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Oz says he wouldn’t talk to patients the way his campaign talked about Fetterman’s health
By Dan Merica, CNN
Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz again tried to distance himself from the mocking tone his campaign has taken with his Democratic opponent John Fetterman’s recovery from a near fatal stroke, telling NBC in an interview Friday that he would not talk to his own patients the way his campaign talked about the Democratic Senate nominee.
Oz has tried to walk a fine line between being the television doctor that is meant to have compassion for people dealing with health issues and the Republican candidate at a time when campaigns are mimicking former President Donald Trump’s no-holds-barred approach to politics.
Pennsylvania’s Senate contests is one of the most closely watched in the country, representing the best chance for Democrats to flip a Senate seat in November. Polls show a tightening race, with Oz closing the polling gap Fetterman opened over the summer. A CNN Poll of Polls average now shows Fetterman with the support of 50% of likely voters compared with 45% for Oz.
While Oz has personally expressed empathy for Fetterman’s May stroke and his months long recovery, one campaign aide said in August that Fetterman may not have had a stroke if he “had ever eaten a vegetable in his life,” another aide defended that statement by suggesting Fetterman couldn’t stand for more than 10 minutes and, in a mocking effort to get Fetterman to agree to a debate, the Oz campaign offered to “pay for any additional medical personnel he might need to have on standby.”
Asked directly whether Oz would speak to his own patients the way his campaign spoke about Fetterman, the Republican directly said, “No.”
This is not the first time Oz has tried to distance himself from the people he pays to communicate his message to the public, even brazenly saying those people may not speak for him.
“I can only speak to what I’m saying,” Oz said in a radio interview in late August.
“I have tremendous compassion for what John Fetterman is going through,” Oz said in the NBC interview with Dasha Burns. “Not only do I, as a doctor, appreciate the challenge, but I know this specific ailment because it is a specialty area of mine.”
Before running for Senate or hosting a nationally syndicated television show, Oz was regarded as a talented and driven cardiothoracic surgeon who regularly treated people with strokes.
Oz said he “accepted responsibility” for the way his campaign has talked about Fetterman’s health and that he has dealt “with issues as they come up.”
“But he has his own set of issues,” said Oz. “We should have had a debate already.”
Oz has tied to focus his critique of Fetterman’s health on transparency, urging the Democrat to release more medical information.
“When people ask me questions, and they often do, about his health condition, you know what I say, Dasha? I have no idea,” Oz said.
Fetterman has so far declined to release more than a June letter his doctor released attesting he was fit enough to run for Senate.
“I would say that if there is anything that changed, I absolutely would have updated that,” Fetterman said this week. “Other than the progress that I have made is evident.”
Fetterman spent two months off the campaign trail after his May stroke. When he returned, his speech was at times halting and he often smushed words together — something the Democrat himself acknowledged. Fetterman’s speech, however, has improved in recent months and he has picked up his campaign schedule. As he has since he returned to the campaign trail, the candidate continues to use closed captioning in interviews.
Oz and Fetterman have agreed to one debate in the key Senate contest — an October 25 meeting hosted by Nexstar Television.
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54, educator for Miami Jackson Senior High School, died November 24 at Memorial Regional Hospital. Survived by daughters: Ni’a Landon and Aaliyah Parlins; twin sister: Angela Shavers; father: Ernest (Harriett) Shavers. Service 11 a.m., Saturday at St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church. | 2022-12-01T07:35:54+00:00 | miamitimesonline.com | https://www.miamitimesonline.com/obituaries/tangela-regina-shavers/article_dbd5f6ae-70c1-11ed-a4dd-a7489af7394d.html |
LONDON (AP) — A retired judge opened a public inquiry on Tuesday into how Britain handled the coronavirus pandemic, saying bereaved families and those who suffered would be at the heart of the proceedings.
Former Court of Appeal judge Heather Hallett said the inquiry would investigate the U.K.'s preparedness for a pandemic, how the government responded, and whether the “level of loss was inevitable or whether things could have been done better."
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed to hold an inquiry on his government’s handling of the pandemic after pressure from bereaved families. COVID-19 has left more than 204,000 people in Britain dead in one of the worst death tolls in the world.
Hallett said her main aim was to produce recommendations before “another disaster strikes.”
“I have a duty to the public to conduct a thorough, fair and independent inquiry for the whole of the U.K. and I intend to do so," she said.
She added that the inquiry would not “drag on for decades, producing reports when it is too late for them to do any good.”
The probe will have the power to summon evidence and to question witnesses under oath. Potentially hundreds of thousands of people are expected to share their experiences through a “formal listening exercise," which was established so people can take part without physically attending a hearing or give evidence in a formal setting.
Addressing some bereaved families' concerns that they will be “sidelined" in the investigation, Hallett said she would not be able to cover every issue in as much detail “as some may wish."
The inquiry's opening has been delayed for months, frustrating families. It is expected to last at least a year, with the first evidence sessions starting in spring 2023. | 2022-10-04T15:28:18+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Ex-judge-opens-COVID-inquiry-into-UK-handling-of-17485948.php |
Art critic Blake Gopnik weighs in on the $55 million initial public offering of Francis Bacon's triptych artwork: "Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer."
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Whether or not Pelé scored almost 1,300 goals in his professional soccer career, all of his biographers agree that the three-time World Cup champion wrote more than 100 songs and sold more than 100,000 copies of one of his albums.
He was also in the movies, notably in the World War II film “Victory,” and was one of the stars of a Brazilian comedy that brought more than 3.6 million people to the theaters in the South American nation.
Pelé, whose full name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died Thursday with cancer at a hospital in Sao Paulo. He was 82.
Pelé’s success on the soccer field made him a sports icon, but he added to that with many performances as an actor and singer.
MOVIES
“King Pelé” (O Rei Pelé, 1962)
Pelé’s first big-screen moment came in a movie directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen in the same year he won his second World Cup title. The narrative starts at Pelé’s native city of Tres Coracoes, talks about his move to the Sao Paulo countryside city of Bauru and then on to Santos, where he becomes a global star.
“Victory” (1981)
Directed by John Huston, it was the movie Pelé said he had most fun doing. He played Cpl. Luis Fernandes, a soldier from Trinidad.
The plot involves prisoners of war preparing to face a German team in Nazi-occupied Paris amid their attempt to escape. At the time with the New York Cosmos, Pelé had the chance play with very different teammates — actors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine.
“If I had to give myself a grade as an actor it would be a 10,” Pelé jokingly said in several interviews after “Victory.”
He also told friends that the original script had Stallone in position to score the winning goal with a bicycle kick, but the American actor did not have the skills to do it, so he was placed as a goalkeeper instead. Former England captain Bobby Moore is also in the film, along with several other professional soccer players.
“Victory,” known as “Escape to Victory” in many places, made almost $28 million at the box office.
“The Clumsies and the King of Soccer” (Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol, 1986)
This was an association between two of Brazil’s most popular brands at the time — a recently retired Pelé and a Three Stooges-like group of comedians who were widely popular for their TV program Os Trapalhões (The Clumsies). The movie’s opening was three days before the 1986 World Cup final in which Argentina, led by Diego Maradona, beat Germany 3-2. It took millions to the cinema in Brazil that year.
Pelé played the role of a sports reporter named Nascimento who replaced the injured goalkeeper of a team named Independência Futebol Clube and scored the winning goal of a match with a goal kick.
Pelé also took part in documentaries, including “This is Pelé” (1974), “Pelé Eterno” (2004) and “Cine Pelé” (2011).
TELEVISION
Brazilians are almost as obsessed with soap operas as they are with soccer, and Pelé had many cameos. Most of his appearances were on TV Globo’s soap operas, which are often exported to the rest of the world.
Author Ivani Ribeiro was the first to bring him to TV soap operas. She cast Pelé in a show named “Os Estranhos” (The Strangers), in which he played the role of a famous writer who lived on an island and had extraterrestrial friends.
Pelé’s last famous appearance in a soap opera came in 2002 in “O Clone” (The Clone), which was popular in dozens of other countries. He played himself and sang the song “Em Busca do Penta” (Seeking the Fifth). The lyrics were about Brazil winning the World Cup again. Three months later, Brazil won the World Cup for the fifth time.
MUSIC
“Peléginga” was his biggest hit. Recorded with a choir and an orchestra, the samba album included 12 songs written by Pelé and was released in 2006.
Three years later, the Brazilian star wanted to record another album for international audiences and invited U2 singer Bono to share the vocals on one of the tracks. The Irishman was on tour with his band, however, and the project was abandoned.
Pelé also recorded a record with Brazilian diva Elis Regina and released an album that was produced by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sergio Mendes.
COMICS
Pelé has also been a character in widely popular comic books in Brazil. Cartoonist Mauricio de Sousa and Pelé, who was playing for New York Cosmos at the time, reached a deal in 1976 for the publication of children’s stories in comic book format.
At first, Pelé didn’t like the childlike features of Pelezinho. Sousa said in several interviews the player wanted to be portrayed as a strong child athlete. The cartoonist then made a suggestion that he should ask his children what they thought. Both kids loved it.
Sousa used several stories from Pelé’s childhood in Pelezinho plots. The comic books were published regularly from 1977-86, and after that on special occasions. The latest was in 2013 as Brazil hosted the Confederations Cup, a warm-up tournament for the following year’s World Cup in the country.
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Pilot shortage puts pressure on airline operations
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Until last summer, Ashley Montano had never flown. Now she was preparing to land a small plane with three passengers after a previous touch-and-go that had been rough.
“The plane is a bit heavy, so give it just a little more power to make a smooth landing,” flight instructor Jason Fink told her.
There was the tiniest of bounces as the plane’s nose came down, then a smooth touchdown and taxi in to end Montano’s training flight late last year at a United Airlines school in the Arizona desert.
On the ground, Montano was happy with her progress. “You guys were my first real passengers!” she gushed to a reporter and video journalist who had been in the rear seats.
Montano hopes that in a few years she will be flying airline jets and carrying many more passengers. If she does, she’ll be helping solve a critical problem facing the industry: not enough pilots.
Airlines have complained about a shortage for several years, but they made it worse during the pandemic by encouraging pilots to take early retirement when air travel collapsed in 2020. Helane Becker, an analyst for Cowen who has tracked the issue closely, estimates that 10,000 pilots have left the field since then.
Meanwhile, airlines have been in a hiring frenzy that is likely to continue for several years as the carriers replace pilots who reach the federal mandatory retirement age of 65.
The government estimates that there will be about 18,000 openings per year for airline and commercial pilots this decade, with many of those replacing retirees. However, the Federal Aviation Administration issued on average only half that number of pilot licenses from 2017 through 2021.
Private forecasts are dire, too. Consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimates that despite efforts to close the gap, airlines in North America will face a shortage of nearly 30,000 pilots by 2032. The supply of new pilots will grow, but not enough to offset a continuing wave of retirements, the consultant says.
There is cause for hope, however. Last year, the FAA issued 9,588 airline-transport licenses — the type needed to fly for an airline. That topped even the recent peak of 9,520 in 2016.
The key question is whether that pace can be maintained. Some of last year’s spurt might have been catch-up from low numbers in 2020 and 2021, which were held down by the pandemic.
“The airlines are doing their best to move things along, but it’s an uphill slog,” Becker said.
Southwest Airlines has more than 700 planes but parks 40 to 45 of them each day because it lacks pilots to fly them, said CEO Bob Jordan at a recent media event. That amounts to more than 200 flights a day or up to 8% of the Dallas-based airline’s flying. Southwest expects to hire 2,250 pilots this year after adding about 1,200 last year, mostly by drawing from smaller airlines.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says the lack of pilots will continue to prevent airlines from expanding as much as they would like to take advantage of strong travel demand.
“Pilots are and will remain a significant constraint on capacity,” he said during an earnings call last month.
Kirby figures that his airline, American, Delta and Southwest combined will hire about 8,000 pilots this year, up from the normal 6,000 to 7,000.
The pilot shortage is most severe at smaller carriers that don’t pay as well and serve as stepping stones to the big airlines. Many of them operate regional flights under the names of American Eagle, United Express and Delta Connection.
Faye Malarkey Black, president of the Regional Airline Association, says those carriers have parked more than 400 planes for lack of pilots, “and air service is collapsing as a result.” Black estimates that regional airlines are short by 8,000 pilots and the trade group says a dozen smaller cities have lost all air service — about 50 more have lost half or more of their flights — despite the broad rise in travel demand.
If a pilot calls in sick, often there is no one immediately available to replace them, and that is leaving tens of thousands of travelers stranded. The lack of pilots contributed to a 52% increase in flight cancellations last year compared with 2021, although it is unclear how much of that was also related to weather and air traffic congestion.
The shortage is giving pilot unions leverage in contract negotiations that were paused by the onset of the pandemic. New contracts are certain to include hefty pay raises that will drive up costs for airlines.
Delta pilots are voting on a contract that their union says would raise pay by more than 30% over four years. If ratified, it likely would become the model for deals with pilots at American, United and Southwest.
The median annual pay for U.S. airline pilots last year topped $200,000, according to the Labor Department, and was likely much higher at the biggest airlines.
The pilot shortage started even before the pandemic. Over the past decade or two, industry officials warned it was coming as travel boomed and thousands of U.S. pilots approached mandatory retirement age. The Federal Aviation Administration raised that age from 60 to 65 in 2007, which pushed the problem off for a few years.
For decades, airlines enjoyed an ample supply of pilots, most of whom came out of the military fully trained and with extensive experience, but the military has its own shortage.
The Air Force said it had a shortfall of about 1,900 pilots at the end of September. It is trying to increase retention and the training of new pilots after producing nearly 1,300 in the previous 12 months.
Not everyone agrees, however, that there is a shortage. The Air Line Pilots Association, the largest union of pilots in North America, says that over the past decade, airlines hired only about half of the people who received FAA licenses that let them fly airliners.
The union argues that airlines are hyping a shortage narrative to water down qualification standards and hire inexperienced flyers at lower pay. It says that airlines should increase pay to attract more applicants.
That is beginning to happen at regional airlines — the smaller carriers that handle flights for American Eagle, United Express, Delta Connection and Alaska Airlines’ Horizon Air subsidiary. Three of American’s regional affiliates recently announced that it would offer $100,000 bonuses to some new pilots.
Several U.S. airlines have started their own training programs or partnered with flight schools to ensure a pipeline of future pilots that would be more diverse – fewer than 4% of current airline pilots are Black, fewer than 5% are women.
“Even though I saw my dad fly planes, saw my brother fly planes, I never saw a woman fly planes,” says Sara McCauley, a student at United’s Aviate Academy who hopes to follow her father and fly for United. “The world is going to change, and aviation will be more inclusive.”
Tuition for flying schools and the cost of flight time are not cheap. Reaching 1,500 hours of required flight time is often estimated to cost between $70,000 and $100,000.
Aviate charges $71,250, and when students are done they need to find work as a flight instructor to build enough hours to get hired by a regional airline.
Montano, who has two degrees in criminology, left her job analyzing prison-sentencing data and took out a loan to attend Aviate.
“I saw that as a great investment in my future,” she says. “I absolutely think it will pay off.”
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CAIRO (AP) — At least 100 people were killed in clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive region of Darfur, according to the Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate.
Hospitals were still out of service in the Darfur city of Genena and an accurate count of the wounded was still hard to make, the doctors’ union added in a statement posted on their official Facebook page late Sunday.
The fighting in Genena, which broke out a few days after Sudan’s two rival generals took arms against each other in Khartoum, pointed to the possibility that conflict in the capital could spiral to other parts of the East African country.
At least 481 civilians were killed in Khartoum clashes that erupted in mid-April between the military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, according to the same doctors’ statement. The number of the wounded among civilians has jumped to more than 2560. | 2023-05-08T11:17:29+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/international/sudan-doctors-at-least-100-killed-in-armed-fighter-clashes/ |
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Pain Consortium (APC) is pleased to announce their latest expansion with the opening and accreditation of their Ambulatory Surgery Center in Lafayette, IN. The addition of the Lafayette Surgery Center increases the total number of Indiana surgery centers to three and creates access to interventional pain management locally in Lafayette. Together with the Center for Pain Management (CFP), APC is dedicated to providing exceptional, individualized patient care by world-class, interventional pain physicians.
The Lafayette Surgery Center is led by Dr. Joseph Rutledge who is fellowship trained and board certified in Anesthesiology with added qualifications in Pain Management through the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is a member of the North American Neuromodulation Society and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Dr. Rutledge's expertise includes injections and other minimally invasive procedures to achieve better pain control, which is now available locally to the patients and residents of Lafayette. He has extensive experience in neuromodulation, spinal stimulation, MILD, Vertiflex, nerve ablations, Intrathecal Pain Pumps, and other minimally invasive procedures.
These procedures can now be performed locally at the Lafayette Surgery Center, which allows patients access to same-day surgeries and the ability to recover at home instead of a hospital. The addition of the ASC effectively provides access to quality care while decreasing healthcare costs by eliminating the need for hospital stays.
The Lafayette Surgery Center has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. This is an important milestone in continuing growth and success of our healthcare organization. Pursuing accreditation demonstrates our commitment to providing the highest levels of quality care to our patients, and the same high level of quality in our business practices. Achieving AAAHC Accreditation is proof that Lafayette Surgery Center, Center for Pain Management, & APC have met the rigorous standards of a nationally recognized third party.
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The Boulder Valley school board heard updates on a potential capital construction bond issue and next school year’s budget at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
For the possible bond issue, the district is considering asking voters in November to approve a bond issue in the $376 million range — smaller than the district’s last bond issue. The final amount would depend on what projects are included.
Boulder Valley’s last capital construction bond issue totaled $576.5 million and was approved by voters in 2014. The final amount grew to $677 million from bond sale premiums, rebates and interest earnings.
The district also asked a 23-member committee to discuss proposed project priorities.
The committee generally supported the district’s priorities, which include a new $27.7 million building for New Vista High School, a new $31.5 million school to relieve overcrowding at Meadowlark School, about $28 million for improvements to support expanded career and technical education offerings, and about $128 million to address pressing building needs.
Other priorities include $5.5 million for accessibility improvements to playgrounds, along with $25.7 million to modernize classrooms with furniture and fixtures. The bond calculations also include $47.9 million to cover a 15% inflation rate, $73.6 million for overhead costs and $9.2 million for reserves.
Next steps include reviewing opinion poll data and getting a recommendation from the superintendent at the June 14 board meeting. If the school board decides to proceed, the board would vote on the final critical needs list and ballot language in August.
The board didn’t request any changes to the proposed $430 million general fund budget, which includes spending about $425 million. Highlights include spending an additional $17 million for employee compensation; $12.5 million for school staffing, programs and student support; and $4.3 million for facility improvements, custodial services and maintenance.
The district plans to use about $14 million of its $16 million beginning general fund balance on one-time expenses. The budget includes $2 million in one-time money to provide targeted staffing support to elementary schools with declining enrollment, as well as $2 million to hire additional staff members at schools districtwide where class sizes end up larger than expected in the fall.
One-time money plans also include $2.5 million to replace aging FOSS science kits, $1.1 million to hire five half-time high school coordinators for the Grad Plus plan, and $1.7 million in “seed money” to hire more teachers over three years to expand career and technical education options.
Other budget expenditures include $1.7 million for two portable buildings to relieve overcrowding at Erie’s Meadowlark School and $1.4 million to cover food inflation costs.
The board meeting started with a moment of silence for the victims of Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas that left at least 19 students and two adults dead. The suspect also died at the scene.
School board member Lisa Sweeney-Miran also issued a call to action, asking people to contact “every lawmaker” and demand that they not accept campaign contributions from the gun lobby and pass “real gun control measures.”
She noted other countries with stricter gun control laws don’t have mass shooting after mass shooting, saying there’s not a secret formula to preventing gun violence.
“It’s something our representatives choose,” she said. “They choose money and guns over children.” | 2022-05-25T06:00:40+00:00 | dailycamera.com | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/05/24/boulder-valley-school-district-school-board-talks-budget-future-capital-construction-bond-issue/ |
MULBERRY, Ark. — Federal authorities said Monday they have started a civil rights investigation following the suspension of three Arkansas law enforcement officers after a video posted on social media showed two of them beating a man while a third officer held him on the ground.
The officers were responding to a report of a man making threats outside a convenience store Sunday in the small town of Mulberry, about 140 miles (220 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, near the border with Oklahoma, authorities said.
Arkansas State Police said the agency would investigate the use of force. State police identified the suspect as Randal Worcester, 27, of Goose Creek, South Carolina.
However, the attorney for the two deputies says Worcester attacked one of the deputies, giving him a concussion.
The video shows one officer punching the suspect with a clenched fist, while another can be seen hitting the man with his knee. The third officer holds him against the pavement.
In video recorded from a car nearby, someone yells at officers to stop hitting the man in the head. Two of the officers appear to look up and say something back to the person who yelled. The officers' comments could not be heard clearly on the video.
"The fight was escalating with those officers, and you hear that woman on that video yelling and whoever that is, I think she could have saved his life," said Carrie Jernigan, an attorney representing Worcester.
He was taken to a hospital, then released and booked into the Crawford County jail in Van Buren on multiple charges, including second-degree battery, resisting arrest and making terroristic threats, state police said.
Worcester was released Monday on $15,000 bond. When asked how he was feeling, he said "all right." An attorney who escorted him from jail declined to comment on his behalf. Worcester was pushing a bicycle as he left the jail.
Worcester's father declined to comment when contacted Monday by The Associated Press. He referred a reporter to a law firm representing the family. That firm said it was still trying to gather information and did not immediately have a comment on the video.
Two Crawford County sheriff's deputies and one Mulberry police officer were suspended, city and county authorities said.
Worcester is white, according to jail booking information, and the three officers involved also appear to be white.
A Justice Department spokesperson said Monday that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Arkansas, the FBI's Little Rock Field Office and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.
"The FBI and the Arkansas State Police will collect all available evidence and will ensure that the investigation is conducted in a fair, thorough, and impartial manner," the Justice Department said in a statement. "The federal investigation is separate and independent from the ongoing state investigation."
Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante said before Worcester was arrested, an officer asked if he had any weapons on him, and he handed one over to the officer. Damante didn't specify what type of weapon.
"They were about to take him into custody because of part of their investigation on the scene — that's when he became violent," Damante said.
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office identified the three officers as Crawford County deputies Zack King and Levi White and Mulberry police officer Thell Riddle.
"I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter," Damante said.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the community and the department take the matter "very seriously."
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, told a news conference about the Justice Department's plans to investigate. He described the beating as "reprehensible conduct" and said the officers' actions were "not consistent" with the teachings of the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy.
Arkansas State Police Col. Bill Bryant said his agency's investigation would "take some time."
"Once we get the facts and evidence, we'll prepare a case file and a summary and turn it over to the prosecutor," Bryant said.
However, Russell Wood, a Russellville attorney for the two deputies, said in a statement Monday that White was answering a report of a terroristic threat when he encountered Worcester, who he said matched the complainant's description of her assailant. At first, Worcester gave White a false identity.
As White was checking that identity, Worcester "became irate and viciously attacked Deputy White by grabbing him by the legs, lifting him up and body-slamming him, headfirst, on the concrete parking lot," Wood said. After White hit his head on the concrete, stunning him, Worcester climbed onto him and "began striking him on the back of the head and face," the attorney said.
After Worcester rained blows on his head, White said he saw the suspect turn his wrath on King and Riddle, Wood said. White then "re-engaged and used all force necessary to get the violent suspect under control and detained."
White suffered a concussion and continues to experience concussion symptoms, Wood said. The attorney called for the release of the full Mulberry police dash-cam video of the incident but has not yet received a response.
Jernigan said she had filed an excessive force complaint against one of the suspended officers on behalf of another client of hers about a month ago.
"To date, I had not heard anything back. But the description of what happened to my client in July versus that video seemed almost identical," Jernigan said. "And so we're just of the position it didn't have to even take place yesterday."
Cellphone video of often-violent police interactions has put a spotlight on officer conduct in recent years, particularly since the 2020 killing of George Floyd while he was being arrested by police in Minneapolis.
The resulting nationwide protests called attention to officer brutality that often targets Black Americans.
The front door at the building that serves as the Mulberry police headquarters and city hall was locked Monday. A sign on the door directed anyone with questions about "the police investigation" to contact Arkansas State Police.
It was unclear whether the officers were wearing body cameras.
Amid public pressure for transparency and the proliferation of videos exposing police misconduct, there has been some pushback against recording officers. In July, the governor of Arizona signed a bill that makes it illegal to knowingly record officers from 8 feet (2.5 meters) or closer without permission.
Mulberry is a town of 1,600 people on the southern edge of the Ozarks in western Arkansas, right off Interstate 40, which runs from California to North Carolina.
At Kountry Xpress, the convenience store and filling station where the beating happened, truck drivers stop frequently to fill up on fuel. Customers also buy meals, which include American and Indian cuisine.
Shasta Morse, a cashier at Kountry Xpress, said she was working when Worcester was arrested but she didn't know about it until a customer told her later.
"It's a little unnerving," she said.
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Criminal justice reform advocate explores prison experience through poetry
HOUSTON, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning author, poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts will give a solo performance on Thursday, Feb. 16, in celebration of Black History Month at the University of Houston Law Center.
As part of the Bracewell LLP Distinguished Lecture in Racial and Social Justice, Betts will present "Felon: An American Washi Tale," which combines traditional theater, poetry, fine art and Japanese paper-making. The piece is a theatrical version of a collection of poetry titled "Felon," which won the 2020 American Book Award.
Formerly incarcerated, Betts transformed himself from a 16-year-old sentenced to nine years in prison to a critically acclaimed writer and Yale Law School graduate.
He holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland; an M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College; and a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was awarded the Israel H. Perez Prize for best student note or comment appearing in the Yale Law Journal. He is a Ph.D. in Law candidate at Yale and, as a Liman Fellow, he spent a year representing clients in the New Haven Public Defender's Office. In 2020, he founded Freedom Reads, a non-profit organization that opens libraries in prisons.
Betts was also one of 25 selected for the 2021 MacArthur Fellowship — a prestigious honor, also known as a genius grant, that awards exceptionally talented and creative individuals with a significant, unrestricted grant.
"Bracewell is proud to partner with the University of Houston Law Center in bringing this timely and innovative presentation to the campus and greater Houston community," said Bracewell Managing Partner Gregory M. Bopp.
The event is co-sponsored by Bracewell LLP, the University of Houston Law Center and the University of Houston College of Education. Attendees will receive one hour of Texas continuing legal education credit.
The presentation will be in-person on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Central at the University of Houston Law Center, 4170 Martin Luther King Blvd. Attendees may also join virtually. Participating attorneys will receive one hour of Texas continuing legal education credit.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s election on Tuesday, the country’s fifth since 2019, largely pits familiar faces against one another in a tight race. Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, now the opposition leader, is hoping to return to power and replace his main rival, interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid. The election is once again seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s fitness to rule while he faces corruption charges. One new player has burst onto the scene. Far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir has been surging in opinion polls and could be key to lifting Netanyahu to victory.
Here’s a look at the main players:
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
After more than a year in the opposition, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister seeks a return to power while on trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes. His Likud party is projected to remain the largest in the 120-seat Knesset, and he aims for a majority through support of ultra-Orthodox and ultra-nationalist allies.
Netanyahu’s campaign has focused on attacking the perceived shortcomings of the government that ousted him last year, and decrying its inclusion of an Arab party. Election polls project that his Likud party and its presumed allies are hovering close to the 61-seat parliamentary majority required to form a governing coalition.
YAIR LAPID
Israel’s caretaker prime minister took office in June after the ruling coalition he cobbled together disintegrated. He has campaigned on his government’s accomplishments in its limited time in office, including the recent maritime border deal with Lebanon.
Polls predict that Lapid’s Yesh Atid party will be the second-largest party, after Likud. It remains unclear whether he will once again be able to unite disparate parties and form a coalition instead of Netanyahu.
ITAMAR BEN-GVIR
The co-leader of the Religious Zionism party has a long history of anti-Arab rhetoric — including convictions for incitement and supporting a terrorist group. As a lawyer, he spent much of his career defending Jewish extremists in court.
His party is ardently pro-settlement in the occupied West Bank, takes an even harsher line toward Palestinians living there and has cast doubt on the loyalty of Israel’s own Palestinian minority. Many of its leaders are openly homophobic.
Ben-Gvir, heir to the outlawed racist Kach party, has pledged support for Netanyahu — and has hone so far as to promise to annul the former prime minister’s trial and to be put in charge of the country’s police force.
Religious Zionism is projected to balloon to the third-largest party in parliament, more than doubling in size since the last election and giving it a powerful voice in any Netanyahu government. In part it is buoyed by support from young ultra-Orthodox voters.
BENNY GANTZ
Israel’s defense minister joined forces with other former Netanyahu allies — including Justice Minister Gideon Saar — after the break-up of the last government. He has campaigned on the issues of national security and preventing Netanyahu from returning to power.
A campaign video released Sunday said: “We must stop the shame. We must stop the threat,” referring to the possibility of Ben-Gvir becoming a Cabinet minister. Gantz’s Machane Mamlachti is projected to win around 10 seats in parliament, which would likely make it the fourth largest.
Gantz appears to have the most crossover appeal of any of the members of the anti-Netanyahu bloc. He could become a key player in post-election coalition negotiations. | 2022-11-01T11:14:38+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-israeli-election-hopefuls-a-look-at-the-main-contenders/ |
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New K-6 School Reflects Community's Desire for Student-Centered Environment
ESCONDIDO, Calif., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 23, 2022, Erickson-Hall Construction Co. joined more than 100 educators, community members, and stakeholders to celebrate the Ribbon Cutting of Pacific Sky School in Del Mar Union School District. Located at 6631 Solterra Vista Pkwy in San Diego, the new K-6 school was funded by the district's Measure MM passed in 2018. The highly anticipated Pacific Sky School expands Erickson-Hall's $1 billion portfolio of innovative and award-winning educational facilities across Southern California.
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Ribbon Cutting Program
Pacific Sky School's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony included remarks by:
- Holly McClurg, Ph.D., Superintendent
- Erica Halpern, Governing Board President
- Joe LaCava, San Diego City Councilmember
- Chris Delehanty, Assistant Superintendent
- Danny Weigel, Erickson-Hall
- Alison Fieberg, Principal
The event also featured a song and poem performance by students honoring their new school, as well as tours of the facility.
Holly McClurg, Ph.D., Superintendent, states, "We are thrilled to open our District's newest school! Pacific Sky School will support the students and community in Pacific Highlands Ranch for years to come, and the design and construction of this school embodies the work we have done through our District Design 2022 to radically change the school experience for our students."
Pacific Sky School
The 67,000-square-foot Pacific Sky School offers an ideal educational environment with numerous indoor and outdoor learning and collaboration spaces. It features 20 classrooms, three (3) after-school classrooms, three (3) STEAM+ classrooms, an Innovation Center, the district's central kitchen, and a performing arts stage. The 10.47-acre site also includes play structures, a blacktop, and track & field facilities. The school's playground is adjacent to the future Solterra Vista Park, opening in late 2023. Designed by OBR Architecture, Pacific Sky School has a capacity of 450 students, with approximately 350 students enrolled its inaugural year.
Mat Gates, President of Erickson-Hall, states, "It's very rewarding to be a part of a development that encompasses the community's vision so completely. The plan for Pacific Sky School was developed over the course of several years, multiple community meetings, and student interviews. The result is a student-centered environment where children will grow, learn, and thrive."
Chris Delehanty, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, states, "The Del Mar Union School District has been very fortunate to work with such a strong partner in Erickson-Hall. We were forced to condense our construction timeline from 19 to 15 months, and the Erickson-Hall team went above and beyond to bring the school in on time and under budget. It has been amazing to work with them in bringing our vision to life!"
About Erickson-Hall Construction Co.
Erickson-Hall is a recognized industry leader and has completed over $1.5 billion in successful construction projects, of which $1 billion has been for K-14 education developments. The employee-owned company has been serving the Southern California markets of San Diego, Imperial, Orange, South LA, and Riverside Counties since 1998. Services include preconstruction, general contracting, construction management, design-build, design assist-build, lease-leaseback and program management for educational, fire, essential services, civic, parks, recreation, faith-based, office and healthcare facilities. The company has an award-winning portfolio of completed projects and has received numerous awards for safety. For more information, visit www.ericksonhall.com and find us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/erickson-hall-construction-company.
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PHILADELPHIA – New Eagles cornerback Greedy Williams sat at the dais in the NovaCare Complex Tuesday afternoon. It was the second time he was signing a contract. His great-grandmother Irma Williams had just died the first time he signed an NFL contract. Wanting to ensure she was there when he signed his one-year deal with the Eagles, Williams wore a chain with her picture during his introductory press conference.
“She was the heart of the family,” Williams said. “She kept everybody together, so I just wear her around. Wherever I go, she is with me. She is my motivation to keep me pushing every day.”
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Williams wants to use that motivation to contribute to a secondary that already includes cornerbacks such as Darius Slay, James Bradberry, and Avonte Maddox. Williams had two interceptions, 12 passes defended, and 99 tackles during his four seasons with the Cleveland Browns, the team that selected him in the second round of the 2019 draft. Looking to add to their secondary, the Eagles reached out to him and agreed to the terms of a new deal Friday.
Williams talked about what led him to come to Philadelphia, stating the process was “up and down,” but the offer came at the right time.
“There were a lot of prayers, and it was a great fit,” Williams said. “I just wanted to be somewhere where guys compete and win. It kind of fits me and who I am.”
Williams added that when he heard that the Eagles were interested in him, he sent a DM (direct message) to Slay, who told him he should come to the Eagles. The two have a history together, with Williams saying Slay acted like a “mentor” during the pre-draft process. Williams said he was looking forward to learning from the other cornerbacks on the roster.
“It’s my first time being under veterans with years under their belts,” Williams said. “They definitely can teach you a couple of things. It’s just about being a pro. It doesn’t always have to be by football. It’s just about being a pro and how to maintain in this league.”
Williams has mainly played as an outside corner but is intriguing because he is 6-feet, 2-inches tall and has the speed to keep up with the faster receivers in the league. Williams also talked about his first impressions of new defensive coordinator Sean Desai, who was hired to replace former defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, who became the new Arizona Cardinals head coach. Williams did not disclose what role he will play in the scheme, stating there were some similarities but that there would be different terminology than the system he played in with the Browns.
Williams did say that he left the conversation galvanized, looking forward to what the unit could do next season.
“We talked about a little ball,” Williams said. “It was exciting. He’s a great guy, and I’m ready to work with him. I know it is his first year coming in, so we will both have a fresh start. I’m excited. What he was saying, you should be really looking forward to a great defense.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three women killed in a weekend shooting at a short-term rental home in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood were identified Sunday while police searched for suspects.
Four other people were wounded, two critically, when gunfire erupted around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at the property in the Beverly Crest area, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office identified those killed as: Iyana Hutton, 33, of Chicago; Nenah Davis, 29, of Bolingbrook, Illinois; and Destiny Sims, 26, of Buckeye, Arizona.
Police Sgt. Frank Preciado said Saturday that the three victims were inside a vehicle when they were fatally shot.
The shooting follows a Jan. 21 massacre at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb that left 11 dead and nine wounded, and shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms on Jan. 23 that left seven dead and one wounded.
Investigators were trying to determine if there was a party at the rental home or what type of gathering was occurring, officials said.
Police Detective Meghan Aguilar said the search for suspects and evidence was ongoing Sunday. She said further details of the investigation were not expected before Monday.
The ages and genders of the wounded victims were not released and their conditions were not known Sunday.
The mid-century home is in a quiet neighborhood nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains where houses are large and expensive. The property, estimated at $3 million, is on a cul-de-sac and described in online real estate platforms as modern and private with a pool and outdoor shower.
Police did not immediately know if the house had a history of noise or other party-related complaints.
The early Saturday morning shooting comes on top a massacre at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb last week that left 11 dead and nine wounded and shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms that left seven dead and one wounded.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of one of the victims’ hometown to Bolingbrook, Illinois, not Boiling Brook. | 2023-01-30T04:08:48+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/authorities-id-3-killed-in-shooting-at-home-in-los-angeles/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
EAGLE PASS, Texas – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday toured Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety border security assets along the Texas-Mexico Border in Eagle Pass.
After the tour, Abbott held a news conference where he provided an update on the state’s border security strategies along the Rio Grande River.
In an effort to thwart cartel activity along the border, Abbott said that the state continues surging resources, including razor wire, to border communities to build stronger, more efficient barriers to deter illegal crossings between ports of entry. He also discussed Texas’ continued efforts working collaboratively alongside law enforcement partners in Mexico and the governors of the Mexican States of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas, who signed historic border security memorandums of understanding with Texas last month.
Abbott also detailed the state’s ongoing support for local border communities as they mitigate the mass influx of illegal immigrants, drugs, and weapons, including continuing to bus migrants from Texas to Washington, D.C. As of Monday, 45 buses have left for Washington, D.C., he said.
“Texas communities are bearing the burden of the Biden Administration’s open border policies, and the State of Texas will not allow the inaction of the federal government to impede on the safety and security Texans deserve,” Abbott said. “The Lone Star State will not waiver in our efforts to secure the border, and we will continue to do deploy all resources necessary to prevent the flow of deadly drugs like fentanyl, human smugglers, dangerous criminals, and other illegal contraband from coming into Texas. Operation Lone Star continues to fill in the gaps where the federal government has failed Texans, and I thank local law enforcement, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Texas National Guard for their continued collaboration in taking unprecedented measures to secure the border.”
Abbott’s visit comes on the same day that President Joe Biden wanted to end Title 42, an immigration restriction provision that has been used to expel migrants. But a federal judge in Louisiana issued a nationwide injunction that keeps the order from ending.
The governor was joined at the visit by DPS Director Steve McCraw, Texas Adjutant General Thomas Suelzer, State Representative Eddie Morales, Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas, and National Border Patrol Council Vice President Hector Garza. | 2022-05-24T10:46:22+00:00 | ksat.com | https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2022/05/23/watch-live-abbott-tours-texas-mexico-border-in-eagle-pass-gets-security-briefing/ |
Get the first taste of new frozen treats, drinks, snacks and supplements at Natural Products Expo West
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dole Packaged Foods, LLC is unveiling a new lineup of fruit-forward product innovations across its portfolio including – Snacks, Beverages, Ingredients, and Frozen Treats – at Natural Products Expo West, the world's largest natural, organic and healthy products trade show, from March 7-11, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif. In addition to wholesome, delicious product line expansions, Dole is diving into new categories like Dry Snacks and introducing a new brand, the Secret Nature of Fruit®, with products in the Supplement and Probiotic Sodas categories to satisfy consumers' desires for more wholesome options.
Dole's new products were developed with the Dole Promise – which aims to bring access to good nutrition to 1 billion people and move towards zero processed sugar in all Dole products by 2025 – in mind. The new products are just one piece of the company's overall transformation into a purpose-led nutrition and wellness company. While working to improve access to nutritious options for consumers, Dole is also helping to reduce food waste and utilizing more sustainable production methods. These practices reaffirm Dole's commitment to putting people and the planet at the heart of everything it does.
"Over the last year, we've been hard at work developing a slate of new fruit-forward products that put nutrition and wellness at the forefront. Fruit is critical to support a balanced diet, and so many people don't get enough of it. Our new products deliver fruit in a delicious and convenient way that supports wellness from the inside out," shared Orzse Hodi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, USA, Dole Packaged Foods, LLC. "It's all part of our mission to deliver high-quality fruit products to consumers, and we're so excited to offer a sneak peek at Expo West!"
New Product Lines
- DOLE WigglesTM Fruit Juice Gels: Crafted with 100% fruit juice, no added sugar, and an excellent source of Vitamin C, DOLE Wiggles comes in three bright, fruit-forward flavors: Strawberry, Orange and Cherry.
- DOLE Good CrunchTM Fruit Bites: A sustainably made dried fruit snack bursting with flavor and a unique craveable crunch in three varieties: Pineapple, Pineapple with Chili and Banana.
- DOLE Whip® Frozen Treat: A better-for-you dessert with a creamy texture and made with real fruit, available in three rich flavors: Pineapple, Mango, and Strawberry.
- DOLE Energy DelightTM Fruit Juice Drink: Made with 50% real fruit juice, green tea and B Vitamins to provide immunity support, DOLE Energy Delight will be available in two flavors: Mango Strawberry and Citrus Sunrise.
- DOLE Digestive BlissTM Fruit Juice Drink: A delicious taste of the tropics with plant-based macronutrients that promote gut health and support immunity, DOLE Digestive Bliss Fruit Juice Drink can be sipped in two flavors: Pineapple Banana and Tropical Passion.
- DOLE Light Pineapple Juice Drink: A freshly pressed pineapple taste with 60% less sugar and calories than DOLE 100% Pineapple Juice. With no added sugars, DOLE Light is an excellent source of Vitamin C for immunity support.
In addition to these new product lines, Dole launched The Secret Nature of Fruit®, a brand that harnesses the hidden secrets of fruit to deliver nutritious ingredients to help support your body.
- Fruit-Powered Vitamin Chews: These chews utilize the distilled power of real fruits, plants and herbs for an effective daily boost of nutrition. Each blend is expertly curated to support a specific area: Immunity, Beauty, Focus, and Energy.
- Probiotic Fruit Sodas: Soda powered by 15% fruit juice and 2 billion live probiotics to support a happy, healthy gut – available later this year in four flavors: Tropical Passionfruit, Refreshing Peach, Spiced Pineapple, and Mixed Berry. 1
If you're attending Expo West, swing by Dole's booth (#359 in Hall A) to sample new products and talk with a team member. For more information about Dole's products, visit dolesunshine.com.
About Dole Packaged Foods, LLC
Dole Packaged Foods, LLC, is a world leader in growing, sourcing, distributing, and marketing fruit and healthy snacks in four core categories: Beverage, Snacks, Frozen and Functional Supplements. The company sells a full line of packaged shelf stable fruit, frozen fruit, dried fruit, and juices. The company focuses on four pillars of sustainability in all its operations: water management, carbon footprint, soil conservation and waste reduction. For more information, please visit dolesunshine.com.
1 2 billion CFU Bacillus Colagulans probiotic cultures at the time of processing
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LONDON (AP) — Thousands of mourners waited for hours Thursday in a line that stretched for nearly 4 1/2 miles (7 kilometers) across London for the chance to spend a few minutes filing past Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin while she lays in state at Britain’s Parliament. King Charles III spent the day in private to reflect on his first week on the throne.
The queue to pay respects to the late queen at Westminster Hall was at least a nine-hour wait, snaking across a bridge and along the south bank of the River Thames beyond Tower Bridge. But people said they didn’t mind the wait, and authorities rushed to offer services like portable toilets to make the slog bearable.
“I’m glad there was a queue, because that gave us time to see what was ahead of us, prepared us and absorbed the whole atmosphere,” health care professional Nimisha Maroo said. “I wouldn’t have liked it if I’d had to just rush through.”
A week after the queen died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after 70 years on the throne, the focus of commemorations was in Westminster — the heart of political power in London. Her coffin will lie in state at Westminster Hall until Monday, when it will be taken across the street to Westminster Abbey for the queen’s funeral.
Buckingham Palace on Thursday released details about the service, the first state funeral held in Britain since the death of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965. Royalty and heads of state from around the world are expected to be among the 2,000 people attending, with a smaller burial service planned for later Monday at Windsor Castle.
Late Monday, the queen will be buried in a private family service at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.
The guest list for the state funeral is a roll-call of global power and pomp, from Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and King Felipe VI of Spain to U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and the prime ministers of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau — who first met the queen when he was a child and his father Pierre Trudeau was Canada’s leader — said the queen was “one of my favorite people in the world.”
“Her conversations with me were always candid, we talked about anything and everything, she gave her best advice on a range of issues, she was always curious, engaged and thoughtful,” he said at a special session of the Canadian parliament in Ottawa.
After a day of high ceremony and high emotions on Wednesday as the queen’s coffin was carried in somber procession from Buckingham Palace, the king was spending Thursday working and in “private reflection” at his Highgrove residence in western England. Charles has had calls with Biden and Macron and has been speaking to a host of world leaders.
Prince William, the heir to the throne, and his wife Catherine, the Princess of Wales, visited the royal family’s Sandringham estate in eastern England on Thursday to admire some of the tributes left by well-wishers. The couple walked slowly along metal barriers as they received bouquets from the public and chatted to well-wishers. Other royals fanned out across the U.K. to thank people for their support, with the queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie visiting Manchester and the queen’s daughter Princess Anne in Glasgow.
On Wednesday the queen left Buckingham Palace for the last time, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowd-lined streets of London to Westminster Hall.
Charles, his siblings and sons marched behind the coffin, which was topped by a wreath of white roses and the queen’s diamond-studded crown on a purple velvet pillow. The military procession underscored Elizabeth’s seven decades as head of state.
Her lying-in-state, meanwhile, allowed many Britons to say a personal goodbye to the only monarch most have ever known.
It’s also a huge logistical operation, with a designated 10-mile (16 kilometer) queuing route lined with first aid points and more than 500 portable toilets. There are 1,000 stewards and marshals working at any given time, and 30 religious leaders from a range of faiths to talk to those in line.
Monica Thorpe said she walked for two hours to get to the back of the line and join the queue.
“People were just walking and walking and the policemen were like ‘Keep going, keep going.’ It was like the yellow brick road,” she said.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of the Church of England, wore a high-visibility vest emblazoned with the words “Faith Team” as he spoke to mourners. Welby, who will deliver a sermon at Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday, paid tribute to the queen as “someone you could trust totally, completely and absolutely, whose wisdom was remarkable.”
People old and young, dressed in dark suits or jeans and sneakers, walked in a steady stream Thursday through the historic hall, where Guy Fawkes and Charles I were tried, where kings and queens hosted magnificent medieval banquets, and where previous monarchs have lain in state.
After passing the coffin, most mourners paused to look back before going out through the hall’s great oak doors. Some were in tears; others bowed their heads or curtseyed. One sank onto a knee and blew a farewell kiss.
Keith Smart, an engineer and British Army veteran, wiped away tears as he left the hall. He had waited more than 10 hours for the chance to say goodbye.
“Everybody in the crowd was impeccably behaved. There was no malice, everybody was friends. It was fantastic,” he said. “And then, to come into that room and see that, I just broke down inside. I didn’t bow — I knelt to the floor, on my knees, bowed my head to the queen.”
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Follow AP coverage of Queen at https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii | 2022-09-15T17:11:14+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/nationalworld-news/ap-international/ap-crowds-queue-for-queens-coffin-as-charles-spends-quiet-day/ |
SEATTLE (AP) — For the past three seasons, a piece of the Seattle Storm’s identity was absent even as it remained among the elite teams in the WNBA.
Seattle was missing a permanent home.
The Storm spent the 2020 season playing in a bubble due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they spent the 2019 and 2021 seasons bouncing between venues in the Puget Sound region while their arena was rebuilt, robbing them of the element that made coming to Seattle one of the more challenging road trips for opponents.
That changes Friday night when the Storm open the WNBA season against Minnesota. They’re back in the heart of the city, making their regular-season debut at Climate Pledge Arena, also the home of the NHL's Kraken.
"Knowing that the city of Seattle is really so excited to have us be back, be back in Seattle Center and be back in the heart of Seattle playing and know they can’t wait for me to be back out there as well,” Seattle’s Breanna Stewart said.
There’s plenty of story lines that will follow the Storm this season, from the possibility that it will Sue Bird’s final year, to Stewart’s return from a foot injury that caused her to miss the end of last season.
But for the Storm, finding stability is of major importance.
The Storm spent three seasons without a true place to call home while Climate Pledge Arena was under construction. They split the 2019 season between the University of Washington and Angel of the Winds Arena, 30 miles north of Seattle in Everett, Washington.
The 2020 season — when Seattle won its fourth title — was played in the WNBA bubble in Florida due to the pandemic. The pandemic also led to construction delays that left their new home just enough behind schedule that the Storm had to play one more season in Everett.
Seattle’s patience will be rewarded when the Storm step into one of the best buildings in the league.
“This place is first class and from a WNBA perspective, the more that we have facilities that match the play and the product on the floor, the better the business will grow. That’s just kind of how it is,” Bird said. “Sometimes I feel like in the world of business, you have to fake it till you make it. We kind of did that the last couple of years and now we’re very deserving of being in a building like this.”
The last time the Storm played a meaningful WNBA game at their home arena was Game 2 of the 2018 Finals. Seattle beat Washington 75-73 in Game 2 and completed the three-game sweep of the Mystics in Game 3 on the road. Between the regular season and playoffs, the Storm went 18-4 that season at home, and 5-0 in the postseason. That playoff run also included Bird’s famous Game 5 performance against Phoenix in the conference finals when she scored 14 points in the final 5 minutes to lead Seattle to the Finals.
“To be back in the city for the summer, I think fans are excited about it,” coach Noelle Quinn said. “Our players are excited about it, our organization is excited about being back in Climate Pledge.” | 2022-05-06T13:18:38+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/sports/2022-05-06/seattle-storm-happy-to-have-permanent-home-again |
Strategy Creates Increased Investment in Product Development and Quality to Ensure Those Backpacking, Car Camping, Overlanding, Hunting and Fishing are Comfortable in the Outdoors
KAYSVILLE, Utah , June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Klymit, a leading producer of lightweight and comfortable, yet rugged outdoor sleep gear, announced today that the Rightline Gear, Cascadia Vehicle Tents (CVT) and WaterPORT brands are joining its product portfolio. Gathr Outdoors, the parent company of all four brands authorized the move which unlocks increased funding for product development and quality, while simplifying marketing messaging and point-of-sale communication for customers.
"We work tirelessly to find innovative solutions that make spending time outdoors more comfortable and fun," said Cory Tholl, President, Klymit. "Each of these brands play a specific role in accomplishing that mission and help us to expand our focus from sleep outside to solving additional problems to deliver serious outdoor comfort. This move allows those who backpack, car camp, overland, hunt and fish to come to one trusted source for all their outdoor comfort needs."
Consumers looking for products from the Rightline Gear and WaterPORT can now access them at http://www.klymit.com/. Cascadia Vehicle Tents products will be migrating over to the Klymit site later this year. In the meantime, consumers can continue to visit http://www.cascadiatents.com/. Consumers shopping at retail will begin to see changes over time in packaging and brand communication early next year.
Klymit is part of the Gathr Outdoors family of brands which is committed to making spending time together outdoors more comfortable and convenient. For more information on Klymit, visit Klymit.com. For more information on Gathr Outdoors visit, www.GathrOutdoors.com.
About Klymit
Klymit is a leading producer of lightweight and comfortable, yet rugged outdoor sleep gear, and part of the Gathr Outdoors family of brands. The company is headquartered in Kaysville, Utah and was conceived on the idea that the experience of sleeping outside can be enhanced with innovative technologies. For more information on Klymit visit: www.Klymit.com.
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The Detroit Red Wings added depth down the middle by signing center Andrew Copp -- a Michigan native-- to a five-year, $28.1 million deal.
"I think it's a chance to grow with the team that they have there right now," Copp said on ESPN's "The Point."
Acquired from the Winnipeg Jets at the NHL trade deadline, Copp was an immediate fit on the second line for the New York Rangers and flourished playing with ace passer Artemi Panarin, both on even strength and occasionally on the power play.
He had eight goals and 18 points in just 16 regular-season games for the Rangers and was rewarded for his play with a generous average ice time of 17 minutes, 1 second on a team loaded with high-end forwards and often not enough minutes to go around.
Copp has a clear tie-in to Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba, a former teammate in Winnipeg who also played with Copp growing up on youth teams in Michigan, and that familiarity appeared to help his transition to New York.
During a second-round, seven-game victory over the Carolina Hurricanes, in fact, New York coach Gerard Gallant described Copp's addition as "huge," saying that he and forward Frank Vatrano, another late-season add from the Florida Panthers, were "putting the puck in the net for us" and "doing all the little things."
In the postseason, he finished with six goals and 14 points in 20 games, as the Rangers bowed out in the Eastern Conference finals, losing in six games to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Copp finished the regular season just over the 200-point threshold (202) for his career, and his top season in goals came in 2020-21 with the Jets (15).
The Rangers replaced him quickly Wednesday by signing former Cane Vincent Trocheck. | 2022-07-13T17:35:09+00:00 | espn.com | https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/34237103/sources-detroit-red-wings-grab-ex-new-york-rangers-center-andrew-copp |
LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sixty-six percent of Americans believe the worst part of the shopping experience is going through the return process, according to a survey commissioned by Slickdeals, the only shopping platform powered by millions of avid shoppers.
The survey of 2,000 U.S. adults, commissioned by Slickdeals and conducted by OnePoll, found that 67% hate returning items they previously purchased, and two in three claim it's the worst part of the entire shopping experience.
Over half (58%) revealed they would be willing to do "nearly anything" to avoid returning the items they bought.
For 43%, returning things in person is worse than doing so online. The most hated parts of in-person returns are having the person in front of them escalate the situation (39%), getting managers involved in their returns (32%) and having to travel to the store (32%).
Meanwhile, 29% think returning items online is more difficult. The most hated parts of online returns are paying for shipping (42%), having the item lost or not arrive at its destination (39%) and traveling to the post office (37%).
Fifty-two percent have changed their shopping habits so they don't have to deal with the return process at all.
The study also revealed the top products respondents believe should be returned and those that are not worth the return hassle. Phones (38%), clothing (38%) and TVs (37%) are the top items worth returning. However, shoppers ranked intimates (25%), groceries (25%) and clothing accessories (24%) as items that are not worth returning.
If they plan on returning an item, 48% of respondents said they don't put it back in its original packaging.
The worst items to put back into their original packaging are computers (35%), TVs (29%), home improvement products (27%), headphones (27%) and furniture (26%).
"Inevitably we all make purchases that don't work out for us. Luckily, many retailers have improved return policies to create a more pleasant return experience," said Louie Patterson, personal finance manager for Slickdeals. "Shoppers can do their part by understanding return policies before they buy. Always check return shipping cost, any restocking fees and return windows before you buy."
Results also found that people would rather give things they bought away (50%), keep them as a backup (36%) or resell them (29%), instead of returning them.
If they end up returning items, 46% of respondents said they prefer having a cash back option or a complete refund. Fifty-six percent also said they'd prefer returning to the store they bought an item from instead of going to a different location.
The average person also claimed many return policies are too short — and that they should ideally be 30 days long.
"A good way to mitigate the need for returns, particularly on those larger products like TVs and electronics, is to do your research ahead of time. Our community of shoppers helping shoppers is a great way to discover the products that will best suit your needs and at the best prices," Patterson added.
TOP 5 ITEMS ALWAYS WORTH RETURNING
Phones - 38%
Clothing - 38%
TVs - 37%
Computers - 37%
Clothing accessories - 31%
TOP 5 ITEMS NEVER WORTH RETURNING
Intimates - 25%
Groceries - 25%
Clothing accessories - 24%
Beverages - 23%
Phones - 22%
To learn more about the survey, visit here.
Slickdeals is the only shopping platform powered by millions of avid shoppers, where consumers interact to share and discover the most up-to-date information on online shopping deals and coupons. Through the power of human intelligence, Slickdeals has saved its 12 million savvy shoppers $10 billion by providing a forum for deal discovery and shopping discussion; as well as shopping tools such as its free Android or iOS app; its browser extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge; and its Slickdeals Cashback Rewards program. Slickdeals is one of the top ten most visited shopping sites in the U.S. per Similarweb.
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Two thousand Kaiser mental health workers plan to go on strike Monday. They say Kaiser has failed to follow California law and make sure patients with mental health needs are given prompt care.
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Two thousand Kaiser mental health workers plan to go on strike Monday. They say Kaiser has failed to follow California law and make sure patients with mental health needs are given prompt care.
Copyright 2022 NPR | 2022-08-12T23:55:21+00:00 | nepm.org | https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/national-world-news/2022-08-12/mental-health-workers-say-they-plan-to-strike |
Disney World ending required theme park reservation requirements
(Gray News) - Changes are coming to Walt Disney World next year.
According to Disney Parks, some of the changes include theme park reservations not being required starting Jan. 9, 2024, for date-based tickets and dining plans will be available again for resort hotel guests.
Date-based tickets are currently the standard ticket option at Disney World. For other admission types, including non-dated tickets, theme park reservations may still be required.
Disney shared more online on which admission park tickets might require reservations.
Dining plans are also returning in January 2024 as an option for those staying at Disney Resort hotels who purchase a vacation package. Those will go on sale starting May 31.
“We know our guests – and families in particular – have missed dining plans, which offer guests the convenience and peace of mind of pre-paying for their meals and snacks,” Eric Scott, communications manager with Disney, said.
For those planning to stay at a Disney Resort hotel, early theme park entry for visits through 2024 will continue across all four theme parks.
According to Scott, complimentary overnight self-parking at Disney Resort hotels is coming back along with attraction photos taken in the park being available on the Disney Genie+ service.
“Whether you’re getting ready to experience the feelings of a Disney thrill or counting down the days until your Disney visit, we hope these updates make you feel as excited as we are,” Scott said.
More information is available online regarding these Disney World updates.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-11T02:41:12+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/2023/05/11/disney-world-ending-required-theme-park-reservation-requirements/ |
Former Kansas researcher appeals remaining conviction
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former researcher who was accused of hiding work he was doing in China while employed by the University of Kansas is asking a judge to reverse his conviction for making a false statement. Feng “Franklin” Tao was originally convicted of four counts, but three of the convictions were thrown out in September. Federal prosecutors said Tao did not disclose on a form he filled out for the American university that he was working for a Chinese university. His attorneys argued in a motion filed Monday that the case was an attempt to inject federal oversight into what was a human resources concern for the university. | 2023-04-05T02:04:46+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/04/04/former-kansas-researcher-appeals-remaining-conviction/ |
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SOURCE InvestorsObserver | 2022-07-11T14:46:44+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/07/11/thinking-about-trading-options-or-stock-tesla-twitter-unitedhealth-group-walt-disney-or-nvidia/ |
MARTY, S.D. (KELO) — Authorities have identified a 42-year-old Marty, South Dakota, man killed in a fatal New Year’s Day crash.
Authorities said that Richard Hare, Jr. was walking east along South Dakota Highway 46 when he was hit by a vehicle in the roadway. Hare was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver and vehicle that hit Hare has yet to be identified.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash. | 2023-01-04T19:03:37+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/marty-man-identified-as-victim-in-new-years-day-car-pedestrian-crash/ |
PLANO, Texas, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers has selected UMI Marketing Solutions as their marketing operations partner. Freddy's is a leading fast-casual restaurant with huge growth potential as they expand across the United States. Bringing their decades of marketing and franchise industry experience to the table, UMI will further fuel Freddy's efforts to double its footprint within the next four years.
"Freddy's is a unique, rapidly-growing brand, and we believe UMI's turn-key nature and dedication to the success of their clients through innovative marketing solutions make them the perfect partner to help us achieve our short- and long-term goals," said Erin Walter, Freddy's Vice President of Brand Marketing.
UMI provides access to an unparalleled network of suppliers, warehousing and fulfillment solutions, and collective expertise in marketing, sourcing, and procurement, which are a welcome advantage as supply chain and labor shortages continue to plague the restaurant sector. "Freddy's is an iconic brand with a rich history. We are very excited about this partnership and the part UMI will play in the next chapters of their brand growth story," said Amy Peart, CEO of UMI.
Freddy's Marketplace is a custom-built technology platform that addresses current marketing needs while anticipating the road ahead, essentially future-proofing the brand. The site provides comprehensive trade area data, key insights, and segmentation counts to identify location-specific opportunities and develop engaging marketing programs. The site also makes it easy for Freddy's corporate team to monitor program adoption and performance.
In conjunction with their powerful technology platform, UMI's client success team champions brand-to-local communication, supporting both corporate and their local operators. This full-service approach is instrumental to the success of each brand in UMI's portfolio.
UMI Marketing Solutions powers communications and supply chain strategy for some of the top multi-location and franchise brands across the US. They offer unprecedented value by combining an expert account team with a powerful technology platform built to drive brand growth.
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is a leading fast-casual franchise concept with more than 440 locations across 36 states nationwide. The brand offers a unique combination of cooked-to-order steakburgers, all-beef hot dogs, shoestring fries and other savory items, along with freshly churned frozen custard treats. For more on Freddy's, visit the Newsroom and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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OSUN, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court on Friday sentenced a Danish man to death after finding him guilty of killing his wife, a Nigerian, and his 3-year-old daughter at their residence in the West African country in 2018.
Peter Nielsen, 54, is to die by hanging, the Lagos High Court ruled, marking an end to a four-year trial that tested diplomatic ties between Nigeria and Denmark.
In Nigeria, death sentences issued for capital offenses such as murder are common but those executions rarely occur. Only two warrants for death sentences have been signed by state governors in the country since 1999, according to Inibehe Effiong, a Nigerian human rights lawyer.
That notwithstanding, “the only punishment that is available for murder in Nigeria is death (and) under such circumstance, there is nothing a judge can do,” said Effiong.
Nielsen’s trial has been on since June 2018 when he was first arraigned in court. The Lagos State Ministry of Justice cited “overwhelming and compelling evidence, both forensic and direct eye-witness account, showing without doubt that the victims were killed by the suspect.”
“There is also evidence that there was a history of domestic violence against the victim by the suspect,” prosecutors with the Lagos state government said. It was during one of their fights that he killed the two, the court heard.
His wife, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, was 37 and his daughter, Petra Nielsen, was 3 1/2-years-old when they were killed on April 5, 2018, according to court documents.
Nielsen pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of murder and, according to the government-run Nigerian news agency, told the court last year that he found his wife and daughter lying lifeless on the floor after waking up one morning.
Judge Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile, however, held that prosecutors were able to prove the “compelling” evidence against Nielsen.
The Danish embassy in Nigeria could not be reached for comment on Nielsen’s death sentence but legal experts believe there is still a chance he might not be executed.
“The reality is that the condemned inmates are never executed,” said Effiong. | 2022-05-21T11:09:13+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/international/dane-sentenced-to-die-in-nigeria-for-killing-wife-daughter/ |
Couple celebrates 65th anniversary at Chick-fil-A
CARMICHAEL, Calif. (KMAX/KOVR) - Everyone wants to know the secret to a long and happy marriage. For one California couple, it’s keeping the spark alive with weekly outings to Chick-fil-A.
It was date night Wednesday for Bonnie and Lloyd Reynolds at their neighborhood Chick-fil-A. This week, they celebrated a major milestone in their marriage there.
“We come here every week,” Bonnie Reynolds said.
“Just the two of us,” Lloyd Reynolds added.
The couple, both in their 80s, are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
“We’ve gotten older, but we’ve grown together,” she said.
“I’m still in love with her,” he said.
Restaurant employees look forward to their weekly date-night tradition.
“When you see them, the room just brightens up,” said Lesya Komarchuk, Chick-fil-A sales manager. “Their love for each other is so evident.”
The crew wanted to make sure the couple’s anniversary was extra special, with flowers, candles and friends and family on hand to help celebrate.
Bonnie and Lloyd Reynolds brought along some mementos, like their marriage certificate, family photos of their three sons and even a picture from their second date.
“I was 14 years old,” she said.
Lloyd Reynolds is more than willing to share his secrets with the younger generation. He even has a top 10 list on how to maintain happy marriage.
“The first is never yell at each other unless the house is on fire,” he said.
It’s a love that began back in their teens.
“I knew right away he was different,” she said.
And it’s still strong more than six decades later.
“I’m just really thankful to have her,” he said. “She’s a blessing in my life.”
In addition to their three sons, the couple has seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Copyright 2023 KMAX/KOVR via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-13T16:33:11+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2023/07/13/couple-celebrates-65th-anniversary-chick-fil-a/ |
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Whatever the New England Patriots’ offense looks like in the aftermath of former offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels’ departure, Bill Belichick is clear about one thing: Mac Jones will have a say in molding it.
“Certainly, he’ll have input,” Belichick said of the second-year quarterback Tuesday on the eve of him beginning his second training camp.
“There’s always an element of all of us working together. … Still we’re starting a new stage here from moving into offseason to in-season so there’s just differences. We need to all build into that.”
Last year Jones entered camp as wide-eyed as any rookie quarterback, looking to learn as much as he could from then-incumbent starter Cam Newton.
Jones proved himself not only to be a quick study in his first pro system, but showed the coaching staff enough proficiency to ultimately supplant Newton for the starting job.
After enduring some typical first-year growing pains, he grew more comfortable throughout a rookie season that saw him pass for 3,801 yards, 22 touchdowns and 13 interceptions while leading his team to 10 regular-season wins and a playoff berth.
Now he’ll have to try to build on Year 1 without McDaniels after he left to become the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.
For now, at least, Belichick hasn’t announced a replacement. Joe Judge has rejoined the team after being fired as the New York Giants head coach and has the title of offensive assistant/quarterbacks. He worked primarily with Jones during minicamp, and both Judge and senior football adviser Matt Patricia spent time calling offensive plays.
Whomever winds up being the primary voice for Jones early this season, the former Alabama star clearly spent time working on his conditioning, as evidenced in the more toned physique he debuted during offseason workouts.
He’ll also have more playmakers to throw to this upcoming season after Belichick added receiver DeVante Parker and drafted Tyquan Thornton, who clocked the fastest 40-yard dash time during the NFL combine.
All that is secondary, though, to the confidence veteran Devin McCourty said he’s already seen from Jones since the start of their offseason program.
“I think the longer it’s been, he’s just being himself,” McCourty said. “I think when Mac got here he was trying to make sure he checked every box. He was working hard, he was in here early, he was staying late. He was almost trying to be so buttoned up I think at different points last year he had different guys telling him to just be himself.”
He’s seeing signs Jones is beginning to be comfortable doing that.
“I think that’s what he’s done,” McCourty said. “You’ve seen his goofy side, having fun — that’s what this is all about. The sooner players can get to that, obviously for him — quarterback (and) leader of the team. …that’s what we’ve seen so far. I’m excited for him.”
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2022-07-27T16:11:48+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/sports/ap-sports/belichick-says-jones-will-play-role-in-molding-new-offense/ |
SAN RAMON, Calif., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumin Digital announced today that Tennessee-based Cornerstone Financial Credit Union has signed a multi-year agreement for Lumin Digital's cloud-based online and mobile digital banking platform. Lumin will support Cornerstone's 45,000-plus members and $550 million in assets when the platform is launched in January 2023.
A cloud-native digital banking platform, Lumin Digital will provide Cornerstone members with an integrated, customized experience that matches larger financial institutions' offerings. Focusing on service, user experience, safety, and security through sophisticated automation, Lumin Digital helps credit unions and financial institutions drive better engagement with their users through personalized recommendations. These include everything from spending insights and financial advice to fraud alerts and help with savings goals. Lumin also enables credit unions to provide users with real-time updates and new features that add value and simplify everyday banking.
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Cornerstone has been providing financial services to Tennesseans since 1955.
"At Cornerstone, we strive to provide the most comprehensive and robust financial services possible, which starts with innovative products and technology for our members," said Donna Young, president and CEO of Cornerstone Financial Credit Union. "Lumin Digital's platform offers cutting-edge technology that matches with our seamless and personalized user experience."
"Cornerstone's choice to partner with Lumin Digital is a perfect fit for their focus on member success. Lumin's platform will allow Cornerstone to continue to develop deep and lasting relationships with their members through their digital channels, through tailored tools, and resources specific to their individual financial needs," said Jeff Chambers, founder and CEO of Lumin Digital.
Lumin Digital is a PSCU-majority-owned fintech company specializing in digital banking solutions. Through a fundamentally different approach to technology, service, and people, we're creating the next generation of financial solutions each and every day. Lumin helps credit unions and financial institutions build and deploy next-gen digital experiences that help to continually serve, engage, and grow their membership base. While other platforms are partially adapted or retrofitted for the cloud, Lumin is 100% cloud-native. It was built specifically for the cloud environment, allowing us to more fully realize the advantages it offers. It's a difference that financial institutions and their users will see and feel almost immediately. For more information, visit lumindigital.com.
Cornerstone Financial Credit Union was founded in 1955 by a group of visionary educators in Davidson County guided with the philosophy of people helping people. We've grown to over 45,000 members with assets of over $550 million. Our mission statement is "Caring financial advisors providing exceptional service for life".
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WASHINGTON — How do states ensure dead people’s ballots aren’t counted?
Election officials regularly check death records. In many states, vital statistics agencies send them monthly lists of people who have died, which officials use to update voter registration files.
Election clerks may also check for voter deaths through other means, such as coordinating with motor vehicle departments to track canceled driver’s licenses, searching for published obituaries or processing letters from the deceased person’s estate.
Even if a dead voter's ballot mistakenly gets mailed, signature verification and voter fraud laws create additional safeguards against anyone else filling it out and submitting it. Voters who forge dead relatives’ signatures on ballots can face fines, probation or prison. And in some states, absentee voting requirements such as witness signatures or notarization add an extra barrier to prevent this rare form of voter fraud.
After the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump and his supporters claimed thousands of votes had been cast fraudulently on behalf of dead voters, even naming specific deceased people whose ballots were supposedly counted.
But these claims, which spread in many states including Arizona, Virginia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, were found to be false.
When Arizona’s attorney general investigated claims that 282 dead people’s ballots were cast in 2020, he found just one case was substantiated.
When Republican lawmakers in Michigan investigated a list of over 200 supposedly dead voters in Wayne County, they found just two. The first was due to a clerical error in which a son had been confused with his dead father and the second involved a 92-year-old woman who had submitted her ballot early, then died four days before the election.
Whether or not a vote like hers counts depends on state law.
At least 11 states — nine by statute and two based on attorney general opinions — prohibit counting votes from absentee voters who cast a ballot, then die before Election Day, while nine states specifically allow it, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Other states are silent on the matter.
Election integrity groups scouring voter files often mistake a living voter for a deceased voter if they have similar names, birthdays or hometowns, resulting in false fraud claims, said Jason Roberts, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“You might think it’s weird that someone with the same name and the same date of birth died, but it’s actually not that strange when you think about a 350 million person country,” Roberts said. “It happens a lot.”
There are occasional instances of voter fraud by impersonating a dead person. For example, a Las Vegas man admitted voting his dead wife’s ballot in 2020 and received a fine and probation for the crime. A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to voting his dead mother’s ballot in 2020 was sentenced to five years of probation.
However, Roberts said, only a handful of people try this type of fraud each election, making it “very, very rare.” | 2022-10-21T18:32:47+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/how-do-states-ensure-dead-people-ballots-arent-counted/507-9436cccb-197c-4ba0-b5b8-d884fa480c8e |
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are reteaming for a fourth “Bad Boys” movie, in one of Smith’s most high-profile new projects since the slap.
Sony Pictures announced Tuesday that the untitled “Bad Boys” sequel is in early pre-production. In a video posted on Instagram, Smith filmed himself driving to Lawrence’s house. Embracing at the door, Smith exclaims, “It’s about that time!”
Development on the “Bad Boys” sequel, which follows 2020’s “Bad Boys for Life,” was reportedly put on hold after Smith hit Chris Rock at last March’s Academy Awards. But last May, Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman disputed those reports.
“There weren’t any brakes to pump because the car wasn’t moving,” said Rothman. “That was a very unfortunate thing that happened, and I don’t think it’s really my place to comment, except to say that I’ve known Will Smith for many years, and I know him to be a good person. That was an example of a very good person having a very bad moment, in front of the world. I believe his apology and regret is genuine, and I believe in forgiveness and redemption.”
Shortly before the pandemic shuttered theaters, “Bad Boys for Life” was a box-office hit, grossing $426 million worldwide. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is returning for the fourth film, as are “Bad Boys For Life” directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. | 2023-01-31T19:22:25+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/will-smith-martin-lawrence-to-star-in-4th-bad-boys-film-in-post-slap-team-up/ |
NEW YORK — Here is the New York Yankees’ lineup vs. the Oakland A’s at Yankee Stadium on Monday night.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Yankees lefty Jordan Montgomery (3-1, 2.97 ERA) will face A’s righty Paul Blackburn (6-3, 2.97 ERA).
1. DJ LeMahieu, 2B
2. Aaron Judge, CF
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Giancarlo Stanton, DH
5. Josh Donaldson, 3B
6. Aaron Hicks, LF
7. Jose Trevino, C
8. Marwin Gonzalez, SS
9. Joey Gallo, RF
And here’s the A’s lineup:
1. Chad Pinder, DH
2. Christian Bethancourt, 1B
3. Ramon Laureano, RF
4. Sean Murphy, C
5. Elvis Andrus, SS
6. Sheldon Neuse, 3B
7. Cristian Pache, CF
8. Nick Allen, 2B
9. Tony Kemp, LF
From the Yankees following Sunday’s win over the Astros:
• The Yankees recorded their Major League-leading 10th “walk-off” win of the season today…have five “walk-off” wins in June…each of their last three wins at home have been “walk-off” wins…marks the fourth time in the last 34 years (since 1989) that the Yankees have recorded at least 10 “walk-off” wins in a season (also 11 in 2021, 15 in 2009 and 10 in 2005).
• Marks the 10th time in franchise history the Yankees have recorded at least five “walk-off” wins in a calendar month during the regular season and just the fourth time in the last 75 years…recorded six “walk-off” wins in August 1961 and June 1917 and five such wins in May 2009, September 1988, August 1947, August 1940, August 1922, May 1910 and July 1904.
• Are 53-20 (.726) to start the season, the best record in the Majors…matches their third-best 73-game start in franchise history (went 55-18 in 1928, 54-19 in 1998 and 53-20 in 1939)…also matches the third-best 73-game start of any Major League team in the last 93 years (since 1930), trailing only the 2001 Mariners (54-19) and 1998 Yankees (54-19)…the 1984 Tigers, 1969 Orioles and 1939 Yankees all started the season 53-20 as well.
• Today marked their Major League-leading 22nd comeback win of the season.
• Are in a stretch of 20 straight days without an off day (6/14-7/3)…are 9-4 so far.
• Are 13-4 in their last 17 games, 20-5 in their last 25 games, 24-7 in their last 31 games, 34-12 in their last 46 games and 46-14 in their last 60 games.
• Split their four-game series vs. the Astros…the Yankees have lost just two series this season…have won or split 21 of their 23 series this year, winning 18 of those series and splitting three…have won or split 19 of their last 20 series (17-1-2)…have won or split each of their last 10 series (8-0-2).
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A man who crossed the border illegally operated a stash house to pay off his smuggling fees, according to an arrest affidavit.
Luis Leonel Velazquez-Rangel was arrested on the charges of transport, attempt to transport and conspire to transport migrants.
On May 4, the Laredo South Station Collateral Intelligence Unit was conducting surveillance near the 600 block of Mier Street, an area recently used by human smuggling organizations to transfer migrants from one vehicle to another.
At about 11 a.m., an agent observed four migrants being transferred from a silver Ford Explorer to a gray Chevrolet Cruze. Authorities followed the Cruze to a residence on San Dario Avenue. The Cruze departed the residence at about 11:25 a.m. and picked up a female near downtown.
Authorities would later identify the driver as Luis Leonel Velazquez-Rangel. He and the woman then arrived at a Walmart. At about 12:30 p.m. Velazquez-Rangel was seen heading back to the vehicle and loading several grocery bags in the vehicle while the female returned to the Walmart. Velazquez-Rangel then departed himself.
Border Patrol requested assistance from the Webb County Precinct 2 Constable’s Office to conduct a traffic stop on the Cruze. A deputy pulled over the vehicle for “change lane when unsafe.” Authorities identified the driver as Velazquez-Rangel.
Asked about his residence, Velazquez-Rangel stated that he lived in the 600 block of Mier but was not aware of the exact address. He allowed agents to search the home. Velazquez-Rangel further stated that there were nine migrants inside the house. Agents then determined that Velazquez-Rangel was in the country illegally, according to court documents.
The deputy transported Velazquez-Rangel to the 600 block of Mier to open the door for authorities. When deputies attempted to enter the residence, four people tried to flee through the rear door of the residence but were apprehended. Five other individuals were found inside the home. All were determined to be migrants, states the affidavit.
In a post-arrest interview, Velazquez-Rangel stated he was from San Luis Potosi. He wanted to cross the border illegally but did not have money to pay for his smuggling fees. While in San Luis Potosi, an individual offered Velazquez-Rangel to pay for his smuggling fees by working for him in Laredo for three months as a “caretaker” for a stash house, authorities said.
Velazquez-Rangel added that his job was to pick up migrants, take them to the stash house on San Dario Avenue, feed them and provide for them. After three months, Velazquez-Rangel was supposed to continue to his destination, court documents state. | 2023-05-09T21:10:53+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/migrant-wanted-pay-smuggling-fees-working-stash-18088553.php |
Robert Saleh and Brian Daboll are reviving middling franchises in New York. The Seahawks are making sure the league doesn’t forget about them. The Eagles may not lose a game.
This 2022 season has been filled with surprises — few bigger than the success of those teams.
The Jets, Giants and Seahawks had losing records and missed the playoffs last season. They’re now finding success with rosters that lack star power, although some of their young players are on their way.
For the Eagles, it’s not much of a surprise that they’re winning — they added A.J. Brown to one of the NFL’s most talented rosters and showed glimpses of their potential last season.
Still, they’ve stunned the league by blowing teams out and by grinding through close wins for an 8-0 start behind Jalen Hurts, who had much to prove this season, and second-year coach Nick Sirianni.
Hurts and Sirianni have silenced any doubts. Hurts has led Philadelphia to its best start ever with MVP-caliber numbers: 2,042 passing yards, 12 touchdowns and two interceptions.
The Jets (6-3) haven’t made the playoffs since 2010 but are on pace for their first winning season since their 10-6 finish in 2015. They’re second in the AFC East with divisional wins over the Dolphins and Bills.
Much of New York’s success can be attributed to the production of players in the early stages of their careers and a fervid second-year head coach who is committed to erasing a losing culture.
“We’ve got to start expecting stuff like this,” Saleh said after the Jets upset the Packers in Week 6.
Twenty one players on the Jets’ 53-man roster are in their first, second or third seasons. Nearly half the active roster is under 26 years old.
The Jets also have the front-runner for Defensive Rookie of the Year in cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner, who is tied for the league lead with 12 passes defensed. Their leading rusher and receiver are rookies.
“We’ve committed to playing a lot of young players and some teams wouldn’t do that,” Jets general manager Joe Douglas said. “Coach Saleh and his staff have committed to doing that and again, that’s a credit to them, but the exuberance, the energy these guys bring every week, you can feel it, it’s palpable.”
The Giants (6-2) have exceeded expectations in what was expected to be another year in their rebuild. They hadn’t won more than six games since 2016 but are sixth in the NFC with upsets over the Ravens, Packers and Titans.
They’re doing it with a depleted roster and a first-year head coach.
From the moment Daboll decided to go for two and the win in the season opener against the Titans, he has set the tone for this franchise moving forward.
The former Bills coordinator has needed to be creative in his play calling to get the most out of his personnel, lining up receivers at tight end and putting running backs in the wildcat formation.
Daboll has found a way to limit quarterback Daniel Jones’ turnovers. Jones threw at least seven interceptions in each of his first three seasons but has two this year.
Saquon Barkley is also reminding everyone of what he can do when he’s healthy. He has been the centerpiece of New York’s offense with 779 rushing yards, the third-most in the NFL, on 163 carries. He also has 28 catches for 189 yards.
“I think Coach Dabs has done a great job of really building on what we have in front of us,” safety Julian Love said. “We’re a team that might not win the game 40-0; we’re a team that will bring our team into the fourth quarter and make key plays in key situations to win games.”
Many people wrote the Seahawks off the minute Russell Wilson left town, yet Seattle is 6-3 and atop the NFC West with eight games left.
The Seahawks have wins over the Broncos, Chargers and Cardinals, and could return to the playoffs after missing them in 2021 for the first time since 2017.
Geno Smith has been a huge reason for Seattle’s success. The former Jets quarterback is on his fourth team after backup stints with the Giants and Chargers, and just a few months ago was in a quarterback battle with Drew Lock for the starting job.
Now, he’s sixth in passing yards with 2,199 and 15 touchdowns and has the third-best passer rating (107.2) and just four interceptions.
“This is Geno at the other end of his career,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “He has all of those years behind him. Because he’s such a good guy and he’s such a great competitor, he’s studied his butt off to understand the game better.”
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1 in 3 Americans currently in therapy are willing to try psychedelics to help with mental health
NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Verywell Mind released a new survey, Psychedelics & Mental Health, examining Americans' awareness and opinions of psychedelics used in the context of mental health treatment. The survey was conducted as research from the past year suggests options such as Ketamine and Psilocybin show promising results in treating various conditions including addiction, depression and PTSD. Additionally, the growing influx of psychedelic-assisted therapy, such as online ketamine-therapy providers, has made new treatments more available than ever before.
The Psychedelics & Mental Health survey shows awareness and acceptance of psychedelic therapy overall was greater among those currently in therapy, but others are catching on. Thirty-six percent of Americans who have seen a therapist in the last 30 days feel positively about psychedelics being used as part of a treatment for mental health (compared to 24% overall), and 34% would be willing to try psychedelics as part of treatment for a mental health condition (compared to 17% overall). Concerning access, 45% of those surveyed say they'd support legalization of at least some psychedelics for treatment of a mental health condition under the supervision of a professional, and they'd be more likely to consider taking psychedelics if they were recommended by a doctor or therapist (35%), or if the specific drug were FDA-approved (30%).
"In 2019, the FDA approved Ketamine for the treatment of depression, and since then, a few cities and states have enacted legislation that may allow other psychedelics to be used for mental health treatment in the near future," said Amy Morin, LCSW, editor-in-chief, Verywell Mind. "According to our survey, consumers may welcome the opportunity to explore psychedelics as part of their treatment. One in five people who are in therapy said they would try psychedelics specifically because other treatment options have left them feeling discouraged, signaling that people are interested in alternative treatment options."
Findings and analysis of the survey can be found on Verywell Mind, detailing sentiments around the use and impact of psychedelic therapy as viable mental health treatment options. Some of the most significant survey results include:
- Awareness and acceptance is slowly growing:
- The most common conditions Americans associate with psychedelics are Depression (20%) and PTSD (20%).
- Americans support legality of psychedelics for mental health treatment but some hesitancy remains:
- 23% of Americans would be more open to trying psychedelics for mental health if they're legal.
- Americans more open to psychedelics if recommended by a doctor or therapist:
For more information on the Psychedelics & Mental Health survey, visit Verywell Mind.
Methodology
Verywell Mind surveyed over 1,800 Americans age 18+ across a wide range of demographics including age, race, income, geographic location, and sexual orientation.
About Verywell Mind
Verywell Mind is one of the largest mental health sites in the world, serving 6 million people a year during their moments of need. The award-winning publication is committed to providing inclusive mental health information through thousands of expert-written, medically-reviewed articles across hundreds of topics and empowers readers to get the mental health treatment they deserve. Verywell Mind is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.
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The mayor said the two intruders were making a mockery of the city. The tourists were fined and their surfboards confiscated — then they were expelled from the city of canals.
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The mayor said the two intruders were making a mockery of the city. The tourists were fined and their surfboards confiscated — then they were expelled from the city of canals.
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Kevin Streelman putts well in round four of the Sanderson Farms Championship
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Kevin Streelman's approach leads to 12-foot birdie putt at Sanderson Farms
In the third round of the 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship, Kevin Streelman makes a 13-foot birdie on the par-5 14th hole.
In his final round at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Kevin Streelman hit 7 of 14 fairways and 12 of 18 greens in regulation, and had a great day on the green leaving no misses on putts within 10 feet. Streelman finished his day tied for 24th at 9 under; Sepp Straka and Mackenzie Hughes are tied for 1st at 17 under; Garrick Higgo is in 3rd at 16 under; and Dean Burmester is in 4th at 15 under.
On the par-4 second, Kevin Streelman's 118 yard approach to 7 feet set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved Kevin Streelman to 1 under for the round.
After a drive to right intermediate rough on the par-5 third, Streelman hit his 84 yard approach to 3 feet, setting himself up for a birdie. This moved Streelman to 2 under for the round.
On the par-5 fifth, Streelman's approach shot set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved Streelman to 3 under for the round.
On the 214-yard par-3 seventh, Streelman's tee shot went 201 yards to the left side of the fairway, his second shot went 11 yards to the fringe, and his chip went 7 yards to the green where he rolled a one-putt for bogey. This moved him to 2 under for the round.
Streelman got a bogey on the 403-yard par-4 eighth, getting on the green in 3 and two putting, moving Streelman to 1 under for the round.
On the 330-yard par-4 15th Streelman hit his tee shot 292 yards to the green. He ended up two putting for a birdie. This moved Streelman to 2 under for the round.
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy entertainment industry press releases from PR Newswire, including a coalition for local news and a deal between Warner Music Group and TikTok.
NEW YORK, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the entertainment and media industries stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- Warner Music Group & TikTok Announce First-of-its-Kind Expanded Agreement
The multi-year, multi-product deal licenses the repertoire of Warner Recorded Music and Warner Chappell Music to TikTok, TikTok Music, CapCut, and TikTok's Commercial Music Library. It will create new revenue, marketing, and insights opportunities for WMG's artists and songwriters, while deepening the engagement with TikTok's huge audience of passionate music fans. - Cheetos® Launches World's First Fingertip Sponsorship with Global Superstar Becky G to Celebrate Return of Deja tu Huella Campaign
As a longtime advocate for the Hispanic community, Becky G is joining the cause to support and celebrate the next generation of Hispanic students via scholarships provided by the PepsiCo Foundation, a community college tour, and a nationwide TikTok challenge. - Local television stations across the U.S. Launch "The Coalition for Local News"
The Coalition for Local News is dedicated to the belief that local news is essential to the well-being of local communities across the nation and is a vital pillar of American democracy. As the most trusted source of news for Americans, local news broadcasts provide timely coverage of important issues and events, emergency weather service, and access to lifesaving information. - Record Attendance at the 2023 Harley-Davidson® Homecoming™ Festival Celebrating 120 Years of Moto Culture
On Friday and Saturday night at Veterans Park, music headliners Green Day (July 14) and Foo Fighters (July 15) performed to massive crowds on the Milwaukee lakefront. The shows gathered more than 80,000 moto and music enthusiasts throughout the weekend. - Taco Bell® Celebrates the Summer's Biggest Matches and Produces a Series of Unofficial Halftime Shows
The Unofficial Halftime Show series will captivate fans worldwide with electrifying performances. With diverse musical styles, unique perspectives and awe-inspiring performances, Taco Bell's Feed the Beat artists are set to leave an incredible mark on the pitch and beyond. - Scientific Games Announces Highly Anticipated GAME OF THRONES Digital and Retail Lottery Games
Scientific Games will offer innovative GAME OF THRONES branded player experiences with instant scratch games, Fast Play games and digital lottery games. - ALIVE Podcast Network and RIVERSIDE.FM Launch Exclusive Networking Platform for Black Creators
"Providing Black podcasters a safe space to share, test, and generate new ideas is what the Riverside Black Creators HUB powered by ALIVE Podcast Network is all about," said Angel N. Livas, Founder & CEO of the ALIVE Podcast Network. - SeaWorld Celebrates Shark Week with the First Ultimate Shark Experience for VIP Access to Our Ocean's VIPs (Very Important Predators!) While Helping Preserve Them for Generations to Come
Only at SeaWorld and only available for ONE WEEK, this new ticket offers a full day of unique and immersive experiences to enable guests to get up close to see, feed, touch and learn about sharks, know what it's like to move like a shark on shark inspired thrill rides, take home shark swag, and honor the ocean's Very Important Predators with $25 of every ticket going to shark conservation. - Neopets Unveils New Leadership Team and Roadmap for Brand Revival
Neopets has a massive and loyal fanbase that spans generations, and the new leadership team is dedicated to ensuring that the game remains relevant and exciting for years to come. - Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Launches "AeroEspacial" Podcast Limited Series
"AeroEspacial" is a limited series of its "AirSpace" podcast that focuses on stories of Latino history and culture at the heart of aviation and space. The four-part series will be published in both English and Spanish. - Toys"R"Us® Announces Locations for Geoffrey's Tour Across America
The Tour launches on the anniversary of Toys"R"Us opening at every Macy's store across the USA, and will promote the benefits and importance of play with in-store celebrations and activities that foster discovery, family togetherness and fun at each stop. - Soul Machines Combines ChatGPT And K-Pop With the Launch of Mark Tuan's GPT-Enabled Digital Twin
The launch is the first time a celebrity is attaching their likeness to GPT, enabling tens of millions of Mark Tuan fans and social followers to have unique one-on-one conversations with his Digital Twin about virtually any topic including his music, career, interests, and future projects.
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TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SoftwareReviews, a leading source for insights on the software provider landscape, has published its 2022 Communications Platform as a Service Emotional Footprint, naming four providers as Champions.
Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) solutions are flexible, API-driven, cloud-based platforms that enable IT to build and customize the engine behind an organization's communications and collaboration infrastructure. Organizations can use CPaaS to quickly embed communications features, such as video or SMS, into core business processes to enhance them. These processes typically include customer service and internal communications, improving customer and employee satisfaction.
To aid organizations searching for the best solution to support their communication strategy, SoftwareReviews has identified the top CPaaS providers for the year based on verified survey data collected from 195 end-user reviews. These providers have received high scores on SoftwareReviews' Emotional Footprint.
The Net Emotional Footprint (NEF) of each software provider is a result of aggregated emotional response ratings across the areas of service, negotiation, product impact, conflict resolution, strategy, and innovation. The NEF is a powerful indicator of overall user sentiment toward the provider and its product from the software user's point of view.
The 2022 Communications Platform as a Service Champions are as follows:
- Avaya OneCloud CPaaS, 99 NEF, ranked high for being effective.
- EnableX Communication APIs, 98 NEF, ranked high for efficiency.
- Bandwidth, 92 NEF, ranked high for being trustworthy.
- Infobip, 93 NEF, ranked high for being respectful.
SoftwareReviews' comprehensive software reviews provide the most accurate and detailed view of a complicated and ever-changing market. The data comes from real end users who use the software day in and day out and IT professionals who have worked with it intimately through procurement, implementation, and maintenance.
To compare and evaluate software providers using the most in-depth and unbiased analyst reports available, visit SoftwareReviews' Communications Platform as a Service dedicated category page.
For more information about SoftwareReviews, the Data Quadrant, or the Emotional Footprint, or to access resources to support the software selection process, visit softwarereviews.com and connect via LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
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Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country's oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans’ hominin ancestors.
The find announced Thursday would drag the dawn of Greek archaeology back by as much as a quarter of a million years, although older hominin sites have been discovered elsewhere in Europe. The oldest, in Spain, dates to more than a million years ago.
The Greek site was one of five investigated in the Megalopolis area during a five-year project involving an international team of experts, a Culture Ministry statement said.
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It was found to contain rough stone tools from the Lower Palaeolithic period — about 3.3 million to 300,000 years ago — and the remains of an extinct species of giant deer, elephants, hippopotamus, rhinoceros and a macaque monkey.
The project was directed by Panagiotis Karkanas of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Eleni Panagopoulou from the Greek Culture Ministry and Katerina Harvati, a professor of paleoanthropology at the University of Tübingen in Germany.
The artifacts are "simple tools, like sharp stone flakes, belonging to the Lower Paleolithic stone tool industry," the co-directors said in comments e-mailed to The Associated Press.
They said it's possible the items were produced by Homo antecessor, the hominin species dating from that period in other parts of Europe. Homo antecessor is believed to have been the last common ancestor of modern humans and their extinct Neanderthal cousins, who diverged about 800,000 years ago.
"However, we will not be able to be sure until hominin fossil remains are recovered," the project directors said. "(The site) is the oldest currently known hominin presence in Greece, and it pushes back the known archaeological record in the country by up to 250,000 years."
The tools, which were likely used for butchering animals and processing wood or other plant matter, were made about 700,000 years ago, though the researchers said they were awaiting further analyses to refine the dating.
"We are very excited to be able to report this finding, which demonstrates the great importance of our region for understanding hominin migrations to Europe and for human evolution in general," the three co-directors said.
Archaeologist Nikos Efstratiou, a professor of prehistoric archaeology at Greece's University of Thessaloniki who was not involved in the project, said the discovery was "very important" in itself, not just because it represented the country’s oldest known site.
"There is an archaeological context in which tools, and remains of animals, have been found," Efstratiou said. "It’s an important and very early site ... that allows us to move far back, and in an authoritative manner, the age of the first tools in Greece."
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Another of the sites investigated in the Megalopolis area of the southern Peloponnese peninsula — home of the enormously later sites of Mycenae, Olympia and Pylos — contained the oldest Middle Palaeolithic remains found in Greece, dating to roughly 280,000 years ago.
"(It's) one of the oldest sites in Europe that have tools characteristic of the so-called Middle Palaeolithic tool industry, suggesting that Greece may have played a significant role in (stone) industry developments in Europe," the researchers said.
The Megalopolis plain has for decades been mined for coal to supply a local power plant. During Palaeolithic times it contained a shallow lake.
The area has long been known as a source of fossils, and in ancient times huge prehistoric bones dug up there were linked with the Greek myths of a long-vanished race of giants that fought the gods of Olympus. Some ancient writers cited Megalopolis as the site of a major battle in that supernatural war. | 2023-06-02T03:49:35+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/700k-year-old-archaeological-site-found-in-greek-coal-mine-believed-to-be-countrys-oldest/article_1b8cce58-d089-5d9e-90f8-d27a79b5b3d6.html |
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — University of Illinois Police are investigating after a student was sexually assaulted on campus over the weekend.
Police said the assault happened at a university dorm hall at 2:45 a.m. on Saturday. A campus safety notice sent to students, faculty and staff Monday afternoon said the offender is someone the victim met through a dating app.
The offender is described as being a White man about 20 years old and approximately 5′ 10″ in height. Police said he went by the name Austin and had bleach-blonde hair.
Anyone who has formation about this crime is asked to call University Police at 217-333-1216, People wanting to remain anonymous can call Champaign County Crime Stoppers at 217-373-8477, visit their website or use the P3 Tips app. | 2022-10-03T22:58:19+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/u-of-i-student-sexually-assaulted-over-weekend/ |
First PCA Coach-Led Competitive Gaming League Holds Largest In-Person Youth
Esports Tournament in North America
DALLAS, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XP League, the first esports franchise in North America, is gearing up to host its 2022 North American Finals at the Full Sail University Orlando Health Fortress Esports Arena and Full Sail Live Venue, June 25 -26, 2022. In partnership with Full Sail University, the top 48 XP League teams, coaches, franchise owners and families will come together for the largest in-person youth esports tournament in North America.
The event kicks off Saturday, June 25 at 8 a.m. with a welcoming ceremony for players, teams, coaches, and parents. The ceremony will be opening the day's tournament events where play begins promptly at 9 a.m. The second and final day of the tournament is on Sunday, June 26 with play beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding the weekend's event with the closing and trophy ceremony. The event will be live-streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/xpleague.
In partnering with Full Sail University, the weekend's events will include regularly scheduled tours where families can learn more about its award-winning education program in esports, entertainment, media, arts and technology. In celebration of the finals, XP League is offering participants, families, and guests discounted attraction tickets to Universal Studios and food trucks, vendor booths with mementos, player gear and merch will be available throughout the weekend.
CEO and co-founder, Jay Melamed created XP League after seeing his own children's range of interest in traditional youth sports and unified love for video games. He soon realized the lack of structure and guidance in esports and decided to blend concepts of traditional youth sports with video games.
"We are so excited to host this tremendous event for all our players and their families. There's nowhere else kids can experience this sort of in-person competition that makes them truly feel like a professional gamer with all of the hype that comes with a huge national event like this," said Melamed.
Launched in 2020, XP League offers a nine-week seasonal program including one practice and one match a week. Each team is led by a coach who focuses on teaching resiliency, teamwork and sportsmanship in addition to gaming skills to elementary, middle and high school students. By integrating these values into the core format of its programming, kids see the positive reward as an exciting part of the overall experience.
XP League is the first esports organization to officially partner with the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), where its coaches are Double-Goal certified and set a standard for competitive youth gaming. Since its start in 2020, XP League has grown to more than 30 franchised locations across the country and in April 2022 was acquired by Unleashed Brands, the fast-growing parent company of youth enrichment franchise brands, including Urban Air Adventure Park, The Little Gym, Snapology, Premier Martial Arts and Class 101.
For more information about XP League and its upcoming 2022 North American Finals, visit https://www.xpleague.com/.
XP League is the first-to-market youth esports league franchise that bridges the gap between conventional youth athletics and competitive esports. XP League provides an innovative program that fosters social skills and sportsmanship through a positive, certified coach-led structure. Launched in September 2020, XP League has quickly grown to become the first and largest esports franchise concept the U.S. and Canada.
Unleashed Brands, currently includes portfolio brands Urban Air, Snapology, The Little Gym, XP League, Class 101 and Premier Martial Arts. and was founded to curate and grow a portfolio of the most innovative and profitable brands that help kids learn, play and grow. Over the last 10 years, the team at Unleashed Brands has built a proven platform and know-how for scaling businesses focused on serving families. Its mission is to impact the lives of every kid by providing fun, engaging and inspiring experiences that help them become who they are destined to be. For more information, please visit www.UnleashedBrands.com.
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The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing the notorious Special Management Unit at Thomson penitentiary in Illinois, after frequent reports of violence and abuse.
An investigation last year by The Marshall Project and NPR found that Thomson had quickly become one of the deadliest federal prisons, with five suspected homicides and two suspected suicides since the unit opened in 2019. The report also uncovered conditions that stoked violence, where volatile prisoners were locked down together in small cells for nearly 24 hours a day, often despite repeated warning signs.
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said in an email on Tuesday that they "recently identified significant concerns with respect to institutional culture and compliance with BOP policies" at Thomson, requiring "immediate corrective measures." Officials would not comment on where those previously held at the SMU at Thomson were being transferred. Those housed in the general population and the minimum security camp will remain.
The move comes just weeks after another man at Thomson, 32-year-old Victor Gutiérrez, was found unresponsive in the prison and died, according to a Justice Department press release. The department has not released his cause of death.
Men at Thomson have also reported abuse at the hands of staff, including being placed in painful four-point restraints for hours or days at a time. Prompted by The Marshall Project and NPR's reporting, the Department of Justice's Inspector General launched an investigation into the deaths and alleged mistreatment.
The special management unit was originally housed at Lewisburg Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, a facility known for similarly high rates of violence among prisoners and shackling by staff. It's unclear whether the unit, which is meant to separate the most disruptive people in federal prison from the general population, will reopen elsewhere. A federal official familiar with issues at the prison said men transferred from Thomson will be housed at "comparable security levels in a different facility."
Corrections officers at Thomson have been calling for the warden's firing in recent months, pointing to a high rate of staff vacancies and sexual assaults on officers. Union officials say there are 100 empty positions at the prison, despite multiple job fairs and hiring bonuses.
Jonathan Zumkehr, president of Local 4070 of the American Federation of Government Employees, the union that represents Thomson staff, said he was told jobs would not be lost at the prison, but that vacant positions would not be filled. "This is a disservice, and it will devastate the local community," he said.
Thomson was built in 2001 as an Illinois state prison, but sat empty for years until it was bought by the Justice Department. Lawmakers including U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, both Illinois Democrats, cheered its opening as a way to bring hundreds of jobs and millions in revenue to the region. Both have since called for more oversight of the prison.
"We have been informed by the Department of Justice that Bureau of Prisons leadership is taking corrective action to address deeply troubling findings of a recent review of the facility," Durbin and Duckworth said in a joint statement on Tuesday. "We were assured by the Attorney General that these changes are temporary and that Thomson will continue to play an important role in the Bureau of Prisons system."
Attorneys and advocates for men at Thomson said the closure was "long overdue," but concerns remain. "Those who have been transferred [out] are profoundly relieved," said Jacqueline Kutnik-Bauder, deputy legal director of The Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, a legal nonprofit that has sued the Bureau of Prisons over treatment in the Special Management Unit. "Our primary concern now is that this is simply relocating a problem. Thomson is particularly horrible, but there's a culture in the BOP that needs to be addressed and changed."
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LOS ANGELES, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the winners of the third Green Game Jam Awards were unveiled with studios including Supercell's Hay Day, Ubisoft's Rider's Republic, Tilting Point's Terragenesis and Tencent Games' Carbon Island emerging victorious from an incredibly competitive field of 42 entries.
The Green Game Jam is a vehicle for studios to empower their players to change their world through the games they know and love. This year's awards were focused on the themes of forests and food with the aim of influencing one million players' food choices and planting and protecting one million trees. UN judges said they were "incredibly impressed" by the creativity and innovation of the activations that will be taken into live games. All submissions can be seen on the website here with winners of the awards including:
- UNEP Choice: This was won by Hay Day's green activation "Farmers for Farmers" which educated players about regenerative agriculture via an in-game event and digital Hay Day Cookbook. Players had to reach the community goal in a Global Truck Event to unlock a donation to non-profit Rodale Institute, which will help train real-life farmers in regenerative farming practice.
- Media's Choice: This award was won by Ubisoft Annecy's Rider's Republic, with their activation "Phoenix". Early next year the game will promote strategies to reduce wildfires' frequency and size and aim to impact players emotionally about their consequences. This award was selected by a panel of gaming media experts.
- First to Implement: Carbon Island, developed by Tencent Games, won the first to implement award with their activation "Explore the blue, protect the Earth" the first of 42 entries to go live in the game. Their event allowed players to learn more about ocean carbon sinks.
- Best in Forests: The forest experts chose Serious Brother's Imagine Earth as the winner for this award. With their Steam achievement players can plant real-world trees with their in-game actions. On top of that there was a Steam sale where each game sold 10% of the income goes into planting trees with the sale now extended until July 14th.
- Best in Food: Supercell's Hay Day won a second award this year with their "Farmers for Farmers" activation.
- Player's Choice: The award voted for by the player community went to Wooga's June's Journey for the second year in a row. With their activation "Buy a tree, plant a tree - on your island and on your planet" they have planted 200,000 trees in collaboration with Ecosia.
- Participant Choice: Voted for by the studios, Tilting Point's Terragenesis included both food and forests in their activation, giving players a permanent "Tree-derboard" (leaderboard) and in-game Carbon Impact Points.
- Most Adoptable: The idea which participants feel is most adoptable to be implemented into other games was Brawlhalla's activation "The Brawlhalla World Tree Initiative" by Ubisoft's Blue Mammoth Games. Their in-game charity item's proceeds goes into planting trees and through a charity stream they will raise awareness and drive further donations.
The 3rd annual Green Game Jam - organised by the UN-facilitated Playing for the Planet Alliance - has attracted 42 entries from studios, up from 27 in 2021 and 11 in the inaugural 2020 competition.
David Jensen, Coordinator for Digital Transformation at UN Environment, and one of the UN judges said: "The submissions were all incredibly impressive and it was hard to choose one winner. With food being such a critical issue, we loved the creativity and innovation of Hay Day but also wanted to specially commend Rider's Republic for their creative work on wildfires. For all submissions, we loved to see how gamification can increase awareness and change behavior."
With more than 3 billion gamers playing worldwide, developers have a unique route to raising awareness of the devastating effects of climate change, and the real world battle to save the planet. In March this year, the studios convened for a series of educational workshops to learn more about the importance of food and forests with experts from the UN and experts such as Peter Wohlleben, Louise Mabulo, Matt Homewood, and the Rodale Institute giving talks.
Participants then went to work and submitted their "green activations*" on April 22nd, Earth Day, with the entries judged across eight categories. On June 5th, World Environment Day, the first batch of green activations went live in participating games with Ecosia showing all the trees planted with them here.
Sheila Ndungu, Head of Hay Day Marketing, said: "We're thrilled - or as we would say in Hay Day - EGG-cited to win UNEP's Choice and Best in Food! At Supercell, we love finding new ways we can give back to the planet together with our players, and tying the love of food and farming in Hay Day with real-life farming felt like the perfect way to do some good, and celebrate Hay Day's 10th birthday at the same time."
The collective work of the studios is set to reach hundreds of millions of players as activations started to roll out on World Environment Day with more to come in the remaining part of the year. In addition, participating studios will also have their work featured on online game platforms, as well as showcased at industry events and future Playing for the Planet Alliance summits.
"We're honored to receive the Media's Choice Award this year," said Boris Maniora, Gameplay Director of Riders Republic. "Our team at Ubisoft Annecy is passionate about nature, and participating in the Green Game Jam gives us an opportunity to share that passion with our players and inspire them to take action for our planet. It is exciting to be recognized for that work."
The Green Game Jam is an annual initiative by the Playing for the Planet Alliance, a group of 40 video games companies -- many taking part in this year's Jam -- which have made specific, time-bound and increasingly ambitious climate action commitments, which are reviewed on an annual basis. Other initiatives by its membership include working on new decarbonisation tools, which will be rolled out industry-wide and give companies the resources to analyse the carbon impact of their operations.
*Green Activations are new features and messaging implemented by participating companies, which highlight environmental themes such as conservation and restoration. This can include in and out-of-game features such as new modes, maps, themed events, storylines and messaging.
Award Winner Overview
1. Player's Choice (voted for by the player community) Game: June's Journey
Studio: Wooga
Activation: Buy a tree, plant a tree - on your island and on your planet
2. Participants' Choice (participating teams judging each other's activations) Game: Terragenesis
Studio: Tilting Point
Activation: All Hands on Deck
3. Most Adoptable ( judged by participating teams on its ability to be adopted into other games)
Game: Brawlhalla
Studio: Ubisoft Blue Mammoth Games
Activation: The Brawlhalla World Tree Initiative
4. First to Implement (first participant to go live with their Green Game Jam entry) Game: Carbon Island
Studio: Tencent Games
Activation: Explore the blue, protect the Earth
5. UNEP Choice (judged by a panel from UN Environment Programme) Game: Hay Day
Studio: Supercell
Activation: Farmers for Farmers
(Special Commendation given to Ubisoft Annency's Riders Republic)
6. Media's Choice (judged by a panel of gaming journalists) Game: Riders Republic
Studio: Ubisoft Annecy
Activation: Phoenix
7. Best in Forests (judged by forests experts) Game: Imagine Earth
Studio: Serious Brothers
Activation: Steam Achievement and Sale
8. Best in Food (judged by food experts) Game: Hay Day
Studio: Supercell
Activation: Farmers for Farmers
Other entries included: Bandai Namco - Pac Man, Creative Assembly - Total War: Warhammer 3, Future Games of London - Hungry Shark World, Gameloft - Asphalt 9, Gamigo- Trove, Goodgame Studios - Big Farm: Mobile Harvest, Huuuge - Traffic Puzzle, Kolibri Games - Idle Miner Tycoon, MAG Interactive - Wordzee/WordBrain/Wordbrain2/Quizdueel/Ruzzle, Media Molecule - Dreams, Niantic Labs - Pokemon Go, Ohbibi - Frag Pro Arena, Old Skull Games - Tiny Worlds: Idle Dragon, Pixel Federation - Diggy's Adventure/Post City/TrainStation2, Rovio - Angry Birds Friends, Small Giant Games - Empires & Puzzles, Sony Interactive Entertainment - Horizons: Forbidden West, Space Ape Games - Beatstar, Sybo Games - Subway Surfers, Ten Square Games - Fishing Clash/Hunting Clash, TiMi Studio Group - QQ Speed, Ubisoft Barcelona, Hungry Shark Evolution, Ubisoft Blue Byte - The Settlers, Ubisoft Da Nang - Nano, Ubisoft Ketchapp - Clean Life, Ubisoft Montreal - Assassin's Creed Valhalla/Rainbow 6 Siege, Ubisoft Nadeo - Trackmania, Ubisoft Owlient - Howrse, Ubisoft San Francisco - Rocksmith+, Ubisoft Singapore - Skull & Bones, Ustwo Games - Monument Valley II.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About the Playing for the Planet Alliance:
The Playing for the Planet Alliance was launched in 2019 during the Climate Summit at UN Headquarters in New York. In joining the Alliance, members have made commitments ranging from integrating green activations in games, reducing their emissions and supporting the global environmental agenda through initiatives ranging from planting millions of trees to reducing plastic in their products. More here: https://playing4theplanet.org/
About the UN Environment Programme (UNEP):
UNEP is the leading global voice on the environment. It provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) — A Northampton Neighbor’s Community forum Monday night discussing what’s being done to achieve food security in western Massachusetts.
Panelists talked about how their local organizations are responding to community needs and fixing the food system. They say the area needs more access to land and nutrient-dense local food by becoming more retail-oriented.
There will also be an increased spread of knowledge about gardening, farming, and food in the community. Another project is to have community gardens for low-income housing in the city so residents can grow their own food where they live.
“The challenges with food were exacerbated by the huge national economic system that created massive inequality in our country and that has grown dramatically over the last 50 years,” said the Executive Director of Community Action Pioneer Valley, Claire Higgins.
Furthermore, it is hoped that more money will be allocated to the federal school food program, and organizations are to work with legislators to protect the costs of the program. | 2023-04-25T03:27:25+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/northampton-neighbors-community-forum-discusses-plans-to-address-food-insecurity/ |
WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 16, 2022
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FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
318 AM PST Fri Dec 16 2022
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...Visibility as low as a quarter mile in freezing fog.
* WHERE...In Oregon, Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of
Oregon, North Central Oregon and Central Oregon. In
Washington, Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington.
* WHEN...Until 10 AM PST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility
and potential frost on bridges.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The fog may lift into a low stratus layer
and then it will mainly cause impacts on the ridge tops and
where the stratus layer meets the terrain along mountain range
slopes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you. Also, be alert for frost on bridge decks
causing slippery roads.
...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...For the Air Stagnation Advisory, poor air quality. For
the Freezing Fog Advisory, the fog has dissipated and
therefore the freezing fog advisory is canceled.
* WHERE...Yakima Valley.
* WHEN...Until 3 PM PST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Poor air quality may cause issues for people with
respiratory problems.
People with respiratory illness should follow their physician's
advice for dealing with high levels of air pollution during
periods of stagnant air.
State air quality agencies highly recommend that no outdoor
burning occur and that residential wood burning devices be
limited as much as possible. According to state air quality
agencies, prolonged periods of stagnant air can hold pollutants
close to the ground where people live and breathe. Check with
your local burn agency for any current restrictions in your area.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — As Queen Elizabeth II’s four children walked silently behind, a hearse carried her flag-draped coffin Monday along a crowd-lined street in the Scottish capital to a cathedral, where a service of thanksgiving hailed the late monarch as a “constant in all of our lives for over 70 years.”
Four days after the 96-year-old queen died at Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands, a military bagpiper played as her oak coffin, draped in the red-and-yellow Royal Standard of Scotland, was borne from the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in a solemn procession.
King Charles III, dressed in army uniform, and his siblings Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward walked behind as the hearse traveled to St. Giles’ Cathedral, flanked by a bearer party of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and a detachment of the Royal Company of Archers, the king’s ceremonial bodyguard in Scotland.
Inside the church, the coffin was placed on a wooden stand and topped with the golden Crown of Scotland, encrusted with 22 gems and 20 precious stones along with freshwater pearls from Scotland’s rivers.
“And so we gather, to bid Scotland’s farewell to our late monarch, whose life of service to the nation and the world we celebrate. And whose love for Scotland was legendary,” said the Rev. Calum MacLeod.
Because the queen died at her summer home of Balmoral, Scotland has been the focus of the world’s attention for the first part of Britain’s 10 days of national mourning. Large crowds have lined the route as her coffin journeyed from the castle to Edinburgh, underscoring the deep bond between the queen and Scotland. That bond persisted even as relations soured between the Conservative U.K. government in London and the pro-independence Scottish administration in Edinburgh.
Church of Scotland Moderator Iain Greenshields said “most of us cannot recall a time when she was not our monarch.”
“Committed to the role she assumed in 1952 upon the death of her beloved father, she has been a constant in all of our lives for over 70 years,” he said. “She was determined to see her work as a form of service to others.”
The coffin will remain at the cathedral until Tuesday so the public can pay their respects. Thousands of people lined the 0.7-mile (1 kilometer) route between palace and cathedral, some arriving hours early to catch a glimpse.
“I just wanted to be here, just to show … last respects. I cannot believe she is dead,” said Marilyn Mclear, a 70-year-old retired teacher. “I know she was 96, but I just cannot believe the queen’s dead.”
One man shouted at the passing hearse, while others called out: “God save the king!” But the procession was greeted mostly with a respectful silence under a blue sky flecked with clouds.
Charles and his siblings later stood in silent vigil at the church, lowering their heads as they stood at four sides of their mother’s oak coffin alongside members of the Royal Company of Archers. As they performed the traditional vigil, members of the public filed past.
Charles, Anne and Edward all wore military uniforms, but Andrew did not. The Royal Navy veteran was stripped of his honorary military titles and was removed as a working royal over his friendship with the notorious U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Charles later donned a kilt as he visited the Scottish parliament, where he was greeted by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
“The queen, like so many generations of our family before her, found in the hills of this land and in the hearts of its people a haven and a home,” Charles told Scottish lawmakers.
Earlier, the queen’s grandson, Prince Harry, hailed her as a “guiding compass” and praised her “unwavering grace and dignity.”
The government, meanwhile, announced the nation will observe a minute of silence on Sunday, the evening before the queen’s funeral. The “moment of reflection” will take place at 8 p.m. (1900 GMT, 3 p.m. EDT).
Before flying to Scotland, Charles received condolences at Parliament on Monday and told lawmakers he would follow his late mother’s example of “selfless duty.”
Hundreds of lawmakers crowded into the 1,000-year-old Westminster Hall for the service, rich in pageantry, in which Parliament offered its condolences to the king. A trumpet fanfare greeted him and Camilla, the Queen Consort.
Charles told the House of Commons and the House of Lords that he would follow his late mother in upholding “the precious principles of constitutional governance” that underpin the U.K.’s political system.
“As I stand before you today, I cannot help but feel the weight of history, which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both Houses dedicate yourselves, with such personal commitment, for the betterment of us all,” Charles said.
The ceremony was held in Westminster Hall because monarchs are not allowed inside the House of Commons since King Charles I tried to enter and arrest lawmakers. That confrontation led to a civil war which ended with the king being beheaded in 1649.
In a personal tribute to his grandmother, Prince Harry said he cherished their times together “from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved great-grandchildren.”
Amid acrimony in the House of Windsor, Harry quit as a senior royal and moved to the U.S. two years ago. On Saturday, there was a possible sign of a reconciliation as Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, joined his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Catherine, the Princess of Wales, in meeting mourners outside Windsor Castle.
Harry’s statement alluded to the death of his grandfather, Prince Philip, last year: “We too smile, knowing that you and grandpa are reunited now and both together in peace.”
The queen’s coffin will be flown Tuesday to London, where it will lie in state at the Houses of Parliament from Wednesday afternoon until the morning of her funeral on Sept. 19. U.S. President Joe Biden is among the world leaders and dignitaries planning to attend the service at Westminster Abbey.
Authorities already have issued rules for people wanting to pay their respects in London.
Vanessa Nathakumaran showed up more than two days early to stake out a place. “I really, really want to be part of it,” she said.
Judging by the size of the crowd in Edinburgh, the line behind Nathakumaran will be long.
Rosamund Allen, 67, came to Edinburgh from Rothbury in northern England to be part of history.
“It was very moving. It was very quiet,” she said. “I felt very sorry for the family itself to be on show. They are very brave to do that. And I really hope and pray that they get something out of today and have a chance to mourn themselves.
“They were very kind to allow us to be part of their sadness.”
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Corder and Lawless reported from London.
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Follow AP stories on the death of Queen Elizabeth II and Britain’s royal family at https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii | 2022-09-13T03:48:43+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-public-gets-chance-to-view-queens-coffin-in-edinburgh/ |
(The Hill) – Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke (D) said he was pausing his campaigning on Sunday after he was hospitalized with a bacterial infection.
O’Rourke tweeted Sunday afternoon that he started to feel ill on Friday and checked into the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, where he was diagnosed with the bacterial infection.
“While my symptoms have improved, I will be resting at home in El Paso in accordance with the doctors’ recommendations,” the Democratic candidate wrote. “I am sorry to have had to postpone events because of this, but promise to be back on the road with you as soon as I am able.”
O’Rourke is seeking to knock off Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who is seeking re-election.
The race is expected to be close; Abbott was leading O’Rourke by seven points in a poll released this month.
O’Rourke, who previously ran for a Texas Senate seat and narrowly lost to incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R).
Earlier this month, O’Rourke drew national headlines when he called out a heckler who laughed as the candidate discussed the recent mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 children and two adults dead. | 2022-08-28T22:35:33+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/beto-orourke-pauses-campaign-after-being-hospitalized-with-bacterial-infection/ |
LONDON (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s children start the academic year at a new school on Thursday after the family traded the bustle of central London for the slower pace of life outside the capital.
In preparation for the first day of classes, the palace released photos of Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis visiting Lambrook School, near Windsor, during a welcome event for new pupils that took place before the start of the term.
Prince William and his wife, Kate, selected the outdoorsy prep school with its 52 acres (21 hectares) of grounds after they decided to move to Windsor, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from their old home at Kensington Palace in central London.
School fees will cost William and Kate in excess of 50,000 pounds ($57,400) a year.
The family is now based at Adelaide Cottage, a historic home near Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II has spent most of her time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The queen gave William and Kate permission to lease the four-bedroom house that was built for Queen Adelaide in 1831. | 2022-09-08T13:39:07+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-royal-children-start-new-academic-year-at-school-in-windsor/ |
BURKBURNETT (KFDX/KJTL) — A Burkburnett man was killed when he was thrown from an ATV near his home.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety public information officer, Sgt. Dan Buesing, Troopers responded to Thrift Road, near Burkburnett around 8:20 Friday night for a possible accident.
Buesing said William Thomas Shimmin, 65, was killed when he lost control of a 4-wheeler he was riding. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Judge Woodruff.
According to Buesing, the crash is under investigation. Stick with Texoma’s Homepage as we gather more information on this developing story. | 2022-12-03T20:52:02+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/burkburnett-man-killed-in-atv-accident/ |
NEW YORK, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) announced a new lease with SESAC MUSIC GROUP, a leading music rights management and content company, for the full 24th floor at 250 West 57th Street that totals 12,611 square feet.
"Industry-leading sustainability practices, proximity to transportation, and excellent building amenities make 250 W. 57th Street a solid choice for our new office," said John Josephson, CEO at SESAC MUSIC GROUP.
The property at 250 West 57th Street continues to benefit from a flight to quality following its transformation into a boutique office building with high end full-floor tenant buildouts by Fogarty Finger, new lobby designed by Gensler, and leading indoor environmental technology and energy efficiency.
Located on Billionaire's Row, 250 West 57th Street has nearby dining that includes Marea, Nobu, and Masa; convenient access to Central Park, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center; in-building access to the Columbus Circle subway station and convenient to the Shops at Columbus Circle.
"SESAC is a welcome addition to our impressive tenant roster at 250 West 57th Street," said Thomas P. Durels, executive vice president, real estate at Empire State Realty Trust.
TJ Hochanadel of JLL represented SESAC in the lease negotiation. Jordan Berger of ESRT and Paul J. Amrich, Neil V. King III, Alexander Golod, and Anthony Manginelli of CBRE represented the property owner.
More information about 250 West 57th Street, and current availabilities, can be found online.
About Empire State Realty Trust
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) is a NYC-focused REIT that owns and manages a well-positioned property portfolio of office, retail and multifamily assets in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area. Owner of the Empire State Building, the World's Most Famous Building, ESRT also owns and operates its iconic, newly reimagined Observatory Experience. The company is a leader in healthy buildings, energy efficiency, and indoor environmental quality, and has the lowest greenhouse gas emissions per square foot of any publicly traded REIT portfolio in New York City. As of March 31, 2022, ESRT's portfolio is comprised of approximately 9.4 million rentable square feet of office space, 700,000 rentable square feet of retail space and 625 units across two multifamily properties. More information about Empire State Realty Trust can be found at esrtreit.com and by following ESRT on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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GENEVA (AP) — Swiss prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted two managers of a Saudi oil exploration company as part of a yearslong international investigation of a scandal linked to a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund that the FBI once described as the “biggest kleptocracy case” ever.
The office of Switzerland’s attorney general said the two PetroSaudi managers were accused of trying to enrich themselves and others by misappropriating at least $1.8 billion transferred to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund. Swiss officials did not name the pair, citing privacy reasons.
The indictments are the first of their kind in Switzerland, where some financial institutions were ensnared in the far-reaching scandal involving the state-owned investment fund known as 1MDB.
Malaysian investigators allege that more than $4.5 billion was stolen from the fund established in 2009 and laundered by associates of former Prime Minister Najib Razak through layers of bank accounts in the United States and other countries.
Some of the looted money allegedly paid for jewelry, hotels, art and a luxury yacht, and helped finance Hollywood films such as “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
More than $700 million landed in Najib’s bank accounts. He was sent to prison in Maylasia in August to serve a 12-year sentence for graft.
Swiss prosecutors said the PetroSaudi managers were indicted on charges of commercial fraud, aggravated criminal mismanagement and aggravated money laundering. The charges were based on events that took place from 2009 until at least 2015, the prosecutors said.
Over the nearly six-year span, the indicted individuals allegedly arranged for the opening of bank accounts in Switzerland and beyond to mask the origin of misappropriated funds and to impede any possible confiscation of them, according to the attorney general’s office.
PetroSaudi’s media office did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
Swiss prosecutors contend the accused established a sham joint venture — purported to be between the Saudi and Malaysian governments — that would allow them to funnel $700 million to a Swiss company bank account controlled by Low Taek Jho, a fugitive financier who is accused of masterminding the 1MDB scheme.
Low, who was once known for his business and social ties to American celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Leonardo DiCaprio, then allegedly transferred $85 million to the Saudi company managers.
Prosecutors also accused the two of convincing 1MDB’s board to transfer a further $830 million as part of a purported loan. The funds were then misappropriated, the Swiss investigators said.
As part of efforts to depict a joint venture of 1MDB and PetroSaudi as a “government-to-government transaction,” Low allegedly “manipulated” a 2009 meeting that involved Najib and Saudi Prince Turki Bin Abdullah Bin Abulaziz Al Saud on a yacht ‘Alfa Nero’ near the French Riviera resort town of Cannes, the Swiss attorney general’s office said.
The indicted managers allegedly used misappropriated funds to buy assets as diverse as real estate in Switzerland and London, jewelry, and private equity holdings, and to develop lucrative activities at PetroSaudi that provided “substantial income” for them and funded “a lavish lifestyle,” the attorney general’s office said.
The attorney general’s office said assets worth 192 million Swiss francs (about $215 million) had been seized in Switzerland. The estimated value of the assets did not include the real estate in Switzerland and London, which were also seized.
The case now heads to the federal criminal court in the southern Swiss city of Bellinzona.
Three other criminal cases related to the scandal are pending in Switzerland. They include ones involving Switzerland’s now shuttered BSI bank on suspicion of flawed internal procedures; a former employee of PetroSaudi suspected of industrial espionage; and two former 1MDB officers and two public officials in the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of bribery, money laundering and criminal mismanagement.
Swiss prosecutors noted that their counterparts in other countries had opened and won criminal cases linked to the 1MDB scandal. “It should be noted that the U.S. Department of Justice described the affair as ‘the largest kleptocracy case to date,’” the attorney general’s office said.
Late last month, Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a former founding member of the hip-hop group the Fugees, went on trial in Washington over allegations he funneled money from Malaysian businessman Low through straw donors to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. U.S. prosecutors allege Low directed more than $20 million to Michel. Defense lawyers have said Michel is innocent.
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Jordans reported from Berlin. | 2023-04-25T17:50:47+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/swiss-indict-2-managers-of-saudi-oil-company-in-1mdb-scandal/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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Former President Donald Trump was arraigned Wednesday in Miami on charges he illegally retained and shared classified information after his presidency, and then tried to cover it up.
Trump, the clear front-runner in the race to be the Republican nominee for president in 2024, denies the charges.
In Lancaster County, which broke decisively for Trump in the 2016 and 2020 elections, sentiments about the federal indictment are mixed. Some are ready to throw the book at the former commander in chief; others believe Trump has been wrongfully accused or deserves some leeway.
LNP | LancasterOnline reporters asked people around the county whether they had read the 37-count indictment and whether they believe it’s fair.
Here’s what they had to say:
No one is above the law
When the U.S. Justice Department unsealed the indictment Friday, special counsel Jack Smith, who filed the charges, told reporters the country has “one set of laws and they apply to everyone.”
That message appears to resonate in some corners of the county.
“If it was you or me, we would have been indicted,” said Deborah Spagnolo, of Manor Township, who was taking the Red Rose Walking Food Tour in downtown Lancaster on Tuesday.
Lititz resident Ed Miller, a self-described Mennonite Anabaptist, has stopped voting because, as a pacifist, he cannot in good conscience vote for either Republicans or Democrats.
He finds it hard to believe anyone could support Trump.
“He believes that because of who he is, the law doesn’t apply to him.”
Lancaster city resident Daniel Carbognin said Trump should get at least 50 years in prison “because that’s what they would’ve charged me.”
These charges seem different
Prosecutors in multiple states are pursuing criminal charges against Trump.
He became the first former president to be indicted when prosecutors in New York charged him in April after investigating a $130,000 payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, allegedly to hush up their past sexual relationship.
The district attorney in Georgia’s Fulton County also is investigating Trump over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
But to Tyquan Wright, a Lancaster city resident and political independent, the classified documents charges seem different.
“This particular indictment feels more cut and dry,” said Wright, who believes Trump has been abusing his power. “An obvious crime has been committed.”
Disqualifies him as a candidate
The latest CBS News poll shows Donald Trump has a commanding lead over his declared Republican primary opponents, with 61% of potential voters supporting him, compared to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with 23%, and former Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina with 4% each.
Dotty Gallagher, a Manor Township Democrat, believes the indictment should disqualify Trump as a candidate.
“I feel on some level that he’s guilty on several counts and should not be running for president.
Trump deserves some slack
Scott Horner, 55, a Quarryville Republican, opposes the indictment of Trump, saying other presidents have also done disgraceful things, citing Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. He said Trump should be judged based on how he handled the presidential office.
“When he was the president, this country was running smooth,” Horner said. “There weren’t people crossing lines.”
Horner said he doesn’t believe presidents should be given a pass if they break the law, but he said Trump’s positive effect on the country should mitigate any negative effects of the classified document indictment.
Unfair treatment
Carol Andrews, a Lancaster city resident and Libertarian, thinks Trump is being unfairly singled out.
“I’ve heard the story that the indictments are very shallow,” Andrews said. “It’s an inappropriate use of power when Hillary (Clinton) and (Joe) Biden also kept files.”
Andrews was referring to the fact that Biden retained, and later handed over, some classified documents from his time as vice president, and Clinton used a private email server when she was the U.S. secretary of state. Neither has been charged by the Justice Department, which also declined to charge Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, who had retained classified documents.
“What makes us great,” Andrews said, “is we have rules that should be applied evenly as to who is prosecuted.”
Not a ‘witch hunt’
Scott Groom, 58, of Lancaster Township, supported Trump in the past. In 2016, the School District of Lancaster paraprofessional voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton.
A member of a biracial family, Groom said he soured on Trump because he was divisive as a leader, and that divisiveness trickled down into the everyday lives of his family. He and his children, he said, got more of a “cold shoulder” from people who felt vindicated in their racist attitudes.
Groom, who describes himself as more of a Republican than a Democrat, said he read the indictment while he was at the gym. He doesn’t believe it’s a “witch hunt,” as Trump often refers to it, but he said he doesn’t have enough facts to have a strong opinion right now.
Still, he said, he would not vote for Trump again.
“It’s more than this specific issue,” Groom said. “I’m fearful for our country if he winds up being president again.”
LNP | LancasterOnline staff reporters Sarah Nicell, Nathan Willison, Jack Panyard and Olivia Miller contributed to this story. | 2023-06-13T23:27:36+00:00 | lancasteronline.com | https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/lancaster-county-residents-react-to-arraignment-of-former-president-donald-trump/article_43afe3b4-0a34-11ee-94c2-afaab217ee08.html |
Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio exploring run for US House
New York – Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s considering a run for Congress after a legal battle over the state’s political maps opened up a seat in Brooklyn.
The two-term Democrat, who left office at the end of 2021, said Wednesday that he’s formed an exploratory committee for New York’s 10th Congressional District. The Democratic-heavy district will include a large slice of western Brooklyn, where he lives.
New York’s 10th District is currently represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, but the state’s political maps are being redrawn under supervision of a New York judge after a court found they were unconstitutional and gerrymandered in favor of Democrats.
The court this week unveiled new proposed maps that significantly draw a number of New York City-based districts. Nadler said he believed the maps were changed so much that they are also unconstitutional, but if the proposed districts become final at the end of this week, he intends to run in the 12th District representing Manhattan.
The primary contest has been pushed back from June to August 23.
De Blasio toyed with running for governor this year before deciding to sit it out. He also had a short-lived run for president in 2019. | 2022-05-18T20:40:14+00:00 | detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/18/former-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-exploring-run-us-house/9825514002/ |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
01-02-12-23-35
(one, two, twelve, twenty-three, thirty-five)
¶ The numbers are listed in sequential order, but any combination wins. | 2022-07-20T02:10:40+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-game-17316125.php |
United States Women’s National Team earns more money from men’s World Cup than its previous two women’s tournaments
By Matt Foster, CNN
The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) earned more money from its male equivalent reaching the knockout stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar than it did from winning its own tournaments in 2015 and 2019.
As a result of the equal pay agreement forged earlier this year between the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA), the men and women’s teams split all World Cup earnings.
Under the landmark agreement, US Soccer became “the first Federation in the world to equalize FIFA World Cup prize money” awarded to the teams for participating in World Cups.
“This is a truly historic moment,” US Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone said in a statement in May. “These agreements have changed the game forever here in the United States and have the potential to change the game around the world.”
FIFA’s website details the prize fund for this men’s 2022 tournament, stating that teams who finish between ninth and 16th — i.e. those who are defeated in the first round of the knockout stages — earn $13 million per team.
That means the USWNT will earn $6.5 million for the US Men’s National Team’s (USMNT) exploits thus far in Qatar. If the team defeats the Netherlands in the round of 16 and reaches the quarterfinals or beyond, that figure will continue to increase.
The USWNT earned $6 million in total for its successive World Cup wins in 2015 and 2019 — $2 million in 2015 and $4 million in 2019. The 2019 Women’s World Cup total prize money was $30 million, doubled from the $15 million in 2015.
Meanwhile, at the men’s World Cup this year, the winner of the tournament will get $42 million and the total prize money is $440 million — over 14 times as much as the women’s edition of the tournament.
The USMNT plays the Netherlands on Saturday having finished second in Group B.
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BANGKOK >> A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday convicted a Japanese journalist of violating immigration law, adding three years to the seven-year prison sentence he was handed last week for filming an anti-government protest, a Japanese diplomat said.
Toru Kubota, a Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested on July 30 by plainclothes police in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, after taking images and videos of a small flash protest against last year’s military takeover.
He was sentenced last week to seven years for violating the electronic transactions law and three years for incitement, with the sentences to be served concurrently.
Tetsuo Kitada, deputy chief of mission of the Japanese Embassy, told The Associated Press the court heard the immigration case Wednesday and gave Kubota a three-year sentence, bringing the total time he must serve in prison to 10 years.
Since the military seized power last year, ousting the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, it has cracked down on coverage of protests, raided media companies and detained dozens of journalists. It has revoked the media licenses of at least 12 outlets and 142 journalists have been arrested, 54 of whom remain detained.
Most of those detained are being held on the incitement charge for allegedly causing fear, spreading false news, or agitating against a government employee.
Some of the closed media outlets have continued operating without a license and many Myanmar journalists are working underground, moving from one safe house to another, hiding in remote border regions, or basing themselves in exile.
Kubota was the fifth foreign journalist detained in Myanmar after the military seized power. U.S. citizens Nathan Maung and Danny Fenster, who worked for local publications, and freelancers Robert Bociaga of Poland and Yuki Kitazumi of Japan were eventually deported before having to serve full prison sentences.
Kitada said he could not speculate on whether Kubota would be deported, but his embassy will continue to do its best for his release. Myanmar’s relations with Japan, historically close, are less strained than with Western nations, which ostracize the military government with political and economic sanctions because of its takeover and poor human rights record. | 2022-10-12T20:12:02+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/10/12/breaking-news/myanmar-court-hands-japanese-journalist-3-more-years-in-jail/ |
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) — The official voter information guide for California highlights candidates running in the state’s primary election on June 7.
The guide includes 250-word candidate statements that, according to a footnote in the information guide itself, are not checked for accuracy and “do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the Secretary of State’s office.”
One candidate for Governor used quite a bit fewer than 250 words for her candidate statement.
“F all politicians.” That’s the statement from Mariana Dawson, write-in candidate for California’s Gubernatorial race. Dawson claims no political affiliation and appears on page 23 of the official voter information guide.
On May 27, Dawson officially ended her campaign for California’s Gubernatorial race saying that she was instead “refocusing on running next year in a recall election” but not before her candidate statement made waves across the internet, leaving many asking what it takes to have a candidate statement printed in the official voter information guide.
14 candidates for Governor are listed in the information guide. According to California’s Secretary of State, the voter information guide is meant to help Californians make “informed decisions and prepare for the June 7, 2022, Primary Election.”
In order to declare candidacy for governor, a candidate needs to submit their declaration as per the rules set by their county election’s office. According to Fresno County’s election office, the cost of filing as a candidate for governor is $4,371.12 (which is equivalent to 2% of the governor’s salary) and the fee needs to be paid when the candidate files their declaration that they intend to run for office. A candidate also has the option of entering signatures in lieu of a filing fee, which for the office of governor requires 4,750 signatures.
In the guide itself, the rules on who can participate in the voter information guide are outlined. California law places a voluntary spending limit on candidates running for state office, the guide states, adding that candidates can buy space for a candidate statement if they accept the spending limit. For the gubernatorial race, the spending limit in 2022 is $9,728,000.
“The order of the statements was determined by randomized drawing. Each statement was submitted and paid for by the candidate,” says the Official Voter Information Guide. “A candidate who did not submit a statement may be otherwise qualified to appear on the ballot.” | 2022-06-07T16:47:31+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/how-the-statement-f-all-politicians-ended-up-in-californias-voter-guide/ |
-- AEW is the First Professional Sport to be Integrated into the Popular Deck-Building Game --
CARLSBAD, Calif., March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Upper Deck, the worldwide leader in sports and entertainment collectibles, today announced that AEW, the red-hot professional wrestling promotion taking the world by storm, will be the newest big-box edition of its popular Vs. System® 2PCG® tabletop card game. The addition of AEW to this universe, which includes a variety of entertainment properties, marks the first-time players can leverage professional athlete cards.
In the Vs. System® 2PCG® game, players build 60-card decks of supporting characters, resource locations, plot twists and equipment to use along with their main character card. The objective of the game is to knock-out the opponent's main character. The Vs. System® 2PCG® AEW is a 200-card two player starter box including 12 main characters and 28 supporting character cards. Fans will see their favorite AEW wrestlers including Chris Jericho, Bryan Danielson, MJF, Jon Moxley, Sting, Darby Allin, Dr. Britt Baker, Jade Cargill, Kris Statlander, Thunder Rosa, Orange Cassidy and Malakai Black. The set includes two team affiliations that can be used as a standalone game or mixed with other properties in the Vs. System universe for more advanced play.
"We've been working with AEW for the last two years, and there is no doubt that their passionate fans have been huge supporters of the trading cards and collectibles we've collaborated on so far," said Jason Masherah, President of Upper Deck. "Both AEW and Upper Deck continuously push the status quo in our respective industries, and seek to bring innovative experiences to fans around the world. Integrating AEW into the Vs. System® 2PCG® universe is a natural evolution and creates yet another way for fans to make memories with their favorite professional wrestlers."
Upper Deck's multi-year agreement with AEW has already brought AEW fans trading cards, including the 2021 AEW Spectrum set that features some of professional wrestling's most revered icons and talented performers, along with rare autographs and memorabilia such as wrestler-worn ring gear and pieces of mat canvas used in matches.
"Whether it's the most sought after trading cards, high quality, authentic autographed memorabilia, or action-packed trading card games, we are confident that Upper Deck will continue to deliver the best for AEW fans around the world," said Mark Caplan, Vice President Licensing and Games at AEW. "We can't wait to get this Vs. System set into fans' hands later this year so they can create their own action-packed deck and engage with their favorite wrestlers."
The Vs. System 2PCG All Elite Wrestling will be available for purchase in August 2023 on the Upper Deck Store and at local hobby shops. To learn more about Upper Deck products, visit www.upperdeck.com and sign up for their newsletters here to stay up to date with all of their upcoming AEW releases.
About Upper Deck
Upper Deck is a global entertainment company creating trading cards, memorabilia, collectibles, games, and online platforms that deliver the experiences collectors crave. Upper Deck has set the unmatched industry standard for quality, authenticity, and innovation and continues to bring generations of fans closer to their favorite athletes and characters with unique and authentic sports and entertainment product offerings, as well as its digital trading ecosystem. The company prides itself on creating collectibles that produce invaluable experiences for sports and entertainment's most dedicated and loyal fans, with a goal to deliver excellence to the community across the most coveted properties as a means to develop memorable moments for collectors of all kinds.
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About AEW
Founded by CEO, GM and Head of Creative Tony Khan in 2019, AEW is offering an alternative to mainstream wrestling, with a roster of world-class talent that is injecting new spirit, freshness and energy into the industry. "AEW: Dynamite" airs every Wednesday from 8-10 p.m. ET on TBS and attracts the youngest wrestling audience on television. The fight-forward show "AEW: Rampage" airs every Friday from 10-11 p.m. ET on TNT. AEW's multi-platform content also includes "AEW Dark" and "AEW Dark: Elevation," two weekly professional wrestling YouTube series, "Being the Elite," a weekly behind-the-scenes YouTube series, and "AEW Unrestricted," a weekly podcast series. For more info, check out Twitter.com/AEW; Instagram.com/AEW; YouTube.com/AEW; Facebook.com/AEW
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The leader of Vermont’s state Senate, Becca Balint, won the Democratic Party primary on Tuesday for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, meaning she could become the first woman and the first openly gay person to represent the state in Congress.
In deep blue Vermont, it’s likely the Democratic candidate will also clinch the general election in November. A win by Balint, who is white, would help erase what some consider to be the blot on the liberal state’s reputation of only being represented by white men.
Balint garnered support from the progressive wing of the state party, including the state’s independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, and national progressive leaders such as Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Balint had campaigned with Sanders late last month.
Balint defeated Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, the centrist candidate who was supported by the state’s Democratic establishment including Leahy and former Democratic governors Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin.
Vermont voters also chose Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter Welch to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, a fellow Democrat who has held the seat since 1975 and was the last of Congress’s so-called Watergate babies.
Welch easily defeated two little-known candidates to move on to the general election in November. During the years he has been in Congress, Welch has been one of Vermont’s top vote-getters and would be an odds-on favorite to win the general election.
Incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott also cruised to a his party’s primary victory, defeating two candidates as he seeks a fourth term. The lone candidate for the Democratic nomination is activist Brenda Siegel, of Newfane. Last fall she spent 27 nights sleeping on the steps of the Vermont Statehouse to highlight the state’s homelessness challenge.
Elected to his first two-year term as governor in 2016, Scott has focused his time in office on making Vermont more affordable and working to attract more people to the state to counter a demographic trend of an aging population with a shrinking workforce and fewer school-age children.
Welch’s decision to run for the Senate seat opens up his seat in the House, the first time since 2006 that there have been any openings in Vermont’s three-member congressional delegation.
The two leading Republican candidates vying to face off against Welch in the Senate race are Vermont’s former U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan and retired U.S. Army officer Gerald Malloy.
Both believe they can win the seat, although Vermont is considered by many to be one of the most liberal states in the country. No Republican has represented the state in Washington since 2001 when the late Sen. Jim Jeffords left the GOP to become an independent, switching control of the Senate from Republican to Democratic.
The two leading GOP candidates for the U.S. House nomination are Ericka Redic, of Burlington, and Liam Madden, a Marine Corps veteran from Bellows Falls.
Redic says that if elected she would focus on fighting inflation, illegal immigration, drug misuse and government overreach, particularly as it concerns vaccine mandates.
Madden, a non-traditional candidate in the Republican primary, says he’s an independent. He said he had thought of declining the nomination if he wins, until he learned that would allow the party to choose a replacement for the November ballot. | 2022-08-10T01:30:10+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/vermonters-democratic-house-member-will-seek-senate-seat/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
CLEVELAND (AP) — Elijah Moore made headlines in New York last season for everything except clutch catches or touchdowns.
He grumbled about a diminished role as the Jets shuffled quarterbacks. He clashed with the offensive coordinator. He demanded a trade.
Mistakes? A few. Regrets? None.
“I wouldn’t do anything over,” he said.
Getting a fresh start in Cleveland, Moore spoke excitedly on Thursday about joining the Browns, who looking for another playmaker for QB Deshaun Watson and some needed speed, acquired him from the Jets for the No. 42 pick in this year's draft.
New York also parted with the No. 72 pick in the swap, which caught the 22-year-old Moore by surprise.
“It was like out of nowhere,” he said.
That might be an exaggeration.
Moore had made it clear he wasn't happy in New York, and he had to suspect something was coming Wednesday when the Jets added twitchy wideout Mecole Hardman while stocking the cupboard in hopes of completing a deal for Aaron Rodgers. Hardman essentially replaced Moore.
Moore has already spoken to Watson. And while praising his new teammate, he seemed to deliver a message to the Jets about their shifting QB situation.
“He’s a legit quarterback,” said Moore, who had 37 catches and one TD last season. “It’s someone that has been doing some amazing things around the league. He has respect from everybody around the league. They talk really highly about him here and they believe in him.
"And man, with him being my quarterback, I believe in him too. So, I’m just grateful to be one of his guys.”
Moore's skillset aligns with what the Browns were desperately missing: a receiver capable of stretching defenses to create space for others along with being a downfield option for Watson.
That's what he was doing in New York, and after a promising rookie season in 2021 (43 catches, five TDs), he started well last season before things began to unravel.
Frustrated with a lack of touches, he asked for a trade during New York's three-game winning streak. Then, frustrated by not being targeted in a win over Green Bay, Moore had a confrontation with former coordinator Mike LaFleur during practice, was sent home and benched for the next game.
In retrospect, Moore believes those experiences helped him mature.
“I wouldn’t take anything back,” he said. "Would I have worded some things differently? Yes, but not take anything back. My heart was always in the right spot. I never move without intention. I’m very intentional.
“So especially in a positive way. And I always move with respect. So if that’s my intentions, I don’t have nothing to regret.”
He's moving forward with the Browns, who explored other receiving options this offseason before general manager Andrew Berry pulled off his second significant trade for a wide receiver in a little more than a year.
Last March, Cleveland dealt for Amari Cooper, who was not only the team's top receiver in 2022 but an invaluable leader.
Moore has followed Cooper's career closely and is excited to play alongside one of the NFL's elite route runners, who happens to be a fellow South Floridian.
“I’m most excited about that and Deshaun, being in a room with a vet, someone who understands this and not just football but life,” Moore said. "I’m just eager to pick his brain. A route runner like that, not many people get to witness that, so I’m glad he is on my team.”
Moore isn't hiding from past mistakes or excusing them. He's made his fair share, including a lamentable moment at Ole Miss when he celebrated scoring a TD by lifting his leg like a dog at a fire hydrant. He was penalized and the Rebels missed the ensuing game-tying extra point in a one-point loss to rival Mississippi State.
He can't change his past. Moore can only grow from it.
“I’m in a space right now where I feel like everything happens for a reason — always,” he said. "If something’s happening in my life, I’m going to take what I can from it. I’m going to capture it.
“You make mistakes, and everyone in life has not been perfect. So as long as you learn it from and keep going and try to be a good person after, that’s all that matters.”
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Deaf dog is adopted by Michigan teen with hearing loss — now they're 'inseparable'
BENTLEY, Mich. - A Michigan teen with hearing loss who rescued a deaf dog from a shelter wants others to know the importance of pet adoption.
Walker Cousineau, 14, and his family adopted Dave, a 6-year-old pit bull mix, a little over a month ago.
The pair have been "inseparable" since then, mom Mindy Cousineau of Bentley, Michigan, told Fox News Digital.
2ND GRADERS WHITE HEARTFELT STORIES FROM SHELTER DOGS' PERSPECTIVES TO GET THEM ADOPTED
"Walker wanted Dave because he knows that animals in the shelter [with] special needs are typically overlooked," Cousineau said.
"He could be his buddy and know what he was going through — and understand," she said.
"I think Walker needed somebody, too," she added. "It worked out perfectly."
Walker was not born with hearing loss. When he was 10, however, doctors discovered he had a kidney disorder called Alport syndrome, which affected his hearing, Cousineau said.
WOMAN FINDS HEARTBREAKING POEM WITH SHELTER DOG'S PAPERWORK: 'I COME WITH BAGGAGE'
"And now his hearing is gradually going," she added.
"He does not use a lot of sign language. He lip reads and wears bilateral hearing aids, so they're helping."
Cousineau said that at the end of July, Walker was browsing on Facebook when he came across a photo of Dave the dog. The animal shelter of the Humane Society of Midland County in Midland, Michigan, had posted the pictures.
'GOODBYE KISSES' JAR OFFERS ONE LAST TREAT FOR DOGS BEFORE EUTHANASIA: 'IT JUST BROKE MY HEART'
She said that her son told her, "There’s a deaf dog there. I have to go get him."
Dave, by then, had spent several weeks at the shelter — and not one person had showed interest in adopting him, according to the Humane Society of Midland County.
The shelter's director, Beth Wellman, told Fox News Digital that Dave had several "strikes" against him in the shelter world, including his age and his breed.
However, Dave was a favorite among the shelter volunteers, she noted, adding that Dave was "comical when out for walks, affectionate [and] gentle."
"When the Cousineau family came in specifically to meet him, everyone at the shelter was very hopeful that finally this was his turn," Wellman told Fox News Digital via email.
"It ended up being a perfect match and we are so thrilled for the family and Dave."
"We didn't find out about the hearing impairments of the son or the reasons [they chose] to meet Dave until after they decided to adopt," she added about the family.
"It was one of those moments where you get a chill, that this was the family that the dog was waiting for."
THINKING OF ADOPTING A SHELTER DOG? HERE'S WHAT YOU MUST KNOW
Dave had participated in an "Empty the Shelter" event organized by the BISSELL Pet Foundation in Grand Rapids.
The event was assembled to encourage pet adoption. Dave was one of 22,165 pets adopted, according to the BISSELL Pet Foundation, which helps find homes for animals across the country.
"During this event, approximately 12,104 cats and 10,061 dogs were adopted from participating shelters," a BISSELL representative told Fox News Digital in a statement.
"An additional 7,215 pets were also saved by ‘Empty the Shelters’ — transported thanks to newly open space — bringing the total number of pets impacted to 29,380!"
ARMY SHELTER AIMS TO RESCUE DESPERATE DOG THAT SNUCK ONTO OVERSEAS BASE: 'HE DESERVES TO COME HOME'
Walker and Dave's story garnered media attention after the BISSELL Pet Foundation shared the news of the adoption, Cousineau said, adding that Walker is taking all the attention "in stride."
"Walker is very sweet and kindhearted, so for other people to notice him for being so kind — it's very strange to us because that's just who he is," she said of her son.
"When someone needs help, he's the first person to help."
Walker and Dave have become fast friends — and Dave has adjusted well in the Cousineau family. In addition to mother and son, the family includes dad Jim, sister Lauren 22, brother Chase, 12 — and two more rescue dogs.
Dave, a pit bull mix, is the third dog the Cousineau family has rescued. (Mindy Cousineau)
One is an Australian cattle dog mastiff mix named Doug, while the other, named Darry, is an American bully.
Cousineau said that Walker’s message to all is that instead of buying dogs from pet stores or other locations, aspiring pet owners should consider adopting animals.
Older dogs and dogs with special conditions or issues, he said, "need love too — not just puppies."
"And go into it knowing that they're just like kids," Cousineau added, referring to her son Walker's advice about dogs.
"There are dogs that need a couch to sleep on. They just need a home." | 2022-09-16T16:44:43+00:00 | fox29.com | https://www.fox29.com/news/deaf-dog-is-adopted-by-michigan-teen-with-hearing-loss-now-theyre-inseparable |
CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Monday, June 6, 2022
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National Weather Service Medford, OR
303 AM PDT Tue Jun 7 2022
CAZ080-072300-
Western Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Somes Bar, Happy Camp, Callahan, Etna,
Fort Jones, Greenview, and Scott Bar
303 AM PDT Tue Jun 7 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy early this morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph shifting to the southwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 40s to mid 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. West winds around
5 mph shifting to the northwest in the late morning and
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. North
winds around 5 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s to lower
60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid
50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s to lower
70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid
40s. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
$$
CAZ081-072300-
Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Hilt, Klamath River, and Yreka
303 AM PDT Tue Jun 7 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy early this morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph shifting to the southeast early this afternoon, then
shifting to the west late this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the west around 5 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the northwest in the
late morning and afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s to lower 90s.
North winds around 5 mph shifting to the northwest in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid
50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s to mid
70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
$$
CAZ082-072300-
South Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
303 AM PDT Tue Jun 7 2022
.TODAY...Sunny then becoming partly cloudy in the late morning
and early afternoon then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 70s to lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph shifting to the
south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s.
North winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower
50s. West winds around 5 mph shifting to the north after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s
to lower 90s. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to
mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
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CAZ083-072300-
North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Pondosa, Bray, and Tennant
303 AM PDT Tue Jun 7 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy until early afternoon then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. East winds around
5 mph shifting to the southwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s. North winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower
50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s to
mid 80s. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
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CAZ084-072300-
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
303 AM PDT Tue Jun 7 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning then becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph
shifting to the southwest late this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower
50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower to
mid 80s. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in
the mid 60s to lower 70s.
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CAZ085-072300-
Modoc County-
Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
303 AM PDT Tue Jun 7 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy then becoming sunny late this morning then
becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest around 5 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. South winds around
5 mph shifting to the west in the late morning and afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. West winds
10 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest around 5 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower to
mid 80s. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers. Lows around 50. Highs in the lower 70s to lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Cooler. Lows around 40.
Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
$$
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NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ARQQ) (NASDAQ: ARQQW) (NASDAQ: CENH) (NASDAQ: CENHU) (NASDAQ: CENHW): (i) between September 7, 2021 and April 18, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"); and/or (ii) all holders of Centricus securities as of the record date for the special meeting of shareholders held on August 31, 2021 to consider approval of the merger between Arqit and Centricus (the "Merger") and entitled to vote on the Merger, of the important July 5, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Arqit securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Arqit class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5481 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 5, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period and in the Proxy Statement issued in connection to the Merger made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose: (1) Arqit's proposed encryption technology would require widespread adoption of new protocols and standards of for telecommunications; (2) British cybersecurity officials questioned the viability of Arqit's proposed encryption technology in a meeting in 2020; (3) the British government was not an Arqit customer but, rather, providing grants to Arqit; (4) Arqit had little more than an early-stage prototype of its encryption system at the time of the Merger; and (5) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Arqit class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5481 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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PERRY, Ga., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma Defense announced today that it has been awarded a $950 million ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). This multiple award contract provides Sigma Defense the opportunity to compete for efforts within seven different competitive pools that support the development and operation of systems as a unified force across all domains (air, land, sea, space, cyber, and electromagnetic spectrum) in an open architecture family of systems that enables capabilities via multiple integrated platforms. Future work under this multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract will be competed via the Fair Opportunity process.
Sigma Defense will support the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System for JADC2 by providing the critical surveillance, tactical edge communications, processing, networking, and battle management command and control capabilities to the joint warfighting force.
"We are excited and honored to be chosen to support the Air Force ABMS program, taking the next step in making JADC2 a reality," said Matt Jones, Chief Executive Officer at Sigma Defense. "Our ability to transmit and analyze data from multiple disparate sources is a key enabler of the DoD's sensor to shooter architecture and further delivers on the vision of sense, make sense and act. Sigma Defense is uniquely postioned to deliver open architecture systems across multiple integrated platforms for greater visibility, enabling any shooter whether in space, on land, at sea, in the air, or in cyberspace."
Sigma Defense is a leading technology company serving the Department of Defense (DoD) providing systems and services for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance since 2006. The company's software-focused approach to tactical communications accelerates information collection and sharing for faster decision making and better mission outcomes. Customers turn to Sigma Defense for engineering, program management, and data logistics services for technical solutions that encompass ground, air, and space-based systems and sensors and network and satellite communications. Sigma Defense is headquartered in Perry, GA with satellite offices both CONUS and OCONUS. For more information visit sigmadefense.com, and follow Sigma Defense on LinkedIn for news and updates.
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Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, best known for founding The 1619 Project, said in an interview with a not-for-profit news organization that administrative delays have made it impossible to carry on with several academic projects intended to foster the careers of young Black investigative journalists.
As she told NC Newsline, the projects included a summer internship and a journalism program for high school students at North Carolina Central University. Both were to be funded by the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, an organization founded by four Black journalists, Hannah-Jones among them, in the spring of 2015.
The Ida B. Wells Society was named for a crusading Black journalist active in the late 1800s and early 20th century. It moved its headquarters from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019. Three years later, the school appointed Hannah-Jones to a named chair of Journalism at UNC's Hussman School of Journalism and Media. But only a month after the announcement in April 2021, she was denied tenure, in spite of a resume that included both a MacArthur "genius" grant and a Pulitzer Prize. The reason? Her award-winning work, most famously The 1619 Project, focused on the history of American racism. Right-wing activists described her appointment as "a degradation of journalist standards" and passionately campaigned against her.
In the wake of the national controversy, Hannah-Jones, herself a UNC-Chapel Hill alum, announced she would instead join the faculty of Howard University. There she helped launch the Center for Journalism and Democracy at the prestigious, historically Black school. Meanwhile, the Ida B. Wells Society moved to another HCBU, Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Ga. But the funding was slow to follow, according to NC Newsline.
Over the years, the Ida B. Wells Society has received approximately $3.8 million in funding from philanthropies, including the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Only about half of that amount has been transferred to Morehouse so far.
"We have completed the transfer of nearly $2.1M in funds to date," wrote the UNC-Chapel communications office in a statement to NPR. "We are working with Morehouse College and the relevant funding agencies on the process for the remaining fund transfers."
No one from the Ida B. Wells Society responded to multiple requests for comment from NPR. According to sources in the NC Newsline article, people involved in the Society believe the process has been unusually slow. When it moved from its original home at the City University of New York to Harvard University, transferring funds took a little more than a month. However, gift arrangements have evolved over time, and the process for establishing and executing the documentation is complex.
In the meantime, the Ida B. Wells Society told NC Newsline it is unable to draw on the operating funding it needs to launch the careers of a cohort of young journalists of color. There is no mention of this on the Ida B. Wells Society webpage, which does not appear to have been updated for nearly a year. And although its Twitter and Facebook accounts remain active, none of its recent posts refer to the organization's cancelations of programs.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-2-6
(seven, two, six)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-2-6
(seven, two, six) | 2022-07-13T18:46:02+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17302700.php |
Wisconsin health officials recommend children 6 months and older get vaccinated against COVID-19
In alignment with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Saturday recommended that all children 6 months and older receive COVID-19 vaccines.
The vaccines are expected to arrive in Wisconsin early next week, where they will be available at no cost to parents and guardians.
“This is a milestone in the fight against COVID-19,” said Karen Timberlake, the DHS’ secretary-designee, in a statement.
As of June 2022, more than 123,000 Wisconsin children 5 and older have completed their initial series of doses, according to the statement. This new recommendation will make COVID-19 vaccines available to nearly 295,000 additional Wisconsin children.
“When more people in Wisconsin are up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccines, more people are protected against severe health outcomes associated with COVID-19,” Timberlake said. “This reduces strain on hospitals, slows the spread of disease and saves lives.”
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A federal advisory panel Saturday strongly recommended that young children receive COVID-19 vaccines, and the director of the CDC signed off on the shots — paving the way for them to become available as soon as Tuesday for children as young as 6 months old.
“We know millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated, and with today’s decision, they can,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Walensky gave her thumbs-up just hours after the 12-member committee's unanimous recommendation.
Vaccines will not be available to babies younger than 6 months because they are believed to get protection from vaccination during pregnancy.
The Moderna vaccine was authorized for children ages 6 months up to 6 years, at a dose of 25-micrograms, one-quarter of the dose given to adolescents and adults. It was approved as a two-dose vaccine, given four- to eight-weeks apart, though the company and officials believe a third dose will be necessary to provide full protection, probably about 12 weeks after the second dose.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be used in children ages 6 months up to 5 years old, at a 3-microgram dose, one-tenth the size of the adult and adolescent dose. Three doses were needed to provide the same level of immune response as seen in young adults after two doses, so it is considered a three-dose vaccine.
The second dose is to be given three to eight weeks after the first, and a third will be given at least eight weeks later.
Karen Weintraub of USA TODAY contributed. | 2022-06-19T00:20:22+00:00 | jsonline.com | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/health/2022/06/18/wisconsin-recommends-children-6-months-and-older-get-covid-vaccine/7673424001/ |
NEW YORK, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC QB: BNET), a developer of advanced livestock waste treatment technology that dramatically reduces environmental impacts, announced a letter of intent with University of Nebraska-Lincoln to collaborate to develop an integrated beef facility. The new, state-of-the-art facility would incorporate innovative barns, an anaerobic digester and a Bion 3G Tech system, to provide waste treatment, generate renewable energy, and capture and upcycle nutrients.
The proposed project would be located at the Feedlot Innovation Center, which is being developed at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center, near Mead, Nebraska. The new facility will be both a working feedlot and a testbed where private companies can see how emerging technologies work in a commercial setting.
The objective of the collaboration is to support research and development of feedlot and other animal production technologies to advance economic, climate-smart, and other environmental goals that will improve livestock production through integration of Bion's technology with other innovative feedlot technologies and practices under development within IANR.
The Feedlot Innovation Center will provide a unique opportunity for private industry to work alongside researchers, scientists, students, and producers to develop and evaluate emerging technology used in managing animals in feedlot settings. It will include a complex with cattle comfort and research buildings, a feed technology facility, innovative open lots, and an animal handling facility. The expansion will create real-world facilities to test new precision technology, address environmental challenges facing the feeding industry, and improve cattle performance and welfare while comparing different environments and housing systems. The expansion will also allow for innovation in manure collection and management that will innovate both new and possible modifications for existing operations.
"The Feedlot Innovation Center presents an incredible opportunity to pull together the best and the brightest minds working in animal agriculture today to create more resilient systems for food animal production," said Mike Boehm, Harlan Vice Chancellor for IANR and University of Nebraska vice president for agriculture and natural resources. "We are thrilled with Bion's plan to be part of this effort, and are excited to welcome other partners, as well."
Bill O'Neill, Bion's CEO, said, "We are excited to work with UNL to demonstrate how Bion's unique 3G Tech platform can support climate-smart beef production. It is critical that climate and clean water technologies and practices be integrated to provide a comprehensive solution to the environmental and economic challenges faced by today's beef industry. The 3G Tech platform was designed to dramatically reduce the environmental impacts of beef finishing operations to both air and water, improve farm economics, and deliver truly sustainable products to the consumer that maintain the grain-finished quality that is the hallmark of U.S. beef."
About IANR: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources strives to innovate new ways to produce food, fuel, feed, and fiber for a growing world, while also promoting resilience of our natural resources and a high quality of life for people engaged in agriculture.
About Bion: Bion's patented third generation technology was designed to largely mitigate the environmental impacts of large-scale livestock production and deliver a USDA-certified sustainable product to the consumer. The platform simultaneously recovers high-value environmentally friendly fertilizer coproducts and renewable energy that increase revenues. Bion's 3G Tech platform can provide low-cost high-impact solutions to the air and water quality issues related to livestock production, while creating a pathway to economic and environmental sustainability with 'win-win' benefits for at least a premium sector of the $175 billion U.S. livestock industry and the consumer. For more information, see Bion's website at https://bionenviro.com.
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SOURCE Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. | 2022-06-06T17:32:18+00:00 | kswo.com | https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2022/06/06/bion-announces-loi-with-university-nebraska-lincoln-collaborate-integrated-beef-facility/ |
United Parcel Service (UPS) said Friday it will be training non-union delivery drivers in the coming weeks as the threat of a strike from tens of thousands of unionized workers looms closer.
In a statement Friday, shipping giant UPS said many of their employees will “participate in training that would help them safely serve our customers if there is a labor disruption.”
UPS said this “temporary plan,” will not affect its current operations or service for customers.
“These activities also will not take away from our ongoing efforts to finalize a new contract that increases our employees’ already industry-leading wages and benefits,” the statement continued.
UPS feels Twitter pile-on amid strike threat, Teamsters negotiations
Contract negotiations between UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters fell apart last week, increasing the chances the estimated 340,000 workers could strike after their current contract expires at the end of July.
The UPS Teamsters, which represents over half of the UPS workforce, is fighting for better benefits and working conditions.
“What an insult this is to the hardworking men and women who do backbreaking work every day to make this company $100 billion a year,” a Teamsters spokesperson said. “The full-time drivers, and the part-time workers making poverty wages, deserve better from this company.”
UPS drivers make $18.05 an hour in Arkansas, $17.63 in Oklahoma and $21.02 in Connecticut, according to Indeed.
UPS made $11.5 billion in net income in 2022, as profits exceeded fourth-quarter expectations. The company’s 2022 operating profits hit more than $13 billion, for an operating margin of 13 percent.
Last month, the union voted 97% in favor of authorizing a strike should they not reach an agreement with UPS by the time their contracts are up on July 31.
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“If this multibillion-dollar corporation fails to deliver on the contract that our hardworking members deserve, UPS will be striking itself,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said in a statement in June. “The strongest leverage our members have is their labor and they are prepared to withhold it to ensure UPS acts accordingly.”
O’Brien joined members of Local 804 UPS in Brooklyn, New York on Friday morning in a practice picket line.
“Our United Parcel Service members in New York and all over the country have never been more prepared to strike,” O’Brien said Friday.
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The Atlanta company often touts it is the single-largest employer of Teamsters in the United States and states it transports over three percent of global GDP and around six percent of U.S. GDP daily.
Jonathan Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation, previously said a UPS Teamsters strike could cause a significant supply chain disruption, using the supply chain issues during the pandemic as an example.
If the strike does take place next month, it would be the first in over 25 years since workers walked out for 15 days in 1997.
Hiring non-union workers is likely an escalation of the tension between the Teamsters and UPS’s negotiating team.
“UPS is making clear it doesn’t view its workforce as a priority,” a Teamsters spokesperson said.
“Corporate executives are quick to brag about industry-leading service and even more quickly forget the Teamster members who perform that service,” she said. “UPS should stop wasting time and money on training strikebreakers and get back to the negotiating table with a real economic offer that respects and fairly compensates 340,000 UPS Teamsters.” | 2023-07-15T00:09:03+00:00 | wate.com | https://www.wate.com/hill-politics/ups-training-non-union-scabs-as-delivery-drivers-with-strike-threat-looming/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Humidity remains high for now, but there is relief in sight for mid-week.
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a few spotty showers and storm. Most pop-up storms in the southern half of Indiana will come to an end at sunset. Low temperatures in the mid 70s.
TOMORROW: There will be a good amount of dry time with partly cloudy skies. Chances at showers and storms increase late in the day (sooner north), but the severe risk remains very low. High temperatures in the upper 80s, and still muggy.
TUESDAY: Showers and storms likely with a cold front crossing central Indiana. The best chance of rain comes in the first half of the day. High temperatures in the low 80s.
8-DAY FORECAST: Although we have rain chances to start off the week, the severe risk is very low. Mid-week the humidity will decrease and there will be multiple days of sunshine in seasonable temperatures into the weekend. | 2022-08-08T01:33:17+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/weather/weather-blog/rain-chances-to-start-next-week/ |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Miles Teller — fresh off hosting “Saturday Night Live” for the season premiere — had just hit Cabo San Lucas to vacation and celebrate his wife Keleigh’s 30th birthday.
Faster than Maverick could reach Mach 10, Teller had a change of plans: The Philadelphia Phillies — the team he grew up rooting for, including sitting with his dad near the left-field foul pole for Shane Victorino’s grand slam in the 2008 playoffs — had clinched an NL wild card.
Who needed Cabo when the promise of the South Philadelphia madhouse beckoned?
“We’re going to the NLCS. We’ll figure it out,” Teller told his wife. “Let’s go.”
So off the couple went, and the actor best known for playing Rooster in “Top Gun: Maverick” became a fixture at home playoff games and had a sweet seat for the Game 5 clincher that sent the Phillies to the World Series.
Yeah, the win took his breath away.
“I’ve been coming to every playoffs forever,” Teller said on the field, the celebration roaring around him. “Now the seats are a little better.”
Oh yeah, seats! Teller has them and you have to be a Philly A-lister like Jason Kelce or Jay Wright — or one of the lucky, lottery-winning few — to snag a pair of World Series tickets for Games 3 and 4 and potentially Game 5 next week against the Houston Astros at Citizens Bank Park.
Phillies fever has gripped the city at a time of the year usually reserved for Eagles talk radio chatter.
Philly fans have proven they are willing to fork over big bucks for the chance to watch Bryce Harper stake Citizens Bank Park as his house and Kyle Schwarber launch Schwarbombs. More than 1 million fans entered a ticket lottery on the team website for the opportunity to purchase tickets. Only approximately 20,000 tickets were available to the public — total! — over the three games.
Much like a Rhys Hoskins’ at-bat worthy of a bat spike, the tickets were going, going, gone in record time.
“If we didn’t have our fans the last couple days or the last three weeks, we wouldn’t be where we are right now because home-field advantage is real in Philadelphia,” Harper said.
The Phillies are leading the charge of what — in Philly’s relatively dry sports championship history — are heady times to be a sports fan. The 6-0 Eagles are the last undefeated team in the NFL. The Philadelphia Union of the MLS host the Eastern Conference final on Sunday. Even the Flyers, picked to be among the NHL’s worst teams, have a winning record. And, hey, Joel Embiid and the 76ers play here, too!
Flyers coach John Tortorella had just parked his car at the Wells Fargo Center ahead of last Friday night’s game right about the time the Phillies scored some runs in Game 3.
“It was shaking over where I was. That was pretty cool,” Tortorella said. “That’s what I love about being here.”
When the no-nonsense coach was asked hockey questions, he laughed and said, “We’re talking baseball! I want to talk about the World Series.”
The Eagles have noticed the packed houses and pure joy at each Phillies home game. Coach Nick Sirianni and general manager Howie Roseman have attended playoff games. Kelce, the heart of the Eagles, danced with the Phillie Phanatic during Game 3 of the NLCS, and the burly center then sent the crowd into a frenzy when he slammed a beer right there on the field.
“It’s a great time to be in the city of Philadelphia,” Kelce said Thursday. “I don’t know if that made it, I feel like the Phanatic moment was enough, but the beer was the icing on the cake.”
There’s plenty of cake, mostly the kind baked in the shape of the Phanatic’s head. So much cheap beer and other assorted booze has spilled inside the Phillies’ clubhouse, it could about rival the Schuylkill River. McGillin’s Olde Ale House, Philadelphia’s oldest bar, is pouring red beer in honor of the Phillies for the first time in its history.
With all that alcohol, it’s no wonder Philly police officers slather light poles with grease in an — often futile — attempt at slowing down drunken revelers from climbing after each big win.
If the usual slippery stuff doesn’t work, one adult entertainment company said it sent 10 drums of lube to help with the cause.
About the only thing more obscene are the World Series ticket prices on the secondary market. Standing-room only tickets for Game 3 started at $886 on Thursday, though, of course, the actual sale price could vary greatly. The cash flow continues for concessions: Aramark said Thursday the Phillies sold an average of 2,000 cheesesteaks, 2,531 souvenir sodas and 6,951 hot dogs per game this season.
Throw in the $16 it costs for October specials such as Red October Punch, and it’s no wonder spirits are high.
The good news, the Phillies have kept the bold type in the box scores and out of the police blotter.
“I really want to thank the residents and the fans in the city for their behavior last night,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Monday. “It was joyous. It was fun. City Hall was hopping. Frankford and Cottman was hopping. We had no problems, no issues, no arrests, maybe two arrests.”
When they’re not at the ballpark, fans are painting town the red — and green, and assorted colors needed to layer city walls with at least two Harper murals. And if a portrait of Harper with “MVP” painted above his head doesn’t seem larger than life, perhaps meeting the real deal does. Lucky Phillies fans were shocked when they spotted Harper this week shopping at a New Jersey location of Trader Joe’s.
It seems like a different universe, a different time from Philadelphia’s last world championship in 2008. Back then, fans waited impatiently for Victorino to occasionally update his blog for his inside look at the team. Harper, Hoskins, players’ wives and girlfriends now shoot real-time video for Instagram and other social media outlets that only tighten the bond between the team and their fans.
Make ’em feel like they are part of the team.
Even Teller does after the Phillies reeled off five straight postseason wins at home.
“Now, I’m a good luck charm,” he said.
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AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-10-28T17:18:10+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-phillies-world-series-run-leads-wild-run-of-philly-success/ |
WATCH: Rare hybrid solar eclipse seen in few places around the world
Published: Apr. 20, 2023 at 10:34 AM CDT|Updated: 11 minutes ago
(CNN) – A rare hybrid solar eclipse appeared over western Australia Thursday.
It was one of the few places in the world that was able to see the cosmic event.
Visitors from across the country, and the world, poured into the Town of Exmouth to get a glimpse of this rare solar event, when the sun, the Earth and the moon aligned to awe-inspiring effect.
Scientists, eclipse hunters and enthusiasts could be seen on Wednesday gearing up for the occasion at the viewing site in the town.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-20T15:45:56+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2023/04/20/watch-rare-hybrid-solar-eclipse-seen-few-places-around-world/ |
Ford just brought the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck a lot closer to the originally promised starting price.
On Monday, Ford lowered the price of the F-150 Lightning by $9,979 on the base Pro model. It now costs $51,990, including a $1,995 destination charge. The pricing adjustment marks the first decrease after four price hikes since the launch of the Lightning in April, 2022.
That puts it at only 25% more than the electric truck’s base price at the time of its introduction, when it cost $41,669—versus its recent markup of nearly 50%.
Ford Model E spokesperson Marty Günsberg told Green Car Reports that any Lightning currently on order, scheduled for production, or scheduled for delivery will receive the price cut effective today.
The base Lightning Pro model is sold out for retail customers for the 2023 model year, according to Günsberg.
XLT models received a $9,479 price drop and now cost $56,990 with the Standard Range battery. Opting for the larger Extended Range battery pack adds $15,000.
Lariat models received a $6,979 price cut and now cost $71,990 for Standard Range trucks while Extended Range Lariats now cost $79,490.
Top-of-the-line Platinum Extended Range models received a $6,079 price cut and cost $93,990.
Ford Model E Chief Customer Officer Marin Gjaja noted that the four Lighting price increases were due to rising material cost and supply chain constraints. Ford said the Lightning’s Rouge Plant will have an annual targeted production run rate of 150,000 units after recent upgrades, and improved battery raw material costs and scaling production led to these price cuts.
Ford said most F-150 Lightnings should remain eligible for the full $7,500 federal tax credit going forward.
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- 2024 GMC Hummer EV range rises to 381 miles, GM says | 2023-07-17T21:34:05+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/automotive/internet-brands/ford-f-150-lightning-costs-51990-after-9979-price-cut/ |
Funeral held in Ukraine for American man killed in action
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Soldiers from the International Legion of Ukraine said farewell Friday to an American military veteran they served with, who was killed a month ago in the fierce struggle to prevent the eastern city of Bakhmut from falling into Russian hands.
In a funeral service at Kyiv’s St. Michael’s Cathedral, Ukrainian regular army troops bore the Ukrainian-flag-draped coffin of Chris Campbell while about three dozen members of the International Legion looked on.
After folding the flag, they presented it to Ivanna Sanina, Campbell’s Ukrainian wife.
The Florida native is one of least nine Americans now known to have been killed in fighting in Ukraine, including another last month in Bakhmut. Two Canadian volunteers were also killed there April 26 after Russian artillery hit their position.
The struggle for Bakhmut, located about 55 kilometers (34 miles) north of the Russian-held regional capital of Donetsk, has been one of the bloodiest of the war. It has now been going on for more than eight months.
It is believed to have cost thousands of lives, though neither side has said how many. Russia now has possession of most of the city.
Campbell served with the International Legion of Ukraine, a unit of foreign volunteers with prior military experience formed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Sanina, herself a volunteer to provide aid to the frontline troops, said she had first met him at an event for volunteers earlier in the war.
“I asked him, ‘Why are you here?’ It was our first meeting, and he said, ‘Because it is right,’” she told reporters tearfully, calling him “the bravest man I’ve ever known.”
She last saw him two days before his April 6 death in Kharkiv, when he had a short respite from the front lines. She said she could tell how hard the fighting in Bakhmut had been on him.
“I saw that he changed a lot,” she said. “Every man, the horrors which they see, it’s awful.”
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David Rising contributed to this report
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Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-05T14:29:23+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2023/05/05/funeral-held-ukraine-american-man-killed-action/ |
WESTFIELD, Ind. — The Westfield Police Department is trying to identify a man suspected in a smash and grab at a Great Clips.
On Thursday, Sept. 15, the man is accused of busting out the South Waterleaf Drive Great Clips door with a large rock. The man then went in through the broken door.
Police said the man emptied the cash drawer and took off.
The man was wearing a Boston Celtics baseball style hat, white T-shirt, and black and white Nike shoes.
If you have any information on him, or have had a similar type of break-in, contact Det. Tony Howard at the Westfield Police Department at 317-804-3239 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262- 8477 (TIPS). | 2022-09-21T19:42:23+00:00 | wthr.com | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/westfield-pd-trying-to-identify-smash-and-grab-burglar-great-clips-indiana-surveillance-description/531-d09811b4-6cd2-47f3-8c2d-3aac1cd38a36 |
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s military acknowledged that a bomb accidentally dropped by one of its warplanes caused a powerful blast in a Russian city not far from Ukraine’s border, injuring two and scaring local residents.
Belgorod, a city of 340,000 located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the Russia-Ukraine border, has faced regular drone attacks during Russia’s current military operation in Ukraine. Russian authorities blamed the earlier strikes on the Ukrainian military, which refrained from directly claiming responsibility for the attacks.
The explosion late Thursday was far more powerful than anything Belgorod residents had experienced before. Witnesses reported a low hissing sound followed by a blast that made nearby apartment buildings tremble and shattered their windows.
It left a 20-meter (66-foot) -wide crater in the middle of a tree-lined avenue flanked by apartment blocks, damaged several cars and threw one vehicle onto a store roof. Two people were injured, and a third person was later hospitalized with hypertension, authorities said.
Immediately after the explosion, Russian commentators and military bloggers were abuzz with theories about what weapon Ukraine had used for the attack. Many of them called for strong retribution.
But about an hour later, the Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged that a weapon accidentally released by one of its own Su-34 bombers caused the blast. The ministry did not provide any further details, but military experts said the weapon likely was a powerful 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) bomb.
Military experts charged that the weapon appeared to have been set to explode with a small delay after impact that would allow it to hit underground facilities.
Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said local authorities decided to temporarily resettle residents of a nine-story apartment building while it was inspected to make sure it hadn’t suffered structural damage that rendered it unsafe to live in.
In an editorial gaffe, an anchor on Russian state television followed the news about the local authorities dealing with the explosion’s aftermath by declaring that “modern weapons allow Russian units to eliminate extremists in the area of the special military operation from a minimal distance.” The anchor looked visibly puzzled by the text that he had just read.
Russian commentators questioned why the warplane flew over Belgorod and urged the military to avoid such risky overflights in the future.
Some alleged that the bomb that was accidentally dropped on Belgorod could be one of a batch of modified munitions equipped with wings and GPS-guided targeting system that allows them to glide to targets dozens of kilometers (miles) away. The Russian air force has started using such gliding bombs only recently, and some experts say that they could be prone to glitches.
In October, a Russian warplane crashed next to a residential building in the port city of Yeysk on the Sea of Azov, killing 15 people. Yeysk hosts a big Russian air base with warplanes that fly missions over Ukraine.
Military experts have noted that as the number of Russian military flights have increased sharply during the fighting, so have crashes and misfires.
In another deadly incident in the Belgorod region, two volunteer soldiers fired at Russian troops at a military firing range, killing 11 and wounding 15 others before being shot dead. | 2023-04-21T16:09:29+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/russias-air-force-accidentally-bombs-its-own-city/ |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A company building a long-delayed natural gas pipeline has lost a key water permit after a federal appeals court ruled that West Virginia didn't adequately assess the impact of building the Mountain Valley Pipeline across streams and wetlands.
Siding with environmental groups, the court said Monday the state Department of Environmental Protection’s justifications for its 2021 water quality certification were “deficient,” the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.
The 303-mile (487-kilometer) pipeline across rugged mountainsides in West Virginia and Virginia — which is mostly finished — would transport natural gas drilled from the Utica and Marcellus shale formations in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Legal battles have delayed completion for years, as environmental groups say construction has led to violations of regulations meant to control erosion and sedimentation.
Among other things, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the West Virginia agency didn’t adequately address the project’s history of water quality violations. It also said the agency used the wrong standards to support the decision that in-stream activities would meet state water quality regulations. The permit is required under the federal Clean Water Act.
The court noted at least 46 water quality violations and assessed civil penalties totaling roughly $569,000.
Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC, the joint venture behind the project, is still aiming for a late 2023 in-service date. Spokesperson Natalie Cox said construction will proceed and the company would work with the state environmental agency "on a path forward to completing this critical infrastructure project safely and responsibly.”
Angie Rosser, who leads the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, praised "the common sense reflected in the court’s decision.”
“MVP has already gone too far in damaging West Virginia’s water resources, particularly in some of our most valuable mountain headwater systems,” Rosser said in a statement.
Department of Environmental Protection spokesperson Terry Fletcher said the agency was reviewing the decision and declined comment.
Sen. Joe Manchin released a statement Tuesday saying the ruling would further delay the pipeline.
“It is infuriating to see the same 4th Circuit Court panel deal yet another setback for the Mountain Valley Pipeline project and once again side with activists who seem hell-bent on killing any fossil energy that will make our country energy independent and secure,” he said.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court signed off on Virginia’s water quality certification for the pipeline last week. | 2023-04-04T18:19:48+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/court-throws-out-gas-pipeline-s-west-virginia-17878193.php |
INDIANAPOLIS – The Colts play the Jaguars for the second time in five weeks this afternoon.
Chris Hagan and Chris Widlic will be live on the Lucas Oil Stadium sideline with “Blue Zone” to preview the critical divisional matchup.
IndyStar Colts insider Joel Erickson and veteran team beat reporter Mike Chappell will join the show with their keys to the Colts earning their first AFC South win of the season.
Alexa Ross talks with Grover Stewart about his famous “Kitchen Sink Wings” being available for fans to sample at the stadium this year.
Plus, Hagan will have another edition of his “Upon Further Review” segment. This week he asks players just how bad they would beat him in a race.
“Blue Zone” airs today at 11:30 a.m. and the Colts-Jaguars game at 1:00 p.m. on CBS4. | 2022-10-16T16:09:12+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/sports/colts/blue-zone-live-at-lucas-oil-stadium-at-1130-a-m-2/ |
China’s Xi meets Central Asian leaders, calls for trade, energy development
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised to build more railway and other trade links with Central Asia and proposed jointly developing oil and gas sources at a meeting Friday with the region’s leaders that highlighted Beijing’s growing influence.
The two-day China-Central Asia Summit in the western city of Xi’an came as President Joe Biden and other leaders of the Group of Seven major economies met in Japan. It reflected Beijing’s efforts to develop trade and security networks centered on China, which resents U.S. domination of global affairs.
China is making economic inroads into Central Asia, including with its Belt and Road Initiative to build railways and other trade-related infrastructure. That has eroded Russian influence over former Soviet republics that look to the world’s second-largest economy as an important market and source of investment.
“We need to expand economic and trade ties,” Xi said in a speech to leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
In a swipe at Western leaders, Xi called for the region to “resolutely oppose external interference” and “attempts to instigate ‘color revolutions,’” a reference to movements that overthrew leaders in countries such as Ukraine and Georgia.
China accuses the West of abetting agitation against the ruling Communist Party in the western region of Xinjiang, home to predominantly Muslim ethnic minority groups that have ties to Central Asia.
The Chinese leader promised to increase cross-border trade by developing highways and rail lines and encouraging China’s trading companies to set up warehouses in Central Asia. He promised to simplify import procedures.
Xi proposed establishment of a China-Central Asia partnership to develop oil and gas sources. He said Beijing wants to speed up construction of an additional pipeline to supply Central Asian gas to China’s energy-hungry economy and to promote nuclear power.
Xi promised Chinese help for Central Asian governments to strengthen security and defense and to fight terrorism. He promised to “jointly promote peace” in Afghanistan.
Beijing earlier announced plans for a regional anti-terrorism center to train Central Asian security forces.
Xi’s government sees political Islam as a threat and is accused of detaining some 1 million people in Xinjiang in what Beijing says is a campaign to stop extremism.
“We should remain zero-tolerant to the three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism,” Xi said.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. | 2023-05-19T06:36:20+00:00 | kob.com | https://www.kob.com/news/business-money/chinas-xi-meets-central-asian-leaders-calls-for-trade-energy-development/ |
“If you’re going too fast, let go of the rope. Keep all three wheels on the ground at all times — it’s possible to tip these things over,” said instructor Donna Hudgeon as we prepared to zip around a sandy oceanside track on a “Blokart,” a.k.a. go-kart, outfitted with a sail. “Are there any brakes?” a fellow participant asked. “Nope!”
Called landsailing or dirtboating, this sport originated in Ancient Egypt, they say, and was recently popularized by adrenalin-loving New Zealanders. By maneuvering this hybrid contraption, you can go three or four times faster than the actual wind speed. Kids as young as 8 can do it — and that’s the age we felt, racing around the track at Bonaire Landsailing Adventures (www.landsailingadventures.com). Wheeeee! Weirdly enough, the sport reminded us of iceboating — sailing a tiny boat on a frozen pond — even though the temp when we landsailed was about 95 degrees.
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Wind — a reliable easterly, at 15 to 25 knots most days — is one thing they’ve got plenty of in Bonaire, the B of the ABC islands. (The A and C, Aruba and Curacao, are more familiar to most Americans.) Located about 60 miles off the coast of Venezuela, Bonaire measures 111 square miles. Putting that into context, Boston comprises 90 square miles. The waters surrounding the island are protected as a national marine park, boasting some 60 species of coral.
Red fish, blue fish
This explains why dive shops are as common in Bonaire as Dunkins are in Boston. The island’s coastline is dotted with 85 official dive sites. About half of them are shore-diving sites, meaning you can park your truck (it’s always a 4WD truck on Bonaire), don your gear, and plop into the water. Easy-peasy. That’s why Bonaire has been the No. 1 shore dive destination in the Caribbean/Atlantic for 29 years running, according to Scuba Diving magazine. There’s one wreck dive; the rest is reef diving. “Divers love us. Most people who are willing to fly 10 or more hours to get here are divers,” says Annette Emerenciana of Tourism Corporation Bonaire.
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Given that our dive experience amounts to a resort course plus a dive to a pot-smuggling wreck in Grand Cayman, we aren’t the typical Bonaire tourists. (We also aren’t Dutch people, who make up about 60 percent of the visitors to this island, a municipality of the Netherlands.) So, what were we doing here?
Here’s the secret: Bonaire’s underwater glories are wildly accessible to nondivers. Resorts and dive shops offer snorkel gear for rent, including those cool full-face masks. A quick snorkel off the beach reveals myriad reef fishes: barracuda, grunts, rainbow parrotfish, needlefish, angelfish, and more. Heck, you don’t even need to go into the water to see sea life. We watched tarpon swim alongside the dock while (guiltily) eating grilled barracuda at La Balandra at Harbour Village. At Te Amo beach, one of the best strands of white sand on the island, we literally waded into schools of tiny fish.
We almost missed Te Amo: You wouldn’t expect Bonaire’s most celebrated beach to be located across the street from the airport, in view of massive oil tanks and a restroom that is best avoided. But in Bonaire, the best things are hiding in plain sight. Tip: To find Te Amo, look for the Kite City Food Truck, parked on the beach daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. or so. The Kite City guys make the best sandwich on the island, a fresh tuna “burger” served sashimi-rare and lightly dressed with lettuce and sprouts ($15) — so good, we ate there twice. That, and gelato at Gio’s, were among our favorite bites on Bonaire. (The US dollar is the official currency in Bonaire since 2011.)
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Caribbean cuisine with a Dutch tilt
The food scene on Bonaire is as vibrant as the reef fish. Named the “culinary capital of the Caribbean” for 2023 by the World Food Travel Association earlier this year, the island is chock-a-block with eateries. Many are clustered along “the boulevard,” a street of Skittles-colored buildings that skirts the sea in the capital city of Kralendijk. Among the island’s best restaurants are Mediterranean-focused Sebastian’s (www.sebastiansrestaurantbonaire.com) where our companion had the best bucatini of his life, and the Brass Boer (think oysters and oxtail), owned by Michelin-starred chef Jonnie Boer (www.brassboer.com).
The most coveted table on the island is one of just 16 at Chefs at Bamboo Bonaire Boutique Resort (www.chefsbonaire.com; from $90 per person); there’s a year-long waiting list for their five-course dinners. Meals are prepared in view of guests by chefs Han ten Winkel and Mark Tromop, using the day’s freshest ingredients. Tip: To get an advantage, stay at Bamboo Bonaire Resort (www.bamboobonaire.com; from $229 per night). It will not be a hardship. Although not located on the water, this array of private cottages has a Balinese hideaway vibe. Cottages have outdoor showers and bathrooms, and some have their own al fresco jacuzzi tubs. Fringed with tropical plants, the effect is a jungle oasis — with the option of a champagne breakfast prepared by the resort’s acclaimed chefs.
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Want to fall asleep to the thrum of ocean waves, and wake up to aqua-water-meets-blue-sky Caribbean views? Harbour Village Bonaire (www.harbourvillage.com; rooms from $300) is a sublime option. Modern, kitchenette-equipped suites and villas are clustered around a marina, with amenities including a good open-air restaurant, a spa, a private, palm-fringed beach, and a dive shop. Nice.
Hike, snorkel, eat, repeat
You’ll snorkel, you’ll eat well, you’ll admire the lean, blond Dutch tourists (is it all that biking?) — what else should a nondiver do on Bonaire? Hike, sightsee, and snorkel some more at Washington Slagbaai National Park (www.stinapabonaire.org); park fee $45 per person. Plan a day to explore this 6,700-acre desert preserve on the north end of the island. You’ll quickly realize why rental vehicles are heavy-duty 4WD machines — the park’s loop roads are mostly unpaved, rutted, and sometimes terrifying. But it’s worth a hair-raising journey to encounter scenic sites (marked) along the way: columns of towering cacti, some with crazy balloon-animal shapes, pristine snorkeling spots, and ponds dotted with flamingoes. Arrive before noon, and you can hike Mount Brandaris, the island’s highest peak at 784 feet. (Arrive later and you might not reach the park exit before closing time.) If you visit on Sunday, grab lunch at Cactus Fence, located just outside the park and surrounded by a literal cactus fence.
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That park pass you bought for Washington Slagbaai? You can also use it at Lac Bay, a lagoon on the windward side of Bonaire at the southern end of the island. A paddle with a guide (the only way to do it) at the Mangrove Information Center (www.mangrovecenter.com) allows entry into a world of mangrove-canopied tunnels that feels like a Disney ride. The three types of mangroves serve as a nursery for fish, best experienced made by slipping out of your kayak and snorkeling through the twisty, skinny channels. Just beware of strong currents: We would still be stuck in a particularly devious channel if we hadn’t grabbed the ankles of naturalist/guide Trevor Meerten to get through a tricky bit. (Hmmm, tandem snorkeling — maybe we discovered the next new sport.)
Cactus, cocktails, and critters
Given our short trip, we didn’t make it to Klein Bonaire, the uninhabited island off the coast of Bonaire (a haven for diving, snorkeling, and beach lounging), or the Cadushy Distillery in the village of Rincon (www.cadushy.com; free), where they produce the world’s only liqueur made from cactus. We did get to Tiki & Co. in Kralendijk (www.tikiandco.nl), a skull-bedecked sliver of bar with the best craft cocktails on the island. We passed on a visit the Bonaire Donkey Sanctuary; driving around the island, we saw plenty of meandering donkeys. And goats — so many goats! Plenty of flamingoes too. Birdwatching groups are starting to discover Bonaire, and the tourism council is promoting wind-powered sports like windsurfing and kiteboarding. Caving is also catching on.
What to make of Bonaire? With a population of around 21,000, it’s less bustling than Curacao (population: 150,000 plus) and very different than Aruba (“lots of partying, loads of Americans!” as Annette Emerenciana put it). But, in this digital-nomad age, Bonaire’s population is growing rapidly. Already, there’s new construction everywhere and plenty of traffic; eventually, roads will improve and street signs will pop up. Randomly parking wherever you find a space (no paid lots) will be just a memory. They may even resort to (gasp) traffic lights. We’d say, go now, while the island is an unpolished gem and the donkeys outnumber the divers.
For information, visit www.bonaireisland.com. United and American are among the airlines offering connecting service from Boston to Bonaire.
Diane Bair and Pamela Wright can be reached at bairwright@gmail.com | 2023-01-12T17:17:29+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/12/lifestyle/bonaires-laid-back-beauty-might-blow-you-away-food-will-too/ |
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — They say comedy is subjective, but according to a new report, it turns out New York seems to have it figured out.
According to Shiny Smile Veneers, New York ranks as the second funniest state in the nation, with a total score of 93 out of 100, only trailing Massachusetts as the funniest.
Shiny Smile found the top 10 states who are most likely to get a laugh as follows.
- Massachusetts (95/100)
- New York (93/100)
- Illinois (83/100)
- Alaska (76/100)
- Ohio (76/100)
- Indiana (74/100)
- Rhode Island (73/100)
- Vermont (73/100)
- California (72/100)
- New Jersey (71/100)
As for the least funny states, Shiny Smile found the following shouldn’t quit their day job.
- North Dakota (5/100)
- Wyoming (7/100)
- Arkansas (22/100)
- Alabama (22/100)
- New Hampshire (23/100)
- Maine (23/100)
- Mississippi (24/100)
- Idaho (28/100)
- Delaware (28/100)
- Florida (32/100)
Other report findings
Shiny Smile also found that Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are known to crack a few jokes, as they rank as America’s funniest cities. And to New York’s credit, the top two nationally searched comedy specials are Eddie Murphy’s “Raw” and “Delirious.”
Methodology
To come up with the results for their report, Shiny Smile used the following five factors for scoring the funniest cities and states.
- Residents per comedy special host city/filmed (only for the city; out of 20 points)
- Residents per top comedian (only for the state; out of 20 points)
- Residents per comedy festival (out of 30 points)
- Residents per comedy club (out of 40 points)
- Search volume per city/state (out of 10 points)
Shiny Smile also referenced IMDB to find where comedy specials are filmed and used Vulture to understand the top comedy films across the country. They also used Badslava to find out how many comedy clubs are in each state.
Shiny Smile also analyzed Google Keyword Planner to compile a list of comedy specials and to determine which cities or states were searched the most for comedy specials. | 2023-05-02T20:56:34+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/state-news/new-york-ranks-second-for-funniest-state-in-the-country/ |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PINPOINT WEATHER) – Moms do it all.
From small tasks like making lunch or helping with homework — to big ones — like life advice regarding raising our own children.
But one group of moms is adding ‘tackle climate change’ to the to-do list.
Science Moms is a nonpartisan organization comprising climate scientists who have been studying our atmosphere, oceans, and ice caps for decades but also double as moms.
Their goal is education and conversation. The team provides resources for parents to learn more about climate change and ways to take action. Some tips include easy swaps at home, like using an electric stove instead of gas or adding solar panels.
They also help parents contact local leaders with concerns about diesel school buses. One of their latest videos compares school buses to cigarettes, showing the similarities in the toxins our kids breathe in.
Dr. Melissa Burt is a climate scientist at Colorado State University and one of the co-founding Science Moms.
“We have this climate action plan that really gets moms and parents to start interrogating at their local level, at your local school district level, and to ask them, ‘what are you doing about these diesel buses, and are you switching from diesel buses to electric buses?'” Burt said. “And there are a number of different incentives out there for school systems to make that change.”
Dr. Burt has been studying the Arctic for decades. It is the fastest warming and most rapidly changing place on earth. So, when asked how she stays optimistic, she focuses on her daughter.
“By starting a conversation, by getting parents to see the urgency and importance of climate change, we can take those individual steps that leads a collective effort that can really make the change,” Burt said. “Being a mom, I don’t want my kid to say, ‘Mom, why have you done nothing about this issue?!’ I have hope, really, because she pushes me even more to continue to work on this.”
To learn more about climate change and how you can act, click here. | 2023-05-11T22:46:33+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/north-carolina/meet-the-science-moms-adding-tackle-climate-change-to-their-to-do-list/ |
The Department of Defense has released a new photo showing an Air Force pilot flying above the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over United States territory earlier this month.
In the photo, dated Feb. 3, the pilot can be seen looking down at the surveillance balloon from the cockpit of a U-2 spy plane as the object hovers over the Central Continental U.S.
China says the balloon was an unmanned civilian airship used for meteorological research that strayed off course, and that shooting it down was an overreaction and a violation of international norms. Beijing has accused Washington of escalating the dispute.
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The defense department did not identify the pilot in the selfie. Its authenticity was confirmed during a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday.
Read the full story on NBCNews.com here. | 2023-02-23T10:33:39+00:00 | nbcchicago.com | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/new-photo-shows-u-s-spy-plane-pilots-selfie-with-chinese-balloon/3079333/ |
The Chicago Bulls blew out the Dallas Mavericks 144-115 on Saturday night in the first game of a back-to-back.
The Bulls improved to an 11-14 record and are in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.
Here are six takeaways from the win.
1. The Bulls set a franchise record with 82 first-half points.
The Bulls started with a bang, scoring a season-high 40 points in the first quarter on their way to setting a franchise record for first-half scoring with 82 points. They shot 65.9% overall and 58.8% on 3-pointers in the half.
The Mavericks managed to chip away at an early 18-point deficit, pulling within five points in the first quarter. But the Bulls ran away with the game by the end of the first half, entering the locker room with an 82-53 lead.
For a Bulls team that has struggled to establish and defend early leads, the performance provided a galvanizing example of how this team can establish itself.
2. The Bulls enjoyed a banner night from 3-point range.
The Bulls take the fewest 3-pointers in the league — averaging 28.4 attempts — but they easily surpassed that number in the win. The team went 19-for-34 (55.9%) from 3-point range, setting a season high, and eight players hit at least one. Even backup center Tony Bradley got in on the act, making his lone attempt in the final minute.
The Bulls were efficient despite taking six more 3-pointers than usual — Patrick Williams went 4-for-5, Derrick Jones Jr. 4-for-5 and Ayo Dosunmu 3-for-5.
Coach Billy Donovan emphasized an increase in 3-point attempts as a necessity for the Bulls to contend.
“We’re trying,” Donovan said. “I’m not just saying we just want to launch them up because we need to take what the defense gives us. But there are opportunities for us to take more, and I thought we did a good job recognizing and taking the ones that we should take tonight.”
3. The Mavericks were short-handed without Luka Dončić and exhausted after a late start Friday.
This is a win the Bulls should take with a grain of salt. The Mavericks were coming off a 9 p.m. tipoff against the Milwaukee Bucks on Fridayand didn’t get to their hotel rooms in Chicago until 4 a.m., a schedule that drew complaints from coach Jason Kidd. Star guard Luka Dončić sat out Saturday with a strained right quad, removing the most dangerous weapon from the team’s arsenal.
As a result, this was a can’t-lose opportunity for the Bulls. That should be a qualifier for the result — but it’s also a reflection of the importance of the win. The Bulls have struggled against short-handed teams before, barely beating the Washington Wizards on Wednesday despite the absence of Bradley Beal.
If the Bulls are going to get a footing in the East, they need to make statement wins against lesser opponents. Saturday’s victory was one of their first this season.
4. Alex Caruso suffered a tailbone injury, returning concerns for his long-term durability.
Despite a strong start, the Bulls took a blow to their lineup in the first quarter when Caruso exited with a bruised tailbone. Caruso logged one point and two assists in six minutes before the injury.
Donovan said Caruso will not travel with the team to Atlanta for Sunday’s game against the Hawks (5:30 p.m., NBCSCH). The coach was uncertain after Saturday’s game whether Caruso would be cleared for any games this week.
Caruso has been injury-prone throughout his six-year career, playing only 41 games for the Bulls last season as he suffered a litany of injuries to his left foot, ankle, right wrist and back. Donovan plans to keep his playing time under 30 minutes in an effort to prevent future absences, but the guard’s all-out style invites injury.
With Caruso’s recent move to the starting lineup, the guard’s availability is more important than ever for the Bulls.
5. Patrick Williams delivered from 3-point range.
Williams went 4-for-5 from 3-point range and 6-for-10 overall in one of his best performances of the season, finishing with 16 points, three assists and three rebounds.
Despite a slow start to the year, Williams recently has been shooting at the most efficient clip of his career. He is shooting 42.9% from 3-point range while beginning to increase his volume of shots, a much-needed addition for the Bulls as they attempt to beef up their offense from behind the arc.
“We’re just trying to be more poised in those situations to make the right decision,” Williams said. “And if you don’t, just being confident and aggressive with whatever decision you make.”
6. The blowout offers Zach LaVine some rest — and he plans to play Sunday.
LaVine sat the entire fourth quarter after logging 16 points and four assists, allowing him to rest ahead of his second back-to-back of the season. LaVine earlier was held out of back-to-backs as part of a ramp-up approach in his recovery from offseason left knee surgery.
Heading into the game Saturday, Donovan was optimistic that LaVine would be able to play against both the Mavs and Hawks. After the win, LaVine said he planned to play Sunday in Atlanta.
Although the rest helped LaVine avoid exhaustion, he insisted it didn’t affect the decision to play Sunday.
“I was playing either way,” LaVine said.
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On a recent afternoon Diana and Lorrin Burdick share pictures and swap stories with three other parents over a lunch of chicken curry sandwiches and fruit salad. They're hosting an informal but semi-regular support group at their home in suburban Rancho Cordova east of Sacramento.
"Yeah, she loves having family dinners. Sunday is family dinner day now," says Elizabeth Kaino Hopper as she and husband, Marvin, show a recent picture of their 37-year-old daughter, Christine.
This ordinary lunch with friends is also a vital one: Every parent here has an adult child with a severe mental illness; a son or daughter who's also struggled with homelessness, substance abuse and arrests. The gatherings give them the chance to share stories, strategies and challenges of having a child with a serious and untreated mental disorder.
"That's pretty much what he looks like now," says Diana Burdick as she shows the others a phone shot of her son, Michael, 49, who has lived on the streets for a nearly a decade.
"Aww, see, anybody looking at him would say, he's not right, he doesn't feel good," Elizabeth Hopper says, shaking her head in between lunch bites.
Eight California counties are going first in a planned statewide, controversial experiment to try to fix a seemingly intractable problem every parent around the table is grappling with: How to get treatment and support for loved ones with serious mental health challenges, mostly schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
Some of these people end up cycling in and out of police holds, jails, emergency rooms and homeless shelters and encampments. The nationwide problem is particularly acute in California, which accounts for nearly one third of all people in the United States experiencing homelessness.
Some cities including Los Angeles estimate that 10% to 17% of individuals who are unsheltered have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. But the fact that so many go without a formal diagnosis, experts say the true percentage is likely far higher.
Diana Burdick's son used to play guitar in a band, loved to draw pen and ink landscapes and worked for a time as an electrician's apprentice, his mom says. But for years now, Burdick says, Michael has been wracked by delusions and paranoia and frequently self-medicates with narcotics, mostly methamphetamine.
He doesn't want any help, she says, because Michael refuses to think of himself as ill at all. "In fact, he thinks that he owns IKEA, and that I have a trust fund with Bill Clinton and that should be giving him monthly checks, and that's why he refuses to get care because he doesn't think that anything's wrong with him."
He wanders the city during the day and sleeps outside, she's not sure where. Several days a week, however, she drops off food and sometimes clothes for him at a store near her home that's run by a friend.
But she rarely stays to talk with her son. He often gets agitated, she says, and the conversation goes nowhere. A few times over the years he's gotten violent. One incident resulted in a restraining order after an attack sent her to the emergency room.
"In one of his psychotic stages hit me in the face and required 14 stitches. His psychosis at the time is that I caused hurricane Katrina. I'm very powerful," she says with a pained smile.
"We're just kind of waiting for him to get arrested – again - for something" she says, that might push him into care. An arrest for arson resulted in no mental health treatment because her son has never been formally diagnosed and police had no record of mental health issues. As Michael's step-dad, Lorrin Burdick, puts it, unless they can apply some pressure on him, he's very likely to stay on the streets mentally ill, drug-addled and lost.
"Kinda look at it like he's in that dark hole right now. And if you can force treatment on him there's a chance he could possibly crawl out of it. But without some way to force him to do something, he won't do it," he says.
California's Care Courts aim to assist people suffering with untreated severe mental illness
California's Care Court plan is part of the state Care Act, which passed the California legislature last Fall and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who championed the project as a potentially transformative fix for a broken system.
"I'm not interested in the status quo," Newsom said at the bill signing. "I'm not interested in the compassionless-ness of the approach we have today of people moralizing and normalizing that suffering on the streets and sidewalks."
"Over time we are really going to give Californians a new tool to support our neighbors who are both experiencing severe behavioral health conditions...and their connection to issues of housing instability, homelessness and the inability to meet basic needs," says Dr. Mark Ghaly California's Secretary of Health and Human Services. "I think that is transformational, that is a game-changer."
Care Courts launch as pilots this October in the counties of Glenn, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and the City and County of San Francisco, followed by Los Angeles County in December. Under the plan, a wide variety of people – including family, friends, first responders and clinicians – can petition a judge who could order mental health and other treatment and support under a two-year "Care Plan" that counties' behavioral health systems have to fund.
"Over time we are really going to give Californians a new tool to support our neighbors who are both experiencing severe behavioral health conditions and the sequelae of those conditions like psychotic disorders and their connection to issues of housing instability, homelessness and the inability to meet basic needs," says Dr. Mark Ghaly, California's Secretary of Health and Human Services. "I think that is transformational, that is a game-changer."
Dr. Ghaly estimates that Care Court will initially serve between 7,000 and 12,000 people across California.
The rollout is being met with genuine optimism from some families like the Burdicks, who've struggled for years to get help for their son.
But it's also meeting fierce opposition from some advocates who say the plan is coercive, dangerous and unconstitutionally vague.
Any Care Plan would, in theory, be individualized but would likely include clinical treatment, bridge housing and other vital support. Participants will have access to an advocate and public defender to help make decisions about treatment and housing. As the state's health and human services department puts it, the goal is to give ill person the tools they need "to make self-directed choices to the greatest extent possible."
"We're hearing from lot of families who have done everything that they've been able to do within their powers to care for their loved ones and still they haven't been able to see that person, you know, turn a corner or get to a place of wellness where they can even rejoin the family or community," says Dr. Lisa Wong, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, by far the largest region setting up a Care Court pilot later this year.
"I think it's terribly frustrating and heartbreaking for a lot of these families," Dr. Wong says. "And I think that Care Court is going to really be another tool in our toolbox to help with that. But I don't think that it's the answer to everything."
Disability and civil rights advocates question the program's motive
Disability and civil rights advocates allege that the program is really coercion masquerading as care. Those who refuse or fail to meet conditions of their Care Plans could be compelled to comply and even be placed under a conservatorship.
"Care Court, as it's written right now, is unconstitutionally vague and it violates the civil rights of our clients with mental health disabilities who are homeless," says Christian Abasto, the legal advocacy director for Disability Rights California. The group is leading a coalition that has sued to stop the program.
Abasto worries the program will end up pushing many people into involuntary outpatient treatment. "It empowers parents, police, school persons to basically make an accusation and invoke the court system with potential confinement and potential infringement of the civil rights of people with mental health disabilities - when they have done nothing wrong," Abasto says.
The group says the Care Act expands an already problematic system of court-ordered mental health treatment "that goes back to the country's horrific history of ableism and subjecting disabled people to being a separate class."
"It's such a big lie," says Helen Tran, senior attorney with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, one of the groups that has filed suit to stop the Care Act, alongside Disability Rights California. "If it is truly voluntary, why do you need the Care Act at all?"
Tran worries people who fail to follow through on their judge-ordered treatment plans could be coerced into treatment to try to address the vexing political problem of Californians fed up with homelessness.
Tran sees it as a back-door attempt to expand conservatorship where ill people "risk losing so much more of their rights and their autonomy to control the type of medical care that they want, the housing that they want. It's just a difficult process to reverse so the risk of being permanently harmed by that, to us, is so great that it warrants the court's intervention before it's even implemented," she says.
Instead of funding new courts, the coalition wants the state to dramatically boost funding for existing mental health treatment and housing for homeless persons with a mental illness.
Outreach by social workers will be key to get people to participate voluntarily
Gov. Newsom, a Democrat, recently proposed $1.5 billion in new funding for interim or "bridge" housing for people with mental health needs transitioning out of homelessness.
He also proposed substantially expanding treatment of mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness through a 2024 ballot initiative. If passed, a bond would fund construction of new residential treatment facilities for mental illness and substance use disorders, create additional housing for homeless veterans, and require at least $1 billion annually for behavioral health housing and treatment by amending the state's Mental Health Services Act.
Proponents also say any potential penalties for not complying with a Care Plan are being wildly exaggerated. The program hasn't even gotten off the ground.
Dr. Wong, the director Los Angeles' behavioral health system, stresses that for Los Angeles and other counties going first, outreach and engagement by social workers will be key to getting people to participate voluntarily so they don't end up in court.
But even if a case does end up in court, Dr. Wong insists, it's still a voluntary service. "You know, we're not holding people against their will. There's no involuntary medication order or anything like that. So people still have the ability to say no."
Dr. Ghaly, California's HHS director, does not rule out having more people moved into conservatorship under Care Court. "Absolutely that's a possibility. But my hope is that we see that potential as the reason why a lot of people do willingly and successfully participate in the program," he says.
Meantime, many parents say the Care Court experiment will surely be better than watching their loved one cycle endlessly between crisis police "holds," emergency rooms, jails, and homeless shelters or makeshift tent villages.
"The discussion is almost bird-walked into civil rights, when it needs to be about medical treatment," says Elizabeth Hopper who lives outside Sacramento. Her daughter Christine Hopper is a former honors student and athlete who for years now has struggled with schizo-affective disorder alongside homelessness, substance use disorder and run-ins with the law. Christine is doing better now, her mom says, thanks only to a diversion program that mandated treatment following a felony arrest for assault.
"Care Court could have saved at least seven or eight years of her life, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of revolving door ERs to psych hospitals back to the street," Elizabeth says. "It can sound like, 'Oh, the family just wants to lock people away' and that's just not true. What we're hoping for is enough treatment where our person will be able to stand on their own as much as possible."
NPR's Elizabeth Baker contributed to this report contributed to this story
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-03-29T10:21:38+00:00 | wlrn.org | https://www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking-news/2023-03-29/need-help-for-loved-ones-with-severe-mental-health-illness-california-has-a-plan |
The Rev. William Sloan Coffin Jr., speaking at a state Pastors Conference in Camp Hill 30 years ago said the too often we tolerate injustice so that later we can “pour out our hearts in charity.” He was right.
As we enter the holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah or other celebrations, too many of us practice “seasonal charity.” We prepare meals for the poor on Thanksgiving and Christmas, we donate gifts to the poor, especially for children, we donate winter coats for the poor and make our annual holiday financial gifts to the various charities whose appeals come through the mail or on television.
However, come January when gifts we received have been returned or exchange or piled on top of those received in previous years, regrettably we return to our normal routines.
Regrettably, we quickly forget that those we served meals to over the holidays or those who may now wear the coats we donated, continue to be poor and remain in need! And sadly as Rev. Coffin reminded us, we continue to tolerate the injustice which perpetuates the need for charity.
Seasonal charity must be replaced by demands for those who represent us in Washington and Harrisburg to do more to reduce the injustice under which so many in our society suffer.
Charity will always be required from those of us who have been richly blessed but constantly fighting injustice should be our goal in the new year.
Barry Shutt, Harrisburg, Pa. | 2022-11-27T16:19:31+00:00 | pennlive.com | https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2022/11/we-should-remember-the-needy-all-year-long-pennlive-letters.html |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — When the United States was desperate for a spark, Lindsey Horan channeled her anger into a much-needed goal to keep the Americans unbeaten at the Women’s World Cup.
Horan was fuming after she was knocked over by Danielle van de Donk in the second half of Thursday’s rematch of the 2019 women’s final, when the United States beat the Netherlands to win their second consecutive World Cup title.
She got her revenge minutes after the tackle in a sequence that included Horan cursing about van de Donk before shoving her, as well. The two trash-talked and were separated by a referee before Horan scored the game-saving goal for the United States.
Horan scored on a well-timed header off a corner kick from Rose Lavelle in the 62nd minute to give the Americans the goal they needed to sneak out a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands. The United States remained unbeaten in 19 consecutive matches.
“I don’t think you ever want to get me mad because I don’t react in a good way,” Horan said. “I just want something more. I want to win more, I want to score more and I want more for my team.”
Horan and van de Donk were smiling after the game — van de Donk was wearing a swimming cap because of a cut to her head from a later collision — but almost anything goes in the World Cup. The two are professional teammates for French club Lyon.
“Dan is that type of player that, when she’s on my team, it’s incredible because she’s going to fight to the last second to win the game, and go into that last tackle, and that’s what she did,” Horan said. “Unfortunately, I did not take it in a good way, I got a little heated, and she got to hear it.”
Horan already has one yellow card from the opening win over Vietnam, and she had to be calmed by American defender Julie Ertz.
“She was like, `Linds, don’t get another yellow card, just score this goal to shut everyone up,'” Horan said.
She did just that, scoring her 29th career goal for the U.S. team and fourth in a World Cup. Horan knew her shot was good before it even crossed the goal line. Her expression gave her away.
Van de Donk knew she had lit a fire in Horan.
“She got a bit feisty and she came over, we just had a little talk,” van de Donk said. “The referee came in between, it wasn’t very necessary. I mean, we just played football again after that.”
The draw meant neither team earned a spot in the knockout round yet. The United States and the Netherlands are tied atop the Group E standings, but the Americans have the edge, 4-2 in goals scored so far this tournament.
Portugal defeated Vietnam 2-0 Thursday in the late Group E match in Hamilton. The United States plays Portugal in its group finale on Tuesday in Auckland, and the Netherlands plays Vietnam the same day in Dunedin.
The game was a rematch from four years ago when the Americans beat the Dutch 2-0 in the final at Lyon to clinch back-to-back titles, and fourth overall.
Jill Rood helped the Netherlands pounce first on a strike from atop the box that went though Horan’s legs in the 17th minute. They held that 1-0 lead at halftime — just the sixth time the United States had trailed at the half in 52 World Cup matches, and first time since 2011 against Sweden.
Lavelle, who scored four years ago in the final but has been hampered by injury, subbed in and gave the United States instant energy. Then came the tackle on Horan, and the United States was back in the game.
“I think the first half, we feel a little bit disappointed in how we played, but I think we fixed things right away, the pressure that we got on, and the amount of chances and opportunities that came from it,” Horan said.
The U.S. roster has 14 World Cup newcomers this year, and coach Vlatko Andonovski was pleased with how the team found its way in the second half.
“I thought it was a very good match for our team, especially for a group of young players,” he said. “They grew throughout the game individually, but also as a team we grew throughout.”
Megan Rapinoe, the American star who came in as a substitute in the opening game against Vietnam for her 200th appearance with the team, was not used in Thursday’s match. Rapinoe has announced that this is her final World Cup and she will retire at the end of the season.
The Dutch were without forward Lineth Beerensteyn, who was hurt early in her team’s 1-0 victory over Portugal to open the tournament, and leading scorer Vivianne Miedema, who ruptured her ACL while playing for Arsenal in December.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the U.S. team at their hotel on the eve of the match and was at the game. Blinken was in Wellington for a formal bilateral meeting with New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta, and he will also meet with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
The top finisher in the group opens the knockout round in Sydney against the second-place finisher in Group G, which includes Sweden, South Africa, Italy and Argentina. The second-place finisher heads to Melbourne against the top Group G team.
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Family sought after Army uniform with love letter from 1957 found in ditch
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KMBC) – A Kansas City woman is searching for answers after a well-maintained army uniform was found in a ditch by the side of the road.
Luann Palmer is hunting for the uniform owner’s family after she said her daughter found it Tuesday.
Palmer said the uniform was found on a coat hanger in a ditch on a remote road in the Piper neighborhood.
“I just thought if it was my dad’s I would want it back,” Palmer said.
In one of the uniform’s pockets, there was a love letter addressed to Howard Pennington from a woman which reads, in part, “sweetheart my love, I miss you so very much.”
Palmer took the letter along with a 1957 postmark from Verdun, France, and reached out on social media looking for answers.
Molly Jennings saw the post and responded.
“I like to try and solve a lot of mysteries,” she said. “I shared it with my daughter, and she initially ran with it.”
Jennings and her daughter were able to learn that Pennington was assigned to an area combat engineer’s unit. The unit was once in France to build roads.
The investigators also found out Pennington died just three days after the postmark on the letter, however, they don’t know if he received the letter or how he died.
Upon further research, Jennings found Pennington’s relatives in Clinton, Missouri, which is about an hour away from where the uniform and letter were found.
The relatives said they did not know anything about the uniform.
“I really just want to know who had it. I want to know why they kept it safe for 65 years,” Jennings said.
The last thing they’ve discovered so far is that Pennington’s commanding officer lived in nearby Leavenworth and still has family in that area.
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May Home Sales Rise With Near Record-Few On The Market And Biggest Annual Price Drop Since 2011
June 22, 2023 1:32PM CDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes edged higher in May and the national median sale price posted its biggest annual drop in more than a decade, as a near all-time low supply of available properties constrained the housing market.
Existing home sales rose 0.2% last month from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.3 million, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.
That’s slightly above what economists were expecting, according to FactSet.
Sales sank 20.4% compared with May last year. That marks 10 consecutive months of annual sales declines of 20% or more.
The national median home price fell 3.1% from May last year to $396,100, the NAR said. | 2023-06-22T23:34:09+00:00 | wlip.com | https://www.wlip.com/may-home-sales-rise-with-near-record-few-on-the-market-and-biggest-annual-price-drop-since-2011/ |
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli forces shelled a southern Lebanese border village on Thursday after several explosions were heard in a disputed area where the borders of Syria, Lebanon and Israel meet.
Tensions continue to flare in the border area over two tents erected by the militant group Hezbollah and Israel’s building of a wall around the Lebanese part of a village that Israeli troops captured during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
A Lebanese military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of not being cleared to provide information to journalists said one rocket was fired toward Israel from the border town of Kfar Chouba and that Israeli forces responded with two rocket attacks.
The Israeli Defense Forces first said no explosion took place in its territory and only on the Lebanese side of the border near Ghajar. Minutes later, it said a Lebanese rocket landed in Israeli territory near the border and that Israeli forces had since shelled parts of Kfar Chouba.
It was unclear who fired the rocket from Lebanon. The Lebanese army did not immediately commented on the explosions.
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said it could not verify that rocket fire caused the explosion but that the sounds were “consistent with a possible launch.” UNIFIL sent peacekeepers to investigate what happened while the head of the mission speaks to both Lebanese and Israeli authorities to ease the situation.
“This incident comes at a sensitive time and in an area that has already experienced tensions earlier this week,” UNIFIL said in a statement. “We urge everyone to exercise restraint and avoid any action that could cause further escalation.”
Minutes after the explosions, Iran-backed Hezbollah issued a statement about Israel’s wall in the village of Ghajar. The village is split into Lebanese and Israeli sides along a border known as the blue line that was demarcated after Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000.
“It is not just a routine breach of what the occupation forces are accustomed to from time to time,” the statement said. It did comment on the explosions.
As part of the U.N. Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel is to withdraw from the northern part of Ghajar, which has not happened. U.N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon have called on Israel for years to end its building work in northern Ghajar and to withdraw its troops.
Lebanese soldiers in Mays al-Jabal, another border town, obstructed an Israeli bulldozer accompanied by Israeli soldiers on Wednesday that reached over the technical fence to remove plants and trees from the Lebanese side. The tense standoff did not result in any clashes.
The situation also has been heated along Chebaa Farms and around Kfar Chouba. Israel captured those areas from Syria during the 1967 Mideast war, and they are part of Syria’s Golan Heights that Israel annexed in 1981. The Lebanese government says the area belongs to Lebanon.
In early June, Israel filed a complaint with the U.N. saying that Hezbollah had set up tents several dozen meters (yards) inside the disputed territory. Israeli media have since reported that Hezbollah removed one of the two tents, but the group did not confirm the action.
Later that month, Israeli soldiers fired tear gas to disperse scores of Lebanese protesters who pelted the troops with stones along the border near the disputed territory.
Hezbollah also shot down an Israeli drone last month. The group in the past has claimed responsibility for downing Israeli drones, and Israel’s military has said its forces have shot down Hezbollah drones.
Israel considers Hezbollah its most serious immediate threat, estimating it has some 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel. | 2023-07-06T21:33:52+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-2-explosions-heard-in-disputed-area-where-borders-of-lebanon-syria-and-israel-meet/ |
CT Albany NY Zone Forecast for Thursday, October 27, 2022
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of
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.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning,
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of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc. f/k/a Spartan Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: SUNL).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Sunlight between January 25, 2021 and September 28, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until February 14, 2023 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc. f/k/a Spartan Acquisition Corp. II issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company lacked effective underwriting and risk evaluation with respect to its contractor advance program; (2) Sunlight lacked the oversight and periodic monitoring systems necessary to timely detect bad debt associated with its contractor advance program; (3) the Company lacked effective internal controls over accounting and reporting of non-cash advance receivables; (4) as a result, the Company would be forced to take a non-cash advance receivables impairment charge exceeding $30 million; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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Named Inc. Magazine's #1 fastest growing privately held companies the Rocky Mountain Region, the #1 in Nevada and #1 in Las Vegas and in the Top 20 Fastest Growing Privately-Held Companies in America
Company Expansion is Compounded by Partnerships with Actor & Entrepreneur Jim Belushi and Pro Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson Jr.
LAS VEGAS , Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 2022 is a banner year for Fohse - one of America's top LED lighting grow manufacturers building the Future of Horticultural Science & Engineering. Fohse's founders set out to accomplish what no one had been able to do before: to create an LED grow light that would match—and surpass—the capabilities of any lighting system ever seen in the cannabis world. Through its first two years, Fohse was focused on research and development to create its proprietary system of innovative, high-performance LED grow lights. As a result of its technological advancements and sales success over the past three years, Fohse has experienced enormous growth, including a 14,708% increase in revenue. And since its founding, Fohse has sold multiple tens of thousands of lights to growers, resulting in MSOs and cannabis brands worldwide seeing harvest yields increase from 25% - 60%.
Along with its growth in revenue, Fohse has been lauded in the local, regional, and national business community. At the beginning of 2022, Fohse was named the #1 fastest-growing company in the Inc. Regionals, the fastest growing privately held companies in the Rocky Mountain Region, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies based in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Fohse is also the #1 fastest-growing in Nevada and #1 fastest-growing in Las Vegas. And in August, Fohse was named #19 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America.
Fohse has leveraged its financial success and business leadership recognition through high-profile industry partnerships such as its alliance with famed actor and cannabis entrepreneur Jim Belushi and his Belushi's Farm in Rogue Valley. Along with its Belushi's Farm's alliance, Fohse signed a new partnership with Primitiv, founded by NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson Jr. and his partner Rob Sims. As part of this venture, Fohse will equip Primitiv's Michigan-based 12,000-square-foot cannabis cultivation facility with state-of-the-art Fohse LED fixtures to increase and optimize its cannabis production.
Brett Stevens, Fohse, CEO and Co-Founder, says: "2022 has been an amazing year for Fohse. We have proven that quality products and great customer service are a great formula for success. We love seeing our clients increase their harvest yields and increase the success of their businesses. Fohse is finishing 2022 on a high note, but as always, we look at this as just our beginning, and we will bring increased innovation, more partnerships, and continued growth in 2023!"
For more information about Fohse, visit www.fohse.com or stop by the brightest booth at MJBizCon from November 15-18, booth #627.
NFL legend Calvin Johnson Jr. will be doing a Meet & Greet on Thursday, 17 November from 1-2 PM. Fohse will also be hosting a Happy Hour at their booth on Wednesday 16 November and Thursday 17 November from 2-6 PM.
About Fohse:
Fohse, the Future of Horticultural Science & Engineering, the leading manufacturer of high-performance LED grow lights, creates lighting fixtures that enable previously unobtainable and unthinkable results. Fohse's sustainable and innovative first-of-their-kind products create a loyal customer base around the world. Fohse was founded in 2015 and has sold multiple tens of thousands of lights to growers and cannabis brands around the world—without a single customer taking the company up on its promise of refund if their yields did not increase.
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Potential candidates submit paperwork for Montgomery mayor, City Council
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery County Probate Judge JC Love has named the people who have filed paperwork in the races for Montgomery’s mayor and City Council on Aug. 22.
These are not the official candidates, as the Montgomery Election Center is still verifying signatures. That process is expected to be completed Wednesday, after which an official candidate list will be released.
The four who submitted paperwork in the mayoral race are current Mayor Steven Reed, Marcus McNeal, Barrett Gilbreath and Victorrus Felder.
Those who filed for the City Council races are as follows:
District 1: Ed Grimes
District 2: Julie Beard, Marquetta Johnson, Eric Satcher, Richard Williams
District 3: Marche’ Johnson, Patricia June
District 4: Kahlia Bell, Audrey Billups-Graham, Oscar Boykin Jr., Terance “Watchdog” Dawson, Franetta Riley
District 5: Cornelius “CC” Calhoun, Aundrey Ruffin
District 6: Oronde Mitchell
District 7: Ja’mel Brown, George Childress, Charles Dillihay, Andrew Szymanski, Christopher Turner
District 8: Terrell Anderson, Johnny Cotton, Glen Pruitt Jr.
District 9: Charles Jinright, Darlene Skier
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