it to the end and win the ring.”
The Reds haven’t won a playoff series since 1995. Getting to and through October is now their goal.
“It’s really been a fun time so far,” Votto said. “And I think the good times are actually ahead of us.” | 2023-07-06T04:46:11+00:00 | kokomotribune.com | https://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/sparked-by-de-la-cruz-reds-are-winning-and-having-plenty-of-fun-doing-it/article_813bb0be-1b78-11ee-8ad8-2fd85c8ed88a.html |
Which pumpkin spice K-Cup is best?
When fall comes around, that means it’s nearly time to bring out the seasonal decorations and definitely time to make tasty autumnal beverages. When people think of fall, the image of a warm, comforting pumpkin-spiced drink tends to come to mind. Luckily, there are now a few ways to get that tasty treat without ever having to leave the comfort of your home. Here are a few K-Cup concepts to help jumpstart the season and keep you focused throughout the shortening days.
What are K-Cups?
K-Cups are generally single-use cartridges that have coffee, tea or hot chocolate placed inside. The cartridges are usually plastic and good for one cup of coffee or tea made using a Keurig. For more information on some of the best K-Cup coffee pods, check the buying guide on BestReviews.
What is pumpkin spice?
Pumpkin spice is a combination of spices typically used during the fall and colder months of the year. These spices include cinnamon, cloves, ginger and more. It is called pumpkin spice because originally, these spices and ingredients were used when baking and flavoring pie, but now it’s so common that the mixed spices often are referred to as “pumpkin spice” without any reference to a real pie.
Caffeinated pumpkin spice K-Cup coffee pods
Caffeine is a stimulant that’s generally accepted as legal and safe within reason. According to the Mayo Clinic, up to around 400 milligrams of caffeine in a single day is viewed as acceptable and safe for most adults. Consult your doctor if you aren’t sure if a caffeinated beverage or treat is right for you. If it isn’t, there are a variety of decaffeinated alternatives to choose from on the market.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Seasonal Selections Pumpkin Spice – 32 Count
These K-Cup coffee pods contain lightly roasted caffeinated coffee with a mix of fall flavors like cinnamon and nutmeg. This brand has been committed to fully responsibly sourced coffee since the end of 2020.
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San Francisco Bay Coffee Pumpkin Spice – 80 Count
A pumpkin spice treat offered in a medium-to-light roast blend of Arabica coffee by a family-owned company, this product is K-Cup compatible and packaged in compostable pods so it’s a more environmentally friendly alternative to single-use plastics.
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Maud’s Pumpkin Spice Coffee – 24 Count
This pod is made with Arabica coffee and ground fair-trade beans with hints of cinnamon and clove. Maud’s is working toward a carbon-neutral future by 2024 and uses solar energy to produce its products and create a more environmentally friendly coffee.
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Victor Allen’s Coffee K Cups – 80 Count
Made of Arabica coffee with a medium roast style and no gluten, it’s pumpkin spice flavored with a more obvious flavor profile of cinnamon and pumpkin. The product is Keurig and K-Cup compatible.
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Market & Main One Cup Pumpkin Spice – 72 Count
Each pod contains about 125 milligrams of caffeine in a medium-roast flavor containing coffee grounds that were roasted then promptly packaged to ensure freshness. Each cup is less than 10 calories if drunk without additional ingredients such as milk and sugar.
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Dunkin’ Donuts Pumpkin Spice Flavored Coffee – 60 Count
This product is available for a limited amount of time each season and contains a medium-roast level similar to what’s available at the Dunkin’ shops. It’s ideal for the person short on time who can’t make it to the coffee shop in the morning.
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Crazy Cups Flavored Coffee Pods – 22 Count
Crazy Cups breaks away from the expected with a pumpkin spice experience that includes vanilla. This vanilla pumpkin spice is a medium roast that’s both gluten-free and sugar-free.
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Starbucks K-Cup Coffee Pods – 60 Count
This product is a light roast with six packages of 10-count packs. The coffee is made with Arabica coffee beans and is only available seasonally with the pumpkin spice flavor.
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McCafé Pumpkin Spice – 72 Count
This coffee is a light roast made with Arabica coffee beans. The product also makes a sustainability claim that the coffee is responsibly sourced.
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Decaffeinated pumpkin spice K-Cup coffee pods
Decaffeinated pumpkin spice K-Cup coffee pods provide flavor and taste without the caffeine. That makes it an ideal option for people who want to avoid caffeine jitters or for those simply looking for a delicious drink before bed.
Crazy Cups Decaf Flavored Coffee – 80 Count
Crazy Cups provides pumpkin spice with a fun twist of caramel. This decaffeinated product comes as a medium roast that’s both vegan and gluten-free.
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Door County Coffee & Tea Co. Pumpkin Spice – 10 Count
This product contains no sugar and no carbs in each suggested serving size. The Wisconsin company roasts the beans in small batches to achieve the intended quality and taste.
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Organic pumpkin spice K-Cup coffee pods
According to the USDA, USDA-certified organic foods remain in accordance with practices that mandate soil quality to animal control and even regulations on fertilizer. In addition, organic food does not use genetically modified organisms in order to uphold a certain level of quality.
Organic Coffee Co. Gorilla Decaf – 80 Count
This coffee is a light roast. The Organic Coffee Co. is an U.S. family-owned company that uses Arabica coffee beans and is certified USDA organic. The pods in which the coffee is contained are completely commercially compostable.
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LOS ANGELES – Canadian pop-punk rock band Sum 41 is calling it quits after 27 years together, the band announced Monday.
“Sum 41 will be disbanding,” the band said in part in a tweet Monday.
Sum 41 said it will complete its current tour, which features shows across Europe in June and July before returning to the U.S. for shows in August, September and October. The band will also release one final album, “Heaven :x: Hell,” which will be supported with its own final worldwide tour. The new album will mark Sum 41′s first album release since 2019′s “Order in Decline.”
“Being in Sum 41 since 1996 brought us some of the best moments of our lives,” the band said. “We are forever grateful to our fans both old and new, who have supported us in every way. It is hard to articulate the love and respect we have for all of you and we wanted you to hear this from us first.”
Sum 41 is coming to Cleveland this summer, as they’re slated to play at Blossom Music Center on Aug. 22. The band will also be joined by The Offspring and Simple Plan.
Sum 41 consists of five members: Lead vocalist Deryck Whibley, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dave Brownsound, co-lead guitarist/backing vocalist Tom Thacker, bassist/backing vocalist Cone McCaslin and drummer Frank Zummo.
“Thank you for the last 27 years of Sum 41,” the band said. | 2023-05-09T16:43:32+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/05/sum-41-announces-its-breaking-up-thank-you-for-the-last-27-years.html |
Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. | 2022-08-27T13:03:35+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2022-08-27/will-of-the-people-is-muses-call-for-revolution |
- Investment assistant is intended for integration within wealth platforms and digital marketplaces used by advisors and investors allocating to the private markets
- Joint venture is part of TIFIN.AI, TIFIN's initiative to build B2B AI assistants for financial services
BOULDER, Colo. and CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TIFIN, the AI platform for wealth, and leading global private markets investment manager Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), today announced the launch of a new AI-powered investment assistant that will combine Hamilton Lane's high-quality private markets data and intelligence with TIFIN's AI technology and capabilities.
The offering, believed to be the first of its kind within the private markets, is set to redefine the landscape of alternative investment innovation. It will be available as an API and is intended for integration within the wealth platforms and digital marketplaces used by advisors and investors allocating to the private markets. It will merge TIFIN's technology with Hamilton Lane's industry-leading database that draws on more than $16.7 trillion in private markets commitments across 51 vintage years, along with an expansive library of expert, research-based market analysis. The resulting investment assistant will provide data-centric information around private markets benchmarking, forecasting, and diligence and will help educate private wealth investors and their intermediaries on the asset class and current trends within the private markets.
Erik Hirsch, Vice Chairman and Head of Strategic Initiatives at Hamilton Lane, commented: "The private markets is a complex and rapidly-evolving asset class, and reliable, transparent data has historically been difficult to come by, particularly for private wealth investors. Through our own internal development and strategic partnerships like this one with TIFIN, we are providing tools to help educate and inform, and are working to transform the way investors engage with this asset class."
"TIFIN continues to focus on impact through innovation at speed," said Dr. Vinay Nair, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of TIFIN. "We are excited to partner with Hamilton Lane to bring this remarkable capability to life. We believe this will simplify the intricacies of private market investing and empower advisors and their clients to approach this asset class with more confidence."
The revolutionary offering can be customized for large wealth enterprises and their approved funds and is intended to seamlessly integrate into their wealth management toolkit as a conversational interface. The technology leverages TIFIN's AI expertise in deploying AI assistants through a proprietary architecture that combines large language models with proprietary data and compliance-approved workflows. This AI-powered investment assistant builds upon TIFIN's legacy of creating compliant and investment-specific natural language assistants, exemplified by the success of Magnifi among self-directed investors, as well as Hamilton Lane's legacy of creating market-leading benchmarks and analytics tools that power investment selection and portfolio construction, exemplified by the success of Cobalt LP among institutional investors.
About Hamilton Lane
Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) is one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, providing innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world. Dedicated exclusively to private markets investing for more than 30 years, the firm currently employs approximately 600 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has nearly $857 billion in assets under management and supervision, composed of $112 billion in discretionary assets and approximately $745 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of March 31, 2023. Hamilton Lane specializes in building flexible investment programs that provide clients access to the full spectrum of private markets strategies, sectors and geographies. For more information, please visit www.hamiltonlane.com or follow Hamilton Lane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hamilton-lane/.
About TIFIN
TIFIN is an AI and innovation platform for wealth. TIFIN was created to build engaging and intelligent wealth experiences for better financial lives.
TIFIN manages Magnifi, a consumer-focused marketplace that delivers investment personalization through next-gen intelligence and an AI investing assistant; TIFIN Wealth, an AI engine that enables organic growth for financial advisors, wealth enterprises, and workplace financial providers through investment proposals, marketing automation, and data science; TIFIN AMP, an AI platform to modernize distribution for Asset Management firms; and TIFIN Studios, an incubation platform for new business creation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "will", "expect", "believe", "estimate", "continue", "anticipate", "intend", "plan" and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements discuss management's current expectations and projections relating to our financial position, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. All forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause actual results to be materially different. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements in the context of the risks and uncertainties disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of Hamilton Lane's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 and subsequent reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date hereof. Hamilton Lane undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events, except as otherwise required by law.
Alternative Investments
Investing in alternative assets involves higher risks than traditional investments and is suitable only for sophisticated investors. Alternative investments are often sold by prospectus that discloses all risks, fees, and expenses. They are not tax efficient and an investor should consult with his/her tax advisor prior to investing. Alternative investments have higher fees than traditional investments and they may also be highly leveraged and engage in speculative investment techniques, which can magnify the potential for investment loss or gain and should not be deemed a complete investment program. The value of the investment may fall as well as rise and investors may get back less than they invested.
For media inquiries, please contact:
AJ Boury
aj@tifin.com
Kate McGann
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The information contained herein should in no way be construed or interpreted as a solicitation to sell or offer to sell advisory services. All content is for informational purposes only.
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New, cutting-edge facility will leverage the country's engineering talent pool to accelerate Lam's research and development of semiconductor manufacturing equipment & related technologies
BENGALURU, India, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX) today celebrated the opening of the company's new India Center for Engineering in Bengaluru, the company's most advanced facility in the country to date. The new lab will focus on the research and development (R&D), engineering and testing of wafer fabrication hardware and software used in the creation of next-generation DRAM, NAND and logic technologies, and will be an integral part of the company's leading-edge global network of labs.
"We are proud to build on our long-standing presence in India with the opening of our new, world-class Center for Engineering," said Tim Archer, president and CEO of Lam Research. "This important facility is an expansion of Lam's R&D operations and will play a critical role in the creation of new technologies needed in a time of rising semiconductor manufacturing complexity. It enables us to capitalize on the tremendous pool of technical talent in India as we strive to solve our customers' biggest challenges."
At the new lab, engineers will span a range of disciplines, from plasma and materials science to artificial intelligence and software controls. Featuring state-of-the-art design and testing equipment, Lam engineers in India can design, test, and validate new deposition and etch technologies on site rather than sending them to other locations, thereby offering the potential to significantly shorten the design cycle. The new lab will also feature virtual reality facilities to connect with other engineers around the globe.
"Since opening our first facility in India two decades ago, the ingenuity and dedication of our engineering and operations teams here have been key to the development of innovations that have helped propel the advancement of semiconductor technology," said Rangesh Raghavan, Lam Research's India corporate vice president and general manager. "I would like to thank our employees in India and around the world for their work to help to make this new, state-of-the art facility a reality."
In addition to the new center, Lam currently operates two additional facilities in Bengaluru largely dedicated to software and hardware engineering and support for Lam's global manufacturing operations.
At today's opening ceremony, Lam also announced scholarships for three female students to pursue their engineering studies as part of Lam's ongoing commitment to inspiring and supporting future science, technology, engineering and math talent, including potential opportunities for the semiconductor industry in India.
Lam Research Corporation is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Lam's equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better-performing devices. In fact, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX) is a FORTUNE 500® company headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with operations around the globe. Learn more at www.lamresearch.com.
Statements made in this press release that are not of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate to, but are not limited to: the role that the new facility will play in creating new technologies, the number and qualifications of its workers, and the future complexity of semiconductor technology. Some factors that may affect these forward-looking statements include the business, political and/or regulatory conditions in the consumer electronics industry, the semiconductor industry and the overall economy; the actions of our customers and competitors may be inconsistent with our expectations; labor and regulatory changes in India and around the world; as well as the other risks and uncertainties that are described in the documents filed or furnished by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including specifically the Risk Factors described in our annual report on Form 10–K for the fiscal year ended June 26, 2022. These uncertainties and changes could materially affect the forward-looking statements and cause actual results to vary from expectations in a material way. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information or statements made in this release.
Company Contacts:
Usha Mariyappa
Media Relations
080-46420300
usha.mariyappa@lamresearch.com
Ram Ganesh
Investor Relations
(510) 572-1615
investor.relations@lamresearch.com
Source: Lam Research Corporation, (Nasdaq: LRCX-B)
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HONG KONG – Macao, the world’s biggest gambling hub, has eased its requirements for people to wear masks after mandating them for most of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting Monday, people no longer have to wear masks when outdoors, the statement by authorities in the Chinese territory said. They’ll still be required in places like elderly care homes and hospitals and on public transit, but indoor venues such as casinos have the discretion to decide themselves whether to require masks.
The statement said the policy was eased because the virus situation in Macao “has continuously remained stable for the past two months.”
In neighboring Hong Kong, authorities last week extended its mandate until March 8 to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses in cold weather, although they have signaled they may ease the requirements soon. Violators of the mandate requiring masks be worn in indoor and outdoor public areas can be fined 5,000 Hong Kong dollars ($637) on the spot.
Both territories had followed China’s “zero-COVID” strategy using travel restrictions and quarantines to try to stamp out the virus for much of the pandemic. The strategy was abandoned late last year as more virulent viral strains spread.
Both cities later reopened to tourists, and China on Jan. 8 dropped mandatory quarantine for inbound travelers. | 2023-02-27T12:58:10+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/health/2023/02/27/macao-eases-covid-mask-mandate-as-virus-situation-stabilizes/ |
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Fridley-based R&R Machinery Moving Co. has paid $2.35 million for a Fridley warehouse left empty when Larsen’s Manufacturing Co. moved to a new location in Coon Rapids.
DBB Properties II LLC, Fridley closed May 24 on the acquisition from Commerce Lane Properties LLC in Andover.
The deal included a 29,445-square-foot warehouse on 2.52 acres at 7421 Commerce Lane NE. It was built in 1969, with additions in 1975 and 1995. It has four dock doors, three drive-in doors and 14 feet of clear height.
The sale price works out to $79.81 per square foot.
Ben Youds and Alex Baron of the Twin Cities office of Transwestern represented R&R, which will use the location for machinery storage for its headquarters at 5101 Industrial Blvd, Suite 10 in Fridley and a second full-service location in New Hope.
R&R is a specialty contractor, focused on everything from moving single machines to relocating the operations of an entire manufacturing plant.
Eric Batiza and Dan Larew of JLL represented Larsen’s, which began in the 1930s as a sheet metal job shop in northeast Minneapolis. Today Larsen’s is a national maker of fire extinguisher cabinets, Flame-Shield® fire-rated cabinets, access panels, fire hose/valve cabinets, and heavy gauge cabinets and access panels for detention facilities. It has a plant in Pompano Beach, Florida, and its new location in Coon Rapids.
In 2016, Larsen’s became a division of Morris Group International.
Place: 7421 Commerce Lane NE, Fridley
Price: $2.35 million no down payment listed; new mortgage
Buyer: DBB Properties II LLC, Fridley
Seller: Commerce Lane Properties LLC, Andover
Date: 5-24-23
Sand Prairie Holdings LLC in St. Cloud closed May 24 on a $4.7 million 1031 exchange purchase of a 25,179-square-foot office at 4810 White Bear Parkway in White Bear Lake.
The seller was Sterling Properties LLLP, an entity of Sterling Office and Industrial Trust in Fargo, North Dakota.
The Class B masonry office was built in 1991 on 3.38 acres and renovated in 2003.
The price works out to $187.06 per square foot
The property is leased to accounting firm HLB Tautges Redpath Ltd.
Place: 4810 White Bear Parkway, White Bear Lake
Price: $4.71 million; $75,000 down payment; new mortgage; 1031 exchange; $187.06 per square foot
Buyer: Sand Prairie Holdings LLC, St. Cloud
Seller: Sterling Properties LLLP, Fargo, North Dakota
Date: 5-24-23
e | 2023-05-31T03:13:09+00:00 | finance-commerce.com | https://finance-commerce.com/2023/05/just-sold-machinery-mover-adds-warehouse/ |
The New York Police Department is searching for a man who allegedly carried out an antisemitic attack in Central Park.
According to the NYPD's Hate Crimes Unit, a 63-year-old suffered lacerations and a chipped tooth in the attack Wednesday night.
"Numerous anti-Jewish statements were made prior to the assault," authorities said.
The Anti-Defamation League said it is horrified by the reported attack.
"Crimes like these have a ripple effect across communities & cause unique trauma on top of physical harm," the organization said.
Antisemitic incidents reached an all-time high in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League. It says there were 2,717 incidents reported, ranging from assaults, harassment and vandalism. It is the highest number on record since the organization started tracking incidents in 1979.
New York had 416 incidents last year, according to the ADL, the highest of any state in the country. | 2022-12-16T21:00:14+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/nypd-searching-for-suspect-in-alleged-antisemitic-attack-in-central-park |
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Flying from Florida to Buenos Aires usually takes about 10 hours, but the turboprop landing in Argentina on Saturday was no normal plane. It had been en route for 20 days, and many Argentines eagerly refreshed flight tracking software to keep tabs on its progress.
The Short SC.7 Skyvan carried no crucial cargo nor VIP passengers. Rather, the plane will be another means for Argentines to reckon with the brutal history of their country’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
The plane, which was discovered in the U.S., is the first ever proven in a court to have been used by Argentina’s junta to hurl political detainees to their deaths from the sky, one of the bloody period’s most cold-blooded atrocities.
Argentina’s government will add the plane to the Museum of Memory, which is in what was the junta’s most infamous secret detention center. Known as the ESMA, it housed many of the detainees who were later tossed alive from the “death flights” into the ocean or river
One of the victims linked to the returned plane was Azucena Villaflor, whose son Néstor disappeared and presumably was murdered early in the dictatorship. After he went missing, she founded the group Mothers of Plaza de Mayo to demand information about disappeared children, and then was herself detained and killed.
“For us, as family members, it’s very important that the plane be part of history, because the bodies as well as the plane tell exactly what happened,” Cecilia De Vincenti, Villaflor’s daughter, told The Associated Press.
The plane’s return was enabled by Italian photographer Giancarlo Ceraudo, who spent years seeking out “death flight” planes. This one had later delivered mail in Florida and more recently carried skydivers in Arizona.
Throughout his quest, Ceraudo said, countless people failed to understand why he remained steadfastly focused on finding the junta’s aircraft, especially since the bodies of many of the dictatorship’s victims are still undiscovered.
“The planes had to be recovered because they were an important piece, like the (Nazi) gas chambers, a terrible tool,” Ceraudo said in an interview.
Argentina’s junta is widely considered the most deadly of the military dictatorships that ruled much of Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s. It detained, tortured and killed people suspected of opposing the regime. Human rights groups estimate 30,000 were slain, many of whom disappeared without a trace.
Some of them vanished aboard the “death flights.”
During an extensive 2012-2017 trial, survivors testified that the flights took place at least weekly. According to witnesses, prisoners often were told that they were being released and sometimes were forced to dance to loud music in celebration. Then they received a supposed vaccination that was in fact a strong sedative. As the drug took effect, they were hooded, bound and loaded aboard a plane.
The trial, at which 29 former officials were sentenced to life in prison, proved that the dictatorship used death flights as a systematic mode of extermination. It specified that the Skyvan just returned to Buenos Aires was used to kill Villaflor and 11 other detainees.
Prosecutors say it is impossible to know how many detainees in all were thrown from the planes. But at least 71 bodies of suspected death flight victims washed up along the coast — 44 in Argentina and 27 in neighboring Uruguay, according to the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, a non-governmental group.
Between December 1977 and February 1978, the bodies of five women, including Villaflor, two other members of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and two French nuns who were helping mothers search for their loved ones washed up. They were buried without identification, and their bodies were not identified until 2005.
Ceraudo teamed up with Miriam Lewin, a journalist and ESMA survivor, in the search for the planes.
The pilots of the flight that carried Villaflor to her death were convicted in part due to flight logs that Ceraudo and Lewin were able to find after tracking down the PA-51 Skyvan in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2010.
“The records led us to the pilots, and from those names, we were able to locate them within the repressive structures that operated in the service of the systematic extermination plan,” said Mercedes Soiza Reilly, who was prosecutor in the 2012-2017 trial.
Through a painstaking search that included deep dives into websites in which plane spotter hobbyists kept track of aircraft, Ceraudo and Lewin were able to locate the planes.
Of the five Skyvan planes known to have been used in death flights, two had been destroyed in the 1982 war with Britain over the Falkland Islands. The three others were sold in 1994 to CAE Aviation, a Luxemburg-based firm. One of those planes was sold to GB Airlink, which used it to provide private mail services to the Bahamas from Florida.
This year, after Argentina’s government decided to buy the plane after a campaign by De Vincenti and other human rights activists, it was located in a skydiving outfit in Phoenix.
“What an incredible story, right?” said De Vincenti. “Because they were thrown out without a parachute, and now they’re using it for that, for parachuting.”
Getting such an old plane back was not easy. It was stuck in Jamaica for two weeks after its engine broke shortly after takeoff from the island. It was also stuck for a few days in Bolivia due to inclement weather.
In seeking justice for the junta’s victims, Argentina has held 296 trials relating to dictatorship-era crimes against humanity since 2006, after amnesty laws were struck down. In those, 1,115 people have been convicted, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Putting the plane on display will help Argentines understand the reality of the dictatorship, activists say.
“It is very important, because there are generations upon generations who were born and lived in democracy and did not suffer the terror of those years,” Lewin said. | 2023-06-25T11:21:24+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/ap-top-headlines/argentine-dictatorships-death-flight-plane-returned-home-for-a-historical-reckoning/ |
Comcast said Monday it fired NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell after corroborating a female employee's allegations of sexual harassment.
An attorney representing CNBC anchor and senior international correspondent Hadley Gamble acknowledged Comcast investigated Shell because of her client's complaint.
CNN typically does not name victims of alleged sexual misconduct but is identifying Gamble because she gave her attorney permission to issue a statement on her behalf.
"The investigation into Mr. Shell arose from a complaint by my client of sexual harassment and sex discrimination," said Suzanne McKie, a managing partner of Farore Law, who is representing Gamble, in a statement to CNN. "Given these circumstances it is very disappointing that my client's name has been released and her privacy violated."
Gamble provided emails which backed up her complaint, and NBC quickly hired outside legal counsel to investigate, according to multiple sources. After looking into the allegations, Comcast moved quickly to remove Shell, they said.
Two sources familiar with the matter said Gamble had been informed the network was not renewing her contract, though it was unknown why it was not renewed. As of Monday afternoon, Gamble is still listed as a CNBC anchor on the channel's official website.
Shell's attorney didn't immediately respond to CNN's request for comment.
Shell announced his surprising and immediate departure in a statement Sunday.
"I had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company, which I deeply regret," Shell said in his statement. "I'm truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down, they are the most talented people in the business and the opportunity to work with them the last 19 years has been a privilege."
Comcast declined to comment on the allegations from Gamble's lawyer. But in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Comcast said it fired Shell due to allegations of sexual harassment.
"Following a complaint that Jeffrey Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, engaged in inappropriate conduct with a female employee, including allegations of sexual harassment, Comcast Corporation retained outside counsel to investigate the allegations," the filing said. "During the investigation, evidence was uncovered that corroborated the allegations. As a consequence, on April 23, 2023, the company terminated Mr. Shell's employment with cause under his employment agreement, effective immediately."
Shell carried out his normal duties while the company engaged an outside law firm to conduct an investigation, a person familiar with the matter said.
There is no search underway for a successor to Shell, the person added. In the meantime, Comcast President Mike Cavanagh will assume Shell's duties. Shell had been named CEO in January 2020 after leading content creation, programming and distribution for NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment.
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FORT LEE, N.J., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPSI) ("Pioneer," "Pioneer Power" or the "Company"), a leader in the design, manufacture, service and integration of electrical power systems, distributed energy resources, power generation equipment and mobile electric vehicle ("EV") charging solutions, today announced that management will host a conference call on Monday, August 15, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss Pioneer's 2022 second quarter financial results with the investment community.
Anyone interested in participating should call 1-800-289-0720 if calling within the United States or 1-323-701-0160 if calling internationally. When asked, please reference confirmation code 9383194.
A replay will be available until August 22, 2022 which can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921 if calling within the United States or 1-412-317-6671 if calling internationally. Please use passcode 9383194 to access the replay.
The call will also be accompanied live by webcast over the Internet and accessible at https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1562210&tp_key=532cb770c2.
Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. is a leader in the design, manufacture, integration, refurbishment, service and distribution of electric power systems, distributed energy resources, power generation equipment and mobile EV charging solutions for applications in the utility, industrial and commercial markets. To learn more about Pioneer, please visit its website at www.pioneerpowersolutions.com.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Escalade Inc. (ESCA) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $2.7 million.
On a per-share basis, the Evansville, Indiana-based company said it had profit of 20 cents.
The maker of sporting goods products posted revenue of $72.1 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported profit of $18 million, or $1.31 per share. Revenue was reported as $313.8 million.
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Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, hired Kelley Robinson, the executive director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, as its new president Tuesday.
Robinson, a Black woman who identifies as queer, said in an interview this week that she hoped to lead a “broad, intersectional coalition for change" that extends beyond the political sphere to include workplaces, schools and sports leagues.
“I am a community organizer, through and through, and I kind of look at the fight that is in front of me,” she said. “It has become clear that reproductive rights is the canary in the coal mine issue in so many ways. They are coming for abortion rights, they are coming for marriage rights, they are coming for privacy.”
In a video made to accompanying her appointment, Robinson said she would prioritize making everyone feel included and heard in HRC’s work, a continuation of a long-held effort by the organization to move beyond criticism that it focused too much on the interests of white, gay men.
“By standing here today I am making a promise and commitment to carry this work forward, to ensure that if you have ever not seen yourself in this movement you know that in this time we are here for you,” she said in the video. "This next chapter of the Human Rights Campaign is about getting to freedom and liberation without any exceptions.”
Robinson, whose first day at HRC will be Nov. 28, began her career as an organizer for Obama for America in Missouri in 2008, before moving over to work for an affiliate of Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit network of facilities that provide sexual health care, including abortion services.
She served as associate director of youth engagement and national organizing director before becoming the executive director of the group’s political arm in 2019. Planned Parenthood Action Fund ran a $45 million electoral program in 2020.
Robinson is married to Becky George, a senior adviser for movement building at Everytown for Gun Safety. They have a 1-year-old child.
David, the group’s first Black president, was fired for “violation of HRC’s Conflict of Interest policy and the mission,” after a report by the New York attorney general revealed he had advised Cuomo’s team on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations while running the organization.
David, who is now the president of the Global Black Economic Forum, sued HRC months later, alleging it had a “racist, biased culture” and had fired him because of his race. HRC’s leadership has denied those claims, and is contesting his lawsuit in a New York court.
Joni Madison, the HRC’s interim president who previously served as chief operating office and chief of staff, is expected to stay at the organization. | 2022-09-20T17:50:47+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/20/hrc-president-kelley-robinson/ |
Garden City man arrested after woman texts 911 for help
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (KWCH) - The Garden City Police Department made an arrest Sunday night after a woman involved in a domestic disturbance texted 911 for help.
Garden City police officers were dispatched to the north part of the city after communications received an inaudible 911 call from a woman, who then texted 911 stating she needed help. Officers arrived and found the woman in distress. They learned she had been in a physical altercation with a man she knew, identified as 43-year-old Siraj Mohamad, of Garden City.
The woman said when she tried to leave after an argument, Mohamad got upset, struck her several times, and prevented her from leaving. She said Mohamad then strangled her. When he let her go, the woman said she was able to contact 911.
Mohamad was arrested and booked into the Finney County Jail for aggravated domestic battery and criminal restraint.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaskela Law LLC announces that it is investigating Pzena Investment Management, Inc. (NYSE: PZN) ("PZN") on behalf of the Company's investors.
On July 26, 2022, PZN announced that it would be acquired at a price of $9.60 per share in cash. Following the closing of the proposed transaction, PZN's shareholders will be cashed out of their investment position, and the company's shares will no longer be publicly traded.
Notably, as recently as February 2022, shares of PZN's stock traded above $10.50 per share.
The investigation seeks to determine whether PZN shareholders will receive adequate monetary consideration for their shares, and whether PZN's directors violated the securities laws and/or breached their fiduciary duties in agreeing to sell the company at $9.60 per share.
PZN shareholders are encouraged to contact Kaskela Law LLC (D. Seamus Kaskela, Esq. or Adrienne Bell, Esq.) at (484) 229 – 0750, or by email (skaskela@kaskelalaw.com / abell@kaskelalaw.com) or online at https://kaskelalaw.com/cases/pzena-investment-management/ , to receive additional information about this investigation and their legal rights and options.
Kaskela Law LLC exclusively represents investors in securities fraud, corporate governance, and merger & acquisition litigation, and has helped recover in excess of $100 million on behalf of victimized investors. For additional information about Kaskela Law LLC please visit www.kaskelalaw.com.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A new hearing is set if Louisiana lawmakers fail to redraw the Congressional maps that add a second majority Black district.
Louisiana lawmakers have until Monday, June 20 to create a new Congressional map that includes a second majority Black district.
The hearing, set for June 29 at 9 a.m., was scheduled Friday morning by Chief Judge Shelly Dick.
Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder and Louisiana Senate President Page Cortez sought more time, but Judge Dick denied that request.
In her order, Judge Dick laid out the following deadlines.
- Proposed remedial maps and memoranda in support shall be filed on or before June 22, 2022. Plaintiffs and Defendants shall each make one joint filing. Memoranda in support of remedial map submittals shall be limited to thirty (30) pages.
- Responses or oppositions, if any, to the proposed remedial maps shall be limited to twenty (20) pages and filed on or before June 27, 2022. Plaintiffs and Defendants shall each make one joint filing in response or opposition to the opponents proposed remedial map.
- An evidentiary hearing on the proposed remedial maps shall be held on June 29, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3. | 2022-06-17T22:45:37+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/business/judge-sets-hearing-if-lawmakers-fail-to-create-new-congressional-maps/ |
SARASOTA, Fla. — The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has charged eight different people with drug-related offenses after detectives conducted a long-term investigation in north Sarasota.
Beginning back in February, Special Investigation detectives teamed up with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to look into recent drug sales and gun violence.
Over the next several months, detectives were reportedly able to identify eight "key individuals" in connection to criminal activity in the parking lot of the Purple Store on Dr. Martin Luther King Way.
Two out of the eight people are still wanted by deputies, according to the sheriff's office's flyer.
The people charged collectively have 131 prior felony charges with 76 convictions and 112 previous misdemeanor charges with 47 convictions collectively.
They now face a total of 34 new felony charges. They were identified as Lamont Brookins, Isaiah Bryant, Robert Games, Jr., Yvens Philone, Tiarra Stanford and Franklin Willis. Both Christopher Phillips and Gregory Swain, Jr. are still at large, the sheriff's office says.
“We work diligently to address reoccurring criminal activity throughout specific areas of unincorporated Sarasota County,” Sheriff Kurt A. Hoffman said in a statement. “Whether it takes our patrol deputies, tactical units, criminal investigators, undercover personnel, or a combination of all four, we utilize intelligence-led policing to put resources where they will make the most impact. In this situation, drugs and guns were being sold across the street from an elementary school, public library, and afterschool care program.
"While these arrests are significant, our efforts will not stop here. We will continue to monitor this corridor and interrupt criminal activity to protect our citizens and, more importantly, our children.” | 2022-08-09T22:10:13+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/8-people-charged-drug-related-crimes-sarasota/67-e9ce30dc-12ec-4fc8-bfa3-50ec30240801 |
- Research conducted by IR highlights the challenges IT teams face when dealing with evolving unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) environments.
SYDNEY, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IR (ASX:IRI) a leading global performance management and analytics provider for unified communication and collaboration, IT infrastructure, and payment ecosystems, today announced the findings of research conducted among IT professionals in Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) environments.
The IT Time Crunch research found that 25% of IT Professionals wasted more than 1 working day every week on unnecessary UC&C tasks. It also identified nearly 70% of respondents waste at least four hours per week. This is compounded on the backdrop of 50% reporting an increase in their day-to-day workload.
"It is shocking that 1 in 4 of the surveyed IT practitioners waste a full day a week needlessly on UC tasks. This in turn has a tremendous impact on costs and productivity. IT teams need added visibility and controls to manage complexities in their UC&C ecosystems," said John Ruthven, CEO and Managing Director, IR.
The report details the results of a recent survey of 214 IT professionals from the United States, United Kingdom, and Singapore, with nearly 40% of respondents working in organizations with more than 10,000 end users.
Their main challenges included time wasted when troubleshooting issues, especially those they are unaware of, until reported. The research also indicates the toll this increasing workload causes, with IT teams who have become the 'fire-department' of an organization. Multiple respondents changed roles or left jobs in the past three years seeking better work-life balance and working conditions.
Monitoring and performance management solutions can help IT teams identify the root causes of these problems without wasting crucial work hours.
For more information and to download a copy of the report, click here.
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The Father: A spy who needs to use his fraud family to help him get closer to a leader of a rival nation.
The Mother: An assassin who needs to use her fraud family to help her not get arrested by the secret police for being a possible spy because she's approaching 30 and isn't married.
The Daughter: A psychic who can read minds and loves her fraud family more than anything.
This is the set-up for one of the best anime of 2022. The three characters are each very different, trying to hide what they really are from each other while maintaining the facade of a normal family.
Set in a Berlin-inspired city, the center of tensions between the opposing nations of Westalis and Ostania, and heavily inspired by not just Cold War history, but like "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" or any James Bond movie, "Spy x Family" is a cornucopia of ideas and characters that somehow works and maintains originality despite borrowing ideas from so many sources.
Loid is a spy, a cold and calculating master of disguise who puts his life on the line daily because of a childhood spent in a warzone leaving him wanting to ensure no children have to experience what he did. Tasked with getting close to Donovan Desmond, the leader of Ostania's Unity Party, Loid (codename Twilight) adopts a young girl named Anya (a telepath), who he will then have enroll at an elite academy attended by Desmond's son.
Problem: Anya is a wild child prone to fantasy and bouts of ADHD, and an elite school may not be a perfect fit for her. She's six years old and just wants to have fun, not be another brick in the wall.
The anime goes back and forth between following Anya's school exploits, including gaining entrance and then going to classes and getting along with classmates, and Loid and Yor's lives outside the family.
All the while, there's that nucleus of the "fake" family and how all three are growing to love each other and get way too into their roles while lying to themselves that this isn't what they want.
The 12-episode first half of the season (the rest will be released in the Fall season) is fast-paced, only tripping up with the last episode adapting a one-shot chapter of the manga that was used to establish the characters and introduce the series to new readers.
It randomly pumps the brakes on the story, and having characters introduced at the finish line is bizarre. You can skip episode 12 and miss absolutely nothing.
The animation is fantastic, with all the characters being unique in design and memorable because of that. Much money and love went into how "Spy x Family" looks. On top of that, the soundtrack is full of memorable tracks, and the voice cast is at the top of their form.
"Spy x Family" is already one of 2022's best anime, a killer series with great characters, beautiful animation, and an adorable family dynamic. If you haven't given the series a chance, you should definitely check out the first episode — because, if nothing else, Anya's outbursts and wild faces will put a smile on your face.
Spy x Family is available on Crunchyroll. | 2022-08-29T21:00:41+00:00 | ktvq.com | https://www.ktvq.com/news/national/the-hilarious-and-adorable-spy-x-family-offers-something-for-everyone |
(NewsNation) — A plant-derived supplement called berberine is going viral on social media for being a cheaper, natural alternative to Ozempic for those wanting to lose weight.
Posts calling it “nature’s Ozempic” have racked up millions of views on TikTok as users claim it can help with weight loss. But very little is actually known about berberine’s health impacts.
What is berberine?
Berberine is a bright yellow compound extracted from the stem, roots or bark of various plant species.
It is available as a pill or a powder from a range of manufacturers but has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Small studies found berberine can decrease blood glucose and cholesterol, and improve insulin resistance, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Berberine’s possible weight-loss effects may be triggered similarly to the diabetes drug metformin, by improving how cells use insulin, according to Jim Backes, a clinical pharmacist at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Excess insulin in the blood can sometimes make people feel hungrier, and decreasing insulin levels may help reduce that craving, Backes told the WSJ.
Does it work?
While some studies on berberine have suggested the supplement can help with blood glucose and cholesterol, researchers warn that the connection to weight loss is premature and that lifestyle changes like exercise and healthier eating could be responsible for users who reported losing weight.
Researchers are still exploring berberine’s effects on the nervous system, cancer biology, and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Some patients at Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine who are overweight or obese have experienced moderate weight loss of 5 to 10 pounds over a period of a few months, Dr. Elizabeth Bradley told the WSJ.
“I’m pleasantly surprised at the impact,” Bradley said, noting those taking berberine might also be making other lifestyle changes.
However, some experts suggest the supplement may be acting as a placebo.
“If you believe it is going to help you lose weight, maybe it does,” said Lisa Kroon, a diabetes specialist and professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy.
History of berberine
The plants that produce berberine have been used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda in India and traditional medicine of the Middle East.
It has been used as a salve for stings and bites, to heal wounds, and to treat things like diabetes, infections and jaundice.
Scientists extracted berberine as the active ingredient in plants at least over 100 years ago, according to Dr. Joshua Levitt, in order to study the compound for metabolic issues like cholesterol and diabetes. | 2023-07-23T19:57:21+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/natures-ozempic-what-is-the-trendy-weight-loss-supplement/ |
After turning down two royalty deals on ABC's Shark Tank, The Little Burros Lands Deals with Major Nationwide Retailers
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria, VA-based company The Little Burros turned down royalty deals from Lori Greiner and Kevin O'Leary after pitching their gardening product, The Burro Buddy, on ABC's Shark Tank in 2020.
"Turning down a deal, let alone two, from the sharks was a difficult decision but at the end of the day we knew we were already getting traction in the stores and we would regret taking a royalty." shared Mollie Thorsen, COO.
The father-daughter pair have persisted in pitching their product to retailers across the U.S., while continuing their online sales and maintaining their existing retail partnerships. They recently were awarded a deal with Lowe's, with The Burro Buddy set to launch in over 1,200 Lowe's stores nationwide on September 5, 2022. This figure represents nearly 75% of Lowe's total nationwide locations.
The Little Burros was also one of over 500 companies that attended Walmart's Annual Open Call Event for U.S. Manufacturing companies in June 2022. The company received a coveted "golden ticket" deal from the event, and their product is predicted to be available in 1,100 Walmart stores in the spring of 2023.
"There's nothing like The Burro Buddy out there, it really changes the way you work in the yard, so we are really excited to get these into the hands of Lowe's and Walmart customers," expressed Managing Partner Bob Thorsen.
To learn more about The Little Burros, visit www.littleburros.com.
The Little Burros is a family-run, mission-driven, quality tool line that provides innovative solutions to everyday garden problems. The company prides itself on producing American-made, lasting products that keep its users organized while working on whatever project is at hand.
The Burro Buddy is an award-winning garden tray that is thoughtfully designed to store the user's drink, cell phone, short and long handle tools. It allows users to easily organize their wheelbarrow, so they can navigate throughout their yard and complete gardening projects efficiently.
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ANN ARBOR, MI - While three members of the Ann Arbor School Board whose terms expire at the end of the year have opted not to seek re-election, there is no shortage of interest from the community in filling those seats, with 13 candidates vying for four seats in the Nov. 8 general election.
With board members Rebecca Lazarus, Jessica Kelly and Bryan Johnson opting not to run again, trustee Susan Baskett is the only incumbent with an expiring term to file for re-election for another four-year term.
Baskett is joined on the ballot by Kai Cortina, Jacinda Townsend Gides, Jamila James, Lena Kauffman, Jeremy Lapham, Paulette Metoyer, Rima Mohammad, Susan Ward Schmidt, Barry Schumer, Andrew Spencer, Leslie Wilkins and Alex Wood.
Baskett is the longest serving AAPS trustee, joining the board in 2003. She is a graduate of Bach Elementary, Slauson Middle School and Pioneer High School, while earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Michigan and an MBA in marketing from Duke University. Baskett is the owner/operator of a licensed day care home, specializing in caring for children with special needs.
Cortina is an educational researcher, immigrant and father of two AAPS children. He is concerned about AAPS’ decisions and policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an over-reliance on Zoom-school instead of in-person classes creating what he said are “substantial learning deficits” in reading, math and social learning.
Townsend Gides is a former journalist and lawyer who is now a novelist, teaching in the MFA program at the University of Michigan. She grew up in Kentucky before earning a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor degree from Duke University. As a parent, she has volunteered in her children’s schools and served as a board member at their Montessori school before being elected as a trustee of the Monroe County Community School Corporation in Indiana.
James is a child advocate and nurse, with two children who have gone through AAPS and another still attending. She is a member of Ann Arbor School Parent’s Intent on Racial Equity, the Skyline PTSO, PTOC and Washtenaw County Equitable Engagement Steering Committee. She also has served as president of the Head Start Parent committee, as a room and band parent and has completed Diversity and Inclusion training including Unconscious Bias and You.
Kauffman is a Swedish immigrant, the daughter of a Nobel laureate and a graduate of the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism. She has been a communications professional in health care for nearly two decades. She was one of the founders of Ann Arbor Reasonable Return - a grassroots advocacy group that describes itself as “dedicated to an evidence-based approach to pandemic school reopening.”
Lapham is a single parent who has been a registered nurse for 16 years, working as a school-based nurse practitioner in adolescent health for the last six years. He is a graduate of Washtenaw Community College and Wayne State University, with two masters degrees from University of Michigan. He also serves as vice president of The University of Michigan Professional Nurses Council.
Metoyer is a physician with 20 years of formal classroom education. While in high school, she volunteered to tutor elementary school children who were behind in their classwork.
Mohammad has experience as a clinician, educator and researcher. As a child of refugees whose family struggled, Mohammad said she has been dedicated to addressing issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, including opportunity gaps and curriculum assessments. She said her perspective as a refugee, person of color and growing up in poverty and her experience as a scientist, educator and healthcare worker qualifies her for the board.
Ward Schmidt has more than 35 years of experience as a teacher in rural, urban and suburban schools in five states, including AAPS’ Scarlett Middle School. She previously served on the East Lansing School Board and other governing boards, which she said helped her develop “collaborative skills to be able to understand complex issues, and diverse viewpoints to get things done.” She also has done educational policy work in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Schumer worked in public schools for 23 years as a clinical social worker, working with children with emotional and behavioral problems, as well as students with educational disabilities. He has taught at three universities part-time, including the University of Michigan. As a psychotherapist, he said he is “very aware of the mental health challenges of children today, post-COVID.”
Spencer attended public school, was raised by two public school teachers and is a parent of public school students. He is a scientist trained in biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics who has been working in health care research and development to discover new medicines for patients. He said he wants to work on solving the district’s hard problems, aiming to find solutions that work for the entire community.
Wilkins has degrees in both music and psychology from the University of Michigan. She has been a manager in marketing for 13 years. She has spent time volunteering on school PTO boards, serving as vice president of the Scarlett Middle School PTO board for three years. She also has served on other nonprofit boards for the last nine years. She said she wants to ask hard questions and work collaboratively to make decisions as a board member.
Wood is a former AAPS student and current AAPS parent. She has spent 25 years working with families and doing nonprofit board and advocacy work. A self-described “queer, Puerto Rican Jew,” Wood said her life experiences have shown her the ways the district’s public commitment to equity and belonging falls short in practice for marginalized families.
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What are your goals should you be elected and how will you work to accomplish them?
Baskett:
Should I be re-elected my goal is to continue the work already in progress. The overview and 2022-2023 goals can be found here. The first four goals are: 1) to hear from our community 2) Enhance our work on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility 3) Continue to enhance academic, social, emotional and mental health supports and 4) Remain committed to providing and expanding before and after-school care. I will work to accomplish these goals by first meeting with each trustee to lead a clear understanding of what can and cannot be done by a strong, well-trained and cohesive board of education. A strong board of education can greatly affect student achievement. Setting this foundation starts with clarifying current goals already in progress and what a school board trustee can and cannot do per state law and work that has already been done.
Cortina:
First, I want the school district to make it very explicit that it has learned from its recent mistakes and will assure parents that there will be no COVID related school closings unless urged by public health officials. Motto: If the mall is open, schools are open. I will push the school district to doing more to help all those students who have fallen behind in their learning due to zoom school. I would like to see a strong free tutoring system in place for eligible students, i.e. all students who have low achievement scores or who were identified by teachers as in need for additional support.
Townsend Gides:
As a veteran board member, my primary commitments have been preserving academic excellence and increasing equity between schools: while others see these goals as incompatible, I see them as necessary synergy. As a leader, I’m more swayed by data and by examples of innovative, effective policy than I am by the most strident voices in a room: I’m most interested in bringing all voices to the table, particularly those who aren’t being heard. I’m an advocate for students of color, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and students with special education needs. As a board member I pushed to disarm the SROs in the Monroe County schools, and when the Indiana state legislature passed a bill allowing school districts to join social justice education with curricula, I very quickly wrote and passed our district’s resolution to do so. As a member of the AAPS Board, I’d like to help the district revisit the way in which its existing systems and processes perpetuate inequities between schools.
James:
My goals is to get a real equitable plan for AAPS, one that states /define the problem,has measurable outcomes, SMART Goals, and objectives with assigned accountability. I also have a goal of advocating for an updated curriculum that includes Social Emotional Learning as well as Restorative Justice . Making our Skill Trades curriculum stronger, more visible and available any child interested in it, To have more Social workers and Psychologist in all schools. I will accomplish this by being vocal about the needs of the most vulnerable and encouraging my fellow trustee’s to support my goals while engaging our Superintendent. Nothing can be done without 4 votes. If I am unable to accomplish these goals, It won’t be because I didn’t have the will to get it done. I also want to foster more transparency and stronger communication between the Community, Staff, Administrators and Board Trustees. It takes a village and all of our voices are important in shaping our schools.
Kauffman:
I want to keep public schools in-person, address the harms to learning outcomes many students experienced during virtual school, and improve clear and transparent communication about district decisions. Keeping our public schools in person will require continued investment in smart approaches to public health and addressing staffing shortages by truly listening to our AAPS employees about what they need. For our students, we need an all-hands-on-deck approach that invites the community to be a part of reducing disparities in learning outcomes and restoring much needed public school services to families, such as before-and-after school-based childcare. Finally, we need to improve public trust by having the board provide more communication direction and leadership to the Ann Arbor Public Schools superintendent and administration.
Lapham:
Preparing AAPS students for a modern global workforce by engaging stakeholders to craft, high-quality, student-centered systems for AAPS. Would encourage investments that will introduce AAPS children to a variety of post-high school options.Ensure AAPS adheres to evidence-based improvement to curriculum, systems, and services. I will advocate for implementing high-quality research from orgs like: Lauch Michigan, The Skillman foundation, and National Center for Educational ExcellenceLet educators educate. I will advocate for high-quality research into the issues facing public education, and ensure that the voices of Michigan’s rank-and-file educators are part of any proposals to help our students succeed.Make Schools Community Centers Again. I will work with administrators and principle to increase access to our schools to civic organizations, leaders in business, education, labor, and parents to ensure high quality offerings to AAPS’s students.
Metoyer:
My goals are to 1) do all that I can to keep the public school system focused upon educating children in the skills of reading, writing (including script), mathematics, history, geography; and 2) to see that public education stays within its lane and that a clear line is drawn in delineating what the public school and its agents are and are NOT allowed to do under the auspices of “education.”
Mohammad:
I am passionate about addressing the issues facing our city and public schools, especially surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion and antiracism (DEIA), transparency, community engagement and curriculum assessment. My experiences and expertise will be an asset to the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education. My goals are to address these key areas: 1. Fostering community input and discussions at all levels. 2. Analyzing and addressing opportunity gaps in education to ensure consistency in education throughout the district. 3. Analyzing DEIA needs and implementing sustainable interventions to ensure these needs are addressed. 4. Ensuring open communication, transparency and inclusiveness of the schools to provide social, emotional and educational support to all members of our community.
Ward Schmidt:
My goal is to make each child feel that going to school is a safe haven where they see endless possibilities for learning and growing academically, socially and emotionally. I believe my experience, knowledge, energy and advocacy skills can be a positive influence on the board’s collaborative process so that the decisions made will result in creating a school district that continually strives for that goal. Communication will be a major part of my service as I will make myself accessible to all stakeholders in our school district’s learning community.
Schumer:
First, and most important, we must improve academic performance by Ann Arbor students. We must lower the non-proficiency levels in math (50%) and reading (30%). How can one of the best school systems in the State of Michigan, have such a shockingly high percentage of students non-proficient in math and reading? Second, I want to help the Ann Arbor Schools move towards an ‘open school system’. Why should we continue to benefit from our ‘white privilege’, while so many brown and black children who live just outside our school district, remain trapped in failing schools? This would be the ultimate point of ‘inclusion’. Many people do not live up to the values they espouse. Do you agree with opening the Ann Arbor School system, or not? If not, you are nothing more than a hypocrite.
Spencer:
1. Let’s ensure teachers love being at AAPS and want to stay. 2. Before and after school care need to be a priority for our district’s working families. 3. Keep our kids in school whenever possible so they are engaged with educators and peers. 4. Find creative ways to make PTO and PTO-like funding more equitable across our district. 5. Further progress for our district on reducing the number of days our students miss school for any reason. 6. Ensure we optimize the opportunities provided by the 2019 bond that our community provided to our schools.I believe the above goals are backed by common sense and hard data proving their importance. If elected, my process for building consensus on the Board will include evidence-based justification for why to tackle an issue and how the issue can best be solved or improved.
Wilkins:
For one thing, I’m excited to be in a position to directly impact equity-focused decisions, and make sure people from historically excluded backgrounds have a voice in those decisions. To be clear, this doesn’t mean I’m trying to speak on behalf of BIPOC families; I plan to intentionally listen to their voices, and bring their issues, opinions, and suggestions to the board. My lived experiences have shown me that systemic racism is still harming Ann Arbor students. I’m committed to reviewing current district policies and consulting with families to determine which policies are most helpful in supporting equity, and which ones are harmful. I’m especially concerned about incidents where the district wasn’t listening or taking action when racially hostile experiences were brought up. The AAPS BOE has put a lot of time into developing an Equity Plan, and I’m looking forward to diving in to that work, ensuring there are performance measures in place, and then getting the plan implemented.
Wood:
First and foremost, I want to institute an equitable covid safety policy (you can read the full policy on my website), which must include masking during times of higher community transmission, free high quality masks and testing for students and staff, HEPA filtration units in each and every classroom; and a return to free school meals for all. In addition to this just being the right thing to do as a district that prides itself on equity, there is significant evidence that adding HEPA filtration units to each classroom and ensuring that children are fed during the day has a significant, positive effect on educational outcomes. These two goals will provide immediate improvements for both quality of education, and quality of life for our school community.
What should be done to improve student achievement in Ann Arbor?
Baskett:
The Board of Education must have the sustained political will to address the achievement of ALL students. Improving student achievement is attainable when the correct resources are given to address achievement issues on a consistent and equitable basis. This can be difficult to do when loud privileged people are working against this. For example, in order to know what is needed, each student must be fairly assessed. We have parents who fight standardized testing. Once assessed, a teacher needs to develop an individualized learning plan. We have parents fighting this, insisting on a ‘gifted and talented’ program instead. An efficient and effective way to deliver individualized learning is via digital technology. We then have parents fighting the use of digital devices. What needs to be done is to keep focused on doing what is right. The Board of Education must sustain a political will to allocate the necessary resources so that each child may learn in the best proven way.
Cortina:
see prior response: We need a flexible intensive tutoring system free of charge for low achieving students.
Townsend Gides:
When one school isn’t performing as well as others, all schools aren’t performing as well as they could, and at the root of many student achievement problems are inequities that are made worse by misallocation of resources and systematic segregation of students by race and socioeconomic status. For instance, if we concentrate all students in need in Title I schools, in classrooms that are too crowded for them to thrive, we dramatically handicap their achievement. The “achievement gap” is really an opportunity and resource gap. For example, students at Pathways get the old Chromebooks while students at Skyline get newer ones. As long as these inequities are allowed to persist, we’ll have weaker student achievement than we should have in this district.
James:
A commitment to equity, making sure the children who need the resources, such as tutors, reading specialist, mental health support, get the help they needed to enable them to feel that school is a safe place to make mistakes and learn from them.
Kauffman:
Although the Ann Arbor Public Schools are known for excellence, there has been little progress on improving the education outcomes for minority, low income and special education students. The pandemic school closures made these persistent disparities even worse, and we have to act. School boards can’t and shouldn’t micromanage education, but they should set clear priorities and demand year-over-year improvement in outcomes. Technology that gives schools more data on which students need additional support is obviously something that the AAPS will pursue. However, technology is no cure-all and the board trustees need to be that oversight that ensures new programs and other changes in our schools are evidence-based, actually help our students in greatest need, and deliver results.
Lapham:
Equitable access to high-quality affordable education is essential to addressing inequality in our communities and to close the opportunity gap. In order to achieve an equitable public-school system the district ought to implement a comprehensive DEI strategy with quantitative measures of equity. I would also engage the educators, parents, the business community students, and everyone with a stake in public education to collectively determine a plan for funding and implementing the strategies from the Launch Michigan Framework (www.launchmichigan.org; the National Center of Educational Excellence and the Economy (www.ncee.org); Detroit Disability Power (https://www.detroitdisabilitypower.org); Center for Disability Justice (www.disabilityjustice.org) and the Therapist Neurodiversity Collaborative (www.therapistndc.org).Detailed policy proposals including how to develop Effective Teachers, Principles, and Administrators are available at: www.jeremylapham.info
Metoyer:
Establish a merit based program and abandon the focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, which rewards those who have not achieved and punishes those who have by denying them the fruits of their labor. As an example, If trials are taking place for the best pianist, the judges should be behind curtains and judgement should be based entirely on talent. If more children of a particular group end up being chosen then so be it. Academics should be no different. All people are not the same and are not capable of the same performance. All cultures are not the same and the products of those cultures cannot be expected to be represented in equal numbers in all endeavors. The Ann Arbor Public School system seems to have no problem with the over representation of certain groups in sports teams, why is there a problem for academic achievement?
Mohammad:
One of my priorities that I plan to address as a Trustee include analyzing and addressing opportunity gaps in education. I plan to analyze and address opportunity gaps in education to ensure consistency throughout the district. We need to evaluate student learning and learning loss, teacher resources and development, student resources and support, and other factors such as the inequities, especially in people of color, refugees, students with disabilities and other underserved populations. As a researcher, clinician and educator, I have strong critical thinking and analytical skills that can help assess opportunity gaps in education and factors associated with these gaps. Based on the data, I plan to implement interventions and initiatives that can address these gaps and provide increased resources and support, such as dedicated time for teachers for development/training and extra tutoring for struggling students.
Ward Schmidt:
Most importantly, a learning environment must be created that values each child and their needs. As a veteran teacher my top priority has always been to make sure my students felt the classroom and the school was a safe place. Safe to share ideas, take risks, to fail sometimes and to know their emotions and individuality is valued. Without this feeling of safety and belonging, learning has a hard time taking root and flourishing. Just as important is making sure all students have strong foundational literacy and math skills. These strong foundational skills give children the ability to access other subject areas and to become knowledgeable about the world around them, all things that need to happen to build critical reasoning skills. This will also positively impact student achievement. Lastly, I will support professional learning for our district’s educators so they are current with evidence-based teaching strategies that are based in peer-reviewed research.
Schumer:
Let’s start by developing a strong sense of community to solve these issues, with students, parents and teachers. We can solve these problems if these groups feel appreciated and included. Let’s remember that the ultimate responsibility of schools is to create adults who are literate in reading, math and sciences, and who can critically think, enabling them to be part of our great American civilization. School Boards cannot solve issues related to poverty, non-supportive parents or student motivation to achieve. These problems reflect a changing and chaotic society.
Spencer:
We have many experts in AAPS that know a lot about student achievement. Though I am not one of them, my reading of the educational research literature suggests that days in school, consistent family engagement, committed teachers, and equitable resource deployment (where it’s needed most) are four variables that can contribute to improving student achievement. That is why these variables are incorporated into the goals I would aim for should I be elected to the Board. I’m also eager to learn what else we can do in Ann Arbor beyond what I know today.
Wilkins:
Pandemic impacts aside, AAPS students are academically very successful. But I’d like to see more of a focus on our neuro-diverse and non-traditional learners, as well as a commitment to obliterate the opportunity gap – also known as the achievement gap – that exists for students in traditionally marginalized populations. And we need to trust our teachers to do their jobs, while giving them the autonomy to deliver an outstanding education in the way that they know best. Students succeed when they feel valued and important. Student achievement is going to improve once all students feel welcome and included just as they are, without expectation that they need to change to fit a kind of mold. One thing that contributes to that is representation – especially for BIPOC students, students in the LGBTQ community, and students with special needs. Students need to see these aspects of themselves celebrated and reflected in curriculum materials and in classroom and extracurricular activities.
Wood:
As I said in the last question, improving air quality and ensuring students are fed has been proven to show increases in positive educational outcomes. This will provide immediate results toward improving student achievement. Additionally, there is significant evidence that student who face discrimination at school struggle with both their mental health and academic achievement. If we are serious about improving academic achievement, we must broaden our scope to include the ways we are inadvertently damaging student capacity for achievement through our inaction on social issues like racism, queerphobia and ableism. I think it’s time to take a step back and ensure that we are looking at the whole child, improving material conditions and removing proven sources of stress will have a dramatic effect on the quality of education our children receive.
What are your priorities in balancing the budget?
Baskett:
Prioritizing the budget has been consistent during my tenure. We focus on what is best for the students so that teaching and learning is fully supported. Salaries and benefits for our staff is a large portion of our budget and will continue to be. Before making cuts to the budget, we focus on generating revenue instead of making cuts, i.e. renting district land for UM parking and cell towers We also practice good stewardship by constantly reviewing how we may utilize the funds as we use them in alignment with our community’s values. For example, we are building new schools in an environmentally sustainable way. This is a committed value that may initially cost more but in the long term, reduce some of our energy costs in the future. Per law, our budgets are audited and always available to the public.
Cortina:
Financially, AAPS is on very solid footing thanks to the stewardship of the superintendent over the last 9 years. My priorities are aligned with hers: Long-term planning with short term flexibility.
Townsend Gides:
AAPS is one of those rare school districts that has community support enough to pass a billion dollar capital bond to improve facilities and sustainability, which assists us in allocating other budget money towards student and educator needs. Though the district incurred an unanticipated $5.9 million in staffing costs during the COVID school closure, it’s likely those costs will recede. Also, Governor Whitmer’s recently approved budget will give Michigan districts $9,000 per pupil, which is the highest amount in state history. It will be up to us, then, to ensure that the budget we do have is used to directly enhance student achievement, bringing it back to pre-pandemic levels. We need to retain the teachers we do have through continuing competitive salaries, and we need to stop underresourcing them. We need to ensure that staff positions (e.g., the senior high school counselor) are paid competitively to similar positions at UM so that we retain our paraprofessionals.
James:
I recognize the complexity of the budget, and that the bond funds in particular can only be allocated for certain types of expenses. The general fund, the majority of which covers teacher salaries, has limited flexibility is rightly spent cautiously on District priorities. One major priority that I have is around making sure that we have counselors, special education teachers, paraprofessionals, and specialized teaching consultants to make sure that all learners, elementary students in particular, are learning to their maximum potential, particularly in reading and writing. Our staff needs to be compensated justly, as they provide the social emotional and mental health support that our babies need. This is the one responsibility that they all share but are often unrecognized for. We need to look at our budget in a way that prioritizes the social emotional well being of student; that is the balance that our budget needs to meet the needs of our children.
Kauffman:
In Michigan, the largest share of funding is determined by the state and follows student enrollment. We lost students during the pandemic as many families left for private and charter schools that were in person and with school-based childcare. The best way to keep our budget balanced going forward is to get back to a growth-based mindset where we once again become a district families want their children enrolled in and teachers want to work at. To do this, we need to be wise with funding. That means directing our dollars as much as possible toward services families actually need (like reliable bussing and before-and-after school childcare) while supporting our teachers and staff with fair pay and benefits. It does not mean another $10 million in technology funding on more apps and devices, some of which are hardly used and parents don’t want.
LaphamI would pursue a balanced approach that would include more equitably rethinking existing resources, identifying and eliminating structural inefficiencies, and securing and prioritizing equitable distribution of new revenue. After salaries, energy is the second biggest expense for public K-12 schools. We have an opportunity to used the $1Bn AAPS infrastructure bond to invest to invest in: improving building efficiency using LEED green standards; renewable energy sources like solar and geothermal; and to transition the transportation fleet to electric. The savings in energy bills along will result in millions in the operations budget. This money could then be used to increase teacher and staff salaries, increase invest in university wide SEL curriculum and staff (e.g., social-workers and para professionals). The process of transitioning AAPS to a green infrastructure will also afford students opportunities to learn and experience green technologies.
Metoyer:
Public education should stick within budgetary limits.
Mohammad:
First, it is crucial to get community input for our district’s budget prior to finalizing and implementing a budget. Additionally, it is crucial that we ensure equitable funding throughout the district schools.Some of my priorities include: 1. Teachers and Staff -I plan to assess and address burnout in our teachers and staff. I will request for more support for teachers and staff which includes increased salaries, more manageable workloads, increased resources, and dedicated time for other activities, such as committee involvement. 2. DEIA -I plan to analyze DEIA needs and implement sustainable interventions to ensure these needs are addressed. 3. Mental Health -I will support the need to address the wellbeing of our community by increasing behavioral specialists and social workers at each school to identify and address mental health needs of students, teachers and families. Also, increase training focused on mental health. 4. Address Opportunity Gaps in Education
Ward Schmidt:
It will be important to measure the immediate and long term impacts of expenditures when prioritizing them in the budget. The things I will consider as I prioritize budget items include: -Does the expenditure forward the mission of giving each child the education and support they need to be successful? -Are we fairly compensating those that interface with our children to deliver services? -Are the materials or training being purchased evidence-based and grounded in peer-reviewed research? -Is money being spent on physical facilities in a way that is environmentally sustainable with an eye to the future?I intend to help facilitate substantive discussions on how we fulfill our fiscal responsibility as a board based solid information and data.
Schumer:
Paying our teachers well. Although my background is not in finances, I am aware that 85% of the approximate $300 million tax revenue for the Ann Arbor Schools, go to teacher and staff salaries, medical costs and retirement funds.
Spencer:
The AAPS general budget is balanced; I don’t expect that to change and would not support moving to a deficit budget. My priorities in general for our district will be teacher compensation, high-impact use of the 2019 Bond for upgrading school facilities, finding more equitable ways to ensure our PTO and PTO-like organizations are adequately funded across the district, and activities that enhance our students’ experience in our schools. Special education is also something we need to ensure is prioritized.
Wilkins:
I will prioritize teacher and staff salaries. The district needs to find ways to be more competitive, to retain the amazing teachers we have, and keep them from burning out or going elsewhere. Other districts are offering not only signing bonuses but retention bonuses. Social-emotional learning needs to be a top priority for all grade levels, and mental health resources need to be more readily available to students, but especially for our younger students. We’re finally recognizing the importance of having mental health resources available for our teenagers, but I want to work on ways to increase those resources at the elementary level now, too. Also, access to the arts reinforces positive mental health. Ann Arbor Public Schools has always been known for its robust arts programs and I will fight to preserve those programs.Yet another priority will be staffing and other resources for students with special needs.
Wood:
My biggest priority will be to rearrange funding to reinstate universal school meals. For a district that very vocally prides itself on equity, choosing to allow the federal program to expire with no backup plan, giving families only a few days notice that school would start without the meals they’d relied on for 2 years was a shocking choice. An organizational budget is, effectively, a statement of values- we spend money on the things that are important to us. It’s time our spending aligns with the districts stated values of equity and belonging.
What is motivating you to run for the school board? Do you have an issue you especially care about?
Baskett:
I am not a “one-issue candidate”. I am running to continue to keep our students and staff safe and successful. Successful organizations have good sustainable leadership with consistent goals. I care about keeping the momentum of success. I am the only incumbent running for re-election. This means that the majority of next year’s school board will have served less than one term. Re-electing me will provide for proven leadership and institutional knowledge providing stability and continuity. After this election, the newly elected trustees will be inexperienced to the actual work (vs. campaign promises) and to working together as a team. I and the district have suffered through several iterations of school boards. I can teach a few lessons on how to develop a strong and cohesive school board. This is best for the safety and success of all of our students.
Cortina:
yes, the mishandling of the school closing in the height of the COVID crisis. There is clear empirical evidence that school closings were inefficient in stopping the community spread of the disease. AAPS succumbed to the temptation to follow populist opinions rather than following the science - a cardinal mistake with negative consequences for many students, specifically those with minority background and those living in poverty
Townsend Gides:
Equity, equity, equity. And at the root of all equity problems? School segregation. In AAPS, we have a district where one elementary school has a 61% free and reduced lunch population, while another has an 11% frl population. This, in the same school district, is unacceptable. We as a country seem to have given up on school integration--it peaked in 1987 and is now at Brown vs. Board of Education levels. But that doesn’t mean that we here in Washtenaw County need to give up on it. We are a progressive county, a blue dot in the state of Michigan, and we need to do better. One area to look at is the way we implement Schools of Choice. The local interpretation of state law is up to us on that, and we need to take a closer look at the way we are implementing it here in AAPS, and think outside the box about ways of implementation that will actually *increase* equity between schools.
James:
I believe that we are not preparing our children for adulthood and the world that is so different from the one we grew up in. We expect them to be adults at 18 and we have done nothing to help them in adulting. School is the one place no matter your race, your socioeconomic background or where you come from, all of our children come. It is the perfect place to build community, compassion and empathy for ourselves and each other. We can do better. The issues I care about especially is Social Emotional Learning, Restorative Justice- which teaches children yes, we make mistakes, we all do. Why/how did this happen? What could we do better? How do we make it better?- that aids in teaching ac-countably, Mental Health and Social Work support, Skill Trades, Teacher Autonomy to do the jobs they went to school to do, and teaching our children to respect and honor our environment. We live in Ann’s Arbor. We need to protect what make our community so special.
Kauffman:
Meeting with people impacted by virtual-only school and hearing their stories has made it clear that we need to improve how our board of education operates. A community in which privileged families could choose in-person learning while families that depended on public schools could only choose virtual was against every progressive value I know. We can never let this happen again, yet some talk about introducing zoom days back into public schools as a way to address staffing shortages and budget limitations. One day a week on virtual school especially disadvantages kids without adults at home during the day to assist them, kids with unreliable housing, and kids that need the support of the school community. That would have included me as a child as I was an English language learner and had a single mom who worded outside the home. In-person quality public school is simply essential and can’t be compromised.
Lapham:
A student’s ability to learn is determined by a number of factors outside of the classroom (e.g., hunger, homelessness, poverty, violence, mental health, and unsafe environmental conditions); therefore we need a comprehensive approach to ensure that students have access to high-quality health care, financial support, and out-of school opportunities that support their success. I would pursue a revenue strategy focused on providing student-centered funding, with specific emphases on improving outcomes for students experiencing poverty, geographic isolation, English language learners, special education, and career and technical education. Policies and strategies I would pursue include: Identify and implement research-based modalities for improving social, emotional and physical needs of students; Improve services and implement evidence based strategies to help children struggling with mental health; Ensure that teachers, students, and administrators, and para-professionals are supported.
Metoyer:
I am motivated by the encroachment of the public school systems into the practice of medicine and psychiatry, and the failure of the current leaders to appreciate this. The public schools, under no circumstances should feel that they have the right to interfere with another’s respiratory function by mandating the use of unhygienic masks that forces the wearer to violate OSHA clean air standards, and place others at risk of becoming ill. The alteration in body chemistry from CO2 (the same CO2 that the environmentalists abhor) that results from these masks is extensive but the long term consequences are currently unknown, as this has never been done in the history of the world. Public school administrators are acting out of their realm of expertise in issuing such mandates and they are physically and emotionally harming children.
Mohammad:
I am a first generation, refugee Palestinian American who moved to the US at a young age hoping for the American dream and a better life. My family struggled and we have lived through tough financial, social and emotional struggles, including racism and poverty. If it was not for the public schools, especially the teachers, I would not be where I am today. This is one major reason I want to give back to the public schools and serve our community, especially those that are struggling.Community centered schools can provide the support and guidance for people of color, underrepresented and marginalized religious groups. I am passionate about addressing the issues facing our city and public schools, especially surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion and antiracism, transparency, community engagement and curriculum assessment.
Ward Schmidt:
As a life-long educator, I have advocated for children and adult students my entire adult life. Coming from a home where my father did not graduate from high school and my mother was raised in an orphanage, I learned the importance of an education. This influenced my choice to become a teacher to make sure every child has access to a quality public education. Through my service on the AAPS board I want to continue to advocate for students, families and those that educate our children. One issue I particularly care about is literacy equity. Literacy equity means that ALL children have the right to receive effective instruction grounded in educational research so they develop strong foundational skills in reading, writing and mathematics. It means that we properly screen and support learners that struggle or learn differently. We must do all we can so children reach their full potential so they can attain their academic and personal goals.
Schumer:
I love the city of Ann Arbor, and want to give back. Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. Our kids are our future. We have to give them every opportunity to succeed academically, and in life. Public schools have overstepped their bounds. They have been involved with dividing us along racial lines, instead of unifying us around American identity. We are confusing our children, and schools have been part of this process. I want schools to stop pulling kids away from their parents influence. I want all teaching to end the message to kids, that we live in a horrible, racist country. I want schools to stop teaching critical race theory, and start teaching kids how to critically think. I want schools to stop ‘grooming’ kids to become dependable Democratic voters by age 18.
Spencer:
There is no “one main issue” on which I’m running, but I believe public schools are critically important to education, democracy, and building community. My wife and I have two sons that attend AAPS, and she has many, many patients that see her at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital that are AAPS students. All of these kids – and the many more we don’t know personally – are doing their best to grow up and be happy. Providing them with the best public education and learning environment we can is an important aspect of their daily lives.Growing up, my family’s dinner table conversations were most often about life in and around public schools. This was a consequence of each member of my family spending their entire work/school day in public schools. Having watched my father prepare for board meetings so many times over the years, I know that serving on the AAPS board will take a lot of work.
Wilkins:
I’m running for this position because I want to help all kids thrive. I see my role as a School Board Trustee as ensuring that the district prioritizes success and happiness for ALL students. As a single mom with a full-time job outside the home, I’ve experienced firsthand the frustration of not having the time or resources that other families have to be the “squeaky wheel” to get their students’ needs met. I want to make sure that ALL students, ALL families, and ALL communities are considered and consulted when policy decisions are made. Also my lived experiences have shown me that systemic racism is still harming Ann Arbor students. In my personal anti-racism work, I’ve learned that the best way to fight this racism is to get involved at the local policy level.
Wood:
AAPS’s decision to ignore the CDC and NEA guidance on continuing protections for those at highest risk for Covid is a huge concern for me. Short and long term health consequences, and the financial stress of taking time off work to care for a sick child are disproportionately affecting BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled communities and working class families. We can’t say we care about equity if we also choose to create an unsafe environment for our most at-risk families and staff. Per the AAPS Covid dashboard, Aug and Sept of 21/22 (with masking) reported 56 Covid cases; in only the first 3 weeks of 22/23 (no masking) there are already 516. Allowing uncontrolled spread will take us right back to classrooms without teachers, or school days and buses canceled from staff illness. The current plan is unsustainable. How we choose to respond to this ongoing public health crisis is a clear representation of the district’s commitment to equity (or lack thereof).
What are the greatest challenges that will face the Board of Education in the coming year?
Baskett:
The newness of the Board itself. How long will it take to reduce tensions and increase trust amongst ourselves? • Learning to sustain a district post-pandemic. • Addressing the labor shortage which has been a national problem for a long time. I believe there are some local viable long-term solutions. • Creating long-term solutions to the childcare issues. • Re-establishing relationships with other key stakeholders in the community. This will take many discussions and forgiveness. The pandemic did not bring out the best in people or organizations. The school board was hit with some unnecessary nastiness that should to be addressed before we can comfortably come together. I believe we have some solutions in our community for the childcare and labor issues. As the school board is changing so is the leadership at the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor City Council. I think this will allow us to each exhale, reflect and re-commit to our community. Together.
Cortina:
Overcoming its own dysfunction. It was a disgrace to witness the uncivil interactions among trustees over the last year
Townsend Gides:
As the pandemic recedes, we still see students who still have needs related to crises that were exacerbated during the worst of the COVID outbreak. We are also trying to increase student achievement, to bring it back to pre-pandemic levels. The challenges that will face the Board of Education, then, are challenges of building the future while shoring up the present.
James:
An unwillingness to be uncomfortable for change to occur. An unwillingness to make the changes. Putting capitalism /Ego/Prestige and Optics above our children and their future. An unwillingness to set down the ego in order to actively listen and to find “out of the box” solutions to real ongoing problems. Us ,as adults not trusting our teachers to teach, our parenting skills to guide and our children to be smart enough/strong enough to be able to handle the full truth of the world they live in and how to navigate it. Some children have no choice about the hard realities they face. They are all strong enough to get through and grow in the process.
Kauffman:
Even with greater funding for public schools this past year, we are hardly out of the woods. Public school as an institution is under threat. Locally, at the board of education level, our challenge is to build back confidence in our public schools, show that we can raise learning achievement for all students, provide wise oversight of public funds, and create the broad community support we will need when some of the current local bond funding the Ann Arbor Public Schools rely on comes to an end. Addressing inflation and staffing shortages -- which includes addressing teacher pay, satisfaction and well-being -- must be a priority. The board of education needs to get back to business at meetings, not promotional videos, and keep the community informed about progress on these challenges every step of the way.
Lapham:
Since a majority of the board will be overturning this year ensuring stability is the biggest challenge and is of upmost importance. I am running as part of a slate of experienced, profession, progressive & passionate leaders who want to serve our community and ensure all voices are heard. Our website website can be found here: https://www.communitycenteredcandidatesforaaps.com/. While there has been a lot of great work on behalf of students, families, teachers, educators and communities across Michigan there is still much that remains to be done, and I am up for the challenge! I would be grateful for your support and vote to help carry this work forward. More information about me and my platform can be found here: www.jeremylapham.info.
Metoyer:
Defining the limits of their authority.
Mohammad:
Ann Arbor Public Schools have many strengths that other districts do not have, and that includes the diverse representation of people and expertise, the strong teachers and staff, and the strong academics. It is amazing to see all the different representations of people, from refugees to people of color to various religious groups. It is also wonderful to see strong advocates for our children, who are the teachers. Ann Arbor Public Schools also has room to grow and progress to an improved and new level of education. The challenges facing Ann Arbor Public Schools are around issues surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion and antiracism, transparency and community engagement, opportunity gaps, and learning and curriculum assessment.
Ward Schmidt:
Ann Arbor, like many districts, will continue to face the challenge of staffing their schools with highly qualified teachers and support staff. Giving each child access to a free high quality public education is a human endeavor. It takes highly qualified staff to motivate, nurture, and educate each child so they can thrive and reach their potential academically, socially and emotionally. The Board of Education will need to prioritize recruitment and retention of high quality educators and continue their work to create a professional learning environment where these educators can grow and develop. The board will also be challenged to improve transparency and two-way communication with the entire community related to bond expenditures, policy decisions and issues that our learning community cares about.
Schumer:
Retain our top professional teachers, and make sure they feel good about their futures. Social and political messages have no place in our classrooms. Too many schools and teachers have supported the use of a ‘new language’ with the goal of weakening boundaries, and weakening parents influence over ‘their’ children. Instead of using the term ‘woke’, the more accurate term is ‘Communist’. Think about these terms: puberty blockers, gender fluidity, minor attracted persons, institutional racism, equity (equal outcomes), equality (equal opportunities), diversity, redistribution of wealth, marginalized, and misinformation. And who once said ‘give me a child for 4 hours a day over 4 years, and I will have them believing anything I want them to? Stalin! How have we as a society, become ok on any level with the removal of 13 year old girls breasts, or castrating a 13 year old boy in the name of gender transition? Retain power at all costs. Stop confusing our kids. Kids first, politics last.
Spencer:
Predicting the future is tough. One important challenge right in front of us is keeping our district staffed to serve our community to the level of excellence we all expect. In addition, I predict over the coming year the Board will become aware of challenges (some pandemic related, some not) that are currently hidden or haven’t been brought to the Board’s attention. Some of these will be both critical and urgent in terms of needing to be solved. The Board will need to think ahead on processes to enable rapid shared understanding of challenges and how to move forward.
Wilkins:
(1) Decreasing Teacher Morale – Our teachers and staff aren’t getting the support they need to ensure that every student is thriving. Even before the pandemic, they were being asked to do more and more work, while not getting the step increases they were promised. The district needs to find ways to retain the amazing teachers we have, and keep them from burning out or going elsewhere. Also, our top-notch educators need to be trusted to do their job in ways they know are best for students. And they need a more structured way to communicate their needs to the board.(2) Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Catch-Up – After so much remote learning, mental health issues for many students have increased, while academic achievement levels, especially in reading and math, have decreased. I’m worried that the teachers will be blamed (rather than the pandemic) and I’m concerned that this will be added to teacher performance measures that are already inaccurate and ineffective.
Wood:
I am surprised at how many people are eager to fight against keeping children safe, learning actual history, or reading diverse books because they personally find the safety plan or lessons uncomfortable. Students thrive when they are safe, healthy, free from harassment and can see themselves reflected in the curriculum. School must be safe, and all our students deserve to feel like they belong, full stop. It’s heartbreaking to see how many people do not feel any obligation to keep our children safe and thriving. I know the board will face a lot of push-back reversing course on its abandonment of covid safety from those who’d rather sacrifice the safety of others for their own comfort, but it’s the only right choice. I know if we elect enough people brave enough to make the hard right choice, we can make a real difference this year. I believe that it’s never too late to go back and choose to do the right thing, even if that thing will be difficult, so I know I am up for the challenge.
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Moving research on climate-smart practices from test plots onto working farms is the central goal of AgMission, a global initiative to advance research and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture.
It was started by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture and the World Farmers Organization and has raised $45 million thus far for research grants.
The production of crops and animals for food contributes about 13% of global greenhouse gas emissions, said Allison Thomson, AgMission program director at the foundation.
“But the sector also has the potential to be a powerful climate solution, reducing emissions and even going negative using carbon sequestration,” she said during a webinar from the U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Egypt.
The initiative is connecting farmers and scientists to advance actionable solutions to urgent challenges while accelerating the adoption of proven practices and technologies on farms, she said.
“Ultimately, AgMission is about developing and deploying climate-smart practices to unlock agriculture’s potential to address climate change,” she said.
AgMission is leveraging the foundation’s government funding with investments from private sector stakeholders to conduct critically needed research, she said.
The Nature Conservancy, an AgMission founding partner, is focused on helping scale up the adoption of regenerative and climate-smart practices to deliver profitable and productive agriculture and a suite of ecosystem service benefits from agricultural lands, said Kris Johnson, director of agriculture for The Nature Conservancy’s North America region.
U.S. agriculture is particularly efficient, so its greenhouse gas emissions profile is lower than some other countries, he said.
“But still there are huge opportunities for improvements in management of agricultural lands, both croplands and grazing lands, to deliver meaningful climate benefits,” he said.
For example, avoiding grassland conversion and widespread planting of cover crops on croplands could deliver an estimated 200 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent benefit annually, he said.
“It’s an enormous potential that translates to … a huge climate mitigation wedge available for our country if we can invest in a meaningful way in making this transition,” he said.
That investment is in science, research and data development to understand the costs, benefits and barriers to adoption, he said.
Agriculture needs to understand such things as when a certain suite of practice changes would be expected to provide benefits to farmers. It needs to evaluate transition costs and the potential tradeoffs between adopting one practice or another, he said.
“So there’s a whole host of sort of knowledge gaps that we need to fill and fill quickly, and we need to do so in a way that supports farmers and ranchers and helps them find easy pathways to adopt these practices and also provides incentives,” he said.
The Nature Conservancy is excited to be part of AgMission because it sees this investment in research, data and shareable knowledge publicly available and translatable data as foundational for making the progress that everyone wants related to the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices, he said.
Over the next five years, the investment and collaborative public-private partnerships AgMission is bringing are going to be critical in making the change to climate-smart agriculture, he said.
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Which thermal camera is better: Flir or Seek?
Thermal imaging has gained popularity in recent years as the technology improves and prices drop. Thermal cameras detect and measure temperature variations between objects to create a heat signature. The device converts the infrared energy into an electronic image for viewing on a digital display.
Used by electricians, plumbers, exterminators and building inspectors among others, many thermal cameras are also designed for easy use by nonprofessionals. A thermal camera can help you identify issues in your home with the electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems, eliminating the need to cut holes in your walls to find the problem.
Flir and Seek offer the best thermal cameras on the market. But which is better?
Flir thermal cameras
FLIR specializes in thermal imaging hardware and software for residential and commercial use. Established in 1978, the company has over four decades of experience and now offers some of the best thermal imaging solutions for nearly every industry, both at the consumer and professional levels.
Flir thermal cameras range from the Flir One, a pocket-sized cell phone attachment costing a bit over $200, to the Flir E86 handheld advanced thermal imaging camera, priced at over $12,000.
Flir thermal camera pros
- Thermal resolution: Flir offers a range of sensors, from the 160 x 120-pixel sensor in the Flir One to the 640 × 480-pixel resolution of the E86.
- Flir MSX: A technology employed by all Flir cameras that overlays thermal images onto optical images using a dual-camera configuration to create a single easy-to-understand HD image.
- VividIR image processing: This unique technology combines with the MSX feature to produce clear thermal images with visual details.
- Wide temperature-detection range: The Flir One Pro detects temperatures from -4 o 752 degrees, while the Flir E86 senses temperatures from -4 to 1,202 degrees.
- Field of view: The Flir One Pro has a broad 55-degree field of view while the E86 offers changeable lenses with 14, 24 and 42 degrees and a macro (2x).
- Industry-leading warranty: Two years for the camera and 10 years for the sensor.
Flir thermal camera cons
- Random freezing: Users report locking up while selecting menus, capturing pictures and editing pictures.
- Software bugs: The device requires frequent restarting for proper operation
Best Flir thermal cameras
Top Flir thermal camera
What you need to know: This compact cellphone thermal imaging attachment for both the consumer and the professional is ideal for finding energy loss, hidden electrical problems and other heat-related issues.
What you’ll love: The camera features a 160 x 120-pixel resolution sensor, a wide temperature range of -4 degrees to 752 degrees and a refresh rate of 8.7 Hertz. The dual-camera configuration works with Flir’s MSX Technology blending thermal images with standard images for high resolution and accuracy.
What you should consider: The Flir One Pro uses a lithium-ion battery with an average life of 45 minutes and requires an hour to charge.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Flir thermal camera for the money
What you need to know: Its slim profile makes it easy for the homeowner or professional to use in tight spaces for finding hidden problems such as plumbing, air leaks and hot fuses.
What you’ll love: Relatively inexpensive, it features a 160 x 120 true thermal imager, a temperature range of -4 degrees to 752 degrees, MSX imaging, a 5-megapixel visual camera and LED flashlight. The C5 uploads and stores images to the Flir Ignite cloud for sharing with customers.
What you should consider: While its resolution is adequate for leak detection, a better-resolution camera is recommended for in-depth analysis in a commercial application.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This lightweight camera is ideal for professionals or homeowners looking for accurate temperature data from a focused center-spot-measuring device in electrical, HVAC and automotive applications.
What you’ll love: The durable camera features an 80- x 60-pixel resolution, a temperature range of -4 degrees to 716 degrees with ±1.5 percent accuracy and a refresh rate of 8.7 hertz. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery lasts an average of eight hours.
What you should consider: It displays a heat map of the scene, but provides accurate temperature data only for the center spot.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Seek thermal cameras
Founded in 2012 by thermal-imaging technology leaders Bill Parrish and Tim Fitzgibbons, Seek has a much narrower focus than Flir. The company offers thermal imaging products with exceptional image clarity and usability at affordable prices in the consumer niche market.
Seek’s principal competition comes from Flir, with products that have dominated the home thermal imaging market for years. However, with the introduction of the Seek Thermal ShotPro, CompactPro, and RevealPro, the company has established itself as a market leader.
Prices range from the entry-level Seek Thermal Compact at $200 to the ShotPro at about $700.
Seek thermal camera pros
- High-resolution thermal sensor: Higher-resolution than most Flir cameras, from 320 x 240 pixels on the Compact Pro to 640 x 480 pixels on the ShotPro.
- Wide temperature-detection range: They sense temperatures from -40 to 626 degrees.
- Field of view: Seek offers wide and narrow viewing angles for close-up work and long distances, respectively.
- Emissivity settings: The high-end models offer adjustable thermal span, level and emissivity settings for different materials.
Seek thermal camera cons
- No built-in optical camera offered: Only the RevealPro provides a standard visual-light photograph to help orient the image to the thermal picture.
- Learning curve: Users say it takes some time to understand the display information and the device’s limitations.
Best Seek thermal cameras
Top Seek thermal camera
What you need to know: The high resolution and thermal sensitivity of Seek’s most advanced handheld thermal imaging camera make it perfect for the homeowner or professional looking for sharp, clear, detailed images.
What you’ll love: It features a high-performance 320 x 240 thermal sensor and a four-times digital zoom. The RevealPro offers adjustable emissivity settings for various materials measured, plus a 300-lumen LED light for dark spaces.
What you should consider: The rechargeable lithium-ion battery lasts only an average of four hours.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Seek thermal camera for the money
What you need to know: This compact-size thermal imaging camera plugs directly into a cellphone, making it convenient to carry for the homeowner or professional searching for electrical issues, energy loss areas and any heat-related problems.
What you’ll love: It has a high-resolution 320- x 240-pixel thermal sensor and a fast 15-hertz refresh rate. It runs off the phone’s battery with relatively low power demands.
What you should consider: It doesn’t include a visual-light camera, which can be helpful to orient the thermal picture.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This advanced thermal-imaging camera designed for building professionals provides onboard thermography tools to capture, edit and analyze trouble-spot images in the field.
What you’ll love: It has a 640- x 480-pixel resolution sensor and SeekFusion technology that combines visible and thermal images of problem areas. The thermal data can be shared and streamed to any smartphone or tablet over Wi-Fi.
What you should consider: Some users say it occasionally struggles to line up the digital image and thermal image overlay.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Should you get a Flir or Seek thermal camera?
While both companies offer full-featured consumer-oriented cameras at reasonable prices, Flir has more industry experience and offers high-end professional products. Seek cameras provide a higher image resolution, but Flir delivers better thermal images with faster processing, MSX technology, and a visual HD camera.
A Flir thermal camera is the better choice.
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, August 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for July 2022:
Given the irregular nature of the Company's operations starting in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are comparing this traffic report to 2019 statistics.
Consolidated capacity (ASMs) came in 3.1% lower than July 2019, while passenger traffic (RPMs) decreased 2.7%, which resulted in an 87.0% load factor.
Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides service to countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. For more information visit www.copaair.com.
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Blushing brides! Big Brother’s Christie Murphy tied the knot with Jamie Martin. The reality TV star and her love got married during a destination wedding in Tulum, Mexico, over the weekend. The newlyweds shared the news via Instagram with a series of pictures from their big day.
“Baby, we did it,” Murphy captioned a series of pics of her and Martin from their wedding day. In the first photo, the brides kiss at the altar. The following pictures give Murphy’s followers a closer look at her and Martin’s stunning dresses.
The reality star wore a white lace wedding dress with long sleeves and a classic white veil. Martin wore a white wedding dress with bejeweled bust and a long train. Like her wife, Martin wore a classic white veil.
Martin also took to her respective Instagram to share the news, along with a photo from her special day. “My drive to perfection has lead me to you✨,” Martin captioned the picture of her and her bride standing hand in hand at the altar.
In addition, the women shared clips of them dancing and celebrating their big day with guests at the ceremony.
Murphy had the support of her Big Brother friends and castmates, Nick Maccarone, Holly Allen, Elena Davies and Tommy Bracco.
Bracco shared pictures of himself and Murphy along with a special message. “Truly an honor to witness this human, who is more special to me than words could describe, marry her SOULMATE! Dancing barefoot in the sand, celebrating this amazing couple, with my favorite people on the planet and then ending the night off raging in a rain storm in the jungle,” he wrote. “This is one of those extra special moments that I’ll treasure forever #TulumBecomeOne.”
Murphy and Martin tied the knot officially -- to obtain a marriage license -- in December, during an intimate ceremony in New Jersey. “Married my best friend today 💒,” Murphy captioned the picture of her and her new bride sharing a kiss.
The pair got engaged in August, during a romantic trip to Paris. “Haven’t yet woken up from this dream,” Murphy captioned the picture of the announcement that shows her then-fiancée popping the question in front of the Eiffel Tower.
“Engaged to the LOVE OF MY LIFE in Paris! 💍.”
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MANDAN, ND (KXNET) — The Mandan Police Department is asking for help in searching for a missing woman, 32-year-old Monica Acevedo.
According to Mandan Police, Monica was last contacted on December 28. She is 5 feet tall, around 135 lbs with brown eyes and long brown hair.
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Super Bowl MVP Mahomes rallies Chiefs to win on hurt ankle
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and his ailing right ankle are headed for a Super Bowl victory parade.
After aggravating the sprained ankle he suffered three weeks ago, the All-Pro quarterback led the Kansas City Chiefs to a thrilling 38-35 come-from-behind victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, hoisting his second Lombardi Trophy and taking with it the game’s MVP honor for the second time in his career.
Mahomes finished with 182 yards passing and three touchdowns, but he was especially brilliant on his hurt ankle in the second half: 13 of 14 for 93 yards and two touchdowns. The league’s MVP also had 44 yards rushing, including his 26-yard sprint with just over 2 minutes left in a 35-all game as Kansas City was driving for the go-ahead score.
Harrison Butker provided it with his 27-yard field goal with 8 seconds to go.
“I told you all this week there’s nothing that’s going to keep me off that football field,” said Mahomes, who hurt the ankle in the divisional round against Jacksonville. “I just want a shoutout to my teammates — we challenged each other, we needed everyone to win this football game — so shoutout to my teammates. We’re Super Bowl champs!”
Mahomes helped the Chiefs end a 50-year title drought when he led the Chiefs past the 49ers in 2020. Three years later, the do-everything quarterback has delivered a third Lombardi Trophy to Kansas City while joining Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Bart Starr, Eli Manning and Terry Bradshaw as the only players to win multiple Super Bowl MVPs.
“He’s the MVP,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “That’s all that needs to be said: MVP.”
Mahomes reinjured his ankle late in the first half Sunday when Eagles linebacker T.J. Edwards spun him to the ground. He lay there for several seconds before hobbling off the field in a scene eerily reminiscent of earlier in the playoffs.
Mahomes no doubt benefited from some extra treatment thanks to a longer halftime to allow for Rhianna’s performance inside State Farm Stadium. And by the time the field was cleared of the stage, No. 15 was at the head of the pack as he led the Chiefs back to the field, facing a 24-14 deficit but knowing they would get the opening kickoff.
Mahomes promptly marched them 75 yards and Isiah Pacheco crashed into the end zone to close within 24-21. When the Eagles answered with a field goal, Mahomes led another 75-yard march and and hit Kadarius Toney for the score. And a 65-yard punt return by Toney set up Mahomes’ 4-yard TD toss to a wide-open Skyy Moore that made it 35-27 in the fourth quarter.
Mahomes’ final scoring drive was pure guts.
The Eagles had just scored and made the 2-point conversion to knot the game 35-all with 5:15 left when Mahomes hit JuJu Smith-Schuster for a first down. He completed another pass to Travis Kelce, then Mahomes escaped on a long scramble — just like his one that set up their winning field goal against the Bengals in the AFC title game.
This time, the Chiefs kept going. They benefited from a defensive holding call on third-and-8 against Eagles cornerback James Bradberry, then got down to the goal line before killing the clock and sending Butker onto the field for what turned out to be the winner.
“The offensive line, Pat Mahomes and the rest of the offensive players — they did a great job,” Reid said.
Mahomes’ ankle was a big question mark for the AFC championship game, when he only had a week to recover from the initial injury sustained against Jacksonville. But with two weeks to rest it, Mahomes had insisted all week that he was good to go in the Super Bowl, and Reid likewise said his star quarterback had no limitations.
Mahomes was moving around well in the first half Sunday, too. He scrambled for a big gain on Kansas City’s opening series and was doing a good job of buying time against the NFL’s top-ranked team in sacks this season.
The Chiefs were trying to match a touchdown that gave Philadelphia a 21-14 lead when Mahomes went down again.
He was flushed from the pocket, stepped forward and scrambled to his left, then Edwards lassoed him and spun him to the ground. Mahomes lay there for a moment with his facemask buried in the turf before getting to his feet and hobbling to the sideline in a near-carbon copy of the scene from three weeks ago at Arrowhead Stadium.
That night, Mahomes came back after halftime to lead the Chiefs to victory to keep their Super Bowl hopes alive.
He did the same thing on a much bigger stage Sunday night.
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Alzheimer's virtual conference offers education and insight
Michigan residents have an opportunity to attend a free Alzheimer's educational conference on July 13.
The virtual sessions, hosted by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, provide education on the brain disorder that affects around 6 million Americans.
“Knowledge is a useful and powerful tool that can help make any situation easier to navigate, especially something as challenging as caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease,” said Charles J. Fuschillo Jr., president and CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, in a news release.
The sessions cover a variety of important topics for those with loved ones affected by chronic conditions. One portion of the event focuses on how to manage one's own health while being a caretaker and the effects of taking on this role. Dr. Courtney A. Polenick shares ways to maintain well-being while being a caretaker.
Another portion features Barry Kaufman, a West Bloomfield resident living with Lewy Body Dementia. Kaufman provides an overview of Alzheimer's and dementia to educate on the symptoms and warning signs of different types of related illnesses. This first-hand perspective raises the necessary awareness to prepare caregivers.
Attorney Glenn Matecun discusses the legalities of planning for long-term care, protecting assets, and setting up the necessary documentation for caregiving.
Singer-songwriter David Molinari of Senior Sing-A-Long will give a performance on behalf of the organization providing music therapy to individuals with dementia-related illnesses.
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Everyone is welcome to join in the virtual learning session to strengthen their knowledge on individuals and families affected by Alzheimer's. The conference takes place from 10:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.; register here. | 2022-06-23T23:17:17+00:00 | freep.com | https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/06/23/alzheimers-virtual-education-conference-offers-advice/7706643001/ |
CLEVELAND, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Equity Trust Company (Equity Trust), a leading, technology-enabled financial services company providing alternative asset custody in retirement and non-retirement accounts, announced the launch of MetalsConnect, a state-of-the-art, turnkey solution that makes it easy for precious metals dealers to connect their clients with this increasingly sought-after asset class.
The launch of MetalsConnect underscores Equity Trust's commitment to a simplified precious metals investing experience. The groundbreaking platform automates operational tasks and eliminates tedious back-office work. With one stop, dealers can electronically connect with industry-leading IRA custodian Equity Trust, as well as wholesalers and storage providers, enabling their clients to invest in precious metals in a retirement or non-retirement account.
"MetalsConnect allows for a streamlined and simplified precious metals investing experience," said Jessica Hunley, Director, Digital Products at Equity Trust. "The platform provides dealers a centralized place to manage the entire lifecycle of the client from account open and funding, to purchasing, liquidating, and storage of metals. It also provides their clients an easy-to-use site to self-service and monitor all of their accounts in one place."
Equity Trust has fostered trusted relationships with metals dealers and intermediaries over the last 10 years, carefully listening to their challenges and needs. MetalsConnect is a culmination of that insight, combined with ground-breaking technology, that will allow dealers to take their business to the next level in an ever-changing landscape. The feature-rich platform is an essential tool for their business and client management, providing a variety of service model options, depository integrations, and information management tools.
Precious metals dealers have already begun to integrate with MetalsConnect to take their service, customization, user experience, and overall efficiency to the next level.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s Friday, November 18. Here’s everything you need to know in news and weather to start your day.
Brianna DeMarais is grateful for all the support she has received after her leg was amputated last month. But last night was another thing pushing her to get back on sideline cheering once again.
One Yankton musician is returning to the stage after a battle with cancer.
The “Earn The Gift Gala” will raise money to help kids who are sick. The funds will send kids with cancer to college and grant wishes through the make-a-wish foundation.
There’s a new statue at the Empire Mall and it’s reminding people to put the phone down while behind the wheel.
As we get closer to Christmas, you can help make the holiday a little brighter for those at McCrossan Boys Ranch.
Falls Park turns into a Winter Wonderland today.
And, The Grand Lighting Ceremony for Christmas at the Capitol in Pierre will be held on Tuesday. This year’s theme is “Merry Prairie Christmas.” | 2022-11-18T14:30:19+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/on-the-go/sdsu-cheerleader-healing-winter-wonderland-opens-friday/ |
TRAVERSE CITY — Forecasters say the impending Christmas weekend storm could be a “historic blizzard.”
If nothing else, the weather event, dubbed Winter Storm Elliot, is fairly well “locked in as a major winter storm,” said Andrew Sullivan, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gaylord. Other meteorologists nationwide say conditions could escalate to what’s known as a “bomb cyclone,” a stormfront with a rapidly falling low pressure area at its center.
Sullivan said it could be the type of event that only happens once or twice in a lifetime.
“Something this big and impactful and widespread doesn't come along very often,” he said. “So it's something to take seriously, for sure.”
The storm should affect much of the nation, and cover the entire Great Lakes region. But northern Michigan, in particular, should be “in the sweet spot for the worst of it” early Friday through Sunday, Sullivan said.
The storm is the result of a “chunk of arctic air” coming in through the Great Plains and into the Ohio Valley region. There, it will “clash” with warmer air from the south, Sullivan said.
“That battle zone between the two is where the storm is really going to intensify,” he said.
Lake effect factors will also contribute further to the storm severity in Michigan, he added.
That means whiteouts, strong winds and possible blizzard conditions, with 1- to 2 feet of accumulation.
The weather service defines a “blizzard” as a weather event with a minimum of 35-knot winds for three hours or more, along with visibility of a quarter mile or less.
Winds are estimated to reach 45-55 miles per hour, and could be as high as 60 miles per hour in some places.
Before then, some light snow is also likely to occur Thursday afternoon and pick up throughout the evening, possibly bringing a few inches of accumulation.
The timing, right before the holiday, could create complications on multiple fronts, potentially affecting holiday preparations and travel plans, as well as emergency preparedness and response. Outages are also expected to occur.
“Consumers Energy customers should know we are all-hands-on-deck preparing for this storm,” said Garrick Rochow, president and CEO of Consumers Energy, in a press release. “Crews are preparing trucks and essential materials right now to assist with any restoration efforts.”
Like many workplaces, the Grand Traverse County Road Commission offices will be closed in the days surrounding the weekend, but the agency already has its fleet of snowplows on deck to clear the roads as the snow comes down, said Brad Kluczynski, road commission manager. And the staff will also be in “very close” communication with the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Department and 911 dispatch as issues come up.
“We have all of our drivers set to have shifts for 24-hour coverage as needed,” he said. “We will have people working 12-hour-plus days until the snow is cleared up, if it's as bad as they say it could be.”
Kluczynski also said that means their drivers — many of whom have children — will miss out on Christmas with their families.
“So one thing I would ask is … be kind to the drivers who are forced to work so you can get to your family obligations,” he said.
During the worst of the weather, Friday and Saturday, motorists are advised to keep off the roads altogether, if possible, Sullivan said.
“I know everyone wants to get to their families and everything else, but it's gonna be difficult to impossible Friday and Saturday,” he said. “It can be dangerous.”
Drivers should give road crews plenty of berth. They should get off the road altogether, into a parking lot or subdivision in the case of a whiteout, Kluczynski said.
Those who do venture out should bring supplies, including warm clothes, food and blankets, in case they get stranded. Those staying home should also stock up on necessities, particularly in the case of outages, Sullivan said.
Some communities are preparing with partners like Salvation Army and the Red Cross to provide emergency shelters if the need arises.
“We are ready to go if there is a medical emergency or to assist those that may need to get to a shelter,” said Lt. Jeremy Runstrom, director of the Cheboygan County Office of Emergency Management, in a press release.
It’s hard to know what the following week, between Christmas and New Years’, will bring, but Sullivan said it should warm up slightly, with milder air incoming. But, that could also make for slippery roads on peoples’ return trips from the holidays, assuming some of the snow melts and partially refreezes throughout the week.
“(The weather is) still going to be somewhat windy on Sunday (Christmas), with lingering lake effect snow,” Sullivan said. “So it's going to go for quite a while, but the worst of it should pretty much slow down by early Sunday.” | 2022-12-21T22:23:17+00:00 | record-eagle.com | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/northern-michigan-in-sweet-spot-for-possible-bomb-cyclone/article_1f464a06-8170-11ed-9770-c31c2ba4b319.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former correctional officer at the biggest women’s prison in California has been accused of engaging in sexual misconduct against at least 22 inmates, state prison officials said Wednesday.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it has shared the results of an internal investigation into Gregory Rodriguez, a former officer at the Central California Women’s Facility, with the Madera County District Attorney’s Office. Charges have not yet been filed against Rodriguez, said Dana Simas, a spokeswoman for the corrections department.
Misconduct at the hands of prison officials “shatters the trust of the public,” Jeff Macomber, the correction’s department’s secretary, said in a news release.
“We are continuing this investigation to ensure we are rooting out any employee who does not obey the law and to seek out other victims,” Macomber said.
The investigation began in July after officials discovered possible sexual misconduct by Rodriguez against inmates at the Central California Women’s Facility, the department said. The prison is in Chowchilla, a small California city about 120 miles (190 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco.
The corrections department said Rodriguez retired in August after he was approached about the investigation.
It’s the latest allegation of abuse by prison officials at facilities in California. A 2003 federal law known as the Prison Rape Elimination Act created a “zero-tolerance” policy for sexual assault against inmates. But in 2018, another former correctional officer who worked at the Central California Women’s Facility for more than a decade was fired for sexual misconduct.
An Associated Press investigation found that a high-ranking federal Bureau of Prisons official, who formerly worked at a women’s prison in the San Francisco Bay Area, was repeatedly promoted after allegations that he assaulted inmates. Another investigation found a pattern of sexual abuse by correctional officers at the women’s facility.
The state corrections department’s news release does not specify the type of conduct that Rodriguez allegedly engaged in. But the state’s allegations against Rodriguez come after lawyer Robert Chalfant filed two federal civil rights lawsuits in early December alleging Rodriguez raped two inmates, who are known in the suits as Jane Doe and Jane Roe.
Federal court records did not list an attorney for Rodriguez, and attempts by The Associated Press to reach him through phone numbers found in public records were unsuccessful. The lawsuits were first reported by The Sacramento Bee.
One of the lawsuits alleges that Rodriguez forced Jane Doe to perform oral sex on him and raped her in May. The other alleges Rodriguez started making sexually inappropriate comments about Jane Roe before harassing her, groping her on multiple occasions and eventually raping her in June.
Both lawsuits accuse prison officials of negligence, saying they failed to prevent the assaults even though Rodriguez developed a reputation among inmates as a predator.
One lawsuit also names the state corrections department as a defendant.
The district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. But Madera County District Attorney Sally Moreno told the Sacramento Bee that her office received the results of the state’s internal investigation last week. She said her office is still reviewing the information.
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Sophie Austin is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Austin on Twitter: @sophieadanna | 2022-12-29T01:58:07+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/national/ap-ex-california-prison-officer-accused-of-sexual-misconduct/ |
Wyoming Interfaith Network recognizes with appreciation the commitment to equality and religious freedom demonstrated by Sen. Cynthia Lummis in her support for the Respect for Marriage Act.
As Wyoming Interfaith Network director, I write to share the Network’s gratitude by saying we acknowledge the courage needed to stand for the many who share in a common vision of respect and equality for all. Further, in conjunction with Interfaith Alliance, the Network supports preserving the First Amendment religious freedom protections.
The Network has long represented the voices of many faith traditions and religious leaders in the state of Wyoming as it works with faith communities across the state to promote understanding and areas of common ground. Across religious traditions, we honor the common tenet that every person has inherent dignity and worth. And wherever we call home, we share the desire to care for our families with love and commitment.
The freedom to marry whom one loves is a matter of human dignity. Religious communities approach sexual orientation in many different ways, and the First Amendment prevents the government from interfering in these teachings and effectively denying the religious liberty of some. The Respect for Marriage Act would be a step toward ensuring equal treatment under the law for people of all identities and beliefs.
In voicing its support for the Respect for Marriage Act, Wyoming Interfaith Network is faithful to the wisdom of our various faith community traditions, while living justly in today’s world. In a time when our culture seeks to hunker down on opposite sides, we invite people into meaningful conversations in the bonds of peace to work for a better, more equal and just Wyoming and United States of America. | 2022-12-03T12:37:59+00:00 | wyomingnews.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/kudos-to-sen-lummis-for-working-to-protect-equality-religious-freedom/article_b26fb3e6-727d-11ed-b061-c3fa8a0bf1e7.html |
ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Tetiana Khlapova’s hand trembled as she recorded the wreckage of Odesa’s devastated Transfiguration Cathedral on her cellphone and cursed Russia, her native land.
Khlapova was raised in Ukraine and had always dreamed of living in the seaside city. But not as the war refugee that she has become.
In only a week, Russia has fired dozens of missiles and drones at the Odesa region. None struck quite as deeply as the one that destroyed the cathedral, which stands at the heart of the city’s romantic, notorious past and its deep roots in both Ukrainian and Russian culture.
“I am a refugee from Kharkiv. I endured that hell and came to sunny Odesa, the pearl, the heart of our Ukraine,” said Khlapova, who has lived in the country for 40 of her 50 years.
Her neck still has a shrapnel scar from the third day of the war, when her apartment was hit. On Day 4, she fled to Odesa.
Now, she’s making a quick trip back to her place in Kharkiv to grab winter clothes so she can wait out the war in Ireland, “because here we are not protected for a single second, in any city.”
“At any moment, you can just be hit and your whole body will be torn apart,” she said. “After the war ends — and I believe that Ukraine will defeat this filth, these vampires — I will come back home. I will return, no matter what.”
Ever since Ukraine gained independence from Moscow in 1991, Odesa viewed itself differently than the country’s other major cities because of its long, conflicted history and an outlook that stretched far beyond its borders.
Odesa’s past is intertwined with some of Russia’s most revered figures, including Catherine the Great, author Leo Tolstoy and poet Anna Akhmatova.
Its ports were key to last year’s international agreement that let Ukraine and Russia ship their grain to the rest of the world. Its Orthodox cathedral belongs to Moscow’s patriarchate. Its residents largely speak Russian. And -– at least until the Kremlin illegally annexed the nearby Crimean Peninsula in 2014 -– its beaches were beloved by Russian tourists.
In the war’s early weeks, rumors seeded by Kremlin propaganda flew around the city: Moscow would never hit the historic center, the mayor had loaded a boat filled with roses to greet Russian soldiers, a silent majority of residents were waiting for a Russian “liberation.”
They were false.
“To this day, if you read and monitor Russian channels, all of them are absolutely convinced that we are waiting for them here,” said Hanna Shelest, a political and security researcher raised in Odesa whose father is a harbormaster.
Odesa’s regional infrastructure was hit repeatedly by Russia over the winter, unlike its port, which was key to the Black Sea Grain Initiative that allowed agricultural products to be shipped safely from both countries to feed people around the world.
The region’s silos were full when Russia pulled out of the agreement in mid-July. Missiles and drones struck the next day, taking aim at storage sites, transportation infrastructure and random buildings. Ukraine’s air defenses deflected most of the hits, but every day a handful made it through.
Last week’s attacks marked the first time Odesa’s historic city center was hit since the war started.
Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov was unequivocal in a furious video message directed to Russians after Sunday’s strike on the cathedral, showing rescue workers carefully removing a damaged icon from the ruins.
“If you only knew how much Odesa hates you. Not only hates you. Despises you. You’re fighting small children, the Orthodox church. Your rockets even fall on cemeteries,” he said. “You must hardly know us Odessans. You will not break us, just make us angrier.”
Another missile crashed into the House of Scientists, a mansion that once belonged to the Tolstoy family and was transformed into an institution to unite scholars and researchers. A third hit administrative and apartment buildings.
The targets were within 200 meters (yards) of the port. Shelest believes the cathedral was hit by accident, but that’s little consolation amid the destruction.
Since Catherine the Great transformed Odesa into an international seaport in 1794, the city’s identity has as its foundations the sea, cosmopolitan tolerance and an innate sense of humor. It had one of Europe’s largest concentrations of Jews, who before a series of pogroms made up about a quarter of the population, and large communities of Greek and Italian sailors whose descendants remain to this day.
A week of attacks shook those foundations for Iryna Grets, who counts at least three generations of family in the city.
“Every morning, I go to the sea, to witness the sunrise. But today, I didn’t have the strength to go to the sea because we didn’t sleep all night. You see, we haven’t been sleeping all week,” said Grets, who decided instead to visit each site bombarded on Sunday.
She started at the cathedral, at the center of life in Odesa. The original structure was destroyed under Josef Stalin in 1936 as part of his campaign against religion. When Ukraine gained independence, residents took up a fund to restore it to its original condition. In 2010, the new building was consecrated by Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Kirill, whose church has aligned itself with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has since repeatedly justified the war in Ukraine.
“Each rocket that today arrives on the territory of Ukraine is perceived by its inhabitants as your ‘blessing’ on their children,” Archbishop Viktor Bykov, the vicar of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Odesa Diocese, wrote in an open letter to Kirill.
The bitter pilgrimage by Grets had less to do with religion than with mourning, and many others made the same trip on Sunday. Some attended a service outside the damaged cathedral. Even more came to clear debris, instead of enjoying the famed beaches despite the beckoning summer sun.
“This is my city, it’s a part of me, it’s my soul, it’s my heart,” Grets said.
Then, fury overcoming her, she abruptly switched to Ukrainian: “Odesa will never be part of Russia.”
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Hinnant reported from Paris.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-07-25T15:20:36+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-anger-grows-in-ukraines-port-city-of-odesa-after-russian-bombardment-hits-beloved-historic-sites/ |
WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 22, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
208 PM PDT Thu Jul 21 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR THE I-5
CORRIDOR THROUGH THE TOWN OF LEBEC AND FORT TEJON PASS...
.There will be a period of strong gusty winds combined with low
humidity on Friday which will result in critical fire weather
conditions. The area of greatest concern is along the Interstate 5
corridor of the Grapevine through the town of Lebec, Fort Tejon
Pass, and immediate surrounding area.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR
STRONG WINDS, DRY FUELS, AND LOWERED HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 597...
The National Weather Service in Hanford has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM to 10 PM PDT Friday.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 597.
* WIND...Sustained north winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to
40 mph.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum humidity of 10 to 15 percent.
* HIGHEST THREAT... Interstate 5 through Lebec, Fort Tejon Pass
and immediate surrounding area.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Seven people died in a series of unrelated shootings around Indianapolis and Marion County over the weekend.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified six of the victims on Monday. The identity of the seventh person was still pending. The victims were all under the age of 30.
This weekend’s deadly incidents ranged from a quadruple shooting on Broad Ripple Avenue to a shooting outside a food truck.
Here’s what we know so far.
Bischoff Drive in Beech Grove, Saturday, 12 p.m.
Officers with the Beech Grove Department arrived in the 2400 block of Bischoff Drive around noon on Saturday after a person was shot on a sidewalk. Police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
He died before he could be taken to an area hospital, police said. The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified him as 29-year-old Bryton Paul Wilmot.
Beech Grove Deputy Chief Tom Hurrle said the shooting stemmed from an “ongoing fight” that started at a nearby hotel and spilled over into an apartment complex.
Police were narrowing down their list of suspects and checking available footage from nearby home surveillance cameras.
The shooting did not appear to be random, police said.
North Concord Street, Saturday, 12:38 p.m.
Indianapolis Metropolitan police said a woman was shot on the near west side before 12:40 p.m. on Saturday in the 700 block of North Concord Street.
They found a woman shot at the location. She was taken to an area hospital where she later died.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as 19-year-old Samanta Yaqueline Lucas.
Broad Ripple Avenue, Sunday, 2 a.m.
Three people were killed following a quadruple shooting on Broad Ripple Avenue early Sunday morning.
IMPD officers responded to the 800 block of Broad Ripple Avenue near Guilford Avenue around 2 a.m. They found four people had been shot. Two of them were pronounced dead at the scene, while the other two were taken to area hospitals in critical condition.
One of the hospitalized individuals later died, police said.
As of Monday, the Marion County Coroner’s Office had identified two of the individuals killed as 22-year-old Kaleyia Preer and 24-year-old Tywain Henning. The identity of the third person was still pending.
IMPD said a disturbance led to the shooting; hundreds of people were out and about at the time.
“Again, you had about, when I talked to the incident commander, 400-500 people out here,” said IMPD Officer William Young. “It’s just blatant disrespect… blatant disrespect. It’s certainly disturbing. The message is we are going to hold you accountable and responsible if you pick up a firearm and try to hurt someone. It’s all about conflict resolution. We continuously visit that word, conflict resolution and again, it’s certainly disturbing.”
N. Tremont Street, Sunday, 7:53 p.m.
IMPD said a woman died Sunday night following a shooting on Indy’s near west side.
Officers were called at 7:53 p.m. to the 500 block of N. Tremont Street on reports of a person shot.
They found a 24-year-old woman suffering from gunshot wounds. She was taken in critical condition to Eskenazi Hospital where she later died. The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified her as 24-year-old Jordyn Cheyenne Pierce.
Evidence suggested the shooting happened on a sidewalk on the west side of Tremont Street, IMPD said.
W. 27th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Sunday, 10 p.m.
Around 10 p.m. on Sunday, IMPD responded to a shooting at W. 27th St. & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. on the near northwest side.
They located man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken in critical condition to IU Health Methodist Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified him as 25-year-old Bomani Marsh.
Police said the shooting happened outside a food truck.
The shootings remain under investigation. Anyone with information about any of the incidents should contact IMPD or call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS (8477). | 2023-06-26T14:28:21+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/7-people-killed-in-weekend-shootings-around-indianapolis-and-marion-county/ |
Las Vegas real estate agent attacked at model home, police say
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5/Gray News) - A real estate agent was attacked after the suspect entered model home she was showing, according to an arrest report by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.
Suspect Richy Cervantes, faces charges of home invasion, attempted sexual assault, lewdness, battery, and kidnapping after the incident on July 11 at an undisclosed neighborhood.
According to police, a real estate agent was working at a model home and showing the home to potential buyers.
The agent said a man was walking around the model home acting suspicious and unlocking windows inside the home.
After the man left, the real estate agent locked the front door and windows of the model home before calling police and reporting the suspicious man, the report said.
The agent proceeded to call a coworker to explain the situation and asked them to join her on site.
While the agent was on the phone with her coworker, the suspect returned to the home and attempted to enter back inside the model home.
The woman hid in a closet and stayed on the phone with her coworker.
The suspect broke a window, entered into the home and found the victim hiding.
The real estate agent said the man dragged her out of the closet and pinned her down. The man proceeded to make threatening comments toward her before performing a lewd act, according to authorities.
Police used a sledgehammer to bust open the front door and arrest the suspect.
According to court records, Cervantes is being held without bail. His next court hearing is set for July 19.
Las Vegas police are investigating additional victims of Cervantes.
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Appraisals of popular output from Nashville, where convention holds sway in the shadow of the country music industry, tend to interpret a performer's stance either as conformist or rebellious. Joy Oladokun is one Nashville contender who's no more confined to those polarized possibilities than any other type of binary. She's a Black, queer woman, and a child of Nigerian immigrants. An ex-evangelical worship leader, she long since moved on to the realm of pro songwriting and major label affiliation. On social media, she lists "she/they" pronouns and jokes about dressing like a dad and being called "sir" in the grocery store. In years' worth of selfie-style diaristic dispatches, she's espoused therapeutically knowledgeable and enthusiastically stoned insight into mental health crises.
It's not like Oladokun is trying to be transgressive, not in the least. She learned well the principles by which congregational praise choruses and arena-friendly pop compositions alike can summon a sense of shared common ground. Sincerity is her strong inclination. She simply operates with awareness that the artists seen as speaking for the masses have historically been cishet, white men, who've enjoyed cultural centrality without having to acknowledge or interrogate the particulars of their own identities. Or, to put it another way, only those with the luxury of presuming the dominance of their viewpoint have gotten to be the "everyman." And she just so happens to possess the ambition and ability to connect that broadly with her music.
In Oladokun's new songs, facets of who she is and what she's lived, seen and imagined, matters politicized by other people's prejudices, are what provide the evocative details that serve as normalizing entry points to her anthemic expression. The great theme of her newly released second album Proof of Life is what all-consuming work it is to lead an alert and searching existence, to break with oppressive orthodoxies and, in the face of the systemic devaluing of her life and the lives of other LGBTQIA+ people and Black Americans, to strain toward self-healing and put real trust in closeness and mutuality. "I pray it's worth the heartache when I'm done," she sings of the daily emotional labor of withstanding despair in "Keeping the Light On."
Initially self-released, 2020's In Defense of My Own Happiness was created in pandemic isolation; she doodled her way to emotional, relational and social verities, mainly using the instruments, microphones and software she had on hand. For Proof of Life, she entered into a partnership with Verve Forecast and Republic that didn't break her of DIY recording habits so much as vastly expand her cast of collaborators and enable her to pursue a wider array of sonic ideas. Written and co-produced with some of the more flexible minds that operate out of or occasionally visit Nashville (Ian Fitchuk, Mike Elizondo, Alysa Vanderheym, Dan Wilson) and featuring country, alt-rock, folk-pop and hip-hop guests (Chris Stapleton, Manchester Orchestra, Mt. Joy, Noah Kahan, Maxo Kream), Oladokun ultimately arrived at a very homey version of pop maximalism.
Oladokun began "Somebody Like Me" by strumming a chord pattern into her iPhone in her backyard. That became the woolen, almost lo-fi acoustic guitar loop beneath a plea of gospelly proportions. Halfway through, the McCrary Sisters join her in mass choir-style call-and-response, underscoring the way Oladokun, while conveying anguish, also invites prayer.
A number of tracks open with personalized vignettes from as far back as elementary school. During "Taking Things For Granted," a solo Oladokun production that gradually gathers emo intensity before taking on a Pet Sounds-esque harmonic grandeur, she summons the memory of the eighth birthday she spent alone in the swimming pool when all of her schoolmates bailed on her party. The pain of going unseen and unconsidered, she acknowledges in a refrain that seems destined for live singalongs, still lingers.
"Keeping the Light On," whose burbling combo of lite-funk drums, Afrobeats syncopation and folkie guitars she cooked up with Elizondo and Fitchuk, begins by zooming in on the weight of her life decisions. "Found a girl and found a job, just like they say good people do," she testifies, her phrasing subtly sinking toward melancholy. "But every now and then I turn to salt inside her wounds." She broadens and brightens the view considerably during the chorus, the push she gives each line conveying the capaciousness of determined hope.
At the beginning of "The Hard Way," the album's most country-leaning track, Oladokun recounts freeing herself from the Christian culture and creeds that defined her early life with a tight couplet: "Jesus raised me / Good weed saved me."
"I feel like nothing's hotter right now than religious trauma and cannabis," she jokes when we speak in the upstairs bedroom she converted into a home studio. "So I think that's probably the most relatable lyric on there." When she left the religious settings where she'd too often seen racism and homophobia receive a righteous varnish, she resolved to continue working out for herself what it means to live a good and spiritual life. Whether or not listeners identify with how she traded one salve for another, her insistence during the chorus that revelations don't come easily, that she "learned the hard way," has wistful resonance.
Oladokun doesn't mind imperfect takes and much prefers in-the-moment feeling to flawless precision, but she's not at all opposed to refining her abilities; she's been taking voice lessons, in fact. Now she'll seize on occasions that call for singing more freely and demonstratively, but that's still tempered by her ruminative inclinations. Even when she paints a picture of a world in chaotic flux during "Changes," the kind of stock inventory of bad news that might prompt another artist to perform as if from a soapbox, she slips down descending vocal lines with engrossed, and engrossing, worry. So present is she in her singer-songwriter pop, through those variations in inflection and tone, that her grandest gestures have powerfully modest magnetism.
Oladokun has her own standards for measuring the success of her efforts, as she lays out in our conversation: "As I continue to be a musician, the question I keep at the forefront is, 'Is this helping build bridges or is it hurting?' Like, 'Am I becoming a weird corporate shill, or something like that?' "
A greater and more heartening possibility is that this album and the tours and exposure to come will establish her with mainstream crowds as a trustworthy voice, and one that speaks for Nashville as much as any Music Row export. "I try to contribute to the community for good," she allows thoughtfully, "so I think it's fair to say that I can represent the city on some front."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors at the rape trial of “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson said Friday that they are deadlocked, but a judge told them they have not deliberated long enough for her to declare a mistrial.
The jury told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo that after nearly three days of deliberations, they could not reach a unanimous verdict on any of the three rape counts against the actor.
Olmedo had already agreed to allow jurors Thanksgiving week off. She stopped their discussions Friday and told them to return and resume deliberations on Nov. 28.
Masterson, 46, is charged with the rape of three women, including a former girlfriend, in his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003.
He has pleaded not guilty, and the defense said the acts were consensual.
Masterson, 46, did not testify during the trial. His lawyer presented no defense testimony and instead focused on inconsistencies in the accounts of the three accusers, who he said changed their stories over time and spoke with each other before going to police. | 2022-11-19T21:20:14+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-jury-says-its-deadlocked-in-danny-masterson-rape-trial/ |
Evergreen man killed in single-vehicle crash
BUTLER COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A single-vehicle crash in Butler County claimed the life of an Evergreen man on Thursday.
According to ALEA, Johnny Keith Esteban Betton, 29, was fatally injured when the Kia Forte he was driving left the roadway and struck several trees. Betton was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash happened around 7:20 p.m. on Interstate 65 near mile marker 110, about 18 miles north of Evergreen.
Nothing further is available as Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.
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(The Hill) – Lawmakers are asking the inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security to step aside from an ongoing investigation into “erased” text messages at the Secret Service.
Inspector General Joseph Cuffari notified Congress earlier this month that text messages from the agency on Jan. 5 and 6 appeared to have been erased as part of a device replacement program – leaving lawmakers peeved he waited months to alert them.
“We are writing to express our grave concerns with Inspector General Cuffari’s failure to promptly notify Congress of crucial information while conducting an investigation of the Secret Service’s preparation for and response to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol,” House Homeland Security Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) wrote in a letter.
“These omissions left Congress in the dark about key developments in this investigation and may have cost investigators precious time to capture relevant evidence,” they wrote.
“Inspector General Cuffari’s actions in this matter, which follow other troubling reports about his conduct as Inspector General, cast serious doubt on his independence and his ability to effectively conduct such an important investigation. In light of these serious failures, we request that Inspector General Cuffari step aside from the ongoing investigation into the Secret Service’s erasure of text messages,” the two lawmakers wrote.
It’s a remarkable request as inspectors general are expected to impartially review matters at the agencies they help hold accountable. The lawmakers ask that the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency appoint a different inspector general to conduct the investigation.
The letter alleges that Cuffari has known since December that messages sent and received by the Secret Service for that time period were no longer available.
“Yet, Inspector General Cuffari took no steps to inform Congress of this serious and flagrant violation of federal records laws,” they wrote.
Cuffari’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Cuffari’s notification to Congress set off a storm of activity. The letter was forwarded to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, which is also chaired by Thomspon.
Once public, the National Archives requested that DHS’s custodian of records do its own investigation into the texts and the Jan. 6 committee also subpoenaed the texts.
The Secret Service said they have just one text on record from that time period, noting that individual agents were required to preserve text messages before the agency underwent migration to a new mobile management software.
The Jan. 6 panel has since argued their handling of the matter could violate public records law.
But Tuesday’s letter indicates Cuffari’s delay could also be a violation of the law, in this case of the Inspector General Act, which requires inspectors general to report particularly serious matters to the head of their agency.
Cuffari evidently did not alert DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, something the lawmakers said: “calls into question whether Inspector General Cuffari has the professional judgment and capacity to effectively fulfill his duties in this investigation.”
His only warnings of struggles with the Secret Service came in a report earlier this year where he complained of “significant delay of OIG’s access to Secret Service records” that were “impeding” his Jan. 6 investigation.
Mayorkas’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Cuffari has been the inspector general at DHS since 2019, after being nominated to the role by Trump.
The committee chairs list a long line of other grievances with Cuffari, pointing to prior letters about slow-moving investigations into the death of two children in Customs and Border Protection custody and other cases where he appeared to remove findings detailing domestic abuse and sexual harassment by DHS employees.
But they also wrote it’s “not the first time Inspector General Cuffari has shown an unwillingness to investigate the Secret Service,” saying Cuffari refused to take on excessive use of force investigations or evaluate the agency’s COVID protocols.
He also refused to investigate the Secret Service’s role in the clearing of Lafayette Park in the wake of protests into George Floyd’s death at the hands of police.
The letter gives Cuffari until August 9 to respond. | 2022-07-27T00:13:48+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/lawmakers-ask-watchdog-to-step-aside-from-probe-into-erased-secret-service-texts/ |
DALLAS, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) ("Ashford Trust" or the "Company") today announced details for the release of its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Ashford Trust plans to issue its earnings release for the second quarter after the market closes on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, and will host a conference call on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. ET. The number to call for this interactive teleconference is (201) 389-0920. A replay of the conference call will be available through Wednesday, August 10, 2022, by dialing (412) 317-6671 and entering the confirmation number, 13730710.
The live broadcast of Ashford Trust's quarterly conference call will be available online at the Company's website, www.ahtreit.com, on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. The online replay will follow shortly after the call and continue for approximately one year.
Ashford Hospitality Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing predominantly in upper upscale, full-service hotels.
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By CHRIS LEHOURITES
AP Sports Writer
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Heather Watson has been through a lot at Wimbledon, and now she’s made it through the third round for the first time.
The 121st-ranked Watson, making is her 12th appearance at the All England Club, advanced to the fourth round on Friday by beating Kaja Juvan 7-6 (6), 6-2.
“I know I’m not speechless because I’m blabbing on, but I don’t know what to say,” the 30-year-old Watson said on No. 1 Court. “Playing here at home in front of all you guys, the atmosphere is everything. So, please can all of you come back for my fourth round?”
The pressure on British players at their home Grand Slam can be immense. Watson and every other British player know that well.
Before Andy Murray won the men’s title, the talk among the locals would endlessly focus on Fred Perry and Virginia Wade, the last British singles champions at the All England Club.
Murray ended some of that in 2013, becoming the first British man to win the Wimbledon title since Perry in 1936. Wade, in 1977, remains the last female British champion of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.
“I actually wasn’t that nervous,” said Watson, who had lost in the first round six times since making her Wimbledon debut in 2010.
In the next round, Watson will face Jule Niemeier of Germany. She beat Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Third-seeded Ons Jabeur also reached the fourth round, defeating Diane Parry 6-2, 6-3, while 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko beat Irina-Camelia Begu 3-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Jabeur, who is known as the “Minister of Happiness” back home in Tunisia, will next face Elise Mertens. The 24th-seeded Mertens beat 2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber 6-4, 7-5.
Fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari, however, was eliminated. The Greek player, who reached the semifinals at both the French Open and the U.S. Open last year, lost to Tatjana Maria of Germany 6-3, 7-5.
In the men’s draw, three Americans advanced — one to the third round and two to the fourth.
Qualifier Jack Sock finished off a 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) victory over another American, Maxime Cressy, in a match that was suspended Thursday after the second set. That made him the eighth American man to reach the third round, the most at any Grand Slam tournament since 1996.
Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul were also among those eight, and they already earned themselves a spot in the fourth round.
The 23rd-seeded Tiafoe, who is making his fifth appearance at the All England Club, beat Alexander Bublik 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3), 6-4. Paul, seeded 30th, defeated Jiri Vesely 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
Another one of those Americans, John Isner, set a men’s tour ace record.
The 20th-seeded Isner hit ace No. 13,729 to break the ATP tour record held by Ivo Karlovic of Croatia. He set the record during the third game of his third-round match against Jannik Sinner on No. 2 Court.
Six-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic also reached the fourth round. The top-seeded Serb beat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 6-3, 6-4.
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The Newark Avenue pedestrian mall has been heralded as the future of Jersey City, and residents may one day be able to have a meal and take in the atmosphere there from a part of the city’s past: the 1840s-era firehouse at 244 Bay St.
Located a block from Newark Avenue in the Harsimus Cove Historic District, the building is a former Fire Department headquarters and more recently home to a society of volunteer firefighter auxiliaries. Jersey City still owns the Renaissance revival-style building, which features some neo-Classical detailing as well.
Monday night Jersey City took an early procedural step toward selling the building to developers, with the goal of preserving the building while activating it for commercial use, potentially as a restaurant or retail space.
On a technical level, the Historical Preservation Commission approved a report from the Division of City Planning Director Tanya Marione that recommends declaring the building “in need of rehabilitation,” which can eventually allow the property to be transferred to the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency and then sold directly to a developer via a request-for-proposal (RFP).
Marione said she does not expect the building itself to change as a result of the process, although it’s impossible to say for sure this early.
“My goal is here is to not alter the zoning, not alter the building, just allow for the building to be transferred,” Marione said.
If the building is ultimately declared “in need of rehabilitation” by the city council, the Division of City Planning will produce a plan for the building that will go through multiple rounds of review — including by the Historic Preservation Commission. Marione emphasized that Monday night’s vote was one of the first step in a long process.
The building, which reportedly was purchased in the 1840s for $450, served as the fire headquarters between 1871 and 1933. Since 1957 it was home to the Jersey City Gong Club, a volunteer organization founded in 1950 to aid the Jersey City Fire Department. The club, composed of about 33 members currently, runs a rehab canteen out of a truck, named Car 26, that responds to fires throughout Hudson County and offers support like drinks, food and warm clothing. It also holds various fundraiser events.
The building also housed a museum with Jersey City Fire Department memorabilia on the upper floors. The block it’s located on is dedicated to Gong Club member Joseph Lovero, who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Connie Spellman, chief of the Gong Club since 2014 and a member since 1990, said the building was “part of the neighborhood.” The club used to keep the door open for the public to come in and see historic photos of the fire department hung on the walls. Teachers from a nearby daycare would sometimes bring children to the headquarters to have a look around.
“It’s been our home,” she said.
Spellman said the building is in good shape and had the roof redone in recent years. The Gong Club moved out in March and has started renting space for its truck at another old firehouse at 666 Summit Avenue. The items in the museum have been moved into storage, Spellman said.
Some members of the public spoke up on behalf of the building at the historic commission’s meeting. Maryanne Serafin, who said she was a member of the Gong Club for a year or two, said, “I don’t want it torn down. I don’t want to see anything bad happen to the building.”
Chris Perez, president of the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, questioned the idea of selling the building.
“I’m of the thinking that this is a wonderful asset that the city has, and has the city entertained options and ideas of how there could be some kind of a partnership with somebody to activate the building in the best interest of the community without selling the building?” Perez said.
Marione said the question of why the city is considering selling building is one for the city’s business administrator. The planning division simply produced the report.
A city spokeswoman said the Historic Preservation Commission’s action on Monday will allow the city to add to restaurants in the area near the pedestrian mall, as well as generate income in property taxes for Jersey City. | 2022-07-19T21:34:12+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/07/jersey-city-moves-to-sell-historic-firehouse-with-retail-or-dining-potentially-in-the-works.html |
By FARNOUSH AMIRI (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — As FBI Director Chris Wray faced congressional critics Wednesday, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee recited from a recent judge’s ruling against the government’s handling of misinformation on social media — kicking off a long list of GOP grievances against the Justice Department.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said he is trying to stop what Republicans call the “weaponization” of the federal justice system that they say is tilted against conservatives, including Donald Trump, the former president.
However, the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, said the hearing was “little more than performance art” by the Republicans who are launching what he called baseless investigations too far-fetched to be true.
Even the start of the hearing showcased the contention to come when a simple Pledge of Allegiance brought raised voices from the audience on the final lines, “liberty and justice for all.”
It’s just the latest display of the new normal on Capitol Hill, where Republicans who have long billed themselves as the champions of police and “law and order” are growing deeply at odds with federal law enforcement and the FBI, accusing the bureau of bias dating back to investigations of Trump when he was president. The new dynamic has forced Democrats into a position of defending these law enforcement agencies they have long criticized.
Republicans were prepared to aggressively question the director on several fronts, including Trump’s recent indictment, the ongoing investigation into President Joe Biden’s son and the push for a new FBI headquarters.
Jordan has been laying the groundwork for Wray’s appearance since House Republicans took the majority in January.
Wray’s trip to Capitol Hill comes just a few weeks after the president’s youngest son, Hunter Biden, reached an agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses. Jordan and other GOP lawmakers slammed it as “a sweetheart deal” and the latest example of a “two-tiered justice system.”
As previously, Jordan accused the FBI of facilitating the suppression prior to the 2020 presidential election of online coverage of stories related to the discovery of a laptop purportedly left at a Delaware computer repair shop by President Joe Biden’s son Hunter. He also cited instances in which he said conservatives were targeted by law enforcement officials.
Republicans have held hearings with former FBI agents, Twitter executives and federal officials to make the case that the FBI has been corruptly using its powers against Trump and the right. And they’ve formed a special committee on “weaponization” of government, also led by Jordan, to investigate abuse.
Jordan and the leaders of the Oversight and Accountability and the Ways and Means committees quickly have opened a joint investigation into the Hunter Biden case, citing testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who say the Justice Department meddled with their work.
The Justice Department has denied the allegations and said repeatedly that U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware, the federal prosecutor who led the investigation, always had full authority over the case. Weiss was appointed during the Trump administration.
Republicans have requested interviews with Weiss and other Justice Department officials, but those are not likely until after the case is closed, in line with department policy.
Wray was also likely to face questions about the charges against Trump — the man who nominated him to lead the FBI after firing James Comey in 2017. The Justice Department has accused the former president of illegally storing government secrets at his Florida estate and then refusing to give them back. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts.
Concerns around the FBI’s continuing investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are also top of mind for Republicans. Some say prosecutors have acted too aggressively against those accused of breaching the Capitol.
With Republican criticism of the FBI at a high pitch, some of the party’s most conservative members are even pushing to cut off funding. Jordan has yet to go that far, but he is seeking to choke off funding for a new FBI headquarters.
In a letter to Rep. Kay Granger, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Jordan wrote that the appropriation bills should eliminate any funding set aside for a planned relocation of the FBI’s headquarters from Washington to a capital suburb. Instead, he said Congress should look at moving the FBI’s headquarters out of the D.C. region altogether.
“We also recommend tying funding for the FBI to specific policy changes — such as requiring the FBI to record interviews — that will promote accountability and transparency at the FBI,” Jordan wrote in the letter Tuesday.
Another focus of Wednesday’s hearing was the push to reauthorize a program under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, that grants agencies like the FBI sweeping powers to surveil and examine communications of foreigners located outside the United States.
The provision of FISA known as Section 702 is set to expire at year’s end unless Congress agrees to renew it. But members of both parties are frustrated with the program, citing allegations of federal officials abusing the system.
Regardless, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee prepared a counteroffensive Wednesday to Republicans’ rhetoric against the FBI, making a case that it is GOP lawmakers who are weaponizing the power of congressional oversight to appease their base and the leader of their party.
“For Republicans, this hearing is little more than performance art. It is an elaborate show designed with only two purposes in mind: to protect Donald Trump from the consequences of his actions, and to return him to the White House in the next election,” Rep. Jerry Nadler, the top Democrat on the committee, said. | 2023-07-12T15:57:42+00:00 | bostonherald.com | https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/07/12/fbi-director-faces-gop-critics-at-hearing-focused-on-trump-hunter-biden-and-more/ |
Dear Sahaj: I feel like my siblings take advantage of my mom. She has never put herself first and now that she is retired and can finally do the stuff she wants, my brother is basically using her as a free, 24-hour babysitter. This isn’t the first time. My sister also had my mom take care of her kids for almost 8 years. Part of my culture is that the mom should be selfless and live for her kids. My mom is almost 80 years old. When will her life start? What should I do?
— Stressed
Stressed: I wonder how much of this is you projecting what you want for your mom vs. what your mom actually wants.
You’re protective of your mom. You’ve witnessed her sacrifices, and now that she’s retired, you want her to make the most of it. But what if this is her version of making the most of it?
Have you talked to your mom about what she wants to do with her time? Start there. She may want to be with her grandkids — especially if family is an important value for her. If you talk to her and find that she feels obligated to help rather than truly wanting to, then it’s time to talk about making time for herself.
You could ask her hypothetical questions, like: “Are there friends you wish you spent more time with?” or “Is there a hobby you wish you had more time for?” This can help you both find resources on activities of interest in her area. You can also encourage her to take action, like: “You’ve done so much for us over the years, and you deserve to put yourself first.” If she hasn’t ever made time for herself, doing so now won’t be easy. Be supportive while reminding yourself that it will take time for her to take the first step — and it’s her decision when she does so.
I’m curious about your relationship dynamic with your siblings. Are there other issues, past or present, contributing to your feelings on this issue? Why don’t you seem to trust your siblings’ motives with your mom? Why do you feel it’s your role to protect your mom? Are you letting your possible resentment toward them cloud how you feel about this situation? If you decide your siblings are taking advantage of your mom’s generosity, you may need to bring this up with her directly and tell her what you’re observing (rather than what you’re feeling).
Either way, you should still talk to your siblings. This may sound like: “I understand you need help with the kids, but I worry that Mom will miss out on other things because she won’t say no to you. I really want us to talk about how we can encourage her to make time for herself.” This will frame the conversation as wanting to work together with your siblings to enrich your mom’s life, rather than blaming them for your mom’s lack of free time.
You can initiate conversations with your family, but you cannot force them to do things differently. Instead of approaching this as you against them, open up a larger conversation about working together and prioritizing your mom’s happiness.
Dear Sahaj: My Indian parents focus a lot on obligations when it comes to relationships with people in our community. “So and so helped us with this event so we must help them or go to their event.” However, they often don’t really like these people and complain after being around them but say at least they’ve done their bit by fulfilling the obligation. I don’t feel like we should be inauthentic about relationships, and I don’t think we need to reciprocate with people who we find irritating or who aren’t always there for us. Is that selfish? It’s such a huge generational distinction, I don’t know how to come to terms with it.
— Much Obliged
Much Obliged: You’re not selfish, but you do have different values than your parents. Your parents prioritize community, and for them being an active member means fulfilling obligations, even if they don’t want to.
Instead of seeing their behavior as “inauthentic,” reframe it as a testament of loyalty to people like them within a larger system that can be unkind. If your Indian parents are like mine, they came to this country and relied on finding their community to help them feel connected and safe. Nurturing relationships within this community requires mutual generosity. Even if there are people they don’t get along with as well as others, they likely feel pride and responsibility in their role within the collective.
You don’t have to agree with your parents’ choices. Instead, focus on what you can tolerate. You can cut them off when they complain. This can sound like: “I don’t agree with how you’re handling this, so I don’t think we should talk about [name] anymore.” Or, “It seems like this has been an issue for you for a while. You should talk to [name] about it.”
You can try mirroring your parents’ comments back to them: “You say you feel like you should be there for [name] but on the other hand, you’ve shared many times how they have annoyed you.” Or you can ask a question to understand their perspective, like: “You always put others in the community first no matter how they treat you. Why is that?”
Your parents may be less concerned about what others do for them and more concerned about how they are perceived in the community. They value harmony in their community, so the “why” of doing things matters much less than the “what” that’s done. It’s okay if it doesn’t work for you. In fact, you are allowed to behave differently in your relationships. However, when it comes to their relationships, this works for them and that’s enough. | 2023-07-06T13:09:46+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/advice/2023/07/06/ask-sahaj-siblings-take-advantage-mom/ |
(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden announced Monday evening that the United States had conducted a drone strike over the weekend that killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
But when a leader is taken out, another leader will rise. And for Al-Qaeda, it will be the first time in more than a decade the group will look to replace its former leader.
The question: Who will take over next?
Saif al-Adl
Al-Qaida expert Ali Soufan points to an Egyptian, Saif al-Adl, as one of the candidates to be dreaded by the West, given al-Adl’s revered status within Al-Qaeda, his experience and the potential of his charisma to draw back Al-Qaeda defectors who’ve moved to other groups.
al-Adl is wanted by the FBI in connection with the 1998 embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. He has also been the long-time head of the Al-Qaeda military council and has a long history in Al-Qaeda senior circles.
But Al-Qaeda, overall, now faces a succession crisis and a shaky future. That includes rivalries against aggressive upstart extremist groups that came into being after 9/11 and also have a presence in Afghanistan.
Charles Lister, another expert in violent extremist networks, wrote after the killing that the nature and spread of conflicts around the Middle East, Africa and South Asia today favor locally focused jihadist organizations rather than globally focused ones.
Abd al-Rahman al-Maghrebi
Another potential person to succeed al-Zawahiri would be Ayman al-Zawahiri’s son-in-law, Abd al-Rahman al-Maghrebi.
al-Rahman al-Maghrebi is originally from Morocco and has been at the head of Al-Qaeda’s media operations since 2010.
Al-Qaeda’s next leader will have to prove his relevance to “self-confident affiliates that have been more willing to push back against a central leadership perceived as detached from the realities of conflicts thousands of miles away,” Lister wrote.
Despite being largely out of the headlines since Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011, Al-Qaeda has been behind a number of terrorist attacks.
The group held 800 people hostage at a gas facility in Algeria in 2013, killing 69 people. The group claimed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris in 2015. And an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber failed to take down a Somali airliner in 2016.
The group also claimed responsibility for a shooting at a Florida Naval Air Station in 2019 that killed three people.
The United States will continue to monitor this situation, because taking out al-Zawahiri does not end the possibility of Al-Qaeda rising again.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-08-02T17:58:41+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/who-will-take-over-al-qaeda/ |
Charcoal or electric grill: which is better?
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Kettle Charcoal Grill
- Char-Griller E1515 Patio Pro Charcoal Grill
- Weber Original Kettle Charcoal Grill
Summer is barbecue season, but before you fire up the grill, you have to decide which is the better choice for you: charcoal or electric. Barbecue fanatics everywhere have strong feelings for one or the other based on several factors including temperature, flavor and convenience.
Charcoal purists swear by the time-tested power of natural, high heat and smoke, while other home chefs love the ease and consistency of an electric grill. Safety concerns and health considerations could also sway your choice one way or the other. Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the two and a guide to help you decide whether a charcoal or electric grill is right for you.
Charcoal grills
Whether it’s a backyard barbecue, a forest campsite or a family reunion, the charcoal grill is a staple of American culture and tradition. All you need is a solid steel kettle grill, a bag of charcoal briquets, a source of flame and maybe a little lighter fluid to bring the fire on quickly.
If you’re looking for a rich, charbroiled and smoky flavor, charcoal is king — but the benefits don’t stop there. At an average price between $50 to $500, basic charcoal grills are significantly cheaper than some of the more expensive alternatives.
Charcoal grills rely on the skills of the chef to achieve the best results, as the heat source can be hard to control, potentially leading to inconsistency and undesired results. Overall, it’s a hands-on cooking method that many barbecue fans find irreplaceable.
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What you’ll love about charcoal grills
Char-Griller E1515 Patio Pro Charcoal Grill
- Flavor: The most common reason people prefer charcoal is for the taste of the end result. You can capture that classic smoky, charbroiled flavor, or add any variety of wood chips to add something rich and distinctly different.
- Cheap options: In addition to the traditional kettle grill, there are a variety of newer styles available for less than $100.
- Portability: Unlike most electric grills, charcoal grills are used outdoors, far away from any electrical outlets.
- Aroma: Just as charcoal and wood chips enhance the flavor of your food, the aroma of an open-flame grill can inspire more neighborhood cookouts.
- Tradition: Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day are not just popular holidays of summer in America, they are also the three most popular grilling days of the year. The charcoal grill is a staple of those backyard bonanzas.
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What you should consider about charcoal grills
- Safety: The open-flame nature of charcoal grills makes it a fire hazard for many porches, patios and balconies. Covered areas can become danger zones when carbon dioxide builds in a small space.
- Cost of fuel: To keep your grill heated all summer, you have to keep charcoal briquets stocked, a price that builds over time.
- Time: Charcoal takes more time to heat than electric grills.
- Consistency: Unlike an electric grill, the heat from a charcoal grill can vary wildly as flames flare and coals cool, making cooking temperature inconsistent.
Best charcoal grills
Weber Original Kettle Charcoal Grill
What can we say? The classic Weber Original Kettle Charcoal Grill is still the king of the coals. If you’d like something a little more sophisticated, the Char-Griller Akorn Kamado doubles as a smoker.
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Electric grills
George Foreman 4-Serving Removable Plate Grill
When it comes to hot dogs and hamburgers, the electric grill isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. In many instances, it’s the best choice for whatever is on your menu. While it may evoke images of George Foreman cooking chicken, electric grills have come a long way in the last few decades. If you’re willing to trade that smoky flavor for convenience and other benefits, there’s an electric grill for you.
The electric grill has some advantages over classic charcoal grills. For many people, charcoal grills aren’t an option — apartment and condo dwellers, for example, are often prohibited from using any open-flame devices on porches or balconies. With an electric grill, you can still enjoy a beautiful day while quickly cooking a delicious dinner.
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What you’ll love about electric grills
Cuisinart CEG-980 Outdoor Electric Grill
- Convenience: Most electric grills are portable and only require an electrical outlet.
- Ease-of-use: Control the temperature manually and easily, no learning curve needed.
- Faster heat time: Foods cook quickly.
- Healthier: No carcinogens produced and no unsustainable fuel necessary.
- Flexibility: Unlike charcoal grills, electric grills can be used indoors and can be easily transported.
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What you should consider about electric grills
- Flavor: Electric grills can’t replicate the smoky flavor of charcoal.
- Power source: Only useful where electric outlets are available.
- Storage: Electric grills must be stored indoors and can take up space.
- Surface size: Most electric grill surfaces are smaller than their outdoor counterparts.
Best electric grills
Foreman Indoor/Outdoor Electric Grill
It may come as a surprise, but George Foreman is still knocking out electric grills. The Foreman Indoor/Outdoor Electric Grill is versatile, consistent and inexpensive. If you want to splurge, the Weber Q 2400 Electric Grill is top of its class.
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Should I get a charcoal grill or an electric grill?
When it’s time for you to choose your grill, ultimately, it depends on your needs and desired outcome. When it comes to flavor, nothing can beat a charcoal grill for its smokiness, searing, and charbroiled taste. If you’re looking for a healthier and more convenient option, an electric grill will get the job done.
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Which NutriBullet juicer is best?
When you need a quick boost of energy or want concentrated, fast nutrition, juicing is the way to go. NutriBullet made their name with single-serving blenders that make delicious smoothies, and their juicers continue to be an innovative, affordable entry into the market.
If you are ready to dive into the world of juicing, the NutriBullet Juicer Pro Centrifugal Juicer is a good place to start. It’s a powerful choice that comes with everything you need to take juice to go or to save it for a rainy day.
What to know before you buy a NutriBullet juicer
Type of juicers
NutriBullet juicers are available in two main types: masticating and centrifugal.
- Masticating: Masticating juicers are also known as cold-pressed or auger-style juicers. These use a grinding action. They take longer, but they preserve more of the nutrients in whatever you’re juicing. They work well for tough, leafy greens like kale, but they cost more.
- Centrifugal: Centrifugal juicers use a spinning action to extract juice from more watery fruits and vegetables such as oranges, apples and carrots. There’s no need to cut or peel what you’re juicing. On the downside, this type of juicer won’t work for leafy greens, and they tend to be noisy. This is a more affordable choice if you’re just starting out with juicing and want to see if it works for you.
Juicer capacity
NutriBullet juicers come with pitchers that are either 24 or 27 ounces. That 3-ounce difference might not seem like much, but considering that it takes two to three times the amount of fruits and veggies to make a serving of juice, those 3 ounces can add up fast.
Power
The wattage of your NutriBullet juicer determines the speed of the process as well as how much juice the motor can handle. Higher wattages of 900 or more mean less strain on the motor — good for a crowd — while lower wattages are best for single juicers.
Note that masticating juicers typically require less wattage than centrifugal juicers. These do a great job with just 150 watts.
What to look for in a quality NutriBullet juicer
Accessories
What’s the point of creating delicious fresh juice if you can’t take it with you, freeze it for later or clean the juicer easily? Many NutriBullet juicers come with accessories, including:
- To-go bottles
- Freezer trays (2 and 4 ounces)
- Cleaning brushes
Detailed user guides and recipes
Making delicious juice can be more complicated than it seems. NutriBullet includes an easy user guide for both the care and keeping of your juicer, as well as recipe suggestions and fruit and vegetable combinations for the best-tasting juice.
Sealed juice pitchers
There’s no doubt that fresh juice is best, but if you just don’t have the time for a daily juicing ritual, NutriBullet’s sealed juice pitchers have you covered. They keep things fresh in the fridge for up to 48 hours.
How much you can expect to spend on a NutriBullet juicer
The price is influenced by the type of juicer you buy as well as whether it includes accessories. Expect to spend $80-$200.
NutriBullet juicer FAQ
How do you care for a NutriBullet juicer?
A. Cleaning your NutriBullet juicer is simple.
- Unplug your juicer.
- Remove the pulp basin and empty the pulp into the trash, compost or another container for later use.
- Use the included cleaning brush to remove any stubborn pulp that clings in the basin or to the stainless steel filter.
- The lid, pitcher, basin and pusher can all be washed in the dishwasher.
- Use a damp cloth to wipe the outside of the juicing base and the cord.
- Make sure all components of the juicer are dry before reassembling and storing.
Is there a foolproof formula for delicious juice?
A. Because everyone has a different flavor preference, it is challenging to create a foolproof formula for the perfect juice. But there are some tips to keep in mind for better results every time.
- Use a combination of fruits and vegetables: Pairing soft fruits with tougher leafy greens offers plenty of nutrition and a delicious, sweet flavor.
- Mind the moisture: Due to their low moisture content, it can be difficult to extract enough juice from things like kale and spinach. Make sure to combine watery fruits and vegetables with low-moisture options.
- Spice things up: Adding fresh ginger to your juice is great for digestion and gives your metabolism a boost.
- Avoid super soft fruits: Berries, bananas and other squishy fruits can clog your juicer.
- Add some herbs: Fragrant herbs like parsley and basil add a ton of flavor. Use sparingly.
What’s the best NutriBullet juicer to buy?
Top NutriBullet juicer
NutriBullet Juicer Pro Centrifugal Juicer
What you need to know: This easy-to-use juicer is great for soft fruits and vegetables.
What you’ll love: It has three speeds for optimal juice extraction and comes with a 27-ounce pitcher with a no-drip spout. Freezer trays are also included with this 1,000-watt machine, as are two to-go cups. The pusher has two sizes and fits in a 3-inch slot.
What you should consider: It’s loud, and it doesn’t handle tough veggies very well.
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Top NutriBullet juicer for the money
NutriBullet Juicer Centrifugal Juicer
What you need to know: This is similar to the Pro Centrifugal juicer but with slightly less power, fewer accessories and a lower price.
What you’ll love: It has 800 watts of power and comes with a cleaning brush, no-drip sealed pitcher and plenty of recipes to get you started. It has two speeds (low and high) for simple operation.
What you should consider: Cleaning every last bit of pulp out of this can be challenging.
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Worth checking out
NutriBullet Slow Masticating Juicer
What you need to know: This compact machine creates juice that’s worth the wait.
What you’ll love: The quiet, slow auger grinds tough fruits and veggies to extract every last bit of juice into a juice bowl. The 24-ounce juice container has a no-drip spout, and everything except the pusher and augur are dishwasher-safe. It is compact and good for small spaces.
What you should consider: Some users noted that they needed to chop fruits and veggies fairly small to ensure pulp-free juice.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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News Tribune, Jan. 2, 1983
- Reserve Mining Co. will resume production today, ending a 6 1/2-month shutdown of its taconite pellet plant in Silver Bay and mine in Babbitt. The company will recall about 1,000 employees, leaving about 1,300 on indefinite layoff.
- Leonard Griffith has retired as senior vice president of First National Bank of Duluth. During his 30-year career with the bank, Griffith also served as director of marketing and worked in the commercial loan department.
News Tribune, Jan. 2, 1923
- Three new members will be seated this afternoon at the first meeting in 1923 of the St. Louis County Board in the courthouse in Duluth. The new members are T. Ham Little, Second District; Dan Mackenzie, Sixth District; and William Fay, Fourth District.
- Superior's fourth Masonic lodge, the Acacia Lodge, will be officially formed tonight at a meeting in the Maccabees Hall in Billings Park. Permanent quarters will be maintained in the hall, and the interior of the building will be remodeled for the Masons. | 2023-01-02T13:35:57+00:00 | duluthnewstribune.com | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-superiors-fourth-masonic-lodge-formed-100-years-ago |
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office is hosting its second annual Junior Law Enforcement Academy.
Teens ages 14 to 17 can learn more about what it takes to get involved in law enforcement.
Due to lots of interest from the first session, the sheriff’s office is having kids write papers about why they’re interested in learning more about.
“During the program, they get to experience things that law enforcement does,” Onslow County Sheriff Chris Thomas said. “We do everything, we learn from like mock crime scenes, we do simulator stuff with them with full firearms, we do not use real phones. But we do simulate situations we did. We do go on tours at a detention center.”
The program is one day a week, begins June 15th and lasts six weeks. For more information, click here. | 2023-05-10T23:10:15+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/local-news/jacksonville/latest-junior-law-enforcement-academy-starts-in-june-in-onslow-county/ |
CYPRESS, Texas, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MedCore Partners, together with ACRON USA, announce the start of construction on Spring Cypress Senior Living, the second phase of an eventual 230-unit senior living community in the northwest Houston MSA. Phase 1 of the project, co-developed with Houston-based The National Realty Group, opened in 2018 and offers 80 units of assisted living and memory care. Phase 2 represents the addition of 138 active adult and independent living residences to include apartments, cottages, and townhomes, plus a Phase 1 memory care expansion of 12 units. At completion, the campus will contain 230 units of luxury senior living on the 19-acre campus.
Completion of the $93 million project is expected by September 2024 with an earlier completion schedule of late 2023 planned for the cottages and townhomes. The lifestyle offering is patterned after the equestrian history of the area, with an upscale lodge feel complete with exclusive club offerings, a wine room, a fireplace feature extending up three stories, an outdoor kitchen, a resort pool and spa, a pet park, and extensive garden spaces and walking trails throughout.
Carlsbad, CA-based Integral Senior Living (ISL), the current operator of Phase 1 who brought the assisted living and memory care community to occupancy stabilization, will manage the new independent living campus addition. ISL will oversee all programs and services for the rental fee-based campus to include concierge living, club valet services and exclusive resident outings.
"With the pandemic delaying our start, this project has been a long time in the making," said Michael Graham, Partner at MedCore. "It's an understatement to say we are excited to bring this level of resort-style independent living to the Cypress market."
Financing was provided by BOK Bank, their third senior living project with MedCore/ACRON. Orcutt Winslow provided the architectural and engineering services, Dallas-based Faulkner Design Group is the interior design firm, and Pacheco Koch designed the landscaping.
The project is the fifth senior living ground-up development for Dallas-based MedCore Partners, four of which are in Texas. MedCore has also acquired sixteen additional senior living communities in Texas, Arizona, Utah, California, Oregon, and Washington State.
ACRON USA, an affiliate of the ACRON Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland, the Swiss leader in first-class U.S. senior living investments, placed its 44th U.S. investment with Spring Cypress Senior Living and will be a member of the asset management team. By October 2022, the transaction volume of the company has reached nearly USD $2.28 billion.
To learn more about this project, please contact us at (214) 443-8300.
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By Morf Morford, Tacoma Daily Index
Those of us who spend most of our time on land have become accustomed to invasive species that seem to have taken over our landscapes, yards and roadways.
Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius), English Ivy and blackberries are the most obvious in just about every corner of Western Washington.
You can see a map of Scotch Broom distribution here.
Invasive species matter for several reasons; they displace native species, disrupt surrounding ecosystems and those creatures who have depended on it, and, perhaps most of all, they just don’t belong there.
It’s in the water
Our waterways also have invasive species. One of the worst is the European green crab (Carcinus maenas) which is a globally damaging invasive species that poses a threat to native shellfish, eelgrass, and estuary habitat which are all essential for salmon and many other species.
European green crabs have been able to establish large populations in some areas, and their presence has had dramatic impacts on other species, particularly smaller shore crabs, clams, and small oysters.
Green crabs cannot crack the shell of mature oysters, but they can prey upon young oysters, and will dig down six inches to find clams to eat.
One green crab can consume 40 half-inch clams a day, as well as other crabs its own size. Their digging can also have significant negative impacts on eelgrass, estuary and marsh habitats.
Here are some recommendations from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website:
If you find a suspected European green crab or its shell in Washington, report it as soon as possible using the form on this web page. Download the Crab Identification Guide and take pictures to confirm identification. At this time, we are not asking the public to kill suspected green crabs. This may sound counter intuitive but is intended to protect native crabs from cases of mistaken identity. As a Prohibited species, it is illegal to possess a live European green crab in Washington.
Wild Washington Lesson Plans
If you have any working teachers in your life, you might want to pass along this guide to lesson plans for all things biological, natural, even wild, in Washington state.
These lesson plans are themed around the state’s diverse flora and fauna.
Wild Washington lessons are designed to equip K-12 students with the knowledge, social, and emotional skills needed to think critically and solve problems wrapped around or involving natural resource issues. A wide range of activities encourage students to explore various points of view and collaborate with others to find ways to move forward on real-world challenges.
Besides official school settings, unofficial and family groups can pick up some guidelines on issues as diverse as birding, backyard habitat, wildlife life cycles, threatened and endangered species, and, of course, land or water based invasive species.
Volunteer opportunities in the wild
If you, or someone in your circle of friends and family wants to encounter natures or any aspect of the local ecosystem, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife welcomes volunteers who want to assist in activities that benefit fish, wildlife and habitat. And you just might learn something along the way.
A variety of volunteer opportunities are available, including projects on state wildlife areas, water access sites, furthering conservation activities and hunter education through the Master Hunter program, and local projects that benefit salmon recovery through Regional Fishery Enhancement Groups.
Volunteers who work 24 hours on agency-approved projects may be eligible to earn a complimentary annual Discover Pass. For more information about how to qualify for a complimentary pass, visit the Discover Pass website.
And if you are interested in volunteering for bird/wildlife rescue or rehabilitation during an oil spill response, please register through the Washington Department of Ecology’s website.
Be sure to register ahead of time – emergencies are, after all, unpredictable.
To keep on top of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife activities and events, take a look at their calendar here.
Habitat at Home
If you think that you have to drive an hour or two to find natural habitats, you might want to connect with Habitat at Home. Formerly known as the Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary Program, Habitat at Home is the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s effort to encourage Washingtonians to connect with nature where they live.
These resources will help you discover fun and effective ways you can help support wildlife, regardless of your expertise, how much space you have, or where you live.
Habitat fragmentation impacts all of us in ways few of us recognize or acknowledge. You can find details, and maybe a bit of inspiration here. | 2022-12-09T01:48:10+00:00 | tacomadailyindex.com | https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/blog/green-crab-invasion/2462861/ |
(The Hill) – The Biden administration on Wednesday announced several new proposed changes to the federal student loan system, including measures that help discharge loans for physically and mentally disabled borrowers, limit interest capitalization rates, and help borrowers working as public service employees to earn forgiveness on their loans.
In a statement unveiling the proposed expansion of student loan discharge programs, the Department of Education said it expected to finalize a full plan by Nov. 1, with the aim to have the changes take effect no later than July 1.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in the statement that proposed changes “will protect borrowers and save them time, money, and frustration, and will hold their colleges responsible for wrongdoing.”
“We are committed to fixing a broken system. If a borrower qualifies for student loan relief, it shouldn’t take mountains of paperwork or a law degree to obtain it,” Cardona said in a statement. “Student loan benefits also should not be so hard to get that borrowers never actually benefit from them.”
The Biden administration has so far canceled nearly $26 billion for more than 1.3 million borrowers since taking office, much of which included loans obtained by borrowers who were defrauded by their college or had their school close down before they could complete their education.
The changes proposed for the federal student loan system on Wednesday would make it easier for borrowers to file and pursue claims of predatory practices by colleges. The proposed rules would also help students who enrolled in schools 180 days prior to a school closure and who didn’t complete their education to more easily discharge the loans.
In a statement, James Kvaal, the undersecretary of Education, said that “borrowers have had to navigate narrow rules and a needlessly complicated system” when attempting to cancel loans they should be able to easily discharge.
“What’s worse, borrowers whose schools lied to them can’t pursue litigation because restrictive and unfair arbitration requirements and class action bans were foisted on them by their colleges,” Kvaal said. “Borrowers should not have to jump through hoops to get the relief they deserve.”
Since October, the Biden administration has approved about $8.1 billion in student loan relief for 145,000 borrowers after rolling out changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), which grants loan forgiveness for those serving full-time in certain public service positions.
The changes to PSLF include a waiver that bypassed certain program requirements and granted borrowers credit toward loan cancellation, regardless of the type of federal loan. The waiver will expire at the end of October.
Wednesday’s announcement proposes a permanent change to PSLF that would allow more payments to qualify for the program, including partial, lump-sum and late payments. It also would allow particular kinds of deferments and forbearances to count toward PSLF, and it would create a formal reconsideration process for applicants who were denied access to the program.
Other proposals include eliminating interest capitalization rates on loans for borrowers in certain instances, making it easier for permanently disabled borrowers to qualify for loan forgiveness, and giving borrowers an easier path toward loan forgiveness if they were falsely certified and ineligible for a loan.
The Biden administration has also floated the idea of canceling $10,000 per borrower amid calls from progressives to cancel $50,000 or more per borrower.
In May, deputy press secretary Vedant Patel said that “no decisions have been made,” but sources told The Hill in late April that the president had settled on that number and was working on the specifics of providing such debt relief. | 2022-07-06T21:48:31+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/national/biden-administration-unveils-sweeping-changes-to-federal-student-loan-system/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — Saturday night, the Indianapolis Fire Department was called to the Avoca Apartments near the 4600 block of East Washington Street on report of a fire.
IFD called the Red Cross to the scene to assist with residents’ needs. 21 apartment unites were affected by the fire.
After seeing the damage the fire caused, the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross opened a shelter for the residents who were displaced from the fire.
The shelter is located at Lawrence Education and Community Center at 6501 Sunnyside road. Volunteers will provide the affected residents with meals, health and mental health services, and spiritual care. | 2022-09-11T16:31:00+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/american-red-cross-opens-shelter-after-apartment-fire-in-indianapolis/ |
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for the second straight day, in what appears to be in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug.
In a letter noting the positive test, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician, said Sunday that the president “continues to feel well” and will keep on working from the executive residence while he isolates.
Biden tested positive on Saturday, requiring him to cancel travel and in-person events as he isolates for at least five days in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
After initially testing positive on July 21, Biden, 79, was treated with the anti-viral drug Paxlovid. He tested negative for the virus on this past Tuesday and Wednesday, clearing him to leave isolation while wearing a mask indoors.
Research suggests that a minority of those prescribed Paxlovid to experience a rebound case of the virus. The fact that a rebound rather than a reinfection possibly occurred is a positive sign for Biden’s health once he’s clear of the disease.
“The fact that the president has cleared his illness and doesn’t have symptoms is a good sign and makes it less likely he will develop long COVID,” said Dr. Albert Ho, an infectious disease specialist at Yale University’s school of public health. | 2022-07-31T18:40:39+00:00 | twincities.com | https://www.twincities.com/2022/07/31/doctor-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-for-2nd-day-in-a-row/ |
(KTLA) – Hollywood has been popping champagne corks over the success of Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun” sequel, which raked in the most Memorial Day weekend box-office bucks ever.
But there’s a new problem looming: a shortage of movie popcorn and other pricy snacks.
Operators of movie theaters were reportedly nervous at the recent CinemaCon industry confab about being able to stock their concession stands for the summer and holiday moviegoing seasons, according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Popcorn supply will be tight,” Norm Krug, chief executive of Preferred Popcorn, a supplier of kernels to theater chains, told the paper.
And it’s not just popcorn. Supply disruptions are also creating shortages of buckets and bags for popcorn, not to mention cups for drinks, trays for nachos and other necessities.
This is obviously a major concern for theater operators, who rely on concession-stand sales for much of their livelihood.
“It’s a mess,” one theater owner told the Journal.
For now, the popcorn problem hasn’t affected most consumers. But that could change if behind-the-scenes supply woes continue, suppliers said. | 2022-06-01T13:46:40+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/add-shortage-of-movie-popcorn-to-nations-woes/ |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, February 13, 2023
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HIGH WIND WATCH
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
126 PM CST Mon Feb 13 2023
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...West winds 35 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible.
* WHERE...Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley,
Gray, Oldham, Palo Duro Canyon, Potter, and Randall Counties.
* WHEN...Tuesday morning through Tuesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...West winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph possible.
* WHERE...Hemphill, Roberts, and Wheeler Counties.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CST TUESDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WINTER GARDEN AND SOUTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU...
The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a
Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from 11 AM to 7 PM CST Tuesday.
* WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 11 percent.
* IMPACTS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers moving practice to Miami amid Hurricane Ian concerns
By George Ramsay, CNN
In preparation for the potential impact of Hurricane Ian, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are relocating their football operations to Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Early Tuesday morning, Hurricane Ian became a Category 3 storm as it neared landfall in western Cuba on its way toward Florida. It quickly strengthened on Monday and will likely continue gaining in intensity as it moves over Cuba on Tuesday morning, forecasters say.
From Wednesday, the Bucs are expected to practice at the Miami Dolphins’ Baptist Health Training Complex in Miami Gardens ahead of their game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
There have currently not been any changes to the game, which is scheduled to take place at 8:20 p.m. ET on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
“The NFL, in consultation with team and local officials, will continue to monitor the situation,” said a statement on the team’s website.
The Dolphins have a game at Cincinnati on Thursday, meaning their training facilities are available to use from Wednesday.
Hurricane Ian is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge along much of Florida’s west coast by mid-week, as well as hurricane-force winds.
While its exact path remains uncertain, projections show the Tampa area could get its first direct hit from a hurricane since 1921.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned of power outages as well as possible evacuations and fuel shortages, telling people to “make preparations now.”
Along Florida’s west coast, officials are urging residents to get out of harm’s way instead of staying to protect their property.
“This is nothing to mess around with. If you can leave, just leave now,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said on Monday.
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Emily Engel-Natzke wanted to make the National Hockey League as a video coach.
When the Washington Capitals named Engel-Natzke video coordinator on Thursday, she not only accomplished that goal, but she also became the first woman to hold a full-time position on an NHL coaching staff.
“I’ve never kind of really looked at myself in that lens, and I think if you may have asked me a week ago, I wouldn’t have wanted it to be a big deal,” Engel-Natzke said. “But with everything that’s going on kind of geopolitically, I think I’m more so just honored to be, I guess, the first. Hopefully that just opens the door even further for people who want to get into this job and this profession.”
It’s the latest in a series of promotions for women around the NHL in recent months after decades of slow progress in diversifying the sport in the coaching and executive ranks.
“This was earned and deserved,” coach Peter Laviolette said. “We feel like we hired really a qualified person that we brought into the organization two years ago and came in and did an outstanding job, and that’s what development is all about. For me, we got the best person and that’s the most important thing.”
Engel-Natzke’s path to Washington began in earnest in 2017 when she began working as the full-time video coach for University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Tony Granato following several years assisting with the men’s and women’s programs there.
“When she first came on, one of the questions I asked her is: ‘What do you want to do with this? Is this a full-time gig for you? Is it something you want to try to pursue at a different level?’” Granato said. “And she said, ‘Yep, I want to figure out how I can be the first woman to make it to the NHL on the video side of things.’”
Engel-Natzke, 31, came from the Hershey Bears, Washington’s top minor league affiliate, where she was the first woman to be a full-time member of a coaching staff in the American Hockey League.
After playing two seasons of Division III hockey at Adrian College, Engel-Natzke got a heavy workload at Wisconsin to prepare her for the pros and then took another step in Hershey, presenting 5-on-5 scouting reports of opponents and becoming more involved in the day-to-day operation of the team.
“She’s grown a lot in her position, just to learn the professional side of the game,” Bears VP of hockey operations Bryan Helmer said. “Emily is a very hard worker that wants to learn, and in the two years she was here, she did that. She was always wanting to do more than to contribute to the team in any which way she can to make us succeed.”
After learning about her from longtime Capitals video coach Brett Leonhardt, Helmer, like Laviolette, said Hershey hired Engel-Natzke based off experience and her interview. “You take her name off her resume and put any name, she was qualified,” he said.
Engel-Natzke’s hire comes on the heels of the Chicago Blackhawks promoting Meghan Hunter to assistant general manager and the New Jersey Devils promoting Meghan Duggan to director of player development. Hunter became the fourth woman to be named an assistant GM, joining Vancouver’s Emilie Castonguay and Cammi Granato as women currently in that job.
“It’s been really encouraging that you’re seeing women in different roles, whether it’s in coaching, whether it’s in management, athletic training and equipment management,” Engel-Natzke said. “Hopefully the door just keeps opening a little bit more and I hope in a couple years it’s not as big of a deal — it’s kind of just another hire.”
Engel-Natzke has been in the league’s coaching mix for some time now after taking part in the NHL Coaches Association’s Female Coaches Development Program. Winnipeg Jets associate coach Jamie Kompon called Engel-Natzke super knowledgeable and said video coach Matt Prefontaine raved about the job she was doing in Hershey.
Coaches Association president Lindsay Artkin told The Associated Press she was thrilled for Engel-Natzke’s new position.
“Emily’s been a part of the NHLCA Female Coaches Development Program since its inception, and with one of the main objectives being to support women that aspire to coach in the NHL, I couldn’t be happier that we’ve broken that barrier,” Artkin said. “Emily is the first but certainly not the last. I can’t wait to see what’s ahead for her and other women that want to coach in the NHL. There really is no limit.”
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AP Hockey Writer John Wawrow contributed.
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SUMMIT, N.J., Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Specialty Underwriting Insurance Solutions (SUIS), a division of Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), announced the launch of a new product for renter-occupied housing units. The new solution, branded HABX, is targeted to real estate owners and real estate investment trusts who own large portfolios of apartment units.
"The number of renter-occupied housing units has grown steadily over the past five years and the pace is increasing rapidly," said SUIS President Derek Schiavone. "Owners interested in a higher level of coverage are finding that many excess carriers are requiring higher attachments on habitational business. HABX solves this important piece of the insurance puzzle for the largest, most respected habitational owners in the US."
HABX is written on A-rated paper for owners and managers of multifamily properties and real estate portfolios as well as real estate investors. Coverage includes market rate apartments, for-rent single family housing, contingent liability and lessors risk for retail, commercial, office, hotels/motels, warehouses, shopping centers and more.
SUIS, an excess casualty managing general agent, was formed by SPG in January 2022. HABX is the first in a series of niche products SUIS is building to meet the coverage needs of the real estate and construction industries.
To learn more, contact Derek Schiavone, President, Specialty Underwriting Insurance Solutions (SUIS), at 310-405-5939.
Headquartered in Summit, NJ, Specialty Program Group is a fully licensed holding company established to acquire and scale best-in-class insurance underwriting facilities and specialty businesses throughout North America. SPG has a vast portfolio of specialty companies and is over two billion in premium. For more information, please visit www.specialtyprogramgroup.com.
Specialty Underwriting Insurance solutions is an excess casualty managing general agency formed by Specialty Program Group to support the real estate and construction industries with niche products. SUIS was formed in January 2022 as a division of SPG and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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DENVER – The 7/20 Memorial Foundation is holding a series of events – with the theme of “metamorphosis” – to mark 10 years since 12 people were killed and 70 more were injured in a shooting at the Century 16 theater in Aurora on July 20, 2012.
The annual midnight vigil at the Aurora Water-wise Garden, outside of the municipal center, will start at 11:59 p.m. on July 19 with a candlelight vigil. The garden space and white-cross memorial will open starting at 8 p.m. July 19 and will stay open until 5 p.m. on July 24. The foundation will stream the program on its website and Facebook page.
The next events will be held Saturday, July 23 in a day-long program the foundation is calling “Metamorphosis Aurora Theater Shooting 10 Years Later.”
“This all-day community event is designed to honor the lives lost and forever changed by the tragedy of the events on July 20, 2012, while also celebrating the community and strength of Aurora. It is a day of healing and sharing,” the foundation said in describing the program.
The day will start with a Heroes Run 5K starting at 9 a.m. whose proceeds will go toward an athletic scholarship for a student in Aurora Public Schools. It is organized by Zack Golditch, a Gateway High School graduate who attended CSU and played in the NFL. He survived the theater shooting and is now a South Metro firefighter.
People can click here to sign up for the 5K run.
The Reflection Ceremony will start at 1:30 p.m., organized by Becky Hogan. The victims’ names will be read, and the Aurora Singers and Sister Felicia Burton will perform in honor of the first responders.
Other speakers include interim Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates, who was chief at the time of the shooting, former City Manager Skip Noe, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, Theresa Hoover, the mother of A.J. Boik, and Joshua Nowlan, who was injured in the shooting.
The community event will start at 3 p.m., with wellness booth, lawn games, children’s activities, and a beer garden from 3-7 p.m. that will feature 25 local breweries. The event will be free, but wristbands for the beer garden will be $40 ahead of time and $45 at the event. Donations will go toward upkeeping the memorial sculpture and toward the foundation.
There will also be food trucks at the event, and more than 25 chalk artists will be drawing in the memorial garden throughout the afternoon. People will be able to record their memories at a memory tent that will be on scene. Two bands – Brushfire and Latin Sol – between 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
An immersive 40-minute audio/visual event called Metamorphosis will start at 7:20 p.m., designed by Renee Leon, and featuring music from the Stratus Chamber Orchestra and dancers from LifeArt, a spoken word piece from Aurora Poet Laureate Assetou Xango, and video to accompany the music and spoken word.
“This piece moves through the horror of the night of the shooting, through the ups and downs of the past 10 years and ends with hope for a more peaceful and loving future,” the foundation said.
People can also donate to the foundation by clicking here.
These are the lives lost we continue to remember today:
AJ (Alexander) Boik . AJ had just graduated from Gateway High School where he played baseball, said a family friend. Boik had planned on attending the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in the fall. His dream was to become an art teacher and open his own studio, his family said.
Jonathan Blunk . The father of two served three tours in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea between 2004 and 2009, close friend James Gill of Brighton, Colo., told the Associated Press. He had high hopes for his future, with plans to re-enlist in the Navy and the goal of becoming a Navy SEAL. He died in the shooting after he pushed his girlfriend Jansen Young under the theater seat, saving her life.
Jesse Childress , 29, was a Staff Sergeant at Buckley Air Force Base and worked as a cyber-systems operator. Friends said he spent nearly every day of the week playing sports -- softball on Mondays, bowling on Tuesdays, reported the Denver Post. Childress loved comics and superhero movies. He had recently bought a black Scion -- a car he nicknamed the "Batmobile."
Gordon Cowden loved life and his family. He went to the midnight movie premiere with his two teenage children. The father of four lived in Aurora, but was described as a "true Texas gentleman" in a family statement. He loved the outdoors and owned his own business. Cowden's teenage children escaped the shooting unharmed.
John Larimer was a Navy sailor based at Buckley Air Force Base, where he was a cryptologic technician -- a job that the Navy says on its website should be filled by someone with "exceptionally good character, above-average writing and speaking skills, a good memory, curiosity and resourcefulness." Those who knew him described him in similar terms.
Micayla Medek , 23, was saving money for a trip to India. She was working at Subway and attended Aurora Community College. Her father, Greg Medek, told the Los Angeles Times that Micayla loved Hello Kitty, hot pink and Beanie Babies. At her funeral service, mourners wore pink ribbons, some with Hello Kitty faces on them, in honor of her fondness for the color and the character.
Matt McQuinn died trying to protect his girlfriend. As the gunman opened fire, McQuinn dove on top of Samantha Yowler. McQuinn's stepfather, David Jackson, told the Dayton Daily News that McQuinn was a hero. Yowler was injured in the leg, a family spokesman said. McQuinn, a 27-year-old Ohio native, had moved to Colorado just a few months earlier.
Jessica Ghawi was a journalist and blogger who also went by the name Jessica Redfield. Ghawi had recently moved to Denver from San Antonio, Texas, to pursue her dream of becoming a sportscaster. "She had a huge heart," Ghawi's mother, Sandy Phillips said. "Cared deeply for other people." A few months earlier, Ghawi was visiting Toronto with her boyfriend, a minor league hockey player, when they narrowly escaped a deadly shooting in the city's main downtown mall.
Veronica Moser Sullivan, 6, went to see the Batman movie with her mother, Ashley Moser, 25. Veronica died from her injuries. Ashley was left in critical condition, with gunshot wounds to her neck and abdomen. She was paralyzed below the waist. "(Veronica was) a vibrant little girl ... just was bragging about learning how to swim on Tuesday," Annie Dalton, Ashley's aunt said.
Alex Sullivan was at the midnight showing of the new Batman movie as part of his birthday celebration. "#TheDarkKnightRises OMG COUNTING down till it start can't wait going to be the best birthday ever," Sullivan wrote on Facebook. His family called him "their real life super hero. Alex was smart, funny and above all loved dearly by his friends and family," the family statement said.
Alex Teves , 24, was originally from Arizona, but was living in the Denver area, after graduating from the University of Denver. Teves' father, Tom Teves, told ABC News that his son had blocked his girlfriend from a bullet when he was himself shot and killed. His father said Alex would do anything to save his girlfriend.
Rebecca Ann Wingo , 32, was a devoted mother, who always sat on the front row at church. Shannon Dominguez, who worked with Wingo on weekends, said she was friendly with everyone and always seemed to be in a good mood. "She had a really bubbly personality," Dominguez said. "She was a pretty happy person. She just never really seemed ... like with work, she never got irritated. She was pretty happy to be here."
The gunman is serving life in prison. | 2022-07-20T04:37:23+00:00 | koaa.com | https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/7-20-memorial-foundation-to-host-series-of-events-to-mark-10-years-since-aurora-theater-shooting |
WA Portland OR Zone Forecast for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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687 FPUS56 KPQR 210925
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Zone Forecasts for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington
National Weather Service Portland OR
225 AM PDT Sun Aug 21 2022
Spot Temperatures are for Today, Tonight, Monday, Monday
Night, and Tuesday.
WAZ021-212330-
South Washington Coast-
Including the cities of Raymond, Long Beach, Ocean Park, Naselle,
Cathlamet, and Cape Disappointment
225 AM PDT Sun Aug 21 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 70 to 75. Light wind becoming west
5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy drizzle late. Lows 55 to 60.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Near
beaches and headlands, gusts to 25 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy morning drizzle. Highs 70 to 75.
Light wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy drizzle. Lows 55 to 60.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy.
Patchy morning drizzle. Highs 70 to 75. Light wind becoming
northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Near beaches and
headlands, north wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to northwest 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny.
Highs 75 to 85.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy. Lows around 60.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy.
Lows 55 to 60.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 75.
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WAZ020-212330-
Willapa Hills-
Including the cities of Willapa, Frances, Elk Mountain,
and Ryderwood
225 AM PDT Sun Aug 21 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny. Highs 75 to
80. Light wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy drizzle late. Lows around 55.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy morning drizzle. Highs 70 to 75.
Light wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy drizzle. Lows 55 to 60.
West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly sunny. Patchy
morning drizzle. Highs around 75. Light wind becoming northwest
5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 80 to 85.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 80 to 85.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 60.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 55.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 75.
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South Washington Cascade Foothills-
Including the cities of Toutle, Ariel, Lake Merwin, Yale Lake,
and Cougar
225 AM PDT Sun Aug 21 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs 75 to 85. Light wind becoming west
5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 55 to 60. Northwest wind 5 to
10 mph becoming light after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny. Highs
75 to 80. Light wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 60. Northwest wind 5 to
10 mph becoming light after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly sunny. Highs
75 to 80. Light wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 85 to 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 60 to 65.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 85 to 90.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 80 to 85.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 60.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 75 to 80.
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South Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center,
Mount St. Helens, and Wind River Valley
225 AM PDT Sun Aug 21 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny until afternoon, then partly cloudy. Free
air freezing level 15000 feet. Light wind becoming west 5 to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Free air freezing level 14000 feet.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny. Free
air freezing level 13000 feet. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Free air freezing level 14000 feet.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny. Free
air freezing level 15000 feet. Light wind becoming northwest 5 to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Free air freezing level
14000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Free air freezing level 14000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Free air freezing level
14000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Free air freezing level 15000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Free air freezing level
15000 feet.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Free air freezing level 15000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Free air freezing level 15000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy. Free
air freezing level 16000 feet.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Targeted therapies specifically attach to and hinder cancer-causing proteins, but cancer cells can quickly evolve to thwart their action. A second drug class, immunotherapies, harnesses the immune system to attack cancer cells, but these agents often cannot "see" the disease-causing changes happening inside cancer cells, which look normal from the outside.
Now, a new study led by researchers from the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health describes a strategy to overcome these limitations based on several insights. First, the research team recognized that certain targeted drugs called "covalent inhibitors" form stable attachments with the disease-related proteins they target inside cancer cells. They also knew that proteins once inside cells are naturally broken down and presented as small pieces (peptides) on cell surfaces by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. Once bound to MHC, peptides are recognized as foreign by the immune "surveillance" system if they are sufficiently different from the body's naturally occurring proteins.
Although tumor cells usually develop ways to escape immune surveillance, the study authors reasoned that a cancer-related peptide target tightly bound to its covalent inhibitor could act as an MHC-displayed "flag" that could be recognized by immune proteins called antibodies. The team then engineered such antibodies and joined them to another antibody known to "recruit" T lymphocytes, the "killer cells" of the immune system, to form "bi-specific" antibodies that destroyed tumor cells.
"Even when genetic and other changes frustrate targeted therapies, they often still attach to their target proteins in cancer cells, and this attachment can be used to label those cells for immunotherapy attack," says co-corresponding study author Shohei Koide, PhD, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and a member of Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone. "Further, our system, conceptually, has the potential to increase the efficacy of any cancer drug when attached to the drug's disease-related target where the combination can be displayed by MHCs."
Published online October 17 in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, the new study tested the researchers' approach on two FDA-approved, targeted drugs, sotorasib and osimertinib. Recently approved based on a study co-led by NYU Langone researchers, sotorasib works by attaching to an altered form of the protein KRAS called p.G12C, in which a glycine building block has been mistakenly replaced by a cysteine in its structure. This change causes the KRAS protein switch to become "stuck in the on mode" and signal for abnormal growth. Sotarasib effectively blocks this activated signal to start, but cancer cells rapidly become resistant.
In experiments with KRAS mutant cancer cells grown in a dish (cell cultures), the team's HapImmune™ antibodies recognized, recruited T cells, and led to the killing of treatment-resistant lung cancer cells, in which sotorasib attached to its target, KRAS p.G12C, and was displayed by MHCs. The team also developed bi-specific antibodies that bound to a peptide "flagged" with osimertinib, a drug that targets an altered form of epithelial growth factor receptor seen in other lung cancers, as well as prototypes that "saw" the drug ibrutinib when linked to its target, BTK, showing the technology's "broad potential," the researchers say.
Harnessing Display
The study revolved around the process where proteins inside human cells are broken down and replaced as a part of the normal lifecycle. Alongside this turnover runs an inspection system, in which protein fragments are delivered to a cell's surface. T cells inspect these displayed complexes, and can notice, for instance, when a cell is displaying viral proteins, a sign that the cell is infected with a virus. The T cells then direct the killing of the virally infected cells.
The immune system can in some cases also recognize cells with cancerous changes underway inside by the proteins they display on their surfaces. However, because cancer-driving proteins arise from normal proteins, with differences between cancerous and normal fragments often minute, the system struggles to tell them apart. Even when patients develop T cells that can see these small differences, tumors respond with mechanisms designed to "exhaust" anti-tumor cells. In seeking to counter these mechanisms, the team's central realization was that, among the proteins displayed by MHCs are fragments carrying drugs taken in by cells, which could be targeted by antibodies.
The current study also found that the team's platform was effective against KRAS p.G12C mutant cells with different MHC types, also called human leukocyte antigen (HLA) supertypes. Usually, there is a strict pairing between MHC/HLA types and antibodies built to interact with certain T cells, which could potentially restrict the number of patients that could treated by this approach. The new study showed that the team's antibodies recognize multiple MHC/HLA types, and so, in principle, could be deployed in 40–50 percent of the US patient population with tumors bearing KRAS p.G12C.
"Our results further show that the antibodies attach to drug molecules only when presented by MHCs on cells, and so could be used in combination with a drug," says study co-corresponding author Benjamin G. Neel, MD, PhD, director of NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center. "When used in combination with such antibodies, a given drug would only need to flag cancer cells, not fully inhibit them. This creates the possibility of using drugs at lower doses, potentially, for reducing the toxicity sometimes seen with covalent inhibitors."
Moving forward, the research team plans to study their platform in live animal models, and using more pairs of drugs and the disease-related protein fragments they target.
Along with Koide and Neel, the study was led by first authors Takamitsu Hattori and Lorenzo Maso of Perlmutter Cancer Center, as well by Kiyomi Araki, Akiko Koide, James Hayman, Padma Akkapeddi, and Injin Bang. The work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants R21 CA246457, R21 CA267362, R01 CA248896, as well as by Perlmutter Cancer Center Support grant P30CA016087.
Hattori, Maso, S. Koide, A. Koide, and Neel are listed as inventors of pending patents related to the study. NYU has entered into a research and option agreement with ATP Research and Development to develop these inventions and potentially to form a start-up company, with Neel and S. Koide as co-founders, to license and commercialize them. Neel holds equity in Northern Biologics, LTD, Navire Pharma; and Lighthorse Therapeutics, and holds equity and receives consulting fees from Arvinas, Inc., Recursion Pharma, and GLG group. He also receives research funding from Repare Therapeutics. S.Koide is a co-founder and holds equity in Revalia Bio; and receives research funding from Puretech Health, Argenx BVBA, and Black Diamond Therapeutics. These relationships are managed in keeping with the policies of NYU Langone.
Contact:
Gregory Williams
gregory.williams@nyulangone.org
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SOURCE NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health | 2022-10-17T14:58:46+00:00 | wlbt.com | https://www.wlbt.com/prnewswire/2022/10/17/new-biotechnology-combines-targeted-immune-therapies-kill-treatment-resistant-cancer-cells/ |
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg lied to investigators and abused the power of his office after he struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors argued Tuesday at the opening of an impeachment trial that could remove him from office.
Ravnsborg’s attorneys countered that such an action would improperly undo the will of voters for what he has maintained was an accident.
Ravnsborg, a Republican who only recently announced he wouldn’t seek a second term, faces two charges in the state’s first-ever impeachment trial. Criminal investigators, some lawmakers and the victim’s family questioned Ravnsborg’s truthfulness over his actions following the 2020 crash. Senators may also vote on whether Ravnsborg should be barred from holding future office.
Either way, the outcome of a proceeding expected to take two days will close a chapter that has roiled state politics, pitting Republican Gov. Kristi Noem against Ravnsborg and some in her own party who objected to her aggressive pursuit of his removal.
“He absolutely saw the man that he struck in the moments after,” said Alexis Tracy, the Clay County state’s attorney who is leading the prosecution.
Prosecutors also told senators that Ravnsborg had used his title “to set the tone and gain influence” in the aftermath of the crash, even as he allegedly made “misstatements and outright lies” to the crash investigators. The prosecution played a montage of audio clips of Ravnsborg referring to himself as the attorney general.
As they questioned crash investigators, prosecuting attorneys probed Ravnsborg’s alleged misstatements during the aftermath of the crash, including that he never drove excessively over the speed limit, that he had reached out to Boever’s family to offer his condolence, and that he had not been browsing his phone during his drive home.
Ravnsborg has maintained that he did nothing wrong and cast the impeachment trial as a chance to clear himself. He resolved the criminal case last year by pleading no contest to a pair of traffic misdemeanors, including making an illegal lane change and using a phone while driving, and was fined by a judge.
The attorney general’s defense focused its arguments on the implications of impeachment during opening statements Tuesday, imploring lawmakers to consider the implications of their decision on the function of state government. Ravnsborg tapped Ross Garber, a legal analyst and law professor at Tulane University who specializes in impeachment proceedings.
“This is undoing the will of the voters,” Garber told the Senate. “Make no mistake, that’s what you’re considering doing.”
Ravnsborg was driving home from a political fundraiser after dark on Sept. 12, 2020, on a state highway in central South Dakota when his car struck “something,” according to a transcript of his 911 call afterward. He later said it might have been a deer or other animal.
Ravnsborg said neither he nor the county sheriff who came to the scene knew that he had struck and killed a man — 55-year-old Joseph Boever — until Ravnsborg returned to the scene the following morning.
Investigators said they doubted some of Ravnsborg’s statements. In earlier testimony to lawmakers, they said they determined the attorney general had walked right past Boever’s body and the flashlight Boever had been carrying — still illuminated the next morning — as he looked around the scene the night of the crash.
Impeachment prosecutors on Tuesday laid out a timeline of the night and drilled into the seconds before and after the crash.
Investigators identified what they thought were slips in Ravnsborg’s statements, such as when he said he turned around at the accident scene and “saw him” before quickly correcting himself and saying: “I didn’t see him.” And they contended that Boever’s face had come through Ravnsborg’s windshield because his glasses were found in the car.
On Tuesday, Ravnsborg’s defense also referenced criminal prosecutors’ decision to only charge him with traffic misdemeanors. The defense said Ravnsborg has fully cooperated during the investigation and cast his misstatements as owing to human error rather than any nefarious intent. His defense attorney said Ravnsborg was willing to take a polygraph test, but criminal investigators determined that it would not have been effective to test the attorney general’s truthfulness.
The GOP-controlled Senate, which has 32 Republican members and three Democrats, will hear from impeachment prosecutors, defense attorneys, crash investigators and former members of Ravnsborg’s staff.
It will take 24 senators, or two-thirds of the body’s 35 members, to convict Ravnsborg on either of two articles of impeachment: committing a crime that caused death, and malfeasance.
The latter alleges that he misled investigators and abused the power of his office. Investigators said Ravnsborg asked a state Division of Criminal Investigation agent about what crash investigators could find on his cellphone. He has said he was simply seeking factual information.
Noem called for Ravnsborg to resign soon after the crash and later pressed lawmakers to pursue impeachment. Noem also publicly endorsed Ravnsborg’s predecessor, Republican Marty Jackley, for election as his replacement. If Ravnsborg is forced out, the governor will appoint an interim to fill the post until the new attorney general elected in November is sworn in.
Ravnsborg has argued that the governor, who has positioned herself for a possible 2024 White House bid, pushed for his removal in part because he had investigated ethics complaints against Noem.
Ravnsborg in September agreed to an undisclosed settlement with Boever’s widow. | 2022-06-21T16:53:39+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/national/ap-us-news/south-dakota-impeachment-trial-will-probe-ags-fatal-crash/ |
Justice Department settles with Kentucky school district over racial harassment
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky school district has agreed to make “institutional changes” to settle a federal investigation into complaints of widespread harassment of Black and multiracial students, the U.S. Justice Department announced.
The investigation of the Madison County school district, launched in October 2021, uncovered numerous cases of race-based harassment in which Black and multiracial students were subjected to derogatory racial comments by their peers, the Justice Department said in a news release Monday. It found that the district failed to “consistently or reasonably” address the problems, including racial taunts and intimidation, at times reinforced by displays of the Confederate flag, the department said.
When the district did respond, it often failed to follow its own anti-racial harassment policies and ineffectively addressed the “broader hostile environment,” the department said. The situation deprived Black and multiracial students of equal access to educational opportunities, the DOJ said.
“Racial harassment inflicts grievous harm on young people and violates the Constitution’s most basic promise of equal protection,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “This agreement will create the institutional changes needed to keep Black and multiracial students safe and to provide them with a supportive educational environment.”
The school district — based in Richmond, Kentucky, about 28 miles (45 kilometers) southeast of Lexington — said it fully cooperated with the investigation.
“The district will continue working closely with the U.S. Department of Justice to implement policy and procedure changes outlined in the agreement, particularly those that pertain to the tracking and analyzing of data pertaining to racially motivated incidents,” the district said in a statement Tuesday.
The investigation also raised concerns about racially disproportionate disciplining of Black students at some schools and inadequate record keeping and analysis of disciplinary data.
The district agreed to take “all necessary and reasonable steps,” consistent with federal law, to end racial harassment and prevent recurrence, the department said.
It agreed to retain a consultant to revise anti-discrimination policies. It also plans to create three new positions to oversee how racial discrimination complaints are handled, and will update how it tracks and responds to race-based harassment.
Additional measures will include training staff to identify, investigate and respond to racial harassment and discriminatory discipline practices and informing students and parents how to report harassment and discrimination.
The district also agreed to update its electronic reporting system to track and manage complaints as well as the district’s responses.
Carlton S. Shier IV, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, said the investigation’s principles and settlement are straightforward.
“All young people are entitled to seek their educational opportunities without facing racial harassment and abuse, and schools simply must adequately protect those entrusted to their care and instruction from that offensive, harmful behavior,” Shier said.
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 14, 2023
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My parents, Bill and Ruth, were season ticket holders for years after Giants Stadium opened in 1976. They loved watching Giant greats like Brad Van Pelt, Harry Carson and Phil Simms. Since I brought up the “Butt Fumble” last week, I must give the Giants equal time, because my folks witnessed the “Miracle of the Meadowlands” in November 1978. The Giants were running out the clock with a 17-12 lead over Philly when QB Joe Pisarcik and RB Larry Csonka collided on a handoff and fumbled the ball. Herm Edwards scooped it up and scored a TD for an Eagles victory with 1:11 on the clock.
The Giants cleaned house at the end of the season. Simms, drafted the following year, said that devastating play “turned around the fate of the franchise…for the better”. I wrote Pisarcik a letter of condolence soon after that embarrassing loss. A week later, I received a signed photo in the mail. No message or note, just the photo. I still have it. As we look at our Giddy Ups! and Whoa Downs! for Week 13, make sure to check the NFL injury reports before submitting your lineups.
GIDDY UP!
Daniel Jones, QB — Jones is in a battle to keep the Giants’ playoff hopes alive. Last year against Washington he played very well, throwing for 249 yards and a TD, and rushing for another 95 yards and a TD. His dual passing and rushing will make him a top-15 QB this week.
Mike White, QB — Let’s stay on the home team bandwagon. White was stellar last week in a driving rain against a plucky Chicago D. The weather will be much improved under the dome in Minnesota. The Vikings have the 25th-worst passing defense. Start WRs Garrett Wilson and the suddenly relevant Elijah Moore too.
Benny Snell, RB — Benny ran like a raging bull (62 yds, 1 TD) against the Colts after Najee Harris went down with an injury. Snell becomes a high-end RB2 against the Falcons on Sunday, but only if both Harris and Jaylen Warren are inactive.
David Montgomery, RB — The Packers have not overcome the loss of star linebacker Rashan Gary, giving up 150 rushing yards per game since. Miles Sanders racked up 143 yards and two TDs against them Sunday night. I’m not saying Monty will reach 150 yards this week, but then again…he might.
Christian Watson, WR — The speedy Watson has 12 receptions and six TDs the last three games. You can’t keep him on your bench when he’s blowing up every week.
Tee Higgins, WR — Higgins has over 25 points two weeks in a row and gets a shootout at home against the Chiefs. Even with Ja’Marr Chase back, there’s plenty of yards and TDs to go around on the Bengals.
Tyler Higbee, TE — The dinged-up Higbee ghosted us without a reception last week, but the Seattle D (31st vs. TEs) is the perfect cure for ailing tight ends.
WHOA DOWN!
Deshaun Watson, QB — Watson hasn’t played a regulation game in almost two years, looked dicey in preseason and faces his old team in Houston. Eschewing the “revenge game” angle, I don’t see Watson throwing a ton. It’s a Nick Chubb/Kareem Hunt game. Let Watson get his sea legs back before you put him in your lineup.
Tom Brady, QB — Brady’s last two game totals against the Saints: 404 yards, 1 TD. They have his number. Expect the same pedestrian 17-point average he’s put up all year.
Miles Sanders, RB — Sanders exploited a weak Packer D last week. Don’t expect a repeat performance against a Titan D that has allowed one 100-yard rusher and two TDs all year.
Isiah Pacheco, RB — I’m always wary when Andy Reid brings in new players. Melvin Gordon was just signed. Maybe Reid wasn’t happy with Pacheco’s 3.1-yard average last week. I know I wasn’t.
Ja’Marr Chase, WR — Chase is a top-ten WR and I’m starting him. But beware he is one misstep away from going back to the trainer’s table. It’s a race to the playoffs, so if you need big upside the risk is worth the reward.
Gabe Davis, WR — Speaking of a race to the playoffs, can you afford another dud performance out of Davis? He has five games this year with less than eight points. I’d rather start Lil’ Dirty McKenzie.
Gary Dulcich, TE — Pass the Dulcich on the left-hand side.
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CINCINNATI (AP)Lauren Jensen hit a clutch 3-pointer and scored 18 points and she teamed with Morgan Maly to make six free throws in the final 30 seconds as No. 16 Creighton beat Xavier 57-51 on Friday in a slugfest Big East Conference opener.
Fernanda Ovalle scored four points in a 6-0 run that gave Xavier a 46-44 lead with 3:27 to play. Jayme Horan turned a turnover into a tying basket for Creighton with 2:08 to go and Emma Ronsiek’s layup produced a lead with 1:29 left after a Xavier miss.
Then Jensen cashed in on a turnover with a 3-pointer and the Bluejays (6-0) led 51-46 with 1:05 remaining.
Taylor Smith hit a 3 for the Musketeers with 35 seconds to go but Creighton was clutch at the line. Maly, who finished with 16 points, made four.
Smith and Ovalle both scored 15 points for the Musketeers (5-1), who have lost 12 straight to the Bluejays and trail 16-2 in the series.
Creighton made just 4 of 24 from 3-point range and shot 33% but was 15 of 19 from the foul line. Xavier was 5 of 22 from distance but shot just 29%.
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The Florida Panthers selected Marek Alscher, a defenseman from Kladno, Czech Republic, with the No. 93 pick in the NHL draft on Friday. He played this past season with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League.
In his lone season with the Winterhawks, Alscher, 18, played in 61 games scoring seven goals and handing out seven assists for 16 points, helping lead Portland to 47 wins and 99 points in the regular season.
Before his time in Portland, Alscher played for the Lahti Pelicans’ U18 team in Finland, totaling 14 points in 27 games before being selected by the Winterhawks in the first round of the CHL Import draft.
Alscher, a third-rounder, was the Panthers’ first pick of the draft after not having a selection in either of the first two rounds. The team traded away those picks in exchange for immediate contributors Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett.
In the fourth round, general manager Bill Zito opted to take another defenseman in 18-year-old Ludvig Jansson with the No. 125 pick.
A native of Stockholm, he has played the majority of his professional career alternating between the Södertälje SK’s junior and senior team.
Playing for the senior team last season he appeared in 47 games, scoring two goals and finishing with three assists for five points. He also played nine games for the junior team in 2021-22.
Zito and his staff still have a busy day ahead of them with selections remaining though round 7.
This story will be updated. | 2022-07-08T17:34:15+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/florida-panthers/fl-sp-panthers-nhl-draft-picks-20220708-gunvuwraafglndhoankyjcahgy-story.html |
Girl suffered serious injuries from shark bite on Florida beach, officials say
TAYLOR COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV/Gray News) - A girl suffered serious injuries when a shark attacked her at a northern Florida beach Thursday afternoon, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office said.
The girl was injured at Keaton Beach, which is about 75 miles southeast of Tallahassee.
One of the girl’s family members reportedly jumped in the water and beat the shark off of her until she was free, a news release from the sheriff’s office said.
According to TCSO, the girl was taken to the shore, where Taylor County firefighters and EMS were posted. Deputies say the girl was then flown to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare to receive treatment for her injuries.
The family told deputies they were scalloping near Grassy Island in 5-feet-deep water when a shark that was about 9 feet long bit the girl.
“Boaters and swimmers are cautioned to be alert, vigilant and practice shark safety,” the news release says. “Some rules to follow are: never swim alone, do not enter the water near fishermen, avoid areas such as sandbars (where sharks like to congregate), do not swim near large schools of fish and avoid erratic movements while in the water.”
Tyler Bowling, the program manager for the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File, confirmed Friday that this is the first recorded shark attack in Taylor County.
TCSO says it’s unknown at this point what type of shark it was.
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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story reported that the girl had lost her leg, according to the sheriff’s office. That is not the case; she had surgery Thursday night and is expected to survive.
Copyright 2022 WCTV via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-07-01T18:17:51+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/2022/07/01/girl-loses-leg-after-shark-bite-florida-beach-officials-say/ |
How to Watch the NBA on Saturday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
Today's NBA Playoff schedule has four exciting matchups in store. Among those contests is the Philadelphia 76ers playing the Brooklyn Nets.
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Today's NBA Games
The Brooklyn Nets play host to the Philadelphia 76ers
The 76ers look to pull of an away win at the Nets on Saturday at 1:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
Records and Stats
- BKN Record: 45-37
- PHI Record: 54-28
- BKN Stats: 113.4 PPG (19th in NBA), 112.5 Opp. PPG (eighth)
- PHI Stats: 115.2 PPG (14th in NBA), 110.9 Opp. PPG (third)
Players to Watch
- BKN Key Player: Mikal Bridges (20.1 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 3.3 APG)
- PHI Key Player: James Harden (21.0 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 10.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: PHI -1.5
- PHI Odds to Win: -143
- BKN Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 209 points
The Los Angeles Clippers face the Phoenix Suns
The Suns travel to face the Clippers on Saturday at 3:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: TNT, BSSC, and BSAZ
- Game Time: 3:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- LAC Record: 44-38
- PHO Record: 45-37
- LAC Stats: 113.6 PPG (17th in NBA), 113.1 Opp. PPG (12th)
- PHO Stats: 113.6 PPG (17th in NBA), 111.6 Opp. PPG (sixth)
Players to Watch
- LAC Key Player: Russell Westbrook (15.9 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 7.5 APG)
- PHO Key Player: Deandre Ayton (18.0 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 1.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: PHO -7.5
- PHO Odds to Win: -291
- LAC Odds to Win: +238
- Total: 226 points
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The Miami Heat face the Milwaukee Bucks
The Bucks take to the home court of the Heat on Saturday at 7:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
Records and Stats
- MIA Record: 44-38
- MIL Record: 58-24
- MIA Stats: 109.5 PPG (30th in NBA), 109.8 Opp. PPG (second)
- MIL Stats: 116.9 PPG (eighth in NBA), 113.3 Opp. PPG (14th)
Players to Watch
- MIA Key Player: Bam Adebayo (20.4 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 3.2 APG)
- MIL Key Player: Giannis Antetokounmpo (31.1 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 5.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIL -5
- MIL Odds to Win: -200
- MIA Odds to Win: +167
- Total: 220 points
The Los Angeles Lakers play the Memphis Grizzlies
The Grizzlies hit the road the Lakers on Saturday at 10:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
Records and Stats
- LAL Record: 43-39
- MEM Record: 51-31
- LAL Stats: 117.2 PPG (sixth in NBA), 116.6 Opp. PPG (20th)
- MEM Stats: 116.9 PPG (eighth in NBA), 113.0 Opp. PPG (11th)
Players to Watch
- LAL Key Player: Anthony Davis (25.9 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 2.6 APG)
- MEM Key Player: Ja Morant (26.2 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 8.1 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: LAL -4
- LAL Odds to Win: -190
- MEM Odds to Win: +161
- Total: 221.5 points
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Google understands the importance of value
With the recent announcement that Google is moving into the smartwatch game, the company is getting more aggressive at expanding its customer base. If the Google Pixel 6a is any indication, the company intends to woo customers by offering value. For example, many users may find the 6a not only has a better price than last year’s Google Pixel 6, but it may also be a better overall phone for their needs. This is the very definition of value: greater worth at a lower price.
What is Google’s a-series line?
Google launched its a-series back in 2019 with the Google Pixel 3a. In general, the a-series of Google phones is the more affordable option, but not necessarily a budget option. These phones still have an impressive array of features. For some, they are a better reason to upgrade than the higher-priced option.
When was the Google Pixel 6a released?
While the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have been available since late October 2021, the Pixel 6a only went up for pre-order on July 21, 2022 and became available in stores on July 28.
What does the Google Pixel 6 offer?
You don’t have to pay a premium for these incredible offerings; they come standard on all Pixel 6 phones, whether you are getting the Pixel 6 Pro, the Pixel 6 or the Pixel 6a.
Upgraded interface experience
The overall Pixel experience has been modernized and streamlined. You can find things quicker and navigate more intuitively. The system even has a built-in spell checker, so you can avoid those embarrassing mistakes that often arise from thumb-typing.
Custom-made chip
The Tensor is an in-house chip that is faster at handling tasks such as real-time language translations, text-to-speak without an internet connection, image processing and more. This means better security and improved battery life because it doesn’t need cloud connections.
Advanced camera system with Real Tone
The camera system on the Pixel 6a features Real Tone. This software has improved facial detection for all skin tones, along with an auto-white balance and an auto-exposure that helps ensure correct color in all conditions. The auto-enhance and face unblur features allow you to capture and enhance details, even in low-light situations.
Advanced security features
For security, the Pixel 6a has a fingerprint unlock feature, so you are the only one who can open your phone. Additionally, the Tensor processor works with the Titan M2 security chip to create a custom-designed security subsystem that handles sensitive processes, such as pass code protection, encryption, and secure transactions.
Connectivity
The Pixel 6a is a 5G compatible device. This means you get the fastest downloads and best streaming currently available.
Software updates
With software updates, you will get more than what you paid for. Every time an improvement comes along, you will automatically get those new features. In short, it is like getting a new device with every upgrade.
Pixel 6 Pro vs. Pixel 6 vs. Pixel 6a
Display size
- Pixel 6 Pro: 6.7 inches
- Pixel 6: 6.4 inches
- Pixel 6a: 6.1 inches
Bigger isn’t always better— especially when convenience and portability are primary factors. By comparison, the Amazon Fire 7 has a 7-inch screen, and that is considered a tablet. The Pixel 6 Pro screen is less than a half inch smaller, which doesn’t make it as convenient for carrying in your pocket. The display size of the Pixel 6a, however, is roughly the same size as the iPhone 13, which makes it a much more portable size.
RAM and storage
- Pixel 6 Pro: 12 gigabytes of RAM and 512GB storage (max)
- Pixel 6: 8GB RAM and 256GB storage (max)
- Pixel 6a: 6GB RAM and 128GB storage (max)
The more RAM a system has, the more efficiently it can operate. Since the Pixel 6 Pro has the most RAM, it will offer the best possible performance. However, 6GB of RAM is still more than adequate for the average smartphone user. By comparison, the iPhone 13 has 4GB of RAM.
Battery and wireless charging
Pixel 6 Pro: 24-hour plus battery life and wireless charging
Pixel 6: 24-hour plus battery life and wireless charging
Pixel 6a: 24-hour plus battery life and no wireless charging.
While the Pixel Pro 6 has a higher energy capacity, each model is designed to last for over a day, which should be more than enough for most users. If you had your heart set on wireless charging, you won’t be able to do that with the 6a, however. But this feature only offers a minor degree of convenience — set the phone down instead of plugging it in to charge.
Cameras
- Pixel 6 Pro: triple rear camera system with an 11.1 MP front camera
- Pixel 6: dual rear camera system with an 8 MP front camera
- Pixel 6a: dual rear camera system with an 8 MP front camera.
The Pixel 6 Pro has the advantage here, but the Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6a have very similar camera systems. The Pixel 6 has a higher definition wide rear camera and a laser sensor to help focus, but the pictures you take with the Pixel 6a will still be impressive.
Glass cover
The glass cover of the Pixel 6a has not been strengthened to reduce the damage that may occur from dropping. If you are prone to dropping your phone, both the Pixel 6 Pro and the Pixel 6 offer better protection.
Price
Pixel 6 Pro: from $899
Pixel 6: from $599
Pixel 6a: from $449.
This is where we see the true value of the Pixel 6a shine. Many of its features are the same as the higher-priced models, while others offer only a slight disadvantage for the average user. For many, this is enough to make the Pixel 6a a better overall option than the 6 or the 6 Pro.
Google Gadgets
Google doesn’t just offer phones, it has laptops, earbuds, smart home offerings and more.
This is Google’s latest smartphone. It has a custom-made processor, all-day battery life, advanced security features and more. This delivers arguably the best value in the company’s Pixel 6 line.
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The Pixel 6 phone is a step up from the 6a. It offers a slightly larger screen, wireless charging and more RAM. The Corning Gorilla Glass Victus cover glass provides superior protection in the event of an accidental drop.
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This is the top-of-the-line offering. It has a slightly larger screen than the Pixel 6, significantly more RAM and storage capacity, a triple rear camera and wireless charging.
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The Pixelbook is a Chromebook laptop that lasts for up to 12 hours. It is lightweight, can start up quickly and features an 8th generation Intel core processor. The HD touchscreen display and dual stereo provide an exceptional streaming experience.
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Google Nest Learning Thermostat
Take control of your energy bill with one of Google’s top-selling smart devices. The Google Nest Learning Thermostat learns from you and adjusts the temperature even after you leave. With the Nest app, you can control your thermostat no matter where you are, check energy usage and more.
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These high-quality earbuds have a flush design, three ear tip sizes and a stabilizer arc, so they stay in place. You can get up to five hours of listening per charge and control your music with your voice. The water-resistant design means these earbuds are safe for workouts and rainy days.
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Matching Top Physicians, Dentists, and Advanced Practice Professionals With The Best Healthcare Employers
CONCORD, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TheraEx Staffing Services, a leading name in healthcare staffing solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of its new sister company, TheraEx Locums. The new division will offer a full range of staffing services for healthcare providers and Locum Tenens Physicians and Advanced Practice professionals throughout the U.S.
The employment of Locum Tenens services is increasing as the demand for Physicians and Advanced Practice professionals accelerates. Locum Tenens staffing agencies provide long-term clinical support for hard-to-find physician roles and offer talent to fill short-term staffing gaps caused by vacation or illness.
As a partner to both clinicians and healthcare facilities nationwide, TheraEx Locums has a best-in-class team that delivers 24/7 support and personalized amenities to ease the burden of Locums. From full-service surgical centers to private medical clinics and everything in between, these facilities need the right clinicians in the right roles to ensure positive patient outcomes.
"TheraEx Locums focuses on one thing: Locum Tenens staffing. Our goal is to serve medical facilities such as inpatient and outpatient clinics, surgery centers, private practices, and more by providing world-class healthcare staffing services. Our mission is to do it while upholding our core values of customer service, honesty, and transparency."
Whether you are a seasoned healthcare professional or just starting in the Locum Tenens job market, TheraEx Locums has the Locum Tenens experience and resources to find you the perfect Locum Tenens job opportunity; quickly and efficiently.
To learn more about TheraEx Locums, please visit: https://www.theraexlocums.com/
About TheraEx Locums
TheraEx Locums is a medical staffing agency dedicated to matching experienced healthcare professionals with top medical facilities. The Locum Tenens teams are strategically matched to some of the leading facilities in the country, bridging the gap between demand and top-tier medical care. Providers and Advanced Practice Professionals in the network can earn extra income and participate in meaningful work that matters. Founded in 2022 by Rey Rivera, President, and Crystal White, Director of Operations, TheraEx Locums is transforming the medical workforce from the inside out.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) will host a conference call at noon Eastern Time (ET) on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, to discuss its third quarter results. To attend the call, please use the information below for dial-in access. When prompted on dial-in, please utilize the participant passcode listed below.
Participant conference numbers: (800) 289-0459 (U.S.) and (323) 794-2558
Participant Passcode: 823723
Please dial in at least 10 minutes before the call and have the passcode ready to ensure timely participation.
A webcast replay will be available on DISH's Investor Relations website at http://ir.dish.com, and will remain available for 48 hours.
DISH will distribute its financial results before the call, which will also be posted to the Investor Relations website at http://ir.dish.com.
About DISH
DISH Network Corporation is a connectivity company. Since 1980, it has served as a disruptive force, driving innovation and value on behalf of consumers. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides television entertainment and award-winning technology to millions of customers with its satellite DISH TV and streaming SLING TV services. In 2020, the company became a nationwide U.S. wireless carrier through the acquisition of Boost Mobile. DISH continues to innovate in wireless, building the nation's first virtualized, O-RAN 5G broadband network. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is a Fortune 200 company.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter and trying to obtain his internal communications as part of ongoing oversight into the social media company’s privacy and cybersecurity practices, according to documents described in a congressional report.
The FTC has been watching the company for years since Twitter agreed to a 2011 consent order alleging serious data security lapses. But the agency’s concerns spiked with the tumult that followed Musk’s Oct. 27 takeover of the company.
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee published excerpts from the FTC’s letters Tuesday as part of a report alleging that the agency was overreaching “to harass Elon Musk’s Twitter.”
The House said the requests amounted to a deluge of “demands about its personnel decisions in each of the company’s departments, every internal communication relating to Elon Musk and even Twitter’s interactions with journalists” who Musk’s team allowed to see certain employee emails and messages.
Those documents were dubbed “The Twitter Files” and were meant to show how the company made decisions to moderate content before Musk took over.
In a response to the House report, the FTC said, “Protecting consumers’ privacy is exactly what the FTC is supposed to do. It should come as no surprise that career staff at the commission are conducting a rigorous investigation into Twitter’s compliance with a consent order that came into effect long before Mr. Musk purchased the company.”
Twitter had already paid a $150 million penalty in May, about five months before Musk’s takeover, for violating the 2011 consent order. An updated version established new procedures requiring the company to implement an enhanced privacy-protection program as well as beefing up information security.
But in November, a group of Democratic senators called those commitments into question and asked the FTC — led by Chair Lina Khan, a Democrat — to investigate any possible violations amid concerns that reports of Twitter’s disorder and drastically reduced staff under Musk posed serious security risks.
The FTC said at the time it was “tracking recent developments at Twitter with deep concern.” | 2023-03-09T04:51:31+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/technology/ftc-probes-twitter-data-practices-after-elon-musks-layoffs/ |
PHOENIX (AP) — A vow by Arizona’s governor not to proceed with any executions amid lingering questions about the rights of death row prisoners appears to have paused a scheduled execution next week, even though it hasn’t officially been called off.
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs won a key battle recently when the Arizona Supreme Court concluded a state law didn’t require her to proceed with the planned April 6 execution of Aaron Gunches, even though his execution date wasn’t canceled.
Hobbs has vowed no prisoners will be executed until there’s confidence that the state isn’t violating constitutional rights when enforcing the death penalty.
Gunches was scheduled to receive a lethal injection for the 2002 killing of Ted Price, who was his girlfriend’s ex-husband. He had pleaded guilty to a murder charge in the shooting death near Mesa, Arizona.
Price’s sister, Karen Price, had tried unsuccessfully to get the court to order Hobbs to carry out the execution. Price then asked for a stay of execution. In making that seemingly contradictory move, Karen Price’s attorney expressed concern that the state was going let the court order authorizing Gunches’ execution expire before factual issues in Karen Price’s litigation could be resolved.
The governor’s office said Monday that it isn’t expecting the execution to be carried out next week. “As we explained in our prior statements and legal filings, the state does not expect to be in a position to carry out an execution by April 6,” the governor’s office said in a statement. Hobbs had previously appointed a retired federal magistrate judge to examine Arizona’s procurement of lethal injection drugs and other death penalty protocols due to the state’s history of mismanaging executions.
Colleen Clase, an attorney for Karen Price, didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.
“The governor has made very clear the state is not prepared to go forward with the scheduled execution,” said Dale Baich, a former federal public defender who teaches death penalty law at Arizona State University. “I would expect that it would not take place (next week).” Lawyers for Hobbs have said the state lacks staff with expertise to carry out an execution, was unable to find an IV team to carry out the lethal injection and doesn’t- currently have a contract for a pharmacist to compound the pentobarbital needed for an execution. They also said a top corrections leadership position that’s critical to planning executions remains unfilled. Some requirements for carrying out executions under the state’s death penalty protocol have not been met in Gunches’ case.
The corrections department said the warrant of execution issued by the state Supreme Court wasn’t read to Gunches. And Gunches wasn’t moved to a special “death watch” cell where he would be monitored around the clock and remain until his execution.
In a statement Monday, the agency said that its death penalty protocols “have been paused as we conduct our systemic review of the execution process and complete the necessary steps to demonstrate efficacy and competency in the established protocols.”
Arizona, which currently has 110 prisoners on death row, carried out three executions last year. That followed a nearly eight-year hiatus brought on by criticism that a 2014 execution was botched and because of difficulties obtaining execution drugs. Since then, the state has been criticized for taking too long to insert an IV for lethal injection into a condemned prisoner’s body and for denying the Arizona Republic permission to witness the three executions.
Gunches, who is not a lawyer, represented himself in November when he asked the Supreme Court to issue his execution warrant so that — he said — justice could be served and the victim’s families could get closure. In his last month in office, Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked the court for a warrant to execute Gunches.
But Gunches then withdrew his request in early January, and newly elected Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes later asked for the warrant to be withdrawn.
The state Supreme Court rejected Mayes’ request, saying that it must grant an execution warrant if certain appellate proceedings have concluded and that those requirements were met in Gunches’ case.
Gunches switched courses again, saying now that he wants to be executed and asked to be transferred to Texas, where, he wrote, “inmates can still get their sentences carried out.” Arizona’s high court denied the transfer. | 2023-03-28T20:33:45+00:00 | pix11.com | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/arizona-gov-steps-in-scheduled-execution-unlikely-next-week/ |
Hurricanes vs. Devils: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 1
Published: May. 3, 2023 at 7:46 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Game 1 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round will see the Carolina Hurricanes host the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, May 3, beginning at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, SNE, SNO, SNP, and TVAS. The Devils are underdogs (-105) against the Hurricanes (-115).
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Hurricanes vs. Devils Game Info
- When: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, SNE, SNO, SNP, and TVAS
- Where: PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Hurricanes Betting Insights
- The Hurricanes have won 49 of their 74 games when listed as a moneyline favorite this season (66.2%).
- When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -115 or shorter, Carolina has gone 49-25 (winning 66.2%).
- The Hurricanes have an implied moneyline win probability of 53.5% in this game.
Devils Betting Insights
- The Devils have been listed as an underdog 24 times this season, and won 15, or 62.5%, of those games.
- This season New Jersey has won 15 of its 24 games, or 62.5%, when it's the underdog by at least -105 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this outing implies a 51.2% chance of victory for the Devils.
Hurricanes vs Devils Additional Info
Hurricanes vs. Devils Rankings
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Hurricanes Advanced Stats
- In Carolina's past 10 games, it went over once.
- During their past 10 games, the Hurricanes' goals per game average is 0.7 lower than their season-long average.
- The Hurricanes offense's 262 total goals (3.2 per game) rank 15th in the league.
- The Hurricanes have given up the second-fewest goals in NHL action this season, 210 (2.6 per game).
- With a +52 goal differential, they're ranked seventh-best in the league.
Devils Advanced Stats
- New Jersey and its opponents didn't combine to hit the over in any of the Devils' last 10 contests.
- During their past 10 games, the Devils and their opponents are averaging 7.9 goals, 1.5 goals lower than their season-long per-game average.
- The Devils have the NHL's fourth-best scoring offense (289 total goals, 3.5 per game).
- The Devils' 222 total goals conceded (2.7 per game) are the eighth-fewest in the NHL.
- Their +67 goal differential is third-best in the league.
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Virtual Care Pioneer Intends to Become 98point6 Technologies Delivering the Digital Infrastructure Third-Party Health Systems Need to Capture More Revenue
SEATTLE, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 98point6 today announced its plan to relaunch as licensed software provider, 98point6 Technologies, on the heels of the intended sale of its multi-million dollar Care Delivery division to health and care experience company, Transcarent. As part of the deal, hundreds of 98point6 enterprise customers including Boeing, Kindercare and Banner|Aetna employing millions of eligible members will have access to an even wider selection of primary and behavioral health services through Transcarent. The newly emerged 98point6 Technologies plans to remain solely focused on licensing its software to third-party health care providers such as MultiCare Health System, the first to license the 98point6 Technology Platform within its hybrid ambulatory care platform, Indigo Health.
"Our evolution to 98point6 Technologies answers the need for purpose-built technology created by physicians, for physicians, and is the culmination of work our front-line team of clinicians spent years perfecting," said Jay Burrell, President and Chief Executive Officer of 98point6 Technologies. "This comes at a time when every provider in the health services industry is on an urgent mission to remain competitive in what has become an increasingly crowded and undifferentiated marketplace."
In today's market, demand for telehealth services has stabilized at 38 times higher than pre-pandemic levels and healthcare providers are scrambling to catch up, citing telehealth implementation as a top challenge. According to new research only 13% of hospitals and health systems consider themselves ahead of the pace of change that patients expect and new market rivals are setting, and only 11% of health systems report being in the implementation phase of their personalized care and digital transformation journeys.
Health systems recognize they must move quickly to solidify their brand presence and physical footprint, starting with the expansion of their ambulatory care business and introduction of new technology and consumer-centered services. Gartner's Hype Cycle for Healthcare Providers, 2022 corroborated the shift, stating "we see greater provider interest and focus on virtual care and total experience to meet clinical and business demands."
Technology Built to Give Health Care Providers a Competitive Edge
The 98point6 Technology Platform provides a turn-key, cloud-based solution for scaling up a virtual care operation complete with software, professional services and support from a team who built and operated a successful, nationwide virtual clinic for the past several years. The platform provides a quick and cost-effective way to create new revenue opportunities, better support the workforce, improve care and boost the bottom line. Implementation includes a client-branded app and assistance in configuring the platform.
"Our strategic partnership with 98point6 will help us scale our digital capabilities to meet community demand and bring a new level of meaningful engagement to our customers," said Ryan Fix, President of Retail Health at MultiCare.
At the heart of the 98point6 Technology Platform is a web-based Clinician Console, which encapsulates a refined set of best practices designed to help providers deliver high quality virtual care based on years of clinical experience. Built-in logic in the form of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated practice standards guide providers to quickly make the right medical decisions or recommend in-person care when needed. This level of automation limits care variability, optimizes patient time by streamlining the intake process and reduces cognitive load on the provider to support top-of-licensure practice.
The 98point6 Technology Platform includes:
- A standalone digital clinic hosted in the cloud, including AI-powered patient engagement, workflow and EHR integration, care follow-up and documentation.
- Web-based Clinician Console for providers to conduct visits.
- An SDK to create a fully-branded patient experience.
- Training and development for clinicians and staff.
- Engagement marketing support to activate new users and drive utilization.
- Workforce management guidance to help define hybrid staffing and scheduling plans.
For more information on 98point6 Technologies, visit 98point6.com.
About 98point6 Technologies
98point6 Technologies builds and licenses software to power exceptional virtual care experiences for providers and patients based on years of clinical use across millions of patients. Its flagship 98point6 Technology Platform consists of turnkey, cloud-based software that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence bundled with time-tested, automated practice standards. The platform includes a physician-facing Clinician Console, patient-facing branded app and professional services and support. Available as licensed software, the 98point6 Technology Platform empowers health systems to create and grow premium virtual care offerings that give providers a significant technology lead in a rapidly evolving and competitive marketplace. To learn more about 98point6 Technologies, visit www.98point6.com.
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BERLIN (AP) — Consumers and businesses in Germany will receive subsidies to soften the blow of higher natural gas and electricity prices starting in January, two months earlier than originally planned, officials said Tuesday.
The move is part of a larger pot of almost 300 billion euros (dollars) in subsidies that the German government is cooking up to address the energy crisis resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Gas prices for consumers and small- to medium-size businesses will be capped at 12 euro cents per kilowatt hour and electricity at 40 euro cents for 80% of their previous year’s consumption. The remaining 20% won’t be subsidized, to encourage consumers to save energy.
Industry and companies with high energy needs will have their gas prices capped at 7 euro cents per kWh for 70% of their 2022 consumption and electricity at 13 euro cents. To qualify, companies will have to refrain from paying dividends as long as they receive the subsidy.
The Economy Ministry said bringing the measure forward by two months would cost the public purse about 4.5 billion euros more. Critics had warned that starting the subsidy in March could have caused undue hardship for many over the winter months. The government already said three weeks ago that it aimed to backdate the measure to February.
As a short-term measure, consumers and small businesses won’t have to pay their December gas and heating bill. | 2022-11-23T00:40:17+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-german-extends-energy-subsidy-plan-for-consumers-companies/ |
21-year-old man arrested for role in murder on Indy’s south side
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 21-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon for his alleged role in the murder of a man on South Meridian Street that occurred Friday, police say.
Antwone Ervin was arrested for murder after witnesses and detectives identified Ervin as a person of interest.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was called to reports of an incomplete 911 call and a person shot just after 3:05 p.m. Friday in the 3400 block of South Meridian Street. That’s just west of Sumner Avenue and the St. Roch Catholic School.
IMPD initially said the man shot was in critical condition, but later indicated the man had died. Police found him shot outside a home.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office will release the man’s identity once his family has been notified.
Anyone with information about this incident should call Detective Anthony Johnson at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or e-mail the detective at Anthony.Johnson@indy.gov. | 2023-03-26T02:45:50+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/21-year-old-man-arrested-for-role-in-murder-on-indys-south-side/ |
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports tumbled 12.4% in June from a year earlier as demand weakened after central banks raised interest rates to curb inflation even as Chinese leaders struggled to keep a post-COVID recovery from faltering.
Customs data released Thursday showed imports slid 6.8% to $214.7 billion. Exports edged up slightly from the month before, totaling $285.3 billion. The trade surplus was $70.6 billion, rising from $65.8 billion in May.
Trade weakness adds to downward pressure on the world’s second-largest economy. Global consumer demand has weakened after the Federal Reserve and central banks in Europe and Asia raised interest rates to bring inflation down from near multi-decade highs by reining in business and consumer activity.
In January-June, China’s total trade including imports and exports fell nearly 5% from a year earlier. Exports slipped 3.2% and imports declined 6.7% as prices of commodities like oil fell and demand inside China also faltered.
Exports to the United States tumbled 23.7% from a year earlier to $42.7 billion, a six-month low, while imports of American goods sank 4.1% to $14 billion. China’s politically volatile trade surplus with the United States narrowed by 30.6% to $28.7 billion.
Trade also has been dampened by tension with Washington and restrictions on access to U.S. processor chips and other technology in a feud with Beijing over security and Chinese industrial policy. Chinese factories assemble most of the world’s smartphones and other electronics.
“With the global downturn in goods demand continuing to weigh on exports, we think exports will decline further for now before bottoming out toward the end of the year,” Zichun Huang of Capital Economics said in a commentary. “But the good news is that the worst of the decline in foreign demand is probably already behind us.”
Imports from Russia were up 15.7% to $11.3 billion. China has been buying more Russian oil and gas to take advantage of price cuts. That has helped shore up the Kremlin’s cash flow after the United States, Europe and Japan cut off most purchases to punish Moscow for President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Beijing can buy Russian oil and gas without triggering Western sanctions. China has also become Russia’s biggest export market and an important source of manufactured goods. Exports to Russia surged 90.9% in June from the year before to $9.5 billion.
The ruling Communist Party set this year’s official economic growth target at “around 5%,” up from last year’s 3% expansion, which was the second-weakest since the 1970s. Some economists raised their growth forecasts to closer to 6% following unexpectedly strong trade figures in March.
In April, the government announced steps to support struggling exporters, including by making more trade finance available and encouraging cross-border e-commerce.
A five-month campaign launched late April also is meant to increase trade by improving logistics and cutting costs for exporters in 17 cities including Beijing and Shanghai. | 2023-07-13T18:12:54+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-china-exports-slumped-12-4-in-june-from-a-year-earlier-as-global-demand-weakened/ |
Anthology's Annual Global Fix Your Content Day is May 18
BOCA RATON, Fla., May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthology, a leading provider of education solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, today announced its fourth annual Fix Your Content Day to highlight the need for more inclusive digital learning content. Anthology is inviting higher education institutions that use Anthology Ally to participate.
The objective of Fix Your Content Day is to engage colleges and universities globally to make meaningful change in the lives of all students and create more inclusive learning environments. By participating in the competition, higher ed institutions and instructors are doing their part to improve the accessibility of course materials and demonstrate their commitment to inclusivity.
"We look forward to participating in the 24-hour global competition each year, which challenges us to continue our journey in creating more inclusive digital learning content," said Coastal Pines Technical College Executive Vice President, Amanda Morris, the 2022 First Place Fix Your Content Day Global Winner. "While Fix Your Content Day is only once a year, our college and the Technical College System of Georgia collectively strives to improve the accessibility of course materials and serve as a champion for accessibility every day. Additionally, we enjoy the friendly competition with other colleges and encourage our faculty and staff to get involved. The challenge is a fun way to review our course content for quality and accessibility."
More than 1,500 institutions around the world use Anthology Ally to enhance digital content on their learning management systems (LMS). The result is better learning outcomes for students by improving the usability, readability, and quality of the digital materials in their courses.
"An estimated one billion people across the globe experience some sort of physical, visual, hearing, or cognitive disability. Employing solutions to create more accessible learning environments is imperative," said Anthology Chairman and CEO Jim Milton. "However, making content more accessible and providing alternative formats isn't just for a select group of students. Alternative formats generated by solutions like Anthology Ally provide greater opportunities for everyone to access the information they need in the way they want it. We are thrilled to see the enthusiasm of institutions and faculty participating in this global effort."
Anthology Ally empowers learners with the flexibility of choosing the most effective way to interact with digital content. By dynamically enhancing learning materials for student preferences and needs, it automatically provides alternative formats for course content, like audio files, translations, PDFs better formatted for mobile devices and more, all without manual intervention from the institution or instructor.
"While we've been actively supporting faculty and staff in centering inclusivity in their online courses for years, this will be our first year participating in Fix Your Content Day," said Dr. Hannah Digges Elliott, Senior Instructional Designer at Western Kentucky University. "We're excited about the opportunity to encourage a little competition among our faculty and staff and ultimately continue to highlight the importance of more accessible content."
"We're thrilled to be a part of such a global initiative that unites the higher education community around a friendly competition and highlights the critical need for accessible, inclusive, and equitable online learning environments," said Dr. Chris Campbell, Sub Dean of Learning Technology at Charles Sturt University in Australia.
"Fix Your Content Day highlights the importance of building equitable learning experiences," said Dr. Margaret Korosec, Dean of Online and Digital Education at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. "It's also a reminder to reflect on how learning experiences are received by students and how choice of access supports their requirements. Equitable access starts with our own awareness of what's possible and working to push the boundaries of what can be done in an accessible way."
To participate in the 2023 Fix Your Content Day challenge, register your institution here: https://www.anthology.com/fix-your-content-day
About Anthology
Anthology offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale for education, recently combining with Blackboard to support more than 150 million users in 80 countries. With a mission to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community, Anthology helps learners, leaders and educators achieve their goals through over 60 SaaS products and services designed to advance learning. Discover more about how we are fulfilling our mission for K-12, higher education, business and government institutions at www.anthology.com.
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Ever heard of the phrase ‘once in a blue moon’? Used to describe the most unusual, bizarre and unlikely of occasions, this term is dolled out for only the rarest of situations (eg: Sydney transport has a day without delays once in a blue moon). You get our point, but wonderfully – an actual, real-life blue supermoon is coming to Sydney this August. And better yet it’s not just one moon, but two. This is not a drill.
A blue moon (despite its deceptive name) is not actually blue. Rather, it refers to when two full moons appear in the space of one calendar month. This year in August, everyone Down Under and across the world will be treated to the stunning sight of two very bright full moons lighting up the heavens.
For everyone in Sydney, you’ll be able to see a glowing supermoon early in the morning on August 2, 2023. This will be the first full moon of the month, and will be within 90 per cent of its closest orbit to Earth, making it appear much brighter and larger than a usual full moon. This is traditionally known as a ‘sturgeon’ moon, which is derived from the Old Farmers’ Almanac (published in the United States in 1792) that labelled the August moon the ‘sturgeon moon’ due to it being the best time of year to catch sturgeon fish. The more you know.
The time period between two full moons in one month is approximately 29.5 days. As such, the blue moon will roll into Sydney’s celestial airspace at midday on August 31, 2024. This moon will reportedly be the biggest moon of the year, and will probably also be pretty spectacularly bright. We imagine the best time to see it will be at dusk, so make sure you take yourself to an excellent viewing point.
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If we know one thing for sure, it’s that when a blue moon comes around, we want to be there to see it. | 2023-07-21T16:48:28+00:00 | timeout.com | https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/two-bright-blue-supermoons-will-appear-above-sydney-this-august-072123 |
Free COVID-19 tests available to Americans again as White House reveals winter plan
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter.
After a three-month hiatus, the administration is making four rapid virus tests available through covidtests.gov starting Thursday, a senior administration official said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the program. COVID-19 cases have shown a marked increase after the Thanksgiving holiday, and further increases are projected from indoor gathering and travel around Christmas and New Year's.
The administration is putting personnel and equipment on standby should they be needed to help overwhelmed hospitals and nursing homes, as was necessary in earlier waves of the virus. So far, there have been no requests for assistance, but surge teams, ventilators and personal protective equipment are ready, the official said.
The Biden administration is also urging states and local governments to do more to encourage people to get the updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, which scientists say are more effective at protecting against serious illness and death from the currently circulating variants. The administration is reiterating best practices to nursing homes and long-term care facilities for virus prevention and treatment and is urging administrators as well as governments to encourage vulnerable populations to get the new shots.
The planning comes as the administration has struggled to persuade most Americans to get the updated boosters as cases and deaths have declined from pandemic highs and most people have embraced a return to most of their pre-pandemic activities.
The official said funding for the new tests has been reallocated from other virus programs while the White House struggles to get congressional buy-in for additional COVID-19 emergency funding. The official declined to detail how much is being spent on the new tests or from which programs they were diverted.
RELATED: US health officials renew push for COVID-19 boosters, amid new data on efficacy | 2022-12-15T13:43:12+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/free-covid-19-tests-us-households-white-house-reveals-winter-plan |
Woman falls 15 feet down manhole, fire officials say
Published: Feb. 27, 2023 at 5:42 PM EST|Updated: 13 minutes ago
ST. ALBANS, Vt. (WCAX/Gray News) – A woman in Vermont was hospitalized after she fell 15 feet down a manhole Sunday, according to first responders.
Fire crews in St. Albans said they believe the manhole cover had been knocked loose by a snowplow, and the woman fell through it while walking near her driveway.
Fortunately, first responders were able to remove the woman safely and take her to the hospital.
The woman was stuck in the manhole for about 45 minutes before she was rescued.
Her condition is unknown.
Copyright 2023 WCAX via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-27T22:56:14+00:00 | wfsb.com | https://www.wfsb.com/2023/02/27/woman-falls-15-feet-down-manhole-fire-officials-say/ |
Claims have been circulating online for months that the Chinese government was secretly operating police stations in New York City.
In February, dozens of protesters gathered outside a building they suspected was a Chinese outpost, allegedly being used for police operations and spying on Chinese dissidents, or persons critical of the Chinese government.
Several VERIFY viewers reached out and asked if the U.S. is really investigating the Chinese government for having a secret police station in New York.
THE QUESTION
Is the U.S. government investigating a secret Chinese police station in New York City?
THE SOURCES
- FBI
- The Department of Justice
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York court records via PACER
- Nov. 17, 2022 Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs committee hearing
- China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
THE ANSWER
Yes, the U.S. government is investigating a secret Chinese police station in New York City.
WHAT WE FOUND
On April 17, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two Chinese nationals living in New York were arrested and charged with illegally operating a police station on behalf of the Chinese government.
“Harry” Lu Jianwang, 61, of the Bronx, and Chen Jinping, 59, of Manhattan, were charged with conspiring to act as agents of the People’s Republic of China and obstructing justice by destroying evidence of their communications with a Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official. The MPS oversees all of China’s law enforcement.
The Chinese police station began operating on a floor of an office building in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood in January 2022 under the guise of a nonprofit that offered basic services, such as helping Chinese citizens renew their Chinese drivers licenses, the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York said.
The station, however, also took on roles beyond ordinary bureaucracy, including locating Chinese dissidents living in the U.S., officials said.
During an October 2022 FBI raid on the building, investigators found evidence that Lu and Chen destroyed communications between the Chinese government and China’s national police, court records said. Evidence also showed that the station was opened on behalf of the city of Fuzhou’s branch of the MPS in order to monitor and intimidate Chinese dissidents, court records said.
In addition to charging Lu and Chen, the DOJ also charged 34 officers in the MPS with creating and using thousands of fake social media accounts on Twitter and other platforms to harass dissidents abroad.
In November 2022, FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs committee the FBI was aware of stations like this one allegedly operating in the U.S. Wray also suggested an investigation into the stations was ongoing.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) also mentioned the operation of foreign police stations in the U.S. during a hearing on Nov. 17, 2022. Scott asked Wray if the FBI was aware of these operations and asked what, if any, authority or jurisdiction the Chinese police might have in the U.S.
“I’m very concerned about this. We are aware of the existence of these stations,” Wray said.
Wray continued, “The reason this is so important is because we have seen a clear pattern of the Chinese government, the Chinese communist party, exporting their repression right here in the U.S. And we’ve had now a number of indictments that you may have seen of the Chinese engaging in uncoordinated ‘law enforcement action’ right here in the United States – harassing, stalking, surveilling, blackmailing, people who they just don’t like or disagree with the [Xi Jinping] regime.”
In response to the charges against the Chinese nationals, China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Wang Wenbin on April 18 denied all accusations of an overseas police presence, saying the U.S. was making “groundless accusations.”
“About the ‘overseas police stations,’ we have made it clear many times that the allegation has no factual basis. There are simply no so-called ‘overseas police stations.’ China adheres to the principle of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs, strictly observes international laws and respects the judicial sovereignty of all countries. We hope relevant parties will not hype up or dramatize this,” Wang said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2023-04-18T20:19:48+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/verify/crime-verify/us-government-investigating-secret-chinese-police-station-in-nyc/536-3082a5fa-8739-4426-b941-b3f6a17c3e8f |
CHICAGO (WGN-TV) — As Twitter strips away its system for verifying accounts, opportunists are jumping-in and impersonating elected officials and city agencies.
An account posing as the Chicago Department of Transportation falsely claimed, “We’re excited to announce that beginning 5/2/23, North DuSable Lake Shore Drive will be closed to private vehicles between Grand and Hollywood. Only buses, delivery vehicles, and emergency vehicles will be allowed. This is a huge step forward!”
The tweet was shared more than 180 times and seen by nearly 158,000 people as of noon Friday.
The false claims were then amplified by another fake account posing as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, complete with an official portrait of the mayor.
“My administration is proud to announce the single largest decarbonization effort in the history of Chicago,” the fake account claimed above the untrue news about the closure of one of Chicago’s biggest boulevards.
Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Sheridan, who first flagged the accounts, included a screenshot of the fake Lightfoot account. Now that Twitter has removed blue checkmarks from official accounts the only way to tell it’s fake is to notice one extra “s” in the Twitter handle.
“We are aware of the fake Twitter accounts, and our team is working with Twitter to resolve this matter,” tweeted mayoral spokesperson Ryan Johnson. “Users can verify official City accounts by visiting: chi.gov/social.”
The fake Lightfoot account has been removed, however, the fake CDOT account remained active as of noon Friday.
The person behind the fake CDOT account responded to an inquiry from WGN by tweeting: “We are not an organization. We represent the collective demands of Chicagoans who don’t think there should be a highway on our Lakefront, polluting it, drastically increasing noise, and increasing traffic violence.” | 2023-04-22T23:33:00+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/fake-city-twitter-accounts-falsely-claim-chicago-road-is-closing/ |
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A man who picked up a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park caused it to be shunned by its herd, prompting park officials to kill the animal rather than allow it to be a hazard to visitors.
Park officials quickly defended the decision to kill the newborn bison.
“We made the choice we did not because we are lazy, uncaring or inexpert in our understanding of bison biology. We made the choice we did because national parks preserve natural processes,” the park said in a statement posted Tuesday on Twitter.
Park officials’ options for dealing with the animal were limited, according to the statement, which said bison must be quarantined before being sent to conservation herds outside the park. A bison calf abandoned and unable to care for itself is not a good candidate for quarantine, the statement said.
The calf became separated from its mother when the herd crossed the Lamar River in northeastern Yellowstone on Saturday. The unidentified man pushed the struggling calf up from the river and onto a roadway, park officials said in a news release.
Human interference with young wildlife can cause animals to shun their offspring. Park rangers tried repeatedly to reunite the calf with the herd but were unsuccessful.
At one point, visitors saw the calf walking up to and following cars and people. This created a hazard, so park staff killed the animal, according to the news release.
It’s the latest example of Yellowstone visitors getting in trouble or hurt after approaching bison. Park officials euthanized a newborn bison after a similar incident in 2016, when a Canadian man and his son put the calf in their SUV, thinking they could rescue it.
The man pleaded guilty. He was fined $235 and ordered to pay $500 to the Yellowstone Park Foundation Wildlife Protection Fund.
Bison have gored several people in Yellowstone in recent years, often after they got too close to the animals.
Many of Yellowstone’s larger animals — including bison, which can run up to 35 mph (55 kilometers per hour) and weigh up to 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) — are deceptively dangerous, even when they are just grazing or resting.
Park rules require visitors to keep at least 25 yards (23 meters) away from wildlife including bison, elk and deer, and at least 100 yards (91 meters) away from bears and wolves.
Park officials are investigating the bison calf incident. The suspect was a white male in his 40s or 50s who was wearing a blue shirt and black pants, the statement said.
The calf’s body was left on the landscape, similar to the 25% or so of Yellowstone’s newborn bison that don’t survive, park officials said in the Twitter statement.
“Those deaths will benefit other animals by feeding by feeding everything from bears and wolves to birds and insects. Allowing this cycle of life to play out aligns most closely with the stewardship responsibility entrusted to us by the American people,” the statement said. | 2023-05-25T09:37:48+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/ap-science/ap-yellowstone-baby-bison-put-to-death-after-visitor-picks-it-up-leading-herd-to-reject-it/ |
HOUSTON — A ground stop has been extended at Hobby Airport for all incoming flights until 3:15 p.m.
Bush Intercontinental is under a ground delay for all incoming flights. The delays could last more than an hour for some flights, according to the FAA.
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Tuesday severe weather
Tuesday will be a pretty wet day as widespread showers and storms are expected for the majority of the afternoon. These storms have the potential to be strong to severe with gusty winds.
After lunchtime, a squall line will develop along the incoming cold front, which could produce damaging winds and isolated tornadoes, especially for those south of I-10.
We should see the severe weather threat diminish at about 6 p.m. for those toward the west as the cold front pushes toward the coast.
Behind the front, temperatures will remain at or below normal for the remainder of January! In fact, a freeze is possible for some areas Thursday and Friday morning. | 2023-01-24T20:48:50+00:00 | kagstv.com | https://www.kagstv.com/article/travel/bush-airport-flight-delays/285-136037c0-550f-4571-a9ec-20aadcb2ef28 |
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), with support from Walmart and the Walmart Foundation through the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity, today announced the launch of The AAPI Nonprofit Database. This interactive database addresses the historical inequity of funding directed towards the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community by providing a platform where anyone looking to donate, volunteer, or get involved can more easily locate and support AAPI nonprofit organizations across the country.
With less than 0.2% of philanthropic giving going to AAPI nonprofits and causes, the community remains underfunded and under-resourced. TAAF is working to help fill this critical gap, and the database is a necessary first step to meeting the need. The database will feature nonprofits of all sizes, giving visibility and driving donations to grassroots organizations who have been working tirelessly to support underrepresented AAPI communities throughout the country.
"In the face of continued Anti-Asian hate and rhetoric, it is now more important than ever to invest in resources to support the diverse needs of AAPI communities," said Norman Chen, CEO of TAAF. "We know people want to support AAPI causes, especially following the horrific events impacting our community, but they may not always know where to begin or which organizations are aligned with their interests. Impactaapi.org will make AAPI nonprofits and causes accessible through one interactive tool to remove the barriers to entry and help combat the chronic underfunding and under-resourcing that AAPI organizations have faced."
At launch, the database will feature over 600 nonprofit organizations focused on serving AAPI communities. The AAPI Nonprofit Database will allow users to filter by location, focus area, population served, budget size or years in service, among others. Users will have the opportunity to make donations directly to the nonprofit of their choice or learn how to get more involved. If users need help to get started, a feature will allow visitors to take a short quiz, matching them to a curated list of organizations based on their interests.
Nonprofits have the opportunity to opt-in, get listed, and update their profile pages, including linking directly to their donation pages or website. Organizations whose data has been updated in the past year will have "verified" status indicating current data.
"Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have been long-time supporters of the AAPI community and are thrilled to support The Asian American Foundation in launching The AAPI Nonprofit Database," said Kimberly McGee, Senior Manager for the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity. "As a founding AAPI Giving Challenge supporter, we are focused on driving access and resources to advance equity in the AAPI nonprofit community. The AAPI Nonprofit Database brings us closer to that goal by putting power into the hands of the broader public, whether by driving donations or getting more involved."
The AAPI Giving Challenge was launched in May 2021 with over 130 corporations, foundations, and individual donors committed $1.1 billion in funding and in-kind resources directly to AAPI communities, organizations, and relevant causes over five years. The AAPI Nonprofit Database highlights the commitment of corporate partners to work with the AAPI community to drive towards solutions together.
TAAF acknowledges Asian Pacific Fund and AAPI Data for their collaboration in providing guidance on the creation of this database.
The AAPI Nonprofit Database can be found at https://impactaapi.org. Nonprofit organizations interested in being listed can submit a request here.
ABOUT THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION (TAAF)
The Asian American Foundation serves the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in its pursuit of belonging and prosperity that is free from discrimination, slander, and violence. Founded in 2021 in response to the rise in anti-Asian hate and address the long standing underinvestment in AAPI communities, TAAF funds best in class organizations working to mobilize against hate and violence, educate communities, and reclaim our narratives through our core pillars of Anti-hate, Education, Narrative Change, and Resources & Representation. Through our grants, high-impact initiatives and events, we're creating a permanent and irrevocable sense of belonging for millions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. For additional information about TAAF, please visit www.taaf.org.
Media Contact:
Joy Moh
joy.moh@taaf.org
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SOURCE The Asian American Foundation | 2023-07-31T16:44:37+00:00 | kwtx.com | https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2023/07/31/asian-american-foundation-launches-interactive-aapi-nonprofit-database-unlock-resources-support-aapi-focused-organizations/ |
JEREMY JOA
EXIT Realty Yuma announced that Jeremy Joa has joined its growing team of dedicated real estate sales professionals.
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JEREMY JOA
EXIT Realty Yuma announced that Jeremy Joa has joined its growing team of dedicated real estate sales professionals.
EXIT Realty Yuma, located at 661 S. 4th Ave., is a “proud” member of EXIT Realty Pacific West’s rapidly expanding network of independently owned and operated brokerages across the region.
Reach Joa at jjoa4u@gmail.com or 928-920-9483.
DR. STEPHEN GIPSON
Dr. Stephen Gipson graduated from Yuma Regional Medical Center’s Sports Medicine Fellowship program. Throughout this additional year of specialized medical training, he gained the expertise needed to care for non-surgical sports medicine patients.
Gipson, a doctor of osteopathic medicine, was the third fellow accepted to the program, which is designed to deepen knowledge and skills around non-operative injury prevention and care for athletes of all ages and skill levels.
Born in Kansas City, Gipson spent his formative years in the Midwest. He earned his medical degree from A.T. Stills Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his family medicine residency with the Creighton University Arizona Alliance Family Medicine Residency Program in Phoenix.
During his residency, he assisted with the development of both a sports medicine and a point-of-care ultrasound curriculum.
In addition to family medicine training, he enjoyed participating in sideline event coverage as well as urgent care employment as a moonlighter.
Gipson’s personal interests include traveling, hiking, playing with his dog, attending sporting events, water sports and trail running.
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Grocery prices spike, breakfast items hit hard
Published: May. 12, 2022 at 11:57 AM EDT|Updated: 7 minutes ago
(CNN) - The cost of groceries is enough to give many Americans heartburn – or at least burn a hole in the wallet.
Food prices shot up nearly 9.5% last month compared to April 2021. That’s the biggest annual hike in 41 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Breakfast is the meal getting hit especially hard.
Eggs are over 22% more expensive, due in large part to a shortage caused by an infectious Avian Flu, but margarine, milk, bacon and coffee also saw price increases.
Consumers are also feeling the pinch when they go out to eat. Menu prices rose 7.2% over the past 12 months.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2022-05-12T16:07:05+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/05/12/grocery-prices-spike-breakfast-items-hit-hard/ |
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - The Point In Time (PIT) count is conducted every year to survey Tupelo's homeless population.
In 2022, that number increased by 189%. This count is taken one day a year and that is usually in January.
The Salvation Army is one of several resources that helps those in need. Right now, organizers are preparing for the annual Thanksgiving feast, Angel Tree and Red Kettle Campaign.
"I thought I was going to be on the side of the street freezing and hopeless," Tim Crews said. "They give me hope and a helping hand."
Crews is from Columbus. He used to drive big rigs for nearly 30 years. His heart problems and high blood pressure sidelined him and forced him off the roads.
That is when Crews lost everything.
He has been living at the Salvation Army in Tupelo for about a year.
"When I first got here, I thought I could only stay three months," Crews said. "Luckily, they let me stay longer."
"Often, when someone has been on the street sometimes for weeks, months, sometimes for years, it's going to take some time just for that person to get back on their feet," Capt. Rob Dolby at the Salvation Army said.
The Salvation Army allows people to stay as long as they need as long as that person is working toward their future.
Crews is one of 54 people reported to be staying at the Salvation Army according to this year's PIT count.
"We would never run a business or a non-profit by looking at the budget one day a year," Dolby said. "So, I wish there was probably...even if it was quarterly, I think that would be a much better gauge."
Mississippi United to End Homelessness (MUTEH) Director Sara Ekiss described the yearly, one day as a look into what our community needs.
"It shows a good snapshot of when it's the coldest of the year," she said. "And to me, that's when the need is most aware."
MUTEH is a non-profit that works with organizations and government agencies like the city of Tupelo to serve and house vulnerable populations across Mississippi.
"We take a literal homeless person off the street, house them in their own apartment and then pay rent while we case manage them to stability," Ekiss said.
"They pulled up," Robert Batie said. "I was sitting out there on the bench and they were like, 'You ready to go home?' I said, 'What do you mean?' And they said, 'Well, we found you a place."
MUTEH provided housing for Batie recently. He will have his place in Verona for two years. He said that is time he does not want to waste. Batie wants to find a job and eventually become a motivational speaker.
"I just want to talk to the community and talk to the homeless," he said. "If I could, you know, I would like to give my time back to the homeless like going to serve food and ringing bells and stuff."
Churches in the All-America City like All Saints Episcopal Church also serve as resources for those in need. The church served more than 1,500 meals in October through its Saints Brew program. The program provides a morning meal five days a week.
As for 2023, experts said if there is an increase in our homeless population according to the PIT count, it should not be as high as it was this year.
"On that one day, I do believe that we'll actually see a reduction of those who are sleeping rough or unsheltered because of the increased access at the Salvation Army," Dolby said.
"It's not just MUTEH's solution to the problem. It's not just the Salvation Army's solution to the problem. It's not just the city or police department," Ekiss said. "It's everyone in this community. We all have to be part of the solution if we truly want to make an impact on decreasing those homeless numbers."
WTVA's Daniella Oropeza put together this in-depth look at the homeless situation in Tupelo. These stories are a part of Homeless for the Holidays. | 2022-11-17T05:04:43+00:00 | wtva.com | https://www.wtva.com/news/homeless-for-the-holidays-several-resources-work-to-combat-tupelos-homeless/article_be4e51a4-65da-11ed-9bb6-7745231c116d.html |
Updated September 8, 2022 at 12:07 PM ET
Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after her doctors became worried about her health.
Members of the royal family are already by the queen's bedside in Balmoral — and others are on their way — after her doctors placed the 96-year-old monarch under medical supervision Thursday, the British media, including the BBC and The Guardian, reported.
"Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen's doctors are concerned for Her Majesty's health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision," Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
The BBC reported that the statement — and the fact that family members are traveling to her — marks a significant change in her situation. The health of the longest-serving ruler in British history has been of concern in recent years, and more so over the summer.
Prince Charles, the queen's oldest son and heir to the throne, represented Elizabeth at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in late July.
When she arrived in Balmoral for her summer break, a welcome ceremony was moved indoors to accommodate her mobility issues, The Guardian reported. Elizabeth also missed the Braemar Gathering highland games earlier this month.
Before leaving office, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the queen in Balmoral this week, as did incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss.
A Privy Council meeting was postponed Wednesday after doctors advised the queen to get some rest, according to The Guardian.
At 96, Elizabeth has served longer than any other British ruler, and is the second longest-reigning monarch in history. The United Kingdom celebrated her 70 years on the throne with a Platinum Jubilee in June.
The monarchy is the head of the United Kingdom, but the role of making and passing legislation remains with Parliament, according to Buckingham Palace. Instead, the queen's role serves more as a focus of national identity and provides the people with a sense of stability and continuity.
Elizabeth and her late husband Prince Phillip, who died in April 2021, have four children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. They also have eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The family occupy numerous castles and residences across the U.K., with the queen typically residing at Buckingham Palace in London. The queen spent much of her childhood at Balmoral, the royal family's Scottish estate where Elizabeth is currently under medical supervision
Earlier this summer, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who stepped back from their royal duties in 2020, traveled from their home in California to the U.K. to participate in the Platinum Jubilee. It was was their first to the country since breaking from their royal duties, the BBC reported. Harry, already in London this week for a previously scheduled charity event, is now said to be on his way to Balmoral as well, while Markle remains in London, the Guardian reported.
This is a developing story.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2022-09-08T17:06:01+00:00 | kcbx.org | https://www.kcbx.org/npr-top-news/npr-top-news/2022-09-08/royal-family-members-gather-by-queen-elizabeths-side-as-health-concerns-swirl |
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The County of Santa Clara, California has officially launched the implementation of their new Cloud Collections Financial Ecosystem, "CSS IMPACT! HD™ 2.0" for its California Public Assistance Program called "Statewide Automated Welfare System" or "CALSAWS". CSS, Inc., a leader in innovation that continuously pioneers advanced solutions, is the exclusive provider of enterprise-grade financial ecosystems and omnichannel contact engagement solutions that cater to all verticals of the financial industry.
Santa Clara County, known as "the Silicon Valley," is a prominent destination for global technology companies. With a strong focus on innovation and digital transformation, the County consistently leads the way in adopting advanced digital tools to provide exceptional service to its residents.
The County continuously aims to transform modern governance using cloud technologies and smart AI-enabled services. The vision is to provide smart, mobile, transparent, and engaging public services that encourage increased constituent participation and foster trust with our citizens. This transformative vision is outlined in the County's strategic plan mission statement, which focuses on collaboration to support the goal of an enhanced experience and better services to its citizens.
"We are incredibly proud to have been selected by the prestigious County of Santa Clara to carry out this important project. Through the implementation of our cutting-edge "NextGen" HD 2.0 Collections Ecosystem, the County will be able to unify and simplify its outdated systems, giving users the power to streamline processes and improve efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency. Ultimately, this will lead to increased revenues for the County," said Carl Briganti, President and CEO of CSS, Inc.
About the County of Santa Clara
The County of Santa Clara is located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay and encompasses 1,312 square miles. World-known as "the Silicon Valley", the County of Santa Clara is a major employment hub in the technology sector providing more than a quarter of all jobs in the Bay Area with one of the highest median family incomes in the country. Home to a population of nearly 2 million from a wide diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and talents, the County continues to attract people from all over the world.
For more information on the County of Santa Clara, visit https://home.sccgov.org/home
About CSS
CSS, Inc. is a leading provider of complete enterprise-level Financial Ecosystems for the financial services industry. Our diverse range of solutions caters to all verticals and allows businesses to modernize their revenue and payment management systems by consolidating them into a single, unified enterprise-level cloud-based financial ecosystem with a wide range of fully integrated merchant services. This comprehensive solution unifies all areas of the enterprise, ensuring the highest level of financial transparency.
As pioneers in the industry, CSS prides itself on continuously introducing an innovative line of products such as the revolutionary COLLECTOR IQ+ & IMPACT IQ+. This powerful application seamlessly integrates Ai and Machine Learning into the debt-recovery workflows, providing both system administrators and agents with an intuitive and powerful set of dynamic tools for an unparalleled experience. Discover the future of financial management with CSS.
For more information, download our brochure at http://brochure.cssimpact.com or visit us http://www.cssimpact.com or call 877.277.4621
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