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A climate change charge? High gas bills raise concerns about PGW billing tool
The Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA) is launching an investigation into sky-high gas bills for some Philadelphia customers that surfaced this month.
The bills have put a spotlight on a little-known tool the utility uses to adjust for weather fluctuations, which records show has cost PGW customers millions of dollars in recent years. Some worry the tool puts customers on the hook for things they can’t control, such as warming temperatures due to climate change.
“My office’s charge is to look out for the interests of consumers and make sure they’re paying affordable, fair, just, and reasonable rates that provide reliable service,” said Pa. Consumer Advocate Patrick Cicero. “I think it’s incumbent upon us to look at whether this has shifted too much of the risk onto consumers.”
A report in the Philadelphia Inquirer revealed numerous customers were hit with shockingly steep gas bills — some hundreds of dollars — for a month where warm weather made heat largely unnecessary. PGW also supplies gas for stoves and other appliances.
“Something obviously went wrong when you have these huge spikes, and the question is, what went wrong and what needs to happen to fix it?” said Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart, who sits on the city Gas Commission, which approves PGW’s operating budget.
The charges were a result of an obscure tool, known as the Weather Normalization Adjustment (WNA), that the utility has used for two decades to smooth out its revenue in the face of unpredictable weather.
The gas utility initially did not acknowledge any problem with the recent bills, blaming them on “much higher than usual” temperatures in late May. But spokesperson Richard Barnes said in an email Tuesday the company is “currently assessing the Weather Normalization Adjustment situation in light of the impact it had on customers.” The utility told WHYY news partner 6ABC that approximately 270,000 PGW residential heating customers’ bills will be affected.
PGW is one of just two utilities in the state that use a WNA, according to PA’s Consumer Advocate. The adjustment is calculated through a complex formula laid out in the utility’s tariff, which takes into account a customer’s usage, historic temperature data for a billing period, measured in heating degree days, and the actual temperatures that month.
When a month is hotter than expected based on past years, requiring less heat, PGW charges customers. When a month is colder, the company credits them. But in recent years, customers have not benefited overall, according to reports PGW filed with the PUC.
PGW is allowed to charge the WNA October through May. This year, May 31, the last day of the spring that PGW can charge the adjustment, reached 96 degrees — 17 degrees higher than normal.
Cicero, Pa.’s Consumer Advocate, said he has received several complaints, and plans to look into not only whether PGW made a mistake calculating the June 2022 bills, but whether the WNA should be modified or eliminated.
Cicero said his office will also look into whether the bills were “discriminatory,” based on when a customer’s bill was generated.
“In other words, some customers were more affected than others by this charge,” he said.
Key to the investigation will be getting hold of more information, Cicero said, so that OCA can “check the math.”
“We’re going to look at the rate impacts for consumers and whether the formula does what it’s supposed to be doing,” he said.
Are customers paying for climate change?
PGW defends the WNA as a way to keep customers’ heating bills more predictable and stable, to help utilities pay to maintain their systems even when gas use dips, and to help delay base rate increases.
But advocates argue it insulates the utility from risks associated with climate change, while customers foot the bill.
“I have substantial concerns about how PGW’s Weather Normalization Adjustment functions to shift the costs of climate change onto ratepayers, a problem that will only grow as winters continue to warm,” Devin McDougall, an attorney at the nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice, wrote in an email.
McDougall, representing the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club and Clean Air Council, challenged PGW’s use of the WNA in the context of climate change in the utility’s 2020 rate case.
Winter is the fastest-warming season across Pennsylvania and most of the United States. Philadelphia’s average winter temperature rose nearly 5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1970, according to data analyzed by Climate Central.
But PGW uses a 20-year weather record to predict expected heating degree days for its WNA, meaning if temperatures are warmer in a given year than they were in the past, customers can be charged.
The adjustment is designed to be revenue-neutral, to help the utility smooth out its revenue during fluctuating weather, said Dave Hixson, deputy press secretary of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. But depending on weather trends, PGW can charge more than it credits through the WNA over a given year or decade. And PGW’s current formula “captures older/colder winters,” Hixson said.
With temperatures rising due to climate change, PGW customers could lose out.
“The HDD [heating degree day] projections have been steadily dropping year over year, so usage of gas for heating will continue to drop because of more moderate temperatures in winter months,” Hixson wrote in an emailed response to questions. “As a result, when you set rates today for residential heating customers based on a projected annual usage associated with historic HDD’s [heating degree days], actual usage will move away from those projections and the WNA will start collecting additional revenues from customers.”
In three of the last four fiscal years, PGW has – on net – charged, rather than credited, customers using the WNA, according to annual reports the utility submitted to the PUC. The number of heating degree days decreased each year between September 2017 and the end of August 2021, and PGW used the WNA to charge customers a net total of over $20 million.
At-large City Councilmember Derek Green, who chairs the city Gas Commission, said climate change should be factored into the WNA policy — for example, by shrinking the portion of the year that PGW is allowed to charge it.
“Because we’ve been having warmer winters,” he said.
Cicero, Pa.’s Consumer Advocate, said he wants to evaluate the length of historical data PGW uses in its WNA calculation — but not specifically because of climate change. PGW switched from using a 30-year to a 20-year normalization period in 2017, Cicero said, which could have increased the volatility in the data.
“The reality is, we just don’t know,” he said.
A utility under pressure to adapt
PGW, which sells gas that contributes to climate change, has used warming winters to justify base rate increases before.
In 2017, the utility secured a $42 million, or 6.8%, rate increase, which the company blamed in part on decreased demand due to warming winters as a result of climate change. The company also switched from a 30-year to a 10-year historical weather record to predict gas heating demand.
“[It] gives us a better and more accurate ability to predict demand because it’s focused on the winters we’ve had recently, not winters we’ve had 30 years ago,” PGW’s then-spokesperson Barry O’Sullivan said at the time.
Advocates and elected officials have been pushing PGW to transition to a business model not reliant on fossil fuels.
A “diversification study” released late last year explored several possible routes forward for the utility, including supplying geothermal energy, electrifying or weatherizing buildings, and harvesting gas from sewers or landfills to make energy.
But it also warned PGW’s path to a carbon-neutral future could be laden with stranded assets, high upfront investments, and possible increases for ratepayers.
Green, the Gas Commission chair, said he’ll continue to push PGW to adapt.
“People are using less gas, because equipment and appliances are becoming more and more efficient, and we have climate change, which is a real issue,” Green said. “So we can’t wait until ten years from now to start to really look at how PGW diversifies its income.”
How to challenge a high bill
Customers who think a recent high gas bill was in error can file a dispute with PGW by calling (215) 235-1000 for residential customers, (215) 235-7077 for business customers, or going to an in-person Customer Service Center.
Customers struggling to pay a gas bill can also contact the utility to set up a payment arrangement.
Customers who are not satisfied with the result of a dispute can then appeal it to the PA Public Utility Commission by filing an informal or formal complaint.
Customers with questions can also call the OCA’s consumer hotline at 1-800-684-6560, Monday through Friday during normal work hours, or by email at consumer@paoca.org.
Subscribe to PlanPhilly | 2022-06-30T01:59:25+00:00 | whyy.org | https://whyy.org/articles/philly-pgw-weather-normalization-adjustment-billing-tool-high-gas-bills-concerns/ |
Media and digital advertising pioneer Brian Lesser joins Ogury as a Board member to provide guidance as the company accelerates its next stage of growth as the leader in personified advertising
NEW YORK, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ogury, the global leader in personified advertising, has announced the appointment of Brian Lesser to its Board of Directors. Lesser is a well-known veteran in media and advertising, having held top leadership positions at WPP, GroupM, and AT&T.
Currently, Lesser serves as Chairman and CEO of InfoSum, the world's leading data collaboration platform. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Xandr, AT&T's advanced advertising business, now part of Microsoft. In 2011, he founded the pioneering programmatic advertising business, Xaxis, part of WPP's GroupM. Lesser led GroupM, as CEO of North America, from 2015 to 2017. Brian has been an active board member for other dynamic technology businesses, such as AppNexus, acquired by AT&T in 2019. Lesser is a popular speaker at major conferences and is an advisor to several emerging advertising technology companies. He has been named Ad Age "40 Under 40," and Adweek "Executive of the Year."
"Throughout my career, I have focused on innovative companies that are ahead of the curve in digital advertising, and the future of this industry now lies in cookieless advertising. In this context, only companies that have put consumer privacy at the core of their model will thrive," said Brian Lesser. "Thanks to its unique approach, fully independent of advertising identifiers and personal data, Ogury is able to demonstrate that performance and consumer protection go hand in hand. I look forward to working with Geoffroy Martin and the Board of Directors to contribute to the company's story and success."
Geoffroy Martin, CEO of Ogury, commented on the appointment, saying: "Brian Lesser's unparalleled and deep experience, specifically leading successful adtech business Infosum, Xandr and at GroupM, will be invaluable as we continue our mission to become the leader of advertising in the cookieless world. As a visionary and respected leader of renowned advertising companies, Brian will bring a unique perspective to our business. Having such a respected industry leader and visionary joining our board today is a true testimonial of how efficient and attractive our strategy and technology are."
"I co-founded Ogury with the strong belief that digital advertising should be rooted in consumer privacy. The unprecedented regulatory and ethical challenges the industry is facing today prove that this was the right direction to follow, and an industry veteran such as Brian joining our board confirms it too," added Thomas Pasquet, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Ogury.
Ogury helps advertisers engage personas at scale without collecting personal data and enables publishers to get incremental revenue from premium demand originating from top-tier brands. Since its inception in 2014, the company has experienced strong organic growth, accelerating in 2022 with the opening of several new offices, including in Japan, Canada, and Colombia. The same year, Ogury won the Ad Tech Company of the Year Award at the 2022 UK Business Tech Awards.
About Ogury
Ogury, the global leader in personified advertising, has created a breakthrough advertising engine that delivers targeting based on personas rather than users' identities, and on the destinations where these personas consume content — instead of the individual users themselves. Advertisers working with Ogury benefit from fully visible impactful ads, future-proof targeting and unwavering protection. Publishers enjoy the rewards of a respectful user experience, incremental revenues and premium demand. Founded in 2014, Ogury is a global organization with 500+ people, including 100 engineers across 17 countries.
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Curis working with clinical sites to resume enrollment
Preliminary clinical data update expected in 2023
LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified Curis that it may resume enrollment of additional patients in the monotherapy phase of the TakeAim Leukemia study.
Previously, Curis announced that the FDA had placed partial clinical holds on the TakeAim Leukemia and TakeAim Lymphoma studies in April 2022. On August 18, 2022, Curis reported that the partial clinical hold on the TakeAim Lymphoma study was lifted. After review of the comprehensive data package submitted by Curis, the FDA has notified Curis that it may resume enrollment of additional patients in the monotherapy dose finding phase (Phase 1a) of the TakeAim Leukemia study, in which the company has agreed to enroll at least nine additional patients at the 200mg dose level. The partial hold remains in place for the combination therapy phase (Phase 1b) and the expansion phase (Phase 2a) of the study until Phase 1a is complete and the FDA approves proceeding to the next phases of the study.
Before lifting the restriction on patient enrollment, the FDA reviewed additional data provided by the company related to the risk of rhabdomyolysis, a side effect also associated with statins, as well as with cancer medications such as Odomzo® and Cotellic®. The FDA also reviewed the company's strategy for utilizing objective laboratory measurements, similar to those used with Odomzo and Cotellic, to identify rhabdomyolysis, as well as the company's strategy for managing rhabdomyolysis, if it is detected.
"We are pleased to announce the results of the FDA's review and to have addressed potential concerns about the identification and management of rhabdomyolysis," said James Dentzer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Curis. "We are working with our clinical sites to quickly resume enrollment of additional patients."
Similar to the TakeAim Lymphoma study, the Company is updating its timeline for clinical data release to reflect the availability of updated preliminary data from the TakeAim Leukemia study in 2023. In addition, Curis is proactively discussing the clinical plans for emavusertib in leukemia, including alignment on optimal dose and development path, with the FDA's leukemia division.
About Emavusertib (CA-4948)
Emavusertib is an IRAK4 kinase inhibitor and IRAK4 plays an essential role in the toll-like receptor (TLR) and interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) signaling pathways, which are frequently dysregulated in patients with cancer. TLRs and the IL-1R family signal through the adaptor protein MYD88, which results in the assembly and activation of IRAK4, initiating a signaling cascade that induces cytokine and survival factor expression mediated by the NF-κB protein complex. Additionally, third parties have recently discovered that the long form of IRAK4 (IRAK4-L) is oncogenic and preferentially expressed in over half of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The overexpression of IRAK4-L is believed to be driven by a variety of factors, including specific spliceosome mutations such as SF3B1 and U2AF1. In addition to inhibiting IRAK4, emavusertib was also designed to inhibit FLT3, a known oncologic driver, which may provide additional benefit in patients with AML and MDS.
About TakeAim Leukemia
The TakeAim Leukemia study (NCT04278768) is a Phase 1/2 open-label dose escalation, dose expansion clinical trial investigating emavusertib as a monotherapy and in combination with azacitidine or venetoclax in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) AML or high risk MDS. After dose escalation in monotherapy to determine the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) and assuming the partial hold for the phase 1b cohort dose escalation in combination to determine the RP2D is lifted, we plan to expand five cohorts: monotherapy in AML patients with spliceosome and FLT3 mutations, monotherapy in patients with MDS and spliceosome mutations and combination therapy with azacitidine or venetoclax in patients without spliceosome or FLT3 mutations. The goals of the study are to determine several parameters including safety, maximum tolerated dose (MTD), RP2D and signals of activity.
About TakeAim Lymphoma
The TakeAim Lymphoma study (NCT03328078) is a Phase 1/2 open-label, dose escalation, dose expansion clinical trial investigating emavusertib as monotherapy and in combination with ibrutinib in patients with R/R hematologic malignancies, such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other B cell malignancies. After dose escalation in both monotherapy and combination therapy to determine the RP2D, we plan to expand four cohorts for combination treatment: marginal zone lymphoma, activated b-cell diffuse large b-cell lymphoma, primary CNS lymphoma, and patients developing adaptive resistance to ibrutinib monotherapy. The goals of the study are to determine several parameters including safety, MTD, RP2D and signals of activity.
About Curis, Inc.
Curis is a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. In 2015, Curis entered into a collaboration with Aurigene in the areas of immuno-oncology and precision oncology. As part of this collaboration, Curis has exclusive licenses to oral small molecule antagonists of immune checkpoints including the VISTA/PDL1 antagonist CA-170, and the TIM3/PDL1 antagonist CA-327, as well as the IRAK4 kinase inhibitor, emavusertib (CA-4948). Emavusertib is currently undergoing testing in the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Lymphoma trial, in patients with hematologic malignancies, such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other B cell malignancies, both as a monotherapy and in combination with BTK inhibitor ibrutinib, and the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Leukemia trial in patients with AML and MDS, for which it has received Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the TakeAim Leukemia trial during which no new patients will be enrolled in the combination phase (Phase 1b) of emavusertib with azacitidine or venetoclax and expansion phase (Phase 2a), and current study participants benefiting from treatment may continue to be treated with emavusertib at doses of 300mg BID or lower. In addition, Curis is engaged in a collaboration with ImmuNext for development of CI-8993, a monoclonal anti-VISTA antibody, which is currently undergoing testing in a Phase 1 trial in patients with solid tumors. Curis is also party to a collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, under which Genentech and Roche are commercializing Erivedge® for the treatment of advanced basal cell carcinoma.
For more information, visit Curis's website at www.curis.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, any statements with respect to Curis's plans, strategies and objectives to resume and further patient enrollment in its TakeAim Lymphoma trial and in the monotherapy dose escalation phase (Phase 1a) of the TakeAim Leukemia trial, and its ability to resolve the remaining partial clinical hold on the combination therapy phase (Phase 1b) and the expansion phase (Phase 2a) of the TakeAim Leukemia study, statements concerning product research, development, clinical trials and studies and commercialization plans, timelines, anticipated results or the therapeutic potential of drug candidates including any statements regarding the initiation, progression, expansion, use, safety, efficacy, dosage and potential benefits of emavusertib in clinical trials as a monotherapy and/or as a combination therapy, Curis's plans and timelines to provide preliminary, interim and/or additional data from its ongoing or planned clinical trials, any statements concerning Curis's expectations regarding its interactions with the FDA, statements with respect to mutations or potential biomarkers, and statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements may contain the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "seeks," "estimates," "assumes," "predicts," "projects," "targets," "will," "may," "would," "could," "should," "continue," "potential," "focus," "strategy," "mission," or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. For example, the FDA may not remove the remaining partial clinical hold on the combination therapy phase (Phase 1b) and the expansion phase (Phase 2a) of TakeAim Leukemia trial, or may take further regulatory action with regard to such trial. Curis may experience adverse results, delays and/or failures in its drug development programs and may not be able to successfully advance the development of its drug candidates in the time frames it projects, if at all. Curis's drug candidates may cause unexpected toxicities, fail to demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy in clinical studies and/or may never achieve the requisite regulatory approvals needed for commercialization. Favorable results seen in preclinical studies and early clinical trials of Curis's drug candidates may not be replicated in later trials. There can be no guarantee that the collaboration agreements with Aurigene and ImmuNext will continue for their full terms, or the CRADA with NCI, that Curis or its collaborators will each maintain the financial and other resources necessary to continue financing its portion of the research, development and commercialization costs, or that the parties will successfully discover, develop or commercialize drug candidates under the collaboration. Regulatory authorities may determine to delay or restrict Genentech's and/or Roche's ability to continue to develop or commercialize Erivedge in basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Erivedge may not demonstrate sufficient or any activity to merit its further development in disease indications other than BCC. Competing drugs may be developed that are superior to Erivedge. In connection with its agreement with Oberland Capital, Curis faces risks relating to the transfer and encumbrance of certain royalty and royalty-related payments on commercial sales of Erivedge, including the risk that, in the event of a default by Curis or its wholly-owned subsidiary, Curis could lose all retained rights to future royalty and royalty-related payments, Curis could be required to repurchase such future royalty and royalty-related payments at a price that is a multiple of the payments it has received, and its ability to enter into future arrangements may be inhibited, all of which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and stock price. Curis will require substantial additional capital to fund its business. If it is not able to obtain sufficient funding, it will be forced to delay, reduce in scope or eliminate some of its research and development programs, including related clinical trials and operating expenses, potentially delaying the time to market for, or preventing the marketing of, any of its product candidates, which could adversely affect its business prospects and its ability to continue operations, and would have a negative impact on its financial condition and its ability to pursue its business strategies. Curis faces substantial competition. Curis and its collaborators face the risk of potential adverse decisions made by the FDA and other regulatory authorities, investigational review boards, and publication review bodies. Curis may not obtain or maintain necessary patent protection and could become involved in expensive and time-consuming patent litigation and interference proceedings. Unstable market and economic conditions, natural disasters, public health crises, political crises and other events outside of Curis's control could significantly disrupt its operations or the operations of third parties on which Curis depends and could adversely impact Curis's operating results and its ability to raise capital. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic may result in closures of third-party facilities, impact enrollment in clinical trials or impact sales of Erivedge by Genentech and/or Roche. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact Curis's business or operating results is uncertain. Other important factors that may cause or contribute to actual results being materially different from those indicated by forward-looking statements include the factors set forth under the captions "Risk Factor Summary" and "Risk Factors" in our most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, and the factors that are discussed in other filings that we periodically make with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). In addition, any forward-looking statements represent the views of Curis only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing Curis's views as of any subsequent date. Curis disclaims any intention or obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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Planet Fitness offers high school teens free workouts all summer
(WXIX/Gray News) - Planet Fitness is offering free workouts to high schoolers ages 14-19 this summer.
The offer is good at all of Planet Fitness’s 2,200 locations from May 16-Aug. 31.
Need more motivation? All participants who sign up starting May 16 are automatically entered into the Planet Fitness High School Summer Pass Sweepstakes.
Planet Fitness will award one $500 scholarship in each state (and the District of Columbia), and one grand prize $5,000 scholarship at the end of the summer.
These scholarships can be used for academic or athletic activities or programs.
It’s part of the High School Summer Pass initiative, formerly the Teen Summer Challenge, which was launched in 2019 and saw more than 900,000 teens sign up and complete more than 5.5 million workouts over the summer.
You can pre-register here.
Teens under 18 must register with a parent or guardian online or in-club.
A Planet Fitness spokesperson cites a study that says less than 15% of teens met the 60-minute daily physical activity recommendation during the pandemic.
A national study commissioned by Planet Fitness further found 93% of American teens want to stay healthy and active but lack motivation or access.
The High School Summer Pass is envisioned as a solution when school sports programs, gym classes and after-school activities wind down.
“As the leader in fitness, we believe we have a responsibility to provide a welcoming, safe, and Judgement Free environment for high school students to improve their physical and mental wellness, particularly given the challenges they have and continue to face in the wake of the pandemic,” said Chris Rondeau, chief executive officer at Planet Fitness.
“Our study found that nearly all (92%) high school students agreed that when they are regularly physically active, they feel much better mentally. Fitness is about feeling good, too, and our hope is that High School Summer Pass empowers teens to create life-long workout habits to help them succeed in every aspect of their lives.”
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Spartanburg County to hire veterinarian to oversee construction of pet resource center
Spartanburg County Council on Monday agreed to hire a veterinarian to oversee the construction of a new pet resource center and create an operations plan.
The position of director of animal welfare services will have a salary range of $91,680 to $146,688, according to Deputy County Administrator Earl Alexander.
"As you are all aware, we have embarked on a journey to create a new county department and construct a new facility that will allow us to care for the well-being of animals in Spartanburg County, Alexander told County Council. "This position is critical to the success of our program."
County Council also approved a new position of animal cruelty and nuisance investigator, with a salary range of $41,398 to $64,168. The person will serve as the countywide animal investigator with a focus on addressing cruelty and nuisance cases, Alexander said.
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All total, the projected impact on the 2022-23 budget will be $250,000 for personnel and a vehicle, and $250,000 for planning, design and cost associated with land acquisition, Alexander said.
Alexander said the $500,000 in total costs this year will have no impact on the budget because the funds will come from previously approved federal American Rescue Plan Act funds.
County Council last month authorized using $5 million in ARPA funds for a new shelter. The total cost of the shelter has yet to be determined, but the consultant hired to estimate costs and the scope of a new shelter recommended a $17.5 million pet resource center that would remain open seven days a week and take in up to 1,500 stray dogs and cats each year.
Consultant Sara Pizano of Team Shelter USA said the shelter would be a one-story building with an 18,994-square-foot interior and stalls and a 4,690-square-foot outside area with kennels on a 2.7-acre site yet to be determined.
She said the annual operating costs would be $4 million if county employees are used, or $2 million if volunteers and other animal care partners are used. | 2022-12-13T23:45:51+00:00 | goupstate.com | https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/local/2022/12/13/spartanburg-county-to-hire-veterinarian-to-oversee-pet-shelter-project/69710060007/ |
The two big movies hitting theaters on Friday couldn't be more different.
There's Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's sprawling biographical thriller about the man known as the father of the atomic bomb, which the director has said will leave viewers "absolutely devastated." And there's Greta Gerwig's Barbie, a fantasy comedy with original songs and enough pink paint to prompt a real-life shortage.
Together, they form Barbenheimer. Or is it Oppenbarbie? Boppenheimer?
Whatever you call it, it's blown up into a cultural juggernaut.
Warner Bros. and Mattel unleashed a powerful Barbie marketing blitz, with over 100 official brand collaborations. Retailers and restaurants have followed suit, offering their own twist on "Barbiecore."
And while Oppenheimer has taken a more subdued approach, all the hype appears to have given both movies a boost.
For weeks people have been making memes and merchandise celebrating the mashup, effectively transforming a box-office battle into an unlikely double feature.
And it seems many people are actually committing to the bit: The National Association of Theatre Owners projects that more than 200,000 moviegoers will attend same-day viewings of both movies across North America this weekend.
"This weekend has captured the cultural imagination in an unprecedented way," association President and CEO Michael O'Leary, told NPR in a statement. "People ... are flocking to the theatres in groups, with family, friends, neighbors, to celebrate two different, but amazing motion pictures."
What's the deal with these movies?
Both movies come from directors with devoted fanbases, feature ensemble casts and grapple with existential dread — to varying degrees.
Oppenheimer tells the story of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Peaky Blinders' Cillian Murphy), who directed the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II and helped develop the country's first nuclear weapons. Nolan has described him as "the most important person who ever lived."
Upon seeing the first successful bomb test in the New Mexico desert in 1945, Oppenheimer reportedly quoted a Hindu scripture: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" — now available on a T-shirt in pink curlicue script, as it happens.
The three-hour epic is based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin Sherwin and Kai Bird. It's the 12th film by Nolan, whose previous blockbusters include "The Dark Knight" trilogy, Inception and Dunkirk.
Barbie, on the other hand, follows the Mattel icon (played by Margot Robbie) as she experiences an existential crisis: "Do you guys ever think about dying?" she asks on the dance floor at one point in the trailer.
She and Ken (a very committed Ryan Gosling) leave idyllic-looking Barbieland behind to explore the real world and discover "the truth about the universe."
Indie director Gerwig wrote the screenplay with her partner Noah Baumbach. This is her third film as solo director, after Lady Bird and Little Women.
The movie, which clocks in at just under two hours, amounts to both corporate propaganda and Malibu metacommentary, NPR's Aisha Harris writes.
Why are they coming out on the same day?
It's increasingly rare for two such high-profile movies to hit theaters on the same day.
Some think it might have to do with Nolan leaving Warner Bros. (after its controversial decision to release its 2021 movies in theaters and on its streaming service simultaneously) and make Oppenheimer with Universal instead.
Their theory is that Warner Bros. chose to release Barbie the same day out of spite. When asked about this by Insider at a recent press event, Nolan chuckled and refused to answer.
Opposite blockbusters have been pitted against each other in the past, like 10 Things I Hate About You opening against The Matrix in 1999. And, in a much-discussed parallel, Nolan's The Dark Knight premiered on the same day as Mamma Mia in the summer of 2008.
Experts say releasing two different genres of movies on the same day can actually be good for business, especially if they appeal to distinct demographics.
And it certainly appears to be fueling ticket sales for both Barbie and Oppenheimer, whose target audiences may not be as segmented as some originally thought.
One Twitter user went viral back in April for suggesting that there would be little overlap. He was immediately inundated with tweets — many from women in STEM — proving otherwise.
The Barbenheimer frenzy has reached a fever pitch in the weeks since.
Viral social media memes have poked fun at everything from the movies' opposing aesthetics to viewers' requisite costume changes to the sheer volume of the hype itself.
People have started making Barbie/Oppenheimer posters featuring a massive pink mushroom cloud. And sites like Etsy and Redbubble are selling all kinds of crossover T-shirts, mixing and matching the movies' slogans and visuals.
"It's Mattel versus the Manhattan Project and BarbenHeimer," Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst for Comscore, told NPR's Mandalit del Barco. "That just means that this is going viral, and that's good news for both Barbie and Oppenheimer."
What's the ideal viewing order?
There's been so much chatter about seeing both movies that it's even spurred a spirited online debate: Which one should you watch first?
Spending five-plus hours in a movie theater is no small commitment, and there's been a lot of discussion on how best to go about it. Do you start with Oppenheimer and some strong coffee, and finish with Barbie and a dance party? Or do you ease in with a Barbie brunch so you can drag your depleted self straight to bed when it's all over?
Coffee and face masks at 10AM
— Jacqueline (@jvckierios) June 24, 2023
Mimosas and glam 11:30AM
Barbie movie 2PM
Joint at 4:30PM
Olive Garden 5PM
Oppenheimer 7PM
Applebees Happy Hour 10PM https://t.co/eWowDFZzat
While public opinion seems to favor ending on a lighter note, there are compelling arguments to be made for each side, as Slate reports.
Some experts have weighed in, too.
Robbie, Barbie herself, called it a "perfect double bill" at her movie's premiere last week.
"I think actually start your day with 'Barbie,' then go straight into 'Oppenheimer' and then a 'Barbie' chaser," she said.
Tom Cruise, whose latest "Mission: Impossible" movie opened in theaters last week, said at his premiere that he plans to see both, likely starting with Oppenheimer. Others have endorsed his approach.
"If you see Oppenheimer last then you might be a bit of a psychopath," Barbie actor Issa Rae said.
Gerwig told The Hollywood Reporter that she also recommends treating Barbie as a palate cleanser.
"I want to have mimosas and drinks and cocktails after Barbie, I don't want to, like, sulk," she said. "That's just my plan, as long as you're seeing Barbie I don't care."
What's Hollywood saying?
Those who worked on the movies appear to be enjoying the rivalry-turned-alliance.
A picture of Gerwig and Robbie posing with their Oppenheimer theater tickets last month, for example, sent the internet into another minor frenzy.
Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie with their opening night tickets for ‘OPPENHEIMER’. pic.twitter.com/VHwFuxst6d
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 30, 2023
"I love that there's solidarity though, where people tried to pit us against one another but now it's turned into like a double-feature situation," Gerwig told THR.
She also told USA Today that she feels "very shiny" to be associated with Oppenheimer, adding that "a rising tide lifts all boats."
Nolan told Insider that many in the industry have been longing for "a crowded marketplace with a lot of different movies."
"That's what theaters have now, and those of us who care about movies are thrilled about that," he said.
Oppenheimer actor Emily Blunt, who wore "Barbie" pink heels to her movie's premiere, similarly told USA TODAY that the other film's cast has been "so supportive" toward hers.
"It doesn't have to be competitive!" she said. "It's really cool and that's what we want: that full spectrum of what you can see in movie theaters. We love it."
An important note: Now that SAG-AFTRA is on strike, the actors are officially prohibited from promoting their movies. That's why the Oppenheimer stars walked out of the London premiere last week, and why Robbie's glamorous parade of Barbie-inspired red carpet outfits was cut short.
And don't worry, you can watch the movies without crossing the proverbial picket line. The actors' and writers' unions say it's OK to go to the movies (or even stream content online), The New York Times reports.
In fact, The Associated Press adds, the guilds have not asked fans to boycott productions — and are instead encouraging non-members to show their support by posting on social media and donating to community funds.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-07-21T09:31:56+00:00 | delawarepublic.org | https://www.delawarepublic.org/npr-headlines/2023-07-21/what-to-know-about-the-barbenheimer-double-feature-frenzy |
The judge who oversaw the Parkland school shooter’s penalty phase should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward prosecutors and being "intemperate" with defense lawyers in the case, a Florida state agency that investigates judicial misconduct allegations recommended on Monday.
The Investigative Panel of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission found that Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer violated several rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct while presiding over Nikolas Cruz’s monthslong penalty phase and sentencing for the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
A Broward County jury sentenced Cruz to life without the possibility of parole in 2022 after failing to reach a unanimous decision on whether he deserved the death penalty.
Scherer, a former Broward County prosecutor who became a judge in 2012, drew praise and criticism for her handling of the proceeding. Her clashes with Cruz’s team of Broward County public defenders over procedural and evidentiary matters made headlines while the victims' families praised her for her compassion.
SEE MORE: Judge in Parkland school shooter case to step down from the bench
The 15-member panel of judges, lawyers and citizens investigated key moments in the proceedings for which Scherer came under fire. Among the commission’s findings:
Scherer unduly chastised lead public defender Melisa McNeill for the time and manner in which McNeill announced the conclusion of the defense case.
Scherer failed to curtail vitriolic statements directed at defense counsel by the victims' family members as they delivered victim impact statements.
Scherer wrongly accused defense lawyer David Wheeler of threatening her children when he said, "Judge, I can assure you that if they were talking about your children, you would certainly notice" as part of his argument that the victims’ families were making inappropriate comments about the defense. She embraced members of the prosecution after sentencing.
The commission’s report noted that Scherer said she offered hugs to members of the defense, but they declined. The report also said that Scherer admitted that "her conduct fell below what is reasonably expected of a trial judge and had the potential to damage the perception of the judiciary and our system of justice in ways that cannot be easily cured."
The commission acknowledged that "the worldwide publicity surrounding the case created stress and tension for all participants." Nevertheless, judges are expected to "ensure due process, order and decorum, and act always with dignity and respect to promote the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary," the commission said.
"In limited instances during this unique and lengthy case, Judge Scherer allowed her emotions to overcome her judgment," the commission said in its report to the Florida Supreme Court, which will ultimately decide if disciplinary action is warranted.
Scherer announced last month that was retiring, saying it had nothing to do with the backlash over her handling of the case. The commission’s report notes that "Judge Scherer’s recent resignation was not a condition of this agreement."
This story was originally published by Emanuella Grinberg at Court TV.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com | 2023-06-06T22:11:13+00:00 | kivitv.com | https://www.kivitv.com/commission-recommends-parkland-judge-should-be-publicly-reprimanded |
Bills quarterback Josh Allen didn't blink when asked by the NFL Network postgame crew about the weather conditions, as snow fell on the set on the sideline at Highmark Stadium.
“This is nothing. I wish it was colder. More snow," he said.
How do you handle this? It's cold out here!Josh Allen: "This is nothing, I wish it was colder. I wish it was colder."#BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/wQhVmZrN08
— Dan Fetes (@danfetes) December 18, 2022
Gee, that sounds like a familiar phrase. Like it should be a T-shirt.
Sure enough, it was on a T-shirt. Worn by Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel for practice Wednesday amid all the talk about how the Dolphins were going to deal with the elements.
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Mike McDaniel wearing a “I wish it were colder” shirt. Troll god confirmed. pic.twitter.com/tQzfN7kz2H
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) December 14, 2022
After the game, McDaniel said the elements were not a factor in the Dolphins' loss: “I know a lot of people would like to make it about the weather but our team never did. It was cool for you guys to talk about but it was more about the football.”
If McDaniel was trying to troll the Bills and the media questions about the weather, Allen appears to have walked away with the victory, and the last laugh. | 2022-12-18T09:58:03+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/after-win-josh-allen-trolls-dolphins-coach-i-wish-it-were-colder/article_068f27d8-7e98-11ed-96a4-c3ef07251ae9.html |
Every season, an argument can be made for a player left off the All-Star team.
Enter Travis Konecny.
The ever-improving forward registered a hat trick, the second of his career, in a 5-3 Philadelphia Flyers win over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday.
Konecny will take a career-high 10-game points streak into Saturday’s rematch at Washington.
“I’ve just been trying to come to the rink every day, and just work hard. I’m kind of getting my bounces right now,” Konecny said. “It goes around the locker room throughout the season, and it’s just going my way right now.”
Konecny has already tied his career high with 24 goals, which also leads the surging Flyers, who have won six of seven after a difficult start.
Konecny has credited his stellar play to having great chemistry with Scott Laughton. The Flyers lead the league with eight short-handed goals and Konecny and Laughton have three apiece.
“I’ve learned so much from Laughts, and he makes it so easy for me to learn the PK,” Konecny said. “And I make mistakes every single day trying to become a better penalty killer. And he always bails me out, being the better one of us two. I just keep trying to learn and trust that me and Laughty are gonna get the job done.”
While other players have stepped up during the winning streak, like goaltenders Carter Hart and Sam Ersson, Konecny has been the catalyst. He has eight games with multiple points in his last 10 games.
“He seems to be finding the spots, the puck seems to be finding him everywhere on the ice,” James van Riemsdyk said of Konecny. “And obviously we know what kind of ability he has, so it’s been fun to watch.”
The Capitals fell behind 4-1 before closing within one goal late in the third period Wednesday. Konecny’s empty-net goal in the waning seconds was the ultimate difference.
Now the Capitals will look to eliminate the mistakes and penalties that hampered them.
“In the third, I thought we kept fighting back and I thought that we had the chances to tie that game, and we just didn’t get it done,” Washington coach Peter Laviolette said. “That’s frustrating, but there’s things that we did where we shot ourselves in the foot.”
There was some encouraging news, though, as Nicklas Backstrom earned his first point since returning from hip surgery. Backstrom’s nifty assist led to T.J. Oshie’s backhand goal in the third, which cut the deficit to one.
It was only Backstrom’s second game since he returned to action.
“I told (Backstrom) earlier that I was struggling to get him the puck tonight,” Oshie said. “It usually works out better when he has it in his hands and gets it to me. Always nice to get one on the tape from (No.) 19. He’s going to get his assists, that’s for sure. But I’m sure it’s nice for him to get that first one out of the way, and away we go.”
For the Capitals, it will be vital to avoid early penalties and giving the Flyers momentum. They took six penalties on Wednesday.
“We have to continue to focus on those big momentum swinging shifts,” said Garnet Hathaway, who scored one goal Wednesday. “That first power play, that’s one that we want to stop. And when that goes in, we’re already fighting back. We want to score the first goal of the game, and we didn’t.”
–Field Level Media | 2023-01-14T18:00:03+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/scoreboard/capitals-look-for-revenge-against-flyers-red-hot-travis-konecny/ |
Ahead of Wednesday’s marquee Group C World Cup match, we’re set to provide our Argentina vs. Poland prediction.
Two late goals helped Argentina ease past Mexico in their previous game to earn their first points of the group stage. Meanwhile, Poland captured a 2-0 victory against Saudi Arabia to remain unbeaten in the group stage thus far.
In order to win the group, both teams need all three points to guarantee finishing top. Currently, Argentina is a -210 favorite on the three-way moneyline while Poland is +600 to produce an upset victory.
Argentina vs. Poland Best Bet
Single-Game Parlay: Argentina Moneyline & Total Over 1.5 Goals (-130)
Although Argentina dropped all three points against Saudi Arabia, I rate them as easily the best team in this group.
Through two games, Argentina has a +1 goal differential against a +1.98 expected goals on target (xGOT) differential, a +2.16 expected goal differential and a +2 big scoring chances differential, all per fotmob.com. Thus, slight positive regression could arrive for Argentina in their final match.
The best news? They’re now facing a Poland side that produced a wildly fraudulent victory in their last fixture against Saudi Arabia.
Although they won the match 2-0, Poland lost the match 1.73 to 1.56 on expected goals and 2.69 to 1.33 on xGOT. Granted, they won the big scoring chances battle 5-3, but the former metrics suggest Poland was extremely lucky to bag all three points and truly should have lost the match.
Plus, in Poland’s first match against Mexico, their attack looked lackluster. Take out the Robert Lewandowski penalty and bettors will find Poland created only 0.29 xGOT from open play against a stout Mexico defense.
Additionally, if you look at Poland’s defensive record against top International opponents, the results are further discouraging. In two qualifying games against England, Poland conceded 1.56 expected goals per 90 minutes.
At the European Championships, Poland allowed north of three expected goals against Spain, albeit in a match that included extra time.
Based on those outputs, as well as a concerning defensive showing against Saudi Arabia, I think you could see Argentina beat this total on their own. Barring a complete misfire from the Argentina defense in this game — they’ve allowed only 0.67 xGOT per 90 minutes in their first two games — two goals should be enough to secure a victory here.
For all those reasons, bet this single-game parlay at -150 or better. | 2022-11-29T18:45:51+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/betting/ct-prediction-argentina-poland-fifa-world-cup-group-c-20221129-tvgm4rr47rfozkwi7jgzziqrjm-story.html |
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese is a politician molded by his humble start to life as the only child of a single mother who raised him on a pension in gritty inner-Sydney suburbia.
He is also a hero of multicultural Australia, describing himself as the only candidate with a “non-Anglo Celtic name” to run for prime minister in the 121 years that the office has existed.
He has promised to rehabilitate Australia's international reputation as a climate change laggard with steeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.
His financially precarious upbringing in government-owned housing in suburban Camperdown fundamentally formed the politician who has lead the center-left Australian Labor Party into government for the first time since 2007. He is still widely known by his childhood nickname, Albo.
"It says a lot about our great country that a son of a single mom who was a disability pensioner, who grew up in public housing down the road in Camperdown can stand before you tonight as Australia’s prime minister,” Albanese said in his election victory speech on Saturday.
“Every parent wants more for the next generation than they had. My mother dreamt of a better life for me. And I hope that my journey in life inspires Australians to reach for the stars,” he added.
Albanese repeatedly referred during the six-week election campaign to the life lessons he learned from his disadvantaged childhood. Labor’s campaign has focused on policies including financial assistance for first home buyers grappling with soaring real estate prices and sluggish wage growth.
Labor also promised cheaper child care for working parents and better nursing home care for the elderly.
Albanese this week promised to begin rebuilding trust in Australia when he attends a Tokyo summit on Tuesday with U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Albanese said he will be “completely consistent” with Prime Minister Scott Morrison's current administration on Chinese strategic competition in the region.
But he said Australia had been placed in the “naughty corner” in United Nations' climate change negotiations by refusing to adopt more ambitious emissions reduction targets at a November conference.
“One of the ways that we increase our standing in the region, and in particular in the Pacific, is by taking climate change seriously,” Albanese told the National Press Club.
Biden’s administration and Australia “will have a strengthened relationship in our common view about climate change and the opportunity that it represents,” Albanese said.
Albanese blamed Morrison for a “whole series of Australia’s international relations being damaged.”
He said Morrison misled the United States that a secret plan to provide Australia with a fleet of submarines powered with U.S. nuclear technology had the support of Albanese’s Labor Party. In fact, Labor wasn’t told of the plan until the day before it was announced in September.
Albanese also accused Morrison of leaking to the media personal text messages from Emmanuel Macron to discredit the French president’s complaint that Australia had given no warning that a French submarine contract would be canceled.
In November, French Ambassador to Australia Jean-Pierre Thebault described the leak a “new low” and a warning to other world leaders that their private communications with the Australian government could be weaponized and used against them.
Labor also has described a new security pact been China and the Solomon Islands as Australia’s worst foreign policy failure in the Pacific since World War II.
Morrison's government had aimed to reduce Australia’s emissions by 26% to 28% below 2005 levels by 2030. Labor's goal is 43%.
As a young child, to spare Albanese the scandal of being “illegitimate” in a working-class Roman Catholic family in socially conservative 1960s Australia, he was told that his Italian father, Carlo Albanese, had died in a car accident shortly after marrying his Irish-Australian mother, Maryanne Ellery, in Europe.
His mother, who became an invalid pensioner because of chronic rheumatoid arthritis, told him the truth when he was 14 years old: His father was not dead and his parents had never married.
Carlo Albanese had been a steward on a cruise ship when the couple met in 1962 during the only overseas trip of her life. She returned to Sydney from her seven-month journey through Asia to Britain and continental Europe almost four months pregnant, according to Anthony Albanese’s 2016 biography, “Albanese: Telling it Straight.”
She was living with her parents in their local government-owned house in inner-suburban Camperdown when her only child was born on March 2, 1963.
Out of loyalty to his mother and a fear of hurting her feelings, Albanese waited until after her death in 2002 before searching for his father.
Father and son were happily united in 2009 in the father’s hometown of Barletta in southern Italy. The son was in Italy for business meetings as Australia‘s minister for transport and infrastructure.
Anthony Albanese was a minister throughout Labor’s most recent six years in power and reached his highest office — deputy prime minister — in his government’s final three months, which ended with the 2013 election.
But Albanese’s critics argue that it’s not his humble background but his left-wing politics that make him unsuitable to be prime minister.
The conservative government argued he would be the most left-wing Australian leader in almost 50 years since the crash-or-crash-through reformer Gough Whitlam, a flawed hero of the Labor Party.
In 1975, Whitlam became the only Australian prime minister to be ousted from office by a British monarch’s representative in what is described as a constitutional crisis.
Whitlam had introduced during his brief but tumultuous three years in power free university education, which enabled Albanese to graduate from Sydney University with an economics degree despite his meager financial resources.
Albanese’s supporters say that while he was from Labor’s so-called Socialist Left faction, he was a pragmatist with a proven ability to deal with more conservative elements of the party.
Albanese had undergone what has been described as a makeover in the past year, opting for more fashionable suits and glasses. He has also shed 18 kilograms (40 pounds) in what many assume is an effort to make himself more attractive to voters.
Albanese says he believed he was about to die in a two-car collision in Sydney in January last year and that was the catalyst for his healthier life choices. He had briefly resigned himself to a fate he once believed had been his father’s.
After the accident, Albanese spent a night in a hospital and suffered what he described as external and internal injuries that he has not detailed. The 17-year-old boy behind the wheel of the Range Rover SUV that collided with Albanese’s much smaller Toyota Camry sedan was charged with negligent driving.
Albanese said he was 12 when he became involved in his first political campaign. His fellow public housing tenants successfully defeated a local council proposal to sell their homes — a move that would have increased their rent — in a campaign that involved refusing to pay the council in a so-called rent strike.
The unpaid rent debt was forgiven, which Albanese described as a “lesson for those people who weren’t part of the rent strike: Solidarity works.”
“As I grew up, I understood the impact that government had, can have, on making a difference to people’s lives,” Albanese said. “And in particular, to opportunity.” | 2022-05-22T00:36:39+00:00 | hjnews.com | https://www.hjnews.com/world/australias-next-prime-minister-came-from-humble-beginnings/article_36917b2d-f316-599c-a126-186194ab990b.html |
(NEXSTAR) — It’s no secret that inflation has been pushing the price of nearly everything up. Unfortunately, those prices likely won’t be cooling off for your July Fourth cookout.
In a recent report, the American Farm Bureau Federation found the average July Fourth cookout (serving 10 people) will cost $69.68, up 17% – or about $10 – compared to last summer. The usual culprits – supply chain disruptions, inflation, and war in Ukraine – are to blame, according to AFBF.
“Despite higher food prices, the supply chain disruptions and inflation have made farm supplies more expensive; like consumers, farmers are price-takers not price-makers,” AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan said in a Monday news release. “Bottom line, in many cases the higher prices farmers are being paid aren’t covering the increase in their farm expenses. The cost of fuel is up and fertilizer prices have tripled.”
While reviewing the prices of 12 common cookout dishes, AFBF found the cost of ground beef has risen the most since last year. A 2-pound pack of ground beef now costs just over $11, up 36% from $8.20 in 2021.
Other popular cookout meats like chicken breasts and pork chops, and staples like potato salad, hamburger buns, and cookies, have also increased in price since the summer of 2021.
Not every item is on the rise, though. According to AFBF, the prices for strawberries, sliced cheese, and potato chips have dropped year-over-year. That’s especially true for the berries – two pints of strawberries cost $4.44 this summer, down from $5.30.
Here’s a look at the year-over-year price differences for each item reviewed by AFBF:
The AFBF compiled data with the help of 176 volunteer shoppers across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Grocery store shelves aren’t the only places with high prices. The national average for a regular gallon of gas is almost $5, nearly $2 higher than it was around the same time last year, AAA reports. Gas prices have been falling for the past two weeks, according to AAA, but it’s unclear just how low the prices will go.
AAA predicts roughly 42 million Americans to hit the roads for July Fourth, up from 41.8 million last year. | 2022-06-30T00:51:55+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/news/national-world/heres-why-your-july-fourth-cookout-will-likely-be-more-expensive-than-last-year/ |
Kevin Hart opens new plant-based, fast-food restaurant in LA
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Hart already has a thriving comedy and acting career, and now he’s aiming for people’s stomachs.
The prolific actor-comedian opened his first plant-based, fast-food restaurant called Hart House on Thursday in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles near the city’s airport. He wants this new venture to attract regular plant-base eaters along with those who haven’t yet been introduced to that world of healthy eating.
“Our business is in the business of feeling good. That’s what Kevin Hart is about,” he said in an interview before the restaurant’s official opening, which got off to a strong start with a long lines of customers throughout the day. While sitting alongside his wife, Eniko Hart, the actor scarfed down a plant-based crispy chick’n sandwich, chick’n nuggets and tots.
Rapper Lil Baby showed up to the preview to place an order from the fully plant-based menu that also features burgers, salads, fries, ice teas and a limeade. The restaurant’s milkshakes are made from an oat-and-soy blend.
“I say this all the time: ‘Live, love, laugh,’” Hart continued. “Here, we say ‘Eat your hart out.’ People have a curiosity about plant-based food. It’s something I eat. It’s really good. When you look at other restaurants, Hart House is just as good and maybe even better in some respects.”
Hart felt the need to create a healthy space within the fast-food spectrum that’s affordable for customers. There are several other plant-based, fast-food options located throughout Los Angeles, but Hart House’s approach is to serve quality food with sandwiches and burgers that are within the $5-$7 price range — less than competitors.
“It’s a major priority for us,” Hart said. “We want to make an environment where people feel good.”
In creating Hart House, the comedian-actor teamed up with restaurateur Andy Hooper, chef Mike Salem and businessman Michael Rubin, who was an investor.
Salem, who developed Hart House’s menu options, was the head of culinary innovation at Burger King where he helped launch the Impossible Whopper.
“One of the cool things about our leadership is that the majority of us are carnivores,” he said. “But we wanted to create this plant-base concept and bring Kevin’s vision to light. We wanted to keep this simple. This is straightforward classic American comfort food.”
Along with his flagship location, Hart wants to open six more Hart House restaurants by the end of the year. He already has two locations under construction in Los Angeles including one in the Hollywood area.
“We’re being open minded,” he said. “This is a new generation and new way of thinking when it comes to food consumption. This is the beginning stages for us. We will continue to get better over time.”
It’s a busy week for Hart, whose latest film, “Me Time” with Mark Wahlberg and Regina Hall, released on Netflix on Friday. | 2022-08-26T19:17:07+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/news/ap-california/2022/08/26/kevin-hart-opens-new-plant-based-fast-food-restaurant-in-la/ |
McDonald’s is selling all of its restaurants in Russia 30 years after the burger chain became a powerful symbol of easing Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.
The company shuttered hundreds of locations in March after Russia invaded Ukraine, which has cost McDonald’s about $55 million per month. On Monday, McDonald’s announced it would sell those stores and leave Russia.
An existing McDonald’s licensee, Alexander Govor, who operates 25 restaurants in Siberia, has agreed to buy McDonald’s 850 Russian restaurants and operate them under a new name, the Chicago burger giant said Thursday.
McDonald’s did not disclose the terms of the sale. Last year, McDonald’s Russian operations contributed 9% of the company’s total annual sales, or around $2 billion.
McDonald’s was among the first Western consumer brands to enter Russia in 1990. Its large, gleaming store near Pushkin Square in Moscow, which opened shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, signaled a new era of optimism in the wake of the Cold War.
It’s the first time the company has “de-arched,” or exited a major market. It plans to start removing golden arches and other symbols and signs with the company’s name. McDonald’s said it will also will maintain its trademarks in Russia and take steps to enforce them if necessary.
The sale announced Thursday is subject to regulatory approval, but is expected to close within a few weeks, McDonald’s said.
Govor, a licensee since 2015, has also agreed to retain McDonald’s 62,000 Russian employees for at least two years on equivalent terms. Govor also agreed to pay the salaries of McDonald’s corporate employees until the sale closes.
Govor is also half-owner of Neftekhimservis, a construction investor that owns an oil refinery in Siberia. He is also on the board of directors of Inrusinvest, whose projects include a medical center and a Park Inn hotel in the Siberian city of Novokuznetsk.
It’s unclear if other U.S. chains will follow McDonald’s lead and leave Russia. McDonald’s owned 84% of its Russian stores, which gave it more control over operations than many of its rivals whose stores are owned by franchisees.
Starbucks’ 130 Russian stores have been closed since early March. Its franchisee in the country, Kuwait-based Alshaya Group, is continuing to pay its 2,000 Russian employees.
Papa John’s suspended corporate operations in Russia and is no longer accepting royalty payments from its 185 stores there. But the stores, which are owned by Colorado-based entrepreneur Christopher Wynne, remain open. A message was left Thursday with one of Wynne’s companies.
McDonald’s left open the possibility that it could one day return to Russia.
“It’s impossible to predict what the future may hold, but I choose to end my message with the same spirit that brought McDonald’s to Russia in the first place: hope,” CEO Chris Kempczinski wrote in a letter to employees. “Thus, let us not end by saying, ‘goodbye.’ Instead, let us say as they do in Russian: Until we meet again.” | 2022-05-19T16:41:14+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/mcdonalds-finds-a-buyer-for-russian-restaurants/ |
State Senate District 8: KCRA sits down with candidates Angelique Ashby, Dave Jones
There is a heated race between two Democrats for the state senate seat in District 8, which includes Sacramento and Elk Grove.
Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and Sacramento City Council Vice Mayor Angelique Ashby are vying for the position.
| Read More | November Election 2022 California Voter Guide: Northern California races, measures to know
KCRA 3 News asked each of the candidates what they thought the biggest difference between them and their opponent was.
Jones said, "I'm very proud of, not only having served in a number of public offices, I believe public service is a calling. I've been a legal aid lawyer, a city council member, a state assemblymember and insurance commissioner, but I've used each and every one of those offices to help ordinary people."
Ashby said, "Well, I think on the issues people, and we've heard this a lot, right, that we're pretty similar in terms of pro-choice and really both pro-environment and all those things, but the biggest difference between us really isn't our policy positions. The biggest difference between us is who we are as people and our lived experiences."
Ashby points out, if elected, she would be the first woman in 20 years to hold the seat.
She even moved to include "women's advocate" in her title on the November ballot until Jones successfully sued her over it. As a result, Ashby is listed as a "city councilwoman" on the ballot.
"His ballot designation is "environmental advocate" and "educator," and he hasn't been a teacher. So, I think that is maybe a bit misleading for voters," Ashby said.
In response, Jones said, "No, we've been very clear. As an educator, I lecture. I appear at conferences. I research and publish papers. I advise students. That's the role of an educator."
In fact, his endorsements include teachers' unions, like the California Federation of Teachers.
Ashby is backed by former Gov. Jerry Brown and current Gov. Gavin Newsom.
"If you would have told me when I was 21 years old with a 1-year-old, sitting in a social services office applying for food stamps that someday I would run for the state senate and the sitting governor would endorse me, I would not have believed you and yet here we are," Ashby said.
If elected, both candidates say that addressing homelessness is among their top priorities.
"I've been proud of my own record on drawing down resources," Ashby said, referring to a hotel conversion project announced Thursday as part of Project Homekey.
A grand opening was held for Vista Nueva hotel, a former Staybridge Suites that was turned into a permanent supportive housing community with 116 rooms to serve more than 200 people. She said more opportunities like that are necessary.
In discussing homelessness, Jones said the situation has gotten out of control.
"I think the state needs to insist that cities and counties build shelters with mental health treatment and substance abuse treatment and other services because they're failing to do that. The state is providing money, but the shelters aren't getting built," he said.
Since redistricting, District 8 covers roughly the same area as what is now known as District 6. The current senator in the seat, Dr. Richard Pan, has been termed out after 12 years in office.
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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX) (the "Company" or "BD") today announced the early tender results for its previously announced Tender Offers (as defined below) to purchase for cash certain of its outstanding debt securities listed in the table below.
In making the announcement, the Company has exercised its previously disclosed right to amend such Tender Offers to increase the Offer SubCap (as defined below) applicable to the 3.794% Senior Notes due 2050 from $175,000,000 principal amount to $190,000,000 principal amount.
The Tender Offers are being made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the offer to purchase, dated August 8, 2022 (as amended and supplemented hereby, the "Offer to Purchase"). Except as specifically amended hereby, all other terms of the Tender Offers as previously announced in the Offer to Purchase remain unchanged. The Company refers investors to the Offer to Purchase for the complete terms and conditions of the Tender Offers.
The Company is offering to purchase for cash up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount (which, subject to applicable law, may be increased in the Company's sole discretion, the "Aggregate Offer Cap") of its (i) 3.794% Senior Notes due 2050, (ii) 7.000% Senior Debentures due 2027, (iii) 6.700% Senior Debentures due 2028, (iv) 6.000% Senior Notes due 2039, (v) 5.000% Senior Notes due 2040, (vi) 4.685% Senior Notes due 2044 and (vii) 4.669% Senior Notes due 2047 (collectively, the "Securities" and each a "series"), in the order of priority set forth in the table below (each, an "Acceptance Priority Level"), subject to an aggregate principal amount of each series of Securities that does not exceed the applicable Offer SubCap, if any, set forth in the table below (each, an "Offer SubCap") (collectively, the "Tender Offers"); provided that the Company will only accept for purchase up to an aggregate principal amount of all series of Securities that does not exceed the Aggregate Offer Cap.
As of the previously announced early tender date and time of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 19, 2022 (the "Early Tender Date"), according to information provided by Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the tender and information agent for the Tender Offers, the aggregate principal amount of each series of Securities set forth in the table below under "Principal Amount Tendered at Early Tender Date" has been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Tender Offers. Withdrawal rights for the Securities expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Early Tender Date.
All conditions, including the financing condition, in respect of the Tender Offers were satisfied or waived by the Company at the Early Tender Date. The Company has elected to exercise its right to make payment for the Securities that were validly tendered prior to or at the Early Tender Date and that are accepted for purchase on August 23, 2022 (the "Early Settlement Date").
As previously disclosed in the Offer to Purchase, because the aggregate principal amount of 3.794% Senior Notes due 2050 validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to or at the Early Tender Date exceeds the applicable Offer SubCap and the aggregate principal amount of Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to or at the Early Tender Date exceeds the Aggregate Offer Cap, the Company will accept for purchase the 3.794% Senior Notes due 2050 and the 4.685% Senior Notes due 2044 on a prorated basis as set forth in the table above. As described further in the Offer to Purchase, Securities tendered and not accepted for purchase will be promptly credited to the tendering holder's account. Since the Tender Offers are fully subscribed at the Early Tender Date, the Company does not expect to accept for purchase any Securities tendered after the Early Tender Date on a subsequent settlement date.
The applicable consideration (the "Total Consideration") offered per $1,000 principal amount of each series of Securities validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the applicable Tender Offer will be determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the applicable fixed spread for such Securities specified in the table above plus the applicable yield based on the bid-side price of the applicable U.S. Treasury Reference Security specified in the table above as displayed on the applicable page on the Bloomberg Bond Trader FIT1 page at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on August 22, 2022. The Company expects to announce the pricing of the Tender Offers later today.
Only holders of Securities who validly tendered and did not validly withdraw their Securities at or prior to the Early Tender Date are eligible to receive the Total Consideration for Securities accepted for purchase. Holders will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on Securities validly tendered and accepted for purchase from the applicable last interest payment date up to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date ("Accrued Interest").
All Securities accepted for purchase will be retired and cancelled and will no longer remain outstanding obligations of the Company.
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are the lead dealer managers for the Tender Offers. Academy Securities, Inc., Loop Capital Markets LLC and Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC are co-dealer managers for the Tender Offers. Investors with questions regarding the Tender Offers may contact Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at (800) 558-3745 (toll-free) or (212) 723-6106 (collect) or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at (866) 309-6316 (toll-free) or (704) 410-4759 (collect) or by email at liabilitymanagement@wellsfargo.com. Global Bondholder Services Corporation is the tender and information agent for the Tender Offers and can be contacted at (855) 654-2014 (toll-free) or (212) 430-3774 (collect).
None of the Company or its affiliates, their respective boards of directors, the dealer managers, the tender and information agent or the trustee with respect to any series of Securities is making any recommendation as to whether holders should tender any Securities in response to any of the Tender Offers, and neither the Company nor any such other person has authorized any person to make any such recommendation. Holders must make their own decisions as to whether to tender any of their Securities, and, if so, the principal amount of Securities to tender.
The full details of the Tender Offers, including complete instructions on how to tender Securities, are included in the Offer to Purchase. Holders are strongly encouraged to read carefully the Offer to Purchase, including materials incorporated by reference therein, because they contain important information. The Offer to Purchase may be downloaded from Global Bondholder Services Corporation's website at www.gbsc-usa.com/BectonDickinson or obtained from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, free of charge, by calling toll-free at (855) 654-2014 (bankers and brokers can call collect at (212) 430-3774).
This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy, or the solicitation of an offer to sell, any of the Securities and the Tender Offers do not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell Securities in any jurisdiction or in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.
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Blue Hens must match Jackrabbits' physical brand of football in FCS rematch
“We know what we’re in for,” Delaware coach Ryan Carty said. “We’re in for a physical game.”
There isn’t much different between the University of Delaware’s FCS playoff visit to South Dakota State this week and its May, 2021, trip to Brookings.
Many key players on both teams who took the field at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium that afternoon will do so again at 3 p.m. EST Saturday (ESPN+). That includes seven defensive starters for the Blue Hens.
The big difference? Now Delaware knows exactly what it is getting into.
That should benefit the Blue Hens, who are now better suited for the imposing task that awaits.
“We know what we’re in for,” Delaware coach Ryan Carty said. “We’re in for a physical game.”
Delaware’s 33-3 loss to South Dakota State in the 2021 spring tournament semifinals was rooted in the hosts' physical superiority. The Jackrabbits pushed the Blue Hens around that day.
They scored four straight first-half touchdowns. On those four series, they ran 22 plays that covered 204 yards. That’s 9.2 yards per snap.
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Delaware did have some success throwing the football, as Nolan Henderson completed 18 of 21 passes for 142 yards. But the running game was powerless and Henderson was sacked seven times, a figure that could have been higher if not for the quarterback’s own elusiveness.
The UD offensive line, though experienced, was coping with some injuries and was overmatched. A week later, Sam Houston did beat the Jackrabbits 23-21 on a late touchdown to win the national title.
“They didn’t get much smaller or weaker unfortunately,” said Carty, who was then Sam Houston offensive coordinator.
“They are very capable physically. Up front on defense those four guys, man are they strong and physical and not unathletic for big, strong guys. They run around well. They chase people down.’’
South Dakota State has numerous qualities, which is why it has won 10 straight since a 7-3 season-opening loss to Iowa. Its strength could very well be that defensive line.
It features two first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference picks in 6-1, 270-pound Caleb Sanders and 6-4, 245-pound Reece Winkelman, both seniors. They were credited with 4½ of those seven sacks in the 2021 game. They’re still there, poised to stir up trouble.
How Delaware’s offensive line performs could very well decide the outcome. That unit has been a work in progress.
Two likely starters, guards Stevon Brown and Bradly Anyanwu, played in the 2021 South Dakota State game, as did reserves Patrick Shupp and James Prince. Only one member of Delaware's starting front, right tackle Fintan Brose, made All-CAA as a third-team pick.
In contrast, South Dakota State, keeping with the midwestern theme of fielding big, bruising offensive fronts, had two first-team All-MVFC picks in 6-6, 305 Garrett Greenfield and 6-4, 305 Mason McCormick.
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Fewer sacks and more success with the running attack in recent weeks indicate Delaware's offensive line is playing better.
“We’re ready,” Carty said Wednesday, adding there was still more important preparation ahead. “ . . . I think we’re confident we can keep doing what we’ve been doing.”
South Dakota State is No. 1 nationally in FCS in rushing defense, allowing just 71.4 yards per game. Foes have gotten just 2.5 yards per carry, also the best nationally.
Delaware had a season-high 283 yards rushing in Saturday’s 56-17 first-round rout of Saint Francis, including Kyron Cumby’s 111 yards and Marcus Yarns’ 85.
“We’re gonna have to make plays all over the field but, obviously, in the run game it’s gonna be important to open up the pass game and have a balanced attack,” Cumby said.
In addition to going against the Jackrabbits in the spring 2021 title game while at Sam Houston, Carty’s last game as New Hampshire offensive coordinator was a 56-14 quarterfinal loss in 2017 at South Dakota State.
Familiarity with foe and destination certainly helps the Hens on Saturday. More importantly, Delaware goes to South Dakota State with different and, it hopes, more effective strategies and personnel this time.
“It’s a new operation,” Carty said. “We are different, I know that. So whether we were there or not as individuals or I was there with a different team and I also played against this team with another team, it doesn’t matter.
“When we get out there on Saturday, it’s gonna be the 2022 Delaware Blue Hens versus the 2022 South Dakota State Jackrabbits. How we perform against them is going to be dictated on what happens this week in practice and what’s happened to us in the past and how we’ve learned from it.”
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McCarthy calls on Biden to schedule meeting on debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday he’s growing increasingly concerned about President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to negotiate on lifting the nation’s borrowing authority, saying in a letter to the president that the White House position “could prevent America from meeting its obligations and hold dire ramifications for the entire nation.”
Rather than open direct talks on the debt ceiling, which the Democrats agree must be raised, Biden and his party’s lawmakers are challenging Republicans to publicly present their own budget proposals — something McCarthy has declined to do.
For now, the Treasury Department has resorted to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default on the nation’s $31.4 trillion borrowing authority. But those measures will run out — and put the U.S. at risk of being unable to pay all of its bills — possibly as early as June.
The White House has emphasized that Biden is not willing to entertain proposed cuts in programs in exchange for lifting the debt limit — without solid information about what spending cuts the Republicans want. But McCarthy and Republicans are insisting that he must for debt ceiling legislation to move ahead.
“Nearly two month ago, you and I sat down to discuss a path forward on the debt limit,” McCarthy wrote in a letter dated Tuesday. “Since that time, however, you and your team have been completely missing in action on any meaningful follow-up to this rapidly approaching deadline.”
He also told Biden, “Simply put: you are on the clock. It’s time to drop the partisanship, roll up our sleeves, and find common ground on this urgent challenge. Please have your team reach out to mine by the end of this week to set a date for our next meeting.”
Show your plans first, the White House says, believing that many voters would not look favorably on the proposed cuts.
So far, only the House Freedom Caucus, which includes many of the House’s most conservative members, has put forward a blueprint, which includes returning to fiscal year 2022 spending levels and allowing for 1% annual growth after that for the next 10 years. The plan also includes rolling back an estimated $400 billion in Biden’s student loan relief and clawing back all unspent COVID-19 funds.
The White House has seized on those Freedom Caucus proposals, saying they would lead to draconian cuts that would endanger Americans’ safety. such as cutting federal support for local law enforcement, scaling back rail safety inspections and jeopardizing safety at U.S. airports while increasing wait times at TSA security check points.
Republicans say voters gave them a mandate to reduce future deficits and put the country on firmer financial footing for coming decades. They are portraying the White House as inviting the standoff and hoping to shift the blame for any damage to the economy that may result. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chairman of the Freedom Caucus, said Monday evening he believes Biden is “stalling here and wasting time and running down the clock.”
“If we get into a problem here, a crisis, I think Speaker McCarthy has been ready to go the whole time,” Perry said.
But Democrats believe the pressure will continue to build on Republicans to allow for a clean debt ceiling increase — with no spending-cut trade-offs — and then lawmakers from the two parties can negotiate overall levels for federal agencies in spending bills for the coming fiscal year. The failures of Silicon Valley Bank in California and Signature Bank in New York have also added to concerns about the U.S. economy.
“It’s time for Republicans to stop playing games, agree to a pass a clean debt ceiling bill, and quit threatening to wreak havoc on our economy,” the White House said before McCarthy’s letter was sent.
McCarthy did list several prospects for federal spending in his letter to Biden. Among them:
- Reducing “excessive non-defense” spending to “pre-inflationary levels” and limiting growth in future years.
- Reclaiming unspent COVID funds that he says have sat dormant for more than two years.
- Strengthening work requirements for people without dependents who receive federal assistance.
- Enacting policies to lower energy costs and secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
McCarthy spoke about his letter to the president during Tuesday morning’s closed door meeting of House Republicans, according to a person familiar the private session and granted anonymity to discuss it. McCarthy told his colleagues that Biden misled them about the budget negotiations which have essentially stalled since their first meeting Feb. 1, the person said.
Rep., Steve Scalise, the Republican House majority leader, said afterward that McCarthy has laid out his ideas. “We’re not just going to give the president another credit card to go max out,” Scalise said.
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-28T15:53:20+00:00 | fox5vegas.com | https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/03/28/mccarthy-calls-biden-schedule-meeting-debt-ceiling/ |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Monday that he believes all leagues have to continue keeping an incredibly close eye on gambling trends within their sport, mindful of issues that the NFL in particular has had to address in recent months.
Silver — who has been a longtime proponent of legalized sports betting frameworks within sports — spoke in Las Vegas, part of a moderated discussion as part of the Associated Press Sports Editors convention. He said he draws the analogy to insider trading, and how leagues, he believes, are finding ways to stay ahead of major problems.
“I think that public markets worked very well in this country,” Silver said. “But the other side of a public market is the potential for insider trading. And there’s very sophisticated algorithms, etc., that track it. It’s not that different in sports now, especially when you get higher volumes of betting. You have very sophisticated computers; when they see aberrational betting … you’re going to get caught.”
The NFL recently suspended four players for violations of its gambling policy; three received at least yearlong bans for betting on NFL games and one a six-game suspension for wagering on non-NFL games. It brings the total to 10 players disciplined over the past two years as that league vowed to increase training efforts across the board with an eye toward protecting the integrity of the game.
“I think there’s a responsibility for these leagues to invest more education, not just our own players, but of young people who might be doing something inappropriate or anybody who might be engaging in problematic gambling,” Silver said.
In other matters Silver discussed Monday:
As he did during the NBA Finals, Silver discussed how the league’s ownership landscape will change when Michael Jordan — the lone Black majority owner in the league — finalizes his sale of his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets.
“I’m so sad to see him leaving, choosing to leave as an owner, but of course he has the right to sell to whomever he wants to,” Silver said. “And I will say in terms of Black representation, we will not have a principal owner who’s Black but we have several, especially former players, Dwyane Wade being the most recently in Utah, Grant Hill, a couple others who have interest in in a team.”
Silver said he can use his “bully pulpit” to make sure ownership groups coming into the league have diversity within their group.
With a new c ollective bargaining agreement in place, the league will turn its attention toward finishing the next series of media rights deals.
And when that’s done, the NBA will seriously consider expansion — but not before, Silver said.
“We will turn to expansion once those media deals are done,” Silver said. “It’s not a sure thing. But as I’ve said before, I think it’s natural that organizations grow over time. There’s no doubt that there’s enormous interest in this (Las Vegas) market.”
Seattle has also long been mentioned as an expansion target. Many players have lobbied for Seattle to return to the NBA, and many — LeBron James among them — have said they strongly support the notion of Las Vegas getting a franchise.
It became known last month that Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is buying a roughly 5% stake in the parent company of the NBA’s Washington Wizards, NHL’s Washington Capitals and WNBA’s Washington Mystics as part of a $4.05 billion deal.
But there is no mechanism now — and none coming in the foreseeable future — that would allow such funds to purchase the controlling stake of an NBA team, Silver said.
“It’s very important to us, putting aside sovereign wealth funds, that individuals are in a position to control our teams, be responsible to the fans, be responsible for their partners, and to the players,” Silver said.
Silver stood by the 25-game suspension he gave Memphis guard Ja Morant for his second instance of displaying a gun on social media, even though the National Basketball Players Association has said it believes the sanction is too harsh.
As he said at the NBA Finals, Silver made it clear that he’s rooting for Morant.
“As I understand it, he is continuing to seek help,” Silver said. “And I know there’s enormous pressure that comes with being an NBA player, particularly a superstar player. So I’m certainly empathetic to the pressures he faces but I also feel, particularly around guns and the kind of violence we’re seeing among young people in our society, that this is something we have to take incredibly seriously.”
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AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-07-11T13:49:39+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-in-las-vegas-nba-commissioner-adam-silver-discusses-keeping-eye-on-gambling/ |
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A dog was safely removed from inside of a gorilla enclosure at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Sunday. The scary moment was captured on camera by CBS 8 viewers visiting the park.
After entering the enclosure, the shepherd was quickly spotted by a gorilla inside the exhibit. Desteniey Pickett told CBS 8 her family noticed the dog running around distressed as the gorilla began to chase it around the enclosure.
Picket said no zookeeper was around when they noticed the dog and guests began to yell for help. She said visitors began to gather around the enclosure and yell the gorilla's name, attempting to distract it from the scared dog.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park staff were able to safely remove the shepherd from the exhibit.
The San Diego Human Society told CBS 8 that at around 4:00 p.m., three SD Humane Society humane officers responded to the incident.
“As soon as zoo staff saw the dog, they moved the gorillas out. Our Humane Officers were able to move in and safely leash the shepherd and bring him back to our Escondido Campus for evaluation,” the SD Humane Society said.
The dog is a male shepherd, with no microchip and will be placed on stray hold as the Humane Society searches for his owner.
The Humane Society said the San Diego Safari Park staff believe the dog had wandered into the park on his own and accessed the gorilla enclosure before he was noticed.
"We are so glad no one was hurt," the Humane Society said.
In a statement to CBS 8, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said the dog was one of two dogs that were loose in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. A spokesperson said "wildlife care specialists successfully recalled the two gorillas out of the habitat so the dog could be removed. Recall training is a part of the regular safety procedures at the Park."
Both dogs were removed from the park and no person or animal was harmed.
WATCH RELATED: Four riders arrested after causing gondola ride at the San Diego Zoo to be stuck for hours (Feb. 2022). | 2022-06-13T18:18:55+00:00 | wfmynews2.com | https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/life/animals/dog-removed-after-entering-gorilla-enclosure/509-f53b50df-2c25-4288-8c17-6d502c7b4a22 |
Clark Cowden is announcing his candidacy for the Vigo County School Board District 4 seat.
A graduate of Terre Haute North High School, Cowden returned to Terre Haute in 2015 and now serves as pastor at Northside Community Church, Terre Haute, and Emmanuel Church, West Terre Haute.
“I’m excited to share with our community my vision for our public schools,” he stated in a news release. “I want to find solutions to the complex challenges our schools face, and I believe I have the leadership experience, skills and abilities to move our schools and community forward in a positive manner.”
He earned his undergraduate degree from Taylor University, his master of divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and his doctorate of ministry from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
Cowden served nearly two decades as an executive director for the Presbyterian Church in California and pastored churches in Michigan and Indiana for a decade previous.
His community service efforts in the Wabash Valley include volunteering for Real Men Read, West Vigo Teacher Appreciation, Fayette Elementary Principal for a Day, Terre Haute North High Teacher Appreciation, Wabash Valley Community Foundation and the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Advocacy Council.
Cowden will make a formal announcement at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Pi Kappa Alpha Education Center, located at Seventh and Locust streets.
District 4 is Lost Creek, Riley and Pierson townships.
The District 4 incumbent board member is Joni Wise. | 2022-06-08T05:54:15+00:00 | tribstar.com | https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/clark-cowden-announces-run-for-vcsc-school-board/article_ee92907b-f9ba-5460-bac3-728eb0b6a455.html |
The two men who have cared for the brother of the Parkland school shooter were arrested in Virginia Wednesday for exploiting the brother, according to the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.
Richard Edward Moore and Michael Paul Donovan, both 45, were released on bonds of $50,000 each, records show.
Zachary Cruz’s name has come up frequently in testimony during his brother’s sentencing hearing. He and Moore were expected to testify for the defense, but they were never called.
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Zachary was arrested in 2018 for visiting the memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Upon Zachary’s release from jail, Moore and Donovan offered to care for him in Virginia.
Now they are accused of exploiting him financially.
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The Cruz brothers stood to inherit about $428,000 from their adoptive mother’s estate, when Linda Cruz died in November 2017.
While in jail, Nikolas Cruz frequently talked on the phone with Moore. Recordings of some calls that were played in court showed Moore expressing interest in Nikolas Cruz signing over the rights to his story for a book or movie.
Nikolas Cruz declined.
Timothy Wayne Donovan, Santos Vicente Putul-Ax, and Timothy Wayne Shipe were also arrested in Virginia and accused of obstructing justice, obtaining money through false pretense and conspiracy to commit a felony, according to the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office. | 2022-10-06T18:15:16+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/men-accused-of-exploiting-parkland-school-shooters-brother-in-virginia/2876920/ |
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declined to comment Monday on reports that he is planning to visit Ukraine together with his counterparts from France and Italy soon.
Weekly Bild am Sonntag had reported that Scholz would travel to Kyiv with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Premier Mario Draghi Berlin before this month’s summit of leaders from the Group of Seven major economies in Germany.
Several other European leaders, Germany’s opposition leader and members of Scholz’s own Cabinet have visited Ukraine in recent weeks to express solidarity with the country in the face of Russia’s military assault, raising the pressure on the German chancellor to do likewise.
Scholz fobbed off questions about the reported travel plans, saying that he wouldn’t go beyond what his spokesperson had told reporters earlier in the day. The spokesperson had declined to discuss the reports.
While Germany has contributed considerable financial and military aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion three months ago, Scholz’s government has been criticized both at home and abroad for being slower to do so than the United States and some smaller European countries.
Scholz pushed back against such criticism Monday, saying that the advanced howitzers Germany is providing to Ukraine, for example, require extensive training before they can be used.
“I think it would be good if those who express their views on this or that issue spent a moment thinking about it first,” he said.
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Follow all AP stories on the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine. | 2022-06-14T13:18:34+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/under-pressure-german-leader-coy-on-possible-ukraine-visit/ |
How Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction affects your wardrobe
Last year, on Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, signaling that we would have six more weeks of winter. Tomorrow, the famed immortal groundhog will make his celebrated annual appearance to determine how long the cold weather will last.
Since it’s impossible to predict Phil’s forecast, it can be challenging to stock your wardrobe for the next couple of months. To help you choose wisely, here’s what you need, no matter what the groundhog sees.
The legend of Punxsutawney Phil
Candlemas is celebrated 40 days after Christmas on Feb. 2. According to an old English folk song, if the day of Candlemas is “fair and bright,” there will be a second round of winter. If, on the other hand, it’s cloudy, winter will be banished for the year.
The first time Groundhog Day appeared in the newspaper was in 1886. In 1887, the first official trek to Gobbler’s Knob (in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania) was made, and a groundhog officially took over the task of determining the length of winter.
According to the lore, this is not just any groundhog, there is — and only has ever been — one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions since the very first Groundhog Day. Once every summer, at the Groundhog Picnic, Phil takes a single sip of a secret elixir, which adds seven years to his life. When it comes to his predictions, Phil is never wrong.
Four fun facts about Punxsutawney Phil
- Phil has a wife named Phyliss, but so far, the couple has no children.
- Depending on the time of year, Phil can weigh anywhere from 11-17 pounds.
- Although his tastes change and he may eat carrots and apples from time to time, his favorite foods are kale, sweet potatoes, corn on the cob and bananas.
- When he isn’t visiting schools, attending sporting events, participating in parades or meeting fans, Phil loves nothing more than to relax with a good book.
What to wear if Phil sees his shadow
When Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of cold weather. That means you’ll need to lean toward a wardrobe filled with coats, gloves and other items to help keep you warm.
Lands’ End Women’s Faux Fur Hood Long Down Winter Coat
This stylish coat features a faux fur-trimmed hood and a water-resistant shell to keep you warm and dry in all types of weather. The coat falls to just above the knees and the hood is removable. Sold by Kohl’s
Amazon Essentials Men’s Lightweight Hooded Puffer Jacket
If that groundhog predicts more cold weather, this puffer jacket has a hooded design with a zippered closure to keep you warm. It’s water-resistant and packs down into a small carry bag for convenience. Sold by Amazon
Columbia Boys’ Lightning Lift II Jacket
This relaxed-fit jacket offers a great balance of mobility and warmth. It has adjustable cuffs, fleece-lined pockets and reflective details to remain visible in low-light conditions. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dream Pairs Women’s Warm Faux Fur Lined Mid-Calf Winter Snow Boots
These calf-high, Thermolite-insulated boots are rated to keep your feet warm down to minus 25 degrees. They feature all-weather protection with a convenient zipper closure for easy removal. Sold by Amazon
ActionHeat Battery Heated Scarf
Until you’ve tried a heated scarf, you won’t realize the comfort it delivers. This weather-resistant item heats up to 120 degrees to keep you toasty. For convenience, this offering is machine-washable. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
What to wear if Phil doesn’t see his shadow
When Punxsutawney Phil doesn’t see his shadow, it means the weather will be warming up. If that’s the case, you can wear clothing that ushers in the spring.
Patagonia Women’s Better Sweater 1/4-Zip Pullover
This stylish slim-fit pullover is an ideal between-seasons sweater. It has a zippered security pocket and a wind flap, and it’s made from 100% recycled polyester. Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Champion Men’s Powerblend Fleece Hooded Sweatshirt
A quality hoodie is suitable for nearly any season. This offering from Champion has a soft fleece blend, a front kangaroo pocket and the familiar logo. For convenience, this hoodie is machine-washable. Sold by Amazon
Gloria Vanderbilt Women’s Amanda Classic Jeans
We would never suggest that Phil could be wrong, but with these classic jeans, you’ll be ready for any type of weather. The stretchy denim construction and tapered leg provide comfort and style. Sold by Kohl’s
Nina Leonard Plus-Size Bar Back Tie-Dye Maxi Dress
If you’re truly ready for spring, this tie-dye maxi dress has a dazzling pattern that makes it perfect for transitioning into warmer weather. It’s sleeveless with a high-low hem and a scoop neck. Sold by Kohl’s
Brooks Men’s Revel 5 Neutral Running Shoes
As weather conditions change, the urge to get back on the road can be overwhelming. These springy Brooks running shoes are designed to be comfortable on long treks. The soft cushioning adapts to your weight, stride and speed to better protect your feet. Sold by Amazon
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I won’t lie: This chili takes three hours to make. Now, before you roll your eyes, just hear me out. When you make this rich and meaty black bean stew, you will be rewarded with a comforting, deeply flavored chili, tinged with smoke and fragrant with spice. Your family will be grateful, your guests will be impressed and any neighbors in proximity to the aromas wafting from your kitchen window will be quite envious. In fact, you might want to share a bowl with them.
If this is not enticing enough, here is more good news: While the chili-making process will take several hours, most of the time will require little effort from you in the food-prep department. This chili is self-sufficient. It will do most of the work itself, simmering and bubbling away in the oven, allowing the meat to tenderize in a heady, smoky ragout, absorbing the flavors and mingling in a swirling brew of beer, tomato and spice. It will generously make you feel useful by asking for an occasional stir; otherwise, you can go read a book. The only other responsibility required of you is to wait while it finishes cooking. It will be worth it.
Beef and Black Bean Chili
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
2½ to 3 pounds beef chuck, excess fat trimmed, cut into 1½-inch chunks
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 large white onion, finely chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
4 garlic cloves, minced or pushed through a press
1 teaspoon chile powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
½ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ cup tomato paste
12 ounces Mexican beer or pale ale
28-ounce can crushed Italian plum tomatoes
1 cup beef or chicken stock
2 minced chipotles in adobo with juices
2 cups cooked black beans or a 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
DIRECTIONS
Heat the oven to 325 degrees.
Season the beef on all sides with salt and black pepper.
Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven (or ovenproof pot with a lid) over medium-high heat. In batches, without overcrowding the pan, brown the meat on all sides, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and repeat with the remaining meat.
Pour off all but 1 tablespoon oil from the pot. Add the onion and bell pepper and saute over medium heat until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add the chile powder, cumin, coriander, paprika, oregano and cloves. Stir to toast the spices, about 15 seconds, then add the tomato paste and continue to stir to blend and darken, about 1 minute more.
Pour in the beer and deglaze the pan, stirring up any brown bits. Add the tomatoes, stock and chipotles. Return the beef to the pot with any collected juices. The meat should be completely submerged in the liquid. If not, top off the stew with more stock to cover the meat.
Bring to a boil and then turn off the heat. Cover the pot and transfer to the oven. Cook until the meat is tender, 2 to 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Transfer the pot to the stovetop. Simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat until the chili reduces and thickens slightly, about 20 minutes, skimming any fat that rises to the surface.
Stir in the beans, brown sugar and 1 teaspoon salt. Taste for seasoning and simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes.
Serve in bowls with garnishes, such as diced avocado, sliced jalapenos, chopped red onion, sour cream, fresh cilantro sprigs and lime wedges.
Lynda Balslev is a San Francisco Bay Area cookbook author, food and travel writer and recipe developer. | 2023-03-27T15:20:43+00:00 | santacruzsentinel.com | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2023/03/27/tastefood-good-things-come-in-slow-cooked-packages/ |
Guilty plea possible from Buffalo gunman on federal charges
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman who pleaded guilty to state charges in the massacre of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket would be willing plead guilty to federal charges if spared the death penalty, his lawyer said in court Friday.
Payton Gendron pleaded guilty late last month to state charges of murder and hate-motivated terrorism, guaranteeing he will spend the rest of his life in prison. But he still faces separate federal hate crime charges that could result in a death sentence if he is convicted.
Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder Jr. asked lawyers at a status conference in the federal case Friday why they were devoting time and effort to evidence related to Gendron’s guilt when he has already pleaded in state court.
Defense attorney Sonya Zoghlin said Gendron is prepared to enter a guilty plea in federal court in exchange for a life sentence.
“It is still our hope to resolve this matter short of a trial,” she said.
However, the Justice Department has yet to decide whether to seek capital punishment in the case.
The department has not initiated any new efforts to seek the death penalty since President Joe Biden took office and there is a moratorium on executions. But the department has not sought block the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston from supporting the death sentence for marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Lawyers in the Gendron case said they would meet after the holidays to allow the defense to present mitigating reasons why he should not receive a death sentence.
Judge Schroeder said he would give the defense until March 10 to review discovery and start preliminary talks with prosecutors.
Gendron wore body armor and used a legally purchased AR-15 style rifle in his attack on the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo in May. He said in documents posted online just before the attack that he’d picked the store, about a three hour drive from his home in Conklin, New York, because it was in a predominantly Black neighborhood.
The victims ranged in age from 32 to 86 and included eight customers and a store security guard who died trying to protect shoppers. Three more people were wounded.
Gendron surrendered when police confronted him as he emerged from the store.
Gendron, 19, did not appear in court Friday.
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Manchester man charged with 11 counts of sexual assault, Impairing morals of a child
MANCHESTER, Conn. (WFSB) - A Manchester man has been charged with 11 counts of sexual assault in the 4th degree and 4 counts of risk of injury and/or impairing the morals of a child.
Manchester Police say they were informed that 51-year-old Galen J. Cyr, also known as Charlie, was involved in repeated incidents of child sexual abuse spanning a period of several months.
Police say the incidents took place at his residence.
Police obtained a search warrant for Cyr’s residence today where he was taken into custody without incident.
He has been charged with 4 counts of commercial sexual abuse of a minor, 11 counts of sexual assault in the 4th degree, and 4 counts of risk of injury and/or impairing the morals of a child.
Cyr is being held on a court-set $200,000 cash/surety bond.
He is scheduled to appear in court on August 15.
Police say more minor victims are expected to be identified and more charges are expected.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Manchester Police Department at (860) 645-5500.
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ALVIS (nee Whitt),
Evelyn Madge
Evelyn Madge Alvis (nee Whitt) of Hamilton, OH, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, August 13, 2022, exactly two months before her 92nd birthday. Visitation will be held at Charles C. Young Funeral Home, 4032 Hamilton-Cleves Road, Ross, Ohio, on Saturday, August 20, 2022, from 10:00 am until the time of the funeral service at 12:00 pm. Full obituary can be read at
www.charlesyoungfuneralhome.com
Funeral Home Information
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Nonperforming Loan Purchaser Recognized for COVID-19 Response and CSR Achievements
NORFOLK, Va., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PRA Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRAA), a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans was named the winner of two Bronze Stevie® Awards in the Most Valuable Corporate COVID-19 Response and Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year categories in The 20th Annual American Business Awards®.
More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including everything from Startup of the Year to Thought Leader of the Year, among others. PRA Group was nominated for both its COVID-19 response and exceptional CSR program.
PRA Group's COVID-19 response was characterized by constant communication between executives and employees, intensive safety measures, an employee vaccine clinic and a vaccination lottery.
Judges noted, "It is inspiring to hear of the quick and much needed response companies such as PRA Group undertook to protect their employees and ensure smooth business operations. Not only by focusing on the internal challenges, but also by boosting vaccine rates, which has a far-reaching impact in our society. I hope others look towards companies like PRA Group for guidance on how they can help our world move forward."
The company's CSR program encompassed donating an additional $250,000 in honor of the company's 25th anniversary through an employee-led non-profit initiative, giving over $1.7 million to charitable causes worldwide and finding ways for its employees to stay involved in the community virtually. Judges applauded PRA Group's creative ways of supporting worthy organizations, while simultaneously empowering employees.
"It is a great honor to be recognized for not one, but two categories of the Stevies," said PRA Group President and CEO Kevin Stevenson. "It all comes back to our employees, who have supported one another, our customers and our communities in incredible ways through the past few challenging years. I would like to thank every single one of them for partnering with us in making an impact by doing things the right way, for the right reasons, with a long-term focus."
The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.
More than 230 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie Award winners.
Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning "crowned," the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York today, Monday, June 13.
"We are so pleased that we will be able to stage our first ABA awards banquet since 2019 and to celebrate, in person, the achievements of such a diverse group of organizations and individuals," said Maggie Miller, president of the Stevie Awards.
Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2022 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.
About PRA Group
As a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, PRA Group returns capital to banks and other creditors to help expand financial services for consumers. With thousands of employees worldwide, PRA Group companies collaborate with customers to help them resolve their debt. For more information, please visit www.pragroup.com.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.
Sponsors of The 2022 American Business Awards include HCL America, John Hancock Financial Services, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police claim a 19-year-old was playing around when he accidentally shot and killed his friend. The incident occurred on Wednesday.
Jahiem Burns is charged with involuntary manslaughter after the shooting at an apartment complex Wednesday near Gibson and San Mateo.
According to an arrest warrant, the two were “talking smack” over a video game when the friend pulled out a gun and cocked it.
Police alleged the two started wrestling over the gun and went it off, hitting the friend in the head. His identity has not been revealed as police are trying to notify his family. | 2022-11-03T21:51:42+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/albuquerque-police-charge-man-with-shooting-killing-friend/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and international partners have at least temporarily disrupted the network of a prolific ransomware gang they infiltrated last year, saving victims including hospitals and school districts a potential $130 million in ransom payments, Attorney General Merrick Garland and other U.S. officials announced Thursday.
“Simply put, using lawful means we hacked the hackers,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at a news conference.
Officials said the targeted syndicate, known as Hive, is among the world’s top five ransomware networks and has heavily targeted health care. The FBI quietly accessed its control panel in July and was able to obtain software keys it used with German and other partners to decrypt networks of some 1,300 victims globally, said FBI Director Christopher Wray.
How the takedown will affect Hive’s long-term operations is unclear. Officials announced no arrests but said, to pursue prosecutions, they were building a map of the administrators who manage the software and the affiliates who infect targets and negotiate with victims.
“I think anyone involved with Hive should be concerned because this investigation is ongoing,” Wray said.
On Wednesday night, FBI agents seized computer servers in Los Angeles used to support the network. Two Hive dark web sites were seized: one used for leaking data of non-paying victims, the other for negotiating extortion payments.
“Cybercrime is a constantly evolving threat, but as I have said before, the Justice Department will spare no resource to bring to justice anyone anywhere that targets the United States with a ransomware attack,” Garland said.
He said the infiltration, led by the FBI’s Tampa office, allowed agents in one instance to disrupt a Hive attack against a Texas school district, stopping it from making a $5 million payment.
It’s a big win for the Justice Department. Ransomware is the world’s biggest cybercrime headache with everything from Britain’s postal service and Ireland’s national health network to Costa Rica’s government crippled by Russian-speaking syndicates that enjoy Kremlin protection.
The criminals lock up, or encrypt, victims’ networks, steal sensitive data and demand large sums. Their extortion has evolve to where data is pilfered before ransomware is activated, then effectively held hostage. Pay up in cryptocurrency or it is released publicly.
As an example of a Hive sting, Garland said it kept one Midwestern hospital in 2021 from accepting new patients at the height of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The online takedown notice, alternating in English and Russian, mentions Europol and German law enforcement partners. The German news agency dpa quoted prosecutors in Stuttgart as saying cyber specialists in the southwestern town of Esslingen were decisive in penetrating Hive’s criminal IT infrastructure after a local company was victimized.
In a statement, Europol said companies in more than 80 countries, including oil multinationals, have been compromised by Hive and that law enforcement from 13 countries was in on the infiltration.
A U.S. government advisory last year said Hive ransomware actors victimized over 1,300 companies worldwide from June 2021 through November 2022, netting about $100 million in payments. Criminals using Hive’s ransomware-as-a-service tools targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure, including government, manufacturing and especially health care.
Though the FBI offered decryption keys to some 1,300 victims globally, Wray said only about 20% reported potential issues to law enforcement.
“Here, fortunately, we were still able to identify and help many victims who didn’t report. But that is not always the case,” Wray said. “When victims report attacks to us, we can help them and others, too.”
Victims sometimes quietly pay ransoms without notifying authorities — even if they’ve quickly restored networks — because the data stolen from them could be extremely damaging to them if leaked online. Identity theft is among the risks.
John Hultquist, the head of threat intelligence at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, said the Hive disruption won’t cause a major drop in overall ransomware activity but is nonetheless “a blow to a dangerous group.”
“Unfortunately, the criminal marketplace at the heart of the ransomware problem ensures a Hive competitor will be standing by to offer a similar service in their absence, but they may think twice before allowing their ransomware to be used to target hospitals,” Hultquist said.
But analyst Brett Callow with the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft said the operation is apt to lessen ransomware crooks’ confidence in what has been a very high reward-low risk business. “The information collected may point to affiliates, launderers and others involved in the ransomware supply chain.”
Allan Liska, an analyst with Recorded Future, another cybersecurity outfit, predicted indictments, if not actual arrests, in the next few months.
There are few positive indicators in the global fight against ransomware, but here’s one: An analysis of cryptocurrency transactions by the firm Chainalysis found ransomware extortion payments were down last year. It tracked payments of at least $456.8 million, down from $765.6 million in 2021. While Chainalysis said the true totals are certainly much higher, payments were clearly down. That suggests more victims are refusing to pay.
The Biden administration got serious about ransomware at its highest levels two years ago after a series of high-profile attacks threatened critical infrastructure and global industry. In May 2021, for instance, hackers targeted the nation’s largest fuel pipeline, causing the operators to briefly shut it down and make a multimillion-dollar ransom payment, which the U.S. government later largely recovered.
A global task force involving 37 nations began work this week. It is led by Australia, which has been particularly hard-hit by ransomware, including a major medical insurer and telecom. Conventional law enforcement measures such as arrests and prosecutions have done little to frustrate the criminals. Australia’s interior minister, Clare O’Neil, said in November that her government was going on the offense, using cyber-intelligence and police agents to ” find these people, hunt them down and debilitate them before they can attack our country.”
The FBI has obtained access to decryption keys before. It did so in the case of a major 2021 ransomware attack on Kaseya, a company whose software runs hundreds of websites. It took some heat, however, for waiting several weeks to help victims unlock afflicted networks.
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Bajak reported from Boston. Associated Press writer Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin contributed. | 2023-01-27T05:57:01+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/ap-justice-department-seizes-website-of-major-ransomware-gang/ |
- Exro will supply development partner SEA Electric with high-voltage Coil Drive Systems, comprised of a high-voltage Coil Driver™ and an electric motor, beginning with a pilot in Q4 2022.
- After successful in-field validation with the pilot, the first purchase order will supply 500 units with deliveries starting in Q4 2023, followed by increasing volume of production series systems up to a minimum of 1,500 units over the 36-month term of the agreement.
- SEA Electric's innovative zero-emissions electric vehicle powertrains, optimized with Exro's Coil Driver™ technology, will make next-generation Class 5/6 delivery applications more sustainable, cost-effective and efficient.
- The announcement is the latest in a series of contracts that have converted partners into commercial customers.
CALGARY, AB, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Exro Technologies Inc. (TSX: EXRO) (OTCQB: EXROF) (the "Company" or "Exro"), a leading clean technology company that has developed a new class of power control electronics for electric motors and batteries, today announced that it has signed an initial purchase order and multiyear master sales and service agreement (the "agreement") to supply 1,500 Coil Drive System units to industry leading commercial electric vehicle company SEA Electric ("SEA"). Today's announcement is the latest in a series of commercial agreements with Exro's development partners.
Widely recognized as a market leader in the electrification of commercial vehicles, SEA Electric has a global presence, deploying product in seven countries including USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia and South Africa with collectively more than one million miles of independently OEM-tested and in-service international operation.
Under the agreement, SEA Electric will purchase high-voltage Coil Drive System units from Exro, along with a production slot, system pricing and commissioning services. Pilot vehicle integration will begin as early as November of this year, followed by track and on-road testing in 2023. These testing phases will culminate with series production Exro 400V Coil Drive System units.
The agreement commences with delivery of up to 25 Coil Drive System sample units comprised of a high-voltage Coil Driver™ and an electric motor. These sample units will be used as a part of a joint nine-to-twelve-month pilot program as part of SEA Electric's rigorous on-road testing phase in the company's next-generation F-59 Class 5/6 delivery vehicles. After successful in-field validation, the first purchase order will supply 500 units with deliveries starting in Q4 2023, followed by an increasing volume of production series systems up to a minimum of 1,500 units over the 36-month term of the agreement.
Exro and SEA Electric have collaborated on a wide range of projects since early 2020. Following the development efforts between the companies, this agreement moves the partnership into a new commercial phase for SEA Electric's next generation F59. Exro and SEA Electric continue to collaborate and move forward with additional development projects, including an SiC 800V application for a next generation Mack LR heavy duty truck.
Exro's Coil Driver™ technology accelerates the transition toward electrification in mobility by solving performance-cost trade-offs. The Coil Driver™ is a unique Edison Gold award-winning technology that optimizes the performance and efficiency of electric motors and batteries through power electronics. In e-mobility, this proprietary control technology utilizes the physics of coil-switching to expand the capabilities of motors by enabling two separate torque profiles (low speed torque, and torque at speed), effectively acting as an electronic gear. What this provides is the opportunity for manufacturers, like SEA Electric, to reduce the number of motors, the size of batteries and eliminate the need for mechanical gearing allowing electric vehicles to achieve better acceleration, gradeability, high-speed torque and improved efficiencies for a lower cost.
Automotive-grade Coil Driver™ units will be manufactured at Exro's state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Calgary, Alberta. The 37,000 square foot facility is unique in North America and utilizes clean energy solutions including solar power and battery energy storage with a net-zero carbon emissions objective. With industry focused on reshoring resources to improve delivery, Exro's sustainable manufacturing capabilities are positioned to be a competitive advantage for customers looking to secure low-risk long-term supply chain components.
"Our goal over the next five years is to eliminate 2.5 billion pounds of CO2 emissions through the deployment of our electric delivery and garbage trucks, shuttle buses, cargo vans, and more," said Tony Fairweather, Chief Executive Officer of SEA Electric. "Exro's innovative Coil Driver technology will help accelerate our goal, by enabling the next generation of our electric fleets to consume power more intelligently and with minimal resources or waste."
"We are thrilled to announce another milestone in our partnership with SEA Electric," said Sue Ozdemir, Exro CEO. "The project has faced delays as taking new tech to market is never linear, but this milestone is representative of SEA and Exro's joint commitment to next-generation electrification in e-mobility. As we look to 2023 and beyond, our technology is de-risked, and momentum is building with customers like SEA who are looking for a differentiated technology that can improve performance while reducing cost. This latest announcement is a demonstration of Exro advancing to the next phase with a great partner and major industry player, and we are pleased to signal this unlocking of value to the market for our shareholders."
Exro is a clean technology company pioneering intelligent control solutions in power electronics to help solve the most challenging problems in electrification. Exro has developed a new class of control technology that expands the capabilities of electric motors, generators, and batteries. Exro enables the application to achieve more with less energy consumed.
Exro's advanced motor control technology, the Coil DriverTM, expands the capabilities of electric powertrains by enabling intelligent optimization for efficient energy consumption. Exro is working with many partners from all over the world to bring their technology to the electric mobility industries and beyond.
For more information visit our website at www.exro.com.
To view our Corporate Presentation visit us at www.exro.com/investors
Visit us on social media @exrotech.
Global automotive technology company SEA Electric was founded in Australia in 2012, creating its proprietary electric power-system technology (known as SEA-Drive®) for the world's urban delivery and distribution fleets, as well as front powered school bus applications.
Widely recognized as a market leader in the electrification of commercial vehicles on a global basis, SEA Electric commands a global presence, deploying product in six countries including USA, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia, and South Africa with collectively more than one million miles of independently OEM-tested and in-service international operation.
The company's global sales, after-sales and engineering are represented in all subsidiaries, whilst North America is home to the company's headquarters.
For more information visit SEA Electric's website at www.sea-electric.com.
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Gregg Berhalter’s U.S. roster as the World Cup approaches is as notable for its absences as for those set to play in Friday’s warmup against Japan at Düsseldorf, Germany.
Tim Weah, Yunus Musah, Chris Richards, Antonee Robinson and Zack Steffen are out with injuries for the Japan game and Tuesday’s final warmup against Saudi Arabia at Murcia, Spain. Miles Robinson will miss the World Cup because of a torn Achilles.
“It definitely sucks to see some of the guys that are injured at this moment right now,” midfielder Tyler Adams said Thursday. “But it also, in a sense, gives them time to to be healthy for a World Cup.”
Matt Turner, who has played just one match since Arsenal’s season started, will be in goal. Walker Zimmerman and Aaron Long will pair in central defense, and Sam Vines will start at left back.
Rust is a factor: Christian Pulisic has played just 176 minutes this season at Chelsea, Gio Reyna 247 at Dortmund, Sergiño Dest 89 at AC Milan and Luca de la Torre 17 at Celta Vigo.
“We’ll manage those guys until they get fatigued and then when they can’t produce their actions anymore, we’ll get them off the field,” Berhalter said. “I think that’s the beauty of having six substitutes. I can imagine at the World Cup some teams will be doing that for players that aren’t playing 90 minutes and aren’t completely fit.”
Turner left a starting job at New England to become a backup at Arsenal.
“Depends on how you approach training. I’d say if you’re in it just to stroll about and you don’t think that you can change your situation no matter what you do, then you’ll lose a lot of that sharpness,” Turner said. “For me, I want to continue to get better. I know that my ceiling is has not yet been reached. And it’s going to take some hard work, some obviously some risky career moves.”
Pulisic, Adams and Weston McKennie, the team’s top players, all are available. They have started together just four times: a 2019 exhibition against Ecuador, World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Canada in January, and a June friendly against Uruguay.
Many players have club matches through Nov. 12-13, meaning more injuries are possible. Because FIFA jammed the World Cup into the middle of the European season, national teams will not have their three-plus weeks as usual to train and get players fit.
McKennie said players can’t dwell on avoiding injury.
“I don’t think anybody here is going to play less aggressive or play safe whenever we’re at our club teams or whenever we do play these friendly games,” he said. “At the end of the day, we’re athletes. We compete. We will play to win. We don’t play to be available for future games.”
Berhalter plans to announce his 26-man World Cup roster on Nov. 9, 12 days before the Americans open against Wales. They play England on Black Friday and Iran on Nov. 29.
Berhalter listed Kellyn Acosta, Johnny Cardoso, Luca de la Torre, Brendan Aaronson, Gio Reyna and Malik Tillman as possible replacements for Musah in midfield. Reyna and Aaronson are more often used as wingers on the U.S.
Forward may be the most controversial position on the team. Berhalter opted not to include Jordan Pefok, Haji Wright or Brandon Vazquez, choosing Josh Sargent, Jesús Ferreira and Ricardo Pepi, who last weekend ended a 30-match, 345-day scoreless streak for club and country.
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The team celebrated Cardoso’s 21st birthday Tuesday with a cake, but didn’t have anything special for Pulisic, who turned 24 on Sunday. “We wished him happy birthday, and he can buy himself whatever he wants,” Adams said. McKennie, sitting alongside Adams, laughed and added: “I ain’t wasting my money on him. He ain’t buying me a gift.”
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ATLANTA (AP) — The ex-wife of R&B singer Usher is calling to drain Georgia’s largest lake, where her son was fatally injured 11 years ago.
Fashion designer Tameka Foster has collected more than 2,500 signatures for her online petition imploring officials to “drain, clean, and restore” Lake Sidney Lanier, to allow for safety improvements and the removal of hazardous debris and other obstructions.
Kile Glover, her 11-year-old son with Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover, died in July 2012 after a personal watercraft struck the boy as he floated in an inner tube on the lake.
“Draining, cleaning, and restoring Lake Lanier is not only necessary but also an opportunity to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives and prevent further tragedies,” Foster wrote in her change.org petition, which she has also promoted on her Instagram page.
Located roughly an hour’s drive northeast of Atlanta, Lake Lanier covers nearly 60 square miles (155 square kilometers) and has waters up to 160 feet (49 meters) deep. It’s far from just a getaway for millions of boaters, anglers and other yearly visitors.
The lake provides drinking water for about 5 million people, according to the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper conservation group. And Buford Dam at the lake’s southern end generates hydroelectric power for the metro Atlanta area.
The Army Corps of Engineers constructed Lake Lanier in the 1950s. The Corps’ district office in Mobile, Alabama, which still operates the lake, did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment Thursday.
Heavy traffic on the lake has resulted in hundreds of boat collisions in the past three decades, according the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The agency reported more than 170 boating and drowning deaths between 1994 and 2018.
Foster and Usher married in 2007 and divorced two years later. | 2023-07-13T21:46:07+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-ushers-ex-wife-wants-to-drain-georgias-largest-lake-where-a-boater-fatally-struck-her-son/ |
Hate crimes reported in the United States increased nearly 12% in 2021 from the previous year, according to newly updated data from the FBI.
In an updated report released Monday by the FBI, the bureau noted that 12,411 individuals were reportedly victims of hate crimes in the year 2021 — with close to 65% of whom were reportedly targeted because of their race or ethnicity.
The FBI said 15.9% of individuals were targeted for their sexual orientation and 14.1% of individuals were targeted because of their religion. Nationally, the number of hate crimes reported by the agency increased from 8,120 in 2020 to 9,065 in 2021.
"Hate crimes and the devastation they cause communities have no place in this country," Associate U.S. Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement released Monday by the Department of Justice. "The Justice Department is committed to every tool and resource at our disposal to combat bias-motivated violence in all its forms."
In December, the FBI released its initial 2021 statistics for hate crimes but said that several law enforcement agencies did not submit reports for hate crimes to the new National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
Thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country, including some of the biggest such as New York and Los Angeles, delayed the transition to the new reporting system, which caused the flaw in the initial 2021 data statistics, according to an earlier news release by the Department of Justice.
In 2021, for the first time, the FBI accepted reported hate crime data solely from the new NIBRS system — resulting in significant gaps in reporting.
As more law enforcement agencies transition to the new NIBRS system, the Department of Justice said, it would be able to "provide a richer and more complete picture of hate crimes nationwide."
NPR's Sergio Olmos contributed to this report. contributed to this story
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NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered against Houston’s José Urquidy with one out in the seventh inning, ending the New York Yankees’ hitless drought at 16 1/3 innings and spoiling the Astros’ efforts to throw a second consecutive no-hitter in the Bronx.
A day after Cristian Javier and two relievers no-hit baseball’s best team, Urquidy was nearing history Sunday. No team has been no-hit in consecutive games, although the 1917 Chicago White Sox were no-hit on consecutive days by the St. Louis Browns. The second gem came in the second game of a doubleheader.
Stanton pounded on a first-pitch fastball, crushing it into the netting protecting Monument Park behind the center field fence. It was Stanton’s third homer in the four-game series and 17th this season.
The Yankees hadn’t had a hit since the eighth inning of a 3-1 loss Friday night. The 16 1/3-inning drought was the longest by any team since at least 1961, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Urquidy worked through the rest of the seventh unscathed. He’s walked three and struck out three on 98 pitches. The right-hander set a career high with 104 pitches in his previous start.
DJ LeMahieu came the closest to a hit before Stanton, but he was robbed by shortstop Jeremy Peña, who returned from injured list after missing time with a left thumb issue. Peña went deep in the hole for LeMahieu’s grounder and skipped a long throw to first base for the first out of the fourth inning.
Urquidy allowed his first baserunner when Anthony Rizzo walked with two outs in the fourth. Stanton followed with a sharp lineout to right field.
Josh Donaldson walked leading off the fifth, but Gleyber Torres flied out and Aaron Hicks grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Aaron Judge ripped a line drive toward the right-center field gap with two outs in the sixth inning, but right fielder Kyle Tucker ran it down.
Houston is trying to win a four-game series against the major league-leading Yankees. New York hitters were overwhelmed during the first three games, save for a four-run, ninth-inning rally in Thursday’s 7-6 win. Take away that inning, and New York entered Sunday 7 for 87 (.080) against Astros pitching.
New York has lost consecutive games for the first time since May 28-29. The Yankees entered Sunday with 361 runs, second in the majors behind the Mets. Their 52-20 record matches the fifth-best 72-game start in the majors since 1930.
Astros manager Dusty Baker credited Houston’s pitching dominance this series to consistent strike-throwing. Of course, that’s Urquidy’s specialty. He entered Sunday with 1.74 walks per nine innings.
Veteran catcher Martín Maldonado caught Saturday’s no-hitter and was back behind the plate Sunday with temperatures nearing 90 degrees.
Before Saturday, New York hadn’t been no-hit since six Astros teamed up for one at the old Yankee Stadium on June 11, 2003.
The only previous teams with hitless skids of 16 innings since 1961 are the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers and 1973 Oakland Athletics. Baker was a player on those ’81 Dodgers.
There have been two other no-hitters this season, with five New York Mets pitchers combining against Philadelphia on April 29 and Reid Detmers of the Los Angeles Angels accomplishing the feat against the Rays on May 10.
Spurred by a leadoff homer from Jose Altuve off Nestor Cortes, the Astros lead 3-1.
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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in the ex-Soviet nation of Georgia said Tuesday that 12 people were being held hostage by a gunman in a bank in the city of Kutaisi.
Georgian media report that the man, who is yet to be identified, demanded $2 million, a helicopter to leave the country and a Russian flag. The gunman reportedly announced his demands in a video posted on one of the hostages’ Facebook page.
It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured in a standoff, which has already gone on for several hours at a branch of Bank of Georgia.
Georgian police have opened a probe on multiple charges, including terrorism, and said an effort to release hostages was underway.
Kutaisi is a city of 147,000, located 180 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. | 2022-09-20T13:09:19+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/ap-police-12-people-held-hostage-in-bank-in-ex-soviet-georgia/ |
WASHINGTON -- A tumultuous election season that tugged again at America's searing political divides and raised questions about its commitment to a democratic future comes to a close Tuesday with top races around the country that will provide a key test of Joe Biden's presidency.
Democrats feared their grip on the U.S. House may be slipping and their control of the U.S. Senate - once seen as more secure - may loosen. The party's governors in places like Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada are also staring down serious Republican challengers.
Even Biden, who planned to watch the evening's election returns at the White House, said late Monday night that he thought his party would keep the Senate but "the House is tougher." Asked how that would make governing, his assessment was stark: "More difficult."
All House seats were up for grabs as were 34 Senate seats - with cliffhangers especially likely in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona. Thirty-six states are electing governors, with many of those races also poised to come down to the slimmest of margins.
The election could have a profound impact on Biden's next two years. Republican control of even one chamber of Congress would leave the president vulnerable to numerous investigations into his family and administration while defending his policy accomplishments, including sweeping infrastructure legislation and a major health care and social spending package.
An emboldened GOP could also make it harder to raise the debt ceiling and add restrictions to additional support for Ukraine in the war with Russia.
Republicans are betting that messaging focused on the economy, gas prices and crime will resonate with voters at a time of soaring inflation and rising violence. Ultimately, they're confident that outrage stemming from the Supreme Court's decision to eliminate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion has faded and that the midterms have become a more traditional assessment of the president's performance.
"It will be a referendum on the incompetence of this administration," Minnesota Republican Rep. Tom Emmer, who's running the GOP effort to retake the House, said of the election.
Few major voting problems were reported around the country, though there were hiccups typical of most Election Days. Some tabulators were not working in a New Jersey county. In Philadelphia, where Democrats are counting on strong turnout, people complained about being turned away as they showed up in person to try and fix problems with their previously cast mail-in ballots.
In Maricopa County, Arizona, which encompasses Phoenix and is the state's largest county, officials reported problems with vote-tabulation machines in about 20% of voting places. There were few instances of long lines - but the incident fueled anger and skepticism about voting that has been growing among some Republicans since the state went narrowly for Biden in 2020.
"They may be trying to slow a red tsunami," said Kari Lake, the state's Republican governor candidate, "but it's coming."
AP VoteCast, a broad survey of the national electorate, showed that high inflation and concerns about the fragility of democracy were heavily influencing voters.
Half of voters said inflation factored significantly, with groceries, gasoline, housing, food and other costs that have shot up in the past year. Slightly fewer - 44% - said the future of democracy was their primary consideration.
If the GOP has an especially strong election, winning Democrat-held congressional seats in places like New Hampshire or Washington state, pressure could build for Biden to opt against reelection in 2024. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, may try to capitalize on GOP gains by formally launching another bid for the White House during a "very big announcement" in Florida next week.
Voting in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, Trump predicted that Republicans would have "a great night" and that his upcoming event "would be very exciting for a lot of people."
The former president endorsed more than 300 candidates in the midterm cycle and said he personally voted for Republican Ron DeSantis, who is seeking his second term as Florida's governor. That's despite DeSantis being viewed as a potential leading GOP primary alternative to Trump should the governor jump into the 2024 White House race, as is widely expected.
The midterms unfolded as the U.S. is emerging from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic only to confront sharp economic challenges. The Supreme Court stripped away the constitutional right to an abortion, eliminating protections that had been in place for five decades.
"People recognize that this fundamental freedom has been taken away," said Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
"They see this is an economic issue, a health care issue, a freedom issue," McGill Johnson added. "And they're enraged."
It's also the first national election since the Jan. 6 insurrection, meaning the country's very democratic future is in question. Some who participated in - or were in the vicinity of - the deadly attack are poised to win Tuesday, including House seats. Lake, the Arizona gubernatorial candidate, and GOP hopefuls for secretary of state in her state and places like Nevada and Michigan have refused to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election.
That could leave them overseeing future elections in states that are often pivotal in presidential contests - helping to fuel the kinds of worries about core American values that VoteCast showed.
With only rare exceptions, the president's party loses seats in his first midterm. And Biden's lagging approval left many Democrats in competitive races reluctant to campaign with him. Only 43% of U.S. adults said they approved of how Biden is handling his job as president, according to an October poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Just 25% said then that the country is headed in the right direction.
Still, Biden has for months urged voters to reject Republicans who have contributed to an extreme political environment.
That resonated with Kevin Tolbert, a 49-year-old who works in labor law and lives in Southfield, Michigan, and said, "It is something that has to be protected and we protect that by voting and being out and supporting our country."
"It's a fragile space that we're in. I think it's really important that we protect it, because we could end up like some of the things we saw in the past - dictators and such," Tolbert said. "We don't need that."
Michael Dupigny, 83, of Washington, wasn't expecting issues, but went to cast his ballot in person, saying he wanted "to see what's happening, with the machines, with the people, to see that everything is working well at the voting station."
Federal and state election officials - and Trump's own attorney general - have said there is no credible evidence the 2020 election was tainted. His allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed. But political divisions that have smoldered for two years weren't on display everywhere on Tuesday.
Barbara Brown, 76, voted Tuesday in Chestertown, Maryland, east of the state capital of Annapolis, and said she saw Republican and Democratic candidates standing together, holding their campaign signs, "laughing and talking. I was blown away."
Brown noted that it was local candidates showing political civility, "But we'll take what we can get."
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Associated Press writers Corey Williams in Southfield, Michigan, Gary Fields in Chestertown, Maryland, Anita Snow in Phoenix and Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia, Jill Colvin in Washington and Associated Press photographer Jacquelyn Martin contributed to this report. | 2022-11-08T23:11:34+00:00 | abc30.com | https://abc30.com/election-day-voting-issues-key-races/12431064/ |
BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A former Springdale vice principal with two separate arrests from earlier this year for failure to comply with sex offender rules has had his hearings reset after showing up without a lawyer.
Mark Edward Oesterle, 51, was arrested in June for 20 counts of failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements regarding his sex offender status.
Less than a month later, Oesterle was arrested again for an additional 22 counts of failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements.
An affidavit from his arrest in July says that officers were advised by Oesterle’s wife that she had found a phone belonging to her husband that reportedly housed nude photographs of females of unknown ages.
Oesterle’s wife said that her children first told her about the phone. She told police that she believed all of the females whose pictures were in the phone were “of age” because she told her husband that if she ever found him with a juvenile, she would leave him.
The affidavit says that the phone’s password was identical to a previous phone that had been confiscated by probation agents.
Oesterle is barred from contact from any minors except his biological children.
Additionally, he was forced to surrender his passport after officers observed that he was in communication regarding travel to China.
Oesterle has been named as a defendant in multiple civil and criminal cases regarding his conduct over the past few years.
He pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual assault in a case in September 2021, stemming from a 2019 arrest after a complaint from a former student. The student has since filed a lawsuit against Oesterle.
Oesterle also has a trial scheduled in Washington County on August 7 for visiting multiple Springdale public school campuses in 2022, which netted him four counts of being a registered offender on a school campus, which is a class D felony.
Oesterle first registered as a sex offender on Sept. 27, 2021.
Oesterle’s new hearing date is Aug. 30 in Benton County. | 2023-07-24T22:05:49+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/hearings-reset-for-former-nwa-educator-arrested-on-42-counts-of-defying-sex-offender-rules/ |
NEW ORLEANS (NewsNation) — The New Orleans Police Department is reimagining policing and is getting creative with processes like hiring civilians and organizing patrol shifts to help with the force’s staffing issues.
The number of New Orleans police officers has dwindled to well under 1,000 people, down from more than 1,300 a few years ago.
NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said the average response time is currently 11 minutes, but with the help of civilians, the department can reduce that time.
“This is a tough fight that we must stay the course on,” Ferguson said at a press conference Thursday. “What we are going to be doing in the future is hiring civilians and police intake specialists. We are looking to hire 25 civilians so we can have around-the-clock staffing, telephones to take those reports, and around-the-clock staffing to monitor these online reports.”
In addition to hiring 50 to 75 additional civilians, those officers on detective status will be going back to work on the street on a rotational basis through a program called “DART” — District Assist Response Team.
“Starting this Sunday, as many as 75 more officers will be on patrol. That will consist of officers assigned to administrative districts and district investigative units,” Ferguson added. “Their mission is to attack the backlog of the very district they are serving.”
NOPD is also reducing requirements to work for the department regarding marijuana. Marijuana use before getting hired will not be considered and low credit scores will no longer have an impact.
“We have to adjust daily, and our commitment is to the safety of those officers as well as the safety of citizens and visitors of New Orleans,” said Ferguson.
Meanwhile, pay raises for all officers and a $30,000 incentive payment for new hires are among the policies announced in New Orleans as city officials are seeking to reverse a steady loss of police officers.
It also calls for coverage of all health care costs for police officers and the revival of a take-home car policy for officers. The leaders said the three-year plan has an estimated total cost of nearly $80 million.
Officials said the million program is aimed at recruiting 200 officers and could be expanded.
This week, the NOPD will graduate 18 new officers, and there are currently 12 recruits.
The Associated Press and NewsNation affiliate WGNO contributed to this report. | 2022-09-26T20:15:41+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/new-orleans-police-hire-civilians-to-combat-officer-shortage/ |
NEW YORK — More cases of locally acquired malaria have been detected in the United States, bringing the total up to seven across the country.
In a recent report, Florida health officials said they detected two more cases of the mosquito-borne illness in Sarasota County.
It comes just two weeks after four people in Sarasota County and one person in Cameron County, Texas, were found to have malaria.
ABC News reached out to the Texas Department of State Health Services to see if more cases had been identified in the state but did not immediately hear back.
These are the first malaria cases acquired locally in the US since 2003. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory last week, warning doctors and public health officials in the affected areas to be alert for more cases.
The illness is caused when a person is bitten by a mosquito carrying malaria parasites, the CDC said. Malaria isn't contagious and can't be spread person-to-person.
According to the CDC, people infected with malaria often experience symptoms including fever, chills, and flu-like illness. It can also cause anemia and jaundice because of the loss of red blood cells.
Although about 2,000 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the U.S. each year, these cases are typically among people who traveled to countries where transmission is common, such as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Malaria used to be commonly acquired in the U.S, but a public health campaign beginning in 1947 consisting of spraying insecticides on the interior surfaces of rural homes or entire premises in counties where malaria was prevalent -- as well as removing mosquito breeding sites and drainage -- led to a total elimination of transmission by 1950.
The World Health Organization estimates that in 2021, the latest year for which data is available, there were 247 million cases of malaria around the world and 619,000 people died of the disease.
Any patient suspected of having malaria should be tested and treated promptly, the CDC said, because the disease can be life-threatening.
After the first cases were detected, the Florida Department of Health issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory on June 26.
The department said that the original four patients reported to be ill "have been treated and have recovered" but the status of the other patients is unclear.
The CDC says that the risk to the public of locally transmitted malaria is low. People living in areas where cases have been reported should take steps to prevent mosquito bites by using insect repellant, wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants, using screens on windows, and dumping out standing water.
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pavel Francouz took J.T. Compher off the hook for a penalty with a key save on Connor McDavid. A few seconds later, Compher took the life out of Rogers Place — and put the Colorado Avalanche on the cusp of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Compher came out of the penalty box to give Colorado the lead with 7:18 left and the Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Called for tripping Leon Draisaitl just three minutes after Ryan McLeod tied it for Edmonton, Compher raced out of the box, beat defenseman Evan Bouchard for control along the boards and scored between goalie Mike Smith’s legs.
Valeri Nichushkin scored twice for Colorado, Mikko Rantanen had an empty-netter with 30 seconds left, and Francouz made 27 saves.
Francouz stepped in midway through the Colorado’s 8-6 victory in Game 1 when Darcy Kuemper sustained an upper-body injury, then made 24 saves Thursday night in a 4-0 win for his second career playoff shutout. In Game 3, he made the big stop on McDavid to keep it tied before Compher scored.
“Frankie’s quick and got over there and made a great stop on it,” Colorado forward Nathan MacKinnon said. “That shows some strength to be able to reset after they tie it up in the fashion they did and be able to reset and get back to it.”
McLeod tied it at 2 at 7:34 of the third, going the length of the ice and beating Francouz with a snap shot from the high slot.
McDavid opened the scoring 38 seconds in for Edmonton. Smith made 39 saves.
“Our goal is the same as it was today, which is we’ve got to win one hockey game,” Edmonton interim coach Jay Woodcroft said.
Game 4 is Monday night in Edmonton, with Colorado a game away from advancing to the Stanley Cup final. The Avalanche won titles in 1996 and 2001.
“No doubt, obviously, a big win, but the job’s not done,” captain Gabriel Landeskog said.
After McDavid’s quick goal, Edmonton killed a five-minute penalty on Evander Kane for boarding Nazem Kadri just 28 seconds after McDavid’s goal, and stopped the Avalanche power play again midway through the period after Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse was called for shooting the puck over the glass. Kadri was injured on Kane’s hit and didn’t return.
Coach Jared Bednar ruled out Kadri for at least the rest of the series, if not longer.
“He’s out,” Bednar said. “The hit? It’s the most dangerous hit in hockey.”
Nichushkin scored on two fortunate deflections to give Colorado the lead. He tied it with 3:48 left in the first period when his centering pass deflected in off Nurse. Then at 4:37 of the second, Nichushkin controlled a deflection off a shot from the point that MacKinnon and fired a wrist shot through Bouchard’s legs and past the screened Smith.
“Val is a huge part of our team and our offensive game and our checking game and helps out in all areas of the game,” Landeskog said. “Tonight, obviously, he was a force and comes up with two big goals for us, and I thought did a great job on the forecheck and neutral zone, staying above their top players and not giving them much room. It’s a tough task, but he’s been huge for us and he just continues to get better and better and a big, important piece for us.”
Colorado killed off MacKinnon’s tripping penalty late in the second, and Edmonton stopped the Avalanche’s power play again early in the third with Draisaitl off for high-sticking.
Only four NHL teams have ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a seven-game series. The Los Angeles Kings were the last to accomplish the feat in the first round of the 2014 playoffs against San Jose.
“Every play counts,” Smith said. “The desperation level has to be at an all-time high in order to win at this time of the year. It comes from everybody in the room — just a little bit more.
“There’s not a lot of space out there, but you’ve got to give everything you have for one game.” | 2022-06-05T20:30:36+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/sports/avalanche-beat-oilers-4-2-to-take-3-0-series-lead/ |
From switchboard operators to Zoom: The evolution of workplace communications
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From switchboard operators to Zoom: The evolution of workplace communications
Four operators connect calls while working at a switchboard
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed how people communicate at work: Nearly half of people videoconference more, 43% email more, 42% call more, and 41% text more than before the pandemic, according to a data analysis from Grammarly.
To track the evolution of business communications from switchboards and fax machines to email and VoIP systems, Top10.com compiled a list of nine milestones that transformed how we collaborate in the workplace, using research from technology publications, newspaper archives, the International Association for Computer Information Systems, and other sources.
Workplaces have often set industry standards in adopting new or more efficient technology to improve day-to-day business. Before we had our own telephone at our desks—and well before we had them in our pockets—switchboard operators made it possible for a client or coworker to reach you directly to talk business in real time.
When it came to sending files, documents, and forms, businesses ditched hand couriers and the post office in favor of the fax machine, which became an office staple in the ’80s. It wasn’t long after that when email, though initially used for personal communication, became a large part of office life and has led to an “always-on” email culture. Videoconferencing, first presented in 1968 as a commercial solution, has undergone many iterations and remains a steady presence in workplaces to this day, allowing for remote work.
Read on to learn how cellphones, instant messaging, Zoom, and other tech have influenced workplace communication.
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Switchboard operators
Female operators at the switchboard of the Magneto Exchange
The telephone transformed communications in the office, allowing white-collar offices to separate from warehouses and factories. This ultimately, and perhaps ironically, made American offices more centralized.
In the early days of the telephone, switchboard operators were essential intermediaries who relayed calls manually through a central switchboard connected to subscriber wires.
George W. Coy, who had experience in the telegraph business, came up with the idea for switchboards after attending a lecture by telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell: Together, they started the first American telephone exchange. This technology, which began as one exchange with 21 clients, revolutionized the telephone and made it available to the masses.
Women dominated the switchboard operator field in the early 20th century, growing from 88,000 in the U.S. in 1910 to 235,500 by 1930. Soon telephone users could call each other directly, leading to widespread job cuts. By the ’40s, there were fewer than 200,000 switchboard operators.
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Pagers
A man holding a pager on a factory floor in the 1950s
The pager was invented in 1949 by Al Gross, a man whose attempts to interest hospitals and telephone companies in his newfound technology were mostly unsuccessful—except for New York’s Jewish Hospital, which implemented pager use in 1950.
Pagers peaked in the ’90s after Gross’ patents had expired, with pagers worldwide reaching 61 million in 1994.
Pagers were and still are most frequently used in hospitals, where the devices were praised for improving and accelerating urgent communications. They’re still useful today, with signals that can penetrate buildings, making them more reliable than cell phones.
As of 2017, nearly 80% of U.S. hospitals still rely on pagers for their communications, according to a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Other companies still using pagers as of 2017 include infrastructure companies like EDF Energy in the U.K., lifeboat crews using pagers with GPS trackers, and emergency responders or medics.
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Videoconferencing
Man speaks about a new trans-Atlantic video-conference service with panelists on television screens
Videoconferencing technology was first introduced at the World’s Fair in New York as “the Picturephone,” a commercial solution with which users could communicate over video in 10-minute intervals. The initial adoption was slow because it was a clunky, expensive device that required a challenging setup.
Videoconferencing didn’t become popular until the ’80s when the price for such a system dropped from at least $250,000 to $80,000. The computer revolution in the same decade led to the combination of computers being used in the workplace and the use of an integrated services digital network and broadband services, which helped videoconferencing become more viable.
These early efforts were still expensive and complex, discouraging many companies from using this technology.
Tech advancements in the ’90s including major Internet Protocol technology, video compression, and internet advancements helped nudge the price down for IBM’s videoconferencing systems to $20,000. In the same decade, webcams allowed videoconferencing technology to reach consumers. However, as in the ’80s, videoconference solutions did not always offer the best user experience because there was a tradeoff between motion-handling capacity and picture resolution.
By the early aughts, Skype provided a software technology solution for video transmission that significantly improved that technology; by the mid-’00s, the webcam became a standard desktop and laptop component. At that point, companies also started seeing the financial rewards that came with videoconferencing: increased employee productivity, reduced travel expenses, and savings on real estate and other office-related costs companies still get to this day. And, of course, there are the significant changes videoconferencing technologies brought to workplace communications during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing people working from home to attend Zoom meetings.
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Fax machines
Woman transmitting news photograph
Fax machines send graphic or text messages through a phone line from a scanner to a printer, which prints the message on paper. Because phone lines can only pick up audio, the original message is converted into frequencies and tones that the machine interprets as either white or black, which results in the printed page’s overall composition.
This first version of the fax machine was invented by Xerox in 1964, though the technology itself—the electric printing telegraph—was created in 1843 by Alexander Baine. In the late ’70s, mostly Fortune 500 companies used them to get and send urgent documents. The devices were widespread by the ’80s and used across government, medical, legal, and small-business offices. Ubiquitous use drove prices down: Fax machines cost $18,000 in their heydey, dropping to as low as $500 by 1991.
Fax machine technology was the fastest-growing business communication and office automation area at the time, as fax machines could transmit documents between rooms in the same building or over thousands of miles. Until cellphones started replacing landlines late in the ’90s, fax machines facilitated all kinds of office communications.
As home landlines became less common, the number of consumers using fax machines declined. However, some industries—such as tech, finance, insurance, and health care—still use fax machines to send secure communications that follow strict privacy policies, such as the federal law restricting the release of medical information.
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An employee at American Online with a Santa email on her computer
Ray Tomlinson created the first electronic mail, or email, system in 1971—though it wasn’t until the World Wide Web’s inception that email became popular. By the ’90s, email was an essential communication tool worldwide. 1993 brought a new milestone: Users could attach files to emails.
While many people used email personally in the ’90s, sending speedy replies wasn’t the norm, and people even considered faxes to be still more effective. Email became all-pervasive in the office in the 2000s, and the way professionals worked quickly transformed. Suddenly, people became obsessed with checking their inboxes, spending hours sending and receiving messages, and worrying about email etiquette’s undefined rules.
Now, email culture is “always-on,” with employees receiving emails during their off-work hours, like in the evening or over the weekend.
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Cellphones
Man on large, old cellphone
The first call made from a cellphone was by Motorola executive Martin Cooper in 1973—and the device was pretty different from the cellphones we use today, weighing around 2.4 pounds, resembling a brick, and only being able to put a call through for 30 minutes after charging for 10 hours.
It wasn’t until 1983 that the first commercial phone came out, Motorola’s DynaTAC, a heavy, bulky device that cost around $4,000. These cell phones became smaller throughout the ’80s, culminating in 1989 when the release of Motorola MicroTac, a flip phone that could fit inside a user’s shirt pocket. Around the beginning of the 21st century, many affordable cellphones came out with various features: web browsing, a function similar to today’s touchscreen feature, full physical keyboards, a camera, a color screen, and fashion features like a variety of colors and sleek design.
In addition, there was the car phone, invented in 1920. The device—only available in luxury cars and to the rich and famous—was considered an eccentric invention until the ’40s and ’50s when cellphone towers were erected in the U.S. In the ’70s, car phones finally reached the masses, but they soon fell out of fashion when cellphones became popularized in the ’80s and ’90s.
In 1990, a Canadian program called Venture interviewed car phone users—an owner of a small business, a professional in the travel industry, a sales agent, and a building contractor—and they all cited business as the main reason for using a car phone. One user reported that it was never possible to “get away” and that they could be reached “all the time,” though others used the tech for personal calls.
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Instant messaging
Computer screen showing launch of Google Talk
Instant messaging dates back to 1961, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Compatible Time-Sharing System allowed 30 people to log in and send each other messages.
The rise of the internet in the ’90s caused instant messaging to take off, and major IM platforms, including Yahoo, MSN, AIM, and ICQ, began competing in the market. IMs flourished in the ’00s as playing games, making video calls, and sharing photos became common IM features of new IM platforms like Apple’s iChat, Skype, Google Talk, MySpaceIM, WhatsApp, and Facebook Chat (now Messenger).
Another major transformation occurred in the 2010s when such apps as WhatsApp, WeChat, Snapchat, Discord, and Slack offered many new features, including making payments, shopping, sending pictures that disappeared after a specific time, and facilitating workplace communication and collaboration.
When the pandemic required many workers to start working remotely, IM communication platforms such as Slack and Microsoft Teams helped workers collaborate with their colleagues and continue working efficiently. Slack co-founder Cal Henderson said in an August 2020 Wired UK interview that many major companies would embrace remote working permanently, mainly because of its tools.
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Smartphones
Close up of a man working at a desk with a smartphone
The first smartphone, the Simon Personal Communicator, was unveiled by IBM in 1992; two years later, it was available on the market for $1,100. While it wasn’t sleek or compact, it had many features that persist in smartphones today, such as a touchscreen, standard and predictive text keyboards, a native appointment scheduler, a calendar, an address book, and email. It could even send and receive faxes.
The first smartphone connected to a 3G network became available in the early 2000s, but given that it cost between $300 and $700, it was a bit pricey for most people. But when the iPhone debuted at Macworld in 2007, the public was presented with a phone that had a sleek design and internet access similar to a desktop computer. Since then, many new versions of the iPhone have been released, the Android has come out, apps have been on the rise, and the number of smartphone users worldwide has gone up significantly to 83.3% of the global population as of October 2022.
Smartphone use has impacted work-life balance, with employees dealing with personal affairs at work while completing work tasks during their free time. These devices have facilitated faster information flow; face-to-face meetings through messages, email, or video conferences; flexibility in work location; and higher employee satisfaction. On the other hand, they have led to declining productivity, ongoing stress, and the loss of privacy.
Smartphones also centralize many tasks, enabling people at work to look at their invoices, talk to coworkers, and send emails in one place without going to the office. This meant many of the tasks covered on this list could now be done on a smartphone.
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Zoom
Young woman having Zoom video conference call
Eric Yuan founded Saasbee Inc. in 2011, renamed it Zoom the following year, and unveiled Zoom 1.0 worldwide in 2013. But the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic seven years later is what truly put Zoom on the map.
After COVID-19 reached the U.S. early in 2020, schools throughout the country closed, provided their students with tablets and laptops, and quickly had educators pivot to teaching via apps such as Zoom. People used Zoom to socialize online when restrictions were in place: celebrating birthdays, hosting trivia nights, and even attending virtual happy hours. And, of course, businesses used Zoom as lockdowns worldwide led to closed offices, making working from home obligatory for many.
While there are other players in the enterprise videoconferencing space—BlueJeans, GoToMeeting, Skype, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams—it was Zoom, eventually, that would become the most popular. Zoom became so popular that its brand was turned into a verb, as in, “Sure, let’s just Zoom next Monday and talk about it then.”
With Zoom, businesses could communicate in various ways using the videoconferencing solution. They can host one-on-one meetings or town halls with a maximum of 100 participants and multiple communications through the platform, such as group chats, cloud phone calls, webinars, and video meetings. Additionally, the app can be accessed through mobile devices, conference rooms, browsers, and desktop clients, making it accessible to everyone on the team. It’s important to note issues such as “Zoom fatigue” and how the app is not a complete replacement for in-person communication.
More than 7 in 10 executives said hybrid/remote work hasn’t hurt building connections with their employees; they were considering a remote-flexible working model after the success of remote collaboration during the pandemic, according to a July 2022 Morning Consult survey for Zoom. This report also found that videoconferencing technology was one of the most significant factors that contributed to a positive view of remote working. Given the success of remote work during the pandemic, the trend will likely become commonplace in the world of office work.
This story originally appeared on Top10.com and was produced and
distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. | 2022-11-04T03:25:30+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/stacker-money/2022/11/03/from-switchboard-operators-to-zoom-the-evolution-of-workplace-communications/ |
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide Assurance for Employees of Public Agencies (WAEPA) announces that its membership eligibility will now include former Civilian Federal Employees. WAEPA's Board of Directors approved an update in its bylaws on August 5, 2022, to allow for this change.
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9084851-waepa-extends-membership-eligibility/
WAEPA has provided current and retired Civilian Federal Employees and their loved ones with Group Term Life Insurance* since 1943. For the first time, WAEPA is offering its exclusive membership to former Civilian Federal Employees who are looking to safeguard the future of their families. Former Civilian Feds of any agency, who served for any length of time, are now eligible.
"We are proud of WAEPA's legacy and our commitment to supporting our public servants. This change shows WAEPA's continued dedication to those who serve, both past and present," said M. Shane Canfield, CEO of WAEPA. "We are excited for the opportunity to expand our membership, while continuing to provide exceptional service to our current members."
For more information on WAEPA membership eligibility, visit waepa.org/eligibility.
About WAEPA
Worldwide Assurance for Employees of Public Agencies (WAEPA), is a nonprofit association (not an insurance company) formed For Feds, By Feds in 1943. The goal of WAEPA is to provide access to products and services that promote the health, welfare, and financial well-being of current and former Civilian Federal Employees. After more than 75 years in business, WAEPA has over 46,000 members.
For more information, visit waepa.org, or call (800) 368-3484.
* Underwritten by New York Life Insurance Company, 51 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010 on Policy Form GMR-FACE/G-30280-0
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SOURCE WAEPA | 2022-10-17T12:58:13+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2022/10/17/waepa-extend-membership-eligibility-former-civilian-federal-employees/ |
(NEXSTAR) – The ball is dropping, the champagne is popping, and Guiseppe Dell’Anno is in the kitchen frying up doughnuts.
Dell’Anno, the winner of the 12th series of “The Great British Baking Show,” is undoubtedly a skilled baker, having been awarded “Star Baker” twice during his season and earning just as many handshakes from Paul Hollywood. He’s adept at all manner of cakes, cookies and tarts, but he’s sticking with tradition on New Year’s Eve, and making a sweet treat he grew up eating at his grandparents’ house during the holidays.
“Proper celebration of New Year’s Eve in the Dell’Anno household must include the traditional ciambelle: these are deep fried, sugar-coated, doughnut-like treats,” explains Dell’Anno, who shares his recipe — along with dozens of others — in his new cookbook “Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes.”
Ciambelle, he says, are also especially “cloud-like” in texture thanks to the addition of mashed potato to the dough.
“They are unbeatable as a treat to be offered to visitors and friends on the last night of the year, possibly with a glass of chilled Prosecco or Spumante,” he tells Nexstar.
Hoping to recreate Dell’Anno’s doughnuts at home? Check out the recipe below, or follow Dell’Anno on social media for other entertaining ideas.
Ciambelle di Patate (Potato Doughnuts)
Makes about 20
• 10½ ounces (300 grams) floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper (about 2 medium potatoes)
• 3½ tablespoons (50 grams) unsalted butter
• 2¼ cups (300 grams) plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting
• 2 teaspoons dry yeast
• ¼ cup (60 grams) whole milk
• 1 medium egg (50 grams)
• 2 tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar, plus 1 extra cup for coating
• Zest of 1 organic lemon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Sunflower or corn oil, for frying
1. Place the potatoes in a medium saucepan, cover them with boiling water and simmer until thoroughly cooked. The timing depends on the size, type and freshness of the potatoes, but it is likely to be about 30 minutes. The potatoes are cooked when you can comfortably push a fork through their thickest section.
2. Meanwhile, weigh the butter in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for 30–40 seconds to melt it completely. Stir to make sure that there are no solid lumps left and set aside.
3. When the potatoes are cooked, drain the hot water and fill the pan with cold water. When they are cool enough to handle, peel them, place them in a large bowl and mash them carefully: The flesh must be reduced into a smooth pulp. Pour the butter over the mashed potatoes immediately and mix to combine. Do not leave the mashed potatoes to rest uncovered as they will dry out and create flecks that will be difficult to dissolve in the dough. Add the flour, yeast, milk, egg, 2 tablespoons of sugar, lemon zest and salt, and mix with your hand to combine.
4. When the dough comes together in a coherent mass, turn it on to the worktop and knead it for 1–2 minutes until smooth. The dough should feel soft, and ever so slightly sticky, but not wet. If necessary, add a minimal dusting of flour. Shape the dough into a ball and drop it back in the bowl. Leave it to prove away from cold drafts and direct sunlight until doubled in volume. It should take about 45–50 minutes at 68 degrees F (20 degrees C).
5. While the dough is proving, lay a large, clean dish towel over the worktop and dust it generously with flour. Also lightly flour an area of the worktop ready for shaping the dough.
6. Transfer the proved dough to the floured worktop and divide it into 4 pieces. Work on one piece at a time and progressively roll it into a noodle 1 centimeter (½-inch) thick. Cut 20-centimeter (8-inch) lengths, then fold each length to form the characteristic looped shape, pinching the dough to join the ends of the loop where they overlap. Each ciambella will be about 1¼ ounces (35 grams). Arrange the loops over the floured dish towel as you shape the remaining dough. Cover the loops of dough with a second, clean dish towel and leave them to prove until they look light and slightly swollen. This should take 45–50 minutes at 20°C (68°F). Be careful not to overprove the dough at this stage or the ciambelle might deflate once fried.
7. Meanwhile, set the oil temperature in a fryer to 350 F (180 C) or find a pan large enough to comfortably fit at least 3 loops of dough. Fill the pan with at least 3¼–4 inches (8–10 centimeters) of oil and place it over a medium heat, controlling the temperature with a cooking thermometer. While the oil heats up, line a cooling rack with 2 layers of kitchen paper, and place it next to the fryer. Place a cup of caster sugar in a medium bowl to coat the ciambelle.
8. Fry 2–3 ciambelle at a time for about 2 minutes, turning them over a couple of times with a slotted spoon to cook them evenly. They are ready when the skin looks a light caramel color. Rest the fried ciambelle over the kitchen paper to drain any excess oil.
9. When the ciambelle are cool enough to handle but still warm, toss them in the bowl with the caster sugar to coat them evenly and then move them to a serving plate. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
Note: The milk in this recipe can be swapped for a liqueur of your choice (Dell’Anno suggests limoncello or amaretto) to give the ciambelle a stronger flavor. | 2022-12-31T15:51:10+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national/heres-what-a-great-british-baking-show-champion-eats-on-new-years-eve/ |
Amazon workers in upstate New York file for union election
By HALELUYA HADERO
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in upstate New York filed a petition for a union election on Tuesday, launching a major labor fight against the company. A spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board says the petition was filed for a warehouse in the town of Schodack, near Albany. To qualify for a union election, the NLRB requires signatures from 30% of eligible voters. The agency now has to verify if the workers are qualified to seek an election. The Amazon Labor Union is backing the organizing effort. Earlier this year, it notched a historic win at a warehouse on Staten Island, New York, but also took a loss at another nearby location weeks later. | 2022-08-16T21:55:49+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2022/08/16/amazon-workers-in-upstate-new-york-file-for-union-election/ |
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $24.6 million.
On a per-share basis, the Stamford, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of 22 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 84 cents per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 81 cents per share.
The packaging products supplier posted revenue of $1.46 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.55 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $340.8 million, or $3.07 per share. Revenue was reported as $6.41 billion.
For the current quarter ending in March, Silgan expects its per-share earnings to range from 75 cents to 85 cents.
The company expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.95 to $4.15 per share.
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This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SLGN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SLGN | 2023-01-25T01:09:17+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/silgan-q4-earnings-snapshot-17739685.php |
SPRINGFIELD — Lawyers focused their questions on March 3 on the gunshot that killed Westfield’s Amy Fanion, and heard testimony by the state medical examiner who performed the autopsy.
Former Westfield Police Detective Brian Fanion is on trial in Hampden County Superior Court, charged with killing his wife on May 8, 2018. Hampden County Assistant District Attorney Mary Sandstrom walked Dr. Robert Welton, a deputy chief medical examiner for the state, through a lengthy series of questions about the appearance and pathology of the fatal gunshot. | 2023-03-05T22:39:16+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/03/prosecutor-says-amy-fanions-wounds-didnt-look-like-close-range-gunshot.html |
(iSeeCars) — Thanks to their practicality and versatility, the world has fully embraced SUVs. As automakers have dropped sedans from their model lineups, manufacturers have continued to launch new crossovers or SUVs. And in today’s SUV-dominant marketplace, not all are built to the same standard.
To help buyers narrow down what seems like endless options in the SUV marketplace, automotive research firm iSeeCars.com has compiled a list of the most reliable SUVs. These SUVs are proven to be among the longest-lasting cars on the road as determined by an analysis of 1.8 million vehicles to see which are the longest-lasting and most reliable cars most likely to reach 200,000 miles. If you know you want a three-row hauler, you can also check out our list of the most reliable three-row SUVs. Or, if you want a more premium vehicle, check out our list of the most reliable luxury SUVs.
Here are the most reliable SUVs by category:
Most-Reliable and Longest-Lasting Large SUVs:
#1 Toyota Land Cruiser
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 9.8 (of 10)
The iconic Toyota Land Cruiser earns the top spot on the list of longest-lasting vehicles by a wide margin. This classic off-road SUV debuted in the 1950s, and while it isn’t sold in high volumes, Toyota’s oldest nameplate has amassed a following of loyal enthusiasts who enjoy racking up miles on their Land Cruisers. According to iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer, the Land Cruiser was engineered to last at least 25 years and is ubiquitous in developing countries where off-roading is the norm. The aging Land Cruiser hasn’t seen a redesign in over 13 years, so drivers likely keep older versions for longer because they still look like the latest models. The off-road capability and dependability don’t come cheap, with new versions starting at $85,665. However, the beloved Land Cruiser was discontinued after the 2021 model year, making used versions the only available models. Three-year-old used Toyota Land Cruisers for sale cost an average of $91,117.
#2 Toyota Sequoia
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 9.4
Another full-size body-on-frame Toyota earns the second spot, the Sequoia. Just like the Land Cruiser, the truck-based three-row family hauler embodies Toyota’s reputation for reliability and help the automaker earn the title as the longest-lasting car brand. Both Toyota full-size SUVs share a platform with the indestructible Toyota Tundra. It features three full rows of seats, with the third row spacious enough for adults, which isn’t always the case, even for large SUVs. It’s a capable family hauler able to tow heavy loads thanks to its brawny 5.7-liter V8 engine and durable powertrain that’s shared with the Tundra pickup truck. A new Toyota Sequoia costs an average of $60,138 while a three-year-old used car price of a Toyota Sequoia for sale costs an average of $64,511.
#3 Chevrolet Suburban
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.8
The third-ranked Chevrolet Suburban full-size SUV is a popular livery vehicle and family hauler thanks to its class-leading passenger and cargo space. Redesigned for the 2021 model year, it now includes an extra 23 cubic feet of cargo space and an extra two inches of legroom in both the second and third row. It also has improved ride quality and handling, an improved infotainment system, and more standard features including a 10.2-inch touch screen, wireless Apple Carplay and Android Auto, Bluetooth, and a Wi-Fi hot spot. A new Chevy Suburban costs an average of $63,400 and a three-year-old used Chevrolet Suburban costs $57,793
#4 Ford Expedition
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.8
An additional full-size SUV, the Ford Expedition ranks fourth. Known for its quality and reliability, it was named as Consumer Reports’ top choice for a large SUV. Unlike its rivals with V8 engines, the Expedition has a twin-turbo V6, giving it better gas mileage than the rest of its class. It is available as a two- or three-row SUV, and like the Suburban, it has vast cargo and passenger space to make it a popular choice for a livery vehicle. The Expedition’s luxury version, the Lincoln Navigator also makes our list of the most reliable luxury SUVs. A new Ford Expedition costs an average of $63,525, while a used Ford Expedition for sale costs an average of $61,717.
#5 Chevrolet Tahoe
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.7
Ranked fifth is another American full-size SUV, the Chevrolet Tahoe. Fully redesigned for 2021, it has three available engine options including two powerful V8 engines and a turbo diesel inline-six. The most powerful engine is a 6.2-liter V8 with 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque. It boasts impressive cargo and passenger space, and like the Suburban, its redesign increased its legroom and added standard safety features. It is among the more affordable vehicles in the large SUV class with a new Chevrolet Tahoe costing an average of $60,700. If you opt for a three-year-old used Chevrolet Tahoe, you can expect to pay an average of $54,767.
#6 GMC Yukon/Yukon XL
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.7
Ranked sixth is the GMC Yukon and its extended variant, the GMC Yukon XL. Also redesigned for 2021, the Yukon and the Yukon XL share a platform with the other full-size GM SUVs including the Chevrolet Tahoe and the Chevy Suburban. General Motors’ 5.3-liter and 6.0-liter V8 powertrains found in these SUVs have been known to go the distance with minimal issues, and buyers love to use them for long-distance jaunts. All these big GMs have a towing capacity of over 8,000 pounds, making them great options for those who do regular towing. A new Yukon costs an average of $60,700 and the XL version costs an average of $62,550. Pricing for a three-year-old used GMC Yukon costs an average of $59,354 while a three-year-old used GMC Yukon XL costs an average of $61,572.
#7 Nissan Armada
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
Rounding out the list of the most reliable large SUVs is the seventh-ranked Nissan Armada full-size SUV. It has a powerful V8 engine that makes it a capable hauler for people, cargo, and towing. A new Nissan Armada costs an average of $58,600, which is below-average for the class. A three-year-old used Nissan Armada costs an average of $40,078.
Most Reliable and Longest-Lasting Midsize SUVs
#1 Toyota 4Runner
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.8
The Toyota 4Runner earns the spot as the most reliable midsize SUV. The 4Runner’s presence on the list is no surprise, as its age-old 4.0-liter V6 is one of the toughest engines out there. The 4Runner is similar to the Land Cruiser in that it also enjoys a loyal following that keeps prices up and values high, ensuring high-mileage models still find ready buyers. The 4Runner’s reputation for durability and off-road superiority puts this genuine four-wheel drive SUV among the top ten most reliable SUVs. A new Toyota 4Runner costs an average of $44,713, while a used Toyota 4Runner costs an average of $45,844.
#2 Honda Pilot
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.6
The midsize Honda Pilot crossover ranks second in the midsize SUV category. The Honda Pilot is a spacious three-row crossover SUV that appeals to those who want a family-friendly hauler but don’t require a full-size SUV. It’s available in all-wheel-drive or front-wheel drive and is a popular minivan alternative with seating for up to eight passengers. It offers a smooth ride and above-average gas mileage for its class. It also features up to 109.2 cubic feet of space with its rear seats folded. Its luxury version, the Acura MDX, ranks high among our list of the most-reliable luxury SUVs. A new Honda Pilot costs an average of $43,725 and a three-year-old used Honda Pilot costs an average of $38,652.
#3 Toyota Highlander
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
Ranked third is the Toyota Highlander. The Toyota Highlander is a capable crossover with a high-quality cabin and three spacious rows of seats. The Highlander comes standard with a suite of safety features including cross traffic alert, traffic sign recognition, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, and pedestrian detection. Its luxury version, the Lexus RX 350 also earns high reliability rankings in the luxury midsize SUV class. The Toyota Highlander Hybrid also makes the overall list of the longest-lasting vehicles for drivers looking for a more fuel-efficient SUV. A new Toyota Highlander costs between an average of $42,357 and a three-year-old used Toyota Highlander costs an average of $41,763.
#4 Dodge Durango
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
The brawny Dodge Durango, ranks fourth. The midsize Dodge Durango offers two or three rows of seating with an abundance of cargo and passenger room. It is available with multiple powertrain options: a standard 293-horsepower 3.6-liter V6 engine, a 5.7-liter Hemi with 360 horsepower, and a 6.4-liter Hemi V8 with 475 horsepower. Just for the 2021 model year, is the special edition SRT Hellcat that features a 6.2-liter V8 with 710 horsepower, making it the most powerful production SUV in history. A new Dodge Durango costs an average of $34,930. A three-year-old used Dodge Durango for sale costs an average of $29,774.
#5 Hyundai Santa Fe
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
The Hyundai Santa Fe ranks fifth for its combination of quality and value. The Santa Fe consistently earns high rankings for predicted reliability and was named as a top SUV by JD Power. The Santa Fe also has above-average fuel economy for its class with its base engine with an EPA estimated 22 mpg in the city and 29 mpg on the highway. The Santa Fe is also backed by Hyundai’s class-leading 10-year 100,000 mile warranty.
A new Hyundai Santa Fe costs an average of $42,660, and a three-year-old lightly used Hyundai Santa Fe costs an average of $29,774.
Most Reliable and Longest-Lasting Compact SUVs
#1 Honda CR-V
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
The Honda CR-V ranks earns the top spot, proving that capable and reliable SUVs come in all sizes. The small crossover has above-average cargo and passenger space for its class. The CR-V has a fuel-efficient 190-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder engine that achieves above-average gas mileage for the class. A new Honda CR-V costs an average of $30,650 and a three-year-old used Honda CR-V costs an average of $31,408.
#2 Jeep Wrangler
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
The Jeep Wrangler is the runner-up for the most reliable compact SUV. The Wrangler is known for its off-road prowess, and comes with a 285-horsepower V6 as its base engine. The Wrangler appeals to drivers who prioritize adventure over comfort, and the niche vehicle has amassed a fervent customer base. A new Jeep Wrangler costs an average of $35,113, while a three-year-old used Jeep Wrangler costs an average of $40,179.
#3 Subaru Outback
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.4
While the vehicle is technically classified as a wagon, the Subaru Outback offers standard all-wheel drive and provides cargo space typical of a compact SUV. Although its reliability rating fell just short of our overall rankings, it’s a dependable hauler for those who want the perks of an SUV with the driving dynamics of a car. A new Subaru Outback costs an average of $33,445 and a three-year-old used Subaru Outback costs an average of $34,433.
#4 Subaru Forester
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.1
A second Subaru, the Subaru Forester is the fourth-most reliable and longest-lasting compact SUV. It is among the most spacious in its class, offering 31.1 cubic feet of cargo space and 76.1 cubic feet after folding down the rear seats. It also provides comfortable seating for five passengers with ample head and legroom. Like all Subarus, and unlike most SUVs, it comes standard with AWD and has above-average fuel economy for the class. The Forester also comes with the same standard safety features as the Outback, including rear-seat reminder, automatic emergency braking, and steering-responsive automatic headlights. A new Subaru Forester costs an average of $30,245 and a three-year-old Subaru Forester for sale costs an average of $31,394.
#5 Toyota RAV4
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.0
The popular Toyota RAV4 ranks fifth thanks to Toyota’s reputation for long-lasting, durable SUVs. It’s among the most reliable vehicles out there for shoppers looking for a reliable and dependable compact SUV. A new Toyota RAV4 costs an average of $31,495 and a three-year-old Toyota RAV4 for sale costs an average of $31,467.
Most Reliable and Longest-Lasting Subcompact SUVs
#1 Jeep Compass
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 7.3
The Jeep Compass is the most reliable subcompact SUV. The Compass comes standard with four-wheel drive and is a strong off-roader. The Compass has a 200-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder engine, making it a fun-to-drive yet easy-to-maneuver hauler. A new Jeep Compass costs an average of $32,249 and the average price of a three-year-old Compass is $26,112.
#2 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 7.2
This Mitsubishi Outlander Sport has above-average cargo space with 21.7 cubic feet of space behind the rear seats, which grows to 49.5 cubic feet when rear seats are folded down. The Outlander Sport also has standard all-wheel drive and returns decent fuel economy for the class. A new Outlander Sport has an average price of $25,451 and a three-year-old used Outlander Sport costs an average of $21,777.
#3 MINI Countryman
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 7.1
The MINI Countryman is more expensive and has less cargo space than its rivals, but it is also more fun-to-drive and has an upscale interior. A new MINI Countryman’s average price is $37,994 and the average price of a three-year-old used version is $32,260
#4 Fiat 500x
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 6.9
The Fiat 500X ranks fourth. The Fiat 500x has an affordable starting price and comes standard with all-wheel drive. It has a peppy engine and an attractive interior. A new Fiat 500x costs an average of $33,550 and a three-year old used Fiat 500x costs an average of $22,212.
#5 Mazda CX-3
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 6.1
The Mazda CX-3 ranks fifth. The Mazda CX-3 made its debut in the newly established subcompact SUV vehicle segment in 2016. The CX-3 offers the sporty driving dynamics and attractive styling characteristic of the Mazda brand and a long list of standard safety and infotainment features. The small but mighty CX-3 also earns the Top Safety Pick+ designation from IIHS, the Institute’s highest honor. The average price of new Mazda CX-3 is $34,167 and a three-year-old used Mazda CX-3 is $21,583.
The Bottom Line
While full-size SUVs account for the most models on the list, there are additional options for smaller, more practical haulers including midsize and compact SUVs. If you want not only the most reliable SUV but also the most reliable vehicle you can buy period, the choices showcased here are your best bet. Whether you want a new SUV or a reliable used SUV,
If you want a long-lasting passenger car, check out our list of most reliable cars, which includes long-lasting cars like the Toyota Prius and the Toyota Avalon. Or if you want a pickup truck, check out our list of most reliable trucks. For luxury vehicles, check out our list of the most reliable luxury cars. Lastly, for an analysis of all automakers, check out our most reliable car brands.
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This article, Most Reliable SUVs, originally appeared on iSeeCars.com. | 2023-04-01T15:42:45+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/automotive/most-reliable-longest-lasting-suvs/ |
Marsai Martin and Omari Harwick play to win in ‘Fantasy Football’
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
The new film “Fantasy Football” capitalizes on some of its stars natural talent.
Marsai Martin channels lots of girl-boss energy playing Callie Coleman, a tech-savvy young woman whose father’s long career in the NFL lands him with the Atlanta Falcons team.
Her production company is behind the family-friendly film. (Martin, 18, set a Guinness World Record in 2020 as the youngest Hollywood executive producer to work on a major production.)
She and costars Omari Hardwick (Bobby Coleman), Rome Flynn (Anderson Fisher), along with the film’s director Anton Cropper, recently spoke with CNN when they appeared at a Falcons game held at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
It was familiar surroundings as the group shot plenty of scenes for their movie there.
The plot centers around Callie’s father, played by Hardwick, seemingly at the end of his career when his daughter discovers she can control his moves via playing the Madden football video game.
Martin sees the role in which her character also makes friends with the robotics club team members at her new school as more than just fun with its positive message about diversity in technology.
“I’ve met so many girls who are in to technology and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) or are all about Black girls coding,” she said. “It’s important to shine a light on it because it’s a very big deal. It’s all about representation.”
For Hardwick, the project gave him the opportunity to lean into his football roots.
Before he became famous for his work in roles like James “Ghost” St. Patrick on “Power,” the Savannah, Georgia native played as a defensive back at the University of Georgia and later tried out with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent.
“It feels incredible to be right back here at home,” Hardwick said. “This is obviously my hometown team…but I never got to play for the Falcons. With this film, I got to do my thing.”
Hardwick also pointed out that it was appropriate that they were attending a game in which the Atlanta Falcons were playing the Chicago Bears given that Rome Flynn, who plays Bobby Coleman’s rival, the hotshot young quarterback Anderson Fisher, grew up in Chicago.
Flynn told CNN that unlike their characters, he and Hardwick had no competition between them as leading men.
“It’s all love,” he said smiling. “We respect each other and we brought out the best in each other.”
“Fantasy Football” debuts Friday on Paramount+.
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(The Hill) — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is facing down a new political future after losing her House primary on Tuesday to Trump-endorsed lawyer Harriet Hageman.
Speculation about what the three-term congresswoman who hails from a Republican political dynasty will do once her time in Congress comes to a close has steadily grown louder, and the Wyoming Republican has not yet signaled whether she plans to throw her hat into the 2024 presidential ring.
Cheney delivered a defiant speech Tuesday night, slamming former President Donald Trump, the movement he created and the candidates who repeat his claims about the 2020 election. It was at once a concession speech and a promise of a future in public life.
“So I ask you tonight to join me. As we leave here, let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats and Independents — against those who will destroy our republic,” Cheney said.
But even as she vowed to “do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office,” she gave little indication of what exactly she herself will do next.
“This primary election is over, but now the real work begins,” she said.
Here are five questions about Liz Cheney’s political future:
Does she launch a 2024 presidential campaign?
Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has dodged questions about a potential 2024 run, preferring to bring the conversation back to her main goal: keeping Trump out of the White House.
The Wyoming Republican could land a gig on cable television or join a think tank or pen a book, but Republican strategist Scott Jennings — who worked in the Bush-Cheney White House — says Cheney’s “next logical” step toward accomplishing that goal is a 2024 bid.
“There are things you could do, but what better platform would there be than to be running a campaign?” Jennings told The Hill in an interview.
“You can bet that if Cheney launches a campaign for president, she’s gonna, you know, the amount of coverage she will get, and the amount of media attention she will get, will far outstrip her standing in the polls,” Jennings added. “And so, it strikes me that if you’re wanting to talk to Republican audiences about what you think is an important point of view, what better way to do that and to do it in the presidential cycle?”
Logistically speaking, a Cheney White House bid is possible.
The congresswoman skyrocketed to even greater national prominence through her work as vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. She has name recognition, deep ties in the Republican Party and a sizable war chest, with $7.4 million remaining in her campaign account as of three weeks ago, according to NBC News.
And while Cheney, true to pattern, kept much of her speech Tuesday focused on Trump and Trumpism, she didn’t rule anything out for 2024.
Does she run to win the White House — or keep Trump out of it?
Insiders agree winning the 2024 GOP presidential nomination would be an uphill battle for Cheney.
Most hypothetical polls show Trump in the lead and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a proponent of Trump’s policies, in second.
But even with little chance of winning, Cheney may run to influence the outcome of the primary.
“How do you define success?” Jennings said. “For her, it may be less about winning the nomination and more about keeping Trump from getting the nomination. So I think it just depends on how you define success.”
Her presence would also give a voice to anti-Trump Republicans who have been largely shut out of a presidential conversation dominated by Trump and people who espouse his policies and rhetoric.
“When it comes to people that are not part of the whole MAGA movement, who are not happy with the direction that the Republican Party has gone, who are more traditional conservative Republicans, like myself, from the past, I think that Liz Cheney is a more appealing option,” said Olivia Troye, a former aide to Vice President Mike Pence.
“I think it’s important to have someone like her be willing to continue to push back and tell the truth about what’s happening here,” she said.
Cheney on Tuesday referenced former President Abraham Lincoln, who fought to keep the U.S. unified.
“The great and original champion of our party, Abraham Lincoln, was defeated in elections for the Senate and the House before he won the most important election of all. Lincoln ultimately prevailed, he saved our Union, and he defined our obligation as Americans for all of history,” she said.
What does she do with her time left in office?
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is already racing against the clock, trying to tie up its investigation within the next few months in anticipation of Republicans winning control of the chamber in November.
But before then, the panel is vowing to hold more public hearings and present additional information to bolster its argument that Trump was at the center of a scheme to keep himself in power — presentations that Cheney will likely play a large role in.
“We’re not winding down right now,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) told reporters in the Capitol last month. “It’s been amazing to see, kind of, the flurry of people coming forward, so it’s not the time to wind it down.”
Cheney has played a central role in the committee’s previous hearings, delivering opening and closing statements and questioning witnesses appearing live before the panel.
And she has not shied away from criticizing Trump or her GOP colleagues during those presentations — a practice she will likely continue, if not ramp up, in the remaining months of her term.
Republican strategist Doug Heye told The Hill that whatever path Cheney takes after her primary defeat, she will make sure she remains a vocal presence in American politics, beginning with her work on the committee.
“What’s clear is that her voice isn’t going to go anywhere,” Heye said. “And that will start with, you know, the next hearings on Jan. 6, and then we’ll continue in whatever form she decides to take them in.
What kind of support does she have for future moves?
Cheney may have lost her primary but she still has a vast nationwide network of supporters and donors who could be of help for any future political moves she might make.
The congresswoman broke her own record in the first quarter of the year, bringing in close to $3 million, and followed that up with a whopping $2.9 million in the second quarter.
In addition to grassroots donations, Cheney raked in money from notable Republican and Democratic donors across the country including former President George W. Bush, his former adviser Karl Rove, film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, and billionaire hedge fund manager Seth Klarman.
However, in a Republican presidential primary, Cheney would need to appeal to a Republican primary base. And she may not be the only anti-Trump Republican in the field. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has repeatedly been floated as a potential 2024 GOP hopeful and has yet to rule out a run.
“I think it will be important for them to navigate how they will reach more moderate voters,” Troye said.
“These are longtime, respected Republican figures,” she continued. “And their voices can reach an audience in a way that many can’t.”
What could she do besides run for president?
While a 2024 presidential bid is the most talked-about possibility for Cheney, there are other avenues the congresswoman can pursue as she looks to continue her crusade against Trump.
One would be joining the cable news circuit as a commentator or analyst, which would give the congresswoman a sizable platform to take on the former president and denounce his false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
That route is a popular one for former lawmakers. Ex-Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who was unseated by then-Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (R) in 2018, joined NBC News and MSNBC months after the race as a political analyst, and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) was hired by Fox News as a contributor one day after he resigned from the House in 2017.
Cheney could also join a think tank or form her own PAC, as Kinzinger, who is not running for reelection this November, has done.
Kinzinger — another top Trump critic and Cheney’s fellow Republican on the Jan. 6 panel — launched a PAC, titled “Country First,” as a movement to challenge the GOP’s embrace of Trump.
Another option for Cheney is writing a book, a popular move for top figures leaving Washington. After bowing out of running for a third term in 2020, former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), who criticized Trump on a number of occasions, penned a book titled “American Reboot: An Idealist’s Guide to Getting Big Things Done.”
While it remains unknown what Cheney will choose for her next act, Jennings says the congresswoman likely has a plan driving her recent — and future — political moves.
“I know the Cheneys and I know how smart they are and I know how they operate, and I would be surprised if this wasn’t part of a larger plan, but a plan that fits within a mission,” Jennings said. “I think she believes she’s on a mission here to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. So if that’s your mission, then they’re the kind of people who would build a plan to try to achieve that mission.” | 2022-08-17T13:35:25+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/hill-politics/five-questions-about-liz-cheneys-political-future/ |
Darnold leads Panthers past reeling Broncos 23-10
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Darnold leads Panthers past reeling Broncos 23-10
(AP) - Sam Darnold threw for a touchdown and recovered his own fumble for another score in his first game of the season, helping the Carolina Panthers beat the Denver Broncos 23-10. Darnold was making his first start since Week 18 last year. He completed 11 of 19 passes for 164 yards without a turnover. D’Onta Foreman ran for 113 yards on 24 carries, and receiver D.J. Moore broke out of a midseason slump with four catches for 103 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown. The Panthers limited Russell Wilson to 19 of 35 passing for 142 yards and sacked him three times, sending the Broncos to their seventh loss in eight games.
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(AP) - Sam Darnold threw for a touchdown and recovered his own fumble for another score in his first game of the season, helping the Carolina Panthers beat the Denver Broncos 23-10. Darnold was making his first start since Week 18 last year. He completed 11 of 19 passes for 164 yards without a turnover. D’Onta Foreman ran for 113 yards on 24 carries, and receiver D.J. Moore broke out of a midseason slump with four catches for 103 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown. The Panthers limited Russell Wilson to 19 of 35 passing for 142 yards and sacked him three times, sending the Broncos to their seventh loss in eight games.
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Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, after a brief illness, according to her agent, Lionel Larner.
"One of the world's greatest actresses has died, and one of my best friends has died as well," he told NPR. Jackson died Thursday morning at her home in London, he said.
In addition to a distinguished career that included Oscar, Tony and Emmy awards, Jackson represented her London district as a member of Parliament's House of Commons for 23 years.
Jackson lived her life in three distinct acts. The first, and longest act, was as one of the finest actors of her generation. She blazed hot on the stage, first attracting notice in 1964 with the Royal Shakespeare Company when she played Charlotte Corday in Peter Brook's production of Marat/Sade, set in a mental hospital. (She reprised her role in the 1967 film.)
Jackson's success on stage translated to film. She starred in Ken Russell's 1969 adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel, Women in Love and the romantic comedy, A Touch of Class, with George Segal. She won Academy Awards for both films. Other roles included Sunday Bloody Sunday and Mary, Queen of Scots. Jackson also entered peoples' households as Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC series, Elizabeth R., for which she won two Emmys.
Quite a trajectory for a woman who grew up among the working-class poor, outside of Liverpool, in a flat with an outdoor toilet. Jackson found her calling acting with an amateur group, and ended up with a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
"You learnt that you are your instrument, which is your voice and your shape and how you move," Jackson told Colin Grimshaw in a 1976 interview. "And that can be tuned and toned and kept in trim, ready to actually tackle acting, which is a mysterious process."
New York University theater professor Laurence Maslon said Jackson was a working-class, female version of such British contemporaries as Albert Finney, Michael Caine and Alan Bates. "They were the angry young men, but she was sort of the angry young woman, I suppose," he said. "She certainly had the looks and the skill to transition into film pretty quickly."
But despite great screen and stage success – she starred in Eugene O'Neill's five-hour play, Strange Interlude, in London and on Broadway – Jackson admitted that her profession had its insecurities.
"I think the longer you act, the more you realize you don't know," Jackson told Grimshaw. "The possibilities for making the wrong choices are much greater than the probabilities of making the right ones. And that sort of fear is something that you probably learn to control better, but it doesn't grow any less."
As she was settling into middle age, Jackson was already thinking about her second act. "Certainly, the life of an actress in films is very short. And in the theater, there's a terrible trough when there are no parts worth playing," Jackson explained. "I mean, until you sort of hit about 60 and then a few sort of cracking character parts. And I really can't see myself hanging around for 20 years waiting to play an old biddy in something."
Always a supporter of the Labour Party, Jackson ran for Parliament in 1992 and won. When she stepped down, after serving for more than two decades, she told NPR in 2018, "I enjoyed the constituency responsibilities. I was extremely fortunate. But I must be honest, I don't miss Parliament itself. I mean, I saw egos going up and down those corridors that would not be tolerated for 30 seconds in a professional theater."
But in a moment of political theater, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was eulogized in Parliament in 2013, Jackson took the moment to vociferously criticize her and got roundly booed by Tories on the back bench.
Glenda Jackson's third act was her triumphant return to acting, in her 80s. She starred in Elizabeth is Missing, a television film about woman coping with dementia, as King Lear in both London and New York, and in Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, for which she won a Tony Award in 2018.
When asked about retirement in a 2019 interview on WHYY's Fresh Air, Jackson replied, "Well, if I don't get offered to work, then I'll be retired... I've had a good run."
"I like gardening and I'm a grandma, so I get grandma duty, which is an interesting experience," the legend of British theatre added.
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Parents speak out after 5-month-old infant dies at day care
KING GEORGE COUNTY, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - Two day care workers in the Northern Neck are facing child neglect charges following the death of a 5-month-old earlier this year.
On Feb. 21 at 2:15 p.m., the King George County Sheriff’s Office received a call on an infant CPR in progress from C&A Daycare and Preschool.
Law enforcement and EMS responded, and the child was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital. The child was later pronounced dead.
“He was just the perfect little sweet baby. He was just starting to really laugh and really just growing into himself,” said Kasey Hamlet, the child’s mother.
Hamlet said she remembers Feb. 21 as a typical day until her phone began ringing that afternoon.
“I got a phone call from the day care owner who said, ‘You need to get here right now. It’s an emergency,’” Hamlet said. “I said, ‘What happened?’ and she said, ‘Maxx isn’t breathing.’”
Hamlet said she rushed over to the day care to see CPR being performed on Maxx and later learned he had died.
Hamlet said for weeks, she was left wondering what happened to Maxx until she learned charges were being filed against two day care workers.
“So at that point, I knew that something bad had happened or something warranting them to be charged,” Hamlet said. “They wouldn’t tell me what, so I still had no idea why.”
Toward the end of May, Hamlet said the medical examiner ruled Maxx’s death as complications from COVID, but she said her son never showed any signs of being sick.
“It was just kind of surprising that he could go from being perfectly fine, no distress breathing, not even any congestion, to that causing him to pass away,” Hamlet said.
Almost a month later, the two day care workers had their preliminary hearing in court, where evidence was presented for child neglect.
“That’s when we learned that he was swaddled, placed on his stomach, had two blankets on him, and then was left alone and not checked on for over three hours,” Hamlet said.
According to a Department of Social Services report, an inspection done following Maxx’s death found the day care to have more than 20 violations, including failure to ensure a child’s care, protection and guidance.
Another violation states that the center failed to ensure children under 10 years of age are always within sight of supervision staff.
“To me, ruthless, heinous activity comes to mind when I think of not checking on an infant for three hours or abusing a kid that can’t help himself or can’t come home and tell his mom and dad,” said Trevin Wilson, Maxx’s dad.
As the child care center remains in operation, Maxx’s parents said they want other parents to know their story so it doesn’t happen again.
“All parents need and deserve to have the right to know it’s their kid, what happened to their kid and the actions that they can do to press charges as well,” Wilson said.
According to the sheriff’s office, the infant care portion of the daycare has been suspended following the incident.
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NEW YORK, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Fox Corporation (NASDAQ: FOX, FOXA) resulting from allegations that FOX may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. The prospective class includes those who purchased FOX call options and/or sold put options.
SO WHAT: If you purchased FOX securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=13327 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.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: In the wake of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, Dominion Voting Systems sued FOX for defamation. Dominion's lawsuit alleges that FOX defamed Dominion's business by endorsing, repeating or broadcasting a series of "verifiably false yet devastating lies about Dominion." Dominion claims that various statements that were made on FOX News, including that Dominion committed election fraud by rigging the 2020 election, that Dominion's software and algorithms manipulated vote counts in the 2020 election, that Dominion was founded for the purpose of rigging elections, and that Dominion paid kickbacks to government officials who used its machines, were defamatory and false. Dominion and Fox eventually agreed to settle the case for $787 million.
Beginning in February 2023, specific details emerged of internal discussions at FOX in the wake of the 2020 election, revealing that FOX's senior leaders understood that claims to the effect that Dominion and other entities had rigged the 2020 election were false. As a consequence, FOX faces significant potential legal liability.
As a result of ongoing revelations about FOX's legal exposure in the Dominion lawsuit, FOX's Class A stock has declined from a closing price of $37.03 on February 17, 2023 to a closing price of $32.52 on March 15, 2023, a 12% decline. FOX's Class B stock has declined from a closing price of $34.22 on February 17, 2023 to a closing price of $29.83 on March 15, 2023, a 12% decline.
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa., July 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus Corporation has announced a voluntary field corrective action to address complaints of endobronchial combustion occurring when laser-compatible bronchoscopes are used during therapeutic procedures in combination with laser therapy equipment or argon plasma coagulation (APC).
Olympus assessed the issue after receiving complaints of adverse events involving serious patient injury, and one death, and determined that updated labeling was needed to specify laser compatibility, warn about the risks that can result from incompatible laser use, and reinforce existing laser use warnings. This is not a removal action. Although Olympus received one complaint of endobronchial combustion with APC, the cause of the combustion event could not be determined, and Olympus is not making labeling updates to the use of APC. Patient and healthcare provider safety, and mitigating any potential risks are our top priorities.
Olympus bronchoscopes are intended for use in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment within the airways and the tracheobronchial tree. A total of 32 BF series endoscope models are globally included in this action. Nineteen of those models were distributed in the U.S. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulatory bodies were notified of this action.
Olympus notified customers in the U.S. by letter on June 8, 2023, requesting that health care personnel treating patients using an Olympus bronchofiberscope or bronchovideoscope carefully read the full Medical Device Corrective Action and addendum detailing compatible laser types and ensure all personnel are completely knowledgeable and thoroughly aware that Olympus laser compatible bronchoscopes are compatible only with Nd: YAG laser or 810 nm diode lasers. Olympus has not evaluated any other lasers for compatibility with the indicated bronchoscope models.
Additionally, Olympus is reminding users to pay careful attention to warnings in the Operation Manual on laser cauterization with Olympus bronchoscopes. Olympus Operation Manuals warn not to perform laser cauterization while supplying oxygen. This may result in combustion during cauterization. In addition, to avoid patient injury (burns, bleeding, and perforation) or damage to the device, never emit laser radiation from an approved laser before confirming that an appropriate distance between the target and endoscope's distal end with the tip of the laser probe is in the correct position in the endoscopic image.
Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of these products may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch program online: https://www.fda.gov/safety/medwatch-fda-safety-information-and-adverse-event-reporting-program/reporting-serious-problems-fda.
For information or to report a problem, please contact the Olympus Technical Assistance Center at 800-848-9024, Option 1 or email complaints@olympus.com.
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How to keep your pet safe in hot temperatures
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Every year, when the temperatures get hot, we remind you to take care of your pets as they are at risk of heat exhaustion if they are outside too long.
One emergency veterinarian says they saw five dogs due to heat stroke on Saturday alone. Local Veterinarian Dr. Michelle Townsley shared some tips for keeping dogs safe with the upcoming heat.
Triple-digit heat is dangerous for the dog, and they are at risk of heat stroke if the temperature exceeds 80 degrees. Humidity also makes a difference, so a mix of heat and moisture can be a deadly combo for dogs.
“Heat exhaustion or heat stroke is a big deal,” said Dr. Townsley. “Many people think it needs to be temperatures in the 100′s, but I see them in May; any time it’s above 80. When we think it’s lovely, you’re basking and enjoying the sun. Your pet could be at risk.”
Some dogs are more prone to heat exhaustion than others, so it is also essential to be extra cautious about having certain breeds in the sun for too long. For example, pugs, boston terriers, pitbulls, bulldogs, and others are at a higher risk of heat stroke. Be sure to limit these breeds’ time in the sun to as little as possible.
“Half hour. 45 minutes. I mean, it’s fast,” Dr. Townsley said. “You might not even think about it. If you’re inside cooking, you’re inside doing whatever. It can happen before you know it.”
Dr. Townsley says there are a couple of signs that your dog is becoming overheated. Such as your pet’s gums and tongue becoming brighter than usual or if their limbs appear weaker.
Lastly, it is ideal for dogs to come inside in the air when the temperatures rise, but if they must stay outside, the most effective practice for keeping outdoor dogs safe is to give them lots of shade and water. And not just for drinking -- if your dog gets hot, they can cool off in the water.
Dr. Townsley said the most effective way to keep your dog safe is to monitor their body temperature with a thermometer. When in doubt, call a local vet.
Copyright 2022 KWCH. All rights reserved. | 2022-06-13T03:16:22+00:00 | kwch.com | https://www.kwch.com/2022/06/13/how-keep-your-pet-safe-hot-temperatures/ |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem had pledged to “immediately” call a special legislative session to “guarantee that every unborn child has a right to life in South Dakota” if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But nearly three weeks after that ruling, the first-term Republican remains unusually quiet about exactly what she wants lawmakers to pass.
Noem, widely considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate, isn’t the only GOP governor with national ambitions who followed up calls for swift action with hesitance when justices ended the constitutional right to abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years.
In Arkansas, which like South Dakota had an abortion ban immediately triggered by the court’s ruling, Gov. Asa Hutchinson has said he does not plan to put abortion on the agenda of next month’s special session focused on tax cuts. And in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, a top potential White House contender also running for reelection, has shied away from detailing whether he will push to completely ban abortions despite a pledge to “expand pro-life protections.”
Noem has given no indication of the date, proposals or whether a special session will even happen to anyone beyond a small group of Statehouse leaders. When asked whether the governor still plans to call lawmakers back to the Capitol, her office this week referred to a June statement that indicated it was being planned for “later this year.”
It’s a change of tack from when the Supreme Court’s decision first leaked in May and the governor fired off a tweet saying she would “immediately call for a special session to save lives” if Roe was overturned. The enthusiasm placed Noem, the first woman to hold the governor’s office in South Dakota, in a prominent spot in the anti-abortion movement.
However, as the abortion ban became reality last month, Noem kept her plans a secret besides saying “there is more work to do” and pledging “to help mothers in crisis.”
Some conservatives in the South Dakota Legislature wanted to take aggressive action, including trying to stop organizations or companies from paying for women to travel out of state for an abortion, changing the criminal punishment for performing an abortion and possibly clarifying state law to ensure the ban didn’t affect other medical procedures.
Republican state Sen. Brock Greenfield said many South Dakota lawmakers attending the state party’s convention on June 24, the same day as the Supreme Court ruling, expected Noem would call them back to Pierre this week for a special session, but “obviously that hasn’t come to fruition.”
“It might not be a bad idea to just let the dust settle and proceed very carefully, very strategically as we go forward,” said Greenfield, a former executive director of the state’s most influential anti-abortion group, South Dakota Right to Life.
The caution reflects the evolving landscape of abortion politics, as Republicans navigate an issue that threatens to divide the party while giving Democrats a potential election-year boost.
Nationwide polling conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research before the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe showed it was unpopular, with a majority of Americans wanting to see the court leave the precedent intact. Subsequent polling since the ruling showed that a growing number of Americans, particularly Democrats, cited abortion or women’s rights as priorities at the ballot box.
In political battleground states, some other prominent GOP governors — including possible White House contenders — haven’t charged to enact abortion bans.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has said he considers the abortion question settled in his state, pointing to a 1991 law that protects abortion rights. However, he has resisted efforts by the Democratic-controlled legislature to expand abortion access.
Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, also considered a potential presidential contender, wants lawmakers in the politically divided General Assembly to take up legislation next year, saying he personally would favor banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
During an online forum with abortion opponents he said he would “gleefully” sign any bill “to protect life” but acknowledged that Virginia’s political reality might require compromise.
“My goal is that we … in fact get a bill to sign,” he said. “It won’t be the bill that we all want.”
In the wake of South Dakota banning abortions, Noem took a softer approach on the issue by launching a website for pregnant women. She even seemed warm to the idea of pushing for state-backed paid family leave.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is in a closely watched gubernatorial race with Democrat Beto O’Rourke, took a similar approach to the high court ruling that could make it the most populous state to ban abortions. He issued a statement saying Texas “prioritized supporting women’s healthcare and expectant mothers” and pointed to efforts to expand programs for women’s health as well as fund organizations that dissuade women from having an abortion.
States with the nation’s strictest abortion laws, such as Texas and South Dakota, also have some of the worst rates of first-trimester prenatal care, as well as uninsured children in poverty, according to an AP analysis of federal data.
South Dakota Right to Life’s current executive director Dale Bartscher suggested Noem’s action in a special session could be part of a turn in strategy: “An entirely new pro-life movement has just begun — we stand ready to serve women, the unborn and families.”
He said he had been communicating with the governor’s office on her plans but declined to detail them.
But Noem in recent weeks has faced questioning for her stance that the only exception to the state’s abortion ban should be to save the life of a mother, even if she has been raped, became pregnant through incest or is a child.
It’s also not clear where she stands on some conservative lawmakers’ desire to target organizations and companies that are helping women leave the state to access abortion services — a proposition that could undermine Noem’s efforts to attract businesses to the state.
Brockfield warned that a special legislative session could result in “a whole lot of arguments over whether we’re going too far, or whether we haven’t gone far enough.”
At the same time, abortion rights protesters have shown up at Noem’s campaign office and named her in chants decrying the state’s ban. They see momentum growing for an effort to restore some abortion rights in the state through a 2024 ballot measure, pointing out that South Dakota voters in 2006 and 2008 rejected Republican state lawmakers’ efforts to ban the procedure.
“I’ve lived in this state my whole life and I’ve never seen people show up to protest for this issue like they have in recent weeks,” said Kim Floren, who helps run an abortion access fund called Justice Empowerment Network.
The fund has also been strategizing for a special session, including hiring legal representation and planning protests in Pierre, Floren said.
Their desires may be dismissed in South Dakota’s Statehouse, where Republicans hold 90% of seats, but abortion rights advocates say there is a fresh urgency in alerting voters to the potential impact of the state abortion ban.
“We’re going to see people die,” said Callan Baxter, president of the South Dakota chapter of the National Organization for Women. “We’re going to see some real life consequences and the exposure is going to have a big impact legislatively going forward.”
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Associated Press reporters Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Virginia; Brian Witte in Annapolis, Maryland; and Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock, Arkansas, contributed. | 2022-07-15T05:44:30+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/politics/ap-politics/gop-governors-mulling-2024-run-arent-rushing-abortion-laws/ |
Top Nuggets vs. Heat Players to Watch - NBA Finals Game 1
The Denver Nuggets (53-29) take on the Miami Heat (44-38) at 8:30 PM ET on Thursday at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets is a player to watch in this game.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to look out for in this matchup, which you can watch on ABC with a seven-day free trial to Fubo!
How to Watch Nuggets vs. Heat
- Game Day: Thursday, June 1
- Game Time: 8:30 PM ET
- Arena: Ball Arena
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Nuggets' Last Game
The Nuggets were victorious in their previous game against the Lakers, 113-111, on Monday. Jokic was their top scorer with 30 points.
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Heat's Last Game
The Heat won their most recent game against the Celtics, 103-84, on Monday. Jimmy Butler led the way with 28 points, and also had seven boards and six assists.
Nuggets vs Heat Additional Info
Nuggets Players to Watch
- Jokic leads his team in points (24.5), rebounds (11.8) and assists (9.8) per game, shooting 63.2% from the field. At the other end, he averages 1.3 steals and 0.7 blocked shots.
- Jamal Murray posts 20 points, 3.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 1 steal and 0.2 blocked shots.
- Aaron Gordon is putting up 16.3 points, 3 assists and 6.6 rebounds per contest.
- Bruce Brown puts up 11.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, shooting 48.3% from the field and 35.8% from downtown with 1.1 made 3-pointers per game.
- Michael Porter Jr. puts up 17.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1 assists per game, shooting 48.7% from the field and 41.4% from downtown with 3 made 3-pointers per contest (eighth in NBA).
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Heat Players to Watch
- Adebayo is averaging team highs in points (20.4 per game) and rebounds (9.2). And he is delivering 3.2 assists, making 54% of his shots from the floor.
- Butler is the Heat's top assist man (5.3 per game), and he delivers 22.9 points and 5.9 rebounds.
- Max Strus is putting up 11.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, making 41% of his shots from the field and 35% from beyond the arc, with 2.5 treys per contest.
- The Heat receive 9.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game from Caleb Martin.
- Kyle Lowry is putting up 11.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, making 40.4% of his shots from the floor and 34.5% from 3-point range, with 1.9 treys per game.
Top Performers (Last 10 Games)
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'Wicked smaht' kids find hand grenade while out for a walk
Two boys in Massachusetts are being praised for their "wicked smahts" after discovering a potentially dangerous object while out on a walk.
Police in Wrentham, which is about 30 miles southwest of Boston, said the 12-year-olds happened upon a hand grenade in the woods.
The boys were hiking along a path when they spotted a pile of trash.
"Like all curious kids do," Chief Bill McGrath wrote, "they inspect the debris" — and this is where the "smaht" comes in.
When they realized they were looking at a potentially dangerous military weapon, the boys "used their noggins!" and resisted the urge to touch.
"They DID NOT give it a little "test push" with their foot and DID NOT pick that grenade up for closer inspection," McGrath said.
Instead, they took a picture, made a mental note of their location and went home to tell their parents, who called 911.
Image: Wrentham Police Department
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Wrentham police and fire — and the bomb squad — headed out to the site and determined the grenade was real.
"Luckily, it had been hollowed out and therefore harmless, but the boys had no way to know that when they found it," McGrath wrote.
"Thankfully, two wicked smaht kids did the right thing and we all benefit from the lesson."
This story was reported from Detroit. | 2023-01-31T18:39:14+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/wicked-smaht-kids-find-hand-grenade-while-out-for-a-walk |
SOLAR 2022: Energy Transition with Economic Justice
June 21-24, 2022 | Albuquerque, NM + Online
BOULDER, Colo., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Welcome summer at SOLAR 2022 next week in Albuquerque. ASES's 51st annual National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2022! ASES is partnering with their New Mexico Chapter, the New Mexico Solar Energy Association (NMSEA), commemorating 50 years of NMSEA!
The conference, taking place June 21-24 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, will be a hybrid conference, with both online and in-person attendance options. The conference will feature 50 sessions, workshops, tours, and forums and over 150 live speakers.
ASES Chair Robert Foster welcomes all, "Bienvenidos, please join the American Solar Energy Society at its annual national conference next week in Albuquerque in collaboration with the New Mexico Solar Energy Association. New Mexico has always been a solar leader from the Pueblos passive solar architecture used for thousands of years, to our many solar pioneers and heroes many of whom will be attending. Come learn about cutting edge solar innovations and technologies, as well as participate in our local tours of state of the art solar and energy storage projects. The Solar Fiesta is free and will be open to the public on Friday, June 24th and all are welcome. Nos vemos pronto."
On June 19, there will be a Climate Ride fundraiser/bike ride. There are spots available for these activities and more - but space is limited - so be sure to register soon.
Featured Speaker & Session Highlights:
- Tuesday, June 21 - Opening Reception featuring local poets Beata Tsosie Peña, Jimmy Santiago Baca and Hakim Bellamy plus a special presentation from Noam Chomsky.
- Wednesday, June 22 - Governments' Role in the Renewable Energy Transformation featuring Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico Governor, Martin Heinrich, United States Senator of. New Mexico, Ron Darnell, Senior Vice President for Public Policy at PNM and Dave Renné, Past President of the International Solar Energy Society.
- Thursday, June 23 - Ensuring a Just & Equitable Transformation featuring Shalanda Baker, Secretarial Advisor on Equity and Deputy Director for Energy Justice at the Department of Energy (DOE), Wahleah Johns, Director of the U.S. DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, Jonathan Nez, President of the Navajo Nation and Nicole Sitaraman, Deputy Director Office of Public Participation at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
- Friday, June 24 - Solar Design, Architecture and the Future of Solar Education featuring Ed Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030, Sandra Begay, Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, Dan Arvizu, New Mexico State University (NMSU) Chancellor and Gigi Goldman and Hal Aronson co-founders of We Share Solar
All the sessions will be live streamed for viewing in real-time, and available later in a recorded format. The technical sessions include tracks such as Energy Transformation, Economic Justice, and Buildings Innovations. Additionally, the conference will feature ASES Annual Awards Banquet on June 22, NMSEA's 50th anniversary celebration event on June 23, a tour of local Albuquerque solar sites on June 25, NABCEP registered workshops June 23 and 24 and more.
Friday, June 24, will also feature a special Solar Fiesta and EV Show open to the public from 9:00am-3:00pm MDT just outside the Student Union Building (SUB) in the Cornell Mall area of the UNM campus. The event will have vendors from around the Albuquerque area, EVs to check out, live music, solar cookers and more. The event will also have a free Solar 101 Workshop inside the SUB for members of the public to learn more about solar energy. The online schedule for the conference and other details can be found at ases.org/conference.
There will be a variety of networking opportunities available in this year's hybrid format for all attendees. Join ASES online and/or in-person in Albuquerque for the summer solstice at SOLAR 2022! Register online today.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks and Memphis Grizzlies aren’t saying whether their star players will be available Wednesday night as both teams try to avoid falling into 0-2 holes before hitting the road in their respective first-round series.
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Memphis’ Ja Morant both exited their series openers Sunday after getting hurt on drives to the basket, with Antetokounmpo bruising his lower back and Morant aggravating an already injured right hand.
Antetokounmpo didn’t practice Tuesday, but the Bucks haven’t ruled out the possibility the two-time MVP could play Wednesday in Game 2 against the Miami Heat. The Grizzlies called Morant a game-time decision against the Los Angeles Lakers after an MRI revealed no ligament damage.
An injury report released Tuesday listed Antetokounmpo as doubtful and Morant as questionable.
“We have 24-plus hours before game time, so he’ll get treatment,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said Tuesday afternoon. “We’ll see how he feels. I think there’s been a lot of progress. Hopefully there’s more in the next day or so.”
During the portion of Tuesday’s Grizzlies practice open to reporters, Morant didn't use his right hand at all. He used his left hand to help rebound and put up a couple of shots. He finished the session with a bag of ice wrapped over his right hand.
“Symptoms are slightly improving from the other night. ... He’s going to come in and get working in the morning and test it out, see how is feeling," Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said.
Antetokounmpo has a history of making rapid recoveries from injuries.
The most notable example came two years ago during the Bucks’ championship run. Antetokounmpo hyperextended his right knee during the Eastern Conference finals and missed the final two games of the Bucks’ 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, but he was named the MVP of the NBA Finals after averaging 35.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and five assists in the 4-2 triumph over the Phoenix Suns, including a 50-point performance in the title-clinching win.
This season, Antetokounmpo sprained his right wrist just before the All-Star break but was back in the starting lineup for the Bucks’ next game, just four days after heading to New York to have the wrist examined.
“I would say we’re optimistic,” Budenholzer said.
Both teams have shown they can bounce back from losses in series openers.
The Grizzlies fell behind 1-0 in their first-round series with the Minnesota Timberwolves last year before winning in six games. The Bucks have lost Game 1 six previous times during Budenholzer’s tenure and won five of those series.
“I’m not necessarily saying that you’re going to fight back all the time, but I think it kind of tests you in a different way,” Bucks forward Bobby Portis said. “Sometimes those tests can be good for a team.”
LAKERS AT GRIZZLIES
Los Angeles leads 1-0. Game 2, 6:30 p.m. CDT, TNT
— NEED TO KNOW: The Lakers got big performances from Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves to win the series opener at Memphis, which had the NBA’s best regular-season home record at 35-6. Hachimura had a playoff career-high 29 points. Reaves had 23, including nine in the closing minutes. Anthony Davis had 22 points and LeBron James 21, marking the first time since 1988 that the Lakers had four 20-point scorers in a single playoff game.
— KEEP AN EYE ON: Rebound margin. The Lakers outrebounded the Grizzlies 45-34 and outscored them 22-10 in second-chance points in Game 1. The absence of Steven Adams due to a knee injury and key reserve Brandon Clarke with a torn Achilles leaves the Grizzlies with a lack of size.
— INJURY WATCH: Morant’s status obviously is critical. Davis hurt his right shoulder but missed only the final 75 seconds of the second quarter with the stinger.
— PRESSURE IS ON: Grizzlies guard Luke Kennard. After leading the NBA in 3-point percentage (.494) for a second straight season, Kennard was just 1 of 4 from beyond the arc in Game 1. The Grizzlies need more from him.
HEAT AT BUCKS
Miami leads 1-0. Game 2, 8 p.m. CDT, NBATV
— NEED TO KNOW: Jimmy Butler had 35 points and the Heat set a playoff franchise single-game scoring record in a 130-117 Game 1 victory over the Bucks on Sunday. The Heat are trying to stage a repeat of the 2020 postseason, when they took an early 3-0 lead over a top-seeded Milwaukee team and went on to eliminate the Bucks 4-1 in the second round. The Bucks have lost Game 1 six previous times during Mike Budenholzer’s tenure and won five of those series.
— KEEP AN EYE ON: Miami’s shooting. The Heat ranked 26th in the NBA in field-goal percentage (.460) and 27th in 3-point percentage (.344) during the regular season, but they shot 59.5% (50 of 84) from the floor and 60% (15 of 25) from 3-point range in Game 1.
— INJURY WATCH: Antetokounmpo wasn’t the only notable player to get injured in Game 1. Miami’s Tyler Herro broke his right hand while diving for a loose ball late in the first half. He probably won’t play again this season unless the Heat reach the NBA Finals. ... Milwaukee's Wesley Matthews, who played 18 minutes in Game 1, has been ruled out for Wednesday due to a strained right calf.
— PRESSURE IS ON: Bucks guard Jrue Holiday. Although Holiday had 16 points and 16 assists in Game 1, he shot just 6 of 18 from the floor and 2 of 9 from 3-point range. The Bucks will need Holiday and Khris Middleton, who had 33 points in Game 1, to shoulder more of the scoring load if they don’t have Antetokounmpo.
TIMBERWOLVES AT NUGGETS
Denver leads 1-0. Game 2, 9 p.m. CDT, TNT
— NEED TO KNOW: Jamal Murray had 24 points, eight rebounds and eight assists as the Nuggets rolled to a 109-80 Game 1 victory over the Timberwolves on Sunday. That puts some pressure on the Timberwolves, who have never won a series after falling behind 2-0.
— KEEP AN EYE ON: Denver’s defense. The Nuggets held the Timberwolves to their lowest point total of the season Sunday.
— INJURY WATCH: Jaden McDaniels is Minnesota’s best perimeter defender, but he broke his right hand punching a wall in the Timberwolves’ final regular-season game. His presence was missed as the Timberwolves allowed Denver to make 16 3-point baskets Sunday. … Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has been dealing with back trouble, though he still played in Game 1.
— PRESSURE IS ON: Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns. He shot 5 of 15 overall and 1 of 7 from 3-point range in Game 1. He had nearly as many turnovers (four) as baskets (five). | 2023-04-19T01:56:37+00:00 | leadertelegram.com | https://www.leadertelegram.com/sports/giannis-doubtful-morant-questionable-heading-into-wednesday/article_2a3030cc-de4e-11ed-b42e-7fa252ea3d49.html |
BigID builds a Connected App, Powered by Snowflake, to Increase Data Security for All Data, Everywhere
LAS VEGAS, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leading platform for data security, privacy, compliance, and governance, today announced at Snowflake's annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2023, the launch of its privacy and security connected application, Powered by Snowflake. The connected application enables customers to accelerate security analytics within the Snowflake Data Cloud for faster data risk identification and mitigation.
"Analyzing the findings from BigID Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Governance in Snowflake gives customers a deeper understanding of their data to quickly take action to reduce risk for all data, including both structured and unstructured data," said Nimrod Vax, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at BigID. "We are delighted to announce the availability of our connected app on the Snowflake Data Cloud. Joint customers can benefit from the power of BigID's data discovery and classification combined with the speed and scale of Snowflake's single, integrated platform to accelerate value from their security analytics."
BigID automatically classifies data and applies policies to identify sensitive data across a customer's entire data landscape that is subject to security and/or privacy regulations such as CCPA or GDPR. Powered by Snowflake allows BigID to enable customers to leverage the Snowflake Data Cloud to run security analytics with BigID metadata to deliver advanced insight and protection of their data.
"Data security is essential and the security data lake is the future of security operations," said Omer Singer, Head of Cybersecurity Strategy, Snowflake. "Customers analyzing BigID results on Snowflake can now easily combine data discovery and classification insights with logs and alerts from other security tools, resulting in more holistic and effective threat detection and response."
To learn more about how to use Snowflake Data Cloud for Data Security with BigID, click here.
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About BigID
BigID's data intelligence platform enables organizations to know their enterprise data and take action for privacy, security, and governance. Customers deploy BigID to proactively discover, manage, protect, and get more value from their regulated, sensitive, and personal data across their data landscape. BigID has been recognized for its data intelligence innovation as a 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100, the 2021 Inc 5000 as the #19th fastest growing company and #1 in Security, a Business Insider 2020 AI Startup to Watch, and an RSA Innovation Sandbox winner. Find out more at https://bigid.com.
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TX Austin/San Antonio TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, July 28, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for South Central Texas
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
TXZ192-292100-
Travis-
Including the city of Austin
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
$$
TXZ205-292100-
Bexar-
Including the city of San Antonio
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 99. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up
to 110.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ183-292100-
Val Verde-
Including the city of Del Rio
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then becoming partly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ220-292100-
Atascosa-
Including the city of Pleasanton
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 102.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to
110.
$$
TXZ187-292100-
Bandera-
Including the city of Bandera
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ193-292100-
Bastrop-
Including the city of Bastrop
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ190-292100-
Blanco-
Including the city of Blanco
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ172-292100-
Burnet-
Including the city of Burnet
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ208-292100-
Caldwell-
Including the city of Lockhart
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
$$
TXZ206-292100-
Comal-
Including the city of New Braunfels
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs around
100. Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around
100. Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100.
$$
TXZ224-292100-
De Witt-
Including the city of Cuero
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Highest heat index
readings up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Highest heat index
readings up to 106.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Highest heat
index readings up to 110.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Highest heat index readings up to
110.
$$
TXZ228-292100-
Dimmit-
Including the city of Carrizo Springs
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 104. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 106 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to
110.
$$
TXZ184-292100-
Edwards-
Including the city of Rocksprings
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ209-292100-
Fayette-
Including the city of La Grange
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
chance of thunderstorms with a slight chance of showers this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
$$
TXZ219-292100-
Frio-
Including the city of Pearsall
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Hot with highs around 103. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 105 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Hot with highs 100 to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to
110.
$$
TXZ188-292100-
Gillespie-
Including the city of Fredericksburg
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ223-292100-
Gonzales-
Including the city of Gonzales
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs
in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent. Highest heat index readings up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat
index readings up to 110.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
$$
TXZ207-292100-
Guadalupe-
Including the city of Seguin
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 101. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ191-292100-
Hays-
Including the city of San Marcos
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs
in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ222-292100-
Karnes-
Including the city of Karnes City
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ189-292100-
Kendall-
Including the city of Boerne
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ186-292100-
Kerr-
Including the city of Kerrville
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ202-292100-
Kinney-
Including the city of Brackettville
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 100. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ225-292100-
Lavaca-
Including the city of Hallettsville
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the
upper 90s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Highest heat index readings up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Highest heat
index readings up to 106.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Highest
heat index readings up to 107.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Highest
heat index readings up to 110.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
$$
TXZ194-292100-
Lee-
Including the city of Giddings
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs
around 100. Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up
to 110.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ171-292100-
Llano-
Including the city of Llano
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 99. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100.
$$
TXZ217-292100-
Maverick-
Including the city of Eagle Pass
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 104. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 105 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to
110.
$$
TXZ204-292100-
Medina-
Including the city of Hondo
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ185-292100-
Real-
Including the city of Leakey
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ203-292100-
Uvalde-
Including the city of Uvalde
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Hot with
highs around 101. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ173-292100-
Williamson-
Including the city of Georgetown
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
TXZ221-292100-
Wilson-
Including the city of Floresville
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot
with highs around 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. Highest heat
index readings up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Highest heat index readings up to 110.
$$
TXZ218-292100-
Zavala-
Including the city of Crystal City
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 29 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Highest heat index readings
up to 105 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Highest heat index readings up to 105.
$$
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | 2022-07-29T09:11:38+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/TX-Austin-San-Antonio-TX-Zone-Forecast-17337506.php |
HOUSTON, TX, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston Natural Resources Corp. ("HNRC or the Company") provided an update on its strategy to invest and sponsor Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations ("SPACs").
The company intends to invest in a second SPAC that has filed an S-1 registration statement this month for a $100 million dollar offering. It intends to list by the end of the second quarter of 2022.
The company sponsored a successful $86 million NYSE listing of an energy focused SPAC during the first quarter of 2022. HNRC is currently evaluating six other SPAC opportunities and has identified a third SPAC for listing in the third quarter.
This strategy will result in a dividend to its shareholders, after the lock up period has expired, on each of the SPAC investments. This would provide quarterly dividends through the end of 2023.
The company expects to realize at least $3m on each of its SPAC investments to be added to its existing earnings in 2022 and 2023. This could provide shareholders with more than $0.30c per share in annual dividends.
The company is evaluating sponsoring other energy focused SPACS, including traditional oil and gas, renewable energy and waste to energy opportunities.
About Houston Natural Resources Corp
Houston Natural Resources Corp (www.hnrcholdings.com). The company is a diversified holding company with business operations and investments. The portfolio companies include investments in energy, information technology and healthcare.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
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SOURCE Houston Natural Resources Corp. | 2022-05-26T16:50:58+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2022/05/26/hnrc-updates-second-100-million-dollar-spac/ |
DENVER (AP) — Denver’s district attorney says she is opening a grand jury investigation into the actions of three police officers who wounded six bystanders while shooting at an armed suspect in a crowded downtown Denver nightlife zone last month.
The officers had already been placed on administrative leave pending a separate internal investigation into the July 17 shooting, which happened as dozens of patrons left bars that were closing for the night in the city’s Lower Downtown neighborhood.
“The public’s interest in this particular shooting incident is understandably high,” District Attorney Beth McCann said in a statement announcing the new investigation on Tuesday. “For the community to trust in the outcome from this incident, it is important that independent members of the community review the facts, evidence and law regarding whether these officers should be criminally charged.”
Police have said the three officers, whose names have not been made public, fired seven times in the confrontation with suspect Jordan Waddy, who police say was armed. The gunfire erupted as a nearby group of partygoers left a bar and gathered at a food truck.
The officers were following Waddy, 21, after they saw him punch another man during a fight, police have said.
Bodycam footage released by Denver police on Tuesday appears to show Waddy holding a pistol and throwing it to the ground as the officers opened fire. Police previously said Waddy was holding a firearm before the shooting.
At least one officer shot at Waddy while facing a crowd of people gathered behind the suspect, the footage shows. When the shots were fired, the crowd scattered. Some people fell to the ground in a rush to escape and others ducked behind the food truck or crawled on all fours.
Waddy, who suffered non life-threatening injuries, was arrested on suspicion of felony menacing and possession of a handgun by a previous offender. Court records said he is represented by a lawyer from the public defender’s office, which does not comment on cases.
Six bystanders were injured and authorities have said all received hospital treatment for non life-threatening injuries.
Siddhartha Rathod, an attorney representing the injured bystanders, welcomed the investigation announced by McCann.
Willis Small IV, 24, said in an interview that he was near the food truck when he felt a bullet or bullet fragment penetrate his left foot. Small looked down to see a hole through his shoe, hopped to his car and drove to the hospital.
Yekalo Weldehiwet, 26, was outside the bar after celebrating his fiance’s brother’s 23rd birthday when a bullet shattered a bone in his upper arm. His right arm went limp, “like a noodle,” he said, and he held it with his left arm as he sprinted away.
Bailey Alexander, 24, who was waiting in line at the food truck with her boyfriend, said she felt blood rushing down her body after a bullet or bullet fragment went through her upper back and exited her right arm. Alexander’s boyfriend held her up by the waist as they fled.
Speaking to reporters last month, Denver police Cmdr. Matt Clark said that officials “are deeply concerned for those who were injured during the incident and are working to provide all resources and support to them as they heal.”
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Jesse Bedayn is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Bedayn on Twitter. | 2022-08-18T19:47:04+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/probe-opened-into-denver-police-shooting-that-injured-6/ |
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate voted Friday to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, but the bill requires more work and negotiations before it can become law.
The vote was 34-33, with all Democrats voting yes and all Republicans voting no. There are several differences between the Senate bill and the companion version that passed the House 71-59 on Tuesday, so a House-Senate conference committee will need to resolve them before final votes in each chamber.
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has pledged to sign the bill once it reaches his desk. It seeks to replace the illicit market for marijuana with a legal and regulated market, and to expunge the criminal records of residents who’ve been convicted of nonviolent marijuana offenses such as simple possession.
“The prohibition of cannabis is a failed system that has not achieved the desired goals and has had incredible costs for our communities, especially for communities of color,” the lead author, Democratic Sen. Lindsey Port, of Burnsville, told her colleagues.
Port said lawmakers have an “opportunity to undo some of the harm that has been done and create a unique system of regulation that works for Minnesota consumers and businesses, while ensuring an opportunity in this new market for communities that have been most affected by prohibition.”
Republican senators argued during the debate that the bill isn’t ready to become law this year and needs more work. They expressed concerns about the impacts on traffic safety and crime, addiction and other mental health issues. They objected because local governments would be barred under the bill from disallowing cannabis sales if they don’t want them. And they said they weren’t reassured by the experiences of other states that have legalized it.
“We’re opening a door that is going to be very difficult to close, and it’s going to be very difficult to put the genie back on the bottle once this occurs,” said Republican Sen. Warren Limmer, of Maple Grove, the lead Republican on the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.
Both versions of the bill run over 300 pages. Among the major differences, the Senate version allows people to possess up to 5 pounds of cannabis flower at home, though only 2 pounds could be from sources other than home-grown. The House limit is 1.5 pounds whatever the source. The tax rate on cannabis products in the Senate bill is 10%, compared to 8% in the House version.
Minnesota would become the 23rd state after Delaware to legalize adult-use cannabis. Marijuana would become legal to possess this summer, including home-growing up to eight plants at a time. But sponsors say it will take a year or more of regulatory work before dispensaries could start retail sales. | 2023-04-29T10:49:47+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/senate-vote-puts-minnesota-on-path-to-legalizing-marijuana/ |
Facebook owner Meta unveils $1,500 VR headset
Facebook parent Meta unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset Tuesday with the hope that people will soon be using it to work and play in the still-elusive place called the “metaverse.”
The $1,500 Meta Quest Pro headset sports high-resolution sensors that let people see mixed virtual and augmented reality in full color, as well as eye tracking and so-called “natural facial expressions” that mimic the wearer’s facial movements so their avatars appear natural when interacting with other avatars in virtual-reality environments.
Formerly known as Facebook, Meta is in the midst of a corporate transformation that it says will take years to complete. It wants to evolve from a provider of social platforms to a dominant power in a nascent virtual-reality construct called the metaverse — sort of like the internet brought to life, or at least rendered in 3D.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has described the metaverse as an immersive virtual environment, a place people can virtually “enter” rather than just staring at it on a screen. The company is investing billions in its metaverse plans that will likely take years to pay off.
VR headsets are already popular with some gamers, but Meta knows that won’t be enough to make the metaverse mainstream. As such, it’s setting office — and home office — workers in its sights.
“Meta is positioning the new Meta Quest Pro headset as an alternative to using a laptop,” said to Rolf Illenberger, founder and managing director of VRdirect, which builds VR environments for businesses. But he added that for businesses, operating in the virtual worlds of the metaverse is still “quite a stretch.”
Meta also announced that its metaverse avatars will soon have legs — an important detail that’s been missing since the avatars made their debut last year.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-12T08:11:42+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2022/10/12/facebook-owner-meta-unveils-1500-vr-headset/ |
A Wayne County man will serve more than nine years in state prison for killing two people and injuring another in separate head-on collisions while driving under the influence.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump.
The case against Igor Danchenko was the third and possibly final case brought by Special Counsel John Durham as part of his probe into how the FBI conducted its own investigation into allegations of collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
The first two cases ended in an acquittal and a guilty plea with a sentence of probation.
Danchenko betrayed no emotion as the verdict was read. His wife wiped away tears after the clerk read the final “not guilty” to the four counts he faced.
Danchenko didn’t comment after the hearing, but his lawyer, Stuart Sears, spoke briefly to reporters, saying, “We’ve known all along that Mr. Danchenko is innocent. We’re happy now that the American public knows that as well.”
The jury reached its verdict after roughly nine hours of deliberations over two days. One juror, Joel Greene of Vienna, Virginia, said there were no real disputes among the jury and that jurors just wanted to be thorough in reviewing the four counts.
The acquittal marked a significant setback for Durham. Despite hopes by Trump supporters that the prosecutor would uncover a sweeping conspiracy within the FBI and other agencies to derail his candidacy, the three-year investigation failed to produce evidence that met those expectations. The sole conviction — an FBI lawyer admitted altering an email related to the surveillance of a former Trump aide — was for conduct uncovered not by Durham but by the Justice Department’s inspector general, and the two cases that Durham took to trials ended in full acquittals.
Durham declined comment after the hearing, but he said in a statement issued through the Justice Department: “While we are disappointed in the outcome, we respect the jury’s decision and thank them for their service. I also want to recognize and thank the investigators and the prosecution team for their dedicated efforts in seeking truth and justice in this case.”
He issued an identical statement after the first trial ended in acquittal.
The Danchenko case was the first of the three to delve deeply into the origins of the “Steele dossier,” a compendium of allegations that Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was colluding with the Kremlin.
Most famously, it alleged that the Russians could have blackmail material on Trump for his supposed interactions with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel. Trump derided the dossier as fake news and a political witch hunt when it became public in 2017.
Danchenko, by his own admission, was responsible for 80% of the raw intelligence in the dossier and half of the accompanying analysis, though trial testimony indicated that Danchenko was shocked and dismayed about how Steele presented the material and portrayed it as factual when Danchenko considered it more to be rumor and speculation.
Prosecutors said that if Danchenko had been more honest about his sources, the FBI might not have treated the dossier so credulously. As it turned out, the FBI used material from the dossier to support applications for warrantless surveillance of a Trump campaign official, Carter Page, even though the FBI never was able to corroborate a single allegation in the dossier.
Prosecutors said Danchenko lied about the identity of his own sources for the material he gave to Steele. The specific charges against Danchenko allege that he essentially fabricated one of his sources when the FBI interviewed him to determine how he derived the material he provided for the dossier.
Danchenko told the FBI that some of the material came when he received an anonymous call from a man he believed to be Sergei Millian, a former president of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Prosecutors said Danchenko’s story made no sense. They said that phone records show no evidence of a call, and that Danchenko had no reason to believe Millian, a Trump supporter he’d never met, was suddenly going to be willing to provide disparaging information about Trump to a stranger.
Danchenko’s lawyers, as a starting point, maintain that Danchenko never said he talked with Millian. He only guessed that Millian might have been the caller when the FBI asked him to speculate. And they said he shouldn’t be convicted of a crime for making a guess at the FBI’s invitation.
That said, Danchenko’s lawyers say, he had good reason to believe the caller may well have been Millian. The call came just a few days after Danchenko had reached out to Millian over email after a mutual acquaintance brokered a connection over email.
And Danchenko’s lawyers say it’s irrelevant that his phone records don’t show a call because Danchenko told the FBI from the start that the call might have taken place over a secure mobile app for which he had no records.
The jury began deliberations Monday afternoon after hearing closing arguments on four counts. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga threw out a fifth count, saying prosecutors had failed to prove it as a matter of law.
Trenga nearly threw out all of the charges before the trial began, citing the legal strength of Danchenko’s defense, but allowed the case to proceed in what he described as “an extremely close call.”
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Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report. | 2022-10-19T20:25:05+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/political-news/ap-politics/ap-analyst-acquitted-at-trial-over-discredited-trump-dossier/ |
CHANEY, Betty Jo
Betty Jo Chaney, age 89, of Middletown, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022. She was born March 7, 1933, in Middletown, Ohio, the daughter of Walter and Alma (Fisher) Kuiken. Betty worked for 31 years at Armco General Offices. She loved to travel. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edgar Chaney; brother-in-law, Roy Brown Jr. and nephew, Leslie Brown.
Betty is survived by her sister, Patricia Brown; nephew, Larry (Jeanie) Brown and great-niece, Natalie Brown. Services will be private at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Care of Middletown, 4418 Lewis St., B, Middletown, OH 45044. Please visit www.breitenbach-anderson.com to leave online condolences to the family.
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45044 | 2022-07-29T05:42:51+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/obituaries/chaney-betty-jo/ZIR2KCUNLRGNVJMZVWOKPQDM3U/ |
Ex-Aviators catcher ready for starting role with Athletics
Updated March 5, 2023 - 7:49 pm
The Oakland Athletics sent a message about their belief in one of their top prospects when they traded budding star catcher Sean Murphy on Dec. 12.
Shea Langeliers, named the organization’s 2022 Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America for his impressive work with the Aviators, is ready for prime time as the team’s regular catcher.
“He’s a big leaguer,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said after his team wrapped up a two-game exhibition series with a 12-4 loss to the Reds in front of 8,024 on Sunday at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Langeliers, a first-round pick of the Braves out of Baylor in 2019, hit .283 with 19 home runs and 56 RBIs in 92 games last season for the Aviators before making his MLB debut Aug. 16 and playing 40 games for Oakland.
“He’s a great learner, and he’s got a passion for the game and a passion for the position, which is what it takes to be great at that position,” Kotsay said. “He’s young. He’ll have some inexperience things that take place this season, but I’ve been impressed with the steady growth we’ve seen since he came to the big leagues.”
The 25-year-old showed enough to allow the A’s to trade Murphy, who subsequently signed a six-year, $73 million deal in Atlanta.
“The past couple years have been a whirlwind, and that was part of it,” Langeliers said of learning about the trade. “It’s been crazy, but everything happens for a reason. I was blessed to be working behind him last year and watching how he handled himself and how he prepared, how he handled the pitchers and his relationship with them. Being in that situation, I just tried to be a sponge, soak up everything I could, learn from it and keep getting better.”
It has been a steady ascension for Langeliers, who spent the remainder of 2019 in Single A after the draft. He didn’t play a minor league game in the 2020 COVID season and was assigned to Double A in 2021, finishing the season with one series in Triple A before he was traded to the Athletics’ organization. Oakland kept him in Triple A for less than a full season with the Aviators before he got the call.
Langeliers had six home runs and 22 RBIs in 142 at-bats for Oakland, but his focus always has been on defense despite his plus-bat.
“If I can get to know the pitchers and make them feel as comfortable as possible, that’s one thing I’m looking to do,” Langeliers said. “If they have a good year, we as a team have a good year. It starts with that. Anything offensively is a plus. My focus is definitely catching and dealing with the pitchers.”
That’s one of the reasons he caught the first two innings Sunday despite a heavy workload Saturday. All-Star Paul Blackburn got the start for the Athletics, and Kotsay wanted to see him throw to Langeliers because the pitcher suffered a season-ending finger injury just before Langeliers got called up.
“This was the first time I ever threw to him (in a game), said Blackburn, who battled through 10 batters and allowed six runs on five hits. “Just from watching him and how he approaches his day, you can just see he’s a pro. He’s got all the talent in the world. He can hit, he can throw. He’s smart. Calls a good game. I feel like the more we get to work together, the better we’ll be together. He’s someone you never have to worry about as far as doing the work or being ready.”
Langeliers, who struck out in his only plate appearance Sunday and is 5-for-12 with a home run and three RBIs this spring, looks back on his partial season with the Aviators fondly and was pleased to be back for the weekend. He also thinks his time in Las Vegas playing every day in a notoriously hitter-friendly league helped him get better as a catcher.
“You have to be more on top of your game plan here and more aware of what hitters are trying to do,” he said. “It really helps you focus more on game-planning and taking that part of your game to the next level.”
Contact Adam Hill at ahill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AdamHillLVRJ on Twitter. | 2023-03-06T04:33:36+00:00 | reviewjournal.com | https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/aviators/ex-aviators-catcher-ready-for-starting-role-with-athletics-2739287/ |
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Caterpillar had a strong second quarter and topped most profit expectations with higher prices for machinery offsetting rising costs.
The manufacturer on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $3.13. Per share earnings were $3.18 without one-time costs or benefits, which is 18 cents better than Wall Street had expected, according to a survey of industry analysts by Zacks Investment Research.
The Deerfield, Illinois, company had revenue of $14.25 billion, about in line with the $14.3 billion analysts had projected.
Operating profit margin for the quarter was 13.6%, down slightly from last year’s 13.9%, and that took some steam out of shares before the opening bell.
“Volumes were well short of our expectations, as (Caterpillar) and its supply base continues to deal with inefficiencies,” wrote Citi analyst Timothy Thein.
Shares of Caterpillar Inc., down nearly 6% this year, slipped about 3% before the opening bell Tuesday.
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(NEXSTAR) – Volkswagen is warning not people not to sit in the front passenger seat of over 140,000 of their SUVs that are now under recall.
The recall pertains to 143,053 2018-2021 Atlas and 2020 Atlas Cross Sport vehicles, according a National Health Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) release.
Volkswagen warns that, because of faulty wiring, the occupant detection system might fail to recognize someone sitting in the front passenger seat and mistakenly deactivate the air bag.
“Until the free recall repair is developed and completed, owners should not allow anyone to sit in the front passenger seat,” the release stated. “Volkswagen is currently developing a remedy and will notify affected owners as soon as the repair is available.”
If the vehicle has faulty passenger occupant detection system, or PODS, Volkswagen says it will trigger an error message and a warning sound.
Volkswagen will be notifying owners by mail, but you can also find out if your vehicle is under recall by checking your 17-character vehicle identification number at NHTSA.gov/recalls or calling NHTSA’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at (888)327-4236.
Owners may contact Volkswagen’s customer service at (800) 893-5298. Volkswagen’s number for this recall is 69FB. | 2023-04-05T01:29:49+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/dont-use-the-front-passenger-seat-in-these-140k-recalled-vehicles-volkswagen-says/ |
WATCH: 28-year-old chimpanzee sees open sky for first time in new sanctuary home
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (Gray News) – A chimpanzee who spent her early years in a research laboratory was ecstatic to see the open sky for the first time at her new sanctuary home.
The 28-year-old chimpanzee named Vanilla was hesitant at first to be outdoors but quickly warmed up to her new surroundings.
Video shared by animal sanctuary Save the Chimps shows Vanilla take her first steps outside, immediately hugging the alpha named Dwight as she smiles in awe.
According to the sanctuary, Vanilla spent her early years in a New York biomedical research laboratory, where she was commonly housed in a 5′x5′x7′ cage suspended from the ground like a bird cage.
Vanilla was rescued by another sanctuary – one which had cage tops blocking the view of the open sky – but that facility closed in 2019. Save the Chimps decided to take her in, along with her family, and the animals made the cross-country trip to their new, forever home in Florida.
Save the Chimps said following a quarantine period, Vanilla and her family were introduced to one of the larger family groups at the sanctuary. They are now fully integrated into the group and have a three-acre island to explore, along with “the freedom to choose where and how to spend” their days.
Save the Chimps said after Vanilla’s awe of seeing the vast open sky for the first time, she is now enjoying exploring the island and relaxing with her family.
Save the Chimps is home to more than 220 chimpanzees.
To learn more about Vanilla’s story and Save the Chimps, visit their website.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)Dane Goodwin scored 20 points to lead all five starters in double figures and Notre Dame held off Youngstown State 88-81 on Sunday.
The Fighting Irish led 70-69 before Trey Wertz, Goodwin and J.J. Starling all scored at the rim to give them a seven-point lead that they were able to milk over the final 3 minutes. Starling hit a big 3-pointer that gave the Irish a 79-73 lead with about two minutes remaining. Less than a minute later, Starling hit another 3-pointer for an 82-75 advantage.
Notre Dame led for the final 35 minutes but never by more than 10 points.
Notre Dame’s Nate Laszewski had 14 points and 10 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double. Starling scored 17 points, Wertz 15 and Cormac Ryan 13. The Fighting Irish played only seven players and had nine points off the bench, all by Ven-Allen Lubin who played 24 minutes.
Adrian Nelson had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Penguins (2-1). Dwayne Cohill added 18 points and six assists.
Laszewski scored 12 points in the first half as Notre Dame took a 43-36 lead at the break.
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Mickelson, Johnson debut in LIV Golf amid PGA Tour suspensions originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
For Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and other marquee golfers, life beyond the PGA Tour officially has begun.
The inaugural tournament in the LIV Golf Invitational Series got underway Thursday, with suspensions for the 17 PGA Tour members competing in the event handed down shortly after the opening tee shot in the Saudi-backed rival league.
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One of those 17, Charl Schwartzel, sits atop the 48-man leaderboard after the first of three rounds, shooting 5-under at Centurion Club outside of London.
Mickelson and Johnson both are four shots off the lead after shooting 1-under.
The event marked a return to competitive golf for Mickelson, who was competing in his first tournament since early February. Following controversial comments regarding the PGA Tour and Saudi league that led to a loss of sponsorships, Mickelson wore a hat featuring his own logo and a vest with the Augusta National Golf Club logo.
He was grouped with Johnson, one of 10 golfers competing in the tournament after resigning their PGA Tour membership.
Not long after Johnson and Mickelson opened the event with their tee shots on the first hole, a memo was sent to PGA Tour members by commissioner Jay Monahan saying the 17 members participating in the event had been suspended.
"These players have made their choice for their own financial-based reasons," Monahan wrote. "But they can't expect the same PGA TOUR membership benefits, considerations, opportunities and platforms as you. That expectation disrespects you, our fans and our partners. You have made a different choice, which is to abide by the Tournament Regulations you agreed to when you accomplished the dream of earning a PGA TOUR card and - more importantly - to compete as part of the preeminent organization in the world of professional golf.
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"I am certain our fans and partners - who are surely tired of all this talk of money, money and more money - will continue to be entertained and compelled by the world-class competition you display each and every week, where there are true consequences for every shot you take and your rightful place in history whenever you reach that elusive winner's circle."
LIV Golf released a statement during the tournament in response.
"Today's announcement by the PGA Tour is vindictive and it deepens the divide between the Tour and its members," LIV Golf said. "It's troubling that the Tour, an organization dedicated to creating opportunities for golfers to play the game, is the entity blocking golfers from playing. This certainly is not the last word on this topic. The era of free agency is beginning as we are proud to have a full field of players joining us in London, and beyond."
The event was broadcasted on the LIV Golf website, as well as on YouTube and Facebook, featuring a real-time scoreboard along the left side of the screen...and microphones in the cups on each green. With the event's shotgun format, where all players start at the same time on different holes, there were few lulls in the broadcast action with rapid-fire cuts from shot-to-shot.
South African golfer Hennie Du Plessis finished the round in second after shooting 4-under. Tied for third at 3-under are Zimbabwean golfer Scott Vincent and Thailand's Phachara Khongwatmai, a 23-year-old ranked No. 133 in the world.
In addition to the individual competition with a $20 million purse, including $4 million for first place, the 48-man field is also divided into 12 four-man teams, complete with team names and logos. The teams are competing for a $5 million purse, with the first-place group receiving $3 million. The team format combines the two best scores on each team for the first two rounds and the three best scores from the third round.
Stinger GC, which features Schwartzel, du Plessis, team captain Louis Oosthuizen, and the now-former PGA Tour member Branden Grace, are atop the leaderboard after the first round at 9-under. Tied for second place are the Hyflyers (Mickelson, Justin Harding, TK Chantananuwat, Chase Koepka) and the Crushers GC (Peter Uihlein, Richard Bland, Phachara Khongwatmai, Travis Smyth).
The second round begins Friday at 9 a.m. ET. | 2022-06-09T20:38:52+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/phil-mickelson-dustin-johnson-debut-in-liv-golf-amid-pga-tour-suspensions/2780931/ |
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Attacks at school bus stops in a south Georgia city left two students wounded Monday morning after one boy was stabbed during a fight and another got shot walking to the bus, police said.
Valdosta Chief Leslie Manahan said the assaults, which were reported about 10 minutes apart, weren't related.
Police found the first victim when someone called 911 at about 7:17 a.m. to report children fighting at a bus stop, the Valdosta Daily Times reported. A 12-year-old boy had been stabbed in the abdomen with a knife, police said in a statement. The child was treated and released at a hospital.
At 7:26 a.m., officers were dispatched to a second location where a school bus was heading to the hospital with a 17-year-old boy who had been shot. Police said the teenager had been shot in the torso while walking to the bus. He was hospitalized in stable condition, according to the police statement.
Officers arrested a 15-year-old boy on aggravated assault charges in the stabbing, police said. No arrests were announced in the shooting, and police said the gunshot victim was not cooperating with investigators. | 2022-09-26T20:23:58+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Police-2-students-hurt-in-attacks-at-Georgia-bus-17467891.php |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
720 PM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBERTSON AND SOUTHWESTERN LEON COUNTIES...
At 719 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Camp Creek
Lake, or 18 miles northwest of Madisonville, moving southeast at 25
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Camp Creek Lake, Hilltop Lakes, Normangee and Ridge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Employees with the City of Corpus Christi found a teenager’s four rings, including one that contained her father’s ashes, in the dumpster after she lost them at McGee Beach.
Emily Dickerson, 17, from Iowa, told KIII-TV that her choir team was in Texas for a trip and they performed at Six Flags Fiesta Texas before heading to Corpus Christi.
While at McGee Beach, she placed four rings of sentimental value in a Subway sandwich box before she went to the water.
One ring contained the ashes of her father, who died when she was young, and another ring was from her grandmother, she told KIII.
But at one point, the box was accidentally trashed. Emily said she didn’t realize the mistake until they were on the road back to San Antonio.
“It kind of hit me, the realization, ‘oh my gosh, I misplaced these,’ I don’t know what I did, and then I realized where I had left them, and I was a complete utter of panic,” Dickerson told KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi. “I ran to the bathroom and called my mom and told her this is the situation, I do not know what to do, I was in tears, I was a mess.”
Her mother, Tina Koch, told the stations that she called the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and asked if they could possibly find the rings in the trash.
They knew it was a long shot, but parks operation supervisor Laura Perez said they traced the trash to a four-ton dumpster and began to search — even in the heat.
“Nothing in one. So, we went to another bag and we did the same thing over and over,” Perez told KIII.
They eventually found the rings after three hours of looking.
When the city called the family to let them know, Emily said she was “ecstatic” and “in disbelief.”
“They didn’t really completely know the story behind the rings either,” Dickerson told KRIS. “They still went above and beyond to (find) that.”
See their interview in the video player above. | 2023-07-14T17:03:09+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2023/07/14/corpus-christi-employees-found-teens-cremation-ring-in-trash-after-she-lost-it-at-beach/ |
Delegation meeting Taiwan leader reaffirms US commitment
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday met with Taiwan’s president, who promised to deepen military cooperation between the two sides despite objections from China, which claims the island as its own territory.
The group was one of many U.S. delegations President Tsai Ing-wen has welcomed in recent years even as Beijing has stepped up diplomatic and military harassment of Taiwan.
China responded to foreign visits by holding large-scale military exercises seen by some as a rehearsal for a blockade or invasion. Beijing has not ruled out use of force to reunite Taiwan with mainland China, although the sides have been separated since a civil war in 1949, and most Taiwanese prefer to keep the status quo of de-facto independence.
Tsai thanked the lawmakers for coming, saying it was a chance to deepen ongoing cooperation in semiconductor chip design and manufacturing, renewable energy and next-generation 5G mobile network.
“Taiwan and the U.S. (will) continue to bolster military exchanges. Going forward, Taiwan will cooperate even more actively with the U.S. and other democratic partners to confront such bold challenges as authoritarian expansionism and climate change,” Tsai said.
Tensions between the U.S. and China inflated after Washington shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that Beijing maintains was an unmanned weather balloon. Both sides are also in opposition on the war in Ukraine, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Sunday that Beijing could be considering providing weapons to Russia for the war.
Taiwan remains a flash point. Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, said over the weekend that Taiwan “has never been a country and it will not be a country in the future.”
“We are here to affirm the shared values between the U.S. and Taiwan — a commitment to democracy, a commitment to freedom,” California Rep. Ro Khanna said. “The U.S. under President Biden’s leadership seeks peace in the region.”
He is accompanied by Reps. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts and Jonathan Jackson of Illinois. The group met with their legislative counterparts Monday, as well as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company founder Morris Chang.
Khanna also offered a tribute to former President Jimmy Carter, who recently entered hospice care. He was president when Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act, under which the U.S. must ensure Taiwan can defend itself. | 2023-02-21T08:26:35+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/news/2023/02/20/reps-meeting-taiwans-tsai-say-us-seeks-peace-in-region/ |
NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Wells Fargo & Company.
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In a 2-1 ruling, the New Mexico Court of Appeals on Friday vacated two felony convictions against former New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla on grounds the Attorney General’s Office didn’t prosecute the case before the statute of limitations ran out.
“We’re grateful for the opinion of the court dismissing the indictment, and we think justice was done,” Padilla’s attorney, Paul J. Kennedy, said in a phone call Friday. “The court obviously took a long, hard look at the case and came up with the right result.”
Padilla was the longtime tax chief under Gov. Susana Martinez before she abruptly resigned in late 2016 amid a criminal investigation by the Attorney General’s Office, then under the direction of former Attorney General Hector Balderas. The state filed charges against Padilla in 2018 accusing her of stealing more than $25,000 from Bernalillo-based Harold’s Grading and Trucking by surreptitiously linking her credit card to the company’s checking account. Harold’s Grading and Trucking was a client of a business she ran on the side while she headed the state tax agency.
First District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the charges in June 2019 after Kennedy successfully argued the two counts stemmed from crimes alleged to have occurred in Sandoval County, where the Bernalillo-area trucking company is located, or at Padilla’s home office in Albuquerque — not in Santa Fe, where the charges were filed.
In August 2019, a grand jury indicted Padilla on the same charges in the 13th Judicial District in Sandoval County. But by then it had already been six to eight years since the thefts allegedly took place between December 2011 and January 2013, according to the Court of Appeals ruling. Kennedy motioned for a dismissal at the time, but the District Court denied his motion, saying a different formula for “tolling” the statute of limitations — a legal doctrine that governs when a statute of limitations can or cannot be paused — applied to the case.
Padilla was tried and found guilty of embezzlement and computer access with intent to defraud or embezzle in 2021. Thirteenth Judicial District Judge Cindy Mercer sentenced her to nine years for each felony count but suspended all 18 years and placed the former Cabinet secretary on supervised probation for five years.
In an opinion authored by Judge Katherine A. Wray, the Court of Appeals on Friday agreed with Kennedy’s interpretation of the statute of limitations over the state’s, writing the lower court “improperly relied on nonstatutory tolling to exclude the time period between the filing of the complaint and its dismissal.”
The 18-page opinion included a complex and detailed dissection of case law related to the statute of limitation in the case as interpreted by Wray and Court of Appeals Judge J. Miles Hanisee, who concurred on the ruling.
Judge Megan P. Duffy, the third judge on the panel of three which considered the case, disagreed. She wrote in an 11-page dissenting opinion — which contained a four-page footnote on criminal procedure — that had a different interpretation of a nearly 50-year-old case regarding the applicability of non-statutory tolling than the one relied upon by her colleagues.
“While there is certainly support for the majority opinion’s conclusion that nonstatutory tolling only applies under limited circumstances, [the case] can also be read to have adopted nonstatutory tolling as a general principle that coexists with the tolling provided [in statute],” she wrote. “I would have affirmed the district court’s decision to apply that general principal in that case.” | 2023-04-01T23:28:54+00:00 | santafenewmexican.com | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/former-tax-chiefs-conviction-overturned/article_88b8477a-d006-11ed-8cc6-6b35032d0670.html |
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Rescue personnel in California have launched a search for a second hiker on the same mountain where actor Julian Sands is missing.
The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that its search and rescue team received a request Sunday to search for a 75-year-old Los Angeles man on Mt. Baldy.
Jin Chung, of North Hollywood, was last seen around 6 a.m. on Sunday, the sheriff’s department said.
Chung carpooled to the mountain with two others and made plans to meet them at the vehicle at 2 p.m., but Chung did not return, authorities said. Ground crews searched unsuccessfully for Chung after he was reported missing.
The sheriff’s department said rescuers unsuccessfully continued searching for Sands on Mt. Baldy over the weekend.
“Helicopters and drones continued to use infrared devices during the search however, all were negative for any signs of Sands,” the department’s statement said.
Sands, 65, was reported missing Jan. 13 while hiking. Search and rescue crews began looking for him in the area of the San Gabriel Mountains, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
Sands starred opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the 1985 British romance from director James Ivory, “A Room With a View.”
He also had major roles in in 1989’s “Warlock,” 1990’s “Arachnophobia,” 1991’s “Naked Lunch,” 1993’s “Boxing Helena,” and 1995’s “Leaving Las Vegas.”
Sands has worked consistently in the decades since with smaller roles in film and television. | 2023-01-24T12:05:06+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-searchers-seek-2nd-hiker-in-area-where-julian-sands-missing/ |
HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — Two children abducted from Missouri were found inside of a Florida grocery store on Wednesday, nearly one year after they disappeared.
The High Springs Police Department said Brooke and Adrian Gilley were found with their non-custodial mother, Kristi Nicole Gilley, 36, while shopping at a Winn-Dixie store about 20 miles outside Gainesville.
Officers were checking vehicle tags in the parking lot when they discovered one was registered to Gilley, a wanted fugitive. Police said they found her shopping with the children. All three had disguised their identities, police said.
Gilley was arrested on a warrant for kidnapping out of Clay County, Missouri, which is north of Kansas City. The warrant was issued in July of 2022, months after the children were last seen.
Brooke and Adrian were 10 and 12 years old, respectively, when they disappeared in March, according to Nexstar’s WDAF. They were previously believed to be in California with Kristi Gilley.
High Springs police said the children were turned over to the Florida Department of Children and Families Services and will be reunited with their custodial family. | 2023-02-05T19:40:24+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/kidnapped-children-found-inside-grocery-store-1-year-later/ |
SAN ANTONIO – It wasn’t what the San Antonio Spurs wanted, but as they say, it’s a long season.
The Spurs couldn’t ever find their shot from distance and the team’s rocky start never got better, ultimately ending in a 134-96 drubbing by the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.
But it wasn’t so much that the team lost, but how they lost, according to Spurs Head Coach Greg Popovich.
“Shooting was pretty poor. And when you’re going back in transition defense all the time, all kinds of bad things are going to happen. You just can’t do it. Over and over and over again, with the missed shots. That was the worst part of the game,” Popovich said. “The second thing was physicality, we let them go where they wanted to go, and they were much more physical.”
👉 Watch Spurs head coach Greg Popovich talk after their preseason opener.
The Spurs overall shot just 35% for the game, making only 11 of 42 from 3-point range. They were down 30-17 after the first quarter.
“Houston was much more physical, was more aggressive, that kind of thing. They got into the paint, we didn’t keep ‘em out of the paint. So, a lot of things we can do better and just work on,” Popovich said.
Devin Vassell led the team with 13 points, but shot just 4 of 13 on the night. New acquisition Isaiah Roby in his first action as a Spur scored 12 points and had five rebounds in his debut, while center Zach Collins scored 11.
“It’s a first preseason game, we’re young, I don’t think we hit many shots to start the game off. I think what we can take away, though, is if we’re not hitting shots, we still got to play on the defensive end,” Vassell said.
Popovich said the Spurs’ trio of rookies were “a fish out of water” for a little while, but said it was a natural thing. Forward Jeremy Sochan played 17 minutes off the bench and scored five points, grabbing four boards and three blocks. Malaki Brenham scored 10 points in just 14 minutes of action on four of five shooting. Guard Blake Wesley, the third of the three first-round picks, played a team-high 21 minutes and scored 7 points, while dishing out four assists.
👉 Watch rookie Branham describes his first action in NBA preseason
“It was a good learning experience,” Brenham said. “I felt like we all were just overthinking. I was telling them, ‘Just play. Just play basketball, just be free.’ I felt like in the fourth quarter that’s when we started scoring more. We need to be better on the defensive end, talk more, and just be stronger with the ball on offense, but it’s a work in progress.”
The Spurs next play at home on Thursday against the Orlando Magic. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. | 2022-10-03T18:02:38+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/sports/local/2022/10/03/it-was-a-good-learning-experience-young-spurs-look-to-apply-lessons-learned-after-134-96-preseason-loss-to-houston-rockets/ |
BEIJING , Nov. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, "Handcrafts·Yuan Theater", the sub-brand of Shandong Arts & Crafts Exhibition Center, recently opened its door to people in Jinan City, east China's Shandong Province.
As the first immersive weekend theater in Shandong, "Handcrafts·Yuan Theater" makes citizens and tourists experience and feel the past prosperity of Jinan City through creative cultural and artistic expressions.
Built by Jinan Mingfucheng Cultural Tourism Investment Holding Co., "Handcrafts·Yuan Theater", combining the most trendy and attention-grabbing "immersive" expressions, creatively presents classical music theater, street corner immersion theater, world music scene, swing dance spot, electronic music scene and other performance content to the audience.
In September, Shandong Arts & Crafts Exhibition Center opened to the public in Jinan, marking a milestone in the brand building of "Shandong Handcrafts".
As a new business card of Shandong, Shandong Arts & Crafts Exhibition Center gathers hand-made art and original design from all over the country and at the same time, integrates handcrafts with modern life to show the world the charm of handcraft culture and promote the dissemination of Qilu culture.
Meanwhile, the center also showed Shandong's efforts to explore a new model of cultural inheritance, build a regional public brand and push forward the province's innovative development of the"Shandong Handcraft" industry.
In the future, the center will continue to develop its own IP derivatives, create a new pattern of deep integration of online services and offline experience, and offer a way to help "Shandong Handcrafts" quicken pace to go global.
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A slew of Hollywood stars are considering pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete on Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform.
The controversial Tesla CEO was named the sole director of Twitter on Monday after completing his $44 billion acquisition of the company last week. Musk has suggested he plans to lift lifelong bans and transform Twitter’s content moderation policies, leading critics to express concerns about the spread of misinformation.
As the outspoken billionaire took the reins of the company, several celebrities said they were fleeing it.
While her account didn’t appear to be deleted, mega-producer Shonda Rhimes tweeted on Saturday that she was saying sayonara to Twitter.
“Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned,” Rhimes wrote.
Toni Braxton described being “shocked and appalled” by “some of the ‘free speech’ I’ve seen on this platform since its acquisition.”
“Hate speech under the veil of ‘free speech’ is unacceptable,” the “Un-Break my Heart” singer told her nearly 2 million followers, saying she would stay off the site because it is “no longer a safe space.”
Sara Bareilles also indicated that she was headed for the digital exit.
“Welp. It’s been fun Twitter. I’m out,” the composer of Broadway’s “Waitress” wrote.
“Madam Secretary” star Téa Leoni said Saturday that her reason for joining the star-studded exodus was due to “too much hate, too much in the wrong direction.”
“Frozen’s” Josh Gad, a prolific tweeter, said he was unsure whether he’d remain on the platform, although he was “leaning toward staying.”
“Freedom of speech is great,” he wrote, but, “Hate speech intended to incite harm, (with no consequences) ain’t what I signed up for.”
Former pro wrestler Mick Foley wrote in a Facebook post that he was “taking a break” from Twitter, “since the new ownership — and the misinformation and hate it seems to be encouraging — has my stomach in a knot.” | 2022-11-01T17:51:16+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/celebs-eye-twitter-exit-after-musk-takeover/ |
- Numina signed a strategic partnership with Geek+, as North America's newest integrator of Geek+ robotics warehouse solutions.
- Numina has already begun deploying Geek+ AMRs for one of their clients, including a top-tier sporting goods firm.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geekplus, the global leader in autonomous mobile robot technology, is delighted to announce that Numina Group, a renowned software developer and integrator of warehouse automation solutions, has signed on to be Geekplus's newest strategic partner in North America and has already begun implementing Geekplus technology.
Numina, together with the client, chose Geekplus's autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) based goods-to-person (G2P) solution to maximize picking productivity and profitability for the client's growing sporting goods order fulfillment operation. The online sports retailer now benefits from Geekplus's market-leading G2P technology with a fleet of P800 picking robots to automate picking and put away from 50,000 warehouse storage shelf positions.
Randy Randolph, VP of Channels and Partnerships at Geekplus Americas, said: "We are very pleased to have partnered with The Numina Group. They have an excellent reputation with over three decades of experience automating warehouse operations, and we are delighted to see that they have already started using Geekplus technology to create effective, modern supply chain solutions."
Dan Hanrahan, President at Numina Group, said: "We have been aware of the solutions Geekplus has been developing for some time, and we are excited to partner with them to deliver top-of-the-line AMR and G2P solutions for our clients. The warehouse automation system—underway at the client's 70,000 SKU sporting goods distribution firm—is an excellent example of how Numina Group's warehouse automation software can seamlessly integrate Geekplus's AI-powered G2P technology to deliver a software driven, cutting-edge technology solution that equips retailers and e-tailers with faster and more accurate order fulfillment."
The partnering agreement allows Numina to bring Geekplus's advanced robotics to companies throughout North America, providing them with the right technologies that maximize customer satisfaction by increasing same-day and peak order shipment capacity.
With access to Geekplus's offerings, Numina can provide multiple industries, including e-commerce, food and beverage, healthcare, 3PL, and consumer goods, the benefits obtained from advanced robotic solutions to lower operating costs, remove labor intensive work tasks, while improving warehouse space utilization.
About Geek+
Geek+ is a global technology company leading the intelligent logistics revolution. We apply advanced robotics and AI technologies to realize flexible, reliable, and highly efficient solutions for warehouses and supply chain management. Geek+ is trusted by over 500 global industry leaders and has been recognized as the world leader in autonomous mobile robots. Founded in 2015, Geek+ has over 1500 employees, with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore.
For more information, please visit: https://www.geekplus.com/
About Numina Group
The Numina Group is a warehouse automation systems integration firm focused on defining leaner, and more productive processes, managed with leading-edge warehouse automation software and technologies. Its Real-time Distribution Software, RDS™ software platform is a modular Warehouse Control and Execution System (WCS-WES) with a full family of pre-developed order fulfillment pick, pack, and ship automation modules, including Pick by Voice, Pick to Light, and pre-developed APIs for integrating G2P and AMR based picking, storing and moving solutions proven to lower labor costs, and optimize distribution operations.
For more information, please visit: https://www.numinagroup.com/
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ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WFRV) – Less than a year ago, Mike Leone was introduced as the 8th head coach/general manager of the Green Bay Gamblers, and halfway through his first season with the organization, the culture has changed completely.
The Gamblers currently sit in second place in the Eastern Conference in the USHL. Whether it’s guys coming together on the ice, practicing well, and overall teamwork, it’s hard not to notice what Leone has done this season with the Gamblers.
“It’s been a full 180 culture-wise, and to learn from [Leone] every single day and have him on the bench and on the ice, it’s been huge. He’s been an unbelievable coach, and I’ve learned so much from him. It’s been awesome,” said Gamblers forward Barrett Hall.
“I wouldn’t say that we are the most skilled team in the league, but I would put us up there with the hardest working. They’ve bought into our identity,” said Leone. “We don’t talk about the standings or anything like that. It’s a one-day-at-a-time approach, and the kids know that and things are going really well.”
The Gamblers have been a staple in the community for years and have been a place where people enjoyed nights out. Players have felt the energy from the fans throughout this season.
“It’s super fun. Winning, definitely, in front of our crowd at home, I think people are appreciating the work we do behind the scenes and seeing people in the crowd, so it inspires us to play good,” said Nicholas Vantassell.
As the Gamblers start the second half of their season, Leone is continuing to use an interesting approach, something he’s done all year long. The head coach looks at the season in seven-game increments, and so far, Green Bay has won three out of the first four.
The Gamblers are back at home on Saturday, January 28. | 2023-01-24T02:56:56+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/sports/local-sports/culture-change-mike-leone-leading-the-gamblers-to-success/ |
First ever drop in mathematics, largest drop in reading in 30 years
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The reading and mathematics scores of 9-year-old students fell between 2020 and 2022, according to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend (LTT) assessment released today by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
"These are some of the largest declines we have observed in a single assessment cycle in 50 years of the NAEP program," said Acting NCES Associate Commissioner Daniel McGrath. "Students in 2022 are performing at a level last seen two decades ago."
The new results represent the first report with a nationally representative sample of students comparing achievement from before the pandemic to now. NCES conducted a special data collection of the long-term trend assessments in early 2022 to measure changes in 9-year-olds' achievement over the first two years of the disruptions to learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The prior LTT reading and mathematics assessments were administered in 2020, shortly before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic. NCES is releasing these data on an accelerated schedule, just months after the data collection concluded.
Overall, the average mathematics score declined seven points since 2020. The mathematics scores for lower-performing 9-year-old students (students at the 10th and 25th percentiles) declined 12 points and 11 points, respectively, over that period. Mathematics scores also declined for students at the 50th (eight points), 75th (five points), and 90th (three points) percentiles.
The average reading score for 9-year-olds declined five points between 2020 and 2022. The reading scores for lower-performing 9-year-old students (students at the 10th and 25th percentiles) declined 10 points and 8 points, respectively, over that period. Reading scores also declined for students at the 50th (four points), 75th (three points), and 90th (two points) percentiles.
"During the pandemic, NCES continued and enhanced other data collections on education challenges, and they paint a sobering picture," said NCES Commissioner Peggy G. Carr. "School shootings, violence, and classroom disruptions are up, as are teacher and staff vacancies, absenteeism, cyberbullying, and students' use of mental health services. This information provides some important context for the results we're seeing from the long-term trend assessment."
The 2022 LTT results for 9-year-olds are the only nationally representative data available to measure student achievement pre-pandemic to early 2022, when students returned to in-person learning on a more consistent basis. There will be a deeper and more comprehensive look at student achievement with the release of main NAEP results later this year. Then, NCES will report on mathematics and reading student achievement at grades 4 and 8 for the nation, states, and for 26 urban school districts.
Student group performance and score gap changes since 2020
Scores declined for White, Black, and Hispanic 9-year-olds in both mathematics and reading between 2020 and 2022.
Mathematics scores declined five points for White students, 13 points for Black students, and eight points for Hispanic students. The larger decline for Black students compared to White students increased the score gap by eight points. White, Black, and Hispanic students also showed declines in the 10th, 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. Black students also showed declines at the 90th percentile in mathematics while Asian students showed a decline at the 10th percentile.
Reading scores declined six points for White, Black, and Hispanic students. In reading, both Black and White lower-performing students declined, while higher-performing students across all racial and ethnic groups showed no change in scores.
The changes in mathematics and reading scores for Asian/Pacific Islander students, American Indian/Alaska Native students, or students who were two or more races were not statistically significant, compared to 2020.
Geographically, mathematics scores declined for students in every region of the country, compared to 2020. Scores fell eight points in the Northeast, nine points in the Midwest, seven points in the South, and five points in the West. Mathematics scores declined nine points for schools located in suburbs, seven points for schools located in towns and cities, and five points for rural schools.
In reading, scores fell seven points in the Northeast, seven points in the Midwest, and six points in the South; the average score was not measurably different in the West when compared to 2020. Reading scores declined eight points for schools located in suburbs and nine points for schools located in towns; scores were not measurably different for city and rural schools. During this time, the score gap between city and suburban schools grew smaller by eight points.
Learning Opportunities During the Pandemic
As part of the special data collection, NCES collected information on how the pandemic affected student learning experiences and opportunities.
- Seventy percent of students recalled learning remotely at some point during the 2020-2021 school year.
- Eighty-two percent of Asian students recalled learning remotely at some point during the 2020-2021 school year. This was higher than the percentage of Black students (72 percent), Hispanic students (67 percent), White students (69 percent), and the percentage of students who are two or more races (72 percent).
- Of those learning remotely:
Results by Subject
Reading
- The average reading score (215) for 9-year-old students was five points lower in 2022 than in 2020, but seven points higher than the average score in 1971.
- Reading scores declined for students at all five selected performance percentiles, compared to 2020.
- Reading scores also declined for several student reporting groups broken down by race/ethnicity compared to 2020:
- Both male and female 9-year-old students scored lower in reading compared to 2020, but scored higher compared to 1971. Reading scores declined by five points for both males and females since 2020.
- Reading scores fell five points for students attending public schools compared to 2020.
- Reading scores fell seven points in the Northeast, seven points in the Midwest, and six points in the South since 2020; scores were not measurably different in the West.
- Reading scores declined eight points for schools located in suburbs and nine points for schools located in towns; scores were not measurably different for city and rural schools.
- Reading scores for all major student groups with reportable results have improved since 1971.
Mathematics
- The average mathematics score (234) for 9-year-old students was seven points lower in 2022 than in 2020, but 15 points higher than the average score in 1978.
- Mathematics scores declined for students at all five selected performance percentiles, compared to 2020.
- Mathematics scores also declined for several student reporting groups broken down by race/ethnicity compared to 2020:
- Both male and female 9-year-old students scored lower in mathematics compared to 2020 but scored higher compared to 1978. Mathematics scores declined eight points for females and seven points for males since 2020.
- Mathematics scores declined eight points for students attending public schools compared to 2020.
- Mathematics scores declined for students in every region of the country. Scores fell eight points in the Northeast, nine points in the Midwest, seven points in the South, and five points in the West since 2020.
- Mathematics scores declined nine points for schools located in suburbs, seven points for schools located in towns and cities, and five points for rural schools.
- Mathematics scores for all major student groups with reportable results have improved since 1978.
How Results Are Reported
Student performance on the LTT assessments is reported in several ways: scale scores, percentile scores, performance levels, student group scores, and score gaps.
Scale scores represent the average performance of students on a scale of 0 to 500. Scores are reported at the national level and for groups of students based on race/ethnicity, gender, and other demographic characteristics.
Performance levels provide another perspective for interpreting LTT results. Changes in the percentages at or above each performance level reflect changes in the proportion of students who demonstrated the knowledge and skills associated with that level in responding to assessment questions. The performance-level descriptions used on the NAEP LTT assessment are different from the achievement-level descriptions in the main NAEP reports.
About the Assessment
Since the 1970s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has monitored student performance in reading and mathematics through the long-term trend (LTT) assessments. These assessments measure students' educational progress over long time periods to look for and monitor trends in performance. The LTT assessment is age-based, rather than grade-based, and assesses 9-year-old, 13-year-old, and 17-year-old students.
The LTT measures basic reading and mathematics skills to gauge how the performance of U.S. students has changed over time. At age 9, reading was first assessed in 1971 and mathematics in 1973. The LTT reading assessment asks students to read short texts and answer mostly multiple-choice questions, though there are a few questions requiring short or extended answers. For mathematics, students are given three 15-minute sections of mostly multiple-choice questions related to basic math facts, computations, formulas, and real-life applications.
The 2022 long-term trend assessments were administered between January and March of 2022. The National Assessment Governing Board amended the long-term trend assessment schedule so NCES could collect, analyze and report on 9-year-old students during the 2021-22 school year, in a special data collection, to begin assessing student achievement since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Visit https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ to view the report.
The National Center for Education Statistics, a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, is the statistical center of the U.S. Department of Education and the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a congressionally authorized project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The National Center for Education Statistics, within the Institute of Education Sciences, administers NAEP. The commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics is responsible by law for carrying out the NAEP project. Policy for the NAEP program is set by the National Assessment Governing Board, an independent, bipartisan board whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives and members of the general public.
CONTACT:
Grady Wilburn, NCES, grady.wilburn@ed.gov, (202) 245-8159 OR
Kathleen Manzo, Hager Sharp, KManzo@hagersharp.com, (240) 274-9800
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- Brad Pritchard Joins Runway as Managing Director, Technology, Bringing More Than 20 Years of Experience -
WOODSIDE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Runway Growth Capital LLC ("Runway" or the "Company"), a leading provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, announced today that it has hired Brad Pritchard as Managing Director, Technology.
Operating out of the Silicon Valley office and reporting directly to Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, David Spreng, Pritchard will primarily make investments in the broader technology industry, including in companies focused on sustainability. Additionally, he will target top venture capital firms and the management teams of leading late-stage technology companies.
"Brad will be responsible for identifying technology companies who can benefit from venture debt, whether to help them grow and scale their businesses or to avoid a down round amidst unfavorable market conditions," said Spreng. "Brad is an expert in building rapport with management teams and helping them optimize their capital structure. His network and industry knowledge will bolster new and existing relationships, help keep Runway top-of-mind with companies seeking the flexible financing that venture debt offers, and significantly deepen our bench strength in technology origination. We are thrilled to welcome Brad to Runway."
Before Runway, Pritchard was a Managing Director at BlackRock for more than eight years and led the venture lending efforts globally. As part of BlackRock's U.S. Private Capital ("USPC") group, he originated, executed, and managed new investment opportunities in technology and technology-related companies. He also served on both the Investment Committee and the Valuation Committee for USPC, and was President and Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock Direct Lending Corp, a private business development company ("BDC").
"Runway has great people, an incredible reputation and is a leading investment platform in venture and growth lending," explained Pritchard. "It is exciting to join Runway, a firm that is clearly passionate about lending to exceptional companies with outstanding management teams. I view this as a fantastic opportunity to work with David and the rest of the talented Runway team to provide customized financing solutions that address a company's liquidity needs while minimizing dilution."
Pritchard has more than 20 years of experience helping companies raise debt and equity as an investor and investment banker. Before joining BlackRock, he was a Managing Director at Hercules Capital, a venture lending BDC. Prior to Hercules, he worked at several leading financial services companies, including Wells Fargo Securities, Banc of America Securities, SG Cowen and GE Capital. Pritchard earned an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Runway Growth Capital LLC is the investment advisor to investment funds, including Runway Growth Finance Corp. (NASDAQ: RWAY), a business development company, and other private funds, which are lenders of growth capital to companies seeking an alternative to raising equity. Led by industry veteran David Spreng, these funds provide senior term loans of $10 million to $75 million to fast-growing companies based in the United States and Canada. For more information on Runway Growth Capital LLC and its platform, please visit our website at www.runwaygrowth.com.
Statements included herein may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance, condition, or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in Runway Growth's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Runway Growth undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
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In ROME, Ga.
It was a Monday night with nobody around. She gripped the side of the metal container and pulled herself up, and as she leaned over the edge and looked inside, she felt a rush of vindication.
“Jesus,” she said to herself, spotting two clear bags full of shredded paper.
She leaned further, balancing herself to keep from pitching in, grabbed the bags and jumped down. She checked her clothes for flecks of rust and bits of trash, and then she drove the bags back to her house, a neat, whitewashed Colonial in a part of America where it had become normal to believe elections were stolen, that evidence of this could be in a dumpster and that retrieving it was a daring act of patriotism.
And that was how Rubino thought of herself as she pulled into her gravel driveway, as a patriot. It was late. There were rips in the bags, so she transferred the shreds to two other bags and stored them in her garage, dreading what she might find inside. “Who knows?” she said, believing anything was possible. “Who knows?” A few days later, she braced herself, opened one of the bags and pulled out a fragment of paper.
“In jail,” it read.
She pulled out another one.
“Warrant division,” it read.
She pulled out another.
“May 2021.”
“Traffic.”
“Possession of cocaine.”
She rummaged around and found phone numbers. Partial addresses. Names. She realized she was going to need a large table. Lots of tape. It was going to take a whole team of people to put the pieces back together, and more time than she had to spare at that moment. She had Republican Party meetings to attend where she was calling out “RINOs” — Republicans in name only. School issues to address such as removing library books that were allegedly pornographic. Georgia’s primary elections were coming up, and she had candidates she was trying to help. She closed the bag and stored it away in a corner of the garage next to her son’s soccer goal for later scrutiny. There was so much else to get done.
***
Six years into the grass-roots movement unleashed by Donald Trump in his first presidential campaign, Angela Rubino is a case study in what that movement is becoming. Suspicious of almost everything, trusting of almost nothing, believing in almost no one other than those who share her unease, she has in many ways become a citizen of a parallel America — not just red America, but another America entirely, one she believes to be awash in domestic enemies, stolen elections, immigrant invaders, sexual predators, the machinations of a global elite and other fresh nightmares revealed by the minute on her social media scrolls. She is known online as “Burnitdown.”
She is also among the people across the country willing to do whatever they can to ensure that the imagined enemies of the United States are defeated in the 2022 midterm elections and beyond. From school boards to state houses to Congress, their goal is to take political territory, and for evidence that this is possible, they look to northwest Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose first-time candidacy two years ago defined the fringe of the Republican Party and who is now running for reelection as one of its standard bearers.
“The representative of the 14th Congressional District of America” is how one local Republican has described Greene, whose district is mostly White, mostly rural and has been long abandoned by national Democrats.
“The smartest district in the U.S.A.” is how Greene has described her followers.
Those followers include Rubino, a married 40-year-old mother of two, a New York transplant who had worked in restaurants and flipped houses for a living and once believed politics was only for the powerful.
In Greene, she did not see what much of America saw — a person willing to do almost anything to keep emotions running high, whether that meant perpetuating lies about election fraud, harassing a victim of a school shooting, speaking at a white nationalist conference or casting fellow citizens who disagree with her as “domestic terrorists.”
Instead, Rubino saw a person like herself: a political outsider who shared the same sense of urgency about the same dystopian America, one that required a popular uprising to save it. To that end, Rubino had so far managed to rally enough people to get the county election board ousted, replacing its members with those who believed that the 2020 election was stolen. She was part of a group called the Domestically Terrorized Moms that was pressing the local school board to get rid of a curriculum they believed to be grooming children for sexual predators.
Now, on a cool Saturday morning a few weeks after she had climbed into the dumpster, she was getting ready to host a gathering of fellow activists to strategize about their next moves. In her front yard, she pounded in two red signs for Greene along with a homemade sign announcing her own initiative.
“Canvas your vote here,” it read, under a red, white and blue circle with the letters W-A-R.
“Come on in!” Rubino yelled as people pulled into her driveway. “Right down here!”
She set out coffee and doughnuts in the bed of a pickup. She hooked up a loudspeaker she’d bought for the occasion. She built a roaring bonfire, and now smoke and Aerosmith were drifting into the blue spring sky.
“Yes, we’ll be here!” she yelled into her cellphone. “Come on out!”
She looked around at the people warming their hands over the fire, ready for action.
There was a military contractor who said he’d been reading a Russian book about CIA-sponsored regime change operations, which he believed included the last U.S. presidential election. There were women who believed public schools were indoctrinating children with left-wing ideology. Retirees who believed the coronavirus was a bioweapon. A mechanic who wore ear buds all day streaming “War Room,” a podcast in which former Trump strategist Stephen K. Bannon was urging people to take over local Republican parties.
Rubino’s closest collaborator, a woman known online as “TheBaseIsBack,” was also there, setting out a display of custom gun components engraved with “Trump” and the American flag. Now, as people gathered around, she and Rubino began outlining their plans for the coming months, including an online platform they were building where people could record how they voted after casting their official ballots, starting with the November midterms. They had already acquired and uploaded to the platform the voter registration rolls for the entire state of Georgia, envisioning that millions of people would eventually learn to cast their votes on the system, which would generate a tally that could be compared to the state’s official results, and if necessary, challenge them.
They were also planning to start a podcast called “The Dirty Peach” to expose “RINOs” and “criminal politicians.” And, to keep people motivated, they were launching an elaborate online game in which players would earn points by carrying out political actions in real life, the more audacious the better, such as Rubino’s dumpster dive.
“Angela’s a legend,” someone said at the mention of that, and Rubino rolled her eyes.
“Everybody’s waiting for a white horse to come and save us from the chaos,” Rubino said. “But no white horse is coming.”
Rubino’s friend opened her laptop.
“Okay,” she said. “Who wants to practice canvassing their vote?”
People started lining up to record how they’d voted in the 2020 election, while Rubino sloshed some lighter fluid into the bonfire and checked her phone. The guest speaker was on the way. She counted heads again — 22 now — but she wanted more, so she grabbed a couple of people and walked up to the four-lane road in front of her house.
“C’mon! C’mon!’ she yelled, waving her arms at an SUV.
“C’mon people!” she yelled at another car.
“Turn in, turn in!” she yelled, and soon, a mint-green Mercedes-Benz turned in, delivering the guest speaker, a retired IT specialist named Garland Favorito, who’d been traveling the state trying to sustain interest in the false narrative of election fraud.
“This is just the first one,” Rubino said, explaining her plans as Favorito shook hands, and then he began giving a speech about drop boxes and QR codes and all the minutiae that filled the social media channels Rubino followed.
“Angela, speak!” people shouted when Favorito finished.
“No, no, just thank you for coming out,” she said, and as people began heading home, she was already envisioning what she was going to do next.
She had ordered three huge tents she was planning to raise in her yard, imagining larger rallies with candidates and nationally known speakers, a gathering place for people in the movement.
“It’ll be a safe space,” she said. “People can come and express themselves without worrying someone’s going to call them crazy.”
***
She ordered plywood. She cut down trees. She began leveling her yard.
“Always something else to do,” she said.
She bought recording equipment and broadcast the first episode of “The Dirty Peach,” featuring 25 minutes of “political piggy” awards and an anonymous woman who called herself “Election Board Throat” and claimed to have new evidence that local officials helped rig the 2020 election.
“What I want is for people to wake up,” Rubino said, and so, on another day, she and her friend Melissa Smith loaded up her car with campaign signs and headed out into the district.
“Did you hear about Kemp?” Smith said as they pulled onto a two-lane, referring to Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s support of an electric-car factory that the governor’s rivals were casting as a “George Soros owned woke corporation.”
“Yeah,” said Rubino. “But this s--- has been going on forever; it’s just that now it’s being revealed. It’s our fault. We gave them too much power.”
“It’s like they’re all in it together,” said Smith. “It’s like they hate us all the same.”
It was a sunny day, and as they drove through a landscape of fresh green fields and wildflowers, they talked about all the ways they felt hated by Americans who weren’t them.
Rubino felt hated for “thinking for myself.” Smith felt hated for “going against the narrative.” Greene was always saying it at her rallies: “They hate me. And they hate you.”
They reached the next town, pulling over at a busy intersection of fast-food restaurants, payday lenders and run-down gas stations, where they pounded signs into a grass median: one for an attorney general candidate pledging to prosecute officials who upheld the 2020 election, and one for a candidate trying to unseat a state senator who affirmed Biden’s victory.
“Get the f--- out,” Rubino said now, stomping her sign into the dirt.
“They don’t want to talk about anything we care about,” Smith said.
They kept going, staking signs into weedy islands strewn with beer cans and cigarette butts, patches of grass in front of old strip malls and a triangle of dirt by a gun and pawn shop.
“I don’t want all these billions going to Ukraine when people are hurting here,” said Smith. “I mean, what about opioids? Everyone around here knows somebody dealing with it.”
“They should just let Russia handle Ukraine — they’re ruled by Biden’s family anyway,” said Rubino. “They’re all just making money off it.”
They pulled into a parking lot to meet up with another volunteer working for Greene.
“Do y’all have any Witt signs?” the volunteer said.
“Who’s he?” Rubino said.
“Fellow patriot,” the volunteer said, referring to a Trump-endorsed candidate for state insurance commissioner.
“Great,” said Rubino, taking some signs, and soon, they were heading to another part of the district to meet a first-time candidate they both knew.
They passed more rolling farms and cattle and billboards about Jesus, discussing elites they’d read about on social media who seemed to them ever-more strange and remote from the life they knew. The billionaire Elon Musk and his brain chip company Neuralink. “Can you please stop trying to chip me?” Smith said. The billionaire Bill Gates and his world vaccination campaigns. The Hollywood actors with their esoteric habits.
“What about Lady Gaga?” Rubino said.
“She does that Marina Abramovic s---,” said Smith, referring to an avant-garde performance artist she’d read about. “She talked about being naked in the woods and Marina helped open her mind. That’s some weird s---.”
“And who were those people drinking each other’s blood?” said Rubino.
“Megan Fox and her boyfriend,” said Smith, referring to the actor.
“Did you ever see that clip about Hillary Clinton where she cut a girl’s face off and she wore it?” said Rubino, referring to one of the fake videos of the type always coming across her social media scroll. “I could hardly watch.”
“We have a problem as a society, clearly,” said Smith.
“And we’re the weirdos?” said Rubino.
They arrived in a half-empty downtown, passing a storefront church that was screening a film called “Whose Children Are They?” that purported to expose “the hidden agenda in America’s schools.” They turned into a neighborhood of patched-up bungalows.
“I’m guessing it’s that one where the flag and the signs are,” said Smith, and they parked in front of a yellow-sided house with a rusted picnic table in the yard. A bearded, ponytailed man wearing a T-shirt that read “Send Patriots, not Politicians” stepped outside.
“I just got back from knocking on doors,” said Robert Watson, who described himself as an “outsider running an insurgency campaign against an establishment RINO.”
His platform included pushing for a forensic audit of the 2020 election, expanding gun rights, and opposing a mental health bill because it used guidelines of the World Health Organization, which he considered to be “godless and evil.”
Rubino handed him some signs, and Smith asked about his wife, who’d recently quit her job as a caregiver in a nursing home.
“She’s tore her back up, tore her knees up,” Watson said.
“She told me she came in one day and they didn’t even have wipes,” said Smith. “How can you not have any wipes, and then you got chandeliers in the lobby?”
“Corruption,” said Rubino, and soon they were talking about how not having wipes was one more example of powerful elites too busy advancing their agenda to care about the elderly poor.
“And we’re the radical nuts,” Watson said.
“Yeah, right,” said Rubino. “Okay, where are we off to next?”
***
She was so busy that she barely had time to keep up with all the updates on her social media scrolls, which came by the dozens every hour.
“RINOs and Democrats Just Stole Future Elections in Deep Red Alaska,” read one.
“It’s war,” read another. “It’s raging on all fronts. You have been used by all sides in the greatest psyops operation ever.”
“The battle is only beginning,” read one from Greene. “The Communists came after me, but they were really coming after you.”
She read them all. And then, on a Sunday when she was supposed to go to a rally for Greene, she did something else instead. She turned off her phone.
She did this sometimes, whenever she was feeling overwhelmed by what she believed the country was becoming. It was a warm afternoon, and she decided to work on the flooring of the tents. It helped to do something tangible. She dragged several sheets of plywood to the area in her yard she’d already cleared and began screwing them together, thinking about the question that was always at the bottom of days like this, one she had been wrestling with most of her life.
“Sometimes, I’d like to know what the point is,” she said, driving in a screw. “The fact that I can’t figure it out is what bothers me. Because I need to understand.”
It was a question that had troubled her since the first time she ever asked it, which was when she was 8 years old, sitting in the back seat of her mother’s car on the way to religion class.
“The thought just came into my head,” she said. “I was thinking, ‘What are we doing this for? What are we doing any of this for if we’re just going to die? You die, and it’s over. So, what’s the point?’ I felt afraid. Afraid to the point of not wanting to think about that anymore.”
She had never stopped thinking about it, though, and in some ways, she said, it was the question that had drawn her into the movement for Donald Trump, who was the first politician to give voice to her private thoughts about what America was becoming, which made her feel recognized and even important. She had never voted before, never felt herself mattering as a citizen until Trump came on the scene along with everything else — the rallies, the social media, and eventually, successors such as Greene.
They were the ones who introduced her to the version of America she now inhabited, but what was happening, she realized, was that the more she believed in it, the more that all the certainties of the old America were turning into suspicions. She no longer trusted her schooling. She no longer trusted traditional news. She no longer trusted election results. She no longer trusted courts, or local government, or state government, or the U.S. government, or any of the institutions of democracy she once took for granted. She was no longer sure America was the country she once thought it was.
“It’s just endless questions,” she said. “You’d like to have somebody to trust, something to be sure of.”
But every question led to another suspicion, she said, and every suspicion led to another question, and at times it could all feel so destabilizing that she was no longer sure of her own sense of reality itself, which had so thoroughly broken down that she sometimes had to regain her bearings by doing what she was doing now. She picked up a screw and squeezed it.
“I know I have this screw in my hand because it’s poking my finger and hurts,” she said.
She pinched the skin on the inside of her forearm.
“I am really here,” she said.
She looked at a tree across the yard.
“I know that’s a tree,” she said, then stopped herself. “Or at least I know that it’s called a tree because that’s what I was told, but how do I know it’s not something else?”
She looked at her garage, where she was storing the bags of shreds that she was still planning to spread out on a long table and tape back together again, at which point she believed that she might better understand this moment in America. She realized how absurd this could sound.
“Sometimes I’m like, what if I’m wrong?” Rubino said. “It crosses my mind. Then I ask God: If I’m doing something wrong, please give me the strength to figure it out. Because I really want to understand what the point is. This can’t be what life is, that you get up and go to work and come home. That as humans, we’re nothing.”
She drove the screw into the plywood.
“I want people to realize we’re significant,” she said.
She drove in another screw, and another and kept working all afternoon until the floors were finished. She jumped up and down to be sure they were secure. She was feeling better now. She turned her phone on again, where she had more than 100 updates waiting for her attention.
“They know we know they lie,” read one.
“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion,” read another.
“People hold on,” read another. “This is getting crazier by the moment. GOD HELP US.”
***
She raised the tents, two white domes so large that drivers slowed down as they passed to see what was going on. She installed a fire pit. She draped lights along the tent ropes, and on a Saturday in May three days before Georgia’s primaries, she lined the edge of her yard with signs for Greene and other candidates trying to follow in Greene’s footsteps.
“This way! Come on, come on!” Rubino yelled, waving cars and people down her gravel driveway for what she was calling a “Last Stand Rally for Georgia.”
A bus plastered with Trump’s face arrived with the emcee for the evening, a pro-Trump talk show host who billed himself as “The Godzilla of Truth.” Another bus plastered with the name of a U.S. Senate candidate inched its way down the driveway. Soon, a DJ was blasting music. A portable projection screen was being inflated for a showing of the film “2000 Mules,” a debunked narrative of election fraud purporting to be a documentary. Rubino fired up the grill as more candidates arrived.
“Mr. Gordon, hot dog?” she said to a candidate for attorney general.
“Mr. Perdue,” she said to the Trump-endorsed candidate for governor, reaching her hand out to David Perdue. “Angela Rubino.”
As the possible future leaders of Georgia milled around, she stood behind the grill, observing what she had managed to pull off.
“This is our party! This is our revolution!” the emcee began, introducing candidates who spoke in the language of her social media scrolls about “patriots” and “enemies” and “evil,” and after that, the emcee said, “I’d like to introduce Angela.”
She made her way to the microphone and looked out at a crowd of nearly 100 people.
“Hello everybody and thanks for coming out,” Rubino said. “I really don’t like to speak. But I would like to consider myself the town crier, I guess.”
She paused for a moment as people clapped and cheered, then continued talking about a movement that she believed was bigger than any one election.
“We will take care of business ourselves — because we’re tired of it,” she said, and people clapped and cheered again.
Three days later, feeling better and better, she arrived at the primary night celebration for Greene. It was a landslide. She had gotten 70 percent of the vote. It was a higher percentage than she received in 2020, and the fact that other insurgent candidates were losing only affirmed to Rubino the importance of working harder.
“Angela!” someone yelled as she waded into a crowd inside a hotel banquet room in downtown Rome, where she saw many people who’d been in her yard a few days before.
She shook hands. She hugged people. She took photos. She paused to give an interview for a podcast called “Cowboy Logic,” whose host asked about her work.
“It takes a lot of time, but for Marjorie, that’s what you do,” said Rubino.
She got herself a drink and a slice of pizza, feeling ever more significant as Greene’s unfolding victory felt in so many ways like her own. She settled at the back of the room, where video screens were showing a loop of Greene giving speeches in Congress, and soon, the crowd cheered as Greene herself arrived in the room.
“Woo!” Rubino yelled.
Greene smiled and told people that instead of giving an off-the-cuff speech, she had written one out for once. And so in the more careful and polished manner of a leader on the rise, she began describing the America that Rubino believed in more and more, one at war with “globalists” and the “democratic communist agenda” and elites who “look down on us” and “hate us.”
She listened as Greene spoke of an “American revival.” She nodded along as Greene said, “It is we who will set the public agenda for the next decade.”
“The establishment GOP is falling in line — they will, and they want to,” Greene continued, and in the back of the room, a woman who climbed into a dumpster to save America knew that this was true.
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ECHOMAP chartplotter series offers Garmin's best built-in mapping solution that delivers access to daily chart updates, new Auto Guidance+ technology and more
OLATHE, Kan., Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Garmin (NYSE: GRMN), the world's most innovative and recognized marine electronics manufacturer, today announced its newest marine mapping solution, Garmin Navionics+™, is now available preloaded into select ECHOMAP™ Ultra and ECHOMAP UHD2 series chartplotters. This all-in-one mapping solution features vibrant colors and a streamlined interface, plus a one-year subscription to daily map updates to deliver superior inland and coastal coverage from the world's No. 1 name in marine mapping.1
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ANN ARBOR, MI — Big money is being poured into the campaign behind an Ann Arbor climate-action tax proposal that could fuel big investments in the clean-energy economy.
Ann Arbor Climate Voters, a group supporting the 20-year tax city leaders placed on the Nov. 8 ballot, raised nearly $85,000 in cash donations as of recently, new campaign finance reports show.
After spending over $60,000 on mailers, yard signs and other campaign expenses, the group still had nearly $25,000 left to spend as of Oct. 23.
The group also reported another roughly $21,000 worth of in-kind contributions from a PAC called Our Water Our Democracy, which is affiliated with the Michigan League of Conservation Voters on Miller Road just outside Ann Arbor. That included the cost of mailers, digital ads and staff time.
“It’s up to us to take action on climate change and protect our future,” one of the league’s mailers stated.
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Counting both cash and in-kind contributions, more than $106,000 has been poured into the campaign, while the city separately has spent over $25,000 informing voters about the proposal. That includes $19,906 for 55,754 mailers the city sent out in September and $5,649 for followup mailers the city sent to 27,259 voters in October, officials said.
Campaign donations to Ann Arbor Climate Voters have come from dozens of community members and local environmentalists associated with groups such as the Huron River Watershed Council, Ecology Center and Michigan Environmental Council, and at least one local solar installer, Homeland Solar.
Mayor Christopher Taylor also is a big supporter, having channeled $8,500 of his mayoral campaign funds to the climate-action campaign. City Council Member Linh Song, D-2nd Ward, donated over $10,000, as did Burns Park-area resident Ashley Oberheide, while local nonprofit Recycle Ann Arbor, which contracts with the city to handle recycling, gave $5,000.
Taylor separately provided $500 worth of donated services to the campaign in September, reports show. He sent out a mass email to community members calling the tax proposal a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
“When it comes to dealing with the climate crisis, the time to act is now!” he wrote. “Extreme heat, drought and floods are getting worse every year.”
The city sent out followup mailers about the tax in October because the city was getting a lot of questions from people about how the tax would help them in their sustainability quest and what would change in the first few years if the tax is approved, said Missy Stults, the city’s sustainability director.
To streamline costs, the followup postcards were mailed only to registered voters, not people citywide, Stults said, noting the city website also was updated with more information.
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The tax would fund various programs and services to advance the city’s A2Zero carbon-neutrality goals, including rebates for households and businesses that go solar or geothermal, replace gas appliances with electric ones, install energy-storage systems, upgrade electrical panels or make energy-efficiency upgrades such as insulation and air sealing.
For those who take such steps to help the city move toward its 2030 carbon-neutrality target, individual rebates are expected to outweigh the tax costs in most cases, Stults said.
“That is how we modeled it,” she said. “And that’s just the rebate. But then if you do the work and you have energy savings or water bill savings, then you have even more.”
Rebates would be available for people of all incomes, but modeled after the federal Inflation Reduction Act with an equity focus, there would be greater support to help lower-income people make the transition, Stults said.
If the tax is approved, Stults said she’ll be presenting more details to City Council as part of the city’s budget process for the next year. Her office has run numbers to model what level of rebates, combined with federal ones, would be meaningful to help people get over the financial hurdle of making investments, while still allowing lots of people to participate, she said.
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The tax also is proposed to fund other direct city investments in renewable energy, electric vehicle chargers, rain gardens, tree plantings, recycling, composting, and walking and cycling infrastructure such as bike lanes and paths, which is part of the city’s plan to significantly reduce driving in the city.
The city also is proposing a new energy-concierge service to help homeowners and businesses identify opportunities for improvements and energy-cost savings.
The tax would cost property owners $100 per year for every $100,000 of taxable value. City officials estimate it could generate $6.8 million in revenue in the first year alone, and it would be levied from 2023 through 2043, likely generating well over $100 million in that time.
It would mean millions of dollars being pumped into the local clean-energy economy, supporting workforce training and local jobs with solar installers, electricians, plumbers and heating and cooling contractors, Stults said.
“We’ve been talking to our partners in trade, our partners at different industries, about how we’re going to scale that workforce and also make that workforce more representative of our communities — people of color, more women,” she said.
Taylor and his council allies are supporting the measure, while three council members have said they aren’t taking a position. Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, is the only council member to come out against it, arguing the city shouldn’t burden residents with another tax while council is not willing to incentivize developers to build sustainable buildings.
Taylor’s opponents in a three-way mayoral race in the Nov. 8 election also question hitting residents with another tax.
In a blog post analyzing campaign spending, Council Member Elizabeth Nelson, D-4th Ward, reiterated concerns she said she heard last year that the tax and spending plan were “haphazard and poorly considered” and said some people did not believe it would have any meaningful results or achieve what needs to happen to address climate change.
In his email to residents, Taylor said for less than the cost of a cup of coffee per week for the average homeowner, the tax would provide tangible improvements in equity, cost and comfort for residents while making critical carbon-emission reductions.
“If we want Ann Arbor to do what’s right, and if we want to see real progress on the climate crisis, we need your help to do it,” he wrote, urging support for the campaign.
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Big money fueling Washtenaw County state House, Senate races, giving Democrats an edge | 2022-11-02T14:14:26+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/11/over-130k-poured-into-spreading-message-about-ann-arbor-climate-tax.html |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The toughest test in golf takes on several meanings for this U.S. Open.
Tough usually starts with the golf course, and the North course at Los Angeles Country Club figures to be every bit of that, even if it’s a mystery to most. It has never hosted anything of national significance except for the Walker Cup in 2017.
This will be the third time since 2015 the U.S. Open goes to a course for the first time.
Tough for this U.S. Open is also just getting there. The storied club is located between Wilshire and Sunset boulevards on the edge of Beverly Hills. And if that doesn’t suggest big traffic, it’s about 5 miles off the notorious 405 freeway.
“I’ve been to LA Country Club,” Masters champion Jon Rahm said. “I remember when we were there — I think it had already been announced that the U.S. Open would be there — and my first thought was, ‘How the heck are they going to fit anything around here?’ And second, ‘How are we going to get around the traffic in this place?’
“Golf course-wise, yeah, the golf course is high quality. The golf course could host any event you want,” he said. “It’s just logistically. To me, it was the hardest part to understand.”
And it’s tough on the USGA for personal reasons.
Instead of celebrating the first U.S. Open in Los Angeles in 75 years, it’s almost as though the USGA is having to remind everyone the 123rd edition of the U.S. Open starts Thursday.
All that seems to be on anyone’s mind is the shock announcement of a deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabian wealth fund — bitter adversaries turned partners — and more specifically what it all means for rival upstart LIV Golf.
Chatter about the par-3 15th hole — it could play as short as 80 yards for one round — has given way to whether players felt betrayed by PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and whether LIV defectors will be welcomed back.
It even overshadows the USGA proposal to roll back the golf ball. Maybe it’s not all bad.
The USGA was inundated with requests for media credentials over the last four days from outlets that ordinarily don’t cover golf (most were denied), mainly because the interest in sport goes beyond golf right now — even beyond the second-oldest championship in golf.
“We’re looking for a harmonious world of golf,” Justin Rose said. “That’s not going to be overnight. Obviously, there’s a lot of players that you guys want to watch — we all know who they are on LIV. They’ve got a lot to offer the game of golf. I think just because they made a certain decision doesn’t mean they’re outcasts forever.”
The Masters did so much in showing golfers can get along no matter where they play or who pays them. The same was true at Oak Hill for the PGA Championship, even with Brooks Koepka of LIV Golf winning his fifth major and restoring his reputation as a beast in the majors.
Now?
There are 14 players from Saudi-backed LIV Golf in the field, only slightly fewer than the previous two majors because of fewer exemptions to an Open. But there is palpable consternation from the PGA Tour side that LIV players took big Saudi money and might be able to return. No one knows how that will play out. Then again, no one knows much of anything about the deal among the PGA Tour, European tour and Saudi’s Public Investment Fund.
But there are hard feelings, as strong as ever.
“For the guys that did turn down significant amounts of money, then that’s probably a tough one to swallow and I feel for them,” defending U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick said.
Fitzpatrick won his first major last year at The Country Club, one of the five founding clubs of the USGA that dates to 1882.
Los Angeles Country Club — commonly referred to as LACC — isn’t too far behind. The club dates to 1897, and the members were among those who shaped the economy in the city that became known for the stars. It moved to its current location in 1911.
The club is not big on celebrities, even though the property around it would suggest otherwise. Bing Crosby once had a house near the 14th fairway and was never invited to join. Lionel Ritchie has a mansion on the fourth hole. Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion is adjacent to the 14th tee.
“There’s some pretty expensive real estate there,” Scottie Scheffler said. “It’s like a country club in the middle of town. But it’s a world-class golf club, and it’s in Beverly Hills.”
And it kept largely to itself, a gem shown only to high-end members and their guests. LACC hosted the Los Angeles Open five times between 1926 and 1950. It also held the 1930 U.S. Women’s Amateur and the 1954 U.S. Junior Amateur.
But it otherwise wasn’t interested in showcasing the North course.
Gil Hanse oversaw the restoration of the North course with Jim Wagner and Geoff Shackelford, a modern touch while returning it to the original design of George Thomas Jr. from 1921. It has five par 3s and three par 5s, one more of each for a typical par 70 at a U.S. Open.
LACC held the Pac-12 Championship in 2013 — Max Homa opened with a 61 and led Cal to the title, a field that also included Rahm, an Arizona State freshman.
The U.S. easily won the Walker Cup — Scheffler was on that team with Collin Morikawa, who went 4-0 for the week — and now it’s time for the ultimate test.
This will be the first U.S. Open in Los Angeles since Ben Hogan won at Riviera in 1948. The last major championship in LA was also at Riviera, with Steve Elkington winning the 1995 PGA Championship.
Scheffler and Rahm have been battling for No. 1 all year. Rahm’s four wins include the Masters. Scheffler has two wins, including The Players Championship, but his consistency has been so remarkable that he has yet to finish out of the top 12 all year.
World ranking aside, Koepka is right there with them.
LIV Golf doesn’t get world ranking points except in the majors. Koepka had the 54-hole lead at the Masters (he tied for second) and won the PGA Championship. Another big week and he takes his place in the conversation, ranking or not, if he’s not already there.
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AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-06-11T01:17:12+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/sports/ap-sports/us-open-in-la-nearly-afterthought-with-saudi-pga-tour-deal/ |
Two Newark police officers were stabbed Thursday afternoon during an altercation with a man, officials said.
The officers, who were not identified, were responding to the 600 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard for a reported domestic violence incident when they were stabbed by the man, who was also not identified, according to Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé.
The officers were taken to University Hospital where they were listed in stable condition as of 6 p.m., Fragé said. | 2023-01-06T01:03:31+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/essex/2023/01/2-newark-police-officers-stabbed-while-confronting-man-authorities-say.html |
Stanford vs. Sacred Heart Women's Basketball Predictions & Picks - NCAA Tournament First Round
Published: Mar. 16, 2023 at 9:41 AM MDT|Updated: 3 hours ago
Friday's contest at Maples Pavilion has the Stanford Cardinal (28-5) taking on the Sacred Heart Pioneers (19-13) at 7:30 PM ET (on March 17). Our computer prediction projects a one-sided 82-46 win as our model heavily favors Stanford.
The Cardinal head into this matchup on the heels of a 69-65 loss to UCLA on Friday.
Stanford vs. Sacred Heart Game Info
- When: Friday, March 17, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
- Where: Maples Pavilion in Stanford, California
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN2
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Stanford vs. Sacred Heart Score Prediction
- Prediction: Stanford 82, Sacred Heart 46
Stanford Schedule Analysis
- The Cardinal took down the No. 8 Utah Utes in a 74-62 win on January 20, which was their signature victory of the season.
- The Cardinal have the third-most Quadrant 1 victories in the nation (13).
- When facing Quadrant 2 teams, Stanford is 7-0 (1.000%) -- tied for the 13th-most victories.
Stanford 2022-23 Best Wins
- 74-62 at home over Utah (No. 8/AP Poll) on January 20
- 72-59 at home over Creighton (No. 14) on December 20
- 77-70 at home over Tennessee (No. 24/AP Poll) on December 18
- 72-59 on the road over UCLA (No. 14/AP Poll) on January 13
- 71-66 at home over UCLA (No. 14/AP Poll) on February 20
Sacred Heart Schedule Analysis
- When the Pioneers took down the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, who are ranked No. 134 in our computer rankings, on March 12 by a score of 72-60, it was their best victory of the season thus far.
- When facing Quadrant 4 teams, Sacred Heart is 15-9 (.625%) -- tied for the 21st-most victories, but also tied for the 44th-most losses.
Sacred Heart 2022-23 Best Wins
- 72-60 on the road over Fairleigh Dickinson (No. 134) on March 12
- 70-67 on the road over Fairleigh Dickinson (No. 134) on February 16
- 71-62 at home over Fairleigh Dickinson (No. 134) on January 21
- 57-47 over Southern (No. 219) on March 15
- 69-58 on the road over Fairfield (No. 252) on December 11
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Stanford Performance Insights
- The Cardinal have a +589 scoring differential, topping opponents by 17.9 points per game. They're putting up 76.5 points per game to rank 23rd in college basketball and are allowing 58.6 per outing to rank 45th in college basketball.
- Stanford's offense has been worse in Pac-12 action this year, posting 71.8 points per contest, compared to its season average of 76.5 PPG.
- The Cardinal are putting up 76.6 points per game at home. In road games, they are averaging 75.0 points per contest.
- Defensively Stanford has played worse at home this season, allowing 58.9 points per game, compared to 56.7 in away games.
- The Cardinal have been scoring 73.1 points per contest in their last 10 appearances, an average that's a little lower than the 76.5 they've scored over the course of the 2022-23 season.
Sacred Heart Performance Insights
- The Pioneers have a +142 scoring differential, topping opponents by 4.4 points per game. They're putting up 62.7 points per game, 233rd in college basketball, and are allowing 58.3 per contest to rank 39th in college basketball.
- Sacred Heart has averaged 3.7 more points in NEC action (66.4) than overall (62.7).
- The Pioneers are putting up more points at home (64.0 per game) than on the road (63.3).
- Sacred Heart gives up 56.7 points per game at home, and 60.8 on the road.
- The Pioneers are posting 64.1 points per contest over their past 10 games, which is 1.4 more than their average for the season (62.7).
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-17T00:25:33+00:00 | kmvt.com | https://www.kmvt.com/sports/betting/2023/03/17/stanford-sacred-heart-womens-college-basketball-picks-predictions-ncaa-tournament-first-round/ |
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – In this installment of Destination Central Texas, we explore a museum which delves into the history of something started in Waco – and is now known around the world.
What started out as Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store became home of several soft drinks – including Texas’s own Dr. Pepper.
Charles Alderton was a pharmacist who not only mixed medicine for customers, but found a love for mixing syrup flavors – which led to the unique flavor of Dr. Pepper.
The drink was created and manufactured right here in Waco starting in 1885. Now, over a century later, this historic factory and museum draws people in from all over the world.
“We have two buildings full of really cool exhibits to see,” says Mary Beth Ferrell, Director of Development and Communications. “We are a history museum. So that’s what people come here to do, is to learn the history of Dr. Pepper.”
There is a lot of history indeed – with the preservation of the famous pharmacy where people can browse the syrup medicines on display, see the evolution of the individual Dr. Pepper drinks, and see the artisan well used to draw water for manufacturing the drink.
The original equipment in the bottling plant is still intact – with pictures honoring some of the first bottling employees.
“That building was not meant for 200,000 people to be coming through it every year,” said Farrell. “So we are always doing maintenance, writing grants and getting funding to help preserve our building.”
The independent museum does not just teach the history of Dr. Pepper, but all the related soft drinks – including Big Red and 7up.
If you are feeling inspired to invent a drink of your own like Alderton, there is a place to let your creative juices flow – literally.
“Our ‘Make Your Own Soda’ experience is extremely popular, said Ferrell. “People love to come and try their hand.”
Whether you are a Texan or from out of the state, the Dr. Pepper Museum should definitely be on your bucket list to visit.
“You don’t get alot of experiences where you get to come and be in a place where something was really made, and where it started,” said Ferrell.
For more information about the Dr. Pepper Museum, you can visit its website. | 2022-06-17T00:53:57+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/destination-texas/destination-central-texas-dr-pepper-museum/ |
OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police officer has pleaded not guilty to punching a 17-year-old boy during an arrest last summer that led to protests by members of the Arab American community.
Oak Lawn Officer Patrick O’Donnell's plea to aggravated battery and official misconduct charges came Wednesday in Leighton Criminal Court in Chicago.
A grand jury indicted him last month, and his next court date is April 4.
The Cook County prosecutor's office has said that Hadi Abuatelah was struck more than 10 times July 27 with a closed fist and that another officer knelt on the teen's legs while both officers shouted commands, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Abuatelah sustained fractures to his face, skull and pelvis. He also had swelling of his brain and spent six days in a hospital. A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed by his family against Oak Lawn.
A bystander videotaped the beating. The police department was accused by some in the community of profiling and harassment.
The teen later was charged by the state’s attorney’s office with illegally possessing a gun. That case is pending in juvenile court.
Oak Lawn Police Chief Daniel Vittorio has said departmental training was followed, that Abuatelah refused to follow commands and was reaching for a shoulder bag that contained a loaded handgun, according to the newspaper.
O’Donnell’s attorney, James McKay, said Abuatelah had been “trying to get that gun.”
O'Donnell, 33, was hired by the police department in 2014. He has been assigned to administrative duties. | 2023-03-03T21:13:25+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/chicago-area-officer-pleads-not-guilty-in-teen-s-17818686.php |
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