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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launched his Republican presidential campaign Wednesday, pledging to “bring out the best of America” and aiming to draw contrasts with other GOP hopefuls on top issues, including how best to reform federal law enforcement agencies.
Hutchinson kicked off his 2024 bid in his hometown of Bentonville, on the same steps where he launched an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign 30 years ago.
“I ran as a conservative Republican when being a Republican was like having a career-ending handicap,” Hutchinson said, adding, “And now, I bring that same vigor to fight another battle, and that battle is for the future of our country and the soul of our party.”
The stalwart conservative, who announced in a television interview earlier this month that he intended to run, has been a rare figure among announced or expected GOP presidential hopefuls in his willingness to criticize former President Donald Trump, calling for him to drop out of the 2024 race instead of seeking another White House term.
And while Trump has fixated his campaign message around his false claims about the 2020 election he lost, Hutchinson has said voters need a candidate who is not focused on the past.
While some of the other contenders who served in Trump’s administration struggled to carve out distance from Trump, Hutchinson has been able to draw from his lengthy resume in government and roots in America’s heartland. Without mentioning Trump by name Wednesday, Hutchinson offered a contrast to the former president’s derision of federal law enforcement by emphasizing his own background, with previous service as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration and former undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
“There are a few misguided leaders who say we should defund law enforcement, we should defund the FBI. I am here today in support of our law enforcement heroes,” Hutchinson said.
He went on to say, “We should not defund the FBI, but we do need serious reform to refocus the core functions of our federal law enforcement.” He said the FBI needs to be “trimmed down and focused on its No. 1 duty: leading our counterterrorism mission.”
Hutchinson, also a former U.S. attorney and congressman, launched his bid a day after President Joe Biden formally announced his reelection campaign. Hutchinson has argued that neither Biden nor Trump is focused on the future.
“I am confident we will even survive through the destructive policies of the Biden administration, but the time for change is now,” said Hutchinson. “It is time to bring out the best of America.”
On Wednesday, Hutchinson also offered a contrast to the isolationist approach some other Republicans have taken about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying he agreed “with those who say we do not want an unending war in Ukraine, and the best way to avoid a long war is to help Ukraine win today.”
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur and “Woke, Inc.” author Vivek Ramaswamy and radio host Larry Elder are also in the Republican race. They, along with expected and potential candidates like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, have largely avoided criticizing Trump and have at times defended him.
Hutchinson’s announcement took place in the tree-lined town square of Bentonville, the birthplace of Walmart. The city of nearly 57,000 people in the northwest part of the state is where Hutchinson first served as a city attorney starting in 1977 and where he first ran for office with an unsuccessful bid for local prosecutor.
Hutchinson’s second gubernatorial term ended in January, but he’s been a defining figure of Arkansas politics for more than four decades. His successor is Trump’s former press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Elected to the U.S. House in 1996, Hutchinson won a seat his older brother, Tim, had held for two terms. Serving as one of the House managers prosecuting the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton starting in 1998, Asa Hutchinson stayed in the House until 2001, when he resigned to serve in the Bush administration.
After the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the National Rifle Association selected Hutchinson to lead a task force to study school safety and recommended putting armed guards at every school in the country.
Elected governor in 2014, Hutchinson signed a series of income tax cuts and restrictions on abortion, including an outright ban on the procedure that became effective when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Hutchinson later said he wished that the measure had included exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest, but didn’t push for lawmakers to add those exemptions after the court ruling.
On Wednesday, Hutchinson steered clear of culture war issues otherwise dominant in some sectors of GOP politics, focusing on his overall commitment to safeguarding America as “democracy’s lighthouse.”
Hutchinson supported many of Trump’s policies but began to break with him over his lies about the 2020 presidential election. He has also criticized Trump for the 2020 peace deal he negotiated with the Taliban and for high government spending in his administration, calling Trump “one of the reasons that we added to our national debt and our deficit.”
Randy Zook, the head of the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce, attended Wednesday’s launch and said Hutchinson found a way to “thread the needle” as governor even as the state moved further to the right. Zook cited as an example Hutchinson’s decision to support keeping the state’s Medicaid expansion, but with changes such as a work requirement that was blocked by a federal judge.
“I think there’s a lane for him,” Zook said. “The country is looking for a reasonable and sensible and positive conservative. Asa fits that bill.”
Hutchinson has also shown a willingness to criticize some of his other rivals, telling The Associated Press he disagrees with the way DeSantis has sparred with Disney after the company opposed legislation DeSantis signed in Florida barring school instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“It seems very Trumpian to me as to how he’s approached it,” Hutchinson said. “I don’t think government ought to be punishing the private sector because we don’t like what they say.”
Kathy Travis, a retired schoolteacher from Bentonville who attended Hutchinson’s launch, said she voted for Biden in 2020 but was leaning toward supporting the former governor. Travis, who wore a shirt that said “#AnyoneButTrump,” said she was pleased with Hutchinson’s handling as governor of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“He’s just a regular guy who’s made his way in politics and maintained his values,” Travis said.
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Price reported from New York. Meg Kinnard contributed to this report from Columbia, S.C. | 2023-04-27T16:04:11+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/politics/ap-politics/asa-hutchinson-to-formally-launch-2024-campaign-in-arkansas/ |
TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Friday, November 4, 2022
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344 FPUS54 KLUB 050808
ZFPLUB
Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
TXZ035-051615-
Lubbock-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid
30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ026-051615-
Childress-
Including the cities of Childress and Kirkland
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid
30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ021-051615-
Parmer-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, and Farwell
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Not as cool with lows in the
mid 40s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Breezy with highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy, cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much colder with lows in the
upper 20s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ022-051615-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs around 70.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much colder with lows in the
upper 20s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny. Highs around 50.
$$
TXZ023-051615-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s. Temperature rising to around 60 after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs around 60.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much colder with lows around 30.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs around 50.
$$
TXZ024-051615-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming north in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower
50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the
lower 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ025-051615-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid
30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ027-051615-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much colder with lows around 30.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ028-051615-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s. Temperature rising into the lower 60s after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much colder with lows in the
lower 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ029-051615-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s. Temperature rising into the lower 60s after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much colder with lows in the
lower 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ030-051615-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the
lower 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ031-051615-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 70s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows around 50.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows around 60.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid
30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ032-051615-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows around 50.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ033-051615-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much colder with lows in the
lower 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ034-051615-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy with lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the
lower 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ036-051615-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy and not as cool with highs in the upper
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid
30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
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TXZ037-051615-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid
30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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TXZ038-051615-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows around 50.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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TXZ039-051615-
Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s.
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TXZ040-051615-
Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 70. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the upper
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid
30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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TXZ041-051615-
Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 70. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid
30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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TXZ042-051615-
Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ043-051615-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Breezy with highs in the upper 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ044-051615-
Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
308 AM CDT Sat Nov 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny and breezy. Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the
upper 30s.
.VETERANS DAY...Sunny. Much cooler with highs in the mid 50s.
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What are the best Nike boxing shoes?
Boxing depends on quick decisions and split-second movements with your hands and feet. Outmaneuvering your opponent requires the freedom and confidence to instantly move forward, backward and sideways. Jabs, jukes and feints require a firm foundation.
Boxing shoes help boxers stay connected to the mat until it’s time to launch forward or sidestep your opponent’s move. There are many boxing shoes to choose from. Nike is one of the best-known athletic brands in the world, and its boxing shoes are designed for speed and comfort. Incorporating that quickness with a lightweight construction, the best Nike boxing shoes are the Nike HyperKO Boxing Shoes.
What to know before you buy Nike boxing shoes
Are all boxing shoes high-tops?
Boxing shoes come in three cuts. There are low-tops, mid-tops and high-tops. Low-tops and mid-tops are built for speed and quick movements.
Most Nike boxing shoes are high-tops. This style is designed for maximum support. They wrap around the ankles and keep the foot firmly in place as you move around the ring. High-tops are best for boxers who need to stand in the ring to deliver and absorb punches. They are limiting for quick and sideways movements, but many Nike boxing shoes are made with lightweight materials that promote ease of movement.
Do you have wide feet?
By design, boxing shoes fit tightly to keep your feet secured. If you have wide feet, try out the different Nike styles. Some users reported that it took a few workouts to stretch the shoes to a form-fitting feel. You may even need a half-size larger than normal to provide extra space.
Why are soles of boxing shoes flat?
A flat sole keeps your shoe tightly connected to the boxing mat. Flat soles let you bounce on the balls of your feet, which makes for quicker movements. Nike has outsoles with patterns designed for extra traction. The Women’s Air Max model has an expanded outsole that looks cutting edge and provides even more grip.
What to look for in quality Nike boxing shoes
Mesh upper
Nike boxing shoes are made with mesh uppers that provide support to the ankle in high-top form, but are lighter than a fully leather or synthetic upper. The mesh upper also encourages sweat to move to the outside of the shoe, keeping your feet dry.
Lacing system
The lacing system for Nike boxing shoes features extra strong threads, pulled together in a suspension format that provides maximum support. A lockdown strap on some styles crosses the top of the foot for even more sturdiness.
Memory foam
Nike boxing shoes are filled with memory foam that hugs your feet and molds to their shape over time. Several models incorporate the Air Max foam technology Nike uses in its running and training shoes.
Toe box
Toe boxes can be tricky and especially tight for boxers with wide feet. Try a half-size larger if the toe box feels too snug. If a half-size remains too tight, you may need to look for an extra-wide size.
How much you can expect to spend on Nike boxing shoes
There are three main styles of Nike boxing shoes, with prices varying by features and color. The HyperKO runs $110-$190. The Machomai cost $85-$110. The women’s Air Max is $170-$190.
Nike boxing shoes FAQ
Do I really need boxing shoes?
A. To get started, you can wear tennis shoes or cross trainers. But as your workouts develop, and you begin to master different techniques, you will want more traction in the ring. Footwear is critical to success in boxing, and boxing shoes give you the confidence to stand your ground or quickly move out of harm’s way.
Can I wash my boxing shoes?
A. To clean your boxing shoes, use a clean, lint-free cloth, soap and cold water. Gently clean the upper and let it air dry.
Can I wear wrestling shoes instead?
A. Wrestling shoes are popular with some boxers because they are lightweight and flexible. Boxing shoes are still best for boxing matches.
What are the best Nike boxing shoes to buy?
Top Nike boxing shoes
What you need to know: This lightweight, durable boxing shoe provides the quickness and stability needed to stay in the bout.
What you’ll love: Flywire technology supports your feet from inside, and a lock-down strap and lacing system keep them in place. The mesh upper keeps sweat on the outside. They have a rubber outsole designed for traction in the ring.
What you should consider: It takes a few workouts to mold them to your feet.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top Nike boxing shoes for the money
What you need to know: These affordable boxing shoes are designed to keep feet cool and dry while moving around the ring.
What you’ll love: The mesh upper provides breathability and limits moisture absorption. They weigh 9.4 ounces for lightweight maneuverability. The gum rubber sole has been redesigned for extra traction.
What you should consider: Boxers with wide feet may struggle to put them on and take them off.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
Nike Women’s Air Max Boxing Shoes
What you need to know: These women’s boxing shoes are made for extra support and comfort in the ring.
What you’ll love: The Air Max cushioning used in Nike running and training shoes is incorporated into these boxing shoes. The performance mesh and large outsole radius provide comfort and excellent foot control.
What you should consider: They’re more expensive than other Nike boxing shoes.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said she sees the possibility of “significantly” easing inflation in the U.S. economy, even as the government deals with the ramifications of reaching its borrowing limit and as economists worry about a potential recession.
“You don’t have a recession when you have 500,000 jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in more than 50 years. What I see is a path in which inflation is declining significantly, and the economy is remaining strong,” Yellen said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” when asked if she thinks a recession is likely.
“And really, that path, I believe, is possible. And it’s what I’m hoping we will be able to achieve,” she said.
The Federal Reserve has been upping interest rates in an effort to tamp down sky-high inflation, which has since appeared to cool.
But Yellen has said she’s concerned the country could fall into a recession if lawmakers don’t take action to address the debt limit.
The U.S. hit its borrowing maximum of around $31.4 trillion in January, and the Treasury Department has since been using what it has described at “extraordinary measures” to help the government pay its bills, a fix expected to last until sometime this summer.
But with lawmakers stuck in talks regarding whether to lift the debt ceiling, Yellen said last month that she’s “nervous” that a default on the debt could trigger a “financial crisis” and push the U.S. into a recession. | 2023-02-07T03:45:50+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/on-your-side/consumer-watch/yellen-sees-path-in-which-inflation-is-declining-significantly/ |
Sergeant dead, 1 deputy released from hospital after being shot while serving warrant in N.C.
DUDLEY, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) - A sergeant in North Carolina was killed and a deputy was released from the hospital following Monday’s standoff in Wayne County.
Sgt. Matthew Fishman passed away at ECU Health Medical Center, according to the sheriff’s office.
WITN reports the sergeant was one of three injured while attempting to serve involuntary commitment papers on suspect, Jourdan Hamilton.
After a 10-hour standoff, deputies said the SWAT team found the 23-year-old man dead inside the home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Before 2:00 p.m., Deputy Alexander Torres was released from the Greenville area hospital. The 27-year-old deputy was escorted by nearly two dozen law enforcement vehicles.
Corporal Andrew Cox, 37, was in stable condition at ECU Health, according to authorities.
Sgt. Fishman worked as a deputy since December 2010, and before that was an officer in Mount Olive.
Cox been with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office since June of 2020, coming from the Goldsboro Police Department, while Tores been a deputy since June of 2018. Before working with Wayne County, he was also employed by Mount Olive police.
A news release said Sheriff Larry Pierce thanked each officer and first responders for their support and asked for prayers for the families involved during this difficult time.
Gov. Roy Cooper ordered all flags at state facilities to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Sgt. Fishman.
“Last night and this morning I talked with Sheriff Pierce and I extend my deepest sympathy and gratitude to the Fishman family for Matthew’s life, courage, and service to the people of his county and state,” the governor said.
The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting.
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Jon Rahm rallies to win the Masters as Spanish stars align
Rahm captures his second major of his career
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jon Rahm has become the fourth Spaniard to win the Masters. Rahm trailed Brooks Koepka by four shots to start the marathon day of 30 holes, which was necessary to complete the rain-delayed third round. He wound up with a runaway victory when Koepka collapsed in the final round. Phil Mickelson turned in a 65 for a remarkable charge by the 52-year-old three-time Masters champion. But that was never going to be enough. Rahm won his second major championship and moves back to No. 1 in the world. The Masters is his fourth victory of the year. Mickelson and Koepka carry the flag for LIV Golf by tying for second four shots back of Rahm.
Jon Rahm kept hearing how he was destined to win this Masters because so many Spanish stars were aligned in his favor.
Sunday was the birthdate of Seve Ballesteros, his idol and inspiration for playing. This year was the 40-year anniversary of the second Masters title Ballesteros won. If that wasn’t enough, caddie Adam Hayes was assigned white coveralls with No. 49 — April 9.
“I was told a lot of things about why this could be the year,” Rahm said, looking smart as ever in his new green jacket. “And I just didn’t want to buy into it too much.”
His golf was far more valuable than any historical coincidence.
Rahm turned the longest day into his sweetest victory Sunday. The 30-hole marathon finish started with him trailing by four and ended with a walk up to the 18th green that nearly reduced him to tears, and gave him another major that affirmed him as No. 1 in the world.
He closed with a 3-under 69 to pull away from mistake-prone Brooks Koepka. He won by four shots over Koepka and 52-year-old Phil Mickelson, who matched the low score of the tournament with a 65 and became the oldest runner-up in Masters history.
“We all dream of things like this as players, and you try to visualize what it’s going to be like and what it’s going to feel like,” Rahm said. “Never thought I was going to cry by winning a golf tournament, but I got very close on that 18th hole.
“And a lot of it because of what it means to me, and to Spanish golf,” he said. “It’s Spain’s 10th major, fourth player to win the Masters. It’s pretty incredible.”
It was Mickelson who declared Rahm would be among golf’s biggest stars even before the Spaniard turned pro in 2016. Rahm now has a green jacket to go along with his U.S. Open title he won in 2021 at Torrey Pines.
“It was obvious to me at a very young age that he was one of the best players in the world even while he was in college,” said Mickelson, whose younger brother was Rahm’s college coach at Arizona State. “To see him on this stage is not surprising for anybody.”
Rahm made up two shots on Koepka over the final 12 holes of the rain-delayed third round and started the final round two shots behind. He seized on Koepka’s collapse and then surged so far ahead that Mickelson’s amazing closing round — it matched the three-time Masters champion’s best final round ever at Augusta National — was never going to be enough.
The finish was vintage Rahm. He pulled his drive into the pine trees and it ricocheted out, short of where the fairway starts. No problem. He hit 4-iron toward the green and lofted a pitch to 3 feet to end his round with only one bogey.
“An unusual par, very much a Seve par, a testament to him, and I know he was pulling for me today,” said Rahm, who finished at 12-under 276. “And it was a great Sunday.”
Rahm embraced his wife and two children, and as he walked toward the scoring room, there was two-time Masters champion José María Olazábal in his green jacket for the strongest hug of all and a few words that included Ballesteros.
“He said he hopes it’s the first of many more,” Rahm said in Butler Cabin. “We both mentioned something about Seve, and if he had given us 10 more seconds, I think we would have both ended up crying.”
Sergio Garcia was the low amateur in 1999 when Olazábal won his second green jacket, and then Garcia won in 2017, the year Rahm made his Masters debut.
Stars aligned, and Rahm played some world-class golf. And to think he began the tournament with a four-putt double bogey on the opening hole.
Rahm won for the fourth time this year — just as Scottie Scheffler did a year ago when he won the Masters — and reclaimed the No. 1 world ranking from Scheffler.
This Masters had a little bit of everything — hot and humid at the start, a cold front with wind that toppled three trees on Friday, putting surfaces saturated from rain on Saturday and a marathon finish Sunday as Rahm and Koepka went 30 holes.
Koepka had one miscue after another, losing the lead for the first time since Thursday afternoon when he chipped 20 feet past the hole from behind the par-3 sixth and made his second bogey. More would follow.
“Just some days you have it, some days you don’t, and today wasn’t one of those,” Koepka said. “But I feel good, and I expect to be there the other three (majors).”
Koepka went 22 consecutive holes Sunday without a birdie — from the par-5 eighth hole in the morning of the third round until the par-5 13th in final round. By then, he was three shots behind and Rahm all but sealed it with his next shot.
He hit a low cut with an 8-iron from 141 yards around a tree from right of the 14th fairway, and it caught a slope on the green at just the right spot to feed down to 3 feet for birdie. When Koepka three-putted for bogey, it was a matter of finishing.
The leaderboard was littered with major champions and a tinge of Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Mickelson and Koepka both are part of the rival circuit. Former Masters champion Patrick Reed, another player who defected to LIV, closed with a 68 and tied for fourth with Jordan Spieth (66) and Russell Henley.
Tiger Woods wasn’t around for the finish. He withdrew Sunday morning before the third round resumed, saying plantar fasciitis in his foot was aggravating him. Woods also withdrew after three rounds of the PGA Championship last year in similarly cold, windy conditions at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mickelson barely contends over 54 holes in the 48-man LIV Golf league. And then he played like the six-time major champion who two years ago became the oldest major champion at age 50 when he won the PGA Championship.
He stuffed his tee shot on the par-3 sixth, birdied the seventh and then finished in style. His approach to the 17th came within inches of going in for an eagle, and he pumped his fist when his 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th dropped for a 65.
It matched his lowest score ever at Augusta National — he shot 65 in the opening round in the 1996 Masters and was at his Sunday best.
“Unfortunately it wasn’t enough, but it was really a lot of fun for me to play at this level again, and it’s encouraging for me going forward the rest of the year,” Mickelson said.
Rahm called it an incredible day, especially with his father coming over from Spain. He concluded his remarks at the trophy presentation on the 18th green by saying, “Happy Easter. And rest in peace, Seve.”
He then made the sign of the cross, kissed his finger and pointed to the sky, the clearest it had been all week.
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Mass held in honor of Brownsville deadly crash victims
A mass was held at the Ozanam Center in Brownsville for the lives lost in the deadly crash early Sunday morning.
Related story: Driver in deadly Brownsville crash charged with manslaughter
The mass service offered people comfort through faith as they reflected on the tragic event that made little sense for everyone and rattled the population at the center. A population largely of immigrants.
Bishop Daniel Flores led the service. He said what happened was horrible and made no sense.
People in attendance were supporting each other through the tragic event and saying they will never forget what they saw.
"We have to treat each other well," Flores said as he offered faith and kindness as a way to move forward.
A second vigil was held Monday morning at the center as well. | 2023-05-09T00:25:37+00:00 | krgv.com | https://www.krgv.com/news/mass-held-in-honor-of-brownsville-deadly-crash-victims |
Which black kitchen sink is best?
Black kitchen sinks are a bold choice. When you like dark colors but don’t want your entire kitchen to be dominated by them, a jolt of inky darkness below the counter might be the best solution.
The Blanco Silgranit Kitchen Sink is beautiful and durable — the perfect combination of both style and utility.
What to know before you buy a black kitchen sink
Shiny vs. matte
The finish of your black sink is a critical detail.
- Shiny: A shiny sink is beautiful when it is clean, but when it’s not, every little speck of dirt and tiny scratch stands out. Lower-priced shiny sinks may also be made of inferior material that wears — and shows wear — faster.
- Matte: Matte finishes are less exuberant and blend well, allowing other features to stand out. They can cost more than their shiny counterparts, and it’s hard to tell when they need a good scrubbing.
Materials
Kitchen sinks need to be functional, but they should also be beautiful. Take care to select a material you love, especially if it is the focal point of your kitchen. There are four main materials for black kitchen sinks.
- Natural stone: Granite and other natural stone is a beautiful, durable natural material that looks great in a variety of kitchen styles. They can be expensive, and they may not be as dark as you’d like.
- Marble: This classic material is a luxurious statement in a sink. It requires care and attention to stay beautiful, and it is both expensive and heavy. Completely black marble is also rare, so expect streaks of white or other natural colors to come through, too.
- Silgranit: Silgranit is a manufactured composite kitchen sink material that is made in a single mold. It is 80% natural stone, is nonporous and resists stains, odors and scratches. It is food-safe, and it is available in coal-black.
- Enameled cast iron: This is the leading choice for farmhouse sinks across the U.S. They are durable and very functional, but they are also extremely heavy.
- Black metal: It can be simple or highly ornate, and which style you select affects its final price. In some cases, a black finish over a stainless steel sink is an affordable option.
- Acrylic: Acrylic is available in many colors, but you get what you pay for. These are not particularly sturdy or attractive. They are also not heat-safe and melt, scratch or chip easily.
Single vs. double bowl
Sinks of every color are available in either single- or double-bowl versions.
- Double bowl: Double-bowl sinks can be split evenly in half or another proportion, depending on your needs. They are sometimes larger than single-bowl sinks, and some cooks find that even the larger side of the bowl is still too small for their biggest pots.
- Single bowl: Single-bowl black kitchen sinks are often cheaper because they are easier to produce. They still have the same capacity as a double-bowl sink, or even more.
Some black kitchen sinks are available in a triple-bowl version. The third bowl houses a small opening for a garbage disposal.
What to look for in a quality black kitchen sink
Installation options
A kitchen sink can either stand out or melt into the background. Nowhere is this more true than when it comes to installation. A black sink mounted underneath the counter seems to disappear, while a drop-in model clearly outlines the work surface. If you aren’t sure which you prefer, look for a sink that can be mounted both ways.
Easy care
Your kitchen sink should not require a day’s labor to keep clean. Most black kitchen sinks can be simply scoured with a mild cleaner to stay beautiful.
Stain- and odor-resistant
Because of the dark color, most black kitchen sinks won’t show stains. However, more porous natural stone with striations or variations may hold stains longer than composite options. If keeping stains and odors at bay is important, look for sinks that have these features.
How much you can expect to spend on a black kitchen sink
The price varies depending on the material, the size and the type of sink you select. Expect to spend $300-$1,000.
Black kitchen sink FAQ
Do black kitchen sinks show dirt?
A. In general, no. Black kitchen sinks are masterful at hiding smudges and stains that would pop out of a white sink.
However, it’s a different story if you have a black metal sink and hard water. Limestone deposits stand out stark white on this material.
Do you need to have a black faucet?
A. No. Black is a blank canvas in much the same way that white is. Copper, silver and other faucet colors work well.
What’s the best black kitchen sink to buy?
Top black kitchen sink
What you need to know: This is a sleek, sophisticated sink in an innovative material.
What you’ll love: It can be installed as a drop-in or under-mount sink. This is a single bowl and is corrosion-resistant. The drain is offset, and the bowl is large. It’s also available in 10 colors and two additional sizes.
What you should consider: It is heavy and requires at least 36 inches of counter space.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top black kitchen sink for the money
What you need to know: This affordable sink features a durable material that won’t lose its color over time.
What you’ll love: It is a double-bowl sink with metal accents. The engineered material is 80% quartz and resists heat up to 670 degrees. It can be installed as an under-mount or drop-in sink, and it has rounded corners for easy cleaning. The bottom is sloped for quick draining.
What you should consider: You may need to add braces to the cabinets below the sink.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Blanco Silgranit 60/40 Double Bowl Kitchen Sink
What you need to know: If you like a double bowl but use them for the same tasks, this is a good choice.
What you’ll love: The 60/40 split is great for dividing tasks between two sinks. Blanco is the only company that makes silgranit sinks to the standards of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO). It includes the hardware you need to either amount underneath the counter or drop it in. This sink comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
What you should consider: This sink is only available in one size in coal black.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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TOKYO (AP)The cost of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics is 20% higher than organizers said when they announced officials figures more than a year ago, according to a report by the Board of Audit of Japan.
The report, which was released this week, said there was a lack of full disclosure and transparency on the part of the government and the organizing committee.
The audit put the cost at 1.7 trillion yen ($12.9 billion). Organizers last year put that figure at 1.42 trillion yen ($10.7 billion at today’s exchange rate but $13 billion at the time).
”The government, if its significant involvement is expected, should make a timely disclosure of total spending or an estimation,” the audit report said. ”It should set up a system that allows full disclosure to contribute to the people’s understanding about the hosting and execution of the event.”
Last year, organizers used a rate of 109 yen to the dollar to list the official cost, putting 1.42 trillion yen at $13 billion. At that rate, the new price is $15.5 billion.
Organizers do not disclose the exchange rate they use for payments denominated in dollars.
The audit report comes the same week that Sapporo city officials and the Japanese Olympic Committee said they are ”pausing” their bid for the the 2030 Winter Games.
Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto said the bid is being paused – not scrapped – because of damage done by the Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal.
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Associated Press reporter Mari Yamaguchi contributed to this report.
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More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports | 2022-12-23T03:41:44+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/scoreboard/audit-finds-tokyo-olympic-costs-20-higher-than-announced/ |
The Citadel drops series finale to Lehigh
Published: Feb. 26, 2023 at 10:57 PM EST|Updated: 1 hour ago
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel scored a pair of runs and had the bases loaded in the ninth, but were not able to push across any runs in falling 9-6 to Lehigh in the series finale Sunday afternoon inside Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.
Game Information
Score: Lehigh 9, The Citadel 6
Records: Lehigh (3-3), The Citadel (4-3)
Location: Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park (Charleston, South Carolina)
Series: Lehigh wins series 2-1
How it Happened
- The Mountain Hawks got on the board in the first inning with RBI doubles from Rafe Perich and Gerard Sweeney.
- Lehigh added an unearned run in the second inning after a popup with two outs found the ground in shallow center.
- The Mountain Hawks added a run in the fifth on a solo homer from Joe Gorla.
- Travis Lott started a two-out rally in the fifth inning with a double into the right field corner. That was followed by back-to-back RBI doubles from Luke Montenery and Noah Mitchell.
- Lehigh got a run back in the fifth after a leadoff triple came around to score on a grounder.
- The Citadel pulled within a run in the seventh as Noah Mitchell delivered a two-run homer to left.
- The Mountain Hawks answered back in the eighth with a two-run double from Gorla and a RBI single from Andrew Kohl.
- Lehigh added an insurance run in the ninth on a sacrifice fly from Jake Whitlinger.
- A two-out error in the bottom of the ninth helped spark a rally for the Bulldogs. The error helped to load the bases for Wells Sykes and Anthony Badala to draw bases-loaded walks to pull The Citadel within three.
- On the next pitch, Crosby Jones turned on a ball that hooked just foul before clearing the fence. The game would end before the Bulldogs would score any more runs.
Inside the Box Score
- Noah Mitchell led the way by going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored.
- Luke Montenery went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and a run scored.
- Travis Lott collected two hits and scored twice. He also drew a walk and was hit by a pitch.
- Crosby Jones had a pair of singles in his first start of the season in left field.
- Fisher Paulsen (0-1) suffered the loss after allowing three runs, two earned, on three hits in 2.1 innings.
- Will Holmes was effective out of the bullpen as he gave up just one run and struck out four over 2.0 innings.
- Teddy Tolliver (1-0) went 2.1 shutout innings to pick up the victory.
- Rafe Perich (1) retired the only hitter he faced to pick up the save.
On Deck
The Bulldogs hit the road for the first time this season as the travel to face Winthrop on March 1 at 4 p.m.
Copyright 2023 WCSC. All rights reserved. | 2023-02-27T05:14:21+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2023/02/27/citadel-drops-series-finale-lehigh/ |
President Joe Biden on Monday condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine's capital.
Eight people were reportedly killed in downtown Kyiv. The U.S. accused Russia of attacking civilian targets.
"We offer our condolences to the families and loved ones of those who were senselessly killed today, as well as our best wishes for the recovery of those who were wounded," Biden said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with Biden on Monday. The White House had not provided a readout of the call as of early Monday afternoon.
However, Zelenskyy said, "air defense is currently the number 1 priority."
The U.S. has refused to implement a no-fly zone over Ukraine, saying it would put American troops in direct conflict with Russia.
Biden noted that the U.S. is helping Ukraine in other ways and will continue to provide support "for as long as it takes."
"Alongside our allies and partners, we will continue to impose costs on Russia for its aggression, hold Putin and Russia accountable for its atrocities and war crimes, and provide the support necessary for Ukrainian forces to defend their country and their freedom," Biden stated. | 2022-10-10T21:36:57+00:00 | news5cleveland.com | https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/national/biden-condemns-missile-strikes-in-ukraine |
The U.S. Forest Service just finished its first ever count of mature and old-growth forests that sit on national land — and it found that combined, they cover an area larger than the state of California.
Across U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land, there are more than 80 million acres of mature forests, and more than 32 million acres of old-growth forests.
This report is the first of its kind to distinguish the two types of common forests, and to give technical definitions.
Old-growth forests are made up of the tallest, oldest trees, that host established ecosystems and, the Forest Service found, can hold important social and cultural meaning.
Mature forests are those that are just about to become old-growth forests. Their trees may still be growing, and their canopies might not be as thick. They might not have the same cultural impact as their older cousins.
SEE MORE: Why do we celebrate Earth Day?
An executive order signed by President Joe Biden on April 22, 2022 — last Earth Day — calls for the conservation of U.S. forest resources, which store climate-changing carbon, mitigate the effects of wildfires, conserve biodiversity and are particularly important to tribal nations and for outdoor recreation. This report is part of those efforts.
Now that the census is complete, the Forest Service plans to use its new definitions to help measure how U.S. forest coverage has changed, and how it can be best protected going forward.
Biden administration officials said they plan to soon update rules and policies that protect forests and grasslands from climate change effects. The exact timing of those changes was unknown.
In the meantime, the administration has continued its push to conserve forests and spread the benefits of trees. The Inflation Reduction Act earmarks an unprecedented $1.5 billion for urban tree planting projects.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-04-26T01:36:51+00:00 | wsfltv.com | https://www.wsfltv.com/the-us-conducts-a-census-of-its-oldest-trees |
The company will be showcasing its former US Army Grumman OV-ID/RV-1D Mohawk aircraft.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mohawk Technologies, a disabled veteran-owned small business with the mantra of "Your Mission … Our Solution", will be exhibiting at the upcoming Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Convention from October 10-11 in Washington, D.C.
The company will be showcasing its former US Army Grumman OV-ID/RV-1D Mohawk aircraft, which it will be using as a research and development platform for specialized equipment, flight training and proof of concept evaluations. This will be an opportunity for attendees to learn more about Mohawk Technologies and how it will continue to contribute to the advancement of aerial research & development with an environmentally sensitive low carbon impact aircraft.
Used for over 50 years in combined multinational roles, 35 of which were for the U.S Army the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft has proven performance in a variety of critical applications from light attack, observation, and reconnaissance in operating theaters from Vietnam, Korea, Middle East (Desert Storm), Israel and South America.
This versatile aerial platform in subsequent use for more than 15 years under civilian control, was a go-to aircraft for the US Navy Test Pilot School, US Navy Research Laboratory, US Army at Redstone, INSCOM, Corps of Engineers and civilian agencies like National Test Pilot School, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and NASA's Wallops Flight Center.
"Our Grumman OV-1D/RV-1D Mohawk aircraft are still real-world contenders for airborne research & development of specialized equipment. Mohawk Technologies is scheduled to have operational availability in the 2nd quarter of FY 2023 said a spokesperson for the company". Technical, airworthiness guidance and engineering support is being provided by the Kestrel Group, LLC of South Carolina, a disabled veteran owned small business with extensive Mohawk OV-1D expertise.
The multi- role Grumman OV-1D/RV-1D Mohawk is a twin-engine turboprop, low carbon impact aircraft that can perform a wide range of missions and can be optimized for surveillance and target acquisition missions. Both aircraft versions are highly maneuverable and have short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. They can also be equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and avionics, ideally suited for multiple types of operations.
These M.T. Mohawk aircraft are currently being retrofitted with new avionics, flight instrumentation during restoration. The first aircraft are scheduled to come online in FY 2023 with the potential to expand capability and availability. For more information, visit www.mohawkops.com or visit booth #6626 at the AUSA Convention.
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BOISE, Idaho — Boise Police Department (BPD) went to the Boise Towne Square Mall on Tuesday night at 5:15 p.m., responding to a report made that a person might have a gun.
According to police, two juveniles were detained when officers found two air soft guns. The department said that the scene is now secure and the investigation is ongoing.
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NEW YORK, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RNP) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on April 28, 2023 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
In December 2017, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy in accordance with exemptive relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The managed distribution policy seeks to deliver the Fund's long-term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per common share. The policy gives the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains throughout the year and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis to shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
The Fund's monthly distributions may include long-term capital gains, short-term capital gains, net investment income and/or return of capital for federal income tax purposes. Return of capital includes distributions paid by the Fund in excess of its net investment income and net realized capital gains and such excess is distributed from the Fund's assets. A return of capital is not taxable; rather, it reduces a shareholder's tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. In addition, distributions from the Fund's investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) may later be characterized as capital gains and/or a return of capital, depending on the character of the dividends reported to the Fund after year-end by REITs held by the Fund. The amount of monthly distributions may vary depending on a number of factors, including changes in portfolio and market conditions.
At the time of each monthly distribution, information will be posted to cohenandsteers.com and mailed to shareholders in a concurrent notice. However, this information may change at the end of the year because the final tax characteristics of the Fund's distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the calendar year. Final tax characteristics of all of the Fund's distributions will be provided on Form 1099-DIV, which is mailed after the close of the calendar year.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated. All amounts are expressed per common share.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution policy. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES
The Fund's Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2023 (January 1, 2023 through March 31, 2023) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Fund's Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2023. In addition, the Fund's Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending March 31, 2023 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Fund's Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2023. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Fund's net asset value per share (NAV). The Fund's NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Fund's investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholder's individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market.
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Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expense of the Fund carefully before investing. You can obtain the Fund's most recent periodic reports, when available, and other regulatory filings by contacting your financial advisor or visiting cohenandsteers.com. These reports and other filings can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR Database. You should read these reports and other filings carefully before investing.
Shareholders should not use the information provided here in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report Fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Those who stay will be champions has been a Michigan football mantra for generations, dating to Bo Schembechler saying those six words to his first team in 1969.
The two-time defending Big Ten-champion Wolverines, scheduled to play their spring game Saturday, are thrilled many key players chose to stay this season in the hopes of handling unfinished business.
Jim Harbaugh's last two teams beat rival Ohio State, went on to win conference championship games and lose in the College Football Playoffs.
“It's not perfect, 13-1, but that’s we keep striving for,” Harbaugh said entering his ninth season. “We keep chasing that perfection.”
Motivated to help Michigan win its first national title since 1997, several players chose to come back this year instead of entering the NFL draft.
All-America running back Blake Corum, all-Big Ten offensive guards Zak Zinger and Trevor Keegan along with linebacker Michael Barrett, defensive lineman Kris Jenkins, cornerback Mike Sainristil and receiver Cornelius Johnson were among those who stayed.
“Selfishly, really happy,” Harbaugh acknowledged.
J.J. McCarthy is, too.
“Those are the guys that we need to win a national championship,” said McCarthy, who beat Big Ten-championship winning quarterback Cade McNamara to be the team's starter last season. “They're some of the roots of our program, roots of our culture. Just being able to have them back, it’s an extreme blessing. They could go off and make their millions and go into the pros, but they decided to stay back and accomplish something that has been accomplished in a long time.”
The Wolverines are expected to have a shot at contending again.
Two-time defending national champion Georgia is a strong favorite followed by Alabama, the Buckeyes and Michigan, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
In addition to the having players who put their NFL dreams on hold, Michigan has McCarthy, dual-threat running back Donovan Edwards, linebacker Junior Colson and cornerback Will Johnson to put plenty of playmakers on both sides of the ball.
Harbaugh also bolstered the roster with a relative influx of transfers. He has added former Stanford center Drake Nugent, ex-Indiana tight end A.J. Barner, former Nebraska linebacker Ernest Hausmann and ex-Coastal Carolina defensive end Drake Nugent to increase competition for jobs.
As talented as the Wolverines appear, they will have have plenty of reasons to push themselves this summer and into the season after finding out painfully how much of a gap that there is between them and college football's best.
Georgia humbled Michigan with a 34-11 win in the semifinals last year and TCU scored 51 points in a six-point against the Wolverines in the semifinals three months ago.
A potential distraction also is looming over the program.
Michigan received notice earlier this year that the NCAA is looking into potential rules infractions in the Harbaugh-led program.
The investigation involves impermissible texts and calls — including some by Harbaugh — to high school prospects during part of a pandemic-related dead period for contact with potential recruits. The NCAA also is looking at whether a member of Michigan’s off-field football staff violated rules by doing on-the-field coaching during practice.
Harbaugh told NCAA investigators in multiple meetings that he will not agree to an unethical conduct charge, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because details of the investigation have not been shared.
Publicly, Harbaugh has declined comment and may dodge more questions about an investigation that may potentially linger through the 2023 season and perhaps even longer if he, the school and NCAA engage in an off-the-field dispute.
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BEIJING (AP) — Canada’s finance minister says it is suspending activity with a Chinese-founded development bank while it investigates complaints by a Canadian who resigned from the lender that it is dominated by “Communist Party hacks” and his country shouldn’t be a member.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank confirmed Wednesday in an email that Bob Pickard resigned as its director general of global communications and rejected his criticism as unfounded.
The AIIB, seen by some as a Chinese rival to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, was founded in 2016 to finance railways and other infrastructure. It has 106 member governments including most Asian countries and Australia, Canada, Russia, France and Britain. Japan and the United States aren’t members.
“The government of Canada will immediately halt all government-led activity at the bank,” Chrystia Freeland, who also is deputy prime minister, told reporters in Ottawa. “I have instructed the Department of Finance to lead an immediate review of the allegations raised and of Canada’s involvement in the AIIB.”
“As the world’s democracies work to de-risk our economies by limiting our strategic vulnerabilities to authoritarian regimes, we must likewise be clear about the means through which these regimes exercise their influence around the world,” Freeland said.
Pickard, who worked in communications for AIIB for 15 months, said on Twitter that resigning was his only course as a “patriotic Canadian.” He complained the bank was dominated by “Communist Party hacks” who were “like an in-house KGB or Gestapo or Stasi” — the secret police of the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and communist-era East Germany.
The Beijing-headquartered bank “has one of the most toxic cultures imaginable,” Pickard wrote. “I don’t believe that my country’s interests are served by its AIIB membership.”
The resignation comes at a time when ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is tightening control over China’s government and pushing private sector companies to align with the party’s development plans.
“Mr. Pickard’s recent public comments and characterization of the bank are baseless and disappointing,” the AIIB said in the email. It said the bank “supported and empowered him” during his tenure.
“We are proud of our multilateral mission and have a diverse international team representing 65 different nationalities,” the bank said.
The Chinese embassy in Ottawa in a statement rejected Pickard’s comments as “pure sensationalism and a complete lie.”
The AIIB president, Jin Liqun, is Chinese. Vice presidents include a Briton, a Russian, an Indian and a German.
Pickard said he was “concerned for my security” and didn’t post his announcement until he arrived in Japan.
Pickard gave no details. He didn’t immediately respond to an email sent to the address on his personal website.
The United States and other governments have warned their citizens of an increased risk of being arbitrarily detained in China or blocked from leaving the country.
The AIIB is separate from China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative to build ports, railways and other trade-related infrastructure across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
It has $47.4 billion in assets, according to the bank’s 2022 financial statement.
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: www.aiib.org | 2023-06-15T20:19:22+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/international/canadian-quits-chinese-founded-development-bank-complains-communist-party-hacks-dominate-it/ |
Breastfeeding Infant Development Support Alliance Calls on You to Support Moms by Protecting Nursing Pillows
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - The ability for parents to choose how they feed their babies is at risk because of possible action by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Nursing Support Pillows are safely depended on millions of times a day by mothers and caregivers to aid in breastfeeding their babies. Despite this, the CPSC is threatening to significantly change or even ban Nursing Pillows.
In threatening to take action against this beloved product, the CPSC may be choosing to ignore more than 30 years of history, facts and medical guidance to impose the will of government over the needs of mothers. Taking away the rights to choose how to care for, comfort and support children is not the gift any loving mom wants.
The Breastfeeding Infant Development Support Alliance (BFIDSA) is made up of professionals, mothers, caregivers, and experts advocating for the proven benefits of breastfeeding for babies.
"Breastfeeding not only provides health benefits to moms but reduces the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by 50%. Parents need more support not less. It is education about safe sleep for infants that is the most effective tool in preventing infant deaths in their sleeping environment," says Alison Jacobson, CEO of First Candle, a non-profit Safe Sleep advocacy organization. "The trusted support provided by Nursing Pillows cannot be removed. In doing so we have grave concerns about alternative choices moms will make."
CPSC's failure to consider data around the safety, value, and intended purpose of nursing pillows would be another attack on women's rights, a risk to maternal health, and a barrier to breastfeeding despite the American Academy of Pediatrics' clear guidelines. Such regulation would not eliminate or even significantly reduce risks due to unsafe sleep environments.
That is why BFIDSA is asking all moms, caregivers, and anyone who loves and supports these important tools in babies' lives to join the fight to save nursing pillows. Show your support for Nursing Pillows by visiting the BFIDSA.org/savethepillow to send a letter to your Members of Congress and CSPC demanding they support moms and caregivers by protecting one of the most valuable tools for feeding and comfort.
Behavioral changes require consistent education which does work when we meet parents where they are and treat them with empathy. We must ensure that nursing pillows remain available as the trusted support that moms and caregivers have come to rely on.
The Breastfeeding Infant Development Support Alliance is a growing community of manufacturers, retailers, breastfeeding advocates, maternal health advocates and healthcare professionals committed to ensuring the safety and continued availability of products used by parents and caregivers in support of breastfeeding and infant development. For more information, visit www.BFIDSA.org and #SavethePillow.
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Maple Leafs vs. Panthers: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 4
Published: May. 10, 2023 at 6:46 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Game 4 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round at BB&T Center on Wednesday, May 10 showcases the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers facing off at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, SportsNet, CBC, and TVAS. The Panthers lead the series 3-0. The Maple Leafs are favored (-125) against the Panthers (+105).
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Maple Leafs vs. Panthers Game Info
- When: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, SportsNet, CBC, and TVAS
- Where: BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida
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Maple Leafs Betting Insights
- The Maple Leafs have a 41-31 record when listed as a moneyline favorite this season.
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -125 or shorter, Toronto has a 38-28 record (winning 57.6% of its games).
- Based on this matchup's moneyline, the Maple Leafs have an implied win probability of 55.6%.
Panthers Betting Insights
- The Panthers have been an underdog in 26 games this season, and won 14 (53.8%).
- Florida has a record of 13-11, a 54.2% win rate, when it's been set as an underdog of +105 or more by oddsmakers this season.
- The implied probability of a win by the Panthers, based on the moneyline, is 48.8%.
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Maple Leafs Advanced Stats
- Toronto hit the over once in its past 10 games.
- During their last 10 games, the Maple Leafs have scored 0.3 more goals per game than their average on the season.
- The Maple Leafs score the ninth-most goals in the league, averaging 3.4 per game for a total of 278 this season.
- The Maple Leafs have allowed the seventh-fewest goals in league action this season, 220 (2.7 per game).
- With a +58 goal differential, they're ranked fifth-best in the league.
Panthers Advanced Stats
- In Florida's past 10 contests, it has gone over the total once.
- In their last 10 games, Panthers' game goal totals average 9.4 goals, equal to their season-long game scoring average.
- The Panthers' 288 total goals (3.5 per game) are the sixth-most in the league.
- The Panthers have given up 272 total goals (3.3 per game) to rank 21st.
- Their +16 goal differential ranks 16th in the league.
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Natalie’s First Alert Forecast: Mix of sun & clouds early on then severe storms Sunday afternoon into the evening
Stay extremely weather aware due to both Sunday & Monday’s “First Alert Weather Day” status
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Your Sunday will start out with a mix of sun and clouds in the 70s then heating up into the 90s.
But as gorgeous of a day as it’ll be initial, come the afternoon --- we will have a good chance for severe weather rolling through Eastern Carolina.
Here are a few things for you to know:
Both Sunday & Monday have the “FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY” status due to having the chance for severe weather.
As for Sunday, this chance spans all across ENC and into the Piedmont.
Many of our coastal counties along with both the Northern and Southern Outer Banks will be under a FLOOD WATCH from 2-10 p.m.
These storms will not only offer the potential for flooding but also have a chance for severe weather. We could see hear rumbles of thunder, see lightning but the greatest potential is for the strong damaging wind gusts and even hail.
Air temperatures will be able to reach the upper 80s to near 90 by the mid afternoon.
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There were times last season when Colorado point guard Jaylyn Sherrod would tell teammate Kindyll Wetta she was coming back for one more year. And, there were times when Sherrod would tell Wetta she wasn’t coming back.
“She was joking with me all throughout last year,” Wetta said. “She was just throwing me for an emotional loop, but I would say I always knew she was gonna come back. I knew deep down.”
This spring, Sherrod announced she would take advantage of the extra year given to all players from the 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, she ensured that CU fans will have another season of watching one of the top point guard duos around.
“I can tell you with 100% confidence that I am so incredibly glad that Jaylyn Sherrod came back,” Wetta said. “I love playing with her. I think that we are a dynamic duo in the backcourt. It’s just so fun to play with somebody that has the intensity and the speed and the quickness and just the heart that I do. I would say she’s probably one of my favorite people I’ve ever played with in basketball.”
While Sherrod was a first-team All-Pac-12 performer and the heart of the Buffaloes during their run to the Sweet 16 this past season, Wetta is the perfect complement – and the Buffs wouldn’t be the same without either one of them.
A 5-foot-9 junior who was the Colorado player of the year as a senior at Valor Christian High School in 2021, Wetta has played a major role in CU’s back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.
Wetta has the ability to be a Pac-12 starter, but has come off the bench for all but one of her 65 career games at CU because of Sherrod being in the lineup. Sherrod returning means that Wetta will likely come off the bench again next year, but that’s of no concern to her.
“To be honest, it doesn’t (bother me),” Wetta said. “I’m here to work my (butt) off and be whatever this team needs me to be. If that means coming off the bench, I’m gonna come off the bench and I’m gonna give 100% and come in and be a spark when they take one of the starters out. I’m just here to be whatever.”
Wetta has played starter-type minutes, averaging 24.6 per game in her career. As a sophomore last season, she averaged 5.4 points, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals while continuing to be a pest on defense.
Wetta made the Pac-12’s All-Freshman and All-Defensive teams in 2022 and could have easily been on the All-Defensive team again this past year. Wetta and Sherrod will be among the top defenders in the conference going into next year.
While Wetta loves playing defense, she’s working this summer on improving offensively.
As a freshman, she struggled with her shot, making 41.9% overall, but only 16.7% from 3-point range and 59.5% from the free throw line. This past season, she increased all of her percentages, to 42.9 overall, 37.8 from the arc and 72.9 from the line.
Wetta is hoping to become a bigger and more reliable scoring threat next season.
“I think probably just looking to score more,” she said of the main area of improvement needed. “I’m a pass-first point guard through and through. I love to pass. But, just looking for myself more often (is important), which will ultimately end up creating more shots for others.”
Early in her freshman year, Wetta passed up a lot of shots, but said she’s “absolutely” more confident in taking shots now.
“I think a lot of that did come with watching more film and being more comfortable with the offense, being very detailed,” she said.
Getting even more comfortable in the offense is the goal this summer.
“There’s shots that are my shots (in the offense),” she said. “I’m just watching more film and sitting down with (coaches) and … really getting more of an understanding of where they would like for me to be contributing this year as far as scoring goes.”
With Wetta and Sherrod being among the eight rotational players back from last year, Wetta is excited about the early work this summer as the Buffs look ahead to next season.
“It’s always fun starting a new season, especially when you’ve had a great previous season,” she said. “You’re kind of riding on a little bit of a high but you also know what you want and where you want to get to. Especially only losing one person last year, it’s fun. Everybody’s back and we’re working hard and we know that standard that we’re going to be setting for each other too, and we love it.” | 2023-06-29T07:17:34+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/06/28/cu-buffs-kindyll-wetta-excited-to-team-with-jaylyn-sherrod-one-more-year/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s April 22, 2027, and 72 hours into a first-strike Chinese attack on Taiwan and the U.S. military response. Already, the toll on all sides is staggering.
It was a war game, but one with a serious purpose and high-profile players: members of the House select committee on China. The conflict unfolded on Risk board game-style tabletop maps and markers under a giant gold chandelier in the House Ways and Means Committee room.
The exercise explored American diplomatic, economic and military options if the United States and China were to reach the brink of war over Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own. The exercise played out one night last week and was observed by The Associated Press. It was part of the committee’s in-depth review of U.S. policies toward China as lawmakers, especially in the Republican-led House, focus on tensions with President Xi Jinping’s government.
In the war game, Beijing’s missiles and rockets cascade down on Taiwan and on U.S. forces as far away as Japan and Guam. Initial casualties include hundreds, possibly thousands, of U.S. troops. Taiwan’s and China’s losses are even higher.
Discouragingly for Washington, alarmed and alienated allies in the war game leave Americans to fight almost entirely alone in support of Taiwan.
And forget about a U.S. hotline call to Xi or one of his top generals to calm things down — not happening, at least not under this role-playing scenario.
The war game wasn’t about planning a war, lawmakers said. It was about figuring out how to strengthen U.S. deterrence, to keep a war involving the U.S., China and Taiwan from ever starting.
Ideally, the members of Congress would walk out of the war game with two convictions, the committee chairman, Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., told colleagues at the outset: “One is a sense of urgency.”
The second: “A sense … that there are meaningful things we can do in this Congress through legislative action to improve the prospect of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” Gallagher said.
In reality, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the committee’s top Democrat, told lawmakers, “we cannot have a situation where we are faced with what we are going to be facing tonight.”
The “only way to do that is to deter aggression and to prevent a conflict from arising,” said Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill.
The U.S. doesn’t formally recognize the Taiwan government but is Taipei’s most vital provider of weapons and other security assistance. Xi has directed his military to be ready to reclaim Taiwan in 2027, by force if necessary.
Asked about lawmakers’ war game, Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy, said China wants peaceful reunification with Taiwan but reserves “the option of taking all necessary measures.”
“The U.S. side’s so-called ‘war game’ is meant to support and embolden ‘Taiwan independence’ separatists and further fuel tensions in the Taiwan Strait, which we firmly oppose,” Liu said.
In the war game, lawmakers played the blue team, in the role of National Security Council advisers. Their directive from their (imaginary) president: Deter a Chinese takeover of Taiwan if possible, defeat it if not.
Experts for the Center for a New American Security think tank, whose research includes war-gaming possible conflicts using realistic scenarios and unclassified information, played the red team.
In the exercise, it all kicks off with opposition lawmakers in Taiwan talking about independence.
With the think tank’s defense program director Stacie Pettyjohn narrating, angry Chinese officials respond by heaping unacceptable demands on Taiwan. Meanwhile, China’s military moves invasion-capable forces into position. Steps such as bringing in blood supplies for treating troops suggest this is no ordinary military exercise.
Ultimately, China imposes a de facto blockade on Taiwan, intolerable for an island that produces more than 60 percent of the world’s semiconductors, as well as other high-tech gear.
While the U.S. military readies for a possible fight, U.S. presidential advisers — House committee members who are surrounding and studying the wooden tables with the map and troop markers spread out — assemble.
They lob questions at a retired general, Mike Holmes, playing the role of the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, before deciding courses of action.
What are the economic consequences if the U.S. goes maximalist on financial punishments, one lawmaker asks.
“Catastrophic” is the response, for both the United States and China. China will hit back at the U.S. economy as well.
“Who’s going to tell the president that he has to say to the American people, ‘Say goodbye to your iPhones?”’ Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, asks.
Do American leaders have any way to communicate with their Chinese counterparts, lawmakers ask. No, China’s leaders have a history of shunning U.S. hotline calls, and that’s a problem, the exercise leaders tell them.
In the war game, U.S. officials are left trying to pass messages to their Chinese counterparts through China-based American business leaders, whose Dell, Apple, HP and other product operations China all subsequently seizes as one of its first moves in the attack.
Are potential military targets in China “near major metropolitan areas that are going to include millions and millions of people?” asks Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J.
Has Taiwan done all it can to try to calm the situation? All it can and will, lawmakers are told.
“It’s not clear to me we’ve exhausted all our diplomatic options,” Gallagher notes.
Then, on paper, U.S. and Chinese satellites, space weapons, drones, submarines, ground forces, warships, fighter squadrons, cyber warriors, communications experts, bankers, Treasury officials and diplomats all go to war.
At the end, before the lessons-learned part, the war-game operators reveal the toll of the first wave of fighting. Lawmakers study the tabletop map, wincing as they hear of particularly hard setbacks among U.S. successes.
U.S. stockpiles of very long-range missiles? Gone.
Global financial markets? Shaking.
U.S. allies? As it turns out, China’s diplomats did their advance work to keep American allies on the sidelines. And anyway, it seems the all-out U.S. economic measures against China’s economy have put allies off. They’re sitting this one out.
In the “hot-wash” debrief at the end, lawmakers point to a few key military weaknesses that the war game highlighted.
“Running out of long-missiles is bad,” said Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D.
But the most glaring shortfalls appeared in diplomacy and in nonmilitary planning.
Becca Wasser, a think tank senior fellow who role-played a convincingly menacing Chinese official, pointed to lawmakers’ recurring frustration in the war game at the lack of direct, immediate leader-to-leader crisis communication. It’s something Beijing and Washington in the real world have never managed to consistently make happen.
“In peacetime, we should have those lines of communication,” Wasser said.
The exercise also underscored the risks of neglecting to put together a package of well-thought out economic penalties, and of failing to build consensus among allies, lawmakers said.
“As we get closer to 2027, they’re going to be trying to isolate us,” Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., said of Xi’s government.
Holmes, in the role of Joint Chiefs chairman, reassured lawmakers, after the first three days of fighting.
“We survived,” he said. | 2023-04-23T03:39:17+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/lawmakers-war-game-conflict-with-china-hoping-to-deter-one/ |
NEW YORK, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") of TAL Education Group (NYSE: TAL) between June 14, 2022 and March 14, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important May 30, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased TAL securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3137 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 30, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) TAL was still providing K9 Academic AST Services; and (2) as a result, defendants' statements about TAL's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the TAL class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3137 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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As California's massive winter snowpack melts, the whitewater rafting industry is roaring back to life after years of debilitating drought.
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As California's massive winter snowpack melts, the whitewater rafting industry is roaring back to life after years of debilitating drought.
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Organizers, volunteers and residents will march through hundreds of cities across the globe on October 15 raising awareness for those caught in human trafficking.
DALLAS, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 15, 2022, thousands of people around the globe to participate in global anti-human trafficking nonprofit A21's 8th Walk for Freedom. Walk For Freedom is an annual day of global awareness and local action in the fight against human trafficking, reaching hundreds of cities across the world with the important message: that modern-day slavery still exists, and it's often hidden in our neighborhoods in plain sight.
Participants will be walking in single-file lines and distributing flyers with information about local trafficking hotline numbers, victim identification strategies, and how to make a report. Walks will take place in hundreds of cities in dozens of countries across six continents raising awareness for the millions who remain enslaved across the globe. To date, Walk for Freedom has reached
over 250 million people across 72 countries, with thousands of events, tens of thousands of participants, and over 500,000 awareness materials distributed.
"The lasting impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic along with devastating ripple effects from Russia's war against Ukraine have heightened pre-existing vulnerability–making countless individuals more susceptible to traffickers tactics than ever before." said Christine Caine, A21's Co-Founder. "That's why Walk For Freedom is more important than ever -- because awareness is essential to safeguarding vulnerable populations from the schemes of traffickers. There's power in gathering together, in showing up in force, and equipping communities across the world with the tools to reduce vulnerability and identify victims, and take action right where they are."
Walk for Freedom will raise awareness, decrease vulnerabilities, and empower people across the globe to identify and respond to situations of trafficking and exploitation. To participate in your local walk or join the Walk for Freedom Challenge online, visit A21.org/walk. Learn more by following us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or Twitter.
A21 is a global nonprofit organization determined to eradicate human trafficking through awareness, intervention, and aftercare. Operating in 19 locations, 14 countries, A21 aims to combat trafficking through a multi-dimensional operational strategy: Reach, Rescue, and Restore. A21.org
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HONG KONG, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Artifact Labs, a web3 company that helps 'Preserve and Connect History' on the blockchain, today announced a partnership with The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) for the première of The Metaverse Symphony, a new work by renowned cinematic composer Elliot Leung. As part of this pioneering collaboration, Artifact Labs serves as the official partner for Elliot Leung and the HK Phil, one of the globe's premier orchestras, to create the world's first-ever symphonic masterpiece that will première in both a concert hall and the metaverse.
The concert will take place in Hong Kong in May 2023, and The Metaverse Symphony will also be premièred in The Sandbox as a fully immersive Web3 experience. With The Sandbox as its metaverse partner, Artifact Labs is recreating Hong Kong's iconic Statue Square as a multi-use digital venue to showcase the unlimited possibilities of music in a virtual world.
Elliot Leung is a renowned composer who is best known for his feature film soundtracks, including the theme and score for The Battle at Lake Changjin, the second-highest-grossing film of 2021 worldwide. Leung was also listed on the Forbes 2022 30 under 30 for his accomplishments and contribution to the film industry.
Commenting on the partnership, Gary Liu, Founder and CEO of Artifact Labs, said "We are thrilled to be partnering with HK Phil and Elliot on this history-making concert. Web3 allows for near-infinite creativity, and we believe this experience will introduce the possibilities of the metaverse to a wider audience."
"The Sandbox open metaverse platform is bridging culture and all forms of art from the physical world into the virtual world, allowing users to express their creativity in accessible new ways never seen before,' said Sebastien BORGET, COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. "We're honored to premiere The Metaverse Symphony, which will connect users from around the globe socially through their Avatars and enable them to share emotions, listen to music, and be inspired in a one-of-a-kind immersive experience."
Benedikt Fohr, HK Phil Chief Executive, said, "Innovative technology may lead arts of all kinds to new horizons. The HK Phil is proud to present our first-ever Arts Tech programme, connecting emerging composer Elliot Leung and our valued partners in creating the first metaverse-inspired symphony. Down this path we are committed to exploring the world of music with innovative, creative use of technology."
Composer Elliot Leung said, "I am honored and thrilled to compose the world's first Metaverse Symphony. As a composer I have always been committed to preserving the traditions of symphonic music, pouring forth the best of my abilities to this craft. With the help of all the reputable partners in this project, I believe it will hoist symphonic music onto new heights."
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Artifact Labs is an independent web3 and NFT company building blockchain strategies, products, and platforms that serve organizations with historical IP. The company is on a mission to 'Preserve and Connect History' on the blockchain, and enable all guardians of history to maximize the impact of their most valuable assets by tokenizing them as 'ARTIFACTs'. Artifact Labs is a one-stop solution for partners looking to launch unique NFT projects and build in web3, providing support through advisory services, product development, blockchain engineering, and community management. Artifact Labs was originally incubated by the South China Morning Post, a global news media company that has reported on China for the world since 1903.
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NEW YORK, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the common stock of Lumen Technologies, Inc. f/k/a CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN, CTL) between September 14, 2020 and February 7, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important May 2, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Lumen common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Lumen class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12736 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 2, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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- Benefits of pilot projects and subsidies for domestic beekeepers will be available.
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Daesung Smart Hive products, which introduced innovative beekeeping products, are causing a stir in the Korean beekeeping industry.
Daesung, which makes portable beekeeping automation devices, introduces various products that change beekeeping work, which was done manually and traditionally, into a modern way, and anyone can enjoy smart beekeeping.
The products introduced by Daesung include Wasp detectors, Automated beekeeping gate, Hive Controller, Hornet Trap, Plasma ozone storage, and Smart beekeeping systems.
Wasp detector and Automated Beekeeping gate are special technologies of Daesung Smarthive, and are highly functional products that can be blocked by beekeeping gate-opening machines if they detect wasps, which are external invaders.
Wasp detectors detect wasps approaching the hive and send alarms to cell phones and tablet PCs. It can detect and track several wasps at the same time. It can be detected around a 3m radius in which this product is installed. If honeybees and wasps are mixed, only wasps can read it.
Automated Beekeeping gate can check the temperature and humidity in real time and automatically adjust the entrance of the honeycomb.
It is a product that can be applied to various beekeeping environments because it can control multiple honeycomb at once or step by step, not just one honeycomb.
The operation method of the beekeeping gate switch is designed in the vertical opening and closing method, so it can be used without interference with surrounding beehives. In addition, it is possible to reduce the hassle of checking and managing beehives one by one in moving beekeeping or winter. This product is a breakthrough product that can save labor-intensive beekeeping farmers.
Hive controller is a portable beekeeping robot that can withdraw hives from beehives, shake bees safely, and even load outside. It drastically reduces the weight so that a woman in her 80s can lift it with one hand and is made of light materials that it can be conveniently used outdoors.
Daesung Auto-Deviation Machine, which won the Robotics Innovation Award at CES last year, is an innovation product registered by the Public Procurement Service and a total of 60 units were delivered to Jeongeup-si, Gochang-gun, and Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do in October this year.
Hornet Trap, an eco-friendly ESG product, is a product that can be installed at the entrance of each individual hive to safely protect the hive by using the habit of wasp without using a separate attraction such as fermentation liquid. Because wasps can be caught without having to reside in beekeepers, it can reduce the time required for capture, labor, and other costs for purchasing pest control products.
In the case of conventional wasp capture, it adversely affects the natural ecosystem by attracting and killing all insects around the bee farm, not only wasps selectively attracting
Plasma ozone storage is an eco-friendly technology product that greatly improves the effectiveness of sterilization, disinfection, and odor removal.
It is effective in removing Varroa mites, Aethina tumida, bacteria and insecticides through sterilization and disinfection of bacteria, viruses, and harmful substances by storing contaminated objects inside the reservoir during the beekeeping process.
Previously, beekeepers incinerated contaminated beehives every time when pests and diseases such as honeybee mites and small beehives occurred, resulting in great atmospheric and financial losses. However, when using the plasma ozone storage, beehives can be recycled and used without incineration, and eco-friendly effects such as reducing carbon dioxide generation can also be obtained.
Plasma ozone technology applied to storage can be used for sterilization and odor removal not only in beekeepers but also in livestock farms (waste farms, waste farms, fertilizer compost fields, pigtails, etc.).
The smart beekeeping system uses special materials such as flexible carbon-based heating elements to provide similar effects to heat sources generated from bees, and can greatly help maintain the growth environment of bees through effects such as far-infrared rays. The system is a smart beekeeping device that enables integrated management of honeybee growth environments in dozens to hundreds of beehives, including automatic specifiers, water supply control, and internal bee environment settings through apps.
These products will also conduct overseas crowd-funding such as Kickstarter and Indigogo from November to December this year.
Daesung, a leader in smart agriculture, has products and technologies that can solve long-term preservation problems such as air environment pollution, livestock odor, and agricultural product corruption as well as beekeeping automation. As an automatic agricultural machinery manufacturing and software (SW) development company, Daesung plans to introduce reliable technologies, automated agricultural machinery for beekeeping, and robots for beekeeping so that non-professionals and beginners can easily beekeeping.
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Wagner boss now in Russia, says Belarus president, muddying the waters over purported deal to end mutiny
By Matthew Chance, Katharina Krebs and Mick Krever, CNN
Minsk, Belarus (CNN) — Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is not in Belarus and it is unclear if his fighters will move to the country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told CNN Thursday, raising new questions about the purported deal that ended Wagner’s armed rebellion last month.
Prigozhin had reportedly traveled to Belarus as part of a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin following the failed uprising, but Lukashenko told CNN’s Matthew Chance that the Wagner leader is now in Russia. Prigozhin has not been seen in public since June 24 when he left Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia.
“In terms of Yevgeny Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. Or maybe this morning he would travel to Moscow or elsewhere,” Lukashenko said in response to a question from Chance during a press conference with international media in Minsk. “But he is not on the territory of Belarus now.”
Lukashenko said Moscow will determine whether the paramilitary group’s fighters will come to Belarus, saying that decision will be made “in the near future.”
In the wake of Prigozhin’s aborted insurrection in Russia, Lukashenko said he would house Wagner fighters in Belarus. Until Thursday, it was unclear whether they had arrived in Belarus.
Were Wagner to come to Belarus, Lukashenko said the mercenary fighters would be deployed “for the defense of our state.”
“The main condition is that if we need to use this unit for the defense of our state, if they are here, they will be activated instantly in any direction. Their experience will be in demand.”
When asked why he was offering to house a mercenary army that had rebelled against the Kremlin, Lukashenko said: “The Russians thought it was safe to have them, but they were wrong.
“I don’t think that Wagner will rise up somewhere and turn its guns against the Belarusian authorities and the Belarusian state,” Lukashenko said. “Anything can happen in life. But I don’t see such a situation today. You need to work with people.”
Footage shows gold, money and wigs
Also on Thursday, Russian state media released footage which purports to show a police raid on Prigozhin’s office and residence in St. Petersburg, stepping up an apparent propaganda campaign against the Wagner boss.
The footage – described by TV presenters as “scandalous” – shows what is described as a stash of gold, money and wigs, along with weapons and several passports apparently belonging to Prigozhin under different aliases.
Until recently, Russian state television lionized Wagner’s operations in Ukraine, but the outlets now appear to be vilifying the founder of the private military company following the failed uprising.
A lengthy segment aired on state television detailed Prigozhin’s criminal past, including allegations of robbery and assault as well as a lengthy sentence in a penal colony in the 1980s.
Russian state TV presenters said “there were also guns and a collection of passports with the same photo but with different names and surnames.”
Presenters also mentioned that “suspicious packages” were found during a search, insinuating that they might be drugs.
In a separate segment, Russia 24 aired a video of police raiding his office and several photographs of a richly decorated house where a wardrobe full of differently colored wigs can be seen.
Russian state television often airs dramatic footage of what are described as raids by security services and foiled terrorist plots.
Experts and human rights advocates say Russian authorities have a pattern of fabricating criminal cases against the Kremlin’s political challengers.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Who is the best boys lacrosse player in Northeast Ohio? We are turning to your votes to find out!
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(Motor Authority) — Dodge showcased its past, present, and future during Speed Week at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, last week. CEO Tim Kuniskis held court over three nights of product unveilings, dubbed Current Muscle, Gateway Muscle, and Future Muscle.
Banking on one more year, Kuniskis reintroduced the 2023 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat and multiple Challenger and Charger iterations of the final Dodge V-8s before production culminates at the end of 2023. Gateway Muscle showcased the 2023 Dodge Hornet small crossover in turbo-4 and plug-in hybrid variants. But the final night, Future Muscle, won the web with the launch of the stunning two-door Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept.
With a 1980s hair metal cover band rocking to a crowd of Dodge enthusiasts and automotive journalists, Kuniskis took time away from the party to talk with Motor Authority about the American performance brand’s current and electric future.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
2023 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat
Why did the Dodge Durango Hellcat come back?
We had to change the (gas) tank, we had to change the software, we had to change the evaporative emission control system, and we had to change a lot of stuff to make it more than one model year. The reaction was beyond our expectations. We had 3k orders…for a very expensive UV, I couldn’t fill. Let’s be honest, it’s a publicly traded company. I have an obligation to the shareholders to make as much money as I can. So how do I look at shareholders and go, “Yeah I have 3k people willing to spend 85k for an SUV,” and I told them sorry, too bad? It’s a tough call, but at the same time, it’s not a very tough call. So I’m sorry that I made people mad but it’s two years later and because of the reaction and the 3k orders and the engineers had some time, and they got creative and figured it out.
We don’t sell a single car that anyone needs. If I have an opportunity to bring a car back to a market that people love, I have to do it. I don’t wanna piss anyone off, but if I have 3k orders cash in hand, I gotta do it.
With the supply constraints and reports of some dealers charging more, the release of the seven “Buzz model” Chargers and Challengers is going to be a free for all, isn’t it?
Well, I have no control over what dealer charges. But, if I put on my website where every single car is, now you know where all the cars are. So now you (the customer) can go anywhere, do anything, whatever you want. You can’t do that today.
How does the transition from gas models to electric vehicles affect Dodge dealers? What are the growing pains of the two-year wait until you release your first electric car?
During the two years I gotta keep selling all the cars I got, because I have a rabid passionate base of people who love these cars. Then I got other people who are like, “Hey, what are you doing for electrification? I’m interested. What are you bringing?” I gotta keep them both happy. The same thing is happening with dealers.
I’m going to give them so much time—that’s why we patented the stuff. Will the patents hold? I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer. But what I do know is I didn’t want to bring the car (Charger Daytona EV Concept) out in 2024 and say, “Hey it’s great, take my word for it.” I wanted to bring it out way in advance so you guys can all talk about it.
How does the Dodge Charger Daytona’s Fratsonic Chambered Exhaust work?
The noise that a car makes today is like a mystical thing for most people. It’s pretty simple. We spend months and millions of dollars tuning exhaust pipes to make them sound the way they sound. It becomes a trademark of the sound of your brand. The sound that your brain hears is the movement of air.
When we started working on this, I said, “What I want is a pipe organ”, and they said, “What are you drinking again?” You’ve all been to a cathedral and you’ve seen a pipe organ…and heard this amazing sound, and instantaneously whether you know or not your brain makes a connection between the pipes, the air, and the sound, and it makes sense. I said I want that. I want to take what makes sound in a car today, am I at idle, am I accelerating, how much pedal am I giving it, am I under extreme load, am I shifting…all of the stuff that changes the pitch and the tone and the volume of air that’s creating the sound of the car. I want to take all those inputs that all exist on an electric car and I want to feed those into an algorithm, then I want to take that and I want to move air. I want to take a transducer, I want to move a plenum, just like I’d move a piston, and that piston then moves air inside a tube. That tube then feeds a chamber, that chamber has chambers inside it, and then a huge ass exhaust pipe out the back.
Now what happens is you hear 126 decibels out the back of the car. The spatial difference between outside the car and behind you at movement is like the first time you ever went in and heard surround sound.
You mentioned the algorithm…what is the electronic component?
We take all those inputs, then have to translate if that were movement of air inside a gas engine, what would it sound like? That would be the sound of a V-8, but I don’t want that. We want it to sound modern, fresh, different, new. The reason we call it a Banshee is if you think about the screaming shrill of a banshee, it’s almost like a jet engine, but yet it’s not. It’s wicked but yet it’s not, but it’s a badass sound. You couldn’t live with that all the time. That’s your wide open, screaming, I’m on the highway, I’m getting on it sound. But when you let off of that, or when you’re shifting, or it’s burbling, or anything like that, it comes back to a tone. And that tone is what we believe is the game changer. The bass track of this sound is literally the cadence of the firing order of a Hemi V-8. It doesn’t sound like a V-8, but when you hear it, you’re like something is making me comfortable, something makes me feel like I’m OK with this. Yet, it sounds modern, fresh, and really cool.
Explain the multi-speed transmission in the Charger Daytona Concept.
Multi-speed is an electromechanical system. We’re shifting it mechanically with gears and we’re shifting it electronically. If you think about what happens today in a Hellcat, you’re going to complete a shift, slip a clutch, change a drum, and go into a different gear ratio in 250 milliseconds. What stops me from doing that in an EV? Absolutely nothing.
I can instantaneously pull out torque for 250 milliseconds and add torque back in to give you a shift. Will it make your car faster? No. Will it make your car way more fun to drive? Hell yeah.
You’re not going to say how many speeds?
No. Not done with it yet. Funny thing about it is the engineers will be the first to tell you. A single-speed EV is by far the most efficient. It’s amazing technology. Using multi-speeds is not going to make the car faster.
It’s going to make it heavier too.
It’s going to make it heavier, and it’s adding cost, and it’s adding development. But it’s also going to add way more fun to the car.
Multi-speed also gives me the advantage of taking advantage of more traction. So let’s just say, theoretically, if I had…an option for some really big, really sticky tires, and I could really launch the car hard, then multi-speed would really be a benefit. Theoretically. I mean. It’s a concept after all.
Of course. Theoretically. You guys haven’t done anything like that before.
No. That would be irresponsible.
2023 Dodge Hornet
What is different about the Dodge Hornet chassis from the related Tonale?
We tuned the engine differently, we tuned the transmission differently, we tuned the suspension differently, we tuned the steering differently.
We wanted it to feel more like a Dodge. We have a shift character we like, we like a certain speed and firmness, we like a certain firmness of the steering, we have certain expectations for our suspension especially when we get to something like the GLH (concept). But one of the other important things is now that we have Direct Connection, everything that we do we’re looking at it with an eye towards future modifications.
When we started working on this car we knew we wanted to have Direct Connection for a GLH. I could have done a GLH through Direct Connection and say, hey you need these halfshafts, you need this, you need that. It would have been a fortune. Or it’s single dollars to put it in the base car and give you the option to go up from there. Which, by the way, is the same thing we’re doing with the Daytona. We’re planning it all from day one.
What is the advantage of the three-link rear suspension on the Hornet and how is it different than the Tonale’s?
Mechanically and hardware, same, (but) all of the tuning is different. If you haven’t been involved in that it’s easy to discard that but it makes a huge difference. I’ve been driving those cars since the initial mules and from where they are today from where we started…after a year we’re getting into a space we’re really happy with.
That design was driven by the fact that we went with a much wider track (in the base platform).
2023 Dodge Charger and Challenger Last Call
What are you gonna miss when the Challenger and Charger and Durango end production as we know them?
I’m excited for the challenge going forward. These cars are amazing. I can say that. I own one, I invested my personal money in one. They’re great cars. But they’re unsustainable in today’s market. I hate to say it, but it’s a fact. So, If they’re unsustainable, it would be very easy for us to say Dodge can’t make it, Dodge can’t exist, Dodge can’t be what Dodge is, therefore let’s take our toys and go home.
What’s exciting to me is to look at the future and go OK, just like any racer, gimme the rule book and let me find the gray areas that I can exploit to bring you something fun that is a true Dodge. This has happened many times in the industry…as soon as you give them the better mousetrap everything changes. You don’t go from 5% EV to 30% EV without a better mousetrap. The onus is on us. It’s on the infrastructure, the policy makers gotta bring the infrastructure. And the car manufacturers gotta give you something better than what you have. Otherwise it’ll never work.
Dodge Charger Daytona Concept
What are the key characteristics moving Dodge forward into this next generation of vehicles?
Think about where we were a decade ago. Our top of the line car was 425 hp. We were outgunned in the horsepower war. We were bigger, heavier, and we didn’t handle, and we were severely outgunned in horsepower. Did we get a new car? Nope. Did we make the car lighter? Nope. We just kept tweaking the car.
Half of my volume is Pentastars (V-6 engines; Kuniskis made clear that sales numbers don’t favor Hellcats.) You’re buying into something bigger than the purchase of a car. That’s why we say performance is an attitude. Whether your car is propelled by a PHEV, gas, or electric (powertrain), it doesn’t matter. If I can give you the attitude and personality of something bigger than that car, it will be fine. If I can’t do that, then I fail and it doesn’t work. | 2022-09-09T00:33:06+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/automotive/interview-dodge-ceo-tim-kuniskis-on-the-performance-present-and-electric-future/ |
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.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Breezy, cool with highs around 60. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mainly
clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing
to 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
NYZ085-160915-
Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Orchard Park and Springville
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Mostly cloudy and warm with lows around 60. South winds
10 mph or less.
.MONDAY...Showers arriving after 10 AM with a chance of midday and
afternoon thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds
and heavy rainfall. Cooler. Late morning highs in the mid 60s, then
temperatures falling to the lower 50s on the hilltops and to the
upper 50s across the lower elevations. Light winds, becoming
northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90
percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening.
Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
30 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Cool with highs ranging from the
mid 50s inland to the upper 50s along the Lake Erie shore. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mainly
clear. Lows ranging from the upper 30s inland to the mid 40s along
the Lake Erie shore. West winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
NYZ012-160915-
Wyoming-
Including the city of Warsaw
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Warm with
lows around 60. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Showers arriving after 10 AM with a chance of midday and
afternoon thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds
and heavy rainfall. Late morning highs in the mid to upper 60s, then
temperatures falling to the lower 50s on the hilltops and to the mid
50s in the valleys. Light winds, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy overnight. Cooler with lows in the mid
40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming
west. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Cool with highs ranging from the
mid 50s on the hilltops to the upper 50s in the valleys. West winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mainly
clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
NYZ019-160915-
Chautauqua-
Including the city of Jamestown
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Mostly cloudy and warm with lows around 60. Light
winds.
.MONDAY...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms
may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Cooler with highs in the
mid 60s. Light winds, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy overnight. Lows in the mid 40s. West
winds diminishing to 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and cool with highs ranging from the mid 50s
on the hilltops to the upper 50s across the lower elevations. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mainly clear. Lows ranging from around 40 in
interior valleys to the mid 40s along the Lake Erie shore. West
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
NYZ020-160915-
Cattaraugus-
Including the city of Olean
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Mild with
lows in the upper 50s. Light south winds.
.MONDAY...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms
may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Cooler with highs 65 to
70. Light winds, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90
percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy overnight. Lows in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and cool with highs in the upper 50s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Becoming mainly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West
winds diminishing to 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
NYZ021-160915-
Allegany-
Including the city of Wellsville
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Mild with
lows in the upper 50s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Showers arriving after 10 AM with a chance of midday and
afternoon thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds
and heavy rainfall. Highs around 70. Light winds, becoming west 10
to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening,
then partly cloudy overnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and cooler with highs in the upper 50s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mainly
clear. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
northwest.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ013-160915-
Livingston-
Including the city of Geneseo
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Warm with
lows around 60. Light winds, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...A chance of showers late in the morning, then showers with
a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may
produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Highs in the lower 70s.
Light winds, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening,
then partly cloudy overnight. Cooler with lows in the upper 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Breezy, cool with highs ranging
from the mid 50s on the hilltops to around 60 in the valleys. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ014-160915-
Ontario-
Including the city of Canandaigua
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Warm with
lows around 60. Light winds, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...A chance of showers late in the morning, then showers with
a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may
produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Highs 70 to 75. Light winds,
becoming north 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening,
then partly cloudy overnight. Breezy, cooler with lows in the upper
40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming
west. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Breezy with highs ranging from
the mid 50s on the hilltops to around 60 across the lower
elevations. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mainly
clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ003-160915-
Monroe-
Including the city of Rochester
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Warm with
lows around 60. Light southwest winds.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers
with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms
may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Highs generally in the
upper 60s. Light winds, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening,
then partly cloudy overnight. Breezy, cooler with lows in the upper
40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming
west. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. Breezy with highs in the lower
60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mainly
clear. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
NYZ004-160915-
Wayne-
Including the city of Newark
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Warm with
lows around 60. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers
with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms
may produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Highs ranging from the
upper 60s along the Lake Ontario shore to the mid 70s inland. Light
winds, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers with a chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers overnight. Breezy with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west. Chance of
rain 80 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning,
then partly sunny in the afternoon. Breezy, cooler with highs in the
lower 60s. West winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mainly
clear. Lows in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
NYZ005-160915-
Northern Cayuga-
Including the city of Fair Haven
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy with some patchy fog. Warm with lows
around 60. Light south winds.
.MONDAY...Partly to mostly cloudy with afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds and heavy
rainfall in the afternoon. Highs ranging from around 70 along the
Lake Ontario shore to the upper 70s inland. Light winds, becoming
northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers with a chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers overnight.
Cooler with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph,
becoming west. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly to mostly sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers.
Breezy with highs around 60. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mainly clear overnight. Lows in the mid 40s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ006-160915-
Oswego-
Including the city of Oswego
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Mild with
lows in the upper 50s. Light southeast winds.
.MONDAY...Partly to mostly cloudy. Afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce damaging winds and
heavy rainfall. Highs ranging from the lower 70s along the Lake
Ontario shore to the upper 70s inland. Light winds, becoming
southwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Cooler. Less humid with lows
ranging from the lower 40s on the Tug Hill to the upper 40s across
the lower elevations. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers. Breezy,
cool with highs ranging from the lower 50s on the Tug Hill to the
upper 50s across the lower elevations. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mainly clear overnight. Lows ranging from the upper
30s on the Tug Hill to the lower 40s across the lower elevations.
West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
NYZ007-160915-
Jefferson-
Including the city of Watertown
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly to mostly cloudy with some patchy fog. Warm with
lows around 60. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming light.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy early. Showers with a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with
damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Warm with highs ranging from the
lower 70s along the Lake Ontario shore to the upper 70s inland. Light
winds. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Cooler with lows in the mid
40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west. Chance of rain
near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with showers likely in the afternoon. Breezy,
cool with highs ranging from the lower 50s on the Tug Hill to the
upper 50s across the lower elevations. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening,
then mainly clear overnight. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to
15 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ008-160915-
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
156 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
.OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy with some patchy fog. Mild with lows in
the upper 50s. South winds 10 mph or less.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy early. Showers with a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with
damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Warm with highs ranging from the
upper 70s on the hilltops to the lower 80s in the valleys. Light
south winds. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Cooler. Less humid with lows
in the lower 40s. West winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100
percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with showers likely in the afternoon. Cool with
highs ranging from the lower 50s on the hilltops to the upper 50s
in the valleys. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the evening,
then partly cloudy overnight. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
JLA
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A delegation of leaders and senior officials from Africa arrived in Ukraine seeking ways to end the invaded country’s nearly 16-month war with Russia and to ensure food and fertilizer deliveries to their continent, though an air raid in Kyiv during their Friday trip provided a reminder of the challenges they face.
The delegation including the presidents of South Africa, Senegal, Zambia and the Comoros Islands first went to Bucha, a Kyiv suburb where bodies of civilians lay scattered in the streets last year after Russian troops abandoned a campaign to seize the capital and withdrew from the area.
The delegation’s stop in Bucha was symbolically significant, as the town’s name has come to stand for the brutality of Moscow’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The Russian occupation of Bucha left hundreds of civilians dead in the streets and in mass graves. Some showed signs of torture.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said last month that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to separate meetings with members of an African peace mission.
The delegation was set to travel to St. Petersburg later Friday, where Russia’s top international economic conference is taking place, and meet with Putin on Saturday. It includes senior officials from Uganda, Egypt, the Republic of the Congo as well as South Africa, Zambia, Senegal, and Comoros.
While in Bucha, the visitors placed commemorative candles at a small memorial outside St. Andrew’s Church, near one of the locations where a mass grave was unearthed.
Shortly after, air raid sirens began to wail in Ukraine’s capital. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported an explosion in the Podilskiy district, one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods.
“Russian missiles are a message to Africa: Russia wants more war, not peace,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted.
The Ukrainian air force said it shot down six Russian Kalibr cruise missiles, six Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles and two reconnaissance drones. It gave no details on where they were shot down.
Officials who helped lay the groundwork for the delegation’s talks said the African leaders not only aimed to initiate a peace process but also to assess how Russia, which is under heavy international sanctions, can be paid for fertilizer exports that Africa desperately needs.
They are also set to discuss the related issue of ensuring more grain shipments out of Ukraine amid the war and the possibility of more prisoner swaps.
“Life is universal, and we must protect lives – Ukrainian lives, Russian lives, global lives,” Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema told The Associated Press. “Instability anywhere is instability everywhere.”
The African peace overture comes as Ukraine launches a counteroffensive to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas, using Western-supplied advanced weapons in attacks along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line. Western analysts and military officials have cautioned that the campaign could last a long time.
China presented its own peace proposal at the end of February but it appeared to have few chances of success. Ukraine and its allies largely dismissed the plan, and the warring signs look no closer to a cease-fire.
Ukrainian troops recorded successes along three stretches of the front line in the country’s south and east, Andriy Kovalev, a spokesman for the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said in a statement Friday.
According to Kovalev, Ukrainian forces moved forward south of the town of Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia province, in the direction of the village of Robotyne, as well as around Levadne and Staromaiorske, on the boundary between Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk province further east.
Kovalev said Ukraine’s troops also advanced in some areas around Vuhledar, a mining town in Donetsk that was the site of one of the main tank battles in the war so far.
It wasn’t possible to independently verify the claims.
Russian shelling on Thursday and overnight killed two civilians and wounded two others in southern Ukraine’s flood-hit Kherson region, where a major dam was destroyed last week, according to the region’s governor, Oleksandr Prokudin.
Russian forces over the previous day launched 54 strikes across the province, using mortars, artillery, multiple rocket launchers, drones, missiles and aircraft, Prokudin said.
Floodwaters in the Kherson region have continued to recede, with the average level in flood-hit areas standing at 1.67 meters (about 5 feet). That is down from 5 meters (16 feet) immediately following the breach of the Kakhovka dam last Tuesday, according to the Ukrainian presidential office.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-06-16T12:19:42+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/business-news/african-leaders-set-to-meet-with-presidents-of-ukraine-russia-in-bid-to-end-war/ |
Celero integrates MX's PFM budgeting and planning tools into its digital banking platform
LEHI, Utah and CALGARY, AB, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MX, a leader in Open Finance, and Celero, a leader in digital technology and integration solutions, today announced an agreement to integrate MX's personal financial management (PFM) tools into Celero-hosted digital banking solutions.
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The award-winning MXinsights PFM platform delivers actionable real-time insights for a consumer based on their personal financial portfolio at their credit union. The agreement enables Celero credit union clients to integrate with the MX platform to provide their members with personalized, secure financial guidance about spending, budgeting, debt management, and account aggregation online and through a mobile banking app.
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a City Council meeting in Uvalde on Tuesday, despite being newly elected to the panel.
Mayor Don McLaughlin said he was unable to explain why the district police Chief Pete Arredondo wasn’t at the brief meeting. Two weeks ago, 19 students and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Law enforcement and state officials have struggled to present an accurate timeline and details, and have stopped releasing information about the police response.
McLaughlin told reporters at the meeting that he was frustrated with the lack of information.
“We want facts and answers, just like everybody else,” the mayor said.
Steven McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, has said Arredondo, who was in charge of the multi-agency response on May 24, made the “wrong decision” to not order officers to breach the classroom more quickly to confront the gunman.
As the mayor spoke in Uvalde on Tuesday, lawmakers in Washington heard testimony from the son of a woman who was killed in a recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, as lawmakers work toward a bipartisan agreement on gun safety measures. And at a White House press briefing, actor Matthew McConaughey, a Uvalde native, spoke with passion about his conversations with the families of the children who were killed and the need for more stringent gun control.
The gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, spent roughly 80 minutes inside Robb Elementary, and more than an hour passed from when the first officers followed him into the building and when he was killed, according to an official timeline. In the meantime, parents outside begged police to rush in and panicked children called 911 from inside.
Arredondo has not responded to repeated interview requests and questions from The Associated Press.
After the City Council meeting, Alfred Garza III, whose 10-year-old daughter, Amerie Jo, was among the Uvalde students killed, told reporters that he attended the meeting to see what else he could learn about what happened that day.
“I have so many questions and not every one can be answered. They’re still collecting data, they’re still collecting information on what happened,” Garza said.
He said he had been curious as to whether Arredondo would attend the meeting, and said he had “mixed feelings” about the district police chief’s absence.
“He obviously didn’t show up for a reason,” Garza said, adding that he assumed Arredondo thought if he did appear he would get a lot of questions.
Garza said he doesn’t have “a lot of ill will” toward Arredondo, nor does he blame just one person for what happened, but he does think more could have been done that day.
“They did take a long time to get in there,” Garza said.
Since the shooting, there have been tensions between state and local authorities over how police handled the shooting and communicated what happened to the public.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has begun referring questions about the investigation to the Uvalde-area district attorney, Christina Mitchell Busbee. She hasn’t responded to repeated interview requests and questions from AP.
McLaughlin said he has asked officials for a briefing but “we’re not getting it.”
He said the city’s police chief was on vacation at the time of the shooting and that the acting city police commander was on the scene. | 2022-06-08T12:00:27+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/school-police-chief-a-no-show-at-uvalde-city-council-meeting-despite-being-newly-elected/ |
In a moving ceremony on Monday, Pope Francis begged for the forgiveness of the Indigenous survivors of the abuse by residential schools that were run by the Catholic Church for more than a century.
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In a moving ceremony on Monday, Pope Francis begged for the forgiveness of the Indigenous survivors of the abuse by residential schools that were run by the Catholic Church for more than a century.
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ZURICH — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met on Wednesday with her Chinese counterpart and pledged an effort to manage differences and “prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict” as the two nations try to thaw relations.
Yellen’s first face-to-face meeting with Vice Premier Liu He in Zurich is the highest-ranking contact between the two countries since their presidents agreed last November during their first in-person meeting to look for areas of potential cooperation.
Liu said he was ready to work together to seek common ground between China and the U.S. “No matter how circumstances change, we should always maintain dialogue and exchanges,” he said.
A U.S. Treasury readout of their meeting says the two agreed that the U.S. and China would cooperate more on issues around financing for battling climate change and would work to support “developing countries in their clean energy transitions.” The readout also indicates that Yellen plans to travel to China and welcomes her counterparts to the U.S. in the near future.
The meeting comes as the U.S. and Chinese economies grapple with differing but intertwined challenges on trade, technology and more.
Yellen, in opening remarks in front of reporters, told Liu: “While we have areas of disagreement, and we will convey them directly, we should not allow misunderstandings, particularly those stemming from a lack of communication, to unnecessarily worsen our bilateral economic and financial relationship.”
Liu said that China and the U.S. need to communicate and coordinate earnestly, Chinese broadcaster Phoenix TV reported. He said both sides must look at the bigger picture, try to manage disputes properly and work together to maintain stability in relations, the broadcaster said in an online report.
Yellen said the two countries “have a responsibility to manage our differences and prevent competition from becoming anything even near conflict.”
Both economies have their challenges.
The Chinese economy is reopening after a COVID-19 resurgence killed tens of thousands of people and shuttered countless businesses. The U.S. is slowly recovering from 40-year-high inflation and is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling, setting up an expected political showdown between congressional Democrats and Republicans. The debt issue is of keen interest to Asia, as China is the second-largest holder of U.S. debt.
There is also the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which hinders global economic growth — and has prompted the U.S. and its allies to agree on an oil price cap on Russia in retaliation, putting China in a difficult spot as a friend and economic ally of Russia.
And high interest rates globally have increased pressure on debt-burdened nations that owe great sums to China.
“A wrong policy move or a reversal in the positive data and we could see the global economy head into a recession in 2023,” said Josh Lipsky, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center. “Both countries have a shared interest in avoiding that scenario.”
The World Bank reported last week that the global economy will come “perilously close” to a recession this year, led by weaker growth in all the world’s top economies — including the U.S. and China. Low-income countries are expected to suffer from any economic downturns of superpowers, the report said.
“High on the list is debt restructuring,” Lipsky said of Wednesday’s talks. Several low-income countries are at risk of debt default in 2023 and many of them owe large sums to China.
“Leaders have been trying for two years to get some agreement and avoid a wave of defaults but there’s been little success and one reason is China’s hesitancy. I expect Yellen to press Liu He on this in the meeting,” Lipsky said.
Liu laid out an optimistic vision for the world’s second-largest economy in an address Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“If we work hard enough, we are confident that in 2023, China’s growth will most likely return to its normal trend. The Chinese economy will see a significant improvement,” he said.
After her stop in Switzerland, Yellen will travel to Zambia, Senegal and South Africa this week in what will be the first in a string of visits by Biden administration officials to sub-Saharan Africa during the year.
Zambia is renegotiating its nearly $6 billion debt with China, its biggest creditor. During a closed-door meeting at the Africa Leaders Summit in Washington in December, Yellen and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema discussed “the need to address debt sustainability and the imperative to conclude a debt treatment for Zambia,” according to Yellen.
The Zurich talks are a follow-up to the November meeting between President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. The two world leaders agreed to empower key senior officials to work on areas of potential cooperation, including tackling climate change and maintaining global financial, health and food stability. Beijing had cut off such contacts with the U.S. in protest of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan in August.
“We’re going to compete vigorously. But I’m not looking for conflict,” Biden said at the time.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be traveling to China in early February.
Among economic sticking points, the Biden administration blocked the sale of advanced computer chips to China and is considering a ban on investment in some Chinese tech companies, possibly undermining a key economic goal that Xi set for his country. Statements by the Democratic president that the U.S. would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion also have increased tensions.
And while the U.S. Congress is divided on many issues, members of the House agreed last week to further scrutinize Chinese investments.
New House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has identified the Communist Party of China as one of two “long-term challenges” for the House, along with the national debt.
“There is bipartisan consensus that the era of trusting Communist China is over,” McCarthy said from the House floor last week when the House voted 365 to 65 — with 146 Democrats joining Republicans — to establish the House Select Committee on China.
Last year, the U.S. Commerce Department added dozens of Chinese high-tech companies, including makers of aviation equipment, chemicals and computer chips, to an export controls blacklist, citing concerns over national security, U.S. interests and human rights. That move prompted the Chinese to file a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization.
Yellen has been critical of China’s trade practices and its relationship with Russia, as the two countries have deepened their economic ties since the start of the war in Ukraine last February. On a July call with Liu, Yellen talked “frankly” about the impact of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the global economy and “unfair, non-market” economic practices, according to a U.S. recap of the call. | 2023-01-18T15:32:22+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-us-china-meeting-20230118-qgwgcg3rc5afpbri6srjvefesu-story.html |
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First responders are searching for a 22-year-old swimmer who went missing at lake in Hopkinton late Friday, according to authorities.
A 911 call came in around 8 p.m. Friday reporting the man had not returned with his friend after they swam past the safe-swimming zone set up at Sandy Beach at Lake Maspenock. The friend eventually returned to the beach, noticed the man was missing and called 911, Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett and Interim Fire Chief Gary Daugherty said in a statement
Hopkinton firefighters and police officers soon kicked off the search, with the Hopkinton Fire Department using its sonar-equipped rescue boats to look for the man. Divers from the Massachusetts Fire District 14 Technical Rescue Team also helped, and boats were provided by the Natick and Westborough fire departments, according to the statement.
First responders stopped their search around midnight and were expected to resume operations at 7 a.m. Saturday. Severe weather led to multiple interruptions Friday night, the police and fire chiefs said in their statement.
“We faced a number of obstacles during the search, including limited visibility and thick weeds in the lake. We decided around midnight to halt the recovery effort and will return in the morning when conditions are safer,” Daugherty detailed in the statement.
The search for the man is now being considered a recovery operation, the statement noted. The family of the missing swimmer has been notified. Sandy Beach will be closed Saturday until further notice.
The police and fire chiefs asked swimmers to abide by the following safety guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
- Always use the buddy system. Don’t swim alone.
- Be aware of local weather conditions, which can change quickly.
- Watch out for hidden hazards in the water, such as rocks and vegetation, that can limit visibility. | 2023-07-22T13:58:44+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2023/07/police-search-for-22-year-old-swimmer-who-went-missing-at-hopkinton-lake.html |
A former City Hall insider who has campaigned as both an expert administrator and outside-the-box thinker, Paul Vallas rose to local prominence as Chicago Public Schools CEO, serving under Mayor Richard M. Daley. Vallas ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2002, losing to Rod Blagojevich in the Democratic primary; for lieutenant governor in 2016 losing alongside Pat Quinn to Bruce Rauner; and for mayor in 2019. In between, Vallas has taken jobs in school districts in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Haiti, Chile and Bridgeport, Connecticut, and worked as a consultant, including in an unpaid role for the city’s controversial Fraternal Order of Police. The union has endorsed him in the mayoral race, and Lightfoot has pegged Vallas as voters’ most conservative choice in February, despite his work for Democrats in the past.
Vallas has made crime a cornerstone of his campaign. He said he would fire Supt. David Brown and his leadership team, loosen residency requirements for officers to entice veterans to come back and new recruits to serve, and create a unit to patrol CTA stations. Leaning on his education credentials, Vallas also said he would offer parents “100% choice,” letting them send their children to any school of their choosing. He has also promised to lengthen the school day and year.
Age: 69
Born: Chicago
Personal: Married to Sharon Vallas, two adult children, Gus and Paul Jr. Son Mark died in 2018.
Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science, both at Western Illinois University
Neighborhood: Bridgeport
Current job: Consultant, The Bronner Group
Government experience: Executive director of Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission (1985-90); Chicago city revenue director (1990-93); Chicago city budget director (1993-95); CEO of Chicago Public Schools (1995-2001); superintendent of Philadelphia Public Schools (2002-07); superintendent of the state-run Recovery School District in New Orleans (2007-11); worked in post-earthquake school districts in Haiti and Chile (2010-12); superintendent of schools in Bridgeport, Conn. (2012-14); chief administrative officer, Chicago State University (2017-18)
Political experience: Lost narrowly to Rod Blagojevich in the 2002 Democratic primary for governor, coming in second in a field that also included Roland Burris. As Lieutenant Governor running mate to Gov. Pat Quinn, lost in the 2016 general election to Republicans Bruce Rauner and Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti. Finished 9th in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election in a field of 14.
Campaign slogan: “Paul is for All!”
Campaign website: paulvallas2023.com
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- Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas under fire for CPS handling of sex abuse case during his tenure as schools chief | 2023-01-24T17:27:45+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-paul-vallas-chicago-mayor-bio-20230128-c5s6joirovh7zgeq55ig2ag6ea-story.html |
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian national champion Kamila Valieva at this year’s Beijing Games.
A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday by the International Skating Union in a 110-16 vote that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
“This is a very important decision,” ISU president Jan Dijkema said. “I would say a very historic decision.”
The limit will be phased in with 15-year-olds continuing to be allowed to compete next season, a minimum age of 16 in the 2023-24 season, rising to 17 the season after, which is the last before the Olympics.
The ISU said the new rule was “for the sake of protecting the physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of the skaters.”
It should disrupt the career of top Russian junior Sofia Akateva, who is 14. Her birthday in July falls days after the July 1 deadline to classify skaters’ ages for the upcoming season, though for the 2026 Olympics she will be 18 and able to compete.
The change was coming even before figure skating at the Beijing Olympics was dominated by the emotional stress put on the 15-year-old Valieva. She was the favorite to take individual gold, after helping the Russians win the team title, before her positive doping test from December was belatedly revealed during the Olympics.
The teenager was allowed to train under intense scrutiny as a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing was prepared that allowed her to compete pending the full investigation in Russia. That is still ongoing.
However, her main routine was filled with errors and she dropped to fourth place. She was then criticized rink-side by her coach, Eteri Tutberidze.
The ISU drafted an age-limit proposal saying “burnout, disordered eating, and long-term consequences of injury” were a risk to young teenage skaters who are pushed to perform more quadruple jumps.
The decision was criticized in Russia, where skaters are currently banned by the ISU from international competitions because of the country’s military invasion of Ukraine.
“I think it was done to more or less even out the competition, so that our Russian female skaters couldn’t have the opportunity to win world championship, European, Olympic medals,” Dmitri Soloviev, a team event gold medalist for Russia at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, told broadcaster Match TV.
“But in my opinion Eteri Tutberidze will find a way to get our athletes into ideal condition at the age of 17 or 18,” Soloviev said, “so that they can show their best results at international competitions at that age in particular.”
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A Buchanan County special grand jury indicted two individuals, including a member of the Buchanan County Board of Supervisors, Monday with a number of criminal offenses, including election fraud.
The special grand jury indicted Trey Adkins and Sherry Lynn Bailey for several election-related offenses. Adkins was also indicted for embezzlement of public funds while being in a position of public office.
Adkins was indicted for 82 felony offenses. The indictments include 34 counts of false statement (election fraud), 11 counts of absentee voting procedure violation, eight counts of public embezzlement, 11 counts of forgery of public record, 15 counts of uttering public record and three counts of conspiracy to make false statement (election fraud).
Bailey was indicted with 12 felony counts: four counts of false statement (election fraud), four counts of conspiracy to make a false statement and four counts of forgery of public record.
Zack Stoots, commonwealth’s attorney for Russell County, was appointed special prosecutor in the investigation.
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The Virginia State Police has been investigating this matter for more two years after receiving permission from the attorney general of Virginia to investigate Adkins, who is the Knox District supervisor for Buchanan County. | 2022-05-04T04:16:08+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-indicted-for-election-fraud-embezzlement-in-buchanan-county/article_eb6e66cf-f43d-5769-b354-59ec9e0b5d6d.html |
World’s oldest known person, French nun, dies at 118
PARIS (AP) - A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday.
Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, was born in the town of Ales, southern France, on Feb. 11, 1904. She was also one of the world’s oldest survivors of COVID-19.
Spokesman David Tavella said she died at 2 a.m. on Tuesday at the Sainte-Catherine-Laboure nursing home in the town of Toulon.
The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people thought to be 110 or older, listed her as the oldest known person in the world after the death of Japan’s Kane Tanaka, aged 119, last year.
Sister André tested positive for the coronavirus in January 2021, shortly before her 117th birthday, but she had so few symptoms that she didn’t even realize she was infected. Her survival made headlines both in France and beyond.
In April last year, asked about her exceptional longevity through two world wars, she told French media that “working … makes you live. I worked until I was 108.”
She was known to enjoy a daily glass of wine and chocolate.
The oldest living known person in the world listed by the Gerontology Research Group is now American-born Maria Branyas Morera, who is living in Spain, and is 115.
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Top Celtics vs. Hawks Players to Watch - NBA Playoffs Game 4
Sunday's 7:00 PM ET game between the Boston Celtics (57-25) and the Atlanta Hawks (41-41) at State Farm Arena features the Celtics' Jaylen Brown as a player to watch.
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- Game Day: Sunday, April 23
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- Arena: State Farm Arena
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
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Celtics' Last Game
The Hawks defeated the Celtics, 130-122, on Friday. Young poured in a team-high 32 points for the Hawks, and added six rebounds and nine assists. Tatum had 29 points, plus 10 rebounds and five assists, for the Celtics.
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Hawks' Last Game
Celtics Players to Watch
- Tatum paces the Celtics with 30.1 points per contest (sixth in league) and 8.8 rebounds, while also averaging 4.6 assists.
- Brown averages 26.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, shooting 49.1% from the floor and 33.5% from downtown with 2.4 made 3-pointers per contest.
- Derrick White is posting 12.4 points, 3.9 assists and 3.6 rebounds per contest.
- Malcolm Brogdon is averaging 14.9 points, 3.7 assists and 4.2 rebounds per contest.
- Marcus Smart paces his squad in assists per contest (6.3), and also averages 11.5 points and 3.1 rebounds. Defensively, he averages 1.5 steals (ninth in league) and 0.4 blocked shots.
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Hawks Players to Watch
- Young is the Hawks' top scorer (26.2 points per game, 10th in NBA) and assist man (10.2, second in NBA), and puts up 3 rebounds.
- Dejounte Murray gives the Hawks 20.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists per contest. He also averages 1.5 steals (ninth in league) and 0.3 blocked shots.
- Clint Capela is the Hawks' top rebounder (11 per game), and he averages 12 points and 0.9 assists. His rebounding average ranks him fifth in the NBA.
- Onyeka Okongwu gets the Hawks 9.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1 assists per contest. He also averages 0.7 steals and 1.3 blocked shots.
- The Hawks receive 13.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game from Saddiq Bey.
Top Performers (Last 10 Games)
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LAS VEGAS – Patrick Mahomes set the NFL record for total yards in a season, and the Kansas City Chiefs rolled to a 31-13 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday to lock up the AFC’s No. 1 seed.
Mahomes passed for 202 yards and rushed for 29 against the Raiders, giving him 5,608 total yards this season. That surpassed the record of 5,562 yards set by Drew Brees in 2011 with the New Orleans Saints.
More than setting the mark, Mahomes helped ensure the top seed for the Chiefs (14-3) and a bye in the first round of the playoffs, which begin next weekend. Kansas City, however, is not assured of home-field advantage throughout the postseason.
Because Monday night’s Buffalo-Cincinnati game was canceled, the Chiefs could wind up playing the Bills or Bengals in the AFC championship on a neutral field. The Buffalo-Cincinnati game initially was postponed after Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest. Hamlin remains in critical condition, but is improving.
The Chiefs matched their franchise record for regular-season victories, set in 2020, and they set a team mark with their 17th consecutive game of at least 300 yards of offense.
The Raiders (6-11) ended their first season under coach Josh McDaniels with three consecutive losses and four defeats in five games. They made the playoffs a year ago, but now face serious questions at quarterback, offensive line and throughout the defense.
Jarrett Stidham started his second game in a row in place of the sidelined Derek Carr, and this performance didn’t go nearly as well as the first one. Stidham completed 22 of 36 passes for 219 yards with a touchdown and interception. He was sacked six times.
A week ago, he threw for 365 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-34 overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, who was dealing with hip and oblique injuries as well as a reported family emergency, was a game-day decision but played. He rushed for 45 yards and could possibly win the NFL rushing title with 1,653 yards.
But Jacobs fell short of the franchise rushing record of 1,759 yards set by Marcus Allen in 1985. This was potentially Jacobs’ final game as a member of the Raiders because his fifth-year option was not picked up. His performance this season has given Las Vegas officials plenty to consider.
NOTES
Both teams wore black shirts in warmups honoring Hamlin that read “LOVE FOR DAMAR” with his No. 3 in the middle. Mahomes also wore a hoodie that had a drawing of the player with “HAMLIN STRONG” below it. ... Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton made 16 tackles, giving him 180 for the season and breaking the team record of 179 set by Derrick Johnson in 2011. … Kansas City running back Jerick McKinnon has caught a touchdown pass in six consecutive games. He has nine TDs total over that span. … Chiefs rookie defensive end George Karlaftis has 5½ sacks in seven games. … Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce caught six passes for 38 yards, giving him 110 receptions this season, just one off the Chiefs’ mark set by Tyreek Hill last season.
INJURIES
Chiefs: DE Frank Clark (groin) went out in the second quarter.
Raiders: CB Nate Hobbs (hand) and LB Harvey Langi (concussion) went out and didn’t return.
UP NEXT
Chiefs: Regular season is over. Kansas City waits to see its opening playoff opponent.
Raiders: Las Vegas has some major decisions to make with its roster now that its season is over.
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Committed to advancing dermatology for every skin story, Galderma continues steadfast support of Camp Wonder, an annual sleepaway camp for children with life-threatening skin diseases
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Galderma is entering its tenth year of partnership with Camp Wonder. Founded by the Children's Skin Disease Foundation (CSDF), Camp Wonder is a medically-staffed summer camp program for children ages 7 to 16 with serious skin diseases. Since beginning the partnership in 2012, Galderma and the CSDF have strived to elevate awareness of these critical skin conditions impacting countless children. To date, Galderma has donated more than $1.7 million and approximately 50,000 Cetaphil products to the Camp Wonder infirmary, along with supporting on the ground annually via company volunteers.
"Our 10-year commitment to Camp Wonder is an integral part of who we are at Galderma, illustrating our mission of advancing dermatology for every skin story," said Lisa Morris, General Manager of the U.S. Business Unit, Galderma. "These kids are so inspiring, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to witness this incredible program first-hand when I visit this summer. We're proud to support CSDF and look forward to doing so for many years to come."
Camp Wonder was founded in 2011 by Francesca Tenconi, who herself was diagnosed with pemphigus foliaceus at age 11. Motivated by her personal experience with skin disease, she sought to create a safe space for children dealing with severe skin conditions, giving these kids an opportunity to attend summer camp when they may not have been able to otherwise given the medical needs associated with their diagnoses.
"Galderma plays a crucial role in the success of Camp Wonder and our ability to offer as many children as possible this experience. They're such a unique partner in that they truly embody our organization's mission, and we've worked hand-in-hand to raise awareness of skin diseases that so often go undiscussed," said Francesca Tenconi, founder of the Children's Skin Disease Foundation. "So many families affected by skin disease face heavy financial burdens so fundraising dollars truly make all the difference. Camp, including travel, is free for each and every child who attends, thanks in large part to donations from companies like Galderma."
Since its inception, more than 2,000 children have benefited from the Camp Wonder experience. This year, Camp will take place July 2 to July 8, 2022 at a new campsite near Atlanta, Georgia, where campers will have the opportunity to participate in traditional summer camp activities including horseback riding, arts and crafts, and even going to "prom."
"Diseases like vitiligo, pemphigoid, Epidermolysis Bullosa, ichthyosis, ectodermal dysplasia, and Gorlin Syndrome may not be well known, but they can severely impact a child's everyday life. Camp Wonder allows these kids to forget about being 'patients' and simply be kids, giving them a week where they can escape the physical and mental challenges that come with skin disease and truly be themselves," said Dr. Lindsey Zubritsky, board-certified dermatologist and Cetaphil partner. "Cetaphil is a brand I've relied on for years, especially for my patients with the utmost sensitive skin, so I couldn't be prouder to work with Galderma to drive further awareness and education around these efforts."
In addition to monetary and product donations, Galderma assists annually on the ground via a group of employee volunteers who spend the week supporting these amazing kids at Camp. Further, Galderma sponsors the annual Wonder Run, a 5K race that will take place near the company's new headquarters in Dallas this October, where 100% of registration fees and donations go directly toward the CSDF and Camp Wonder. For more information and to learn how to support Camp Wonder, follow along on Cetaphil's Instagram @CetaphilUS or visit www.csdf.org/camp-wonder.
Galderma is the pure-play dermatology category leader, present in approximately 90 countries. We deliver an innovative, science-based portfolio of premium flagship brands and services that spans the full spectrum of the fast-growing dermatology market though Injectable Aesthetics, Dermo-cosmetics and Therapeutic Dermatology. Since our foundation in 1981, we have dedicated our focus and passion to the human body's largest organ – the skin – meeting individual consumer and patient needs with superior outcomes in partnership with healthcare professionals. Because we understand that the skin we're in shapes our lives, we are advancing dermatology for every skin story. For more information: www.galderma.com/us.
Camp Wonder was co-founded by Francesca Tenconi and Drs. Stefani Takahashi (USC Dermatology) and Jenny Kim (UCLA Dermatology) in 2001. At age 11, Francesca was diagnosed with pemphigus foliaceus, a rare skin disease. Throughout her treatment she met other kids who suffered from skin problems and wanted to find ways to help them. In May 2000 on her 16th birthday, Francesca asked friends and family to donate money to help her start a charity in lieu of giving her gifts. Four days later, the Children's Skin Disease Foundation (CSDF) was formed. CSDF joined forces with Drs. Kim and Takahashi to establish Camp Wonder—a summer program where children with serious and fatal skin diseases can just be kids. Additionally, CSDF provides family assistance, through Wonder Wish. For more information: www.csdf.org or follow on Instagram @csdfcampwonder.
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In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and dried the feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them "any of us" can fall into sin.The Casal del Marmo facility on the outskirts of Rome is the same juvenile prison where Francis performed the first feet-washing ritual of his papacy, demonstrating his belief that the Catholic Church should give attention to people living on society's margins.On Thursday, Francis repeated the ritual on 10 male and two female residents who are serving time at the facility. He leaned over and poured water on one foot of each, then used a white towel to gently pat the foot dry before kissing it.When Francis looked up at them in turn to smile, they shook his hand and kissed it. Many of the young people whispered into the pope's ear, and he chatted with them briefly in return.The ritual recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their last supper together before he would be taken away to be crucified.Jesus "washes all our feet," Francis told several dozen residents assembled in the prison chapel. "He knows all our weaknesses,'' the pope said in a completely improvised homily.Among the 12, six were minors while the others had become adults while serving their sentences. The dozen included a Muslim from Senegal, as well as young people from Romania, Russia and Croatia, the Vatican said.Video below: Pope Francis washes feet in traditional Holy Thursday Easter ritualFrancis explained that the foot-washing was "not folklore" but a "gesture which announces how we should be toward one another." He lamented that "others profit off each other, (there is) so much injustice...so many ugly things."Still, he said, "any one of us can slip" and fall from grace. The foot-washing "confers on us the dignity of being sinners." The lesson, he added, should be to "help one another, so life becomes better."The pontiff, who has a chronic knee problem, navigated the small spaces of the chapel either unaided or with the help of a cane, although he used a wheelchair to leave after the roughly 90-minute appearance.On Saturday, Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis. The Vatican said at the time that he would carry out the complete Holy Week schedule, including the Good Friday late-night Way of the Cross procession at Rome's Colosseum and Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.Earlier Thursday, he presided over Mass in St. Peter's Basilica as part of his stamina-testing Holy Week appointments.At Thursday's basilica Mass, dozens of rows of priests in simple white cassocks sat in front of rank-and-file Catholics in the packed church.Francis used the homily as a pep talk to priests, after decades of scandals involving sex abuse of children by clergy caused many faithful to lose trust in their pastors.The pope didn't cite the scandals or church hierarchy cover-ups. But, he spoke of "crisis" affecting priests."Sooner or later, we all experience disappointment, frustration and our own weaknesses,'' Francis said. "Our ideals seem to recede in the face of reality, a certain force of habit takes over, and the difficulties that once seemed unimaginable appear to challenge our fidelity."The basilica ceremony traditionally includes the blessing of ointments and priests' renewal of promises made when they were ordained to the priesthood.Highlighting the spirit of renewal that the pope indicated the priesthood needs, added to the ointments at this year's Mass was bergamot perfume that came from trees in southern Italy on land confiscated by authorities from mobsters.In off-the-cuff remarks during the homily, Francis admonished priests not to "forget being pastors of the people."
VATICAN CITY — In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and dried the feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them "any of us" can fall into sin.
The Casal del Marmo facility on the outskirts of Rome is the same juvenile prison where Francis performed the first feet-washing ritual of his papacy, demonstrating his belief that the Catholic Church should give attention to people living on society's margins.
On Thursday, Francis repeated the ritual on 10 male and two female residents who are serving time at the facility. He leaned over and poured water on one foot of each, then used a white towel to gently pat the foot dry before kissing it.
When Francis looked up at them in turn to smile, they shook his hand and kissed it. Many of the young people whispered into the pope's ear, and he chatted with them briefly in return.
The ritual recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their last supper together before he would be taken away to be crucified.
Vatican Media
In this picture made available by Vatican Media Pope Francis kisses the feet of the inmates of Rome’s penitentiary of Casal del Marmo, Thursday, April 6, 2023. In a Holy Thursday ritual symbolizing humility, Pope Francis washed and wiped dry the bare feet of a dozen residents of a Rome juvenile prison, assuring them of their dignity and telling them "any of us" can fall into sin. (Vatican Media handout via AP)
Jesus "washes all our feet," Francis told several dozen residents assembled in the prison chapel. "He knows all our weaknesses,'' the pope said in a completely improvised homily.
Among the 12, six were minors while the others had become adults while serving their sentences. The dozen included a Muslim from Senegal, as well as young people from Romania, Russia and Croatia, the Vatican said.
Video below: Pope Francis washes feet in traditional Holy Thursday Easter ritual
Francis explained that the foot-washing was "not folklore" but a "gesture which announces how we should be toward one another." He lamented that "others profit off each other, (there is) so much injustice...so many ugly things."
Still, he said, "any one of us can slip" and fall from grace. The foot-washing "confers on us the dignity of being sinners." The lesson, he added, should be to "help one another, so life becomes better."
The pontiff, who has a chronic knee problem, navigated the small spaces of the chapel either unaided or with the help of a cane, although he used a wheelchair to leave after the roughly 90-minute appearance.
On Saturday, Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis. The Vatican said at the time that he would carry out the complete Holy Week schedule, including the Good Friday late-night Way of the Cross procession at Rome's Colosseum and Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.
Earlier Thursday, he presided over Mass in St. Peter's Basilica as part of his stamina-testing Holy Week appointments.
At Thursday's basilica Mass, dozens of rows of priests in simple white cassocks sat in front of rank-and-file Catholics in the packed church.
Francis used the homily as a pep talk to priests, after decades of scandals involving sex abuse of children by clergy caused many faithful to lose trust in their pastors.
Andrew Medichini
Pope Francis celebrates the Chrism Mass where the chrism, the oil of the catechumens and the oil of the sick are consecrated, and all the priests renew the promises made on the day of their ordination, inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
The pope didn't cite the scandals or church hierarchy cover-ups. But, he spoke of "crisis" affecting priests.
"Sooner or later, we all experience disappointment, frustration and our own weaknesses,'' Francis said. "Our ideals seem to recede in the face of reality, a certain force of habit takes over, and the difficulties that once seemed unimaginable appear to challenge our fidelity."
The basilica ceremony traditionally includes the blessing of ointments and priests' renewal of promises made when they were ordained to the priesthood.
Highlighting the spirit of renewal that the pope indicated the priesthood needs, added to the ointments at this year's Mass was bergamot perfume that came from trees in southern Italy on land confiscated by authorities from mobsters.
In off-the-cuff remarks during the homily, Francis admonished priests not to "forget being pastors of the people." | 2023-04-07T03:53:39+00:00 | kcci.com | https://www.kcci.com/article/pope-washes-feet-in-holy-thursday-rite/43535409 |
Americans all across the country have felt the sharp rise in electricity and gas bills.
This past September, electricity costs jumped the highest amount in 41 years due to factors like economic rebounds from the pandemic, the extra hot and humid summer and autumn months, and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine affecting the global energy market.
But some U.S. citizens are feeling that pinch more than most, and they often get left out of the conversation around the nation's energy crisis.
U.S. territories in the Caribbean have been suffering through a years-long energy crisis that predate the pandemic but were exacerbated this year. Puerto Ricans, for example, now pay about twice as much as the average American for electricity, and in an exclusive interview with Newsy, Gov. Albert Bryan of the U.S. Virgin Islands shared their struggle with prices as well.
"The Virgin Islands been in an energy crisis for quite some time; I think it's hitting a head now," Gov. Bryan said. "Right now, Americans on the mainland pay... between 10 and $0.12 a kilowatt hour. We're paying $0.63 a kilowatt hour."
So, what exactly is happening to make prices so high in the Caribbean, and why does it seem so hard to fix?
Firstly, energy is heavily impacted by Caribbean hurricanes.
In 2017, Hurricanes Maria and Irma destroyed a massive amount of infrastructure on the islands. At the time, a number of residents complained the islands were long neglected for aid, which is a long-running problem across U.S. territories.
The distribution of funds was further delayed by the government shutdown in 2018, and the Trump Administration placed restrictions on aid to Puerto Rico that were only lifted in early 2021.
These delays have hampered progress for years. Three years after the storms hit, thousands of residents were still living under "temporary" blue tarps waiting for their roofs to be fixed. In Puerto Rico, the private energy company LUMA only broke ground on its first FEMA-funded project in the summer of 2022 — half a decade after Maria and Irma ravaged the island.
These storms killed thousands and left thousands more without power or water for months, which increased the death toll even more.
Eventually, the federal government earmarked about $65 billion for disaster relief and to rebuild the electrical infrastructures in Puerto Rico, but only $20 billion of that has been paid out. Plus, any of the "fixes" have been criticized for being temporary or poorly constructed.
SEE MORE: Rebuilding Puerto Rico's Power Grid
"I think it's a situation where we suffered so long, we think it's normal," Gov. Bryan said. "We laugh when people go without power for 24 hours in the states, and it's an outrage. In two separate hurricane incidents, I lost power in September, and I got power in November. I mean, three months without power."
Thanks to bureaucratic red tape and the mix of private and public control over the energy grids, there are a couple of different factors behind the stagnation. Many blame several groups — from FEMA, to the HUD, to LUMA.
"We have $2 billion of HUD funds that's sitting there," Gov. Bryan said. "We still have some ARPA funds, but the technicalities around using money, that you have to address the most serious problems, are the things that I'm up here in Washington to explain to our representatives. Don't be wrong; we've got a lot of money, but now we need the flexibility in order to use that money."
So, much of the aid is being held up, leaving the islands still recovering from year-old storms and trying to prepare for the next ones.
Another huge factor to consider is that natural gas and petrol still generate the vast majority of electricity in the region — up to about 80% in Puerto Rico — and that's all dependent on imports, which drives up prices to begin with.
That's part of the reason why many analysts and recovery efforts have been focusing on one major solution to the island's energy grid problems: going solar.
Newsy explored this last year in venturing down to Puerto Rico for "In Real Life."
"To electrify our country using our own resources, using new technology — it's a path to democracy. It's a path to energy justice," Augstín Irizarry-Rivera, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, told Newsy. "Everyone has the capability to produce enough energy to survive after furious hurricane; that did not happen. We lost 5,000 people after hurricane Maria. That should never happen again."
Solar panels have surprisingly excellent records for withstanding heavy storms and hurricanes. The panels are built to handle all kinds of thrown objects and stay bolted to roofs.
Some states have requirements for durability tests for panels, like in Florida where solar installations have to withstand 160 mph winds at minimum. For Houston, Texas, which was hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, that speed is 110 mph.
After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, one assessment report from solar panel companies in New Jersey found barely any panels ended up needing repairs. When Hurricane Florence in 2018 shut down some fossil-fuel plants in North Carolina for weeks, solar panels were able to come back online just a day after the storm.
This is why Gov. Bryan believes a shift to solar would not only help the islands become energy independent but could keep the island from hitting a total standstill after major storms.
"Right now, we're trying to get it to a place where our energy sector becomes a renewable one, and then we can look at privatizing or doing the things that allow us to give them the energy independence you need," Gov. Bryan said. "Then the next part, we have a really huge project that takes us almost 50% renewable with solar, and that can get done within the next year, year and a half. So I'm very hopeful about the potential to overcome the energy crisis once and for all."
The long-running energy crises in these U.S. territories are a clear example of how chaotic disaster relief can be and how complicated and time-consuming repairing and updating an energy grid is. But as Americans are facing some of the high prices and blackouts many on the islands have become accustomed to, one can hope the urgency of the problem might finally get more attention in Washington.
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VENICE – Harry Styles already has an enviable acting resume for a newcomer, from Christopher Nolan's “Dunkirk” to the upcoming “Don’t Worry Darling” and “My Policeman.” But the pop star said Monday at the Venice International Film Festival that, with acting, he often feels as if he has “no idea what I’m doing.”
Styles’ arrival on the Lido, where “Don’t Worry Darling” is having its world premiere Monday night, has been one of the most anticipated events of a festival full of stars. At a press conference before the premiere, Styles was peppered with questions about his fans, his career and whether or not he would work with director Olivia Wilde again — neither of which he answered.
In “Don’t Worry Darling,” Styles plays Jack, who works for the mysterious Victory Project, run by Chris Pine’s charismatic cult-like leader, in a mid-century-styled experimental community. Florence Pugh plays Jack’s wife Alice, who gets every comfort in the world in exchange for not asking questions. But soon, she starts to see cracks in the veneer.
“I think it’s fun to get to play in worlds that aren’t necessarily your own. This world that is supposedly so perfect, it’s really fun to play pretend in there,” Styles said. “There wasn’t too much acting.”
Styles took several days off from his Madison Square Garden appearances to attend the “ Don’t Worry Darling ” premiere in Venice, with Wilde and co-stars Pine and Gemma Chan. But though he juggles two high-profile careers in the arts, he said he doesn’t see many parallels between music and acting.
“Personally I find them to be kind of opposite in a lot of ways. I think making music is a really personal thing,” Styles said. “There’s aspects of acting where you’re drawing from experiences you’ve had but for the most part you’re pretending to play someone else. I think that’s what I find the most fun about it: playing pretend.”
He added: “I think the fun part is you never know what you’re doing. Music I’ve done for longer, but what I like about acting is I feel like I have no idea what I’m doing.”
Fans were already gathering in front of the theater early Monday to get a prime perch in front of the red carpet for the premiere, hours in advance. Many had personal stories about how Styles’ music impacted their lives.
“I’m incredibly grateful to the people who’ve supported me in my life and the fans in particular have always provided me with a place to be myself and feel comfortable doing so and express myself,” he said about what it’s like to mean so much to so many people. “I would like to hope I can give that space back to them.”
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For more on the Venice Film Festival, visit: www.apnews.com/VeniceFilmFestival | 2022-09-05T13:38:53+00:00 | local10.com | https://www.local10.com/entertainment/2022/09/05/in-venice-harry-styles-talks-acting-music-and-fans/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ousted San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who was recalled from his post in June, said Thursday that he will not campaign for his old seat in the November election.
The progressive criminal justice reformer tweeted that nonstop campaigning has taken a toll on his family, which includes his son born last September and his elderly father, a former Weather Underground radical who was released from prison after serving more than four decades for his role in a fatal robbery.
“My son is on the verge of taking his first step and speaking his first word,” Boudin said. “My wife’s research on multiple sclerosis at (University of California, San Francisco) deserves the same support she has offered my work.”
Boudin said that sitting out the November election does not preclude him for running for district attorney in 2023 for a full four-year term.
Boudin, 41, was recalled from office in June barely three years after he won office in November 2019 — amid frustration and anxiety over the pandemic and viral footage of Asian seniors being assaulted in San Francisco.
His platform of seeking alternatives to incarceration, offering restorative justice and giving defendants second chances did not resonate with some voters who became convinced that the city was sinking into petty lawlessness.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed appointed Boudin recall campaign leader Brooke Jenkins as interim district attorney until the November election.
Jenkins on Wednesday announced she has revoked 30 open plea offers to accused fentanyl dealers presented by Boudin’s administration, saying the deals’ terms were too lenient.
Jenkins plans to run in November in an attempt to serve the rest of Boudin’s term through 2023. Also in the race is Joe Alioto Veronese, a civil rights attorney and grandson of former San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.
Boudin said in his announcement that he was “gravely concerned” that the progessive policies implemented by his administration are being rolled back by Jenkins.
Boudin, whose mother died in May, said the demands of his job had prevented him from has cleaning out her apartment and planning her memorial.
His mother was Kathy Boudin, also a former Weather Underground radical. She served more than two decades in prison for her role in the 1981 armored truck robbery and died of cancer. Her husband, David Gilbert, was granted parole last October. | 2022-08-05T03:29:27+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/ousted-prosecutor-chesa-boudin-wont-run-for-his-old-seat/ |
BOSTON, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gabriel has been with BIB for about 2 years as a producer in the Healthcare division, but he had also been wearing the marketing hat during that time, helping other divisions with their marketing initiatives.
"I am very excited to announce that Alex will now be VP of Marketing," said Keith Driscoll, Boston Insurance Brokerage's CEO. "Since he had already been working in a marketing capacity with all of the divisions at BIB, the transition will be seamless."
"Over the past couple years, I've had the opportunity to work closely with the other stakeholders here at BIB to help build awareness of our robust carrier portfolio with our agency partners. Now that I am in this role full-time, I will also be working to help deepen those agency relationships, and foster new agent connections, as well," said Gabriel.
Alex has been in the Insurance industry for 12 years, and has worked with both established wholesale agencies, and Insurtech startups. Over that time, he has developed an understanding of what drives successful partnerships, and what appeals to new agents that are looking for a solution to their clients' needs. He will leverage that experience to help BIB continue to grow their agent base with meaningful relationships.
Boston Insurance Brokerage is a wholesale brokerage that offers commercial insurance products. Its product portfolio includes property, casualty, environmental, umbrella, executive and professional, workers comp and risk management products and services. The firm has markets and expertise in healthcare liability, construction, manufacturing, habitational, professional liability, aviation product liability and financial services coverage.
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Kroger, Walgreens brand pain relievers recalled over child packaging concerns
More than 400,000 bottles of Kroger and Walgreens brand aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen bottles have been recalled because they aren’t child-resistant.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the bottles failed to meet the Poison Prevention Packaging Act guidelines and could poison young children if swallowed.
The drugs were sold at stores nationwide from December 2021 through March 2022 for between $14 and $17.
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Which Kroger and Walgreens pain relievers are under recall?
The following brands are being recalled, according to the CPSC:
- Kroger Acetaminophen, 100-count bottles
- Kroger Aspirin, 300-count bottles
- Kroger Ibuprofen, 160-count bottles
- Kroger Arthritis Pain Acetaminophen, 225-count bottles
- Walgreens Pain Reliever Acetaminophen, 150-count bottles
Consumers are asked to move the bottles out of reach of children and call Kroger or Aurohealth, the company that makes the Walgreens brand, for refunds. | 2022-06-19T03:27:34+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/kroger-walgreens-brand-pain-relievers-recalled-child-packaging |
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said Sunday they are investigating a shooting that killed one and wounded two Yanomami Indigenous people, saying the main suspects were illegal gold miners working in that area of Roraima state.
A police statement said in a statement that the incident took place Saturday and added that the government sent members of the Air force and the Indigenous issues agency FUNAI to help with the probe.
Earlier this year, Brazil’s government pushed illegal gold miners out of Yanomami territory, saying their mining had caused widespread river contamination, famine and disease for one of the most isolated groups in the world.
Brazil’s government estimated about 20,000 people were engaged in illegal mining in February, often using toxic mercury to separate out gold. Since then, several federal police and military raids have made it harder for gold miners to reach that area.
An estimated 30,000 Yanomami people live in Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory, which covers an area roughly the size of Portugal and stretches across Roraima and Amazonas states in the northwestern corner of Brazil’s Amazon. | 2023-05-01T11:54:15+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/brazilian-police-probe-deadly-shooting-on-indigenous-land/ |
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyperion Capital Partners LLC ("Hyperion") today announced it has completed the acquisition of A Plus Tree, Inc. ("A Plus" or the "Company") from Paula Tibbets and family. A Plus is a leading provider of tree care services for commercial and residential clients located across the West Coast.
Headquartered in Vallejo, California, A Plus provides specialized services to property owners and managers, including tree trimming, pruning, and removal; plant and tree healthcare; and arborist consulting. The Company employs a team of highly skilled tree care workers, and operates across Northern and Southern California, Washington, Oregon, and Utah.
A Plus was founded by the late Jeremy Tibbets, and under the leadership of the current CEO, Cyrus DeVere, the Company has seen exceptional growth in recent years. The two Co-Founders and Partners of Hyperion said, "We are thrilled to partner with Cyrus and his team to help catalyze growth at A Plus. The culture of love and respect that permeates A Plus is second to none, and we will work with the Company to continue the legacy of industry-leading service to its clients."
Cyrus DeVere said, "After spending the last several years growing A Plus, I am excited to work with Hyperion. The Firm's Partners bring valuable strategic insight and perspective as A Plus begins its next chapter of growth in the tree care industry."
Financing for the transaction was provided by Source Capital and Plexus Capital. McGuireWoods LLP served as counsel and D. A. Davidson & Co. served as financial advisor for Hyperion.
Headquartered in Vallejo, California, A Plus Tree is a leading provider of tree care services for commercial and residential clients. A Plus provides specialized services to property owners and managers, including tree trimming, pruning, and removal; plant and tree healthcare; and arborist consulting. The Company employs a team of highly skilled tree care workers, and operates across Northern and Southern California, Washington, Oregon, and Utah.
Hyperion Capital Partners is a private investment firm based in Los Angeles that establishes and utilizes partnerships with management to produce substantial long-term value. Hyperion makes control investments in companies that generate between $20 and $200 million of revenue and that are headquartered in North America.
For more information, please contact info@hyperion-cp.com or visit hyperion-cp.com.
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"Spectacular Skincare" Duo Recognized by Good Housekeeping Lab for Ability to Reduce Discoloration and Smooth Skin Texture
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sciton Inc., a leading manufacturer of medical and aesthetic lasers and light source technologies, is thrilled to announce that BBL HERO and MOXI are winners of a Good Housekeeping 2023 Beauty Award in the 'Spectacular Skincare' category, as the best "Rejuvenating Pro Treatment."
According to Good Housekeeping, "This cutting-edge combo of IPL (intense pulsed light) and laser treatments from Sciton packs a one-two punch to reduce discoloration and smooth texture on the face and body."
The Annual Good Housekeeping (GH) Beauty Awards are determined by scientists in the GH Beauty Lab who use industry protocols and advanced equipment to put hundreds of products to the test. With a rich and respected hundred-year history, Good Housekeeping's tried-and-true approach to product evaluation in the GH Labs makes Good Housekeeping a trusted authority for best-in-class products. Sciton is proud to be included.
After rigorous testing, GH Beauty Lab experts praised BBL HERO and MOXI's synergistic ability to improve global skin issues, especially melasma and rosacea, even with only a single treatment and no considerable downtime.
"A single treatment with MOXI got rid of melasma, evened my overall skin tone, and smoothed its texture," reported Birnur K. Aral, Ph.D., Beauty, Health & Sustainability Lab Executive Director.
The Pre-juvenator
MOXI corrects initial signs of sun damage and aging by fixing uneven pigmentation and improving the general tone and texture of skin. Improvements can be noticed after a single treatment. The 1927 nm laser comfortably delivers non-ablative energy to revitalize skin, no matter the season, age or skin type. Taking under 30 minutes, this ideal lunch time treatment has little to no downtime and fits into an active lifestyle any time of the year.
Brighter Skin, Fast
Sciton's BroadBand Light is well known in the industry for being the most robust and powerful IPL. BBL HERO treats the entire body with Forever Young BBL+™ and Forever Body™, designed to deliver dramatic tonal and textural improvements anywhere on the body in a quarter of the time. This comfortable treatment is truly revolutionary and delivers noticeable brightening in just one treatment.
For more information about BBL HERO and MOXI, or to locate a physician in your area, visit www.sciton.com.
ABOUT SCITON
Sciton, Inc., located in Palo Alto, California, is a totally employee-owned medical device company established in 1997 by co-founders Jim Hobart, Ph.D., and Dan Negus, Ph.D. Sciton is committed to providing best-in-class laser and light solutions for medical professionals who want superior durability, performance and value. Sciton offers aesthetic and medical devices for women's health, fractional and full-coverage skin resurfacing and skin revitalization, phototherapy, vascular and pigmentation lesions, scar reduction, acne, body contouring, and hair reduction. Sciton operates on a worldwide basis with direct sales forces in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and distributor partners in more than 45 countries. For more information, and a complete listing of Sciton systems, visit www.sciton.com.
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A bald, bearded 47-year-old football lifer, one who has been an offensive coordinator just about everywhere and worked for both Nick Saban and Bill Belichick along the way, is suddenly as big a star as we have right now in New York sports, at a time when we have an awful lot going on around here. That is how well Brian Daboll has done in the first five games he has ever gotten as a head coach. He has shown up and changed the culture around the Giants the way Buck Showalter did with the Mets this season. And really has made himself a very big guy around here, very quickly.
“We talk a lot about process around here,” he said the other day.
But the process we have seen from him just so far, in this season when he has brought his quarterback along the way he has and built the early season around running the ball and defense in an old-school, Bill Parcells way, has brought the Giants to a 4-1 record and what has turned this into a big-game Sunday at MetLife Stadium, Giants against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.
In a very short time, Daboll has done what coaches are supposed to do: He has identified what his players can do and not fretted about what they can’t. He has not chased the idea of making the Giants something they’re not. He broke in by having his team go for two points at the end to beat the Titans on the road. We can all wonder how the season goes for Daboll and the Giants if they hadn’t converted. But they did convert. Daboll had introduced himself to Giants fans in a loud and, well, very Dabollsy way. What he really did is tell his players he believed in them.
Then we all saw what happened in London last Sunday against the Packers, when the Giants completely dominated the second half. Now they go up against one of the great talents in the sport in Lamar Jackson. But if the Giants can somehow get this game, take a look at the schedule they’ve got coming up between now and their Thanksgiving game in Dallas:
At Jaguars.
At Seahawks.
Texans at MetLife.
Lions at MetLife.
Nobody, certainly not the coach, is getting ahead of themselves over there in the Meadowlands. Too many bad things have happened to the Giants since Tom Coughlin stopped coaching them. Ben McAdoo had one outlier of a year before he began slipping on banana peels. Then came Pat Shurmur and then came Joe Judge, who had also worked for both Saban and Belichick and who was discussed as some sort of young Lombardi on his way in the door.
But now comes Daboll, who in addition to his stops in New England and Tuscaloosa, was offensive coordinator in Kansas City and Cleveland and Miami before he ended up with Josh Allen in Buffalo, and put his name up in lights, finally, as a legitimate head coaching prospect. Joe Schoen, also out of Buffalo, became Giants general manager. Brought Daboll with him. And just like that, Giants fans have hope again.
The Jets are 3-2 as they get their shot at the Packers on Sunday, at Lambeau. The Mets are out of the playoffs but the Yankees are still alive and the Rangers look like a legit contender already, and here comes the NBA with the Knicks and the Nets. If the Giants aren’t leading the conversation right now, they sure are a very big part of it at 4-1. Maybe people in their building saw this coming. Nobody else did.
Daboll has watched Saquon Barkley run the ball the way he did at Penn State. He has gotten just enough out of Daniel Jones without turning him loose. He has watched Wink Martindale (who goes up against his old team on Sunday) build the kind of defense that chased Aaron Rodgers all the way to the Tower of London last Sunday, and hasn’t backed up very much so far.
Now the Giants are tasked with chasing Lamar Jackson around, a job as big as there is in pro football when Jackson is at his best and looks like a streak of light. But you simply can’t talk about the work the Giants have done so far without talking about the fine work of the head coach. Nobody wins Coach of the Year midway through October. But nearly a third of the way into this, nobody is coaching his team better than Brian Daboll is coaching his.
“I try to be as consistent as I can regardless of results,” Daboll said this week. “Focus on our improving our fundamentals. Be consistent with our preparation and practice habits. Keep taking steps forward.”
The Giants have taken big steps forward just getting to 4-1. They can take a giant step — in all ways — forward if they can beat Baltimore at home.
Daboll’s Giants don’t have any stars at wide receiver. The jury is still out on the quarterback, who continues to be a work in progress. The Giants still don’t have a lot of depth. But you can see the change in attitude just by watching them play. A guy, Daboll, who knows plenty about being a coordinator has brought in a terrific defensive coordinator in Martindale. The coach keeps talking about process. The process has gotten the Giants this far, to this game against the Ravens.
Again: Daboll has clearly gotten these players to believe. Giants fans have begun to believe. All part of the process. Been a while in Jersey.
GANG GREEN HAS PUNCHER’S CHANCE AT LAMBEAU, METS RAN OUT OF HITS & MAX ISN’T GETTING ANY YOUNGER …
Wait, do our green guys have more than a puncher’s chance against their green guys at Lambeau?
If you had the Giants and Jets being 7-3 after 10 games had been played, you win the office pool.
And if you had the Mets winning 102 games in a season when Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer combined to start 34 games, you win, too.
Even with the runs the Mets scored in Game 2 against the Padres, the Mets didn’t hit against the Braves in the last weekend of the regular season and did nothing against the Padres in Games 1 and 3.
Sometimes when teams stop hitting like that at the end of one season, they don’t start until the next.
By the way?
The Mets weren’t supposed to be suspicious of Joe Musgrove spinning balls like he was Sandy Koufax last Sunday night?
Apparently not, from some of the ranting and raving you heard after the fact.
My buddy Stanton thinks that Robert Sarver, the outgoing owner of the Suns, should look for work on the L.A. City Council.
Before long people are going to start wondering why Pete Carroll didn’t give the ball to Geno sooner.
Yordan Alvarez of the Astros really does look like Papi Ortiz Jr. right now.
And having himself a week that could be one of those October weeks that turns into a month.
Yankee fans don’t want to hear this, but the record says that the Astros are as good after sign-stealing as they were before it.
And it is worth pointing out again that after losing Gerrit Cole and George Springer and Carlos Correa, they still won 106 baseball games this season.
Yankee fans sure are hoping that Oswaldo Cabrera is their third baseman next season.
One more thing on the Mets:
You look back on what happened at the end for the Mets and realize how defenseless they were when their ace, Scherzer, coughed it up the way he did against the Braves and then the Padres.
And as much fun as he gave us this season when he was healthy, Mets fans have a right to wonder what things are going to be like for Scherzer when he turns 39.
I’ll ask this question again:
Who do you think is going to hit more postseason home runs for the Yankees, Aaron Judge or Giancarlo Stanton?
I read Davante Adams’ apology afterward, but it was still a bush-league move for him to think he could shove that cameraman after the Raiders lost to the Chiefs the other night.
Wait, now Brett Favre tells us he didn’t know where that welfare money was coming from?
I know I shouldn’t be as worried about this as I am, but isn’t Herschel going to need a whole week of Father’s Days?
If you watched the Jan. 6 hearings, you can only come away from them with the conclusion that those hours when the Capitol was under siege are as shameful as this country has ever seen.
And only a bum would try to justify them.
It’s a good thing Harrison Bader is balling the way he is for the Yankees, or this trade deadline would have been one of the emptiest the Yankees have ever had.
I don’t think Judge would ever leave the Yankees for either the Mets or the Red Sox, but the owners of both teams could sure torture Hal Steinbrenner by throwing their hats into the ring.
Phil Mickelson was in Saudi Arabia this week, singing the praises of that LIV Tour, and I was just happy to see Phil back with his people.
Mickelson can’t play a lick any more, but he still can talk.
Al Michaels is still at the top of his game doing those Thursday night games for Amazon.
As bad as these last two Thursdays have been.
Does even Kyrie think he’s full of it sometimes?
When Draymond inevitably ends up on “Masked Singer,” do you think his height will give him away?
This question, once posed by my old pal Liz Smith about Michael Jackson, has to be asked again:
Who gives Kanye the creeps?
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When LaShanda Carr acquired the site that is now known as The Inspiration Event Space, 2314 63rd St., she never imagined that she would be running a venue. Now, she is starting her third year in the space with a re-opening ceremony Saturday.
“I never thought I would own an event space, it really just happened,” said Carr, who is sole owner and a Kenosha native. “I went into this looking for a place to run a child development center, but this space wasn’t adequate for that. So, I pushed myself to think of another way to use the space.”
Carr has worked long hours to transform the space from a typical storefront into a place where the community can network and celebrate. “My first grand opening was really small and intimate,” she said. That took place in November 2019. “Now, I feel like all of the work I’ve put into this space is worthy of a re-grand opening.”
Saturday’s reopening of The Inspiration Event Space is set to begin at 3 p.m. with a ribbon cutting to take place at 3:30 p.m.. Attendees are welcome to tour the space and will be given raffle tickets for gift bags, as well as tickets to upcoming events. Ice cream and face painting will be provided for children, while a local caterer will provide additional refreshments. There will also be surprise entertainment, Carr said
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While the space is available to rent for private events, Carr also hosts her own events, which are open to the public.
“I think I’ve gotten to where I am by asking myself, “How can I be a resource to my community?’” said Carr. In the past, Carr has hosted ladies nights, paint and sip parties, “trap bingo,”, and even self defense seminars.
On Saturday June 25, she will host be hosting the monthly Uptown Neighborhood Clean Up event,. No ticket purchase necessary.
For more information on how to rent The Inspiration Event Space and the latest information on community events, go to the venue’s Facebook page and @the_inspirationevent space on Instagram. Tickets to the events are sold through Eventbrite.
“When you come in here, you’re going to have an experience. It’s going to look good, smell good, feel good, and you’re going to have fun,” Carr said. “You’re going to remember that you came to the inspiration space.” | 2022-06-11T00:00:51+00:00 | kenoshanews.com | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/watch-now-the-inspiration-event-space-prepares-for-grand-re-opening-saturday/article_e67d9da8-e86f-11ec-8a9a-eb2f5389c76b.html |
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGLE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new generation of human enzyme therapeutics as innovative solutions for rare metabolic diseases, today announced that Linda Neuman, M.D., M.B.A. has been appointed chief medical officer. Dr. Neuman's appointment is an internal promotion from her previous role as Aeglea's senior vice president of clinical development.
"Linda brings significant medical expertise and drug development experience to the Aeglea leadership team and will play an important role in helping to guide the development strategy for pegtarviliase and the rest of our portfolio," said Jim Kastenmayer, Ph. D., J.D., interim chief executive officer and general counsel of Aeglea. "Linda has proven that she has the creative and flexible leadership required to navigate the complexities of drug development and has made a significant impact on our medical strategy since joining our team. I am excited to continue working closely with Linda as a valued member of our executive leadership team."
Prior to joining Aeglea in 2021, Dr. Neuman served as vice president, clinical development at Catalyst Biosciences where she led the clinical development of their late-stage development program for a novel hemophilia treatment. Before Catalyst, she served as the interim chief medical officer at Adverum Biotechnologies, where she directed the early phase development for three gene therapy programs, including two Investigational New Drug Applications (IND) in rare disease and ophthalmology indications. She previously worked at Sunesis Pharmaceuticals where she led the filing of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application and initiated a Phase 1b/2 clinical study and Puma Biotechnology, Inc., where she contributed to the successful New Drug Application (NDA) and Market Authorization Application (MAA) for neratininb. She began her career as an internist and practiced medicine for 10 years prior to joining industry. Dr. Neuman earned an M.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, a B.S. in biology from Southern Illinois University, and an M.B.A from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Aeglea BioTherapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company redefining the potential of human enzyme therapeutics to benefit people with rare metabolic diseases with limited treatment options. Aeglea is investigating pegtarviliase in an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of Classical Homocystinuria. Pegtarviliase has been granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation. Aeglea's other clinical program, pegzilarginase, achieved the primary endpoint of arginine reduction in the PEACE Phase 3 clinical trial and has received both Rare Pediatric Disease and Breakthrough Therapy Designations. The Marketing Authorization Application for pegzilarginase is currently under review with the European Medicines Agency. Aeglea has an active discovery platform focused on engineering small changes in human enzymes to have a big impact on the lives of patients and their families. For more information, please visit http://aeglea.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "goal," "seek," "believe," "project," "estimate," "expect," "strategy," "future," "likely," "may," "should," "will" and similar references to future periods. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what we expect. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding the timing of announcements and updates relating to our clinical trials and related data, including the clinical data for our Phase 1/2 trial of pegtarviliase in Classical Homocystinuria, the timing and success of our clinical trials and related data, the timing and expectations for regulatory submissions and approvals, including the MAA for pegzilarginase in Europe, our ability to obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize, pegzilarginase, recognize milestone and royalty payments from our agreement with Immedica, our ability to enroll patients into our clinical trials, the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations and clinical trials, success in our collaborations, the length of time that we believe our existing cash resources will fund operations, the potential addressable markets of our product candidates and the potential therapeutic benefits and economic value of our lead product candidate or other product candidates. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect our business and its financial results are detailed in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and our other reports as filed with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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CADILLAC — Cadillac wrapped up its regular season, dropping a 7-1 decision to Big Rapids in a non-conference boys tennis match Wednesday.
“We knew a match against a highly-ranked Big Rapids would be a challenge for us,” Cadillac coach Matt Schaefer said.
“We got a nice win at No. 3 singles and played some good sets in other flights. It wasn’t enough to get the win but we played them tough.
“Our focus is now on playing our best tennis of the season so we can make some noise at the Big North Conference tournament and MHSAA regionals in the next two weeks.”
Davin Brown lost 6-2, 7-6(7-3) at No. 1 singles while Henry Schmittdiel lost 6-2, 7-5 at No. 2.
Brady Koenig won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 while Matt Erickson lost 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4.
Chris Anderson and Oscar Kendell lost 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles while Tommy Reagan and Keaston Johnson lost 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2.
Woodlen Paca and Drew Drabik lost 7-6(7-3), 6-4 at No. 3 while Max McCumber and Ben Anderson lost 6-1, 7-5 at No. 4.
Cadillac competes in the Big North finals next Wednesday at Traverse City West.
CHEBOYGAN — Northern Michigan Christian played well but dropped a 2-1 decision to Cheboygan in an NMSL contest.
“It was a very good and fun game to watch tonight,” NMC coach Taylor Mulder said.
“Overall, we played well and played the soccer we know how to.
“Unfortunately for us, Cheboygan scored two fantastic goals and we were not able to put enough in the net to cancel them out. Overall, I am happy with our play tonight and I am looking forward to our continued progress through the rest of the season.”
Barrett Bosscher scored for the Comets off an assist from Blake DeZeeuw.
DeZeeuw had five saves in goal for NMC.
The Comets are at Leland on Saturday. | 2022-09-22T12:59:21+00:00 | cadillacnews.com | https://www.cadillacnews.com/sports/big-rapids-tops-cadillac-in-tennis-more-preps/article_3b94a082-3a11-11ed-aa10-0f20df3d3386.html |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. banking regulator at the Federal Reserve is urging Congress to pass legislation that would impose regulation on crypto currencies in the wake of the swift collapse last week of FTX, a leading crypto exchange.
Michael Barr, the Fed’s vice chair for supervision, said in prepared testimony released Monday that “recent events in crypto … have highlighted the risks to investors and consumers associated with new and novel asset classes and activities when not accompanied by strong guardrails.”
Barr, who took office in July, is scheduled to testify before Congress Tuesday for the first time as vice chair. He did not refer specifically to FTX in his written remarks.
Yet his appearance comes after FTX, the third-largest crypto currency exchange, formerly led by Sam Bankman-Fried, filed for bankruptcy Friday. The fall of FTX has rippled throughout the crypto world, with lender BlockFi pausing customer withdrawals.
Barr said “some financial innovations offer opportunities, but as we have recently seen, many innovations also carry risks.” Those include runs on deposits, collapsing asset values, misuse of customer funds, fraud, theft, manipulation, and money laundering, he said.
“These risks, if not well controlled, can harm retail investors and cut against the goals of a safe and fair financial system,” Barr said.
The collapse of FTX occurred outside the banking system, Barr noted, a focus of his oversight.
“But recent events remind us of the potential for systemic risk if interlinkages develop between the crypto system that exists today and the traditional financial system,” he said.
Regarding the banking system overall, most large banks have healthy levels of cash reserves, Barr said, beyond even what is required by regulation.
But with the economy slowing as the Fed rapidly lifts interest rates, banks may come under more stress, he said.
The “economic outlook has weakened,” increasing uncertainty, Barr said. “A weaker economy could put stress on households and businesses and, thus, on the banking system as a whole.” | 2022-11-15T17:03:06+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/business/ap-business/ap-feds-top-financial-regulator-urges-guardrails-for-crypto/ |
With the right resources, small businesses flourish in America's heartland.
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rural small businesses face a unique set of challenges, but they also have advantages over their urban and suburban counterparts – such as a tendency to be more profitable.
Entrepreneurial Benefits of a Rural Environment
Rural businesses tend to operate at a higher profitability margin than urban businesses (56 percent to 53 percent on average), and they are typically comparable in revenue to urban companies, according to a meta-analysis by SCORE, mentors to America's small businesses. This means rural entrepreneurs keep more of their business revenue and are subsequently able to provide a higher quality of life for themselves and their families.
Thanks to the rise of remote work and technology, entrepreneurs who grow up in rural areas no longer have to relocate to a major metropolis to build successful, scalable businesses. Rural areas also tend to have lower business operation costs as well as a lower cost of living than urban and suburban areas.
Entrepreneurial Challenges of a Rural Environment
Despite great potential, rural entrepreneurs continue to face significant barriers. Those challenges lie primarily in three areas:
1. Access to Capital
Cash flow is a conundrum for rural businesses. According to SCORE's Megaphone of Main Street data report, rural entrepreneurs are more likely than non-rural entrepreneurs to say they're impacted by higher costs of doing business (i.e. rent, utilities, gas), as well as higher financing expenses (i.e. higher interest rates, costs to borrow). Two-thirds of all small businesses need outside financing while three-quarters have trouble accessing it. For those in rural areas, the scarcity of local bank branches can be an added barrier.
2. Access to Labor
Rural areas aren't typically teeming with a wide array of industries, and this lack of business diversity limits the economic opportunities available to entry-level workers. With population declining in rural America, rural entrepreneurs (45.3%) are significantly more likely than non-rural entrepreneurs (25.5%) to say that population trends impact their business. In fact, over a third of rural entrepreneurs (35.9%) say there are few qualified workers in their area.
3. Access to Connectivity
Although telecommunication companies have made great strides in improving access to broadband for rural communities over the years, a technology gap remains between rural and non-rural businesses. Rural entrepreneurs (19.2%) are twice as likely as non-rural entrepreneurs (9%) to cite broadband/high-speed internet access as a technology challenge.
Limited access to high-speed internet is a significant challenge for rural small businesses. Not only does stable connectivity lead to growth, but it also helps businesses recruit and retain top talent, maintain steady supply chains and promote goods and services.
Get the support you need with SCORE
To address and overcome these challenges, SCORE offers rural small business owners free mentoring, as well as customized tools and resources online and on-demand in its hub for Rural Entrepreneurs. SCORE Des Moines mentor Don Frazer explains: "In today's competitive world, you need to have an organized plan for success. SCORE volunteer mentors are willing and able to provide advice in a variety of areas." When it comes to rural businesses, Frazer recommends utilizing local resources: "Be involved in your community."
There are many rewards to operating a small business in a rural community, but they don't come without challenges. "When you're farming, which is a 24-7 job, there's a lot to keep track of, and we needed someone to help us with the numbers," said SCORE client Jim Mansfield, co-owner of Four Hills Farm in Versailles, Ky. "SCORE can help you a lot."
Whether your business is rural, suburban, urban or online, SCORE mentors are available to provide guidance and support. Request a mentor today at www.score.org/find-mentor.
About SCORE:
Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 11 million entrepreneurs start, grow or successfully exit a business. SCORE's 10,000 volunteers provide free, expert mentoring, resources and education in all 50 U.S. states and territories. Visit SCORE at www.score.org.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> California lawmakers on Tuesday sent Gov. Gavin Newsom two groundbreaking bills intended to limit the downside of social media, as they faulted Congress for failing to act on the problem.
A first-of-its kind measure would require social media companies to make public their policies for removing disturbing content and provide details on how and when they remove it.
The second bill would require companies that provide online services attractive to children to follow age-appropriate design code principles aimed at keeping children safe. That includes not profiling a child or using the child’s personal information in a way that could harm the child’s physical or mental health or well-being.
“The online world has created tremendous opportunities, but also real and proximate threats to kids, to vulnerable communities and to American democracy as we know it,” said Democratic Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, author of the first bill.
“We believe that California has a special obligation and a special opportunity to lead on these issues,” Gabriel added during a news conference Tuesday. “We’re proud of our technology economy, and we know that many of the companies that these bills would regulate are homegrown California companies. But with dysfunction in Washington, D.C., we believe that California must step up and lead.”
His measure would require companies to say how they regulate their own content under their social media terms of service. It stalled last year over free speech issues before clearing the Senate on a 33-3 vote and the Assembly, 48-0. It says it is “the intent of the Legislature” that the state attorney general or a city attorney take civil action against violators.
While the measure had bipartisan support, Republican Sen. Melissa Melendez in opposition worried that it could be used to punish legitimate but unpopular content, particularly as Attorney General Rob Bonta is a progressive Democrat.
“I can’t help but wonder if this is not in fact an attempt for the attorney general to perhaps harass the citizens of California, particularly those who have an opposing viewpoint, and I don’t think it is appropriate that the state attorney general get involved in any attempt to censor speech,” she said during debate Monday night.
But Democratic Sen. Thomas Umberg, who carried the bill, said the measure “does not basically censor content … If they have no policy, they have nothing to report. If they do have a policy then they need to report how they’re implementing that policy.”
Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener said the bill sought by the Anti-Defamation League is particularly important to the Legislature’s Jewish Caucus, “given the rampant anti-Semitism on social media.”
Opponents include the California Chamber of Commerce, Computer and Communications Industry Association, Consumer Technology Association, Internet Coalition, Netchoice and TechNet.
A coalition of the opponents said companies already must make public their content moderation policies, and the bill goes too far by requiring them to disclose to the attorney general “sensitive information about how we implement policies, detect activity, train employees, and use technology to detect content in need of moderation.”
The second bill intended specifically to protect children from inappropriate online content cleared the Senate 33-0 also with bipartisan support, though seven Republicans did not vote. It cleared the Assembly, 60-0.
The measure “will represent a major positive step toward creating a global standard for the protection of youth online. That’s an aspiration about which I think we can all agree,” said Democratic Sen. Josh Newman, who carried the bill in the Senate.
It is modeled after a similar measure in the United Kingdom. It also is opposed by the Chamber of Commerce and some of the tech industry associations. A coalition including the Entertainment Software Association said the bill includes “an over-inclusive standard and would capture far more websites and platforms than necessary.”
A third measure working its way through the Legislature would require large social media platforms to disclose to the public starting in mid-2023 statistics on content that violated its policies that were recommended or otherwise amplified by the platform’s algorithms.
Another more controversial measure failed in the gatekeeper Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this month after it was heavily opposed by the influential tech industry. It would have subjected some popular social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok to fines for using features they know can harm children. | 2022-08-31T03:21:15+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/08/30/breaking-news/california-lawmakers-ok-bills-aimed-at-social-media-content/ |
PATIENTS KICK OFF 4TH ANNUAL "ARE YOU O-K+?" CAMPAIGN FOR HIGH POTASSIUM AWARENESS DAY ON MAY 1
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the oldest and largest fully-independent kidney patient consumer organization in the USA, continues to put a national spotlight on the devastating impacts of high potassium (hyperkalemia) on individuals with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) on National High Potassium Awareness Day, May 1, 2023. Over three million U.S. adults have experienced hyperkalemia, and among those, over 48 percent had chronic kidney disease (CKD) and/or heart failure. AAKP will conduct its annual "Are You O-K+" campaign through AAKP's Center for Patient Education and Research for the fourth year. The campaign utilizes AAKP's sophisticated global and nation social media platforms to reach millions of Americans who are at risk for hyperkalemia.
In 2019, AAKP launched the Decade of the Kidney™ to organize greater awareness of kidney-related issues and the overwhelming need for transformative innovations in kidney drugs, diagnostics, and devices to prevent and treat the advancement of kidney diseases and potential kidney failure. The "Are You O-K+" effort is a central element of that initiative and engages kidney patients, care partners, allied medical professional associations, and the larger kidney community. AAKP advocates for streamlined clinical trials, greater involvement of patients and their unique patient insight data, real-world evidence, and patient-reported outcome data in the approval and launch of safe, new kidney innovations. For 2023, AAKP is working to remove burdensome and unnecessary barriers to patient consumer access to safe, U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved kidney therapies and devices, erected by insurers, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS).
AAKP will be hosting a FREE virtual educational "Are You O-K+" webinar on Monday, May 1, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET. Register at www.areyouok.org or click here. The webinar will include educational presentations, kidney-friendly cooking tips, patient stories about the impact and importance of potassium management, and much more. The virtual event will be available OnDemand after May 1 for enduring education.
The "Are You O-K+" campaign utilizes the scientific symbol of potassium "K+" with a popular message, "Are You Ok," to encourage individuals with kidney diseases to know their potassium level. The safe range for blood potassium level is under 5.1 (3.5 -5.0 mEq/L). Levels of 5.1 and higher may indicate hyperkalemia, making May 1 (5.1) the key time for this annual awareness day. Educational resources about high potassium and kidney disease are available in English and Spanish at www.areyouok.org.
"Since 2020, AAKP has been educating millions of people about the risks of hyperkalemia and the availability of innovative treatments to prevent the most devastating impact of this condition. For 2023, AAKP continues to vigorously expand our reach and educational resources so kidney patients, their medical teams, and our allies across the kidney community can support this national grassroots movement to continue to mark May 1 (5.1) as National High Potassium Awareness Day," Edward V. Hickey, III, USMC, AAKP President, said. "We are honored to initiate and continue to lead this awareness day campaign for the last four years, and we appreciate our ongoing educational partnership with campaign supporters AstraZeneca and CSL Vifor."
"AstraZeneca is proud to continue our partnership with the AAKP on the 4th annual National High Potassium Awareness Day. As a company dedicated to improving the lives of people living with and at risk of developing chronic kidney disease, we believe it's imperative for patients to feel empowered and make informed decisions about managing their potassium levels, which can be life-threatening if left untreated," said Katherine Keller, Executive Director, Marketing, AstraZeneca.
For more information on the "Are You O-K+" campaign and the available educational resources, visit www.areyouok.org. Get involved on social media and help spread the word by downloading the campaign toolkit and following us on Facebook @areyouok5point1, Instagram @areyouok5point1, and Twitter @areyouok5point1. For more information about AAKP's educational and advocacy programs, visit www.aakp.org or join today as a FREE member at www.aakp.org/join.
Since 1969, AAKP has been a patient-led organization driving policy discussions on kidney patient consumer care choice and treatment innovation. By 1973, AAKP patients had collaborated with the U.S. Congress and White House to begin American dialysis coverage for any person suffering kidney failure, a taxpayer effort that has saved over one million lives. In 2018, AAKP established the largest U.S. kidney voter registration program, KidneyVoters™. Over the past decade, AAKP patients have helped gain lifetime transplant drug coverage for kidney transplant recipients (2020); new patient-centered policies via the White House Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health (2019); new job protections for living organ donors from the U.S. Department of Labor (2018); and Congressional legislation allowing HIV-positive organ transplants for HIV-positive patients (2013). Follow AAKP on social media at @kidneypatient on Facebook and @kidneypatients on Twitter, and visit www.aakp.org for more information.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: ARGO).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until December 20, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Argo's reserves were wholly inadequate and its underwriting standards were not prudent as was represented; (ii) Argo had dramatically changed its underwriting policies on certain U.S. construction contracts as far back as 2018; and (iii) these policies were underwritten outside of the Company's "core" business including in certain states and for certain exposures that were far riskier than investors understood and that the Company no longer would service moving forward.
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How to Watch the Maple Leafs vs. Lightning Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs First Round Game 3
Published: Apr. 21, 2023 at 6:17 PM CDT|Updated: 55 minutes ago
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning take the ice Saturday for Game 3 of the NHL Playoffs First Round at Amalie Arena, starting at 7:00 PM ET on TBS, SportsNet, CBC, TVAS, and BSSUNX. The teams are knotted up 1-1 in the series.
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Maple Leafs Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: TBS, SportsNet, CBC, TVAS, and BSSUNX
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- Where: Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida
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Maple Leafs vs. Lightning Head-to-Head
Maple Leafs Stats & Trends
- The Maple Leafs have given up 220 total goals (2.7 per game), the seventh-fewest in league action.
- The Maple Leafs' 278 total goals (3.4 per game) rank ninth in the league.
- In the past 10 games, the Maple Leafs are 7-2-1 (80.0% of possible points).
- Over on the defensive end, the Maple Leafs have allowed 2.4 goals per game (24 total) in those 10 outings.
- They have put up 36 goals over that time.
Maple Leafs Key Players
Lightning Stats & Trends
- The Lightning give up 3.1 goals per game (252 in total), 14th in the NHL.
- The Lightning's 280 goals on the season (3.4 per game) rank them eighth in the league.
- Over the last 10 games, the Lightning have gone 5-5-0 (75.0% of possible points).
- Defensively, the Lightning have given up 33 goals (3.3 per game) in those 10 matchups.
- They are scoring at a 3.9 goals-per-game average (39 total) over that time.
Lightning Key Players
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Stockton police chief recounts arrest of suspected serial killer
The Stockton police chief revealed new details on Monday surrounding the arrest of a suspected serial killer.
Chief Stanley McFadden said Wesley Brownlee, 43, was driving a teal or green-colored van when officers performed a traffic stop around 2 a.m. near Village Green Drive and Winslow Way in Stockton on Saturday.
Police are now reviewing videos from the shootings that they believe Brownlee is responsible for in order to see if that same vehicle was caught on camera at those crime scenes.
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McFadden said he is proud of his officers and thankful to the community for tips that helped lead them to Brownlee after releasing surveillance video of the suspect.
"What it was was his walk. I’ll be honest with you: the stride. That’s what people were keying in on," he said when asked what kind of information from the public helped identify Brownlee.
McFadden said detectives determined they were on the right path as they found that information from different sources was matching up.
Then, while watching Brownlee on Saturday, police believe he was scoping out a spot for his next deadly shooting.
"Throughout the surveillance, he was lurking around parks. He was lurking around in dark areas, just different areas that might have proved to be an area for him to kill. Once we knew he encountered an area where there was someone that was vulnerable and alone and in a dark place, that's when we acted," McFadden said.
He explained that there was someone alone at Panella Park in danger of becoming the next victim, so police pulled Brownlee over.
They said he was wearing dark clothes with a mask around his neck and a gun in his waistband. Police arrested Brownlee, accusing him of six killings.
"It's about bringing closure to our victims. It's about how strong we are when the police department and the community comes together. It's about us all having zero tolerance on crime," McFadden said.
Most of the victims were Hispanic men and some were unhoused. However, police still say they do not know if that has anything to do with how the serial killer chose his victims.
The chief said he does not yet know what the suspect's motive was.
"All we know is this person wanted to kill," he said.
Brownlee is slated to appear in court in San Joaquin County on Tuesday afternoon. | 2022-10-18T03:25:42+00:00 | kcra.com | https://www.kcra.com/article/stockton-police-chief-arrest-suspected-serial-killer/41661262 |
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Q1 2023 Highlights:
- Consolidated revenues of nearly $1 billion increased 21% over Q1 2022 due to higher pricing and sales volumes, and an improved sales mix
- Consolidated operating profit of $42.6 million and consolidated net income of $26.6 million compared with losses in Q1 2022
- Lift Truck operating profit of $47.8 million and 5% operating margin were significantly ahead of expectations despite continued production challenges and currency headwinds
- Average sales price per backlog unit increased nearly 34% over Q1 2022 and 2% over Q4 2022
- Bolzoni operating profit of $4.4 million more than doubled from Q1 2022
Full-Year 2023 Outlook:
- Substantial consolidated net income is expected for 2023 full year as a result of significantly improved profitability at the Lift Truck and Bolzoni businesses compared with 2022
CLEVELAND, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (NYSE: HY) reported the following consolidated results for the three months ended March 31, 2023:
Lift Truck Business Results
Revenues and shipments by geographic segment were as follows:
First-quarter 2023 lift truck revenues increased by 21.8% compared with the prior year first quarter while consolidated unit shipments increased by 5.4%. Revenue growth outpaced shipment growth as previously implemented price increases, designed to offset significant cost inflation in 2021 and 2022, were realized. Higher parts volumes and a favorable shift in sales mix, primarily to higher-priced Class 1 and Class 5 trucks, including Big Trucks, also contributed to the revenue growth. Unfavorable currency movements due to a stronger U.S. dollar compared with the prior year were a $14.2 million headwind in the quarter, primarily in EMEA.
Unit shipments decreased 7% from fourth-quarter 2022 as a result of fewer shipments in EMEA and JAPIC. While supply challenges in the Americas have moderated, continued difficulties sourcing certain critical components, particularly in EMEA, and labor shortages for skilled positions hampered first-quarter 2023 production rates and shipments.
Gross profit and operating profit (loss) by geographic segment were as follows:
For the first quarter of 2023, the Lift Truck business reported significantly higher gross and operating profits compared with the prior year period. This better-than-expected performance resulted in a 5% operating profit margin. Improvements over the prior year were led by pricing benefits of $74.3 million, favorable sales mix, higher parts volumes and elevated fleet revenues. Gross and operating profits improved despite a nearly $21 million increase in material and freight costs compared to the prior year. Higher operating expenses, including employee-related costs, and $5.2 million of unfavorable currency effects partly offset the profit improvements.
The Company continues to make steady progress reducing the number of lower-priced units, booked in prior years in its extended backlog. First-quarter 2023 margin growth was constrained due to the production and shipment of a number of these lower-margin backlog units during the quarter as component availability improved.
Geographically, the Americas reported revenues of $685.9 million and a $43.1 million operating profit improvement compared with the 2022 first quarter. These improvements stemmed from higher lift truck pricing, favorable sales mix, increased parts volumes and manufacturing efficiencies tied to higher production volumes. These improvements more than offset the combination of material cost inflation, higher employee-related costs and unfavorable currency movements. First-quarter 2022 results included $3.5 million of tariff recovery income.
EMEA reported operating profit of $2.6 million in first-quarter 2023, returning to profitability for the first time since second-quarter 2021. Benefits achieved from price increases, favorable sales mix and lower manufacturing costs more than offset material cost inflation of $17.5 million and unfavorable currency movements compared with the prior year first quarter. Inflation and supply chain challenges continue to constrain the Company's efforts to increase production levels and further recover margins. In this context, EMEA is taking longer than planned to work through its aged backlog and achieve significant margin improvement, despite higher prices offsetting material inflation.
Operating results in JAPIC improved as a result of a favorable sales mix and higher pricing that more than offset increased costs and the impact of lower unit volumes.
Bolzoni Results
Bolzoni's 2023 first quarter revenues increased modestly, while operating profit more than doubled compared with the first quarter of 2022. The improvement in both revenues and operating profit was driven primarily by price increase benefits combined with higher sales volumes. Lower material, freight and manufacturing costs also contributed to the significant increase in operating profit.
Nuvera Results
Nuvera's first-quarter 2023 revenues increased primarily as a result of after-market component and engine sales to the Lift Truck Business, as well as increased sales to third parties.
Nuvera's first-quarter 2023 operating loss was higher than the first-quarter 2022 largely due to increased product development costs and higher employee-related costs.
Balance Sheet and Liquidity
As of March 31, 2023, the Company's cash on hand was $64.6 million and debt was $560.6 million compared with cash on hand of $59.0 million and debt of $552.9 million at December 31, 2022. Net debt was comparable between periods, but the debt to total capital ratio improved by 400 basis points compared with December 31, 2022 due to significantly higher profitability.
The Company had unused borrowing capacity of approximately $186 million under its revolving credit facilities as of March 31, 2023, compared with $183 million on December 31, 2022.
The Company remains focused on reducing inventory days on hand as production rates increase. Total inventory increased in first-quarter 2023 compared with the prior year primarily due to higher finished goods inventory caused by elevated production levels late in the quarter, which led to trucks completed but not yet shipped. Raw material and component parts inventory at the end of first-quarter 2023 decreased compared with the prior year.
Market Commentary
The global economic outlook remains constrained and economic activity appears to be decelerating in many parts of the world. This deceleration is due to several factors, including tight monetary policies, designed to contain inflation, in many countries, continued supply chain disruptions and the likelihood of increased unemployment rates as companies reduce expenses. Despite these challenges, the U.S. economy was more resilient in the 2023 first quarter than anticipated after a fourth quarter that included signs of a steeper potential downturn. The latest publicly available lift truck market data indicates that new unit, fourth-quarter 2022 booking activity decreased in all major geographies, particularly EMEA, compared with high prior-year levels. Internal company estimates suggest that the global lift truck market decline continued in the first quarter of 2023 with all major geographies experiencing booking declines compared with the prior-year quarter. Despite the decreases, market levels appear to be stronger than anticipated.
Looking ahead, the Company expects the global lift truck market to decline in all regions for the full-year 2023 compared with 2022. By pre-pandemic historical standards, 2023's global market unit volumes are expected to remain relatively strong in all regions except EMEA.
Several years of extraordinary lift truck market growth led to very significant supplier capacity constraints. A moderate market slowdown could put the lift truck component supply base in a position to meet their supply requirements more efficiently and effectively and allow the Company to work down its extended backlog more quickly.
Operational Perspectives - Lift Truck Business
Lift truck unit bookings and backlog were as follows:
First-quarter 2023 lift truck bookings decreased significantly from robust prior-year levels due to several factors, including a declining, but still large, global market and a focus on booking orders with strong margins in the context of the Company's extended lead times. First-quarter 2023 bookings increased moderately from fourth-quarter 2022 driven by better-than-expected market conditions and bookings performance in the Americas. Looking forward, 2023 bookings' levels are expected to decrease year-over-year due to the moderating market outlook and the Company's continued focus on balancing higher-margin units with the need to maintain a full production pipeline for each of its product lines across its facilities. Together, the anticipated bookings' decreases and planned production increases should help the Company further reduce its backlog, which has now decreased over 13% from its peak in the first-quarter 2022.
Full-year 2023 production and shipment volumes are expected to increase compared with 2022, reducing extended lead times as a result of anticipated reduced bookings and continued supply chain improvements. Despite the lower booking rate and expected production improvements, lead times and backlog levels will likely remain above desired levels for some time. However, this extended backlog should serve as a shock absorber for the business if bookings decline more sharply as 2023 progresses.
The trend toward higher average prices and margins for both unit bookings and backlog continued in the first quarter largely due to enhanced pricing and order selectivity. The Company continues to experience material and labor cost increases, but the rate of increase has slowed substantially. Forward economic indicators suggest inflationary pressures are abating and cost inflation is expected to moderate throughout 2023. To offset the substantial inflationary pressure that occurred in 2021 and 2022, the Lift Truck business implemented several price increases. As of March 31, 2023, the Company has worked through a high proportion of its lower-priced, lower-margin backlog units booked before these price increases went into effect. In 2023, the Company expects a positive price-to-cost ratio, in part to address ongoing cost increases in certain areas. The Company will continue to monitor material and labor costs closely, as well as the impact of tariffs, and adjust forward pricing accordingly. As a result of slowing cost inflation and the current higher-priced backlog, the Company believes average unit margins will increase significantly in aggregate in 2023 compared to 2022. That improvement is expected to continue into 2024 as newer bookings, with higher margins, are scheduled for production.
The factors outlined above, as well as the benefits from the Company's maturing strategic initiatives, are expected to lead to a significant revenue increase and a substantial operating profit in 2023. The Lift Truck business first-quarter 2023 operating profit increased more than the Company anticipated. However, second-quarter 2023 Lift Truck operating profit is expected to decrease compared with first-quarter 2023 but significantly exceed fourth-quarter 2022 results. The expected decrease in the second quarter from first-quarter 2023 is due in part to an expected shift in mix toward lower margin sales channels. Second-half 2023 operating profit is expected to be comparable to the first half of the year. However, these forecasts are highly sensitive to the effect of various factors, particularly those that impact global supply chains and production capabilities.
Strategic Perspectives - Lift Truck
From a broad perspective, the Lift Truck business has three core strategies that are expected to transform the Company's competitiveness, market position and economic performance over time:
- To provide the lowest cost of ownership while improving customer productivity, including for low-intensity applications. The Lift Truck business' capabilities in this area are expected to be enhanced by bringing to market a wide variety of vehicle innovations including: new modular and scalable product families, truck electrification projects and technology advancements in product automation, power options, telemetry and operator assist systems;
- Be the leader in the delivery of industry- and customer-focused solutions by transforming the Company's sales approach to meet a wide variety of customer needs across a broad set of end markets; and
- Be the leader in independent distribution by focusing on effectively coordinating dealer and major account coverage, enhancing dealer excellence and ensuring outstanding dealer ownership globally.
The Company continues to make progress on its high priority projects. The Lift Truck business launched its first modular, scalable lift trucks to the EMEA and Americas markets in 2022. Given the current extended backlog, the production ramp-up for this new product line is occurring gradually. The Company expects to launch these products in the JAPIC market in mid-to-late 2023.
In addition to the new modular, scalable product lines, the Lift Truck business also has key projects geared toward electrification of applications now dominated by internal combustion engine trucks, as well as technology advancements in power options, automation product options, telemetry and operator assist systems. The Company delivered its first electrified fuel cell Container Handler to the Port of Los Angeles for testing in late 2022. In the first half of 2023, it anticipates delivering an electrified fuel cell Reach Stacker to the Port of Valencia, Spain, and in mid-to-late 2023 delivering a new electrified fuel cell Terminal Tractor and an electrified fuel cell empty container handler to a customer in Hamburg, Germany. The Company is also exploring options for other electrification projects within the European Union.
Operational and Strategic Perspectives - Bolzoni
Building on its first-quarter 2023 performance, over the remainder of 2023 Bolzoni expects component shortages to continue moderating. Increased pricing is expected to offset higher input costs across 2023. As a result, margins are expected to improve year-over-year, leading to a significantly higher 2023 full-year operating profit compared with 2022, in large part due to the strong first-quarter 2023 performance.
Bolzoni's core strategy is to be the leader in the Attachments business. In this context, Bolzoni continues to concentrate on driving its "One Company - 3 Brands" approach globally, increasing its Americas business and focusing on strengthening its ability to serve key attachment industries and customers in all global markets. As part of this approach, Bolzoni also intends to increase its sales, marketing and product support capabilities in North America and Europe to support its industry-specific sales strategy.
Operational and Strategic Perspectives - Nuvera
Nuvera's core strategy is to be a leader in the fuel cell business. Nuvera continues to focus on placing 45kW and 60kW fuel cell engines in niche, heavy-duty vehicle applications for which battery-only electrification will not provide an adequate solution. As a result, these applications are expected to have significant and nearer-term fuel cell adoption potential, at the same time that Nuvera is shifting from a product to solution-selling emphasis. Nuvera has announced several projects with various third parties to test Nuvera® engines in targeted applications, including the Port of Los Angeles, which began testing in late 2022, and in multiple European ports, which are expected to begin testing in 2023. Nuvera is also developing a new, larger 125kW fuel cell engine for heavier-duty applications and plans to launch 360kW and 470kW modular fuel cell-powered generators for stationary applications.
In 2023, Nuvera expects continued focus on increasing customer product demonstrations and customer bookings. Nuvera is expanding its presence in Europe and China. Shipments in the first quarter of 2023 were for demonstrations of its 45kW and 60kW fuel cell engines for bus, power supply and port equipment applications. Recurring orders for current customers are booked for the 2023 second and third quarters and are expected to result in higher sales in the latter half of the year. Overall, in the context of moderately higher costs, the business is expected to generate a loss in 2023 comparable to 2022 but the increased volume of engine demonstrations should significantly enhance the foundation for future technology adoption and improved financial returns.
Consolidated Outlook
The Company is nearing completion of its program to build out the lower-priced, lower-margin backlog units held over from prior periods. As a result, continued margin expansion is expected to lead to substantial operating profit and net income for the 2023 full year, as well as solid progress toward the Company's 7% operating profit margin goals at both the Lift Truck and Bolzoni businesses. These expectations are based on the Company's ability to effectively manage its ongoing component and labor costs, increase its production levels and achieve reasonably stable material and freight costs.
The programs to reduce inventory and to generate cash are expected to show substantial progress in the second half of 2023. The Company is committed to enhancing its cash flows through its ongoing action plans and continued discipline over capital expenditures and operating expenses. Capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $66 million for full-year 2023, with spending more heavily weighted toward the second half of the year. This full-year increase compares to significantly restrained 2022 levels and is necessary to adequately maintain the Company's facilities and product development programs. Working capital continues to be an area of intense focus for the Company. Inventory levels remain elevated and above pre-pandemic levels as a result of slow component parts consumption due to prior-period production delays. Efforts to maximize the use of on-hand inventory, coupled with material purchases below expected production rates, are expected to help reduce excess inventory levels throughout the Company in the remaining 2023 quarters. Supply constraints continue to be an issue periodically, but the Company expects continued improvements as 2023 progresses. As a result of these actions, the Company expects a significant increase in cash flow before financing activities for the full-year 2023 compared with 2022.
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In conjunction with this news release, the management of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate in the live call, please register more than 15 minutes in advance at https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=c87b56d8&confId=48921 to obtain the dial-in information and conference call access codes. For those not planning to ask a question of management, the Company recommends listening to the call via the online webcast, which can be accessed through Hyster-Yale's website at https://www.hyster-yale.com/investors. Please allow 15 minutes to register, download and install any necessary audio software required to listen to the webcast. A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the call ends through May 10, 2023. An archive of the webcast will also be available on the Company's website two hours after the live call ends. Further information regarding the Company's strategic initiatives can also be found in the Company's Q1 2023 Investor Deck that will be made available on the Hyster-Yale website.
Non-GAAP and Other Measures
This release contains non-GAAP financial measures. Included in this release are reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). EBITDA in this press release is provided solely as supplemental non-GAAP disclosures of operating results. EBITDA does not represent operating profit (loss) or net income (loss), as defined by U.S. GAAP, and should not be considered as a substitute for operating profit (loss) or net income (loss). Hyster-Yale defines EBITDA as income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interest income and dividends plus net interest expense and depreciation and amortization expense. EBITDA is not a measurement under U.S. GAAP and is not necessarily comparable with similarly titled measures of other companies. Management believes that EBITDA assists investors in understanding the results of operations of the Company. In addition, management evaluates results using EBITDA.
For purposes of this news release, discussions about net income (loss) refer to net income (loss) attributable to stockholders.
Forward-looking Statements Disclaimer
The statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are made subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those presented. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof. Among the factors that could cause plans, actions and results to differ materially from current expectations are, without limitation: (1) delays in delivery and other supply chain disruptions, or increases in costs as a result of inflation or otherwise, including materials and transportation costs and shortages, the imposition of tariffs, or the renewal of tariff exclusions, on raw materials or sourced products, and labor, or changes in or unavailability of quality suppliers or transporters, including the impacts of the foregoing risks on the Company's liquidity, (2) delays in manufacturing and delivery schedules, (3) customer acceptance of pricing, (4) the ability of Hyster-Yale and its dealers, suppliers and end-users to access credit in the current economic environment, or obtain financing at reasonable rates, or at all, as a result of interest rate volatility and current economic and market conditions, including inflation, (5) reduction in demand for lift trucks, attachments and related aftermarket parts and service on a global basis, including any reduction in demand as a result of an economic recession, (6) unfavorable effects of geopolitical and legislative developments on global operations, including without limitation the entry into new trade agreements and the imposition of tariffs and/or economic sanctions, as well as armed conflicts, including the Russia/Ukraine conflict, and their regional effects, (7) exchange rate fluctuations, interest rate volatility and monetary policies and other changes in the regulatory climate in the countries in which the Company operates and/or sells products, (8) the effectiveness of the cost reduction programs implemented globally, including the successful implementation of procurement and sourcing initiatives, (9) the successful commercialization of Nuvera's technology, (10) the political and economic uncertainties in the countries where the Company does business, as well as the effects of any withdrawals from such countries, (11) bankruptcy of or loss of major dealers, retail customers or suppliers, (12) customer acceptance of, changes in the costs of, or delays in the development of new products, (13) introduction of new products by, more favorable product pricing offered by or shorter lead times available through competitors, (14) product liability or other litigation, warranty claims or returns of products, (15) changes mandated by federal, state and other regulation, including tax, health, safety or environmental legislation, (16) the ability to attract, retain, and replace workforce and administrative employees, (17) disruptions resulting from natural disasters, public health crises, political crises or other catastrophic events, and (18) the ability to protect the Company's information technology infrastructure against service interruptions, data corruption, cyber-based attacks or network breaches.
About Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, offers a broad array of solutions to meet the specific materials handling needs of customers' applications. The Company's wholly owned operating subsidiary, Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks, attachments and aftermarket parts marketed globally primarily under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names. Subsidiaries of Hyster-Yale include Bolzoni S.p.A., a leading worldwide producer of attachments, forks and lift tables marketed under the Bolzoni®, Auramo® and Meyer® brand names and Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, an alternative-power technology company focused on fuel cell stacks and engines. Hyster-Yale Group also has an unconsolidated joint venture in Japan (Sumitomo NACCO). For more information about Hyster-Yale and its subsidiaries, visit the Company's website at www.hyster-yale.com.
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Shockingly, Drake was not the first to make that hotline bling.
Back in the '70s, telecommunications were the new frontier for tech companies. This is how one executive made the call that cellphones would change human life forever.
Who is he? Martin Cooper — aka the father of the cellphone, and former head of Motorola's communications systems division — and the first person to ever make a call from a cellphone.
What's the big deal? In some abstract way, we can probably connect that fateful call of yesteryear with our crippling phone addictions of today.
Want a deeper dive into technology? Listen to the Consider This episode on calls to pause AI developments.
What are people saying?
Cooper spoke with NPR (over Zoom!) about that inaugural call and how rapidly the world has changed since.
On what he said in that first-ever cellphone chat:
I said, "I'm calling you from a cellphone. A real cellphone. A personal, handheld, portable cellphone." You notice I was not averse to rubbing his nose in our achievement.
On overseeing a rapid evolution in technology:
We knew back in 1973 that someday, everybody would have a cellphone, and we're almost there. Two-thirds of the people on Earth have one. So we had a joke that said that someday when you were born, you would be assigned a phone number. If you didn't answer the phone, you would die. We never imagined that there would be a thing called the internet. That didn't exist in 1973. Digital cameras did not exist in 1973. The large-scale integrated circuit did not exist in 1973. So there were breakthroughs that have happened that we just could not have imagined.
So, what now?
Learn More:
Kai McNamee contributed to this story. contributed to this story
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There is an old saying that faith finds those who choose to believe. For decades, I struggled with both religion and faith. It was not that I did not want to believe, but rather that I prized logic over faith and found ways to use logic to discount faith. Simply put, I never saw faith and logic as complimentary.
It was much the same way I viewed singing; I deeply wanted to believe that I could be a good singer, but I could never quite seem to carry a tune. However, recently, that all changed (my belief in faith, not my singing abilities).
After a period of personal hardships, I rediscovered religion and regained my faith. I realized that logic did not hold all of the answers and that choosing to have faith actually complimented, rather than discounted, logic. Finding faith provided me with trust in something greater than myself.
Coincidentally, this revelation occurred during the Season of Lent, a time of spiritual devotion and fasting. Ultimately, faith found me because I chose to believe and this discovery has made me a better person. Now, I finally feel comfortable singing, knowing that I have the power to work on the pitch of my tune.
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Jonathan J. O’Konek, Bismarck | 2023-03-10T07:39:16+00:00 | bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/opinion/letters/letter-finding-faith-provides-trust/article_bdecffa2-be9b-11ed-a355-9375c2444258.html |
The world has made headway against the practice of child marriage, but progress has been frustratingly slow, according to a new report by UNICEF.
The percentage of women age 20-24 who were married in their childhood fell from 23% to 19% in the past decade. And yet, every year, 12 million girls across the world are married before the age of 18.
"The report confirms that we have made progress in eliminating child marriage," says Claudia Cappa, a senior adviser at UNICEF and an author of the new report. "But the report also indicates that the progress is not universal and is not fast enough."
At the current pace, the report says, it will take 300 years to completely eliminate the practice – long after the original target of 2030 set by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
"The number of 300 years was striking," says Sarah Barnes, director of the Maternal Health Initiative at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. The fact "that we need to be moving at 20 times the rate that we're moving right now to meet our goals by 2030 was also quite telling that there is still so much to be done."
The report also notes that recent and ongoing crises, such as armed conflicts, climate-change-related disasters and the economic and social changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have further slowed progress. That turmoil increases economic insecurity, which pushes families into marrying their daughters off early.
"Child marriage is very much linked to poverty," says Cappa.
Why some countries are seeing a notable drop in child marriages
Most of the reduction in child marriages happened in South Asia, which is still home to about 45% of child brides worldwide.
Ethiopia, Rwanda and others have also made significant progress.
These countries have three things in common, says Cappa.
"They've all seen a reduction in poverty," she says. "They've also seen access to secondary education for girls, and employment opportunities for women."
These changes create more and better economic opportunities for girls, making child marriage a less attractive option for families.
"Child marriage is also in place because of social norms, because of the way in which societies see the role of girls in their families," she says. "So when their macroeconomic changes are in place, switching norms also becomes easier."
But many regions across the globe have yet to move the needle on child marriages, notably Latin America and Central and West Africa, including parts of sub-Saharan Africa known as the Sahel. The sub-Saharan region has 7 out of the 10 countries with the highest prevalence of child marriages today.
Cappa says in certain subregions of the Sahel, some 80% of women aged 20-24 had been married in childhood. "These are regions and parts of the world that have been characterized over decades by a high level of insecurity connected to climate, connected to conflict."
As a result, the region hasn't seen an improvement in economic conditions for girls, which usually leads to a decline in child marriages.
A family response to crisis: Marry their children
"When a family or a community experiences crises, there tends to be an increase in child marriages," says Barnes of the Wilson Center. "Research has shown that families view marrying their child as a protection for that child, whether that be financially or physical security or better social welfare for their family and that child."
And many countries are seeing a rise in child marriages as a result of multiple ongoing crises, including conflicts, climate change and COVID-19.
The report estimates that an additional 10 million girls will become brides by 2030 as a result of long term impacts of pandemic-related social, health and economic changes.
"COVID-19 has increased poverty and therefore has triggered some of the key determinants of child marriage," explains Cappa.
When girls are home from school, and families are facing financial crises, parents are more likely to marry their girls off, she says.
"It's one less mouth to feed," she says, "but also, fear of sexual violence and threats to family honor" lead families to seek out the perceived safety of a marriage.
Armed conflicts and climate change have a similar impact – by increasing uncertainty and driving up the number of child marriages.
Robbing kids of their childhood — and their future
In the long run, child marriages keep families trapped in poverty, and the practice has grave health consequences for girls, women and their children.
"Child marriage robs children of their childhood," says Cappa. "Girls are expected to take on adult responsibilities when they are not ready. They have children themselves when they are still too young."
"Girls who marry as children are less likely to complete secondary education," says Barnes. "This makes them less likely to be financially secure, and gives them less years of formal education, which limits years of emotional and intellectual growth."
It also limits a girl's reproductive autonomy — "her ability to decide when, if and how many children to have and with whom," adds Barnes.
Being married in childhood decreases her access to health care and increases her risk of maternal death and other long-term physical and mental health issues.
"Girls married early are also more likely to experience intimate partner violence [or] contract sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and AIDS. And they're also at a heightened risk for cervical cancer," says Barnes.
Teenage girls are more likely to face complications during pregnancy and childbirth, which, in turn, puts their and their infants' lives at a greater risk, says Barnes.
"Adolescent pregnancy and complications during pregnancy and childbirth is the number one cause of death for girls 15 to 19," she says, "Their bodies have just not fully matured to be able to carry a pregnancy without complications."
On the other hand, women who marry in adulthood see better economic and health outcomes for themselves and their children, notes Cappa. For one, adult mothers are more likely to complete secondary education.
"We know that children of educated mothers are doing better," she says. "They have better nutritional outcomes. They are more likely to be in school themselves. Women who are educated are also less likely to be supportive of corporal punishment, for example, or to experience domestic violence."
Stopping child marriages, therefore, is "not an individual issue," she says. It's an issue with broad implications on society. When such marriages are curtailed, she says, it's better for families, communities and humanity at large.
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The following is a press release from the City of Lubbock:
On Thursday, August 18, the City of Lubbock Water Department increased water pressure in west Lubbock, so crews could install necessary equipment at the South Milwaukee water tower.
The increased pressure inadvertently caused water main breaks at:
- 42nd Street and Nashville
- 29th Street and Slide
- 4th Street and Indiana
- 34th – 35th Streets and Orlando
- Slide Road in front of South Plains Mall
City Pipeline Maintenance crews worked throughout Thursday evening and overnight to make all necessary repairs. There are no active water leaks at this time. The water distribution system continued normal function throughout the repairs, and is performing as normal.
The Streets Department will begin paving repairs next week.
End of release. | 2022-08-19T22:52:10+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/several-water-main-breaks-in-lubbock-after-city-increases-water-pressure/ |
Combining the company's two flagship editors, Wix Artificial Design Intelligence (ADI) and the classic Wix Editor, the new Wix Editor provides a powerful and efficient unified web creation and management experience
NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wix.com Ltd. (Nasdaq: WIX), a leading global SaaS platform to create, manage and grow an online presence, today announced the release of the new Wix Editor. This offering brings together Wix ADI, the editor that instantly designs tailored websites based on the users' intent and design preferences, and the classic Wix Editor, which enables limitless design possibilities, into one powerful solution for web design. The new offering simplifies complex design capabilities and enables all users, from self-creators to professional web developers, designers, and agencies, to swiftly turn their web creation visions into realities by providing a unique creation experience paired with advanced AI features.
The new offering personalizes the web creation process for each users' intent. Wix ADI users now have the freedom of customization the classic editor offers, and existing Wix Editor users now have enhanced AI technology to help guide creation and design elements, along with more flexibility and freedom of customization. From any starting point of website creation, whether from a blank canvas, pre-designed templates, or utilizing Wix's AI technology, all users will have new advanced features, all in one efficient platform. Users can work side-by-side with AI tools to create, customize and update their online presence more swiftly and efficiently to keep up with the ever-changing design trends and business climate.
"Our users' needs and intents are at the forefront of our product development," said Avishai Abrahami, Co-Founder and CEO of Wix. "I'm proud of our dedicated team who has listened to our users' needs, predicted trends, and worked to innovate the entire creation process, making web design more rapid and intuitive to meet the online demands of creators and business owners today. Our mission has always been to be a platform where any type of user and any type of business can create their dreams online, and the new Wix Editor helps to set the stage for the future of creation."
"With the creation of the new Wix Editor, we wanted users to have the feeling that a professional web designer is supporting them during their creation process. Each aspect of this was built to help guide users based on their intent and simplify the creation process," said Oded Nachshon, Head of Wix Editor. "This new offering aligns with the needs of today's self-creators as well as professional users. The platform removes barriers that generally complicate website building and enables users to keep their site updated and on brand with the latest technology."
Highlights of the new offering include:
- Quick creation with total editing freedom: Users can quickly create tailor-made websites that align with their brand. This provides users the ability to begin their design using advanced technology and then continue with complete customization and flexibility.
- Themed design kits for brand alignment: Users can create their own theme or use pre-designed kits that include colors and fonts that are wired to the site elements enabling customization of their site theme to cohesively represent their brand across their website. With a range of theme options like retro vibrant, nostalgic, energetic or tech-savvy, users can play around with different themes before committing to one, decide to customize certain colors or fonts within the theme—or even decide to create their own distinct brand.
- Sections for easy navigation: Sections are new full-width customizable building blocks that allow users to divide the page into meaningful content pieces. These help users interact, arrange and navigate content within the page more intuitively and work on one section at a time. Users can build their own or choose from a variety of designed presets to create an engaging and cohesive experience for visitors whether they come from a desktop or mobile device.
- Section layout suggestions for design optimization: This feature uses AI capabilities to identify the elements within the section and their semantics. Then it suggests beautiful layouts that serve the sections' business goals. This feature allows users to update their pages' look or layout with ease and confidence, without affecting existing content.
- Quick edit tool for content management: Users can skim through all the elements in the section and change them on the sidebar without touching the canvas. This allows users to update content without worrying that it will accidentally move or change an element that will impact the design.
The new Wix Editor experience is in its final stages of the rollout and will gradually be available to all users.
Watch the launch video here.
About Wix.com Ltd.
Wix is a leading platform to create, manage and grow a digital presence. What began as a website builder in 2006 is now a complete platform providing users with enterprise-grade performance, security and a reliable infrastructure. Offering a wide range of commerce and business solutions, advanced SEO and marketing tools, Wix enables users to have full ownership of their brand, their data and their relationships with their customers. With a focus on continuous innovation and delivery of new features and products, anyone can build a powerful digital presence to fulfill their dreams on Wix.
For more about Wix, please visit our Press Room.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With edge machine learning positioned as a leading emerging technology, a robust workforce will be needed to fill the category's demands. Edge Impulse, the leading provider of edge machine learning tools, has launched its university program to help train students to fill these roles. Designed to enable graduate and undergraduate classes to teach edge and embedded machine learning, the program provides free and open instructional content to professors and teachers, along with access to cutting-edge hardware tools.
In the university program's launch in 2022, Edge Impulse gave away over 3,000 Arduino TinyML Kits, along with slides, videos, and hands-on exercises, to schools in 70 different countries, helping integrate edge and embedded machine learning into university curriculums. Now the university program returns for 2023 with another Arduino Kit giveaway to help build on their commitment to accessible and affordable tools for students and educators.
Edge Impulse has worked with leading schools and companies to develop and support the program, including Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Arduino, and Nordic Semiconductor.
Some of the schools that have already joined the program include UCLA, Purdue, US Air Force Academy, UPenn, University of Helsinki, TU Delft, Trinity College Dublin, University of São Paulo, Syracuse University, CU Boulder, UT Austin, Texas A&M, University of Houston, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Georgia Tech, Arizona State University (ASU), Harvey Mudd College, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Maryland, College Park (UMD).
"The future of machine learning is tiny and bright," said Prof. Vijay Janapa Reddi of Harvard University. "Edge impulse makes it easy to onboard learners and helps them get started with embedded ML."
"Edge Impulse comes to our rescue, helping the electronics, computing, and control and automation students to abstract frameworks, such as TensorFlow, to gather data and deploy trained models into embedded devices," said Prof. Marcelo José Rovai of Universidade Federal de Itajubá. "Edge Impulse supported our students in all steps of their edge machine learning projects."
"Edge Impulse makes it incredibly easy to get started with machine learning and AI," said Orlando S. Hoilett, Ph.D., Purdue University. "I especially appreciate their commitment to engaging folks in industry, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, students, educators, researchers, and the like. Making their system accessible for the masses is what really impresses me the most about them."
"Having access to Edge Impulse was huge," said LTC David M. Feinauer, PhD, PE, Virginia Military Institute. "It really helped my students better understand the big picture use case for many of the ML techniques we were studying."
Universities interested in joining the program can learn more at edgeimpulse.com/university; applications for the kit giveaway are open until July 16, 2023.
About Edge Impulse
Edge Impulse offers the latest in machine learning tooling, enabling all enterprises to build smarter edge products. Their technology empowers developers to bring more AI products to market faster, and helps enterprise teams rapidly develop industry-specific solutions in weeks instead of years. Edge Impulse provides powerful automation and low-code capabilities to make it easier to build valuable datasets and develop advanced AI with streaming data. With over 65,000 developers, and partnerships with the top silicon vendors, Edge Impulse offers a seamless integration experience to validate and deploy with confidence across the largest hardware ecosystem. To learn more, visit edgeimpulse.com.
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(WHNT) — Will the mail run on Juneteenth? The short answer is no.
U.S. Post offices will be closed and mail will not run on Monday, June 20, when Juneteenth will be observed this year. The holiday, officially known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, actually falls on Sunday.
Regular mail services will restart on Tuesday.
“Although there will be no regular mail delivery on this date, carriers will deliver Priority Mail Express items on the observed Juneteenth holiday,” the USPS says.
UPS, meanwhile, indicated on its website that it will be closed on Sunday but will resume normal operations on Monday.
What else is closed Monday?
In observance of the holiday, most banks will be closed, as will the U.S. stock market and the bond market. All federal government buildings and government offices will also be closed.
Public schools, many of which are already out for the summer, will not be in session on Monday, while it is up to the discretion of private high schools and universities whether they close for the holiday.
Most restaurants and stores, however, will be open.
History behind Juneteenth
President Joe Biden signed a law last year designating Juneteenth as the 12th federal holiday in the United States.
Juneteenth, recognized annually on June 19, commemorates the date that Union soldiers brought news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, two months after the Confederacy had surrendered in the Civil War and about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-06-18T11:04:54+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/juneteenth-closings-will-the-mail-run/ |
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel carried out an airstrike on the Syrian capital of Damascus and its southern suburbs late Friday, in the first such attack in more than a month, state media reported. There were no casualties in the strikes.
The Syrian military said later that several Israeli missiles were fired toward some military positions near Damascus. It saidt Syrian air defenses shot down most of the missiles, adding that there was only material losses.
Residents in the capital earlier said they heard at least three explosions.
Syrian state TV said Syrian air defenses responded to “an Israeli aggression in the airspace of Damascus and southern areas."
The pro-government Sham FM radio station said the attacks were close to the Damascus International Airport south of the capital.
Friday's strikes were the first since Sept. 17, when an Israeli attack on the Damascus International Airport and nearby military posts south of the Syrian capital killed five soldiers. That attack came days after an Israeli strike shit the main airport in the northern city of Aleppo.
Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside government-controlled parts of Syria in recent years, but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel has acknowledged, however, that it targets bases of Iran-allied militant groups, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters to support Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.
The Israeli strikes comes amid a wider shadow war between the country and Iran. The attacks on the airports in Damascus and Aleppo are over fears it was being used to funnel Iranian weaponry into the country. | 2022-10-21T21:45:52+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Syria-reports-Israeli-airstrikes-on-suburbs-of-17525879.php |
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kushner (together with its affiliates, "Kushner"), a seasoned real estate owner and operator and one of the largest shareholders of Veris Residential (NYSE: VRE) ("Veris"), today sent the following letter to Veris' Board of Directors:
The full text of the letter follows:
Board of Directors
Veris Residential, Inc.
210 Hudson Street, Suite 400
Jersey City, NJ 07311
Dear Members of the Board,
This letter is an open response to the letters we received from Tammy Jones, Veris' Board Chair, on October 4, 2022 and October 16, 2022. We are writing in light of the fact that our attempts at fruitful engagement with the Board and management over the last several months have effectively been ignored, despite the serious ongoing operational issues at Veris Residential, Inc.
Upon review of publicly reported investor holdings, Kushner is one of the six largest shareholders of Veris. Kushner is a long term focused, multigenerational real estate investor, not a short-term hedge fund or activist. We have amassed a stake of 4.5 million shares in Veris over the past five months in the belief that Veris owns a high-quality real estate portfolio with substantial long-term potential which is, unfortunately, being mismanaged.
As we presented to the Board in September 2022, it is our belief that the intrinsic value of Veris' portfolio of real estate assets has been appreciably damaged over the last several years —to the tune of several hundred million dollars of shareholder value. Despite being a relatively small, geographically concentrated, regional REIT, Veris' management team ran up $57 million of G&A costs in 2021, which is 10X the average G&A per unit of Veris' peer group. The CEO of this small residential REIT lives in the UK. His previous experience, along with that of the COO, was oversight of an investment vehicle for European office buildings. Veris' senior management team, along with the vast majority of the Board, frankly, has no operators, no developers, not even anyone with any recent management experience in multi-family residential.
Since the initial Bow Street proxy contest was filed in May 2019, Veris has lost 46% of its value, declining from $22.72 (05/01/19) to $12.32 (10/19/22). Even after the installation of a new Board of Directors in June 2020 and a new management team in March 2021, Veris continues to be one of the worst-performing REITs in the country. We note that year-to-date in 2022, Veris' stock is down over 34%, from $18.74 (01/03/22) to $12.32 (10/19/22) —a destruction of aggregate shareholder value of nearly $600 million. Veris has not made a distribution to its shareholders in over 27 months. In the past 12 months, after adjusting for distributions and dividends, Veris has performed worse than even underperforming externally managed REITs. Of the peer group of residential REITs, both externally and internally managed, Veris is the only REIT with a negative 2023 EBITDA growth estimate and has the second lowest trailing twelve month return profile.
In her letters, Ms. Jones references advice received from financial advisors as to why the Board has thus far refused to truly engage in good faith discussions with Kushner about its proposals to enhance shareholder value. The substance of that advice has not been shared with us or with any other shareholder that is not represented on the Board as far as we can tell.
The bulk of Veris' core assets are in New Jersey. As has been presented to the Veris Board, Kushner, unlike Veris' management team and Board, are born and bred New Jersey multifamily real estate operators and developers. We have nearly 40 years of experience investing, managing, and developing in this competitive arena, generating billions of dollars in profits for our stakeholders. Kushner currently operates 20,000 multifamily apartments, 10,000 units under development, and a substantial commercial portfolio, on behalf of a diverse group of investors. We have spent decades building an organization led by talented on-the-ground executives who have successfully created value for investors in Veris' core markets for decades.
As a major shareholder, we approached the Veris Board over three months ago about working with the Board and management to help Veris address many of the strategic and operational issues at the company. In September we presented to the Board a detailed study of Veris' bloated cost structure and functional issues. Among other things, Kushner executives "blind shopped" each Veris residential asset during August of 2022 and found obvious shortcomings in leasing and management efforts. Leasing offices were closed or short-staffed, phone calls and messages went unreturned, Roseland branding remained throughout, and technological capabilities fell far short of current best practices. None of this is addressed in either letter from Ms. Jones.
At our meeting with the Board in September, we proposed a way to address many of Veris' issues, including a way to almost immediately reduce Veris' $57 million of annual G&A to close to $10 million annually. Our proposal included strict controls and oversight to ensure proper governance and transparency. Instead of engaging in good faith discussions about our proposal we received what amounts to form letter responses rejecting our proposal out of hand. Most recently, Veris announced the sale of three properties at substantial discounts. The lengthy endeavor to sell these properties stretched into the worst investment sales environment in decades and culminated in a low contract price for H1/H2/H3. Similarly, Veris allowed the buyer of 101 Hudson to string them out for a year, giving away tens of millions to close the deal. Previously, Veris sold valuable land such as Urby Harborside cheaply, and exchanged those proceeds into an average property, in an average location, at the top of the market.
Kushner, as one of the largest Veris shareholders, has offered its robust operating platform to the company at cost to drastically (a) reduce G&A expense and (b) upgrade the quality, capability, and depth of Veris' management capabilities. Kushner is willing to forgo typical management fees to immediately cut G&A expense. Kushner has undertaken a zero-base G&A budget and believes it can reduce the $57 million of G&A in 2021 to just under $10 million immediately. In our proposal to the Board in September, we made clear that Kushner would only get paid for our efforts if we are successful in substantially growing the equity value of the company for all shareholders.
As a major shareholder with unique experience in Veris' core markets we have tried to engage directly and privately with Veris' Board and management. Unfortunately, to date, our attempts at fruitful good faith engagement have not been reciprocated. That forces us to make our concerns and proposals clear to all Veris shareholders so they can understand for themselves why we believe Veris has performed so poorly over the last several years and what we are proposing as alternatives.
Kushner is prepared to engage directly and seriously in good faith negotiations for a joint venture arrangement whereby Veris would retain internal management, but Kushner would help bring down Veris' market-high operating expenses immediately and reposition Veris' core assets so that they can start generating distributable income for all Veris shareholders. As stated many times to the Veris Board, Kushner would only receive compensation for such efforts when Kushner achieves material shareholder value for all Veris shareholders. Moreover, to the extent that Veris has any concern regarding potential conflicts of interest between Kushner properties and Veris properties, we are prepared to implement robust procedures to address any potential conflict.
In the alternative, Kushner is prepared to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Veris at a price of $16 per share. This price represents a 30% premium to Veris' last closing price, which we believe has been temporarily inflated by recent insider purchases of Veris stock. This also represents a 33.8% premium to Veris' 30-day trailing VWAP of $11.96 per share. Based upon discussions with financing sources, Kushner has access to all financing necessary to consummate this transaction. Obviously, any transaction would be subject to due diligence and proper documentation.
We would have preferred to engage in these discussions privately and directly with the Board but to date the Board has not shown a good faith willingness to discuss alternatives to the plan it has been attempting to execute for the last several years resulting in equity destruction of almost 46%.
Therefore, we have no choice but to make our proposals public so that we can make all Veris shareholders aware that there are more viable alternatives to the current and continuing path Veris is on. The Board can choose to help its shareholders achieve an immediate return on their investment at $16 per share, a price not likely to be seen again any time soon based on the current trajectory of Veris operations, or the Board can try to engage with a major shareholder and best-in-class operator in Veris' core markets to finally turn things around and create real tangible value for Veris shareholders over the longer term.
The status quo is unacceptable. Veris cannot continue to be operated from Europe with the highest G&A costs in its peer group and a Board with no operating experience in Northeastern US residential multi-family assets. The Company is too small to permanently attract and support a competent internal management team. We propose that it partner with, or be sold to, a best-in-class operator with a proven track record of producing significant returns for its stakeholders in Veris' core markets.
We are hopeful for all Veris shareholders that by going public with this proposal the Veris Board will choose engagement rather than further intransigence.
Founded in New Jersey in 1985, Kushner is a diversified real estate organization responsible for the ownership, management, development, and redevelopment of properties through the country. Kushner currently owns and operates over 21,000 units across the country, with a strong presence in New Jersey, and has a multifamily development pipeline of over 9,300 units.
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SOURCE Kushner | 2022-10-21T03:49:27+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/10/21/kushner-sends-letter-board-directors-veris-residential/ |
- Annual Inflammasome Summit unites world renowned experts in inflammasome-targeted drug development and academia to share information and address knowledge gaps in this rapidly evolving field
- ZyVersa is well positioned in the emerging inflammasome space with a highly differentiated inflammasome ASC inhibitor (IC 100), which has potential to treat a broad range of inflammatory diseases
- By inhibiting ASC, IC 100 inhibits multiple types of inflammasomes, not just NLRP3, to stop initiation of the inflammatory cascade and progression of damaging inflammation that is pathogenic in inflammatory diseases
- ZyVersa and Larkspur Health entered into a definitive business combination agreement on July 20, 2022, which is expected to be completed in fourth quarter of 2022; combined company expected to be named ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. and listed on NASDAQ under ticker "ZVSA"
WESTON, Fla. and BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. ("ZyVersa"), a clinical stage specialty biopharmaceutical company leveraging advanced, proprietary technologies to develop drug candidates that address unmet medical needs in the areas of inflammatory and renal diseases, and Larkspur Health Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: LSPR or "Larkspur"), a blank-check special purpose acquisition company, are pleased to announce that Stephen C. Glover, ZyVersa's Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman, and Karen A. Cashmere, ZyVersa's Chief Commercial Officer, are invited speakers at the 4th Inflammasome Therapeutics Summit. The annual summit is being held in Boston, Massachusetts, with workshops on November 29 and the main conference on November 30 through December 1, 2022.
Mr. Glover will Chair the second day of the main conference on December 1. After his opening remarks at 8:25am, Mr. Glover will lead a CEO panel to provide industry leader perspectives on development and commercialization of inflammasome targeted therapeutics. The panel will address key topics, including:
- How the increasing evidence that multiple types of inflammasomes contribute to the pathogenesis and progression of numerous inflammatory diseases will impact drug development
- Thinking outside the box to select and prioritize indications for inflammasome inhibitors
- How best to demonstrate differentiation from standard-of-care and other inflammasome inhibitors in development
- Success factors in raising capital and attracting investors and strategic partners
Ms. Cashmere, along with co-inventor of ZyVersa's inflammasome ASC inhibitor (IC 100), Dr. Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, will lead a panel discussion on December 1, from 3:00 – 3:30 pm. Dr. de Rivero Vaccari is Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
The panel discussion will focus on the feasibility of identifying and validating biomarkers that can
- Serve as surrogate endpoints in inflammasome inhibitor clinical trials
- Enable early intervention with inflammasome inhibitors
- Detect disease progression of inflammasome-associated diseases
Additional presentations by co-inventors of ZyVersa's inflammasome ASC inhibitor (IC 100) are as follows:
November 30, 12:30 – 1:00pm: Dr. de Rivero Vaccari will address inflammasome biomarkers in brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, and COVID-19.
December 1, 2:00 – 2:30pm: Dr. Robert Keane will discuss the mechanism of action of inflammasome ASC inhibitor, IC 100. Dr. Keane is Professor, Physiology and Biophysics, Neurological Surgery and Microbiology, and Immunology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Those interested in attending the Summit can register at https://inflammasome-therapeutics.com/take-part/register/.
ZyVersa is a clinical stage specialty biopharmaceutical company leveraging advanced, proprietary technologies to develop product candidates that address unmet medical needs in the areas of renal and inflammatory diseases. ZyVersa's development pipeline includes phase 2a ready VAR 200, a cholesterol efflux mediator for treatment of rare kidney disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. ZyVersa believes VAR 200 has potential to treat other glomerular diseases, including Alport syndrome and diabetic kidney disease. ZyVersa's development pipeline also includes IC 100, a novel inflammasome ASC inhibitor being developed to treat a multitude of inflammatory diseases. For more information, please visit www.zyversa.com.
Larkspur is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) formed to identify a biopharmaceutical company that can develop and thrive as a newly formed public company, and benefit from Larkspur's operational expertise and a significant infusion of capital. Each of Larkspur's management team and board of directors have been former management and executive leadership of private and public biopharmaceutical companies and have over 50+ years of aggregate investment and operational experiences. The team strongly believes in the growth opportunities in the biotechnology industry. They are experienced operators who seek to partner with top innovators and thinkers in the biopharmaceutical field. Their entrepreneurial approach supports management teams in making impactful decisions with an eye toward growth and operational excellence. For more information, please visit www.lsprhealth.com.
Important Information for Investors and Stockholders and Where to Find It
In connection with the transactions described herein, Larkspur filed its Registration Statement on Form S-4 that includes a proxy statement with respect to the stockholder meeting of Larkspur and a prospectus with respect to securities of the combined company. After the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, the proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all Larkspur and ZyVersa stockholders. Larkspur will also file other documents regarding the proposed Business Combination with the SEC. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITIES HOLDERS OF LARKSPUR AND ZYVERSA ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, INCLUDING THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE SINCE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION AND THE PARTIES TO THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION.
Investors and securities holders will be able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement, proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by Larkspur through the website maintained by the SEC at https://sec.gov/. In addition, the documents filed by Larkspur may be obtained free of charge from Larkspur's website at www.lsprhealth.com or by written request to info@lsprhealth.com. Additional information about the proposed Transaction, including a copy of the Business Combination Agreement and investor presentation, will be provided in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by Larkspur with the SEC which can be accessed at www.sec.gov as well as online at www.lsprhealth.com.
Participants in the Solicitation
Larkspur, ZyVersa, and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Larkspur's stockholders in connection with the proposed Transaction. Information about Larkspur's directors and executive officers and their ownership of Larkspur's securities is set forth in Larkspur's Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on Form 10-K, as modified or supplemented by any Form 3 or Form 4 filed with the SEC since the date of such filing. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus pertaining to the proposed Transactions when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such other jurisdiction.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed transaction between Larkspur Health Acquisition Corp. ("Larkspur"), and ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. ("ZyVersa"). All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including statements regarding Larkspur or ZyVersa's future results of operations and financial position, the amount of cash expected to be available to ZyVersa after the closing and giving effect to any redemptions by Larkspur's stockholders, ZyVersa's business strategy, prospective product candidates, product approvals, research and development costs, timing and likelihood of success, plans and objectives of management for future operations, future results of current and anticipated product candidates, and expected use of proceeds, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to, the following risks relating to the proposed transaction: the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement; the risk that the transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of Larkspur's securities; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement; the inability to complete the Transactions, including due to failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of Larkspur or other conditions to closing in the Business Combination Agreement; the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of Larkspur's common stock on NASDAQ following the Transactions; the risk that the Transactions disrupt current plans and operations of ZyVersa as a result of the announcement and consummation of the Transactions; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Transactions, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth economically and hire and retain key employees; the risks that ZyVersa's product candidates in development fail clinical trials or are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other applicable authorities; costs related to the Transactions; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that Larkspur or ZyVersa may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties to be identified in the proxy statement/prospectus (when available) relating to the Transactions, including those under "Risk Factors" therein, and in other filings with the SEC made by Larkspur. Moreover, ZyVersa operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified and some of which are beyond Larkspur's and ZyVersa's control, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and except as required by law. Larkspur and ZyVersa assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Neither Larkspur nor ZyVersa gives any assurance that either Larkspur or ZyVersa or the combined company will achieve its expectations.
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The Kentucky Derby is a tradition that’s never been canceled.
Postponed once by World War II and again by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, America’s greatest race has rolled on since 1875.
At Churchill Downs on Saturday, 20 horses will compete to wear the garland of red roses in the 149th edition. But the race will again be without the sport’s best known and hugely successful figure for nearly three decades.
Bob Baffert trained American Pharoah to the first Triple Crown sweep in 37 years in 2015. He repeated the feat with Justify in 2018. In all, the white-haired trainer has won 16 Triple Crown races. Yet Baffert is still serving a two-year suspension from Churchill Downs.
“I’ve just moved on,” the 70-year-old Hall of Fame trainer told The Associated Press recently, declining to elaborate.
His reverence for the Derby is obvious: “There’s no more exciting moment when you have a horse that has a chance to win the Derby,” he said, having officially won it a record-tying six times.
Baffert will sit out for a second straight year. Read on to find out why.
WHY IS BAFFERT STILL BANNED FROM THE DERBY?
Churchill Downs Inc. prohibited him from entering horses at any of its tracks for two years after his 2021 Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a post-race drug test. The horse was later disqualified from that victory in a ruling handed down last year.
Medina Spirit tested positive for an anti-inflammatory medication. It’s considered a Class C drug, with a lesser potential to influence performance, but any level of detection on race day is a violation. Medina Spirit died after a workout in 2021.
Baffert already has served a 90-day suspension by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission because of medication violations involving his horses. The suspension caused him to miss all of the 2022 Triple Crown series.
DID BAFFERT CHALLENGE HIS PUNISHMENTS?
Yes, on several fronts.
He made multiple attempts in Kentucky to overturn the track’s ban and his suspension. He also was unsuccessful in suing Churchill Downs Inc. in federal court, with a judge denying his injunction.
Baffert was suspended for a year by the New York Racing Association for repeated medication violations, although none occurred in that state. That penalty expired in January.
Medina Spirit’s Derby disqualification remains on appeal.
WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF PUNISHMENTS?
Last year, Baffert had purse earnings of $9.7 million, which ranked him 12th among trainers nationally according to Equibase. That’s despite missing three months while serving his suspension.
“They’ve hurt my reputation,” Baffert testified in federal court in February. “My horses should’ve made much more money. I didn’t run for 90 days, and I had to let people go.”
In 2021, his stable earned $14.6 million. So far this year, it has earned $4 million.
Several owners have remained loyal to Baffert, entrusting their expensive horses to him in the hopes of winning Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup races. Horses he turned over to other trainers while suspended have come back to his barn.
But Medina Spirit’s failed drug test and Baffert’s punishments generated plenty of unflattering headlines for a sport desperate to appeal to a younger audience and to show it cares for its equine athletes.
WHAT ABOUT NEW ANTIDOPING RULES?
Horse racing’s new antidoping rules won’t take effect until May 22 — two days after the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Under the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act that was created by the federal government nearly three years ago, antidoping and medication rules will be uniform nationwide. Penalties will be doled out to horses and trainers by HISA’s independent enforcement agency with the goal of speedier test results, rulings and appeals.
While it’s hard to say exactly how Baffert would have fared had the new rules been in place in 2021, surely it would not have taken nine months for Kentucky racing officials to decide to disqualify Medina Spirit and suspend the trainer for 90 days.
WILL ANY FORMER BAFFERT HORSES RUN IN THE DERBY?
Yes. Reincarnate, a 50-1 shot, is a Derby starter who was previously trained by Baffert. He’ll be saddled by Tim Yakteen, a former Baffert assistant who also has his own entry, Practical Move, the early co-fourth choice at 10-1.
Last year, Yakteen saddled two Baffert horses: Taiba and Messier.
A new rule required all suspended trainers to transfer horses to non-suspended trainers by Feb. 28 in order for those horses to be eligible to race at Churchill Downs.
Baffert saddled his first horse in the Derby in 1996. This will be only the seventh time he hasn’t had an entry.
WHEN DOES BAFFERT’S TRIPLE CROWN EXILE END?
May 20 in Baltimore. He is pointing National Treasure toward the Preakness that day, making it nearly two years since Baffert entered a Triple Crown race. He’ll also have a filly in the Black-Eyed Susan on the undercard. Baffert owns a record-tying seven victories in the Preakness.
The Belmont Stakes, a race Baffert has won three times, is June 10 in New York.
WILL HE WATCH THE KENTUCKY DERBY?
Yes, like last year, the California-based Baffert plans to watch the race on TV with family and friends.
WHEN CAN HE RETURN TO CHURCHILL DOWNS?
Baffert’s suspension ends July 3, the last day of the track’s spring meet.
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AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sport | 2023-05-03T00:44:52+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/sports/sports-headlines/why-bob-baffert-wont-be-at-kentucky-derby-2nd-year-in-a-row/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Dingdong (Cayman) LTD (NYSE: DDL) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with Dingdong's June 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"), of the important October 24, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Dingdong securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the registration statement and prospectus used to effectuate the Company's IPO misstated and/or omitted facts concerning Dingdong's so-called commitment to ensuring the safety and quality of the food it distributes to the market. For example, despite claiming that it applies "stringent quality control across [its] entire supply chain to ensure product quality to [its] users," Dingdong sold food past its sell-by date. Consequently, Dingdong was, in fact, no better at providing or assuring access to "fresh" groceries than the supermarkets, traditional Chinese wet markets, or traditional e-commerce platforms it repeatedly claimed to be displacing. Moreover, the foregoing conduct subjected Dingdong to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement, all of which, once revealed, were likely to (and did) negatively impact Dingdong's business, operations, and reputation. In fact, as the truth about Dingdong's business and its failure to meet its self-imposed food safety responsibilities reached the market, the value of the Company's shares declined dramatically. By the commencement of the action, Dingdong's shares traded as low as $2.51 per ADS, representing a decline of over 89% from the $23.50 IPO offering price.
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(WGN) — It’s an invisible disease and a rare condition that starts in childhood. It’s a devastating diagnosis, but there is some new progress toward treating neurofibromatosis — or NF.
The first sign is a distinctive marking on the skin, something that looks like a birthmark. But what lies beneath can cause debilitating symptoms and damage to vital structures in the body.
Three-year-old Sam Mohideen has NF, and looking at him alongside his siblings, Max and Maria, you’d never know his health challenges.
“Sam is a ball of energy but he is also the happiest, kindest third child that I know,” said his father, Shahan Mohideen. “He loves his family. He loves being in the thick of it. He is fearless, and he is just fun.”
Dr. Robert Listernick, an academic general pediatrician with Lurie Children’s Hospital, said the first sign of the condition is typically a birthmark.
“In young children, usually the presenting sign is birthmarks that we call ‘café au lait’ spots, coffee with milk,” Listernick said. “We call them birthmarks, but they are often not present at birth but develop in the first several years of life.”
Erin Mohideen, Sam’s mother, said that’s what she thought the marks on her son were.
“I thought they were birthmarks, honestly,” Sam’s mother Erin Mohideen said. “He had a few freckles. He had a few ‘café au lait spots,’ and so I thought, ‘Look at this special kid with some different skin, that’s OK, right?’”
What looks like a birthmark is an indication of a deeper problem — a tumor that runs all the way down Sam’s arm to the base of his thumb. The benign lesion, called a plexiform neurofibroma, arises from the nerve covering. It’s too complex to be removed.
“Unfortunately, it’s involving the brachial plexis, which is a big bundle of nerves here which might affect function,” Listernick said, pointing to a location near the armpit.
But there’s now hope for children with the condition.
“2020 was a horrible year for the world. For the NF community, it was a great year because we now have the first FDA-approved drug,” Listernick said.
Patients with neurofibromatosis lack a gene that suppresses tumor growth. A type of drug known as a biologic, Selumetinib, can prevent growth and actually shrink lesions while taking away the pain.
Erin and Shahan Mohideen recently learned Sam has more lesions.
“He has additional tumors near his spine, in his chest cavity, on his neck and then one in the back of his brain,” Erin Mohideen said. “I don’t know what the future holds. We don’t know what that looks like.”
For patients with the inherited disease, tumors range in size and location and can cause damage to bones, organs and nerves. Some patients are born with scoliosis or develop it over time.
“About 15% of children with NF1 develop a tumor on the optic nerve and that can cause vision loss,” Listernick added.
Listernick the new treatment will be “a life changer for many patients with NF1.”
“Knowing that that is an option and knowing that is in our back pocket in case something goes wrong with Sam is great,” Shahan Mohideen said.
Right now, the soon-to-be preschooler is carefree and not hindered by his condition.
“Knowing and showing his resilience and zest for life in battling through this I think is important to show,” Shahan Mohideen said.
The Children’s Tumor Foundation has resources for patients and families. Sam’s family also has a team for the Shine A Light NF Walk.
For more information from the Neurofibromatosis Network, go to its website. | 2022-07-31T14:33:07+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/what-looks-like-a-birthmark-could-be-a-sign-of-a-rare-condition-in-children/ |
LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry forests.
Two people were killed in the blazes in Spain that its prime minister linked to global warming, saying, “Climate change kills.”
That toll comes on top of the hundreds of heat-related deaths reported in the Iberian peninsula, as high temperatures have gripped the continent in recent days and triggered wildfires from Portugal to the Balkans. Some areas, including northern Italy, are also experiencing extended droughts. Climate change makes such life-threatening extremes less of a rarity — and heat waves have come even to places like Britain, which braced for possible record-breaking temperatures.
The hot weather in the U.K. was expected to be so severe this week that train operators warned it could warp the rails and some schools set up wading pools to help children cool off.
In France, heat records were broken and swirling hot winds complicated firefighting in the country’s southwest.
“The fire is literally exploding,” said Marc Vermeulen, the regional fire service chief who described tree trunks shattering as flames consumed them, sending burning embers into the air and further spreading the blazes.
“We’re facing extreme and exceptional circumstances,” he said.
Authorities evacuated more towns, moving another 14,900 people from areas that could find themselves in the path of the fires and choking smoke. In all, more than 31,000 people have been forced from their homes and summer vacation spots in the Gironde region since the wildfires began July 12.
Three additional planes were sent to join six others fighting the fires, scooping up seawater and making repeated runs through dense clouds of smoke, the Interior Ministry said Sunday night.
More than 200 reinforcements headed to join the 1,500 firefighters trying to contain the blazes in the Gironde, where flames neared prized vineyards and billowed smoke across the Arcachon maritime basin famed for its oysters and beaches.
Spain, meanwhile, reported a second fatality in two days in its own blazes. The body of a 69-year-old sheep farmer was found Monday in the same hilly area where a 62-year-old firefighter died a day earlier when he was trapped by flames in the northwestern Zamora province. More than 30 forest fires around Spain have forced the evacuation of thousands of people and blackened 220 square kilometers (85 square miles) of forest and scrub.
Passengers on a train through Zamora got a frightening, close look at a blaze, when their train halted in the countryside. Video of the unscheduled — and unnerving — stop showed about a dozen passengers in a railcar becoming alarmed as they looked out of the windows at the flames encroaching on both sides of the track.
Climate scientists say heat waves are more intense, more frequent and longer because of climate change — and coupled with droughts have made wildfires harder to fight. They say climate change will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
“Climate change kills,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday during a visit to the Extremadura region, the site of three major blazes. “It kills people, it kills our ecosystems and biodiversity.”
Teresa Ribera, Spain’s minister for ecological transition, described her country as “literally under fire” as she attended talks on climate change in Berlin.
She warned of “terrifying prospects still for the days to come” — after more than 10 days of temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), cooling only moderately at night.
At least 748 heat-related deaths have been reported in the heat wave in Spain and neighboring Portugal, where temperatures reached 47 C (117 F) earlier this month.
The heat wave in Spain was forecast to ease on Tuesday, but the respite will be brief as temperatures rise again on Wednesday, especially in the dry western Extremadura region.
In Britain, officials have issued the first-ever extreme heat warning, and the weather service forecast that the record high of 38.7 C (101.7 F), set in 2019, could be shattered.
“Forty-one isn’t off the cards,” said Met Office CEO Penelope Endersby. “We’ve even got some 43s in the model, but we’re hoping it won’t be as high as that.”
France’s often-temperate Brittany region sweltered with a record 39.3 C (102.7 F) degrees in the port of Brest, surpassing a high of 35.1 C that had stood since September 2003, French weather service Meteo-France said.
Regional records in France were broken in over a dozen towns, as the weather service said Monday was “the hottest day of this heat wave.”
The Balkans region expected the worst of the heat later this week, but has already seen sporadic wildfires.
Early Monday, authorities in Slovenia said firefighters brought one fire under control. Croatia sent a water-dropping plane there to help after struggling last week with its own wildfires along the Adriatic Sea. A fire in Sibenik forced some people to evacuate their homes but was later extinguished.
In Portugal, much cooler weather Monday helped fire crews make progress. More than 600 firefighters attended four major fires in northern Portugal.
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Leicester reported from Le Pecq. Associated Press journalists Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless in London, Geir Moulson in Berlin, Raquel Redondo in Madrid, Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Portugal, and Jovana Gec from Belgrade, Serbia, contributed.
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The San Antonio area could be at risk for severe storms Monday evening with strong winds and a possibility of large hail, according to the National Weather Service. The greatest risk will be in portions of western Hill Country and the Edwards Plateau.
Isolated instances of large hail or damaging will be possible mainly between 6 p.m. and 1 a.m., the government forecaster said. Excessive rainfall is possible across much of South Central Texas, which could lead to an isolated flooding threat.
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In San Antonio on Monday, there is a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Those chances slightly increase overnight.
Looking ahead, it should be a wet week for San Antonio.
There is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday. The highest threat for widespread heavy rainfall will be Friday through Sunday, NWS said.
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MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (KTLA) — New surveillance video shows the violent struggle between the suspected Monterey Park gunman and the 26-year-old man who disarmed him at the Lai Lai Ballroom late Saturday night.
Twenty to 30 minutes after the Monterey Park shooting that left 11 people dead, authorities say 72-year-old Huu Can Tran entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in nearby Alhambra armed with what officials described as a magazine-fed, semi-automatic pistol that had an extended, large capacity magazine attached to it.
That’s where Brandon Tsay, a third-generation operator of the family-run dance hall, wrestled the gun away from the suspect.
Security video shows the terrifying moments as the suspect and Tsay are seen wrestling for the weapon. As Tsay manages to remove the gun from Tran’s grip, Tran is seen punching Tsay while lunging for the weapon.
Tran continues assaulting Tsay before he finally gives up. Tsay appears to yell at the suspect, telling him to leave the building.
While Tsay is still holding the weapon, he immediately calls the police for help.
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Tsay’s home on Monday to speak with the man who is being hailed a hero.
“This remarkable young man without any hesitation, though with moments of fear, took it upon himself to save countless lives,” said Newsom. “Who knows how many lives he saved.”
Tsay told The New York Times that he was in the office when he heard the front doors swing open and what sounded like metallic objects hitting one another.
When he turned, he said he immediately noticed “menacing eyes” and the semi-automatic pistol pointed at him.
Unaware of the earlier carnage in Monterey Park, Tsay jumped into action, struggled with the gunman and disarmed him before ordering him to leave or be killed with his own firearm.
“From his body language, his facial expression, his eyes, he was looking for people,” Tsay said.
Though the 26-year-old says he’s now okay, he did acknowledge some struggles.
“I’m having some trouble sleeping. I’ve been recalling events and what happened, contemplating the incident. I would say my mental health is recovering,” he said. “I just hope those people that were affected mostly by this incident also can recover safely.”
His father, Tom Tsay, said he’s very, very proud of his son.
“I’ve always told him that if there’s any people robbing the place, just give them money. A life versus money…money is nothing, but I guess this is a different situation. I never prepared him for that,” he told KTLA. | 2023-01-25T13:30:16+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/video-shows-violent-struggle-as-monterey-park-shooter-was-disarmed/ |
Noxubee co. sheriff department makes arrest for Friday morning shooting
NOXUBEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- The Noxubee County Sheriff Department has made an arrest for a Friday morning shooting that happened on 13 Willie Road in Shuqualak.
36-year-old Donald Smith Jr. was taken into custody.
Bond is set at $2,500.
We are still learning more about this incident. We’ll release more information as it becomes available. | 2022-07-03T05:49:24+00:00 | wcbi.com | https://www.wcbi.com/noxubee-co-sheriff-department-makes-arrest-for-friday-morning-shooting/ |
(NewsNation) — Videos aimed at desperate migrants are making their way across social media platforms, including TikTok.
One in particular shows a user telling Venezuelans they can migrate to the U.S. without getting a visa.
“It broke my heart because you can see the hope coming through in these comments,” Adriana Rivera, who works for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, told NewsNation’s “Rush Hour” on Friday.
Rivera called the claims in these videos outrageous, noting that the videos have now been seen and shared tens of thousands of times. Rivera went on to note that the U.S. already faces an overwhelming situation at its borders. She questioned whether the videos are part of an operation “by bad actors who are just looking to create chaos and confusion.”
This fiscal year alone, there have been more than 2.2 million migrant encounters — up more than 200,000 from the year before.
Allen Orr, the immediate past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, told “Rush Hour” on Friday that the videos are in bad taste.
“It happens over and over again in these countries that have a lot of internal turmoil and that have constant migration to the (U.S.) southern border,” Orr said.
“I think these videos add to the desperation of the economic affairs around the world and the desperation that people have to come here,” Orr said.
Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acknowledged the spread of disinformation can affect border security.
Misinformation aimed at migrants was something the Disinformation Governance Board was set to tackle, before the DHS formally terminated the board last month but the unchecked videos keep popping up, followed by likes, shares, and often shared to migrants at the U.S. border.
“Think about it, if you are trying to leave Venezuela in the state that this country is in and you see a video telling you visas are going to be given out … if you’re desperate, and these people are desperate, what are you going to do what are you going to think? It’s just bad all around,” Rivera said. | 2022-09-11T02:03:08+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/tiktok-users-targeting-migrants-with-misinformation/ |
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Billy Horschel shoots 1-over 71 in round two of the Charles Schwab Challenge
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Billy Horschel uses nice approach to set up birdie at Charles Schwab
In the second round of the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge, Billy Horschel makes birdie on the par-4 7th hole.
In his second round at the Charles Schwab Challenge, Billy Horschel hit 7 of 14 fairways and 12 of 18 greens in regulation, finishing at 3 over for the tournament. Horschel finished his round tied for 83rd at 3 over; Beau Hossler and Scott Stallings are tied for 1st at 9 under; Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Reed are tied for 3rd at 8 under; and Pat Perez and Chris Kirk are tied for 5th at 7 under.
On the 565-yard par-5 first, Horschel got on the green in 4 and two-putt for bogey, bringing Horschel to 1 over for the round.
On the par-4 fifth, Horschel's 168 yard approach to 4 feet set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved Horschel to 1 under for the round.
After a drive to the left side of the fairway on the 406-yard par-4 sixth hole, Horschel had a 103 yard approach shot, setting himself up for the birdie. This moved Horschel to 2 under for the round.
On the par-4 seventh, Horschel's 143 yard approach to 10 feet set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This was his 3rd under-par hole in a row and moved Horschel to 3 under for the round.
Horschel got a bogey on the 408-yard par-4 10th, getting on the green in 3 and two putting, moving Horschel to even-par for the round.
On the 441-yard par-4 18th, Horschel had a bogey after hitting the green in 4 and one putting, moving Horschel to 1 over for the round.
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RUSTON, La. (AP) — Cobe Williams' 17 points helped Louisiana Tech defeat UTEP 60-58 on Saturday.
Williams shot 6 for 16 and 3 of 4 from the free throw line for the Bulldogs (10-6, ,3-2 Conference USA). Quandre Bullock added 12 points while finishing 6 of 8 from the floor, and also had five rebounds. Keaston Willis finished with 10 points.
The Miners (8-7, 1-3) were led in scoring by Otis Frazier III, who finished with 13 points, two steals and two blocks. Shamar Givance added 11 points and five assists and Mario McKinney Jr. had 10 points.
These two teams both play Wednesday. Louisiana Tech visits North Texas and UTEP hosts UTSA.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2023-01-08T00:35:18+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Williams-scores-17-leads-Louisiana-Tech-past-17701994.php |
LONDON — A British Cabinet minister tipped to be a frontrunner in the Conservative Party's leadership race ruled himself out of the contest Saturday.
Defense Minister Ben Wallace said after "careful consideration" and discussion with colleagues and family, he will not be running to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and the country's next prime minister.
Wallace was seen by some as the favorite choice among Conservative party members in what's shaping up to be a wide open leadership race following Johnson's resignation announcement on Thursday.
Johnson quit as party leader after months of insisting he would stay in the job despite mounting ethics scandals. He said he would stay on as prime minister until the party chooses his successor.
Newly-appointed Treasury chief Nadhim Zahawi launched his campaign to become Tory leader Saturday, pledging to lower taxes and boost defense spending.
Zahawi's announcement came a day after former chancellor Rishi Sunak, the best-known of the leadership contenders and regarded as the bookmakers' favorite to win, launched his bid. Sunak resigned on Tuesday, kicking off a mass exodus of government officials that toppled Johnson.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Attorney General Suella Braverman, lawmaker Tom Tugendhat and former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch have also thrown their hat into the ring, and more announcements are expected over the coming days.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and trade minister Penny Mordaunt are widely expected to run, as are former health secretaries Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt.
Wallace said his decision wasn't "an easy choice to make, but my focus is on my current job and keeping this great country safe."
Conservative party officials on Monday are expected to set out the timetable for a leadership contest, with the aim of having a winner by the end of the summer. The two-step process involves Tory lawmakers voting to reduce the field of candidates to two, who will then go to a ballot of all party members — about 180,000 people.
The winner of the vote will become both the leader of the Conservative party and Britain's next prime minister, without the need for a national election.
Johnson's resignation marked the end of three tumultuous years that saw the divisive leader fend off numerous scandals and a Conservative leadership challenge. For months, he managed to cling on to power despite allegations that he protected supporters from bullying and corruption allegations, and that he misled Parliament about government office parties that broke COVID-19 lockdown rules.
But his handling of allegations about a senior politician who had been accused of sexual misconduct proved the last straw for many Conservatives, who this week openly revolted and forced him out of office.
Johnson remains in office to head a caretaker administration, but many Conservatives don't want a lame-duck leader — especially amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis triggered by soaring food and energy prices.
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DULUTH, Ga., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SIS, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and leading implementer of ERP/CRM solutions for Contractors and Professional Service firms built on Dynamics 365, is pleased to announce:
CRB has selected the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP/CRM platform, as well as the SIS Construct 365 Project Cost Management solution, built for Microsoft Dynamics 365. The SIS cloud-based solution will help CRB continue its exponential growth and provide a flexible, robust, and connected system.
"CRB is excited to work with SIS as we advance the deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the SIS Construct 365 Project Cost Management Solution," said Sue Dreckman, CRB's Senior Vice President of Business Operations. "This will support our long-term growth plans and help us achieve a more robust business model."
Mark Kershteyn, Partner SIS, LLC comments, "It is with pleasure that we announce the agreement between CRB and SIS to digitally transform CRB's engineering, architecture, and construction teams utilizing Microsoft Dynamics 365 layered with SIS Construct 365 Project Cost Management (PCM) solution. After a year-long analysis of platforms to support and transform the CRB business, it was clear that Dynamics 365, along with SIS industry knowledge and software, would propel CRB's ongoing business, as well as their growth strategies for decades to come."
CRB is a leading provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting solutions to the global life sciences and food and beverage industries. CRB's 1,800 employees provide world-class solutions that drive success and positive change for clients, employees, and their communities. CRB is a privately held company with four decades of serving clients throughout the world, consistently striving for the highest standard of technical knowledge, creativity, and execution. www.crbgroup.com
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BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Avery Padgett, a sophomore at West Ridge High School, spoke to members of the Sullivan County School Board Thursday about what the pool at Sullivan Heights Middle School means to him and the Barracuda Swim Club.
“I’m here to advocate today for the repair and utilization of the Sullivan Heights Middle School swimming pool,” Padgett said. “For me, swimming has acted as a great social opportunity and stress relief. I have personally felt the health benefits, both mental and physical, through my swimming.”
Evelyn Rafalowski, the Sullivan County director of schools, explained that the Sullivan Heights Middle School pool has a possible leak and needs to be repaired.
“The Sullivan Heights pool is in need of a pump replacement. We also have a, potentially, a leak in the pool,” Rafaloweski said. “The pool is losing about 2,500 gallons of water a day.”
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Charles Hubbard, the Sullivan County Tennessee Schools facilities and maintenance manager, highlighted that the pump replacement would cost $4,000 and explained to the board that in order to get an estimate quote regarding the water leak, they would have to empty the pool and identify where the leak is. He said he would be reaching out to a contractor soon.
“What we would have to do first, we would have to shut it down and see how far it goes, where it leaks. It may only go to the upper scupper. It might go way down,” Hubbard said. “Once we’ve determined the depth of where the leak possibly could be, I would like to get a quote from them (the contractors), and I will be in contact with them tomorrow and see if they come, and we’ll probably have to start that process or ask them what they would like for us to do, to let them get an evaluation.”
The board voted to table debate on what to do with the Sullivan Heights Middle School pool until their next School Board meeting in October. However, before moving on to the next item on the agenda Randall Jones, the School Board chairman, proposed that a district survey be conducted within the schools to see if there is any interest in keeping the pool.
“If we want to invest any money, we really need to know that there is going to be a use for it by the school system, not necessarily the community, but the school system, and it’s crucial to have that data,” Jones said. “I don’t think there is any hurry to make a decision.”
The board agreed and will be presented with a survey draft for them to look at in October.
During the meeting, the board voted unanimously to keep Randall Jones and Michael Hughes in their current roles as Sullivan County School Board chairman and vice chairman, respectively.
The board also voted to proceed with the allocation of an estimated $9 million in Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief funds for roof and HVAC repairs across the Sullivan County, Tennessee School System.
Other items that were voted on include: the 2023-2024 Sullivan County Schools Calendar and the approval of a new exam exemption policy. | 2022-09-02T02:12:04+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/news/school-board-deciding-how-to-deal-with-leaky-pool/article_ceb10d68-2a5f-11ed-89eb-bf96d6642de7.html |
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Realtor.com® today announced it has named Mausam Bhatt as its chief product officer. In his role, Mausam is responsible for Realtor.com®'s product and design strategy and roadmap, leading and scaling the team, and collaborating closely with the tech and growth teams.
Mausam is a seasoned product executive who has helped companies scale globally and built several market-leading products from the ground up. Before venturing out on his own, he led Google's commerce initiatives, where his team developed and accelerated transaction growth on the Google Shopping platform, serving billions of users and global merchants ranging from Fortune 500 retailers to micro direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands. Prior to Google, he was chief product officer for RetailMeNot, leading teams that diversified the company's product line from primarily a coupons-only marketplace to a modern offering with cash-back wallet, credit card-linked offers, prescription healthcare savings, and gift cards marketplace.
"Mausam is a gifted leader whose passion for innovation and experience building high performing, world-class product and design teams made him the perfect fit for this role," said David Doctorow, CEO of Realtor.com®. "As we move forward, our product and design strategy will remain laser focused on empowering consumers with confidence and our customers to grow. We have much to be proud of, and I am excited to see what's to come under Mausam's leadership."
"I'm honored to be part of the Realtor.com® team and everything it does to help buyers, sellers and renters on their home journey," said Mausam. "The passion of the team and their dedication to providing the best experience possible for both consumers and customers made this opportunity too good to pass up."
Mausam will be based in Realtor.com®'s Santa Clara headquarters. He holds an MBA from Duke University and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Arizona.
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FIRST ALERT: Crash closes both directions of Savannah Hwy.
Published: Aug. 17, 2022 at 4:09 PM EDT|Updated: 11 minutes ago
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office says a crash involving injuries has shut down both the northbound and southbound sides of Highway 17 in West Ashley.
The crash happened at approximately 3:30 p.m. near Bonanza Road, deputies say.
Crews are on the scene attempting to clear the vehicles.
Deputies are asking people to avoid the area.
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Jason Feger talks about winning the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway.
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SPRINGFIELD — Thirty-eight USAC Silver Crown drivers are set to battle on Saturday during the 59th running of the Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.
Four past Bettenhausen 100 winners are in this year’s field, led by four-time victor Brian Tyler (Parma, Mich.), three-time and defending race winner Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.) as well as one-time winners Russ Gamester (Peru, Ind.) and Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.).
Nine Illinoisans will be vying for one of 30 starting positions in the 100-lap, 100-mile event at the Springfield Mile dirt oval.
Thirty-eight USAC Silver Crown drivers are set to square off for the 59th running of the Bettenhausen 100 at the Springfield Mile.
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Shane Cockrum (Benton), Shane Cottle (Kansas) and Chris Urish (Elkhart) have all been victorious with the Silver Crown series on the Du Quoin Mile in southern Illinois but are seeking their first at Springfield. They are joined by fellow Illinois drivers Mario Clouser (Auburn), Patrick Lawson (Edwardsville), Cary Oliver (Buncombe), Steven Russell (Rochester), Patrick Bruns (Champaign) and Korey Weyant (Springfield).
Four past Bettenhausen 100 pole winners are in the lineup, including Swanson (2014-15-21), Gamester (1997-98), Tyler (2012) and Grant (2020).
USAC national champions Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) and Swanson are involved in a dogfight atop the championship standings heading into the final dirt race of the year in the standings. Seavey has won the past three dirt races in the series and is tied atop the title race with Swanson. Two races remain on the schedule with Springfield on Saturday and at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park’s pavement oval on Oct. 22.
On Saturday, pits and registration open at 8 a.m. infield spectator gates open at 9 a.m. and the ticket office and grandstands open at 10 a.m. Drivers meet at 10:30 a.m., practice from 11 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. Qualifying starts at 12:15 p.m., followed by pre-race ceremonies and the 100-lap main event.
Tickets will be available on race day or by calling the State Fair office at 217-782-6661. Info and tickets can also be obtained by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200.
Advance tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under. At the gate on race day, adults are $30 and $10 for children 11 and under. Infield tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 11 and under. Pit passes are $35 for USAC members and $40 for non-members.
Take a look at this list of all the Herald & Review 100 winners at Macon Speedway through the years
2022 — Jason Feger
Bloomington's Jason Feger celebrates after winning the 42nd edition of Herald & Review. Feger came out of the hour-long race that was filled with 13 cautions unscathed to take the title.
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2021 — Bobby Pierce Jr.
Bobby Pierce took the lead in lap 23 when race leader Brian Shirley got a flat tire and "The Smooth Operator" led the remaining 77 laps to get his third H&R 100 title.
This gave the Pierce family seven totals H&R 100 wins with Bobby's father, Bob Pierce, winning four times.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
2020 — Brandon Sheppard
Brandon Sheppard battled to the win against friend Brian Shirley in the 40th running of the Herald & Review 100 in 2020. It was Sheppard's first H&R 100 crown.
To accommodate a COVID-19 schedule delay, the race was run in August rather than around the 4th of July holiday.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
2019 — Gordy Gundaker
Race leader, Moweaqua's Shannon Babb, going for his record sixth H&R 100 race win, sustained race-ending front wheel damage as he slammed into the car he was attempting to lap.
Then two-time winner Bobby Pierce Jr. crossed the finish line and appeared to win, but a yellow flag brought the drivers back to finish the 100th lap, and last year's winner — Gordy Gundaker — emerged as the repeat champion.
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
2018 — Gordy Gundaker
Gordy Gundaker was destined for second place, with Brian Shirley holding a sizable lead entering the final 15 laps of Thursday’s Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway.
But when Shirley got caught up in lapped traffic, Gundaker took advantage for his first UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Model win.
CLAY JACKSON HERALD & REVIEW
2017 — Bobby Pierce Jr.
The 20-year-old Bobby Pierce Jr. became the fourth driver to win back-to-back Herald and Review 100s. Pierce had to ward off Ryan Unzicker to the tune of 12 lead changes, with 10 coming between the two, in the 100-lap race, but came out of a caution on lap 73 and opened the lead.
“That was one of the most fun races I've ever had,” Pierce said. “Me and Ryan raced each other really clean. It was a lot of fun. This place always brings you out whether you're on top or bottom. I'm just so glad to have my second one.”
JIM BOWLING, HERALD & REVIEW
2016 — Bobby Pierce Jr.
Five-time Herald & Review 100 champion Shannon Babb flipped over on lap 3. Leader and four-time winner Kevin Weaver then smoked up and exited off the track into the pit on lap 35.
That left the door wide open for Bobby Pierce. The 19-year-old super late model driver captured his first-ever H&R 100 at Macon Speedway, adding on to his spectacular run in the Summer Nationals Hell Tour.
“I like this track a lot,” said Pierce, whose dad, Bob, has won the event four times. “It's a handful to drive. It was good and pretty fast."
JIM BOWLING, HERALD & REVIEW
2015 — Ryan Unzicker
While the leaders pushed the pace to put on a show early in the Herald & Review 100, Ryan Unzicker patiently waited his turn.
With 20 laps to go, it didn't look like anyone could catch Bobby Pierce. But lap traffic turned into a headache, just like Unzicker hoped.
Unzicker, of El Paso, passed Pierce less than 10 laps later, held off Jason Feger and went on to win his first H&R 100 — somewhat salvaging his summer.
"This is what I needed," Unzicker said.
Herald & Review, Lisa Morrison
2014 — Shannon Babb
Through 34 editions of the Herald & Review 100 stock car race, a lot of history has been written.
Shannon Babb has penned more than his share.
“The Moweaqua Missile” climbed victoriously from his car and became the first driver to hoist the championship trophy for the fifth time when he gradually pulled away from good friend Ryan Unzicker of El Paso over the final 30 laps.
Babb led Unzicker by just a nose after a re-start following a yellow flag on lap 70. By the 80th lap Babb’s lead was three car lengths. And when he hit lap 90, the lead had grown to 10 car lengths.
All that was left was to finish the race without incident and when he did, a large, lusty Macon Speedway crowd stood and cheered, clapped and waved their caps wildly for one of the speedway’s all-time most popular drivers.
Herald & Review, Lisa Morrison
2013 — Shannon Babb
Shannon Babb stood on top of his No. 18 late model waving the checkered flag in celebration of his fourth H&R 100 victory.
Babb, a native of Moweaqua, tied Kevin Weaver and Bob Pierce for the most wins in the 33-year history of the race and took home a check for $5,000. Babb also won in 2006, ’09 and ’11.
Babb started ninth and wasn’t among the leaders until a yellow flag on lap 40. The restart featured a stretch of three-wide racing between Babb, Weaver and Brian Shirley, with Babb in the middle. But when the three approached some traffic on laps 45 and 46, Babb shot into the lead on lap 47 and it was never close again — even with yellow flags on laps 55, 62 and 70.
“I was having a blast racing between Weaver and Shirley,” Babb said. “It was anyone’s race at that point.”
2012 — Brian Shirley
Brian Shirley gratefully accepted a couple bottles of water after he climbed out of his car following the 32nd running of the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway.
He drank from both bottles but dumped the remainder over his head. It was the culmination of an exceptionally long, hot and humid day for the Chatham late model driver.
Shirley and his crew were up until the sun rose Thursday morning, repairing his car after he sent it into the wall during Wednesday’s Summer Nationals Hell Tour stop in LaSalle. He was back in his car Thursday night for qualifying that began in triple-digit heat and a feature race that was still in the low 90s well after the sun set.
Shirley, the Hell Tour points leader, moved into the lead spot during the H&R 100 two laps after a caution that saw then-leader Kevin Weaver, of Gibson City, spin out between turns three and four. Shirley held that lead for 84 laps and held off hard-charging Moweaqua native Shannon Babb for the victory by half a car length.
“All I can say is thanks to the fans for coming,” Shirley said before he received his $5,000 check and trophy. “I really wanted to win this race.”
2011 — Shannon Babb
Nothing can stop Shannon Babb on the racetrack right now.
Moweaqua’s own utilized a restart on Lap 84 to snatch the lead from Brandon Sheppard and Babb reeled off his seventh straight win by taking the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway. It’s the third time he’s captured the lengthy event.
The win, which seemed inevitable given Babb’s recent success, materialized as he dominated the high-side of the track and Sheppard slowed on the bottom. Just last year, Babb put his car into the wall with the lead and four laps remaining while trying to ride that same high-side to victory.
Not even the same sketchy patch on Turn 2 could slow Babb down this year.
“Brandon was really good there at the bottom, but it left, so the top got rolling and my old car got rolling,” Babb said. “I remembered (last year). (The top) was treacherous tonight.”
2010 — Dennis Erb Jr
It appeared Shannon Babb's luck was turning around in his homecoming.
But with the lead and only four laps left, the Moweaqua native's second straight Herald & Review 100 title slipped right past him.
On Turn 2 of the 96th lap, Babb's high line took him into the wall and allowed Dennis Erb Jr., of Carpentersville, to take the lead he had been stalking all night. Erb avoided trouble in the final three laps, and the three-time defending UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals champ finally took home the H&R 100 trophy.
"It's fast when you hit (the groove) just right, but I got the front end up near the wall that time," Babb said. "Everyone's so tight, if you bobble it a little bit, they'll get you.
"I wasn't quite right tonight. We were close, but we just didn't have it."
2009 — Shannon Babb
Perhaps it was an omen. Almost every marquee night at Macon Speedway in recent memory has been lost to rain. But overcast skies in the morning gave way to bright sun and unseasonably cool weather for the 29th annual Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway.
The clear, cool night was a harbinger of good things to come for hometown favorite Shannon Babb as well.
Babb, from Moweaqua, started the night with the fastest qualifying lap, 10.406 seconds, just 0.1 off of the track record. That momentum continued in the 100-lap late model feature, when Babb took the lead on Lap 19 and never looked back, cruising to his second H&R 100 title.
Babb's fans along the front stretch roared when the "Moweaqua Missle" emerged for the victory celebration. "Hell yeah it's special," Babb said with a grin. "It's only my second win of the year."
2008 — Kevin Weaver
Once Kevin Weaver found a line, he was golden. It just took him a while to find that line.
Weaver finally overtook Dennis Erb after a caution involving Steve Sheppard Jr. and his son Brandon Sheppard on Lap 84, then cruised to a five car-length victory at the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway.
Sheppard looked wild throughout the early stages of the race, trying to find a way off of the Turn 2 berm that his high racing line was taking him into.
"Most of the time you can get some momentum coming off that berm and there's a way to drive it," Weaver said. "There was no way to drive that berm tonight."
But Weaver kept trying, slipping at least three spots behind the leader at one point. He tried the low side of the track, then back to the high side before something finally clicked midway through the race. Weaver made up ground until the caution on Lap 84, then just ran a steady path to the win. No one got close to him once the got the lead.
Asked if he had the fastest car and just had to find a way around the track, Weaver smiled and said, "We didn't have the fastest car. "I drove the (bleep) out of it to get this win."
It's his fourth H&R 100, tying the legendary Bob Pierce for most wins all-time. That means a lot to the graying man from Gibson City.
"I know one thing, I'd love to be the one with the most wins," he said. "The Herald & Review is a great race, and it was a great race tonight. This is a big win."
2007 — Wes Steidinger
Wes Steidinger came from behind, passing Don O'Neal on Lap 85, cruising across the finish line and collecting the $6,000 first-place check. Steidinger called it the biggest win of his career.
"This is, well, it's just unbelievable," Steidinger said. "I mean, to win here, against Don O'Neal and Steve Sheppard, that's huge for me. It's a big, big win."
2006 — Shannon Babb
For the second straight year, rain delayed the start of the race. Shannon Babb crossed the finish line after midnight for his first H&R 100 win.
Babb, a Moweaqua native, led all 100 laps — only the second driver to accomplish that feat — and finally won the H&R 100 following several maddeningly close calls.
"It's just a matter of hitting on something," Babb said. "We had a real free car, and it was easy on the tires late when other guys were riding their's hard."
2005 — Joe Ross Jr.
At 1:27 a.m., Springfield's Joe Ross Jr. took the checkered flag in the 25th annual H&R 100 at Macon Speedway, one of the longest and wackiest races in recent memory.
Ross won his second H&R 100 (and his first since 1995) foremost because he decided to compete.
A 20-minute downpour late Thursday afternoon turned a prepared track into a sloppy mess, and despite the diligent work of Macon Speedway officials, the track wasn't ready until 9:30 p.m., about two hours after the show was supposed to start.
The race was an event on the UMP Summer Nationals series, but only one of the top 12 drivers in attendance, Rodney Melvin, decided to run. The rest loaded up their cars and didn't race, citing track conditions.
"I intended to win, no matter who was in it," Ross told the crowd following his victory lap. The crowd roared their approval.
Ross also won because his car didn't look like it was beaten with a pack of baseball bats. Macon Speedway chewed up and spat out most of the 21-car field in the feature race. Only nine cars finished, and only four of those cars were on the lead lap. Ross got in the front row after Matt Taylor wrecked before the first lap was complete, and was able to lead wire-to-wire.
2004 — Don O'Neal
When water sprayed from under Randy Korte's hood, handing Don O'Neal the lead halfway through the Herald & Review 100, everyone in the joint figured that "The Real Deal" was a lock to run away with his first Macon title.
Defending champion Terry English, though, gave him a challenge until O'Neal was able to pass English late in the race and take the checkered flag.
2003 — Terry English
In the only time in the race's history it wasn't sponsored by the Herald & Review, 500,000 gallons of water were pumped off the track just to have the race. Driving at Macon Speedway for the first time in 13 years — the last time he wrecked his car on the first lap — English passed Joe Ross Jr. on the 30th lap and never relinquished the lead.
2002 — Kevin Weaver
Kevin Weaver won his third Herald & Review 100 championship, taking the lead on lap 19 and hugging the inside track during the remaining 81 laps to win.
"It feels really good to win this race again," Weaver said. "The Herald & Review is one of the biggest races in Illinois of the year."
2001 — Bob Pierce
In a race that featured 15-year-old Riverton native Justin Allgaier — a current NASCAR Xfinity Series driver — Bob Pierece won his fourth Herald & Review 100.
For a little more than 75 laps, Pierce and Don O'Neal fought at the front of the pack. O'Neal, the pole sitter, hung on to the lead at the bottom of the track while Pierce stuck right on his tail. Finally, with 17 laps to go, Pierce was able to slide underneath O'Neal and pull away for the win.
"Experience gains patience, and you've got to have patience in a race like this," Pierce said.
2000 — Matt Taylor
Springfield's Matt Taylor surprised everyone by pulling the upset, slinging past Kevin Weaver on lap 95 and soaring to the Herald & Review 100 win. Taylor and his dad Dick Taylor became the first father-son duo to win the Herald & Review 100.
"I was here when my dad won it (in '88), but I was up in the stands," Matt said. "This was a whole lot better."
1999 — Billy Drake
Low was the way to go for Billy Drake of Bloomington.
Drake won the Herald & Review 100 by staying on the bottom groove of the track. He led the final 67 laps of the race.
"I'm just tickled to death on how the car has performed lately," Drake said.
1998 — Ed Bauman
This time, Ed Bauman didn't need a massive stroke of luck. All it took was a strategy adjustment, a speedy car and, all right, a healthy dose of good fortune.
Bauman took the lead in the Herald & Review 100 on Lap 95, when Shannon Babb spun on the inside of the first turn. Despite a shaky finish, Bauman held on for his second straight H&R 100 win.
Kevin Weaver, the only other back-to-back winner, finished second.
1997 — Ed Bauman
In one of the most memorable Herald & Review 100s ever, Shannon Babb went from last to first driving another driver's car, crossing the finish line as the winner. But a post-race weigh-in found that Babb's car was under the required weight, giving Ed Bauman of New Berlin the win at the 17th annual race.
"It's the rules. You have to deal with it," Babb said. I thought we might be underweight when I pulled into the scales."
Bauman was happy to win, but not like that.
"I feel for Shannon," Bauman said. "He's a heck of a driver and drove one heck of a race.
"I hate to win like that. But, heck, I'm taking it."
1996 — Billy Drake
The 16th Herald & Review 100 was among its most controversial.
Ahead with five laps left, Joe Ross Jr. lost his position after being bumped in the rear by Billy Drake of Bloomington. The force of the impact caused Ross to spin out, drawing a yellow flag and earning him a spot in the rear of the pack.
But instead of going to the back, Ross sped off the track and into the pits in frustration. Drake took the lead and won the race.
"When you're down to five laps to go with $5,000 to win you might lean on somebody pretty hard, but you don't take somebody out. He flat out took me out," said Ross, who won the previous year.
Drake said "little bumps" were a part of racing at Macon Speedway.
"We were racing nip and tuck in lapped traffic and Joe had to back off it a little. I bumped him a bit and then backed off it, too, and when I did that (Bill Frye) bumped into me," Drake said. "I hate that it had to happen like that."
1995 — Joe Ross Jr.
Racing against arguably the most impressive field of drivers assembled in Macon Speedway's history to that time, Joe Ross Jr. held off challenge after challenge to win the 15th annual Herald & Review 100.
In all, 45 racers showed up, including Billy Moyer, Bob Pierce, Kevin Weaver, Ed Dixon, Kevin Gundaker, Jim Curry and Rick Aukland.
But Ross became the first Macon Speedway regular to win the H&R 100 since 1989.
"I don't look at myself as a big-time racer like Kevin Weaver, Billy Moyer or Bob Pierce," Ross said. "I do OK here at Macon, but that's about it."
1994 — Bob Pierce
Danville's Bob Pierce became the first three-time winner of the Herald & Review 100, two years after losing the title when his car weight under the required minimum.
Pierce passed Ed Bauman and Gary Nettleton to win the race.
"No way I was going to come up light this time," Pierce said.
Pierce had previously won the H&R 100 in 1983 and 1985.
1993 — Billy Moyer Jr.
The only question by the end of the race was whether or not Billy Moyer Jr. was going to lap the field on his way to the win.
He didn't, but Moyer still ended up posting what veteran observers called the most dominant performance in the 13-year history of the Herald & Review 100.
"We're kind of on a roll I guess," said Moyer, or Batesville, Ark.
1992 — Kevin Weaver
After rain ended the first two attempts to hold the Herald & Review 100, Kevin Weaver was given the title when Bob Pierce's car weighed under the minimum at the post-race weigh-in.
Pierce, trying to become the race's first three-time winner, crossed the finish line first. After his car weighed under the number, he disputed it.
"There's no way I was light," Pierce said.
It cleared the way for Weaver, who became the first back-to-back winner.
"It was a heckuva lot sweeter last year," Weaver said.
1991 — Kevin Weaver
Gibson City's Kevin Weaver's fulfilled a bold guarantee made two weeks ago when rain halted the initial try of the Herald & Review 100 after 39 laps. He said he'd win, and he did, leading all 61 of the final laps.
"It's like anything else, you've got to have a lot of confidence in yourself and your crew," Weaver said.
1990 — Scott Bloomquist
Scott Bloomquist rolled into town and left with his first Herald & Review 100 win, which was his 17th feature victory of the season.
A special note of thanks for Bloomquist's win went to Roger Long, who helped Bloomquist change a tire with a caution flag out and 26 laps down. It allowed Bloomquist to take over the lead from Kevin Weaver after 81 laps.
1989 — Jim Leka
After a piston in Roger Long's car gave Jim Leka the break he needed, Leka took advantage and won the Herald & Review 100 for the second time.
"I wasn't sure if I could have caught him," Leka said. "He was awfully far ahead.I was closing, but I didn't think I was closing enough. Then when I saw him start smoking, I couldn't believe it."
1988 — Dick Taylor
In one of the Herald & Review 100's closest races, Springfield's Dick Taylor outlasted four other drivers, taking the lead on the 98th lap in turn one and holding off Rick Standridge for the win.
"I saw him there," Taylor said of Standridge, who had held off Taylor two win at the finish line a year earlier. "I didn't want to go low too soon, or the other guy would go by you on top. It worked out great. The new car was the key. Everything was working right."
1987 — Rick Standridge
Divernon's Rick Standridge led every lap in an impressive wire-to-wire finish.
But Standridge had to hold off Dick Taylor, who closed at the end and lost by a half a car length.
Crashes and car problems marred the race — only seven of 18 starters finished.
1986 — Jim Leka
Jim Leka rallied from a 13th-place starting position to win his first Herald & Review 100.
A restart on the 81st lap helped Leka catch up to Joe Ross Sr. Driving the high groove, Leka finally passed Ross on the 83rd lap.
Leka then staved off a late challenge from Roger Long to take the checkered flag.
1985 — Bob Pierce
Bob Pierce became the first two-time winner of the Herald & Review 100, taking the lead on the 46th lap and cruising to the win.
"For a track I don't come to a whole bunch, this sure has been good to me," Pierce said.
ESPN was on hand at the race for its Speed Week program.
1984 — Roger Long
Bad luck left Oakwood's Roger Long alone for a year. After rain delayed the race a week, Long, who had finished second in 1981 and 1984, battled past pole-sitter Bob Pierce on the 25th lap. Long then held off Joe Ross Sr. for the win.
1983 — Bob Pierce
Danville's Bob Pierce won his first Herald 7 Review 100, holding off Gary Webb of Davenport, Iowa, over the final 20 laps.
Webb nearly caught Pierce on the final lap, but his car fishtailed as he hit the gas too hard in the final turn.
Pierce had wrestled the lead from Danny Carpenter on the 20th lap.
1982 — Pete Willoughby
Columbus, Ind., trucker Pete Willoughby moved up from third to first about halfway through the race, passing Don Hester of Tupelo, Miss., and Russ Petro of Indianapolis for the win.
1981 — Butch Garner
It was like the dramatic home run with two out in the bottom of the ninth in the last game of the World Series. Butch Garner, the soft-spoken Decatur driver with a fan following second to none, roared from behind and took the lead on the final turn of the final lap.
Garner, of Forsyth, passed Ray Godsey of Bedord, Ind., on the final lap, as Godsey's car broke down and plowed into the south wall.
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Mexican president says Tesla to build plant in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a plant in the city of Monterrey, an industrial hub in northern Mexico.
López Obrador said the promise came in phone calls he had Friday and Monday with Tesla head Elon Musk.
López Obrador had previously ruled out placing such a plant in the arid northern state of Nuevo Leon, where Monterrey is the capital, because he didn’t want any water-hungry factories in a region that has suffered severe water shortages.
But he said Musk’s company had offered several commitment to address those concerns, including using recycled water.
“There is one commitment that all the water used in the manufacture of electric automobiles will be recycled water,” López Obrador said.
López Obrador did not specify the size of the investment or what the plant would produce, noting that the company planned to release more details on Wednesday.
But he said “this is going to mean a considerable investment and many, many jobs.”
Tesla already has two plants outside the United States, one in Shanghai and another near Berlin.
Monterrey is highly industrialized and close to the U.S. border, and had long been considered the frontrunner for any Tesla investment.
But the city suffered such severe water shortages in 2022 that many homes went weeks with intermittent or no water supply in 2022. The government is building a 60-mile (100 kilometer) pipeline to bring more water in from a dam to increase the supply.
López Obrador had previously said his government “simply won’t grant permits” for any new plants there. But apparently Musk’s proposal overrode the president’s stance.
The announcement is certain to come as a disappointment for more water-rich southern states which had begun jockeying for the Tesla plant after López Obrador’s comments last week.
Mexican governors had gone to extremes, like putting up billboards, creating special car lanes or creating mock-ups of Tesla ads for their states in a bid to attract the plant.
Musk at times has floated the idea of building a $25,000 electric vehicle that would cost about $20,000 less than the current Model 3, now Tesla’s least-expensive car. Many automakers build lower-cost models in Mexico to save on labor costs and protect profit margins.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennzoil-Quaker State Company d/b/a SOPUS Products, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell USA, Inc. ("Shell") that comprises Shell's US lubricants business, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of TFH Reliability Group, LLC, the parent company of Allied Reliability Inc. ("Allied Reliability").
Allied Reliability is a provider of industrial products and services, asset performance management and reliability consultancy services to business-to-business customers in North America. The company works across a wide range of industries and delivers enhancements in the efficiency and reliability of assets.
"In addition to expanding the suite of lubricants products we can offer customers, acquiring a proven, credible player in the industrial services space allows us to offer a 'products-plus-services' model that can help customers drive improvements in performance and safety for their equipment," said Executive Vice President of Global Lubricants, Machteld de Haan. "This fits in perfectly with our global lubricants strategy to grow our premium product offering and presence in the industrial sector, as well as offering complementary services to deliver a strong value proposition for our customers."
This deal was structured to simultaneously sign and close.
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- Allied Reliability will be an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Shell and fully consolidated within our Lubricants marketing business from today.
- The term "Shell Lubricants" collectively refers to Shell Group companies engaged in the lubricants business. Shell sells a wide variety of lubricants to meet customer needs across a range of applications in over 100 countries. Shell was named the leading global supplier of finished lubricants for a 16th consecutive year, according to the 20th edition of Kline & Company's report Global Lubricants: Market Analysis and Assessment 2021. Please visit www.shell.com/lubricants for more information.
- The companies manufacture and blend products for use in consumer, heavy industrial and commercial transport applications. The Shell Lubricants portfolio of top-quality brands includes Shell Rotella®, Pennzoil®, Quaker State®, FormulaShell®, Shell TELLUS®, Shell RIMULA®, Shell SPIRAX® and Jiffy Lube®. Shell is the leading supplier of Passenger Car Motor Oils in the United States, with 24% of the total volume. (Kline: Opportunities in Lubricants: North America – June 2022).
- Global lubricants market is expected to grow well into 2030s and beyond. The gross margin pool of industrial lubricants is expected to grow up to 50% by 2035. 1
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James Corden bids an emotional farewell to ‘The Late Late Show’
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN
After eight years and multiple Emmy awards, James Corden‘s time as host of “The Late Late Show” is coming to an end.
The English presenter and actor announced his departure from the show, which was home to popular segments such as “Carpool Karaoke,” last April. He later revealed that his desire to spend more time with his family prompted the move.
“It was going to be a journey, an adventure. I never saw it as my final destination,” Corden said at the time.
On Thursday night, the 44-year-old comic got emotional as he prepared to vacate the seat that made him a household name. The prime-time special featured A-list guests Harry Styles, Adele and Will Ferrell and a surprise video message from President Joe Biden, and Corden’s parents were in the audience.
While his decision to leave the show during a successful run on US late-night television had surprised many, Corden revealed that “one positive” of leaving the show is that he “may finally get a good night’s sleep.”
In his emotional farewell speech, the father-of-three also touched on his journey as the show’s host.
“We started this show with Obama, then Trump, then a global pandemic,” he said.
“I’ve watched America change a lot. Over these past few years, I’ve watched divisions grow and I’ve seen and I’ve felt a sense of negativity bubble and at points boil over,” he added.
Corden implored his audience to “remember what America signifies to the rest of the world. My entire life it has always been a place of optimism and joy. And yes, it has flaws, so many, but show me a country that doesn’t. Show me a person that doesn’t.”
Corden continued: “We are all more the same than we are different. There are so many people who are trying to stoke those differences and we have to try as best we can to look for the light, look for the joy. If you do, it’s out there. That’s all this show has ever been about.”
He described his move to America as “a huge leap,” and thanked CBS for taking a “life-changing” chance on him.
Corden ended his final appearance by performing a piano ballad, as a video montage of his finest moments on the show played.
“Part of me thinks why not stay here forever, but deep in my heart I just know,” he sang. “No more shows to be showing, it’s time I was going. It’s time. Thanks for watching, that’s our show.”
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A Russian missile barrage that crumbled apartment buildings and houses in Ukraine's city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least dozen people, Ukrainian officials said Sunday as Moscow strained to enforce its takeover of illegally annexed territory.
The blasts that collapsed at least one high-rise residential building and blew out the windows of others came from six missiles launched in Russian-occupied areas of the Zaporizhzhia region, the Ukrainian air force said. The region is one of four Russia claimed as its own this month, but the regional capital remains under Ukrainian control.
In the immediate aftermath of the strikes, the city council said 17 were killed but later revised that down to 12. Regional police reported on Sunday afternoon that 13 had been killed and more than 60 wounded, at least 10 of whom were children.
The multiple strikes came after an explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia. The Kerch Bridge attack damaged an important supply route for the Kremlin's faltering war effort in Ukraine and a towering symbol of Russia's power in the region.
Stunned residents watched from behind police tape as emergency crews tried to reach the upper floors of a building that took a direct hit. The attack collapsed several floors, leaving a smoldering chasm at least 40-feet wide where apartments had stood. Several hours later, the top floors caved in as well.
In an adjacent apartment building, the barrage blew windows and doors out of their frames in a radius of hundreds of feet. At least 20 private homes and 50 apartment buildings in all were damaged, and at least 40 people were hospitalized, city council Secretary Anatoliy Kurtev said.
Zaporizhzhia resident Mucola Markovich, 76, said he and his wife hid under a blanket when they heard incoming rockets and booms from blasts. "There was one explosion, then another one," he said. Then, in a flash, their fourth-floor apartment was gone, Markovich said, holding back tears.
"When it will be rebuilt, I don't know," he said. "I am left without an apartment at the end of my life."
Russian officials did not immediately comment on the strikes. Following Russian President Vladimir Putin's annexation of the Zaporizhzhia region last week, Russia has repeatedly bombarded the city of the same name. At least 19 people died in Russian missile strikes on apartment buildings in the city on Thursday.
"Again, Zaporizhzhia. Again, merciless attacks on civilians, targeting residential buildings, in the middle of the night," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a Telegram post.
"Absolute meanness. Absolute evil. ... From the one who gave this order, to everyone who carried out this order: they will answer. They must. Before the law and the people," he added.
Tetyana Lazunko, 73, and her husband, Oleksii, took shelter in the hallway of their top floor apartment after first hearing air raid sirens and then an explosion that shook the building and sent their possessions flying.
Lazunko wept inconsolably as the couple surveyed the damage to their home since 1974, wondering why an area with no military infrastructure in sight was targeted.
"Why are they bombing us. Why?" she said.
While Russia targeted Zaporizhzhia before Saturday's explosion on the Crimea bridge, the attack on the 12-mile-long span was a significant blow to Moscow. Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014 following a hastily called local vote, a move that drew U.S. and European Union sanctions.
Putin personally opened the $3.7 million Kerch Bridge in May 2018 by driving a truck across it in a symbol of Moscow's claims on Crimea. The bridge, the longest one in Europe, is vital to sustaining Russia's military operations in southern Ukraine.
The Crimean Peninsula is a popular destination for Russian tourists and home to a Russian naval base. A Russian tourist association estimated that 50,000 tourists were in Crimea on Saturday.
Putin signed a decree late Saturday tightening security for the bridge and for energy infrastructure between Crimea and Russia, and put Russia's federal security service, the FSB, in charge of the effort.
Some Russian lawmakers called for Putin to declare a "counterterrorism operation," rather than the term "special military operation" that has downplayed the scope of fighting to ordinary Russians.
Hours after the explosion, Russia's Defense Ministry announced that the air force chief, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, would now command all Russian troops in Ukraine. Surovikin, who this summer was placed in charge of troops in southern Ukraine, had led Russian forces in Syria and was accused of overseeing a bombardment that destroyed much of Aleppo.
No one has claimed responsibility for damaging the bridge. Zelenskyy, in a video address, indirectly acknowledged the bridge attack but did not address its cause.
"Today was not a bad day and mostly sunny on our state's territory," he said. "Unfortunately, it was cloudy in Crimea. Although it was also warm."
Train and automobile traffic over the bridge was temporarily suspended. Automobile traffic resumed Saturday afternoon on one of the two links that remained intact, with the flow alternating in each direction, said Crimea's Russia-backed leader, Sergey Aksyonov.
The Russian transport ministry said on Telegram Sunday that passenger train traffic between Crimea and the Russian mainland resumed overnight "according to schedule." In a separate Telegram post Sunday, the ministry said car ferries also were working between Crimea and the mainland.
The Institute for the Study of War, a think tank based in Washington, said videos of the bridge indicated the damage from the explosion "is likely to increase friction in Russian logistics for some time" but not cripple Russia's ability to equip its troops in Ukraine.
"The collapsed lane of the road bridge will restrict Russian military movements until it is repaired, forcing some Russian forces to rely on the ferry connection for some time," the institute said. "Russian forces will likely still be able to transport heavy military equipment via the railroad."
While Russia seized areas north of Crimea early in its invasion of Ukraine and built a land corridor to it along the Sea of Azov, Ukraine is pressing a counteroffensive to reclaim that territory and other parts of Ukraine Putin illegally annexed this month.
The Ukrainian military on Sunday morning said that fierce clashes were ongoing around the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiivka in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russian forces have claimed some recent territorial gains.
In its regular social media update, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not acknowledge any loss of territory but said that "the most tense situation" on the entire territory of Ukraine had been observed around the two cities.
The regional governor of Zaporizhzhia reported that the death toll had risen to 32 after Russia's missile strike on a civilian convoy making its way out of the city on September 30. In a Telegram post, Oleksandr Starukh that one more person died in the hospital on Friday.
A part of the Zaporizhzhia region currently under Russian control is home to Europe's largest nuclear power station. Fighting has repeatedly imperiled the the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, and Ukrainian authorities shut down its last operating reactor last month to prevent a radiation disaster.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, said Saturday that the Zaporizhzhia plant has since lost its last remaining external power source as a result of renewed shelling and is now relying on emergency diesel generators.
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Schreck reported from Kyiv. | 2022-10-09T15:04:16+00:00 | abc30.com | https://abc30.com/russian-missile-barrage-ukraines-city-crumbled-russia-ukraine-war-dozen-killed/12308084/ |
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